A Few of Our Favorite Activities
(See our calendar for a listing of all the activities we offer. If you click on an activity listed on the calendar, the details about that particular activity will pop up.)
Evening Social, 'Who’s Still Here?' Wine & Cheese Party
May 9, 2024
Join us for this complimentary social event to discover who will be around the island this summer and discuss activities we might want to do. We will be serving wine, cheese, and cake!
DATE: Thursday, May 9, 2024
TIME: 5PM - 7 PM
PLACE: St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 2304 Periwinkle Way
Broadway Palms Matinee and Lunch
Broadway Dance Musical—Swing!
Please join us at the Broadway Palm Theater for the original Broadway Dance Musical—Swing!
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Time: 11:30 LUNCH, 1:00 SHOW
Location: Broadway Palm Theater, 1380 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, 33907
Ticket Cost: $60, for the matinee lunch and show!
We have fantastic seats and a great deal on the ticket/lunch cost. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance on a first come, first serve basis.
Contact Cindy Butterfield at 239-333-6932 OR smilebutterfield@gmail.com for information and to buy tickets.
Breakfast Club
Join us for breakfast on Thursdays at 8:00 AM at Jerry’s Cafe located at 1700 Periwinkle Way, inside the grocery store. Visit with old friends and make a few new ones while enjoying a scrumptious breakfast, or just a cup of Joe. We will order and pay individually.
For questions and details, contact Dan Hopta at (978) 239-4612.
Leisure Lunch
This is one of our most popular monthly activities that we offer. A group of us gather for lunch and friendship at one of Sanibel’s or Captiva’s fine restaurants. At times, we also choose a restaurant in Ft. Myers as many people are living their temporarily while their homes are being repaired from Hurricane Ian. For details see our calendar . (Click on the activity on the calendar for details.)
We have never met a stranger- These lunches are warm and welcoming, and a great place to visit and get to know each other. We explore new restaurants, and everyone orders from the menu and pays for their own meal.
Please sign up in advance by contacting Deborah Butler- deborahpbutler@comcast.net
Happy Hour- Tutti Pazzi
Come enjoy a drink, appetizer specials, and/or dinner with friends at Tutti Pazzi Italian Kitchen every Monday from 4—6pm. Happy hour drink prices and appetizers are available until 5pm. The dinner menu is available starting at 5PM. If you don’t drink, come anyway and order a glass of tea! It’s a lively and fun group where everyone knows your name!
Tutti Pazzi is located at 1200 Periwinkle Way. Look for the folks having fun by the bar. We will order and pay individually.
Hope to see you there!
Note: This is a new location. We are no longer meeting at MudBugs.
Exercise Classes
Please join Mahnaz Bassir on most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at at 10:00am at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church for cardio & strength. Please arrive early if you need to pre-register for the class. Mahnaz is a beloved and talented fitness instructor who has quite a following! Each class involves warm-up, stretching, aerobics, and muscle strengthening- followed by a cool down.
See our calendar more information(Click on the activity on the calendar for details.)
Page Turners Book Club via Zoom
Our Page Turners Book Club meets monthly via Zoom. The book discussions are always fun and lively. For details see our calendar. (Click on the activity on the calendar for details.).
A preview of our upcoming book selections include:
May 14, 2024 at 1:00 EST—The Women by Kristin Hannah
From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels―at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield. “Women can be heroes, too.”
June 11, 2024 at 1:00 EST—Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
July 9, 2024 at 1:00 EST—Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
The Bird Hotel tells the story of this young American who, after suffering tragedy, restores and runs La Llorona. Along the way we meet a rich assortment of characters who live in the village or come to stay at the hotel. With a mystery at its center and filled with warmth, drama, romance, humor, pop culture, and a little magic realism, The Bird Hotel has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a a leading voice of her generation.
August 13, 2024 at 1:00 EST—Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song. But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.
With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. Goodreads
