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The Art of Being, in the Pavilion Shopping Plaza in North Naples. The new restaurant combines the culinary and creative talents of proprietor, executive chef and artist Charles Bartholf. Menu items feature free-range poultry and
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Charles Bartholf
hormone- and antibiotic-free meats that are served in small-plate fashion for $10 or less. Many are paired with specific wines.
Bartholf hand painted the restaurant’s chairs and the floors and also designed its contemporary, sculptural lighting pieces. Other local artists display their works on the walls, and musicians perform on a weekly rotating basis. “The experience of being in the restaurant will not only feed the palate and be
pleasing to the eyes and ears, but will feed the soul,” says Bartholf, who has been preparing meals for more than 25 years after attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Location: 8971 Tamiami Trail N. (U.S. 41 and Vanderbilt Rd.). Opens at 4 p.m., seven days a week. For more info and reservations (recommended), call 239-431-6755 or visit TheArtOfBeing.us.
April 10 and 11, presented by the Naples Press Club. More than 40 popular authors will appear at several downtown events.
Dorothy Jane Mills (Chasing Baseball: Our Obsession
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eaders and writers will enjoy the eighth annual Naples Writers’ Conference and Authors & Books Festival,
with Its History, Numbers, People and Places); Sara Wil- liams (The Serenoa Scandal, The Don Juan Con); Dr. Molly
Barrow (Malia and Tea Cup series of children’s books); and
Sandy Lender (Promises Meant for Kings, Promises Meant
for Gods), are among the authors who will sell and sign copies of their books from noon to 9 p.m., April 10, at Downtown Naples Associa- tion merchants on Fifth Avenue South. A celebrity author luncheon will feature Karna Small Bodman at Vergina Restau-
Karna Small Bodman, celebrity author
rant, at 11:45 a.m., April 10. She will also sign copies of her books, which include such popular political thrillers as Checkmate, Gambit and Final Finesse. Throughout both days, many other authors will discuss their craft in separate conference sessions at the Florida Gulf Coast University Naples Center.
Luncheon cost: $45. Vergina’s location: 700 Fifth Ave. S. Conference session fees: $95, either day; $175, both days. FGCU Naples Center location: 1010 Fifth Ave. S. A complete list of authors, schedule of all events, registration forms and author website links are at AuthorsAndBooksFestival.org. For more info, call 239-287-8921.
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