http://www.marconews.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/?partner=RSSmarconews.com Stories: Artsen-usentertainment/arts-theaterhttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/08/review-marco-island-players-herbert-other-stranger/?partner=RSSThe Island Players dug out the tie-dye tees, peace signs and lava lamps this weekend. The group serves up five one-act plays about life, love, family and the horizontal bop. While the writing leaves much to be desired, the acting lifts gentle, innocuous scenes to pleasant, enjoyable watching. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:43:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299905-734541entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKMARCO ISLANDReview: Island Players explore life, love and relationships in quintet of one-actsmarconews.comreview-marco-island-players-herbert-other-strangerurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299905-734541Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/06/preview-easel-does-it-wet-paint-live-has-art-happe/?partner=RSSArtists 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 group of well-known Marco and Southwest Florida artists will fan out to locations all over the island with their easels, each creating a painting from start to finish on that day. The resulting works will be auctioned off that evening, many with the paint still wet – hence the name – in a charity fundraiser. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:14:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299635-734539entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMARCO ISLANDPreview: Easel does it – ‘Wet Paint Live’ has art happening all over Marcomarconews.compreview-easel-does-it-wet-paint-live-has-art-happeurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299635-734539Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/06/photos-bloomin-art-art-center-teams-calusa-garden/?partner=RSSIt was here and then gone, in the blink of an eye. Unlike most art exhibits, the “Art in Bloom” show was mounted for only three days. A reception was held Friday evening at the Marco Island Center for the Arts, and then art lovers or flower fanciers had the weekend to take it in. The brief time-frame mirrors the amount of time a flower can be counted on to show itself off to best advantage, after being cut. In a case of art imitating art, the Art in Bloom show consisted of 26 pieces by members of the Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island, each interpreting in horticulture one of the “fiber art” pieces displayed in the Art Center’s main gallery. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:48:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299629-734539entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMARCO ISLANDPHOTOS: Bloomin’ art – Art Center teams with Calusa Garden Club for floral exhibitmarconews.comphotos-bloomin-art-art-center-teams-calusa-gardenurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299629-734539Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/04/tommy-davidson-marco-island-comedy-club/?partner=RSSFormer "In Living Color" cast member, movie star and stand-up comic Tommy Davidson rocked the house at Marco Island's Off the Hook comedy club Friday night. gordon@swfloutdoorphotography.com (GORDON CAMPBELL)Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299527-734537entertainment/arts-theaterGORDON CAMPBELLMARCO ISLANDPHOTOS: Former "In Living Color" cast member Tommy Davidson rocks house at Off the Hook on Marcomarconews.comtommy-davidson-marco-island-comedy-cluburn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299527-734537Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/04/review-jersey-boys-frankie-valli-four-seasons-2012/?partner=RSSI don't know that I'll every be fully seduced by the "Jersey Boys," which plays through Feb. 19 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. I do know that it's the slickest, glossiest and best-packaged piece of entertainment you're likely to see outside of The Great White Way. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:33:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299523-734537entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKMarco Island, FLReview: "Jersey Boys" makes beautiful music, dazzles audiences in Fort Myersmarconews.comreview-jersey-boys-frankie-valli-four-seasons-2012urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299523-734537Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/03/review-damn-yankees-national-tour-niko-companies/?partner=RSS"Damn Yankees" slid into the Naples Philharmonic for a one-night stand Thursday. Sultry Lola got a sold-out house, even if she didn't get her man. The audience wasn't so lucky. While the show had its moments, it was plagued by abysmal acoustics, leaden pacing and proved excruciating to watch. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:24:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299429-734536entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKNAPLESReview: Baseball fable "Damn Yankees" strikes out at the Philharmonicmarconews.comreview-damn-yankees-national-tour-niko-companiesurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299429-734536Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/feb/02/recognize-anyone-five-easy-pieces-unite-tackle-lif/?partner=RSSIf you can’t find your mother, children or grandparents in “I’m Herbert ... and other Strangers,” you’re not looking hard enough. The Island Players collects five vignettes of ‘60s and ‘70s relationships and lets them take off to wherever they will. Love, sex, divorce, senility are all fair game for this performance, studded with comical scenes and heart gripping realities. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:25:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299320-734535entertainment/arts-theaterCHERYL FERRARAMARCO ISLANDRecognize anyone? Five easy pieces unite to tackle life’s hardest lessons in Island Player's ‘I’m Herbert ... and Other Strangers’marconews.comrecognize-anyone-five-easy-pieces-unite-tackle-lifurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-299320-734535Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/30/gulfshore-playhouse-review-david-mamet-race-ticket/?partner=RSSGulfshore Playhouse dove into the discussion about race in America Friday night. David Mamet's searing cannonball of a play "Race," with unsayable words, unthinkable deeds and shocking twists burns across the stage. You'll watch, stare and gasp. You'll also laugh. And you'll leave thinking. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:42:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298929-734532entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKMarco Island, FLReview: Gulfshore Playhouse wins "Race" for buzz with riveting Mamet dramamarconews.comgulfshore-playhouse-review-david-mamet-race-ticketurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298929-734532Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/25/review-naples-philharmonic-les-miserables-tickets/?partner=RSSA re-designed and re-orchestrated vision of "Les Misérables" swung into the Philharmonic Tuesday. There's much to love - a towering Valjean, a thundering Javer, phantasmic effects and glorious voices. Yet, for all the soaring crescendo of sound, the production feels curiously inconsistent at times. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:30:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298453-734527entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKNAPLESReview: Operatic "Les Misérables" brilliant, passionate but inconsistent at Naples Philharmonicmarconews.comreview-naples-philharmonic-les-miserables-ticketsurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298453-734527Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/23/photos-art-history-everglade-citys-art-glades-surr/?partner=RSSThe 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 period memorabilia. Across the street is the Community Church, also a relic, whose chimes still ring the hours. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:35:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298266-734525entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEAREREVERGLADES CITYPHOTOS: Art ‘history’ – Everglade City’s ‘Art in the Glades’ surrounded by Collier County’s pastmarconews.comphotos-art-history-everglade-citys-art-glades-surrurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298266-734525Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/20/photos-paul-arsenault-lectures-florida-highwaymen/?partner=RSSNaples artist Paul Arsenault gives a lecture on the Florida Highwaymen at the Marco Island Historical Society on Thursday evening. The Highwaymen are a group of African American artists who painted and sold Florida landscapes in the Jim Crow era. The works of these artist are on exhibit at the Historical Society and can be viewed Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Jason Easterly/Eagle Correspondent mail@narrativeimage.com (JASON EASTERLY)Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:29:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298262-734522entertainment/arts-theaterJASON EASTERLYMarco Island, FLPHOTOS: Paul Arsenault lectures on the Florida Highwaymen exhibit, Marco Islandmarconews.comphotos-paul-arsenault-lectures-florida-highwaymenurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298262-734522Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/19/uniting-nature-culture-preserve-air-exhibit-underw/?partner=RSSArtists Deborah Mitchell and Deedra Ludwig are in the class of visionaries who are compelled to deeply explore and express the otherwise unheard, unseen, unfelt beauty, mystery and fragility of remote places like the Big Cypress Swamp in South Florida. “The Preserve; Uniting Nature and Culture” art exhibit, open now at the Big Cypress National Preserve, is a provocative and scintillating collection of fine art creations by fifteen artists who, like Mitchell and Ludwig, have braved this diverse (both sultry and arid, breathtaking and sometimes dangerous) back country preserve situated against the Everglades and divided by Highway 41 between Naples and Miami. These creators are the Artists in Residence (AIR), who came and captured through their work this assorted wild land known for fire and water. noristpaul@gmail.com (NORI ST. PAUL)Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:07:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298016-734521entertainment/arts-theaterNORI ST. PAULBIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVEUniting nature, culture: Preserve AIR Exhibit underway in Big Cypressmarconews.comuniting-nature-culture-preserve-air-exhibit-underwurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298016-734521Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/19/photos-music-marco-big-bands-mackle-park-swings-so/?partner=RSSAll music becomes oldies, if people still remember it at all. The Beatles, the Bangles, and Busta Rhymes, all will become the province of those whose memories are provided with a soundtrack by the tunes they loved. For the crowd filling the covered court at Mackle Park on Sunday afternoon, there was no doubt what music filled the bill for them. Big band music, heavy on the brass, hits from around the time of WWII – the big one – was the draw, as the Music of Marco Big Band brought their 16-piece ensemble back to a familiar venue and an appreciative crowd. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:54:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298009-734521entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMarco Island, FLPHOTOS: The ‘Music of Marco?’ Big bands – Mackle Park swings to the sounds of the big brass bandmarconews.comphotos-music-marco-big-bands-mackle-park-swings-sourn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298009-734521Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/16/photos-art-esplanade-left-bank-art-fest-holds-firs/?partner=RSSDozens of artist showed their stuff to hundreds of art lovers Sunday at the Left Bank Art Fest. The monthly gathering, held through the season at the Esplanade on Collier Boulevard, benefited from a “Goldilocks” day – not too hot, not too cold, just right. “This is perfect,” said watercolorist Eloise Barrows, showing her works to Mary Dumais. “It’s not warm enough for people to come to the beach, but it’s very comfortable walking around.” Barrows said she had done eight paintings last week, preparing for the show, and putting a strain on her husband, who gets the job of framing them. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:45:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298007-734518entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMarco Island, FLPHOTOS: Art in the Esplanade – Left Bank Art Fest holds first 2012 showmarconews.comphotos-art-esplanade-left-bank-art-fest-holds-firsurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-298007-734518Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/14/review-florida-rep-year-of-magical-thinking-didion/?partner=RSSFlorida Repertory Theatre dives into death - or at least into life after death - with its latest offering, a one-woman adaptation of Joan Didion memoir "The Year of Magical Thinking." Sara Morsey brings the author to vivid, tenacious life as she battles through the year after her husband's death. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:36:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297590-734516entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKMarco Island, FLVIDEO: Review: Florida Rep waves wand over enchanting "Year of Magical Thinking"marconews.comreview-florida-rep-year-of-magical-thinking-didionurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297590-734516Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/13/review-marco-players-twelve-angry-jurors-tickets/?partner=RSSThe Marco Players searched for truth, justice and the American way Thursday night during a tense production of "Twelve Angry Jurors." Courtroom dramas litter our TV screens - but this one crackles with intensity, personality conflicts and bitter disagreements. The verdict? A solid hit. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297477-734515entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKMARCO ISLANDReview: The verdict is in! Marco Players deliver a hit with "Twelve Angry Jurors"marconews.comreview-marco-players-twelve-angry-jurors-ticketsurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297477-734515Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/12/verdict-marco-players-twelve-angry-jurors-hit/?partner=RSSThe Marco Players have a hit on their hands. You could say that a show that features a dozen people sitting around a table arguing is not the stuff hits are made of. You might even say you could see the same thing when your family gathers for the holidays. But with a combination of a compelling story, spot-on casting, and bravaura acting by local thespians, “Twelve Angry Jurors” is a riveting drama. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:34:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297455-734514entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMarco Island, FLThe verdict? Marco Players ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’ is a hitmarconews.comverdict-marco-players-twelve-angry-jurors-hiturn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297455-734514Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/12/flame-still-burns-arts-afire-will-scale-back-one-d/?partner=RSSSputtering slightly, the flame of “Arts Afire!” stayed alive, after City Council agreed to allocate $2,000 to fund the event. This year’s Arts Afire will be a scaled-back, one-day event, taking place March 18, rather than the nine-day extravaganza held last year. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:48:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297443-734514entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMARCO ISLANDThe flame still burns – Marco Island's Arts Afire will scale back to one day, says advisory boardmarconews.comflame-still-burns-arts-afire-will-scale-back-one-durn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297443-734514Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/12/review-naples-players-moonlight-magnolias-tickets/?partner=RSSThe Naples Players went back to the Old South Wednesday, revisiting Tara, Scarlett and Rhett. The occasion: "Moonlight & Magnolias," a slapstick retelling of how movie producers banged out a script for "Gone With the Wind." It's a rough journey - but an interesting one. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:27:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297331-734514entertainment/arts-theaterCHRIS SILKMarco Island, FLReview: Naples Players explore Old South in "Moonlight and Magnolias"marconews.comreview-naples-players-moonlight-magnolias-ticketsurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297331-734514Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2012/jan/09/fiber-our-being-marco-island-art-center-focuses-te/?partner=RSSA recent presentation by the Historical Society showcased all the practical uses that can be made of cordage, or fiber. Now, a new exhibit opening today (Tuesday) at the Marco Island Center for the Arts demonstrates that fiber can also be employed in the service of fine art – and not just to hang a mobile. lances22@gmail.com (LANCE SHEARER)Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:51:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297021-734511entertainment/arts-theaterLANCE SHEARERMarco Island, FLThe fiber of our being – Marco Island art center focuses on textiles in new exhibitmarconews.comfiber-our-being-marco-island-art-center-focuses-teurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-297021-734511Change0Usable