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Wednesday, April 5
7 to 8 a.m. - Pier
Regulars meeting at Anna Maria City Pier, 100 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria.
Information: 778-7062.
10 a.m. to noon- National
Library Week meet and greet featuring authors and illustrators Gene Ciliberti,
Charles Entwistle and Siegfried Mauritz at the Island Branch Library,
5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341.
11:30 a.m. - Woman's
Club of Anna Maria Island final luncheon before disbanding at the BeachHouse
Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Information: Nancy Dunne,
778-4060. Fee applies.
12:30 to 4 p.m. - Duplicate
bridge at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave.,
Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
2 p.m. - Sarah Pappas,
president of Manatee Community College, presentation at the Island Branch
Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 779-2299.
3 to 5 p.m.- National
Library Week meet and greet featuring authors and illustrators Jude Hatcher
Bangs, H. Terrell Griffin, James Macomber and Bruce Allen Wallis at the
Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
778-6341.
5 to 7 p.m. - Book
fair and spaghetti dinner prepared by the Sandbar at Anna Maria Elementary
School, 4700 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 708-5525. Fee applies
for dinner.
6 to 8 p.m. - Opening
reception for Italo Botti exhibit at Wallace Fine Art, 5350 Gulf of Mexico
Drive, No. 103, Longboat Key. Information: 387-0746.
Thursday, April 6
10 a.m. to noon- National
Library Week meet and greet featuring authors and illustrators Jolie
Bell, Ralph Fondes, Justin Noyes, Joan Condon and Patricia McCroy at
the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
778-6341.
6 p.m. - Manatee
Personal Computer Users Group meeting at the Landing in Freedom Village
Retirement Center, 6501 17th Ave. W., Bradenton. Information: 792-7320.
Friday, April 7
10 a.m. to noon- National
Library Week meet and greet featuring authors and illustrators Gene Ciliberti,
H. Terrell Griffin and James Macomber at the Island Branch Library, 5701
Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Artists
reception at the Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes
Beach. Information: 778-2099.
7 p.m. - The Living
Stations of the Cross at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive,
Holmes Beach. Information: 778-4769.
6 to 9:30 p.m. - Artwalk
at Village of the Arts, between Ninth and 14th streets west, Bradenton.
Information: 747-0823.
Saturday, April 8
8:30 a.m. - Kiwanis
Club meeting with guest Jack Fones presenting "Writing for Fun
and Groceries" at Cafe on the Beach, Manatee Public Beach, 4700
Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - "Rub,
Buff and Shine" car wash with a "twist" sponsored by
the Rotary Club of Anna Maria American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Team at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce parking lot, 5313 Gulf
Drive, Holmes Beach. Donation requested.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Block
party at Island Baptist Church, 8505 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information:
778-0719.
10:30 a.m. - Family
origami at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.
Information: 778-6341.
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Cortez
Native Picnic at the Fulford Fish House in Cortez Village. Information:
795-7121.
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Healthy
Kids Day at the Manatee Family YMCA, 3805 59th St. W., Bradenton. Information:
792-7484.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Artwalk
at Village of the Arts, between Ninth and 14th streets west, Bradenton.
Information: 747-0823.
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Cancer
prevention and survival cooking course at Anna Maria Island Community
Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Six-week
course. Free.
Noon to 4:30 p.m. - Astronomy
day activities at the South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton.
Information: 746-4131.
3 to 5 p.m. - "Beads
Galore" trunk sale featuring Chloe's Bead Shop at the Anna
Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information:
778-1908.
6:30 to 10 p.m. - Sidewalk
astronomy observing at Bishop Planetarium, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton.
Information: 746-4131. Weather permitting.
Monday, April 10
8:30 a.m. - Internet
class at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.
Registration: 778-6341.
10 a.m. - Widowed
persons support group meeting with guest speaker Ava Ehde, Island Branch
Library manager, at the library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
778-6341.
1 to 3 p.m. - Stepping-stone
craft class with Glen LeFerve at the Anna Maria Island Community Center,
407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Tuesday, April 11
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. - Questions
about Medicare Part-D enrollment answered by Michael Vejins at the Anna
Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
778-1541.
XX a.m. - Minnesota
Club meets at Cafe on the Beach, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive,
Holmes Beach. Information: 778-1626.
10:30 a.m. - Friends
of the Island Branch Library present poet and author Lucia Blinn at the
Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
778-6341.
Noon - Anna
Maria Island Rotary Club lunch meeting at the BeachHouse Restaurant,
200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 713-0042.
Wednesday, April 12
Noon - Minnesota
Club poolside picnic at the Bradenton Elks Club, 2511 75th St. W., Bradenton.
Information: 794-3573.
12:30 to 4 p.m. - Duplicate
bridge at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave.,
Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. - Stepping-stone
craft class continued from April 10 at the Anna Maria Island Community
Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Ongoing:
- "Shalom de Cuba: Lives
of Cuban Jews" photo exhibit by Beth Reynolds at Manatee Community
College fine art gallery, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton,
through April 6. Information: 752-5225.
- Shakespeare on the Bay "The
Comedy of Errors" at Powel Crosley Estate, One Seagate Drive,
8374 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, through April 7. Information: 722-3244.
Fee applies.
- "Chapter Two" at
the Island Players, Pine Avenue and Gulf Drive, Anna
Maria, through April 9. Information: 778-5755. Fee applies.
- Island fiber artist Cyndy
Custis celebrates 30 years of weaving with a display
at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, through
April 30. Information: 779-9118.
- "Spring Has Arrived" exibit
by Ann Terhardt at All Angels Episcopal Church By
the Sea, 563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, through April 30. Information:
751-0266.
- "The New World in
the Eyes of Explorers" at the South Florida Museum, 201 10th
St. W., Bradenton, through June 4. Information: 746-4131. Fee applies.
Upcoming:
- Sarasota Shell Club meeting
at Mote Marine Laboratory April 13.
- Blood drive at Pinnacle
Medical Center April 13.
- ART for Kid's Sake
at the islander office April 14.
- Easter Egg hunt at G.T.Bray
Park April 15.
- Blaize Clement book signing
at Circle Books April 15.
- Summer Shakespeare auditions
for Island Players April 16.
- Easter sunrise service at
Manatee Public Beach April 16.
- Blood drive at Island Fitness
April 17.
- Earth Week at Mote Marine
April 17-23.
- "The Shackleton Expedition" at
Bishop Planetarium April 18.
- Kindergarten roundup at
Anna Maria Elementary School April 19.
Save the Date:
- Affaire to Remember at St.
Bernard Catholic Church April 29.
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