Entries by LifeInNaples

NCH Wingard Stroke Institute Participates in an Innovative Stroke Evaluation Pilot Study to Deliver Faster Evaluations for Patients

Every 40 seconds, someone suffers a stroke. While strokes are often associated with older individuals, they can strike at any age. Nationwide, itis the fourth leading cause of death, and strokes kill twice as many women every year than breast cancer. Nearly 795,000 people suffer a stroke every year – resulting in approximately 133,000 deaths. […]

Wildlife Festivals • Lectures • Eco-Tours and more offered at Rookery Bay

Registration begins December 8 for the 20th Annual Festival of Birds and Wildlife Conservation Film Festival being held January 12-21 at Rookery Bay Research Reserve. The month also kicks off the popular Lunch & Learn lecture series that runs through April and ticket sales begin for the 15th annual Bash for the Bay in March. […]

Generosity in Full Bloom NWWF 2024

One of the world’s most prestigious charity wine auctions, the Naples Winter Wine Festival, returns for its 24th annual celebration on January 26-28, 2024 at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón. With the theme “Generosity in Full Bloom,” the Festival will once again feature exclusive fine wines, impeccable cuisine and unique, one-of-a-kind auction lots benefitting its founding […]

Wishing You Soulful Holiday Longings by Lois Bolin, Ph.D., Old Naples Historian

Bing Crosby made the first live radio performance of a new song called “White Christmas” seventeen days after the Japanese December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor. Irving Berlin’s song about a nostalgic view of an ideal snowy northeastern Christmas became an instant classic and one of the most patriotic songs of World War II the […]

Let’s get the Naples party started by Celebrating our Centennial by Claudia Polzin, Independent Consultant

Normally December is busy with holiday celebrations – but this year in Naples there are additional celebrations all around the fact that Collier County is celebrating 100 years. So start off the month on December 2 with the Centennial Community Celebration in Cambier Park from 12-4 pm. The day is filled with great activities for […]