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Volume 54 No. 8

In Conversation With The Sarasota Ballet's Sara Sardelli

Asolo Repertory Theatre Come Here Often

The 2011-2012 Festival & Fair Scene A Roundup of Fun Events for the Entire Family Ryan G. Van Cleave

Sarasota Opera's Madama Butterﬂy

Sarasota Orchestra A Season of Unprecedented Variety and Excitement

Season Preview The New Performing Arts Season Promises to be a Potpourri of Entertainment Choices Steven J. Smith

A Season of Unprecedented Variety and Excitement

For more than 60 years, the Sarasota Orchestra has been entertaining music lovers from around the region, and visitors from around the world. The 80-member Orchestra performs more than 100 classical, Pops and multimedia concerts each year, and thrives as the oldest continuing orchestra in the state of Florida.

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With five exhilarating series, the Orchestra offers patrons a diverse mix of concerts from September to May. The Sarasota Orchestra also produces the world-renowned Sarasota Music Festival each June.

Masterworks The full Orchestra presents its hallmark series of seven concerts featuring unprecedented variety and the opportunity to experience the talents of some of today’s most dynamic conductors representing differing artistic and musical perspectives.

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TicketStates. Info A center for forces in the Southeastern United Social Newspatrons are theatrical excellence, nearly 100,000 drawn each year to the theatre’s rotating repertory season. In its role as the largest professional not-forproﬁt theatre in the U.S. south of Atlanta, Asolo Rep serves as a springboard for successful productions to travel to Broadway and other regional theatres throughout the country.

will direct a special adaptation of Shakespeare – Hamlet, Prince of Cuba that will perform in Miami after its Sarasota run. Asolo Rep will also present the Broadway sensation and winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red, by John Logan. Red will be co-produced with the Ringling Museum of Art and will be performed in the Historic Asolo Theater. The season will also feature a thrilling new musical event being developed by Noah Racey, Tommy Tune and Jeff Calhoun – Tommy Tune Presents: State of the Art Song & Dance.

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HAMLET, PRINCE OF CUBA

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OF THE ART SONG & DANCE with TheSTATE Sarasota Ballet’s Sara Sardelli MAY 25–JUNE 17

SUMMER PRODUCTION TBA JUNE 22–JULY 1

Cover / Photo by Cliff Roles of (clockwise) Sara Sardelli, Sarasota Ballet; Benjamin Boucvalt, Asolo Repertory Opening the Asolo Rep’s 53rd season is Tony Awardwinning My Fair Lady, a musical that has been called “the perfect musical.” The Rep season launches in January 2012 with Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, and Yentl adapted by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. In March, the season continues to sizzle with Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, and then

Sara Sardelli, the fresh faced, petite blonde dancer whose fast foot work, brilliant smile BOX OFFICE andJAY sparkly stage presence have caught our attention in recent performances, joined The BOOK AND LYRICS BY ALAN LERNER 941-351-8000 Sarasota Ballet just three seasons ago. Now, promoted to first soloist, Sara shares her enMUSIC BY FREDERICK LOEWE 800-361-8388 ADAPTED FROM GEORGE BERNARDthusiasm SHAW’S PLAYfor PYGMALION The Sarasota Ballet and the coming season.

Theatre; Laura Jensen-Jennings, Principal Second Violin, Sarasota Orchestra; and Max Kellogg of Sarasota Opera. Our 2011-2012 season is ﬁlled with the thrill of new works, brilliant classics produced as though they were brand new, searing dramas, outrageous comedies, and soaring musicals. We urge you to be part of it ALL. Come here often and be swept away by the inventive, innovative and vibrant offerings on

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LWR Music on Main 9-02 6:00 pm Main Street, Lakewood Ranch. Enjoy the classic rock sounds of Goodbye Eddie and help local organizations benefit from beer, wine & food purchases. Free admission.

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3rd Annual Downtown Venice Labor Day Weekend Craft Festival 9-03 & 04. 10:00 am Miami Avenue in Downtown Venice. This event features crafters displaying their handmade original artwork. Free admission.

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Historic Spanish Point Labor Day Picnic 9-05 9:00 am Historic Spanish Point, the archaeological, historical and environmental museum in little Sarasota Bay. Tickets: $10 per carload / 941.966.5214 / historicspanishpoint.org

Sarasota Ballet Association Showcase Luncheon 9-06 11:30 am Michael’s On East. Iain Webb presents a Season Preview. Tickets: $27 / 941.366.5406 / sarasotaballet.org

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Maggie Sottero Trunk Show 9-08 through 9-10 10:00 am Sarasota Brides & Formalwear. Browse through the extensive selection of Maggie Sottero gowns as well as additional designer samples. Free Admission. 941.927.4969 / sarasotabrides.com

S/ART/Q’s Third Annual Print Party 9-10 5:00 pm The HuB. Featured designs and illustrations can be screenprinted live by the artist on any item you choose to bring for $5. sartq.com

Kiss Me Kate 9-15 through 9-25 The Players Theatre. Cole Porter’s smash hit, award winning musical based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets: $25 / 941.365.2494 / theplayers.org

DWB’s Ambassadors’ Guild Ballet & Buffet 9-16 10:45 am FSU Center for the Performing Arts. Enjoy a private instudio rehearsal of the Sarasota Ballet & The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Tickets: $50 / 941.366-5293 / designingwomenboutique.org.

Van Wezel’s Friday Fest 9-16 5:00 pm Van Wezel. Featuring the Bird Street Players Band and emcee Cliff Roles. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Food and beverages for sale. 941.953.3368 / vanwezel.org

Sarasota Opera Guild General Meeting 9-20 9:45 am Sarasota Opera House. A light snack and informal social gathering precedes each business meeting, followed by singers from the Sarasota Opera. Open to the public. sarasotaopera.org

WCR’s Annual Fashion Show & Luncheon 9-21 11:00 am Fete Ballroom, Polo Grill. Benefiting WCR Education Fund and Children First. Tickets: $45 / 941.921.5027 / sarasotawcr.com

Giving Matters: Connecting Women, Passion and Purpose 9-22 5:30 pm Ringling College of Art & Design’s Roskamp Exhibition Hall. This event, a program of The Association of Fundraising Professionals of Southwest Florida Chapter, connects women volunteers and donors with causes they care about and spotlights the diverse way women can be involved with a nonprofit organization. Tickets: $10 / 941.921.5410

Handbags and Happy Hour 9-22 7:00 pm Michael’s on East. Meet your friends for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction of new and gently used designer handbags. Benefitting Make-A-Wish Foundation. Tickets: $50 / 941. 952.9474 / sarasotahandbags.kintera.org

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Meet Me at the Barre 9-23 5:30 pm The FSU Performing Arts Center. Hosted by Sarasota Ballet Association, benefiting Sarasota Ballet. Iain Webb introduces the new season’s lineup. Tickets: $25 - $30 / 941.366.5406 / sarasotaballet.org

7th Annual Ron Gordon Golf Tournament 9-24 7:00 am Bent Tree Country Club. Continental breakfast, buffet lunch, snacks & beverages provided. Raffle drawings and trophies will be awarded. Benefiting the Humane Society of Sarasota County. Tickets: $85 / 941.266.0526 / humanesocietygolf.com

SFM’s Exclusive Evening with Dr. Mark Moffett 9-29 5:00 pm South Florida Museum. Featuring Dr. Mark Moffett, a Research Associate in Entomology at the Smithsonian Institution and real-life adventurer. Tickets: $7 – $10 / 941.746.4131 ext. 17 / southfloridamuseum.org

DWB’s Salon Series 9-29 11:30 am Designing Women Boutique. Featuring distinguished Artist & Illustrator Frank Hopper, luncheon and style show. Tickets: $16 / 941.366.5293 / designingwomenboutique.org

SCLO’s Share the Light Luncheon 9-29 11:30 am Michael’s On East. Honoring Christine Jenning & Dr. Washington Hill. Entertainment by WBTT. Tickets: $50 / 941.726.3532 / secondchancelastopportunity.org

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with Edie Chaifetz. The divine Sally Faron, La Musica;s executive director, shared with me that this year is the beginning of La Musica’s second quarter-century. Their 26th season will bring new ideas and programming, all of which will be announced at their seriously swanky Sonata a Due on December 5 at the Charles Ringling Mansion. It’s a favorite Sarasota holiday party featuring Daniel Avshalomov and Derek Han in recital followed by a sublime dinner in the renowned mansion’s living room. Lovebirds Jane and Bob Kiebitz are looking forward this fall to celebrating their 5th anniversary with a trip to England, Wales and Scotland, followed by a cruise to the Caribbean a few weeks later. Chairing Selby Gardens Orchid Ball for the second year, sweetie-pie Kristiana Serbin tells me the theme this year is Marie Antoinette: Let Them Eat Cake! I loved the movie version with Kristen Dunst. I am going to start planning my gown right now! Watching her beloved sister, Kate Honea, the Sarasota Ballet and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet perform George Balanchine’s “Diamonds” at the Kennedy Center is something The

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Observer Group’s Emily Walsh Parry will be doing after speaking at the Southern Newspapers Publishers Association’s News Industry Summit in Williamsburg, VA. Emily took part in a weeklong Innovation Mission group that visited some of the most innovative media organizations in the country. Organized by the Suburban Newspapers of America Foundation, the Innovation Mission looked at new business models and emerging content strategies. Emily and two other mission members will share what they learned and what they’re putting into action at our own newspapers. Mama and Papa, Matt and Lisa Walsh, must be so proud of their girls! Venice’s premier, always in demand event chair, Tiffany Taylor, will be tri-chairing the Venice scenesarasota.com

YMCA’s Black Tie on February 4. It is the 25th Anniversary of the event and Tiffany and social cohorts Michelle Hazeltine and Wendy Fishman have several fun, new, and exciting

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things planned for the special celebration. I don’t think that Designing Women Boutique could do their fashion show on Dec. 4 without the adorable Jewel Ash, gathering and styling the models for the seventh year in a row. One of the other most fun events for Jewel is the Senior Friendship Center’s Madcap Evening: Animal Crackers, Mar. 13, based on the Marx Brothers ﬁlms. Watching her son Ryan Farley marry his sweetheart of 10 years, Stephanie Vick on Sept, 4, will be the highlight of Mollie Nelson’s year. I can’t believe her daughter

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tells me there is an exciting new website, EdExploreSRQ, that The Patterson Foundation is launching for the Sarasota County Schools to connect classrooms to the outstanding arts, science and history resources in our community. Sounds perfect! Spearheading a much needed new initiative, the hardworking and compassionate Denise Mei is working on a project for homeless students. McCurdy’s is donating all proceeds to the Sept. 8 event for the project. She is also chairing Make-A-Wish and the Y’s Going for the Gold. Ask her to tell you about the adorable and lovely story of her son’s engagement in Italy this summer. The “can’t say no” Renee Hamad is serving on several boards this year, including Women’s

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Pretty Terri Klauber can’t wait to see her friends and tell them about her magical journey to South Africa and Zimbawe this summer with Admiral Travel and the Gulf Coast Connoisseur Club. Along with delicious food and wine, the safari also thrilled them with amazing animals, and a herd of African Water Buffalo even took out their water and electricity while they were on in Zimbabwe! scenesarasota.com

Lots of black-tie events and cultural activities are on her calendar and of course, the Forks & Corks 2012 event by the Sarasota-Manatee Originals restaurants in the breath-taking Ringling Museum courtyard. One of spring’s best events is South Florida Museum’s Couture in the Courtyard on Mar. 12, chaired for the third time by creator, Susan Wilcox. She has already found the hat she wants to wear so will have to now ﬁnd a dress and shoes to go with it - at Saks of course! Susan is also the co-chair of the Junior League of Manatee County Sustainers this year, along with Sandy Mackie. They are planning a Homecoming Fall Social, a Holiday Mini-Market in November and an annual Holiday Tea in December. They are also busy planning JLMC’s 25th Anniversary Party for February. Susan’s most-favorite-ofall-time holiday event is her annual Christmas dinner and ornament exchange with six of her dearest friends, Laura Baden, Deb Bay, Sandy Mackie, Mary Anne Spencer, Maureen Dye, Robin Thompson, who

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“Reaching Out”. Entertainment from several of the concerts will be in collaboration with other arts organizations. Hillary Steele simply can’t decide which of these two things she is more thrilled about - the Sarasota Ballet performing at the Kennedy Center in October or her winter vacation break. The ballet, of which Hillary is board president, will have a large contingency of “groupies” traveling to DC to cheer on the dancers. Winter break this year she is taking her family to Mohawk Lodge in upstate NY. There are all kinds of winter sports for the young and ambitious, yet a world class spa for the not so young and not so ambitious. She isn’t saying which one she is. scenesarasota.com

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Golfer Bruce Lesser (I think we could tell he was a golfer by his, ahem, exuerbrant wardrobe, couldn’t we?) will be playing in the Bob Hope golf tournament in Palm Springs for the fourth time this season. He and wife, India, are also looking forward to the Asolo’s new season where their second year student, Joe McGranaghan, and their third year student, Tony Stopperan, will be performing on stage. How fun is that to sponsor Conservatory students?!

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Originally a research biochemist, Realtor Melba Jimenez is a brainy beauty. One of her favorite events has become the Town Hall series. She and husband Cucho, get together with friends after each lecture and participate in a great intellectual exchange of ideas. Melba can’t wait to see her dear friends who go away for the summer and to resume her book clubs, another venue for intellectual discussion and sisterly support. The Hermitage Artist Retreat’s November 19th Artful Lobster event is Brad Goddard’s opening day - it let’s him know it’s a new season. He and wife Mary Beth also enjoy anything at Ringling College and New College and also when the curtain rises for a new season at Asolo and the Opera. Looking for a season of magic and miracles for both people and pets, Dr. Anne Chauvet will be devoting her time to the Humane Society’s Hot Dogs and Cool Cats, CAN’s Dancing with the Stars, Winefest, and Mote Marine. The delicious Jeanie Kirkpatrick mentioned to me that she is co-chairing with Helen King, the South Florida Museum’s Snooty Gala again this year on November 5. Bradenton’s premier social event, Under the Courtyard Moon, expects 500 guests to mix and mingle under the watchful eye of Hernando DeSoto. Dottie Baer Garner and dear husband Bob are heavily involved in all things cultural – the opera, orchestra, community music concerts, and all the art-related exhibits and programs at Ringling College. It’s so hard for her to choose in a jam-packed season, but is thankful she has so much to select from. If you attend the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s Le Jazz Hot gala in November, co-chair Carol Poteat-Buchanan shared with me that not only will you get a ﬁnger-snapping, toe-tapping, dancing in your seat kind of entertainment by the Troupe, but you will also get a glimpse of what’s ahead in the 2011-2012 season shows – reason enough to buy a ticket right then and there. Planning the return of one of her largest corporate clients for their 5-day Annual Conference in Sarasota after an absence of three years, planner extraordinaire Mary Kenealy-Barbetta is hoping this reﬂects an improvement in the local economic climate. Bavarian beauty Margarete van Antwerpen will visit her homeland of Germany this fall, a place she has not returned to since she was a mere child in 1951. Calendars marked, ball gowns ready, let’s start the season! Until

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While outsiders might think the Sarasota area is little more than a lovely beach town, visitors and newcomers quickly find that we’ve also got more activities, events, and fun to offer than just white sand, cool water, and oh-so-sunny skies. Here’s good news: the upcoming 2011-2012 festival and fair season certainly looks to be no exception. Listed below in chronological order are some of the more significant festivals, fairs, and festivities that will be running over the next twelve months. If you see something that piques your interest, check out their website for specific information.

///////////////////////////////////////Festival sARTee/////////////////////////////////////// October 8 - 23 www.sartee.org The result of a partnership between the Arts and Cultural Alliance

challenged artist teams to create a one-day art experience in the

of Sarasota County, Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bu-

community that requires audience participation to be successful,

reau, Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Arts Council of

this year’s event will be bigger and more exciting with nearly 75

Manatee County, and Realize Bradenton, this new festival serves

programs taking place throughout Sarasota and Manatee coun-

as a local wraparound for the extremely popular Ringling Inter-

ties. For instance, on October 15 from 6-9 pm, the South Florida

national Arts Festival. Last year’s motto was “two counties, no

Museum will host the “Incredible India” celebration of music, food,

boundaries,” and that’s exactly the idea here—bringing together

dance, and art, Islam explains. And on October 22 at 4 and 7pm,

the best art and culture of both Manatee and Sarasota county.

the “Spirit Voices of Old Manatee” performance will occur on the

As Realize Bradenton’s Johnette Islam points out, this is “a true

grounds of the old Manatee Historical Village Park.

community event where the majority of the events are free or very

In only its second year of existence, Festival sARTee looks to be

affordably priced.”

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artistic experiences our area has to offer.

/////////////////// Ringling International Arts Festival/////////////////// October 11-16 www.ringlingartsfestival.org/2011/ In conjunction with New York’s Baryshnikov Arts Center, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art brings us a six-day extravaganza of modern dance, music, theater, and visual arts that is unparalleled. One of the highlights of the opening night party is the group Asphalt Orchestra, which might best be described as the movie “Drumline” meets the theater group “Stomp.” Other noteworthy performances for the week include The Wooster Group’s rendition of “Hamlet” and “Out of Time,” a performance by Irish step dancer Colin Dunne. If your schedule allows you to attend only one or two performances, it’ll be hard to pick from such award-winning acts. The Ringling International Arts Festival draws visitors from throughout the U.S., which attests to the quality of this event that happens right here in our backyard. Don’t miss this one.

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///////////////////////////////Sarasota Chalk Festival/////////////////////////////// November 1 - 7 www.chalkfestival.com The festival, now in its fourth season, features some of the most exciting contemporary street painting from both local and international artists. For an entire week, Burns Square will come alive as over 250 artists take chalk to pavement to add their own contributions to this year’s theme: “Pavement Art Through the Ages.” This year’s festival isn’t just going to appear on sidewalks and streets — mural and graffiti artists will create artwork on walls throughout the city as well as on canvases, boards and other surfaces at the festival, so look up and all around. And feel free to bring the little ones — young artists-to-be are encouraged to participate via the Little Chalk’ers area. One of the real draws for this year’s event is world-renowned il-

event, adds, “We’re also creating a street painting and stage for

lusionist artist Kurt Wenner, who will bring his own museum show

the Sarasota Opera to perform “Madame Butterfly.”

to the Diana Roskamp Exhibition Hall at Ringling College of Art +

With an annual economic impact of $3,000,000+ from over

Design on October 26 before creating his own works in the street

100,000 visitors each year, this is one of the most unique and

the following week. Diana Kowal, the chair and founder of the

important events of the season.

////////////////////////////////// Season of Sculpture//////////////////////////////////

November 11 - June 7 sarasotaseasonofsculpture.org Vice Chair Andy Maass points out that SSoS is “a private not-for-

has been in Switzerland for the past year. In addition to this ex-

profit event that’s solely run — artistically, financially and mana-

hibit—which includes the work of ten well-known American sculp-

gerially — by volunteers and receives no direct financial aid or

tors—John’s own contribution, “Complexus,” is specifically being

assistance from the City of Sarasota.” But that in no way detracts

created for Sarasota and will premiere at the intersection of Gulf-

from its quality—it’s a first-class free outdoor museum that brings

stream Avenue and U.S. 41 in front of One Sarasota Tower. At 70

art to our community in a very public manner.

feet tall, it should be quite the addition to the downtown waterfront

This year SsoS is bringing in artist John Henry to be the exhibit’s

skyline. Unlike the other fairs and festivals, this one allows us to

guest curator who will showcase an exhibition he created that

enjoy it for a full seven months.

///// Historic Spanish Point’s Heritage Holidays Festival///// November 20 – January 1 www.historicspanishpoint.org This year marks the 30th anniversary of Historic Spanish Point

celebrations with expanded Living History presentations. Visitors

and to help commemorate that milestone, Heritage Holidays

will encounter costumed interpreters each day throughout the 30-

will continue to re-interpret the traditions of “Old Florida” family

acre outdoor museum. Classical music played on the elegant Per-

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gola, delectable light refreshments and drinks, and Living History

necting them to the past in a whole new way. Multi-generational

Interpreters make the December 9 Sunset Stroll a must-do event.

groups visit and make new memories. They make Heritage Holi-

And those who want to ring in the New Year can do so with an

days part of their family’s annual celebrations. It’s also a time to

old-fashioned fire and marshmallow toasting by starlight.

introduce new visitors to the museum who might not be drawn to

Laura Dean, who handles their marketing and public relations,

visit during other times of the year.”

says, “Heritage Holidays is the time of year when Historic Span-

To help get into the holiday season, swing down to Osprey and

ish Point reaches out to both local families and tourists by con-

enjoy this elegant event.

////////////// Holidays at the Crosley: Festival of Trees////////////// November 30 – December 7 www.crosleymuseum.com/pages/holiday/ For eight magical days, the meticulously restored Crosley Es-

in beautifully decorated Christmas trees and wreaths by the

tate will become a winter holiday wonderland that’s open to

area’s top decorators, live entertainment, intimate afternoon

the public from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. For the first time, the Crosley

teas, Sarasota Bay boat rides, or wine tasting, this might be

Carriage House will be part of the festival. If you’re interested

just what Santa ordered.

//// Lakewood Ranch’s Ovation Performing Arts Festival//// February 4 www.lakewoodranch.com/events This free, family-friendly street festival — now it its sixth year — is a signature event of the Lakewood Ranch community. People of all ages will be able to experience the arts in a casual outdoor setting on Lakewood Ranch Main Street starting at 10 a.m. (No coolers or lawn chairs — concert seating will be provided, plus local restaurants will be open.)

cause there are so many different options all in one place,” says

Look for live performances on the Ovation Main Stage though

Sarasota resident Victoria Van Cleave. “It’s one of our favorite

you can participate in interactive booths and browse displays

family events of the year.” (I know she means it since she brings

while enjoying the music and atmosphere. “Ovation is terrific be-

both the kids and me each year!)

////////////// Selby Garden’s Plant & Garden Festival///////////////

February 25 & 26 www.selby.org Selby Gardens began to offer plant sales to members and the

gardening supplies, and provides visitors with educational op-

public since it opened in 1975. “Before long, they were holding

portunities and activities to enjoy.” For gardening enthusiasts,

three successful sales a year,” says Director of Marketing Di-

this is not an event to be missed. Add in musical acts such as

ane Creasey. Now they’ve combined those sales into a yearly

last year’s rhythm and blues act “SoulRcoaster” or the smooth

event, the Plant & Garden Festival, which invites hand-picked

jazz group “Project SRQ,” and there’s something for everyone

vendors from around the U.S. to “offer their unusual plants and

to enjoy.

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/////// La Musica International Chamber Music Festival/////// April 5, 9, 12, 15, 18 www.lamusicafestival.org La Musica begins its second quarter century of operation with

Executive Director Sally Faron adds, “One of this coming year’s

“Something in the Air,” a series of programs illustrating how music

highlights will be the return of Russian-American soprano Dina

and words work together. The 26th season opens with Sonata a

Kuznetsova.” She returns from having recently appeared in the

Due, a holiday party on December 5 at the Charles Ringling Man-

world’s major opera houses. With her comes new chamber music

sion which includes a recital by La Musica musicians Daniel Avsha-

by Roberto Sierra, “Songs for the Diaspora” (for soprano, piano,

lomov (viola) and Derek Han (piano), followed by a celebratory din-

and strings). Check out the daily open rehearsals to learn more

ner. The regular season, however, begins in early April 2012.

about — and participate in — the process.

//////////////////////////////// Sarasota Film Festival//////////////////////////////// April 13 - 22

www.sarasotafilmfestival.com Held annually since 1999, the Sarasota Film Festival has be-

college enjoyed free filmmaking, film review, screenwriting, and

come one of the top independent film festivals in North Ameri-

movie screening programs thanks to the festival’s extensive Out-

ca, ranked right up there with SXSW and Sundance. The 2011

reach and Education department, which has received numerous

event lasted for 10 days and featured nearly 170 movies that

grants from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

challenged and entertained audiences. Celebrity watchers were

While the specifics of this coming year’s festival aren’t set in

pleased to see Geena Davis, Harry Connick Jr., and Christopher

stone, rumor has it that audience will be wowed by who shows

Plummer. Thousands of students in elementary school through

up to promote their newest work.

No matter your age, interest, or finances, there are plenty of events that’ll be sure to please you. Give a new one a chance and you’ll soon be singing the praises of the Sarasota art and culture scene, too. Ryan G. Van Cleave / ryangvancleave.com

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Honor resonates with the force of thunder in this tender love story between a young geisha and her American Naval Officer. Continuing to distinguish itself as one of American’s premiere opera companies, Sarasota Opera opens its Fall Season on October 28th with Giacomo Puccini’s classic love story Madama Butterfly. Premiered in February 1904 at the famed La Scala opera house in Milan, Madama Butterfly quickly gained world wide acclaim 48

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with performances in Buenos Aires, London, the United States and Paris by 1907. Today, it is one of the most beloved and frequently performed opera’s in North America, and has served as the inspiration for the creation of more modern pieces such as the movie My Geisha starring Shirley MacLaine, Henry David Hwang’s award winning play M. Butterfly and the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. Cio-Cio San, a young geisha also known as Butterfly, leaves her family to marry B.F. Pinkerton, a young Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy temporarily stationed in Nagasaki, Japan at the turn of the 20th Century. Pinkerton has secured a lease on a house for 999 years with the option of canceling the contract any month. Overwhelmed by his immediate professions of love, Butterfly claims eternal devotion to the young American and promises to wait for his return when orders take him back to America unaware of the twist of fate time will eventually unveil. Maestro Victor DeRenzi, Artistic Director, has assembled an international cast of talent that will be sure to sing life into Puccini’s heartrending music. Soprano Asako Tamura, who has sung the role of Butterfly with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and in South America, and was last seen at Sarasota Opera in 2006 as Amalia in Verdi’s I Masnadieri, will return to sing the title role. Joining Ms. Tamura will be two Sarasota Opera favorites. Tenor Rafael Dávila, who brought the house down as Oronte in the 2011 production of I Lombardi alla prima crociata returns for his eighth season to portray the young Naval Officer B.F. Pinkerton, and baritone Marco Nisticò, who was last seen in Sarasota as Giacomo in Giovanna d’Arco, will sing the American Consul Sharpless. Finally, making her Sarasota Opera debut will be mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen singing the role of Butterfly’s faithful servant Suzuki. Ms. Nelsen most recently received accolades for her portrayal of Suzuki at both New York City Opera and at Royal Albert Hall in London. Martha Collins will return to direct this beautiful Sarasota Opera production, last seen in 2007, that features sets by David P. Gordon and costumes by Evan Ayotte. Marco Nisticò

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

With tickets starting at only $19, there is no excuse to miss seeing one of opera’s greatest works brought to life here in Sarasota. Performances are October 28, 30 (matinee), November 2, 5 (matinee), 9 (matinee), and 15. Evening performances begin at 8pm and matinee performances begin at 1:30pm. If you have never experienced what Sarasota Opera has to offer, you will ﬁnd that Madama Butterﬂy will offer the drama and musical richness great performances are made of. Asako Tamura scenesarasota.com

Rafael Dávila

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Season Preview The New Performing Arts Season Promises to be a Potpourri of Entertainment Choices By Steven J. Smith

The 2011-12 performing arts season is upon us, and the coming months will be filled with opportunities to behold a plethora of talented writers, directors, actors, singers, dancers, and musicians displaying their craft at area venues. Below is just a sampling of some new, different, noteworthy and exciting offerings you can expect to enjoy at the theatre, opera, ballet, or symphony this coming season. 52

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Asolo Repertory Theatre Two Tony-award winning directors, Frank Gallati and Jeff Calhoun, will helm productions at this nationally acclaimed regional theatre this season. Gallati, who directed the celebrated “Twelve Angry Men” last year, will return to direct the timeless musical “My Fair Lady,” which will kick off the Asolo’s season. Calhoun, who directed last year’s “Bonnie and Clyde” — which is now headed to Broadway — will direct “Tommy Tune Presents: State of the Art Song & Dance,” which will close the season. In addition, Asolo Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards will direct “Hamlet, Prince of Cuba,” adapted by Edwards from Shakespeare’s timeless classic. The spin on this production, however, will center upon a distinctively Cuban Hamlet, offering interestingly new perspectives of the play. In addition, performances will be offered in both Spanish and English, performed by a bilingual cast. The Asolo’s 2010 production of “Bonnie and Clyde” is now headed to Broadway.

“There’s a lot of excitement in our upcoming season,” Edwards said. “I feel like each of the pieces is so strong in themselves that people are going to want to see them all.” www.AsoloRep.org / 941-351-8000

Florida Studio Theatre The only area theatre that won’t announce its season until October, FST nonetheless has some interesting plans afoot that it could share. The theatre recently hired Jason Bruffy to direct two new programs: the Actor Apprentice Program, and the New Play Development Program. “The FST literary staff are working year-round to solicit and read scripts from around the country and the world for production on FST’s mainstage,” Bruffy said. “My position is to take our new play development to the next level, and embrace the roots of what FST does best; develop and create new work.” Bruffy added that the theatre plans to build strong relationships with established

FST’s much heralded production of “Cow-

and emerging playwrights alike, as well as playwrights who have been previously pro-

girls” was a highlight of last season.

duced at FST. “This will then feed into the expansion of the Sarasota New Play Festival, and ultimately become a direct feeder to our mainstage, bringing the best quality plays by the most influential playwrights to Sarasota audiences,” Bruffy said. In addition, preparations are coming together for the January renovation of FST’s Gompertz Theatre. A new lobby is planned, along with additional seating, a café, and new bathrooms. www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org / 941-366-9000

Sarasota Orchestra An unparalleled musical experience is promised to Sarasota music lovers, as the Sarasota Orchestra commences a two-year search process for a new artistic director. Plans are in place to honor Maestro Leif Bjaland in this, his fifteenth and final season and welcome some of the country’s most critically acclaimed conductors to Sarasota. Patrons will enjoy programs of unprecedented variety and have the opportunity to sample the diverse styles and personalities of such distinguished conductors as Michael Stern, Grant Llewellyn, Carl St. Clair, Edwin Outwater, and Mel-Ann Chen. From Brahms, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Wagner to Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Schumann, and Mahler, there will be something in this season for everyone. Plans are in place to honor Maestro Leif Bjaland in this, his fifteenth and final season

“Great music says something to your heart,” Outwater said. “It’s emotion. There is a profound feeling.” www.SarasotaOrchestra.org / 941-953-3434

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Sarasota Ballet The subscription season opens on October 28 with a very different collaboration between the professional company and its affiliated Sarasota Ballet School in the American premiere of “Tchaikovsky’s Ballet Fantasy,” in which choreographer Matthew Hart imagines the composer interrupting his best-loved ballets (Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Nutcracker), unwittingly causing comic chaos. This light-hearted ballet is matched with Peter Darrell’s highly dramatic “Othello” and a world premiere choreographed by one of the Sarasota Ballet’s talented dancers, Ricardo Graziano. In addition, ballet lovers won’t want to miss the Sarasota premiere of Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo” set to a score by Aaron Copland evoking life in the pioneer West. Notably, Twyla Tharp’s most popular work, “Nine Sinatra Songs,” will bow in mid-April.

Natalia Magnicaballi and Momchil Mladenov are just two of the many dancers to have graced the stage

www.SarasotaBallet.org / 941-359-0099, ext. 101

of the Sarasota Ballet.

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe Race, romance and reverie are the themes of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s upcoming season of plays. Now in its 12th year, the Troupe will present two world premiere musicals — “Love, Sung in the Key of Aretha,” and “Blackbird: The Josephine Baker Story” — along with a one-man original revue based on Sammy Davis, Jr., and the award-winning drama, “A Raisin in the Sun.” “For WBTT’s 2012 season, we will be telling the story of not only the challenges but the The multi-talented De’zhon Fields will

triumphs of African Americans beginning in the 1920s with Josephine Baker and carrying

star in “Sammy Tonight! A Tribute to

through today with Aretha Franklin,” said Artistic Director Nate Jacobs. “This history show-

Sammy Davis Jr.” this season at the

cases the strength and spirit of people to succeed and, in doing so, forever inspires us.”

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe.

www.wbttroupe.org / 941-366-1505

The Players Theatre This Sarasota mainstay will kick off its 82nd season in style, offering “Kiss Me Kate,” “Seussical,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Dear World,” “A Chorus Line,” “Noises Off,” and “The Full Monty.” “I am constantly on the look for great plays that have not graced our stage,” said Artistic Director Jeffery Kin. “While the shows may not be new, five of the seven Broadway Season shows are brand new to our stage.” In addition, this past summer the group introduced the Sarasota Silver Stars, a 50+ performing arts troupe. The troupe is comprised of two former groups: Sarasota Senior Theatre and The Players Follies. The troupe meets three times a week providing an outlet for retired performers to express themselves theatrically. The Players also introduced open captioning, enabling hearing impaired patrons to see the words on overhead projections, in addition to amplifying devices that the theatre provides.

Robby May starred last season in the Players’ production of “The Producers.”

www.ThePlayers.org / 941-365-2494

Manatee Players The Manatee Players are about to embark upon their 65th season of live theatre in downtown Bradenton. They have engaged a new finance director, Mary E. Johnson, and have already broken their record of number of season tickets sold for any season with 2727 sold as of the end of July. The new Manatee Performing Arts

“Our 2011 – 2012 season continues our tradition as the only area theatre to present

Center is currently under construction. an exclusive full season of Broadway musicals,” said Managing Artistic Director Rick Kerby.

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“Our patrons have come to expect big productions and we plan to deliver.” Kerby added that he was most excited to host the local premiere of four new shows: “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” “Jerry’s Girls,” “Happy Days — a New Musical,” and “Ring of Fire — the Johnny Cash Musical. The troupe also plans to present classic theatrical favorites such as “Chicago,” “The Sound of Music,” “Evita,” and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” In addition, the new Manatee Performing Arts Center is under construction at 502 3rd Avenue West in downtown Bradenton. The exterior finishing is nearly complete and the interior construction is about 70 percent complete. This past summer saw stucco and trim followed by the painting of the exterior bringing everyone a glimpse what the finished building will look like. When completed there will be two theaters, meeting and classroom space and a grand lobby that will accommodate 300 guests for special events. www.ManateePlayers.org / 941-748-0111

Venice Theatre Venice Theatre’s 2011-2012 Season is already well underway, having opened with a criticallyacclaimed Summer Stock production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” followed by “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” in August. With four different series to choose from, (MainStage, Stage II, Cabaret and Generations) there are still 16 more shows to go on tap. Add to those a variety of national concert acts and special events, and you probably won’t find a performing arts organization in the area with more going on than Venice Theatre. Highlights of the season also include the world premiere of a play called “Stand by Your Van” (see the show, win a truck!), the Florida community theatre premieres of the coming-of-age rock musical “Spring Awakening” and the clever show-within-a-show, “[title of show].” Theatergoers looking for more familiar fare will love “Smokey Joe’s Café,” “The Music Man,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” and a multi-generational production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” www.VeniceStage.com / 941-488-1115

“The King and I” was a highly successful production at the Venice Theatre.

Sarasota Opera The 2011-2012 Sarasota Opera season will feature a season of returning greats mixed with new productions never before seen on the Sarasota Opera stage. Starting things off will be Puccini’s tragic love story “Madama Butterfly” running from October 28 – November 15. Opening February 11, 2012 and running through March 25th, the 2012 Winter Festival will bring Georges Bizet’s fiery “Carmen,” Gaetano Donizetti’s tragic “Lucia di Lammermoor,” the Sarasota Opera premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s tour de force “Otello,” and Samuel Barber’s intensely beautiful “Vanessa,” a continuation of the American Classics series and is being designed and constructed here in Sarasota. Notable returns to the stage will include Asako Tamura, Rafael Davila, Kara Shay Thomson, and former Young Artist Maestro Victor DeRenzi

Kathleen Kim will make her role debut as Lucia in “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Making her debut at Sarasota

will celebrate his 30th

Opera is Fredrika Brillembourg in the title role of Carmen. Ms. Brillembourg most recently has performed with

season as the Sarasota

the Stuttgart Opera, Croatian National Opera and the Washington National Opera to name just a few.

Opera’s artistic director.

www.SarasotaOpera.org / 941-366-8450

The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre This Sarasota landmark, part of the local cultural scene for the last 40 years, nearly met its demise last season despite such well-received productions as “Avenue Q” and “Stop The World, I Want To Get Off.” Golden Apple Executive Director Robert Ennis Turoff finally bit the bullet and applied for non-profit status after selling his downtown Sarasota theater building to pay off his biggest debts, easing the theatre’s financial burdens and allowing loyal patrons to obtain tax deductions for contributions to its cause. “We’re very happy with our initial fundraising efforts,” Turoff said. “And we’ve received scenesarasota.com

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promises for more donations.” Projected shows for the fall season include “Disenchanted,” a brand new, fun-loving, hilarious musical revue in which the original fairy tale princesses bemoan the exploitation they’ve suffered in the Disney theme parks and films; “Mr. Broadway,” a one-man journey through the world of musical comedy as seen through the eyes of veteran actor Michael L. Walters; “Let’s Hang On,” the nation’s premier Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Tribute show; “Cheerful Little Earful,” a celebration of the Hollywood musical; “An Evening With Beneva Fruitville,” a bawdy, fun-filled evening of high jinx and jump splits; “Roberta MacDonald: Songs,

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Bruce Rodgers

by Gus Mollasis

To properly picture playwright and arts advocate Bruce Rodgers as the artistic force that he is, first think of a drummer who can gig with a cool jazz trio, or sit behind chicken wire in a country western joint ala the Blues Brothers, and then take his prominent seat in the middle of a world class orchestra. Comfortable in all those musical chairs, it prepared him for the life of a playwright who is unafraid to walk through any stage door and pursue the arch of the story, no matter where it takes him. Where it has taken him today is to Hermitage Artist Retreat, where as Executive Director, Bruce Rodgers helps assure that all artists are comfortable, equipped with the proper setting and tools they need to make art in whatever form they choose. Recently, I sat down with him and we looked at some of the scenes from an interview of his life. scenesarasota.com

Where were you born? Rochester, New York. My father retired from Kodak and my mother retired from Xerox. Were your parents involved in the arts? My father was an engineer who loved listening to music and my mom didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care much for classical music. They were not really involved in the arts and were middle-class working folks. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to mold me to be like them and encouraged me to follow what I was interested in. I was a latch key kid which taught me to be very independent. Describe your first encounter with the arts and when you knew that you wanted the arts to be a big part of your life? It was in music. I started playing drums in fourth grade and by ninth grade I was admitted to the Eastman School of Music Prep Program. I knew I was going to be a musician. I had a wonderful teacher who pushed me and saw that I had some talent. Great teachers can give you the confidence you need to pursue something you should be doing in a more serious way. You are obviously a renaissance artist in every sense of the word. Do you consider yourself a musician first and September 2011

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then a playwright? Or is it vice versa?

eureka moment when you say, “I understand what this play is

Well, I don’t play music anymore. I stopped playing music in 1982,

about.” But that happens in the middle of the process, not in

so I can’t consider myself a musician. But having a musical back-

the beginning.

ground helped form my playwriting. I write by ear. I write by how things sound. So I’m constantly doing these things out loud, to

You have a choice between writing a play or crafting a classic

see how the words sound. I think of the words musically, how

novel, what do you choose?

they flow together, how they connect to each other to form beau-

Probably a play. What is great about a play is the visceral impact

tiful language. There’s a part of me that misses the fun of playing

at that moment and it happens in two hours. A novel can take the

in a group. Being a percussionist, I was able to play with many

reader on a journey over how many days it takes to read it. It is

types of bands, groups and orchestras. I played in jazz trios, in

more of a relationship. The impact of the theater is very powerful.

country rock bands in places that had chicken wire like in the

To hear an audience laugh is crack. It is very addictive. And that is

Blues Brothers, and I played classical music with orchestras. It’s

the danger of it because you can sacrifice things for the joke, when

an amazing feeling to be with 75 to 100 people on stage and be in

it shouldn’t be there, and sometimes it’s hard to be judicious and

the middle of that sound. It is those relationships that I miss most

realize that you have to cut it. For me, laughter is crack.

when we were doing various gigs. In many ways, my musical background set the stage for my work as a playwright.

What is the hardest part of being a playwright? Getting produced. There are two parts of being a playwright.

What is the greatest compliment an artist can receive?

You are sitting in front of your computer generating 60 to 100

To be told that it affected them and moved them and made

pages of dialogue and the second part is getting it to actors,

them think. That somehow what you had to say “got in” and

set designers and a director and seeing your blueprint come

made a difference. The worst reaction is when someone is apa-

to life in three dimensions. Writing a play is very close to being

thetic toward the art.

an architect. The play is a blueprint, a framework for behavior that comes alive after you build it, and put on stage in front of

Regarding your love of the arts, finish the following sentenc-

live audiences.

es: I love art the most when it.... ...moves me.

What is the most gratifying part of being a playwright? In rehearsal, when you hear a play come back to you with live

My favorite type of music makes me.... ...cry or smile.

actors, when everyone is investing their creative energies into taking your vision and blueprint and putting it out there. It’s incredible when you find that they bring more to it than you imag-

What is your work process when writing a book?

credibly exciting to see that unfold. You say to yourself, “I didn’t

It’s pretty much an outline that I create and then I fill in the outline.

know it was going to work that well.”

Does it differ when writing a play? I always have an initiating impulse that got me interested in

ined yourself by taking your stuff and making it better. It’s in-

The only book I have published is a non-fiction book on creativity.

You have performed with the USMA Band at West Point. Describe that experience and where it rates in your artistic career?

something. So in the play Lost Elektra, I got interested in Amelia

First it meant that I wasn’t going to go to Vietnam. And that was

Earhart. A particular kernel of interest leads me down a path that

why I was there. Everyone was scrambling on dealing with the

usually leads to a different place than I thought that I was going

draft. I auditioned for this very competitive position and had my

to go. In Lost Elektra, what began as a biographical piece ends

best audition ever. Fortunately, I got in. Once there, you didn’t

up being about a man who becomes obsessed about finding

do anything other then play. I was 22 years old and had a lot of

out what happened to Amelia Earhart and how she helps him

time on my hands. In my spare time I played other gigs, like big

deal with the death of his son. They all tend to take that kind of

band stuff and jazz trios on off days. It was a great place to be if

journey, where we are interested in the door, but we don’t know

you had to be in the Army. Our whole existence was about play-

what’s behind the door and where it’s going to take you. And

ing. There was rehearsal and the job and there was lot of spare

so what may cause the courage to create comes from walk-

time. As good a gig as you could have. Most everyone was in

ing through that door and confronting the unknown behind it. I

there to avoid the draft. Not many were there for the artistic

think that every great work ends up being a process of learning

experience. I understand that today the band is much better.

and discovery for the artist as he creates. You write to discover

It was a gorgeous place and one of the most beautiful spots in

what you want to write about, and that is what happens in that

all of America. Back then, we all had to make our choices and

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figure out our level of patriotism. Had I been drafted, I would have gone. I would not have been comfortable going to Canada. Are great artists made or born? Great artists are born and develop the talent they are born with. I was not innately talented in music. I worked hard. I feel more innately talented as a playwright. I saw musicians who already had it. They came to school with it, the artists with perfect pitch. What school does is refine the talent. The great artists have it. That’s what great talent is. What do you hope that the artists take away from their stay at Hermitage Artist Retreat? Whatever they need when they come. They all have different needs. Our job is to be sure we have a sense of what those needs are. We do everything we can to fulfill them. Some of them want to be left alone and need time, some need interaction with others. Artists are there at various stages of the process. Some are trying to figure out what they want to do next. Some come to finish a project they have been working on for a number of years. They come at all stages of their journey. It’s our strength of being small as an artist community. We form the residency to the artist rather than having the artist form to the residency. There are writers, painters, poets, composers, playwrights, sculptors, and visual artists. We house five artists at a time. They have time to be in their studio and do their work and time to interact with the other artists, especially artists that they usually don’t get to interact with. A composer and playwright together interacting and discovering things about themselves and their art is incredibly inspiring. What is your definition of art? I have a whole lecture that talks about this. An important component of art is metaphor. Art is an experience that’s larger than its literal self. It stands for something else. If there is one thing that is in the nature of art that is not in things that are not art, it is the sense of metaphor. It is something that has depth and rings of association that causes resonance in people. Truth and beauty are inherent in all great art. You sit on various artistic boards and councils and are a strong arts advocate in our community. Why should the arts be important for the rest of society? The arts have an ability to reflect society back onto itself. An unexamined life is not worth living. Artists are the truth tellers who force us to reflect on our society. You have won many awards and prizes over your career. What does presenting the Greenfield Prize to a worthy artist mean to you? What an incredible privilege it is to have created that prize as in investment in a future work. We purposely designed it to honor an artist by saying that you are someone who has the potential of creating something that is meaningful. We trust you, and we are giving this to you not only for what you have done in the past, but what your potential is for the future. The Greenfield Prize is not just a check. It’s the check, the residency, the partnership with any organization that would help move that work along, and the help of getting that work out into the world so that other people see it. It’s the beginning of a process, and we think you have something special to give to the artistic world. After all the pages have been written, the notes played and the final curtain lowered, how do you want to be remembered? That I have made a difference in peoples lives and that there was a reason why I was here.

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The Visual Arts... Jorge Blanco

Sarasota resident Jorge Blanco (born March 21, 1945 in Caracas) was an artist from Venzuela before he emigrated into the United States in 1999. He has spent his professional career working as a sculptor, graphic designer and illustrator. His works are in public sites in the United States, Venezuela and Japan. Blanco began painting in 1967 and sculpting in the early 1970s. In the eyes of Blanco, however, he has been an artist since childhood. “I have been an artist all my life because - in my opinion- every child is an artist. I never stopped drawing or coloring,” said Blanco. His interest in threedimensional work is always at the forefront of his career. Blanco won a scholarship at the Neumann Institute in Caracas, Venezuela graduating with a degree in Industrial Design. After graduation he worked as a graphic designer. His first solo exhibition was in 1974, where he showed sculpture and drawings. He lived in Rome, Italy (1975–1979) where he continued to work in sculpture, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and drew political cartoons for the newspaper "L’Opinione". He participated in the Bordhigera Humor Salon (1978), winning the Dattero D’Argento and in the Monterotondo Sculpture Salon, where he was awarded the first prize for medium format sculpture. In 1979 Blanco returned to Caracas, Venezuela where he exhibited his sculptures and drawings at the Sofía Imber Museum of Contemporary Art. Blanco continued working in sculpture and he also designed and illustrated a children’s newspaper “El Cohete”. In 1980 was hired as the Art Director for the Caracas Children’s Museum (Art, Science and Technology, Museo de los Niños). During his 18 years at the Caracas Children’s Museum, Jorge Blanco created his character (The Castaway) in 1981. “The Castaway” is comic about a man trapped on an island. There are no words in the comic, just images of the character living on the island. The comic was originally printed in the newspaper “El Diario de Caracas.” The Comic has become the cover of notebooks, images of various models of phone cards, along with images of several t-shirts. After leaving the Caracas Children’s Museum, Blanco moved to the United States where he is still living today. Jorge receives commissions for large sculpture pieces and exhibits his art work often. On December 26, 2010

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...so rich in objective, imagination and inspiration, SCENE proudly recognizes the passion and talent of local artists. Featured artists are selected by an independent panel organized by the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. to January 4, 2011 Jorge showed his “Punta en Blanco” exhibit at the Gallery Espacio Tierra Negra. Blanco’s early works were influenced by his teachers Gertrude Stein (Gego) and Cornelis Zitman and by the work of artists such as Auguste Herbin, Paul Klee and Joan Miró. He worked with unconventional materials such as lycra, rope, wood, mirrors combined with bronze. Blanco’s sculptures were and continue to be geometric studies, interpretations of his internal world. In 1992 Blanco began to explore color and metal as a primary material. According to Blanco, “If I was living in the desert in Africa, it might be impossible to do what I am doing. I am doing this because of my experience from the big city, my experience as a graphic designer and my studies in industrial design. It seems it was all put in a blender and my passion was developed.” Recently, Blanco’s sculpture, “Zephyrus”, was selected to be exhibited at Hilton Head, South Carolina. The inaugural Public Art Exhibition will be held late September through early December 2011 at the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island. Regional, national and international artists were invited to submit pieces to be on display during the event. scenesarasota.com

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Our Local Arts & Culture Scene:

Engage Yourself

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

recently had the pleasure of dining with a wonderful couple from Atlanta who are new residents in Sarasota. They are highly successful and dynamic and have the means to live anywhere in the world. When asked why they chose Sarasota, without hesita-

tion they said, “Because of the unbelievable arts scene here.” They went on to share how impressed they are with the vibrant attitude of our citizens and how stimulating it is to see people of all ages fully engaged in activities and organizations that reflect their passion. The descriptive word they chose about our community that captured my attention is en-

gagement. That is what arts and culture provide for the communities that embrace them. In his recent ARTSblog, Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy at Americans for the Arts, said, “The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They enable and inspire us — fostering creativity, goodness and beauty. They help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion or age.” In my role at the Arts & Cultural Alliance, I see the impact of this engagement on Sarasota County and what it means to our citizens. For example, Sarasota was recently designated as a partner city with the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for their Any Given Child initiative. This partnership will enhance the access to arts education in our schools. The Patterson Foundation has fostered a collaboration with several community partners to develop EdExploreSRQ, a school-based IT system that will empower teachers and students in our public school system to incorporate the arts as a part of their core curriculum. Scholarships, grants and support programs are offered through our two community foundations to help enrich the quality of our lives. Opportunities for the engagement of all citizens abound throughout the area with our community art centers,

“I encourage any of you seeking new passions to connect with our lively arts and culture scene. There is surely something

the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, and outreach programs with our many arts and cultural organizations. I encourage any of you seeking new passions to connect with our lively arts and culture scene. There is surely something among its many offerings that will engage and energize you. Participate anyway you can. Seek opportunities to become a volunteer, join a board of directors or write that book you have always wanted to write. Join your Arts and Cultural Alliance to demonstrate your belief that the arts are fundamental to our humanity and to our community. The satisfaction you will receive from engaging in activities and organizations you become passionate about is immeasurable.

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among its many offerings that will engage and energize you.” scenesarasota.com

arts& culture

2011/2012

guide

Brought to you by the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

PERFORMING ARTS

64 - 68

MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS

71 - 73

HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION FESTIVALS & FAIRS

74 - 75

76 - 77

ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS

ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE SPONSORS:

COUNTRY CLUB

All listings are subject to change. Please call venue directly to verify the time and location of an event. scenesarasota.com

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www.AsoloRep.org

Cirque des Voix (with Key Chorale)

Mainstage

January 13 – 15, 2012

My Fair Lady

Circus Sarasota Gala Fundraiser

November 18 — December 23, 2011

January 27, 2012

1800 Ben Franklin Dr. B — 506

Once in a Lifetime

Sarasota, FL 34236

January 6 — April 1, 2012

Circus Sarasota Winter Performances featuring Bello!

941.388.1188

God of Carnage

February 10 – 26, 2012

www.ArtistSeries.net

January 13 — February 29, 2012

Cirque des Voix (with Key Chorale)

Sirena Huang, Violin

Yentl

Palladium Theater

October 2 — 4, 2011

January 20 — April 26, 2012

March 24 & March 25, 2012

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

Fallen Angels

Laughter Unlimited Fundraising Luncheon

March 9 — May 13, 2012

May 8, 2012

October 21 — 23, 2011

Hamlet, Prince of Cuba

Jessica Matheas

March 23 — May 6, 2012

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota

October 30 & November 1, 2011

Add — on Shows

941.957.0404

Di Wu, Piano

Red

www.DiversitySarasota.org

November 13 — 15, 2011

March 30 — April 22, 2012

Holley Hall

Liszt Festival

Tommy Tune Presents: State of the Art Song and Dance:

709 N. Tamiami Trail

December 4 — 6, 2011

Together This Christmas

May 25 — June 17, 2012

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Holidays

December 16 — 18, 2011

Summer Musical - TBD

December 3, 2011

Trio con Brio

June 22 — July 15, 2012

From Revolution to Evolution

January 8 & 10, 2012

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training

May 19, 2012

Susana Diaz, soprano

The Brothers Karamazov

January 11, 2012

November 1 — 20, 2011

Exsultate! Chamber Chorale

Lee Roy Beams, Broadway singer

Lobby Hero

101 West Venice Ave., Ste 31 — 5

January 22 & 24, 2012

January 3 — 22, 2012

Venice, FL 34285

Chad Hoopes, Violin

The Robbers

Grace United

February 12 &14, 2012

February 21 — March 11, 2012

Methodist Church

Michael Baron, piano

Cloud Nine

941.484.8491

February 15, 2012

April 3 — 22, 2012

www.Exsultate.org

March 4 & 6, 2012

Banyan Theater Company

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

Joseph Holt and Lee Dougherty Ross

Jane B. Cook Theatre

December 4, 2011

March 14, 2012

5555 N. Tamiami Trail

Sounds from Witty to Wondrous

Martina Filjack, Piano

Sarasota, FL 34243

February 19, 2012

March 18 & 20, 2012

941.351.2808

Conrad Tao, Piano

www.BanyanTheaterCompany.com

April 1 & 3, 2012

The Director’s Art Symposium

Sounds of Glory: Italian Baroque to the Present Day Sounds of Glory from Near and Far

Hope Koehler, Soprano

February 7, 2012

April 15, 2012

April 15 & 17, 2012

Banyan Becoming

Rafael Padron, Guitar

TBA

Florida Studio Theatre

April 25, 2012

11th Season Opening Night

1241 North Palm Avenue

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

June 28, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34236

PERFORMING ARTS Artist Series of Sarasota

Gail Nelson, Singer

Sarasota, FL 34236

941.366.9000

May 6 & 8, 2012

Carreño Dance Festival

Marina Lomazov, piano

www.carrenodancefestival.com

May 20 & 22, 2012

Holiday Spectacular — Nutcracker

Fuzión Dance Artists

Kurt Weill, Ensemble

December 21, 2011

941.345.5755

www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org

www.FuzionDance.com

June 3 & 5, 2012

Asolo Repertory Theatre

Circus Sarasota

Ongoing Classes:

Tuttle Avenue & 12th Street

Beginner – Intermediate Modern Dance

5555 North Tamiami Trail

Sarasota, FL 34237

Every Monday

Sarasota, FL 34243

941.355.9805

Intermediate – Advance Modern Dance

941.351.8000

www.CircusSarasota.org

Every Wednesday

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Glenridge Performing Arts Center

epa.oszk.hu/sarasota

Lemon Bay Playhouse

7333 Scotland Way

Liszt Bicentennial Concerts:

96 West Dearborn Street

Sarasota, FL 34238

Un Hommage a Liszt

Englewood, FL 34223

888.999.GLEN (4536)

October 27, 2011 & November 6, 2011

941.474.4000

www.TheGlenridge.com

From Liszt to Ligeti

www.LemonBayPlayhouse.com

Alex Dilan & Katherine Alexandra

December 2, 2011

Absurd Person Singular

October 8, 2011

The Marriage — Go — Round

Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band

November 2 – 5, 2011

www.JacobitesBand.com

Sarasota Concert Band

October 26 — November 13, 2011

Post Mortem January4 — 29, 2012

Barefoot in the Park

November 19, 2011

Jazz Club of Sarasota

Holiday Harmonies – Barbershop

941.316.9207 / 366.1552

The Glass Menagerie

December 4, 2011

www.jazzclubsarasota.com

May 2 — 20, 2012

Micahel Lasser & Friends Celebrate Jerry Herman

“Jazz at Two” Series

Steel Magnolias

Unitarian Universalist Church, Sarasota

June 27 — July 15, 2012

January 28, 2011

October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2011

Sarasota Concert Band

The Joy of Jazz: Free Sunday Concerts

Manatee Players

January 29, 2011

Centennial Park/Downtown Venice

102 Old Main Street

Tamburitzans

November 13, 2011; February 19,

Bradenton, FL 34205

March 1, 2011

March 11, April 22, 2012

941.748.5875

Bel Canto

Swingin’ Under the Stars Holiday Concert

www.ManateePlayers.com

March 18, 2011

December 9, 2011

Jazz Juvenocracy

2012 Sarasota Jazz Festival

Jerry’s Girls

April 13, 14, 27, 28, 2011

The Players Theatre

White Christmas

March 4 — 10, 2012

December 1 – 23, 2011

Gloria Musicae

February 29 — March 25, 2012

October 27 – November 13, 2011

Happy Days

941.925.3183

Key Chorale

www.GloriaMusicae.com

941.921.4845

Wondrous Sounds

EVITA

www.KeyChorale.org

February 23 – March 11, 2012

December 20, 2011

Mystical Sounds

“Music in Bloom”: A Festival sARTee Event

Ring of Fire

April 2, 2012

October 23, 2011

Sounds of Freedom

Benjamin Britten’s “Saint Nicholas”

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

July 4, 2012

November 12, 2011

January 12 – 29, 2012

March 29 – April 15, 2012 May 3 — 21, 2012

Cirque des Voix

McCurdyʼs Comedy Theatre

January 13 — 15, 2012

3333 North Tamiami Trail

25 N. Pineapple Avenue

Karl Jenkins’ “Requiem” in Concert

Sarasota, FL 34234

Sarasota, Florida 34236

February 26, 2012

941.925.FUNY (3869)

941.366.5454

Cirque des Voix (with Circus Sarasota)

www.McCurdysComedy.com

www.TheGoldenApple.com

March 24 — 25, 2012

Concerts with the Jacobites Pipe Band

Keith Alberstadt

2011 — 12 schedule available online.

Golden Apple Dinner Theatre

April 21 — 22, 2012

Guitar Sarasota

September 15 — 18, 2011

Family night September 19, 2011

www.GuitarSarasota.org

La Musica: International

Classes and events throughout the year.

Chamber Music Festival

September 21, 2011

Bluegrass Jam

941.366.8450 ext. 3

Valerie Storm

Every Thursday night

www.LaMusicaFestival.org

September 22 — 25, 2011

Bee Ridge Park –Pavilion

Sonata a Due

Flip Shultz

December 5, 2011

Hungarian American Cultural Association

October 1 & 2, 2011

International Chamber Music Festival: Something’s in the Air

Tom Simmons

(THE KOSSUTH CLUB)

Sarasota Opera House

Mike McCarthy

P. O. Box 19774

April 4, 7, 10, 13, & 15, 2012

October 20 – 23, 2011

Walt Willey

October 6, 2011

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Moving Ethos Dance Company

Holiday Spectacular Show

2254 Silver Maple Court

December 27 – 30, 2011

From the Park to the Prairies: Les Patineurs and Rodeo

Sarasota, FL 34234

63rd Anniversary Spring Show

Sarasota Opera House

941.312.1693

March 28 – 31 & April 4 – 7, 2012

December 9 — 10, 2011

www.MovingEthos.com For performance locations, please visit website.

The ability to talk socially with others....or lack thereof

Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast

Made in America: Balanchine Donizetti Variations and a World Premiere FSU Center for the Performing Arts

941.955.4942

January 27 — 29, 2012

September 16 & 17; October 9 & 16;

www.PerlmanMusicProgramSuncoast.org

October 21; December 3 & 20, 2011

Sarasota Winter Residency

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

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USF Sarasota — Manatee

FSU Center for the Performing Arts

December 24, 2011 — January 6, 2012

February 24 — 26, 2012

February 11 & 12; April 27 & 28, 2012

Celebration Concert with Itzhak Perlman

“My Way” – Twyla Tharp

Sarasota Opera House

New Music New College

January 7, 2012

April 13 — 14, 2012

New College of Florida

Free Education Outreach Programs:

Theatre of Dreams

Caples Fine Arts Complex

October 16, 2011; Janu-

FSU Center for the Performing Arts

5800 Bayshore Road

ary 24, 2012; May 3, 2012

April 27 — 29, 2012

941.487.4888

The Players Theatre

Sarasota Choral Society

www.NewMusicNewCollege.org

838 N. Tamiami Trail

www.SarasotaChoralSociety.org

Sainer Pavilion

Sarasota, FL 34236

Old Fashioned Sing — A — Long

Miranda Cuckson, violinist

941.365.2494

Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church

September 24, 2011

www.ThePlayers.org

September 18, 2011

Kathleen Supové, piano

Kiss Me Kate

Handel’s Messiah

January 21, 2012

Sep. 15 – 25, 2011

December 3, 2011

Crossroads 4: The Meeting of the Minds Festival

Seussical Oct. 20 – 30, 2011

Sarasota Chorus of the Keys

Pepsico Arcade

It’s A Wonderful Life

www.ChorusoftheKeys.org

March 2 & 3, 2012

Dec. 1 – 11, 2011

Spring Show:

Michael Gordon’s Timber, Performed by Mantra Percussion

Dear World

Riverview Performing Arts Hall

Jan. 12 – 22, 2012

February 25, 2012

April 21, 2012

A Chorus Line

The Composers Concert (FREE)

Feb. 16 – 26, 2012

Sarasota Concert Association

April 29, 2012

Noises Off

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Margaret Eginton & Stephen Miles: New Experimental Works

Mar. 22 – Apr. 1, 2012

777 North Tamiami Trail

The Full Monty

Sarasota, FL 34236

November 11 & 12, 2011

Apr. 26 – May 6, 2012

941.955.0040

OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving

Sarasota Ballet 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman

941.351.1007

Sarasota, FL 34243

January 9, 2012

www.OperaForAnimals.org

941.359.0099

Thomas Hampson, baritone

10th Annual Benefit & Fundraiser

www.SarasotaBallet.org

January 30, 2012

January 15, 2012

Sarasota Ballet Premiere Peter Darrell’s Othello

Kirill Gerstein, piano

Sarasota, FL 34243

www.SarasotaConcertAssociation.org

PAL Sailor Circus

FSU Center for the Performing Arts

February 16, 2012

Minnesota Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vanska and Midori

2075 Bahia Vista Street

October 28 — 30, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34239 941.361.6350

The Two Pigeons and George Balanchine’s Diamonds

www.SailorCircus.org

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Northwest German Philharmonic with Eugene Tzigane and Amit Peled

Haunted House

November 18, 2011

March 18, 2012

March 7, 2012

Oct. 20 – 31, 2011

PAL Half Marathon at Palmer Ranch November 27, 2011

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Sarasota Folk Club

Carmen

On Broadway

www.SaraFolk.org

February 11, 14,19, 22 & 24,

March 14 — 17, 2012

Gypsy Wind

March 4, 8, 11, 16, 20 & 24, 2012

L Bamba

September 26, 2011

Lucia di Lammermoor

May 2 — 5, 2012

Walter Craft

February 18, 21, 23 & 26,

Chamber Soirees

October 31, 2011

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

European Passport

Patchouli

Otello

September 22, 2011

November 28, 2011

March 3, 6, 11, 14, 17, 22 & 25, 2012

Now & Then

Holiday of Song

Vanessa

November 3, 2011

December 19, 2011

March 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, 21 & 24, 2012

Happy Birthday Ludwig

Salute the Star Fundraiser at SYC

December 15, 2011

March 23, 2012

Night Music

Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala & Concert

January 19, 2012

March 25, 2012

February 2, 2012

Sarasota Jazz Ensemble www.SarasotaJazzEnsemble.com

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

Sarasota Orchestra

A Classical Event Ravishing Strings March 1, 2012

Sarasota Jewish Chorale

709 N. Tamiami Trail

Fantaisie

941.492.6944

Sarasota, FL 34236

March 19, 2012

www.SarasotaJewishChorale.org

941.953.3434

Performance schedule available online.

www.SarasotaOrchestra.org

Sarasota Pops Orchestra

Masterworks

www.SarasotaPops.org

Sarasota Music Archive

Bjaland & Brahms

Selby Public Library

December 2 — 4, 2011

1331 First Street

Llewellyn & Levin

Sarasota, FL 34236

January 6 — 8, 2012

941.861.1168

St. Clair & Hanslip

www.SarasotaMusicArchive.org

January 27 — 29, 2012

Harmony Music & Entertainment

Bjaland & Weiss

November 13, 2011

February 16 — 19, 2012

Bradenton, FL 34207

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Outwater & Gomyo

941.752.5000

December 11, 2011; March 11

March 9 — 11, 2012

www.scf.edu

& June 9 or 10, 2012

Chen & Ehnes

Fall Festival of Music

A Little Light Music

March 29 — April 1, 2012

October 4, 2011

January 8, 2012

Pops

Voice Recital

Wicked Divas

SCF Orchestra with Lakewood Ranch High School Orchestra

February 12, 2012

January 21, 2012

November 15, 2011

Sarasota Youth in Concert

Dave Bennett’s Clarinet Swing Kings

Women in Power

April 15, 2012

February 4, 2012

November 18 — 22 & 25 — 26, 2011

Jazz “Juvenocracy”

Tribute to the Boston Pops

Holiday Concert

May 13, 2012

April 14, 2012

December 6, 2011

Journeys to Genius

The Marlins

Sarasota Opera

Solving Elgar’s Enigma

February 12, 2012

61 North Pineapple Avenue

October 8 — 9, 2011

Jack Jones

Sarasota, FL 34236

Shostakovich: Truth or Consequences

March 4, 2012

941.366.8450

April 28, 2012

Spring Fling Concert Series

www.SarasotaOpera.org

Great Escapes

April 26, 2012

Fall Season Fundraiser: Curtain Raiser

Movie Heroes

October 23, 2011

October 12 — 15, 2011

Madama Butterfly

Holiday Parade

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

December 7 — 10, 2011

www.SuncoastChorale.com

Opening Night Gala: Ritz Carlton

Eternally Tango

Christmas Memories

February 11, 2012

January 11 — 14, 2012

November 27 & December 2, 2011

Embraceable You

A Blend of POPS

February 8 — 11, 2012

February 24 and 26, 2012

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SOULSPEAK/SOULMOVES www.Soulspeak.org Workshop & event information available online.

State College of Florida 5840 26th Street

Suncoast Chorale 888.326.8403

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A German Requiem

Venetian Harmony Chorus

The Music Man

April 20 and 22, 2012

1812 San Trovaso Way

February 14 – March 28, 2012

Venice, FL 34285

Avenue Q

941.480.1480

March 15 – April 15, 2012

1413 Cedar Bay Lane

www.VenetianHarmony.org

Stand by Your Van

Sarasota, FL 34231

Musical Benefit for United Church of Christ

April 3 – 22, 2012

941.907.0935

November 20, 2011

The Miser

www.SuncoastConcertBand.org

Annual Show at Church of the Nazarene

April 19 – May 6, 2012

Concert Season at Payne Park

February 11, 2012

Driving Miss Daisy

November 6 & 20; December 4 & 18, 2011

Annual show at Murdock Baptist Church

May 8 – 20, 2012

January 8; February 5 & 19;

February 12, 2012

Suncoast Concert Band

The Phantom Tollbooth May 17 – 27, 2012

March 4, April 1 & 29, 2012

Special Concerts at Church of the Palms

The Venice Symphony

January 22, March 18 & April 15, 2012

Church of the Nazarene

Jazz Ambassador’s Big Band at Payne Park

1535 E. Venice Ave.

The Virtuoso Performing Arts Theatre

December 11, 2011; January 29,

Venice, FL 34285

5249 Creekside Trail

February 26, March 25 & April 22, 2012

941.488.1010

Sarasota, FL 34243

www.TheVeniceSymphony.org

941 — 345 — 7032

Holiday Concert

www.vpaoso.com

Theatre Odyssey www.TheatreOdyssey.org

December 16 — 17, 2011

Christmas Shoes

Ten Minute Play Festival

Concert I Pops: “Music & Magic”

Sarasota First Church of the Nazarene

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe Theater

January 12 — 14, 2011

December 9 — 10, 15 — 17, 2011

April 6 — 8, 2012

Concert II Classical

Baby

February 3 — 4, 2012

February 23 — 26, 2012

Concert III Classical

God of Carnage

The Ballroom of Sarasota

March 2 — 4, 2012

May 17 — 20, 2012

5660 Swift Road

FREE Outdoor Pops Concert

Sarasota, FL 34231

March 17, 2012 ( Barritt Park)

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe

941.320.4055

Concert IV Classical

1646 10th Way

www.DanceWhiteSands.com

March 23 — 24, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34236

Halloween Spooktacular

Spring Pops Concert

941.366.1505

October 25, 2011

April 20 — 21, 2012

www.WBTTroupe.org

USA Dance

President’s Holiday Ball December 13, 2011

Love, Sung in the Key of Aretha

Venice Theatre

December 14, 2011 — January 16, 2012

140 West Tampa Avenue

A Raisin in the Sun

Venice, FL 34236

January 25 — February 19, 2012

777 N. Tamiami Trail

941.488.1115

“SAMMY” Tonight!

941.953.3368

www.VeniceStage.com

March 7– April 1, 2012

www.VanWezel.org

Spring Awakening

BLACKBIRD

Henson Alternative’s Stuffed & Unstrung

October 6 – 23, 2011

April 18 — May 13, 2012

October 5, 2011

Big River

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

November 1 – 27, 2011

West Coast Civic Ballet

Radio Gals

1370 — D Blvd of the Arts

October 9, 2011

November 4 – 27, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34236

Dolly Parton LIVE

Title of Show

941.400.6277

October 16, 2011

December 2 – 18, 2011

www.WestCoastCivicBallet.org

Celtic Thunder

A Christmas Carol

WCCB Holiday Performance Audition

October 14, 2011

December 16 – 18, 2011

September 24, 2011

Straight No Chaser

Almost, Maine

WCCB Holiday Performance

December 22, 2011

January 5 – 22, 2012

December 16 & 17, 2011

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker

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

WCCB Ten Year Anniversary Celebration Performance

January 10 – 29, 2012

May 2012

Altar Boyz

Outreach Performances

February 3 – March 4, 2012

Throughout the year

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

December 28, 2011

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Plan your 2011-2012 arts season with the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County’s 2011-2012 Arts & Culture Guide handy pocket guide available early October 2011 at local performance venues, information centers and various other locations throughout the area.

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MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League

The Other Persona

ber 22, 2011, 2 – 4 pm

Through October 22, 2011

Jean Blackburn

Material Matters

October 17 – November 16, 2011

November 3 – December 31, 2011

Opening reception: October 22, 2011, 2 — 4 pm

Florida’s Best

Holmes Beach, FL 34217

Artistsʼ Guild of Anna Maria Island

941.778.2099

941.778.6694

Opening reception: Decem-

www.IslandArtLeague.org

www.AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com

ber 3, 2011, 2 — 4 pm

Here & New: The 2011 Faculty Exhibit

Plein Air Painters

Kathy Wright

October 14 – November 4, 2011h

Monthly sessions. Schedule available online.

November 21 – December 14, 2011

Island Visions

Gallery Walk

Opening reception: Decem-

November 11 – 25, 2011

November 11, 2011

ber 3, 2011, 2 — 4 pm

Logical Infusion

artsHOP Weekend on Anna Maria Island

SPRING 2012 Festival of (Water) Color

December 2, 2011 – January 6, 2012

November 11 – 13, 2011

January 9 – January 26, 2012

18th Annual James Pay Members Exhibit

Holmes Beach Shopping Center Party

Opening reception: Janu-

January 13 – February 3, 2012

December 2, 2011

ary 14, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

Life’s Passageways

3rd Annual Exhibit at Florida

Michael Wyshock & Robert Farber

February 10 – 24, 2012

Maritime Museum

January 9 – January 25, 2012

Student Exhibit

January 6 – 28, 2012

Opening reception: Janu-

March 2 – April 6, 2012

Artists Reception: Kathy Sparks

ary 14, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

18th Annual Manatee High Exhibit

January 13, 2012

Light & Reflection Photography

April 13 – 27, 2012

Mark Polamchek Watercolor Workshop

Judged by Floridian photography Clyde Butcher.

Creative Color

February 3 & 4, 2012

January 30 – March 2, 2012

May 4 – May 25, 2012

Artist Reception: Diane Remington

Opening reception: Febru-

February 10, 2012

ary 18, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

Art Center Manatee

Artist Reception: Ginny Eitman

RCAD Student Photography Show

209 9th Street West

March 2, 2012

January 30 – February 29, 2012

Bradenton, FL 34205

Artist Reception: Kathleen Masur

Opening reception: Febru-

941.746.2862

April 18, 2012

ary 18, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

5312 Holmes Boulevard

November 21 – December 15, 2011

Figure & Form

www.ArtCenterManatee.org November 1 – December 2, 2011

Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit

ADM Award Winners Exhibits

941.928.0567

Rebecca Allen

December 6, 2011 – January 13, 2012

www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org

March 5 –March 28, 2012

“In Full Bloom” Curated Show

Island Park on the Bayfront

Opening reception: March 10, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

January 18 – February 29, 2012

April 1 – May 28, 2012

Englewood Camera Club

All Media Open Exhibit: “Imagine That”

Member & Student Show

March 5 – March 30, 2012 Opening reception: March 10, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

April 2 – April 20, 2012

March 6 – April 6, 2012

Englewood Art Center

All Media Open Exhibit: “Light and Drama”

A Division of Ringling College of Art and Design

Bright Futures: RCAD student show

350 South McCall Road

April 30 – May 30, 2012

April 10 – April 27, 2012

Englewood, FL 34223

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

Open Juried All Media: “Retrospective Color”

941.474.5548

Plein Air

May 1 – June 1, 2012

www.EAC.Ringling.edu

A festival celebrating painting outdoors.

All Media Open Exhibit: “Inspired Visions”

Anything Goes — Loranger Gallery

April 21 – May, 4, 2012

June 5 – July 6, 2012

September 12 – October 14, 2011

Opening reception: April 21, 2012, 7 — 9 pm

Kids Art Summer Camp

Opening reception: Septem-

16th Annual Area Youth Exhibition

August TBD

ber 17, 2011, 2 – 4pm

May 7 – May 17, 2012

Homage to Mark Lombardi

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

Art Center Sarasota

Opening reception: April 7, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

September 12 – October 12, 2011

Down to the Sea

707 N. Tamiami Trail

Opening reception: Septem-

May 21 – June 29, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34236

ber 17, 2011, 2 – 4 pm

Opening reception: June 9, 2012, 2 — 4 pm

941.365.2032

Memory Lane

www.ArtSarasota.org

October 17 –November 18, 2011 Opening reception: Octo-

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Children’s Free Art Lessons

www.FineArtsSarasota.com

Durante Gallery: Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Juried Show/ Opening Reception

Art & Backstage Tours

November 18 – December 15, 2011

October 15 & October 22, 2011

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

January 16, 2012

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

Creators & Collectors Tour

January 5 – February 23, 2012

Bowls of Hope on the Green

Durante Gallery: Clyde Butcher Photography/ Opening Reception

Exhibits::

January 19 – February 23, 2012

“Kaleidoscope” Through November 4, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34243

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

941.359.5700

March 1 – March 29, 2012

“Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society”

Art After 5

Durante Gallery & Cultural Media Room: Myakka Artists/Opening Reception

“Ukrainian American Club of SW Florida”

Every Thursday evening throughout the year

April 12 – May 25, 2012

February 20 — March 23, 2012

Ringling International Arts Festival

Special Events

Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 941.330.0681

First Tuesday of each month, October – May

Celebrate the Arts Reception

March 9 & 10, 2012

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art 5401 Bay Shore Road

www.Ringling.org

2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturday of every month

Arts Alive

February 14, 2012 March 4, 2012

“Treasures” November 7, 2011 — January 7, 2012 January 16 — February 17, 2012

October 11 – 16, 2011

sARTee Opening Reception

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

Exhibitions

October 6, 2011

www.PalmAvenue.org

20th Century Abstract Art from the Ringling Collection

Open House

First Friday Gallery Walks

December 1, 2011

An Evening of Classics

Taste of the Keys & Fashion Show

October 1, 2011

Crosscurrents of Design: Asian Export Ceramics

January 26, 2012

A Prelude to Season

LBKCA Student Show and BBQ

November 4, 2011

Through October 30, 2011

March 27 – March 28, 2012

36th Annual Holiday Walk

The Art of Jade

Concerts

December 2, 2011

Through October 30, 2011

“Torch Songs”, Jazz Vocalists

Pops on Palm

Zimoun

February 14, 2012

January 6, 2012

Through January 8, 2012

“Rat Pack, Re — imagined” Jazz

A Taste of Palm Avenue

Artists of Advertising

March 13, 2012

February 3, 2012

Community Arts

Romancing the Arts

Classes, Learning Labs, Lecture Series, Director’s Notes, Open Studio & Open Sketch w/ Figure Model

March 2, 2012

Monthly; visit website for complete listings.

Jazz on the Ave

Ongoing

Through January 16, 2012

The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithographing Company Through January 29, 2012

Deco Japan: Shaping Modern Culture, 1920 — 1945 July 14 – September 30, 2012

Longboat Key Center for the Arts

An Affair to Remember April 6, 2012 May 4, 2012

Manasota Weavers Guild

Sunset Serenade

www.ManasotaWeaversGuild.com

June 1, 2012

Rugs, Rugs and More Rugs October 8, 2011

Sarasota Season of Sculpture

6860 Longboat Drive South

Creating a Kimono (Mimi Smith)

www.SeasonofSculpture.org

Longboat Key, FL 34228

November 12, 2011

This bi — annual exhibit returns to Sarasota’s Bayfront Fall 2011.

www.LBKCA.Ringling.edu

Warping with Charlene Schurch and Stash Sale

Exhibitions

January 14, 2012

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

Durante Gallery: Petticoat Painters: “Provocative Petticoats”

Program with Laura Fry

P.O. Box 2911

March 10, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34230 — 2911

A Division of Ringling College of Art and Design

941.383.2345

October 6 – November 10, 2011

Cultural Media Room: Ringling College Alumni: “Fresh Paints”/Opening Reception October 6 – December 15, 2011

941.364.2199

North Port Art Center

www.sarasotaarchitecturalfoundation.org

5950 Sam Shapos Way

Tour of the Ness House

North Port, FL 34287

December 8, 2011

941.423.6460

Schedule available online.

www.NorthPortArtCenter.com

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State College of Florida

941.400.0598

5840 26th Street

www.SARTQ.com

Bradenton, FL 34207

Schedule of exhibits & events available online.

941.752.5000

3rd Annual Print Party

www.scf.edu

September 10, 2011

Art Exhibits

Fall Exhibition November 5, 2011

September 16 – October 19, 2011 October 28 – December 7, 2011 January 13 – February 15, 2012

Selby Gallery

April 13 – May 7, 2012

Ringling College of Art and Design

Annual Holiday Ceramics Show and Sale

2700 North Tamiami Trail

December 1 — 2, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34234 941.359.7563

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota

www.Ringling.edu/SelbyGallery

941.359.1765

Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibitions

www.americantapestryalliance.org

September 30 – October 26, 2011

Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations from Children’s Books

Towles Court Art District

November 4 – December 9, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34236

11th Annual Golf Tournament

www.TowlesCourt.com

November 10, 2011

Art Walks

Henk Pander: Sees All, Paints All

Third Friday of every month

1938 Adams Lane

January 9 – February 15, 2012

Multiple Genius: J.M.W. Turner

Venice Art Center

February 24 – March 28, 2012

390 Nokomis Avenue

An Evening at the Avant — Garde

Venice, FL 34285

March 24, 2012

941.485.7136

Annual Best of Ringling Juried Student Exhibitions

www.VeniceArtCenter.com

April 12 — 21, 2012

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

Annual Ringling College Senior Thesis Exhibitions

September 16 – October 7, 2011

April 27 — May 4, 2012

October 14 – November 11, 2011

Annual Community Exhibition: Florida Artist Group

Wildly Abstract

May 11 — June 1, 2012

Portrait and Figure

Carl Abbott, Architect

January 20 – February 17, 2012

July 6 — August 3, 2012

Fine Arts Show

Curiosities: Rick Valicenti & 21st Century Thirst

February 25 & 26, 2012

August 10 – September 12, 2012

Photography and Digital Arts

Three Dimensional Art

December 16 – January 13, 2012

April 13 – May 4, 2012

Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master

South County Public School Show

www.CrystalSand.org

May 9 – 25, 2012

Sand Sculpting Competition

Collage & Multi — Media Show

November 10 – 13, 2011

June 1 – 29, 2012

South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium

85th Anniversary of Venice Summerfest July 13 – August 17, 2012

201 10th Street West

Women Contemporary Artists

Bradenton, FL 34205

941.342.0891

941.746.4131

www.WomenContemporaryArtists.com

www.SouthFloridaMuseum.org

Members’ Fall Juried Show

See History, Science & Education

November 1 – December 2, 2011

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The Hermitage Artist Retreat

Longboat Key Education Center

6660 Manasota Key Road

5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Englewood, FL

Longboat Key, FL 34228

941.475.2098

941.383.8811

www.HermitageArtistRetreat.org

www.LBKEducationCenter.org

4748 Beneva Road

I Am Not a Photographer with photographer Robert Blake

Manasota Weavers Guild

Sarasota, FL 34233

November 3, 2011

www.ManasotaWeaversGuild.com

941.361.6590

The Artful Lobster

See Museums & Visual Arts section for

www.ACE — Sarasota.com

November 19, 2011

complete listings.

Alliance Francaise de Sarasota

Bash the Trash with musicians and educators John Bertles and Carina Piaggio

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

200 S. Washington Boulevard, Ste 2

December 8, 2011

811 South Palm Avenue

Sarasota, FL 34236

A Hermitage Salon with artists in residence

Sarasota, FL 34236

941.955.0700

January 19, 2012

941.366.5731

www.AFSarasota.org

www.Selby.org

Beaujolais Nouveau Festival

Hermitage Artist Retreat Series at Historic Asolo Theater

November 17, 2011

February, 2, 2012

October 9,16, 23, 30, 2011

Conversation with Playwright Arthur Kopit

Members’ Day

February 16, 2012

November 12, 2011

7101 Palmer Blvd.

Beach Reading, Open Studios, Open House

Wine, Dine and Pine

Sarasota, FL 34240

February 25, 2012

November 30, 2011

941. 371.6377

Greenfield Prize Celebration

Ceremonial Tree Lighting

www.bigcathabitat.org

March 29 — April 1, 2012

December 8, 2011

Crowley Museum & Nature Center

Historical Society of Sarasota County

16405 Myakka Road

1260 12th Street

February 25 & 26, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34240

Sarasota, FL 34236

Rainforest Mask Exhibit

941.322.1000

941.364.9076

March 9 – April 20, 2012

www.CMNCfl.org

www.HSOSC.com

Asian Cultural Festival

Southwest Florida Heritage Festival

LeBarge Historical Cruise

March 17 & 18, 2012

February 11, 2012

November 6, 2011 & March 11, 2012

31st Annual Orchid Ball

Guided Nature Walks and Group Tours

Historical Trolley Tour

March 31, 2012

Offered throughout the year

November 12, 2011, January 21, 2012,

Garden Music Series

February 18, 2012, March 10 & 31, 2012

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

Pioneer Day in the Park

Mother’s Day Brunch

1001 Boulevard of the Arts

November 12, 2011

May 13, 2012

Sarasota, FL 34236

Restoration 101

Tropical 4th of July

941.309.GWIZ (4949)

January 14, 2012

July 4, 2012

Booseum!

Historic Burns Square

October 22, 2011

Pineapple Avenue between Ring-

Gulfcoast Cheese Fest – Bleus, Brews & Schmooze

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

ling Avenue and Mound Street

1600 Ken Thompson Parkway

www.BurnsSquare.com

Sarasota, FL 34236

HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION Adult and Community Education Center

Big Cat Habitat

G.WIZ – The Science Museum

www.GWIZ.org

November 10, 2011

Fall Music Series

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

Plant & Garden Festival

941.388.4441

Winter Holiday Camps

Historic Spanish Point

November 23 & 25; December 19 — 23

337 North Tamiami Trail

Sharktoberfest

& 26 — 30, 2011 & January 2, 2012

Osprey, FL 34229

Weekends in October

Medical Simulation Exhibit Opening

941.966.5214

Night of Fish, Fun & Fright

March 1, 2012

www.HistoricSpanishPoint.org

October 21, 2011

Gulfcoast Cheese Fest – La Fête du Fromage

Mai Tai – No Tie Fundraiser

Annual Oceanic Evening

November 5, 2011

October 29, 2011

March 30, 2012

Heritage Holidays

Santa Jaws and Penguin Elf

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

November 20, 2011 — January 1, 2012

November 26, December 3, 10 & 17, 2011

April 28, 2012

February 8, 2012

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www.Mote.org

Annual Luncheon scenesarasota.com

New Topics New College Speaker Series

Ringling College of Art and Design

Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Benefiting New College Foundation

2700 North TamiamiTrail

Sarasota, FL 34234

www.ncf.edu

Sarasota, FL 34234

941.355.5305

Gary Braasch, Environmental Photojournalist

941.309.4728

www.SarasotaJungleGardens.com

www.Ringling.edu

Schedule of events available online.

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

Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series

SOULSPEAK/SOULMOVES

Benefiting Ringling College Library Association

www.Soulspeak.org

November 1, 2011

941. 925.1343

Workshop and event information available online.

David Kotok, Chairman, Cumberland Advisors

rclassociation.org

November 15, 2011

Laura Bush

Frank Alcock, New College Director of Environmental Studies

January 11, 2012

Tina Brown

South Florida Museum, The Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium

December 13, 2011

January 25, 2012

201 10th Street West

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

Roland Fryer

Bradenton, FL 34205

February 1, 2012

941.746.4131

January 10, 2012

General Stanley McChrystal

www.southfloridamuseum.org

Dennis Lockhart, Atlanta Fed CEO

February 13, 2012

think+drink Science Cafés

February 14, 2012

Steven Levitt

2nd Wednesday of each month

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

March 5, 2012

Family Nights

Bill O’Reilly

1st Saturdays of most months

March 6, 2012

March 21, 2012

Film Fridays

October 20, 2011

Dr. Paul Hansma ’64, Biophysicist March 20, 2012

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

Tales at the Crosley

The Rosemary District

3701 Bay Shore Road

Most Friday Nights

Museum Night: Balinese Dancers

www.TheRosemaryDistrict.com

October 1, 2011

Founded in 1886, this historic district offers

Incredible India Cultural Celebration

dining, art, shopping and more.

October 14, 2011

Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc.

Snooty’s Gala November 5, 2011

Incredible India Cultural Celebration

PO Box 1754

October 14, 2011

October 18 – November 2, 2011

Sarasota, FL 34230

Chinese New Year Cultural Celebration

A Victorian Christmas at the Crosley

941.953.8727

January 27, 2012

December 13 – 24, 2011

www.HistoricSarasota.org

Pig Roast in the Woods

Hemingway at the Crosley

Trolley Tour of J. H. Gillespie’s Sarasota

February 19, 2012

January 24 – February 3, 2012

October 29, 2011

Couture in the Courtyard

Dickens Village Birthday Bash

Annual Historic Homes Tour

March 12, 2012

February 19, 2012

March 4 — 22, 2012

Geek Fest: Science Party

15th Annual Holidays at the Crosley – Festival of Trees

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

November 30 – December 7, 2011

941.364.2199

Afternoon Teas and Tours at the Crosley

www.SarasotaArchitecturalFoundation.org

Tuesdays in February and March, 2012

Tours & lectures scheduled year round.

Danger Dinners Wednesdays and Thursdays in February 2012

Real Art Experiences

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning

March 20, 2012

Vinology [Uncork Your World] September 14, 2012

Surface Design Guild Sarasota www.SarasotaSurfaceDesign.com Exhibitions and workshops offered year round.

1001 Boulevard of the Arts

The Southern Atelier

941.724.4322

Sarasota, FL 34236

7226 21st Street East

www.RealArtExperiences.org

941.365.6404

Sarasota, FL 34243

Student drawing classes offered year round.

www.SILLSarasota.org

941.753.7755

Sarasota & Venice Global Lecture & Mu-

www.TheSouthernAtelier.org

sic Series schedule available online.

Exhibitions and workshops offered year round.

Revelle Academy 941.379.1915 www.RevelleAcademy.com

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota

Dance & performing arts class-

941.359.1765

es offered year round.

www.americantapestryalliance.org

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FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2011 Festival sARTée www.sARTee.com Sarasota and Manatee Counties come together to embrace and celebrate their spectacular arts and cultural treasures. October 8 – 23, 2011

5th Annual Hungarian Festival Hungarian American Cultural Association Sarasota Fairgrounds See Performing Arts section for performance schedules. October 8 & 9, 2011

Ringling International Arts Festival www.ringlingartsfestival.org The Ringling International Arts Festival is a six — day cultural celebration of modern music, dance, theater, and visuals arts presented by The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art with New York’s Baryshnikov Arts Center. October 11 – 16, 2011

17th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival www.artfestival.com Main Street, Downtown Sarasota October 15 — 16, 2011

Moteʼs Night of Fish, Fun & Fright Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.4441 www.Mote.org October 21, 2011

3rd Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival www.sarasotapumpkinfestival.com Sarasota County Fairgrounds

Festival October 28, 29 & 30, 2011

Parade October 31, 2011

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Fright Night: Halloween on St. Armands

Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting

October 31, 2011

www.siestakeyvillage.org November 26, 2011

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

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

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

Siesta Key Crystal Classic www.crystalsand.org

Master Sand Sculpting Competition Siesta Key Beach November 10 – 14, 2011

Sarasota Medieval Fair

15th Annual Holidays at the Crosley Festival of Trees Powel Crosley Estate www.powelcrosleyestate.com Tours, Afternoon Teas, Performances, Wine Tastings & Boat Rides November 30 – December 7, 2011

DECEMBER 2011 Holiday Night of Lights St. Armands Circle – 6 pm December 2, 2011

American Craft Show Sarasota Sarasota Bradenton International Convention Center www.sarasotacraftshow.com December 2, 3 & 4, 2011

9th Annual Siesta Beach Holiday Arts & Craft Show www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com December 3 & 4, 2011

Sarasota Fairgrounds November 12 & 13; 19 & 20, 2011

24th Annual Winterfest of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts

23rd Annual St. Armands Art Festival

Anna Maria Island Art League www.IslandArtLeague.org December 10 & 11, 2011

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota www.artfestival.com November 12 & 13, 2011

3rd Annual Downtown Sarasota Holiday Arts & Craft Show

Beaujolais Nouveau Festival Alliance Francaise de Sarasota www.AFSarasota.org November 17, 2011

www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com Five Points Park December 17 & 18, 2011

JANUARY 2012

Harvest Festival

Miami Avenue Craft Festival

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

Downtown Venice Main Street www.VeniceMainStreet.com January 28 & 29, 2012

20th Anniversary Ponies under the Palms

9th Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival

St. Armands Ford Mustang & Shelby Show November 20, 2011

www.artfestival.com January 28 & 29, 2012

Heritage Holidays Festival

Downtown Sarasota Art in the Park

Historic Spanish Point www.HistoricSpanishPoint.org November 20, 2011 – January 1, 2012

www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com Five Points Park January 28 & 29, 2012 scenesarasota.com

FEBRUARY 2012 18th Annual Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota www.sunsetboulevardpromotions.com February 4 & 5, 2012

Ovation Arts Festival Main Street at Lakewood Ranch www.LakewoodRanch.com February 4, 2012

18th Annual Siesta Key Craft Fair

32nd Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival

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

941.366.1552 www.JazzClubSarasota.com The Players Theatre March 4 – 10, 2012

Location: West Coast Black Theatre Troupe Theater www.TheatreOdyssey.org April 6, 7 & 8, 2012

24th Annual Springfest of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts

Sarasota Film Festival www.SarasotaFilmFestival.com

Anna Maria Island Art League www.IslandArtLeague.org March 10 & 11, 2012

14th Annual Sarasota Film Festival

Sarasota County Agricultural Fair

www.artfestival.com Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village April 14 & 15, 2012

April 13 – 22, 2012 (subject to change)

34th Annual Siesta Fiesta

www.artfestival.com Ocean Blvd. & Beach Road February 4 & 5, 2012

Rides, Entertainment, Crafts, Horticulture, Science Fair, Livestock and Auction. Sarasota Fairgrounds March 16 — 25, 2012

Sarasota Masters Art Festival

Art at the Ranch Festival

www.boulderbrook.net Palm Avenue, Historic Downtown Sarasota February 4 & 5, 2012

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

April 29 – May 4, 2012

3rd Annual Scrub Jay Festival

Asian Cultural Festival

Summerfest at Venice Art Center

Oscar Scherer State Park www.friendsofoscarscherer.com February 4, 2012

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens www.Selby.org March 17 & 18, 2012

www.VeniceArtCenter.com June – August 2012

Southwest Florida Heritage Festival

10th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival

Crowley Museum & Nature Center www.CMNCfl.org February 11, 2012

www.artfestival.com Main Street from Lemon Ave to Selby Five Points Park in Downtown Sarasota March 24 & 25, 2012

Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau www.SarasotaFL.org/savor June 1 – 14, 2012

Sarasota Opera www.SarasotaOpera.org 2012 Winter Opera Festival February 11 – March 25, 2012

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

Plant & Garden Festival Marie Selby Botanical Gardens www.Selby.org February 25 & 26, 2012

MARCH 2012 Downtown Venice Art Classic Venice Main Street www.VeniceMainStreet.com March 3 & 4, 2012

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Sarasota Folk Festival

Englewood Art Center www.EAC.Ringling.edu

Plein Air Festival & Exhibition

SUMMER 2012

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week

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

Sarasota Folk Club Oscar Scherer State Park www.sarafolk.org March 24 & 25, 2012

Miami Avenue Craft Festivals

Sarasota Garden Club Annual Flower Show

Sarasota Improv Festival

“A Gem of a Show” www.sarasotagardenclub.org Horticulture & Design Submissions plus Educational Displays March 30 & April 1, 2012

APRIL 2012 La Musica, International Chamber Music Festival

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

Florida Studio Theatre www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org

Sarasota International Dance Festival Carreño Dance Festival & Summer Residency

www.carrenodancefestival.com Aug 6 – 24, 2012

Festival of Stars August 25, 2012

www.LaMusicaFestival.org

2012 Festival: “Something in the Air” April 2, 9, 12, 15, 18, 2012

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

13th Annual Awards Ceremony October 24, 2011

Artistsʼ Guild of Anna Maria Island 941.778.6694 www.AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com See Museums & Visual Arts for complete event listings.

Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 941.475.2098 www.HermitageArtistRetreat.org

I Am Not a Photographer with photographer Robert Blake November 3, 2011

The Artful Lobster November 19, 2011

Art at the Ranch Festival March 17 & 18, 2012

Manatee County Cultural Alliance

Cine — World International Film Festival (Burns Court Cinema) November 11 — 20, 2011

Black & Red Gala (Selby Gardens)

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

January 28, 2012

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

Towles Court Art District

www.PalmAvenue.org First Friday Gallery Walks 6 — 9 pm. See Museums & Visual Arts for complete event listings.

1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236 www.TowlesCourt.com

Realize Bradenton

3rd Annual “Small Works” Exhibit

www.RealizeBradenton.com

November 18 — December 10, 2011

artSLAM

The French Flea Market

Downtown Bradenton on Old Main Street

March 24, 2012

October 15, 2011

The Rosemary District www.TheRosemaryDistrict.com East of US 41 to the north of Fruitville Road Central Avenue runs through the District

Annual Academy Awards (Burns Court Cinema) TBA

Third Friday Art Walks 6 — 10 pm Every Month

Venice Main Street 941.484.6722 www.venicemainstreet.com

4th Annual Iron Chef & Bartender (VYC) October. 2, 2011

“Rosemary Rising”

Halloween Parade

Quarterly Events

October 21, 2011

Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau

24th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest November 5 & 6, 2011

Christmas Walk

701 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 800.800.3906 www.SarasotaFL.org

December 1, 2011

January 19, 2012

30 Days of Discovery

11th Downtown Venice Art Classic

Hermitage Artist Retreat Series at Historic Asolo Theater

September 1 – 30, 2011

March. 3 & 4, 2012

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week

Eggstravaganza

June 1 — 14, 2012

April 7, 2012

Bash the Trash with musicians and educators John Bertles and Carina Piaggio December 8, 2011

A Hermitage Salon with artists in residence

February, 2, 2012

Conversation with Playwright Arthur Kopit February 16, 2012

Beach Reading, Open Studios, Open House February 25, 2012

Greenfield Prize Celebration March 29 — April 1, 2012

Historic Burns Square Intersection of Orange & Pineapple Avenues www.BurnsSquare.com

Main Street at Lakewood Ranch 8100 Lakewood Ranch Boulevard Bradenton, FL 34202 www.LakewoodRanch.com/Mainstreet

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

Ovation Arts Festival

Sarasota Film Festival 332 Cocoanut Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 941.364.9514 www.SarasotaFilmFestival.com

14th Annual Sarasota Film Festival April 13 – 22, 2012 (subject to change)

Sarasota Film Society

Miami Avenue Craft Festivals January 28 & 29, 2012; June 16 & 17, 2012; September 1 & 2, 2012

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

Village of the Arts Bradenton, FL 941.747.8056 www.VillageoftheArts.com Schedule of workshops and events available online.

Monthly Art Walks

941.364.8662, ext 2011 www.FilmSociety.org

Friday evening and Saturday Day

Burns Court Cinema

November 4 & 5, 2011

Festival of the Skeletons

506 Burns Court Sarasota, FL 34236

An Old Fashioned Village Christmas

Lakewood Ranch Cinema

Village Garden Tour

10715 Rodeo Drive #8 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

April 6 & 7, 2012

December 2 & 3, 2011

Village Fashion Show April 14, 2012

February 4, 2012

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With the last quarter of the year ushering in a new season of entertainment at our local theatres, thoughts naturally turn to downtown dining, and with those ghastly parking meters shrouded for the time being, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason not to go.

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DINING As a matter of fact, there are many reasons

True Mixed Media They paint with sauces; they

to go, not the least of which is to check out the scene at the “new” Patrick’s, a few steps west on Main from Mattison’s. The place has been jumping with a lengthy 4 to 7 p.m. happy hour featuring some great drink prices and an array of generously sized $5 appetizers. “Our best seller is the ahi tuna appetizer,” says owner Jim

sculpt with cheese…their

Sullivan. “The three ﬂatbreads also are

canvas, a gently warmed plate.

hot. The bruschetta ﬂatbread takes the number one spot, and the meatballs also are a big seller.”

At Café Baci, we call these artisans “Chefs” and feature

Fridays and Saturdays are busy all night

their masterpieces daily.

in the expanded bar area with high top seating as well as in the restaurant. On a recent Monday night visit, it was so busy we felt lucky to grab a high top. The aforementioned bruschetta ﬂatbread was topped with diced tomatoes, spinach, fresh basil, caramelized onions and Authentically Fresh. Authentically Italian.

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tangy feta cheese along with a drizzle of balsamic glaze for a sweet tart finish. Both the flatbread and a friend’s chicken quesadilla were large enough to ask for take-home boxes. Across Fruitville in the Rosemary District, Derek Barnes of Derek’s Culinary Casual is cooking up a new menu, which should be out this month, and he also will be doing his American Table series. “Look for a new tantalizing seasonal menu,” Barnes says. Meanwhile, with the weather continuing to sizzle, he says affordable wines are hot right now, particularly rosés. “People also are drinking more champagne because I think it is crisp and clean, and they’re moving for more flavor,” he says. “They’re also eating more raw, meaning beef Carpaccio and tuna tartare.” Over the summer, Derek’s has been dishing up a selection of delectable cold soups like mango and curry with a chilled blue crab salad, carrot and cumin with shrimp, avocado and a popcorn garnish, and beet soup with spiced apple mousse. “We have a nice tuna tartare with chilies and roasted garlic with cucumber sorbet

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DINING and black olive caramel,” Barnes says.

We asked around, and here’s what some of our town’s arts and entertainment movers and shakers are savoring these days:

“People love it.” Downtown stalwart Café Americano, with its distinctive Sardinian inﬂuences, offers a wide selection of seafood, including a

“I love a Kettle One gimlet followed by the Inca Cod at Selva!” - Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director, Asolo Repertory Theatre.

popular salad of steamed octopus with marinated eggplant on mixed greens.

“Has to be three things: DaVinci pizza at Caragiulos, corned beef and coleslaw (on rye, of course) at TooJays Deli...Hyde Park’s cheeseburger.” - Mark Famiglio, President, Sarasota Film Festival.

“People love our fresh seafood and salad,” says Café Americano’s Eduardo Arizu. “They stop by our bar before they eat for a nice glass of wine or prosecco.

“If I have a long rehearsal night ahead, I pop over to Patrick’s for the best cheddar burger on the planet. It sticks with me.”- Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director, Florida Studio Theatre.

We are very known for our Vermentino, which is a Sardinian wine.” In addition to traditional favorites such as lasagna

“The cheese ravioli at Caragiulos is my favorite comfort food when I am having a stressful day at the theatre... ummm yumm.” - Michelle Bianchi Pingel, Managing Director, The Players Theatre.

and spaghetti carbonara, the menu has some unexpected additions like tender rotisserie chicken, Cornish hens and duck.

“I really like Libby’s blue cheese wedge salad. At the Bijou, they have a swordﬁsh that’s very good that I get when I go there.” - Nate Jacobs, Founder/Artistic Director, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

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Month of Discovery Flemings Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar From James Shea’s Wine Room As we are right in the thick of summer here in Florida, most of us are dreading the high temperatures and the humidity that goes along with it. That is simply not the case for me as this is the most exciting part of the year. Here at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar we are about to unveil our new Wine list for the upcoming season, which we call “The Month of Discovery” and what a month it is! Every Friday in September we invite you to join us for a fabulous night of tasting our new wines with passed hors d oeuvres. There will be a nominal $25.00 charge to set a reservation and if you join us for dinner that evening we will give you a $25.00 credit towards dinner and your wine tasting will be free. I can’t think of a better way to spend Friday nights then with friends, food and of course great wines from around the world. We will also be holding our National Wine Dinner in September; be sure to check your emails for upcoming details. Many of our core classics will be returning to the list and boast an exciting new format that is sure to please everyone. I look forward to our journey as we discover great wines from around the globe together. Some new and exciting wines that will be offered on the new Fleming’s 100 are Franciscan Oakville Est. Chardonnay, Napa Valley, 2009; Paco & Lola, Albarino Rias Baixas, Spain, 2009; Eveninhg Land, California Blue Label, 2009 (Pinot Noir); Ladera Cabernet, Napa valley Sommelier Selection, 2009. We hope that you will join us for our Nights of Discovery.

From Chef Charlie Flint’s Kitchen Chef Charlie Flint recommends a simple dish to serve with a lighter white wine for the month of September: Poached shrimp with mango cucumber salad for two. For Shrimp: 8 large shrimp 1 quart water 2 tbsp Old Bay seasoning 1 lemon (split) 1 tbsp. kosher salt In medium pot combine water, Old Bay, lemon and salt. Bring to rolling boil then reduce to simmer, let cook for 15 minutes to develop ﬂavor. Add peeled and deveined shrimp in to cooking liquid and simmer 3-4 minutes. Remove from liquid and serve either cool or warm. For Mango Salad: 1 ripe mango sliced 1 cucumber peeled, seeded and cut into half moons 1⁄2 cup orange segments with juice 1⁄2 cup radish sprouts 2 tbsp chopped cilantro 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Mix all ingredients and season with salt and pepper, allow juices from salad to disperse around plate. Garnish with ﬂavored oil or balsamic reduction. Enjoy!

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LITERARY S By Ryan G. Van Cleave

he’s been heavily influenced by the many writ-

of skill with language that’ll keep readers com-

ers who’ve lived here — John D. MacDonald

ing back again and again.

and MacKinlay Kantor started a writer’s group here in the 1950s called The Liar’s Club, Larsen

Classics Revisited

The first author featured

himself notes — he’s more interested in writ-

This

in this month’s Literary

ing international thrillers than straight crime and

book to revisit is Ra-

Scene is Loren Buck-

suspense. And if conspiracies and international

chel Loden’s Dick of the

ner, LCSW, who’s had a

politics are your thing, then Larsen is your guy.

Dead (Ahsahta Press,

private practice in Tam-

His fourth novel, Fly By Night (Oceanview Pub-

softcover, 102 pages,

pa for the past twenty

lishing, hardcover, 312 pages, $25.95), builds

$17.50). While this book

five years. Her new self-

off his expertise as a pilot who flew over twenty

is a recent classic (May

help book, ParentWise:

combat missions in Operation Desert Storm and

2009), it’s one of the

The Emotional Challenges of Family Life and

later served as an aircraft accident investigator.

most interesting poetry collections I’ve seen in

How to Deal with Them (Booklocker, softcover,

This type of insider knowledge really brings to

a long time. While an undead version of our na-

200 pages, $16.95) is the “how to” manual par-

life the aircraft world just as Tom Clancy did for

tion’s 38th president makes his presence known,

ents wish kids came with when they were born.

submarines and naval ships. Every page crack-

so too does a strange gang of fairies, a Finnish

Her experience as a licensed psychotherapist,

les with delicious details that make the world

gravedigger, Hugh Hefner, Sylvia Plath, Wyatt

a wife of thirty years, and a mother of two adult

come alive.

Earp, and George Costanza (yes, of “Seinfeld”

children all play into the wisdom and readability

Fly By Night’s plot is simple enough. A top-se-

fame). This double-helping of pop culture and

of this much-needed book.

cret drone has crashed in the lawless Horn of

politics is more fun than any poetry collection

Here’s just one example of how she gets right

Africa. Though the CIA is prepared to write off

has a right to be, but it’s more than just giggles

to the heart of important issues: “Mothers and

the loss, evidence suddenly emerges that the

and grins — this is a gripping descent into the

fathers are ashamed to talk about how painful

wreckage is hidden in a hangar outside Khar-

underworld of the American psyche.

and disturbing parenting is sometimes. These

toum that’s owned by a shady cargo airline.

Here are the first few stanzas of “Epitaph,”

darker feelings fester and undermine paren-

When another airplane crashes in that area,

which give a sense of the delightful, poignant

tal confidence and self-esteem.” Buckner also

the U.S. sees their chance. Investigator Jam-

flavors this book offers:

points out that parents sometime forget that

mer Davis is sent in to solve the mystery of that

hurtful words have “long echoes.” Sure, all

crash as well as secretly see if he can locate the

Epitaph

parents get angry, she explains, but they need

missing spy drone. And that’s when things get

I lived in those times. For a thousand news cycles

to emotionally protect their sons and daughter

really interesting.

I have been dead. Among the giant smiling

even when absolutely furious with them.

For readers who prefer guffaws over guns,

Australians I was a girlie man.

Thanks to her clear and insightful tips (she even

Larsen might be the writer for you too. “I may

As diaphanous as Bush’s

ends a chapter with helpful “Food for Thought”

write a humorous book in the future centered

brain, as feverishly sensitive as Cheney’s heart.

ideas), better parenting is something every par-

in Sarasota,” he confesses. “I’ve already got

I lived in those times, yet I was free.

ent can achieve. Plus not only can ParentWise

my eye on a couple of characters here in town.

I watched the armored cars, the windflowers, the sky,

help individual readers, but Buckner herself is

But then, like the disclaimer always says — any

all moving past me, achieving their balance.

willing to offer parenting workshops to commu-

resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,

I drained my glass of sludge between atrocities.

nity groups. If you know a group that could use

is entirely coincidental,” he adds with a smile.

a good dose of parenting wisdom, direct them

Perhaps the next time Larsen is mentioned in

Most people would be hard-pressed to name

to her website (lorenbuckner.com) for more in-

Scene Magazine, he’ll be compared to Carl Hi-

a living poet beyond, perhaps, Billy Collins or

formation. She’s got the answers for the tough-

aasen and Christopher Moore versus Michael

certain celebrities better known for other artis-

est of parenting dilemmas.

Connelly and Daniel Silva.

tic abilities than their ability to craft good poetry

And speaking of tough

Whether Larsen is operating in the world of high

(Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, singer

situations,

you

treason and spies or creating crazy beachside

Jewel, and actor Richard Grieco of “21 Jump

ever been stuck in a

town stories, he’s a deft storyteller who has a

Street” fame come readily to mind). But Rachel

long layover and been

knack for delivering what readers want. Fly by

Loden’s best work is on par with the most excit-

bored

your

Night is no exception. Astute readers might

ing poetry being created today. This isn’t third-

mind? That’s exactly

notice some echoes of early Robert Ludlum

rate June/moon/spoon stuff — she’s deep,

how Southwest Airline

or Frederick Forsythe, but while Larsen pays

moving, and terrific. Add her name to your own

captain and Sarasota

homage to some of the greats, he’s got his own

short list of writers to admire and you won’t re-

resident Ward Larsen got into writing. While

powerful way of turning a phrase. It’s that type

gret it. Dick of the Dead proves it.

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UNDERSTANDING THE

BLUE RIBBON By Michael J. Dattoli, MD

Interesting how simple symbols become hard-wired to evoke

cancer arena, it is not a mystery at all.

certain thoughts, emotions. For instance: the majestic bald eagle, the five Olympic rings, the stylized multicolor peacock.

Although more men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each

And then there is the pervasive, persistent pink ribbon. Is

year than women are diagnosed with breast cancer, men have

there anyone who does not know what it symbolizes?

not championed the blue ribbon themselves. There is an oldfashioned and unfair stigma attached to prostate cancer. Be-

The pink ribbon symbolizing breast cancer awareness was first

cause the prostate is a sexual organ, and men’s identities are

used in the fall of 1991, adopted by the Susan G. Komen Foun-

so tied to their maleness, and because men are not usually

dation as a visual icon to focus attention and awareness on the

vocal about health issues in general, men just don’t share the

plight of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Twenty years

news of their diagnosis with others. Those few that do may

have gone by and you can see the pink ribbon year-round, not

be thought of as inappropriate or strange somehow. Thank

just during October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

goodness a newly enlightened atmosphere is dawning and more men are beginning to talk about prostate cancer. This

Other causes have adopted a colored ribbon to communicate

will be the key to heightened awareness of prostate cancer.

their messages – perhaps the second most successful is the red ribbon for AIDS awareness. However, less prevalent con-

When men voluntarily sign up for their annual PSA and DRE

ditions and diseases have tried the same strategy: orange

exams, like women go for annual PAP tests and Mammo-

for Leukemia; Yellow for Bone Cancer; green for Leukemia.

grams, we will start to see the statistics change. Because

There are others – purple for Pancreatic cancer; black for

men will be diagnosed earlier, they will have a greater chance

Melanoma; grey for Brain Cancer; and a few esoteric ones

of being cured and will go on to live long, fruitful lives. The

– jade for Liver Cancer; periwinkle for esophageal Cancer; teal

stigma will fade away and there will be a huge army of prostate

for Ovarian Cancer; amber for Appendix Cancer – and many

cancer survivors. At that time maybe our world will recognize

shades in between, such as lime green (Lyme Disease) and

the significance of the blue ribbon – during September, Pros-

olive green (Children’s Neurobiological Solutions).

tate Cancer Awareness Month – and year-round.

Through a grassroots effort the light blue ribbon was se-

If you’d like a blue ribbon lapel pin, please call our office and

lected as the emblem for prostate cancer in 1997, six years

we will gladly send you one – if you promise to wear it.

after Susan G. Komen championed the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness. To some it might seem a mystery why the

Dattoli Cancer Foundation – a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organiza-

blue ribbon has not risen to a higher plane of recognition after

tion weekdays, 9 until 5: 941/365-5599. 2803 Fruitville Road,

nearly 15 years of use. To those who work in the prostate

Sarasota.

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scene | locally SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY HOLLYWOOD REPORTER RANKS RINGLING COLLEGE AS ONE

lated by taking each college’s overall quality rank on Forbes’ annual list

OF THE 25 BEST FILMS SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD

of “America’s Top Colleges” and dividing that by the school’s tuition

Ringling College of Art and Design announced that the Hollywood Re-

(in-state where applicable) and fees. ncf.edu

porter has ranked Ringling College as one of the “25 Best Film Schools” in the world. In creating the list, the Hollywood Reporter consulted indus-

SARASOTA YMCA ELECTS 2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

try insiders, executives, filmmakers and film school graduates and asked

The Sarasota YMCA elected officers to its 2011-2012 board of direc-

them to rate each school based upon alumni, cost, facilities, industry

tors at their annual meeting. Ed Landis resumes the role of chairman

access and strength of faculty. “It is especially gratifying to be ranked as

of the board for an additional one-year term. Other Metro board of-

one of Hollywood Reporter’s 25 best film schools in their first inaugural

ficers include: Rick McDaniel, treasurer; and Fred Jacobs, secretary.

list as we have just graduated our first four-year students from the Digital

The 2011-2012 board members include: George Augustin, Lynn Bon-

Film Program this May,” said Dr. Larry M. Thompson, president of Ring-

nett, James Bos, Veronica Brady, Kathy Coffey, Sharon Goodman, Lee

ling College of Art and Design. “Enrollment in our Digital Film Program

Hawthorne, Rod Hershberger, John Hogan, former state senator Bob

has doubled each year in the four years since its inception and we con-

Johnson, LaRue Merrill, Louis Robison, Chris Rolle, John Ross, James

tinuously update and expand upon our curriculum and opportunity of-

Sartori, Angelo Sifakes, Vic Scully and P. Burt Veazy.

ferings, including the build-out of our new on-campus professional post production facility this year. ringling.edu

THE PATTERSON FOUNDATION TO MATCH “EDEXPLORESRQ” DONATIONS

JFCS ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

The Patterson Foundation announced that it will match up to

Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Sarasota-Manatee announced

$500,000 for every new or increased dollar raised by the Education

its newly elected board officers and board members for 2011-2012.

Foundation of Sarasota County over the next three years for explora-

Board officers are: Rich Segall (Chair); Gerri Aaron (Vice-Chair); Larry

tion grants. Half of the matching funds seed an endowment and the

Eger (Vice-Chair); Kathy Killion (Secretary); Barbara Brizdle (Treasurer);

other half will fund teacher and school exploration grants for any expe-

and Marie Monsky (Past Chair). The six new board members include:

riential learning project posted on ExExploreSRQ.com. EdExplore is a

Shaun Benderson (Benderson Development); Audrey Coleman (Com-

web-based learning platform, created in partnership with the Sarasota

munity Volunteer); Lauren Fineman (Harris Private Bank); Ben Klein

County Schools, the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

(Community Volunteer); Marion Levine (Community Volunteer); and

and the Science and Environment Council of Sarasota County. The

Randy Mallitz (Community Volunteer). Jewish Family & Children’s Ser-

resource will allow teachers and principals to access explorations and

vice of Sarasota-Manatee provides services on a non-denominational

curriculum support offered during school time by area arts, science

basis for the entire community. JFCS offers comprehensive programs

and history organizations. Exploration grants of up to $1,500 or $5,000

including: counseling, prevention, intervention, outreach and educa-

will be awarded to teachers who use this new resource to submit inno-

tion. jfcs-cares.org

vative proposals that inspire student learning. The grants will help support student participation of explorations posted to the online platform

FORBES RATES NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA A TOP 20 ‘BEST BUY

by area culture and science organizations and enhance classroom

COLLEGE’

connections. The PattersonFoundation.org

New College of Florida landed the #16 spot on Forbes’ “Top 100 Best Buy Colleges for 2011,” a list with five military service academies and

FORTY CARROTS EXPANDS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARENT-

three tuition-free colleges in the top eight. This ranking comes on the

ING EDUCATION SERVICES

heels of The Princeton Review’s fifth-place ranking of New College for

A $55,000 grant from the Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida, in part-

“Great Financial Aid” and top scores for academics and professors. “In

nership with the Florida Department of Health, will allow Forty Carrots

these challenging economic times, it is more important than ever that

Family Center to expand its parenting education work with young home-

we provide an affordable education that doesn’t sacrifice academic

less mothers at SOLVE Maternity Homes and mothers recovering from

excellence,” said New College of Florida President Mike Michalson. “As

addiction at the First Step Mothers & Infants Program. Forty Carrots On

the state’s public honors college for the liberal arts and sciences, New

Wheels Parenting Program brings free parenting education to families from

College offers an individualized education where students collaborate

all walks of life, but particularly those at greater risk for abuse or other nega-

with faculty, develop intellectual self-reliance and gain critical thinking

tive child outcomes. On Wheels employs teams of trained parent educa-

skills to meet the challenges of the 21st century.” Forbes’ rankings are

tors who travel throughout the community in specially-equipped vans to

compiled by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a

provide parents with information, skills and support to improve childhood

Washington D.C. think tank. The “100 Best Buy Colleges” are calcu-

outcomes and reduce the risk of abuse and neglect. fortcarrots.com

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