GULF HARBOUR
Soundings
VOL. 25 NO. 10
Another Seabreeze Publication
OCTOBER 2024
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39th Oktoberfest 2024 “O’zapft is!” Time once again for the community to come together to enjoy life and experience Southwest Florida’s biggest party – the 39th Annual Cape Coral Oktoberfest! We at the German American Social Club (GASC) are so excited to invite you to the event for fun, great food, German beer, live music, laughter, and dancing – from polka to blues and country, to the Chicken Dance. Come and celebrate with your clan or crew, with your significant other, or even on your own – you’re bound to meet great people here! With German music and local bands, German food, and beer, there’s plenty of fun to go around, for any age. So, dust off your dirndls, launder your lederhosen and have an epic time of stein slurping with your “beste Freunde.” This year’s dates are October 18,19, 20 and 25, 26, 27 – the last two full weekends of the month. Oktoberfest
2024 hours are: Friday from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., Saturday from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 12 to 8 p.m. Tickets Advance tickets: $8, At the gate, $10, Children 12 and under admitted free. Specialty food All event dates are rain or shine. (Ticket prices subject to change.) Advance Ticket Purchase Locations • GASC, 2101 S.W. Pine Island Road, Cape Coral, FL 33991, (239) 283-1400 39th Oktoberfest 2024 on page 5
Carnival area for kids
Alliance For The Arts Special Events This World Is Not My Own – A Film Screening Date and Time: October 16, 6 to 9 p.m. Cost: Member’s price, $10, Nonmember’s price, $12 Join us on Wednesday, October 16, for another exclusive film screening from the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers! Chewing-gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a firebrand wrestler, a notorious murder case and the segregated south – it’s all part of Nellie Mae Rowe’s boundless universe. This World is Not My Own reimagines this self-taught artist’s world and her life spanning the 20th century. With Uzo Aduba as the animated version of Nellie Mae Rowe. Catch the trailer for this headline worthy documentary on self-taught artist Nellie Mae Row here: https://vimeo. com/799921368. Popcorn and light refreshments will be available for purchase. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., film begins at 6 p.m.
Following the screening will be an intimately set Q&A session with one of the film’s producers and a special guest moderator. The filmmaker will be present for questions and answers.
Duck Wallow Lane bluegrass band Alliance For The Arts on page 8
Mark Your Calendar For The Craftie Ladies’ Fall Craft Fair Submitted by The Craftie Ladies of St. John XXIII Catholic Church The Craftie Ladies of St. John XXIII Catholic Church are once again having their Fall Craft Fair. If you’ve been to one of our craft fairs before, you know we have a large variety of top quality, homemade items for sale. In addition to our well-known, exquisite quilts, afghans and handknit and crocheted items, there will be pillows, table runners, Gulf Harbour Soundings
placemats/napkins, handmade rosaries, jewelry, mother/ daughter aprons, tooth fairy pillows, novel baby items, lots of lovely holiday décor, including our fabulous wreaths, and so much more! Some of our always fabulous raffle baskets include BBQ, Evening in Paris, Chocolate, Cat, Dog, and Layette baskets, plus more made by our wonderfully talented women. The drawing for each basket will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10. You don’t have to be present to win! Come and join us on: Saturday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FT MYERS FL PERMIT 751
The Craftie Ladies came together 15 years ago. The group has grown to nearly 40 talented and dedicated women. All proceeds go directly back into the community. Just a few causes we donate to: A.C.T. Blankets And Blessings Eva’s Closet St. John XXIII Villas St. Martin De Porres We hope to see you at our Fall Craft Fair at St. John XXIII Catholic Church Parish Life Center, located on Palomino Lane, just north of Daniels Parkway. Stop by, have a chat and maybe get some early shopping done.
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