Year after year, sea turtles nests are laid on the beaches of Captiva and Sanibel. The hatchlings emerge after sunset, and they navigate using the moonlight over the ocean to crawl towards the sea. Hatchlings crawl towards artificial light, away from the water; thousand of hatchlings die every year. Please keep our beaches dark! April 15th to October 31st... Read More »
Visitors and residents on Sanibel now can access the real-time road conditions on east and west bound Periwinkle Way at Casa Ybel intersection and C Span for the Sanibel Causeway. Click to check it out! http://www.mysanibel.us/traffic/. Read More »
Golisano Childrens Hospitals of SW. Florida is making a differences and has a lot to do with all the donated dollars from the SanCap Cares program. Comprised of Individual Businesses, Civic Org. and foundations across Sanibel and Captiva Islands. This generosity has played and integral part in building and developing one of the newest Children’s Hospitals. With some of the... Read More »
Being the 79th annual showcase, shell enthusiasts are coming from around the USA and Canada to participate in Sanibel’s famous Shell Festival. Open to all shell collectors, the shell show is held inside the Community House at 2173 Periwinkle Way. This gives visitors an opportunity to view shells brought by shell collectors from around the world. Shell artist Bill Jordan... Read More »
Celebrating the 30th year, an island tradition. Presenting classical music of the highest standard at affordable prices and to promote the careers of emerging artists through performance opportunities. Tuesday, March 1st- Korbin, Schwartz, Warner Piano Trio Saturday, March 5th- Jasper String Quartet Tuesday, March 8th- David Finckel, Cello & Wu Han, Piano Tuesday, March 15th- An Evening of Cole Porter... Read More »
The theme of “GO FISH” was made famous by Gilligan’s Island, the 60’s sitcom. This Three-hour tour of fun, cocktails, appetizers, sit- down dinner, a raffle drawing, and live and silent actions promises to be more fun than ever. Mingle with Skipper, Gilligan, Mary Ann, Ginger and other survivors of the SS Minnow. FISH of SanCap is one of the... Read More »
FISH Walk-In of San-Cap along with Fifth Third Bank is sponsoring a free seminar to help rebuild your credit. This complimentary workshop is being offered at the new FISH Walk-In Center located at 2430-B Periwinkle way on Sanibel. This Workshop will kick off Monday January 25th at 6pm. It should last approx 2 hrs ending at 8pm. The Manager at... Read More »
With 30 houses open over a 2 day period. Come and see us. Read More »
Throughout the month of January, the Sanibel Library is hosting an exhibition of artwork ranging from paintings to mixed media collages created by Myra Roberts, a local island resident. Several of Roberts’ art series are featured including her Hidden In The Trees/Blue Project, Dream Peace series, Angels On Earth series, and her Prelude To The 1940s series. Also included are... Read More »
Oysters and Sea-grass are a very important part of filtering our water in our rivers and bays. The Eastern Oyster’s job is to populate and to form inter-tidal reefs in the local estuary. They also keep our shorelines from washing out to sea by preventing erosion along with providing homes for our fish and invertebrates. Right now there is an... Read More »