April 2021
All dates & times are subject to change.
Please contact the event organizer before attending.
March/April • 2021 • GASPARILLA MAGAZINE 95
29th Annual Boca Grande Health Clinic
Virtual Auction
Wednesday, March 31 - Wednesday, April 7
All are welcome to participate in the 28th Annual Hank
Wright Memorial Auction to benefi t the Boca Grande
Health Clinic.
The virtual auction will begin March 31 and culminates
on the evening of April 7. Please view the Boca Grande
Health Clinic Foundation’s website for more information:
bghcfoundation.com
Boca Grande Tortoise & the Hare Egg Races
Saturday, April 3, 9 -11:30 a.m.
Boca Grande Community Center, 131 First Street W.
Grab your running shoes and join us for the Boca
Grande Community Center’s new twist on egg hunts,
Tortoise and the Hare Egg Races!
Bring your camera for a photo opportunity and meet
the Easter Bunny and his tortoise friend. Put your
looking glasses on and see how many eggs you can spot
in our contact-less egg hunt and use your thinking caps
to guess how many jelly beans fi t into a jar. Family fun
for everyone!
Registration is required to be assigned a socially
distanced race lane and heat time. Groups are asked
to arrive 15 minutes before your heat to check in and
line up but encouraged not to be too early. Volunteers
are welcome and needed. Contact Khoreen Vetter at
the Boca Grande Community Center to volunteer and/
or register at Kvetter@leegov.com or by calling (941)
964-2564 ex. 2
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 4
Great Art On Screen-Raphael: The Young Prodigy
Friday, April 9, 11 a.m.
Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium
131 First Street W.
From Magia Ciarla, who died when the painter was only
8 years old, to the female admirers who helped him on
the road to success, down to and including the woman
who, as legend would have it, would lead him to his death.
Figures of women that really existed and some that were
also products of his imagination. Raphael, (1483-1520),
was able to portray an ideal of celestial beauty. Thanks
to contributions from internationally-renowned experts,
this documentary fi lm enables us to discover the most
signifi cant cities and places in the life and times of one of
the Renaissance master.
Livestream tickets are $20. Call (941) 964-0827 for
tickets or see friendsofbocagrande.org for information.
All That Jazz
Tony Desare: I Love A Piano
Monday, April 12 at 5 & 8 pm
Livestream event
Tony DeSare performs with infectious joy, wry
playfulness and robust musicality. Named a Rising Star
Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has lived up
to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim
for his concert performances throughout North America
and abroad.
From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining
with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare
has brought his fresh take on old school class around the
globe.
More information coming soon at friendsofbocagrande.
org or by calling (941) 964-0827.
Lemon Bay Art Attack Art Show
Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Across from Lemon Bay High school
2200 Placida Rd., Englewood
Two-day fi ne art show featuring local and nationally
acclaimed artists and makers. Handmade yard
sculptures, paintings, metal work, jewelry, baskets,
pottery, wearable art and so much more.
BIPS 4 BIPS Red Tide Forum
Wednesday, April 21, 2 p.m.
Livestream event
BIPS 4 BIPS stands for Barrier Island Parks Society
for Barrier Island Protection Series. The BIPS 4 BIPS
Forums & Lectures Series is one more way BIPS shares
our mission to inspire the exploration and preservation
of our natural and historic treasures with local
communities.
This series features top experts in their fi eld presenting
topics that are important to SW Florida. In this ongoing
effort, BIPS’ goal is to educate and inspire stewardship
of our irreplaceable barrier island assets for future
generations.
More details coming soon at barrierislandparkssociety.
com.
/bghcfoundation.com
/friendsofbocagrande.org
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