After a spirited weekend featuring the best wines produced worldwide and cuisine from the country’s top chefs, the Naples Winter Wine Festival generated $11.1 million during its thrilling live auction, bringing the total amount raised since the Festival’s inception in 2001 to more than $146 million. Guests from around world came together under the tent […]
Drug Free Collier and Mothers Against Drunk Driving are beaming with pride after witnessing dozens of local teens rally around the prevention of underage drinking. Students from eight different middle and high schools throughout Collier County recently came together for Youth Jam ‘16, an inaugural Youth Leadership Conference that featured innovative ways to help teens […]
The Naples Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will hold its 9th Annual Gene Sarazen Charity Golf Outing on March 19th, 2016, at the beautiful Vineyards Country Club in Naples, Florida. This golf tournament is the largest fund-raising event by NIAF to help support organizations assisting special needs children and adults in Collier County. This year funds […]
by Kelly G. Cooper From Cinderella to Imelda Marcos, footwear has always seduced our imaginations and is undoubtedly an essential piece of fashion. Shoes speak louder than words and are certainly a barometer of style for both men and women alike. People began wearing shoes over 40,000 years ago to protect their feet from weather […]
by Jim Henderson President of William C. Huff Companies and national speaker for estate downsizing and lifestyle transitions From the early 90’s through the early 2000’s, baby boomers and their growing families made up a majority of the ‘up-sizing’ movement within our country. Upwardly mobile boomers moved on average every six years as their careers […]
by Sandra Lee Buxton This year the Museum is celebrating the impact of its educational programs during the 15th Anniversary Triumph Awards on April 13th, at the Naples Yacht Club. The honorees will be F.E. and Jack Nortman selected for their loyalty and continued support in educating the community and students of all ages. Triumph […]
by Nick Penniman The first three Life in Naples articles on the Conservancy of Southwest Florida have covered wildlife care and rehabilitation, education and science. This final piece is about the best known and most public part of the Conservancy’s work: environmental policy. Beginning in 1964 with a petition signed by thousands of citizens, elaborately […]
by Steven Kissinger Jesus Abarca, who was accepted into The Immokalee Foundation’s Take Stock in Children program in middle school, is now 25 years old, and his list of accomplishments – and the way he has earned respect and admiration of adults – would do a man twice his age proud. Lipman Produce CEO Kent […]
So when the lights go up March 22 for “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” fans of live theater will be watching dozens of performers from the Naples Players adult and youth programs entertain them throughout the evening. “The opening number will be 14 to 18 year olds performing ‘Can’t Stop the Music’ from Hairspray, […]
by Catherine Fay, Owner and VP ADVERTORIAL Winter came late to the Northeast and the Midwest this year and I must say we had our share of cold snaps here in Naples too. It was a little too cold for some of us but spring will be here before you know it with spring breaks […]