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Are you ready to kick off the Super Bowl?
Kick off your Super Bowl festivities a day early and get some hot ideas for cool chili recipes for the Colts vs. Saints showdown at Whole Foods’ Chili Cook-Off at Mercato. Each department will cook up its own version, from vegetarian to seafood, and Naples firefighters will be on hand from noon to 3 p.m. to serve it up and put out the fire. |
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Downtown Fort Myers is the place to be this weekend for the arts. ArtFest Fort Myers (www.artfestfortmyers.com), a free, annual show, features works by 200 artists and artisans from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Edwards Drive. It kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday with Palettes & Plates to benefit art education in Lee County schools. Tickets, $20, are available by calling 768-3602. Or join a free Art Walk from 6–10 p.m. Friday, highlighting works ranging from Art of the Olympians to Arts for ACT to HOWL Gallery’s opening reception for a juried show. For more information about this or the Saturday Art Fest at Patio de Leon, visit www.fortmyersartwalk.com or call 332-0161. |
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Theater lovers have two more choices this weekend with the opening of two new shows. At the Arcade Theatre in downtown Fort Myers, Florida Repertory Theatre brings to the stage the ever-popular You Can’t Take it With You Feb. 5–26. For tickets, call 332-4488, www.floridarep.org. Also opening Friday, at Foulds Theatre, is Theatre Conspiracy’s Glorious!, a comedy about a 1940s-era songster who was famous for her less-than-perfect pitch. For tickets and information, call 936-3239 or visit www.theatreconspiracy.org. |
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Hot Rhythms and Sweet Swing will keep your toes tapping with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra in this big band and jazz concert Friday and Saturday at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. The Capitol Quartet saxophonists will join the orchestra performing tunes by Porter, Ellington, Count Basie and more. For tickets and special discounts through February, go to www.swflso.org or call 418-1500. |
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Hit the courts Saturday at Naples Bay Resort for Seacrest Country Day School’s Tennis Round-Robin to benefit the school’s athletics programs. Activities, from noon to 6 p.m., include a tournament, local tennis pros leading clinics and playing a demonstration match, and an auction and raffle. It is open to the public, and tickets are $100. Call 793-1986 or e-mail lvega@seacrest.org. |
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- Enjoy an evening with Lauren Bacall Monday at the Phil (597-1900, www.thephil.org). The Tony- and Oscar-winning actress and icon will talk about her career in a program that will include film clips of some of her memorable performances.
- Fred Couples, Gary Player and Lee Trevino are among the 36 PGA Tour and Champions Tour champs who will tee up in Naples this week. The ACE Group Classic Champions Tour swings into action Monday through Sunday at The Quarry. Get tickets at www.theacegroupclassic.com or 593-3900.
- Join the chorus for the 21st annual Mrs. Edison’s Hymn Sing Tuesday to benefit Community Cooperative Ministries Inc.’s The Soup Kitchen. Admission is free, but cash and canned-goods donations are requested. Performances will take place at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. at The First Presbyterian Church in downtown Fort Myers. (334-2261, www.fpcfortmyers.org)
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Cynthia Sherman and Linda Malone joined the
fun at the Naples Winter Wine Festival auction.
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GULFSHORE LIFE PRESENTS
The Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will hold its fourth annual Hope Gala, themed “The Aqua Ball,” at the Ritz-Carlton, Naples. Proceeds from the event will fund research to find cures for diabetes and its complications. Tickets are $400. For more information, call (239) 992-3840. |
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- The Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens hosts An Evening with Jack Hanna Monday at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club from 6–10 p.m. Hanna, Columbus Zoo Director Emeritus and a television personality, will make this an unforgettable event with a live show of fascinating creatures. Tickets are $150. For more information, call (239) 262-5409.
- Dr. Mark F. Prysi of Prysi Cosmetic Surgery and Spa Med is offering a complimentary facial rejuvenation seminar at The Ritz Carlton Beach Resort Feb. 11. Registration and refreshments begin at 3 p.m., followed at 3:30 by the seminar. For more information call (239) 643-3223.
- Kick off your weekend with great live music, shopping and dining at the Mercato’s First Fridays Concert Series from 6–10 p.m. For more information, visit www.mercatonaples.com or call (239) 403-2204.
- The Miromar Design Center presents Love Your Home Show featuring the latest home trends, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13. Admission is $10 and includes a food tasting, provided by Café Figaro. Limited seating for seminars is still available. Call (239) 947-2555.
- Meet Paul M. Gardner, M.D., FACS and the Gardner Plastic Surgery staff at an open house with wine, hors d’oeuvres—and an opportunity to ask questions of a board-certified plastic surgeon. The open house will be from 4–6 p.m. Wednesday. Also, sign up for a confidential consultation and take advantage of specials for this night only. For more information, call (239) 566-2611.
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Naples designer Leslie Cheek’s vivid room is part of Miromar Design Center’s annual Designer
Showcase at Miromar Outlets.
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The Housing Game
Reports from the front on today’s market.
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[more from Nanci Theoret—The Housing Game]
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GL Gems:
“You think of the season and what sort of ingredients will be available. What makes a dish special is the depth of flavor.”
—Executive Chef Derin Moore, of the Ritz-Carlton Resorts, Naples, on creating dishes
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FEBRUARY ISSUE
In the February issue of Gulfshore Life, go behind the scenes of the Ritz-Carlton kitchens with Executive Chef Derin Moore in You can Taste the Skill... See how the Gulfshore’s other Wine & Food Fest is making a difference in The Upstart Scores... Meet the 12 young social entrepreneurs who will speak at this month’s Imagine Solutions conference in They Aim to Change the World... Check out the sharpest-looking yachts around in Beauty and the Boats... and much more.
Gulfshore Life Weekend Insider is edited by Jill Tyrer.
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