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More than 200 motorcyclists joined the Freedom Ride from the Harley-Davidson dealership on Pine Ridge Road to Stan's seafood restaurant in Goodland on Sunday morning, raising funds to support wounded veterans and their families.

John Brady has been everywhere in the Sunshine State sleuthing true Florida, such as will be seen in the current exhibition at his own Everglades Gallery.

For most of the paddlers in the Great Dock Canoe Race, it’s all about speed. Those with the most rippling biceps, the best teamwork and most aerodynamic canoe have the inside track to win their respective categories of contestants. But ...

Just as, on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is a little Irish, Cinco de Mayo is your excuse to don a sombrero and sip a Margarita, regardless of what box you checked under “ethnicity” on your Census form.

Marco has taste, Marco eateries have tasty treats, and if your taste in entertainment runs to sampling a smorgasbord of specialties, the Taste of Marco is for you.

Strong easterly breezes in Immokalee on Saturday morning made it impossible for the 30-plus hot air balloons at the heart of the Balloons over Paradise festival to fly out of the Immokalee Regional Airport, frustrating the pilots who wanted to ...

There is something about the sight of the towering, colorful craft soaring in the sky above that grabs the fancy of seniors and children alike. The magic of balloons will be on display this weekend in Immokalee at Balloons Over ...

Perhaps the best thing about this Titanic dinner is that you won’t end up in icy water at the end of it.

Who's in that hot pink Hummer doing hip rolls down Gulf Shore Boulevard? Why, it's you -- or more likely, one of your kids on the way to prom.

They’re definitely doing something right. While restaurants come and go with sometimes dizzying speed, Café de Marco came and stayed. The eatery is celebrating 29 years on Marco Island, under the same ownership and in the same location. The menu ...

Lynn Holley, director of the Marco Island Art Center, is headed -- temporarily -- to Hollywood with her prize-winning show pitch.

Movies in the Park returned to Marco Island Friday evening at Mackle Park, with a showing of the animated kid flick "Fly Me to the Moon." Hundreds gathered on the playing field as the sun set, with blankets, lawn chairs, ...

Family Fun Day at Marco Lutheran brought families, games, complimentary refreshments and WAY-FM for a good time in the sun on Saturday.

Third Street is going country. For the first time since the event originated in 2004, the Naples Music Festival will feature country-western artists.

Wednesday afternoon, the courtyard at the Esplanade was swarmed with revelers, both two-legged and four-legged, for two things Marco Islanders go for in a big way – canines and cocktails.

About 115 women, and two men, attended a fashion show at Bistro Soleil Thursday, March 8, to benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Author Randy Wayne White may not be a fishing guide any longer, but he has the deep, coppery tan of one all over his bald head. About two hundred fans of White and his Doc Ford novels showed up Saturday ...

It’s always sunny in Arsenault land.

Florida has a long, wild past. The state has been home to Calusa and Seminole Indians, Spanish conquistadors, whip-cracking cowboys, Civil War soldiers, pioneer settlers, outlaws and pirates. This weekend, they're all holding a reunion, and you're invited.

The art fair was in the parking lot at the Art Center, said Marco Island Center for the Arts president Ken Stroud, but this was not the massive show they have done in years past.

Of all the art forms, none is closer to the hearts of men than the art of cooking. After all, it has a home just underneath the heart, in the stomach.

Bringing art to the masses, or at least giving the masses of people who showed up for the “Last Wednesday” ArtWalk a voice, the Artists’ Colony at the Esplanade allowed gallery-goers to vote for their favorite work in the People’s ...

Third time is a charm. After tying the knot (supposedly) twice, in broad comedy sketches created as fundraisers, Dale Rod and Donna Melton walked down the aisle for real Friday on Marco Island.

The fishing village of Goodland has its own dance, the Buzzard Lope, associated with it, after years of Mullet Festivals at Stan’s.

Photography as an art form gets some exposure this month at the Art Center. Two exhibits highlight both the work of local photographers, as well as some from the other side of the globe, and dating back to the 1930s. ...

“We had great crowds, considering the weather,” said Steve Stefanides. With the chilly wind that blew in late Saturday, reminding people of just what they came to Southwest Florida to escape, “even the best Marco Islanders didn’t want to venture ...

Artists are traditionally a hard-living bunch, and this Thursday, over a score of them are planning to paint the town. Actually, it’s about doing good, not debauchery, as “Wet Paint Live” returns to the island for the fifth year. A ...

The next few weekends, you have a little United Nations of ethnic festivals to choose from, girdling the globe to bring the culture, cuisine and performances of far-off lands to a venue in Naples.

“Imagine 50,000 people in a town with a permanent population of 500,” said the press release from the Everglades Seafood Festival. “That’s what happens during the first weekend in February when Everglades City holds its Seafood Festival.” As it has ...

The January edition of “Art in the Glades” was held Saturday at McLeod Park. The park is in the heart of Everglades City, and literally surrounded by history. On one side stands City Hall, open to visitors with displays of ...

Just don't let Sister catch you chewing gum. For Catholics, "recovering Catholics," and anyone who ever wondered if the nuns really are as fierce as their reputation, "Late Nite Catechism" is the answer.

You could have called it a sellout crowd, except that admission, along with the wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres, were free of charge. Marco art lovers, perhaps along with wine and beer lovers, thronged the Marco Island Center for the ...

The Upright Citizens Brigade has made everyone from presidents to TV audiences laugh with their quick wit, and they're bringing it to Naples.

When it comes to New Year's Eve celebrations, the granddaddy of them all is in New York City. In Southwest Florida, watching the ball drop on TV represents the other end of the spectrum, the least-ambitious path for those who ...

Everybody knows the story of “A Christmas Carol.” Charles Dickens’ classic tale of how a lonely, grasping miser discovers the true meaning of the season has not only become a cherished fixture of the stage and screen, it went a ...

Vendors from Everglades City and surroundings, plus some imported artists, sold art, crafts, antiques and more at Art in the Glades Saturday, held at McLeod Park in downtown E-City. A sharp downpour threatened the festival early in the morning, but ...

Marco Island's Parks & Recreation department turned Mackle Park into Santa's Workshop Saturday morning, giving more than 30 kids a chance to make some holiday keepsakes.

The Last Wednesday Art Walk by the artists of the Artist Colony at the Esplanade on Wednesday evening was the last one before Christmas. The artists hurried to assure the public, though, that there is still plenty of time to ...

They’re only 40 percent Jezebelles now. Bandleader Robyn Fear began seven years ago with an all-girl band, but decided to let the boys play, too. The Fort Lauderdale-based group now known as the Sunset Bay Band plays a regular Friday ...

The experiences of war live on in the hearts and memories of the men and women who fought, and, apparently, in their closets and garages as well.

The center hosted a luncheon at the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort, with some underwriting and help with expenses, for 210 of their closest friends — for free. The assemblage lunched on chicken breast scaloppini over linguine, an elegantly presented ...

To enter the races, either in the paddleboard or kayak division, costs $35 if you do it by this weekend. The fee will climb to $40 for late entries, including day of the race. Entry fees include a “goodie bag,” ...

Literacy Volunteers of Collier County presented their fifth annual "All That Dance – Dancing with the Stars for Literacy" gala on Friday, Nov. 11 at the Naples Beach Hotel.

In its own way, it made sense. When Rookery Bay called their event “The Party of All Parties,” they meant Tupperware party. Dozens of direct to the consumer vendors showcased their wares Sunday at Rookery Bay’s Environmental Learning Center off ...

Clearly, Marco’s winter tourist season is on the way. Mornings are refreshingly cool, the rains have stopped – mostly – and the Dolphins have already lost seven games. If further proof were needed, here it is: the Farmers’ Market is ...

Shades of Woodstock, that other famous soggy music festival. The second annual Marco Beach Music Festival brought good times and great music to thousands Saturday, despite a deluge Friday night that left the beach under up to a foot of ...

Halloween came to Marco Island nine days before the rest of the world, as the city hosted the annual Spooktacular, a free event, on Saturday afternoon.

“This isn’t a stage, it’s a twilight zone,” said Eddie Griffin, looking around in front of a packed house at Capt. Brien’s Off the Hook Comedy Club on Marco Island Saturday night.

It’s not exactly Vegas. But games of chance are drawing hundreds of players on Marco Island, with thousands of dollars changing hands each week. Yes, it’s bingo, at the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island (JCMI) on Winterberry Drive, back for ...