FAMILY FUN

Shell Crafters ( Monday, 10am) Join the Sanibel Shell Crafters every Monday and watch them turn seashells into beautiful crafts. Free classes are held at 10am, but there is a charge for supplies. Sanibel Community House, Sanibel. 239- 472- 2155, sanibelcommunityhouse.net

Bluegrass in the Theatre ( September 21 and October 19, 2pm.), Join fellow acoustic music lovers in the Foulds Theatre on the Alliance for the Arts campus at 10091 McGregor Blvd., Ft. Myers, for three hours of great live music by bands from Southwest Florida and beyond. Doors open at 1: 30. Seating is first come, first served. 239- 939- 2787, artinlee.org

Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai ( September 24 and 25, 7: 30pm, September 26 and 27, 4: 00pm and 7: 30pm, September 28, 1: 30pm and 5pm) Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world – a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai. From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of all possibilities, begins an inspired

incantation to life rediscovered. The word Varekai means “wherever” in the Romany language of the gypsies- the universal wanderers. This production pays tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition and to the infinite passion of those whose quest takes them along the path that leads to Varekai. 239- 948- 7825, germainarena.com