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Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson resigned from the board of directors of the United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties this week, making it the third board from which he has resigned in the past wo weeks amid allegations of sexual impropriety.

Medicare Annual Enrollment begins October 15. If you have questions, you may want to attend this event.

Amanda Cochran won a seat on the Lee County Commission in the August Primary, defeating Trish Petrosky. She promises to be transparent and accessible while serving the last two years of the late Mike Greenwell's term.

Voters with an active request on file for the Nov. 3 general election should be seeing their ballots in their mailboxes in the coming week or so.

“Sophisticated Ladies” was originally a Broadway smash starring Gregory Hines and Phyllis Hyman. Garnering multiple Tony Award nominations, the revue became a benchmark for jazz-infused musical theater. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s production blends powerhouse vocals, sizzling choreography and more than two dozen of Ellington’s hits including “Take the A Train,” “Satin Doll” and the sultry title tune “Sophisticated Lady.” The revue opens Oct. 14 and runs through Nov. 22.

The Music & Arts Community Center in Fort Myers hosts the Love Flamenco World Tour on Oct. 3. It’s a sensory experience in which music, dance, and emotion come together for an unforgettable night.

This week, four shows open, five continue their runs and there are two limited engagements at Southwest Florida theaters.

Over the weekend, Cypress Lakes School for the Arts produced “A Monster Calls,” a devised play in the tradition of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” The play gave Artistic Director Carmen Crussard’s theater students a rare opportunity to learn about and be in a unique, ensemble-driven theatrical genre that is reshaping how stories are created and performed.

Hurricane Ian arrived in Southwest Florida four years ago today. Whether you experienced true devastation or were just seriously inconvenienced, Ian left a deep mark on everyone who experienced it. In the months after Ian the folks at the Gulf Coast Writers Association embarked on a project to collect some of them for a book that could capture the moment from different perspectives and that culminated in the 2023 book Storm Stories – Hurricane Ian: Stories of Survival, Heroism, and Humanity. We talk with Christie Zarria, who co-edited the book, and award-winning author Robert N. Macomber, who lost his St. James home and wrote the book's forward.

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