The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
2012 | 2013
arts
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Published by SCENE Magazine
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elcome to Sarasota County, the community where artistic expression and inspiration meet. The arts just come
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nificent architecture, artistic individuals have found a place that stimulates their creativity. Arts and culture are flourishing every day in Sarasota County. You will find them in our theaters, museums, galleries, opera house, performance halls, aquarium and circus. Take advantage of your time with us to explore your own creativity and to seek experiences that will inspire your life. We hope this guide will help you find and enjoy the collective energy of Sarasota’s arts and cultural community. If you need additional information, please contact our staff at the Arts and Cultural Alliance. We will be happy to help you in any way possible. Our contact information is: www.sarasotaarts.org | 941.365.5118, ext. 304.
Jim Shirley Executive Director, Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
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PERFORMING ARTS Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
Asolo Repertory Theatre
1226 N. Tamiami
Sarasota, FL 34243
Trail, Ste. 300
941.351.8000
Sarasota, FL 34236
www.AsoloRep.org
941.388.1188
Mainstage
www.artistseriesconcerts.org
1776
Nelson Ebo, Tenor
November 16 –
September 30 &
December 22, 2012
October 1, 2012
Joel Hasting, Piano
You Can’t Take It With You
October 14 & 15, 2012
January 4 – April 20, 2013
Vega String Quartet
Glengarry Glen Ross
October 27 & 28, 2012
January 11 –
Eric Zuber, Piano
February 28, 2013
November 10 & 11, 2012
The Heidi Chronicles
Spanish Brass Quintet
January 19 –
December 1 & 2, 2012
March 17, 2013
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
Clybourne Park
January 12 & 13, 2013
The Game’s Afoot
Faith Prince, Singer
March 29 – May 12, 2013
February 16 & 17, 2013
Noah Racey’s PULSE
Cavatina Duo, Flute/Guitar
May 23 – June 16, 2013
March 2 & 3, 2013
June 26 – July 14, 2013
Delphi Trio
World Premier TBA
March 16 & 17, 2013
Historic Asolo Theater
Sean Anderson, Baritone
April 5 – 28, 2013
April 14 & 15, 2013
for Actor Training
Zamora/Brown May 4 & 5, 2013
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Operetta
October 2 –
May 11 & 12, 2013
November 27, 2012
Asiya Korepanova, Piano
Twelfth Night
June 1 & 2, 2013
November 18, 2012
5555 North Tamiami Trail
March 15 – May 2, 2013
My Brilliant Divorce
FSU/Asolo Conservatory
October 30 –
The Aliens January 1 – 20, 2013
Stop/Kiss
Home for the Holidays
February 19 –
November 30, 2012
March 10, 2013
Epic Broadway
Candida
May 4, 2013
April 9 – 28, 2013
Banyan Theater Company
Exsultate! Chamber Chorale Grace United
Jane B. Cook Theatre
Methodist Church
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
400 Field Avenue East
Sarasota, FL 34243
Venice, FL 34285
941.358.5330
941.484.8491
www.BanyanThe-
www.Exsultate.org
aterCompany.com
Celebration! December 2, 2012
Carreño Dance Festival
Love! February 24, 2013
www.carrenodance-
Poetry!
festival.com
April 14, 2013
With José to Havana II October 27 – November 3, 2012
Florida Studio Theatre
Carreño Holiday Spectacular
1241 North Palm Avenue
December 19 – 20, 2012
941.366.9000
Circus Sarasota
dioTheatre.org
1500 Stringfield Avenue
Mainstage
Tuttle Avenue &
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
12th Street
October 31, 2012 –
Sarasota, FL 34237
January 6, 2013
941.355.9805
TBA
www.CircusSarasota.org
December 5, 2012 –
Sarasota, FL 34236 www.FloridaStu-
January 27, 2013
Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota
Best of Enemies January 30 – April 14, 2013
Holley Hall
In the Book Of
709 N. Tamiami Trail
March 27 – May 19, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34236
Cabaret
941.957.0404 www.DiversitySarasota.org
The Wanderers... Let’s Twist Again
Pride Fest Sarasota
October 17, 2012
October 20, 2012
– January 6, 2013
January 2 –
Singers from the Sarasota Opera
March 10, 2013
November 2, 2012
TBA February 20 –
Dan Miller/Lew Del Gotto Jazz Quintet
May 19, 2013
November 10, 2012
Urban Cowboys
Fuzión Dance Artists
Lynn Trefziger, Comedy Ventriloquist December 1, 2012
www.FuzionDance.com
Bel Canto Singers Holiday Show
It’s Political
December 8, 2012
October 18, 2012
Holiday Harmonies – Barbershop
941.345.5755
The World of Francis Schwartz
December 16, 2012
December 1 – 2, 2012
Jazz Juvenocracy presents Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite
For the Love of Art
December 21 – 23, 2012
December 20, 2012
Cynthia Sayer & Her Hot Jazz Trio
November 18, 2012
Voices of Fuzión
Child’s Play from Mindy Solomon February 28, 2013
7th Season Dance Concert March 15 – 17, 2013
January 19, 2013
Michael Lasser & Friends Celebrate Love Songs for Adults
Sculptures of Woodrow Nash/ Installations by Jackie Peters Cully
January 26, 2013
May 30, 2013
February 16, 2013
Ira Sullivan February 9, 2013
Robin Spielberg Tamburitzans
Glenridge Performing Arts Center
March 5, 2013
7333 Scotland Way
March 10, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34238 941.552.5369
Johnny Varro Swing Seven
www.TheGlenridge.com
March 16, 2013
Asolo Rep on Tour: Macbeth
Marlene VerPlanck
October 18, 2012
Ring Sarasota
Musica Sacra Cantorum
April 6, 2013 April 13, 2013
May 17 & 18, 24
Trio Voilá - Music for Flute, Viola and Guitar
& 25, 2013
February 11, 2013
Jazz Juvenocracy
Andrew Stroud
Gloria Musicae 941.925.3183 www.GloriaMusicae.com
March 11, 2013
Rick Peterson and Jeff Sack, Jazz Guitar Duo April 8, 2013
Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
941.366.5454
Hungarian American Cultural Association
www.TheGoldenApple.com
(The Kossuth Club)
Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza: The Show
941.539.4734
Every Friday night
6th Annual Hungarian Festival
GuitarSarasota
October 5 – 7, 2012
25 N. Pineapple Avenue Sarasota, Florida 34236
www.GuitarSarasota.org
epa.oszk.hu/sarasota
St Paul Lutheran Church
Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band
2256 Bahia Vista Street
www.JacobitesBand.com
Concerts
Sarasota, Florida 34239 January 26, 2013
Jazz Club of Sarasota
Gaëlle Solal
941.316.9207 / 366.1552
February 23, 2013
www.jazzclubsarasota.com
Vladimir Gorbach
Jazz at Two Series
March 16, 2013
Fridays from October 5 –
Ana Vidovic
November 2, 2012
Jorge Caballero
April 6, 2013 Mini-Recital &
Key Chorale
Lecture Series
941.921.4845
Art Center Sarasota
www.KeyChorale.org
707 North Tamiami Trail
Roger Hudson
Lemon Bay Playhouse
November 12, 2012
96 West Dearborn Street
Gerardo Perez Capdevila
Englewood, FL 34223
December 10, 2012
941.475.6756
Eddy Lugo and His Flamenco Troupe
www.LemonBay-
January 14, 2013
Squabbles
Sarasota, Florida 34236
Playhouse.com September 5 – 23, 2012
Arsenic and Old Lace
Miss Saigon
October 24 –
March 28 – April 14, 2013
November 11, 2012
Fiddler on the Roof
My Three Angels
May 2 – 19, 2013
December 5 – 23, 2012
An Inspector Calls January 23 –
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
February 17, 2013
3333 North Tamiami Trail
Born Yesterday
Sarasota, FL 34234
March 13 – April 7, 2013
941.925.FUNY (3869)
Harvey
www.McCurdys-
May 1 – 19, 2013
Comedy.com
Don’t Cry For Me, Margaret Mitchell June 12 – 30, 2013
Manatee Players
Moving Ethos Dance Company 2254 Silver Maple Court Sarasota, FL 34234
102 Old Main Street
941.312.1693
Bradenton, FL 34205
www.MovingEthos.com
941.748.5875
New Works
www.ManateePlayers.com
December 7 & 8, 2012
Legally Blonde: The Musical August 16 –
Lecture and Demonstration with Elizabeth Bergmann
September 2, 2012
January 19, 2013
Evita September 20 –
Selby Gardens Plant & Garden Festival
October 7, 2012
February 23 & 24, 2013
Pump Boys and Dinettes
National Dance Week
October 25 –
Spring Concert
November 11, 2012
May 3 & 4, 2013
Forever Plaid Presents Plaid Tidings: A Special Holiday Edition
Community FlashMob
November 29 –
New Music New College
December 16, 2012
Anything Goes
April 26 – May 1, 2013
July 5 – 7, 2013
New College of Florida
January 17 –
Caples Fine Arts Complex
February 3, 2013
5800 Bayshore Road
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Sarasota, FL 34243
February 21 –
NewCollege.org
March 10, 2013
941.487.4888 www.NewMusic-
Third Coast Percussion Music of John Cage and Steve Reich
Band
Only in America November 1, 2012
September 21 & 22, 2012
Christmas at the PAC
Experimental Music Workshops
Saddle Up
October 12 & November 20, 2012
JACK Quartet Then and Now: Music of New College Graduates
December 9, 2012 January 10, 2013
For the Love of Music February 14, 2013
Music of the Night March 21, 2013
Fire and Ice
November 17, 2012
April 18, 2013
Marilyn Lerner: Music in the Moment
Happy Holidays
Chorale
January 19, 2013
December 1, 2012
Erica Gressman: Wall of Skin
February 23, 2013
Black Box Theater, Hamilton Center
Love in the Air Spring Fling April 27, 2013
February 8, 2013
Symphony
Crossroads 5: BluesX Passerine plus New College musicians
November 4, 2012
Let Freedom Ring Sounds of the Season
March 15 & 16, 2013
December 16, 2012
Toby Twining Music: New Voices, New Harmonies
February 10, 2013
April 20, 2013
Sarasota Wind Quintet May 5, 2013
Electronic Music with Mark Dancigers May 9, 2013
North Port Performing Arts Association 6400 W. Price Boulevard North Port, FL 34291 941.426.8479 www.nppaa.net
For the Love of Music Spring Melodies March 17, 2013
Grand Finale April 21, 2013
OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving 941.351.1007 www.OperaForAnimals.org
Perlman Music Program/Suncoast 941.955.4942 www.PerlmanMusicProgramSuncoast.org
Sarasota Winter Residency
Annie
December 20, 2012 –
Sunset Boulevard
January 4, 2013
January 10 – 20, 2013
9th Annual Celebration Concert
Nine to Five
January 5, 2013
Harvey
December 6 – 16, 2012
February 14 – 24, 2013 March 28 – April 7, 2013
PLATO at The Golden Apple Theatre
Side Show
25 North Pineapple Avenue
Sailor Circus
Sarasota, FL 34236
2075 Bahia Vista Street
941.366.5454
Sarasota, FL 34239
www.platoarts.org
941.361.6350
Take Me Out
www.SailorCircus.org
April 25 – May 5, 2013
October 2 – November 11, 2012
Sarasota Ballet
Meet Me In St. Louis
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
November 13 –
Sarasota, FL 34243
December 31, 2012
941.359.0099
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
www.SarasotaBallet.org
Musical – TBA
Sarasota Ballet Presents the Paul Taylor Dancers The Uncommitted
February 26 –
FSU Center for the
April 14, 2013
Performing Arts
Lombardi
October 26 – 28, 2012
April 16 – May 12, 2013
The Players Theatre
Christopher Wheeldon’s There Where She Loves, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations and Paul Taylor’s Company B
838 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
November 16 – 17, 2012
941.365.2494
The Nutcracker
www.ThePlayers.org
Van Wezel Performing
Applause
Arts Hall
September 20 – 30, 2012
December 14 – 15, 2012
Nunsense
Ruth Eckerd Hall
October 25 –
December 21 – 22, 2012
January 8 – February 24, 2013
I’m Just Wild About Harry May 21 – June 30, 2013
November 4, 2012
Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering and Sinfonietta
Sarasota Concert Association
FSU Center for the
Arts Hall
Performing Arts
777 North Tamiami Trail
February 1 – 3, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34236
Sir Antony Tudor’s Lilac Garden and Dominic Walsh’s Napoletani
941.955.0040
FSU Center for the
Sylvia Reynolds Eckes
Performing Arts
November 14, 2012
March 1 – 3, 2013
Mindy Simmons
Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal Gardee
December 12, 2012
Van Wezel Performing
www.SarasotaConcertAssociation.org
Van Wezel Performing
Tokyo String Quartet with Jeremy Denk
Arts Center
January 14, 2013
April 18 – 19, 2013
Sarasota String Quartet
Theatre of Dreams
January 16, 2013
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Joshua Bell and the Cleveland Orchestra
May 3 – 5, 2013
January 28, 2013
Sarasota Choral Society
Vienna Boys Choir February 12, 2013
www.SarasotaCho-
Dan Jordan, Chong-Yon Hong and Cheryl Losey
ralSociety.org
February 20, 2013
Handel’s Messiah
James Ehnes
December 1, 2012
February 26, 2013
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn with Louis Lortie
www.Chorusoft-
March 19, 2013
heKeys.org
Holiday Concert
Studio Artists from the Sarasota Opera
Sundays November 25 –
March 20, 2013
December 16, 2012
Spring Show
The Mike Markaverich Trio
February 23, 2013
April 17, 2013
Sarasota Folk Club www.SaraFolk.org
Sarasota Jewish Chorale
Turandot
941.492.6944
March 23, 2013
www.SarasotaJew-
The Pearl Fishers
ishChorale.org
February 16 –
February 9 –
March 22, 2013
Sarasota Music Archive
A King for a Day
Selby Public Library
Of Mice and Men
1331 First Street
March 9 – 23, 2013
March 2 – 24, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34236 941.861.1168
Sarasota Orchestra
www.SarasotaMu-
709 N. Tamiami Trail
sicArchive.org
Sarasota, FL 34236
Holiday Choral Music with Gloria Musicae
941.953.3434
December 12, 2012
Masterworks
Music and Career of Jerome Kern
The Four Seasons
January 9, 2013
The Planets
String Chamber Music
November 30 –
January 30, 2013
December 2, 2012
Solo Piano Recital: Steven Glaser
The Emperor
February 20, 2013
Turning Points
Solo Violin Concert: David Radzynski
February 1 – 3, 2013
March 13, 2013
February 28 –
An American Troubadour’s Songbag: Bill Schustik
March 3, 2013
April 10, 2013
East Meets West
www.SarasotaOrchestra.org
November 9 – 11, 2012
January 11 – 13, 2013
Beethoven’s Ninth
Made In America March 14 – 17, 2013 April 5 – 7, 2013
Sarasota Opera
Pops
61 North Pineapple Avenue
Bravo Broadway
Sarasota, FL 34236
January 18 – 19, 2013
941.366.8450
New Orleans’ Own
www.SarasotaOpera.org
February 7 – 8, 2013
Rigoletto
Ol’ Blue Eyes
October 26 –
April 12 – 13, 2013
November 12, 2012
Innovations
Little Nemo in Slumberland
Once Upon a Time
November 10 – 11, 2012
October 6, 2012
Great Escapes Stompin’ at the Savoy
State College of Florida
October 10 – 13, 2012
5840 26th Street
Winter Wonderland
Bradenton, FL 34207
December 5 – 8, 2012
941.752.5252
Celebrate!
www.scf.edu
January 23 – 26, 2013
The Envelope, Please
Riverwalk Music in the Park
February 13 – 16, 2013
October 18, 2012
Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Children of Eden
March 6 – 9, 2013
By Popular Demand
Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Concert
April 24 – 27, 2013
November 8, 2012
Revolutions
Symphony Orchestra in Concert
May 11, 2013
November 2 – 4, 2012
Chamber Soiree Baroque Bites
November 15, 2012
September 13, 2012
November 29, 2012
Modern Miniatures
Holiday Concert
September 27, 2012
December 4, 2012
Maslanka and Mahler
Faculty Recital
November 15, 2012
January 10, 2013
Intimate Moments
MTNA Benefit Concert
December 20, 2012
January 17, 2013
Birthday Wishes
Hein Jung
February 21, 2013
January 29, 2013
Vienna Classics
Trio Voilà
April 18, 2013
February 5, 2013
Summer Music
Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Concert
May 9, 2013
Sarasota Pops Orchestra www.SarasotaPops.org
SOULSPEAK/ SOULMOVES www.Soulspeak.org
Jazz Bands in Concert
February 19, 2013
Symphony Orchestra in Concert February 28, 2013
SCF Choirs Concert March 5, 2013
SCF Jazz Bands in Concert March 26, 2013
Rex Willis April 2, 2013
Marc Mannino April 11, 2013
Evening Under the Stars
USA Dance
April 13, 2013
5000 Fruitville Road
Musical Theatre Showcase
Sarasota, FL 34232
April 15, 2013
www.DanceWhite-
Spring Fling Concert
Sands.com
Sara Dance Center
941.320.4055
April 25, 2013
888.326.8403
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Suncoast Chorale www.Suncoast-
777 N. Tamiami Trail
Chorale.com
941.953.3368
Glorious Christmas
www.VanWezel.org
December 7 – 9, 2012
John Legend
Pops, Patriots & PDQ
October 19, 2012
February 15 – 24, 2013
Celtic Thunder
A Sprig of Thyme
November 1, 2012
April 12 – 14, 2013
The Capitol Steps
Suncoast Concert Band
November 3, 2012
Glen Campbell’s “The Goodbye Tour”
2100 Laurel Street
November 4, 2012
Sarasota, FL 34237 www.SuncoastCon-
Mannehim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
941.907.0935 certBand.org
November 16, 2012
Concert Season at Northminster Presbyterian Church
Anita Baker
November 4 & 18,
November 23, 2012
December 2 & 16, 2012
Clay Aiken
January 13,
November 24, 2012
February 10 & 24,
Michael Bolton
March 24, April 21
November 30, 2012
& May 5, 2013
Special Concerts at Church of the Palms
The Oak Ridge Boys’ Christmas Times a Comin’
January 27, March
December 4, 2012
10 & April 7, 2013
The Kings of Swing
Theatre Odyssey www.TheatreOdyssey.org
November 18, 2012
Dave Koz and Friends
December 5, 2012
Catch Me If You Can December 6 – 7, 2012
West Side Story
John Lithgow
December 10 – 11, 2012
February 4, 2013
Wynonna’s Rockin’ Christmas
Traces
December 22, 2012
A Christmas Carol
The Philadelphia Orchestra
December 23, 2012
February 9, 2013
Midtown Men December 28, 2012
Here To Stay: The Gershwin Experience
Jungle Jack Hanna
February 10, 2013
December 29, 2012
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker December 30, 2012
New Year’s Concert 2013 Salute to Vienna
February 6, 2013
February 11, 2013
“Just Imagine” starring Tim Piper February 13, 2013
January 1, 2013
The Ten Tenors
STOMP
February 14, 2013
January 3, 2013
Sheryl Crow
Adam Trent
February 15, 2013
January 5, 2013
The 5th Dimension
Hooray for Hollywood Live on Stage
January 6, 2013
February 16, 2013
Paul Anka
The Beach Boys
January 9, 2013
February 17, 2013
Johnny Mathis January 16, 2013
Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan
Momix: Botanica
February 19 – 20, 2013
January 22, 2013
Celtic Crossroads
Natalie Cole
February 21, 2013
January 24, 2013
Doo Wop
Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show
January 25, 2013
February 22, 2013
Vince Gill
Pittsburgh Symphony
January 26, 2013
February 23, 2013
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Russian National Ballet Theatre: Sleeping Beauty
January 27, 2013
Motionhouse: Scattered
February 24, 2013
January 29, 2013
February 25, 2013
Neil Berg’s 105 Years of Broadway
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
January 30, 2013
March 1, 2013
A Chorus Line
Howie Mandel
Beatles with RAIN
March 3, 2013
April 26, 2013
Les Misérables
Celtic Woman
March 5 – 10, 2013
May 9, 2013
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance March 12, 2013
Venetian Harmony Chorus
The Pirates of Penzance
1812 San Trovaso Way
March 13, 2013
941.480.1480
Venice, FL 34285
Itzhak Perlman
www.Venetian-
March 14, 2013
Harmony.org
Parsons Dance March 20, 2013
The Temptations and Four Tops
The Venice Symphony Church of the Nazarene
March 23, 2013
1535 E. Venice Ave.
The Black Watch and Band of the Scots Guards
Venice, FL 34285
March 24, 2013
Symphony.org
Voca People
Evening in Vienna
March 27, 2013
November 9 – 10, 2012
One Night of Queen
Holiday Concert
March 28, 2013
December 14 – 15, 2012
Queen Latifah
Days of Glory Pops
March 30, 2013
January 17 – 19, 2013
The Golden Dragon Acrobats: Cirque Ziva
Concert IV Classical
April 1, 2013
Concert V Classical
Hair
March 8 – 9, 2013
April 2, 2013
Concert VI Classical
Diana Krall
April 5 – 6, 2013
April 4, 2013
Concert VII Pops
Chicago: The Musical
April 26 – 27, 2013
941.488.1010 www.TheVenice-
February 15 – 16, 2013
April 9 – 10, 2013
Smokey Robinson
Venice Theatre
April 11, 2013
140 West Tampa Avenue
The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy
Venice, FL 34285
April 22, 2013
www.VeniceStage.com
Chris Botti
The 39 Steps
April 24, 2013
October 2 – 21, 2012
Experience the
941.488.1115
October 12 –
The Virtuoso Performing Arts Theatre
November 3, 2012
5249 Creekside Trail
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Sarasota, FL 34243
The Rocky Horror Show
941.301.8126 www.vpaoso.com
November 6 – December 2, 2012
The Vagina Monologues
West Coast Black Theatre Troupe 1646 10th Way
November 8 – 25, 2012
Sarasota, FL 34236
MIDLIFE! The Crisis Musical
941.366.1505
November 30 – December 16, 2012
Nate Jacobs’ 50’s Jukebox Revue
A Christmas Carol
November 16 –
December 19 – 22, 2012
December 16, 2012
Intimate Apparel
Jitney
January 10 – 27, 2013
January 4 –
Moon Over Buffalo
February 3, 2013
January 15 –
Soul Crooners 2
February 3, 2013
February 22 –
The Great American Trailer Park
March 24, 2013
www.WBTTroupe.org
February 6 –
It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
March 9, 2013
April 12 –
Hello, Dolly!
May 12, 2013
February 19 –
Our Town
West Coast Civic Ballet
March 14 – 30, 2013
1370-D Blvd of the Arts
Crowns
Sarasota, FL 34236
April 2 – 21, 2013
941.400.6277
A Behanding in Spokane
CivicBallet.org
March 17, 2013
April 11 – 28, 2013
Second Samuel April 30 – May 19, 2013
How to Eat Like a Child May 17 – 27, 2013
www.WestCoast-
visualize museums & visual arts
MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League
941.778.2099
American Watercolor Society 145th Traveling Exhibition Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society
www.IslandArtLeague.org
March 4 -– 30, 2013
5312 Holmes Boulevard Holmes Beach, FL 34217
Bradenton, FL 34205
East Meets West – Anna Maria Island Artists, Lakewood Ranch Creative Artists and Plein Aire Group
941.746.2862
April 2 – May 3, 2013
Art Center Manatee 209 9th Street West
www.ArtCenter-
Art Endures Easter Seals
Manatee.org
May 7 – June 15, 2013
Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna
KidsArt Camp Exhibition
September 5 – 28, 2012
June 18 – August 2013
Think Pink Expressions of Hope October 2 – 26, 2012
Art Center Sarasota
Up, Up and Away Foundation for Dreams
707 N. Tamiami Trail
October 30 –
941.365.2032
November 30, 2012
www.ArtSarasota.org
Member & Student Exhibit
Artists Who Made Sarasota Famous: Part II It’s Political
December 4, 2012 – January 4, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34236
Art in a Minor Key (Small Works)
October 18 –
January 7 –
The Sumi-é Society
February 1, 2013
October 18 –
Exquisite Miniatures Traveling Exhibition
November 9, 2012
December 7, 2012
January 10 –
The Curated Unknowns
March 8, 2013
November 14 –
Exquisite Miniatures Art in Motion
December 7, 2012
February 5 – 28, 2013
For The Love of Art Point of View December 20, 2012 – February 17, 2013
December 20, 2012 –
Art Show at the Studio at Gulf and Pine
January 18, 2013
January 7 – 24, 2013
ACS Instructors Show January 25 –
Jeff Weiland, Fused Glass
February 15, 2013
January 11, 2013
Child’s Play (Curated by Mindy Solomon) iConcept Retrospective Simply Original
Mark Polomchak, Watercolor Workshop
ASALH Black Muse
January 31, 2013
February 28 –
Kay Johnson, Basket Weaving Class
April 26, 2013
February 7, 2013
Paint Sarasota! The Light Chasers
Chis Collins, Photography
February 28 –
February 8, 2013
March 29, 2013
Jim Ladd, Watercolor Abstracts Workshop
The Curated Unknowns II April 3 – 27, 2013
North Sarasota County Schools Exhibition April 30 – May 18, 2013
Woodrow Nash: Sculptures
February 21, 2013
Debbie Rankin, Watercolor March 8, 2013
Kathleen Masur, Silk Scarf Painting Class March 14, 2013
July 25 –
East Meets West Invitational Art Show at Art Center Manatee
September 6, 2013
April 1 – May 3, 2013
May 30 – July 12, 2013
Florida Flavor
Art Island Style
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
April 2013
5414 Marina Drive
Joan Voyles, Watercolor
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
April 12, 2013
941.778.6694
artsHOP Gallery Walk
Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit
November 9, 2012
941.928.0567
Holmes Beach Holiday Open House
www.EmbracingOur-
December 7, 2012
Exhibit in Island Park
Patricia Curtis, Oils
March 31 – May 26, 2013
www.AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com
December 7, 2012
Differences.org
10th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Fine Arts Society of Sarasota
Van Wezel Performing
941.330.0680
Arts Hall
www.FineArtsSarasota.com
April 20, 2013
Guided Art & Backstage Tours
Englewood Art Center A Division of Ringling
First Tuesday of each month, October – May
College of Art and Design
Celebrate the Arts In Black and White
350 South McCall Road
December 3, 2012
Englewood, FL 34223 941.474.5548
Annual Creators & Collectors Tour
www.Ringling.edu/EAC
March 8 & 9, 2013
Tyrell Dion Waiters & Anything Goes September 15, 2012
Margaret Agner & Abstract Multi-Media
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art 5401 Bay Shore Road
October 13, 2012
Sarasota, FL 34243
Caui Lofgren & Florida’s Best
941.359.5700
November 10, 2012
Art After 5
Susan Bickford & Festival of Watercolor
Every Thursday evening
January 13, 2013
Ringling International Arts Festival
Gale Fulton Ross & Figure + Form February 9, 2013
RCAD Student Photography & Country/ City Photos + Poets
www.Ringling.org
throughout the year
October 10 – 13, 2012
Deco Japan: Shaping Modern Culture, 1920-1945 Through October
March 9, 2013
28, 2012
17th Annual Area Youth Arts Reception
The Warren J. and Margot Coville Photography Collection
April 13, 2013
Lana Shuttleworth: Plasticized & Down to the Sea
November 9, 2012 –
May 11, 2013
December 7, 2012 –
February 3, 2013
Paolo Veronese April 14, 2013
Herb Ritts: L.A. Style February 23 – May 19, 2013
Longboat Key Center for the Arts
Be Our Valentine Open House
A Division of Ringling
February 14, 2013
College of Art and Design 6860 Longboat Drive South
End-of-Season Garden Party
Longboat Key, FL 34228
June 1, 2013
941.383.2345 www.Ringling.edu/LBKCA
Ageless Creativity 2012 Award Exhibition Overlooked
North Port Art Center 5950 Sam Shapos Way North Port, FL 34287
October 12 –
941.423.6460
December 14, 2012
www.NorthPort-
The Highway Men Sid Solomon
ArtCenter.com
January 18 –
October 22 –
March 1, 2013
December 1, 2012
LBKCA Annual Community Juried Exhibition
Fresh Start
March 9 – 29, 2013
Anything Goes
Tom Carabasi and Faculty Jim Johnson Photography
March 4 – May 3, 2013
April 5 – May 31, 2013
Local Landmarks
Pottery Show
January 7 – March 1, 2013
Animal Art May 6 – July 5, 2013 July 8 – September 6, 2013
Manasota Weavers Guild www.Manasota-
Palm Avenue Arts Alliance
WeaversGuild.com
www.PalmAvenue.org
An Evening of Classics
Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy
October 5, 2012
2121 North Tamiami Trail
November 2, 2012
Sarasota, FL 34234
36th Annual Holiday Walk
www.whimsymuseum.org
A Prelude to Season
Founder’s Talk and Tour
December 7, 2012
Every second Thursday
January 4, 2013
3rd Season Grand Reopening Party
A Taste of Palm Avenue
October 26, 2012
Romancing the Arts
Holiday Cookie Party
March 1, 2013
December 1, 2012
An Affair to Remember
Pops on Palm
February 1, 2013
April 5, 2013
Sarasota Season of Sculpture
Abstract, adj.
www.SeasonofSculpture.org
April 3, 2013
Sarasota Architectural Foundation
February 22 –
2013 Best of Ringling Juried Student Exhibitions April 12 – 20, 2013
www.sarasotaarchitec-
Ringling College Senior Thesis Exhibitions
turalfoundation.org
April 26 – May 3, 2013
S/ART/Q
Annual Community Exhibitions
941.400.0598
May 10 – 31, 2013
941.364.2199
www.SARTQ.com
5th Annual Print Party September 21 & 22, 2013
Siesta Key Crystal Classic www.CrystalSand.org
Selby Gallery
Sarasota, FL 34234
South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium
941.359.7563
201 10th Street West
www.Ringling.
Bradenton, FL 34205
edu/SelbyGallery
941.746.4131
Rare Finds: Selections from Ringling College’s Library Collection
www.SouthFloridaMuseum.org
August 10 –
Education section for
September 19, 2012
listings.
Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail
Annual Faculty Exhibition September 28 – October 20, 2012
See History, Science &
State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery
Little Nemo: The Exhibition
5840 26th St. West
October 26 –
941.752.5000
December 12, 2012
www.scf.edu
Phases of Identity: Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett
SCF Embraces Differences 2012 (SCF Venice)
January 7 –
September 21 –
February 16, 2013
December 5, 2012
Bradenton, Florida 34207
Nicole Pietrantoni | Stories-so-far: Constructions of Landscape
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society
September 28 –
Penn. Women
November 15, 2012
December 14, 2012 –
Project Get$mart
January 11, 2013
November 30, 2012 – February 20, 2013
Portrait and Figure Open Show
Swoon | Petrichor
January 18 –
February 28 –
February 15, 2013
April 3, 2013
Fine Arts Show
Student Art Exhibition
February 23 & 24, 2013
April 12 – May 1, 2013
Members Only All Media Spring Show
SCF Embraces Differences 2013 Opens June 7, 2013
November 9 – December 8, 2012
March 8 – April 5, 2013
Art of Everyday Living April 12 – May 3, 2013
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota
South County Public School Show
941.359.1765
May 8 – 24, 2013
www.americantap-
For the Love of Art
estryalliance.org
June 7 – 28, 2013
Summerfest
Towles Court Art District
July 12 – August 16, 2013
1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236
Women Contemporary Artists
www.TowlesCourt.com
8437 Tuttle Ave #320
Art Walks
Sarasota, FL 34243
Third Friday of every
941.342.0891
month
www.WomenContemporaryArtists.com
Venice Art Center 390 Nokomis Avenue
Exhibit at the Dancing Crane Gallery
Venice, FL 34285
January 4 – 26, 2013
941.485.7136 www.VeniceArtCenter.com
Fall Members Show October 12 – November 2, 2012
expand history,
science & education
HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION Adult and Community Enrichment Center
Guitar Sarasota
4748 Beneva Road
offered year round.
www.GuitarSarasota.org Classes and events
Sarasota, FL 34233 941.361.6590 www.ACE-Sarasota.com
G.WIZ – The Science Museum 1001 Boulevard
Alliance Francaise de Sarasota
of the Arts
200 S. Washington
941.309.GWIZ (4949)
Boulevard, Ste 2
www.GWIZ.org
Sarasota, FL 34236
Holiday Camps
941.955.0700
November 21 & 23, 2012,
www.AFSarasota.org
December 24, 26 – 28,
Sarasota, FL 34236
December 31, 2012 –
Big Cat Habitat
January 4, 2013
7101 Palmer Blvd.
Spring Break Camps
Sarasota, FL 34240
March 11 – 15, 2013
941.371.6377 www.bigcathabitat.org
Crowley Museum & Nature Center
The Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 34223
16405 Myakka Road
941.475.2098
Sarasota, FL 34240
www.Hermitage-
941.322.1000
ArtistRetreat.org
www.CrowleyFL.org
See Arts Communities
Wine, Women, Wild
& Organizations for
December 7, 2012
complete event listings.
Sugar Cane Harvest December 8, 2012
Southwest Florida Heritage Festival
Historical Society of Sarasota County 1260 12th Street
February 9, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34236
Guided Nature Walks and Group Tours
941.364.9076
Offered throughout
Historic Trolley Tours
the year
November 12, 2012,
www.HSOSC.com
January 19, 2013, February 16, 2013,
March 16, 2013 & April 20, 2013
The Old Gray Mayors
Longboat Key Education Center 5370 Gulf of Mexico
October 9, 2012
Drive, Ste 212
Newtown Before and After Integration
Longboat Key, FL 34228
November 13, 2012
www.LBKEducation-
Brother in the Shadow, Charles Ringling
Center.org
December 11, 2012
Manasota Weavers Guild
How We Became an Art Colony
941.383.8811
www.Manasota-
January 15, 2013
WeaversGuild.com
Pay Dirt – When and How Sarasota Became a Real Estate Destination
See Museums & Visual
February 12, 2013
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Why We Look the Way We Do
Arts section for complete listings.
811 South Palm Avenue
March 12, 2013
Sarasota, FL 34236
A City of the Performing Arts
941.366.5731
April 9, 2013
Exploring the Florida Wildlife Corridor
Historic Burns Square Pineapple Avenue
www.Selby.org
October 5 – November 7, 2012
between Ringling
GartenFest Music Series
Avenue and Mound Street
Every Sunday in October
www.BurnsSquare.com
Member Appreciation Day
Historic Spanish Point
November 10, 2012
Wine, Dine & Pine
337 North Tamiami Trail
November 29, 2012
Osprey, FL 34229
Lights in Bloom
941.966.5214
December 15 – 23,
www.Historic-
26 & 27, 2012
SpanishPoint.org
Florida Fantastica by MF Cardamone
Holly Days and Mangrove Lights November 23, 2012 – January 1, 2013
Annual Luncheon February 20, 2013
January 9 – February 19, 2013
Plant and Garden Festival
Sea Lion Family Festival
February 23 & 24, 2013
Rainforest Masks 2013
27th Annual Run for the Turtles
March 8 – April 19, 2013
April 6, 2013
Orchid Ball April 6, 2013
World Oceans Day Family Festival
Spring Music Series
June 8, 2013
February 9, 2013
April 7, 14, 21 & 28,
May 12, 2013
New Topics New College Speaker Series
Tropical Fourth of July
Benefiting New College
July 4, 2013
Foundation
May 5 & 12, 2013
Mother’s Day Brunch
www.ncf.edu/new-
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
topics-new-college
1600 Ken Thompson
October 23, 2012
Parkway Sarasota, FL 34236
What Makes a Great Beach?
941.388.4441
November 8, 2012
www.Mote.org
The Rising Epidemic of Prescription Pill Addiction
Home School Days Monthly
An Analysis of the 2012 Elections
Kayaking with Mote: Morning Tour and Full Moon Paddle
December 4, 2012
Recurring during October
Sharktoberfest
Helping Patients Through Medical Data Sharing
October 1, 2012
February 26, 2013
Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright October 19, 2012
The Problems, Promise, and Potential of Sub-Saharan Africa
2012 Oceanic Evening
March 21, 2013
and November 2012
Positive Aging Pioneers January 15, 2013
October 27, 2012
Sea Lion Soiree November 30, 2012
Powel Crosley Estate
Sea Lions: On the Water’s Edge
One Seagate Drive
December 1, 2012 –
941.722.3244
April 28, 2013
www.powelcros-
Sarasota, FL 34243
leyestate.com
Real Art Experiences
The Rosemary District
941.724.4322
www.TheRose-
www.RealArtEx-
maryDistrict.com
periences.org
Founded in 1886, this
Student drawing
historic district offers
classes offered
dining, art, shopping,
year round.
and more.
Revelle Academy Sarasota, FL 34233
Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc.
941.379.1915
941.953.8727
www.RevelleAcademy.com
www.HistoricSarasota.org
Dance & performing arts classes offered
Annual Historic Homes Tour
year round.
March 3, 2013
Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 North TamiamiTrail
Sarasota Architectural Foundation
Sarasota, FL 34234
941.364.2199
941.351.5100
www.SarasotaArchitec-
www.Ringling.edu
turalFoundation.org
4001 Cattlemen Road
Tours & lectures sched-
Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series
uled year round.
Association
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
941.925.1343
1001 Boulevard
www.RCLassociation.org
of the Arts
Jacqueline Novogratz
Sarasota, FL 34236
January 8, 2013
941.365.6404
Walter Isaacson
www.SILLSarasota.org
January 15, 2013
Sarasota & Venice Global
Dr. Robert Gates
Lecture & Music Series
February 5, 2013
schedule available online.
Benefiting Ringling College Library
Dr. Benjamin Carson Captain Mark Kelly
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
March 11, 2013
3701 Bay Shore Road
Tom Brokaw
Sarasota, FL 34234
April 8, 2013
941.355.5305
February 27, 2013
gleGardens.com
Surface Design Guild Sarasota
Schedule of events
www.SarasotaSur-
available online.
faceDesign.com
www.SarasotaJun-
SOULSPEAK/ SOULMOVES
Exhibitions and workshops offered year round.
Workshop and event infor-
The Southern Atelier
mation available online.
7226 21st Street East
www.Soulspeak.org
South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium
Sarasota, FL 34243 941.753.7755 www.TheSouthernAtelier.org Exhibitions and workshops offered year round.
201 10th Street West 941.746.4131
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota
www.southflori-
941.359.1765
Bradenton, FL 34205
damuseum.org
www.americantap-
Snooty’s Gala
estryalliance.org
November 3, 2012
Vote for Me! Vote for Me! Through November 25, 2012
engage festivals &
fairs
FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2012
Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright Mote Marine Laboratory
6th Annual Hungarian Festival
& Aquarium
Hungarian American
Sarasota, FL 34236
Cultural Association
941.388.4441
Sarasota Fairgrounds
www.Mote.org
See Performing Arts
October 19, 2012
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy.
section for performance schedules.
4th Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival
Ringling International Arts Festival
kinfestival.com
www.ringlingarts-
Sarasota County Fairgrounds
festival.org
October 26 – 28, 2012
www.sarasotapump-
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art October 10 – 13, 2012
Fright Night: Halloween on St. Armands October 31, 2012
18th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival
NOVEMBER 2012
Main Street, Down-
Sarasota Chalk Festival
town Sarasota
www.ChalkFestival.com
October 20 – 21, 2012
South Pineapple Avenue/
www.artfestival.com
Burns Square
Auto-Rama on St. Armands
November 1 – 6, 2012
www.starmand-
25th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest
scircleassoc.com
941.484.6722
October 20, 2012
West Venice Avenue
St. Armands Circle, Sarasota
Downtown Venice www.venicemainstreet.com November 3 & 4, 2012
Siesta Key Crystal Classic
Harvest Festival Mixon Fruit Farms
www.crystalsand.org
www.mixon.com
Master Sand Sculpting Competition
November 17 & 18, 2012
Siesta Key Beach November 9 – 12, 2012
Holly Days and Mangrove Lights Historic Spanish Point
10th Annual Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Grounds 941.870.0002
www.HistoricSpanishPoint.org November 23, 2012 – January 1, 2013
www.suncoastfoodan-
Siesta Key Village
dwinefest.com
Annual Holiday Lighting
November 10, 2012
www.siestakeyvillage.org November 24, 2012
Sarasota Medieval Fair www.sarasotame-
20th Annual Sarasota Craft Show
dievalfair.com
Robarts Arena
November 10 & 11,
www.sarasota-
17 & 18, 2012
craftshow.com
Sarasota Fairgrounds
November 30 –
24th Annual St. Armands Art Festival St. Armands Circle, Sarasota www.artfestival.com November 10 & 11, 2012
December 2, 2012
DECEMBER 2012 Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton
First Annual Truffle Festival Viking Culinary Center www.floridawinefest.org
www.bradentonbluesfestival.org December 1, 2012
November 16 & 17, 2012
Holiday Night of Lights
Arts in the Park
St. Armands Circle –
Garden of the Five
6 pm
Senses, North Port
December 7, 2012
www.cityofnorthport.com November 17, 2012
Poinsettia Parade and Festival
6th Annual Forks and Corks
Dallas White Park,
www.freshoriginals.
North Port
com/forksandcorks
www.cityofnorthport.com
January 25 – 28, 2013
December 8, 2012
25th Annual Winterfest of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts
10th Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival www.artfestival.com January 26 & 27, 2013
Anna Maria Island Art League www.IslandArtLeague.org December 8 & 9, 2012
4th Annual Downtown Sarasota Holiday Arts & Craft Show www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com Five Points Park
15th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art in the Park www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com Five Points Park January 26 & 27, 2013
FEBRUARY 2013
December 15 & 16, 2012
JANUARY 2013
Ovation Arts Festival Main Street at Lakewood Ranch
Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival
www.lwrevents.com
Venice Airport Grounds
19th Annual Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show
www.venicenokomisrotary.org January 19 – 20, 2013
February 2, 2013
Phillippi Estate
6th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival
Park, Sarasota
Downtown Venice
February 2 & 3, 2013
Main Street www.VeniceMainStreet.com January 12 & 13, 2013
www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com
19th Annual Siesta Key Craft Fair
Plant & Garden Festival
www.artfestival.com
Botanical Gardens
Ocean Blvd. &
www.Selby.org
Beach Road
February 23 & 24, 2013
February 2 & 3, 2013
Sarasota Masters Art Festival
Marie Selby
MARCH 2013
Palm Avenue, Historic
33rd Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival
Downtown Sarasota
941.366.1552
February 2 & 3, 2013
www.JazzClubSarasota.com
www.boulderbrook.net
The Players Theatre
Second Nature Environmental Festival
March 3 – 9, 2013
Environmental Park
24th Annual Springfest Fine Arts & Crafts
www.cityofnorthport.com
Anna Maria Island Art League
February 9, 2013
www.IslandArtLeague.org
Myakkahatchee
March 9 & 10, 2013
Southwest Florida Heritage Festival Crowley Museum
Sarasota County Agricultural Fair
& Nature Center
Sarasota Fairgrounds
www.CMNCfl.org
March 15 – 24, 2013
February 9, 2013
2013 Winter Opera Festival
Art at the Ranch Festival Main Street at Lake-
Sarasota Opera
wood Ranch
www.SarasotaOpera.org
www.LakewoodRanch.com
February 9 – March 24, 2013
March 16 & 17, 2013
25th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts www.artfestival.com Main Street, Downtown Sarasota February 16 & 17, 2013
11th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival
Sarasota Film Festival Festival.com
www.artfestival.com
April 5 – 14, 2013
Main Street from
(subject to change)
www.SarasotaFilm-
Lemon Ave to Selby Five Points Park in
YouthArts Fest
Downtown Sarasota
Arts & Cultural Alliance
March 23 & 24, 2013
www.sarasotaarts.org April 7, 2013
Sarasota Folk Festival Sarasota Folk Club
35th Annual Siesta Fiesta
Oscar Scherer State Park
www.artfestival.com
www.sarafolk.org
Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village
March 23 & 24, 2013
APRIL 2013 Sarasota Wine & Balloon Festival www.floridawinefest.org April 4 – 7, 2013
April 13 & 14, 2013
SUMMER 2013 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week Sarasota Convention
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival
and Visitors Bureau www.SarasotaFL. org/savor June 1 – 14, 2013
www.LaMusicaFestival.org April 5 – 19, 2013
Sarasota Music Festival www.sarasotaorchestra.org June 3 – 22, 2013
connect arts communities & organizations
ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
Composer Kamala Sankaram & Librettist Susan Yankowitz
1226 N. Tamiami
December 6, 2012
Trail, Ste 300 Sarasota, FL 34236
Choreographer Ralph Lemon
941.365.5118
January 10, 2013
www.SarasotaArts.org
Composer & Pianist Nathan Currier
14th Annual Awards Ceremony
January 31, 2013
October 22, 2012
Playwright & Performer Ginna Hoben
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
February 14, 2013
www.AMIArtists-
Filmmaker Bill Morrison & Theatrical Designer Laurie Olinder
GuildGallery.com
March 14, 2013
See Museums & Visual Arts for complete
Greenfield Prize Commission Premiere
event listings.
April 19, 2013
941.778.6694
Painter Will Villalongo
Hermitage Artist Retreat
July 11, 2013
6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL
Historic Burns Square
941.475.2098
Pineapple Avenue between
www.HermitageArt-
Ringling Ave. & Mound St.
istRetreat.org
www.BurnsSquare.com
Hermitage Artist Series at the Historic Asolo Theater. Artist and Orchestral Set Designer Ann Patterson
Island Gallery West 5368 Gulf Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.6648
November 1, 2012
www.islandgallerywest.com
Photographer Sean L Salyards
ArtsHOP: Joe Fletcher
November 15, 2012
The Artful Lobster
Multi-Media Art: Brenda Alcorn
November 17, 2012
December 1 – 31, 2012
November 1 – 30, 2012
Watercolor Paintings: Terry Denson
The National League of American Pen Women, Sarasota Branch
February 1 – 28, 2013
941.387.9381
Watercolor Paintings: Anne Abgott
www.NLAPW-Sarasota.com
Watercolor Paintings: Barbara Orear January 2 – 31, 2013
Photography: Richard Stewart
The Meaning and Process of Creativity as Related to Art and Letters
April 1 – 30, 2013
October 10, 2012
Acrylic and Oil Paintings: Shirley Dean
Recognizing Branch Award Winners
May 1 – 31, 2013
November 14, 2012
Pottery: Debra Ridgdill
Holiday Gala
June 1 – 29, 2013
December 12, 2012
Watercolor Paintings: Dee Pastorius
Collaboration between Alice Moerk and Ronni Miller
March 1 – 30, 2013
July 1 – 31, 2013
Oil Paintings: Patricia Sorg August 1 – 31, 2013
Main Street at Lakewood Ranch
February 9, 2013
Student Awards Luncheon March 20, 2013
8100 Lakewood
Palm Avenue Arts Alliance
Ranch Boulevard
www.PalmAvenue.org
Bradenton, FL 34202
First Friday Gallery
941.462.2357
Walks 6 – 9 pm.
www.LakewoodRanch.
See Museums &
com/Mainstreet
Visual Arts for complete
Music on Main
event listings.
Free concerts the first Friday of each month.
Realize Bradenton
Art at the Ranch
941.681.0708
March 16 & 17, 2013
www.realizebra-
Manatee County Cultural Alliance
denton.com
Bradenton Riverwalk Grand Opening Celebration
926 12th Street West
October 18, 2012
Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.2223
Reels at Rossi: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
www.ManateeArts.org
October 19, 2012
Music in the Park Village of the Arts Sampler
Burns Court Cinemas
October 25, 2012
Sarasota, FL 34236
Pump Boys and the Dinettes Youth Theater
Lakewood Ranch Cinemas
October 27, 2012
10715 Rodeo Drive #8
Music in the Park
Lakewood Ranch,
November 1, 2012
FL 34202
Pioneer Roundup History Cruise
Movieville Film Festival
November 4, 2012
Cine-World Film Festival
Music in the Park
November 12 – 21, 2012
November 8, 2012
Annual Academy Awards
ArtSlam at the River
TBA
506 Burns Court
September 21 – 23, 2012
November 10, 2012
Riverwalk Open Air Painting Music in the Park
Towles Court Art District
November 15, 2012
Sarasota, FL 34236
Reels at Rossi Movie: The Last Waltz
www.TowlesCourt.com
November 16, 2012
6 – 10 pm monthly
The Blues Appetizer Concert
Venice Main Street
November 30, 2012
941.484.6722
Bradenton Blues Festival
www.venicemain-
December 1, 2012
street.com
1938 Adams Lane
Third Friday Art Walks
Kids Create December 8, 2012
Village of the Arts
Reels at Rossi Movie: Arthur Christmas
Bradenton, FL
December 21, 2012
www.VillageoftheArts.com
941.747.8056 Schedule of workshops and
The Rosemary District
events available online.
East of US 41 to the north of Fruitville Road, centered
Visit Sarasota County
on Central Avenue.
701 N. Tamiami Trail
www.TheRose-
Sarasota, FL 34236
maryDistrict.com
941.955.0991 www.VisitSarasota.org
Sarasota Film Society
Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week
941.364.8662
June 1 – 14, 2013
www.FilmSociety.org
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