Entries by LifeInNaples

Author’s Randall Kenneth Jones teams up with Mark Victor Hansen on debut fiction novel

Author Randall Kenneth Jones teams up with Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®, on debut fiction novel Mark Victor Hansen, celebrated worldwide as the #1 New York Times bestselling author and the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® book series, is launching a new fiction book series on September […]

Naples Children & Education Foundation Welcomes New Trustees

The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, has added Nancy and Ted Koenig, Sherie Marek, and Amy and John Quinn as Trustees. In this role, they will support NCEF’s vision of making a profound and sustaining difference in the lives of underprivileged children in Collier County. “These new […]

PARKINSON’S ASSOCIATION WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION

PARKINSON’S ASSOCIATION OF SWFL WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION BOARD TO PROVIDE SPEECH EXERCISE THERAPY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE The Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida (PASWFL) has been awarded a grant from the Moorings Park Foundation Board. The grant funds will support the expansion of the six weekly speech […]

ADRIA D. STARKEY NAMED HONORARY CHAIR of STEP FORWARD – OVERCOMING OBSTACLES FUNDRAISER

ADRIA D. STARKEY NAMED HONORARY CHAIR OF THE PARKINSON’S ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA’S , A STEP FORWARD – OVERCOMING OBSTACLES FUNDRAISER Event Held at The Ritz-Carlton Naples on March 31, 2023 The Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida (PASWFL) announced today that Collier County President for FineMark National Bank and Trust, Adria D. Starkey, accepted its […]

Incredible Lineup of World-Renowned Vintners and Award-Winning Chefs Unveiled

Incredible Lineup of World-Renowned Vintners and Award-Winning Chefs Unveiled for 23rd Annual Naples Winter Wine Festival on February 3-5, 2023 Honored Vintner Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and Chef de Cuisine John Tesar will be joined by several other acclaimed vintners and chefs, including Alessia Antinori, Deborah Harlan,  Jesse Katz, Olivier Krug, Hi Sang Lee and […]

What’s Next at The Naples Players!

The Naples Players is excited to announce all of their events in September!  Blithe Spirit, Sponsored by Gallerie Indigo, will be in Blackburn Hall from September 28 – October 23.  This smash comedy hit offers up a fussy, cantankerous, and spiritual skeptic in Charles Condomine (James Duggan). But, Charles’ spiritual skepticism vanishes when the ghost of […]

PARKINSON’S ASSOCIATION APPOINT NEW 2022-2023 BOARD MEMBERS

PARKINSON’S ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA APPOINT NEW 2022-2023 BOARD MEMBERS The Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida (PASWFL) appointed two members to its board of directors. Newly appointed members include Karim Mawji and Russell B. Jones as treasurer. Mawji and Jones join the existing all-volunteer board that includes Board Chair Bill Morgan, Vice Chair John Botsko, […]

FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH TO HOST AN “EVENING ON FIFTH”

FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH TO HOST A SPECIAL “EVENING ON FIFTH” TO BENEFIT THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOR CITY OF NAPLES The Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District (BID) is partnering with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 38to host a special “Evening on Fifth” on Thursday, September 8. The event will boost community awareness […]

Gulfshore Opera Season 9 Music and Cultures 2022-2023

Season 9- A meld of Music and (World) Cultures–  Gulfshore Opera is Southwest Florida’s regional opera company serving communities from Punta Gorda to Marco Island. In its ninth season, the company will explore the music of Latin America and stage two operas set in Spain in partnership with Collier County’s Celebration of Hispanic Arts and […]

Rookery Bay nature center to close for two weeks before National Estuaries Day celebration

The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center at 300 Tower Road in Naples will be closed for maintenance updates on Sept 10 – Sept. 23. It will reopen with free admission from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 to celebrate National Estuaries Day. This annual event held at the country’s 30 national reserves […]