Islander Calender
Wednesday, Sept. 12
7:30 p.m. - The Anna Maria
Island Chamber of Commerce hosts a sunrise breakfast at the Sun House Restaurant,
111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-778-1541. Fee applies.
10:30 a.m. - The Friends
of the Library book club meets at the Island Branch
Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.
Saturday, Sept. 15
8:30 a.m. - The Kiwanis
Club of Anna Maria Island meets for a program with flight attendant Vickie
Reese and a breakfast at Cafe on the Beach at Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf
Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-7823.
10 a.m. - A beading class
takes place at the Anna Maria Island Community Center,
407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1908. Fee applies.
11 a.m. - Ellen Jaffe Jones
hosts a cooking-for-families class at the Anna Maria
Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information:
941-778-1908.
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. (overnight) - A
youth sea snooze takes place at Mote Marine Aquarium,
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota. Information: 941-388-4441, ext.
229.
Sunday, Sept. 16
9:30 a.m. - A Sunday school
open house takes place at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, Holmes
Beach. Information: 941-778-4256.
Monday, Sept. 17
8:30 a.m. - An Internet
for Beginners class takes place at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive,
Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.
9 a.m. - Trainer Lyndsay
Gordon leads a high-energy cardio workout at the Anna
Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information:
941-778-1908. Fee applies.
12 p.m. - The Anna Maria
Island Chamber of Commerce holds its annual golf tournament
at Bradenton Country Club. Information: 941-778-1541.
6:30 p.m. - “Scrap
Happy” takes place for scrapbooking enthusiasts at the Anna Maria Island
Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1908.
Fee applies.
Tuesday, Sept. 18
9 a.m. - Sherry Fideler
offers a “Muscles and More” exercise class at the Anna
Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information:
941-778-1908. Fee applies.
10:15 a.m. - A “Tai
Chi for Arthritis” course takes place at the Anna Maria Island Community
Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1908. Fee applies.
11:30 a.m. - Ellen Jaffe
Jones presents “The Cancer Project: Food for Life” program at the
Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information:
941-778-1908.
Noon - The Rotary Club
of Anna Maria Island holds a lunch meeting at the BeachHouse
Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. The program will be
a club assembly. Information: 941-778-1880.
Ongoing:
- The multicolor etchings of Cortez
artist Cecy Richardson are featured this month at
Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
941-792-1039.
- On the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 9
a.m., the widowed persons support group meets at
the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia
Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1908.
- The
Studio at Gulf and Pine, 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria,
hosts “Conversations
at the Studio” Wednesdays
at 5 p.m. Information: 941-778-1906.
- On the last
Saturday of each month, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Flotilla 82 hosts a basic “America’s
Boating Course” in the Buchanan Room at Mote Marine Aquarium,
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota. Information: 941-358-2068.
Fee applies.
- On the second Saturday of each
month, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 82
holds a “GPS for Mariners
Course” at 10 a.m. at the Mote Marine Keating Center, Mote
Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota.
Information: 941-358-2068. Fee applies.
- At 7 p.m.
on the second Wednesdays of each month, Sweet Pea’s, 5350
Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, hosts “Pet
Tales” for pet lovers. Information: 941-778-1989.
- Mondays through
Thursdays until Sept. 27 the Durante Gallery at the
Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive
S., hosts the “Colors of Summer” exhibit.
Information: 941-383-2466.
- Mondays and Thursdays through
Oct. 25, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
82 hosts a “Boating Skills
and Seamanship Course” at the Mote Marine Keating Center,
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota. Information: 941-358-2068.
Fee applies.
Coming up:
- On Oct. 20, the annual Bayfest,
organized by the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, takes place in Anna
Maria from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Information: 941-778-1541.
Save the date:
- In November, the Anna Maria Island
Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria,
will celebrate its grand opening with the public. Information: 941-778-1908.
- On
Feb. 10, 2008, the Anna Maria Wedding Merchants Association
hosts an Islandwide wedding trade fair. Information: 941-778-8705.
- On Feb. 23, 2008, the Anna
Maria Island Community Center holds an Affaire to
Remember at the Center. Information: 941-778-1908
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