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Sunny-day dining and more
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Sunny-day dining and more
On the menu at Island Gypsy Café: fresh catches and beautiful sunsets
By George Lang 
29 August 2025
New Floridians do not get a guidebook when they arrive in the Sunshine State, but they quickly learn...
Free, fee, spree
B: Arts & Living
Free, fee, spree
29 August 2025
FREE IT’S FREE CHAMBER MUSIC TIME 2-3 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Naples Regional Branch Library, 650 Centra...

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An artful farewell
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An artful farewell
Final ride a trip down memory lane for FGCU pioneer
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
22 August 2025
Morgan T. Paine looks like an Eddie Bauer advertisement, and in a certain way, creates art that has ...
All-weather page turners
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All-weather page turners
Naples novelists have our next read ready
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
22 August 2025
Beach reading is a wonderful pastime. But for some of us, the peal of thunder is a cue to curl up wi...
Free, fee, spree
B: Arts & Living
Free, fee, spree
22 August 2025
FREE AN ARTFUL EVENING 6-9 p.m. Aug. 27 at The Baker Museum, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples. Art Aft...
Summer jazz ahead
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Summer jazz ahead
In sultry Naples, there are still spots with cool music
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
15 August 2025
Jazz is that perfect little black dress or that pair of side-elastic slacks you want to last forever...
Six years, six shots, six thrillers
B: Arts & Living, Local News
BEHIND THE ARTIST
Six years, six shots, six thrillers
By J.C. Amodea 
15 August 2025
On that fateful day of March 30, 1981, John Hinkley fired six shots in three seconds at President Re...
Precision performance
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Precision performance
Community orchestra season aims for musical stars
By Harriet Howard Heithaus 
11 August 2025
Ask any member of the Naples Community Orchestra what they did this summer and the answer is likely:...
Culinary legends reunite
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Culinary legends reunite
By George Lang 
8 August 2025
A Facebook memory popped into Charles Mereday’s feed this spring, reminding the chef of the special ...
An aria midsong
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COVER STORY
An aria midsong
“... I wanted a huge gathering of the community. We had a hundred people on that stage, people who had never been in an opera.”
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
8 August 2025
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and that has been wonderful for opera in Southwest Florida. ...
Collier County sunset photo contest
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Collier County sunset photo contest
Naples Press Staff 
31 July 2025
Here at The Naples Press , we never get tired of Southwest Florida’s sunsets, and we know you don’t ...
Metal mentality
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Metal mentality
“It’s a challenge, but it’s fun."
By Justin Paprocki 
1 August 2025
Marziano Gizzi spent his career working with iron, but that was for practical purposes. Now, he work...
Free, fee, spree
B: Arts & Living
Free, fee, spree
1 August 2025
FREE PARTY BACK TO SCHOOL 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 2 at Paradise Coast Sports Complex, 3940 City Gate Blv...
Liquid art
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COVER STORY LIQUID ART
Liquid art
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
1 August 2025
Sibrack glass collection pushes sculptural boundaries One expects sparkle in the home of glass colle...
Dinner at the bar
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Dinner at the bar
Naples happy-hour cuisine a satisfying repast
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
25 July 2025
That’s a Neapolitan lament, as even dining spots we may not normally aspire to offer menus of late-a...
Running with the pros
B: Arts & Living, Local News
Running with the pros
Strong summer for youth-pro stage productions
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
25 July 2025
When the school doors close, the stage doors open. And nowhere is youth theater taken more seriously...

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Here at The Naples Press , we never get tired of Southwest Florida’s sunsets, and we know you don’t ...
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FREE 6-9 p.m. July 30 at The Baker Museum, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples. Art After Hours opens The...
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By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
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FREE THIS SHOW IS UP IN THE AIR 2-3 p.m. July 24 at the Immokalee Branch of Collier County Public Li...
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Keys to success
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By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
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Concert pianist Milana Strezeva and her husband, Raniero Tazzi, looked around the community in which...
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Grand pianos, musical stories
By Harriet Howard Heithaus 
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For its 2025-26 season, the Grand Piano Series is bringing back two favorite guest artists from the ...
Versatile vocalist
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BEHIND THE ARTIST
Versatile vocalist
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By J.C. Amodea 
11 July 2025
Originally from Seattle, Washington, Rebecca Richardson relocated to Southwest Florida from New York...
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Free, fee, spree
11 July 2025
FREE OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL 11 a.m.-2 p.m. July 12 at Collier Museum at Government Center, 3...
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