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Get your glow on!

Get your glow on during the second annual Florida SouthWestern State College 5k Glow Run at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the FSW Lee Campus in Fort Myers. Check-in opens at 5 p.m. All proceeds will benefit FSW Bucs Athletics. Registration is $35. Racers who ...

NFMAA’s ‘Nutcracker’ returns to B.B. Mann

The North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts has turned the staging of “The Nutcracker” into a science, and every year they add new things to the show to make it extra special. On Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., the school returns to the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall for its 22nd ...

Cape animal shelter gets grant for free spay & neuters

Cape Coral’s local animal shelter has announced that it is a recipient of a grant that will provide free spay and neutering to qualified pet owners. The Cape Coral Animal Shelter has earned a grant from the Florida Animal Friend spay/neuter license program. Funds from every purchased ...

Trafalgar Middle’s Peggy Quinn named School Related Employee of the Year

A 26-year employee of Trafalgar Middle School recently received the 2025 School Related Employee of the Year, a recognition that shocked her. “It really is such an honor. I could not believe it — 26 years here, 30 years in the system. I wouldn’t be doing it if I didn’t like it,” ...

NFMAA’s Cooke named Assistant Principal of the Year

Jill Cooke, assistant principal of curriculum at North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts, has been named the 2025 Assistant Principal of the Year. “Mrs. Cooke is passionate about students being academically successful,” North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts Principal Andy Miller said in a ...

Starlight auction reaches lofty goal

For the 30th anniversary of the Animal Refuge Center’s Starlight Auction at the Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort on Saturday, the goal was set to raise $300,000. That’s roughly 30 percent of what’s needed to support ARC. Some thought that goal was a bit high, as it would set a record ...

Wear your ugly Christmas sweater during Fort Myers Hooters Jeep Night

Fort Myers Hooters is throwing a festive Jeep Night on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 5 to 9 p.m. Southwest Florida Jeep owners and enthusiasts put on your ugly Christmas sweater and celebrate at Hooters Jeep Night. First-, second- and third-prize Hooters swag bags will be awarded for the best dressed ...

Coconut Point New Year’s Art Festival returns Dec. 28–29

Estero residents will once again close out the year and start a new one filled with beauty and inspiration during the 14th Annual Coconut Point New Year’s Art Festival. The free event takes place on Dec. 28-29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days outside the Coconut Point Mall. Residents and ...

‘Another Night Before Christmas’ playing in the Off Broadway Palm Theatre

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre is currently staging the heartwarming, hilarious musical comedy Another Night Before Christmas, running now through Dec. 25, as part of their Off Broadway Palm series. This modern holiday story follows cynical social worker Karol, on Christmas Eve, when she ...