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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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