Cape Coral

2022 - 9 - 28

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Top 5 things to do in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs this ... (The News-Press)

Five fun things to do this weekend and beyond, including a touring King Tut exhibit and the return of Frightmare on 78.

Connect with this reporter: Charles Runnells is an arts and entertainment reporter for The News-Press and the Naples Daily News. Cape Coral Bike Night: Motorcycles rumble back into downtown Cape for this popular event featuring live music, vendors, beer, food and more. This fundraiser for the Cape Coral Museum of History includes food, cocktails, a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction. Cattle Baron’s Ball: The 18th annual, cowboy-themed event raises money for the American Cancer Society with live and silent auctions, ax throwing, dinner and country music from the band Whiskey Country and more. Oktoberfest at Fort Myers Brewing: The brewery celebrates October with four days of live bands, food truck rallies and beer. The haunted corn maze takes places Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. The event includes racing in different race classes, a boat parade, live entertainment, a street party and a “race village” where spectators can check out the boats up close and meet the racers. and died at a young age (about 18 or 19). Theater comes to Tribby Arts Center for the first time with Florida Rep’s production of Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 play, which was later adapted into a 1989 movie starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. Open every Friday and Saturday, Sept. The annual haunted house returns, and organizers say it’s bigger and scarier than ever. This touring show features replicas of artifacts found in Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, including King Tut’s funeral mask, the golden canopic shrine, the iconic golden mummy case and the bejeweled mummy of the pharaoh himself.

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Some in Florida Chose Not to Evacuate (The New York Times)

In deciding not to evacuate, they weighed the threat of destruction against that of trouble leaving on clogged highways.

Schafer, 33, said she decided not to evacuate because she felt safer hunkering down in her own home than taking her chances on the road along the evacuation route. She has two children under 2 and said she had no choice but to stay because of her business, with patients looking to schedule liposuction before the storm. Capiga, 43 years old, was second-guessing her family’s decision to stay but said she felt they hadn’t had enough time. His prediction was correct, and many in Charlotte County credit his warning with saving their lives after the area was hit by the storm. Her home was not under mandatory evacuation orders, but she was on edge with water already pooling inside her shed by Tuesday evening. “I specially picked this condo because it’s at the highest elevation point in Cape Coral.”

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Hunters Run Cape Coral (The News-Press)

At 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 28, 2022, a view looking northeast at Hunters Run golf course in Cape Coral as Hurricane Ian approaches.

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Top 5 things to do in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs this ... (The Boca Raton Tribune)

Looking for some entertainment in Southwest Florida? Here are five fun things to do this weekend and beyond, including a touring King Tut exhibit and the return ...

For more articles like this please visit [www.news-press.com](http://www.news-press.com) Connect with this reporter: Charles Runnells is an arts and entertainment reporter for The News-Press and the Naples Daily News. Cape Coral Bike Night: Motorcycles rumble back into downtown Cape for this popular event featuring live music, vendors, beer, food and more. This fundraiser for the Cape Coral Museum of History includes food, cocktails, a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction. Cattle Baron’s Ball: The 18th annual, cowboy-themed event raises money for the American Cancer Society with live and silent auctions, ax throwing, dinner and country music from the band Whiskey Country and more. Oktoberfest at Fort Myers Brewing: The brewery celebrates October with four days of live bands, food truck rallies and beer. The haunted corn maze takes places Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. and died at a young age (about 18 or 19). Farmer Mike’s gets spooked up with various monsters and ghouls for this eighth annual fest, including haunted and family-friendly corn mazes, a hay maze, bounce houses, a pumpkin patch, ax throwing and more. The event includes racing in different race classes, a boat parade, live entertainment, a street party and a “race village” where spectators can check out the boats up close and meet the racers. Open every Friday and Saturday, Sept. This touring show features replicas of artifacts found in Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, including King Tut’s funeral mask, the golden canopic shrine, the iconic golden mummy case and the bejeweled mummy of the pharaoh himself.

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Cape Coral's longest-running business of its kind celebrates 45 years (The News-Press)

From left, Litton Polo, Diane Anderson, Alison Polo, Gabriella Cinelli and Michael. As the owner of the longest-running business of its kind in Cape Coral, ...

Some of the many nearby entrepreneurs Polo has enjoyed long friendships with include Greg Gebhard and Jovana Batkovic, owners of Nice Guys Pizza (“They were one of the first here in what they provide. As the owner of the longest-running business of its kind in Cape Coral, Alison Polo has relished seeing growth and changes in the same families who have patronized Zak’s Jewelry for decades. "My husband says this is a lot of work. “I was working on my master’s in business management at what would become Hodges University," Polo said. Jeweler Scott Fizer, who was taught by Polo’s grandfather, and staff member Diane Anderson have been employees for 37 and 32 years, respectively. There will be more catching up in October when some of these customers drop as Zak's celebrates its anniversary with widespread discounts on their sparkling jewelry, watches, bracelets and more.

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