2011 / 2012 Arts & Culture Guide

The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

2011| 2012

arts

culture

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Published by SCENE Magazine

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munity, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Sarasota, a true cultural paradise. This is one of the most beautiful communities in the country with magnificent beaches and a wealth of ecological assets. However, Sarasota’s greatest treasure, and the thing that sets us apart from all of the other beautiful cities in Florida, is our abundance of world renowned arts and cultural institutions. There are few other areas of the country that can match the quality and quantity of artistic offerings that are available here. From North Port and Englewood to Venice and Sarasota we are blessed with wonderful community performing arts halls, galleries, museums, botanical gardens and universities. We have our own opera house, ballet, symphony orchestra, multiple theatres and circus.

We hope this guide will help you find and enjoy the collective energy of Sarasota’s arts and cultural community.

If you need additional information, please contact our staff at the Arts and Cultural Alliance. We will be happy to help you in every way possible. Our contact information is 941.365.5118 ext 304 / www.sarasotaarts.org.

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A THRILLING MIX FOR EVERYONE The 2011-2012 Season of Arts & Culture

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GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! rom Puccini to Eliza Doolittle, from Dolly Parton to Brahms, from A Chorus Line to Balanchine, mark your picks in the performing arts section of the essential

arts and culture guide of our community, proudly published

by SCENE Magazine. Love art, film, or always wanted to take an art class? Check out the visual arts section as well as the festivals and fairs section. If discovery and cultural heritage thrill you, explore the History, Science & Education and Arts Communities & Organization sections. You can get magically lost in the diversity and vitality of our culture scene – a thrilling mix with lots to do for everyone young and old – every day, every weekend, every time.

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PERFORMING ARTS Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota

Rafael Padron, Guitar April 25, 2012

www.artistseriescon-

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Chauncey Packer, Kenneth Nichols, Bob Constantino

certs.org

May 6 & 8, 2012

Sirena Huang, Violin

Marina Lomazov, piano

October 2 — 4, 2011

May 20 & 22, 2012

I’ve Got Rhythm: Mickey & Judy’s Hollywood

Kurt Weill, Ensemble

1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Ste. 300, Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.1188

October 21 — 23, 2011

June 3 & 5, 2012

October 30 &

Asolo Repertory Theatre

November 1, 2011

5555 North Tamiami Trail

Di Wu, Piano

Sarasota, FL 34243

November 13 — 15, 2011

941.351.8000

Liszt Festival

www.AsoloRep.org

December 4 — 6, 2011

Mainstage

Together This Christmas

My Fair Lady

December 16 — 18, 2011

November 18 —

Trio con Brio

December 23, 2011

Jessica Matheas

January 8 & 10, 2012

Once in a Lifetime

Susana Diaz, soprano

January 6 — April 1, 2012

January 11, 2012

God of Carnage

Lee Roy Beams, Broadway singer

January 13 — February 29, 2012

January 22 & 24, 2012

Yentl

Chad Hoopes, Violin

January 20 — April 26, 2012

February 12 &14, 2012

Fallen Angels

Michael Baron, piano

March 9 — May 13, 2012

February 15, 2012

Hamlet, Prince of Cuba

Gail Nelson, Singer

March 23 — May 6, 2012

March 4 & 6, 2012

Add — on Shows

Joseph Holt and Lee Dougherty Ross

Red March 30 — April 22, 2012

Martina Filjack, Piano

Tommy Tune Presents: State of the Art Song and Dance

March 18 & 20, 2012

May 25 — June 17, 2012

Conrad Tao, Piano

Summer Musical - TBD

April 1 & 3, 2012

June 22 — July 15, 2012

Hope Koehler, Soprano

FSU/Asolo Conservatory

April 15 & 17, 2012

for Actor Training

March 14, 2012

Lobby Hero

Circus Sarasota Winter Performances featuring Bello!

January 3 — 22, 2012

February 10 – 26, 2012

The Brothers Karamazov November 1 — 20, 2011

February 21 — March

Cirque des Voix (with Key Chorale)

11, 2012

Palladium Theater

Cloud Nine

March 24 & March 25, 2012

The Robbers

April 3 — 22, 2012

Laughter Unlimited Fundraising Luncheon

Banyan Theater Company

May 8, 2012

5555 N. Tamiami Trail

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota

Sarasota, FL 34243

941.957.0404

941.351.2808

www.DiversitySarasota.org

www.BanyanTheater-

Holley Hall

Company.com

709 N. Tamiami Trail

The Director’s Art Symposium

Sarasota, FL 34236

Jane B. Cook Theatre

February 7, 2012

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Holidays

Banyan Becoming

December 3, 2011

11th Season Opening

From Revolution to Evolution

June 28, 2012

May 19, 2012

Carreño Dance Festival

Exsultate! Chamber Chorale

www.carrenodance-

101 West Venice

festival.com

Ave., Ste 31 — 5

Holiday Spectacular — Nutcracker

Venice, FL 34285

December 21, 2011

Methodist Church

TBA

Grace United 941.484.8491

Circus Sarasota

www.Exsultate.org

Sarasota, FL 34237

Sounds of the Season: Cathedral Bells to Sleigh Bells from Around the World

941.355.9805

December 4, 2011

1500 Stringfield Avenue Tuttle Avenue & 12th Street

www.CircusSarasota.org

Cirque des Voix (with Key Chorale)

Sounds from Witty to Wondrous February 19, 2012

Circus Sarasota Gala Fundraiser

Sounds of Glory: Italian Baroque to the Present Day

January 27, 2012

April 15, 2012

January 13 – 15, 2012

Florida Studio Theatre

Alex Dilan & Katherine Alexandra

1241 North Palm Avenue

October 8, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34236

The Marriage-Go-Round

941.366.9000

November 2 – 5, 2011

www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org

Sarasota Concert Band

Fuzión Dance Artists

November 19, 2011

Holiday Harmonies – Barbershop

941.345.5755

December 4, 2011

www.FuzionDance.com

Micahel Lasser & Friends Celebrate Jerry Herman

Ongoing Classes:

Beginner – Intermediate Modern Dance

January 28, 2011

Every Monday

January 29, 2011

Intermediate – Advance Modern Dance

Tamburitzans

Every Wednesday

Bel Canto

SRQ Hot List Culinarium

March 18, 2011

October 1, 2011

Jazz Juvenocracy

Garten Fest 2011

April 13, 14, 27 & 28, 2011

October 9, 2011

Sarasota Concert Band

March 1, 2011

Art Slam

Gloria Musicae

October 15, 2011

941.925.3183

Community in Motion

www.GloriaMusicae.com

October 18, 2011 November 9, 2011

Sarasota Liszt Festival: Presented by the Artist Series of Sarasota

Metamorphosis

December 5, 2011

December 10 & 11, 2011

Wondrous Sounds

D2L – Dance 2 Live

December 20, 2011

February 18, 2012

Gershwin by George!

6th Season Concert

March 11, 2012

March 16 – 18, 2012

Mystical Sounds

Ritmo Calenté

April 2, 2012

April 13 & 14 & April

A Trio of Choral Ensembles

27 & 28, 2012

May 6, 2012

Voices of Fuzión

Sounds of Freedom

May or June, 2012

July 4, 2012

Glenridge Performing Arts Center

Golden Apple Dinner Theatre

7333 Scotland Way

25 N. Pineapple Avenue

Sarasota, FL 34238

Sarasota, Florida 34236

888.999.GLEN (4536)

941.366.5454

www.TheGlenridge.com

www.TheGoldenApple.com

Free Open Rehearsal

October 11 – 23, 2011

Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band

Mr. Broadway

www.JacobitesBand.com

Disenchanted

November 5 & 6, 2011 November 12, 2011

Jazz Club of Sarasota

Cheerful Little Earful

941.316.9207 / 366.1552

November 15 – 27, 2011

www.jazzclubsarasota.com

The Inter-SEX-tion

“Jazz at Two” Series

Let’s Hang On!

December 1 – 4, 2011

Unitarian Universal-

Roberta Macdonald: Songs, Stories and Mr. Chatterbox

ist Church, Sarasota

December 6 – 8, 2011

October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2011

The Joy of Jazz: Free Sunday Concerts

Amahl and the Night Visitors & A Christmas Variety Show

Centennial Park/Down-

December 13 – 22, 2011

February 19, March

Liberace’s Christmas Special

11, April 22, 2012

December 19, 2011

town Venice November 13, 2011;

Swingin’ Under the Stars Holiday Concert December 9, 2011

Guitar Sarasota www.GuitarSarasota.org

2012 Sarasota Jazz Festival

Classes and events

The Players Theatre

throughout the year.

March 4 — 10, 2012

Bluegrass Jam Every Thursday night

Key Chorale

Bee Ridge Park –Pavilion

941.921.4845 www.KeyChorale.org

Hungarian American Cultural Association

“Music in Bloom”: A Festival sARTee Event October 23, 2011

(THE KOSSUTH CLUB)

Gala Fall Luncheon

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November 7, 2011

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Benjamin Britten’s “Saint Nicholas”

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November 12, 2011

Liszt Bicenten-

Cirque des Voix

nial Concerts:

January 13 — 15, 2012

Un Hommage a Liszt October 27, 2011 &

Karl Jenkins’ “Requiem” in Concert

November 6, 2011

February 26, 2012

From Liszt to Ligeti

Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary Celebration

December 2, 2011

March 10, 2012

Cirque des Voix (with Circus Sarasota)

Jerry’s Girls

March 24 — 25, 2012

vember 13, 2011

Concerts with the Jacobites Pipe Band

White Christmas

April 14 & 15, 2012

Happy Days

La Musica: International

October 27 – No-

December 1 – 23, 2011 January 12 – 29, 2012

EVITA February 23 – March

Chamber Music Festival

11, 2012

941.366.8450 ext. 3

Ring of Fire

www.LaMusicaFestival.org

March 29 – April 15, 2012

Sonata a Due

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

December 5, 2011

International Chamber Music Festival: Something’s in the Air

May 3 — 21, 2012

Sarasota Opera House

McCurdyʼs Comedy Theatre

April 5, 9, 12, 15,

3333 North Tamiami Trail

& 18, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34234

Lemon Bay Playhouse

941.925.FUNY (3869) www.McCurdysComedy.com

96 West Dearborn Street

Keith Alberstadt

Englewood, FL 34223

September 15 — 18, 2011

941.474.4000

Family night

www.LemonBay-

September 19, 2011

Playhouse.com

Walt Willey

Absurd Person Singular

September 21, 2011

October 26 — No-

Valerie Storm

vember 13, 2011

September 22 — 25, 2011

Post Mortem

Flip Shultz

January4 — 29, 2012

October 1 & 2, 2011

Barefoot in the Park

Tom Simmons

February 29 — March

October 6, 2011

25, 2012

Mike McCarthy

The Glass Menagerie

October 20 – 23, 2011

May 2 — 20, 2012

Steel Magnolias June 27 — July 15, 2012

Manatee Players

Moving Ethos Dance Company 2254 Silver Maple Court Sarasota, FL 34234

102 Old Main Street

941.312.1693

Bradenton, FL 34205

www.MovingEthos.com

941.748.5875

For performance loca-

www.ManateePlayers.com

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OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving

September 16 & 17; Oc-

941.351.1007

tober 9 & 16; October 21;

www.OperaForAnimals.org

December 3 & 20, 2011

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February 11 & 12; April 27 & 28, 2012

New Music New College

January 15, 2012

Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast 941.955.4942 www.PerlmanMusicPro-

New College of Florida

gramSuncoast.org

Caples Fine Arts Complex 5800 Bayshore Road

Sarasota Winter Residency

Sarasota, FL 34243

USF Sarasota — Manatee

941.487.4888

December 24, 2011

www.NewMusic-

— January 6, 2012

NewCollege.org

Celebration Concert with Itzhak Perlman

Margaret Eginton & Stephen Miles: New Experimental Works November 11 & 12, 2011

Sarasota Opera House January 7, 2012

Public Workshop

Free Education Outreach Programs:

November 13, 2011

October 16, 2011; January

Chorus Fall Recital

24, 2012; May 3, 2012

November 15, 2011

Fall Dance Tutorial

The Players Theatre

December 3 & 4, 2011

838 N. Tamiami Trail

Kathleen Supové, piano January 21, 2012

Crossroads 4: The Meeting of the Minds Festival

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.2494 www.ThePlayers.org

Kiss Me Kate Sep. 15 – 25, 2011

Pepsico Arcade

Seussical

March 2 & 3, 2012

Oct. 20 – 30, 2011

Michael Gordon’s Timber, Performed by Mantra Percussion April 21, 2012

The Composers Concert (FREE) April 29, 2012

It’s A Wonderful Life Dec. 1 – 11, 2011

Dear World Jan. 12 – 22, 2012

A Chorus Line Feb. 16 – 26, 2012

Noises Off Mar. 22 – Apr. 1, 2012

The Full Monty

FSU Center for the

Apr. 26 – May 6, 2012

Performing Arts

Sailor Circus

January 27 — 29, 2012

941.361.6350

A Knight of the British Ballet: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales and Foyer de Danse

www.SailorCircus.org

FSU Center for the

Haunted House

Performing Arts

Oct. 20 – 31, 2011

February 24 — 26, 2012

PAL Half Marathon at Palmer Ranch

“My Way” – Twyla Tharp

November 27, 2011

April 13 — 14, 2012

Holiday Spectacular Show

Theatre of Dreams

December 27 – 30, 2011

Performing Arts

63rd Anniversary Spring Show

April 27 — 29, 2012

March 28 – 31 &

Sarasota Choral Society

2075 Bahia Vista Street Sarasota, FL 34239

April 4 – 7, 2012

Sarasota Ballet

Sarasota Opera House

FSU Center for the

www.SarasotaChoralSociety.org

Sarasota, FL 34243

Old Fashioned Sing - A - Long

941.359.0099

Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church

www.SarasotaBallet.org

September 18, 2011

Sarasota Ballet Premiere Peter Darrell’s Othello

Handel’s Messiah

5555 N. Tamiami Trail

December 3, 2011

FSU Center for the Performing Arts October 28 — 30, 2011

The Two Pigeons and George Balanchine’s Diamonds

Sarasota Chorus of the Keys www.ChorusoftheKeys.org

Spring Show: Riverview Perform-

Van Wezel Perform-

ing Arts Hall

ing Arts Hall

February 25, 2012

November 18, 2011

From the Park to the Prairies: Les Patineurs and Rodeo

Sarasota Concert Association

Sarasota Opera House

ing Arts Hall

December 9 — 10, 2011

777 North Tamiami Trail

Made in America: Balanchine Donizetti Variations and a World Premiere

Sarasota, FL 34236

Van Wezel Perform-

941.955.0040 www.SarasotaConcertAssociation.org

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman

Sarasota Music Archive

January 9, 2012

1331 First Street

Thomas Hampson, baritone January 30, 2012

Kirill Gerstein, piano February 16, 2012

Minnesota Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vanska and Midori March 7, 2012

Northwest German Philharmonic with Eugene Tzigane and Amit Peled March 18, 2012

Sarasota Folk Club www.SaraFolk.org

Selby Public Library Sarasota, FL 34236 941.861.1168 www.SarasotaMusicArchive.org

Harmony Music & Entertainment November 13, 2011

An Afternoon of Chamber Music December 11, 2011; March 11 & June 9 or 10, 2012

A Little Light Music January 8, 2012

Voice Recital February 12, 2012

Gypsy Wind

Sarasota Youth in Concert

September 26, 2011

April 15, 2012

Walter Craft October 31, 2011

Patchouli November 28, 2011

Holiday of Song December 19, 2011

Sarasota Jazz Ensemble

Jazz “Juvenocracy�

May 13, 2012

Sarasota Opera 61 North Pineapple Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.8450 www.SarasotaOpera.org

www.SarasotaJaz-

Fall Season Fundraiser: Curtain Raiser

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October 23, 2011

John Miller, principal Bass & Anthony Mongillo keyboard November 20, 2011

Sarasota Jewish Chorale

Madama Butterfly October 28 & 30; November 2, 5, 9 & 15, 2011

Opening Night Gala: Ritz Carlton February 11, 2012

Carmen February 11, 14,19, 22 & 24,

941.492.6944

March 4, 8, 11, 16,

www.SarasotaJew-

20 & 24, 2012

ishChorale.org

Lucia di Lammermoor

Performance sched-

February 18, 21, 23 & 26,

ule available online.

March 2, 7, 9, 17 & 23, 2012

Otello

Great Escapes

March 3, 6, 11, 14,

Movie Heroes

17, 22 & 25, 2012

October 12 — 15, 2011

Vanessa

Holiday Parade

March 10, 13, 15, 18,

December 7 — 10, 2011

21, 21 & 24, 2012

Eternally Tango

Salute the Star Fundraiser

January 11 — 14, 2012

March 23, 2012

Embraceable You

Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala & Concert

February 8 — 11, 2012

March 25, 2012

March 14 — 17, 2012

Sarasota Orchestra

On Broadway L Bamba May 2 — 5, 2012

709 N. Tamiami Trail

Chamber Soirees

Sarasota, FL 34236

European Passport

941.953.3434

September 22, 2011

www.SarasotaOrchestra.org

Now & Then

Masterworks

November 3, 2011

Bjaland & Brahms

Happy Birthday Ludwig

December 2 — 4, 2011

December 15, 2011

Llewellyn & Levin

Night Music

January 6 — 8, 2012

January 19, 2012

St. Clair & Hanslip

A Classical Event

January 27 — 29, 2012

February 2, 2012

Bjaland & Weiss

Ravishing Strings

February 16 — 19, 2012

March 1, 2012

Outwater & Gomyo

Fantaisie

March 9 — 11, 2012

March 19, 2012

Chen & Ehnes March 29 — April 1, 2012 Pops

Wicked Divas

Sarasota Pops Orchestra www.SarasotaPops.org

January 21, 2012

Dave Bennett’s Clarinet Swing Kings

SOULSPEAK/ SOULMOVES

February 4, 2012

www.Soulspeak.org

Tribute to the Boston Pops

Workshop & event informa-

April 14, 2012

tion available online.

Journeys to Genius

Solving Elgar’s Enigma October 8 — 9, 2011

Shostakovich: Truth or Consequences April 28, 2012

State College of Florida 5840 26th Street Bradenton, FL 34207 941.752.5000 www.scf.edu

Fall Festival of Music October 4, 2011

SCF Orchestra with Lakewood Ranch High School Orchestra November 15, 2011

Jazz Ambassador’s Big Band at Payne Park December 11, 2011; January 29, February 26, March 25 & April 22, 2012

Women in Power

Theatre Odyssey

November 18 — 22

www.TheatreOdyssey.org

& 25 — 26, 2011

Ten Minute Play Festival

Holiday Concert

West Coast Black The-

December 6, 2011

atre Troupe Theater

The Marlins

April 6 — 8, 2012

February 12, 2012

Jack Jones

USA Dance

March 4, 2012

The Ballroom of Sarasota

Spring Fling Concert Series

5660 Swift Road

April 26, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34231

Suncoast Chorale

941.320.4055 www.DanceWhite-

888.326.8403

Sands.com

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Halloween Spooktacular

Christmas Memories

October 25, 2011

November 27 & De-

President’s Holiday Ball

cember 2, 2011

December 13, 2011

A Blend of POPS A German Requiem

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

April 20 and 22, 2012

777 N. Tamiami Trail

February 24 and 26, 2012

Suncoast Concert Band

941.953.3368 www.VanWezel.org

1413 Cedar Bay Lane

Henson Alternative’s Stuffed & Unstrung

Sarasota, FL 34231

October 5, 2011

941.907.0935

K.D. Lang and The Siss Boom Bang with special guest Teddy Thompson

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Concert Season at Payne Park

October 9, 2011

November 6 & 20; De-

October 14, 2011

cember 4 & 18, 2011

Dolly Parton LIVE

January 8; February 5 & 19;

October 16, 2011

March 4, April 1 & 29, 2012

In the Heights

Special Concerts at Church of the Palms

November 27, 2011

January 22, March 18

December 7, 2011

& April 15, 2012

Celtic Thunder Heritage

A Swingin’ Christmas

Shrek

chaos continues...

December 14 & 15, 2011

March 19, 2012

Straight No Chaser

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein

December 22, 2011

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker

March 22 & 23, 2012

December 28, 2011

March 29, 2012

Salute to Vienna January 1, 2012

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Rock of Ages

April 3 & 4 2012

January 3 & 4 2012

Burn the Floor

Step Afrika!

April 19, 2012

January 12, 2012

Joffrey Ballet

January 17, 2012

Venetian Harmony Chorus

The Cleveland Orchestra

1812 San Trovaso Way

January 23, 2012

Venice, FL 34285

Damn Yankees

941.480.1480

January 25, 2012

www.VenetianHarmony.org

Robert Dubac’s The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?

Musical Benefit for United Church of Christ

January 27, 2012

November 20, 2011

Joshua Bell

Annual Show at Church of the Nazarene

Blast

February 2, 2012

Forever Tango with Cheryl Burke

February 11, 2012

February 9, 2012

Annual show at Murdock Baptist Church

Cats

February 12, 2012

February 10 & 11, 2012

Alvin Ailey February 21, 2012

The Venice Symphony

Moscow Festival Ballet Swan Lake

Church of the Nazarene

February 28, 2012

Venice, FL 34285

Steps in Time starring Tommy Tune

941.488.1010

1535 E. Venice Ave.

www.TheVenice-

March 14, 2012

Symphony.org

5 Browns

Holiday Concert

March 15, 2012

December 16 — 17, 2011

Neil Berg’s 104 Years of Broadway

Concert I Pops: “Music & Magic”

March 17, 2012

January 12 — 14, 2011

Steve Solomon’s My Mother’s Italian My Father’s Jewish I’m still in Therapy! The

Concert II Classical February 3 — 4, 2012

Concert III Classical March 2 — 4, 2012

FREE Outdoor Pops Concert

The Diamonds

March 17, 2012

Concert IV Classical

The Legends of Doo Wop

March 23 — 24, 2012

February 3 & 4, 2012

Spring Pops Concert

The Sounds of Harry James and the Andrews Sisters

April 20 — 21, 2012

Venice Theatre

January 22 & 23, 2012

February 6, 2012

140 West Tampa Avenue

Altar Boyz

Venice, FL 34285

February 3 - March 4, 2012

941.488.1115

The Music Man

www.VeniceStage.com

February 14 - March

Spring Awakening

11, 2012

October 6 – 23, 2011

The Capitol Steps

Big River

February 19 & 20, 2012

November 1 – 27, 2011

The Kingston Trio

Radio Gals

February 26 & 27, 2012

November 4 – 27, 2011

Let’s Hang On

The Baby Boomer Comedy Show

March 4 & 5, 2012

November 20 & 21, 2011

A Tribute to the Blues Brothers

The Title of Show

March 11 & 12, 2012

December 2 - 18, 2011

The Silver Foxes 20th Annual Follies

The Four Aces with Juliene Purefoy

March 14 – 18, 2012

December 3 & 4, 2011

Avenue Q

Jake Johannsen

March 15 – April 15, 2012

December 9 & 10, 2011

Stand By Your Van

A Christmas Carol

April 3 - 22, 2012

December 16 - 18, 2011

The Miser

Multi-Cultural Holiday Extravaganza

April 19 - May 6, 2012

December 19, 2011

May 8 - 20, 2012

Sister’s Christmas Catechism

The Phantom Tollbooth

December 20 & 22, 2011

The Loveland Follies

New Odyssey

May 31 – June 3, 2012

December 30 & 31, 2011

Driving Miss Daisy

May 17 – 27, 2012

Smokey Joe’s Cafe

The Virtuoso Performing Arts Theatre

January 10 - 29, 2012

5249 Creekside Trail

Back Home Again, a Tribute to John Denver

Sarasota, FL 34243

January 15 & 16, 2012

www.vpaoso.com

Almost, Maine January 5 - 22, 2012

941 — 345 — 7032

Christmas Shoes

“SAMMY” Tonight!

Sarasota First Church

March 7– April 1, 2012

of the Nazarene

BLACKBIRD

December 9 & 10,

April 18 — May 13, 2012

15 - 17, 2011

Baby February 23 — 26, 2012

God of Carnage May 17 — 20, 2012

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe

West Coast Civic Ballet 1370 — D Blvd of the Arts Sarasota, FL 34236 941.400.6277 www.WestCoastCivicBallet.org

Sarasota, FL 34236

WCCB Holiday Performance Audition

941.366.1505

September 24, 2011

www.WBTTroupe.org

WCCB Holiday Performance

1646 10th Way

Love, Sung in the Key of Aretha

December 16 & 17, 2011

A Raisin in the Sun

WCCB Ten Year Anniversary Celebration Performance

January 25 — Feb-

May 2012

ruary 19, 2012

Outreach Performances

December 14, 2011 — January 16, 2012

Throughout the year

visualize museums & visual arts

MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League

ADM Award Winners Exhibits

5312 Holmes Boulevard

December 6, 2011

Holmes Beach, FL 34217

– January 13, 2012

941.778.2099

Annual ArtFul Holidays Event

www.IslandArtLeague.org

Here & New: The 2011 Faculty Exhibit

December 8 – December 10, 2011

October 14 – No-

Artists’ Market Kickoff

vember 4, 2011

December 8, 2011

Island Visions

Blossoms II Exhibition

November 11 – 25, 2011

January 18 – Febru-

Logical Infusion

ary 29, 2012

December 2, 2011 – January 6, 2012

18th Annual James Pay Members Exhibit

75th Anniversary Members Tribute January 7, 2012

January 13 – February 3, 2012

Introduction to Blossoms Floral

Life’s Passageways

January 19, 2012

Student Exhibit

Sarasota Bonsai Society Workshop

March 2 – April 6, 2012

February 10, 2012

18th Annual Manatee High Exhibit April 13 – 27, 2012

Cooperative Extension Lecture Herb Gardening

Creative Color

February 4, 2012

February 10 – 24, 2012

May 4 – May 25, 2012

Art Center Manatee

Cooperative Extension Lecture Cooking w/Herbs February 4, 2012

209 9th Street West

Succulent Society Lecture - Xeriscape Gardens

Bradenton, FL 34205

February 4, 2012

941.746.2862 www.ArtCenterManatee.org

Marie Poulin Food Demonstration

Sartee Event

Date TBD

October 22, 2011

All Media Open Exhibit: “Imagine That” November 1 – December 2, 2011

Europa Cake Decorating Demonstration Date TBD

Casual Nights - A Blast In The Galleries II

Casual Nights - A Blast In The Galleries

February 11, 2012

November 12, 2011

February 4, 2012

Blossoms Jewelry Workshop

Blossoms Pottery Workshop

Material World

February 4, 2012

November 3 – De-

Joanna Coke Flower Powder Graphite Demo

cember 31, 2011

February 18, 2012

January 12 – March

Linda Lucas Silk painting Demo

10, 2012

February 25, 2012

March 15 – April 21, 2012

Joseph Palotas VW Flower Power

North Sarasota County Schools Exhibitions

February 25, 2012

April 24 – May 12, 2012

Amara Cocilovo Lecture on Art in Poland

From the Mind to the Tip of the Finger

Date TBD

May 24 – July 21, 2012

Pottery Sale

Deep See

February 24 & 25, 2012

August 2 – Septem-

Member & Student Show

ber 29, 2012

March 6 – April 6, 2012

Used But Useful Sale March 9 & 10, 2012

World-Wind

Members Only Exhibition

Artistsʼ Guild of Anna Maria Island

Twelfth Annual Lakewood Ranch Fine Art Festival

5414 Marina Drive

March 17 & 18, 2012

941.778.6694

Jazzy Ladies Fashion Show

www.AMIArtists-

Holmes Beach, FL 34217

GuildGallery.com

Winter/Early Spring 2012

Plein Air Painters

All Media Open Exhibit: “Light and Drama”

Monthly sessions. Schedule available online.

April 10 – April 27, 2012

Guild Meetings

Open Juried All Media: “Retrospective Color”

November 7, 2011,

May 1 – June 1, 2012

March 5 & April 2, 2012

All Media Open Exhibit: “Inspired Visions”

Charles Hlawatsch, watercolor

June 5 – July 6, 2012

November 11, 2011

Kids Art Summer Camp

Gallery Walk

August TBD

November 11, 2011

Art Center Sarasota

January 9, February 6,

artsHOP Weekend November 11 – 13, 2011

941.365.2032

Holmes Beach Shopping Center Party, Jose Flores, photography & Janne Ackerman, jewelry

www.ArtSarasota.org

December 2, 2011

The Other Persona

3rd Annual Exhibit at Florida

707 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236

Through October 22, 2011

Maritime Museum

ranger Gallery

January 6 – 28, 2012

September 12 – Oc-

Artists Reception: Kathy Sparks

tober 14, 2011

January 13, 2012

tember 17, 2011, 2 – 4pm

Mark Polamchek Watercolor Workshop

Homage to Mark Lombardi

February 3 & 4, 2012

September 12 – Oc-

Artist Reception: Diane Remington

tober 12, 2011

February 10, 2012

tember 17, 2011, 2 – 4 pm

Artist Reception: Ginny Eitman

Memory Lane

March 2, 2012

vember 18, 2011

Artist Reception: Kathleen Masur

Opening reception: October

April 13, 2012

Jean Blackburn

2012 Art Island Style

October 17 – No-

April 18, 2012

vember 16, 2011

artsHOP Gallery Walk

Opening reception: October

November 9, 2012

22, 2011, 2 — 4 pm

Holmes Beach Holiday Open House

Florida’s Best

December 7, 2012

cember 15, 2011

Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit

Opening reception: Sep-

Opening reception: Sep-

October 17 –No-

22, 2011, 2 – 4 pm

November 21 – DeOpening reception: December 3, 2011, 2 — 4 pm

Kathy Wright November 21 – De-

P.O. Box 2121

cember 14, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34230

Opening reception: Decem-

941.928.0567

ber 3, 2011, 2 — 4 pm

www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org

SPRING 2012 Festival of (Water) Color

Exhibit in Island Park

January 9 – Janu-

April 1 – May 28, 2012

ary 26, 2012

Englewood Art Center

Opening reception: January 14, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

A Division of Ringling Col-

Michael Wyshock & Robert Farber

lege of Art and Design

January 9 – Janu-

350 South McCall Road

ary 25, 2012

Englewood, FL 34223

Opening reception: Janu-

941.474.5548

ary 14, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

www.EAC.Ringling.edu

Light & Reflection Photography

Anything Goes — Lo-

Judged by Floridian pho-

tography Clyde Butcher.

www.FineArtsSarasota.com

January 30 – March 2, 2012

Art & Backstage Tours

Opening reception: Febru-

First Tuesday of each

ary 18, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

month, October – May

RCAD Student Photography Show

Celebrate the Arts Reception

January 30 – Febru-

January 16, 2012

ary 29, 2012 Opening reception: Febru-

Creators & Collectors Tour

ary 18, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

March 9 & 10, 2012

Figure & Form

10, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Rebecca Allen

5401 Bay Shore Road

March 5 –March 28, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34243

Opening reception: March

941.359.5700

10, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

www.Ringling.org

Englewood Camera Club

Art After 5

April 2 – April 20, 2012

Every Thursday evening

Opening reception: April

throughout the year

7, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

Ringling International Arts Festival

March 5 – March 30, 2012 Opening reception: March

Bright Futures: RCAD student show

October 11 – 16, 2011

April 30 – May 30, 2012

Exhibitions

Opening reception: May 12, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

20th Century Abstract Art from the Ringling Collection

Plein Air

Ongoing

A festival celebrating painting outdoors.

Crosscurrents of Design: Asian Export Ceramics

April 21 – May, 4, 2012

Through October 30, 2011

Opening reception: April

The Art of Jade

21, 2012, 7 — 9 pm

Through October 30, 2011

16th Annual Area Youth Exhibition

Zimoun

May 7 – May 17, 2012

Artists of Advertising

Opening reception: May

Through January 16, 2012

12, 2012, 2 — 4 pm May 21 – June 29, 2012

The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithographing Company

Opening reception: June

Through January 29, 2012

9, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

Deco Japan: Shaping Modern Culture, 1920 — 1945

Down to the Sea

Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 941.330.0681

Through January 8, 2012

July 14 – September 30, 2012

Longboat Key Center for the Arts A Division of Ringling Col-

ing Reception April 12 – May 25, 2012 Special Events

6860 Longboat Drive South

sARTee Opening Reception

Longboat Key, FL 34228

October 6, 2011

lege of Art and Design

941.383.2345

Open House

www.LBKCA.Ringling.edu

December 1, 2011

Exhibitions

Durante Gallery: Petticoat Painters: “Provocative Petticoats”

Taste of the Keys & Fashion Show January 26, 2012

October 6 – Novem-

LBKCA Student Show and BBQ

ber 10, 2011

March 27 – March 28, 2012

Cultural Media Room: Ringling College Alumni: “Fresh Paints”/ Opening Reception

Concerts

October 6 – December 15, 2011

Durante Gallery: Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Juried Show/ Opening Reception November 18 – December 15, 2011

Cultural Media Room: “Horizon Lines” Rebecca Allen, 2011 Hermitage Artist/ Opening Reception

“Torch Songs”, Jazz Vocalists February 14, 2012

“Rat Pack, Re — imagined” Jazz March 13, 2012 Community Arts

Classes, Learning Labs, Lecture Series, Director’s Notes, Open Studio & Open Sketch w/ Figure Model Monthly; visit website for complete listings.

January 5 – Febru-

Manasota Weavers Guild

ary 23, 2012

www.Manaso-

Durante Gallery: Clyde Butcher Photography/ Opening Reception

taWeaversGuild.com

Rugs, Rugs and More Rugs

January 19 – Febru-

October 8, 2011

ary 23, 2012

Durante Gallery & Cultural Media Room: Annual Juried Members Exhibit/ Opening Reception

Creating a Kimono (Mimi Smith) November 12, 2011

Warping with Charlene Schurch and Stash Sale

March 1 – March 29, 2012

January 14, 2012

Durante Gallery & Cultural Media Room: Myakka Artists/Open-

March 10, 2012

Program with Laura Fry

North Port Art Center

Pops on Palm January 6, 2012

5950 Sam Shapos Way

A Taste of Palm Avenue

North Port, FL 34287

February 3, 2012

941.423.6460

Romancing the Arts

www.NorthPortArtCenter.com

March 2, 2012

Children’s Free Art Lessons

April 6, 2012

An Affair to Remember

2nd, 3rd & 4th Satur-

Jazz on the Ave

day of every month

May 4, 2012

Arts Alive

Sunset Serenade

October 15 & Oc-

June 1, 2012

tober 22, 2011

“Cabaret with Kitt Moran” — A Night of Love Songs

Sarasota Season of Sculpture www.SeasonofSculpture.org

February 14, 2012

This bi — annual ex-

Bowls of Hope on the Green

hibit returns to Sarasota’s

March 4, 2012

Bayfront Fall 2011.

“Kaleidoscope”

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

Through November 4, 2011

P.O. Box 2911

“Treasures”

Sarasota, FL 34230 — 2911

November 7, 2011

941.364.2199

— January 7, 2012

www.sarasotaarchitec-

“Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society”

turalfoundation.org

January 16 — Feb-

December 8, 2011

ruary 17, 2012

Schedule available online.

“Ukrainian American Club of SW Florida”

S/ART/Q

February 20 — March

941.400.0598

23, 2012

www.SARTQ.com

Exhibits::

Tour of the Ness House

Schedule of exhibits &

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

events available online.

www.PalmAvenue.org

September 10, 2011

First Friday Gallery Walks

An Evening of Classics October 1, 2011

3rd Annual Print Party Fall Exhibition November 5, 2011

A Prelude to Season

Selby Gallery

November 4, 2011

Ringling College of

36th Annual Holiday Walk

Art and Design

December 2, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34234

2700 North Tamiami Trail

941.359.7563 www.Ringling.edu/SelbyGallery

Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibitions

South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium 201 10th Street West

September 30 – Oc-

Bradenton, FL 34205

tober 26, 2011

941.746.4131

Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations from Children’s Books

www.SouthFlorida-

November 4 – De-

See History, Science & Edu-

cember 9, 2011

cation section for listings.

11th Annual Golf Tournament November 10, 2011

Henk Pander: Sees All, Paints All

Museum.org

State College of Florida 5840 26th Street Bradenton, FL 34207

January 9 – Febru-

941.752.5000

ary 15, 2012

www.scf.edu

Multiple Genius: J.M.W. Turner

Art Exhibits

February 24 – March

tober 19, 2011

28, 2012

October 28 – De-

An Evening at the Avant — Garde

cember 7, 2011

March 24, 2012

ary 15, 2012

Annual Best of Ringling Juried Student Exhibitions

April 13 – May 7, 2012

April 12 — 21, 2012

Annual Ringling College Senior Thesis Exhibitions April 27 — May 4, 2012

Annual Community Exhibition: Florida Artist Group May 11 — June 1, 2012

Carl Abbott, Architect July 6 — August 3, 2012

Curiosities: Rick Valicenti & 21st Century Thirst

September 16 – Oc-

January 13 – Febru-

Annual Holiday Ceramics Show and Sale December 1 — 2, 2011

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota 941.359.1765 www.americantapestryalliance.org

Towles Court Art District 1938 Adams Lane

August 10 – Sep-

Sarasota, FL 34236

tember 12, 2012

www.TowlesCourt.com

Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master www.CrystalSand.org

Sand Sculpting Competition November 10 – 13, 2011

Art Walks Third Friday of every month

Venice Art Center 390 Nokomis Avenue Venice, FL 34285

941.485.7136 www.VeniceArtCenter.com

South County Public School Show

VAC’s Instructors, Staff and Board of Director’s Show

May 9 – 25, 2012

September 16 – Oc-

June 1 – 29, 2012

tober 7, 2011

Three Dimensional Art

85th Anniversary of Venice Summerfest

October 14 – No-

July 13 – August 17, 2012

vember 11, 2011

Collage & Multi — Media Show

December 16 – Janu-

Women Contemporary Artists

ary 13, 2012

8437 Tuttle Ave #320

Portrait and Figure

Sarasota, FL 34243

January 20 – Febru-

941.342.0891

ary 17, 2012

www.WomenContem-

Fine Arts Show

poraryArtists.com

February 25 & 26, 2012

Members’ Fall Juried Show

Wildly Abstract

Photography and Digital Arts April 13 – May 4, 2012

November 1 – December 2, 2011

expand history,

science & education

HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION Adult and Community Education Center

G.WIZ – The Science Museum

4748 Beneva Road

Sarasota, FL 34236

Sarasota, FL 34233

941.309.GWIZ (4949)

941.361.6590

www.GWIZ.org

www.ACE — Sarasota.com

Booseum!

Alliance Francaise de Sarasota

1001 Boulevard of the Arts

October 22, 2011

200 S. Washington

Gulfcoast Cheese Fest – Bleus, Brews & Schmooze

Boulevard, Ste 2

November 10, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34236

Winter Holiday Camps

941.955.0700

November 23 & 25; Decem-

www.AFSarasota.org

ber 19 — 23 & 26 — 30,

Beaujolais Nouveau Festival

2011 & January 2, 2012

November 17, 2011

Big Cat Habitat

Medical Simulation Exhibit Opening March 1, 2012

7101 Palmer Blvd.

Gulfcoast Cheese Fest – La Fête du Fromage

Sarasota, FL 34240

March 30, 2012

941. 371.6377

Gulfcoast Cheese Fest – The Grand Cheese Tasting & The Cheese Ball

www.bigcathabitat.org

Crowley Museum & Nature Center

April 28, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34240

The Hermitage Artist Retreat

941.322.1000

6660 Manasota Key Road

www.CMNCfl.org

Englewood, FL

Southwest Florida Heritage Festival

941.475.2098

February 11, 2012

istRetreat.org

Guided Nature Walks and Group Tours

I Am Not a Photographer with photographer Robert Blake

16405 Myakka Road

Offered throughout the year

Guitar Sarasota

www.HermitageArt-

November 3, 2011

The Artful Lobster

www.GuitarSarasota.org

November 19, 2011

Classes and events of-

Musical Treasure & Trash

fered year round.

December 8, 2011

A Hermitage Salon with artists in residence

Osprey, FL 34229

January 19, 2012

www.HistoricSpan-

Hermitage Artist Retreat Series at Historic Asolo Theater

ishPoint.org

February, 2, 2012

November 5, 2011

Conversation with Playwright Arthur Kopit

Heritage Holidays

February 16, 2012

— January 1, 2012

Beach Reading, Open Studios, Open House

Annual Luncheon

941.966.5214

Mai Tai – No Tie Fundraiser

November 20, 2011

February 8, 2012

February 25, 2012

Greenfield Prize Celebration

Longboat Key Education Center

March 29 — April 1, 2012

5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Historical Society of Sarasota County 1260 12th Street

Longboat Key, FL 34228 941.383.8811 www.LBKEducationCenter.org

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.364.9076 www.HSOSC.com

LeBarge Historical Cruise

Manasota Weavers Guild www.Manaso-

November 6, 2011 &

taWeaversGuild.com

March 11, 2012

See Museums & Vi-

Historical Trolley Tour

sual Arts section for

November 12, 2011,

complete listings.

January 21, 2012, February 18, 2012, March 10 & 31, 2012

Pioneer Day in the Park

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 811 South Palm Avenue

November 12, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34236

Restoration 101

941.366.5731

January 14, 2012

www.Selby.org

Historic Burns Square

Fall Music Series October 9,16, 23, 30, 2011

Members’ Day

Pineapple Avenue be-

November 12, 2011

tween Ringling Avenue

Wine, Dine and Pine

and Mound Street

November 30, 2011

www.BurnsSquare.com

Ceremonial Tree Lighting

Historic Spanish Point 337 North Tamiami Trail

December 8, 2011

Lights in Bloom December 16 – 23, 26 & 27, 2011

Plant & Garden Festival

Pinstripes and Penguins

February 25 & 26, 2012

November 18, 2011

Rainforest Mask Exhibit March 9 – April 20, 2012

Santa Jaws and Penguin Elf

Asian Cultural Festival

November 26, Decem-

March 17 & 18, 2012

ber 3, 10 & 17, 2011

31st Annual Orchid Ball March 31, 2012

Mote’s Advisory Council Golf Tournament

Garden Music Series

January 27, 2012

April 8,15, 22, & 29 & May 6 & 13, 2012

Nautical Night at the Salvage Yard

Mother’s Day Brunch

March 15, 2012

May 13, 2012

Tropical 4th of July

Mote’s 26th Annual Run for the Turtles

July 4, 2012

April 7, 2012

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

2012 Party on the Pass April 14, 2012

World Oceans Day

1600 Ken Thomp-

June 2, 2012

son Parkway Sarasota, FL 34236

Night of Fish, Fun & Fright

941.388.4441

October 19, 2012

www.Mote.org

Annual Oceanic Evening

Behind the Science

October 27, 2012

Tuesdays & Saturdays

Weekends in October

New Topics New College Speaker Series

Volunteer Coffee

Benefiting New Col-

October 12, 2011

lege Foundation

Snook Shindig Teacha-Kid Fishing Clinic

www.ncf.edu

through 2011

Sharktoberfest

October 15, 2011

Night of Fish, Fun & Fright October 21, 2011

Oceanic Evening: Black, White & Pink All Over

Gary Braasch, Environmental Photojournalist October 20, 2011

Dr. Jill Mellen, Disney Animal Kingdom Education & Science Director November 1, 2011

Penguin Party

The New England Clambake

November 5, 2011

November 9, 2011

City Slickers Cinematic Event

David Kotok, Chairman, Cumberland Advisors

November 8, 2011

November 15, 2011

Siesta Key Crystal Classic

Frank Alcock, New College Director of

October 29, 2011

November 10 – 14, 2011

Environmental Studies December 13, 2011

A Victorian Christmas at the Crosley

Jonathan Smiga ’75, CEO, Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company

December 13 – 24, 2011

January 10, 2012

January 24 – Feb-

Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings

ruary 3, 2012

February 7 – March

February 19, 2012

Hemingway at the Crosley

Dickens Village Birthday Bash

New College Foundation Gala

15th Annual Holidays at the Crosley – Festival of Trees

February 11, 2012

November 30 – De-

Dennis Lockhart, Atlanta Fed CEO

cember 7, 2011

30, 2012

February 14, 2012

Afternoon Teas and Tours at the Crosley

The Politics of Race and American Experimental Music

Tuesdays in Febru-

March 3, 2012

Wednesdays and Thurs-

Anita L. Allen, ‘70, Professor of Law & Philosophy

days in February 2012

March 6, 2012

ary and March, 2012

Danger Dinners

Real Art Experiences

The New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies

941.724.4322

March 8-10, 2012

offered year round.

Dr. Paul Hansma ’64, Biophysicist

Revelle Academy

March 20, 2012

941.379.1915

Pique Nique sur-la-Baie

www.RevelleAcademy.com

April 11, 2012

Dance & performing arts

The Emmanuel Point Ships: Florida’s Earliest Shipwrecks

classes offered year round.

May 16, 2012

Powel Crosley Estate

www.RealArtExperiences.org Student drawing classes

Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 North TamiamiTrail Sarasota, FL 34234

One Seagate Drive

941.309.4728

Sarasota, FL 34243

www.Ringling.edu

www.powelcrosleyestate.com

An Evening at the Avant-Garde

Tales at the Crosley

March 24, 2012

941.722.3244

October 18 – November 2, 2011

Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series

www.SarasotaArchitec-

Benefiting Ringling Col-

Tours & lectures sched-

lege Library Association

uled year round.

941. 925.1343

turalFoundation.org

Laura Bush

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning

January 11, 2012

1001 Boulevard of the Arts

Tina Brown

Sarasota, FL 34236

January 25, 2012

941.365.6404

Roland Fryer

www.SILLSarasota.org

February 1, 2012

Sarasota & Venice Global

General Stanley McChrystal

Lecture & Music Series

rclassociation.org

February 13, 2012

schedule available online.

March 5, 2012

Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Bill O’Reilly

3701 Bay Shore Road

March 21, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34234

Steven Levitt

941.355.5305

The Rosemary District

www.SarasotaJun-

www.TheRose-

Schedule of events

maryDistrict.com

available online.

Founded in 1886, this

gleGardens.com

dining, art, shop-

SOULSPEAK/ SOULMOVES

ping and more.

www.Soulspeak.org

historic district offers

Workshop and event

Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc. PO Box 1754 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.953.8727 www.HistoricSarasota.org

information available online.

South Florida Museum, The Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium

Trolley Tour of J. H. Gillespie’s Sarasota

201 10th Street West

October 29, 2011

941.746.4131

Annual Historic Homes Tour

www.southflorida-

Bradenton, FL 34205

museum.org

March 4 — 22, 2012

think+drink Science Cafés

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

2nd Wednesday

941.364.2199

of each month

Family Nights 1st Saturdays of

Vinology [Uncork Your World]

most months

September 14, 2012

Film Fridays Most Friday Nights

Museum Night: Balinese Dancers

Surface Design Guild Sarasota www.SarasotaSur-

October 1, 2011

faceDesign.com

Incredible India Cultural Celebration

Exhibitions and workshops

October 14, 2011

offered year round.

Snooty’s Gala

The Southern Atelier

November 5, 2011

7226 21st Street East

Chinese New Year Cultural Celebration

Sarasota, FL 34243

January 27, 2012

www.TheSouthernAtelier.org

Pig Roast in the Woods

Exhibitions and workshops

February 19, 2012

offered year round.

Couture in the Courtyard

941.753.7755

Geek Fest: Science Party

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota

March 20, 2012

941.359.1765

March 12, 2012

www.americantapestryalliance.org

engage festivals &

fairs

FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2011 Festival sARTée

Moteʼs Night of Fish, Fun & Fright Mote Marine Labora-

www.sARTee.com

tory & Aquarium

Sarasota and Manatee

1600 Ken Thomp-

Counties come together to

son Parkway

embrace and celebrate

Sarasota, FL 34236

their spectacular arts and

941.388.4441

cultural treasures.

www.Mote.org

October 8 – 23, 2011

October 21, 2011

5th Annual Hungarian Festival

3rd Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival

Hungarian American

www.sarasotapump-

Cultural Association

kinfestival.com

Sarasota Fairgrounds

Sarasota County

See Performing Arts section

Fairgrounds

for performance schedules.

Festival

October 8 & 9, 2011

October 28, 29 & 30, 2011

Ringling International Arts Festival

Parade October 31, 2011

Arts Festival is a six — day

Fright Night: Halloween on St. Armands

cultural celebration of mod-

October 31, 2011

www.ringlingartsfestival.org The Ringling International

ern music, dance, theater, and visuals arts presented

by The John and Mable

NOVEMBER 2011

Ringling Museum of Art with New York’s Baryshnikov Arts Center.

October 11 – 16, 2011

17th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival www.artfestival.com

Avenida de Colores/ Sarasota Chalk Festival www.ChalkFestival.com South Pineapple Avenue/Burns Square November 1 — 7, 2011

Main Street, Downtown Sarasota October 15 — 16, 2011

21st Annual Sarasota Blues Fest Ed Smith Stadium November 5, 2011

24th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest 941.484.6722 West Venice Avenue Downtown Venice www.venicemainstreet.com November 5 & 6, 2011

Siesta Key Crystal Classic www.crystalsand.org

Master Sand Sculpting Competition

Harvest Festival Mixon Fruit Farms www.mixon.com November 19 & 20, 2011

20th Anniversary Ponies under the Palms St. Armands Ford Mustang & Shelby Show November 20, 2011

Heritage Holidays Festival

Siesta Key Beach

Historic Spanish Point

November 10 – 14, 2011

www.HistoricSpanishPoint.org

10th Annual SunCoast Food & Wine Fest

November 20, 2011 – January 1, 2012

www.suncoastfoodan-

Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting

dwinefest.com

www.siestakeyvillage.org

November 12, 2011

November 26, 2011

Sarasota Medieval Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds

15th Annual Holidays at the Crosley Festival of Trees

November 12 & 13;

Powel Crosley Estate

19 & 20, 2011

www.powelcrosl-

Sarasota Polo Grounds 941.870.0002

eyestate.com

23rd Annual St. Armands Art Festival

Tours, Afternoon Teas, Performances, Wine Tastings & Boat Rides

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota

November 30 – De-

www.artfestival.com

cember 7, 2011

November 12 & 13, 2011

Beaujolais Nouveau Festival

DECEMBER 2011

Alliance Francaise

Holiday Night of Lights

de Sarasota

St. Armands Circle – 6 pm

www.AFSarasota.org

December 2, 2011

November 17, 2011

American Craft Show Sarasota

Downtown Sarasota Art in the Park

Sarasota Bradenton Inter-

www.sunsetboulevard-

national Convention Center

promotions.com

www.sarasotacraftshow.com

Five Points Park

December 2, 3 & 4, 2011

January 28 & 29, 2012

9th Annual Siesta Beach Holiday Arts & Craft Show

FEBRUARY 2012

promotions.com

18th Annual Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show

December 3 & 4, 2011

Phillippi Estate

www.sunsetboulevard-

24th Annual Winterfest of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Anna Maria Is-

Park, Sarasota www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com February 4 & 5, 2012

www.IslandArtLeague.org

Ovation Arts Festival

December 10 & 11, 2011

Main Street at Lake-

land Art League

3rd Annual Downtown Sarasota Holiday Arts & Craft Show

wood Ranch www.LakewoodRanch.com February 4, 2012

www.sunsetboulevard-

18th Annual Siesta Key Craft Fair

promotions.com

www.artfestival.com

Five Points Park

Ocean Blvd. & Beach Road

December 17 & 18, 2011

February 4 & 5, 2012

JANUARY 2012

Sarasota Masters Art Festival

Miami Avenue Craft Festival

www.boulderbrook.net Palm Avenue, Historic

Downtown Ven-

Downtown Sarasota

ice Main Street

February 4 & 5, 2012

www.VeniceMainStreet.com January 28 & 29, 2012

3rd Annual Scrub Jay Festival

9th Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival

carscherer.com

www.artfestival.com

February 4, 2012

January 28 & 29, 2012

Oscar Scherer State Park www.friendsofos-

Southwest Florida Heritage Festival Crowley Museum &

www.IslandArtLeague.org March 10 & 11, 2012

www.CMNCfl.org

Sarasota County Agricultural Fair

February 11, 2012

Rides, Entertainment, Crafts,

Nature Center

Horticulture, Science Fair,

Sarasota Opera

Livestock and Auction.

www.SarasotaOpera.org

Sarasota Fairgrounds

2012 Winter Opera Festival

March 16 — 25, 2012

February 11 – March 25, 2012

24th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts www.artfestival.com Main Street, Downtown Sarasota February 18 & 19, 2012

Art at the Ranch Festival Main Street at Lakewood Ranch www.LakewoodRanch.com March 17 & 18, 2012

Asian Cultural Festival Marie Selby Botani-

Plant & Garden Festival

cal Gardens

Marie Selby Botani-

March 17 & 18, 2012

cal Gardens www.Selby.org February 25 & 26, 2012

MARCH 2012

www.Selby.org

10th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival www.artfestival.com Main Street from Lemon Ave

Downtown Venice Art Classic

to Selby Five Points Park

Venice Main Street

March 24 & 25, 2012

www.VeniceMainStreet.com March 3 & 4, 2012

32nd Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival

in Downtown Sarasota

Sarasota Folk Festival Sarasota Folk Club Oscar Scherer State Park

941.366.1552

www.sarafolk.org

www.JazzClubSarasota.com

March 24 & 25, 2012

The Players Theatre March 4 – 10, 2012

24th Annual Springfest Fine Arts & Crafts Anna Maria Island Art League

Sarasota Garden Club Annual Flower Show “A Gem of a Show” www.sarasotagardenclub.org

Submissions plus

Englewood Art Center

Educational Displays

www.EAC.Ringling.edu

March 30 & April 1, 2012

Plein Air Festival & Exhibition

Horticulture & Design

APRIL 2012 YouthArts Fest

April 29 – May 4, 2012

SUMMER 2012

Arts and Cultural Alliance www.sarasotaarts.org

Summerfest at Venice Art Center

Five Points Park

www.VeniceArtCenter.com

April 2, 2011

June – August 2012

La Musica, International Chamber Music Festival

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week

www.LaMusicaFestival.org

and Visitors Bureau

2012 Festival: “Something in the Air”

www.SarasotaFL.org/savor

of Sarasota County

Sarasota Convention

June 1 – 14, 2012

April 2, 9, 12, 15, 18, 2012

Theatre Odysseyʼs “Ten by Ten” Ten — Minute Play Festival

Sarasota Music Festival www.sarasotaorchestra.org June 4 — 23, 2012

Location: West Coast Black www.TheatreOdyssey.org

Miami Avenue Craft Festivals

April 6, 7 & 8, 2012

Venice Main Street

Theatre Troupe Theater

Sarasota Film Festival

www.VeniceMainStreet.com June 16 & 17, 2012; September 1 & 2, 2012

www.SarasotaFilmFestival.com

14th Annual Sarasota Film Festival

Sarasota Improv Festival

April 13 – 22, 2012

Florida Studio Theatre

(subject to change)

www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org

34th Annual Siesta Fiesta

Sarasota International Dance Festival

www.artfestival.com Ocean Boulevard in

Carreño Dance Festival & Summer Residency

Siesta Key Village

www.carrenodancefestival.com

April 14 & 15, 2012

Aug 6 – 24, 2012

Festival of Stars August 25, 2012

connect arts communities & organizations

ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

Hermitage Artist Retreat Series at Historic Asolo Theater

1226 N. Tamiami

February, 2, 2012

Trail, Suite 300 Sarasota, FL 34236

Conversation with Playwright Arthur Kopit

941.365.5118

February 16, 2012

www.SarasotaArts.org

Beach Reading, Open Studios, Open House

13th Annual Awards Ceremony October 24, 2011

Artistsʼ Guild of Anna Maria Island

February 25, 2012

Greenfield Prize Celebration March 29 — April 1, 2012

www.AMIArtists-

Historic Burns Square

GuildGallery.com

Intersection of Orange

See Museums & Visual Arts

& Pineapple Avenues

for complete event listings.

www.BurnsSquare.com

Hermitage Artist Retreat

Main Street at Lakewood Ranch

6660 Manasota Key Road

8100 Lakewood

Englewood, FL

Ranch Boulevard

941.475.2098

Bradenton, FL 34202

www.HermitageArt-

www.LakewoodRanch.

istRetreat.org

com/Mainstreet

I Am Not a Photographer with photographer Robert Blake

Music on Main

November 3, 2011

Ovation Arts Festival

The Artful Lobster

February 4, 2012

November 19, 2011

Art at the Ranch Festival

Musical Treasure & Trash

March 17 & 18, 2012

941.778.6694

December 8, 2011

Free concerts the first Friday of each month.

A Hermitage Salon with artists in residence

Manatee County Cultural Alliance

January 19, 2012

926 12th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.2223 www.ManateeArts.org

The National League of American Pen Women, Sarasota Branch

Walks 6 — 9 pm.

See Museums & Visual Arts for complete event listings.

613 Buttonwood Drive

Realize Bradenton

Longboat Key, FL 34228

P.O.Box 9114

941.387.9381

Bradenton, FL 34206

www.NLAPW-Sarasota.com

941.681.0708

Show & Tell: Writing, Art and Music Showcase of Member’s Work

www.realizebradenton.com

October 12, 2011

Saturdays, October

Doorway To Dreams Celebrating Creative Women

2011 – May, 2012

October 27 – 30, 2011

on Old Main Street

“Creative Breakout” with Bill Buchman, internationally recognized artist and jazz pianist

October 15, 2011

November 9, 2011

Silent Auction of Member’s Work Holiday Gala December 14, 2011

Halide’s Music & Pen Pal Poets with Halide Smith & Restoration on the Ca d’Zan, Opera House & other art projects with Rilla Fleming

Downtown Bradenton Farmer’s Market

artSLAM Downtown Bradenton

Reels at Rossi Free Outdoor Movies Every third Friday, year-round

Downtown Bradenton Courthouse Concerts October 19, 26, November 2, 9 &16, 2011 April & May 2012

The Rosemary District www.TheRosemaryDistrict.com

January 11, 2012

East of US 41 to the north of

John & Mable Ringling’s Legacy: 100 Years in Sarasota Then and Now with Ron McCarty Curator and Keeper of Ca’ d’Zan

Fruitville Road. Central Ave-

February 8, 2012

Awards Luncheon For High School Students in Letters, Arts, & Music March 21, 2012

nue runs through the District

“Rosemary Rising” Quarterly Events

Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau 701 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 1800.800.3906

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

www.SarasotaFL.org

www.PalmAvenue.org

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week

First Friday Gallery

June 1 — 14, 2012

Sarasota Film Festival

Venice Main Street 941.484.6722

332 Cocoanut Avenue

www.venicemain-

Sarasota, FL 34236

street.com

941.364.9514 www.SarasotaFilm-

4th Annual Iron Chef & Bartender (VYC)

Festival.com

October. 2, 2011

14th Annual Sarasota Film Festival

Halloween Parade

April 13 – 22, 2012

24th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest

(subject to change)

Sarasota Film Society

October 21, 2011

November 5 & 6, 2011

Christmas Walk December 1, 2011

www.FilmSociety.org

Miami Avenue Craft Festivals

Burns Court Cinema

January 28 & 29, 2012;

506 Burns Court

June 16 & 17, 2012;

Sarasota, FL 34236

September 1 & 2, 2012

Lakewood Ranch Cinema 10715 Rodeo Drive #8

11th Downtown Venice Art Classic

Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

March. 3 & 4, 2012

Cine — World International Film Festival (Burns Court Cinema)

Eggstravaganza

941.364.8662, ext 2011

November 11 — 20, 2011

Black & Red Gala (Selby Gardens)

April 7, 2012

3rd Annual Chalk Art Festival June 2, 2012 (tentative)

January 28, 2012

Village of the Arts

Annual Academy Awards (Burns Court Cinema)

Bradenton, FL

TBA

www.VillageoftheArts.com

Towles Court Art District

941.747.8056 Schedule of workshops and events available online.

Monthly Art Walks

1938 Adams Lane

Friday evening and

Sarasota, FL 34236

Saturday Day

www.TowlesCourt.com

Festival of the Skeletons

Third Friday Art Walks

November 4 & 5, 2011

6 — 10 pm Every Month

An Old Fashioned Village Christmas

3rd Annual “Small Works” Exhibit

December 2 & 3, 2011

November 18 — De-

Village Garden Tour

cember 10, 2011

April 6 & 7, 2012

The French Flea Market

Village Fashion Show

March 24, 2012

April 14, 2012

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