2016/2017 Arts & Culture Guide

The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

2016| 2017

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nity, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Sarasota County, a true cultural paradise. With its magnificent beaches and wealth of ecological assets, Sarasota County is one of the most beautiful communities in the country.

However, what is inarguably Sarasota County’s greatest treasure is our abundance of world-renowned arts and cultural organizations, which sets us apart from many of the other beautiful counties in Florida.

There are few other areas in the country that can match the quality and quantity of artistic offerings available here. From North Port and Englewood to Venice and Sarasota, we are blessed with wonderful performing arts halls, galleries, museums, botanical gardens and universities, as well as our own opera house, ballet, symphony orchestra, multiple theaters and circus.

This comprehensive season guide will hopefully 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 of Sarasota County.

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Jim Shirley Executive Director, Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

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he work of local artist and Venice resident was selected out of many wonderful submissions for the cover of this guide by community arts leaders assembled by the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.

“I started my artistic journey studying realistic oil painting for five years at the Stevenson Academy of Traditional Painting in Sea Cliff, New York and afterward at the New York School of Visual Arts (design) and New York Institute of Technology (photography). I then started illustrating book covers for most of the major publishing houses, and now work digitally, traditionally or a combination of both. The past few years I have started to develop an interest in patterns, design and a more contemporary feeling. I like to combine all the areas I have explored into each and every piece.”

– Karen Chandler Ms. Chandler is affiliated with the NASA Space Art Program and the United States Airforce Art Program. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Kennedy Space Center and the Air Force Art Collection, and several of her paintings are on display in the Pentagon. Ms. Chandler’s illustrations have appeared in books published by Simon & Schuster, Bantam Books, and Random House, as well as on the covers of books written by Agatha Christie, R.L. Stein, and Victoria Thompson. karenchandlerfineart.com

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PERFORMING ARTS Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus & Orchestra PO Box 1213 Holmes Beach, FL 34218 941.795.2370 Amicco.org

Andrew Tyson, pianist January 15, 2017

Edgar Moreau, cello w/ Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano February 12, 2017

November 12, 2016

John Brancy, baritone, Peter Dugan, piano, Betsy Traba, flute, Christopher Schnell, cello

A Holiday Celebration

February 19, 2017

4th Annual Symphony on the Sand

December 11, 2016 (CP)

Brahms & Young Performers

Pops & Special Performances

February 11 & 12, 2017 (K)

“Piano Grand” Joseph Holt, Jonathan Spivey, Andrew Lapp, Rich Ridenour, Don Bryn

AMICCO Presents 3 Tenors March 26, 2017 (K)

October 9, 2016

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Suite 300 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.306.1200 ArtistSeriesConcerts.org Performances at: Faith Lutheran Church, Historic Asolo Theater, Sarasota Opera House, Venice Performing Arts Center, Church of the Palms

“Croon” Todd Murray, singer, Alex Rybeck, pianist, Steve Doyle, drums, Sean Harkness, bass November 12 – 13, 2016

“A Christmas Carole & New Year’s Yves” Carole J. Bufford & E ric Yves Garcia, Matt Baker, piano December 17 – 18, 2016

Bob McDonald, Sinatra Tribute January 29, 2017

Classical Recital Series

Ying String Quartet, w/ Bharat Chandra, clarinet October 29 – 30, 2016

Elkey Trio – Scott Hill, guitar, Carlos Boltes, viola & charango, Gonzalo Cortes, Andean panpipes December 3 – 4, 2016

Violette & La Vie En Rose ensemble March 19, 2017

“Sibling Revelry” Liz & Ann Callaway, Alex Rybeck, pianist March 26, 2017

“Hot N’ Cole” Marie Wirries w/singers, pianists May 14, 2017

Lunch, Look & Listen Series Michael’s On East Ballroom

Mainstage

Giuseppina Ciarla, harp, Natalia Maiden, violin

The Great Society

November 10, 2016

The Originalist

Lee Dougherty Ross & Joseph Holt, duo piano

January 18 – March 7, 2017

January 26, 2017

Born Yesterday

Betsy Traba, Art of the Flute, Jenny Kim-Godfrey, soprano, Joseph Holt, piano

February 8 – April 15, 2017

February 16, 2017

Belle Canto

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

March 16, 2017

April 4 – 30, 2017

Guys and Dolls November 15, 2016 – January 1, 2017 January 11 – April 2, 2017

The Little Foxes March 17 – April 15, 2017

Beatsville Soiree Series Fischer/Weisenborne residence

April 27 – May 27, 2017

Dan Jordan, violin & Joseph Holt, piano

June 7 – July 2, 2017

October 2 – 3, 2016

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training

Daniela Liebman, pianist October 23 – 24, 2016

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Blake Friedman, tenor & Joseph Holt, piano

Book of Days

April 16 – 17, 2017

A View From The Bridge

Special Events Holley Hall at the Symphony Center

Suncoast Music Scholarships April 22, 2017

Artist Series Concerts National Competition

November 1 – 20, 2016 December 27, 2016 – January 15, 2017

The Drunken City February 21 – March 12, 2017

Shakespeare in the Gardens: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

April 29, 2017

Performed at Marie Selby Gardens April 11 – 29, 2017

Asolo Repertory Theatre

Dog Days Theatre Series: Relatively Speaking

5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243 941.351.8000 1.800.361.8388 AsoloRep.org

July 11 – 30, 2017

Dog Days Theatre Series: Double Indemnity August 8 – 27, 2017

Belle Canto 8148 36th Street East Sarasota, FL 34243 941.400.2152 BelleCanto.org

Sailor Circus Spring Show April 11 – 15, 2017

Summer Circus Spectacular

Cool Jazz by Red Hot Belles & The Michael Ross Quartet – First United Methodist Church

July 2017

November 5, 2016

941.957.0404 DiversitySarasota.org Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

The Sounds of Christmas – At GPAC December 10, 2016

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota

The Voices of Christmas – First United Methodist Church

All That Jazz

December 18, 2016

May, 2017

The French Connection – First United Methodist Church

Exsultate! Chorale

February 19, 2017

Voix Françaises – Michael’s On East February 19, 2017

The Circus Arts Conservatory 2075 Bahia Vista Street Sarasota, FL 34239 941.355.9805 circusarts.org

Circus by the Sea at Mote Marine October 22, 2016

Sailor Circus Holiday Show December 26 – 29, 2016

Windjammers Concert January 15, 2017

December 10 – 11, 2016

Spring Concert

PO Box 1004 Venice, FL 34284 941.484.8491 Exsultate.org Venice Performing Arts Center

From the Stage February 19, 2017

For the Children April 2, 2017

The First Brass of Sarasota 4565 Northlake Drive Sarasota, FL 34232 941.928.0296 TheFirstBrass.org See website for locations.

Brass We Have Heard On High

Circus Sarasota Winter Performance

November 30, 2016

February 10 – March 5, 2017

December 4, 2016

Cirque des Voix

December 15, 2016

March 24 – 26, 2017

Robert Burns at Bay Village

50th Christmas at Faith Brass at Bay Village

January 26, 2017

Mardi Gras

Piano Men

February 26, 2017

November 30, 2016 – March 31, 2017

11th Annual Memorial Day Concert

Older Than Dirt

May 28, 2017

February 8 – June 4, 2017

Concert Series at St Paul Lutheran

Children’s Theatre Series

Solist Woodwind Quintet

Through November 18, 2016

December 2016

Deck The Halls!

Horns-a-Plenty – French Horn Ensemble

December 10 – 17, 2016

January 2017

January 21 – 28, 2017

Mardi Gras – First Brass Five+ & Sharon Scott

The Dragon vs. The Hiccups and Other Winning Plays

February 2017

The Velveteen Rabbit

Alice With A Twist

Celtic Brass – Jacobites & First Brass Five+

May 6 – 13, 2017

March 2017

Stage III

Florida Studio Theatre 1241 North Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.9000 FloridaStudioTheatre.org

Stalking The Bogeyman January 4 – February 4, 2017

Gidion’s Knot February 15 – March 18, 2017

Grounded March 22 – April 23, 2017

Mainstage

Million Dollar Quartet November 9, 2016 – January 1, 2017

Clever Little Lies December 14, 2016 – March 4, 2017

Brownsville Song (B-side for Tray)

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

Late Night Catechism

January 25 – March 26, 2017

October 16, 2016

Rich Girl

November 5, 2016

April 5 – May 27, 2017

Belle Canto

Teddy Roosevelt

December 10, 2016 Cabaret

Nate Najar

Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves

December 16, 2016

October 5, 2016 – January 29, 2017

Chasing Rainbows: Louise Pitre January 4, 2017

Hunter & Doe

Guitar Sarasota

January 13, 2017

941.362.2991 GuitarSarasota.org

Michael Lasser January 26 & 28, 2017

Giacomo Gates

February 18, 2017

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

Velvet Caravan

Thibaut Garcia – France

February 24, 2017

February 4, 2017

Simon & Garfunkel

Marco Sartor – Uruguay

February 25, 2017

February 25, 2017

Ring Sarasota The Sedaka Show

Duo KM: Klingeberg & Montes – Germany & Chile

April 7, 2017

March 18, 2017

The Four Freshmen

Manuel Barrueco – Cuba

April 23, 2017

April 1, 2017

Gloria Musicae

Mini-Concert & Lecture Series Crocker Memorial Church 1260 12th St. Sarasota, FL 34236

February 4, 2017

Perfect Hermany February 17, 2017

Cynthia Sayer

April 1, 2017

PO Box 52987 Sarasota, FL 34232 941.387.6046 GloriaMusicae.org

Viva España!

November 6, 2016

Trio Voilà – Flute, Guitar, Viola

Too Hot to Handel

November 14, 2016

December 11, 2016

Brahms’ Lullaby and Beyond

Jimmy Moore – Classical Guitar & Folk Music Arrangements

January 22, 2017

December 12, 2016

Faithfully French Choral Gems

Joe Shields – Classical Guitar

March 5, 2017

January 9, 2017

Verdi Requiem April 23, 2017

Kevin Mandeville – Classical Guitar

Voices of Freedom

February 13, 2017

July 4, 2017

Lyndall Vickers – Classical Guitar March 13, 2017

Community and Youth Showcase April 10, 2017

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

The Red Velvet Cake War

Jazz Meets Art – Debbie Keeton October 19, 2016

Oktoberfest Trolley Pub Crawl October 26, 2016

Through October 9, 2016

Murderers

Jazz at Two

November 10 – 20, 2016

Lorri Hafer & Mike Hafer Trio

Moon Over The Brewery

October 14, 2016

January 12 – 29, 2017

Jim Wellen Quartet

Play On

October 21, 2016

March 9 – 26, 2017

Six piece Sarasota Jazz Project Big Band

Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike March 4 – 14, 2017

October 28, 2016

Eddie Tobin November 4, 2016

Jacobite Pipe Band

Tom Carabasi November 18, 2016

7120 Myakka Valley Trail Sarasota, FL 34241 941.350.0271 JacobitesBand.com See website for locations.

Whitney James

Veteran’s Day Show

December 9, 2016

November 13, 2016

Synia Carroll

Highland Games

December 16, 2016

February 4, 2017

Jazz Scholarship Winners

St Patrick’s Day Celebration

November 25, 2016

Austin Vickrey December 2, 2016

Tony Benade

December 30, 2016

March 17, 2017

Ed Rolnick

National Tartan Day Show

January 6, 2017

April 2 & 9, 2017

January 13, 2017

11th Annual Memorial Day Concert

Mary Radamacher-Reed

May 28, 2017

Mac Chrupcala

Kitt Moran

January 27, 2017 February 3, 2017

Jazz Club of Sarasota 330 S. Pineapple Avenue, Suite 111 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.1552 JazzClubSarasota.com

Al Hixon February 10, 2017

Tom Ellison February 17, 2017

Billy Marcus Trio February 24, 2017

Skip Conkling March 3, 2017

Jerry Eckert March 17, 2017

Alexander’s Feast

by Handel

Marc Mannino

October 29

March 24, 2017

Holiday Concert: Banquet of Voices – Messe de Minuit Pour Noël and Christmas Oratorio by Marc – Antoine Charpentier

Patricia Dean March 31, 2017

Bruce Wallace April 12, 2017 Evening Concert

November 27, 2016

Valerie Gillespie & John DePaola

Mozart with Mary Wilson Concert – Great Mass in C Minor

November 12, 2016

Eddie Metz Trio with Rossano Sportiello (piano), Nicki Parrott (bass) and special guest Harry Allen

February 11, 2017

January 20, 2017

May 5, 2017

La Lucha with Chuck Redd April 8, 2017 Joy of Jazz

Marc Mannino January 22, 2017

Bill Buchman February 19, 2017

Jim Wellen March 26, 2017

37th Annual Jazz Festival March 5 – 11, 2017

Jazz on the Water – David Pruyn May 7, 2017

Key Chorale PO Box 20613 Sarasota, FL 34276 941.921.4845 KeyChorale.org info@KeyChorale.org

Ten Years of Inspiration Annual Luncheon

Cirque des Voix® March 24 – 26, 2017

Tomorrow’s Voices Today Concert

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival PO Box 5442 Sarasota, FL 34277 941.366.8450 x3 LaMusicaFestival.org

31st Annual International Chamber Music Festival April 3, 6, 9 & 12, 2017

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

Hypnosis October 19 – November 6, 2016

Mark Twain Performs “Mark Twain Turns 70, Words & Songs” November 19, 2016

October 24, 2016

Bob’s Your Elf

Sarasota Choral Festival

November 30 – December 18, 2016

October 25, 28 & 29, 2016

Marcy Downey “Swinging Through the Forties”

The Full Monty

January 7, 2017

Studio Series

Office Hours

Children of a Lesser God

January 18 – February 12, 2017

October 20 – November 6, 2016

8th Annual Shorts Aloud Festival

It’s a Wonderful Life

February 18 – 19, 2017

13 The Musical!

John Tuff and Friends “No ‘Cryin’ In Your Beer Old-time Country Music”

January 12 – 29, 2017

April 20 – May 7, 2017

December 1 – 18, 2016

WIT

February 25, 2017

February 23 – March 12, 2017

Tuesdays With Morrie

Peter and the Starcatcher

March 8 – April 2, 2017

April 6 – 23, 2017

Jimmy Mazz “Las Vegas Legends” April 15, 2017

I Ought to be in Pictures

Community Artistic Collaborations

April 26 – May 14, 2017

Memorable Melodies, Sarasota Musica Viva

Senior Follies

October 9, 2016

June 7 – 25, 2017

A Very Good Year, Frank Sinatra

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

November 9, 2016

Independent Jones November 25, December 30, 2016, May 27, 2017

DraMature, Holiday Follies December 14, 2016

Trio d’amore, Sarasota Musica Viva

Broadway Series

January 8, 2017

Assassins

Rat Pack – Together Again

October 27 – November 13, 2016

January 11, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

January 23 – 24, 2017

December 1 – 18, 2016

Transformations

Little Shop of Horrors

January 28, 2017

January 5 – 22, 2017

Neil Diamond Tribute

The Bridges of Madison County

February 14, 2017

February 9 – 26, 2017

Lip Schtick

Suncoast Mummers and String Band

Boynton Beach Club World Premiere Production

February 15, 2017

March 16 – April 2, 2017

March 4, 2017

Florida Brass Drum and Bugle Corps

Whirling Passion

Frankie Paul

March 5, 2017

December 21 – 23, 2016

Thomas Koch, Classical Guitarist

Brett Leake

March 22, 2017

Tim Wilkins

Baby Boomers

December 31, 2016

December 28 – 30, 2016

March 28, 2017

The Gold Tones March 29, 2017

The Book of Goddesses, Sarasota Musica Viva

Musica Sacra Cantorum

DraMature, Spring Fling

PO Box 50581 Sarasota, FL 34232 941.405.7322 MSCChorus.org

May 3, 2017

This Day

The Diary of Anne Frank, Sarasota Ballet Company

December 12, 2016

May 13 – 21, 2017

January 23, 2017

April 9, 2017

McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre 1923 Ringling Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.925.FUNY (3869) McCurdysComedy.com

Caroline Rhea October 7 – 8, 2016

Al Romero October 14 – 16, 2016

Janet Williams

French Flair Baroque Gems February 13, 2017

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

October 19 – 23, 2016

Da Capo Chamber Players: Pierrot Lunaire

John Lovitz

November 5, 2016

November 3 – 5, 2016

Julie Scoggins

Ensemble Mise-En: Ligeti Piano Concerto

November 9 – 13, 2016

January 21, 2017

Andrew Norelli Ron Feingold

Cornelius Cardew’s The Great Learning, Paragraph 2

November 23 – 27, 2016

March 4, 2017

Chris Cope and JB Ball November 30 – December 4, 2016

Bobby Previte: Terminals Part II: In Transit

Ian Gutoskie

April 21, 2017

November 16 – 20, 2016

December 7 – 11, 2016

Dean Napolitano December 4 – 18, 2016

Black Diamond Burlesqe December 18, 2016

Special Events

The Sarasota Wind Quintet: Music by New College Student Composers April 9, 2017

Electronic Music Class Concert: The Final Projects May 17, 2017

North Port Performing Arts Association

North Port Symphony NorthPortSymphony.com

God Bless The USA November 13, 2016

Sounds of the Season December 18, 2016

Wine, Women and Song January 29, 2017

Conquistadors and Castanets February 26, 2017

Around the World in Eighty Minutes... or So

6400 West Price Boulevard North Port, FL 34291 941.426.8479 Nppaa.net

March 26, 2017

North Port Concert Band

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

NorthPortConcertBand.org

Piccolos and Patriots

OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving

October 27, 2016

Christmas “Presence” December 8, 2016

Tea and Trumpets January 12, 2017

A Gershwin Tribute to Love February 16, 2017

Bad Boys March 23, 2017

My Kinds of Towns April 23, 2017

North Port Chorale TheNorthPortChorale.org

Holiday Magic December 10, 2016

Vive La Différence!

February 11, 2017

From Sea To Shining April 29, 2017

Perlman Music Program/Suncoast 941.955.4942 PerlmanMusicProgram Suncoast.org

PMP Alumni: In Schools & Around Town October 13 & 16, 2016, February 15, April 20 & 22, May 18 & 21, 2017

Sarasota Winter Residency December 21, 2016 – January 7, 2017

Celebration Concert January 5, 2017

Violins of Hope February 2, 2017

The Players Centre For Performing Arts 838 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.2494 ThePlayers.org

Got A Minute? (Preview) October 25, 2016

Got A Minute? Show November 25 & 26, 2016 Broadway Series

Gypsy Through October 16, 2016

Young Frankenstein November 2 – 20, 2016

Legally Blonde: The Musical December 7 – 23, 2016

Sweet Charity January 11 – 29, 2017

Big Fish February 15 – March 5, 2017

Footloose March 22 – April 9, 2017

Boeing Boeing April 26 – May 14, 2017

Riverview High School Performing Arts Center

USO-Style Extravaganza Honoring our Veterans November 13, 2016 (Riverview PAC) November 14, 2016 (Neel PAC)

Jolly Pops, a Holiday Show Featuring the Qol Quartet December 12, 2016 (Neel PAC) December 18, 2016 (Riverview PAC)

My Funny Valentine, Featuring Pianist Rich Ridenour February 12, 2017 (Riverview PAC) February 13, 2017 (Neel PAC)

Out of this World, with Electric Violist Martha Mooke April 2, 2017 (Riverview PAC) April 3, 2017 (Neel PAC)

Ring Sarasota RingSarasota.org

Backstage At The Players Series

Christmas Concert

Almost, Maine

TBA

October 19 – 30, 2016

March 19, April 1 & 23, 2017

Next Fall February 1 – 12, 2017

December 4 & 11, 2016

Copenhagen

Sarasota Ballet

March 8 – 19, 2017

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

The Pops Orchestra PO Box 1622 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.926.POPS (7677) ThePopsOrchestra.org SCF’s Neel Performing Arts Center

Walsh, Graziano, Tudor & Layton FSU Center for the Performing Arts October 28 – 30, 2016

Balanchine, Ashton & Tudor

Sarasota Chorus of the Keys

Sarasota Opera House November 18 – 20, 2016

ChorusoftheKeys.org

George Balanchine’s Jewels

Sarasota Concert Association

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall December 16 – 17, 2016

PO Box 1714 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.225.6500 ScaSarasota.org

Graziano, Ashton & Tuckett FSU Center for the Performing Arts January 27 – 30, 2017

The Sarasota Ballet Presents The Paul Taylor Dance Company FSU Center for the Performing Arts February 24 – 26, 2017

Great Performers Series Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 777 N. Tamiami Trail Riverview Performing Arts Center 1 Ram Way

Emerson String Quartet

A Tribute to Ashton

December 18, 2016

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall March 10 – 11, 2017

Minnesota Orchestra

Ashton, de Valois & Robbins

January 9, 2017

National Symphony of Ukraine January 30, 2017

Sarasota Opera House April 28 – 30, 2017

Apollo’s Fire

Film and Lecture Series

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

FSU Center for the Performing Arts See website for more information.

November 7, 2016 – April 12, 2017

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

Handel’s Messiah December 5, 2015

February 22, 2017

March 16, 2017

Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan March 30, 2017 Music Matinees Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center 709 N. Tamiami Trail

Hein Jung, soprano and Grigorios Zamparas, piano November 9, 11 & 15, 2016

Aaron Romm, trumpet and Avis Romm, piano December 21, 2016

Sarasota Opera Studio Artists January 18, 2017

Alison Sincoff, flute and Gail Berenson, piano

Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company

March 22, 2017

(Formerly Fuzión Dance Artists) 8437 Tuttle Avenue #160 Sarasota, FL 34243 941.345.5755 SarasotaContemporary Dance.org

Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors

Jane B. Cook Theatre

April 19, 2017

Jazz + SCD

February 15, 2017

Chris Takeda and Jennifer Best Takeda violin duo

Sarasota Concert Band

October 13 – 16, 2016

Voices of Sarasota Contemporary Dance

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

December 1 – 4, 2016

Senior Friendship Center Halloween concert

Evolving Revolving

Dance Makers – 11th Annual Concert February 9 – 12, 2017 May 11 – 14, 2017

October 23, 2016

Swiss Alp Band concert – Riverview auditorium November 4, 2016

Phillippi Estate Park 100th year anniversary celebration November 12, 2016

Hope Lutheran Church Bradenton Christmas concert December 3, 2016

The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School 501 North Beneva Road, Suite 700 Sarasota, FL 34233 Sarasotacuban balletschool.com

The Nutcracker December 2, 2016

Senior Friendship Center Christmas concert

Sarasota Cuban Ballet School Student Showcase

December 11, 2016

July 29, 2017

Hope Lutheran concert with Charlie Harnish

ON STAGE with the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School

January 2017 (Date TBA)

Glenridge Performing Arts Center Spring concert (Date TBA)

Senior Friendship Center Spring concert (Date TBA)

Memorial day concert May 29, 2017

July 29, 2017

Sarasota Folk Club 941.371.1433 SarasotaFolk.org Sarasota Sailing Squadron 1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy.

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.377.9256

Plymouth Harbor Musical Entertainment November 17, 2016

Shabbat Services December 16, 2016

Chanukah presentation at Shabbat Service

Friction Farm

December 23, 2016

October 31, 2016

Grant Peeples

Yom Hashoah Commemeration

November 28, 2016

April 30, 2017

Holiday of Song December 19, 2016

Annalise Emerick January 30, 2017

William Florian February 27, 2017

Larry Mangum March 27, 2017

Lauren Heintz

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

April 24, 2017

Hootenanny

Fall Music Film Series

May 22, 2017

“The Making of the Ring,” Joy McIntyre, presenter

MaryEllen Healyll & Vince Carniglio

October 19, 2016

June 26, 2017 July 31, 2017

Lecture and Performance Series

Rick Hardeman

Focus On Youth

August 27, 2017

January 4, 2017

Claude Bourbon September 25, 2017

Gounod: “Romeo and Juliet”

Mick Jurgensen

January 11, 2017

October 30, 2017

Hungrytown

Puccini: “Madama Butterfly”

November 27, 2017

January 18, 2017

Holiday of Song

Standard Songs in Jazz, Country, Blues & Folk Music

Bill & Eli Perras

December 18, 2017

Sarasota Jewish Chorale 941.355.8011 SarasotaJewishChorale.org

Kristallnacht Commemoration November 9, 2016

January 25, 2017

Poulenc: “Dialogues of the Carmelites” February 1, 2017

Masters of the Keyboard, Yi-heng Yang, piano February 8, 2017

Verdi: “La Traviata” February 15, 2017

Pineview High School String Ensemble

Mozart: “Idomeneo”

November 18, 2016

February 22, 2017

Holiday Music Program

Songs by Finzi, Quilter, Ravel, and More, David Davani, baritone, Joseph Holt, piano

December 16, 2016

March 1, 2017

February 17, 2017

Great Piano Works of Beethoven & Chopin, Steven Glaser, piano

Sarasota Earlye Musicke Consort

March 8, 2017

Strauss: “Der Rosenkavalier”

Suncoast Music Scholarships Competition

March 15, 2017

April 22, 2017

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

Annual Scholarship Awards Winners Performance

Juan de la Sierra, Guitar January 20, 2017

Grigorios Zamparas

March 17, 2017

May 6, 2017

March 22, 2017

Sarasota Opera Other Events

Opera Talk: Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” Phyllis Lowitt

61 North Pineapple Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.328.1300 SarasotaOpera.org

October 26, 2016

Opera House Tours

Annual Musical Flea Market

October 31, November 7, 2016, February 20 & 27, March 6, 13 & 20, 2017

April 15, 2017

Sarasota Music Club

2016 Fall Season

PO Box 19613 Sarasota, FL 34276 941.925.3602 SarasotaMusicClub.org

October 28 – November 13, 2016

Eicher Auditorium, Sunnyside Village

2016 Winter Opera Festival

Art Songs and Arias Johanna Fincher, Soprano & Robyn Rocklein, Mezzo-Soprano

Madama Butterfly

October 21, 2016

February 18 – March 25, 2017

Don Pasquale

Fall Opera Showcase November 6, 2016

February 11 – March 25, 2017

The Italian Girl in Algiers

The Love of Three Kings March 11 – 26, 2017 Season Concert Performances

Curtain Raiser October 23, 2016

The Secret World of Og November 12, 2016

Concerts at Noon

Sarasota Opera Guild 941.374.2914 sarasotaopera.org

Social & Singers Sarasota Opera House October 18, November 15, 2016, January 17, February 14, March 14, 2017

March 3 – 10, 2017

Covers at Three

Performances/Lectures

March 10, 2017

Artists Choice Concert

Madama Butterfly and Her History

March 19, 2017

October 13, 2016

Spring Opera Spectacular

Pina Antonellie, Pianist

March 26, 2017

“Opera’s Shades of Love”

Understanding Opera Series

February 9, 2017

November 9, 2016

Opera in the Headlines

Alan Brasington Presentation

October 13, 2016

March 2, 2017

The Highs and Lows of Opera October 20, 2016

Prologues Unity Church, Sarasota

The Sky is the Limit – 10 Sopranos You Should Know

Don Pasquale

October 27, 2016

January 9, 2017

You Heard it at the Movies

Madama Butterfly

November 3, 2016 Meet the Artists

Dialogues of The Carmelites

Don Pasquale

January 23, 2017

October 18, 2016

The Love of Three Kings

Butterfly

January 30, 2017

October 24, 2016

Italian Girl in Algiers

January 16, 2017

February 7, 2017

Italian Girl

Sarasota Orchestra

February 14, 2017

709 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.953.3434 SarasotaOrchestra.org

Dialogues February 28, 2017

Three Kings March 7, 2017

Masterworks

The Rite Music November 4 – 6, 2016

The New World

Tantalizing Trombone

December 2 – 4, 2016

February 16, 2017

Beethoven & Brahms January 6 – 8, 2017

String Quartet: The Finale

Tchaikovsky to Tüür

March 12, 2017

February 2 – 5, 2017

Estonian Voices

Special Events

February 23 – 26, 2017

Sarasota Music Festival

Titan

June 5 – 24, 2017

March 17 – 19, 2017

Magnificent Seven March 31 – April 2, 2017 Great Escapes

Breaking Bad October 19 – 22, 2016

State College of Florida 5840 26th Street Bradenton, FL 34207 941.752.5252 scf.edu

Sleigh Ride December 7 – 10, 2016

Timeless Tales January 11 – 14, 2017

Romantic Nights

Music/Dance Neel Performing Arts Center

March 22 – 25, 2017

Faculty Recital: The Bridge Trio (violin, cello and piano), “Coming to America”

The People’s Choice

October 4, 2016

April 5 – 8, 2017

Fall Festival of Music

February 8 – 11, 2017

Sounds of America

October 6, 2016

A Tribute to Elton John

Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, “Surprise!”

January 20 – 21, 2017

October 7, 2016

Leading Ladies of Broadway

Fall Musical, “Grease”

March 3 – 4, 2017

The Music of Sinatra

Symphonic Band Concert

April 21 – 22, 2017

November 17, 2016

Pops

October 21 – 23, 2016

October 16, 2016

SCF Choirs and Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s “Messiah”

Beautiful Brass

December 2, 2016

October 27, 2016

Student Dance Recital

Poignant Piano

December 6, 2016

November 17, 2016

Holiday Concert

The Sinking of The Titanic

December 8, 2016

January 29, 2017

January 19, 2017

Chamber Soiree

Quintessential Quintets

Music Student Showcase

Symphonic Band, “Our New Day”

Mac Frampton March 19, 2017

February 16, 2017

SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, “It’s So Classic”

Theatre

February 24, 2017

October 1, 7 – 9, 2016

SCF Choirs, United in Song

Play #2: TBA

Howard Studio Theatre Play #1: TBA

February 28, 2017

November 18 – 20, 25 – 27, 2016

Guitar Fest

Play #3: TBA

March 2, 2017

February 17 – 19, 24 – 26, 2017

Guest recital, “Tangoes and Salsa” March 21, 2017

Jazz Ensembles in Concert March 23, 2017

Chamber Music Concert

Play #4: TBA April 14 – 15, 20 – 23, 2017

Suncoast Concert Band

April 17, 2017

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

SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, “Pull Out All the Stops!”

Concert Season at Northminster Presbyterian Church

April 21, 2017

April 22, 2017

November 6 & 20, December 4 &18, 2016, January 8, February 5, March 5, April 2 & 23, 2016

Student Dance Recital

Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors

April 25, 2017 April 27, 2017

December 11, 2018, January 15, February 12, March 12, April 9, 2017

Sundays at Neel

Special Concerts at Church of the Palms

SCF Big Band, “Jazz on Ice”

January 22, February 19, March 19, 2017

April 7, 2017

Music Theatre Ensemble Showcase

Music and Theatre Scholarship Auditions

Spring Fling

December 11, 2016

Karen Granger

Theatre Odyssey

January 15, 2017

PO Box 1383 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.799.7224 TheatreOdyssey.org

The Kingston Trio January 29, 2017

Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians February 12, 2017

Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival

Paul Tanner

January 14 – 15, 2017

February 26, 2017

Ten-Minute Play Festival May 4 – 7, 2017

Melissa Etheridge’s Holiday Trio November 27, 2016

Urbanite Theatre 1487 Second Street Sarasota, FL 34236 941.321.1397 UrbaniteTheatre.com

My Barking Dog November 11 – December 18, 2016

Jim Brickman – Comfort & Joy November 29, 2016

Fame December 7, 2016

The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Celebration December 10, 2016

Ideation

Beach Boys’ Christmas’

January 27 – March 12, 2017

December 12, 2016

Bo-Nita

December 13, 2016

March 31 – April 30, 2017

The Sarasota Ballet – George Balanchine’s Jewels

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

Garrison Keillor

December 16 – 17, 2016

A Christmas Carol December 21, 2016

Rogers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella December 27 & 28, 2016

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker

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

42nd Street

December 29, 2016 December 30, 2016

Celtic Thunder

Salute To Vienna with The Strauss Symphony of America

October 15, 2016

January 3, 2017

Doo Wop Spectacular Mary Chapin Carpenter

My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy

October 28, 2016

January 5, 2017

ZZ Top

Dirty Dancing

October 31, 2016

January 10 – 11, 2017

Capitol Steps November 1, 2016

Matthew Morrison with Seth Rudetsky

Mannheim Steamroller

January 12, 2017

November 18, 2016

Jay Leno

Decades Rewind

January 13, 2017

November 19, 2016

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas

Dick Fox’s Golden Boys – Frankie Avalon, Fabian & Bobby Rydell

November 25, 2016

January 14, 2017

October 22, 2016

Michael Bolton

Twyla Tharp

January 15, 2017

February 15, 2017

Engelbert Humperdinck

Pippin

January 16, 2017

February 17 – 18, 2017

Elvis Lives January 17, 2017

Manhattan Transfer /Take 6

Zoltán Mága

February 19, 2017

January 18, 2017

Alvin Ailey

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

February 21, 2017

January 19, 2017

Jackie Evancho

Adam Trent: The Futurist

February 27, 2017

Lang Lang February 23, 2017

January 22, 2017

Swan Lake – Russian National Ballet Theatre

Riverdance

February 28, 2017

January 24 – 26, 2017

Kenny Rogers

Orchestre National de Lyon

January 27, 2017

March 1, 2017

Gladys Knight

Smokey Robinson

January 28, 2017

March 2, 2017

Johnny Mathis – Live in Concert

Alan Cumming Sings Snappy Songs

January 29, 2017

March 5, 2017

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Taj Express

February 1, 2017

The Sarasota Ballet – A Tribute to Ashton

Keith Lockhart & The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra February 2, 2017

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Guy

March 7, 2017

March 10 – 11, 2017

An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth March 12, 2017

February 6, 2017

Jump, Jive & Wail Featuring The Jive Aces

Itzhak Perlman

March 13, 2017

February 7, 2017

Annie

An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin

March 14 – 15, 2017

February 8, 2017

March 17, 2017

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Pilobolus – Shadowland

February 9, 2017

Chicago

Steve Martin & Martin Short

March 24 – 26, 2017

February 10, 2017

March 27, 2017

Neil Berg’s 108 Years of Broadway

Momix – Opus Cactus

February 14, 2017

Once

March 23, 2017

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

March 28, 2017

Menopause the Musical April 4, 2017

Rhapsody & Rhythm: The Gershwin Experience

From the Stage: Music of Opera, Oratorio, and Broadway February 19, 2017

Neil Sedaka

Poulenc’s Gloria with the Venice Symphony

April 7, 2017

March 10 – 11, 2017

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles April 8, 2017

For the Children: Featuring Rutter’s Mass of the Children

Chris Botti

April 2, 2017

April 5, 2017

April 12, 2017

The Four Tops and The Temptations

Venice Musicale

David Sedaris

PO Box 179 2357 South Tamiami Trail #3 Venice, FL 34292 941.488.4902 VeniceMusicale.org

April 19, 2017

Musical Potpourii

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science

October 20, 2016

April 13, 2017

Under the Streetlamp April 18, 2017

April 20, 2017

Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein

One Night of Queen

November 17, 2016

April 23, 2017

Kinky Boots

Holiday Concert with Encore Chorus

April 25 – 30, 2017

December 15, 2017

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

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

Holiday Favorites with the Venice Symphony December 16 – 18, 2016

Classical Favorites January 19, 2017

Cupid’s Cabaret February 16, 2017

Spring concert with Encore Chorus March 16, 2017

Music Scholarship Winners April 20, 2017

The Venice Symphony 230 South Tamiami Trail Venice, FL 34285 941.207.8822 TheVeniceSymphony.org Venice Performing Arts Center

Bernstein – Tchaikovsky – Brahms, Joseph Swensen, violin soloist

Stage II

November 18 – 19, 2016

Frost/Nixon

Holiday Favorites with The Venice Chorale

January 19 – February 11, 2017

December 16 – 18, 2016

Blood Brothers

Smetana – De Falla – Beethoven, Tatiana Roitman, piano soloist

March 30 – April 23, 2017

Get Out of Dodge November 3 – 20, 2016

Fences May 4 – 21, 2017

January 13 – 14, 2017

Romantic Valentine Standards Mark Raisch, vocal soloist

Cabaret

February 17 – 18, 2017

Six Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know

Bartok – Prokofieff – Poulenc with The Venice Chorale, Elisabeth Slaten, soprano soloist March 10 – 11, 2017

The Toxic Avenger Through October 23, 2016

December 2 – 18, 2016

Assisted Living: The Musical

Mills – Haydn – Mozart Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, Cello soloists

February 17 – March 19, 2017

April 7 – 8, 2017

Generations

Strauss, Suppé, Lehár, Millöcker and others

A Christmas Carol

April 28 – 29, 2017

Once on this Island, A Musical

Venice Theatre

May 16 – 21, 2017

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

December 16 – 21, 2016

Special Events

R.P.M. 30th Anniversary Concert October 9, 2016

Main Stage

The Alter Eagles

The Sunshine Boys

November 13 – 14, 2016

Through October 16, 2016

Gershwin with a Twist starring Brian Gurl

Billy Elliot the Musical November 8 – December 4, 2016

November 20 – 21, 2016

Sister Act

December 9 – 10, 2016

January 10 – February 5, 2017

The Sounds of Christmas

Crazy For You

December 22 – 23, 2016

February 21 – March 19, 2017

Shades of Bublé

Inherit the Wind

The Capital Steps

April 11 – 30, 2017

January 15 – 16, 2017

Late Night Catechism

December 29 – 31, 2016

America’s Diamond Live January 22 – 23, 2017

Back Home Again, a Tribute to John Denver January 29 – 30, 2017

Harry James and the Andrews Sisters

The 22nd Annual Loveland Show June, 2017

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone

1646 10th Way Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.1505 westcoastblacktheatre.org

February 26 – 27, 2017

The Wiz

The Diamonds March 5 – 6, 2017

October 12 – November 20, 2016

Let’s Hang On

Black Nativity

March 12 – 13, 2017

The Kingston Trio

November 30 – December 23, 2016

March 19 – 21, 2017

The Piano Lesson

Monday, Monday

January 11 – February 18, 2017

February 6, 2017

April 23 – 24, 2017

Girls Groups Education & Outreach

March 1 – April 9, 2017

The 25th Annual Silver Fox Show

Dearly Departed

March 30 – April 2, 2017

April 19 – May 27, 2017

visualize museums & visual arts

MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League 5312 Holmes Boulevard Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.2099 IslandArtLeague.org

Exhibitions

Pen Women Curated Show / TESA / 12 x 12 Juried Open Show October 4 – 28, 2016

October 7, 2016

Art of the Heart Juried Open Show / Have a Seat Open Juried Show

11th Annual Gallery Walk ArtsHop Exhibit

November 1 – December 2, 2016

November 11, 2016

Wonders of the World Juried Open Show / Dylan Pierce – Legacy of Hope

Teacher’s Open Exhibit

Christmas Walk-a-bout Exhibit December 9, 2016

Winter Fest December 10 – 11, 2016

Portrait’s Juried Exhibit – Art Walk January 13, 2017

23rd Annual James Pay Juried Open Exhibit – Art Walk

December 6, 2016 – January 20, 2017

American Watercolor Society / FL Suncoast Watercolor Juried Show January 24 – February 24, 2017

March 10, 2017

International Society of Acrylic Painters Curated Show / Donna McIntyre Juried Show / Student Show

St. Stephen’s Visual Arts Exhibit – Art Walk

February 28 – March 24, 2017

April 14, 2017

Member Show Juried Open Show

February 10, 2017

Black & White Juried Exhibit – Art Walk

Spring Fest TBA – 2017

March 28 – April 21, 2017

Art Center Manatee

Manatee County Schools

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

April 23 – May 19, 2017

Nights Out

Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna Juried Open Show

October 14 & 28, November 4 & 18, December 2 & 16, 2016, January 1 & 27, February 10, March 10, 2017

TBA / 80th Anniversary Exhibit May 23 – June 23, 2017

June 27 – July 28, 2017

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

Lowell Gilbertson / TBD / Sumi-e Society of Sarasota / Line, Form and Color – juried August 24 – September 29, 2017

Exhibitions

Events

Ringling Instructors Show / Patricia Anderson Turner / Pan-O-Rama Community Project / Swing State – juried

Art Center Sarasota 90th Anniversary Celebration October 16, 2016

iconcept 2017 February 19, 2017

October 13 – November 26, 2016

Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island

ACS Instructors Show / Adriana Carvalho / Michael Adno: Cracker Politics / Reflections – juried

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

December 8, 2016 – January 13, 2017

Gallery Window Theme – “Return to Paradise” Through October 31, 2016

Dasha Reich / Robert Burridge / ASALH Black Muse 2017 / Classic Fantastic – juried

Trail of Treats

January 26 – March 3, 2017

November 1 – 30, 2016

Carol Prusa / Peppi Elona / MASHterpieces IV / From Within – juried

November 11 – 13, 2016

March 16 – April 21, 2017

December 1 – 31, 2016

North Sarasota County Schools Spring Exhibition

Holiday Art Walk

April 24 – May 7, 2017

Booker High School Senior Show

Roger Rockefeller, “Photographing Your Art”

May 12 – 18, 2017

January 2, 2017

Amy Ernst & Amy Ragus / 3D Invitational Ceramic and sculpture / Project / Unlimited Potential – juried

Juried Art Show

May 18 – June 23, 2017

January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14, 2017

Florida’s Finest July 6 – August 11, 2017

October 31, 2016

Gallery Window Theme – artsHOP 10th Annual artsHOP Gallery Window Theme – It’s the Holidays

December 2, 2016

January, 2017 TBA

Artists’ Guild Reception & Holmes Beach Art District Art Walk

Frank Williams, “The History of Giclee Print Making”

Bus Tours

February 6, 2017

Plein Air Painting at The Hermitage Artist Retreat

Joe Kanoza, “Painting Demo and Professional Tips” March 6, 2017

Mariarosa Rockefeller, “Using Photoshop Elements in Your Art” April 3, 2017

October 27, 2016 & February 2017

November 4 – January 31, 2016

Fall Open House November 19, 2016

Talking Creativity – Artist Talk: Clyde Butcher February 2017

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

Spring Open House February 4, 2017

Plein Air Exhibition & Workshop – Bill Farnsworth March 1 – April 28, 2017

Warren Loranger Gallery

Exhibit in Island Park

Abstract Multi-Media

April 1 – May 31, 2017

October 11 – November 10, 2016 Reception: October 15, 2016

Englewood Art Center A Division of Ringling College of Art and Design 350 South McCall Road Englewood, FL 34224 941.474.5548 Ringling.edu/EAC See website for Exhibits.

Events

Bites & Bytes: Brown Bag Lunch and Technology Mini-Workshop Series Third Friday of the Month October 2016 – March 2017

Pop-Up Exhibition Series: Dearborn St. Farmers Market

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society November 15 – December 15, 2016 Reception: November 19, 2016

Calling Englewood January 3 – 27, 2017 Reception: January 7, 2017

Beaches, Backroads and The Bay January 31 – March 10, 2017 Reception: February 4, 2017

Sports & Leisure – Poets + Painters

October 2016 – April, 2017

March 14 – April 19, 2017 Reception: March 18, 2017

Talking Creativity – Artist Talk

21st Annual Youth Art Exhibition

October 15, 2016

April 25 – May 4, 2017 Reception: April 29, 2017

Ken Mitchell Gallery

Members Gallery

Illuminations – Mark Anderson

Ginger Hamilton

Through October 12, 2016

Fight and Flight – Athena Robles October 15 – December 10, 2016 Reception: October 15, 2016

Nature, Places of Spiritual Sanctuary – Clyde Butcher

October 11 – November 11, 2016 Reception: October 15, 2016

Barbara Wesling November 15 – December 16, 2016 Reception: November 19, 2016

Daniel Nickles

January 7 – March 8, 2017 Reception: February 4, 2017

January 3 – 27, 2017 Reception: January 7, 2017

Artist TBD

EAC Members of the Englewood Camera Club

March 14 – May 4, 2017 Reception: March 18, 2017

January 31 – March 7, 2017 Reception: February 4, 2017

Mangrove Gallery

Jeff Ellis

Gina Battle – Abstract Painting

March 14 – April 21, 2017 Reception: March 18, 2017

October 11 – November 10, 2016 Reception: October 15, 2016

EAC Youth Student Artwork from the 2016 – 2017 Season

Lee Klemm November 15 – December 15, 2016 Reception: November 19, 2016

Dr. Mary-Louise Biasotti Hooper January 3 – 26, 2017 Reception: January 7, 2017

Englewood Camera Club January 31 – March 7, March 30, 2017 Reception: February 4, 2017

Anastasia Khabirova March 14 – April 20, 2017 Reception: March 18, 2017

EAC Student Artwork from the 2016 – 2017 Season April 25 – May 5, 2017 Reception: April 29, 2017

April 25 – May 5, 2017 Reception: April 29, 2017

Fine Arts Society of Sarasota PO Box 1432 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.330.0680 FineArtsSarasota.com

Guided Art & Backstage Tours at The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall First Tuesday of each month, October – May

Annual Creators & Collectors Tour March 10 – 11, 2017

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

Music on The Porch

The Wild World of Art

Second Saturday of each month

November 20, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Permanent Collections

Cigar Box Festival w/ Justin Johnson

The Blake Banks Collection Ship Models Maritime Library

November 26, 2016

Grant Peeples December 10, 2016

Featured Exhibits

World Culture Series: Africa

Shipwreck: Legend and Lore

January 13 – February 26, 2017

October 6 – December 16, 2016

Zoe Lewis

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS) 7215 11th Avenue West Bradenton, FL 34209 941.792.0608 SuncoastWater colorSociety.com

Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center 525 Kumquat Court Sarasota, FL 34236 941.545.5635 Fogartyville.org

January 15, 2017

World Culture Series: Ireland March 4 – April 9, 2017

Earth Day Exhibit Opening April 15, 2017

Community Based Show – TBA April 15 – May 21, 2017

Local Artist Solo Exhibit – TBA May 27 – July 3, 2017

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

October 11, 2016

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

Events

Shame on Shame

Art After 5

October 11 – November 13, 2016

Every Thursday evening throughout the year

Badi Assad Concert

Joseph’s Coat Skyspace

October 15, 2016

Thursday & Friday evenings

Jim Lauderdale

Ringling Underground

October 28, 2016

October 6, November 3, 2016, February 2, March 2, Apr 6, 2017

Rod MacDonald October 7, 2016

National Coming Out Day Exhibit Opening

Jon Stickley Trio November 4, 2016

Brock Maguire Band November 6, 2016

Celebrating Art of Our Time at The Ringling November 2 & 3, 2016

Celebration of the Japanese Tea House at the Center for Asian Art November 5, 2016

Member Double Discount Shopping Days at Museum Store November 15 – 20, 2016

Friends of Art of Our Time October 1, 2016

Friends of the Library October 4, 2016, May 17, 2017

Ringling by the Bay November 21, December 19, 2016, January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15, 2017

Holiday Splendor December 1, 2016

Holiday Nights at Ca’ d’Zan December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016

Friends of Art of Our Time December 15, 2016

Circle behind the Scenes with The Ringling and FSU January 12, 2017

Mable Ringling’s Birthday Tea March 7, 2017

Circle Behind the Scenes – Conservation Priorities

Exhibitions

Circus Celebrities: Portraiture in the American Circus Poster Through October 3, 2016

Graphicstudio: Collaborating Across Borders Through October 9, 2016

Soviet Scenes: Baltermants’ Photographs of WWII and Photojournalism from the August Coup October 14, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Walker Guest House Replica Through April 7, 2017

A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe February 4 – April 30, 2017

Eternal Offerings: Chinese Bronzes from the Minneapolis Museum of Art June 9 – September 10, 2017

On Screen

Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: “The Golden Age” October 21, 2016

Wine Walk to Ca’ d’Zan

Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: “The Bright Stream”

March 31, 2017

November 4, 2016

State of the Ringling

by Executive Director Steven High

National Theatre Live: “The Deep Blue Sea”

April 5, 2017

National Theatre Live: “The Threepenny Opera”

March 16, 2017

Friends of Art of Our Time April 7, 2017

World Circus Day April 15, 2017

November 18, 2016

December 2, 2016

National Theatre Live: “War Horse” December 9, 2016

Performances

Conversation

Ringling International Arts Festival

October 4, 14, November 7, 10, December 6, 2016, February 14, 2017

October 13 – 16, 2016

Ringling International Arts Festival Opening Night Celebration October 13, 2016

doug elkins choreography, etc.: Hapless Bizarre & Mo(or)town/Redux

Literati Book Club First Thursday and Friday of every month, October 6, 2016 – May 5, 2017

Student Spotlight

October 13 – 15, 2016

October 6, November 3, 17, 2016, February 2, 23, March 2, April 6, 20, 2017

Gravity & Other Myths: A Simple Space

ROAR! The Ringling Order of Art Readers

October 13 – 16, 2016

Eighth Blackbird: Hand Eye

Most Fridays, October 2016 – June 2017

October 13 – 15, 2016

Art and a Movie

Thaddeus Phillips: 17 Border Crossings

October 8, November 12, December 3, 2016

October 14 – 15, 2016

Circo Aereo & Thomas Monckton: The Pianist

ViewPoint – American Animal Welfare: A Historical Perspective

October 14 – 16, 2016

October 15, 2016

Matt Haimovitz: The Bach Suites – A Moveable Feast

Friends of Asian Art

October 14 – 16, 2016

Gallery Walk and Talk

LMnO3: B.A.N.G.S.: made in America

October 27, November 17, December 8, 15, 2016

October 15 – 16, 2016

Collecting Recollections

New Stages 2017

November 1, 15, 29, December 13, 2016

February 17 & 18, March 16, 18, 19, April 7 & 8, 2017

October 27, November 19, 2016, February 18, 2017

Saturday for Educators

Kids Quests

November 5, 2016, January 14, February 18, May 6, 2017

Most Saturdays, October 2016 – June 2017

Friends of the Ringling Legacy

Art Making

November 7, December 16, 2016, March 30, April 18, 2017

Programs

Most Saturdays, October 2016 – June 2017

ViewPoint: Performing Beyond the Confines of Golden Frames October 1, 2016

Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters Of the Sun Coast PO Box 17463 Sarasota, FL 34276 941.924.0818 LightChasersinc.com

Light Chasers Paint Sarasota Holiday Sale

Annual Community Juried Exhibition March 4 – 30, 2017

Crabanza Concert with Stone Crab Steve March 11, 2017

Celtic Concert with Laura McGhee March 31, 2017

November 2 – December 27, 2016

Women’s Contemporary Art Exhibition

Light Chasers Quick Draw Contest

April 8 – May 11, 2017

March 8, 2017

Paint Sarasota Paint Out March 9 – 15, 2017

Featured Artists & Master Artists of the Light Chasers & Light Chasers 6th Annual Member Show March 16, 2017

Open Gallery for the Light Chasers March 18, 2017

Longboat Key Center for the Arts

Manasota Weavers Guild PO Box 17876 Sarasota, FL 34276 ManasotaWeaversGuild.com

Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy 2121 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.364.3399 WhimsyMuseum.org

North Port Art Center

Division of Ringling College of Art and Design 6860 Longboat Drive South Longboat Key, FL 34228 941.383.2345 ringling.edu/lbkca

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

Old Florida

Best of the Best Art Show

October 7 – November 10, 2016

October 24 – November 2, 2016

Drawing Re-Imagined

Wet and Wild Art Show

November 18, 2016 – January 13, 2017

November 14, 2016 – January 6, 2017

The Art of Jazz Concert January 14, 2017

3rd Annual Contemporary Studio Glass Weekend

Macro Art Show Through October 21, 2016

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance PalmAvenue.org

January 27 – 29, 2017

An Evening of Classics

Global Luminaries Contemporary Glass

October 7, 2016

January 27 – February 24, 2017

November 4, 2016

A Prelude to Season

Holiday Treasures December 2, 2016

An Evening on Palm January 6, 2017

Romancing the Arts February 3, 2017

A Taste of Palm Avenue March 3, 2017

An Affair to Remember April 7, 2017

Jazz on the Ave May 5, 2017

Sunset Serenade June 2, 2017

An American Salute July 7, 2017

Renaissance School of Art

Opening Reception: Exhibition: “Finding You Space” Open Juried Show / Sketches and Paintings by local artists / All medium January 27 – February 27, 2017

“Exquisite Watercolor” workshop with Lian Quan Zhen January 30 – February 1, 2017

Opening Reception Watercolor Exhibition “Summer Tunes” by Vlad Yeliseyev, Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota February 6 – April 3, 2017

4063 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34231 941.330.6865 YeliseyevStudio.com

“Plein Air to Studio” oil painting workshop with Bill Farnsworth

Renaissance School Instructors Exhibition

“Composition in Plein Air” Water-soluble oil painting workshop with Vermont Artist Charlie Hunter

October 14, 2016 – November 28, 2017

Oil Painting Demonstration

by Hodges Soileau

February 6 – 8, 2017

February 11 – 13, 2017

Watercolor Demonstration

by Vladislav Yeliseyev

Landscape Painting with Vermont Artist Mark Boedges

November 4, 2016

March 16 – 18, 2017

Inspire Sarasota Festival

“Freedom of Brushstroke in Watercolor” Plein Air workshop with Vlad Yeliseyev

October 28, 2016

November 5, 2016

“Dramatic Composition” Watercolor workshop with Vlad Yeliseyev November 7, 9 & 11, 2016

“Remaining Open to Painting Possibilities!”

Oil workshop with Hodges Soileau

March 24 – 26, 2017

Opening Reception Exhibition: “Local Expressions” SRQ Plein Air Painters Members Show March 24 – April 18, 2017

November 16 – 18, 2016

Renaissance Kids Exhibition

SRQ Plein Air Painters

November 30 – December 16, 2016

Year-round, every Wednesday and Saturday

Group Meet & Paint

Oil Painters of America at Coquina Beach

The Ringling Estate

November 19, 2016

Cortez

“Sail with the Brush” to benefit Sarasota Sailing Squadron

May 6, 2017

December 10, 2016

“Preserving the Nature” to benefit Myakka River State Park February, 2017 (Day TBA)

Opening Reception Members Exhibition “Local Expressions” at Renaissance school of art

April 1, 2017

Ringling College of Art + Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.359.7563 Ringling.edu/campusgalleries

Annual Faculty Exhibition Through October 5, 2016

March 24 – April 18, 2017 Watercolor Plein Air Gathering

Star fish Company in Cortez

Patricia Thompson Gallery

Pedro Pérez Through October 21, 2016

November 26, 2016

Jenny Medved – Indigenous People

Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota

October 28, 2016 – January 27, 2017

December 31, 2016

Venice Downtown

Willis Smith Gallery

January 28, 2017

Observation/Reference/ Gesture Contemporary Paintings

Myakka River State park February 25, 2017

Bayfront Park, Sarasota April 15, 2017

October 14 – December 2, 2016

Historic Spanish Point May 27, 2017

Richard & Barbara Basch Gallery

Urban Sketching

Kathryn Hunter

Sarasota Sailing Squadron

November 3 – 19, 2016

October 1, 2016

Student Curatorial Projects from BU 455

Sarasota Downtown November 5, 2016

St. Armand Circle December 3, 2016

Burns Court, Sarasota January 7, 2017

Bayfront Park, Sarasota February 4, 2017

Bradenton Downtown March 4, 2017

November 30 – December 5, 2016

Davide Salvadore – Glass Sculptures January 9 – March 25, 2017

Sarasota Architectural Foundation 941.364.2199 SarasotaArchitectural Foundation.org

SarasotaMOD Architecture Festival November 11 – 13, 2016

Sarasota Museum of Art 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 on Film

Playtime October 15, 2016

Carmen Herrera: The 100 Years Show

Sarasota Sculpture Center 1662 Floyd Street Sarasota, FL 34239 941.928.4445 SarasotaSculptureCenter.org

Siesta Key Crystal Classic 5114 Ocean Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34242 941.349.3800 SiestaKeyCrystalClassic.com

Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Festival November 11 – 15, 2016

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

October 18, 2016

Open House: Director’s Meet & Greet October 21, 2016

This is What Happened: Art Since the 60s October 25, 2016

How to Survive an Art Fair November 8, 2016

Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art November 15, 2016 Artist Talk

South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium 201 10th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.4131 SouthFloridaMuseum.org See History, Science & Education section for listings.

State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery

November 5, 2016

5840 26th Street West Bradenton, FL 34207 941.752.5225 Scf.edu/ArtGallery

Tania Katan – Creative Trespasser

Art of the Costume: Working Women in Uniform

November 19, 2016

Through October 26, 2016

Joe Fig – Inside the Artist’s Studio

Society for Photographic Education Southeast Regional Conference, “Mapping Our Future” November 4 – December 9, 2016

SCF Fine Art Gallery Collection on Display January 20 – March 1, 2017

Art Faculty Exhibition March 17 – April 12, 2017

Student Art Show April 21 – May 5, 2017

Surface Design Guild Sarasota SarasotaSurfaceDesign.com Exhibitions & workshops offered year-round.

Let Freedom Ring – A Tribute to America & Our Military November 11 – December 9, 2016

Annual Tea December 2, 2016

Julia Hyman & Linda Larisch Together Again December 16, 2016 – January 13, 2017

“Out of Place Unusual Things in Ordinary Spaces” January 20 – February 10, 2017

Bling Thing Jewelry Show January 28, 2017

Fine Arts Show February 18 – 19, 2017

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

In the Style of Art Inspired by your Favorite Artist – Member’s Show March 3 – 31, 2017

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society – Members Show April 7 – May 5, 2017

Towles Court Art District

South Sarasota County School Show

1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236 941.587.9851 TowlesCourt.com

May 9 – 26, 2017

Art Walks

H2O: The Wetter the Better

Third Friday of every month

July 21 – August 18, 2017

Venice Art Center 390 Nokomis Avenue Venice, FL 34285 941.485.7136 VeniceArtCenter.com

Whatever!!! Anything and Everything – Members Show October 7 – November 4, 2016

The Good Ole Summertime: Celebrating Summer June 9 – July 14, 2017

Women Contemporary Artists 941.358.9159 WomenContemporary Artists.com

expand history,

science & education

HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION Adult and Community Enrichment Center

The American Revolution’s Best Kept Secret: Why East & West Florida Mattered

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

March 17, 2017

Alliance Francaise 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

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

Friends of the Sarasota County History Center 701 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.361.2453 foschc.org

Before Jamestown: Europeans, Africans, and Indians in La Florida

Florida’s Amazing History and Why You Should Care April 7, 2017

GuitarSarasota.org See Listing in Performing Arts Section

Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 34223 941.475.2098 HermitageArtistRetreat.org See Arts Communities & Organizations for event listings.

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

Historic Trolley Tours October 8 & 29, November 19, December 10, 2016, January 7 & 28, February 18, March 11, April 1 & 22, 2017

Conversations at The Crocker

February 18, 2017

October 11, November 15, 2016, January 10, February 14, March 14, April 11, 2017

The Highwaymen

Historical LeBarge Cruise

February 24, 2017

November 6, 2016

January 27, 2017

Pre-historic Pottery

Bi-Annual Designer Tag Sale Sparkling Saturday

Via Espana – Domenico Scarlatti and his Amigos in Spain

November 26, 2016

January 15, 2017

Sunday in The Park

Michael Ross 4 – Jazz Now!

January 15, 2017

January 20, 2017

Private Tour of Ca’ d’Zan

Live New Orleans Jazz Concert

November 12, 2016

January 17, 2017

January 26, 2017

Historic Burns Square

Lillian: Memoirs and Moments

Pineapple Avenue between Ringling Avenue and Mound Street

January 27, 2017

Historic Spanish Point 337 North Tamiami Trail Osprey, FL 34229 941.966.5214 HistoricSpanishPoint.org

Life is a Cabaret January 29, 2017

Rhythm of Life February 12, 2017

Bashert – Some Things are Meant to Be February 17, 2017

Presenting the Hot Club of SRQ

Free Day Fall Festival at Bay Preserve

February 24, 2017

November 5, 2016

February 26, 2017

Holly Days Mangrove Lights

50 + Years of Broadway

November 25, 2016 – January 6, 2017

The Yesterday Show with Mark Twain

Story Telling Festival

March 17, 2017

November 12, 2016

Golden Roads: A One Woman Musical About Golda Meir

Fairy House Festival March 4, 2017

This Wonderful Life!

March 10, 2017

March 24, 2017

Lifelong Learning Academy 8350 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.4296 lla-sm.org

Longboat Key Education Center 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212 Longboat Key, FL 34228 941.383.8811 LBKEducationCenter.org

Manasota Weavers Guild ManasotaWeaversGuild.com See Museums & Visual Arts section for complete listings.

Manatee County Agricultural Museum 1015 6th Street West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.721.2034 manateeclerk.com/ historical/AgMuseum.aspx

Manatee Village Historical Park 1404 Manatee Avenue East Bradenton, FL 34208 941.749.7165 ManateeClerk.com/ historical/manateevillage.aspx

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Lauren Mitchell Band November 13, 2016

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy.

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.4441 Mote.org

900 South Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.366.5731 Selby.org

Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright

Selby’s Secret Garden

October 22, 2016

Through November 27, 2016

Oceanic Evening

Wine & Design

October 29, 2016

October 5, November 2, December 7, 2016 & January 4, 2017

City Island Coastal Clean-up

Secret Garden Sunsets October 19 – November 23, 2016

Lunch in the Gardens

October 21, 2016

Circus by the Sea

February 11, 2016 & April 15, 2017

Special Lecture Series February 27 , March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2017

October 26, 2016, January 20, March 20, April 19, 2017

Tea for the Sea

Selby Spooktacular

Year-Round Exhibits

October 30, 2016

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

Member Appreciation Day November 5 & 12, 2016

Illumination December 8, 2016 Fall Garden Music Series

La Lucha October 9, 2016

Perlman Music Group October 16, 2016

Soulrcoaster October 23, 2016

Kim Betts & The Gamble Creek Band October 30, 2016

Big Night Out November 6, 2016

April 27, 2017

New Topics New College Speaker Series New College of Florida 5800 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 941.487.4153 ncf.edu/new-topics-new-college Benefiting New College Foundation. See website for upcoming topics.

Palmetto Historical Park 515 10th Avenue West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.723.4991 ManateeClerk.com/ historical/palmettopark.aspx

Halloween Social October 15, 2016

Christmas in the Park December 3, 2016

Community Yard Sale February 18, 2017

Heritage Festival March 11, 2017

Family Fun Day April 14, 2017

Pierian Spring Academy Pierian Spring Academy 221 Beach Road #128 Sarasota, FL 34232 941.716.2471 PSAsrq.org

Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?

October 17 – November 7, 2016

More Fascinating World Religions / The Symphonic Life II: Inside Musicians’ Lives / Dog Cognition: Not Quite Einstein October 17 – November 28, 2016

Learning How to Read a Painting / The Science and Art of Forecasting Weather / The Power and Influence of the News Media October 18 – November 8, 2016

Introduction to Florida’s Birds October 19 – November 9, 2016

The Sarasota Ballet in Depth: A Decade of Webb October 19 – November 20, 2016

The Best Science Fiction Films You Have Never Seen October 19 – November 30, 2016

Mennonites and Amish: History, Belief and Life October 20 – November 10, 2016

Figure This: Exploring The Human Figure In Sculpture / The Innovators: Six European Masters of Painting October 20 – December 1, 2016

The Mind Body Connection October 25 – November 15, 2016

Powel Crosley Estate One Seagate Drive Sarasota, FL 34243 941.722.3244 PowelCrosleyEstate.com

Halloween at Crowley Crawleyween Haunted Trail and Campout October 23 – 25, 2016

Full Moon Walk October 27, 2016 Crosley Theatre Performances

Christmas at the Crosley December 12 – 23, 2016

Murder at the Crosley

Sarasota Architectural Foundation 941.364.2199 SarasotaArchitectural Foundation.org See Museum & Visual Arts for schedule.

January 16 – 29, 2017

A Crosley Radio Show April 17 – 28, 2017

Ringling College of Art + Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.351.5100 Ringling.edu See listing along with the Englewood Art Center & Longboat Key Center in the Museums & Visual Arts section.

Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series Benefiting Ringling College Library Association 941.925.1343 RCLassociation.org

Dick Cheney January 23, 2017

Geena Davis February 13, 2017

Jared Cohen

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) Box 219 8499 South Tamiami Trail 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

March 6, 2017

201 10th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.4131 SouthFloridaMuseum.org

Kofi Annan

Film Fridays

March 22, 2017

Every Friday Night

February 20, 2017

James Balog

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

Family Night at the Museum First Saturday every month

IQuest Second Saturday every month

think + drink (science) Second Wednesday every month

Stelliferous Live!

Last Wednesday every month

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota 941.359.1765 AmericanTapestry Alliance.org See Museum & Visual Arts for schedule.

Venice Heritage PO Box 1190 Venice, FL 34284 941.237.0478 VeniceHeritage.org

engage festivals &

fairs

FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2016 Beers, Boats and Bacon Festival

8th Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival

Nathan Benderson Park BeerBoatsAndBacon.com October 8, 2016

Sarasota Payne Park SarasotaPumpkinFestival.com October 28 – 30, 2016

Taste of St. Armands

Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 8, 2016

Ringling International Arts Festival The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Ringling.org October 13 – 16, 2016

Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 941.388.444 Mote.org October 21, 2016

Sun Fiesta Centennial Park, Venice WomensSertoma.com October 21 – 23, 2016

22nd Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival Main Street, Sarasota ArtFestival.com October 22 – 23, 2016

St. Armands Boat Show St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StarmandsCircleAssoc.com October 22 – 23, 2016

Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/ MainStreet October 28, 2016

New World Celts Celtober Fest Sarasota Fair Grounds CeltoberFest.org October 29, 2016

Sip The Sunshine All Florida Craft Beer Festival Nathan Benderson Park SipTheSunshine.com October 29, 2016

Fright Night: Halloween on St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 31, 2016

Venice Main Street Halloween Parade VeniceMainStreet.com October 31, 2016

NOVEMBER 2016 3rd Annual Parrish Arts Festival “Art Comes Alive in 2016”

Siesta Key Crystal Classic

The Parrish Arts Council PO Box 5 Parrish, FL 34219 941.809.5059 ParrishArtsCouncil.org November 5, 2016

Master Sand Sculpting Competition 5114 Ocean Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34242 941.349.3800 siestakeycrystalclassic.com November 11 – 15, 2016

29th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest

28th Annual St. Armands Art Festival

West Venice Avenue, Downtown Venice 941.484.6722 VisitVenicefl.org ArtFestival.com November 5 – 6, 2016

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota ArtFestival.com November 12 – 13, 2016

Fall Family Festival ConservationFoundation.com Conservation Foundation of The Gulf Coast November 5, 2016

InspireSarasota!

Festival InspireSarasota.net Five Points Park November 5, 2016

Sarasota Medieval Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaMedievalFair.com November 5 – 6, 12 – 13, 19 – 20, 2016

2016 Chalk Festival ChalkFestival.com Venice Airport Fairgrounds November 11 – 14, 2016

ArtsHop Anna Maria Island 941.778.2099 culturalconnections.info November 11 – 13 & 18 – 20, 2016

Festa Italiana Greenbrook Adventure Park LakewoodRanch.com/ Events November 12, 2016

Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club at LWR 941.870.0002 SuncoastFood AndWinefest.com November 12, 2016

Harvest Festival Mixon Fruit Farms 941.748.5829 Mixon.com November 19, 2016

Venice Blues Festival VisitVenicefl.org VeniceBlues.com November 19, 2016

Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting SiestaKeyVillage.org November 26, 2016

DECEMBER 2016 Venice Main Street Christmas Walk VisitVenicefl.org December 1, 2016

7th Annual Sarasota Craft Show Robarts Arena SarasotaCraftShow.com December 2 – 4, 2016

38th Annual Holiday Night of Lights St. Armands Circle StarmandsCircleAssoc.com December 2, 2016

Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton BradentonBluesFestival.org December 2 – 4, 2016

Holidays Around the Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/ Mainstreet December 9, 2016

29th Annual Winterfest Festival of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts

21st Annual Anna Maria Islandfest Arts & Craft Show 5801 Marina Drive SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com January 14 – 15, 2017

19th Annual Winterfest Arts & Craft Show Main Street & Gulf Avenue Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com January 21 – 22, 2017

Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival Venice Airport Grounds VeniceNokomisRotary.org January 21 – 22, 2017

Forks and Corks 2017 DineOriginal.com January 28 – 29, 2017

10th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival Main Street, Venice ArtFestival.com January 28 – 29, 2017

Anna Maria Island Art League IslandArtLeague.org December 10 – 11, 2016

14th Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival

JANUARY 2017

ArtFestival.com January 28 – 29, 2017

11th Annual Coquina Beach Winterfest Arts & Craft Show 2650 Gulf Drive SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com January 7 – 8, 2017

23rd Annual Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com January 28 – 29, 2017

FEBRUARY 2017

MARCH 2017

Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch

16th Annual Downtown Venice Art Classic

Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/ Mainstreet February 4, 2017

Sarasota Masters Art Festival BoulderBrook.net Palm Avenue, Sarasota February 4 – 5, 2017

3rd Annual Maxine Barritt Park Arts & Craft Show 1600 Harbor Drive, Venice Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com February 11 – 12, 2017

29th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts Main Street, Sarasota ArtFestival.com February 11 – 12, 2017

6th Annual Art at JD Hamel Park Arts & Craft Show Main Street & Gulf Stream Avenue, Sarasota Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com February 18 – 19, 2017

23rd Annual Siesta Key Craft Fair Ocean Blvd. & Beach Road artfestival.com February 25 – 26, 2017

West Venice Avenue, Venice ArtFestival.com March 4 – 5, 2017

28th Annual Lido Tides Arts & Craft Show 400 Ben Franklin Dr., Sarasota Sunsetboulevard Promotions.com March 4 – 5, 2017

37th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival 941.366.1552 JazzClubSarasota.com March 5 – 11, 2017

1st Annual Springfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com March 11 – 12, 2017

28th Annual Springfest Fine Arts & Crafts Anna Maria Island Art League IslandArtLeague.org TBA Spring, 2017

Sarasota County Agricultural Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaFair.com March 17 – 26, 2017

Heintz & Becker De Soto Seafood Fest desotohq.com March 24 – 26, 2017

Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Centennial Park, Downtown Venice VeniceBookFair.com March 24 – 25, 2017

8th Annual Downtown Sarasota Springfest Arts & Craft Show Main & Pineapple Streets SunsetBoulevard Promotions.com March 25 – 26, 2017

15th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival 1 Central Avenue, Sarasota ArtFestival.com April 8 – 9, 2017

De Soto Bottle Boat Regatta desotohq.com April 15, 2017

39th Annual Siesta Fiesta

The Rotary Club of Englewood’s Fine Arts Festival

ArtFestival.com Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village April 29 – 30, 2017

Dearborn Street, Englewood EnglewoodRotary.org March 26 – 27, 2017

De Soto Grand Parade

APRIL 2016

desotohq.com April 29, 2017

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival LaMusicaFestival.org April 3, 6, 9 & 12, 2017

Sarasota Film Festival SarasotaFilmFestival.com TBA April, 2017

Florida Winefest & Auction FloridaWineFest.org April 6 – 9, 2017

Suncoast Credit Union De Soto Children’s Parade desotohq.com April 7, 2017

Venice Shark Tooth Festival Venice Airport grounds SharksToothFest.com April 7 – 9, 2017

MAY 2017 14th Annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival Main Street, Sarasota artfestival.com TBA May, 2017

SUMMER 2017 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau SavorSarasota.com June 1 – 14, 2017

Dragon Boat Festival 2017 Nathan Benderson Park SuncoastInternational DragonboatFestival.com June 3, 2017

Sarasota Music Festival SarasotaOrchestra.org June 5 – 24, 2017

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 22 – November 6, 2016

Celebration of the Arts – Kickoff Event Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall October 24, 2016

Inspirational Walk – Patriotism Through Art Open House October 29, 2016 10am – 2pm Patriot Plaza at the Sarasota National Cemetery

InspireSarasota!

Festival Five Points Park, Downtown Sarasota November 5, 2016

Veterans Day Mass Patriot Plaza at the Sarasota National Cemetery November 11 at 3 pm

Principals Luncheon Sarasota Opera House December 14, 2016 Art Exhibits:

Nature Through the Lens Ernesto V. Epistola Through October 25, 2016 Reception: October 5, 2016

Light Chasers Holiday Show & Sale November 1 – December 27, 2016 Reception: November 2, 2016

I Wanted To Be Walt Disney – Laurent Dareau January 2 – January 31, 2017 Reception: January 4, 2017

Sixty Years of Painting – Eleanor Merritt February 2 – 27, 2017 Reception: February 9, 2017

Mements Colliding – Jordan Senarens March 2 – April 14, 2017 Reception: March 9, 2017

Seen Along the Way – Isabel Becker April 17 – May 31, 2017 Reception: May 3, 2017

Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island 5414 Marina Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.6694 AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com See Museums & Visual Arts for complete listings.

Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 34223 941.475.2098 HermitageArtistRetreat.org Check website for Community Programs, Artist Talks, Beach Readings, The Composer Series, and Open Studio dates.

Association of Florida Teaching Artists Program

Boo Run

October 21, 2016

November 6, 2016

Muse Luncheon with Hamilton Producer & Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis

Ponies under the Palms

January 17, 2017

December 1, 8, 15, 16, 2016

Greenfield Prize Weekend Creative Conversation with Composer/ Percussionist Bobby Previte April 20, 2017

Greenfield Prize Weekend World Premiere Commission Terminals Part II: In Transit April 21 – 22, 2017

Historic Burns Square

October 29, 2016

Cyclefest

November 20, 2016

Christmas Season Celebrated

Empty Bowls December 2, 2016

Jingle Bell Run – Arthritis Foundation December 3, 2016

Breakfast/Lunch with Santa December 4, 11, 17, 18, 2016

Christmas Photos with Santa at the Cinema December 7, 2016

Holidays Around the Ranch December 9, 2016

Pineapple Avenue between Ringling Avenue & Mound Street

Chanukah Celebration

Main Street at Lakewood Ranch

January 15, 2017

December 27, 2016

Suncoast Half Marathon Grand Ovation

8100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

Bradenton, FL 34202 941.907.9243 LakewoodRanch.com/ Mainstreet

February 4, 2017

Music on Main

Memorial Day “Tribute to Heroes” Parade

Free concerts the first Friday of each month.

Classic Car Show

Take Stock in Children 5k March 6, 2017

Tour de Cure April 9, 2017

May 28, 2017

First Wednesday of each month.

Events at Lakewood Ranch

Block Party on Main

6220 University Parkway Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240 941.907.6000 LakewoodRanch.com/ events

October 21, 2016

Boo Fest October 28, 2016

Harvest Moon Classic Ancient Oak Gun Club November 10 – 14, 2016

Lakewood Ranch High School ceramics dept.

Festa Italiana

May, 2017

Greenbrook Adventure Park November 12, 2016

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club November 12, 2016

48th Annual DevereauxKaiser Car Meet January 29, 2017

Manatee County Cultural Alliance 926 12th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.2223 ManateeArts.org

First Friday Art Walk First Friday every month

PalmAvenue.org First Friday Gallery Walks See Museums & Visual Arts for complete listings.

Realize Bradenton 941.621.6471 realizebradenton.com

Bradenton Farmers Market October 2016 – May 2017, Every Saturday

Main Street Live!

October 29, November 23, December 31, 2016, February 4, March 17, April 15, May 5, 2017

Mike Parrot – coastal acrylic paintings & signs

Bradenton Blues Festival

October 7 – 27, 2016

Art Slam 2017

Susan Kubes – mixed media painter

March 4, 2017

November 4 – 25, 2016

Susan Kubes – Artists Holiday Co-op show, Pet Portraits – mixed media December 2 – 30, 2016

Elayn Leopold – Palette Knife acrylic

December 2 – 4, 2016

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.

January 6 – 27, 2017

Howard and Pat Schilling – acrylic

Sarasota Film Society

February, 2017

Burns Court Cinemas 506 Burns Court Sarasota, FL 34236 Lakewood Ranch Cinemas 10715 Rodeo Drive #8 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

Helen Hammerman – mixed media & alcohol ink March, 2017

Lee Mears – collage April, 2017

941.955.3456 FilmSociety.org

Cine-World Film Festival November 4 – 13, 2016

Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc. PO Box 17292 Sarasota, FL 34276 ItalyInSarasota.com See website for locations

“Riso Amaro” Viewing and Discussion February 9, 2017

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

54th Annual Sarasota Shell Show February 3 – 5, 2017

Towles Court Art District 1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236 941.266.7318 TowlesCourt.com

“Riflessi Di Venezia – Reflections of Venice” Photographer Cristina Madeyski, Treviso Italy

Art Walks

February 22, 2017

Venice Main Street

Strangers in a Strange Land: the Journey from Italy to Ellis Island and the American Dream

Every third Friday of month.

941.484.6722 venicemainstreet.com See Festivals & Fairs section.

March 3, 2017

Book Discussion & Lunch March 23, 2017

Sarasota Youth Opera Presents Pinocchio April 8, 2017

Village of the Arts Bradenton, FL 941.747.8056 VillageoftheArts.com

Art Walks

April 18, 2017

First Friday & Saturday every month.

Events & workshops schedules available online.

Sarasota Pen Women

Visit Sarasota County

Ringling Museum Courtyard & Renaissance Gallery Tour

941.342.8542 SarasotaPenWomen.com

Opening Reception Artist Exhibition October 6, 2016

Meetings & Guest Speaker Luncheons October 12, November 2, 2016, January 18, March 22, April 12, 2017

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

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week June 1 – 14, 2017

Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues

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