March Events Calendar

Sports

Baseball Spring Training. Get ready for baseball action this month, with the Boston Red Sox playing the Yankees, Blue Jays, Orioles, Indians, Tigers and other teams throughout March at the City of Palms Park in Fort Myers (334-4700). Meanwhile, the Minnesota Twins are swinging away at Hammond Stadium in the Lee County Sports Complex; call (800) 33-TWINS for ticket info.

Florida Everblades. Games at TECO Arena this month against Augusta (March 7 and 8), Greenville (March 14 and 15), Greensboro (March 17 and 18), Charlotte (March 25), and Columbia (March 28 and 29). All at 7:30 p.m. Information: 948-PUCK.

Talks

Shakespeare and Magic. Dr. Paul Rathburn continues his Shakespeare series with a look at The Winter's Tale, March 1, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, March 29. Both at 10 a.m. in the Phil's Daniels Pavilion. Information: 597-1900.

Naples/Fort Myers Town Hall. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will discuss Leadership in Difficult Times (a subject he's well versed in), March 5 at the Registry. Information: 261-6524.

Quest Education Foundation Series. Television business ace Neil Cavuto will be the final speaker in this year's series, March 7 at The Ritz-Carlton. For ticket information, call 643-3573.

Lee County Alliance for the Arts. "Collecting Art - Its Pleasures, Pitfalls and Profits!" panel discussion with presentations and exhibits by local art collectors, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 11. Information: 939-2787.

Critics Choice. Humanities prof Elaine Newton discusses Dennis Bock's The Ash Garden, at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. March 13 and 10 a.m. March 15. Newton also offers Movie Club seminars this month, at 7:30 p.m. March 2 and 30. All in the Phil's Daniels Pavilion. Information: 597-1900.

Passion, Creativity and Greatness. Dr. Gene Landrum on "Greatness and Longevity," at 1:30 p.m. March 14 in the Phil's Daniels Pavilion. Information: 597-1900.

Rookery Bay Natural Connections Series. Lucy Keith of the Florida Marine Research Institute on "Munching with Marching Molars"-understanding Florida manatees-at 7 p.m. March 18 at Rookery Bay headquarters. Information: 417-6310.

Theater

Beauty Queen of Leenane. Martin McDonagh's tale of a mother and daughter in Ireland ends its run March 8 on the Naples Players' Tobye Studio stage. Information: 263-7990.

West Side Story. The love-amid-gang-warfare musical runs through March 9 at the Naples Dinner Theatre. Information: (877) 519-7827.

The Foreigner. Larry Shue's comedy about a fish out of water at a rural Georgia lodge wraps up its run March 9 at Florida Repertory Theatre. Information: 332-4488.

Kiss Me, Kate. Cole Porter's perennial hit about battling lovers on and offstage continues through March 29 at the Naples Players' Sugden. Information: 263-7990.

Forever Plaid. The Plaids are still harmonizing, through March 29 at Sanibel's Old Schoolhouse Theater. Information: 472-6862.

Kiss Me, Kate. We said it was a perennial hit ... that's why it's also onstage through April 12 at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. Information: 278-4422.

Aida. The Tim Rice-Elton John version of the Verdi opera, March 1 and 2 at the Barbara B. Mann. Information: 481-4849.

Some Like It Hot. The musical, with Tony Curtis singing and tapping as Osgood Fielding III, March 4-9 at the Phil. Information: 597-1900.

Collected Stories. The relationship between an older, established woman writer and her younger student is explored in this play by Donald Margulies, onstage March 6-23 at the Foulds Theatre in a Theatre Conspiracy production. Information: 936-3239.

Grease. Danny and Sandy, Rizzo and Kenickie, onstage at 2 and 8 p.m. March 8 at the Barbara B. Mann. Information: 481-4849.

Chicago. They'll be razzle-dazzling audiences with this musical about a couple of sexy murderesses March 13-April 30 at the Naples Dinner Theatre. Information: 519-7827.

Dancing in the Street. Get ready for some '60s memories with this musical revue, March 13-April 27 at the Off-Broadway Palm. Information: 278-4422.

Master Class. Terrence McNally's hit about opera legend Maria Callas, reliving her highs and lows with three hapless vocal students. Onstage March 21-April 13 at Florida Rep. Information: 332-4488.

A Visit to a Small Planet. Gore Vidal's 1960s comedy about an alien encounter, March 21-April 6 at the Cultural Park Theatre Company. Information: 772-5862.

Marvin's Room. Scott McPherson's intimate play about a dying woman's relationship with her family, March 26-April 19 at the Naples Players' Tobye Studio. Information: 263-7990.

South Pacific. "There Is Nothing Like a Dame," "Some Enchanted Evening" and more of those Rodgers and Hammerstein melodies, March 28, 29 and 30 at Barbara B. Mann. Information: 481-4849.