Gulf Coast Live

Arts Edition - 100th Anniversary of Hadassah / Nat GeoPhotographer Charles ‘Flip’ Nicklin.

Thursday, 09 February 2012

A showcase of Israeli and Yiddish melodies and Broadway show tunes sung by a cast of cantors in celebration of the 100^th anniversary of Hadassah.   “A Simcha in Song” takes place Sunday, February 12^th at 7pm at Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road.. For RSVP information, call 239-592-5304 or 239-598-1009.

Plus meet National Geographic photographer “Flip” Nicklin.  As a master of the free dive and underwater photographer, he has spent 30 years creating a window into the world of whales, dolphins and porpoises. His is at the South Florida Museum in Bradenton. 

GUESTS
Cantors:
Donna Azu of Naples
Douglas Renfroe of Sanibel Island

Charles “Flip” Nicklin – National Geographic photographer 

House of Gaia / Take a Stand Against Genocide

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

The term “genocide” emerged from the World War II era and the Holocaust which took the lives of more than six million Jews.  In 1948, the United Nations declared genocide an international crime in 1948. But, despite the lasting impact the Holocaust left of the world, acts of genocide continue to pervade worldwide in the form of civil wars and other armed conflicts from Rwanda and the Sudan, from  Chechnya to Bosnia-Herzegovina. 

We’ll get an insider’s perspective on efforts to prevent genocide ahead of the 6^th annual Take a Stand Against Genocide and Mass Atrocities event this weekend in Sarasota hosted by the Humanity Working to End Genocide coalition. 

Plus, we’ll talk with Maria “Lulu” Carter, founder of the Naples non-profit House of Gaia ahead of her upcoming trip to Haiti.

Conversations about race inspired by “The Help.”

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel “The Help” became a New York Times Bestseller and last year’s film adaptation became Hollywood’s 2011 runaway hit.  The story depicts the parallel yet intricately interwoven worlds of black and white Americans in the early 1960s and it’s been sparking deeper conversations about race in the U.S. and just how far we’ve come since the civil rights movement. 

Later this month, a series of conversations on race and reconciliation come to Fort Myers including a look at the historical role of race in society compared today, how novels like “The Help” can be a vehicle for healing, and an exploration of the myths and realities of black segregated schools.

The U.S. and the World: How the U.S. Perceives the World, How the World Perceives America, and How We Perceive Ourselves

Monday, 06 February 2012

We’ll take a closer look at the United States and the World through a variety of differing lenses.  What do Americans think about the rest of the world?  What does the rest of the world think about us?  How do recent immigrants and resident aliens perceive life inside the United States? 

We’ll be asking these questions and more amid a series of moderated discussions taking place this winter through Florida Gulf Coast University’s Renaissance Academy in Naples. 

Arts Edition - Gulfshore Playhouse presents: “Race” / Vocal Artistry Honors Peacemakers

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Gulfshore Playhouse presents David Mamet’s play “Race” in which three attorneys, two black and one white, defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.  Mamet has said that the "theme is race and the lies we tell each other on the subject."



Then, Vocal Artistry honors three peacemakers with song and dance in a multimedia concert. Hear South African freedom songs, haiku death poems sung in Japanese and Karl Jenkins’ Requiem in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa.