Cape Coral

Sunset Celebration

Celebrate the sunsets Florida style down at the Cape Coral Yacht Club beach and listen to live music with Joseph “Two Hands one Man Band” Wednesday, July 1. from 6:30 to 7 p.m. the Calendar Girls (a dance team made up of women age 50 and older) will be performing on the beach. Also a fund-raiser for “Paws for Patriots” Over 30 vendors will be selling their arts and crafts. Sunset Celebration is free and open to the public. Space is still available for vendors. For more information call 574-0806.

Lake Kennedy Senior Center

Natural Golf with Joe Tranchida, Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Requirements: wear comfortable clothing and footwear, bring a driver, a 6 iron, a 9 iron and a putter. The cost is $2 for members and $6 for non-members.

Line dancing with Tenny Popa Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. The cost is $3 per person for members and $7 per person for non-members.

Ice cream social open house Friday, July 10, 1 to 3 p.m. There is no cost but reservations are required.

Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Friday, July 17. Leave the center 8:15 a.m. (arrive at center by 8 a.m.). The cost is $45 for members and $55 for non-members.

Annual Summer Luau with DoubleDare, Friday, July 24, at 7 p.m. The cost is $22 for members $32 for non-members.

Registration is required for all trips and programs. Call the Lake Kennedy Center at 574-0575 for more information.

Trash to treasure sale

A trash to treasure sale will be held at Eco Preserve on July 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $20 per space. Clean out the house and bring goodies to the sale or just come and shop, Bring merchandise and rent a space. Advance registration is required. Call Rotary Park to register.

For information and to register call 549-4606 or: www.capeparks.com,

Mangomania Tropical Fruit Festival

The Mangomania Tropical Fruit Festival will be held on July 11 and12, at the German-American Social Club, 2101 Pine island Road. Tropical trees and fruit sales contests, tastings, food, live entertainment, arts and crafts, educational seminars and childrens activities and more. For information call 283-4842 or: www.pineislandchamber.org or: www.floridascreativecoast.com

Tony Rotino Senior Center

The Tony Rotino Senior Center will be open from 4:30 p.m. to sunset on the first Wednesday of every month. Come on down to the Yacht Club Community Park, enjoy the Sunset Celebration and stop by to see what we have to offer. Rotino Center is located at 5817 Driftwood Parkway.

Wednesday, July 1: Join the Rotino Runaways as they travel to the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre to see Peter Pan. The $57 cost includes transportation, admission, lunch, all taxes and gratuities and an escort. Registration is required. Call 574-0807.

July 31: A trip to Tin City, Naples

For details call 574-0807.

Belly dance class

Belly dance class for teens and adult. Have fun learning the ancient art and modern styles of this dynamic dance with professional Belly Dancer and 2002 Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Danse Orientale award recipient Na’ila (Sherry Coffey). Belly Dancing is a great way to tone the whole body and improve posture, flexibility and coordination. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and bare feet. Learn more at: bellydanceSWFL.com.

Mondays starting June 8: Beginning Belly Dance Mondays from 8 to 9 p.m., Advanced Belly Dance Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. The cost is $50 for four weeks.

Classes are held at Rhythm in Motion Dance Academy, 3333 Del Prado Blvd S. Call 542-3500 or visit: CapeDance.com.

North Fort Myers

North Fort Myers library

“American Civil War Socks” is the topic for the Miss Marple Knitters group, July 7 at 2 p.m. at the North Fort Myers Public Library. Did you know that Mary Custis Lee and friends knitted 859 pair of socks for CSA troops in just two months? Learn more about Civil War socks and receive pattern instructions from an 1860s magazine. Bring your knitting or hand quilting projects. The program in free. Call the library at 997-0320 for information.

Fort Myers

Edison & Ford Winter Estates

July at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates is highlighted with the return of Henry Ford’s Birthday Celebration. The July schedule of programs and events include:

New exhibit opening: Music, Movies & Dance with Edison & Ford. Opening mid-July this exhibit focuses on the interests and inventions of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford related to music dance and the movies The exhibit is free with any paid Estates admission and Estates members are free.

For more information call 334-7419 or visit: www.efwefla.org

Kayak tours

Friday, July 3, Estuary Kayak Tour on Estero Bay (East Side), from Hickory Bait, 23149 Weeks Fish Camp Road., Bonita Springs with GAEA Guides 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $40 per person and reservations are required. Call 694-5513 for more information.

Friday, July 3, – Sunset/Bird Rookery Kayak Tour on the Caloosahatchee River with GAEA Guides from 6 to 9 p.m. From Royal Palm Park, 299 Royal Palm Park Road. The cost is $40 per person and reservations are required. Call 694-5513 for more information.

Saturday, July 4, Estuary Kayak Tour in Estero Bay with GAEA Guides 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Leaves from Dog Beach, 8600 Estero Blvd., Bonita Beach. The cost is $40 per person and reservations are required. Call 694-5513 for more information.

Sunday, July 5, Kayak Tour on the Orange River with GAEA Guides 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Leaves from Manatee Park, 10901 Palm Beach Blvd. The cost is $45 per person and reservations are required. Call 694-5513 for more information.

Sunday, July 5, Full Moon/Sunset/Bird Rookery Kayak Tour on the Caloosahatchee River with GAEA Guides from 6 to 9 p.m. from Royal Palm Park, 299 Royal Palm Park Road. Paddle on the Caloosahatchee and some wild creeks. The cost is $40 per person and reservations are required. Call 694-5513 for more information.

Monday, July 6, Full Moon Kayak Tour on The Peace River with GAEA Guides 6-9 p.m.. Meet at Darst Park, 537 Darst Ave., Punta Gorda.The cost is $40 per person and reservations are required. Call 694-5513 or 866 256-6388 for more information.

Sanibel

Shell Museum exhibit

Calusa Archaeology Lecture The Shell Museum

Learn about the pre-Columbian Indians who lived on Sanibel from Dr. Arlene Fradkin of Florida Atlantic University on Saturday, July 11, at 2 p.m. at The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum on Sanibel. The talk is sponsored by the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum and the Southwest Florida Archaeological Society (SWFAS). Reservations are not required and the cost is the $7 admission to the museum.

The Shell Museum’s “Calusa: The Original Shell People” exhibit incorporates some of the artifacts found at the Wightman site. The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is located at 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road on Sanibel. For information about the Museum please call 395-2233. For more information on the Wightman site lecture please call Karen Nelson at 292-7858.