BIG ARTS Summer Arts Camp and Fine Arts Apprentice Program runs weekly Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., through August 1. Activities are available for children entering first grade through high school.

BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater is proud to present the internationally-acclaimed Hamlet {solo}, where award-winning actor Raoul Bhaneja's plays 17 roles from the classic Shakespeare play. Runs November 30 through December 5 at Herb Strauss Theater.

Call to artists for Sanibel Captiva Art League and Art Council of Southwest Florida “Patterns” juried visual arts exhibit. All entries must be submitted for judging to BIG ARTS from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, December 3.

BIG ARTS is pleased to announce Starfish Grille has signed on as a marketing partner for the 2013-2104 season, marking the first time a restaurant has provided the catering for the opening night pre-performance receptions at Herb Strauss Theater.

Two International Society of Experimental Artists Exhibits are open at BIG ARTS from October 19 through November 30, with an artists reception and awards presentation from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 19.

A variety of new classes and workshops are offered this season at BIG ARTS. Classes in art, technology, fine crafts, foreign language, music lessons, painting, drawing, pottery and discussion groups are now accepting enrollment.

BIG ARTS is accepting applications for its Classical Music Scholarship Award. Florida high school and college students who have professional goals to pursue classical musical instruments, composition, and conducting may apply. Deadline is October 4.

BIG ARTS announces Broadway sensation Susan Egan, will perform her “Belle of Broadway” concert 8 pm Saturday, February 1. Nominated for Tony & Drama Desk awards as the original Belle in "Beauty and the Beast," Egan is a star of stage and screen.

The Barrier Island Group for the Arts (BIG ARTS) is pleased to announce our 35th Anniversary and 2013–2014 season for Schein Performance Hall, Founders Gallery, Phillips Gallery and Herb Strauss Theater.

BIG ARTS Community Players is holding open auditions for the comedy-mystery, Art of Murder, from 2 to 6 p.m. September 7 at Herb Strauss Theater, 2200 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Community Players feature volunteers onstage and backstage.