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FEATURES

68 One Day

Photographer ROBERT CASTRO follows Les McCurdy on the day of comic Harry Anderson’s show at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre.

71 Season Preview Pablo Carreño (Cuba, 1941). Self-portrait, 1996. Mixed media/canvas.

Arts editor KAY KIPLING offers an insider’s guide to the shows and stars to catch in the months ahead. Plus: creative new cocktails, a kids’ cultural guide, and talking about race with Asolo Rep’s Michael Donald Edwards.

88 Art of the Exile

A compelling show at Ringling College’s Selby Gallery highlights a Longboat Key collection of the work of Cuban emigrés. BY KAY KIPLING

94 Cast of Characters

Editor HANNAH WALLACE and photographer BARBARA BANKS meet the enthusiastic amateurs at the Players Theatre’s fall auditions.

100 The Warrior

With Planned Parenthood under renewed fire, regional leader Barbara Zdravecky gears up for another contentious battle. BY KIM HACKETT

On the Cover

Deborah Cox, star of this season’s Josephine at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

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NOVEMBER 2015 DEPARTMENTS

31 From the Editor

Backstage stories of visiting celebs. BY PAM DANIEL

35 Heat Index

People, issues and events on our radar, including top tickets (page 36), CAROL TISCH’s shopping finds (page 38), HEATHER DUNHILL’s Fashion IQ (page 40), chef JUDI GALLAGHER’s hot dishes (page 42), party pictures (page 55)—and more.

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61 Mr. Chatterbox

Mr. C dishes on longtime friend Michael Riedel— the author of a new book on Broadway who’s coming to town this month.

66 Graphica

Graphic novelist MOLLY DEAN looks at love, loss— and a cat named Sammy.

123 Luxury Home

A Longboat Key redo summons up a mountain ski lodge. Plus ILENE DENTON ’s real estate and design news, and what $1 million can buy.

141 Health Report

Orthopedist to the pros Dr. Daniel Lamar, news in genetic sequencing and more. BY HANNAH WALLACE

147 Highlights

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KAY KIPLING ’s calendar of the best arts and entertainment events for November.

175 Food and Wine Sponsored Reports 21 115

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MARSHA FOTTLER places The Ringling’s new Muse on exhibit and samples downtown’s new Beulah. Plus: Sarasota’s best pumpkin dessert, hot menu trends—and more.

200 Only in Sarasota

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the building at 1426 S. Tuttle Ave., conveniently adjacent to its 22-year-old headquarters. This new space will allow for even more good work to be done with therapy services—as well as adding the science center of their dreams to the current preschool building. Utilizing the new building, which will include two therapy rooms, a client waiting room, along with administrative offices, Forty Carrots’ team of licensed therapists will provide guidance through challenges that all families face. They are devoted to preventing behavioral and emotional problems and promoting healthy familial relationships.

now open: the science Center at the preschool at forty Carrots The Preschool at Forty Carrots invites students into The Science Center, a new hub of hands-on experiences and real-world tools that interact with all of a child’s senses. From birth, children instinctively explore. It’s the essence of learning, the foundation of a STEMsmart mind. Imagine a whole world of learning in a single room. • tactile sensations: smooth, hard shells; soft, fuzzy cotton balls; rough, fibrous pinecones. • interactive observations: measure, weigh, combine, propel, assemble or unassemble. • Communicating ideas: With the help of their teachers, the children will start recording, documenting and reflecting on their findings. Led by exceptionally qualified educators, the potential is endless: “I wonder what will happen if we add salt to the ice cube,” “I wonder how many marbles fit in the jar,” “What if …?” Best of all: It’s fun. A playful relationship with science begets a lifetime of joyful curiosity and love of learning.

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Mimi’s magical intuition at work, her strength as a matchmaker, has always been to look for what will make that spark light up between two strangers. Mimi practices an opposites attract philosophy and shares with her clients “it’s friction that causes the flames to ignite; let me hear your story, your character, your passion, and ambitions, as for your hobbies.... well, hobbies are nice.... but I’m always on the hunt for the elixir of spice!” Mimi firmly believes unearthing a client’s history gives her the fuel to feed those potential sparks and why she has had such a long career as a matchmaker.

THIS MONTH’S EXTRAS <Craft Cocktails Get the recipes for some of the cocktails featured in Season Preview, page 86. Blues News See video of some of the stars performing at this year’s Bradenton Blues Festival, featured in Season Preview, page 73. Talking Turkey Read about poultry purveyor Grove Ladder Farm, featured on page 42, and its organic, sustainable practices.

NEW! CONTENT EVERY DAY The Heat Index Hot stories from our editors. Photo of the Week Memorable images of our city. Limelight > The latest party pictures. Foodie’s Notebook Chef Judi Gallagher’s restaurant dish. Fashion IQ Heather Dunhill style-spots. On Stage Kay Kipling’s theater reviews. Real Estate Junkie Bob Plunket scouts the market. Your Sarasota Wedding Megan McDonald on the bridal beat. Health Report Hannah Wallace helps keep you well. Authentic Florida Robin Draper finds old-Florida treasures and pleasures. Vintage Sarasota Stories and pictures from our past. Eat Beat The five best things we ate this week.

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Molly Dean (“Graphica,” page 66) Molly Dean, 22, a 2015 graduate of the Ringling College of Art and Design in illustration, has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. She’s produced several graphic novels (using the professional tag M. Dean), frequently travels to comic conventions around the country and Canada, and was recently one of five nominees for “Most Promising New Talent” in the Small Press Expo’s annual Ignatz Awards. Her piece here, about her beloved cat, Sammy, is more personal in nature. “Cats are some of my best friends,” she says. A Sarasota native, Dean is now ready to move on to the bigger canvas of New York City, where she recently acquired a job with a design firm.

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“The wonderful article [in the August Platinum issue] by Rich Rescigno about ‘The Remarkable Dr. Watson’ [and his role in saving the Barnes Collection] held me spellbound. Aren’t we lucky that Dr. Watson now lives in our town!”—JANE KIRSCHNER, SARASOTA

“I just read ‘Learning to Share’ in the Guide to Giving [September] edition. When my grandchildren were 2 and 4 years old, I set up [an] endowment with the Arkansas Community Foundation in their names. When they were young they received [my] guidance. But [now] they’re 10 and 12 years old and make their own grants. [This] idea came from a family in Little Rock. [We] hope others will do the same.” –BARBARA GRAHAM, MOUNTAIN HOME, ARK.

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Chris Lake (“Art of the Exile,” page 88) Chris Lake took a leap of faith when he left his flourishing commercial photography career in Chicago to move to Sarasota with his wife and son in 2013, but “the better quality of life” here was a clincher. While he still travels frequently to shoot for clients on corporate campaigns, he’s also enjoying meeting members of Sarasota’s arts community on assignments for us, as with collector Jorge Reynardus in this issue. “I leave the lighting in the trunk and try to make it more like a visit than a photo shoot,” he says. He’s currently seeking funding for a complex personal project: “a documentary journey” focused on the lives of people all along the Gulf coast, from Key West to Texas.

Kim Hackett (“The Warrior,” page 100) Award-winning freelance journalist Kim Hackett writes about Southwest Florida culture and business after a decade as a news reporter for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. She says that writing a profile of Planned Parenthood CEO Barbara Zdravecky “began as a leader-in-the-face-of-a-storm piece that unexpectedly turned into a category 5 hurricane, with the Republican presidential debates, Congressional hearings on defunding Planned Parenthood, Gov. Rick Scott threatening action, and the protests on Central Avenue.” Barbara is recognized nationally as one of the organization’s leading CEOs, says Hackett, “and that puts both her and our region in the forefront of a major national story.”

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he male and female stars of a red-hot TV series were appearing onstage at a Philadelphia theater, and manager Mary Bensel knew fans would be storming the backstage doors. Security was critical, so Bensel had the staff put together a list of everyone allowed backstage that evening. Somehow, the two stars were left off the list. When they arrived, the doorman wouldn’t let them in. “I guess you’re not that famous after all,” the male star joked to his co-star after they finally were admitted. She was not amused. “I’m not going onstage until you fire that man!” she shouted at Bensel, pointing at the offending doorman. Bensel had no choice but to comply. The show got a standing ovation, says Bensel, and as soon as the stars were safely out of town, “I rehired the doorman.” Bensel is now executive director of Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, where scores of celebrities, from politicians to rock musicians, take the stage every year, thrilling audiences with their explosive performances. But Bensel, who has managed theaters around the country, knows that some of the most electrifying drama takes place backstage. We asked her to share some stories. Many performers specify the food, drink and even furniture they want in their dressing rooms. The bigger the star, the bigger those demands can be. “The Godfather of Soul,” James Brown, report-

edly once asked for “two girls under the age of 21 and a lady’s hair dryer.” Bensel hasn’t had any requests like that during her career—or if she has, she’s too discreet to mention them—but she has sent her staff scurrying to Starbucks for coffee for Bill Cosby and searching for a rare vintage champagne for Harry Connick Jr. For a New Year’s Eve performance years ago, Michael Feinstein asked for champagne and a silver chafing dish full of White Castle hamburgers. “Now he’s a vegetarian,” she notes—which is just as well, because “Where would you get White Castle hamburgers these days?” One of Bensel’s favorite celebrities, Patti LaBelle, always had her sisters decorate her dressing room with LaBelle’s own tapestries and furniture. When Bensel ran a theater in Philadelphia, Elizabeth Taylor wanted her dressing room painted a certain shade of lilac. “It’s too bad she never came to Van Wezel, where she could be surrounded by purple,” Benzel muses. Dionne Warwick also had her color preferences, says Bensel: “She refused to get into a white limousine— it had to be black.” Actually, Bensel says, most performers are warm and gracious. She cites Jay Leno, who arrived in Sarasota after doing his final TV show the night before. “You could tell he was exhausted, but afterwards he took the time to tell us all about that show,” she says. She also remembers Goldie Hawn, looking gorgeous in Dolce and Gabbana,

complimenting her on “my $69 dress from Fashion Bug.” Dolly Parton is a “doll,” with an earthy sense of humor, she says; just as Parton was about to go onstage in her sexy outfit, she joked, “It takes a lot of time and money to make me look this cheap.” When Joan Rivers was here, Bensel and another staffer wore jewelry from Rivers’ line, and the delighted comedian snapped their picture and posted it on her Facebook page. Despite his reputation for being reclusive, Stephen King turned out to be fun and friendly, chatting with Bensel and sharing cookies in his dressing room. She asked King, as an expert on scary situations, to give her advice on staying safe. “Mary,” he said solemnly, “always look in the back seat before you get into your car.” And she especially loves Vince Gill, who despite a bad cold, came down and talked to everyone at the meet-and-greet after the show. Then a kid got out his guitar and said, “Mr. Gill? I’ve written this song and wondered if I could sing it to you.” And sing it he did, verse after verse after verse. Gill listened carefully, and even offered a kind critique. No wonder, Bensel says, that after all these years, “I still get blown away by meeting these people.”

Pam Daniel, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

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Giving Hunger the Blues, Nov. 8

The Blues Are Back PAUL NATKIN

Admission is a $10 donation; children 12 and under are free. givinghungertheblues.org

After a one-year hiatus, popular all-day music fest Giving Hunger the Blues returns to Southside Village Nov. 8, with a full line-up headlined by Selwyn Birchwood, above, who’s been referred to as “Florida’s rising young blues fireball.” The comeback, says organizer Peter Anderson, was motivated by an “outpouring of disappointment” after backer George Generoso decided to withdraw from the fest after 18 years. (He’s agreed to return as honorary chair this year.) Anderson says he and his team stepped in, not only because the day is a blast, but because “It’s impactful, providing a lot of resources to those less fortunate.” Proceeds go to the Mayors Feed the Hungry program and the Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County. BY KAY KIPLING SARASOTA MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2015 35

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TOP TICKETS Our top picks for November

“Mr. Robot, a stunning drama on the USA MEDIA Network. It induces a PICKS level of paranoia that is wonderful in its wickedness. It plays into all of my deep-seated fears of the techno computer world we now inhabit. Also: Ray Donovan, Orphan Black and The Jim Gaffigan Show (for comic relief).” Comedian Lewis Black, appearing at the Van Wezel Friday, Nov. 13

reading “William Manchester’s The Glory and The Dream, a great overview of American history from 1932 to 1972. I’m struck by how harshly former World War I soldiers were treated when they demanded their promised bonuses, which, because of the Great Depression, they desperately needed.” Jeff LaHurd, historian and moderator of “Sarasota Treasures Lost and Preserved,” Nov. 10 at the historic Crocker Church

Sarasota MOD Weekend Fans of midcentury architecture will celebrate architect Paul Rudolph

ISPS Handa Cup Legends of the LPGA, including Nancy Lopez and Sally Little, gather in friendly international competition at this tournament Nov. 12-14 at Palm-Aire Country Club—the first major golf tournament in Sarasota since 2000. Also included in the mix: a welcome party, pro-am tourney and more. For complete info, call (877) 766-8162; for tickets, head to tickets.completeticketsolutions.com/IHC

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and his pioneering work, both here and elsewhere, at this event Nov. 6-9. On the schedule are opening and closing night parties, walking and trolley tours (you can see his famed Umbrella House as well as the replica of his Walker Guest House at

“Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D’Rivera are two of my favorite AfroCuban jazz artists, and I’m listening to a lot of Cuban music now in preparation for a trip to Cuba someday soon.” Peter Anderson, chair, Giving Hunger the Blues, returning to Southside Village Nov. 8

The Ringling) and much more. For full ticket info, go to sarasotamod.com.

West Side Story Asolo Repertory Theatre kicks off its season with the dramatic story of Tony and Maria, Anita and Riff, playing out against the backdrop of New York City with all those great Bernstein-Sondheim songs and that dazzling Jerome Robbins choreography. Joey McKneely, who directed the 2009 Broadway revival, directs and choreographs here. Onstage Nov. 13 through Dec. 27. 351-8000, asolorep.org

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Sarasota Ballet The company presents not one, not two, but three premieres in its performances Nov. 20 and 21 at the Sarasota Opera House: Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto, Sir Peter Wright’s Summertide, and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand—something of a coup there. 359-0099, sarasotaballet.org

Chalk Festival “Eat, Drink and Be Merry” is the theme of this year’s pavement art extravaganza, taking place both in downtown Venice and at the Venice Airport grounds. Lots of events during the week of Nov. 9-16—music, classes, parties, etc.—as chalk artists from all over converge to create beautiful, if ephemeral, works of art. 954-5800, chalkfestival.org

Cine-World Film Festival Film fans, buckle up for another 10 days of the latest in world cinema, Nov. 6-15, as the Sarasota Film Society opens its doors at Burns Court Cinema (and Lakewood Ranch Cinemas) for this annual festival. No word at press time on any movie titles; they’ll be announced closer to the fest dates. But take a look at filmsociety.org or call 364-8662 for more info.

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“This month’s opening of the replica of the Walker Guest House—one of Paul Rudolph’s earliest and most innovative designs—on the grounds of the Ringling. Be sure to see the exhibition inside exploring the guest houses Rudolph designed and built in Sarasota.” SARASOTA MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2015 37

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PRECIOUS LOVE

At September’s Maison & Objet lifestyle show in Paris, fashion forecasters were abuzz over the 2016 trend dubbed “precious.” Encompassing a return to extraordinary decorative arts, jewelry and accessories, the theme evokes a comeback of hard and semi-precious stones in works that flaunt them, brilliantly crafted silks, mirrored objects and a metamorphosis of gold into bold faceted pieces that reinvent the notion of luxury. From St. Armands Circle to the Mall at UTC, the trend is already cropping up in Sarasota. BY CAROL TISCH

1| Shown at Maison & Objet in Paris, Zollanvari’s hand-knotted pure silk pile carpets like this 9-foot-by-12-foot piece in tones from amethyst to turquoise ($19,500) are finely woven, exquisitely detailed and sold locally to designers and homeowners across the country. ART TO WALK

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2| Fifty-seven individual clear and green pieces of mirrored glass are set in a hand-wrought frame finished in Renaissance gold for Cailloux by Christopher Guy, a piece inspired by Art Moderne style but decidedly contemporary (price on request). AVAILABLE THROUGH DESIGNERS.

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3| Inspired by jagged-edged stone formations, Cubism and Art Deco, Michael Aramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rock Col-

lection includes an array of faceted decorative vases, cake stands, ice buckets and more in gold tone stainless steel ($130 to $350). MACYS.COM. Order online; pick up in store.

4| The modern alchemy at John Richard creates a 12-drawer chest in aged eglomise finish with antique gold leaf accents and brass loop hardware ($5,430). To order at SARASOTA CHIC

FINE FURNITURE, 7484 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, (941) 924-8666.

5| This Alex Sepkus cocktail ring of hand-tooled 18K yellow gold with 4.87 c. orchard rubellite, four orange sapphires and 12 diamonds exudes sheer luxury ($8,620). TILDEN ROSS JEWELERS, 410 St. Armands Circle, (941) 388-3338.

6| Gold makes an opulent statement at Regina Andrew Design, where decadent gold finishes transform everything from faceted vases to filigreed console tables, and lamps are accented with agates or mirror. Order at INDIGO WEST, 134 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, (941) 487-7160.

7| Wearable works of art, these glamorous metallic leather scandals by Charlotte Olympia are sculpted with a chic cutout heel and straps in a geometric motif ($1,295). Exclusively at SAKS

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Genius looks & loot from our fashion editor. | BY HEATHER DUNHILL |

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EAT BEAT

CONTRIBUTING FOOD EDITOR JUDI GALLAGHER’S FIVE TOP TASTES THIS MONTH.

BEULAH is a bright new star on the Italian dining scene, and I recommend you start your evening there with its namesake cocktail ($12). Black Coral spiced rum, Heering cherry liqueur and pomegranate juice combine to make a fruity, zesty concoction that’s as bold as it sounds.

THE CAPITAL GRILLE excels at steak in every form, but its 16-ounce, bone-in filet ($60) is true Steak Nirvana—a glorious pound of tender meat grilled to exquisite perfection. Go all out and enjoy with a side of the

How Sweet It Is

restaurant’s outrageously rich lobster mac and cheese. Leave it to creative Chef Fran

FOODOLOGIST Christine Nordstrom expands her baking empire.

at LOUIES MODERN to turn pasta carbonara ($20) on its

STIRRING UP MEMORIES Christine Nordstrom, a Johnson & Wales grad, recently opened a brick-

head. He tosses ramen noodles with prosciutto, Applewood

and-mortar location of Sift Bakehouse—her popular Saturday downtown farmer’s market busi-

bacon, peas, bagna cuda cream

ness—in downtown Sarasota; now locals can get their sweet treats any day of the week. At Sift,

and tops it all with a fried egg.

you’ll find layer cakes, cookies, scones, muffins, brownies, bars and more. “I like to make things I

Salty, savory and sensational.

ate when I was a kid; there’s a nostalgia factor [in it] for me,” she says.

THE RUSSIAN HOUSE now

BIZ WHIZ Nordstrom is a busy woman. In addition to overseeing Sift (which has retained its

offers full-service dining along

farmers market outposts) and running a commercial kitchen, Rise—where food entrepreneurs

with a fancy new dish: blin-

rent space—this year she also opened Styr (pronounced “stir”) cafes in the Sarasota Ford

tzes with red caviar ($10.99).

and HuB buildings. “This year, we took on three locations; next year we’re going to work on

Tender, freshly made crepes

maximizing the potential of each one,” she says.

are topped with red caviar and

CAKE BOSS Nordstrom especially likes to bake cakes, and she likes to name

a sprig of fresh dill, making for a dish that’s both traditional

them after real-life people. Her Lucy Mae cake—a buttermilk cake with

and light.

berries and cream cheese frosting—is named for her grandmother,

MAEMI is a cute little restau-

and “now people call every day and order a Lucy Mae,” she says. She

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stays away from fancy creations, she says, instead keeping her prod-

specializes in Peruvian and

ucts simple but delicious. “It doesn’t have to be complicated to be suc-

Japanese cuisine. We flipped

cessful,” she says. “It just needs to be good.”—MEGAN MCDONALD

over the Maemi dynamite roll ($14)—shrimp tempura, avocado and Japanese mayo topped with baked crab, grouper and Maemi’s special sauce. Check out our weekly Eat

Beat blog with the latest recommendations from all our food editors and bloggers at sarasotamagazine.com.

{GOBBLE, GOBBLE} Locavores who are willing to splurge can indulge in the ultimate holiday turkey. Grove Ladder Farms is now raising turkeys as well as chickens. The pampered birds grow up in a Manatee pasture and are organically fed, although Grove Ladder’s Tim Clarkson concedes their life is not without risk. “They aren’t exactly the smartest birds, [so they] have a high mortality rate,” he says. Those that survive are plump, tasty and weigh between 12 and 15 pounds. At $8 a pound, the largest ones will set you back about $120. For more info, visit groveladderfarm.com or stop by their booth at Saturday’s downtown farmers market.

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TALKING POINTS

Hunting on County Land allow hunting in county-owned parks and on public lands purchased through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program. Here’s our insta-guide to sounding up to speed on this controversial topic—including how to spin it depending upon your audience.

IS IT DANGEROUS? Since the beginning of the 2010-2011 Florida hunting season, the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has recorded 45 “incidents” when the discharge of a weapon while hunting has led to injury or death. That includes eight fatalities.

ENVIRONMENTALIST SPIN: The move shoots holes in the 1999 referendum that created the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program, which allows only “non-consumptive” uses of properties acquired with those special tax dollars. Also, hunting may make deer and other animals afraid of humans and reduce wildlife sightings—and scare off hikers and birders who aren’t eager to catch a face full of buckshot.

HUNTER SPIN: Hunters will control harmful species (like hogs, who root up the land) and hunting will probably occur in areas hikers won’t visit. Plus, the commission’s move isn’t a blanket approval of hunting on public land. The board will examine properties parcel by parcel to decide whether hunting makes sense there and state hunting regulations will still apply.

QUOTABLE MOMENT. Arguing for the proposal, County Commissioner Christine Robinson said hunting on public land will help poor residents get red meat they can’t afford at the store. Hmm—let’s do the math. A New York strip at the North Sarasota Walmart costs $6.97 a pound, while Bullet Hole owner Fran Misantone estimates a new hunter would need to drop $500-$600 for a “basic rifle” with a caliber big enough to handle deer or wild hogs, plus a scope. That’s not including ammo and permits.—COOPER LEVEY BAKER

JUST SAYIN’

Creativity is the new natural resource [for businesses and communities] —the oil, if you will. —RINGLING COLLEGE PRESIDENT DR. LARRY

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Austin Abrams of The Walking Dead If you’re a Walking Dead fan, you may have noticed a familiar face among the zombie-fighting actors: Sarasota’s own Austin Abrams, 19, son of local doctors Bradley and Lori Abrams. He appeared briefly last season as Ron Anderson—a survivor of a zombie virus outbreak— and turns up again this season in the popular AMC series. Abrams already has an impressive resume of film roles, including Pete in Gangster Squad (with Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling); Aaron in The Kings of Summer (with Nick Offerman, Megan Mullaly and Alison Brie); and Ben Starling in Paper Towns (based on the John Green bestseller, with Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and set in Orlando). In several of these movies, Austin has played the friend of the leading character. But he may soon be playing the title character—the friend of a teen school shooter—in director Werner Herzog’s next movie, Vernon God Little. Before that, of course, he has to survive the dangers lurking everywhere on Walking Dead. Stay tuned.

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MY NEW HOMETOWN

Shane Chalke embraces Sarasota Contemporary Dance. | BY ILENE DENTON |

CHRIS LAKE

A RETIRED FINANCIAL SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEUR turned professional jazz trumpeter, Shane Chalke jumped into Sarasota’s cultural scene by joining the board of Fuzion Dance Artists (now Sarasota Contemporary Dance). As its new president, he has lofty goals: building a strong audience by presenting a full season (“In our 10th season, we’re finally doing that with five programs,” he says); getting its dancers on salary; and finding its own studio space. “We’re very close to signing a deal to move into the new Rosemary Square,” he says. “It takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work to keep a dance company alive. [But] when you get involved, it becomes family.”

WE LOVE THIS CITY

“Monique and I decided to leave the D.C., area when our last daughter left for college. We built a house in the North Carolina mountains, but the first winter we said, ‘We’re not staying here.’ We came to downtown Sarasota and loved it. [Now] we spend seven or eight months here.”

AROUND THE HORN

“I’ve played the trumpet since I was 10. I play about 200 nights a year—with my own ensemble, B.E. Jazz, in our summer home in North Carolina, and here in Sarasota with the Jerry White Swing Band and other groups. My new C.D., Jazz in Thin Air, came out in August.” DANIEL PERALES

GOTTA DANCE

“My wife and I are dance aficionados. When we moved here, we went to a couple of [Fuzion] performances and said, ‘This is better than it has a right to be for this little city.’ [After] I got recruited onto the board, I made the mistake of laying out a strategic plan and

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next thing I knew I’m running [the organization].”

PLAY IT AGAIN

“If I have a night off from playing music, my favorite places to hear music are the Blue Rooster and the Starlite Room. I played on a Sunday night in summer at the Vineyard on Main Street, and I was shocked to see the place packed to the gills. That’s just excellent.”

ON THE EDGE

“This town is hungry for more edgy things; there’s a place in Sarasota for things that push the boundaries. That’s where Fuzion fits in. There’s so much more artistic risk.” z

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Van Wezel technical director Steve Brown lifts the curtain. | BY CHELSEY LUCAS |

STEVE BROWN, IN HIS NINTH YEAR AS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR for the region’s largest venue, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, rules the backstage for the 140 or so performances the hall hosts each season— everything from solo artists to rock ‘n’ roll extravaganzas to full-scale touring Broadway shows. A former musician, vocal coach, opera company rehearsal accompanist, stage director and even executive headhunter (“I found Iain Webb for the [Sarasota] Ballet”), Brown says, “It’s my job to have everything ready when the show arrives. For us backstage, the payoff comes when everything went off according to plan and the audience feels [it was] a good performance.”

READY… SET… “I arrange for all the technical aspects to make sure the artists are happy. Every contract has a tech rider [that spells out the lighting, sound and set requirements]; sometimes for Broadway shows, they need [the stagehouse] cleared because they already have what they need; sometimes for musical acts we have to provide all the lights and a few key musicians. I arrange for limo pick-up and catering, too.”

UP THE ANTE “People see these TV shows now with moving lights and razzle-dazzle, and that’s what they expect to see onstage. The demand for better production value keeps going up. We have been investing in lighting equipment; it’s the big thing for most of these shows.”

REALLY BIG SHOW “Jersey Boys took 61 stagehands 18 hours to put in over two days, and 78 crew members five hours to pack out after the last show— [we were here] until 3 a.m. A Broadway show can take up to 80 stagehands, while most musical acts need about 20. Shows that are here for a week travel with more than a dozen semi-trucks full of sets, costumes and technical equipment; those here for a day or two bring three semis.”

IT’S ON ME “Patience and tact are key. If there is a problem and [the artist] is looking for someone to blame, I’ll take that blame to diffuse the situation. My philosophy: The calmer I am, the calmer the people who work for me.” 4 8 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

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historical curiosity into one of the most distinctive homes in town. In 2012 they hired architect Clifford Scholz to renovate and enlarge the place. He added a new section at the rear of the home, comprising an elaborate, state-of-the-art kitchen, family room and master suite. Scholz’s secret is restraint. He chose a simple design motif—the three-tiered molding that runs through the original home—and continued it throughout the new sections. The result subtly blends the old with the new. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. The doorknobs with the Art Deco design? Original. The glass-paneled closet doors? Original. The shower in the hall bathroom? Impossible to say. The home in its new incarnation is large (3,700 square feet) and perfectly suited for today’s living. It’s set on a beautifully manicured lot, with several terraces, including one off the second-floor bedrooms. There’s also a detached three-car garage. There’s no pool, but there is a place for one—you just have to take out the putting green.—BOB PLUNKET

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YOU MAY RECALL SEEING articles in Sarasota Magazine from time to time written by a guy named Michael Riedel. They are about the New York theater world and they offer insider advice about what productions you should see the next time you are up that way, where you should eat after the show—that sort of thing. The information presented is up to the minute and a little candid and edgy. But it still begs the question—who is Michael Riedel and why is he writing for Sarasota Magazine? If you’re from New York, you certainly know who he is: the Broadway theater

ONE NIGHT AT JOE ALLEN’S, I GAVE HIM THE ADVICE THAT MADE HIS CAREER: “ATTACK THE MIGHTY.” columnist of the New York Post, and the co-host—along with his “Ethel Mertz,” Susan Haskins—of the PBS show Theater Talk. He is not a critic, although he often makes the artistic judgments of a critic. But his beat is the people who make up the world of Broadway—along with their feuds and deals and dreams and illusions. He’s a quintessentially New York kind of character, the direct journalistic descendant of Walter Winchell and Ed Sullivan, who, in their heyday, covered the same beat. Everybody follows him—the stars and directors, the producers, the cutthroat press agents—and they all tremble in their shoes at the thought of finding themselves in his column. I guess you could say he’s the Mr. Chatterbox of the Big Apple.

Michael Riedel in New York’s Times Square.

I’ve known Michael for 30 years or so, ever since he was 23, a recent Columbia graduate and just starting his career in New York. I was then at the peak of my power—a not very famous novelist though a frequent contributor to The New York Times. I sensed a kindred spirit in Michael, and one night at Joe Allen’s when we were both a little tipsy I gave him the advice that made his career: “Attack the mighty.” Well, Michael took me at my word. From then on he began to operate outside the accepted rules of behavior. As one writer put it, “He became an attack dog in a world

of lapdogs.” He began to crash parties. He repeated backstage gossip. He wrote about things that people begged him not to write about. And most importantly, he began to needle Frank Rich. Rich was at the time the drama critic for The New York Times and the man whose reviews could make or break a play. Michael saw his weak points, though. He thought Rich—and his wife, Alex Witchel, who also wrote about theater for the Times—had become too close to their subjects and were trading indiscreet gossip with them. Michael’s attacks on the couple SARASOTA MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2015 61

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soon became the talk of the town, and he officially became the enfant terrible of Big Apple journalism. One producer accused him of “causing tremendous discomfort, damage and heartbreak.” To this day Frank Rich is known to stammer and twitch at the mention of his name. Some of the fights he gets into are more than verbal. Twice people have slugged him over something he wrote. When a revival of Fiddler on the Roof opened in 2005, Michael complained that the show had been “de-Jewed.” The director knocked him to the floor. His watchband was broken, but he was in heaven. “I love it when they fight back,” he told the press. I know I’m making him sound awful, but in reality he’s one of the most charming, gregarious people imaginable. He loves restaurants, bars and parties and stays to the end, holding court and telling stories. Then, when everybody leaves, he stays and entertains the waitstaff with even more stories. His parents are perfectly normal and quite proud of him. They are from upstate New York and have retired to The Meadows here in town; that’s one of the reasons he visits Sarasota a lot. Another reason, I suspect, is that he finds our town and its inhabitants strangely fascinating. He’s always wanting to know the latest gossip about his favorite local characters—Jay Handelman, Cliff Roles, Michael Donald Edwards—which I am only too happy to supply. In spite of the tension and conflict he creates, Michael has led a charmed life. Just about the only serious misstep he made is when they were putting together a little TV show on which B-list stars and has-been celebrities would dance in competition with each other. It was to be called Dancing with the Stars. They asked Michael to be one of the judges, figuring he’d be quick with the putdowns and acerbic wit. Michael thought the show was hokey and didn’t have a chance, so he turned them down. He has his enemies, but many people love him. Elaine Stritch was a big fan and Dame Edna dotes on him, as do Hugh Jackman, Kevin Spacey and Helen Mirren. Many of those he’s insulted have forgiven him and gone on to become fast friends. Music

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ONE DAY

With Les McCurdy of McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre and Humor Institute.

LES MCCURDY WAS IN HIS 30s when he began chasing a career in com-

“A” club with a national reputation, McCurdy’s now presents more

edy. He was soon headlining around the country, but in 1988, he and

than 400 shows a year, from charity events to big-name comics. The

his wife Pam, an FSU/Asolo Conservatory grad, decided to start a club

ever-enthusiastic McCurdy says he’s “excited that at 60, when many

in Sarasota. They started out in a hotel banquet room, then moved to

people are slowing down,” he’s in full creative mode, planning new

an old theater on the North Trail. Last year they made the leap into

projects from corporate seminars to an Internet comedy channel.

a spacious downtown building that includes a bar and kitchen. An

—STORY BY PAM DANIEL | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT CASTRO

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8:14 a.m. “Me and our headliner tonight,

10:05 a.m. “Pam and I get in and start

12:11 p.m. “Most comics don’t rehearse

1:29 p.m. “I’m taking a lesson from

3:30 p.m. “I pay attention to my health

5:12 p.m. “Siesta Key Beach is the reason

6:30 p.m. “Pam and I with Harry in the

9:46 p.m. “I’m doing the opening warm-

11:15 p.m. “I try to go out after each

Harry Anderson, doing the Jones and Crane morning show on 107.9. We’ve been featuring comedians on that show for almost 25 years. Even the major celebrities say it’s one of the best and most professional radio interviews they’ve ever done.”

Matt Auen. I love everything about golf, especially the cursing. I have a 9 handicap, 3 holes in one and my low score is 75. My goal is to shoot under par one day at my favorite course—Laurel Oak. Matt says that’s ambitious.”

green room before the show. He’s telling us a story about working on the streets with Robin Williams in San Francisco.”

dealing with everything from performance evaluations to food and beverage, inventory, sales, promotions, charitable requests, theater rentals—we put in about 40 hours getting ready for the 25 hours we’re actually open to the public.”

and do something physical almost every day. My goal age is 155, and if I make it, I will have sex in the morning, play golf, host the show and at midnight, while doing a shot of whiskey with [loved ones], drop dead.”

up for the second show. We have the best audiences—and that’s not just me saying that. The national headliners say it all the time.”

before the show, but Harry does—he has magic tricks, props and sound cues. We were thrilled to book him—but you know what? A lot of comics want to come here; it’s hard even for celebrities to get booked into this club.”

we’re here. We live very close and never take that special place for granted. I often ask people to tell me a better tropical city to live in than Sarasota. Name it! They can’t.”

show and talk to the patrons. Tonight my fun, funny and very outgoing daughter, Taylor, [center] is here, with her friend, Suzanna. One of my greatest joys is being a dad.”

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Girls with Guitars

Bradenton Blues Festival Months of preparation and preview concerts lead up to the big day of the Bradenton Blues Festival, Dec. 5 along the city’s Riverwalk. Get ready for a full blast of the blues (along with plenty of food and drink) as the fest gets underway at 11 a.m. with Girls with Guitars (shown here) and continues with a line-up of bands including Super Chikan and the Fighting Cocks, Larry Garner, Mike Zito and The Wheel, Joanna Connor, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, and headliner Janiva Magness (see “Art Star,” opposite). Presented by Realize Bradenton, the festival benefits the organization’s youth, art and music programs that are free to the community. bradentonbluesfestival.org 72 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

By Kay Kipling

Showtime! Our top 23 picks of the arts and entertainment season.

Hands on a Hardbody

One Man, Two Guvnors

In a Players season where

Florida Studio Theatre’s

not a single one of the

mainstage season promises

Broadway series shows has

to get off to a rousingly funny

ever been produced on its

start with One Man, Two

stage before, there’s a lot

Guvnors, an adaptation by

to like. But we’re intrigued

Richard Bean of Goldoni’s

most by the musical Hands

commedia dell’arte master-

on a Hardbody, which

piece Servant of Two Masters

features a book by Doug

that was a smash both in

Wright (I Am My Own Wife)

London (where it starred

and songs by Trey Anastasio

current late-night host James

of Phish (with Amanda Green).

Corden) and in New York. No

It’s a piece about 10 hard-luck

word at press time on who will

Texans fighting to keep at

play the harried servant here,

least one hand on a brand-

but directing the shenanigans

new truck in order to win it,

is Joe Discher, who’s done a

and artistic director Jeffery

lot of work with the

Kin says, “It is a truly

Shakespeare Theatre of New

American story, with a truly

Jersey. Onstage at the

American soundtrack.”

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ART STAR Janiva Magness Janiva Magness, who’s headlining the Bradenton Blues Festival Dec. 5, has the blues in her soul. Growing up in foster homes after her parents died, she made her own way in life from a young age; and, she says, “I never found another genre that makes sense to me. Blues is the music of hardworking American folks, and we use it to get through tough times or celebrate the good times.” Magness, who has had multiple wins as Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year and has been named B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, has released 10 albums, but her most recent, Original, boasts the most songs—seven—co-written by Magness herself. “That’s a deep level of vulnerability, for sure,” she admits. “But songwriting is a deeper level of connection, too.” Spending between 100 and 150 days and nights on the road, Magness occasionally plays piano or cigar box guitar onstage, but she mostly sticks to her powerful vocals, saying simply, “That works for me.” SARASOTA MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2015 73

CHRIS LEE

Marguerite and Armand

Sarasota Ballet Premieres

Michael Donald Edwards, page

After scoring with crowds

movements with All The Way

and critics alike last summer

by Robert Schenkkan, the play

at the prestigious Jacob’s

that starred Bryan Cranston

Pillow Dance Festival in Mas-

as LBJ on Broadway. It’s 1964,

sachusetts, what’s next for

and having just become

the Sarasota Ballet? Judging

president following the assas-

by the programs for its 25th

sination of John F. Kennedy,

anniversary season (an

Lyndon Baines Johnson is

impressive milestone for any

determined to both pass the

dance company), premieres,

landmark Civil Rights Act—

premieres, premieres. Director

and be elected to the highest

Iain Webb and his dancers

office in the land in his own

aren’t resting on any laurels,

right. No word at deadline on

paying tribute to three

who will portray the master

Knights of the British Ballet

politician, but it’s a role worth

with performances Nov.

putting on the jowls for.

20 and 21 at the Sarasota

Onstage in rotating rep Jan.

Opera House (and featuring

8 through April 9. 351-8000,

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premiere performances offer Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto, Sir Peter Wright’s Summertide, and, perhaps most eagerly awaited, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand—making ours the first American company to bring this piece into its repertoire. More premieres to come in January and April, too. 3590099, sarasotaballet.org

86), Asolo Rep takes a look at a crucial year in the civil rights

Robin Roberts Longtime ESPN sportscaster, current Good Morning America anchor, and two-time cancer survivor Roberts will no doubt receive thunderous applause when she appears in the Ringling College Library Association’s Town Hall series March 7 at the Van Wezel—as much for her courage and inspira-

All The Way

tion in the face of health chal-

Following up on issues of

on-air personality and global

America’s racial divides

reporting. She’ll talk about the

after its production of West

life lessons she’s learned and

Side Story (read more about

take a few questions from

the season’s theme in our

the audience, too. 925-1343,

interview with artistic director

RCLAssociation.org

lenges as for her charismatic

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ART STAR

Leila Josefowicz Violinist Leila Josefowicz’s official biography reads familiar, though impressive: Child prodigy starts the Suzuki method at the age of 3, makes her Carnegie Hall debut at 16, signs her first recording contract while still in her teens and goes on to receive a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and collaborate with composers like John Adams and Esa-Pekka Salonen, who write concertos just for her. But Josefowicz, appearing with the Sarasota Orchestra in its Masterworks series, has one credit to her resume not every violinist can claim: She worked part-time as a model for Chanel when she was 20. “They wanted someone from the classical world, and I fitted the bill,” she told The Telegraph a few years ago. In Sarasota she’ll play Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D. Minor, Op. 47, Dec. 4, 5 and 6, in concerts that will also feature the world premiere of Sarasotan Jerry Bilik’s Symphony in M-L.

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West Side Story That classic tale of starcrossed lovers, West Side Story, opens the Asolo Repertory Theatre’s season, Nov. 13 through Dec. 27, and it’s both directed and choreographed by Joey McKneely, who learned the show’s iconic dances at the feet (so to speak) of legend Jerome Robbins. McKneely appeared in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and has directed

An Evening with Sophia Loren

West Side Story all over the world, so his credentials are

Mamma mia, what can you say about an international film icon like Sophia Loren? You

certainly solid. For his Tony

can start by mentioning her 1962 Oscar win for Two Women (the first ever for a foreign-

and Maria, he has Marc Koeck

language performance), throw in the names of a few of her most famous costars (Cary

and Jenna Burns, both young

Grant, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, and of course Marcello Mastroianni), and perhaps

newcomers to the Asolo Rep

add that, at the age of 81, she is still absolutely stunning. But hear more from the lady

stage—plus a full cast of Jets

herself when she answers questions about her career, along with presenting notable film

and Sharks ready to rumble.

clips, March 31 at Van Wezel. 953-3368, vanwezel.org

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The Book of Mormon

ART STAR

Ben Vereen During his more than 50-year career, actor-singer-dancer Ben Vereen has played a number of memorable roles, including Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, Leading Player in the Broadway bow of Pippin (for which he won a Tony), and, of course, Chicken George in the landmark TV miniseries Roots. Of performing in rock musical Hair in the late ’60s, Vereen says what he remembers most about the show is the message: “We were tired of war and corruption, and young people were saying, ‘Give love and peace a chance.’” Now it’s Vereen’s turn to recreate that atmosphere with another generation of players, when he directs Venice Theatre’s production of Hair, Nov. 10 through Dec. 12. Vereen first appeared in Venice with his Steppin’ Out with Ben Vereen concert, and he and artistic director Murray Chase discovered they both were eager to bring Hair back to the stage. “I want the [cast] to have the experience I did,” says Vereen. “Hopefully the show will answer some questions for them.”

The Book of Mormon

through early March. But we

Are you ready to laugh until

Verdi’s The Battle of Legnano

you cry—albeit with the oc-

has that honor, later in Febru-

casional shocked gasp of

ary and March, accompanied

disbelief? Then you may be

by a panoply of related

ready for The Book of Mor-

events: recitals of his music,

mon, above, heralded by The

a Verdi conference with inter-

New York Times’ Ben Brantley

national experts, and a grand

as “the best musical of this

finale concert. 328-1300,

century.” Since it springs

sarasotaopera.org

do know that even Aida isn’t the last word on the cycle;

from the minds of South Park

Lopez of Avenue Q fame),

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

it’s no surprise that it’s fairly

Westcoast Black Theatre

raunchy in its tale of naive

Troupe started its season

young Mormon missionaries

with the large-scale musical

encountering restless natives

The Color Purple, starring,

in the heart of Africa—but

among others, Tarra Conner

sensitive souls, be fore-

jones (yep, lowercase “j”),

warned. Onstage Feb. 9-14

who knocked audiences out

at Van Wezel Performing Arts

with her belting bravado in

Hall. 953-3368, vanwezel.org

WBTT’s Cotton Club Cabaret

creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (along with Robert

over the summer. That show

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Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle

continues through Nov. 21, so

It’s come at last—the culmina-

also to see and hear jones

tion of the Sarasota Opera’s

as the title character in the

quarter-century-plus Verdi

company’s next installment

Cycle, presenting every

in playwright August Wilson’s

musical note intended for

Pittsburgh Cycle, Ma Rainey’s

performance ever written by

Black Bottom. The only one

the master. The 2016 winter

of the 10 plays in the cycle

season commences with the

not actually set in Pittsburgh,

Sarasota Opera premiere

Ma Rainey takes place in a

of his masterpiece Aida,

Chicago studio where the

conducted by (who else?) ar-

blues legend and her band are

tistic director Victor DeRenzi,

struggling to get her songs re-

whose love of Verdi has no

corded, facing the obstacle of

limits. We don’t promise there

a tight-fisted white producer.

will be elephants onstage

Onstage Jan. 13 through Feb.

for the performances, which

20; 366-1505, westcoast-

begin Jan. 30 and continue

blacktheatre.org

if you haven’t seen it yet, you still have time. But get ready

Josh Groban You’re going to have to set your DVR to record the annual Oscars telecast this Feb. 28, because that’s the date pop superstar Josh Groban makes his bow at the Van Wezel. (It’s also the evening of the Van Wezel Foundation’s big fund-raising gala.) Groban will mostly perform songs from his latest album, Stages, which focuses on great Broadway tunes like You’ll Never Walk Alone, Children Will Listen and Try To Remember, although his fans may persuade him to dip into his pop songbook as well. Tony Award winner Lena Hall (Hedwig & The Angry Inch) joins Josh onstage. 953-3368, vanwezel.org

Eastern Art at The Ringling With the long-awaited opening of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s Center for Asian Art—a home for the museum’s permanent Asian art collections—coming in February, the Ringling is also focused on art from Asia in an exhibition in the Searing Wing, curated by Christopher Jones. Samurai: The Way of the Warrior promises to revive memories of those classic Kurosawa films, with suits of armors, swords, helmets, saddles and more related to the Samurai tradition (on view Jan. 15 through April 17). That’s followed by Ink, Silk and Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, featuring more than 100 works in almost every medium, ranging from the eighth to the 21st century and from Spain to Indonesia. Explore this world, so little known and understood by many Westerners, Feb. 5 through May 1. 359-5700, ringling.org Mosque Lamp, early 1320s, Egypt (Cairo), glass with gold and enamel decoration, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes. Photograph ©2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. SARASOTA MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2015 77

TIMOTHY WHITE

ART STAR

BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE Theater execs share their picks.

Let’s just get it out of the way: “There are no bad seats here.” That’s what every box office manager and arts executive told us when we asked them to identify the best places to sit in their theaters. (And for the small WBTT and Urbanite theaters, that’s probably true.) But then we pushed….

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Renée Fleming There’s no hiding the excitement in the voices of Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall executive director Mary Bensel and her Sarasota Orchestra counterpart Joe McKenna when they talk about how they finally nabbed opera star Renée Fleming to perform at the Van Wezel on Jan. 27. For Bensel, the diva has been a hot pursuit for years, but “The stars didn’t align,” she says, until she discovered that Fleming was performing in Miami this season and might have a spot for another Florida concert. Since Fleming only performs with symphony orchestras, the next step was coordinating with Sarasota Orchestra to plan a program of opera classics and perhaps a few vocal surprises. Fleming likes to encourage female conductors, so she agreed to perform under conductor Anu Tali’s baton in a win-win situation for all. The four-time Grammy winner will make her Sarasota debut in an evening that doubles as the orchestra’s annual gala, with an after-party including a meet-andgreet with the soprano hosted by the Van Wezel Foundation. Bellissima!

FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE “My favorite seats are in the back row: You can see the full stage and get the complete picture from the back. For most shows in the Keating, I sit on the landing behind Row J, and in the back aisle [behind the last row] of the Gompertz Theatre.”— REBECCA HOPKINS, MANAGING DIRECTOR

THE PLAYERS “Our first five rows are what we call premium seating. Since we don’t have a center aisle, the most popular seats are third, fourth or fifth row center.”—MICHELLE BIANCHI PINGEL, MANAGING DIRECTOR

ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE “The center of the orchestra where our A+ seating section is gives the best vantage point. My favorite area is the mezzanine—the middle section— because it gives a great view of the stage as a whole.” — LYDIA BOROWICZ, TICKET SERVICES MANAGER

CLIFF ROLES

Sarasota Contemporary Dance

Sarasota Contemporary Dance: Retrospect

work by artistic director

planned by the development

musicals (Tarzan, Shrek the

Leymis Bolaños Wilmott. The

team. But, if past years are

Musical) not previously done

performances also welcome

any guide, there will be some

by local theater companies.

back some former company

exciting new movies shown

Artistic director Rick Kerby

members. 359-0099 ext. 101,

at downtown’s Hollywood

follows up on that string this

fuziondance.org

20, some late-night fun, and

year with Disney’s The Little

some entertaining reminis-

Mermaid (onstage Dec. 3-20

cences and tales from visiting

at the Manatee Performing

celebrities. 366-6200, saraso-

Arts Center), aided by musi-

tafilmfestival.com

cal director Aaron Cassette

The former Fuzion Dance

presenting modern dance in

Sarasota Film Festival

the community with a new

At this point in the season,

name—Sarasota Contempo-

nobody—truly, nobody—

rary Dance—and a Retrospect

knows what to expect of the

event (March 17-20 at New

Artists troupe is celebrating its 10th anniversary of

in a production that Kerby says also boasts elaborate

annual film fest, set for April

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

College of Florida’s Hamilton

1-10; there are hundreds of

The Manatee Players have

assumes, a seemingly under-

Center’s theater) that looks

films to be screened by the

had great success the past

water set by Ken Mooney.

at some of the most ac-

artistic staff and at least

couple of seasons presenting

748-5875, manateeperform-

claimed choreographic

a handful of parties to be

family-oriented “feel-good”

ingartscenter.com

MANATEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL

“I prefer the center of the mezzanine. This enables me to see everything that is happening on stage unfold in front of me. The most popular ones are the ones with most leg room (rows B, E and N).”— JANENE AMICK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

“The Golden Circle is our most popular section, the center row from row 13 forward, but I prefer row 11, seat 1 on the left—it has more leg room. For a Broadway show, row 7 and above are best; for individual artists or comedians, get as close as possible. During orchestral performances I like row 20, and for dance I never go below row 8.”—DAVID WALKER, BOX OFFICE MANAGER

VENICE THEATRE “On Venice Theatre’s MainStage, I sit in our balcony or on the far left side of our house. In our Pinkerton Theatre, I tend to sit higher up or farther back, as I like to see the full performance area.”—BARBARA MULLEN, BOX OFFICE MANAGER

HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER “For music, the acoustic ‘bloom’ is best in the orchestra, while for dance the tiers provide a view of the entire stage. The best seats are in the first row of the second tier—the traditional royal box. My personal favorite: On the sides of the top tier [because] I can move my chair right to the rail and have an absolutely unimpeded view of the stage.”—DWIGHT CURRIE, CURATOR OF PERFORMANCE

special effects including flying and aerial tricks and, one

SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE “[Sometimes], I like to sit in the mezzanine, where you get a rich orchestral sound, a great view of the stage, and I can keep an eye on Maestro DeRenzi in the pit. But [usually] you’ll find me in one of the pairs of seats in the back, next to the boxes. Unique to our theater, these seats favor the voices.” —RICHARD RUSSELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER “Preferred sections [include] the balcony rows T-V, orchestra center row D-G seats 107-114, and orchestra house row D-L seats 2-20 on the right and seats 1-19 on the left. The best, in my opinion, is the center balcony. It offers a tucked-in and visually expansive view of the stage.” —CASSANDRA TRASCIK, VPAC MANAGER

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Deborah Cox For Deborah Cox, portraying pioneering singer-dancer-actress Josephine Baker in Asolo Rep’s world premiere of Josephine (April 29 through May 29) is a dream long in the making. Cox, who’s best known for her R&B and dance music hits, first became aware of Baker when she saw an HBO biopic about her. “I felt a connection right away,” Cox says. “And when I began touring as a backup singer for Celine Dion, I found memorabilia of Josephine all over France.” The show, which features songs by Stephen Dorff and John Bettis, is set in a five-year period, starting in 1935, when Josephine was the star of the Folies Bergere. “She falls deeply in love with a prince, but it’s also about her need for acceptance after the rejection she found in America,” says Cox. “I’m involved with human rights equality—I have a big LGBTQ following—and I admire what a fighter she was, against racism, sexism, and eventually even ageism. I’ve just found so many parallels with her and myself.”

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ART STAR

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If you, like us, hold an unhealthy fascination with long-ago murders in merrie olde England, Urbanite Theatre’s The Drowning Girls (onstage April 22 through May 22) could be just your cup of tea. Based on the true story of three brides drowned in their bathtubs by their serial killer-bigamist-husband, this work by Beth Graham, Daniela Vlaskalic and Charlie Tomlinson allows the three very different women to return to life to explain why and how they each—unluckily—fell for George Joseph Smith. The play is about more than murder, though, revealing in each tale how limited the choices were for women of their time and class. 321-1397, urbanitetheatre.com

St. Louis, became the toast

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony

(see “Art Star,” page 76), it

of Paris stages in the 1920s

No. 1, Op 13, Mozart’s

would still feel like the time is

and beyond. It’s waxing again

Symphony No. 35, and Ravel’s

ripe for a presentation of this

with the world premiere of

La Valse, in a daytime concert

“American Tribal Love Rock

Josephine at Asolo Rep, April

(a departure from usual

Musical” by Galt MacDermot,

29 through May 29, a new

times), at 3 p.m. Jan. 31 at

Gerome Ragni and James

musical (like West Side Story,

Van Wezel Performing Arts

Rado, not seen on local stages

directed and choreographed

Hall. To see if any tickets

for some years. But that Ver-

by Joey McKneely) revolving

remain in this subscription

een, who was in the original

around Baker’s shows at the

series, call 225-6500.

Broadway cast, is at the helm

Folies Bergere, her love affair with a Swedish prince, and

of the counterculture classic

Hair

is raising our expectations—

her involvement in the French Resistance during World

Even if Tony-winning actor-

mances Nov. 10 through Dec.

War II. Deborah Cox (see “Art

singer-dancer Ben Vereen

12; and yes, mature themes

Star”) faces the challenge of

weren’t directing Venice

and nudity are included. 488-

portraying la belle Josephine.

Theatre’s production of Hair

1115, venicestage.com

and excitement level. Perfor-

351-8000, asolorep.org ROGER MASTOIANNI

The Drowning Girls

The Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra, right, continues to enjoy a sterling reputation among America’s orchestras, which is why it’s so exciting that

Josephine

the company is returning to

The world’s attention to

sota Concert Association’s

singer-dancer-actress Jose-

71st season of presenting

phine Baker has waxed and

great classical music. Franz

waned over the years since

Welser-Möst conducts the

Baker, born into poverty in

orchestra in performances of

Sarasota as part of the Sara-

Cleveland Orchestra

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Bruno Giuranna

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival

zart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik April 4—the first piece of mu-

Mihkel Poll

Circus Sarasota

sic played at the first festival

Guess who’s back to headline

30 years ago. 366-8450 ext. 7,

this year’s Big Top extrava-

lamusicafestival.org

ganza Feb. 12-28—Sarasota’s own clown/daredevil Bello

audiences this season, with

Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks

concerts set for April 4, 7, 10

Remember the scene in the

us shiver. Also in the line-up:

and 13 at the Sarasota Opera

1996 movie Shine, where

foot juggling by Deborah

House (and other events at

young pianist David Helfgott

Maloku, an acrobatic moun-

other venues, too). And two

plays the famously demand-

tain bike act from Marc Giely,

of the fest’s artists—violist

ing Rachmaninoff Piano Con-

speed juggling from Mario

Bruno Giuranna, above, and

certo No. 3—and has a mental

Berousek, an aerial bubble

pianist Derek Han—have per-

breakdown from the strain

act featuring Shannon Monni,

formed every single season,

immediately after? We don’t

hand balancing quartet the

which is quite a record. Along

expect the latter to happen

Pellegrini Brothers, horses

with sonatas and chamber

when Estonian-born Mihkel

released his debut CD. Also

trained by Sylvia Zerbini, and

works by the usual suspects—

Poll, right, tackles the piece in

on the program: works by

the Dominguez Poodle Revue.

Dvorak, Brahms, Beethoven,

the orchestra’s Masterworks

fellow Russian geniuses

Also, of course, ringmaster

etc.—the festival also

series (Jan. 7-10), but there

Tchaikovsky and Dunayevsky.

Joseph Bauer Jr. and Queen

presents the world premiere

will still be keyboard fireworks

Poll’s compatriot, Sarasota

of the Air Dolly Jacobs. 355-

of a commissioned piece by

from Poll, who has won

Orchestra music director Anu

9805, circusarts.org

Sarasota-based composer

several prizes in important

Tali, conducts. 953-3434,

Jerry Bilik, on April 16, and Mo-

competitions and recently

sarasotaorchestra.org

The festival proudly marks its 30th anniversary of presenting classical music to local

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Nock, with that trademark tower of red hair and, undoubtedly, some new and nerve-racking stunts to make

A Walk on the Child Side

A guide to arts, cultural and learning experiences this season for kids.

BY ABBY WEINGARTEN MOTE MARINE LABORATORY AND AQUARIUM , 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, (941) 388-4441 | mote.org Marvel at seahorses and pet stingrays at Mote’s aquarium ($19.75 for adults; $14.75 for children ages 4 to 12), and then head to the adjacent waterway for a nature safari with the Sarasota Bay Explorers (prices vary). Mote’s fall activities include the “Shindig Teach-A-Kid Fishing Clinic” at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in which youngsters ages 5 to 16 can learn about sustainable fishing ($10).

SOUTH FLORIDA MUSEUM , 201 10th St. W., Bradenton, (941) 746-4131 | southfloridamuseum.org Say hi to Snooty, the world’s oldest manatee born in captivity (now 67) before stargazing in the Bishop Planetarium. The first Saturday of most months is family night, because the museum is open until 8 p.m. and admission is half price after 4 p.m. (The regular fee is $19 for adults; $14 for children ages 4 to 12.) Most family nights include a live star talk or a space show in the planetarium, as well as time to tour the natural history museum’s fossil exhibits.

KIDS KOMEDY CLUB AT FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota, (941) 366-9000 | floridastudiotheatre.org From late October to Feb. 21, support young amateur comics as they perform sketches and do improvisational games at 11 a.m. on select Sundays in the Goldstein Cabaret at FST. The show is appropriate for all ages and costs only $6 per person. Elementary school-aged children are also encouraged to participate in the theater’s “Write a Play” program.

SELBY PUBLIC LIBRARY , 1331 First St., Sarasota, (941) 861-1100 | selbylibraryfriends.org Downtown Sarasota’s library is brimming with free children’s activities. “Partners in Play” is held at 10:15 a.m. every Monday (a play session designed for walkers to 5-year-olds, run by Forty Carrots Family Center). At 2:15 p.m. Thursdays is Music Mash Movement—an interactive program for children ages 3 to 6 that includes dancing, marching, singing and playing musical instruments, as well as storytelling and craft-making. Have an older child? Check out the children’s area for a vast book selection.

MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS , 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota, (941) 366-5731 | selby.org Before a romp in the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden, drop into the Little Sprouts Club at 10:30 a.m. the first Thursday of the month, September to May. Families learn about seeds, flowers, fruits, vegetables, garden critters and changing seasons. Free for members; regular admission for guests ($19, adults; $6, children ages 4 to 11).

THE RINGLING , 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, (941) 359-5700 | ringling.org The David F. Bolger Playspace is not the only childfriendly spot on The Ringling’s 66-acre bayfront campus. There are also free family workshops from 1:30 to 5 p.m. every Saturday, featuring self-guided art projects for ages 4 to 10 (go to the welcome center in the John M. McKay Visitors Pavilion). At 1 p.m. Saturdays for $2, children ages 4 to 10 can enjoy Kids Quests (45-minute sessions with activities that are related to the museum’s collections). On select Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. is ROAR!, the Art Library’s family story time, free for children ages 4 to 7.

CROWLEY MUSEUM AND NATURE CENTER , 16405 Myakka Road, Sarasota, (941) 322-1000 | crowleyfl.org Take a Full Moon Walk at the Crowley when the moon is at its most magnificent (Nov. 25, Jan. 24 and Feb. 22 are some of the full moons this season). Participants leave the welcome center at approximately 7 p.m. on event nights and walk about 1 to 1½ miles through the nature preserve. Cost is $20 for adults; $10 for children ages 6 to 12. Reservations required.

HISTORIC SPANISH POINT , 337 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey, (941) 966-5214 | historicspanishpoint.org This 30-acre outdoor museum, with its shaded nature trails and views of Little Sarasota Bay, is an idyllic setting for child-friendly events. A popular one is the Fairy House Festival, which returns from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 5, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 6. There will be a fairy house competition, an enchanted fairy parade, crafts, face painting, musical programs and storytelling ($12 for adults; $5 for children ages 6 and older).

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Pride and Prejudice Buoyed by success, Asolo Rep’s Michael Edwards launches an ambitious season exploring issues of race. WITH GLOWING REVIEWS, growing national attention and enthusiastic board and patron support for its continuing exploration of “The American Character,” Asolo Repertory Theatre is riding high these days. And so is its artistic director, Michael Donald Edwards, who recently renewed his contract with the company for another five years. “I’ve been here for nine years now, and that’s the longest I’ve ever stayed in one place,” says Edwards. “The board makes it easy for me, and the community loves the work. The wind is behind our sails.” He’s taking full advantage of that wind, launching an ambitious season that will explore the contentious and controversial issue of race in the United States. The 2015-16 season, which begins this month with West Side Story, is, Edwards says, “the biggest, most complicated season we’ve done. West Side Story [which is being directed and choreographed by Joey McKneely, who directed the Broadway revival in 2009] is as big as any musical we’ve ever done. All the Way is huge; that one involves all of the students of our third-year FSU/Asolo Conservatory class. And Josephine, our world premiere about Josephine Baker—when Joey committed to directing that show as well, it just made the choice irresistible.” McKneely joins a growing number of other New York-based designers, directors, performers and commercial producers who have been eager to work at Asolo Rep in recent years, further raising the theater’s national profile. This will be the fourth season Edwards has devoted to examining “The American Character.” Buoyed by response from critics like Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal, who has written admiringly about past productions that explored American politics and justice such as Both Our Houses and Twelve Angry Men, Edwards was determined this year to focus on issues of race and prejudice in this country, from the warring gangs in the 1950s-set West Side Story to the 1960s civil rights era of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s early days as president in All the Way to the discrimination faced 84 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

by singer-dancer-actress Baker 100 years ago. He’s also included the more lighthearted (but still pointed) look at our prejudices in the stage adaptation of the movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. The theme also extends to a play Edwards is directing himself this season, Disgraced, about an assimilated Muslim-American lawyer who seems to have achieved the American Dream before falling victim to personal and professional betrayals. While Edwards may not have known as he was choosing the season line-up just how timely it might feel in light of race-related tragedies in Ferguson, Mo., Charleston S.C., New York City and other places around the country, he says the season’s emphasis was a natural outgrowth of some of the company’s earlier productions. “It’s the most racially diverse season in our 57 years,” he says, “and I’ve been thinking about it ever since we did 1776, which dramatized the Founding Fathers’ rejection of the antislavery clause in the Declaration of Independence. You can’t tell a real American story without dealing with the differences among us. We can do things in theater that are really hard to do in other settings; what we do best is empathy—that and telling a good story. It’s not about an agenda.” Edwards insists that every show “has to be an opportunity for community engagement.” This year, he’s inaugurating a new series designed to draw in more diverse audiences and to stimulate conversation about the issues onstage. IllumiNation will take place at select Tuesday performances of the five shows mentioned above; each evening offers cocktails, the play, and a moderated panel discussion afterward, so audiences can engage with each other and the theater’s professionals. Edwards, a native Australian who has made America his home for many years, speaks with concern about how Americans are often perceived today around the world. “I was in Berlin recently, at a comedy club, and 70 percent of the jokes, which were done in English, were aimed at Americans,” he says. “It made me realize how American I am now, with all the quirks that make up Americans, but still with the slightly objective lens of being an immigrant.” And he believes that racial intolerance traps and limits both the hater and the hated. “You know, hate is a giant motivation. You don’t have to think or do any work; it’s a lazy way to have an identity,” he says. “In this country, the nature of it shifts; it used to be the Irish or the Italians who faced intolerance. But I feel the whole idea of race is mythological, really, and there’s a toxic effect to believing in particular myths. It’s culture where the real differences lie. Race is only a matter of pigment.”—KAY KIPLING

“You can’t tell a real American story without dealing with the differences among us.”

SALVATORE BRANCIFORT

Michael Donald Edwards

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RAISING THE BAR Start—or end—your evenings out with one of the season’s cool new cocktails.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHAD SPENCER SHOT ON LOCATION AT SOCIAL ON FIRST.

JACK’S ROSE Jack Dusty at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota “It’s refreshing and easy to make at home,” says Jack Dusty bartender Nick Vaccaro of this colorful combo of Laird applejack brandy, St. George’s pear brandy, lemon juice and house-made grenadine.

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THE EPIC OLD FASHIONED Epicure Epicure’s bar manager, Chris Galdamez, praises the “rich taste” of this “riff on an Old Fashioned,” featuring Old Forester whiskey, brown sugar, simple syrup, Rooibos tea, rose hips, raspberries, orange and saffron bitters.

PISCO CHICHA MORADA Selva Grill Made with purple corn, lemon juice, lime juice, pineapple and a cinnamon stick, this exotic Peruvian drink offers “a new and exciting flavor profile,” says Selva managing partner Jeremy Osment.

CLOVER CLUB State Street Eating House & Cocktails “We love that something that’s so pretty is also so delicious,” says State Street’s general manager Chris Voelker of this concoction of Tanqueray gin, lemon juice, house-made clover simple syrup, egg white and blackberries.

FOR MORE COOL DRINKS AND HOT BARS, READ OUR WEEKLY BLOG, THE SPIRITS OF SARASOTA.

SIGNATURE MANHATTAN Hyde Park Manager Dave Barone says using “the best of each of four simple ingredients” makes this “a perfect cocktail.” And those four swanky ingredients are…Woodford Reserve bourbon, Carpano Antica sweet vermouth, Fee Brothers Old Fashion bitters and imported Amarena cherries.

DUCKTAIL WHO-OO! (or Duck a l’Orange in a glass) Pangea Alchemy Lab Duck-fat-washed gin, Carpano Bianco, Génépy des Alpes, Solerno blood orange cordial and thyme are the wildly adventurous ingredients here. “I didn’t think it would be that popular, being so unique, but people really dig it,” says Pangea owner Brad Coburn.

ELDER GIN MARTINI Social on First Gin pops up again in this fresh, mint-spiked mix of Hendricks gin, St. Germaine and muddled cucumber. The resulting drink is “not too strong, not too sweet but the perfect gin martini,” says Social assistant manager Donnie Gibson.

BURNING BLOOD LBar at Libby’s Café + Bar “Bourbon is trending, and this drink [made with blood orange, agave nectar, chili pepper and ginger ale] has tremendous color and perfect balance,” says LBar manager Adam Stoneking.

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Jorge Reynardus surrounded by the Cuban artwork he loves. 88 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

Art of the Exile

In a Selby Gallery exhibition, CubanAmerican collector Jorge Reynardus shines a light on Cuban artists forced from their homeland. BY KAY KIPLING SARASOTA MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2015 89

he story of how Jorge Reynardus arrived in the United States from Cuba as a teen with just $4.32 in his pockets is not an unusual one in our country’s ongoing immigrant saga. But it helps to explain how he eventually became a fervent supporter of Cuban artists who, like him, were exiled from their native country. A show of work by those artists, many of whom also claimed the States as their new homeland, begins this month in Selby Gallery on the Ringling College campus. Cuban Art from the Jorge Reynardus Collection opens Nov. 6 and continues through Dec. 9. (It will be the final exhibition in Selby Gallery before the building is torn down to make room for new construction on the campus.) It’s a timely show, given our country’s gradual steps to thaw relationships with the island nation so close to our shores, and it may stir new interest in

the widely divergent talents of the artists on exhibit. Reynardus, who now lives on Longboat Key, was born in Panama to a Cuban mother and a Panamanian father and moved to Cuba as a child. He says he didn’t grow up with an appreciation for the art of his country—or any art at all, for that matter. After his family fled Fidel Castro’s regime—his sister left first, in 1960, under threat of arrest; he followed a few months

José Bedia (Cuba, 1959). Vititi Mensu, 2006. Acrylic, charcoal/canvas. 52 X 98 inches.

Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas (Cuba, 1962). Help, 1994. Serigraphy/paper. 24 X 18 inches.

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Humberto Castro (Cuba, 1957). La traición y la inocencia, París, 1998. Oil/canvas. 59 X 79 inches.

later—he finished high school in Miami and worked diligently to learn to speak English. “Ten years later I walked into a classroom at Harvard Business School,” he says. “Every Cuban who lands here is an entrepreneur at heart.” In the case of Reynardus, those entrepreneurial instincts led him to head an advertising agency in Manhattan that targeted the Latino community. Over the years, he sometimes met other recent emigrés from

Wilfredo Lam (Cuba, 1902-París 1982). Untitled, 1979. Lithograph cardboard. 24/99 16 X 18 inches

Aldo Menéndez (Cuba, 1948). La casa Cuba, 2008. Mixed media/canvas. 40 X 30 inches.

Carlos Gonzalez (Cuba, 1954). Galaxia espiral, 2005. Painted stainless steel 19 X 14 X 12.5 inches.

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Rogelio López Marín (Gory) (Cuba, 1953). Tomorrow never knows, 1995. Oil/canvas 37 X 54 inches.

Armando Guiller (Cuba, 1961). Helical work No. I, 2005. Steel and wood. 24 X 7.5 X 7.5 inches. Elsa Mora (Cuba, 1971). Series Perda do Sentido (diptych), 1999. Digital printing. Edition 6/25. 15.75 X 15.75 inches.

Cuba in his office, early on hiring an art director for his company who had just left the country. But the work of amassing his collection, which centers on artists of the generation of the 1980s and their mentors, is one of a long period of self-education. That process began after Reynardus and his business partner, Jorge Moya, were recognized by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in Washington, D.C., for their work on the McGruff “Take a Bite Out of Crime” campaign. Moya insisted on taking Reynardus to the National Gallery of Art; Reynardus, initially uninterested, says that, after look92 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

ing at room after room of contemporary art, “Something clicked in my mind. Upon returning to New York, I began to read every art book I could get my hands on.” By this time, the Soviet Union had disintegrated, and it was also a period of unrest in Cuba, with the Castro regime pressuring its artists to glorify the system of government in place there. “You don’t tell an artist what they paint,” says Reynardus. “So the Ministry of Culture ended up saying, ‘Get out,’ and over 300 artists left the island.” Many of those artists have since ended up in Reynardus’ collection. As he explored New York art museums, often accompanied

by visiting Cuban artists, his appreciation for their work grew, and his friendships with most of the artists he collects have likewise grown and deepened over the years. In his Longboat Key home, Reynardus can discuss in depth each painting or photograph on his walls, collected over the past 20 years. “When I started buying, I decided to buy four works at a time,” he explains, “one for my son, one for my daughter, one for my office and one for my home.” The techniques and the subject matter of the artists vary; there are landscapes, figurative works, abstracts and some threedimensional pieces as well. “What ties

Aldo Damian Menéndez (Maldito) (Cuba, 1971). Cualquier posición que asumas dejará huellas en tu conciencia, 2000. Mixed media/canvas. 20 X 41 inches.

them together,” says Reynardus, “is their exile experience.” Reynardus’ passion for the artists he collects has led him to work on a book, tentatively titled Artists in Purgatory, to emphasize that for decades, many of them felt trapped somewhere between their native Cuba and their adopted countries. Each chapter is written by a different author (the foreword is by Reynardus’ friend William Kennedy, of Ironweed fame) and tackles a certain topic related to Cuban art and the artists whose works are featured (72 in all). Reynardus also writes about his own background and how he met the artists he collects. He’s currently in talks with a publisher. “In the last five years,” Reynardus says, “the interest in these artists has really grown. There is a heightened sense of awareness. Now every hedge fund manager wants to go down to Cuba and buy art, at this level, for a good price.” For him, though, it’s a very personal pursuit. “My focus on Cuban art doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate artists from other countries,” he says. “But I’m focused on their story, because it’s like an extension of my story. And their story needs to be told.” He is planning his first trip back to Cuba since he left in 1961 sometime next year. z

Segundo Planes (Cuba, 1965). Untitled, 2000. Oil/canvas. 26 X 36 inches.

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CAST OF Portraits from a community theater audition.

CHARACTERS Photography by Barbara Banks Interviews by Hannah Wallace

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Gayle Foster, 62, CPA executive assistant “It’s almost like living two parallel lives. I love having my real life and then my life in the theater. It’s like using both parts of my brain.”

Jacob Brown, 22, aide, Florida Studio Theatre’s VIP Camp “All the characters that I’ve done start with the letter ‘J.’ In high school I did Jean Valjean [in Les Miz]. On the nights I wasn’t Valjean, I

very season at our region’s community theaters, long before any costume is stitched or setpiece painted, many hundreds of our friends and neighbors step into the spotlight. This is the performance before the performance: auditions. For these aspiring amateurs, it’s a chance to memorize lines, rehearse for weeks—all without pay—and then stride onto the stage to take their shot at theatrical glory. The prospective actors are as varied as the characters they seek to play, from jittery children to confident seniors with years of experience onstage. And although their ambitions and motives vary, they share a love of theater—and of each other. “The cast becomes very close-knit,” says Gayle Foster, an executive assistant for a CPA firm and an eight-year community theater veteran. “It’s like a second family.” This fall, at The Players auditions for its 86th Broadway season, we got a chance to meet some of the characters behind the characters.

played Joly. In Grease I was Johnny Casino. We did Carousel here, and I was brother Joshua. And then I did A Christmas Story. There was no J character for that one.”

Ryan Modjeski, 11, sixth-grader, Booker Middle School VPA “I want to be a professional actor. This is pretty much what I do.”

Nicholas Rich, 11, sixth-grader, Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences “I’ve been doing shows here for six years. I just like being up on stage.”

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New assaults on Planned Parenthood have dismayed its longtime local leader, Barbara Zdravecky. But they haven’t quenched her fighting spirit.

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ARBARA ZDRAVECKY keeps Sun Tzu’s The Art of War on her coffee table, which might seem an odd choice for someone who has dedicated her life to women’s health. But in 22 years of leading Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, Zdravecky has become one of the country’s most influential advocates for women’s reproductive rights, fighting one battle after another. In 1998, 24 years after Roe v. Wade struck down laws prohibiting abortion in the United States, she braved death threats when she began abortion services in Sarasota. She has marched in Washington, with her young daughter for women’s reproductive rights; and, with Gloria Steinem by her side, she’s demonstrated against lawmakers in Tallahassee imposing new restrictions on abortion.

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“I’ve had to be a warrior,” she says. “But you get pretty damn tired of getting thrown backwards.” It is mid-September and Zdravecky, 63, has just returned from a two-week respite in Europe, spending much of her time in Slovenia, where her ancestors lived. She says the vacation came at a good time, as she was exhausted after completing the months-long process of merging the Orlando and Naples area Planned Parenthoods into the Sarasota organization. But even as she visited relatives and toured Slovenia’s spectacular mountains and medieval castles, she was gearing up for a protracted battle. It’s one that is shaping up to be the toughest Planned Parenthood has faced and is even threatening the Sarasota-based organization’s long tradition of bipartisan support. In early July, a national anti-abortion group released surreptitiously recorded videos of Planned Parenthood employees discussing fees for fetal tissue with actors posing as tissue procurers. The videos were edited to make it seem as though the Planned Parenthood employees were haggling over money. “We were all taken aback,” says Zdravecky, who, as a member of Planned Parenthood’s national crisis team, knew about the videos before the story broke. Even though Florida’s Planned Parenthood affiliates do not collect fetal tissue (and less than 1 percent of all Planned Parenthoods nationally do), she says, “The videos were graphic and concerning.” By the time Planned Parenthood analyzed the videos and pointed out the selective editing, political vitriol had blanketed the country. Enraged Republicans threatened to shut down the federal government unless Congress defunded Planned Parenthood. During a CNN debate between Republican presidential candidates, Carly Fiorina compared Planned Parenthood abortion providers to murderers, describing “a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.” Numerous sources, including The New York Times, reported there was no such scene in

any videos of Planned Parenthood procedures and noted that fetal tissue collection, which is critical in stem cell research aimed at fighting Parkinson’s and other diseases, has been legal since 1993. It is also legal to charge “reasonable” fees that cover the cost of collecting and donating fetal tissue; experts told the nonpartisan organization Politifact that Planned Parenthood’s fees seem to fall under those guidelines. That didn’t defuse the controversy, nor did it keep Gov. Rick Scott from ordering the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration to scrutinize the state’s clinics. The state also accused Planned Parenthood of Southwest Florida of performing second-trimester abortions when it was

“IT’S THE LAST GASP OF MOSTLY WHITE MALE POLITICIANS, WHO ARE FRIGHTENED THAT THEY’RE LOSING THEIR POWER, SO THEY’RE HOLDING ONTO THEIR POWER OVER WOMEN.”

licensed only to perform abortions for women in their first trimester of pregnancy. Zdravecky describes those charges as “trumped up by politicians” and says they ignore the state’s own regulations. In a blog, the Tampa Bay Times explained that in the charges, the state “described women who were about 13 weeks into their pregnancies as being second-trimester patients. But under state regulations, the second trimester begins at 14 weeks.” As the controversy escalated, the Republican Party of Sarasota called for its members to join the protesters circling Planned Parenthood’s Central Avenue offices. “They must be really afraid of us to be coming after us like that,” says Zdravecky, sitting back in one of the upholstered bucket chairs surrounding a glass coffee table in her office. “It’s the last gasp of mostly

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Zdravecky with Planned Parenthood national president Cecile Richards at a local fund raiser.

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white male politicians, who are frightened that they’re losing their power, so they’re holding onto their power over women.” Zdravecky is a Pilates-fit petite blonde with an angle-cut bob. She is wearing a crisp, light-pink cotton tailored shirt with a simple gold necklace, pants and low heels, an outfit that will look good on camera and carry her through work meetings and evening events and whatever the next crisis brings. Zdravecky’s schedule is crammed with meetings and conference calls, many of them dealing with lawyers. She says that since she returned from her vacation, the controversy over the videos and shoring up staff and supporters is consuming threequarters of her time. 104 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

DRAVECKY comes from a Catholic Slovenian family, who raised Zdravecky and her two siblings in Herminie, a Pennsylvania town that at the time had a few hundred, mostly Slovenian residents. Her great-grandparents immigrated in the 1900s to work in the coal mines. Zdravecky’s family became union leaders in the decades that followed. “That’s what helped my family rise into the middle class,” she says. Zdravecky’s mother was the neighborhood matriarch, organizing parties and volunteering at St. Edward’s Catholic Church. After her children were grown, she became a social worker. Zdravecky went to Indiana University at Pennsylvania during a time when the country was embroiled in the civil rights movement, the women’s movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement. She quickly joined the fray, including traveling to Washington, D.C., with other college students to protest the war and sleeping under the Washington Monument.

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“WE HAVE TO CARE FOR THE [PATIENTS] WHO DEPEND ON US. THEY ARE STUDENTS, WOMEN WORKING TWO JOBS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. THEY’RE NOT CHECKING POLITICO EVERY DAY.” From top: Supporters rally during a protest; Zdravecky with medical staff.

She says her college activism prepared her for the protests she would lead decades later. Zdravecky’s family bore the shadow of a lack of legal access to birth control, and she feels that deeply. Both her grandmothers became pregnant as unwed teenagers. Her father’s parents were forced to marry, and her paternal grandfather committed suicide before her father was born. Zdravecky’s grandmother, Pauline, gave her daughter to her parents to raise and became a nurse, serving in a World War II MASH unit. Zdravecky’s mother didn’t find out that her sister was really her mother until she graduated from high school. “Pauline never talked to my mother about it,” she says. “Lives are altered and 106 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

children suffer” when they have no control over their reproductive lives, she says. With a degree in social work, Zdravecky followed a friend to Manatee County. She found a job as a state social worker, making home visits in some of the poorest communities in Southwest Florida, including homes where a white woman had never visited before. “There were African-Americans living in abject poverty,” she says. “People sitting on broken furniture.” Zdravecky then joined the Manatee County Community Mental Health Center, a place she describes as like the mental ward in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, but not as nice.” Medication was not as

advanced as it is now in treating mental illness. “It was rough,” she says. “I was young, inexperienced and dealing with hardcore addicts and psychotics.” She became adept at remaining cool and composed in a violent environment. “It was an old facility that couldn’t handle the clients we had,” she says. “I ended up in the emergency room a lot of times. [Patients were] picking me up and throwing me; I was bitten by patients.” She earned a nursing degree at Manatee Community College and spent a decade as the head of psychiatric nursing at Manatee Memorial Hospital. “Somehow, I always ended up in charge of something,” Zdravecky says.

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She took a leave of absence to follow a boyfriend to Key West in the mid-1980s as the AIDS crisis hit. In Key West, Zdravecky worked for a hospice, caring for dying people, mostly men, many who were disowned by their families. Working with vulnerable men would later lead her to include men in Planned Parenthood’s clinics. After a year, she left the boyfriend and returned to Manatee Memorial Hospital, where she focused on women’s health. There, she says, she found her true passion. She helped start the hospital’s family birthing center, its mammography center and a daycare for sick children. Her work entailed lobbying for the hospital association in Tallahassee. She also volunteered with the League of Women Voters and Planned Parenthood and became a founding board member of the Women’s Resource Center. During this period, she married and had her daughter; she divorced a few years later. When the former Planned Parenthood CEO decided to leave in 1993, the search committee contacted her. All of her experiences protesting injustice, lobbying, working with women’s health and impoverished minorities had equipped her with the tools she would need to lead the organization.

RIENDS AND PEOPLE who know Zdravecky call her “single-minded,” “focused” and “fearless.” She’s also known for her sense of humor. And although she acknowledges that she has helped to build one of the country’s strongest Planned Parenthood affiliates, she is quick to share the credit. “We have an unbelievable board; our doctors and clinicians put their lives on the line,” she says. “And our employees are passionate about their work. You have to be.” Still, she’s a rock star when she takes the stage at the annual dinner, one of the hottest social tickets of the season, attended

by about 500 people, including Republican and Democratic civic leaders, philanthropists and well-heeled supporters. She receives standing applause when she speaks. Since 1966, when an influential group of Republican women started the local chapter of Planned Parenthood in the basement of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, the organization has enjoyed enthusiastic support from a broad swath of the community. An article published in this magazine described the scene at the local organization’s 40th anniversary celebration dinner a few years back. “At the Ruby gala, big names were everywhere: Cornelia Matson in regal purple, Lee Peterson, Nancy Reinheimer, Betty Schoenbaum, Anita Holec, Caren Lobo, Flori Roberts, Leila Gompertz—too many to name. And husbands galore! Many politicos—Mayor Mary Anne Servian, former Mayor Mollie Cardamone, Commissioner Ken Shelin, School Board members John Lewis and Carol Todd, County Commissioner Nora Patterson and Betty Castor. Alex Sink and other candidates for office were also there.” During Zdravecky’s years at the helm of Planned Parenthood, the organization has tripled the number of patients it serves in Southwest Florida to about 30,000 and begun offering health services, including HIV and testicular and prostate cancer testing, to men. It also opened health centers in Manatee and St. Petersburg and expanded clinics in Tampa, including providing abortion services there for the first time. Zdravecky also expanded a teen theater program, The Source, which presents original productions dealing with sexuality, contraception and other issues teens grapple with; the group has performed at local high schools and around the world and was invited to present one of its short films at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Zdravecky raised $10 million six years ago to build a call center, improve clinics and build a three-story, 23,000-squarefoot administrative hub in the Rosemary District, moving everyone out of cramped quarters on Prospect Street. Today patients from teens to senior citizens come to modern facilities with ample parking. Women

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receive annual pelvic and breast exams and can obtain low-cost IUDs, birth control pills and condoms as well as abortions. In addition to offering abortions at the clinic, Zdravecky, who has been open about her own choice to have an abortion years ago, worked with the national Planned Parenthood to overcome fierce opposition to bring abortion by pill, Mifepristone, to American women. It is now used by about one-third of the women who want to end their pregnancy in the first trimester. Planned Parenthood’s national president, Cecile Richards, named Zdravecky CEO of the Year in 2006; and this year, when Planned Parenthood affiliates in Orlando and Naples decided to merge with Sarasota, she was chosen to lead the new corporate entity. She had to marry three organizations, each with its own culture, procedures and technology. Zdravecky now oversees a $16.5 million budget, 180 employees and a dozen clinics in 22 counties. On July 1, the same day the merger went into effect, the state initiated new abortion restrictions. Florida law already required women to undergo (and pay for) an ultrasound before receiving an abortion. The new law requires them to wait 24 hours after receiving the results of the ultrasound before they can undergo an abortion. Opponents protested that the ultrasound and the new waiting period place an undue burden on women, especially the poor, who often have to travel long distances to legally end their pregnancies. Nine days later, the fetal tissue video story broke.

OR YEARS, opposition has energized Zdravecky, say people who know her well. “She’s like a general riding into battle,” says Felice Schulaner, a board vice chair, who worked in management for major U.S. corporations, including Coach, before moving to Sarasota in 2007. “I worked with incredible CEOs and I’d put her next to any of them,” she says.

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Supporters gathered at a protest in front of Planned Parenthood’s offices in the Rosemary District after the recent controversy over fetal tissue collection.

“There is nobody I would rather follow into battle than Barbara,” says Planned Parenthood’s national president Richards. “She is a fierce, fearless leader and champion for reproductive healthcare for women, men and young people.” After the video crisis hit, says Schulaner, “She did a full debrief [to the board] so all of us [felt] part of what is going on and [were] sufficiently knowledgeable to do what we are committed to doing.” Zdravecky also held multiple meetings and conference calls with employees. Some employees talked about nasty messages from family and friends and on their Facebook pages. Zdravecky comforted a crying young woman whose mother had disowned her because of her job. “You have to give your team all the information you have,” Zdravecky says. “And you have to provide talking points. We have followed all the laws and have never been cited by the state.” Most of all, she says, “We have to care for the [patients] who depend on us. They are students, women working two jobs to support their families. They’re not checking Politico every day.” 112 NOVEMBER 2015 | SARASOTA MAGAZINE

She is troubled by the national pressure to erode abortion rights and limit women’s— especially poor women’s—access to health care. She points to Texas, which passed a law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital, effectively eliminating many clinics. That measure found its way into Florida House Bill 147, which failed; but it’s likely to resurface this legislative session. Florida, she says, is quickly headed towards Texas as one of the states with the most abortion restrictions. And she is concerned about the rising Republican opposition to Planned Parenthood in her own back yard. She says she was “surprised and disappointed” that the local Republican party called for its members to join recent protests in front of the clinic. Protesters showed up with bullhorns and “Baby Killer” signs. “We need to demand they stop using our tax dollars to fund this organization,” Christian Ziegler, a local Republican Party leader and a state committeeman, told the media. Weeks later, a videotape of the protest remained on the Sarasota Republican Party’s Facebook page. “This is the worst insult we’ve had in the years I’ve been here,” Zdravecky says. “This was planned to be a grand assault and it has been.”

In another sign of local Republicans distancing themselves from the cause that many have supported in the past, some have started attacking Nora Patterson, a former Sarasota County Commissioner now running for Senate District 23 against State Rep. Greg Steube and former State Rep. Doug Holder in the Republican primary, for her former chairmanship of Planned Parenthood and her unflinching support over the years. A website run by conservative activist Rich Swier leads the attacks on Patterson. A picture of Patterson is posted next to a Planned Parenthood logo covered in dripping blood. But dismaying as the recent Republican attacks have been to Zdravecky, they haven’t quenched her warrior spirit. “We are not going to let these protests intimidate us,” she says, her gaze level and direct. She notes that the country pivoted quickly on gay marriage, and it could do the same on what she characterizes as “war against women” being waged by mostly white, male conservatives. “We will fight back against this harassment intended to keep us from serving the health care needs of Florida women,” she says. “We have lost a few battles recently, but I’m hopeful we will win the war.” z

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Some day, this cute, cuddly—and not just a little bit crazy—10-week-old will be the difference between a life half lived, and one fully engaged. But it’s not easy. It takes two years, thousands of dollars, and hundreds of volunteer hours to turn raw potential into polished performance. And it’s all possible because of people just like you.

Some day, with your help, starts today.

Your Hometown Heroes

SPONSORED REPORT

DOWNTOWN BRADENTON SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! South Florida Museum cultural history, planetarium and aquarium

Riverwalk volleyball, skateboarding, public art, fun zone and more

ArtCenter Manatee exhibits of local and nationally known artists

Manatee Performing Arts Center inspiring and enriching artists and audiences of all ages

Village of the Arts over 40 galleries, boutiques and cafes

Manatee Village Historical Park restored buildings from our pioneer past

McKechnie Field home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bradenton Marauders

Historic Main Street restaurants, shops and nightlife

Explore downtown Bradenton’s unique mix of art, theatre, history, science and sports – all within a walkable riverfront community.

R E A L I Z E A R T S • C U LT U R E • H E R I TA G E • S P O R T S

December 2015, January & February 2016 Go to www.RealizeBradenton.com for more information and a map.

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DOWNTOWN BRADENTON SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Downtown Bradenton, a riverfront destination with a unique mix of arts, culture, heritage and sports, offers something for everyone—Farmers’ Market, free films, cultural history museum, performing arts center, planetarium, historic Main Street, Riverwalk park, marina, baseball and a lively Village of the Arts. Enjoy a variety of events and attractions in our walkable community, every day. The Riverwalk is open 24 hours, seven days a week. So bring the whole family (including Fido!) to unwind, exercise and enjoy the variety of unique features and events.

CONCERTS, FESTIVALS, BREWERIES, MOVIES, FOOD, VOLLEYBALL, TIDAL DISCOVERY ZONE, SKATEBOARDING, FISHING, PUBLIC ART, FUN ZONE, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, LIVING HISTORY, BOATING AND YOGA

DECEMBER SPECIAL EXHIBITION, CLYDE BUTCHER’S CUBA – THE NATURAL BEAUTY

THE MIRACLE WORKER December 3 – 20 Thursday ~ 7:30pm Friday & Saturday ~ 8pm Sunday ~ 2pm

December 1 – December 31, 2015 Tuesday – Saturday ~ 10am – 5pm Sunday ~ Noon – 5pm

Based on the incredible story of Helen Keller, this play is an inspiring piece that will teach you valuable life lessons of strength and determination.

South Florida Museum

Manatee Performing Arts Center

201 10th St. W.

502 Third Ave. W.

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

SPECIAL EXHIBITION, LYNNE BUCHANAN’S CUBA PROJECT

HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE

December 1 – December 31, 2015 Tuesday – Saturday ~ 10am – 5pm Sunday ~ Noon – 5pm

December 4 & 5 Friday & Saturday ~ 10am – 4pm Handmade for the Holidays. ArtCenter Manatee

South Florida Museum

209 Ninth St. W.

201 10th St. W.

ArtCenterManatee.org

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

THE LITTLE MERMAID

December 3 – 20 Wednesday & Thursday ~ 7:30pm Friday & Saturday ~ 8pm Sunday ~ 2pm Your favorite Disney princess swims her way to the stage this year. Become part of her world as Ariel and her friends prove that love never fails. Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

THE 5TH ANNUAL OLDE FASHIONED VILLAGE CHRISTMAS

BRADENTON BLUES FESTIVAL

Saturday, December 5 ~ 10am-8pm

Annual festival featuring a stellar team of top blues artists on the downtown Riverwalk. Artists include: Janiva Magness, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Joanna Connor, Mike Zito and The Wheel, Larry Garner, Super Chikan and the Fighting Cocks, Girls with Guitars 2015, and In Layman Terms. Food and drink complement the live music to create an awesome riverfront experience. Riverwalk Pavilion, 452 Third Ave. W., Bradenton Tickets at www.BradentonBluesFestival.org

December 4 & 5 Friday ~ 6 – 9:30pm Saturday ~ 11am – 4pm

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

THE LITTLE MERMAID JR.

Carolers, strolling barbershop quartet, holiday decorations, unique gifts, and more.

Holiday cards with Anne Walker, $35. Includes snacks, beer & wine and supplies for project.

This time it’s the kids’ turn! Come enjoy our acting kids, as they take on the main stage in this Disney favorite.

Village of the Arts

ArtCenter Manatee

Manatee Performing Arts Center

VillageoftheArts.com

209 Ninth St. W.

502 Third Ave. W.

ArtCenterManatee.org

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

DOWNTOWN BRADENTON FARMERS’ MARKET

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

THE BLUES APPETIZER CONCERT December 4 Friday ~ 6 – 9pm

Free mini-concert showcasing RJ Howson and the Betty Fox Band, sponsored by Mojoe Productions. Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion 452 Third Ave. W. BradentonBluesFestival.org

December 4 Friday ~ 7 – 9pm

December 5, 12, 19, & 26 Saturdays ~ 9am – 2pm

Locally grown produce, products, crafts, music, and kids’ activities. Old Main Street BradentonFarmersMarket.com

December 5 Saturday ~ 2pm

December 5 Saturday ~ 3 – 8pm

Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive. Half-priced admission after 3pm. South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

SPONSORED REPORT

DÉJÀ BLUES IN THE BLUES LOUNGE FEATURING LARRY GARNER December 5 Friday ~ 7 – 11pm

Gift shop sale on Friday and Saturday. ArtCenter Manatee 209 Ninth St. W.

Tickets are $125 per person ($75 tax deductible) which includes premium open bar, fabulous food, and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Women’s Resource Center of Manatee.

ArtCenterManatee.org

The Brickyard behind O’Bricks Irish Pub & Martini Bar

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Rated G

427 12th St. W.

South Florida Museum

WRCManatee.org

201 10th St. W.

FILM FRIDAY

December 11 Friday ~ 6 – 8pm

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

TARPON POINT BLUES

December 5 Saturday ~ 7pm – midnight The Sean Chambers Band performs. Tarpon Point Grill & Tiki Bar 801 Riverside Drive E. TarponPointGrill.com

GOSPEL BLUES BRUNCH December 6 Sunday ~ Noon – 2pm

Enjoy brunch and a Gospel Blues concert featuring Shantel Norman; cost is $25. SOMA Creekside 1401 Manatee Ave. W. Reservations requested by calling (941) 567-4001

EXHIBITION

TRIBUTE TO THE KING: December 11 – 12 Friday & Saturday ~ 2pm

He’s known by his peers simply as “The Voice.” You don’t want to miss this show also featuring Dwight’s Blue Suede Review Band. Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

December 12 Saturday ~ 5 – 10:30pm

Festive, family-friendly parade of decorated boats on the Manatee River. Facebook.com/ManateeRiverHolidayBoatParade

A VERY GOOD YEAR

Holiday concert in the park featuring Manatee Community Concert Band.

This one-of-a-kind musical tribute to the late Frank Sinatra starring Tony Sands is a musical journey about life and times of Sinatra singing all of his best love songs.

December 18 Friday ~ 6 – 7:30pm

452 Third Ave. W.

FILM FRIDAY

December 18 Friday ~ 6 – 8pm

Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna (Juried Open Show). Natural Elements with John Mascoll & Jim O’Donnell (Curated Show). ArtCenter Manatee

Family-friendly entertainment, food vendors, and see the entire park decorated in Victorian splendor. Adults $5 and youth 12 and under are free.

209 Ninth St. W.

Manatee Village Historical Park

ArtCenterManatee.org

1404 Manatee Ave. E.

December 13 Sunday ~ 11am – 4pm

manateevillage.org

December 9 Wednesday ~ 2pm

LIVE PLANETARIUM STAR TALK

Local media and stage personality Joey Panek revisits some of pop culture’s most iconic holiday moments in story, song, mixed media, and comedy.

Star of Bethlehem

December 16 Wednesday ~ 5:30pm & 7pm South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

South Florida Museum SouthFloridaMuseum.org

MAINLY ART @ FARMERS’ MARKET December 19 Saturday ~ 9am – 2pm

Locally grown produce, products, arts and crafts, music, and kids’ activities. Old Main Street BradentonFarmersMarket.com

ONE WEEK TILL CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENT December 19 Saturday ~ 11am – 4pm

Enjoy a day of shopping and strolling in the Village of the Arts. Village of the Arts VillageoftheArts.com

502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

THINK + DRINK (SCIENCE) December 9 Wednesday ~ 7 – 9pm

“Insights into Coprolites: Fun with Fossilized Feces”

LIVE PLANETARIUM STAR TALK December 23 Wednesday ~ 5:30pm & 7pm Star of Bethlehem South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

ARTFUL HOLIDAYS

December 10 – 12 Thursday ~ 5 – 7pm Friday & Saturday ~ 9am – 5pm A holiday party & sale on Thursday.

December 31 Thursday ~ 10pm

Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

Elf (2003) Rated PG 201 10th St. W.

A 1915 FLORIDA CRACKER CHRISTMAS

Manatee Performing Arts Center

CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK CONCERT

Riverwalk Pavilion

LIGHTED BOAT PARADE

December 8 – January 8 Monday & Friday ~ 9am – 5pm Tuesday – Thursday ~ 9am – 6pm

JOEY TO THE WORLD

ILLUSTRATION: DON BRANDES

MAIN STREET LIVE!

JANUARY ARTWALK

January 1 & 2 Friday ~ 6 – 9:30pm Saturday ~ 11am – 4pm Discover unique galleries, studios, specialty shops, healing arts, food and music during this popular monthly event! Village of the Arts VillageoftheArts.com

SPECIAL EXHIBITION, CLYDE BUTCHER’S CUBA – THE NATURAL BEAUTY

January 1 – January 16 Tuesday – Saturday ~ 10am – 5pm Sunday ~ Noon – 5pm South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

SPECIAL EXHIBITION, LYNNE BUCHANAN’S CUBA PROJECT

January 1 – January 16 Tuesday – Saturday ~ 10am – 5pm Sunday ~ Noon – 5pm

December 31 Thursday ~ 6pm – Midnight

South Florida Museum

Big Daddy performs for this New Year’s Eve street party with restaurants, food trucks, and vendors.

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

TASTE

201 10th St. W.

Old Main Street facebook.com/OldMainStreetMerchantsAssociation

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DOWNTOWN BRADENTON FARMERS’ MARKET

DIARY OF ANNE FRANK January 14 – 31 Thursday ~ 7:30pm Friday & Saturday ~ 8pm Sunday ~ 2pm

January 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 Saturdays ~ 9am – 2pm

Locally grown produce, products, crafts, music, and kids’ activities.

This play provides an intimate recollection of Anne Frank’s struggle throughout the Nazi invasion. The story is told from the narrative perspective of Anne, a young girl hoping to live to womanhood.

Old Main Street BradentonFarmersMarket.com

Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

GIRLS NIGHT OUT January 15 Friday ~ 7 – 9pm

CHORUS LINE

January 7 – 24 Wednesday & Thursday ~ 7:30pm Friday & Saturday ~ 8pm Sunday ~ 2pm This production will have you singing along with the actors while catching a glimpse of the audition process as 17 dancers fight for a spot on the chorus line. Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W.

Painted Glasses with Annette Kneeland, $35, includes snacks, beer & wine and supplies for project. ArtCenter Manatee 209 Ninth St. W. ArtCenterManatee.org

MAINLY ART @ FARMERS’ MARKET January 16 Saturday ~ 9am – 2pm

Locally grown produce, products, arts and crafts, music, and kids’ activities. Old Main Street

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

BradentonFarmersMarket.com

EXHIBITION

FLORIDA CATTLE RANCHING: FIVE CENTURIES OF TRADITION

January 12 – February 19 Monday & Friday ~ 9am – 5pm Tuesday – Thursday ~ 9am – 6pm A Portrait of Us by Mary Whyte & Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society. ArtCenter Manatee 209 Ninth St. W. ArtCenterManatee.org

THINK + DRINK (SCIENCE) January 13 Wednesday ~ 7 – 9pm

Grab a beer or wine and engage in the Bishop Planetarium for presentation and discussion. South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

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502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

STELLIFEROUS LIVE! January 27 Wednesday ~ 7 – 9pm

[ste-lif-er-uhs] adj. meaning “full of stars.” Take a look at the upcoming month’s night skies, then enjoy a discussion about current events in astronomy. South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. SouthFloridaMuseum.org

GIRLS NIGHT OUT January 29 Friday ~ 7 – 9pm

Personal Journal with Jill Krasner, $35, includes snacks, beer & wine and supplies for project. ArtCenter Manatee 209 Ninth St. W.

FEBRUARY

RAT PACK – TOGETHER AGAIN

ArtCenterManatee.org

Manatee Performing Arts Center

Folklorist and photographer Bob Stone will present the history of the nation’s oldest cattle ranching state. Made possible by the Manatee County Historical Commission and the Manatee River Fair Association. Free with paid fair admission.

$75 per person. 209 Ninth St. W.

Under the Radar is a one-woman play, which explores how a casual comment by a loving parent can change the trajectory of a girl’s life. Under the Radar takes us from New York in the ’70s through L.A. in the ’80s to Florida in the ’90s.

January 20 Wednesday ~ Two Performances, Times TBA

Manatee County Fair Grounds

ArtCenter Manatee

January 27 Wednesday ~ 7:30pm

ArtCenterManatee.org

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH MARY WHYTE January 13 Wednesday ~ 5 – 8pm

UNDER THE RADAR - STARRING LYNN BERNFIELD

1402 14th Ave. W., Palmetto manateevillage.org

January 20 Wednesday ~ 2pm

This show features everything from the individual hits of their early days to the memorable music created when these three singing sensations united. Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

EGMONT KEY: THE LITTLE ISLAND WITH A BIG HISTORY February 1 Tuesday ~ 11am

Local historian Don Thompson will present the history of Egmont Key, from pre-Colombian Native Americans to its present-day use as a nature preserve and base for Tampa Bay pilots. Free presentation. Seating is first-come, first-served. Manatee Village Historical Park 1404 Manatee Ave. E. manateevillage.org

GROOVE MAIN STREET LIVE!

February 5 & 6 Friday & Saturday ~ 6 – 10pm

NTOWNN DOW ADENTO BR

Fri: Kim Betts & Gamble Creek perform for this street party with downtown restaurants, food trucks, and vendors. Sat: Rebel Heart and a country band TBA perform for this street party with downtown restaurants, food trucks, and vendors. Old Main Street facebook.com/OldMainStreetMerchantsAssociation

GIRLS NIGHT OUT February 5 Friday ~ 6 – 9pm

Copper Pendant with Donna Carrion, $55, includes snacks, beer & wine and supplies for project. ArtCenter Manatee 209 Ninth St. W. ArtCenterManatee.org

A NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE February 5 Friday ~ 8pm

This Broadway-style production performed by Neil Diamond impersonator Keith Allynn unveils the story of Diamond’s life and career through his songs. Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W. ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

ARTWALK

February 5 & 6 Friday ~ 6 – 9:30pm Saturday ~ 11am – 4pm Discover unique galleries, studios, specialty shops, healing arts, food and music during this popular monthly event! Village of the Arts VillageoftheArts.com

BRADENTON AREA REGATTA February 6 Saturday ~ 8am – 10pm

All FREE family festival of world-class entertainment and performances featuring Powerboats Superleague Racing. Bradenton Riverwalk BradentonAreaRegatta.com

BUS

Fishing Pier Botanical Walk

Great Lawn

BARCARROTABOULEVARD

SouthFloridaMuseum.org County County Judicial Center Historic Courthouse

February 10 Wednesday ~ 7 – 9pm

PARKING LOCATIONS

8th AVENUEWEST

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Village of the of Arts Village the Arts

ArtCenter Manatee

13th AVENUE WEST

South Florida Museum

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

201 10th St. W.

VALENTINE’S DAY MASCARA MURDER MYSTERY BRUNCH February 13 – 14 Saturday & Sunday ~ 1pm

209 Ninth St. W.

16th AVENUE WEST

8 ArtCenterManatee.org

MAINLY ART @ FARMERS’ MARKET February 20 Saturday ~ 9am – 2pm

Renaissance on 9th

Manatee Performing Arts Center

February 26 – 27 Friday & Saturday ~ 2pm

Join us for the “ultimate” Johnny Cash Tribute featuring Terry Lee Goffee.

EXHIBITION

Set on the battlefield of World War II, Yank describes the love letters exchanged by active-duty servicemen and women and their loved ones.

Fine Craft & Photography (Juried Open Show & 12 x 12 Juried Open Show).

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

ArtCenter Manatee

Manatee Performing Arts Center

209 Ninth St. W.

February 27 Saturday ~ 11am – 4pm

502 Third Ave. W.

ArtCenterManatee.org

Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Ave. W.

ANNUAL STUDIO TOUR Tour the studios and creative spaces of the artists. Village of the Arts

A R T S • C U LT U R E • H E R I TA G E • S P O R T S

Go to www.RealizeBradenton.com for more information and a locator map.

VillageoftheArts.com

STROLL 8

Destinations D6 C9 B6

McKechnie Field Renaissance on 9th Village of the Arts

DOWNTOWN

BRADENTO

19th AVENUE WEST

February 18 – March 6 Thursday ~ 7:30pm Friday & Saturday ~ 8pm Sunday ~ 2pm

BRADENTON

13th AVENUE WEST

18th AVENUE WEST

502 Third Ave. W.

JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE

R E A L I Z E

Featuring regional and national award-winning artists, demos, shopping, music, children’s activities, & 5 food vendors.

Watch as one man makes his way through seven characters and 11 costume changes without ever leaving the stage.

Old Main Street

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

12th AVENUE WEST

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

February 23 – March 25 Monday, Friday, & Saturday ~ 9am – 5pm Tuesday – Thursday ~ 9am – 6pm

11th AVENUE WEST

February 27 & 28 301 Saturday ~ 10am – 5pm Sunday ~ 10am – 4pm

February 24 Wednesday ~ 7:30pm

502 Third Ave. W.

YANK – THE MUSICAL

ArtCenterManatee.org

LIP-SCHTICK

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

BradentonFarmersMarket.com

500 15th St. W.

Locally grown produce, products, arts and crafts, music, and A B kids’ activities. C

Manatee Performing Arts Center

FINE ARTS FESTIVAL OF MANATEE COUNTY

5th STREET WEST

17th AVENUE WEST

McKechnie Field

7th STREET WEST

Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with us and help solve the mystery.

ArtCenter Manatee

Riverwalk Lot Riverwalk Lot

3rd STREET WEST

ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

Weekend Parking

P7 P8

Wares Creek presented by ArtCenter Manatee

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

6th STREET WEST

15th AVENUE WEST

9th STREET WEST

Mosaic Wine Stopper with Liana Martin, $35, includes snacks, beer & 7 wine and supplies for project.

10th STREET WEST

14th AVENUE WEST

11th STREET WEST

February 19 6 Friday ~ 7 – 9pm

13th STREET WEST

502 Third Ave. W.

Village of the Arts

ArtCenterManatee.org

14th STREET WEST

Manatee Performing Arts Center

12th AVENUE WEST

209 Ninth St. W. 41

15th STREET WEST

This complex rock opera tells the story of a conflicting love triangle between an American Grandmaster, a Russian Champion, and a Hungarian-American female chess second.

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Gently used sale.

*Parking in the SunTrust garage is open to the public on the weekends. Please do not park in the bank drive through areas. There are over 1,200 parking spaces in downtown Bradenton. On street parking is free, but on weekdays is limited to the one hour on 13th St. West, and to two hours in most other areas. All legal city parking is free on weekends with no time limit, including on street, city and county garages, and lots indicated on 1 9th has AVENUE WEST this map. Parking in P7 limited availability due to an agreement with Manatee Performing Arts Center. **Updated April 2014

February 24 Wednesday ~ 7 – 9pm

11th AVENUE WEST

City Hall Lot Sun Trust Garage* (levels 1&2) County Garage City Garage on-street parking

3rd STREET WEST

February 19 & 20 Friday & Saturday ~ 9am – 2pm

4th STREET WEST

P3 P4

5th STREET WEST

February 11 – 28 Wednesday & Thursday ~ 7:30pm Friday & Saturday ~ 8pm Sunday ~ 2pm

6th STREET WEST

CHESS

9th STREET WEST

USED BUT USEFUL SALE

12th STREET WEST

13th STREET WEST

14th STREET WEST

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

15th STREET WEST

201 10th St. W.

6th AVENUEWEST

7th AVENUEWEST

McKechnie Field Pittsburgh Pirates Bradenton Marauders

South Florida Museum

P1 P2

Manatee Village Historical Park

6th AVENUEWEST

Public Parking P4

Grab a beer or wine and engage in the Bishop Planetarium for presentation and discussion.

MANATEEAVENUEWEST

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THINK + DRINK (SCIENCE)

1st STREET WEST

MANATEEAVENUEWEST 9th STREETWEST

201 10th St. W.

Public Parking P6

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County Administrative P3 Center

South Florida Museum

2nd STREET WEST

Manatee County Property Public Parking Appraiser 10th STREET WEST

Half-priced admission after 3pm.

Manatee Memorial Hospital

3rdAVENUEWEST

7th STREETWEST

P2 4th AVENUEWEST

8th STREET WEST

9th STREET WEST

Hampton Inn & Suites

301

Manatee Performing Arts Center

ArtCenter Manatee

3rdAVENUEWEST

Bradenton Carnegie Library

Manatee Aquarium Chamber of Commerce

OLD MAIN STREET

13th STREETWEST

14th STREETWEST

1 5th STREETWEST

February 6 Saturday ~ 3 – 8pm

Weekend Parking

MMH Parking Garage

Public Parking

South Florida Museum

3rdAVENUEWEST

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

Planetarium

Public Parking

Kayak & Canoe Launch

Bradenton Blues Festival Site

BradentonFarmersMarket.com

Pavilion & Event Area

Mosaic Amphitheater

Regatta Plaza

P8 Public Parking

Courtyard by Marriott

2nd AVEN UEW EST

Splash Pad

Old Main Street

12th STREET WEST

Central Library

Rossi Park

City Hall Municipal Auditorium Police Dept.

1 st AVENUEWEST

Mi nu te Wa lk

Locally grown produce, products, crafts, music, and kids’ activities.

Tower Plaza

February 6, 13, 20, & 27 Saturdays ~ 9am – 2pm

Family Fun Zone

Tidal Discovery Zone

Skate Park

2nd STREET EAST

DOWNTOWN BRADENTON FARMERS’ MARKET

Day Dock

Beach Volleyball

Outdoor Living Rooms

RIVERFR ONT D RIVE

Riverwalk Gateway

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ike a skier schussing down a black diamond run, interior designer Mark Dalton took a daring leap when he took on the recent renovation of a condominium in the exclusive Gulf-front Sanctuary on Longboat Key. Instead of more predictable beachy sand-sea-andsky colorways, Dalton looked west, much farther than the west coast of Florida, for a cozy mountain lodge motif, complete with lots of wood, slate and stacked stone. “The clients let me run wild with creativity,” says Dalton of the couple, Cincinnatians who spend the winter on Longboat Key and who’d purchased the first-floor walk-down unit from the original owners. “They gave me the artistic freedom to do something nobody had done like this in any of those buildings.” Dalton says the ski-lodge vision struck him as soon as the homeowners opened the front door. It turns out they do like to snow-ski, and make yearly ski trips out West, says the husband, “but that wasn’t our vision [for this project], it was Mark’s vision. Mark guided us along all of this. We found him on Houzz after meeting with three other designers who weren’t thinking outside the box. We could tell he was not afraid to use color, and that was important to my wife. It was a matter of trusting him, which,” he admits, at first was “hard for me to do.” It’s a big apartment—3,700 square feet in all, with two bedrooms and a den, plus three full baths and a powder room—perfect to accommodate the couple’s visiting children and grandchildren.

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“THE CLIENTS LET ME RUN WILD WITH CREATIVITY.”

Every Gulf-facing room has floorto-ceiling windows or sliding glass doors. But the 1989 layout and interior design—“closed-off rooms and cold, dated chrome and glass furnishings,” the designer says— didn’t do justice to the apartment’s beautiful water views. Working with his design colleague Jessica Napoli, Dalton clad the living room’s fireplace wall

Orange is designer Mark Daltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s color of choice in the living room and kitchen, above. Left: a cozy sitting nook.

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with stacked stone and tonguein-groove cedar that he stained orange, his signature color. (“My mother always had a bright orange chair in her living room. I always liked that look and it carried into who I am,” he says. “It gives you a good, happy pop of color.”) The same orange-stained wood went on the entry foyer ceiling, and on every important door that goes into a room—guest room, powder room, the master bedroom, the office. Walls that weren’t clad in wood were painted a deep, vibrant orange. Dalton stripped the carpet, tile and marble floor coverings and installed French patterned slate

inside and out. (“Not only does the slate look beautiful, it feels cool and natural on the bare feet and it’s nonslip,” the husband says. “I feel so stable on the floor.”) Dalton also replaced the heavy window coverings and installed electric window treatments that disappear with the push of a button. He opened up the kitchen to maximize water views and continued the apartment’s wood theme with a butcher-block kitchen island. And in the spacious master bedroom, he added stacked stone on either side of the tufted-fabric headboard. “We changed the orientation,” says Dalton. “The previous owner had the bed on the wall

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where the three mirrors are. Now you have a focal point when you walk in the room.” As for furnishings, the interior designer put his high-low philosophy into practice by mixing Thayer Coggin orange chairs and ottoman—the highest ticket items in the home—with $89 Ikea dining room chairs. “The lamb throws are from Ikea—the client sewed them together,” says Dalton. “She bought them and said, ‘Do you like them?’ and I said, ‘Yes, I do.’” The owners rate the end result a 10. “It’s soothing and comfortable,” says the husband—like a cup of hot cocoa after a run down the slopes. “We like it because it’s different.” z

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no longer have to gaze out onto the waisthigh weeds that consumed the 40-something-year-old Forest Lakes Golf Club when it went into bankruptcy after a would-be developer purchased it just before the Great Recession. Husbandand-wife investors Neal and Karen Neilinger purchased the foreclosed property in 2012 and hired golf course architect Gordy Lewis to design an 18-hole, par-63 course they’re calling the Palms Golf Club at Forest Lakes. At press time, it was set to open “The course will be challenging, with lots of water in October. features. We’re hoping it will be a faster play The Neilingers, investment bankers and golf because that’s where the game of golf is headed.” aficionados who’ve had a vacation home here since 1996, split their time between Longboat Key and Greenwich, Conn. “When we purchased the land, so many people were really passionate about resurrecting the golf course that we decided, ‘OK, we’re going to do this,’” says Karen Neilinger. “It’s one of the closest, if not the closest semi-private golf course to downtown,” says Neal. They plan to sell about 200 family memberships.

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Karen Neilinger characterizes the new course as “challenging, with lots of water features. We’re hoping it will be a faster play because that’s where the game of golf is headed.” They also plan to build a clubhouse. (Currently, a triple-wide trailer serves as temporary clubhouse, pro shop and snack bar.) It also will be home to The First Tee of Sarasota and Manatee, a golf youth outreach organization. And a new gated community of 160 villas and townhomes is under construction in Forest Lakes, too. Mattamy Homes, Canada’s largest residential construction company, is building The Enclave at Forest Lakes east of Beneva Road and north of Webber. While not on the golf course proper, it will have a golf cart trail that leads to the putting and driving ranges, says Ed Suchora, Mattamy’s Tampa/Sarasota division president.

“There’s very little The Bayside locale. new housing available this far west,” says Suchora, who said so far interest has been 70 percent from “classic empty nester-snowbirdretirees” and 30 percent from “DINKS [double income no kids] and young professionals who want to live closer to the beaches.” One-story villas and two-story townhomes will range from 1,548 to 1,936 square feet, with two-car garages. Pricing, while not finalized at press time, will be in the mid-$200,000s, he says. Models will open by January.

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Shoreland Woods often in lies, and homeowners who live there year-round, Shoreland Woods—the charming West of Trail says Tengerdy, herself a Shoreland Woods resident neighborhood comprised of Old Oak Drive, for five years. In early September, she listed a twoShoreland Drive, Spring Creek Drive and Wisconbedroom, two-bath home at 1722 Shoreland Drive sin Lane—and when they do, buyers had better for sale at $449,000. Two other houses were also act quickly, says Roberta Tengerdy of Premier on the market: a Spring Creek Drive property on Sotheby’s International Realty. Lately, “If it’s priced the creek and a one-bedroom, one-bath cottage on right, it’s gone,” she says, citing the July sale of 3347 Wisconsin Lane that’s been on the market several Old Oak Drive, a 3,100-square-foot pool home months because of its tiny lot. built in 1951 whose new owner visited the open house six days after it hit MLS, and wrote an offer on the spot for $1,057,500. Shoreland Woods is bounded on the south by Siesta Drive and on the east and west by South Osprey Avenue and Sarasota Bay. More than a dozen homes back onto the long, narrow creek for which Spring Creek Drive is named. “It’s a real neighborhood,” with lots of fami3347 Old Oak Drive PREMIER SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

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Number of sales September 2014-August 2015 (three of them between May and July 2015)

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8306 SANDERLING ROAD A Gulf-front estate at 8306 Sanderling Road, in the gated Siesta Key community of Sanderling, sold for $6.25 million in mid-September, making it one of the highest-priced residential sales of 2015. The nearly two-acre compound, consisting of a main house, guest house and beachfront cottage, has 210 feet of beachfront and borders Heron Lagoon to the east. It has seven bedrooms and its own private tennis court and boat dock. It originally was listed at $7.45 million. Stephanie Church of Michael Saunders & Company was the listing agent;

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Linda Weber of Coldwell Banker was the selling agent. Weber wouldn’t divulge any information about the buyers, but says, “They are not new Sarasota residents.”

1240 HILLVIEW DRIVE A stately 4,900-square-foot bayfront home at 1240 Hillview Drive sold in late August for $5 million, making it the highest-priced sale in the coveted Harbor Acres neighborhood in more than two years. It was originally listed at $5.45 million. The $1,030-per-square-foot sale price reflects the 4,900-square-foot home’s many lavish features, including a twostory wood-paneled library. The home is set on nearly three-quarters of an acre filled with large live oaks, and has a deep-water dock. Kim and Michael Ogilvie were the listing agents, and Jonathan Abrams and Brian Loebker represented the buyers; all are with Michael Saunders & Company. z

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IT’S A CLASSIC | THE ELKINS LOOP CHAIR brought to the public in the 1930s by American designer Frances Adler Elkins. Its pleasing silhouette resembles a thick ribbon winding around to form an infinity pattern. The first four that Elkins produced went to Mrs. Marshall Field for her Long Island home. Hollywood Regency, Asian, Art Deco, English Country Manor, Chinoiserie, Palm Beach Palace, even Seaside Cottage style—the versatile Loop works wherever you use it. The wide seat and sturdy frame make it comfortable for big men as well as petite femmes. Sophisticated little dogs should have their portraits painted in a Loop. The classic paint finish is white lacquer with an upholstered seat in a solid color (Elkins favored blue or yellow). But today you see the Loop in all colors with boldly patterned seats. A set of eight vintage ones will cost you about $16,000, and a quality modern interpretation should start at about $600.—MARSHA FOTTLER INTERIOR DESIGNERS LOVE THIS CHAIR,

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What $1 Million Buys Three different homes—and lifestyles. | BY BOB PLUNKET | A million dollars buys a nice home just about anywhere in Sarasota, but what you get for that price varies considerably from one part of town to another. In some neighborhoods you’re the king of the castle. In others you have the cheapest house on the block. Let’s take a look at what your cool million will get you...

DOWNTOWN | $969,000

SIESTA KEY | $945,000

888 Boulevard of the Arts #1605

1310 Roberts Bay Lane

UNIVERSITY PARK COUNTRY CLUB | $950,000

A top-of-the-line downtown penthouse

Siesta Key showplaces on the water

can run close to $2.5 million to $5 mil-

are going to be quite a bit more than

The best buys in town may well be found

lion, but with $1 million you can still buy

a million, but for that price you’ll find

in the gated communities out east—look

something very special. Here’s a large

plenty of good choices all over the island.

around and you can find some great

two-bedroom, two-bath unit on the 16th

This three-bedroom, three-bath home

homes for a million or less. This one in

floor at 888 Boulevard of the Arts. It re-

in a premium neighborhood has what

prestigious University Park has three

cently underwent a $250,000 renovation

many consider the real Siesta style:

bedrooms and four baths in a 4,200 square

and has re-emerged as very glamorous

lots of dramatic architectural touches,

feet. You’ll find a top-of-the-line kitchen,

and high-tech. Among the goodies: por-

a unique pool, and everything wrapped

elaborate master suite, a wine room, and

celain tile floors, remote-controlled solar

in a cocoon of tropical vegetation. True,

an upstairs bonus room with a food prep

window shades, deluxe appliances in the

its 1970s roots are showing, but an easy

area. But the most spectacular feature

fancy open kitchen, a dual shower in the

update could turn it into something more

is the outdoor living area around the pool

master bath. But the real “wow” factor

contemporary, and the kitchen and baths

and lanai, complete with summer kitchen,

still remains that spectacular view. (Sold

are already up to date. Other bonuses:

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HEALTH BY HANNAH WALLACE

OVER THE COUNTER

ACETAMINOPHEN

IBUPROFEN

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID

(Tylenol)

(Advil)

(Aspirin)

Drug class: centrally acting

Drug class: NSAID (non-

Drug class: NSAID

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non-opioid

steroidal anti-inflammatory

What it does: Stops the

What it does: Changes the

drug)

production of certain natural

way you sense pain and cools

What it does: Stops the

substances that cause fever,

the body (fever-reducer)

body’s production of a

pain, swelling and blood clots

The pain relief aisle is stocked with

Warning: Hepatoxic (toxic to

substance that causes pain,

Warning: Because it has

products that affect your body in dif-

the liver). Not recommended

fever and inflammation

blood-thinning properties,

ferent ways. Before you buy, read the

for chronic heavy drinkers or

Warning: Safer than acet-

aspirin can exacerbate ulcers

label to know what you’re taking—and,

those with pre-existing liver

aminophen for the liver, but

and other gastrointestinal

as always, consult with your doctor or

conditions

not recommended for those

bleeding.

pharmacist to understand what will

Brand names: Tylenol (also

with compromised kidney

Brand names: Bayer (also an

work best for you with the lowest risk.

an ingredient in Excedrin and

function

ingredient in Excedrin and of

Nyquil)

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venues, the festival returns this year with the theme “Eat, Drink and Be Merry” and once again features an attempt at a Guinness world record for the number of artists working on 3-D pavement art. There’s a plethora of events during the week of Nov. 9-16 both in downtown Venice and on the airport grounds, with music, classes, parties and more included in the mix. Full info, 954-5800, chalkfestival.org

through Nov. 21: an installation by Molly Wicks; Delicate Balance, featuring art by Joan Lyons and Meg Pierce; Project: Sarasota—Art Student Discovery; and Daily News, a juried exhibition. 365-2032.

JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART. Remaining on view through Jan. 20 in the Searing Wing: The Art of Princely Courts in 15th-Century China, a peek inside the luxurious lives of Ming Dynasty royalty. 359-5700.

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ARTSHOP. Open art galleries, refreshments, live music, theater at the Island Players, a Symphony on the Sand at Coquina Beach—some of the elements of this annual event, which is set for Nov. 13-15 on Anna Maria. Head to islandartshop. com for more info.

ART FESTIVALS. Two arts and crafts fests this month: the annual Downtown Venice Art Festival, Nov. 7 and 8, and the annual St. Armands Art Festival, Nov. 14 and 15. (561) 746-6615.

LONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS. The ARTWALK. The first of the Ringling College of Art and Design’s season takes place 4:30-7 p.m. Nov.

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DANCE ALEX KETLEY/THE FOUNDRY. The opener to the Ringling’s New Stages season presents Deep South, choreographer Ketley’s response to explorations of dance in the rural South, Nov. 6 and 7 at the Historic Asolo Theater. Ketley will also take part in a conversation about the work, at 2 p.m. Nov. 7, also at the theater. 360-7399.

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FILM CINE-WORLD FILM FESTIVAL. The Sarasota Film Society offers up its annual film fest featuring some of the best of the most recent international and independent movies, Nov. 6-15, with screenings at Burns Court Cinema and Lakewood Ranch Cinemas. For the latest line-up, go to filmsociety.org.

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SIESTA KEY CRYSTAL CLASSIC. The sixth annual sand sculpting competition takes place Nov. 13-17 on Siesta Beach; you can watch the sand artists at work as well as admire their finished products. siestakeycrystalclassic.com

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SOYEON KATE LEE. The pianist performs works by Ravel, Brahms and Scarlatti, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Historic Asolo Theater, in an Artist Series Concert. 360-7399.

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GIVING HUNGER THE BLUES. This all-day music and street festival, absent last year, returns to Hillview Street this month, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 8, with proceeds to benefit the Mayors Feed the Hungry program and the Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County. (941) 228-1535.

YES. The progressive rock band known for hits like Roundabout and Starship Trooper comes to the Van Wezel in concert, at 8 p.m. Nov. 11. 953-3368.

BRUNDIBAR. The Sarasota Youth Opera performs in this Hans Krasa piece about three heroes helping two children to save their ailing mother despite the evil organ grinder Brundibar. Onstage at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Sarasota Opera House. 328-1300.

MIYA MASAOKA. Musician/composer/ performance artist Masaoka performs, using the koto, video, electronics and a wearable percussion dress, at 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at Sainer Pavilion, part of the New Music New College series. 487-4888.

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CAROLE J. BUFFORD. The cabaret artist presents popular music standards like Cry Me a River and Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man of Mine in “Body & Soul,” Nov. 14 and 15 at the Historic Asolo Theater, another Artist Series concert. 360-7399.

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VENICE SYMPHONY. Violinist Tai Murray appears with the orchestra in “Germanic Gems” concerts Nov. 20 and 21 at the Venice Performing Arts Center. 207-8822.

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DAVE KOZ CHRISTMAS TOUR. Jazzman Koz teams this year with special guests Jonathan Butler, Candy Dulfer and Bill Medley for his annual holiday show. At 8 p.m. Nov. 27 at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

KEY CHORALE HOLIDAY CONCERT. Works from the Renaissance to early Baroque, including selections from Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, highlight this choral concert with orchestra, at 4 p.m. Nov. 29 at First United Methodist Church. 921-4845.

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trip back in time with this singing-dancing-comedy show based on Bob Hope’s 1942 USO tour for the troops. At 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

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CONVERSATION AND COCKTAILS. Journalist Charlayne Hunter Gault and retired Col. Don Christensen discuss issues related to sexual abuse in the military, at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at The Francis, in support of the Protect Our Defenders Foundation. 343-2488.

BOOKSTORE1 SARASOTA. The downtown bookstore presents two authors and book signings this month. The first, with Republican presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson, takes place at noon Nov. 4 (his book: A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim our Constitutional Liberties); the second is with Ambassador James A. Joseph, 2 p.m. Nov. 22 (his title: Saved for a Purpose: A Journey from Private Virtues to Public Values). For seating, call 365-7900 or go to EventBrite.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. The magical car created by Ian Fleming continues its flight in this musical onstage at the Players through Nov. 15. 365-2494.

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Get ready to spell along with the middle-schoolers of this hit musical comedy, onstage through Nov. 15 at the Manatee Performing Arts Center, in a Manatee Players production. 748-5875.

THE COLOR PURPLE. The musical version of Alice Walker’s novel about African-American women in the South finding their voices continues through Nov. 21 in a Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe production. 366-1505.

CONVERSATIONS AT THE CROCKER. Historian Jeff LaHurd discusses “Sarasota Treasures Lost & Preserved,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Crocker Church. 364-9076.

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HAIR. Tony winner Ben Vereen directs the original counterculture rock musical, onstage Nov. 10 through Dec. 12 at Venice Theatre. 488-1115.

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS. Richard Bean’s modern-day adaptation of Goldoni’s commedia dell’arte piece Servant of Two Masters has been called “side-splittingly hilarious” by one reviewer; it opens the mainstage season at Florida Studio Theatre, Nov. 11 through Dec. 27. 366-9000.

THE COCKFIGHT PLAY. This dramatic comedy by Mike Bartlett, about a man torn between two lovers and two corresponding sexual identities, opens the Players Backstage at the Players series season, Nov. 12-15 and 18-22. 365-2494.

WEST SIDE STORY. Asolo Repertory Theatre kicks off its season with this production of the classic musical set in New York City, where warring gangs threaten a Romeo-Juliet romance. Onstage Nov. 13 through Dec. 27 in the Mertz Theatre. 351-8000. z

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nAtionAl PhilAnthroPy DAy lunCheon the southwest florida chapter of the association of fundraising professionals invites you to celebrate local philanthropists and volunteers at its annual national philanthropy day luncheon. tickets start at $50; to register contact Kim noyes at afpfl@verizon. net or call (941) 921-5410.

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Snooty’S gAlA: MuSeuM After DArk celebrate much-beloved snooty the manatee and see the south florida museum come alive after dark at this marvelous annual event. proceeds benefit the south florida museum and tickets are available for $200 each at southfloridamuseum.org.

Westcoast Black theatre troupe is celebrating its sweet sixteen. enjoy cocktails, dinner, dancing and a show at this Hollywood-style gala. call (941) 366-1505 ext. 106 for more information.

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2015 SunCoASt CelebrAtion enjoy a beautiful evening under the stars and support full equality for florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. tickets available at eQfL.org/suncoastcelebration.

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ChAMPionS for ChilDren the Boys & girls clubs of sarasota county has brought its signature event back to the Lee Wetherington club for a special celebration to honor 45 years of service in this community. You can expect fabulous signature cocktails, a three-course dinner, and poolside entertainment at this caribbean-inspired event. visit bgcsarasota.com for more information.

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Finding a wealth manager who suits your needs can be a daunting task. In fact, many consumers have a hard time figuring out where to even begin.

Sometimes, a few simple questions can set one off on the right path. Asking a wealth manager what makes working with him or her a unique experience can help you understand how they work and if their style meshes with your own. Further, asking a financial advisor to talk about any specialties they might have can help uncover skills you might find useful. Ultimately, how do you find an experienced wealth manager who you feel comfortable working with? One who has high retention rates? One who has undergone a thorough complaint and regulatory review? One who has tenure in the industry? Sarasota Magazine and Five Star Professional partnered to find wealth managers who satisfy 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria. Among many distinguishing attributes, the average one-year client retention rate for this year’s award winners is more than 96 percent. Although this list is a useful tool for anyone looking for help in managing their financial world or implementing aspects of their financial strategies, it should not be considered exhaustive. Undoubtedly, there are many excellent wealth managers who, for one reason or another, are not on this year’s list. In order to consider a broad population of high-quality wealth managers, award candidates are identified by one of three sources: firm nomination, peer nomination or pre-qualification based on industry standing. Self-nominations are not accepted. Sarasota award candidates were identified using internal and external research data.

Determination

of Award Winners

Award candidates who satisfied 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria were named 2015 Five Star Wealth Managers.

Eligibility Criteria – Required

Evaluation Criteria – Considered

1. Credentialed as an investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor.

6. One-year client retention rate.

2. Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years.

8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered.

7. Five-year client retention rate.

3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review.

9. Number of client households served.

4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards.

10. Education and professional designations.

5. Accepting new clients.

Research

Disclosures

• Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. • The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. • Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets.

• The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or Sarasota Magazine. • Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. • Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm, and the content of this article should not be considered financial advice. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to www.fivestarprofessional.com. • 602 award candidates in the Sarasota area were considered for the Five Star Wealth Manager award. 112 (approximately 19 percent of the award candidates) were named 2015 Five Star Wealth Managers.

Regulatory Review As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: • Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine. • Had more than a total of three customer complaints filed against them (settled or pending) with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. • Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority. • Filed for personal bankruptcy. • Been convicted of a felony.

Five Star Professional conducts a regulatory review of each nominated wealth manager using the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) website. Five Star Professional also uses multiple supporting processes to help ensure that a favorable regulatory and complaint history exists. Data submitted through these processes was applied per the above criteria: • Each wealth manager who passes the Five Star Professional regulatory review must attest that they meet the definition of favorable regulatory history, based upon the criteria listed above. • Five Star Professional promotes via local advertising the opportunity for consumers to confidentially submit complaints regarding a wealth manager. • Five Star Professional contacted approximately 1 in 12 households identified as having a high propensity to use the services of wealth managers in order to provide consumers the opportunity to submit complaints regarding a wealth manager.

For more information on the program, go to www.fivestarprofessional.com/wm_program.

www.fivestarprofessional.com — FS

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Five Star Wealth Manager

Mary N. McEachern

Senior Vice President – Investments, PIM Portfolio Manager, CFP®, CRPC®

1605 Main Street, Suite 1200 Sarasota, FL 34236 Direct: 941-951-7080 mary.mceachern@wellsfargoadvisors.com mnmceachern@wfadv.com Mary believes we have three resources: • Our health • Our time • Our money Our money protects our health and our time For nearly three decades, Mary has built a practice that emphasizes experience, in-depth customization and committed service. She works closely with affluent individuals and families, helping them streamline the complexities and potentially capitalize on opportunities of substantial wealth. Mary has experience advising senior executives, company founders, entrepreneurs, professional athletes and multigenerational families. 2015 winner Mary N. McEachern

Mary serves a select group of highly successful clients designing tailored strategies that reflect their personal circumstances. Using her years of experience, she directs client initiatives across multiple areas including investment management, stock option analysis, retirement planning services, hedging and monetization of concentrated equity positions, life insurance analysis and funding, and wealth preservation strategies and transfer services. A strong believer in the importance of a personal and family mission statement, Mary is actively involved in local and international programs that support business development, improvement of the environment and education to meet the needs of the future. Mary and her family support All Children’s Hospital and Parks of the World. She has served as secretary of the board of the National Women’s Business Center. She is a founding board member of the Women’s High Tech Coalition. Mary resides in Longboat Key, Florida, with her husband, John, and son, Ian. She enjoys boating, fly fishing and watching her son play baseball.

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC. [CAR 0815-05337].

Investing Today for Your Tomorrows FS • 2 — www.fivestarprofessional.com The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three customer complaints filed against them [settled or pending] with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy; E. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 602 Sarasota wealth managers were considered for the award; 112 (19 percent of candidates) were named 2015 Five Star Wealth Managers.

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Five Star Wealth Manager

Orion J. Marx

CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CRPC®

FOUR-YEAR WINNER Left to right: Caren Salisbury; Jennifer Dibert; Jordan Penner; four-year winner Orion Marx; Jason Klingel; Bonnie Anderson; Melinda Patro; Kelly Norton

• We specialize in tax-efficient wealth creation, distribution and preservation solutions • We build the detailed road map to your retirement, insurance and financial legacy goals • We customize your planning with a concierge level of service that is second to none We have over 20 years of experience and work predominantly with high-net-worth families and their businesses. We have developed a thorough understanding of the unique problems and opportunities that you may encounter. This translates into a proven ability to obtain measurable and meaningful results for you, your business and, ultimately, your family. But we don’t stop there. We have access to the preeminent ideas our company offers and provide you with confidential, highly customized, outstanding customer service. We embrace the Lincoln Financial Advisors philosophy of “Service; first, last and always™.” Through our holistic, cross-disciplined focus, we incorporate your wealth management, retirement planning, employee benefits and your estate planning needs. Let us help you gain confidence, clarity and a sense of security that your financial goals can be met.

7120 Beneva Road | Sarasota, FL 34238 Phone: 941-366-2827 | Fax: 941-366-3788 Orion.marx@lfg.com | www.atlasFP.com Orion Marx is a registered representative of Lincoln Financial Advisors a broker/dealer (member SIPC) and registered investment advisor. Atlas Financial is not an affiliate of Lincoln Financial Advisors CRN-1296975-090915.

Life Happens. Plan for It. www.fivestarprofessional.com — FS

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The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three customer complaints filed against them [settled or pending] with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy; E. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 602 Sarasota wealth managers were considered for the award; 112 (19 percent of candidates) were named 2015 Five Star Wealth Managers.

Five Star Wealth Manager

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Dale R. Wolf

President, Wealth Advisor

TWO-YEAR WINNER Left to right: Front row: Jenifer Wise, Administrative Associate; Angelica Wolf, Administrative Associate; Sylvia Maher, Administrative Associate; Jackie Riola, Administrative Associate Back row: Alexander Gagnon, Vice President, Marketing Associate; two-year winner Dale Wolf, President, Wealth Advisor; Dale Buelow, President Emeritus, Wealth Advisor; Lindsey Toole, Vice President, Wealth Advisor; Michael Guimond, Vice President, Branch Operation Manager

• Over 125 years of combined financial industry experience • Comprehensive wealth management and planning services • Serving all of southwest Florida Acumen Wealth Advisors delivers holistic, bespoke investment management and wealth advisory services to clients in more than 20 states. Our team is comprised of multiple advisors and support personnel with combined financial services industry experience of over 125 years. We serve a diverse and growing family of multigenerational investment clientele and offer a full range of

financial planning, retirement income planning and portfolio construction and management. We strive to create an uncommon client experience that not only delivers on the promise of sage investment advice, but also builds a valuable, lasting relationship with our clients.

9015 Town Center Parkway | Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 | 21942 Edgewater Drive | Port Charlotte, FL 33952 Phone: 941-360-9218 | Phone: 941-206-6200 Dale.Wolf@AcumenWealthAdvisors.com | www.AcumenWealthAdvisors.com Securities offered through LPL Financial, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Independent Financial Partners (IFP), a Registered Investment Adviser. Acumen Wealth Advisors and IFP are separate entities from LPL Financial.

For Generations to Come FS • 4 — www.fivestarprofessional.com The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three customer complaints filed against them [settled or pending] with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy; E. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 602 Sarasota wealth managers were considered for the award; 112 (19 percent of candidates) were named 2015 Five Star Wealth Managers.

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Five Star Wealth Manager

Joseph A. Zarlenga CFP®, CRPC®, CFS®, Private Wealth Advisor

501 Village Green Parkway, Suite 17 | Bradenton, FL 34209 Office: 941-216-3737 | Cell: 630-235-2226 joseph.a.zarlenga@ampf.com | josephzarlengaadvisor.com

You’ve worked hard to achieve success, and wealth often results in complex financial situations that call for highly personalized strategies. As an Ameriprise private wealth advisor, I have the qualifications and experience to help you grow and preserve your wealth. Whether it’s investment management, tax strategies or legacy planning, you can count on my knowledge and commitment in helping you manage your sophisticated financial needs.

Zarlenga and Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. The Compass is a trademark of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Ameriprise Financial and its representatives do not provide tax or legal advice. Consult your tax advisor or attorney regarding specific tax or legal issues. Investors should conduct their own evaluation of a financial professional as working with a financial advisor is not a guarantee of future financial success. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC.

2015 winner Joseph A. Zarlenga

Robert L. Veeneman

Steven N. Dahlquist

Financial Advisor, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional

Chartered Financial Consultant®

7261 Bee Ridge Rd. Sarasota, FL 34241 Phone: 941-377-4222 robert.l.veeneman@ampf.com

8010 Conservatory Dr. Sarasota, FL 34243 Office: 941-587-8531 steve@dahlquistassoc.com dahlquistassoc.com

ameripriseadvisors.com/robert.l.veeneman TWO-YEAR WINNER

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Insurance Investments Estate planning strategies Retirement planning strategies 25 years of experience

• Comprehensive financial planning to provide for the retirement you deserve • Balancing risk and reward with a commitment to achieving your goals We have built a wealth management platform that helps insulate and protect our clientele from financial harm as well as helping them achieve sustainable, long-term success. As a dedicated philanthropist and volunteer, I have served this community that I love and assisted many of our clients by integrating their charitable and legacy desires.

Investors should conduct their own evaluation of a financial professional as working with a financial advisor is not a guarantee of future financial success. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC.

Securities offered through Securities America, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, and advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., Steven N. Dahlquist, Representative. Dahlquist & Associates and the Securities America companies are unaffiliated. Securities America and its representatives do not provide tax advice; therefore it is important to coordinate with your tax advisor regarding your specific situation.

Meet Your Future With Conﬁdence

Creating Client-Centered Solutions for Your Future www.fivestarprofessional.com — FS

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Five Star Wealth Manager

Matthew Otto

Robert D. Rosenberg Owner/Investment Professional

1219 S East Ave., Ste. C306 Sarasota, FL 34239 Phone: 941-366-8801 Phone: 888-2MONEY3 RRosenberg@SummitBrokerage.com

RosenbergAssetMgt.com

Through the power of our independence and by partnering with Summit Brokerage and Pershing LLC, Rosenberg Asset Management gives our clients access to comprehensive financial tools and resources at a local level.

If you’re in this business for money alone, you will never make it. You have to genuinely want to make a difference in your clients’ lives.

Rosenberg Asset Management is an independent firm with securities offered through Summit Brokerage Services, Inc., Member FINRA, SIPC. Advisory Services Offered through Summit Financial Group, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor.

— Five Star award winner

CFP®

SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. 1777 Main St., Seventh Fl. Sarasota, FL 34236 Phone: 941-951-3052 Matthew.Otto@Suntrust.com www.Suntrust.com THREE-YEAR WINNER

Matt Otto is a private financial advisor who primarily focuses on comprehensive asset management as well as estate strategies for high-net-worth, accredited investors. Investment and Insurance Products: • Are not FDIC or any other Government Agency Insured • Are not Bank Guaranteed • May Lose Value Securities, insurance (including annuities) and other investment products and services are offered by SunTrust Investment Services, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser and broker-dealer affiliate of SunTrust Banks, Inc., member FINRA, SIPC, and a licensed insurance agency.

Top five questions that wealth managers want clients to answer: 1. What are your goals and objectives with your finances? 2. What is your most pressing need right now? 3. Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, 15 years? 4. Where are all of your assets invested now? 5. What is important about money to you? From research conducted by Five Star Professional

FS • 6 — www.fivestarprofessional.com The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three customer complaints filed against them [settled or pending] with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy; E. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 602 Sarasota wealth managers were considered for the award; 112 (19 percent of candidates) were named 2015 Five Star Wealth Managers.

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Five Star Wealth Manager

Award winners listed by primary services and listed alphabetically by last name. Business Planning Jon Lemole · Florida Financial Group/MetLife

Estate Planning Scott Gurr · Genspring Family Offices Stephen Martin · SRQ Wealth Management Brad Ohmes · MetLife Robert Veeneman, Jr. · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Page 5

Renee Martone-Cecil · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Terence Boyaggi · VALIC Financial Advisors

James Magero · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Orion Marx · Atlas Financial Page 3

Gary Calderaro · Voya Financial Advisors

Nick Magero · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Jane McGinty · Robert W. Baird & Company

Cheryl Christensen · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Laura Hillary Mattia · Baron Financial Group

John Michael Mott · Mott & Associates

John Colon · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Thomas McDonald · Capstan Financial Consulting Group

Wendy Namack · Namack Portfolio Investment Professionals

Michael Comes · Cumberland Advisors

Mary McEachern · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Page 2

James Cooper · Southern Trust Financial Planning

Michael Dennis McNiven · Cumberland Advisors

Kevin Cox · Morgan Stanley

John Meyer · Raymond James & Associates

Matthew Otto · SunTrust Investments Services Page 6

Financial Planning

Elizabeth Rabbitt-Stephen · SunTrust Investments Services

Gina Adonis · Raymond James Financial

John Raleigh · Raleigh & Associates

Ralph Cushing · Edward Jones

Paul Buskey · Robert W. Baird & Company

James Richter · Kovack Securities

Matthew Depalma · Capstan Financial Consulting Group

William Chase · Chase Financial Group Sandra M. Cutcliffe · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Steven Dahlquist · Dahlquist & Associates Page 5 Kristopher Flammang · LPF Financial Advisors Ernie Brian Garcia · Morgan Stanley Karin Grablin · SRQ Wealth Management Stephen Gross · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Scott Andrew Harris · Mott & Associates Rick Helbing · Suncoast Advisory Group

Joshua Sankes · Raymond James & Associates Margery Schiller · Goar Endriss & Walker David Shugol · Raymond James Financial Janet Sperling · Raymond James & Associates Thomas Urfer · Morgan Stanley Derek Williams · Williams Wealth Management Group Daniel Wolff · Investment Financial Services Marc Wolff · Southern Trust Financial Planning John Zacira · Investors Capital Corporation

Jared Hermann · Morgan Stanley

Joseph Anthony Zarlenga · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Page 5

Christine Ihrig Hicks · Morgan Stanley

Insurance

Brent Hillerich · Hillerich, Grogan & Associates/Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Jerry C. Reimer · Thrivent Financial Richard Veleber · Thrivent Financial

Nathan Johnson · Charles Schwab & Company

Investments

Micah Kenneth Keel · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Charles Anthony Alario, Jr. · Robert W. Baird & Company

Gary Keller · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Steven Gregory Albritton · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Adam Scott Kendall · Morgan Stanley

Philip Bailie · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Joseph Labree · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Hayden Lipp · Hayden Lipp Financial Services Joshua Lowe · Raymond James Financial

Sheryl Cruz · Northern Trust Ryan Denton · Morgan Stanley

Bryan Fazio · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Nicholas Ryan Feather · Capstan Financial Consulting Group Chuck Fortenberry · Robert W. Baird & Company Mitchell Halperin · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Daniel Motyl · Daniel H. Motyl, CPA John Mousseau · Cumberland Advisors William Mark Nickles · Capstan Financial Consulting Group Jeffrey Nydick · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC George O’Brien · Morgan Stanley John Piper · Morgan Stanley Vergil Rorer · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Esther Halt · H. Beck

Robert Rosenberg · Rosenberg Asset Management Page 6

Paul Harris · Southern Trust Financial Planning

Judith Schwartzbaum · Morgan Stanley

Peter Hart · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Daniel Richard Smith · Morgan Stanley

John Hayes · Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Joel Clyde Swallow · Morgan Stanley

Thomas Hinck · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

David Szabo · Wealth Protection

Carrie Hulen · Capstan Financial Consulting Group Mark Hyland · Edward Jones Don Johnson · PFS Investments Joseph Howard Kennedy · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Gary M. Knuckles · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Bret Tackett · Tackett Wealth Management Christopher Tenaglia · SunTrust Investments Services Bradley Tremitiere · Wellington Shields & Company John Raymond Vita · Morgan Stanley

Marc Korsch · Centaurus Financial

Mitchell Walk · Retirement Wealth Specialists

David Kotok · Cumberland Advisors

Otto Walter · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Anastasios Kourpouanidis · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

David C. Whaley · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Kelly Barnett · MetLife

Jim Lebaron · Janney Montgomery Scott

Dale Wolf · Acumen Wealth Advisors Page 4

Anthony John Benante · Baron Financial Group

John Leeming · J. L. Bainbridge & Company

Saied Zangenehpour · Lincoln Financial Advisors

Rebecca S. Bolletti · Morgan Stanley

Andrew Lowther · Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and the federally registered CFP (with flame logo) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. The Chartered Financial Consultant credential [ChFC®] is a financial planning designation awarded by The American College.

www.fivestarprofessional.com — FS

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The color purple dominates the design redo of Muse, above; right, the restaurant’s flatiron steak is served with potatoes on a slate platter.

THE VERDICT At the chic new Muse, lunch and dinner menus elevate classic American favorites and current global trends into creative and delicious dishes.

Muse at the Museum THE NEW ITERATION OF THE RINGLING MUSEUM RESTAURANT dem-

onstrates that Sarasota is catching up to the rest of the museum world, where an exceptional restaurant can live in an art museum and become a destination dining spot for the whole city. Muse (clever name) is part of the Tableseide Restaurant Group, which is Steve Seidensticker and his children. They also own Louies Modern in downtown Sarasota and the less formal Libby’s in Southside Village. Seidensticker has a long history of success in the hospitality industry, and his experience and commitment are evident at Muse. The sommelier is Eric Hale, who buys wine for the entire Tableseide group and thus can negotiate better deals than if he were just purchasing for Muse. He marks the wine up only a little, and at the higher end of the wine list at Muse there are some remarkably

good buys. The full bar is also extensive and expertly run. Choose among 26 different bourbons. Muse prices are moderate, and the offerings for both lunch and dinner are contemporary riffs on classics (deviled eggs, Caesar salad, burger, salmon, tuna wrap), as well as inventive dishes that use trendy ingredients. That means you’ll find roasted beet salad, kale salad, grilled cheese sandwich, pretzels, macaroni and cheese, quinoa and an obligatory paleo dish—bison chili made with baby kale and sweet potatoes. Vegetarians can find something they probably wouldn’t try making at home, including raw vegetable pad Thai ($16) and a carrot Wellington ($17). Vong’s squash toast (mascarpone and maple onion confit on sea salt lavash, $7) is unusual and delicious, as is a roasted vegetable bisque with Gouda cheese ($4).

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WALKER GUEST HOUSE REPLICA OPENS NOV 6 This replica by the Sarasota Architectural Foundation of the 1952 Walker Guest House, designed by Paul Rudolph, presents one of the hallmarks of the Sarasota School of modernism. The structure is a landmark on Sanibel Island.

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NEW STAGES: DEEP SOUTH BY ALEX KETLEY, THE FOUNDRY, SAN FRANCISCO NOV 6 & 7, 7:30 PM, $30, $25 / $27, $22.50 for Members Through live dance and documentary video, the choreographer engages the people of America’s rural South in an exploration of their personal and cultural relationship to dance.

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Macaroni and cheese is prepared with broccoli, Parmesan cheese and white truffle butter ($9). You don’t have to be a vegetarian to crave that one. The Goldfish pretzel-crusted crab cake ($15) is sheer whimsy. The crab cake arrives at the table in the shape of a super-size Goldfish, that toddler snack. On the plate are dollops of honey mustard, remoulade and housemade tartar sauce. Sprinkled over that are a few actual pretzel Goldfish crackers. Take out your phone and snap a photo because it’s cute enough to share. Standout dinner entrées on three recent trips included Commander’s Palace—a nod to an esteemed New Orleans restaurant—which features barbecued Florida shrimp, blue crab beignets, cheese grits and Southern greens dressed with Worcestershire lemon butter ($24). I can also vouch for the flatiron steak, which comes sliced and arranged with potato on a slate platter accompanied by a nicely weighted steak knife (always appreciate that) for $28. The pork-on-pork-on-pork for $22 is pig three ways with spaetzle gratin and apricot jus. Very rich and filling; you’ll probably take some home. Short ribs au poivre is every succulent thing it should be and is elevated with a cognac demi-cream at $25. Buddy Valastro’s shortrib Sunday gravy ($19) is a hearty, full-bodied ragu prepared with lamb shank and house-made ricotta. Be sure to try the smoked trout, which is on the appetizer menu at night. Crispy potato skins are topped with salmon roe and crème fraiche. In the middle of a ring of these salty-crispy skins is a mound of tender smoked trout pieces. Put a piece of fish on the potato skin—it’s seafood gone to heaven. You can eat inside or out, upstairs or down or at the bar. Interior designer Jonathan Slentz collaborated with the Seidenstickers on a sophisticated but relaxed decor that maximizes all hues of the color purple. Servers wear plum shirts, and the computerized lighting system casts a soft purple glow on the room at night. Artist Margaret Barnes contributed a vivid large-format painting in various hues of purple that ties everything

together and advances the contemporary vibe. By day, Muse is smart, urban and cheerful. At night, it’s moody and sexy.

Brava to Beulah THE ANNOUNCEMENT of a new Italian res-

taurant in Sarasota is more routine than extraordinary, but Beulah is an addition worth celebrating. Beulah (it’s named after a relative, the owners say) is in the same Main Street location as the former Divino, which did remarkably good business in downtown Sarasota. Beulah’s owners, Flavio and Harva Cristofoli, are also the owners of Flavio’s Brick Oven and Bar on Siesta Key, known for scrumptious food and high-quality pizzas. The Cristofolis say their menu is Italian with an American twist. I don’t see much “twist” other than offering steaks. Most of the items seem like straight-up dishes you’d expect from a restaurant specializing in mostly Northern Italian favorites. Ravioli, grilled octopus (octopus is the new fad food from coast to coast), veal scaloppini, lamb chops, chicken Milanese, or pasta tossed with shellfish are all there. Additionally, there are some intriguing dishes such as the housemade chestnut pasta with porcini mushrooms and aged Gouda cheese ($21). There’s a lot of flavor in this one. The chef also conjures a modern quinoa tagliatelle—organic quinoa pasta, kale, carrots and toasted cashews in a sauce of white wine, lemon juice and garlic ($15). Sounds vaguely healthy and is one more meal that desperate vegetarians can enjoy with kale. Entrées range from $19 for breaded chicken breast to $32 for the almond-crusted lamb chops with spinach. The appetizer or small plate side of the menu is even more interesting, and my favorite so far is called the Seaside. It’s a seafood stew of clams, fish, mussels, scallops and shrimp in a light tomato broth and it comes with toasted garlic bread ($15). It’s substantial enough for a light dinner. The crisp bread is needed for sopping up the beautifully seasoned broth, but you’ll need a spoon, too. Other tempt-

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SAILOR CIRCUS | CIRCUS SARASOTA | CIRQUE DES VOIX Sailor CirCuS Holiday performanCe Sat Dec 26– tue Dec 29, 2015 celebrate the holiday season circus style! a wonderful family experience featuring students ages 8–18 who will make your spirits bright! CirCuS SaraSota Winter performanCe Fri Feb 12– Sun Feb 28, 2016 under the big top for over 18 seasons we have presented an international, all-star lineup of circus artists with an unparalleled array of thrilling acts. Last year’s shows sold out so plan to get your tickets early!

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ing small plates include a tuna tartare (with avocado and jicama), burrata with fig balsamic, and a very nice meat/cheese platter for $17 that comes with organic honey and fruit. Of course, there’s fried calamari with spicy marinara for dipping, and there’s always a ceviche of the day. Chef also prepares about three or four off-the-menu entrées, and there are a half dozen salads. The poached pear with honey, cranberries, cheese and champagne vinaigrette ($12) is the one to try. The Caesar salad topped with panko-breaded fried oysters is the ideal companion to the steak (ribeye or filet, both market price). Desserts include a rich chocolate cake, coconut pie and about three other items house-made by Harva Cristofoli, a pastry chef. Her tiramisu is the best I’ve ever had. Beulah seats 150 inside a dining room with a handsome granite-top bar area and another separate small bar area for the wood-burning pizza oven, and outside in a covered patio at the back. The decor is a fizzy collision of styles that aims for vintage elegance. Mismatched chairs are unified with a coat of silver paint and boldly patterned seat cushions. Gilded cherubs smile down from shelves and there are mirrors everywhere. It’s operatic, overdone and lots of fun. There are several ways to enjoy Beulah. Go for a full-out, three-course meal with cocktails and wine. Or select from the appetizers and salad categories of the menu and compose an original meal without an entrée. Or think of Beulah as your new favorite pizza place. The wood oven turns out about a dozen excellent choices (including white pizzas and gluten-free ones) ranging from $13-$17. Or stop in late and just have dessert and a sweet wine. The menu is user-friendly for whatever mood you’re in, making it an ideal downtown restaurant whether you’re eating solo or dining with a group. BEULAH 1766 Main St., Sarasota, (941) 960-2305 HOURS: Monday-Saturday, 4-11 p.m.

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A few of the fish dishes we’re excited about: seared ahi tuna salad with straw mushrooms at Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar, smoked trout with potato skins at Muse, Maine lobster roll at Sophie’s, smoked fish spread with saltines at Owen’s Fish Camp, sturgeon at Indigenous, grouper sandwich at Mar Vista Dockside, ahi poke Napoleon at Tommy Bahama, any ceviche at Selva, the sushi at Ahi Sushi and at JPan. We also love the octopus (a huge trend) at Fins, Pino’s, El Greco Cafe, Cassariano, Apollonia Grill and Blu Kouzina. You’ll also see those trendy tentacles as an off-the-menu special in many restaurants. VEGGIE LOVE CHEFS ARE MAKING CREATIVE AND BEAUTIFUL PLATES to appeal to long-neglected

vegetarians. For example: the wild mushroom ravioli with spinach at MoZaic, the wood-fired eggplant torte at Louies Modern, eggplant crepes at Ophelia’s on the Bay, Phil’s chopped salad at Michael’s On East, spicy red beans and basmati rice at Chutney’s, mushroom quiche at Burns Court Cafe, avocado dream sandwich at Veg, spanakopita at Blu Kouzina, smoked Gouda fondue (with salted pretzels) at Kona Grill and the chipotle macaroni and cheese at Fleming’s. And that’s just the beginning. Vegetarians will be happy to dine out this season.—MARSHA FOTTLER

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SARASOTA’S BEST

BEST PUMPKIN DESSERT to pumpkin pie—and more creative offerings than ever before—fall is the humble gourd’s shining moment. We asked our 15,000-plus Facebook fans to weigh in, then food editors Marsha Fottler and Judi Gallagher and editorial assistant Chelsey Lucas tasted and judged. Here’s our winner—and the top finalists.—MEGAN MCDONALD FROM PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES

SEAFOOD SHACK in Cortez Village recently spent $1 million on renovation. The landmark restaurant (44 years old) changed ownership last year and the result is a new menu, fresh decor, new roof and plenty of behind-thescenes improvements, too. Still casual and lots of fun.

Chef Solomon Shenker’s pumpkin cheesecake.

BEST OVERALL

buttery, flaky crust and a

CHEF SOLOMON SHENKER’S PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

spiced pumpkin filling; it’s

BONEFISH GRILL’S PUMPKIN CRÈME BRÛLÉE

then smothered in whipped

A twist on a classic French

cream and topped with cin-

dessert, this rich pumpkin

If cheesecake nirvana exists,

namon. The pumpkin flavor

custard is flavored with hints

this is it—perfectly creamy

shines through, the topping

of cinnamon and nutmeg,

in texture, with a graham

adds creaminess without

then torched and topped with

cracker crust and a distinctly

overpowering the filling, and

sweet whipped cream. Ap-

pumpkin flavor that’s amped

the crumbly crust ties it all

plause for this sophisticated

up thanks to the addition of

together.

take on the autumn mainstay.

OK, third) bites. P.S. Chef Sol

SOLARZANO BROS.’ PUMPKIN CANNOLI

will be opening a New York

We love a cannoli, so we were

RETROBAKED’S PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CARAMEL SWIRL

deli in Sarasota this fall.

thrilled to discover Solar-

This tasty treat—which con-

Madagascar vanilla. We kept going back for second (and,

zano Bros.’ pumpkin version,

sists of moist pumpkin spice

THE FINALISTS

which consists of a pumpkin

cake topped with a swirl of

(not in order of preference)

cream filling stuffed into a

buttercream, homemade

traditional cannoli shell. The

maple caramel and a sprinkle

YODER’S RESTAURANT’S PUMPKIN PIE

crowning glory: fresh cran-

of cinnamon—won our hearts

berry sauce served along-

thanks to its spot-on fall fla-

A classic Thanksgiving dish

side—the tart flavor makes

vors; the fact that it’s vegan

perfectly executed, Yoder’s

the whole thing pop, and the

and gluten-free is just the,

pumpkin pie features a

red color feels festive.

ahem, icing on the cake.

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You’ll need to bring a little patience to the table when choosing BIJOU CAFE and ROAST in downtown Sarasota. The city is spending $2.2 million to make the area more pedestrian-friendly by narrowing First Street, eliminating some of the parking spaces and widening the sidewalks while providing decorative lighting. TOP SUSHI has opened on Main Street in Sarasota (in the spot where Famous Tavern had a short run) and promises hibachi dishes as well as sushi, maki and sashimi. And KIYOSHI returns with a small restaurant on Gateway Drive. Chef Kiyoshi Noro operated a popular place in downtown Sarasota for 14 years before taking a break for surgery and recuperation. Now he’s serving dinner at his new sushi place five nights a week. The owners of BLU QUE ISLAND GRILL on Siesta Key are opening SERVANDOS on Fourth Street, where Darwin’s recently closed. Expect a Southwestern-style menu along with ceviche, small plates, barbecue and a big Sunday brunch. —MARSHA FOTTLER

DID WE CREATE OUR LOBSTER

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE FOR CHEESE CONNOISSEURS OR LOBSTER LOVERS? YES.

Whether it’s the generous portion of fresh Maine lobster or the unique blending of four world-class cheeses that draws you to this ever-so-slightly decadent offering, you won’t regret your decision to indulge in a bite or two. Or three. Made fresh when ordered. When will you be ordering yours?

We’ll never reveal the exact recipe. But you’re encouraged to guess. 180 University Town Center Dr · Sarasota · 941 256 3647 · thecapitalgrille.com

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This year, leave Thanksgiving dinner to us. You’ll enjoy all the traditional flavors of the holiday and more—with none of the prep time or cleanup—when you celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family at Currents Restaurant inside Hyatt Regency Sarasota. Our special Three-Course Menu will be served from noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 26, 2015, and will include: • Pumpkin bisque with cinnamon brioche croutons and nutmeg • All-you-can eat entree featuring free-range, all-natural roasted turkey with gravy, cornbread stuffing, roasted asparagus and baby carrots, buttermilk mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce • Southern-style whiskey pecan pie served with butterscotch sauce, whipped cream and candied pecans For more information or to make your holiday reservations, call Currents Restaurant at 941 953 1234, Ext. 1260, or visit sarasota.hyatt.com.

38.95

$ 1000 Boulevard of the Arts Sarasota, Florida, USA, 34236

PER PERSON KIDS 5-12 HALF-PRICE 4 & UNDER FREE

The Three-Course Dinner prices valid November 26, 2015, at Currents Restaurant at Hyatt Regency Sarasota. Reservations are recommended by calling 941-953-1234, Ext. 1260. Available from noon to 7 p.m. $38.95 per person, children ages 5-12 half-price and 4 and under free. 7% tax will be added to all checks, and an 18% gratuity to parties of 6 or more. Other restrictions may apply, call for details. Hyatt reserves the right to alter or withdraw this program at any time without notice. The ® trademarks Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt | Gold Passport and related marks are trademarks of Hyatt Corporation. © 2015 Hyatt Corporation. All rights reserved.

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DINING GUIDE

A select listing of restaurants in Sarasota-Manatee.

DOWNTOWN

BARNACLE BILL’S Fresh off-the-boat seafood, outstanding crab cakes and more; Barnacle Bill’s proves you don’t have to have a water view to enjoy the best the sea has to offer. 1526 MAIN ST.,

CHAD SPENCER

SARASOTA COUNTY

Dockside dining at Star Fish in Cortez.

SARASOTA, (941) 365-6800; 5050 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 355-7700; BARNACLEBILLSSEAFOOD. COM.

BEULAH A lively new Italian restaurant from the owners of popular Flavio’s Brick Oven and Bar on Siesta Key. 1766 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 9602305.

BIJOU CAFÉ A fine-dining tradition in the heart of downtown Sarasota’s arts district since 1986. Chef/owner Jean-Pierre Knaggs’ French and South African heritage is reflected in his innovative lunch and dinner menus. 1287 FIRST ST., SARASOTA, (941) 366-8111; BIJOUCAFE.NET.

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BLUE ROOSTER Southern comfort food with a twist, like fried green tomatoes, catfish and chicken and waffles. Stick around to have a drink at the bar and listen to live music, and check out the Sunday gospel brunch. 1525 FOURTH ST., SARASOTA, (941) 388-7539; BLUEROOSTERSRQ.COM. $$

BURNS COURT CAFÉ A real Parisian café and bakery in the heart of historic Burns Square. Homemade quiches, pastries, desserts, salads and sandwiches, plus an array of coffee drinks and wine. The twice-monthly jazz night is always SRO. BURNSCOURTCAFE.COM. $-$$

CAFÉ AMICI This intimate Main Street ristorante offers fine Italian dining with family recipes handed down for generations. 1371 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 951-6896; CAFEAMICISRQ.COM.

CAFÉ EPICURE An authentic Italian trattoria on the corner of bustling Main Street and Palm Avenue. Check out the adjacent martini bar, a hotspot for locals and tourists alike. 1298 N. PALM AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 366-5648; CAFEEPICURESRQ. COM. $$

CARAGIULO’S The Caragiulo family brought its pizza, pasta and panini recipes all the way from Brooklyn—Italian-American comfort food just like Mama used to make. 69 S. PALM AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 951-0866; CARAGIULOS.COM.

C’EST LA VIE Enjoy a true taste of France at this popular Main Street bistro and bakery. Baguette sandwiches, crepes, croissants and much, much more. 1553 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 906-9575; CESTLAVIESARASOTA.COM.

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DUVAL’S. FRESH. LOCAL. SEAFOOD. An

district, with both indoor and outdoor seating.

eclectic eatery with a passion for the freshest seafood, the finest local ingredients and superb service. Winner of the 2014 Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. 1435 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 312-

239 S. LINKS AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 706-4740; INDIGENOUSSARASOTA.COM. $$$

4001; DUVALSFRESHLOCALSEAFOOD.COM.

EL GRECO The flavors of the Mediterranean are yours to enjoy at this family-owned eatery. Fresh specialties like spanakopita, moussaka and gyros will transport you to the islands of Greece. 1592 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 365-2234; ELGRECOCAFE. COM. $-$$

FIRST WATCH Enjoy hearty breakfast and lunch fare, and healthy options, too, such as freshly made fruit crepes and power wraps. Open until 2:30 p.m. daily. 1395 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 954-1395; 8383 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA (941) 934-6754; FIRSTWATCH.COM. $

HYDE PARK PRIME STEAKHOUSE This clubby downtown hotspot is a refreshed version of the classic American steakhouse offering steaks, chops, seafood and fish. The wine list features more than 50 wines by the glass, and the bar offers affordable bar bites and inventive cocktails. 35 S. LEMON AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 366-7788; HYDEPARKRESTAURANTS.COM. $$$

INDIGENOUS Chef Steve Phelps locally sources his seasonal ingredients to produce sophisticated dishes with beautifully balanced flavors. Located in a charming cottage in the Towles Court art

JACK DUSTY This coastal-chic restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota is renowned for its craft cocktails and seafood-focused entrées—oysters, shrimp and grits, Maine lobster, blackened grouper etouffée, seafood gumbo and more. The outdoor terrace is sublime. 1111 RITZ-CARLTON DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 309-2266; JACKDUSTY.COM. $$$

LOLITA TARTINE The good folks at C’est La Vie have ventured into the Rosemary District with their French-accented café. Serving breakfast (think chocolate croissants and café au lait), lunch (openfaced sandwiches called tartines) and dinner. 1419 FIFTH ST., SARASOTA, (941)952-3172; LOLITATARTINE. COM. $-$$

LOUIES MODERN This handsome downtown restaurant from the family behind Libby’s Café + Bar focuses on farm-fresh, sophisticated American cuisine as well as craft beer and handcrafted cocktails. 1289 N. PALM AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 5529688; LOUIESMODERN.COM. $$

MADE The acronym stands for “Modern American Delicious Eats,” and that’s what you’ll find at Made, opposite Hollywood 20 on Upper Main Street. This is jazzed-up comfort food: grilled corn dogs, steak and eggs, a towering burger and to-die-for doubledipped fried chicken. 1990 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 953-2900; MADERESTAURANT.COM. $$

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Amore

by Andrea

Host your next special event at Amore. Whether it is an intimate private party for 10 or a grand reception for 200 people

Amore

is the place.

Our expert staff will assist you with all the details. Call 941-383-1111 to schedule your appointment.

Full Bar, Happy Hour, Dining

Open Nightly

Reservations suggested 941-383-1111

555 Bay Isles Parkway (East of Publix) Longboat Key, Florida 34228

www.AmoreRestaurantLBK.com

MARINA JACK Upstairs, feast on fresh seafood while gazing out over Sarasota Bay and downtown Sarasota in the lovely dining room. Downstairs, the newly renovated, dockside Blue Sunshine Patio is perfect for casual fare and cocktails, and has live music nightly. 2 MARINA PLAZA, SARASOTA, (941) 365-4232; MARINAJACKS.COM.

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MATTISON’S CITY GRILLE This bustling al fresco eatery offers everything from brick-oven pizza to rack of lamb, plus a lively bar and live music seven nights a week. 1 N. LEMON AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 330-0440; MATTISONS.COM.

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MEDITERRANEO Savor classic Italian cuisine with an emphasis on artisanal ingredients. Specialties include fresh seafood, veal, pasta dishes and woodfired pizza. The wine list is celebrated for its depth and uniqueness. 1970 MAIN ST., NO. 1, SARASOTA, (941) 365-4122; MEDITERRANEOREST.COM. $$$

MÉLANGE Chef Lan Bradeen showcases innovative New American cuisine and inventive seasonal cocktails in this downtown mainstay. 1568 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 953-7111; LANRESTAURANT. COM.

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MOZAIC Chef Dylan Elhajoui draws on his French and Morocco background to create dishes filled with the bold and sunny flavors of the Mediterranean. 1377 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 9516272; MOZAICSARASOTA.COM.

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OWEN’S FISH CAMP Located in a historic Burns Court cottage, Owen’s presents Southern-style cuisine with an emphasis on seafood, including shrimp and grits and a Low Country boil. The fried black cherry pie with vanilla ice cream is semilegendary. 516 BURNS LANE, SARASOTA, (941) 9516936; OWENSFISHCAMP.COM.

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P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO This chic, contemporary branch of the national dining chain features everything from P.F. Chang’s famous chicken lettuce wraps and spare ribs to Singapore street noodles, traditional chicken, beef and pork dishes, and vegetarian options. 766 S. OSPREY AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 296-6002; PFCHANGS.COM.

PATRICK’S 1481 A wide-ranging menu of casual comfort foods and a friendly atmosphere make Patrick’s 1481 a favorite of locals. Home of the “best burger” for 29 years. 1481 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 955-1481; PATRICKS1481.COM.

POMONA BISTRO & WINE BAR You’ll find creative, well-executed seasonal cuisine in a sophisticated setting at this chic Citrus Square restaurant. 481 N. ORANGE AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 706-1677; POMONABISTROANDWINE.COM. $$-$$$

RED CLASICO Join your friends on the corner of Main Street and Palm Avenue for contemporary American cuisine and a creative specialty drink menu. 1341 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 957-0700; BARCLASICO.COM.

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intimate restaurant in a historic building adjacent to the Sarasota Opera House. 1296 FIRST ST., SARASOTA, (941) 953-1971; ROASTSARASOTA.COM.

It’s How They ROLL!!

$$-$$$ SALUTE! Enjoy made-from-scratch pastas and other authentic Italian cuisine at this casually elegant eatery. On balmy nights, the outdoor dining terrace bustles. Live music Friday and Saturday nights. 23 N. LEMON AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 365-1020; SALUTESARASOTA.COM. $$-$$$

SELVA Nuevo Latino cuisine with an emphasis on Peruvian dishes and a wonderful assortment of ceviches a la casa. Custom cocktails, a late-night menu and DJ spinning music weekends, too, at Selva Lounge. 1345 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 3624427; SELVAGRILL.COM.

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SOCIAL EATERY & BAR This stylish restaurant/ bar does artisanal twists on Italian faves—pizza, meatballs, pastries and more. Now offering Saturday brunch. 1219 FIRST ST., (941) 444-7072; SOCIALONFIRST.COM.

STATION 400 Set in a charmingly restored 1852 railroad depot, Station 400 is a popular choice for breakfast and lunch. Try the ricotta pancakes with blackberries and Meyer lemon curd or the fried green tomato BLT with Parmesan fries. 400 N. LEMON AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 906-1400; ALSO ON LAKEWOOD RANCH MAIN STREET; STATION400.COM. $

5459 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, 34232 941-342-6600 ∙ www.DaRuMaRestaurant.com

TWO SENORITAS A colorful, family-friendly restaurant with Mexican and Southwestern influences. Enjoy classic Mexican dishes such as quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos and made-freshto-order guacamole for lunch or dinner. 1355 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 366-1618; TWOSENORITAS. COM. $$

YUME SUSHI Sushi and sashimi star here, including low-carb rolls for calorie counters. The restaurant, in a newly expanded Main Street location, also serves bento boxes, grilled fish and teriyaki. 1532 MAIN ST., SARASOTA, (941) 363-0604; YUMERESTAURANT.COM.

SIESTA KEY

BLU QUE ISLAND GRILL Hardwood grilled favorites cooked slowly over hickory and apple wood. Just a short walk from the beach, with live music every day. 1 AVENIDA MESSINA, SIESTA KEY, (941) 346-0738; BLUQUEISLANDGRILL.COM.

CAPTAIN CURT’S CRAB & OYSTER BAR Fresh seafood, reasonable prices and a casual, familyfriendly atmosphere. It’s the perfect recipe for this popular old-Florida eatery. First-place winner of the Great Chowder Cook-off in Newport, R.I. 1200 OLD

Free. Local. Shuttle. Tired of trying to park downtown? Have no fear! Duval’s is here!

Simply call or text 941-374-3996. Duval’s Shuttle will pick you up for free. And after your meal, Duval’s Shuttle will take you to your show/venue! ow a Sh and sy! r e n Din ade ea m

STICKNEY POINT ROAD, SIESTA KEY, (941) 349-3885; CAPTAINCURTS.COM. $$

DAIQUIRI DECK After the beach, there’s nothing better than a handcrafted daiquiri, something from the raw oyster bar or one of the Daiquiri Deck’s famed “snacketizers.” 520 OCEAN BLVD., SIESTA KEY, (941) 349-8697; 325 JOHN RINGLING BLVD., SARASOTA, (941) 388-3325; 300 W. VENICE AVE., VENICE, (941) 488-0649; DAIQUIRIDECK.COM . $

EAT HERE From the creative minds behind the award-winning Beach Bistro, this casual gem serves inventive small plates made for sharing.

Fresh. LocaL. seaFood. 1435 Main Street. Downtown Sarasota 941•312•4001. DuvalsFLS.com

240 AVENIDA MADERA, SIESTA KEY, (941) 346-7800;

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EATHERESIESTAKEY.COM; 5315 GULF DRIVE, HOLMES BEACH; (941) 778-0411; EATHEREFLORIDA.COM. $-$$

FLAVIO’S BRICK OVEN AND BAR Authentic homemade Italian specialties in the heart of Siesta Village, including mouthwatering brick oven pizzas. 5239 OCEAN BLVD., SIESTA KEY, (941) 349-0995; FLAVIOSBRICKOVENANDBAR.COM. $$

OPHELIA’S ON THE BAY Fine dining in a stunning setting overlooking Little Sarasota Bay. The Sunday brunch buffet is hugely popular. 9105 MIDNIGHT PASS ROAD, SIESTA KEY, (941) 349-2212; OPHELIASONTHEBAY.NET.

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SIESTA KEY OYSTER BAR With a lively, beachy atmosphere and a location minutes from Siesta Beach, SKOB offers cold beer, live music and a menu featuring oysters, pizza, burgers, wings and more. 5238 OCEAN BLVD., SIESTA KEY, (941) 3465443; SKOB.COM. $

ST. ARMANDS, LIDO, CITY ISLAND

15 SOUTH RISTORANTE ENOTECA This cozy

ck beach bistro’s sideki

St. Armands bistro offers Italian specialties and wines. The upstairs nightclub swings with live jazz and Latin music. 15 S. BOULEVARD OF PRESIDENTS, ST. ARMANDS, (941) 388-1555; 15SOUTHRISTORANTE. COM. $$-$$$

anna maria island & siesta key

EatHereFlorida.com

CAFÉ L’EUROPE Continental fine dining on St. Armands for 42 years. The lunch and dinner menus include such specialties as potato-crusted grouper and dilled Atlantic salmon. Take time to peruse the expansive wine list. 431 ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE, (941) 388-4415; CAFELEUROPE.NET.

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CHA-CHA COCONUTS A carefree island atmosphere fills this colorful tropical café. Try a Hava Havana Mojito or Rumrunner while you dine on Yucatan fish tacos and coconut shrimp. 417 ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE, (941) 388-3300; CHACHACOCONUTS.COM.

COLUMBIA RESTAURANT A Florida dining tradition that started in Tampa’s Ybor City way back in 1905, this classic Spanish restaurant presents outstanding paellas, a famous “1905 salad,” and seafood fare like snapper Alicante. 411 ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE, (941) 388-3987; COLUMBIARESTAURANT.COM/SARASOTA.ASP.

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CRAB & FIN Set on a bustling corner of St. Armands Circle and featuring a cool, modern look, this landmark restaurant changes its lunch and dinner menus daily in order to present to you the freshest seafood available. 420 ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE, (941) 388-3964; CRABFINRESTAURANT.COM. $$-$$$

LE COLONNE Tantalize your taste buds with the rich flavors of authentic Italian dining, dishes like ravioli di ricotta and spinaci and cotoletta alla Milanese. Buon appetito! 22 S. BOULEVARD OF PRESIDENTS, ST. ARMANDS, (941) 388-4348; LECOLONNERESTAURANT.COM. $$

LIDO BEACH GRILLE Panoramic Gulf and city skyline views are yours at this modern American restaurant on the eighth floor of the Lido Beach

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Resort. A great place to savor Sunday brunch, too. 700 BEN FRANKLIN DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 388-5608; LIDOBEACHRESORT.COM/DINING. $$-$$$

LYNCHES PUB & GRUB Authentic Irish food and drink served up in a lively atmosphere. 19-B N. BOULEVARD OF PRESIDENTS, ST. ARMANDS, (941) 3885550; LYNCHESPUB.COM. $

OLD SALTY DOG An Old-Florida dining destination. Grab a beer and feast on traditional fish and chips or try something different like the Firecracker Wrap, made of blackened grouper and tortilla strips. 1601 KEN THOMPSON PARKWAY, SARASOTA, (941) 388-4311; 5023 OCEAN BLVD., SIESTA KEY, (941) 349-0518; also now in Venice; THEOLDSALTYDOG. COM. $

SHORE DINER This St. Armands eatery has a cool vibe and an open-air feeling that match its fresh, often organic dishes. Creative cocktails, too. 465 JOHN RINGLING BLVD., (941) 296-0301; DINESHORE. COM. $$-$$$

TOMMY BAHAMA Tommy Bahama welcomes you to paradise with a menu that boasts eclectic tropical fare and colorful cocktails. For dessert, try the pina colada cake or pineapple crème brulee. 300 JOHN RINGLING BLVD., ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE, (941) 388-2888; TOMMYBAHAMA.COM. $$-$$$

LONGBOAT KEY

AMORE BY ANDREA Contemporary Italian cuisine from the kitchen of award-winning Chef Andrea Bozzolo. Now serving lunch in the outdoor Palm Garden and fireside lounge. 555 BAY ISLES PARKWAY, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-1111; AMORERESTAURANTLBK.COM. $$-$$$

CHART HOUSE Bask in a million-dollar view of New Pass at the Chart House, where you’ll find fresh seafood, juicy steaks, decadent desserts and a nice selection of wines. 201 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-5593; CHARTHOUSE.COM. $$$

DRY DOCK WATERFRONT GRILL Enjoy casual waterfront dining on the dockside patio or in the recently expanded indoor dining room overlooking Sarasota Bay. You can even arrive by boat. 412 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 3830102; DRYDOCKWATERFRONTGRILL.COM. $$

EUPHEMIA HAYE Located in a historic wooden cottage, Euphemia Haye is one of the area’s most romantic fine dining destinations. Chef Ray Arpke prepares award-winning global and American cuisine. Don’t miss dessert and music in the upstairs Haye Loft. 5540 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-3633; EUPHEMIAHAYE. COM. $$$

HARRY’S CONTINENTAL KITCHENS A Longboat Key institution and a mini gourmet empire, Harry’s offers coastal cuisine in its charming dining room, and also catering services, a corner store and a deli and wine shop. 525 SAINT JUDES DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-0777; HARRYSKITCHEN.COM. $$-$$$

THE LAZY LOBSTER Treat yourself to lobster any way you want it, or check out the myriad other seafood options at this casual neighborhood eatery. 5350 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-0440; LAZYLOBSTEROFLONGBOAT.COM.

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food & wine Featuring a 3-course menu Daily from 4-6 p.m. for $19.95 MAISON BLANCHE Haute cuisine with many a twist from Paris-trained chef Jose Martinez. The stylish interior perfectly reflects the sophisticated menu—think caviar, foie gras and French classics. 2605 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-8088; MAISONBLANCHERESTAURANTS.COM. $$$

Fresh local and imported Mediterranean seafood Large selection of homemade pastas Award winning wine list | Available for private parties Largest patio in downtown

MAR VISTA DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT AND PUB Located in a 100-year-old cottage in picturesque Longboat Village, Mar Vista provides the quintessential Florida experience. Sit outside and enjoy a magnificent view of Sarasota Bay while indulging in classic seafood dishes served fresh daily. 760 BROADWAY ST., LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 3832391; MARVISTA-RESTAURANT.COM.

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PATTIGEORGE’S serves up a bounty of fresh seafood, including the best miso-glazed Chilean sea bass around, along with beautiful Sarasota Bay views in its charming dining room. 4120 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, LONGBOAT KEY, (941) 383-5111; PATTIGEORGES.COM. $$$

NORTH SARASOTA

APOLLONIA MEDITERRANEAN GRILL This handsome addition to the University Parkway dining scene presents a modern twist on Greek dishes. Think light and flaky spanakopita and creative ahi tuna and watermelon salad. 8235

941-365-1020

23 N. Lemon Ave., Downtown Sarasota

www.salutesarasota.com

COOPER CREEK BLVD., SARASOTA, (941) 359-4816; APOLLONIAGRILL.COM.

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CAPTAIN BRIAN’S Daily selections of Florida’s freshest seafood have earned this favorite a Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award. Highlights include seafood chowder loaded with Gulf shrimp, snow crab and sea scallops. 8421 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 351-4492; CAPTAINBRIANSSEAFOOD.COM.

CARMEL CAFÉ & WINE BAR Modern Mediterranean cuisine with a relaxed Florida vibe. Bring your friends and share a mezze platter or one of several inventive flatbreads. 8433 COOPER CREEK BLVD., SARASOTA, (941) 893-5955; CARMEL-KITCHEN. COM. $-$$

CURRENTS RESTAURANT AT THE HYATT REGENCY Sarasota Enjoy waterfront views, bright décor and a lively bar scene at this chic hotel restaurant. 1000 BOULEVARD OF THE ARTS, SARASOTA, (941) 953-1234; SARASOTA.HYATT.COM.

$$ DA RU MA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Da Ru Ma has expertly trained Teppan-style chefs preparing Japanese classics at your table, a sushi lounge and a friendly cocktail lounge. 5459 FRUITVILLE ROAD, SARASOTA, (941) 342-6600; DARUMASARASOTA.COM.

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HALF SHELL SEAFOOD HOUSE Enjoy charbroiled oysters, fried green tomatoes, crab cakes, po’ boys, gumbo and much more at this bright, jazzy eatery. 5231 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY, SARASOTA, (941) 952-9400; HALFSHELLSEAFOODHOUSE.COM.

KUMO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE Known for its creative sushi rolls and extensive variety of appetizers and entreés, from tempura to

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teriyaki, Kumo Japanese Steakhouse offers up fresh food in both a traditional and hibachi-style setting. 5231 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY, SARASOTA (941) 355-5866; ALSO IN VENICE AND NORTH PORT; KUMOJAPANESESTEAKHOUSE.COM. $-$$

LEE ROY SELMON’S Founded by NFL Hall of Famer and famed Tampa Bay Buccaneer the late Lee Roy Selmon, this sports-themed restaurant is the perfect place to cheer on your favorite team over plates of pulled pork, meatloaf and flatbreads. 8253 COOPER CREEK BLVD., SARASOTA, (941) 3603287; LEEROYSELMONS.COM.

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MUSE Artful dining at lunch and dinner overlooking the beautiful grounds of the Ringling Museum. The former Treviso restaurant has been reimagined by the same family that owns Libby’s Café and Bar and Louies Modern. Museum admission is not required to dine here. 5401 BAY SHORE ROAD, SARASOTA, (941) 360-7390; MUSESARASOTA.COM.

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TOASTED MANGO CAFÉ This popular breakfast and lunch spot serves eggs, waffles, pancakes and breakfast wraps, as well as hearty sandwiches and salads. Open seven days a week. 430 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 388-7728; and now also on Siesta Key; TOASTEDMANGOCAFE.COM. $

YUMMY HOUSE Yummy House is a big draw thanks to its authentic Chinese food—salt and pepper calamari, shrimp and scallops in XO sauce and Hong Kong roasted duck. Delicious and varied dim sum is a highlight of lunch. 3232 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 351-1688; YUMMYHOUSEFLORIDA.COM. $-$$

THE MALL AT UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER The grand new Mall at University Town Center opened last year with myriad dining options new to the region, including Brio Tuscan Grille, Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Cheesecake Factory and the elegant Sophie’s in Saks Fifth Avenue. TOWN CENTER PARKWAY, SARASOTA, (941) 552-7000; THEMALLATUNIVERSITYTOWNCENTER.COM. $-$$$

THE CAPITAL GRILLE Enjoy hand-cut, dry aged steaks and exceptional seafood entrées accompanied by more than 350 world-class wines. 180 UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 256-3647; THECAPITALGRILLE.COM.

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SEASONS 52 Seasonally inspired ingredients at their peak of freshness combine with rustic cooking techniques to bring you light, sophisticated fare. Nothing on the menu is more than 475 calories. 170 UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER DRIVE, SARASOTA; SEASONS52.COM.

SOUTH SARASOTA

ANDREA’S Serving made-from-scratch pasta and perfectly prepared meats and seafood, all reflecting chef Andrea Bozzolo’s hometown of Piedmont, Italy. 2085 SIESTA DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 951-9200; ANDREASRESTAURANTSRQ.COM. $$$

BAKER & WIFE A comfortable American bistrogastro pub with a likable full bar that’s garnered a loyal following since opening last spring. 2157 SIESTA DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 960-1765; BAKERWIFE. COM. $-$$

BANGKOK A haven for all things Thai, and also Burmese, Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian and Vietnamese selections. 4791 SWIFT ROAD,

BEACHFRONT STEAKHOUSE WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL SEAFOOD BACKGROUND Featuring the Josper Oven, using all natural mesquite charcoal & heating up to • 850 to sear & seal in the juices, giving you the most flavorful steak in town!

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CAFÉ BACI With a culinary history that started in Rome, the Mei family serves authentic pasta, chicken and veal dishes in a warm, welcoming atmosphere. 4001 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 921-4848; CAFEBACISARASOTA.COM. $$$

CHIANTI Authentic Italian food served in a warm atmosphere, with calamari steak, veal saltimbocca and linguine and clam sauce among the highlights. 3900 CLARK ROAD, SARASOTA, (941) 952-3186; CHIANTISARASOTA.COM. $$-$$$

an exploration of the senses

CHUTNEY’S An Indian and Middle Eastern culinary adventure is yours at this intimate family-run eatery. Try the chicken masala, peanut chicken and Tandoori chicken tikka. 1944 HILLVIEW ST., SARASOTA, (941) 954-4444; CHUTNEYSETC.COM.

COSIMO’S Brick-oven pizzas, salads and homemade signature pasta dishes are the mainstays at this longtime Italian eatery. 5501 PALMER CROSSING CIRCLE, SARASOTA, (941) 9227999; COSIMOS.NET.

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FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE & WINE BAR Classic steakhouse fare, inventive small plates, an award-winning wine list and one of the best happy hours in town. 2001 SIESTA DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 358-9463; FLEMINGSSTEAKHOUSE.COM.

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GECKO’S GRILL & PUB American pub food with a gourmet twist. Enjoy nightly chef’s specials and full bar, plus our Ultimate Happy Hour all day. Six locations, including 1900 HILLVIEW ST., SARASOTA, (941) 953-2929; 351 N. CATTLEMEN ROAD, SARASOTA, (941) 378-0077; AND 5585 PALMER CROSSING CIRCLE, SARASOTA, (941) 923-6061. GECKOSGRILL.COM. $-$$

HILLVIEW GRILL This casual dining restaurant in the heart of Southside Village serves seafood, burgers, sandwiches and small plates. Full bar; patio dining. 1920 HILLVIEW ST., SARASOTA, (941) 952-0045; HILLVIEWGRILL.COM. $$

JIM’S SMALL BATCH BAKERY Made-from-scratch artisan breads, pastries and desserts—sourdough bread, almond croissants and sticky toffee pudding to name a few. Sandwiches, soups and quiches available for lunch, too. 2336 GULF GATE DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 922-2253.

J-PAN Serving sushi standards, original rolls and creative fusion dishes, this local favorite is renowned for its artistic presentations and friendly neighborhood hospitality. 3800 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 954-5726; JPANRESTAURANT.COM. $$

LIBBY’S CAFÉ + BAR Libby’s Café + Bar’s menu is

1345 Main St. Sarasota 941.362.4427 www.selvagrill.com

always evolving, focusing on inventive new flavors and the freshest local, seasonal ingredients. Stop in for cocktails and bar bites at happy hour in the new Lbar. 1917 S. OSPREY AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 487-7300; LIBBYSCAFEBAR.COM

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MADFISH GRILL Located just west of I-75, this casual seafood restaurant offers a hint of the Caribbean in its brunch, lunch, early bird and dinner menus. 4059 CATTLEMEN ROAD, SARASOTA, (941) 377-3474; MADFISHGRILL.COM. $-$$

MATTISON’S FORTY-ONE Chef Paul Mattison’s award-winning menu includes fresh seafood, aged

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15 South

Ristorante Enoteca

beef, duck, tapas, creative cocktails and first-rate wines and brews. 7275 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 921-3400; MATTISONS.COM.

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MI PUEBLO EL RESTAURANTE MEXICANO & CANTINA This family-run restaurant offers specialties that reflect the cuisine of Northern Mexico. 4436 BEE RIDGE ROAD, SARASOTA, (941) 3599303 AND OTHER LOCATIONS. MIPUEBLOMEXICAN. COM. $-$$

MICHAEL’S ON EAST Sarasota’s only AAA Four-Diamond Award restaurant, this fine dining destination boasts American-Continental cuisine, an adventurous wine list and a comfortable, clubby piano lounge. 1212 EAST AVE. S., SARASOTA, (941) 366-0007; BESTFOOD.COM.

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St. Armands Circle’s most charming dining room and hottest spot for live music. Enjoy an extensive menu of Italian specialties and fine wines. Indoor and outdoor seating offered, with piano at the wine bar downstairs and live music at the martini bar upstairs. Open 7 days a week.

15 S. Blvd of the Presidents | St. Armands | 941.388.1555 www.15SouthRistorante.com

MOREL American-Continental fine dining presented by award-winning chef Fredy Mayer, who trained in some of the world’s best-known kitchens. Open Wednesdays-Saturdays. 3809 S. TUTTLE AVE., SARASOTA, (941) 927-8716; MORELRESTAURANT.COM. $$$

PACIFIC RIM Creative Japanese Thai fusion cuisine and a stellar sushi bar keep crowds flocking to this popular Southside Village restaurant. 1859 HILLVIEW ST., SARASOTA, (941) 330-8071; PACIFICRIMSARASOTA.COM. $$

PHILLIPPI CREEK OYSTER BAR Come by land or sea to this casual waterfront eatery and enjoy fresh seafood, burgers and sandwiches. The fish tacos are a delight. 5353 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 925-4444; CREEKSEAFOOD.COM.

ROESSLER’S RESTAURANT Set on a picturesque lake surrounded by gardens, this family-owned restaurant offers classic dishes like Colorado lamb rack and bouillabaisse. Its award-winning wine list received Wine Spectator’s “Best of” Award of Excellence. 2033 VAMO WAY, SARASOTA, (941) 9665688; ROESSLERSRESTAURANT.COM.

Voted “Best Thai” By readers of Sarasota Magazine and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Sarasota’s most popular Thai restaurant for more than a decade. Fresh, expertly prepared Thai specialties.

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www.bangkoksarasota.com

ROY’S Hawaiian fusion cuisine from James Beard-winning chef Roy Yamaguchi. Start your meal with the famous Hawaiian martini, and then continue on to any of the seafood, hand-cut meat or sushi selections. Boasts an excellent wine list, too. 2001 SIESTA DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 952-0109; ROYSRESTAURANT.COM.

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RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE This renowned restaurant offers steaks seared to perfection and sizzling when they hit your table, as well as seafood, lamb chops, chicken and seasonal vegetables. 6700 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 924-9442; RUTHSCHRIS.COM. $$$

THE TABLE CREEKSIDE This sleek, chic restaurant with big picture windows overlooking Phillippi Creek presents imaginative global cuisine. Don’t miss the infused vodkas and craft cocktails. 5365 TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 921-9465; TABLESRQ.COM. $$-$$$

TASTE OF ASIA This family-run restaurant has vegan, gluten-free and vegetarian menus, but

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922-0703 | 4791 Swift Road | (1.5 miles east of U.S. 41 at Proctor Road)

BLU MANGROVE

Palmetto & Bradenton’s Premier Waterfront Dining

Open Daily Lunch · Dinner · Special Events Happy Hour · LIVE Music Exotic Seafood · Raw Bar · Sushi Hand Selected Steaks UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

Riviera Dunes Marina 102 Riviera Dunes Way Palmetto, FL 34221 Exquisite Cuisine & Exceptional Service

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carnivores will be pleased with its lamb, beef and pork specialties, too. Great Laotian beers to sample. 4413 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 923-2742; TASTEOFASIASRQ.COM.

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TOOJAY’S This New York-style delicatessen, restaurant and bakery offers comfort foods, heart-healthy choices and delicious desserts— think blintzes, potato pancakes, meatloaf and vegetarian offerings. 3501 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, (941) 362-3692; TOOJAYS.COM.

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VEG This Gulf Gate vegetarian and seafood eatery presents seasonal, creative, colorful dishes for lunch and dinner, with extensive raw and glutenfree menus, too. 2164 GULF GATE DRIVE, SARASOTA, (941) 312-6424; VEGSRQ.COM. $-$$

YODER’S Famous for its homemade pies (more than two dozen flavors like Dutch apple crumb and chocolate peanut butter), Yoder’s also offers comfort food like Mom’s meatloaf, chicken and dumplings, and country fried steak. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 3434 BAHIA VISTA ST., SARASOTA, (941) 955-7771; YODERSRESTAURANT.COM.

VENICE/NOKOMIS/OSPREY

BLU ISLAND BISTRO The Culinary Institute of America-trained chef at work here gives a gourmet twist to omelets and other breakfast fare, plus specialty burgers and daily lunch specials. Open Friday and Saturday nights for dinner, too. 625 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, VENICE, (941) 485-8200; BLUISLANDBISTRO.COM. $-$$$

BURGUNDY SQUARE CAFÉ Fresh and delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Try the special Two for Twenty menu: two salads, two entrées and two desserts for $20. 227 W. MIAMI

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BUSHIDO SUSHI Fine Japanese dining on the Island of Venice presented by Ho, Venice’s own premier sushi chef. 125 W. VENICE AVE., VENICE, (941) 485-1757; BUSHIDISUSHI.COM.

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CASEY KEY FISH HOUSE This Casey Key landmark offers diners an Old Florida waterfront atmosphere and seafood-centric fare, plus a lively tiki bar. You can even arrive by boat. 801 BLACKBURN POINT ROAD, CASEY KEY, (941) 966-1901.

CASSARIANO ITALIAN EATERY The owners of this popular restaurant hail from Northern Italy and share a passion for contemporary Italian cuisine. Their new banquet room is perfect for parties, meetings or any special occasion. 313 W. VENICE

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Open Till 2am

1200 Old Stickney Point Rd.

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CROW’S NEST Venice’s waterfront landmark since 1976, the Crow’s Nest offers casual fine dining in a beautiful marina setting. Its extensive collection of more than 1,000 wines received Wine Spectator’s “Best of” Award of Excellence. 1986 TARPON CENTER DRIVE, VENICE, (941) 484-9551; CROWSNEST-VENICE. COM. $$-$$$

MADE IN ITALY A favorite with locals and tourists alike for its pizza by the yard that comes fresh from the wood-burning oven. 117 W. VENICE AVE., VENICE, (941) 488-8282; MADEINITALY-VENICE.COM.

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SALTWATER CAFÉ With more than 300 items on its extensive menu, Saltwater Café offers patrons

• SMALL BATCH BREADS • AUTHENTIC CROISSANTS & DANISH

seafood, pizza, steaks and much, much more.

• SIMPLE LIGHT LUNCHES ON ARTISAN BREAD, FABULOUS QUICHE & HOMEMADE SOUPS

1071 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, NOKOMIS, (941) 488-3775; SALTWATERCAFE.COM. $$

SHARKY’S ON THE PIER A Venice landmark set smack dab on the beach at the city pier, Sharky’s serves casual dishes like spiced shrimp nachos and crab cake sandwiches. Or try the new, upscale Fins at Sharky’s, right next door. 1600 HARBOR DRIVE S.,

• PASTRIES AND DESSERTS, FROM PERFECT CARROT CAKE TO FRENCH MACARONS AND SO MUCH MORE

VENICE, (941) 488-1456; SHARKYSONTHEPIER.COM.

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BRADENTON

ANNA MARIA OYSTER BAR The oyster selection will wow you, but the menu also offers succulent seafood selections, pasta skillets, inventive salads and even chicken and steak. 6906 14TH ST. W., BRADENTON, (941) 758-7800; 6696 CORTEZ ROAD W., (941) 792-0077, and another location; OYSTERBAR. NET.

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REAL SCRATCH BAKING Located in Gulf Gate Village

2336 Gulf Gate Drive - SaraSota 941.922.2253

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BLU MANGROVE GRILL Casually elegant waterfront dining with panoramic views. This palate-pleasing restaurant offers a focus on fresh seafood, including sushi bar and raw bar. Daily happy hour and live music. 102 RIVIERA DUNES WAY, PALMETTO, (941) 479-7827; BLUMANGROVE.COM.

$$-$$$ DEREK’S RUSTIC COASTAL CUISINE Devotees of Chef Derek Barnes’ late Sarasota restaurant have followed him to Bradenton, where he’s created a casual restaurant with an emphasis on fresh seafood. 5516 MANATEE AVE. W., BRADENTON, (941) 794-1100; DEREKS-BRADENTON.COM.

PIER 22 A beautiful view of the Manatee River is yours at this casually elegant restaurant/ballroom near the Bradenton Riverwalk. Dine in the newly renovated indoor dining room, or on the Waterfront Terrace. 1200 FIRST AVE. W., BRADENTON, (941) 7488087; PIER22DINING.COM.

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THE RIVERHOUSE REEF AND GRILL Palmetto’s waterfront destination prides itself on fresh seafood sautéed, grilled or blackened, with your choice of toppings like tropical salsa or lemon dill aioli. 995 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, PALMETTO, (941) 7290616; RIVERHOUSEREEFANDGRILL.COM.

SOMA CREEK SIDE Chef David Shiplett’s eclectic,

VOTED “BEST JAPANESE" AND “BEST SUSHI.”

foodie-destination restaurant located on the first floor of the downtown Bradenton Financial Center. 1401 MANATEE AVE. W., BRADENTON, (941) 567-4001; SOMACREEKSIDE.COM. $$

TARPON POINTE GRILL Set smack-dab on the Manatee River, this casual waterfront eatery boasts island energy, thanks in part to its popular tiki bar. The menu spans wings and burgers to seafood entrées like crab-stuffed flounder. 801 RIVERSIDE DRIVE E., BRADENTON, (941) 746-8700; TARPONPOINTEGRILL.COM.

YACHTSEA GRILLE Offering simply prepared, creative food in a sophisticated riverfront atmosphere. Lunch and dinner menus offer a variety of seafood, salad, soup and meat options. 101 RIVERFRONT BLVD., BRADENTON, (941) 896-9660 YACHTSEAGRILLE.COM. $$-$$$

CORTEZ

STAR FISH COMPANY MARKET AND RESTAURANT The fresh grouper sandwich here

Specializing in authentic Thai and Japanese cuisine Sushi, tempura, woks, grilled entrees – and an extensive martini bar to complete your dining experience.

1859 Hillview Street, Sarasota

(941) 330-8071 www.PacificRimSarasota.com (Southside Village between Osprey Avenue and U.S. 41)

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Conversations at The Crocker

can’t be beat, but you’ll also love the fried shrimp, conch fritters, chowder and other fresh seafood served dockside. Travel + Leisure named it one of America’s top seafood restaurants. 12306 46TH AVE. W., CORTEZ, (941) 794-1243; STARFISHCOMPANY. COM. $

Conversations at The Crocker is a special series of programs, now in its fourth year, organized by the Historical Society of Sarasota County and designed to illuminate how past events and people helped shape Sarasota County. Conversations are free to all Historical Society members and students. Guests, $10, payable at the door. Conversations take place in the historic Crocker Memorial Church (1901) at 1260 12th Street (Pioneer Park). Conversations start at 7 p.m. Chairs of Conversations are Marsha Fottler and Lynn Harding. For more information, contact Linda Garcia, Site Manager, 364-9076.

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→ Tuesday, October 13: Myakka, More Than The River. Jono Miller, John McCarthy,

BEACH BISTRO A fine dining destination set

Chris Oliver and Paula Benshoff. Also, 14 minute film “Moods of Miakka”.

→ Tuesday, November, 10: Sarasota Treasures Lost & Preserved. Jeff LaHurd. → Tuesday, January 12: A Fantastic Flock, The History of Birds & Birding on the Gulf Coast.

fresh fish sandwich and a cold beer at a picnic table overlooking Sarasota Bay—it doesn’t get much better, whether you’re a tourist or a local. 12507 CORTEZ ROAD, CORTEZ, (941) 567-6206; FACEBOOK.COM/TIDETABLES.

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ANNA MARIA ISLAND

right on the Gulf of Mexico, this intimate, awardwinning restaurant is known for showstoppers like Bistro Bouillabaisse and Death by Foie Gras. 6600 GULF DRIVE, HOLMES BEACH, (941) 778-6444; BEACHBISTRO.COM. $$$

BEACHHOUSE RESTAURANT Panoramic Gulf

→ Tuesday, February 9: The Great Developers Past & Present. Harold Bubil. → Tuesday, March 8: Fascinating Florida. Janet Snyder Matthews and Marion Almay. → Tuesday, April 12: Historical Perspectives Through Local Museums.

views, grouper sandwiches and a bustling bar scene. Choose the newly renovated dining room, or the spacious outdoor beachfront patio. 200 GULF DRIVE, BRADENTON BEACH, (941) 779-2222; BEACHHOUSE.GROUPERSANDWICH.COM. $$

BRIDGE STREET BISTRO Enjoy spectacular Gulf

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views while dining al fresco on the third-floor terrace. 111 GULF DRIVE S., BRADENTON BEACH, (941) 782-1122; BRIDGESTREETBISTROONLINE.COM.

GULF DRIVE CAFÉ & KOKONUT HUT Set directly

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on the sugar-white sands of the Gulf of Mexico, this tropical family-friendly eatery has been a Bradenton Beach institution since 1981. 900 GULF DRIVE N. BRADENTON BEACH, (941) 778-1919; GULFDRIVETIKI.COM.

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THE SANDBAR Flip-flops and bathing suits are

Commercial and residential

welcome on the Gulf-front outdoor deck; the inside dining room offers more formal service. The menu offers unfussy Florida fare with an emphasis on fresh seafood. 100 SPRING AVE., ANNA MARIA, (941) 778-0444; SANDBAR. GROUPERSANDWICH.COM. $$

THE WATERFRONT RESTAURANT Exquisite views of Tampa Bay, inspired wine and beer selection and a menu with emphasis on fresh, natural flavors. 111 S. BAY BLVD., ANNA MARIA, (941) 778-1515; THEWATERFRONTRESTAURANT.NET.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH

MACALLISTERS GRILL & TAVERN This golfthemed restaurant serves casual American cuisine with a Scottish twist, plus 60 malt whiskies and traditional Scottish beers on draught. 8110

PLANT PARENTS of Sarasota, Inc.

www.plantparents.com (941) 377-3070

LAKEWOOD MAIN STREET, LAKEWOOD RANCH, (941) 359-2424; MACALLISTERS.COM. $-$$

PINCHERS CRAB SHACK This outpost of the small Bonita Springs-based chain offers fresh seafood in a fun atmosphere. 10707 RODEO DRIVE, LAKEWOOD RANCH, (941) 922-1515; PINCHERSUSA. COM/LAKEWOOD-RANCH-SARASOTA.PHP. $-$$

POLO GRILL AND BAR Casual American cuisine with global soul, a hopping lounge area, and live entertainment. 10670 BOARDWALK LOOP, LAKEWOOD RANCH, (941) 782-0899; POLOGRILLANDBAR.COM.

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The Umbrella House, Lido Shores | ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN PIRMAN |

BUILT IN 1953 IN LIDO SHORES, PAUL RUDOLPH’S ICONIC UMBRELLA HOUSE was designed with a lattice-like wooden structure

cently restored the umbrella, using aluminum instead of wood for greater

(the “umbrella”) that covered the roof and pool; but by the 1970s,

originally intended. “The shadows the umbrella casts reflect the precision

decay and storms had destroyed it. The current owners of the home re-

of Rudolph’s timeless design,” he says.

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strength. Artist John Pirman says it’s exciting to see the house as it was