SWFL Fresh Press with Eric Raddatz

Caytha is the writer, director and producer of films, plays, and short series that include "And Then Came Love", starring Vanessa Williams & Eartha Kitt, "Bad Parent"s starring Janeane Garofalo and Cheri Oteri, "The Other F Word" featuring Steve Guttenberg and Judy Gold, and "Pooling to Paradise" starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Dreama Walker. "Poolin...

Louis Lee, comedian performing at Buddha Comedy Saturday, Sept. 2, joins us on FRESH PRESS

We sit down with SWFL filmmaker Pat Mitchell to discuss his success with "Apples, Oranges, Lemons, Limes," as well as TOP PICKS for things to do in SWFL this week which include Art Walk, Murder on the Orient Express, Labor Day Weekend Comedy Night at Buddha Lounge, WildFire at Bonita Promenade and Fort Myers Film Festival's T.G.I.M. at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. The ind...

KT Curran is an award-winning filmmaker and educator with numerous internationally published films and plays that have inspired millions across the world.  She is the founder and director of Wingspan Productions and was the artistic director of SOURCE PRODUCTIONS, a theater and film company for young adults. KT’s life’s work is to help and guide young people to discover the power of their own voic...

Victoria DeMartin is a writer and director known for Winter Rye (2013), Knick-Knacks (2015), and Skindiving, all screened at the Fort Myers Film Festival. She has worked on "BILLIONS" and "The Spy." Currently, she is working on "The Cutting Room Floor," a feature film about a young film editor who catches her big break editing a romance movie…while dealing with the em...

Steve Hilfiker is a film producer, former CEO with 32 years’ experience in business. Steve is a successful environmental and cardiac advocate with extensive relationships in the Florida legislature.  Producer Credits include: "Stoneheart: an Undying Gift" and "Warriors: The Bernie Mac Disease", which recently screened at the Fort Myers Film Festival winning best short of the fe...

We talk top picks for things to do in #SWFL this week with Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson! This week go Sidneys songwriting competition hosted by Melissa DeHaven at The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center’s Sounds of Summer Series, check out the Alter Eagles, an Eagles tribute band, see the “Murder on the Orient Express” at Broadway Palm, go bacon crazy at BaconFest and don't miss exhibits at...

Listen in as we speak with filmmaker/director Justin O’Neal Miller on working on the film “Oppenheimer” as well as is a joint project he is working on with Erin Beute called “Seminole Man.” Both have had success in their films “Peggy”  and “Birds Eye,” both official selections in the Fort Myers Film Festival.

#SWFL TOP PICKS: This week go see Little Eddie and the Fat Fingers at GCTC, Dave Isaacs at Babcock, blues guitarist Selwyn Birchwood at Buckingham Bar, Fortitude at Tribby Arts, On Board at SBDAC with special guest filmmaker Anna Honorata.

#SWFL’s things to do this week include Nostaljah at Mercato, POTUS at Lab Theater; Ben Allen Band at Artis Naples as well as Little Mermaid at Broadway Palm and Counting Crows at Barbara B. Mann. This week we are in studio with Dana Wexler, an actress, mom, musical theater performer, personal trainer specializing in sports nutrition and weight loss management as well as an influencer. She is an in...

This week check out Counting Crows and Dashboard Confessional at Barbara B. Mann, WWE at Hertz, Loston Harris at Arts Bonita,  Thunder Beach at DeRomos and more as we sit down with special guest Fort Myers Councilman Liston Bochette

Tara Frase has been active in different elements of the entertainment industry for over 10 years. Since graduating with her BFA in Theatre from Florida Atlantic University, she has been performing with the Walt Disney Company, Universal Orlando Resort, and other teams in the central Florida region. Her indie film "Hang Fire" was an official selection at the Fort Myers Film Festival in 20...

Top picks this week to check out around SWFL are Music Walk, Sheena Brook, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Little Mermaid — also plan your #BARBENHEIMER weekend, with nods to other films playing this week in #FreshPress with special guest Scott Thompson

Things to see and do in SWFL this week include Little Mermaid at Broadway Palm, Stephen King inspired art at SBDAC, Denny Laine at Alliance for the Arts, Plain White T's at Seminole Casino with Indiana Jones, Spiderverse and No Hard Feelings films out. This week with special guest Melissa DeHaven.

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