Jennifer Freihofer
1–29: Victorian Christmas at Palm Cottage in Naples. 261-8164.
1–31: Land and Sea exhibit at the Marianne Friedland Gallery in downtown Naples. 262-3484.
2: Carols by Candlelight concert and reception by the Bach Ensemble at Naples United Church of Christ. 732-1055.
2: Dave Koz’s A Smooth Jazz Christmas at the Phil. 597-1900.
2: Rock ’Til You Drop car show and concert in the Fort Myers River District. (866) 322-3378.
6: Christmas Walk and Avenue of Lights on Fifth Avenue South in downtown Naples. 435-3742.
7: Australia’s The Ten Tenors at the Phil. 597-1900.
7: "Evening of New Plays" by the Naples Players’ ETC… Readers Theatre at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
7 to Jan. 11: The Art League of Fort Myers presents Small Packages, an
exhibit of small artwork. 275-3970.
8: Lakeside Country Bash with performances by Blake Shelton, American Idol star Josh Gracin and others, at Lakes Park. 432-2006.
8: The Philharmonic Center Chorale performs Seasonal Treasures at First Presbyterian Church in Naples. 597-1900.
8: A Celtic Yuletide, stories and songs of Christmas in Ireland, at the Phil. 597-1900.
8: Christmas in the Caribbean at the Norris Center in Naples. 213-3058.
9: Naples Concert Band plays at Cambier Park. 263-9521.
10: Holiday concert, part of the Classic Chamber Concerts series, at Sugden Community Theatre. 434-8505.
11, 13–16: Holiday Pops at the Phil.
597-1900.
11 to April 30: The Mouse House, works from the Olga Hirshhorn collection, at the Naples Museum of Art. 597-1900.
12: Jazz performance, part of the Art League of Bonita Springs’ "An Evening With…" series at the Center for the Arts. 495-8989.
13: Boat parade at The Village on Venetian Bay. 261-6100.
13: NBC’s Last Comic Standing live tour at Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
13–24: The Naples Zoo presents 12 Days of Wild Holiday Fun. 262-5409.
13, 27: Evenings on Fifth along Fifth Avenue South.
15: The Gulf Coast Symphony presents Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 and Variations on a Rococo Theme at Bishop Verot. 489-1800.
16: Gulf Coast Big Band performs at Cambier Park. 353-3688.
18: The Broadway musical Gypsy at the Phil. 597-1900.
18–31: The Holiday Follies! at the Schoolhouse Theater on Sanibel. 472-6862.
19–20: Doc Severinsen performs with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra at the Phil. 597-1900.
21–22: Classical Mystery Tour presents the best of the Beatles at the Phil. 597-1900.
21 to March 15: Visions: Contemporary Drawings from the Dyke Collection at the Naples Museum of Art. 597-1900.
22–23: A Very Merry Pops at Barbara B. Mann.
418-1500.
23: Music Makers Show Band plays at Cambier Park. 593-4007.
26–29: Cats, the long-running musical, at the Phil. 597-1900.
29 to Feb. 16: Guys and Dolls at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre.
278-4422.
30–31: New Year’s Art Festival on Fifth Avenue South. 435-3742.
31, Jan. 2: ’S Wonderful, ’S Marvelous, ’S Gershwin with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra at the Phil. 597-1900.
JANUARY 2008
1–6: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
3: Blue Suede Shoes: The Ultimate Elvis Bash at the Phil. 597-1900.
4–5: The Ben Taylor Trio performs a blend of pop, rock ’n’ roll and folk at the Phil. 597-1900.
4–25: Portraits, an exhibit by photo-grapher Joe Masse, at the Cape Coral Arts Studio. 574-0802.
5: Opera stars Ben Heppner and Deborah Voigt with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra at the Phil. 597-1900.
6: The Phil presents an evening with Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis. 597-1900.
6–30: Grand Tour exhibit at the Lauritzen/Rush Galleries. 394-4221.
7: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the Phil. 597-1900.
10–13: TheatreZone presents the Broadway musical Leader of the Pack at the G&L Theatre in Naples. 451-0215.
10 to Feb. 2: Caught in the Net at the Schoolhouse Theater on Sanibel. 472-6862.
11–12: Jazz vocalist Arnold McCuller at the Phil. 597-1900.
11 to Feb. 3: John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt at the Florida Repertory
Theatre. 332-4488.
12–13: Opera Stars of Juilliard at Barbara B. Mann. 418-1500.
12–13: Bonita Springs National Art Festival at The Promenade at Bonita Bay. 261-6100.
13: Johnny Mathis, Grammy award winner, performs at the Phil. 597-1900.
13: Naples Concert Band plays at Cambier Park. 263-9521.
14: Conrad Tao, a 13-year-old pianist and violinist, plays at United Church of Christ as part of Classic Chamber Concerts’ Special Rising Star series. 434-8505.
15–16: The Miami City Ballet performs Villella’s Fox Trot with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra at the Phil. 597-1900.
16: Artistry in Chocolate with chocolatier Norman Love, part of the Art League of Bonita Springs’ "An Evening With …" series at the Center for the Arts. 495-8989.
16 to Feb. 9: The Naples Players present Perfect Wedding at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
17: Bob Kane: From His Collection to Yours, a chance to win a watercolor by Bob Kane, at The von Liebig Art Center. 262-6517.
17: Mark Morris Dance Group at the Phil. 597-1900.
17 to March 15: Monky Business, a musical comedy, at the Off Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. 278-4422.
18–19: Broadway Today with the Southwest Florida Symphony Chorus and Children’s Chorus at Barbara B. Mann. 418-1500.
19: The Heat is On! celebrating Rita Hayworth at the Phil. 597-1900.
20: Cantors: A Faith in Song, a PBS special, by the Gulf Coast Symphony at Barbara B. Mann. 489-1800.
20: La Bohème, performed in Italian with English supertitles, at the Phil. 597-1900.
21–22: Classic Chamber Concerts
offers Viva Italia at Sugden Community Theatre. 434-8505.
22–27: The new Broadway musical Ring of Fire at Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
22–27: Nothin’ But the Blues at the Phil. 597-1900.
24–27: The 41st Naples Boat Show is at Renaissance Village. 261-0882.
24 to Feb. 5: Important Works by American Masters and Wolf Kahn—The Small Paintings and Pastels at the Marianne Friedland Gallery. 262-3484.
25–26: The Sauce Boss sings the blues at the Phil. 597-1900.
25, 27: Verdi’s La Traviata by Opera Naples at Gulf Coast High School. (800) 771-1041.
25–27: Naples Winter Wine Festival raises funds for at-risk children.
(888) 837-4919.
26 to Feb. 17: Edison Festival of Light in downtown Fort Myers. 334-2999.
26–27: Swamp Buggy Races at the Florida Sports Park. (800) 897-2701.
26 to Feb. 24: Political Animals: Donkeys and Elephants in American Art at The von Liebig Art Center. 262-6517.
26 to Feb. 27: Phoenix Rising, an exhibit of recycled materials, at The von
Liebig Art Center. 262-6517.
29 to Feb. 3: Tony Award-winning comedy The Drowsy Chaperone at the Phil. 597-1900.
29 to May 18: Pablo Picasso: Preoccupations and Passions and Jerome Tupa’s Painting the Pilgrimage: From Paris to Compostela are on display at the Naples Museum of Art. 597-1900.
FEBRUARY 2008
2–3: ArtFest in downtown Fort Myers. 768-3602.
3, 17: Naples Concert Band plays at Cambier Park. 263-9521.
4: Renowned soprano Kiri Te Kanawa at the Phil. 597-1900.
4–5: Classic Chamber Concerts’ Music for the Heart, a strings quintet, at Sugden Community Theatre. 434-8505.
5: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme at the Phil. 597-1900.
5–10: Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy at Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
6 to March 1: Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by the Naples Players at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
7 to March 1: Tuxedo Junction, a ’40s-era musical, at the Schoolhouse Theater on Sanibel. 472-6862.
7–10: Miracle in Rwanda by
TheatreZone at the G&L Theatre in Naples. 451-0215.
8–9: Chicago City Limits presents Laughing Matters, a night of improv comedy, at the Phil. 597-1900.
12–13: Balanchine, Tharp & Sinatra at the Phil with the Miami City Ballet. 597-1900.
13: Satire, Parody and All Things Funny, part of the Art League of Bonita Springs’ "An Evening With …" series at the Center for the Arts. 495-8989.
14: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Phil. 597-1900.
15: The Israel Chamber Orchestra performs at the Phil. 597-1900.
15 to March 16: Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Florida Repertory Theatre. 332-4488.
16: In Concert by Tony and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin at the Phil. 597-1900.
16–17: Jammin’ in the Hammock, a bluegrass festival at Collier-Seminole State Park. 394-3397.
16–17: Celebrate the Arts Festival at the Art League of Marco Island. 394-4221.
17: The Gulf Coast Symphony’s From Sea to Shining Sea: A Tribute to Irving Berlin at Barbara B. Mann. 489-1800.
17: Mel Brooks’ The Producers at the Phil. 597-1900.
18: Classic Chamber Concerts’ Quartetto Gelato at Sugden Community Theatre. 434-8505.
18: Comedic legend Bill Cosby at the Phil. 597-1900.
21 to April 5: Anything Goes at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. 278-4422.
23–24: Naples National Art Festival in downtown Naples’ Cambier Park. 262-6517.
25: Tosca, performed in Italian with English supertitles, at the Phil.
597-1900.
25 to March 3: Monty Python’s Spamalot at Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
27: Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano at the Phil. 597-1900.
28: Mannheim Steamroller at the Phil. 597-1900.
28 to March 9: TheatreZone performs Evita at the G&L Theatre in Naples. 451-0215.
28 to March 28: Where the Wild Things (Still) Are, a wildlife art exhibit, at FGCU’s Arts Complex Gallery.
590-7199.
29: Beethoven’s Second by the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra at Wesley United Methodist Church on Marco Island. 597-1900.
29 to March 1: Singer and pianist David Pellegrene and the Irish dance phenomenon Lord of the Dance at the Phil. 597-1900.
29 to March 10: The Art League of
Bonita Springs’ Pastel Society Exhibition at the Center for the Arts.
495-8989.
MARCH 2008
1–2: Bonita Springs Art Festival at The Promenade at Bonita Bay. 261-6100.
1–2: Donizetti’s Elixir of Love by Opera Naples at Gulf Coast High School. (800) 771-1041.
1–2: Old Florida Festival at the Collier County Museum. 774-8476.
2: The Bach Ensemble’s Winter Concert for Southwest Florida at First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs. 732-1055.
3: Smokey Robinson performs at the Phil. 597-1900.
5: Irish tenors Ronan Tynan and John McDermott at the Phil. 597-1900.
5 to April 5: Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret by the Naples Players at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
6–20: Gulfshore Playhouse’s Married Alive! at Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. 566-8394.
6–29: Lucky Stiff at the Schoolhouse Theater on Sanibel. 472-6862.
7–8: Russian-born singer Sophie
Milman makes her Southwest Florida debut at the Phil. 597-1900.
7–8: Tito Puente Jr.’s Mambo Nights at Barbara B. Mann. 418-1500.
8 to April 27: Curiouser and Curiouser: What a Wonder Is This World! at The von Liebig Art Center. 262-6517.
9, 30: Naples Concert Band performs at Cambier Park. 263-9521.
11–12: George Balanchine’s Jewels at the Phil with the Miami City Ballet. 597-1900.
13: Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell at the Phil. 597-1900.
14–15: Broadway performer Debbie Gravitte at the Phil. 597-1900.
16: Third annual Baroque performance of Messiah by the Bach Ensemble at United Church of Marco Island. 732-1055.
16: Vocalist and pianist Michael Feinstein at the Phil. 597-1900.
17: Madame Butterfly, performed in Italian with English supertitles, at the Phil. 597-1900.
18: Classic Chamber Concerts presents Classics to Jazz at Sugden Community Theatre. 434-8505.
18–23: Camelot at the Phil. 597-1900.
19: The Naples Players’ fashion show and luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton, Naples. 643-4824.
20 to May 3: Lend Me a Tenor at the Off Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. 278-4422.
21–22: Jewels of Italy with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Barbara B. Mann. 418-1500.
26–27: Jazz vocalist Steve Tyrell at the Phil. 597-1900.
26 to April 19: The Naples Players perform Humble Boy at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
27 to April 5: Gulfshore Playhouse’s Married Alive! at the Norris Center in Naples. 566-8394.
28 to April 20: Breaking Legs at the Florida Repertory Theatre. 332-4488.
29: The Gulf Coast Symphony’s
Legendary Broadway Musicals at Barbara B. Mann. 489-1800.
30: Classical pianist Yundi Li in his Southwest Florida debut at the Phil. 597-1900.
31: Frank Sinatra Jr. in Sinatra Sings Sinatra at the Phil. 597-1900.
31 to April 1: Wondrous Winds! by
Classic Chamber Concerts at Sugden Community Theatre. 434-8505.
APRIL 2008
1–5: The musical Jesus Christ Superstar at the Phil. 597-1900.
1–6: The Wedding Singer, a musical comedy based on the movie, at
Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
3 to May 3: Funny Money at the Schoolhouse Theater on Sanibel. 472-6862.
4, 6: Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte by Opera Naples at Gulf Coast High School. (800) 771-1041.
6: Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman at the Phil. 597-1900.
7: Musical legend Marvin Hamlisch at the Phil. 597-1900.
9: 100 Years of Broadway at the Phil. 597-1900.
10 to May 31: The musical Cabaret at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. 278-4422.
11–12: Mancini Magic, music by legendary composer Henry Mancini, at the Phil. 597-1900.
11–12: Freda Payne in A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald at the Phil. 597-1900.
13: The Phil hosts innovative dance troupe Do Jump! 597-1900.
14: The Russian National Ballet Theater in Romeo & Juliet at the Phil. 597-1900.
15–20: Blast! at Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.
18: Naples Concert Band plays at Cambier Park. 263-9521.
18–19: Acclaimed guitarist Vinnie
Zummo performs at the Phil. 597-1900.
20: Vickie Lawrence mixes music and stand-up comedy at the Phil. 597-1900.
20: Music Makers Show Band per-forms at Cambier Park. 593-4007.
21: The Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre in The Ravel Project at the Phil. 597-1900.
22: Off-Broadway smash hit Bermuda Avenue Triangle at the Phil. 597-1900.
23: In the Mood, a 1940s musical revue, at the Phil. 597-1900.
23 to May 17: The Naples Players perform Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
25–27: The international percussion sensation STOMP at the Phil. 597-1900.
27: Rhapsody in Love by the Gulf Coast Symphony at Barbara B. Mann.
489-1800.
MAY 2008
2–18: Visiting Mr. Green at the Florida Repertory Theatre. 332-4488.
4: Taste of Collier, the long-standing Naples tradition, at Bayfront. 272-1907.
4: Music Makers Show Band plays at Cambier Park. 593-4007.
10: Art Encounter 2008 at The von Liebig Art Center. 262-6517.
15–17: Patriotic Pops at the Phil.
597-1900.
18: The Gulf Coast Symphony performs Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 at Bishop Verot. 489-1800.
23: The Naples Players present Other People’s Money, a comedy, at Sugden Community Theatre. 263-7990.
JUNE 2008
5 to Aug. 9: The Wizard of Oz at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre.
278-4422.
12–22: TheatreZone performs the rock musical Hair at the G&L Theatre in Naples. 451-0215.
For a comprehensive list of events, please pick up this month’s issue of Gulfshore Life.