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Date of Issue: March 30, 2005

Islander Calender

Wednesday, May 19
9 a.m. - Horseshoe games at Anna Maria City Hall Park, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Duplicate bridge at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-3390. Fee applies.

4:30 to 6 p.m. - "Educating Jane" teen girls life-skills club at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.

6 p.m. - Family storytime at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341.

7 p.m. - Dance teacher "Miss Sara" will host a spring recital and banquet at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908.

7 p.m. - Island Players Inc. annual meeting at the theater, corner of Gulf Drive and Pine Avenue, Anna Maria. Information: 778-5755.

Thursday, May 20

Friday, May 21
7 to 11:30 p.m. - "Dance the Night Away" at Palma Sola Botanical Park, 9800 17th Ave. N.W., Bradenton. Information: 792-8719. Fee applies.

Saturday, May 22
8:30 a.m. - Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island meeting presents "Trials and Tribulations of Middle School Management" with Larry Fowler at Cafe on the Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Manatee Public Beach, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-0355.

9 a.m. - Horseshoe games at Anna Maria City Hall Park, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

8 a.m. to noon - Safe boating class at the Anna Maria Island Power Squadron, 1200 71st St. N.W., Bradenton. Information: 778-8408 or 545-7646. Fee applies.

Sunday, May 23

Monday, May 24
8 a.m. - Internet class at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341.

Tuesday, May 25
Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Friendly bridge at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.

1 to 4 p.m. - Veterans service officer at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Appointments: 749-3030.

Wednesday, May 26
8 to 9 a.m. - "Good Morning, Longboat Key" at the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, 6854 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Information: 387-9519.

9 a.m. - Horseshoe games at Anna Maria City Hall Park, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Duplicate bridge at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-3390. Fee applies.

6 p.m. - Family storytime at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341.

Ongoing:

  • Stained glass art by Susan Oberender on display at Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, through May 22.
  • "Forever Plaid" at the Manatee Players Riverfront Theatre, 102 Old Main St., Bradenton, through May 23. Information: 748-5875. Fee applies.
  • Manatee High School art exhibit at the Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach, through May 28. Information: 778-2099.
  • Watercolors by Mary Stealey at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, through May 31. Information: 778-6341.
  • Watercolor with Susie Cotton at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, through May 25. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
  • Retrospective exhibit by Florida photographer Clyde Butcher at the South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton, through August. Information: 746-4131. Fee applies.

Upcoming:

  • Anna Maria Island Community Center Day at Tropicana Field May 30.
  • Memorial Day concert at Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota May 31.

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