2017/2018 Arts & Culture Guide

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PERFORMING ARTS Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus & Orchestra

BachFest Sarasota: “Pipe Organ: King of Instruments”

The King of Ragtime Writers: Scott Joplin

PO Box 1213 Holmes Beach, FL 34218 941.795.2370 Amicco.org

November 17, 2017

The Celluloid Guitar – The Katona Twins

Symphony on the Sand

November 17, 2017

November 11, 2017

BachFest Sarasota: “Bach: Mass in B Minor”

The Many Moods of Christmas

BachFest Sarasota: “Bach to the Future with Ji”

February 10 – 11, 2018

February 18, 2018

From Broadway to Hollywood: Pianist Richard Glazier March 17 - 18, 2018

November 18-19, 2017

Broadway Our Way

Piano Arts Award Winner – Aristo Sham

March 25, 2018

Broadway and Beyond February 24 – 25, 2018

December 16-17, 2017

AMICCO Presents Three Tenors

Young Concert Artists International: Bella Hristova, violin, and Amy Yang, piano

December 10, 2017

March 25, 2018

James Bond in Cello Case April 28 - 29, 2018

Showtime!

May 13, 2018

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota

January 21, 2018

Global Jazz & Exotic Chamber Music

Hurray for the Red, White & Blue: Capital Brass Quintet and Bob McDonald

1226 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.306.1200 ArtistSeriesConcerts.org Performances at various venues.

February 2, 2018

May 19 - 20, 2018

Classical Recitals

Literature in Music with the Calidore String Quartet

Global Jazz & Exotic Chamber Music February 25, 2018

Young Concert Artists International: Narek Arutyunian, clarinet, and Steven Beck, piano March 4, 2018

Lunch, Look & Listen Sarasota: Michael’s On East Concert at 11:00 a.m.

Lunch at 12:15 p.m.

BachFest Sarasota: “The Illegitimate Bach” November 15, 2017

Corda Voce

October 28 – 30, 2017

Pops & Special Performances

”The Illegitimate Bach”

Piano Grand II

Ring Them Bells

November 15, 2017

October 7, 2017

March 1, 2018

BachFest Sarasota: “Intimate, Instrumental Bach”

Cool Yule: June Garber’s Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald

Principally Brahms

November 16, 2017

Pablo Ziegler Quartet for New Tango

December 16 – 17, 2017

January 28, 2018

January 25, 2018

March 22, 2018

Lunch, Look & Listen Venice: Plantation Golf and Country Club Concert at 11:00 a.m.

Lunch at 12:15 p.m.

Dueling Pianos

Main Stage

Belle Canto

Evita

8148 36th Street East Sarasota, FL 34243 941.400.2152 BelleCanto.org See website for listings.

November 14 - December 30, 2017

Shakespeare in Love

February 6, 2018

January 10 – March 28, 2018

Heavenly Duets

The Morning After Grace

March 13, 2018

January 17 – March 4, 2018

Soiree Series Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. and Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

Rhinoceros

March 14 – April 15, 2018

PO Box 52987 Sarasota, FL 34232 941.387.6046 ChoralArtistsSarasota.org

Aristo Sham, Young Piano Arts Award Winner

Gloria

Bach: B Minor Mass

April 4 - 29, 2018

November 18 - 19, 2017

December 5 – 6, 2017

Ragtime

Too Hot to Handel

From Cuba to Broadway: Sandra Lopez and Paul Posnak

May 1 – 27, 2018

December 10, 2017

Jungle Book

Carmina Burana in Motion

June 6 - 24, 2018

February 3 – 4, 2018

February 7 - April 14, 2018

Roe

April 1 – 2, 2018 Special Events

BBC’s Great Composers: Bach (BachFest Sarasota) November 16, 2017

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training

Choral Artists of Sarasota (Formerly Gloria Musicae)

Brahms: A German Requiem April 15, 2018

Touring Schools & Community Venues

Showtime!!

Through November 20, 2017

Patriotic Showcase

May 13, 2018 July 4, 2018

Artist Series Concerts National Competition for Strings

Oedipus October 31 – November 19, 2017

The Circus Arts Conservatory

April 7, 2018

The MotherF***er with the Hat The Rehearsal

2075 Bahia Vista Street Sarasota, FL 34239 941.355.9805 CircusArts.org

February 20 – March 11, 2018

Circus Sarasota 2018 Winter Performances

Much Ado About Nothing

February 9 – March 4, 2018

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens April 17 – May 6, 2018

Cirque des Voix®: Circus of the Voices Performances

Suncoast Music Scholarships April 21, 2018

Asolo Repertory Theatre 5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243 941.351.8000 AsoloRep.org

January 2 – 21, 2018

Celticfest: The First Brass Five, Jacobites & Irish Dancers

Blue Suede Shoes

Sailor Circus Spring Performances TBA, Spring 2018

March 11 & 18, 2018

Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota

National Tartan Day: The Jacobites & Riverview High School Kiltie Highland Dancers

March 23 – 25, 2018

941.915.9128 DiversitySarasota.org See website for season updates.

Glenridge Performing Arts Center

Holiday Concert

April 8, 2018

Memorial Day: The First Brass, The Jacobites, RHS Highland Dancers & Sharon Scott May 26 - 27, 2018

December 9 & 10, 2017

20th Anniversary Concert

Florida Studio Theatre

May 5 & 6, 2018

1241 North Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.9000 FloridaStudioTheatre.org See website for additional performances.

The First Brass of Sarasota 4565 Northlake Drive Sarasota, FL 34232 941.350.0271 TheFirstBrass.org See website for locations.

Mainstage

Once

Oktoberfest: The First Brass Five & the Oompah Trio

November 8 - December 31, 2017

October 29, 2017

December 14, 2017 – March 4, 2018

Christmas: The First Brass Large Ensemble December 3, 9 & 10, 2017

Christmas in the Wind: I Solisti de Oneco Woodwind Quintet

Heisenberg

Native Gardens

February 10, 2018

Mardi Gras: The First Brass Five & Sharon Scott February 11, 2018

February 11 – June 10, 2018 Children’s Theatre Series

Robin Hood October 7 - 21, 2017

Deck the Halls: ’Tis The Season November 25 – December 24, 2017

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe February 3 – 24, 2018

The Boy Who Liked Pulling Hair April 14 – 28, 2018

Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center 525 Kumquat Court Sarasota, FL 34236 941.545.5635 Fogartyville.org See website for a full list of performances.

January 26 – March 25, 2018

Sarah Mac Band

Honor Killing

The Woodwork

April 6 – May 25, 2018

October 20, 2017

October 14, 2017

Charles Wesley Godwin

December 17, 2017

Horns-a-Plenty Ensemble

December 1, 2017 – April 1, 2018

Cabaret

October 26, 2017

Mack The Knife: The Bobby Darin Songbook

Driftwood

October 6, 2017 – February 4, 2018

Dan Bern

October 27, 2017 November 1, 2017

David Olney

Ben Lougheed

November 10, 2017

November 13, 2017

Yarn

Lady and the Bard

November 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

Jon Stickley Trio

Federico Musgrove

November 18, 2017

January 8, 2018

Jazz Trio featuring Greg Abate

Berioli – Johnson Duo

December 10, 2017

Community Showcase

An Evening in Mayberry with Rodney Dillard

March 12, 2018

January 5, 2018

February 12, 2018

Stetson University Guitar Ensemble

Jazz Quartet featuring Fred Johnson

April 9, 2018

January 13, 2018

International Concert Series Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota 3975 Fruitville Road Sarasota, FL 34232

Glenridge Performing Arts Center 7333 Scotland Way Sarasota, FL 34238 941.552.5325 TheGlenridge.com

Xavier Jara

Jacobite Pipe Band 7120 Myakka Valley Trail Sarasota, FL 34241 941.350.0271 TheFirstBrass.org See website for locations.

Celticfest: The First Brass Five, Jacobites & Irish Dancers March 11 & 18, 2018

National Tartan Day: The Jacobites & Riverview High School Kiltie Highland Dancers April 8, 2018

Memorial Day: The First Brass, The Jacobites, RHS Highland Dancers & Sharon Scott May 26 - 27, 2018

January 13, 2018

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota - Holiday concert

Jason Vieaux

Jazz Club of Sarasota

February 10, 2018

December 9 & 10, 2017

March 24, 2018

Remembering to Rejoicing - Sarasota Jewish Chorale

Meng Su

330 S. Pineapple Avenue, Suite 111 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.1552 JazzClubSarasota.com See website for locations.

March 25, 2018

The Island Players

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota - 20th Anniversary concert

10009 Gulf Drive Anna Maria, FL 34216 941.778.5755 TheIslandPlayers.org

May 5 & 6, 2018

Kupinski Guitar Duo

April 7, 2018

Oktoberfest Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl October 18, 2017

Jazz at Two Jazz Jam with Al Hixon Trio

The Game’s Afoot

October 20, 2017

Guitar Sarasota

November 9 – 19, 2017

Billy Marcus Trio

941.260.3306 GuitarSarasota.org

Beyond A Joke

October 27, 2017

January 11 – 28, 2018

Eddie Tobin and Friends

The Curious Savage

November 3, 2017

March 8 – 25, 2018

Jazz on the Water Cruise

An Inspector Calls

November 5, 2017

May 3 – 13, 2018

Valerie Gillespie Ensemble

Mini-Concert & Lecture Series St. Paul Lutheran Church 2256 Bahia Vista Street Sarasota, FL 34239

November 10, 2017

David Pruyn Quartet

Key Chorale

Lemon Bay Playhouse

November 17, 2017

November 24, 2017

PO Box 20613 Sarasota, FL 34276 941.921.4845 KeyChorale.org

96 West Dearborn Street Englewood, FL 34223 941.475.6756 LemonBayPlayhouse.com

Greg Abate

Sarasota Choral Festival

Later Life

December 8, 2017

October 3, 6 & 7, 2017

SJP

October 18 – November 5, 2017

December 15, 2017

Choral Festival Concert: Mystical & Divine

Synia Carroll

October 7, 2017

December 22, 2017

Scholarship Kids

Chamber Singers Concert: American Roots

December 29, 2017

October 22, 2017

Skip Conkling Dixie Kitt Moran

Holiday Concert: Christmas with Dale Warland

January 19, 2018

November 26, 2017

Mark Feinman La Lucha January 26, 2018

Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy

Mary Rademacher Reed

February 17, 2018

Crimes of the Heart

February 2, 2018

Al Hixon

Chamber Singers Concert: French Impressions

January 17 – February 11, 2018

February 9, 2018

May 5, 2018

Tom Ellison February 16, 2018

Cirque des Voix®: The Music of Danny Elfman

No Cryin’ In Your Beer Old-time Country Music

by John Tuff & Friends

Lorri Hafer

March 23 – 25, 2018

February 24, 2018

Bill Buchman: “Art of Jazz”

January 5, 2018

February 23, 2018

Peggy Lee Tribute

by Mindy Simmons November 18, 2017

Over the River and Through the Woods November 29 – December 17, 2017

Sh Boom! Those Fabulous 50’s

by Marcy Downey January 6, 2018

Flemming

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival

March 7 – April 1, 2018

April 14, 2018

April 6, 2018

PO Box 5442 Sarasota, FL 34277 941.366.8450 x7 LaMusicaFestival.org

Mark Moultrup

Sonata a Due

June 6 – 24, 2018

April 13, 2018

December 5, 2017

Tony Boffa March 2, 2018

Jerry Eckert March 16, 2018

Patricia Dean March 23, 2018

Dave Morgan

Les Paul and Mary Ford Tribute By Tom & Sandy Doyle The Tin Woman April 25 – May 13, 2018

Sylvia

Opera House Concert Sarasota Opera House

Manatee Community Concert Band

April 9, 12, 15 & 18, 2018

Meet the Musicians Dolphin Aviation

941.462.3188 ManateeConcertBand.com See website for locations.

April 11, 2018

Concert October 28, 2017

USA Meets France

Mike McCarthy

Imperial Lakes

Studio Series Bradenton Kiwanis Theatre

December 6, 2017

Anna in the Tropics

December 27 – 30, 2017

Holiday Pops Concert

October 12 – 29, 2017

December 9, 2017

Flowers for Algernon

New Year’s Eve with Dwight Slade

Freedom Plaza

November 30 – December 17, 2017

December 31, 2017

Driving Miss Daisy

January 3 – 7, 2018

October 28, 2017

December 14, 2017

And the Tony Goes to…

Concert February 17, 2018

January 2 – February 11, 2018

Dance, Swing and Sway

Baby

March 24, 2018

March 1 – 18, 2018

Good

December 13 - 17, 2017

Brett Leake

Dwight Slade

Musica Sacra Cantorum PO Box 50581 Sarasota, FL 34232 941.405.7322 MSCChorus.org

Manatee Performing Arts Center

April 5 - 22, 2018

502 3rd Avenue West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.749.1111 ManateePerformingArts Center.com

McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre

The Christmas Story Rutter Requiem

Broadway Series Stone Hall

1923 Ringling Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.925.FUNY (3869) McCurdysComedy.com See website for 2018 dates.

A Little Night Music

J.B. Ball

October 26 – November 12, 2017

October 11, 2017

Annie

October 12 – 15, 2017

November 30 – December 17, 2017

Jim McCue

New College of Florida Caples Fine Arts Complex 5800 Bayshore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 941.487.4888 NewMusicNewCollege.org

October 18 – 22, 2017

Artist Conversation

Nine

Tom McTiernan

January 11 – 28, 2018

October 25 – 29, 2017

Hunchback of Notre Dame

John Novosad “Hippieman”

October 5 & November 16, 2017 January 18, March 1 & April 19, 2018

February 15 – March 4, 2018

Drew Hastings

December 11, 2017 February 26, 2018

New Music New College

Little Women

Arsenio Hall

March 22 – April 8, 2018

November 10 – 11, 2017

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Dale Jones

Amernet String Quartet with Rachel Calloway: Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2

November 15 – 19, 2017

October 7, 2017

April 26 – May 13, 2018

Carmen Ciricillo

Dis/Embodied

November 22 – 26, 2017

November 17 – 19, 2017

Mark Klein

Lerner/Filiano/Grassi

December 6 – 10, 2017

January 20, 2018

November 1 – 5, 2017

It’s Alive! A Monstrous Circus on Frankenstein

North Port Symphony

Perlman Music Program/Suncoast

March 4, 2018

North Port Performing Arts Center 941.426.8479 NorthPortSymphony.com

P.O. Box 3407 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.955.4942 PMPSuncoast.org

Special Events

Americans We!

Duo Cortona

November 9, 2017

PMP Alumni: Around Town & In Schools

October 3, 2017

Masquerade

Dither April 21, 2018

November 12, 2017

North Port Concert Band

‘Tis The Season

North Port Performing Arts Center 941.426.8479 NorthPortConcertBand.org

Holiday Harmonies

Americans We!

Time…And The Winds

November 9, 2017

January 18, 2018

Christmas at the PAC

That’s Amoré

December 17, 2017

January 28 & February 17, 2018

Time…And the Winds January 18, 2018

Give My Regards to…

Broadway!

December 10, 2017 December 16, 2017

Christmas at the PAC December 17, 2017

Give My Regards to…

Broadway!

February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018

Invitation to the Dance

Cinemagic!

February 25, 2018

March 22, 2018

Cinemagic!

We Love the 70’s (all of them)

March 22, 2018

April 26, 2018

March 25, 2018

January 4, 2018

Works-In-Progress Chamber Music Recital Neel Performing Arts Center January 6, 2018

The Players Centre for Performing Arts

S.T.A.R. (Storytelling at the Ranch) Polo Field Club House

8437 Tuttle Ave., #333 Sarasota, FL 34243 941.351.1007 OperaForAnimals.org

Magic Treehouse Series “Haunted Castle On Hallow’s Eve”

We Love the 70’s (all of them)

February 17, 2018 Songs from the Silver Screen April 21, 2018

Celebration Concert Sarasota Opera House

OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving

April 21, 2018

North Port Performing Arts Center 941.426.8479 TheNorthPortChorale.org

That’s Amoré

December 21, 2017 – January 6, 2018

April 26, 2018

All That Jazz Songs of the Silver Screen

December 16, 2017

14th Annual Sarasota Winter Residency USF Sarasota-Manatee

838 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.2494 ThePlayers.org See website for SNAP and Summer Sizzler Series 2018 updates.

North Port Chorale

Holiday Harmonies

November 2 – 6, 2017, February 22 - 26, March 14 – 18, & April 19 – 23, 2018

October 14, 2017

Main Stage

Special Performances

The Will Rogers Follies

“The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” A Theatre In The Field Experience

Through October 15, 2017

Moon Over Buffalo November 2 – 19, 2017

A Calyp-soul Christmas

October 27 & 28 Sarasota Polo Grounds

December 1, 2017

The Pops Orchestra

December 7 – 23, 2017

PO Box 1622 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.926.POPS (7677) ThePopsOrchestra.org SCF’s Neel Performing Arts Center Riverview High School Performing Arts Center

December 29, 2017

Singin’ in the Rain January 18 – February 4, 2018

Bullets Over Broadway

St. James United Methodist Church Lake Placid First Presbyterian Church March 24, 2018

SaraSolo Productions, Inc. (Gotta Van)

Holiday Popera

P.O. Box 3102, Sarasota, FL 34230-3102 941.400.2036 SaraSolo.org SaraSolo.president@gmail. com Visit website for full list of performances

February 22 – March 11, 2018

Neil Diamond’s America

Funny Girl

(Riverview PAC)

March 29 – April 15, 2018

November 13, 2017 (Neel PAC)

A Little Bit Country / A Little Bit Rock ‘n’ Roll with Jimmy Mazz

March 1, 2018

March 18, 2018

The 1940s Radio Hour Legends and Laughter with Jimmy Mazz

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, Michael’s on East

November 12, 2017

December 10, 2017

2018 SaraSolo Festival

March 30, 2018

(Riverview PAC)

Pageant

December 11, 2017 (Neel PAC)

January 27 - February 4, 2018

April 19-2, 2018

From Dallas, with Love

The Sarasota Ballet

Backstage at the Players

February 11, 2018

In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

(Riverview PAC) February 12, 2018 (Neel PAC)

5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.0099 SarasotaBallet.org

Players Follies Play Reading Festival

Hyman in the House

The Secret Garden

March 25, 2018

November 19 & 20, 2017

(Riverview PAC)

Shirley Valentine

March 26, 2018 (Neel PAC)

FSU Center for the Performing Arts October 27 – 29, 2017

October 19 - 29, 2017

February 8 - 18, 2018

The Price March 15 - 25, 2018

Ring Sarasota P.O. Box 2113 Sarasota, FL 34276 RingSarasota.org

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church February 18, 2018

Metropolitan Sarasota Opera House December 1 – 2, 2017

John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall December 15 – 16, 2017

Moving Identities FSU Center for the Performing Arts January 26 – 29, 2018

The Sarasota Ballet Presents Ballet Hispanico FSU Center for the Performing Arts February 23 – 25, 2018

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra January 11, 2018

Cleveland Orchestra January 29, 2018

Gil Shaham & Akira Eguchi January 30, 2018

Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company 8437 Tuttle Avenue #160 Sarasota, FL 34243 941.345.5755 SarasotaContemporary Dance.org

Staatskapelle Weimar

Dreams of Nature

February 26, 2018

Jane B. Cook Theatre

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall March 2 – 3, 2018

Takács String Quartet

SCD + Piazzolla

March 16, 2018

October 12 – 15, 2017

Emanuel Ax

Voices of SCD

Great Masters of Dance

April 3, 2018

November 30 – December 3, 2017

Music Matinee Series Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center & David Cohen Hall/Holley Hall

Dance Makers – 12th Annual Concert

Sarasota Opera House April 27 – 28, 2018

Sarasota Choral Society 5317 Fruitville Road #147 Sarasota, FL 34232 SarasotaChoralSociety.org 941.777.5001 Church of the Palms Presbyterian Church

Evolving/Revolving May 10 -13, 2018

The Bridge Trio December 11, 2017

George Nickson, percussion and Samantha Bennett, violin

Sarasota Chorus of the Keys

January 17, 2018

1661 Main Street Sarasota, FL 34236 941.400.9474 ChorusoftheKeys.org

January 17, 2018 State College of Florida

Sarasota Concert Association

March 28, 2018

PO Box 1714 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.225.6500 ScaSarasota.org

April 18, 2018

Great Performers Series Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall & Riverview Performing Arts Center

January 25 – 28, 2018

John Miller, jazz trio

Chamber Choir and Presidential Vocal Ensemble Tom Purviance, piano

The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School 501 North Beneva Road, Suite 700 Sarasota, FL 34233 941.365.8400 SRQCubanBalletSchool. com Please see website for locations.

The Nutcracker December 9, 2017

End-of-Year Performance May 2018 Summer Intensive Showcase

Sarasota Concert Band

July 2018

5317 Fruitville Road #192 Sarasota, FL 34232 941.650.1177 SarasotaConcertBand.org

July 2018

On Stage Performance

Sarasota Folk Club Sarasota Sailing Squadron 1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy.

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.918.8333 SarasotaFolk.org

Claude Bourbon

Sarasota Music Archive

Carmen

Selby Public Library Geldbart Auditorium 1331 First Street Sarasota, FL 34236 941.861.1168 SarasotaMusicArchive.org

Jazz Favorites & More

February 7, 2018 February 14, 2018

Norma February 21, 2018

Dr. Daniel Baer, Solo Piano February 28, 2018

October 30, 2017 Fall Music Film Series

Tiefland March 7, 2018

November 27, 2017

Joy McIntyre, “Maria Callas”

Holiday of Song

October 25, 2017

December 18, 2017

John Goodman, “Great Composers: J. S. Bach” in connection with the BachFest

Love & Peace Hootenanny

Sarasota Grapeviners John Chidsey Bayfront Community Center 803 Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.923.3302 IFDSarasota.webs.com

March 14, 2018

Cosi fan tutte March 21, 2018

November 16, 2017

Luisa Miller

Phyllis Lowitt, “The Original Three Tenors: Caruso, Gigli, Bjoerling”

March 28, 2018

December 6, 2017

Music Flea Market & Record Store Day

Friends of Library Opera Talks with Phyllis Lowitt

April 21, 2018

Recreational Dance Every Wednesday night 7:00 – 9:30 PM

Sarasota Opera Studio Artists, Selections from the Season’s Operas

Events

Mozart, The Magic Flute

Sarasota Music Club

Sarasota Jewish Chorale

October 11, 2017

941.355.8011 SarasotaJewishChorale.org See website for locations.

November 8, 2017

PO Box 19613 5201 Bahia Vista Street Sarasota, FL 34276 941.925.3602 SarasotaMusicClub.org

Kristallnacht Commemoration

Verdi, La Traviata

2018 Winter Lecture & Performance Series

Rollins College Voice Faculty

November 8, 2017

January 10, 2018

Remembering to Rejoicing: The Legacy of Anne Frank and the Miracle of Israel

Manon Lescaut

March 25, 2018

Yom Hashoah Commemoration April 25, 2018

January 17, 2018

Sunnyside Village Community Center

Margot Zarzycka, Violin & Lee Doughtery Ross

“Live from the Archive”: American Music from the 20th Century

October 20, 2017

January 24, 2018

November 17, 2017

Selections for Solo Piano & Four Hands-One Piano

Sunnyside Singers & Lucas Coura

January 31, 2018

Jason Stearns, Baritone & Lee Doughtery Ross

December 15, 2017

Gail Berenson, Piano & Alison Sincoff, Flute

Puccini’s Manon Lescaut

The Red Violin April 6 - 8, 2018

Rich Ridenour, Piano

February 10, 14, 18, 20 & 24, 2018 March 1, 4, 17 & 23, 2018

February 16, 2018

Artists Round Table

By Special Arrangement

Rhonda Liss, Soprano & Alan J. Corey

February 17 & March 3, 10 & 17, 2018

October 11 - 14, 2017

March 16, 2018

Bizet’s Carmen

December 20 - 23, 2017

Suncoast Music Scholarship Auditions

February 17, 22, 25 & 27, 2018 March 2, 7, 9, 13, 16, 22 & 24, 2018

Mozart in the Jungle

Bellini’s Norma

The Sound of Music

March 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20 & 24, 2018

March 21 - 24, 2018

d’Albert’s Tiefland

April 11 - 14, 2018

March 10, 15, 18, 21 & 25, 2018

Pops

Opera Lovers Weekend

Doo Wop Project

March 16 – 18, 2018 March 23 – 25, 2018

January 19 - 20, 2018

January 19, 2018

April 28, 2018

Suncoast Music Scholarship Award Luncheon May 12, 2018

Sarasota Opera 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Sarasota, Florida 34236 941.328.1300 SarasotaOpera.org

Great Escapes

Home for the Holidays

January 24 - 27, 2018

It’s Been Reel February 14 - 17, 2018

Mavericks of Rhythm

Best of Broadway

Artists Choice Concert

March 9 - 10, 2018

Sarasota Youth Opera (Fall Season)

March 18, 2018

The Cotton Club

Rachel J. Peters’ Rootabaga Country

Sarasota Orchestra

November 11 – 12, 2017 Fall Season

April 20 - 21, 2018 709 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.953.3434 SarasotaOrchestra.org

Verdi’s La Traviata

Chamber Soiree

Collage October 8, 2017

Treasures October 22, 2017

Masterworks

String Spectrum

Dvorák & Mahler

November 2, 2017

November 10 - 12, 2017

Splendid Colors

Winter Season

Symphonic Carnival

January 18 & 21, 2018

Understanding Opera

December 8 - 10, 2017

Trout

October 12, 19 & 26, November 2, 2017

Firsts

February 8 & 11, 2018

January 12 - 14, 2018

Striking Strings

Opera House Tour

Impressions

March 8 & 11, 2018

November 6 & 20, 2017 February 19 & 26, March 5, 12 & 19, 2018 Concerts at Noon November 9, 2017 March 2 & 16, 2018

February 2 - 4, 2018

Romantic Wonders

Midori Honors Bernstein

April 19, 2018

November 3, 5, 8, 14, 16, 19 & 21, 2017

February 22 – 25, 2018

Lift-Off

Discoveries

March 15 - 18, 2018

Soundscapes January 6, 2018

City Sounds May 5, 2018 Special Events

Sarasota Music Festival June 4 – 23, 2018

State College of Florida 5840 26th Street Bradenton, FL 34207 941.752.5252 SCF.edu See website for additional dates.

Music/Dance Neel Performing Arts Center

Fall Festival of Music: “An American Adventure” October 5, 2017

Bradenton Symphony Orchestra: “All Roads Lead to Rome” October 13, 2017

Music Theatre Ensemble: “Once on This Island” October 27 - 29, 2017

Symphonic Wind Ensemble: “Deep in the Heart of Texas” November 16, 2017

SCF Music Student Showcase Concert

The New Christy Minstrels

January 19, 2018

February 11, 2018

Symphonic Wind Ensemble: “A Divine Comedy”

The Jersey Tenors

February 15, 2018

March 2, 2018

Piano Master Class in conjunction with Key Chorale

Howard Studio Theatre (in Neel PAC)

February 16, 2018

Bradenton Symphony Orchestra: “Twice as Nice”

February 18, 2018

Ethan Bortnick

TBA Directed by Dean Anthony October 17, 2017

February 23, 2018

TBA Directed by Dean Anthony

Guitar Concert: “We Tell the Story”

December 2 - 3 & 7 -10, 2017

February 27, 2018

SCF Choirs: “New Horizons” March 1, 2018

SCF Jazz Festival: SCF Big Band & Jazz Combo March 22, 2018

Chamber Music Concert: “Great Things Come In Small Packages” March 29, 2018

Music Theatre Ensemble Showcase April 16, 2018

Bradenton Symphony Orchestra: “Ain’t Life Suite”

Events

Chorale Master Class in conjunction with Key Chorale November 7, 2017

Guitar Master Class in conjunction with Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota February 19, 2018

Music Matinee - SCF Chamber Choir in conjunction with Sarasota Concert Association March 28, 2018

Picnic Jazz Band at the Pavilion

Choirs, BSO, Guitar: “Holiday Joy”

April 19, 2018

December 1, 2017

Sundays at Neel

SCF Big Band & Jazz Combo

The Four Freshmen December 10, 2017

Spring Fling Concert: “Step Right Up, It’s Carnival Time!”

December 7, 2017

Jukebox Junction

April 26, 2018

Works-In-Progress Chamber Music Recital

January 21, 2018

January 6, 2018

January 28, 2018

April 12, 2018

Tusk

ASOLO

Suncoast Concert Band

Echoes

November 18, 2017

12308 Lobelia Terrace Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 941.907.4123 SuncoastConcertBand.org

November 17 – December 17, 2017

Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour

Concert Season at Northminster Presbyterian Church

Women Laughing Alone with Salad

November 5 & 19, December 3 & 17, 2017, January 14, February 11, March 11, April 15 & 19, 2018

Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors at Northminster December 10, 2017; January 21, February 18, March 18, April 22, 2018

Concerts at Church of the Palms January 28, February 25, March 25, 2018

Northside Hollow January 26 – March 11, 2018

We Three Kings - An Irish Tenors Christmas December 2, 2017

April 6 – May 6, 2018

LeAnn Rimes: Today is Christmas Tour

USA Dance

December 3, 2017

Sara Dance Center 5000 Fruitville Road Sarasota, FL 34232 941.812.7311 DanceWhiteSands.com

Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

December 5, 2017

98 Degrees at Christmas December 11, 2017

A Charlie Brown Christmas December 17, 2017

777 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.953.3368 VanWezel.org

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

Big Stage Ballroom

Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker

October 8, 2017

Theatre Odyssey

November 28, 2017

December 21, 2017

A Christmas Carol December 22, 2017

Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock & Roll

December 29, 2017

October 13, 2017

January 3, 2018

Willie Nelson & Family

Peter Cetera

October 17, 2017

January 5, 2018

Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival

So You Think You Can Dance

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

February 3 – 4, 2018

November 3, 2017

January 6 - 7, 2018

Ten-Minute Play Festival

Doo Wop Spectacular

A Night with Janis Joplin

May 3 – 6, 2018

November 4, 2017

January 8, 2018

Urbanite Theatre

Celtic Thunder Symphony 2017

Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt Steve Solomon

1487 Second Street Sarasota, FL 34236 941.321.1397 UrbaniteTheatre.com

November 15, 2017

January 9, 2018

Straight No Chaser - The Speakeasy Tour November 16, 2017

Ramsey Lewis & John Pizzarelli: Nat King Cole Tribute

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Decades Rewind

January 10, 2018

October 2 – November 5, 2017

November 17, 2017

Tango Fire

Three Dog Night

January 12, 2018

PO Box 1383 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.799.7224 TheatreOdyssey.org

Salute to Vienna

The Wizard of Oz March 6 - 7, 2018

Legendary 5th Dimension

January 30 - 31, 2018

National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba

January 15, 2018

Balletboyz

March 11, 2018

Renée Fleming

February 1, 2018

Dance to the Movies

January 16, 2018

In the Mood

March 12, 2018

Chita & Tune - Two for the Road

February 5, 2018

Neil Berg’s 109 Years of Broadway

Cabaret

January 17, 2018

Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound - After the Curtain

March 13, 2018

The Beach Boys

Audra McDonald in Concert

February 14, 2018

March 14, 2018

George Benson

Rick Springfield

Musical Thrones: A Parody

February 15, 2018

March 15, 2018

January 21, 2018

Michael McDonald

The Four Phantoms

Tapestry: Tribute to Carole King

February 17, 2018

March 21, 2018

The Hot Sardines

America

January 23, 2018

February 18, 2018

March 22, 2018

Paul Anka January 25, 2018

Stayin’ Alive - One Night of the Bee Gees

Masters of Illusion

February 19, 2018

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell

January 26, 2018

Moscow Festival Ballet – Romeo & Juliet & Carmen

The Drifters, The Platters and Cornell Gunter’s Coasters

February 7, 2018

January 18, 2018

Michael Feinstein: Celebrating The Crooners January 28, 2018

March 24, 2018

February 27, 2018

Peter Pan 3D Stage Spectacular

Celtic Woman

March 26, 2018

March 4, 2018

Motown the Musical March 27 – April 1, 2018

Illusionist Rick Thomas Nothing Happens Until You Dream!

April 4, 2018

Jersey Boys April 10 – 12, 2018

Wynonna & The Big Noise

Magnificent Joy: Songs of the Holidays featuring “Magnificat” by John Rutter December 3, 2017

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Celebration of Women Composers

The Venice Institute for Performing Arts 1 Indian Avenue Venice, FL 34285 941.218.3779 VenicePerformingArts Center.com

Swan Lake

February 11, 2018

October 14, 2017

The Nutcracker

Chris Botti

Life and Landscape: Our Conflict, Our Peace, Our Song

April 15, 2018

April 8, 2018

April 14, 2018

Let It Be

December 9, 2017

Swing’N The Holidays with the Jive Aces December 17, 2017

April 17, 2018

Venice Concert Band

Jim Stafford

ABBA the Concert

1 Indian Avenue Venice, FL 34285 VeniceConcertBand.org

January 6, 2018

American Salute

Harry Allen with Wycliffe Gordon, Ed Metz, Rossano Sportiello & Nicki Parrott

April 18, 2018

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma April 19, 2018

November 6, 2017

Bill Engvall

Sounds of the Season

April 22, 2018

December 4, 2017

A Chorus Line

Here, There and Everywhere

April 24 - 25, 2018

Tommy Dorsey January 14, 2018

January 24, 2018

Mummenschanz “You & Me”

January 22, 2018

April 26, 2018

February 19, 2018

It Ain’t Easy Baby: Nick Bollettieri & Reno Manne Live

Showtime Up, Up and Away

January 27, 2018

Venetian Harmony Chorus

March 26, 2018

Shen Yun

Strike Up the Band

February 3 - 4, 2018

701 North Indiana Avenue Englewood, FL 34223 941.480.1480 VenetianHarmony.com

April 30, 2018

New Christy Minstrels

The Venice Chorale The Venice Performing Arts Center 1 Indian Avenue Venice, FL 34285 941.484.8491 TheVeniceChorale.org

February 9, 2018

Venice Musicale

Kings of Dance

PO Box 179 2357 South Tamiami Trail #3 Venice, FL 34292 941.488.4902 VeniceMusicale.org Monthly concerts from October through April

February 22, 2018

Clyde Butcher - Florida: Where Water, Earth & Heaven Meet February 23, 2018

Jazz Masters: The Symphony of Broadway feat. Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski February 24, 2018

Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

Taking Flight, Directed

by Silas N. Huff

March 10, 2018

April 13 – 14, 2018

Kadan Bart Rockett: Kid Magician

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

March 23 - 24, 2018

A Tribute to Music in Cinema, Directed by Troy Quinn

Bossa Nova All Stars

May 4 – 5, 2018

Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical!

Semi Toned

Venice Theatre

April 26 – May 20, 2018

April 6, 2018

140 West Tampa Avenue Venice, FL 34285 941.488.1115 VeniceStage.com

March 31, 2018

High School Shows

Rashomon

The Toxic Avenger February 8 – March 4, 2018

March 15 – April 8, 2018

Generations

A Christmas Carol December 15 – 21, 2017

Stuart Little

October 27 - 29, 2017

Madrigal Holiday Feast

Main Stage

May 15 – 20, 2018

December 1 - 2, 2017

Songs for a New World

You Can’t Take It With You

Special Events

April 27 - 29, 2018

Through October 15, 2017

The Venice Symphony

A Christmas Story, the Musical

230 South Tamiami Trail Venice, FL 34285 941.207.8822 TheVeniceSymphony.org

November 14 – December 10, 2017

Venice Performing Arts Center

January 9 – February 4, 2018

Majestic Moments, Directed by Teresa Cheung

Dreamgirls

November 17 - 18, 2017

Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller

February 20 – March 18, 2018

The Rocky Horror Picture Show October 27 - 28 & 31, 2017

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe 1646 10th Way Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.1505 westcoastblacktheatre.org

In the Heights

The Grapes of Wrath

October 11 – November 18, 2017

April 10 – 29, 2018

Motown Christmas

Emotional Landscapes, Directed by Stilian Kirov

Stage II

November 29 - December 23, 2017

Beehive: The 60’s Musical

The Mountaintop

January 12 – 13, 2018

Through October 22, 2017

Beethoven to Broadway, Directed by Steven Jarvi

Flaming Guns of The Purple Sage

January 10 – February 18, 2018

February 16 – 17, 2018

November 2 – 19, 2017

A Symphonic Journey, Directed by Janna Hymes

The Santaland Diaries

Holiday Pops, Directed

by Wesley Schulz December 15 – 16, 2017

March 16 – 17, 2018

November 30 – December 23, 2017

Last Train to Nibroc January 11 – 28, 2018

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill February 28 – April 8, 2018

Soul Man April 18 – May 26, 2018

visualize museums & visual arts

MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League

January 3, 2018

Annual Member Show

Cycle 2 December 14, 2017 – January 19, 2018

5312 Holmes Boulevard Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.2099 IslandArtLeague.org New exhibits monthly beginning in October.

January 9 – February 9, 2018

Art Center Manatee

School District of Manatee County Annual Exhibit

Interior: Jeff Schwartz Floating Cubes: Akiko Kotani Art Center Sarasota Instructors Show Also on view: New and Now

March 27 – April 13, 2018

December 7, 2017 – January 12, 2018

209 9th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.2862 ArtCenterManatee.org

American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition February 13 – March 23, 2018

Opening Reception December 14, 2017

Bright & Bold Events

April 17 – May 11, 2018

Night Out: Creative Fun for Everyone!

Southern Watercolor Society Curated Show

Cycle 3 February 1 – March 9, 2018

Every Friday through December 15, 2017

May 15 – June 22, 2018

Opening Reception

Artful Holidays Party & Sale November 9 – 11, 2017

Holiday Pottery Sale December 8 – 9, 2017

Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County

February 1, 2018

Art Center Sarasota 707 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.2032 ArtSarasota.org

Open House

Cycle 1 October 19 – December 1, 2017

April 28, 2018

Opening Reception

February 25 – 26, 2018

October 19, 2017 Exhibits

Last Stop before Utopia

Laura Waller: Port Side

TBA – guest curators

October 3 – November 3, 2017

Slow Turbulence: Abhidnya Ghuge Also on view: First Impressions

Off the Wall November 7 – December 8, 2017

Joyful Creations December 12, 2017 –

October 12 – December 1, 2017

My Sarasota: John Pirman George Pratt ASALH: Black Muse 2018 Also on view: Art from the Heart January 25 – March 2, 2018 Cycle 4 March 15 – April 20, 2018

Opening Reception March 15, 2018

Spectrum III iconcept 10 Year Retrospective New Reality Real – Not Real

North Sarasota County Schools Cycle

Events

Opening Reception

Printmaking in Old Havana

TBA

November 13 – 19, 2017

North Sarasota County Schools Spring Art Show

5th Annual Miami Art Week Group Trip December 6 – 10, 2017

April 23 – May 7, 2018

Senior Booker High VPA

Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island

May 10 – 17, 2018

5414 Marina Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.6694 AMIArtistsGuildGallery. com

Closing Reception TBA Cycle 5 May 24 – June 29, 2018

Opening Reception May 24, 2018

TBA Painting as Object Also on view: Peter Gaztambide Possibilities May 17 – June 22, 2018

Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit PO Box 2559 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.404.5710 EmbracingOurDifferences. org

Exhibit in Island Park Cycle 6

Florida’s Finest July 5 – August 10, 2018 Cycle 7 August 30 – October 5, 2018

Opening Reception August 30, 2018

Looking forward towards the Past Stephen McMennamy (photo exhibition) Student Project Also on view: Elsewhere August 23 – September 28, 2018

PO Box 1432 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.330.0680 FineArtsSarasota.com

Celebrate the Arts Luncheon November 2017

Renee Fleming at the Van Wezel January 16, 2018

Florida Maritime Museum 4415 119th Street West Cortez, FL 34215 941.708.6120 FloridaMaritimeMuseum.org

Music on The Porch Second Saturday of each month

20th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market October 14, 2017

April 1 – May 31, 2018

Opening Reception July 5, 2018

Fine Arts Society of Sarasota

Englewood Art Center A Division of Ringling College of Art & Design 350 South McCall Road Englewood, FL 34224 941.474.5548 Ringling.edu/EAC Check website for class and exhibit schedules.

Permanent Collections

The Blake Banks Collection Ship Models Maritime Library Featured Exhibits

Cuban Ranchos in Tampa Bay October 12 – December 15, 2017

Change of Pace

Featured Exhibits

January 2018

Cuban Ranchos in Tampa Bay October 18, 2017

The Lionfish Invasion November 15, 2017

Lighthouses of the Florida Keys December 13, 2017

Posed

Performances

Through October 29, 2017

Ringling International Arts Festival 2017 First Night: WANTED

Extraordinary Animals

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS) 7215 11th Avenue West Bradenton, FL 34209 941.792.0608 SuncoastWatercolor Society.com Check website for exhibition schedule.

Through January 14, 2018

First 5 Years of Art of Our Time

October 18, 2017

Monica Bill Barnes & Company: Happy Hour October 19 – 21, 2017

November 4 – 30, 2017

Portraits in Motion

Aftermath: The Fallout of War – America and the Middle East

October 19 – 20, 2017

October 15, 2017 – January 21, 2018

October 19 – 21, 2017

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling)

On Screen

October 19 – 20, 2017

National Theatre Live: Obsession

eVenti Verticali: WANTED

5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.5700 Ringling.org

November 3, 2017

October 19 – 20, 2017

National Theatre Live: No Man’s Land

James McGinn: Ing an Die

December 1, 2017

October 19 – 21, 2017

National Theatre Live: Peter Pan

Nobuntu

Events

Ringling Underground

December 15, 2017

Through April 5, 2018

National Theatre Live: Saint Joan

ensemblenewSRQ: Program Two

Friends of the Ringling Legacy

White Rabbit Red Rabbit ensemblenewSRQ: Program One

October 19 – 21, 2017

October 20 – 21, 2017

February 2, 2018

RIAF 2017: Last Night

October 10 – November 7, 2017

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

October 21, 2017

Ringling International Arts Festival

February 9, 2018

October 28 – December 17, 2017

Artist Series Concerts

Holiday Splendor

National Theatre Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf

December 7, 2017

February 23, 2018

Monsieur Periné

Turrell Skyscape: Joseph’s Coat

National Theatre Live: Salomé

December 8 - 9, 2017

Thursdays & Fridays

March 16, 2018

National Theatre Live: Yerma

January 26 – 27, 2018

Exhibitions

April 20, 2018

February 16 – 17, 2018

October 18 – 21, 2017

Skyway: A Contemporary Collection Through October 15, 2017

Awake Love Orchestra November 10 - 11, 2017

ETHEL: Circus – Wandering City SOMI Chucho Valdés March 2 – 3, 2018

Turtle Island: Bird’s Eye View

Art Shows

An Affair to Remember

March 17 - 19, 2018

April 6, 2018

Jazz on the Ave

March 23 – 24, 2018 Programs

ROAR! Ringling Order of Art Readers Select Fridays

Literati Book Club See schedule for dates.

Art After 5: Discounted Admission Thursdays 5:00 – 8:00pm

Stroller Tours

Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy

May 4, 2018

2121 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.364.3399 WhimsyMuseum.org

June 1, 2018

North Port Art Center 5950 Sam Shapos Way North Port, FL 34287 941.423.6460 NorthPortArtCenter.com

Sunset Serenade

Renaissance School of Art 4063 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34231 941.330.6865 YeliseyevStudio.com

Gallery Walk & Talk Curators Choice: Some of Her Favorite Things, Old Masters

Animal Kingdom

“Impressions in Watercolor” Workshop

by Vladislav Yeliseyev

Through October 20, 2017

November 30 – December 2, 2017

Best of the Best

October 12, 2017

October 23 – 28, 2017

Family Day: The Art of Performance

Through the Window

“Approaches and Techniques” Workshop with George Van Hook

Through December 19, 2017

October 21, 2017

Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters of the Suncoast PO Box 17463 Sarasota, FL 34276 941.924.0818 LightChasersInc.com

November 13, 2017 – January 5, 2018

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance PalmAvenue.org First Friday Gallery Walks

An Evening of Classics

March 20 – 22, 2018

“Nocturnal Plein Air Painting” with Hai-Ou Hou TBA, January 2018

“Painting Landscape” Plein Air Workshop by Mark Boedges TBA, 2018

Workshops

A Prelude to Season

Joseph McGurl -

November 3, 2017

“Composition in Plein Air: Working with Water-Mixable Oils” with Charlie Hunter

Weekday & Weekend April 2 - 4 & 6 - 8, 2018

Holiday Treasures

TBA, 2018

Light Chasers Gala Show Weekend Quick Draw

An Evening on Palm

March 7, 2018

February 2, 2018

Paint Out

A Taste of Palm Avenue

March 8 - 14, 2018

March 2, 2018

October 6, 2017

December 1, 2017 January 5, 2018

Romancing the Arts

Ringling College of Art & Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.359.7563 Ringling.edu/CampusGalleries See website for venue information.

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

Design Lab

941.364.2199 SarasotaArchitectural Foundation.org

October 26, 2017

SarasotaMOD Weekend 2017

November 2, 2017

November 10 – 12, 2017

School of Thought

Chris Lasch & Terrol Dew Johnson Florian Idenburg & Jing Liu of SO-IL

Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power with Susan E. Cahan

General Motors Design Exhibition

Exhibits

October 16 – December 8, 2017

Architecture/A Life Within – Carl Abbott

Freedom of the Presses

October 6 – December 12, 2017

November 14, 2017

Ordinary and Extraordinary – Brooks + Scarpa

Connoisseurship Series

October 20 – December 2, 2017

Collaboratory Exhibition October 20 – December 2, 2017

Cast and Cut – Glass

January 12 – April 20, 2018

January 8 – March 24, 2018

Emily Larned / Ilssa January 12 – March 17, 2018

Peace Paper Project In Collaboration With Yale University January 12 – March 24, 2018

Katie Dobson CundiffModern Impressionist Painter January 19 – March 23, 2018

Octavio Perez – Illustrations March 30 – May 18, 2018

Sarasota Sculpture Center

891 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 Ringling College Academic Center Auditorium 2363 Old Bradenton Road Sarasota, FL 34234 941.309.7662 Ringling.edu/Museum-Art

1662 Floyd Street Sarasota, FL 34239 941.928.4445 SarasotaSculptureCenter.org

Art on Film

Open House: Meet & Greet October 12, 2017

April 7 – 21, 2018

October 12, 2017

April 30 – May 3

November 20, 2017

Sarasota Museum of Art

2018 Annual Best Of Ringling Juried Student Exhibitions 2018 Senior Thesis Exhibitions

Restoring a Masterpiece with Greg Hall of Hall Architects

Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back

The Southern Atelier 7226 21st Street East Sarasota, FL 34243 941.753.7755 TheSouthernAtelier.org Exhibitions & workshops offered year-round.

State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery 5840 26th Street West Bradenton, FL 34207 941.752.5225 Scf.edu/ArtGallery See website for upcoming exhibitions.

Surface Design Guild Sarasota

Towles Court Art District

SarasotaSurfaceDesign. com Exhibitions and workshops offered yearround.

1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236 941.266.7318 TowlesCourt.com

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota

Inspired December 1, 2017 – January 12, 2018

Earth, Wind, Fire, Water January 19 – February 10, 2018

Art Walks

Bling Thing Jewelry

Third Friday of every month

Show and Sale January 27, 2018

Fine Arts Show and Sale

8069 Stirling Falls Circle Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.1765 AmericanTapestry Alliance.org

Venice Art Center

February 17 – 18, 2018

390 Nokomis Avenue Venice, FL 34285 941.485.7136 VeniceArtCenter.com

Spring Members Show

The Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome

Members’ Show: Artist’s Choice

South Sarasota County School Show

October 6 – November 10, 2017

May 10 – 17, 2018

Through January 21, 2018

Branching Out…Trees

May 25 – July 6, 2018

November 17 – December 8, 2017

Venice Art Center Annual Tea December 1, 2017

March 2 – 30, 2018

Musical Inspirations April 6 – May 4, 2018

Hot, Hot, Hot

Women Contemporary Artists 941.358.9159 WomenContemporary Artists.com

expand history,

science & education

HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION Adult and Community Enrichment Center

Friends of the Sarasota County History Center

4748 Beneva Road Sarasota, FL 34233 941.361.6590 ACE-Sarasota.com

701 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.361.2453 FOSCHC.org

Alliance Française de Sarasota

Guitar Sarasota

715 North Washington Blvd, Suite C Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0700 AFSarasota.org

Big Cat Habitat 7101 Palmer Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34240 941.371.6377 BigCatHabitat.org

C. G. Jung Society of Sarasota Lectures and Workshops held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota 3975 Fruitville Rd. Sarasota, FL 34232 941.952.8188 cgjungsarasota.org

Crowley Museum & Nature Center 16405 Myakka Road Sarasota, FL 34240 941.322.1000 CrowleyFL.org

941.260.3306 GuitarSarasota.org See Listing in Performing Arts Section.

Historical Society of Sarasota County 1260 12th Street Sarasota, FL 34236 941.364.9076 HSOSC.com

Sue Blue’s Historic Trolley Tours October 14, 28; November 4, 18; December 2 & 16, 2017 January 13, 27; February 10, 24; March 10, 24; April 14 & 28, 2018

Conversations at the Crocker October 10; November 14; December 12, 2017 January 9; February 13; March 13; April 10; May 12, 2018

March 18, 2018

HSOSC Private Field Club Tour January 31, 2018

Sparkly Saturday February 10, 2018

Historic Burns Square 431 Burns Lane Sarasota, FL 34230 Pineapple Avenue between Ringling Avenue and Mound Street.

Historic Spanish Point 337 North Tamiami Trail Osprey, FL 34229 941.966.5214 HistoricSpanishPoint.org Docent guided walking tours available daily.

Reservations Required.

Lucien Freud – Arresting Images Art History Lunch & Lecture October 10, 2017

Francis Bacon Art History Lunch & Lecture October 24, 2017

Mayan Lecture with Tony Andrews

Le Barge Cruise

November 9, 2017

November 5, 2017 & March 4, 2018

Sunday Afternoon Socials

Land Art: Christo & Jeanne Claude Art History Lunch & Lecture

January 14; February 18;

November 14, 2017

Holly Days and Mangrove Lights November 24 & 30, 2017; December 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28 - 29, 2017

John James Audubon: The Birds of America Art History Lunch & Lecture

Lunch & Lecture May 8, 2018 Summer Camps Begin May 29, 2018

Manasota Weavers Guild ManasotaWeaversGuild.com

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 900 South Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.5731 Selby.org See website for additional events.

The Orchid Show: Earth, Air, Fire, Water

Starlight Party

Monthly Workshops Exploring Weaving for the Holidays

December 31, 2017

October 2017

Building Art - The Life and Works of Frank Gehry

Cotton From Field to Yarn

January 9, 2018

Potluck Luncheon & Gift Exchange

October 18, 2017

December 2017

Wednesdays, October 18 - November 22, 2017

December 5, 2017

Native Plant Tour with Nancy Paul January 16, 2018

November 2017

New Beginnings January 2018

October 12 - November 26, 2017

Lunch in the Gardens: “Sex, Lies & Orchids” with Dr. Antonio Toscano de Brito Orchid Evenings

Art Lectures January 23, February 6 & 20, March 6 & 27, May 8 & 22, 2018

Presentation by Sarah Fortin

Wine & Design Orchid Showcase:

February 2018

October 19, 2017

Presentation on Fibonacci by Kissy Seel

Farm to Table:

Fairy House Festival

March 2018

Holiday Splendor:

March 3 - 4, 2018

Barbara Cabral’s Lessons from Cambodia

December 6, 2017

April 2018

Sundays, October 22 November 12, 2017

Manatee County Agricultural Museum

Spooktacular

1015 6th Street West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.721.2034 ManateeClerk.com

Orchid Mania: The Orchid Craze in Victorian Britain

Mrs. Potter Palmer Plant Tour with Nancy Paul March 13, 2018

Ballets Russe-Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Pavlova, et al Lunch & Lecture March 27, 2018

Photographer Francesca Woodman Lunch & Lecture April 10, 2018

Alphonse Mucha - The Spirit of Art Nouveau Lunch & Lecture April 25, 2018

Andy Goldsworthy Environmental Artist

Manatee Village Historical Park 1404 Manatee Avenue East Bradenton, FL 34208 941.749.7165 ManateeClerk.com

November 8, 2017

Garden Music Series

October 29, 2017

November 15, 2017

Friends of the Gardens Holiday Luncheon with Coleen Christian Burke December 6, 2017

A Brief History of Botanical Art December 13, 2017

Lights in Bloom

Year-Round Exhibits

December 21 – 30, 2017

Shark Zone Creatures from the Reef Florida Bay Habitats Sea Turtles: Ancient Survivors Manatees Otters & Their Waters From the River to the Seas Oh Baby! Life Cycles of the Sea Exploration Gallery Fossil Creek

Bromeliad Tree Sale January 4, 2018

Rainforest Masks of Costa Rica January 7 - 18, 2018

WARHOL: flowers in the factory February 11 - June 2018

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy.

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.4441 Mote.org

William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig 2017 October 6 – 7, 2017

Night of Fish, Fun & Fright October 20, 2017

Sea Debris Exhibit Grand Opening December 9, 2017

Youth Ocean Conservation Summit

New Topics New College Speaker Series New College of Florida 5800 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 941.487.4153 NCF.edu/New-TopicsNew-College See website for upcoming topics.

Palmetto Historical Park

Special Lecture Series

515 10th Avenue West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.723.4991 ManateeClerk.com

Mondays, February 26 – March 19, 2018

Powel Crosley Estate

December 9, 2017

World Oceans Day Family Festival Lionfish Derby

8374 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243 941.722.3244 PowelCrosleyEstate.com

July 6-8, 2018

Historic Open House

June 2, 2018

March 6 - 8, 2018

Ringling College of Art & Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.351.5100 Ringling.edu See listings in Museums & Visual Arts section.

Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy (RCLLA) 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Building #1 Sarasota, FL 34237 941-309-5111 www.RCLLA.org rclla@ringling.edu Fall Term September 25 November 17, 2017

CONNECTIONS: Documentary Film Series October 3 & October 24, 2017 November 14, 2017 January 9 & 30, 2018 February 20, 2018 March 6 & 27, 2018 April 17, 2018 Behind the Scenes:

Roskamp Institute October 13, 2017

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe October 20, 2017 Academy Talks

“A Nazi in the Family” with Jens Albiez November 1, 2017

“Kids and Radio in 1955 America” with David Milburg November 8, 2017 Fall Lecture

“Oh, Florida” with Craig Pittman November 2, 2017

Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series

Fun with Flowers Design

Benefiting Ringling College Library Association 941.925.1343 RCLassociation.org

December 12, 2017

Jean Renoux: Picasso and His Women

Reinvention Convention: Reimagining Perceptions of Aging

November 15, 2017

November 9, 2017

February 12, 2018

Einstein’s Circle

Michael Lewis

November 15, 2017

March 5, 2018

John Brennan January 22, 2018

Jon Meacham

Siddhartha Mukherjee Winter Term January 8 - March 2, 2018

March 19, 2018

Reshma Saujani April 9, 2018

Einstein’s Circle January 24, 2018

ENCORE Conference February 1, 2018

RCLLA Technology Day February 9, 2018

Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc. 941.953.8727 HistoricSarasota.org

Einstein’s Circle February 14, 2018

Sarasota Garden Club

Winter Lecture March 1, 2018

1131 Blvd. of the Arts Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0875 SarasotaGardenClub.org

Spring Term March 5 - April 27, 2018

Einstein’s Circle

Beginners Floral Design Classes

March 14, 2018

October 17, 2017

Spring Lecture March 15, 2018

Intermediate Floral Design Classes October 18, 2017

Horticulture Study Summer Term May 7 - June 29, 2018

November 8, 2017

Therapy Tea November 29, 2017

Civic Beautification Awards January 31, 2018

Everyday Floral Design Class February 20, 2018

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) 8499 South Tamiami Trail, Box 219 Sarasota, FL 34238 941.365.6404 SILLSarasota.org Sarasota & Venice Global Lecture & Music Series Schedule available online.

Sarasota Jungle Gardens 3701 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34234 941.355.5305 SarasotaJungleGardens. com Schedule of events available online.

South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium 201 10th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.4131 SouthFloridaMuseum.org

Family Night at the Museum First Saturday every month

iQuest

Live Star Talks

Second Saturday every month

Daily

think + drink (science)

Daily

Second Wednesday every month

National Geographic’s “50 Greatest Photographs”

Stelliferous Live!

Manatee Presentations

Last Wednesday every month

Through January 18, 2018

KidSpace

SunCoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning

Every Saturday every month

Lunch & Learn Every Wednesday every month

941.361.6590 SunCoastLifeLongLearning. org

Suncoast Science Center Faulhaber Fab Lab 4452 S Beneva Rd. Sarasota, FL 34233 941.840.4394 suncoastscience.org For a list of camps, programs and events, please visit website.

Venice Heritage 941.237.0478 VeniceHeritage.org

engage festivals &

fairs

FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2017 3rd Annual Beer, Bands & BBQ presented by Music Compound Sarasota Farm Bureau MusicCompound.com October 7, 2017

Taste of St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com October 7, 2017

4th Annual DeSoto Pumpkin Festival Veterans Park, Arcadia SpotlightEvents.com October 14 – 15, 2017

Oktoberfest Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl Various venues, Downtown Sarasota Jazzclubsarasota.org October 18, 2017

Ringling International Arts Festival The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Ringling.org October 18 – 21, 2017

Sun Fiesta Centennial Park, Venice WomensSertoma.com October 20 - 22, 2017

Celtoberfest Nathan Benderson Park NathanBendersonPark.org October 21, 2017

Sarasota Celtic Music Festival Sarasota Fairgrounds CeltoberFest.org October 21, 2017

Buckler’s Craft Fair Bradenton Area Convention Center BucklerCraftFair.com October 21 – 22, 2017

Sarasota Pumpkin Festival The Premier Sports Campus Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 10Times.com October 27 – 29, 2017

Giving Hunger the Blues Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall GivingHungerTheBlues.org October 28, 2017

Age-Friendly Festival St. Armands Boat Show St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com October 21 – 22, 2017

Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/ MainStreet October 27, 2017

Manasota Pumpkin Festival Desoto Square Mall October 27 - 29, 2017

Sarasota County Fairgrounds AgeFriendlySarasota.org October 28, 2017

Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival Five Points Park, Sarasota dsasarasota.com October 28 - 29, 2017

Oktoberfest Church of the Redeemer TheFirstBrass.org October 29, 2017

Fright Night on St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com October 31, 2017

Venice Main Street Halloween Parade VeniceMainStreet.com October 31, 2017

Beers, Boats and Bacon Festival

Suncoast Food & Wine Fest

Nathan Benderson Park BeerBoatsAndBacon.com November 4 – 5, 2017

Sarasota Polo Club at LWR 941.870.0002 SuncoastFoodAndWine Fest.com November 11, 2017

NOVEMBER 2017

Sarasota Medieval Fair

Ferraris on the Circle

Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaMedievalFair.com November 4 -5, 11 – 12 & 18 - 19, 2017

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com November 4, 2017

InspireSarasota!

2017 Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County InspireSarasota.net InspireSarasota! Festival November 4, 2017 Five Points Park, Downtown Sarasota

NBP Rowing Festival Nathan Benderson Park NathanBendersonPark.org November 4 – 5, 2017

Downtown Venice Art Fest West Venice Avenue, Downtown Venice 941.484.6722 VisitVenicefl.org | ArtFestival.com November 4 - 5, 2017

Wild About Nature Festival Conservation Foundation of The Gulf Coast ConservationFoundation.com November 4, 2017

2017 “Evanescent” Chalk Festival Venice Airport Fairgrounds ChalkFestival.com November 10 - 13, 2017

Siesta Key Crystal Classic: International Sand Sculpting Festival Master Sand Sculpting Competition 5114 Ocean Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34242 941.349.3800 SiestaKeyCrystalClassic.com November 10 – 13, 2017

St. Armands Art Festival St. Armands Circle, Sarasota ArtFestival.com November 11 – 12, 2017

Sarasota Fall Fine Art Festival Sarasota Bayfront, Gulfstream Ave. ParagonArtEvents.com November 18 – 19, 2017

Venice Blues Festival VisitVeniceFL.org VeniceBlues.com November 18, 2017

Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting SiestaKeyVillage.org See website for date.

DECEMBER 2017 Holiday Night of Lights on St. Armands St. Armands Circle StArmandsCircleAssoc.com December 1, 2017

Sarasota Craft Show Robarts Arena SarasotaCraftShow.com December 1 - 3, 2017

Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton BradentonBluesFestival.org December 1 - 3, 2017

Siesta Beach Seafood & Music Festival Siesta Key Beach ParagonArtEvents.com December 2 – 3, 2017

Venice Main Street Christmas Walk VisitVeniceFL.org December 7, 2017

Holidays Around the Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/ Mainstreet December 8, 2017

JANUARY 2018

St. Armands Circle Art Festival

Coquina Beach Winterfest Arts & Craft Show

ArtFestival.com January 27 – 28, 2018

2650 Gulf Drive SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com January 6 – 7, 2018

Anna Maria Islandfest Arts & Craft Show 5801 Marina Drive SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com January 13 – 14, 2018

Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival Downtown Sarasota ParagonArtEvents.com January 13 – 14, 2018

Porsches in the Park

Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival

St. Armands Circle StArmandsCircleAssoc.com December 9, 2017

Five Points SeafoodFestivals.com January 20 – 21, 2018

Anna Maria Island Art League Winterfest 2017

Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival

City Hall Field, Holmes Beach islandartleague.org December 9 - 10, 2017

Venice Airport Grounds VeniceNokomisRotary.org January 21 – 22, 2018

Downtown Venice Craft Festival Main Street, Venice ArtFestival.com January 27 - 28, 2018

Forks and Corks 2017 DineOriginal.com January 28, 2018

FEBRUARY 2018 Bradenton Area River Regatta Bradenton’s Riverwalk BradentonGulfIslands.com February 2018

Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Village of Cortez BradentonGulfIslands.com February 2018

Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main Street Lakewoodranch.com February 3, 2018

Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show 5500 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34231 Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com February 3 – 4, 2018

Sarasota Masters Art Festival

Siesta Key Craft Festival

Lido Tides Arts & Craft Show

BoulderBrook.net Palm Avenue, Sarasota February 3 – 4, 2018

5124 Ocean Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34242 ArtFestival.com February 24 - 25, 2018

400 Ben Franklin Dr. Sarasota, FL 34236 SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com March 3 - 4, 2018

Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts Main Street at Orange Ave, Sarasota dsasarasota.com February 10 – 11, 2018

Maxine Barritt Park Arts & Craft Show 1600 Harbor Drive South Venice, FL 34285 Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com February 10 – 11, 2018

Art at J.D. Hamel Park Arts & Craft Show 2 Marina Plaza Sarasota, FL 34236 SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com February 17 – 18, 2018

Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County Bradenton Riverwalk ArtCenterManatee.org February 25 – 26, 2018

MARCH 2018 ArtSlam BradentonGulfIslands.com March 3, 2018

DeSoto Heritage Seafood Festival Manatee River, Downtown Bradenton BradentonGulfIslands.com Check website for date.

Sarasota Jazz Festival 941.366.1552 JazzClubSarasota.com March 8-10, 2018

Jewish Film Festival Various locations jfedsrg.org March 8 – 18, 2018

Sarasota Spring Fine Art Festival Gulfstream Avenue PragonArtEvents.com March 10 – 11, 2018

Celticfest

Suncoast Blues Festival

Rosa Community Church & St. Paul Lutheran Church TheFirstBrass.com March 11 & 18, 2018

Lido Beach Winter Fine Art Festival

Robarts Arena SuncoastBluesFestival.com March 3, 2018

Sarasota County Agricultural Fair

Lido Beach ParagonArtEvents.com February 17 – 18, 2018

Downtown Venice Art Classic

Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaFair.com March 16 - 25, 2018

Coquina Tides Arts & Craft Show 2650 Gulf Drive South Bradenton Beach, FL 34217 ArtFestival.com February 24 - 25, 2018

West Venice Avenue, Venice ArtFestival.com March 3 - 4, 2018

Anna Maria Taste of Arts & Crafts 5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, FL 34217 SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com March 17 – 18, 2018

Venice Book Fair & Writers Festival

Sarasota Film Festival

St. Armands Seafood & Music Festival

Centennial Park, Downtown Venice VeniceBookFair.com March 23 - 24, 2018

SarasotaFilmFestival.com April 13 – 22, 2018

St. Armands Circle Park 941.487.8061 SeafoodFestivals.com May 19 – 20, 2018

Downtown Sarasota Springfest Arts & Craft Show Main St. & Pineapple Ave. SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com March 24 - 25, 2018

Siesta Fiesta ArtFestival.com Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village April 21 – 22, 2018

SUMMER 2018 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week

Pickin’ Picnic

Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau SavorSarasota.com June 1 – 14, 2018

The Rotary Club of Englewood’s Fine Arts Festival

Bradenton’s Riverwalk BradentonGulfIslands.com Check website for date.

Sunshine State Games

Dearborn Street, Englewood EnglewoodRotary.org March 24 – 25, 2018

Food & Wine on Pine

Nathan Benderson Park NathanBendersonPark.org June 2, 2018

MAY 2018

APRIL 2018

Historic Pine Ave., Anna Maria Island BradentonGulfIslands.com Check website for date.

Florida Winefest & Auction

Venice Seafood & Music Festival

FloridaWineFest.org April 5 - 8, 2018

Centennial Park ParagonArtEvents.com May 5 – 6, 2018

Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival Selby Five Points Park, Sarasota dsasarasota.com April 7 – 8, 2018

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival LaMusicaFestival.org April 9 – 18, 2018

Sarasota Festival of Vocal Arts FSU Center for the Performing Arts - Cook Theatre SFVA.us May 17 & 19, 2018

Sarasota Music Festival SarasotaOrchestra.org June 4 – 23, 2018

Dragon Boat Festival 2018 Nathan Benderson Park 904.534.3266 PanamDragonBoat.com June 18, 2018

connect arts communities &

organizations

ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County 1226 North Tamiami Trail, Suite 300 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.5118 SarasotaArts.org

InspireSarasota!

October 23 – November 4, 2017

Celebration of the Arts Kick-Off Event October 23, 2017 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

The Arts Mean Business Luncheon October 26, 2017 Michael’s On East

Facades by Caryn Koffman January 3 - February 1, 2018

Ordinary and Extraordinary: The Works of Brooks + Scarpa

Black History Month Exhibit

January 12 – April 20, 2018

February 5 - March 2, 2018

Dimensions by Samira Pinto March 6 - April 6, 2018

Women by Slyviane De Roquebrune April 10 - May 25, 2018

Arts Council of Manatee County 926 12th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.2223

Expressive Arts Florida Institute 200 S Washington Blvd, Suite 1 Towles Court Pavilion, Sarasota 941.366.9595 ExpressiveArtsFlorida.com

Open Studio Weekly Wednesday mornings

Expressive Arts for Body, Mind, Spirit October 12 – 15, 2017

InspireSarasota! Festival

Center for Architecture Sarasota

Business and Profession of Expressive Arts

265 South Orange Avenue Sarasota, Florida 34236 941.305.5430 CFASRQ.org

Expressive Arts Discovery

October 26, 2017

Petticoat Painters

“Socially Responsive Architecture” Exhibit Theme A Life Within: The Work of Carl Abbott

November 1 - December 17, 2017

October 6 – December 12, 2017

November 4, 2017 Five Points Park

Principals’ Luncheon December 6, 2017 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Art Exhibits

Life in Color by Adrijana Maciev Through October 30, 2017

October 19 – 22, 2017

October 24, 2017

Tending the Creative Fire

Florida Creativity Alliance, Inc.

Main Street Block Party & Club Day

Chanukah Celebration

4331 Woodman’s Chart Sarasota, FL 34235 440.724.4427 flcreativity.com

October 20, 2017

Breakfast with Santa (Polo Grill & Bar)

October 27, 2017

Jingle 5k Run

15th Annual Florida Creativity Conference USFSM

Ponies under the Palms

December 22, 2017

November 19, 2017

Christmas Celebration (Grace Community Church)

March 23-25, 2018

Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest

Lunch with Santa (Main Street Trattoria)

December 12, 2017

December 16, 2017

December 10 & 17, 2017

December 23, 2017

P.O. Box 25612 Sarasota, Florida 34277 FoundersGCSarasota.org See website for events.

Around the Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/ events

February 3, 2018

Main Street at Lakewood Ranch

October 14, 2017

8100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

Bradenton, FL 34202 941.907.9243 LakewoodRanch.com Mainstreet

October 20 – November 19, 2017

February 17, 2018

The Legends of Sleepy Hollow

Realize Bradenton

Founders Garden Club of Sarasota

Music on Main Free concerts the first Friday of each month.

Classic Car Show First Wednesday of each month.

Bike Ride Second Saturday each month

STAR – Storytelling Theatre at the Ranch Tour of Homes

October 27 – 28, 2017

Suncoast Food & Wine Fest November 11, 2017

Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch

The Parrish Arts Council ParrishArtsCouncil.org

Winter Paint Around @ Keeton’s

941.621.6471 RealizeBradenton.com

Artwalk First Friday & Saturday of every month

LWRBA Social: Carriage rides, strolling carolers, Santa strolls

Long Table at the Station

December 6 - 21, 2017

Bradenton Farmers’ Market

Holidays Around the Ranch December 8, 2017

Nature Walk

Lunch at MacAllisters

Third Saturday each month, October – April

December 9, 2017

October 15, 2017

October 2017 – May 2018, Every Saturday

Holiday Movie on the Riverwalk

Sarasota Garden Club

December 15, 2017

1131 Blvd. of the Arts Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0875 SarasotaGardenClub.org

Bradenton Blues Festival Weekend

Sarasota Shell Club PO Box 4124 Sarasota, FL 34230 SarasotaShellClub.com

March 3, 2018

Annual Plant Sale & Garden Fest

55th Annual Sarasota Shell Show Potter Building at Sarasota Fairgrounds

Music in the Park

October 21, 2017

January 9 - 11, 2018

Fridays, March 9 - April 27, 2018

Walk for the Poor

A Grand Affair “The Roar of the Twenties” 90th Anniversary

Towles Court Art District

March 24, 2018

November 17, 2017

December 1 – 3, 2017

ArtSlam

The Rosemary District East of US 41, North of Fruitville Road, centered on Central Ave. Founded in 1886, this historic district offers art, dining, shopping and more.

Sarasota Film Society Burns Court Cinemas 506 Burns Court Sarasota, FL 34236 Lakewood Ranch Cinemas 10715 Rodeo Drive #8 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 941.955.3456 FilmSociety.org

Cine-World Film Festival November 3 – 13, 2017

Fashion Show: Shivoo Havana at the Hyatt February 9, 2018

1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236 941.266.7318 TowlesCourt.com

Gardens in Paradise: 5th Annual Premier Garden Tour

Art Walks

March 17, 2018

Village of the Arts

Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc.

Bradenton, FL 941.747.8056 VillageoftheArts.com

Every third Friday of month.

ItalyInSarasota.com See website for events.

Artwalks

Sarasota Pen Women

Village Cleanup Day

6109 55th Terrace East Bradenton, FL 34203 941.342.8542 SarasotaPenWomen.com

October 7, 2017 Events & workshops schedules available online.

Panel Discussion: The Artist Journey

First Friday & Saturday every month.

February 2018, TBA

Visit Sarasota County

Annual Achievement Awards Luncheon at the Bird Key Yacht Club

701 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0991 VisitSarasota.org

March 14, 2018

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week June 1 – 14, 2018

Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues

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