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60 ARTS AT A CROSSROAD An Interview with Jim Shirley, Executive Director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
64 SARASOTA OPERA VISITS VERDI Opera Executive Director Richard Russell Shares his Journal from a Trip to Remember
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR “In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities…. the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.” –Paul G. Allen, Co-Founder, Microsoft
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e’ve all read quotes about the importance of the arts similar to Paul Allen’s quote, so we know that when we support the arts, we are enhancing our quality of life and investing in our community’s economic wellbeing. An economic impact study conducted in Sarasota County three years ago determined that local arts organizations spend more than three times the national average and employ nearly double the people in similar regions. I suspect those numbers are substantially higher in 2015. And while the arts in our community seem to be thriving, it is up to all of us to make sure it stays that way. Arts and culture is the theme of our September issue, which contains a season guide that includes schedules for performing arts, visual arts, museums, festivals and fairs, and arts organizations. Be sure to mark your picks, put them on your calendar, and buy your tickets early. Our cover is graced by four leaders in performing arts: Michael Edwards, the incredibly talented artistic director at Asolo Rep, brings us another winning line-up this season that includes the powerhouse classic West Side Story, as well as the world-premiere of Josephine, a musical about the sensational Josephine Baker starring Deborah Cox. Maestro Victor DeRenzi, who has elevated Sarasota Opera on the world stage, leads the opera in its completion of the Verdi cycle. Sarasota Opera is the only opera company in the world to stage every Verdi opera. Not even the famed La Scala in Milan can make that claim. Bravo, Maestro! Uber cool and dripping with talent, Sarasota Ballet artistic director Iain Webb has made ballet in our town a top draw, appealing to audiences of all ages. Iain has also received worldwide notoriety for his exciting ballets and divertissements and for the world’s most extensive active Sir Frederick Ashton repertoire. Pops Conductor Andrew Lane is part of the artistic leadership at our beloved Sarasota Orchestra, which includes its leader, the dynamic Music Director Anu Tali, Principal Guest Conductor Dirk Meyer, and Music Festival Artistic Director Robert Levin. They all bring excitement and energy to their work, delivering the best of the classics along with fresh musical twists to favorites. You’ll also find an in-depth article about the leaders at Florida Studio Theatre. With more than 200,000 attendees annually enjoying five intimate theater and cabaret spaces, they are delivering eclectic and powerful productions not to be missed. In Arts at a Crossroad, Sue Cullen interviews Arts Alliance Executive Director Jim Shirley who discusses how decisions being made today will impact our area’s reputation as Florida’s cultural coast. Ryan Van Cleave discusses the educational programs at The Ringling, and talented photographer John Revisky captures an array of local artistic talent in his spread, Art Attack. SCENE also publishes the arts guide for the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County scheduled for release October 1. This handy pocket-style guide will be distributed to all arts and cultural venues in Sarasota County and Bradenton, as well as hotels, businesses, and information centers. The guide is sponsored by several local businesses – all leaders in supporting the arts for our enjoyment. If you are new to our area and want to get involved in the arts, call and speak to the organization’s development director or community relations’ director to learn ways you can make a difference. Whether it’s through donations large or small, lending a hand, or offering your expertise, helping the arts will bring a smile to your face, joy to your heart, and engage you in our wonderful community.
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Selby Gardens Along the Rainbow River Exhibit
59th Annual Pioneer Days Parade
Through September 13 In the current body of work from tal-
September 5 - 7 9:00 am Olde Engelwood Village. Fun over the
ented Sarasota artist, Tom Stephens, visitors to Selby Gardens’
three days includes Cardboard Boat Races, Photo Contest, Car
Museum of Botany & the Arts will be transported on a visual
Show, Englewood’s Got Talent, a Diaper Derby, a fish-a-thon for
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Van Wezel Friday Fest on the Bay Sarasota Sailing Squadron 69th Annual Labor Day Regatta
September 18 5:00 pm Van Wezel. Reverend Barry & Funktastic
September 4 6:00 pm – September 6 2:00 pm City Island. The
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Soul featuring the Hellacious Horns plays the best-loved funk/mo-
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PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR The Secret Garden
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FST Improv Through September 19 Comedy Lottery plays every Saturday at 7:30 pm. Before every show, 12 audience members are randomly selected out of a bucket containing 50 games. Those 12 games comprise the line-up for the night.
The Swingaroos
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The Secret Garden September 17 – October 4 Set in the early 20th century, The Secret Garden tells the enchanting story of young orphan Mary Lennox as she returns to Yorkshire, England to live with her reclusive uncle and his invalid son. Let the music lead the way as she blossoms into a woman while bringing new life to a neglected garden.
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Through September 20 New York City’s underground jazz band with a suitcase full of original songs and Hit Parade covers from the 20s to the 2010s. A little kitschy, a little classy, and a lot of fun, The Swingaroos continue the tradition of the swingera Territory bands.
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September 10 – September 27 This touching production tells the story of four mentally disabled men living together. Leave in awe after listening to their humorous remarks and how these men live their lives every day. In collaboration with Easter Seals Southwest Florida.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof September 3 – 13 This 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Tennessee Williams is a powerful, gripping tale of passion, greed and death. Full of unforgettable characters, this production by the critically acclaimed Two Chairs Theatre Company must not be missed!
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September 30 – October 11 Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have this fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! The New York Post called it, “The most entertaining show on Broadway!”
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Isaac’s Eye Through September 6 Lucas Hnath blends history and fantasy as he reimagines the contentious,
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Reverend Barry & Funktastic Soul Featuring The Hellacious Horns September 18 Free outdoor event. This 8-piece show band plays funk/Motown, soul and disco hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
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Walk (or Sleep) This Way By Jacqueline Miller
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town living. With them they brought their unique identity to this
posed wood giving new life to otherwise discarded material,
old town, where the old General Roca Railway chugged through
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for many years, and where tango artists first danced on the Cam-
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For those fortunate enough to have their own home back
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It is the La Boca railway area of Buenos Aires that inspired a rustic, charming and unique collection called Caminito, which I found while searching for a one-of-a-kind statement bed. Not
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“Sarasota's arts scene is a plethora of shows, festivals, classes and resources. It opens so many doors. Being born and raised here, I took for granted the constant activities available and now, as an adult, I wish I had learned sooner. There's always somewhere, some way to be involved at any age, at any time. Finding hobbies for kids in this area isn't the easiest thing to do, but the arts provide so many different options for children that could lead them into a career doing something they love. Sarasota's devotion to the arts gives them that chance.” –Casey Kelley, Customer Service Representative, Resource One, Inc.
Culture Collective Opening Night Party Sept. 2015 Are you a 21 to 39 year old looking to experience the arts but you don’t know where to start? The Culture Collective can help. The Sarasota Culture Collective gives those interested in the arts (ages 21-39) the chance to experience Sarasota’s world-class organizations at a dramatically discounted rate and exclusive access to pre- or post-show mix and mingle events. With a membership, you can see one performance at each of the following venues: Asolo Rep, Sarasota Ballet, The Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, Circus Arts Conservatory and The Ringling. Pre/post show events include cocktails, appetizers, a chance to schmooze with the younger set in Sarasota and a short up close and personal presentation by a performer, director, etc. from the arts organization. Join us for the kick-off event in September. Keep a look out for the 2015-16 schedule and more information on the kick-off soiree at sarasotaculturecollective.com
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A Bench in the Sun Lemon Bay Playhouse Sept. 2 - 20, 2015 Harold and Burt, longtime friends, live in a retirement home and spend their days on a bench in the garden bickering. A once famous actress has moved in, giving them something new to argue over. When they learn that the home is about to be sold, and they will have to find a new residence, the three join forces to prevent this upsetting development. Lemonbayplayhouse.com
Kate Soper and Wet Ink: Ipsa Dixit New Music New College Sept. 26, 2015 One of the most exciting composers of her generation, Kate Soper comes to NMNC to thrill us with Ipsa Dixit, her new quasitheatrical work for voice and instruments. A dazzling singer, Soper will perform with Wet Ink, the New York based new-music ensemble (percussion, violin, and flute). Ipsa Dixit is a concert-length piece that uses texts by Lydia Davis, Wittgenstein, Freud, Plato, Aristotle, and others to explore the treachery of language and the frustrations and limits of communication. Attend a free conversation with the artist on Thursday, Sept. 24, 5p.m., Mildred Sainer Pavilion. newmusicnewcollege.org
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Poet Carolyn Gregory introduces her latest collection, Facing the Music. Gregory has published poems in American Poetry Review, Seattle Review, Wilderness House Literary Review, Cutthroat, Main Street Rag, Bellowing Ark, Tower Journal, and Borderlands: Texas. She has won a Massachusetts Cultural Council award and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has published two chapbooks and a previous full-length book, Open Letters. Additionally, she has written music and theater reviews for Slant for the past twenty years. Facing the Music speaks of dualities, dealing with the hungry ghosts of addiction, war, violence against women and loss with compassion and a lyric sword. Many of Gregory’s poems are philosophical and progressive, spiritual and profane at the same time. sarasotabooks.com
Annual Arts Celebration Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County Oct. 26, 2015 The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County invites the public to attend the Annual Arts Celebration at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. There will be performances from various arts organizations and awards for those people that help shape the arts in Sarasota. It’s a great time to rub elbows with other arts lovers and to celebrate what makes Sarasota so unique – our thriving arts scene.
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One Palm residents have exclusive membership to the Aloft executive level featuring the roof top pool, pool bar, fitness center, and social gathering spaces. Downstairs the venues includes WXYZ bar, relaxing courtyard & cyber cafĂŠ. Valet parking is just one of the many concierge services that the property will provide. With all this, One Palm is also within walking distance to Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota Opera, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, and many downtown shops and restaurants. One Palm is also just minutes away from the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, The Ringling, Mote Marine and area beaches. If you would like to learn more about One Palm, call 941-234-4063 or visit onepalmsarasota.com. September 2015
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their risk tolerance — far beyond being asked if they are
management. “Of course we’ll look at their portfolio, but
conservative, moderate, or aggressive. Clients then re-
first we want to see the whole picture and create a plan
ceive a comparison of their risk tolerance in relation to
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The First American Company To Bring Ashton’s Enigma Variations & Marguerite and Armand Into Its Repertoire join The Sarasota Ballet family and become a part of something special
“Few, though, can have appreciated the extraordinary level both of Mr. Webb’s ambition and his company’s level of achievement.” – Alastair Macaulay The New York Times
“Webb and his ex-ballerina wife Margaret Barbieri have, in a few years, given this small American company the world’s most extensive active Ashton repertoire.” – Gerald Dowler The Financial Times (London)
2015 - 2016
SEASON Victoria Hulland & Ricardo Graziano ‘Marguerite and Armand’
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Photography by Frank Atura
THE BEST OF THEATRE OF DREAMS
Production is accompanied by Live Music
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
23 - 25 October 2015
Choreography by dancers of The Sarasota Ballet and Pavel Fomin’s 1997 ballet Hommage à Chopin.
MACMILLAN, WRIGHT & ASHTON Sarasota Opera House
20 - 21 November 2015
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto, Sir Peter Wright’s Summertide & Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand.
JOHN RINGLING’S CIRCUS NUTCRACKER Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
18 - 19 December 2015
Bringing the spirit of the holidays to Sarasota, Matthew Hart’s choreography entwines the classic Nutcracker story with the rich history of John and Mable Ringling and Sarasota’s connection to the circus.
Danielle Brown & Ricardo Graziano Emeralds
BALANCHINE, DE VALOIS & GRAZIANO FSU Center for the Performing Arts
29 January - 1 February 2016
George Balanchine’s Emeralds, Dame Ninette de Valois’ The Rake’s Progress & Ricardo Graziano’s In a State of Weightlessness.
THE SARASOTA BALLET PRESENTS
SMUIN BALLET - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FSU Center for the Performing Arts
26 - 28 February 2016
Founded by Emmy and Tony Award winner Michael Smuin. Smuin Ballet is an American ballet company with a distinctly American accent.
Kate Honea & Ricardo Rhodes Stars and Stripes
ASHTON & BALANCHINE Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 - 9 April 2016
Sir Frederick Ashton’s Enigma Variations & George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes.
Logan Learned Jazz Calendar
WHEELDON & ASHTON Sarasota Opera House
29 - 30 April 2016
Christopher Wheeldon’s The American, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Jazz Calendar & Ashton’s A Wedding Bouquet.
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto Choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan Emeralds & Stars and Stripes Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust In a State of Weightlessness premiered at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, August 12, 2015
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A Wise Use of Talent
The Baumann Family & USF Sarasota-Manatee By Ryan G. Van Cleave | Photo by Nancy Guth
T
o hear Charles Baumann talk about the many groups,
in an agreement that enables the institutions to join forces in
organizations and partnerships he’s been involved
new science ventures, provide expanded learning and create
with over the years, you might wonder whether he’s
economic development opportunities regionally and statewide.
had time to sleep: The FCCI Insurance Board, the
“I’ve been involved with Mote since the 1980s. They’re like fam-
Community Health Corporation Board of Directors, the Ameri-
ily,” Baumann said. “The work they’re doing is having a huge
can Institute of Certified Public Accountants are just some of the
impact right here in our community.”
groups that have benefitted from his help.
His efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. In 2009, they earned
But the two organizations the Sarasota resident (“born and
him a Donald A. Gifford Alumni Service Award recognizing al-
raised in Manatee County”) mentions most are the Mote Marine
ums for service to the university. “As a member of the USF Sara-
Laboratory and University of South Florida, which Baumann at-
sota-Manatee Board of Trustees and the USF Foundation Board
tended “a long, long while ago,” he says with laugh. Baumann’s
of Trustees, Mr. Baumann has been a tremendous leader and ad-
appreciation for his alma mater and USF Sarasota-Manatee, in
vocate for USF Sarasota-Manatee,” Regional Chancellor of USF
particular, is readily apparent. He’s quick to point out what he
Sarasota-Manatee Dr. Sandra Stone said. “His contributions to
likes most about the local campus: “USF Sarasota-Manatee has
USFSM and his community-engagement efforts have had a pro-
great people. They really listen to the community.”
found effect on the Sarasota-Manatee region.”
When he first reached out to USFSM more than 20 years
Baumann’s leadership is still being felt today. His fundraising
ago, its presence in the Sarasota area was limited to say the
efforts, in particular, were of tremendous benefit in building up
least. The campus, a satellite of USF Tampa, was a mere six
the Sarasota-Manatee campus, which officially opened in 2006
years old when the young accountant left the IRS in 1981 to take
north of the New College campus. “While most of the money
a job at Sarasota-based Kerkering, Barberio & Co., P.A. After
came from the state, we raised money to make the school better
years of crisscrossing the state for the feds, Baumann returned
for the students and the community,” he said. “It’s the sort of
to the place of his youth. At the time, USFSM, a youngster itself,
thing that lets you drive home with a smile on your face.”
was sharing space on the New College campus and was hardly
Even in seemingly routine matters, Baumann has played a
known outside the tightknit college community. “If there was a
role. For years, the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus lacked its
question about academics by a newspaper reporter they went to
own “Rocky” mascot. Baumann worked with USF athletic offi-
New College for a quotation,” Baumann recalled. “So we decid-
cials in Tampa to allow the Rocky costume to be purchased and
ed to establish USF Sarasota-Manatee’s own identity.”
brought to the Sarasota-Manatee campus to be used at events.
What Baumann did was strive to bring USFSM into the
“I kept talking to the athletic department, driving them crazy,”
spotlight, and one of his earliest efforts was “Brunch on the
he said. “Whenever Rocky shows up, people love it. It’s fun and
Bay,” an annual benefit that’s now a mainstay of the Sarasota
it promotes education.”
social scene. Not only did Baumann play a key role in founding
Reflecting on his years of support, Baumann never imag-
the charity event, he chaired the first Brunch on the Bay orga-
ined making such an impact. He frequently credits his wife,
nizing committee. “It brings about 1,000 people to the cam-
Linda, for her support, creativity and sacrifice. “When I worked
pus,” he said of the event. “It’s not about making money, but
for the IRS we never got invited to parties, so we always had
rather about introducing the university to the (Sarasota-Mana-
time to keep our lawn well-cared for,” he said. “Today? We’re
tee) community.”
doing so many things and having so much fun that our lawn is
Brunch on the Bay is now entering its 22nd year.
looking a little shaggy.”
Baumann has helped the university in other ways, too. A
Although he’s no longer full-time at Kerkering, Barberio
longtime supporter of the Mote Marine Laboratory – he current-
(he refuses to use the word “retired”), Baumann keeps a full
ly serves on its board of (honorary) trustees – Baumann used
schedule, largely with philanthropic work. It’s clear he enjoys
his influence to build a bridge between the university and the
making a difference, whether setting up internships, organiz-
renowned marine research facility. The result: The Mote Marine
ing meetings or sharing his CPA knowledge. And while he
Laboratory-USFSM biology program partnership where students
admits, “I wasn’t really involved with the university when I
team up with scientists on research in the lab and out on the
was a student,” he’s more than made up for that over the past
Gulf of Mexico. The sides formalized their relationship in 2009
three decades. September 2015
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Circus Boosters
Ed Town & Steve Rubin By Steven J. Smith | Photo by Nancy Guth
A
lthough Ed Town and Steve Rubin never ran
Town started out by spending two days a week in the
away to join the circus, they chose the next
organization’s offices answering phones and working on
best thing — donating their time and money
the database, entering donor information and selling tickets
to perpetuate The Circus Arts Conservatory’s
when the shows are running. He then told Rubin about his
wonderful programs. Town grew up in upstate New York, but considers himself
activities with the circus and thought it could use Rubin’s talents as well.
“a New York City guy.” He made his career there, working
“I told him what a terrific costume shop the circus had
for 25 years in international human resources for such es-
and he came up to see it one day,” Town said. “That’s when
teemed institutions as American Express, Tiffany & Company
he got hooked.”
and Borden. Rubin hails from Utah and enjoyed a successful
“Ed told me they were up all night sewing sequins on
career as a set and costume designer for the New York City
costumes and I thought, you know, I did that for years,” Ru-
Ballet, the Broadway show On Golden Pond and regional
bin added. “I should be able to help out with that.” Now
theaters such as the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. They
Rubin volunteers a day or two a week by keeping the circus
retired in 2000 and moved to the greater Sarasota area. It
performers’ costumes in tiptop condition. “I handle what-
was here they first encountered Circus Sarasota, which was
ever comes up in the costume shop,” he said. “You never
rebranded in 2013 as The Circus Arts Conservatory, a non-
know what that’s going to be. Some of it’s pretty menial, but
profit performing arts educational organization.
it doesn’t matter if it helps them.”
“In 2001 we first went to Circus Sarasota and we’ve gone
“We started out as audience members and donors and
back every year since,” Town said. “We always take friends,
then saw the important work Sailor Circus does with kids,”
either to Circus Sarasota or Sailor Circus. We feel like am-
Town added. “It’s incredible. We increased our donations
bassadors for circus arts.”
then increased our affiliation through our volunteer efforts.”
The two began their association with The Circus Arts
Rubin said he loves working with the kids. “They’re fas-
Conservatory as donors some years ago and have gradually
cinating and challenging,” he said. “And much more moti-
increased their roles with the organization.
vated than I was, when I was their age. It’s really a pleasure
“I was leaving one volunteer opportunity and was look-
to see that.”
ing for something else to do,” Town said. “And the CAC
“People don’t know all the other things CAC does,
had moved their offices to the current Bahia Vista location,
like preserving the history of circus and promoting ed-
which made it a much easier commute for me than when
ucation,” Town added. “They offer a summer camp for
they were up on 17th Street. I had always thought that would
children ages 6-15, which takes place in one- and two-
be a fun place to volunteer, so I contacted them and have
week sessions during June, July and August. In addition,
been helping out ever since.”
they go into nursing homes and entertain residents with
Sailor Circus started out in 1949 as a small high school
a program involving humor therapy which improves their
gymnastics class and has grown into a top circus school in
memory, reduces stress, eases anxiety and depression,
the U.S. Students learn circus arts in a safe and nurturing at-
decreases pain perception and enhances their lives. It
mosphere. Over the last six decades, thousands of students
wasn’t being dazzled by the stars of Circus Sarasota or
have completed the Sailor Circus training program. Each
having sawdust in our veins that got us interested in this
year, students train with coaches and volunteers to create
organization. It was seeing an after-school program that’s
performances that have evolved into a major tourist attrac-
been running for 65 years and has turned out some really
tion in the Southwest Florida region.
wonderful young adults. What they do for the community
“I think it’s great that there’s a place for kids to have some structure, in a way that also gives them a little art, exercise and entertainment,” Rubin said. “It’s just a wonderful program.”
is laudable.” For more information on The Circus Arts Conservatory, visit www.circusarts.org or call 941-355-9335.
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Each year the CirCus Arts ConservAtory presents a multitude of circus productions that expand all creative barriers and bring the best in circus arts to southwest Florida.
2015 CirCus Arts ChArity Golf tournAment monday, october 12 Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, 15150 70th Terrace E., Bradenton 34202 Spend the day on the exceptional grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club in support of the CAC Outreach Programs. sAhib shrine CirCus friday, october 23 and saturday, october 24 Sailor Circus Arena - 2075 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota 34239 This incredible show offers all the best the circus has to offer but with a limited engagement so you should get your tickets early.
sAilor CirCus holidAy speCtACulAr saturday, december 26 thru tuesday, december 29, 2015 Sailor Circus Arena - 2075 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota 34239 Celebrate the holiday season circus style! A wonderful family experience featuring students ages 8 – 18 who will make your spirits bright!
WindjAmmers ConCert sunday, january 17, 2016 Sailor Circus Arena - 2075 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota 34239 Performing locally since 1986, The Windjammers Unlimited is a historical music society that is dedicated to the preservation of traditional circus music. This free performance brings the old and new together combining Sailor Circus performers with live traditional circus music.
CirCus Arts gAlA under the Big top Friday, January 29, 2016 The Big Top – Behind UTC Mall, University Parkway and I-75 Join us as we make a toast and celebrate 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellow and CAC co–founder Dolly Jacobs in a night of fabulous food and entertainment that you can only find at the circus! This is the gala you won’t want to miss!
CirCus sArAsotA Winter perFormAnCe Friday, February 12 thru sunday, February 28, 2016 The Big Top – Behind UTC Mall, University Parkway and I-75 Under the Big Top for over 18 seasons we have presented an international, all-star lineup of circus artists with an unparalleled array of thrilling acts. The Circus Sarasota winter production will once again amaze audiences celebrating the unique circus heritage of our community for only 2 weeks! Last year’s shows all sold out so make plans to get your tickets early! Cirque des Voix saturday, march 19 and sunday, march 20, 2016 The Big Top – Behind UTC Mall, University Parkway and I-75 A unique and exhilarating spin on the traditional circus, this powerful performance combines world-class circus acts with the 100+ voices of the Key Chorale and the musical expertise of the 30-piece Cirque Orchestra to produce one of the most breathtaking professional shows you’ll ever have the pleasure of experiencing. sAilor CirCus spring shoW thursday, march 31 thru saturday, April 9, 2016 Sailor Circus Arena - 2075 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota 34239 One of Sarasota’s most important traditions, the 67th edition of the Sailor Circus Spring Show presents 100+ youth performers to amaze audiences. A must-see for all circus fans, you won’t believe the professionalism or incredible talent of these students!
941.355.9805 CirCusArts.org
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main thing “isThe to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.
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– Auguste Rodin
Shakespeare’s headstrong shrew is none other than Michelle Bianchi Pingel, Managing Director of The Players Theatre. By day, she is the “work” wife of her tamer, The Players Artistic Director Jeffrey Kin, who she affectionately calls her “work” husband. This dynamic duo delivers top quality community theater year after year and has so much fun doing it. Join in as The Players begins its season with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, September 3rd – 13th. theplayers.org
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The saying “You can take a girl off of the farm, but you can’t take the farm outta the girl” resonates within local artist Cassia Kite. Born and raised a Midwest farm girl, her childhood experiences of farm living greatly influence her work, which communicates the nostalgia, appreciation, love and admiration for her upbringing. Cassia’s work will be on display at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts Key Influence Exhibition from September 26 through October 31. She is represented locally by State of the Arts Gallery, State Street, Sarasota. cassiakite.com
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Exquisite chef by day, true artist by his sheer talent in various mediums, Guillaume Dupont creates magnificence with every dish he proudly crafts.
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Let the sparks fly! His father was the world-renowned scrap metal auto part sculptor, John Chamberlain, so it is no wonder why metal sculpture artist Duncan Chamberlain creates metal sculpture that is interesting, unique and beautiful. His work has graced many homes and businesses and has also been exhibited in Sarasota’s Season of Sculpture and in front of Art Center Sarasota. ducanchamberlainart.com
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Whether she’s working with glamorous runway models in NYC or zombies on The Walking Dead, Sarasota’s Kamila Wysocka is a top talent in the art of makeup.
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ONE LIFESTYLE. ONE CHOICE. ONE PALM.
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The arts shine in St. Pete. Come find your sunshine in our acclaimed arts scene, with scores of galleries, dazzling performing arts, six art districts, world-class museums and centers for glass and clay. Creating a cultural climate that rivals the world’s greatest cities – all within steps of Florida’s most scenic urban waterfront.
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Sarasota’s Orchestra With four exhilarating series, the Sarasota Orchestra offers music lovers a diverse mix of concerts from September through May. With more than 70 musicians living in our community, the Sarasota Orchestra is both a local treasure and one of the finest regional orchestras in the country. The Sarasota Orchestra is also the parent program of the renowned Sarasota Music Festival held each June. For more information visit our website or call the Box Office.
Masterworks
Pops
Be there as the Sarasota Orchestra, led by music director Anu Tali, presents its hallmark series of seven powerful concerts featuring guest conductors and guest artists from around the globe. Each concert features some of the most
This season the Orchestra presents three vibrant Pops concerts featuring the most memorable music from Broadway, a mulitmedia Disney in Concert experience, and a nostaligic trip to yesterday as guest conductor Jack Everly and the Sarasota
important works of the classical repertoire.
Orchestra turn back the clock to the 1960’s.
Chamber Soirees
Great Escapes
Chamber music lovers will especially enjoy this concert series, featuring our principal musicians. Our resident ensembles of Orchestra musicians fill out these programs held in the intimacy of Holley Hall.
These audience favorites mix popular music with light classical works. Great Escapes concert themes include: music of the movies, holiday tunes, music’s all-time classics, Valentine’s week celebration, unforgettable music, and hot Latin nights!
Get Your Tickets Now! Music Director Anu Tali
Anu Tali photo by Kaupo Kikkas
941-953-3434 SarasotaOrchestra.org
Florida Studio Theatre Downtown Gem Has Something for Everyone
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By Sue Cullen
ruising downtown Sarasota on any given evening, one area that nearly always bustles with activity is the corner of Palm and Cocoanut av-
enues where an eclectic assemblage of theater-goers gather for Florida Studio Theatre’s equally eclectic performances. Striving for audience engagement in an intimate setting, FST offers something for everyone. While it has certainly entertained audiences over the years, it also has explored the edges of theater art and, in the process, encouraged us to explore the range of what it means to be human. Florida Studio Theatre has just come off of a successful winter and summer season and is preparing to announce its performance line-up for the 2015-2016 winter season later this month. It’s a safe bet that will include offerings drawn from both
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entertaining and important regional, Broadway, off-Broadway
We are a theater driven by artists for the audi-
ence and see the value of theater to help society
evolve in a positive direction. Adults attend to
learn life skills and to grow as human beings,
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which has been done for 3,000 years.
and international theater
produc-
tions. It may even include some new plays since new play development is
an
important
part of FST’s mis-
sion. FST also is in the midst of launching several new initiatives this year and is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its Write A Play program for students. “We are a theater driven by artists for the audience and see the value of theater to help society evolve in a positive direction. Adults attend to learn life skills and to grow as human beings, which has been done for 3,000 years,” says Richard Hopkins, CEO and Artistic Director. “Some think that focusing on the audience is pandering. We try to understand our audience, the community, and their needs, fears and dreams. That drives play production and play creation.”
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Photo of Kate Alexander, Rebecca & Richard Hopkins by John Revisky
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Photo of Vanessa Morosco & Jason Cannon in Dancing Lessons by Cliff Roles
doned her and what kind of person he really is. The play explores the dichotomy of great people doing bad things.” As well as examining the spectrum of human behavior, FST productions also have tackled thorny societal issues. Ten years ago, it produced Hedwig and the Angry Inch, dealing with transgender issues. “We focus on the needs of society in dealing with issues like gender, race, and how to deal with people who are different like in Dancing Lessons,” Richard says. “Our work speaks to contemporary audiences about contemporary issues. We did gender issues 20 years ago and while there was nothing naughty involved, we got hate mail. Today we’re not where we were then with race relations and gender issues. It’s evolving, and I feel theater has been a big part of that communication and in taking us to a turning point.” Kate Alexander, FST’s Associate Director and founder of the
In 2011, David Mamet’s Race hit the stage and FST expanded
FST Theatre School, concurs with Hopkins. “We are a the-
the dialogue online and into the community. “We embarked
ater of entertainment and a theater of investigation,” she says.
on a synergistic experience for our community, and over
“We do the gamut and are not afraid of it.” Covering the gam-
40 organizations became involved in a continuing dialogue
ut is made possible by FST’s five intimate theater and cabaret
across the community, including the Sarasota Ministerial As-
spaces. The largest still seats only 237 patrons and the others
sociation,” Kate said. “Twenty-five ministers talked about race
seat about 100. “It’s a special relationship and connection be-
from their pulpits, and the Ministerial Association kicked off
tween the actors and the audience,” says Managing Director
a diversity group from last year’s activities.” Those activities
Rebecca Hopkins, who oversees FST’s administrative opera-
included FST’s production of Fly, about the famed Tuskegee
tions and has been involved in new play development since
airmen and their fight for freedom here and abroad. “Our
1998. “It’s magical. You can feel them breathe.”
community needs to talk about race, and also listen, with a
Nowhere was that more evident than with last winter season’s Dancing Lessons, a gem of a play with just two char-
FST also serves up its share of lighter fare in addition to
acters, a young man on the autism spectrum and the in-
dealing with the weightier issues. Confections like last sea-
jured, sidelined female Broadway dancer from whom he
son’s Hairspray and other audience favorites also grace the
seeks instruction. “This was the little play that would not
mainstage, and it has a robust line up of political/social
stop because of the relationship developed between them,”
commentary with Laughing Matters and improv including
Rebecca says. “Audiences can expect more of that for the
Comedy Lottery in which the audience participates. FST
mainstage.” The show was so popular, it played to 18,000
also has delved deeply into the art of Cabaret. “One of the
people (more than any other show in the season) and ran
reasons we got into Cabaret is that tremendously artistic the-
eight weekly shows at near capacity for 14 weeks.
ater can get too precious, too microscopic and egocentric,”
The show was written by Mark St. Germain, whose relationship with FST spans 30 years. Richard is hopeful a new play St. Germain is writing will be ready for this season. “The play deals with the little known fact that Albert Einstein and his wife had a daughter they gave up for adoption,” he says. “In the play, the daughter confronts Einstein to ask why he aban-
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Richard says. “This is more reckless and because it is small and simple, we can take a risk and change quickly if it is not working. We have always been a minimalist theater, more metaphoric and less literal, which leaves more to the imagination of the audience. This is minimalism at its best.” Cabaret performances have proven extremely popular with
Photo of Joe Casey & Sarah Hund in American Pie by Carla Varisco
audiences. Musicals and musical revues in FST’s Cabaret Series, such American Pie celebrating America’s response to the “British invasion.” The most successful Cabaret show to date, American Pie completed its run of 19 weeks with 161 performances. “We develop our own shows during the winter season,” says Rebecca, who has created more than 25 musical revues for FST. “We have been at the forefront of developing Cabaret theater. These are full shows, fleshed out. They celebrate the lyric poets of our time. Ours is probably the largest Cabaret audience in the country with over 11,500 subscribers.” A point of pride for FST leadership is its accessibility and appeal to a broad spectrum of the community through affordable ticket prices, Pay What You Can nights, a robust educational outreach program, and something a little indefinable that has happened quite deliberately. “You can come in jeans or a fur coat and feel comfortable,” Kate says. “We have an actual receptionist, real people answer our phones, and our box office has no window. Every moment is geared to an intimate and authentic experience.” That accessibility is also apparent in FST’s education programs. In addition to bringing in thousands of students for per-
Photo of Robert Karma Robinson, Sean Hopkins, Michael Pauley & Jordan Bellow in FLY by Matthew Holler
formances annually, its Write A Play initiative, which reaches
challenges may help children in Easter Seals programs. The
50,000 students and teachers, gives grade school children
school also offers adult acting and improvisation classes.
the chance to write about subjects meaningful to them and then to see an anthology of their plays performed. FST’s The-
All of this adds up to a combined reach of more than
atre School accepts all children, 20 percent of whom are on
200,000 attendees annually. “Florida Studio Theatre’s min-
scholarships, with no auditions. Kate studied with the great
imalist approach also translates into a significantly smaller
Sonia Moore, a protégé of Constantin Stanislavski whose con-
budget than for many not-for-profit professional theaters,”
cepts underpin method acting, which she has used to de-
Richard says. And FST definitely feels the love from its audi-
velop her own teaching methods. Students progress at their
ence members, 57 percent of whom are also donors, eclips-
own pace through monologue, scene study, and play perfor-
ing the national average of 21 percent.
mance. “They learn the art of seeing life in theater and theater in life,” Kate says. “Theater is an investigation of the self and the human condition. Our inherent belief is that all children need a place of expression.”
“The central story about Florida Studio Theatre is that we walk our talk.” Richard says. “Our mission, our core values, and our philosophy permeate every function of the theatre from the page to the stage, from the box office to the board
Now coming on stream is a geographic expansion of Write
room, from the actor to the audience. FST is the voice of the
A Play into New York at the Chautauqua Institution, Russia,
people. Our goal is to put the world on the stage. When
Israel, and Scotland. With new grant monies, a new initia-
we do that, we naturally find the world in the audience.
tive with high school students is being added, and a program
Everyone is welcome.” More information about Florida Studio
for grieving children is being developed through hospice.
Theatre is available by calling 941.366.9017 or visiting
FST also is exploring how its VIP program for students with
floridastudiotheatre.org. September 2015
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by Carlos Vicente
Picture this: Turin, 1896, when a thirty-eight-year-old Giacomo Puccini is premiering his new opera—La bohème—under the baton of a conductor from Parma, named Arturo Toscanini. Ten years earlier, in 1886, a nineteen-year-old cellist fresh out of the conservatory joined the string section of an Italian opera company, which toured South America every few years. During a performance of Verdi’s Aida in my hometown, Rio de Janeiro, the local conductor—who lacked command of Verdi’s monumental score—had just been fired moments before curtain, so an immediate replacement was needed to avoid a riot at the opera house. With encouragement from members of the orchestra, and to the astonishment of all, both onstage and off, the very young Toscanini rose to the podium and conducted the entire work from memory with an energy seldom seen in the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. By the time of the premiere of La bohème, the young Toscanini had the time to make a name for himself as an opera conductor, and to gain the trust of great composers such as Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini. Even before the opening performance, drama had already been in the air. Although initially good friends and partners in the creation of Manon Lescaut, the relationship between Puccini and the composer Ruggero Leoncavallo had seen better days. Leoncavallo had publicly suggested that Puccini stole his idea to write an opera based on Henri Murger’s Scenes de la vie de Bohème. According to Leoncavallo, Puccini rejected his proposal to work in partnership on a new opera to be called La bohème, then enlisted Luigi Illica and Giuseppe
Giacosa to write the libretto he would himself set to music. Puccini responded to the allegations affirming he had no knowledge of his friend’s work on the subject, but that he would encourage Leoncavallo to continue writing his version, and let the public choose whose version would prevail. The opera tells the story of a group of friends—Parisian artists and intellectuals—who are living up to the ideals of the bohemian life style. The four struggle with poverty, but never let hardship bring them down. It’s Christmas Eve, and with the money Schaunard, a musician, has collected from an odd job, the friends decide to celebrate at the Café Momus.
As the plot unfolds, Rodolfo and Mimi fall in love in the Latin quarter of 1830’s Paris—and though it doesn’t get much more romantic than that, critics weren’t so sure about Puccini’s latest work.
Carlo Bersezio, from La Stampa wrote that “[Puccini cannot be forgiven for] composing his music hurriedly and with very little effort to select and polish ... [The work contains] music that can delight but rarely move.”
The reviews were harsh, alleging that Puccini had lost his way after the success of Manon Lescaut, and hoped he would find his way back as soon as possible.
But La bohème—Puccini’s most melodious love story—survived the test of time, and continues to delight audiences to this day. This fall, it will return to the Sarasota Opera stage just as the composer intended for it to be performed. This is one of those works where just the sheer breadth of emotion— from the silliness of the bohemians’ jokes and pranks, to the heartbreak of a young life taken by illness—will transport and inspire you for an evening you won’t soon forget.
“We wonder what could have started Puccini toward the degradation of this bohème. The question is a bitter one, and we do not ask it without a pang, we who applauded and shall continue to applaud [his last opera, Manon Lescaut], in which was revealed a composer who could combine masterly orchestration with a conception in keeping with the best spirit of Italy,” wrote Berta, in the Gazzetta del Popolo.
Making their Sarasota Opera debuts, meet these principal artists who have sung leading roles with opera companies all around the world—soprano Jessica Rose Cambio as Mimì, Uruguyan tenor Martín Nusspaumer as Rodolfo, and Craig Irvin as Marcello. For a familiar face, soprano Angela Mortellaro, who has dazzled audiences with her sparkling vocalism in Die Fledermaus, returns to sing the role of the flirty Musetta.
Cambio
Mortellaro
Nusspaumer
Irvin
Whether you want to enjoy the whole lineup of Sarasota Opera performances and concerts or just a few, getting tickets is easy! Visit Sarasota Opera’s Box Office at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236, call (941) 328-1300 or go online to sarasotaopera.org
Arts
at a Crossroad By Sue Cullen | Photo by John Revisky
An Interview with Jim Shirley, Executive Director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County Arts and culture in Sarasota County are at an important crossroads, and decisions being made today will impact – one way or another – the area’s long-standing reputation as Florida’s cultural coast. With the sale of the Quay bayfront parcel and the future of properties such as the former G. Wiz science museum and Proscenium project under review, the face of Sarasota will change. The only question is: how? All of this is unfolding under a broader umbrella of challenges faced in a society deleting arts curricula from schools, slashing government funding, and coping with an aging support base. “At this time, it is critical to have a unified voice for the arts if we are
to ensure community interests are heard as the City of Sarasota
to have an influence within the community,” says Jim Shirley, Exec-
weighs the future of a key asset for the entire region, the bay-
utive Director of the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County,
front. As well as addressing broader issues affecting the arts, the
a membership-based arts advocacy organization comprised of arts
Alliance also is reviving, in a new way, two beloved events that
and cultural organizations and individuals. “Projects being consid-
fell victim to the recession, Arts Day and the Reading Festival.
ered by city and county commissioners will affect our community’s branding. There are hundreds of beautiful beaches in Florida, and many of the people who come here can choose to live anywhere. The arts are what convince them to say, ‘I want to live here’.”
“Right now, we believe it is important to focus on the opportunities we have today that will have a major impact on the future of our community,” says Shirley about the Alliance’s role as a founding member of Bayfront 20:20. “How will that project brand Sara-
It’s a busy time for the Alliance, whose arts advocacy is being felt
sota — for the arts or something else? Think of Sydney, Australia,
on many fronts, including the Bayfront 20:20 grassroots initiative
and how its beautiful bayfront opera house has become the city’s
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brand. In our case, the Van Wezel is 60 years old, and large and
With that in mind, the Alliance has a long-standing relationship
small groups have identified the need for additional rehearsal and
with the schools, in collaboration with local foundations, to en-
performance space. We aren’t saying the bayfront must be devot-
sure students have the opportunity to be exposed to the arts.
ed to the arts, but that it should remain available to the community
“This is one of the most important things we do, and virtually
and reflect our brand as an arts community by including a strong
all of our partner organizations have educational outreach,” he
cultural purpose. We need to go about this thoughtfully.”
says. “It is one reason why arts haven’t been cut in our schools,
Looking beyond the bayfront, the Alliance also is involved with initiatives to beautify the north Trail corridor from the airport to
and that’s one reason why Sarasota County has one of the top education systems in Florida.”
the Van Wezel – the gateway to the city. It is proposing public
To the joy of many, the Alliance is holding its InspireSarasota!
art for some of the new roundabouts being installed and also is
festival in November 2016 combining the most popular features
involved in a project with ArtSpace to develop affordable live/
of the former Arts Day and Reading Festival. “We’re taking the
work housing for creatives in that area.
best of both to create something new,” Shirley says. “It is a big
Understanding the need for continued philanthropic support for the arts as current patrons are aging, the Alliance has developed the Cultural Collective, to encourage young professionals to become acquainted and fall in love with the arts, through an afford-
celebration of the importance of the arts in our community.” In the nearer term, the Alliance’s annual free Arts Celebration will be held October 26 at the Van Wezel, with multiple performances and recognition of artistic achievement.
ably priced sampler of performances. The Arts Leadership Pro-
“If we look out 100 years, decisions made today will impact
gram allows younger business leaders to learn about the business
that future, and we have the opportunity to shape that thought
and artistic aspects of cultural organizations and recognize the
process now,” Shirley says. “If you believe, as we do, that arts
scope of effort needed to create successful arts organizations.
are a vital part of our community, please join us. By standing
“These people will be the leaders of the future,” Shirley says,
together, our voices have a better chance of being heard.” Any-
“and it’s important they know the things that endure are the arts
one interested in membership or learning more about the Alli-
and the learning and education stimulated by the arts.”
ance may call 941.365.5118 or visit sarasotaarts.org. September 2015
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Sarasota Opera completes its Verdi Cycle at the end of March 2016 – a 28-season effort to perform all of the works of Italy’s greatest composer, Giuseppe Verdi. This landmark achievement will bring much-deserved national and international acclaim to Sarasota Opera.
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Richard Russell, Executive Director of Sarasota Opera, shares details from his journal of a trip to remember.
Day One To kick-off the celebratory season, Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi and I accompanied a group of 27 Sarasota Opera patrons to Italy for a nine-night tour, which began the first night with a welcome dinner at the Grand Hotel et de Milan, steps from La Scala, and Verdi’s on-and-off residence for the last 30 years of his life. He passed away at the hotel at age 87 in 1901.
Sarasotans in front of a statue of Verdi in Busseto
Teatro Verdi Performance
Day Two On the second day, everyone made the short walk to Milan’s famous “Teatro alla Scala,” the world’s most historic and well-known opera house, which opened in 1778. Despite the fact that La Scala was the site of the premieres of Verdi’s Oberto, Un giorno di regno, Nabucco, I lombardi alla prima crociata, Otello, and Falstaff, it has never performed all of Verdi’s operas as Sarasota Opera will do by the end of next March. The visit included a tour of a room at La Scala devoted exclusively to Verdi and a guided tour by one of the theater’s music staff of the auditorium and backstage. The group then went to the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti (Rest Home for Musicians), more commonly known as the Casa Verdi, where they were met by the Director of Communications, who hailed Verdi as a national hero whose music inspired Italians in their quest for unification in the mid-1800s. In a letter to a friend, the composer wrote of this home, “Among my works, the one I like best is the home that I had built in Milan for accommodating old singers not favored by fortune, or who, when they were young, did not possess the virtue of saving. The poor, dear companions of my lifetime! Believe me, my friend, this home is truly my most beautiful work (la mia opera più bella).” That evening, the group attended a reception in the Sala Verdi, the hotel suite that was Verdi’s home for the last years of his life. After the reception, everyone went back to La Scala for a performance of Turandot by Verdi’s heir, Giacomo Puccini. The audience was extremely enthusiastic about the singers, but the group was surprised to hear booing as the conductor took his bow. It’s not something we’re used to in Sarasota, but a staffer at La Scala warned that it happens often in Italy.
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Days T hree t Four The morning was spent touring two of Milan’s major sites – the Duomo and Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”, which everyone marveled at given its beauty yet deteriorated condition.
Days Five t Six
The following day, the group went to Parma. Verdi was born
The morning bus ride passed through the small town of Le
in a small town outside Parma. The first stop was a tour of Te-
Roncole (now called Le Roncole Verdi), where Giuseppe Verdi
atro Regio, a beautiful theater similar in size to our Sarasota Op-
was born and spent his first years. Following this, we made our
era House. It is in this theater that a Verdi Festival is held every
way to the town of Busseto.
October. Next was a visit to the Corale Verdi, home of the Verdi
When the composer was 11, he moved to Busseto to attend
Choral Society, which began in 1905. The evening concluded
school. There he became close to the family of Giovanni Barezzi,
with what was for many, the highlight of the tour.
whose daughter would become his first wife. He later received
In March 2013, Sarasota Opera had a visit from four mem-
financial support from the town (and especially from Barezzi)
bers of the Club of the 27. Each of these devoted enthusiasts
for his musical studies in Milan. However, his relationship with
of the music of Giuseppe Verdi is named after one of the com-
the community soured when following his first wife’s death, he
poser’s operas. They meet once a week to discuss music and
returned to Busseto and lived openly with the singer Giuseppi-
have developed ongoing education programs in schools about
na Strepponi, who would later become his wife. The populace
music and Verdi.
shunned Strepponi and felt that Verdi was ungrateful for their
This year, the Sarasota Opera group visited “the 27” in their clubhouse, a small cove underneath Parma’s musical
earlier support. When he heard them claim they “made” him, he declared that they should then “make another one.”
school – Casa della Musica. They entered a dark room with
Welcoming the group to Busseto were four members of the
the only illumination highlighting a bust of Verdi. The mem-
Club of the 27. The first stop was Teatro Verdi, a small, 300-
bers of “the 27” were lined up against the wall and began
seat, beautiful theater named in the composer’s honor. Cross-
singing “Va, pensiero”, the chorus of the Hebrew slaves from
ing a square past a large statue of the composer, the group
Verdi’s opera Nabucco, which is a second national anthem for
made their way to the Casa Barezzi, home of the composer’s
Italians. Following this ritual, the president, Enzo Petrolini (Un
patron Giovanni Barezzi. It was as a lodger in this house that
giorno di regno), presented Sarasota Opera’s group with gifts
the composer met his first wife Margherita, who, along with
and medals in the image of Verdi. Next was a concert in the
their two young children, died tragically only a few years after
Casa della Musica by five accomplished young Italian singers
their marriage. The house was a center of musical life in the
followed by dinner hosted by the Club of the 27.
village and is now restored to display artifacts about the com-
One more presentation ended the evening: a plaque that
poser and his relationship to the Barezzi family.
commemorates the friendship between the Club of the 27 and
After lunch, the group moved on to one of the most honored
Sarasota Opera. Members of the club promised that many of
places by Verdi lovers, the Villa Verdi at Sant’Agata (Saint Agata).
them would join their new friends in Sarasota for the Grand
Following his unpleasant experience living in Busseto and being
Finale of the Verdi Cycle in March 2016.
a farmer at heart, the composer purchased a farm in 1848 and immediately began extensive alterations and additions. He expanded the house and the grounds so that within a few years it was the biggest employer in the area encompassing many acres. Several of the 100 rooms of the house are now maintained as a museum, but the rest is still used as a home by Verdi’s descendants. The group was given a special treat when the guide took them to rooms not generally open to the public, including the salon, foyer, dining room, and billiard room, where they were joined by Angiolo Carrara-Verdi, the great-great-great grandson of Verdi’s heir, Filomena Maria Carrara-Verdi, and his wife. The following day included a short tour of conductor Arturo Toscanini’s birthplace and the beautiful Teatro Farnese followed by a trip to Piacenza for a concert performance of Verdi’s I due Foscari at the Teatro Municipale.
Outside the Villa Verdi at Sant'Agata
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Audiences in the region of Parma are known as some of
the most discerning and judgmental in the world. Singers who don’t make the grade have been literally run out of town. But when they are enthusiastic, they are indescribably appreciative and demonstrative. That was certainly the case that evening. I due Foscari was performed without sets or costumes, but was sung complete with orchestra and chorus. The cast included world-renowned baritone Leo Nucci, tenor Fabio Sartori, and soprano Kristin Lewis, who is known by the Sarasota audience for her performance of Musetta in La bohème there in 2006. Since then she has made a successful career in Europe and is now based in Vienna. The conductor was Donato Renzetti. The theater was pulsing with excitement for the performance. All the principals were exciting and easily thrilled the audience. But the palm for this performance had to go to veteran baritone Nucci, who at the age of 73, still has the goods to deliver. After his final aria, the audience could not contain themselves and leaped to their feet in appreciation.
Presentation by the president of the Club dei 27 to Sarasota Opera
Victor DeRen zi, Teatro La Fenice A rtistic Direct Fortunato O or rtombina, an d Richard Russell inside Teatro La Fe nice
T he Last Days of a Trip t o Remember The final leg of Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Pilgrimage took the group to the beautiful city of Venice. Venice figured large in Verdi’s career. Several of his greatest operas were premiered in the city including Ernani, Attila, Rigoletto, La traviata, and Simon Boccanegra. It was in the city he also met one of his closest collaborators and friends, librettist Francesco Maria Piave. In another act of the composer’s charity, Verdi supported Piave and his family after the poet was struck down by a stroke and left paralyzed in 1867 until his death in 1876. The group traveled from Parma to Venice and then transferred by water taxi to the Bauer’s Hotel, near the Piazza San Marco. That afternoon they toured the Ca’ Rezzonico, a palazzo which once included Robert Browning and Cole Porter as its tenants, and is now one of the finest museums of art in Venice. Following the tour they went to the island of Giudecca and the famous Cipriani Hotel where they had a private dinner overlooking the Grand Canal. The next day, they toured St. Mark’s Basilica, the Rialto Market, and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a building for which Tintoretto provided all of the artwork, including some of his greatest masterpieces. A performance at the Teatro La Fenice was on tap for the evening. The famous theater, site of the Verdi premieres (including the opening night fiasco of La traviata) in Venice, is named after the “Phoenix.” The beautiful, but ill-starred venue, has had to repeatedly “rise from the ashes” as fires have destroyed the theater three times – in 1792, 1836, and most recently in 1996. It is one of the most historically important theaters in the country and one of the most ornate. The artistic director of the Teatro La Fenice, Fortunato Ortombina, gave some insight into the theater and the production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which the group would enjoy that evening. Through a partnership with the Art Biennale, the set design was by visual artist Mariko Mori, whose futuristic aesthetic is reflected in the giant Möbius that dominates the spare stage and which inspired a modernistic interpretation of the opera. Notwithstanding the varying opinions of the production, everyone was glad to have experienced opera in this historic theater. The last day of the trip, the group visited Lake Orta and the beautiful Villa Crespi. Even Maestro DeRenzi, who had been before to many of the places visited, had never been to parts of the Casa Verdi in Milan and Villa Verdi at Santa’Agata that are not usually open to the public, or had the opportunity to meet one of the composer’s descendants. It was an experience that no one will soon forget and a fitting start to the season that will bring the Grand Finale to Sarasota Opera’s 28-season long “Verdi Cycle.” September 2015
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Broadway Series
Menopause The Musical
The Secret Garden
June 7 – 19, 2016
September 17 – October 4, 2015 Associate Producer Mike Henry
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee October 29 – November 15, 2015
Cabaret The Dawsons in Concert
The Little Mermaid
November 4, 2015
December 3 – 20, 2015
Joey to the World
Associate Producer Betty Dodt
December 9, 2015
A Chorus Line January 7 – 24, 2016
Under the Radar – Starring Lynn Bernfield
Producer Rex Hagen Co-Producers Bud and Betty Shapiro Associate Producer Susan K. Strauss
Lip-Schtick
January 27, 2016 February 24, 2016
Chess February 11 – 28, 2016 Co- Producers Nancy & Hal West and Jon & Bette Frick
Theater for Young AUDIENCES
Bye Bye Birdie
Little Mermaid Jr.
March 17 – April 3, 2016 Associate Producer Mary Zabin
Phantom April 21 – May 8, 2016 Producer Maintenance Too Paper Company Associate Producer Mary Zabin
December 5, 2015
Dear Edwina Jr. June 24 – 25, 2016
The Wiz July 22 – 23, 2016 * P r od u c t i ons s u b j e c t t o c h an g e *
For Gallery Exhibits, Films,Lectures & Conservatory Program information please visit our website or call:
ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com Box Office: 941-748-5875
Studio Series
Concerts & Comedies
Presenting Action Through Acting
Billy Rice Unplugged – Lounge Style
Boys Next Door
October 17 – 18, 2015
September 10 – 27, 2015
Decades – Your Music, Your Memories, Your Life!
In collaboration with Easter Seals Southwest Florida
Bark – The Musical
November 9 – 10, 2015
Kim Betts and Gamble Creek Band
October 22 – November 8, 2015 In collaboration with the Humane Society of Manatee County Producer Kayjan Fund of Manatee Community Foundation Associate Porducers Pete & Me
The Miracle Worker
November 14, 2015 2pm
Tribute to the King December 11 – 12, 2015
It Was A Very Good Year
December 3 – 20, 2015 In collaboration with Lighthouse of Manasota & Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
December 31, 2015
Rat Pack – Together Again January 20, 2016
Diary of Anne Frank January 14 – 31, 2016
A Neil Diamond Tribute
In collaboration with the Florida Holocaust Museum
February 5, 2016
Yank – The Musical
Valentine’s Day Mascara Murder Mystery Brunch
February 18 – March 6, 2016 In collaboration with Equality Florida Co-Producers Ron Lennon & Randy Rentfro
To Kill a Mockingbird
February 13 – 14, 2016
Terry Lee Goffee (The World’s Greatest Johnny Cash Experience) February 26 – 27, 2016
April 14 – May 1, 2016 In collaboration with Manasota Bar Association
* P r od u c t i ons s u b j e c t t o c h an g e *
EDUCATION
The Ringling
By Ryan G. Van Cleave
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art isn’t just a cool place to spend an afternoon appreciating the Gatsby-like Venetian wonder of Ca’ d’Zan, Mable Ringling’s Rose Garden, the James Turrell Skyspace, and Cornelis van Cleve’s Nativity or Peter Paul Rubens’ The Triumph of the Eucharist — it’s also the State Art Museum of Florida. Talk to anyone who works there and you’ll instantly realize how seriously they take their responsibility of serving the region. To that end, they have created a dynamic education series for K-12 students and their teachers, making art and art education come alive. These programs make up an important part of The Ringling’s mission to increase the cultural literacy of Florida’s citizens from a young age and to serve as a catalyst in their understanding of the community’s important art, cultural, and historical heritage. “The Ringling’s offerings geared towards school-
zations to ensure that students can come and witness
age learners evolve and respond to the needs of stu-
art firsthand. Not through the pages of a book. Not on
dents and teachers,” says Curator of Education Maureen
a screen. Not delivered through the words of a lecture.
Zaremba. “Through novel instructional approaches and
“It’s important to experience art in person,” says Bon-
tools, we endeavor to bring this historic campus and its
nie Thomas, Scholastic Programs Coordinator, about
collections to life and share what makes this place so
the different kind of energy museum-goers feel when
special — and fun. Our tours represent a handshake
encountering art live. “People need to view historical
across time for students.”
objects directly and have the opportunity to respond,
The Ringling works with area schools and organi-
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to feel and react accordingly.”
To that end, The Ringling has worked with Any
ulary and use visual thinking skills to critically exam-
Given Child Sarasota — part of an initiative of the John
ine works of art. High school students can explore
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to support
history and literature in the “Myths and Legends”
long-range arts education plans for students in grades
tour, which features depictions of legendary figures
K-8 — to offer a grade-specific museum experience for
in sculpture and paintings.
Sarasota County students. This past year, fourth graders
Educators may also customize their own self-guid-
took a tour that focused on the “Superhuman in Sara-
ed tours of The Ringling to ensure that every curricu-
sota” where they looked at examples of people doing
lum connection they want to make happens. If they
extraordinary things. That learning was then extended
want to talk about the role of railroads in American his-
into the classroom, where students were asked to think
tory, they can see John and Mable’s private railcar, the
about individuals in their lives who demonstrated su-
Wisconsin. If teachers want to cover topics relating to
perhuman qualities, and then the students engaged in
the circus, there’s the Tibbals Learning Center, which
drawing activities related to that theme. Most impor-
has the world’s largest circus model that shows what
tantly, the students attended these events for free, and
the circus was like back during its heyday. To prepare
the resources The Ringling provided for teachers cost
for such a visit, The Ringling has developed a variety
nothing as well. The only thing that can cost schools
of resources and activities that correspond to different
money is transporting the students to the museum,
venues, themes, and exhibitions.
and needs-based bus scholarships are available on The Ringling’s website to help offset those costs.
Supplementing tour offerings are professional development workshops for K-12 teachers in all subject
Thomas says, “We want these experiences to be a
areas that are offered several times throughout the
given, something that schools just plan on doing every
school year. These workshops always focus on some
year. We don’t want it to turn into extra work for teachers
aspect of the collection or special exhibition, which
or schools, so we always try to align what we do with
familiarizes teachers with what The Ringling has avail-
learning standards. We know that we’ll never match up
able. Plus, teachers receive plans and materials that
our tours perfectly with every teacher’s curriculum —
connect works of art or objects to standards, making
who knows where each class is from teacher to teacher,
them related to what they’re doing in the classroom.
week to week? So we instead focus our efforts direct-
“It’s also a great opportunity to network with other
ly on the Sunshine State standards and the new Florida
teachers,” says Victoria Van Cleave. “The Saturdays
Standards, which are common across the board.”
for Educators are can’t-miss events.” Yes, these specific
Those efforts extend beyond the Any Given
workshops have a modest $5 fee for participants, but
Child initiative for fourth graders, to all the schools
attendees get lunch as well as three Continuing Educa-
that The Ringling serves across the state. Nearly
tion credit hours.
9,000 students toured The Ringling last year, and
In 2016, a new Center for Asian Art in the Dr. Hel-
nearly 2,000 teachers and chaperones accompanied
ga Wall-Apelt Gallery for Asian Art will open, provid-
them, enjoying the same experience of having well-
ing educational opportunities for students, scholars,
trained docents show young people how to active-
and the general public and enabling them to better
ly look, interpret, and analyze. For example, there’s
understand and appreciate Asian history and society.
the “Animal Safari” tour, in which elementary school
With this 32,000-square-foot addition, located off the
students learn about the roles that animals play in
southern wing of the Museum of Art, The Ringling will
our lives and in art, then compare the different ways
further expand its ability to connect classroom topics
that artists have depicted our furry, scaly, or feathery
with real works of art and historical artifacts.
companions. Then there’s the “Creative Colors” tour,
For more information about The John & Mable
in which middle school students learn how artists use
Ringling Museum of Art or their education pro-
color to set a mood, define a character, or convey
grams, please visit www.ringling.org or call (941)
symbolic meaning. They also learn art-related vocab-
359-5700.
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Scenes from an Interview
Pieter Kohnstam By Gus Mollasis
It has been said “the art of survival is a story that never ends.” Those words ring true in the life of Pieter Kohnstam. As the evil changing winds blew through Europe during the tumultuous times of World War II, young Pieter’s family was faced with a choice and dilemma. Would they accept the invitation of their neighbors and friends, the Frank family, and go into hiding with Anne and her family, or flee for the road to freedom and a chance to live? Pieter’s parents took to the road with their six-year-old son on a journey of survival that would be long and hard. Pieter made his way from the Netherlands, to Argentina, and eventually America, and now resides in Venice, Florida with his wife, Susan. Together they continue to educate the masses about his family’s flight and fight for survival, and the importance of never forgetting what took place during those horrific times defined by Hitler’s Holocaust. In his enlightening book, A Chance to Live, there are many lessons of survival, love and hope that resonate today, just as powerfully as they did back then in those war torn days. Recently I had the chance to sit down and talk with Pieter about his parents, their shared interest in art, and his childhood playmate, Anne Frank. I learned that the art of survival is truly a story that never ends, as we took a look at some scenes from an interview of his life. Where were you born? Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
pius, who during the war came to Harvard. My father proved himself as an artist at the school which attracted faculty that included famed artists Paul Klee, Josef
I understand that your father worked for your
Albers, and Wassily Kandinsky, to name a few. He was
grandfather’s company, which had something to
very talented.
do with toys? They were toy merchants among other products that they designed. It was a very big company called
Amongst your art, you display a number of your father’s pieces.
MoKo which was named after my great grandfather,
We have a few pieces. As many as we could take.
Moses Kohnstam. My Grandfather, Willie, and my fa-
Mostly they are paintings from after the war. Many
ther, Hans, worked for him at his company in Nurem-
of the paintings before the war have disappeared, al-
berg. The building still stands today. My father was a
though we have one dated 1927. Most of his art work
very talented painter who wanted to be an artist and so
was donated by his second wife and myself to the City
there was an arrangement made in our family. Back in
Museum of Munich. When I attended the dedication
those days, the early 1920s, it was understood that men
ceremony of his work, I got to see how highly respect-
would go out and work. An arrangement was made
ed and admired he was for his art.
between them where my father would be sent to art school if he also continued to work in the family busi-
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What does your father’s art mean to you today?
ness. He attended the Bauhaus School in Germany,
Because of the events that took place, I feel that he
which was run by the founder, architect Walter Gro-
was not totally recognized for what he was worth. It’s
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my hope to show through my work how some artists
ing through Europe prior to World War II. Tell us
were not recognized. One of my goals is to educate
about that.
people, especially my own family, as to who their great grandfather was, and what he created in his life.
My mother was a very gregarious person. She was interested in many things and spoke a number of languages. My parents had to flee Germany in their first
Did you have a favorite toy growing up?
year of marriage 1932. They found their way to Am-
There is one and it was from my grandfather’s com-
sterdam and resided in this building where there were
pany. I was six years old and I saw this phenomenal
many people who fled their countries who were also
scooter in the living room. I still remember the color.
Jewish. Quite a few were also professionals. Sadly,
It was chrome blue. My playmate, Anne Frank, and I
many of them during the occupation committed sui-
immediately took it across the street where we had to
cide. During that time, my mother got friendly with the
try it out. We would play on the scooter and one time
Franks. One of the two daughters, Anne, was very out-
a bad maneuver over gravel caused me to fall and I cut
going and happy. She was seven years older than me
my chin. This was 1940. The Netherlands were occu-
and did not like having to be in that apartment. She
pied so it was not easy for Jewish people to go to the
was more interested in movies, actresses, cosmetics,
hospital and be treated. The little scar that I have here
wearing high heels and playing. My mother and Anne
on my chin is from wiping out on the scooter and it is
hit it off immediately, and had a connection. So nat-
my souvenir of my time with Anne Frank.
urally she asked her to be my babysitter. She was my playmate and babysitter until we fled in 1942.
You were neighbors with Anne Frank and her family. We lived in the same apartment complex. They had
Before fleeing Amsterdam with your family chron-
a bigger apartment and lived on the second floor and
icled in your book, A Chance to Live, your family
we were on the ground floor.
was asked by the Franks to hide in the now famous apartment. Please tell us about that.
Your life took a drastic change when you were
When Holland was occupied in 1940, times were al-
six years old and the winds of change were blow-
ready very difficult for Jews and some non-Jews to con-
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duct a normal life. There was no way to earn money.
burn and blow the place up. But if we left, we had a
During curfew hours, my parents played bridge together
small chance of surviving, and a chance to live. That
almost every night with the Franks. I would be playing
is how the title of this book came about and how my
on the floor and Anne would be playing near me. I don’t
wife, Susan, cleverly came up with that title. Along
remember exactly what I was doing. At some point, as
with the Franks and a few others, we were among
conditions worsened and it became clear that the per-
some of the first people ordered to go to the railroad
secution would lead to the inevitable elimination of the
station. From there, we were going to be transported
Jewish people, Otto Frank invited us to join their family
to Westerbork, a heavily guarded prison in the Neth-
in their hiding place. That was a big secret that nobody
erlands. From there, weekly transports of 600 - 700
knew about and was never told to anybody. For various
people in freight cars that we all have seen, would have
reasons after speaking to my grandmother, my mother
taken us either to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia or
decided it was not a good idea.
Auschwitz concentration camp. We learned later that only 700 or so of the 1500 ordered to report did in fact
You paint a picture of the time in your book of how
report. We assumed that they fled like we did, escaped
different your journey could have been had you
or did whatever they could to survive. And of course
not fled.
the Franks went into hiding.
When the orders came from the Nazis through the Jewish organization in Amsterdam that we had to
What will people learn about your journey and
present ourselves at midnight at the secondary railroad
your family’s story of survival when they read A
station in Amsterdam, there was a meeting held very
Chance to Live?
quickly amongst our family. Also invited to the meeting
We are all part of the human race and a discrimina-
was the doctor who lived across the street who sad-
tion and attack on one person is to me an attack on all.
ly eventually committed suicide. At this meeting my
What message I intended to convey is this – the Nazis
mother, father and grandmother were deciding what
and other dictatorships can never take this one thing
we were going to do. Two things came out of the meet-
from us, the Jewish people, and that is hope. We don’t
ing. My grandmother said that if we stayed she was
lose hope. We have to stand up. We’re doing presen-
going to close the apartment and turn on the gas and
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the Anne Frank Center USA in disseminating education,
but this is the type of stimuli I remember being imbued
awareness through exhibits and speeches. I’m doing this
with. I started by watching him. Mixing colors – he was
so that individuals will understand that this should nev-
a fantastic colorist. I started copying from Michelange-
er happen again. And how do we do that? We do that
lo and Rembrandt in pencil.
through education. The other reason I wrote the book is for my family and future descendants to understand and
Do you find it interesting that many years later you
learn about their families and where they came from.
paint similar subject matters to your father?
It’s important for them to know how people who were
Yes up to a certain point. I became more spiritually
stripped of everything were able to confront and over-
connected in trying to make statements. I liked Dali very
come that. In my parent’s case, they had to start over
much. The fight for life as we go through life. That is what
twice. They fled Germany in 1933 and then in 1942 from
I was very much involved in wanting to create. For me
the Netherlands at a fairly young age when people are
it was a time of theoretical and philosophical intellectu-
striving to build their lives. How do you overcome these
ality. Interestingly, when I was a teenager and then later
obstacles? Hard work. Strap up your boot laces. Educate
in my forties, one thing that comes across in my art is
yourselves and hopefully earn some money to support
survival and interfaith. How did I combine a cross with a
your children’s education so that we may move forward
Star of David? People are people regardless of their faces
in fighting genocide, persecution and all those things
and faiths. I have a piece where I don’t have a head on
that are so alive today in many places of the world. We
the body. I never painted the faces and always left the
must make sure this hope cannot be killed. To think that
faces open. One of them is entitled The Walk of Life.
a little country like Israel has been surrounded going back 3000 years by big enemies, you wonder how have
Today you’re reaching out with your book educat-
they survived. They have survived by working hard, ed-
ing people about your family’s plight as survivors,
ucating and never losing hope.
while you have now become involved with the Anne Frank Center in the United States.
If you could thank your parents for the greatest gifts they gave you, what would they be?
The Anne Frank story and my story I keep them somewhat separate. The connection is that, yes, I grew
From my mother it is survival (tearing up). She in-
up with Anne Frank and that’s very special to me. But
stilled in me an urgency that we must fight to stand
when I go out and give a talk for Anne Frank, it’s for
up and do what we can to strap up. That life and its
Anne Frank and not Pieter Kohnstam. I try to leave A
struggles and challenges are never ending and evolv-
Chance to Live apart from that. It’s a big honor for me
ing. I also learned from her to be outgoing. My father
to do this. Anne Frank is a medium and a magnet at
taught me the arts and history. Much of the great clas-
the same time. The magnet is that it attracts people for
sic stories, even the films of the ‘30s and ‘40s, adven-
the interest in this young girl. The interest is that we
tures, classical music and jazz came from my father.
are utilizing this person to move into educational areas
He was an intellectual person. I presume had the war
of bringing awareness to people by educating teach-
not come, he would not have worked for his father,
ers, students and those at houses of worship. We show
but instead would have become an artist as well as a
and tell them what this is all about. We focus on the
professor.
Holocaust, persecution and genocide and all kinds of discriminations. This is what has attracted me. The
It seems that instead of handing you a baton, your
main reason is to keep our stories alive, those of over
father handed you the paintbrush and a love and
6 million Jews who perished, plus millions more who
talent for painting and the arts.
were killed during World War II. Our goal is to keep our
That’s true. I didn’t realize that until many years
Jewish stories alive by letting people know this existed.
later that I had this talent. Then at some point I real-
In some areas of the Middle East, where many people
ized that I enjoyed doing it. I taught myself how to
either on purpose or for lack of education do not know
draw. I was always interested in drawing with pencils
the story of the Holocaust, we are bringing that out.
and charcoals. During my visits with him, he would be painting or drawing while listening to classical music. I
Are you concerned that some in the world are not
remember hearing Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto num-
getting the message?
ber one (laughing). It might have been on only once,
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denying of it all really concerns me. Because denial represents a will that is based on someone’s decision. Not knowing about it is something else. There I point my finger at governments who fail to inform their citizens of the history that occurred. The little bit that we’re doing, I hope not only to be preaching to Jews, the choir if you will, but all people, regardless of faith, creed, ethnicity or color. Why is A Chance to Live an important book? I never thought of it in those terms and never anticipated the legs that it would have. However we have been translated and published in the Netherlands and by the end of this year we will be published in Germany in the province where my ancestors came from and where they had to flee and were robbed and killed. So that to me is important. People have told me they have gotten something out of this book. With the help of my father, who wrote the manuscript, I translated the text from German to English. We’ve been able to put on paper something people have felt about the survival of a family. We see the problems this couple encountered along this journey with their young child. Perhaps people will see how this couple, who knew they would divorce, also knew that they would survive with and for their child. In that way, I’m the link. Perhaps it shows people the will to live and struggle for life and their child who they both love even though they don’t feel the same love for each other. Finish the following sentence: I am a survivor because… I used the negatives with tools that are positive to make a successful life for myself and to build a family. I recently thought about what advice I should give my grandchild who’s heading to college. You live sound by the rules, study and work. Choose your friends carefully. Have some time for enjoyment and move
Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind
Anne Frank: I see a wonderful young girl who was blessed with a talent to put on paper what she was seeing. Anne saw the goodness of people and she knew there had to be a world with better people. America: It’s a wonderful country of liberty and freedom. It’s an icon and a republic that can’t ever be killed. America continues to regenerate itself and attract people from all over the world who want to come here. Freedom: Where the mind can go and create and develop ideas. Art: I think art is expression in various forms, albeit music, painting and theater. Art is the ability to put down and create something for the enjoyment of others to see, hear and be inspired by. The State of Israel today: I am concerned and have been. When I was on internship in Switzerland, Mr. Ben-Gurion came to Argentina and met my parents. How that happened I don’t know. It is noteworthy that this small country and cradle of democracy stands for freedom where people can go to this mythological place overlooking the sea to create, develop, educate and cure. Many of the people who are treated in hospitals in Israel are not Jewish people. Often when catastrophes occur in the world you can always be assured that Israel will be there with medical assistance.
on. If my grandchild knows how to handle challenges and struggles that are constant and never end, then his parents have done a good job.
My children are… Wonderful. Smart. And I tell this to Susan often,
The most important thing that the world needs to
“Look what we’ve started.” We were able to create and
know about the Holocaust is…
build a family.
That intelligent people systematically prepared and planned to exterminate human beings for the sole purpose of creating a master race.
My perfect day is… Being able to get up every day, stand erect and use that day wisely and properly to promote the values of
My wife Susan is… The best thing that happened in my life.
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life with my wife and continue to share with the world what we’re doing.
Do you have a quote you live by? “A healthy mind and a healthy body.” How does it feel having walked the journey of survival from age six to now in your late 70s, and hear words thrown around that talk of the destruction and elimination of Israel? In a minimalistic and simplistic way, my feelings can be summed up in a few words. Terrible. Sad. Disappointed. Disgusted. Outraged. Even after thousands of years of historical conflicts and wars it is truly amazing that a country can continue to espouse threats because of a different religious ideology. To know that today, in the 21st century, the religious leaders have taken it upon themselves to state a philosophy that condones the killing of other people of a different religion, shocks me. There are absolutely no words to describe this line of thinking. It is terrible and sad, a continuous cancer that is unending, and we have not yet found the key to ameliorate the entire situation. Give me your initial reaction to a line from the film, American Hustle, which states, “The art of survival is a story that never ends.” That’s very well said. The only thing I can add to this is how come I didn’t say this? (smiles) Although I’ve been saying all along that challenges and struggles are a never-ending confrontation in our life. That statement summarizes that. Paint me a picture of what you would tell Anne Frank had she had a real chance to live. From a slightly different angle, I’m not sure that Anne would believe that her little playmate, Pieter, who she played with as child, would be doing what he’s doing today. I know one thing, we would be great friends. Great friends. How do you want people to remember the Holocaust? By what it is and that we have to confront it, face it and fight it. How do you remember your parents? With dignity and love. How do you want to be remembered? That I was a good human being who was caring with others and loving to my family and in a humble way, was interested in others. With what we’re doing with regards to the book and The Anne Frank Center, I’m merely acting as a messenger. Much of the credit goes to my loving wife who does most of the work. I just speak.
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Deborah Webster’s art was selected for the cover of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County’s 2015/2016 Arts & Culture Guide. Her work was chosen from many other outstanding submissions in a contest for local artists sponsored by the Alliance and SCENE Magazine. Deborah Webster is a mixed media artist living on Anna Maria Island, off the Gulf Coast of Florida. Her work is inspired by life at the water’s edge, creating images of the movement of water and other natural elements.
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Deborah’s undergraduate training focused on psychology and art. She holds a master’s degree in painting and has received various grants and awards for arts-in-education programs developed during her teaching career in a New York state inner city high school.
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She was the recipient of an NEA sponsored residency at the Art Institute of Chicago for two summers and in 2007, Deborah was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study aboriginal art as she traveled through Australia. She received the Fulbright Project of the Year in 2008. Her work has been exhibited in several solo shows as well as numerous juried and invitational exhibits in local and national galleries. In 2002, Deborah was the subject of a PBS documentary, “Horses: Saratoga Style”. She lived in Hawaii for several years as an Artist-in-Residence both at the Kalani Honua Cultural Center on the Big Island and the Keapana Center in Kauai. Her adventures and experiences in Hawaii, Australia, and most recently, on the island of Anna Maria, serve as the inspiration for her work. Currently, she is the owner of Artspace Anna Maria Island, a working studio and gallery. deborahwebster.com
Artist’s Statement: My work embodies patterns and energy systems created by the movement of water, air and other natural elements. Abstract images are formed in my imagination as I walk the beach every day. Using layers of various materials found in my environment, I express the complex energy patterns within the water, as I combine delicate handmade papers, rich oil pigments, and glass beads with a variety of recycled objects. Surface colors are created using many layers of oil glazes to capture the colors of the water, which surrounds me. As I work with these materials, I focus on the ways patterns interact throughout the layering process until suddenly the image in front of me comes to life. My thinking now has visual form. The result is a richly textured and layered surface that symbolizes the energy in moving water. Currently, I am working with experimental ink drawings that are then cut into “droplets” and attached to canvases expressing the elegant sway of seaweed. The series, Dancing Water, addresses the joy and playfulness of sunshine, gentle breezes, and of course, the swirling patterns inherent in the natural ebb and flow of water moving through the streams of my experience.
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Summer Musical TBA
Akropolis Reed Quintet – oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, bass clarinet
My Favorite Things Rodgers & Hammerstein and Gloria Musicae Singers
June 2 – 25, 2016
February 20 – 21, 2016
March 6, 2016
for Actor Training
Trio Celeste – violin, cello, piano
Disgraced
April 27 – May 29, 2016
FSU/Asolo Conservatory
The Real Inspector Hound
March 5 – 6, 2016
Soiree Series
November 3 – 22, 2015
Amit Peled, cello Noreen Polera, piano
Weisenborne/Fischer residence
The Liar
Liana Branscome, violin Grigorios Zamparas, piano
December 29, 2015 – January 17, 2016
September 27 – 28, 2015
February 23 – March 13, 2016
Priscila Navarro, piano
Nora
October 18 – 19, 2015
April 12 – May 1, 2016
April 9 – 10, 2016
Anderson & Roe, piano duo Alexander Markov, violin Monica Pasquini, soprano David Mcferrin, baritone May 28 – 29, 2016
Songs of Broadway leading man John Raitt Bob McDonald, baritone Joseph Holt, piano March 27 – 28, 2016
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Macbeth
Banyan Theater Company
Exsultate! Chorale
Ring Sarasota
Jane B. Cook Theatre
PO Box 1004
April 17, 2016
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
Venice, FL 34284
Playreader’s Café
Sarasota, FL 34243
941.484.8491
May 18, 2016
941.358.5330
Exsultate.org
BanyanTheaterCompany.com
Venice Performing Arts Center
Gloria Musicae
With a Little Brass
941.387.6046
Belle Canto
December 6, 2015
GloriaMusicae.org
c/o First United Methodist Church
Americana
A Classic Christmas
104 S. Pineapple Avenue
February 21, 2016
December 2, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34236
Masterworks
Creation
941.955.0935
April 10, 2016
February 28, 2015
Barnum’s Bird
bellecanto.org
Belles on Broadway
The First Brass of Sarasota
April 3 & 5, 2016
November 8, 2015
4565 Northlake Drive
Patriotic Spectacular
Singspiration: If Music Be the Food Of Love
Sarasota, FL 34232
July 4, 2016
March 6, 2016
TheFirstBrass.org
941.928.0296
Guitar Sarasota 941.362.2991
The Circus Arts Conservatory
Florida Studio Theatre
2075 Bahia Vista Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
International Concert Series
Sarasota, FL 34239
941.366.9000
Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota
941.355.9805
FloridaStudioTheatre.org
3975 Fruitville Road
circusarts.org
(Season Announcement Late September 2015)
Sarasota, FL 34232
Shrine Circus
GuitarSarasota.org
1241 North Palm Avenue
Classical Guitarist – Ekachai Jearakul January 16, 2016
October 23 – 24, 2015 December 26 – 29, 2015
Glenridge Performing Arts Center
Classical Guitar Duo – Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli
Windjammers Concert
7333 Scotland Way
February 20, 2016
January 17, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34238
Circus Sarasota Winter Performance
941.552.5325
Classical Guitar/Flute Duo – Eugenia Moliner & Denis Azabagic
February 12 – 28, 2016
TheGlenridge.com
March 19, 2016
Cirque des Voix
The Mongillo Brothers
Alvaro Pierri
February 19 – 20, 2016
October 24, 2015
April 9, 2016
Sailor Circus Spring Show
Sarasota Ballet School
March 31 – April 9, 2016
November 22, 2015
Sailor Circus Holiday Show
The Chorus of The Keys
Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band
Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota
December 6, 2015
7120 Myakka Valley Trail
The Four Freshmen
Sarasota, FL 34241
941.957.0404
December 13, 2015
JacobitesBand.com
DiversitySarasota.org
Lecture - Michael Lasser/Astaire
Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center
January 20, 2016
Jazz Club of Sarasota
Holiday Concert
Michael Lasser & Friends
330 Pineapple Ave, Ste. 111
December 4 & 6, 2015
January 23, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
Spring Concert
The Lady with All the Answers
941.366.1552
April 30 – May 1, 2016
February 17, 2016
jazzclubsarasota.com
Cynthia Sayer
36th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival
February 27 – 28, 2016
March 6 – 12, 2016
September 2015
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Key Chorale
Plaza Suite
Diary of Anne Frank
941.921.4845
January 20 – February 14, 2016
January 14 – 31, 2016
KeyChorale.org
The Rat Pack Together Again!
First United Methodist Church
John Tuff and Friends “No ‘Cryin’ In Your Beer Old-time Country Music”
Sarasota Choral Festival
February 20, 2016
Under the Radar
October 10, 2015
7th Annual Shorts Aloud Festival
January 27, 2016
Holiday Concert
February 27 – 28, 2016
Neil Diamond Tribute
November 29, 2015
On Golden Pond
February 5, 2016
Bach & Beethoven
March 9 – April 3, 2016
Chess
February 13, 2016
Tim Allan “String Instrument Concert Musical Variety”
February 11 – 28, 2016
Cirque Des Voix Performance with Circus Sarasota
April 9, 2016
February 13 – 14, 2016
Proof
Yank – the Musical
March 19, 2016
April 27 – May 15, 2016
February 18 – March 6, 2016
Benderson Park
Making God Laugh
David Scarbie Mitchell
Tomorrow’s Voices Today
June 8 – 26, 2016
February 24, 2016
Riverview High School
January 20, 2016
Valentine’s Day Mascara
Ultimate Johnny Cash Tribute
April 30, 2016
Manatee Players
February 26 – 27, 2016
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival
502 3rd Ave. West
Bye Bye Birdie
Bradenton, FL 34205
March 17 – April 3, 2016
PO Box 5442
941.749.1111
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sarasota, FL 34277
ManateePlayers.com
April 14 – May 1, 2016
941.366.8450 x3
The Secret Garden
Phantom
LaMusicaFestival.org
September 17 – October 4, 2015
April 21 – May 8, 2016
Sonata a Due
Arts & Lecture Series - Nancy Cohen
December 7, 2015
October 21, 2015
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
30th Annual International Chamber Music Festival
Bark – The Musical
1923 Ringling Blvd
October 22 – November 8, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34236
April 4, 7, 10, & 13
25th Annual Spelling Bee
941.925.FUNY (3869)
Musical Chefs
October 29 – November 15, 2015
McCurdysComedy.com
April 8, 2016
The Dawsons in Concert
Ron Feingold
Simply Sonatas at Sainer
November 4, 2015
October 7 - 11, 2015
April 11, 2016
Decades Rewind
Scott Novotny
November 9 – 10, 2015
November 4 - 8, 2015
Lemon Bay Playhouse
Kim Betts & Gamble Creek Band
Erik Myers
96 West Dearborn Street
November 14, 2015
November 11 - 15, 2015
Englewood, FL 34223
The Little Mermaid
Iliza Schlesinger
941.475.6756
December 3 – 20, 2015
November 20 - 21, 2015
LemonBayPlayhouse.com
The Miracle Worker
Mike Rivera
A Bench In The Sun
December 3 – 20, 2015
November 25 - 29, 2015
September 2 – 20, 2015
The Little Mermaid Jr.
Girls Night Out Male Revue
Murder at the Howard Johnson’s
December 5, 2015
December 1, 2015
October 21 – November 8, 2015
Joey to the World
Mike Green
Greg Nielsen’s Jazz Band
December 9, 2015
December 2 – 6, 2015
November 21, 2015
Tribute to the King
Carl Rimi
Over the River and Through the Woods
December 11 – 12, 2015
December 9 – 13, 2015
December 2 – 20, 2015
A Very Good Year – New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve with Happy Cole
Marcy Downey “Hits and Bits of the Sullivan Show”
December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015
A Chorus Line
Happy Cole
January 9, 2016
January 7 – 24, 2016
January 2 – 3, 2016
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September 2015
Musica Sacra Cantorum
Chorale
Broadway Series
941.405.7322
Tropical Christmas
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
musicasacracantorum.org
December 12, 2015
September 3 – 13, 2015
An Evening with Oscar, Allen & Cole
The 39 Steps
New Music New College New College of Florida
February 20, 2016
September 30 – October 11, 2015
April in Paris…And Maybe New York
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Caples Fine Arts Complex
April 16, 2016
October 28 – November 15, 2015
She Loves Me
5800 Bayshore Road Sarasota, FL 34243
Symphony
December 2 – 20, 2015
941.487.4888
Field of Screams
The Drowsy Chaperone
NewMusicNewCollege.org
November 1, 2015
January 13 – 31, 2016
Kate Soper and Wet Ink
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Hand on a Hardbody
September 26, 2015
December 13, 2015
February 17 – March 6, 2016
Miya Masaoka
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
La Cage Aux Folles
November 14, 2015
January 31, 2016
March 23 – April 10, 2016
JACK Quartet
On Broadway
The Smell of the Kill
January 16, 2016
February 28, 2016
April 27 – May 8, 2016
Eliza Ladd
Hooked On Classics
February 12, 2016
April 3, 2016
Third Coast Percussion
Backstage At The Players Series
The COCKfight Play
April 30, 2016
OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving
November 12 – 15 & 18 – 22, 2015
Special Events
8437 Tuttle Ave., #333
January 28 – 31 & February 3 – 7, 2016
The Sarasota String Quartet: Music by New College Student Composers
Sarasota, FL 34243
Doubt, A Parable
941.351.1007
April 14 – 17 & 20 – 24, 2016
April 24, 2016
OperaForAnimals.org
Electronic Music Class Concert: The Final Projects
Love, Loss and What I Wore
S.N.A.P. (Something New At Players)
Perlman Music Program/Suncoast
Series
941.955.4942
September 25; October 16;
PerlmanMusicProgramSuncoast.org
November 20, 2015 January 15; February 5; March 18;
6400 W. Price Boulevard
Perlman Music Program Alumni: In Concert
North Port, FL 34291
October 10, November 22, 2015,
Sarasota’s Psychic Challenge
941.426.8479
& April 17, 2016
October 17, 2015
nppaa.net
Sarasota Winter Residency
The Players New Play Festival
December 17, 2015 – January 2, 2016
June 27 – 30 & July 1, 2016
Our America!
The Perlman Music Program – Suncoast’s Celebration Concert
Winner of Last Season’s New Play Festival
October 29, 2015
January 2, 2016
August 25 – 28, 2016
December 6, 2015
The Players Theatre
Players Sing-a-long Events
Something Blue!
838 N. Tamiami Trail
Rocky Horror
January 21, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
October 16, 2015
It’s Broadway, Baby!
941.365.2494
Grease
February 25, 2016
ThePlayers.org
January 8, 2016
For the Birds
Players Follies Play Reading Festival
Sound of Music
March 31, 2016
October 24 – 25, 2015
February 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
North Port Performing Arts Association
Band
A Most Wonderful Christmas!
Beneva Fruitville’s Variety Show
April 22, 2016
The French Connection April 28, 2016
September 2015
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Summer Sizzler Series 2016
Balanchine, de Valois & Graziano
Great Performers Series
Cosi
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
June 15 – 16 & 23 – 26, 2016
January 29 – February 1, 2016
777 N. Tamiami Trail
Cyrano
The Sarasota Ballet Presents...
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
July 13 – 17 & 21 – 24, 2016
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
January 26, 2016
Next Fall
February 26 – 28, 2016
Cleveland Orchestra
August 25 – 28, 2016
Ashton & Balanchine
January 31, 2016
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Miró String Quartet
April 8 – 9, 2016
February 15, 2016
P.O. Box 1622
Wheeldon & Ashton
Sarasota, FL 34230
Sarasota Opera House
Russian National Orchestra Vasily Petrenko, conductor
941.926.POPS (7677)
April 29 – 30, 2016
March 8, 2016
The Pops Orchestra
Olga Kern, piano
thepopsorchestra.org State College of Florida’s Neel Performing
Film and Lecture Series
Arts Center
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Riverview High School Auditorium
Film
Munchtime Musicales Series
A Christmas Carol
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center
December 12 – 13, 2015 (Neel PAC)
November 2, 2015
709 N. Tamiami Trail
New Year’s Eve Celebration
Violette Verdy
December 31, 2015
January 11, 2016
Cheryl Losey Feder & Ann Hobson Pilot, harpists
(Bradenton Area Convention Center)
25 Years of The Sarasota Ballet
November 18, 2015
Let’s Be Frank
February 8, 2016
February 21, 2016 (Riverview HS PAC)
TBA
The Jazz Trio - Moore, Goodman, Mancini
February 22, 2016 (Neel PAC)
March 7, 2016
December 16, 2015
April 10, 2016 (Riverview HS PAC)
Lecture
The Bridge Trio - Piano, violin & Cello Tschanz, Brunelle, Sanderling
April 11, 2016 (Neel PAC)
Marguerite and Armand
January 20, 2016
November 11, 2015
Mr. B
Sister Team Cynthia Lawing and Gloria Cook, premier solo pianists
ringsarasota.org
January 20, 2016
February 17, 2016
The Sounds of Freedom
The History of The Sarasota Ballet
Sarasota Opera Studio Artists
November 8, 2015
February 17, 2016
March 16, 2016
Holiday Concert with the Bay Chorale
A Wedding Bouquet
Belle Canto Women’s Chorus
December 6, 2015
March 16, 2016
April 13, 2016
Sarasota Choral Society
Sarasota Concert Band
SarasotaChoralSociety.org
2936 Webber Place
It Takes a Village
Ring Sarasota
March 14, 2016
TBA February 21, 28, & April 17, 2016
Sarasota Ballet
Church of the Palms Presbyterian Church
Sarasota, FL 34232
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
Handel’s Messiah
941.650.1177
Sarasota, FL 34243
December 5, 2015
sarasotaconcertband.org
SarasotaBallet.org
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
Best of Theatre of Dreams
ChorusoftheKeys.org
Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company
941.359.0099
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
(Formerly Fuzión Dance Artists) 8437 Tuttle Ave. #160
MacMillan, Wright & Ashton
Sarasota Concert Association
Sarasota Opera House
PO Box 1714
941.345.5755
November 20 – 21, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34230
sarasotacontemporarydance.org
John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker
941.225.6500
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
scasarasota.org
New College Black Box Theatre Close Up
October 23 – 25, 2015
December 18 – 19, 2015
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Sarasota, FL 34243
October 15 –18, 2015
Jane B. Cook Theatre
Fall Music Film Series
941.925.3602
Voices of Fuzión
Speaking in Strings
SarasotaMusicClub.org
December 3 – 6, 2015
September 9, 2015
Eicher Auditorium, Sunnyside Village
Retrospect
Music from the Inside Out
March 17 – 20, 2016
October 14, 2015
Just Friends – Lyn Purmort, soprano Bob Constantino, piano
Evolving Revolving
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
October 16, 2015
November 4, 2015
November 20, 2015
June 2 – 5, 2016
Sarasota Folk Club
I Solisti Woodwind Quintet Holiday Music – Sunnyside Singers
941.371.1433
Lecture and Performance Series
December 18, 2015
SarasotaFolk.org Sarasota Sailing Squadron
The Verdi Connection, Sarasota Opera Studio Artists
Bello Canto, Elizabeth Goldstein, Director
1717 Ken Thompson Parkway
January 6, 2016
January 15, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
Aida, Giuseppe Verdi
941.377.9256
January 13, 2016
Lena Cambis with advanced violin students from Sarasota Music Academy
Larry Mangum
Turandot, Giacomo Puccini
February 19, 2016
September 28, 2015
January 20, 2016
Olivia Swann, Irish harp and poetry
Brendan Nolan
Piano Masterworks Mary Rose Norell, piano
March 18, 2016
October 26, 2015
Hank Woji & Eileen Kozloff
January 27, 2016
Scholarship Luncheon, Winners’ Performance
November 30, 2015
Vocal Vixens of Jazz
April 23, 2016
Holiday of Song
February 3, 2016
December 14, 2015
Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven
Sarasota Opera
Small Potatoes
February 10, 2016
61 North Pineapple Avenue
January 25, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
A Program of Celtic Music, Gregory Martin, piano
February 29, 2016
February 17, 2016
SarasotaOpera.org
Yo Mamas (Carolyn & Carly)
La Battaglia di Legnano, Guiseppe Verdi
61 N. Pineapple Avenue
April 25, 2016
Invitational
February 24, 2016
941.328.1300
May 23, 2016
Songs We Grew Up With
sarasotaopera.org
Paul Garfinkel & Al Scortino
March 2, 2016
Opera House Tours
June 27, 2016
Manon Lescaut, Giacomo Puccini
November 2 & 9, 2015; February 1, 8,
Ellen Bukstel
March 9, 2016
15, 22, 29, March 7 & 14, 2016
July 25, 2016
Flute & Harp, A Match Made in Heaven, Cheryl Losey, Harp; Betsy Hudson Traba, Flute
2015 Fall Season
Buddy Mondlock August 29, 2016
941.328.1300
Sarasota, FL 34236
Puccini’s La bohème
March 16, 2016
October 30, November 1, 4, 10, 12, 15,
Sarasota Jewish Chorale
Elektra, Richard Strauss
17, 2015
941.355.8011
March 23, 2016
Hans Krása’s Brundibár
SarasotaJewishChorale.org
November 14, 2015 Other Events
Sarasota Music Archive
Puccini’s La Boheme with Phyllis Lowitt
2016 Winter Opera Festival
Selby Public Library
October 28, 2015
Verdi’s Aida
Gelbart Auditorium
January 30, February 4, 7, 10, 20, 23, 28,
1331 First Street
Special Mother’s Day Concert A Music Tribute to Mothers
Sarasota, FL 34236
May 7, 2016
Mozart’s Così fan tutte
941.861.1168 SarasotaMusicArchive.org
March 2, 5, 13, 15, 19, 2016 February 6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21 & 26,
Sarasota Music Club
March 4 & 12, 2016
PO Box 19613 Sarasota, FL 34276 September 2015
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Beethoven’s Fidelio
Performances/Lectures
Pops
February 13, 18, 24, 28,
Tosca’s Kiss
Memories of My Favorite Things
March 1, 5, 11, 2016
September 25, 2015
January 22 – 23, 2016
Verdi’s The Battle of Legnano
Music to Lift Up Your Hearts - Richard & Stacy Ridenour, piano
Disney in Concert
February 27, March 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 2016
March 18 – 19, 2016
October 7, 2015
The Beat Goes On
2015-2016 Season Concert
Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco
April 15 – 16, 2016
Performances
November 9, 2015
Forbidden Music – The Music Banned by the Nazis
Opera and Art
Great Escapes
February 5, 2016
Movie Night
November 7, 2015
Villains and Victims
October 14, 2015
Artists Choice Concert
February 25, 2016
Snow Globe December 9 – 12, 2015
March 9, 2016
The Young Verdi Concert
Prologues
Crazy for Classics
March 17, 2016
Unity Church, Sarasota
January 13 – 16, 2016
The Verdi Cycle Grand Finale Concert
La bohème
A Song In My Heart
March 20, 2016
October 26, 2015
February 10 – 13, 2016
Aida
Unforgettable
2015-2016 Lectures
January 11, 2016
March 2 – 5, 2016
It’s a Scandal!
Cosí fan tutte
Latin Nights
October 15, 2015
January 18, 2016
May 4 – 7, 2016
The Tenor Voice
Fidelio
October 22, 2015
January 25, 2016
Chamber Soiree
Opera vs. Opera
The Battle of Legnano
Around The World
October 29, 2015
February 1, 2016
September 20, 2015
My System is better than Your System November 5, 2015
Quintets and Tuba
Sarasota Orchestra
October 1, 2015
709 N. Tamiami Trail
Percussion Perfect
2015-2016 Meet the Artists
Sarasota, FL 34236
October 29, 2015
La bohème
941.953.3434
Mozart Fest 1
October 20, 2015
SarasotaOrchestra.org
January 29, 2016
Mozart Fest 2
Aida January 26, 2016
Masterworks
January 31, 2016
Così fan tutte
The Emperor
Splendid Strings
February 2, 2016
November 6 – 8, 2015
February 25, 2016
Fidelio
Eroica
Brass to Bassoon
February 9, 2016
December 4 – 6, 2015
March 6, 2016
The Battle of Legnano
Winter Dreams
Cello Time
February 23, 2016
January 7 – 10, 2016
April 21, 2016
All About Mozart
Sarasota Opera Guild
February 4 – 7, 2016
Special Events
941.374.2914
Maestro
Thrill of a Lifetime
sarasotaopera.org
February 19 – 21, 2016
February 27, 2016
Our Town
Sarasota Music Festival
Social & Singing Events
March 11 – 13, 2016
June 2016
Sarasota Opera House
Legends
October 20, November 17 2015,
April 1 – 3, 2016
January 19, February 16, March 8, 2016
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State College of Florida
Suncoast Concert Band
The Ultimate Doo Wop Show
5840 26th Street
12308 Lobelia Terrace
October 24, 2015
Bradenton, FL 34207
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
Lewis Black: The Rant Is Due: Part Deux
941.752.5252
941.907.4123
November 13, 2015
scf.edu
SuncoastConcertBand.org
Straight No Chaser
Concert Season at Northminster
November 19, 2015
Music/Dance
Presbyterian Church
Craig Ferguson: The New Deal Tour
Neel Performing Arts Center
November 8 & 22, December 6
December 1, 2015
Faculty Recital: Aza Torshkoeva, piano
& 20, 2015; January 10, February 7,
Daryl Hall & John Oates
October 1, 2015
March 6, April 3 & 17, May 1, 2016
December 2, 2015
Fall Festival of Music Concert
Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors
October 6, 2015
December 13, 2015, January 17,
Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker
The Civil War
February 14, March 13, April 10, 2016
December 28, 2015
October 23 – 25, 2015
The Producers
Faculty Recital: Martha Lopez, soprano
Special Concerts at Church of the Palms
November 5, 2015
January 24, February 21, March 20, 2016
Symphonic Band Concert: Let’s Hear It for the Girls!
Salute To Vienna New Year’s Concert with The Strauss Symphony of America
Theatre Odyssey
January 3, 2016
November 12, 2015
PO Box 1383
42nd Street
Symphony Orchestra Concert: A Night at the Circus
Sarasota, FL 34230
January 20 – 21, 2016
941.799.7224
Joshua Bell
November 17, 2015
TheatreOdyssey.org
January 30, 2016
Dance Recital
Yanni
December 3, 2015
Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival
Holiday Concert
January 15 – 16, 2016
Masters of Illusion – Believe the Impossible
December 8, 2015
Ten-Minute Play Festival
February 4, 2016
Jazz Bands in Concert
May 5 – 8, 2016
The Book of Mormon
December 30, 2015
February 2, 2016
February 9 – 14, 2016
December 10, 2015
USA Dance
Neil Berg’s 107 Years of Broadway
Sundays at Neel
Sara Dance Center
February 17, 2016
Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol
5000 Fruitville Road
Moscow Festival Ballet – Cinderella
December 13, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34232
February 24, 2016
Glenn Miller Orchestra
941.685.7026
The Philadelphia Orchestra
January 17, 2016
DanceWhiteSands.com
February 25, 2016
Kristin Chenoweth
The Brothers Four
February 27, 2016
Buddy & Beyond
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
February 14, 2016
777 N. Tamiami Trail
March 1, 2016
New Odyssey
Sarasota, FL 34236
February 28, 2016
941.953.3368
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jay White – America’s Diamond
VanWezel.org
March 3 – 4, 2016
March 20, 2016
John Cleese and Eric Idle
Disney Fantasia Live in Concert
October 2, 2015
March 9, 2016
Theatre
Shen Yun Orchestra
The Joffrey Ballet
Howard Studio Theatre
October 13, 2015
March 10, 2016
Play #1: TBA
Beauty and the Beast
Saturday Night Fever
October 2 – 4 & 9 – 11, 2015
October 14, 2015
March 16, 2016
Play #2: TBA
Rick Springfield
Bullets Over Broadway
November 20 – 22 & 27 – 29, 2015
October 15, 2015
March 21, 2016
January 24, 2016
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
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Stomp
Main Stage
The Capitol Steps
March 22, 2016
Exit Laughing
January 17 – 18, 2016
Linda Eder with Robert Cuccioli
September 29 – October 18, 2015
The Diamonds
March 24, 2016
Hair
January 24 – 25, 2016
Million Dollar Quartet
November 10 – December 12, 2015
Back Home Again: A Tribute to John Denver
March 26, 2016
A Christmas Carol
January 31 – February 1, 2016
Broadway! The Big Band Years
December 17 – 21, 2015
Harry James and the Andrews Sisters
April 4, 2016
Noises Off
February 6, 2016
Mamma Mia!
January 12 – 31, 2016
Let’s Hang On
April 19 – 20, 2016
Ragtime
February 21 – 22, 2016
Performances as of August 9, 2015. Please visit vanwezel.org for updates
February 16 – March 13, 2016
Rave On
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum
February 28 – 29, 2016
Venetian Harmony Chorus
April 5 – 24, 2016
February 6 – 7, 2016
701 North Indiana Ave
Stage II
March 18 – 20, 2016
Englewood, FL 34223
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Monday, Monday
941.480.1480
November 5 – 22, 2015
April 10 – 11, 2016
VenetianHarmony.com
Sweeney Todd
Close to You
January 21 – February 14, 2016
April 17 – 18, 2016
The Kingston Trio ECS
The Venice Symphony
Venus In Fur
Venice Performing Arts Center
March 31 – April 17, 2016
Education & Outreach
One Indian Ave.
Metamorphoses
The 24th Annual Silver Fox Show
Venice, FL 34285
April 28– May 15, 2016
March 22 – 26, 2016
The 21st Annual Loveland Show
941.488.1010 TheVeniceSymphony.org
Cabaret
Germanic Gems – Tai Murray, Soloist
Church Basement Ladies
November 20 – 21, 2015
October 2 – 25, 2015
Festive Sounds of the Season
The Great American Trailer
West Coast Black Theatre Troupe
December 18 – 19, 2015
Park Christmas Musical
1646 10th Way
Scandinavian Scenes – Mackenzie Melemed, Soloist
December 3 – 20, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34236
Rocky Horror
941.366.1505
January 15 – 16, 2016
February 26 – March 19, 2016
westcoastblacktheatre.org
Love Is In the Air – Qol Quartet
June 2 – 5, 2016
The Color Purple
February 12 – 13, 2016
Generations
October 14 – November 21, 2015
Vive la France – Ann Hobson Pilot, Soloist
A Christmas Carol
A Motown Christmas
March 25 – 26, 2016
December 17 – 21, 2015
December 2 – 31, 2015
Tales of Enchantment – Joy Chatzistamatis, Soloist
James and The Giant Peach
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
May 17 – 22, 2016
January 13 – February 20, 2016
The Sam Cooke Story
April 15 – 16, 2016
Feelin’ Groovy
Special Events
March 2 – April 9, 2016
April 29 – 30, 2016
The Alter Eagles
Driving Miss Daisy
November 15 – 16, 2015
April 20 – May 28, 2016
Venice Theatre
The James Taylor Experience
140 West Tampa Avenue
December 6 – 7, 2015
Venice, FL 34285
The Sounds of Christmas
941.488.1115
December 22 – 23, 2015
VeniceStage.com
The All American Swing Experience December 29 – 31, 2015
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Between our MainStage, Stage II, Cabaret, Generations & Concerts Series, we’ve got the best in live entertainment for everyone! I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Ragtime
Generations Drama: Sept. 10 - 20, 2015
MainStage Musical: Feb. 16 - Mar. 13, 2016
Exit Laughing
The Rocky Horror Show
MainStage Comedy: Sept. 29 - Oct. 18, 2015
Cabaret: Feb. 26 - March 19, 2016
Church Basement Ladies
Venus in Fur
Cabaret: Oct. 2 - 25, 2015
Stage II Drama: March 31 - April 17, 2016
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Stage II Dark Comedy: Nov. 5 - 22, 2015
MainStage Musical: April 5 - 24, 2016
Hair, Directed by Tony Winner Ben Vereen!
Metamorphoses
MainStage Musical: Nov. 10 – Dec. 12, 2015
Stage II Drama: April 28 - May 15, 2016
The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
James and the Giant Peach
Cabaret: Dec. 3 - 20, 2015
A Christmas Carol
Generations Musical: Dec. 17 - 21, 2015
Noises Off
MainStage Comedy: Jan. 12 - 31, 2016
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Generations MainStage Musical: May 17 - 22, 2016
de certs incluutes n o c ’s n o ib seas ton Trio, tr ters Plus, this n The Kings ol Steps, Denver, The Carpe The Capit gles, John to The Ea d more!
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Stage II Musical Thriller: Jan. 21 – Feb. 14, 2016
TICKETS & more information: 941.488.1115 | VeniceStage.com 140 W. Tampa Ave. on the island in Venice
MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League
Fine Craft & Photography Juried Open Show & 12 X 12 Juried Open Show
Gallery Window Theme – Home Coming
February 23 – March 25, 2016
October 1 – 31, 2015
Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County
Show & Tell at Gallery
February 27 – 28, 2016
October 5, 2015
5312 Holmes Boulevard
Snatch It
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
March 5, 2016
Wall of Water Acrylic Painting with Kathy Sparks
941.778.2099 IslandArtLeague.org
Florida Life-Juried Open Show / Member Show-Juried Open Show
Winter Fest
March 29 – April 22, 2016
Chinese Brush Painting with Renee Vickery
December 12 – 13, 2015
Spring Pottery Sale
October 14, 2015
Spring Fest
April 15 – 16, 2016
March 12 – 13, 2016
Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Curated & Student Show Juried Open
Silhouettes/Elephants with Mara Trumbo
Art Center Manatee
April 26 – May 27, 2016
209 9th Street West
October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
Gallery Window Theme – artsHOP November 1 – 30, 2015
Bradenton, FL 34205
Art Center Sarasota
941.746.2862
707 N. Tamiami Trail
Drawing & Colored Pencil with Roger Rockefeller
ArtCenterManatee.org
Sarasota, FL 34236
November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
Girls Night Out
941.365.2032
October 2, November 6, December 4, 2015
ArtSarasota.org
Photography & Photoshop with Mariarosa Rockefeller
January 15 & 29, February 5 & 19,
Molly Wicks installation / Delicate Balance (Joan Lyons/Meg Pierce) / Sarasota - Art Student Discovery / Daily News (Juried)
November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
October 15 – November 21, 2015
Values in Watercolor with Cheryl Jorgenson
March 8, April 8, 2016
Art Matters-Juried Open Show & Art by Kids with Cancer-Curated Show Through October 2, 2015
Endangered by Lloyd Roberts-Curated Show / Go with the Flow Juried Open Show / Photos from Far & Near by Nell Rude-Curated Show October 6 – November 6, 2015
SARTQ Exhibition / Young Guns / ASALH Black Muse 2016 / Visually Speaking (Juried) December 10, 2015 – January 16, 2016
Petticoat Painters / Kevin Costello Installation / MASHterpieces III / New/Renew (Juried)
Words, Melodies & Art November 2, 2015
November 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015
Palm Frond Masks with Dee Pastorius November 11, 2015
artsHOP
All Things Considered Juried Open Show / Over 80 & Still CreatingCurated Show
March 17 – April 23, 2016
November 13 – 15, 2015
North Sarasota County Schools Spring Art Show
Gallery Window Theme – Let’s Do Christmas
November 10 – December 4, 2015
April 26 – May 7, 2016
December 1 – 31, 2015
Holiday Pottery Sale
Drew Galloway / Techno/ Digital Art Project: Sarasota / Local 707 (Juried, members only)
Anna Maria Island Gallery Walk
December 4 – 5, 2015
Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna Juried Open Show / Wood Artists John Mascoll & Jim O’Donnell Curated Show December 8, 2015 – January 8, 2016
Artful Holidays December 10 – 12, 2015
December 4, 2015
May 19 – June 25, 2016
Chinese Brush Painting with Renee Vickery
Florida Flavor IV
December 9, 2015
July 7 – August 13, 2016
Marketing & Licensing Your Art
Tasha Lewis sculptures / Local Photographers Invitational / Project: Sarasota / Blurred Lines (Juried)
December 7, 2015
Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit
A Portrait of Us by Mary Whyte & Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society
August 25 – September 30, 2016
January 12 – February 19, 2016
EmbracingOurDifferences.org
An Intimate Evening with Mary Whyte
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
January 13, 2016
5414 Marina Drive
April – May 2016
Used but Useful Sale
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
Exhibit in Bradenton Riverwalk
February 19 – 20, 2016
941.778.6694
April – May 2016
941.404.5710
AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com
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Exhibit in Island Park
Englewood Art Center
Person, Portrait, Pose | Poets + Painters
Sherry O’Connell
A Division of Ringling
April 12 – May 13, 2016
April 5 – May 13, 2016
College of Art and Design
Reception: April 16, 2016
Reception: April 16, 2016
Englewood, FL 34224
Ken Mitchell Gallery
Fine Arts Society of Sarasota
941.474.5548
Erik Groff + Michael Wyshock
1701 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34236
ringling.edu/eac
September 8 – October 28, 2015
941.330.0680
Reception: October 3, 2015
FineArtsSarasota.com
Events
SARTQ: Green
Bites & Bytes: Brown Bag Lunch and Technology Mini-Workshop Series
November 3 – December 16, 2015
Guided Art & Backstage Tours at The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Reception: November 7, 2015
First Tuesday of each month, October – May
Third Friday of the Month
Cynthia Mason: Space Makers
Annual Creators & Collectors Tour
October 2015– March 2016
January 5 – February 13, 2016
March 11 – 12, 2016
Talking Creativity – Artist Talks: SARTQ
Reception: January 16, 2016
November 2015
Jane Fine
Plein Air Adventure Painting – Jeff Markowsky
February 17 – March 30, 2016
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS)
Reception: February 27, 2016
7215 11th Avenue West
November 3 – December 30, 2015
Rick Reeves
Bradenton, FL 34209
Fall Open House
April 5 – May 11, 2016
941.792.0608
November 7, 2015
Reception: April 16, 2016
SuncoastWatercolorSociety.com
Plein Air Painting at the Hermitage Artist Retreat
Mangrove Gallery
October 24 – November 30, 2015
November 20, 2015 – January 31, 2016
Paul Findlay: Fire in the Night
ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton
Pop-Up Exhibition Series: Dearborn Street Farmers Market
September 8 – October 28, 2015
January 12 – February 19, 2016
Reception: October 3, 2015
Ringling College Galleries - Sarasota
January – February, 2016
Linda Lee Foster Paul
May 20 – June 10, 2016
Talking Creativity – Artist Talks: Cynthia Mason
November 3 – December 16, 2015
January 2016
Englewood Camera Club
Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center
Spring Open House
January 12 – February 19, 2016
525 Kumquat Court
January 16, 2016
Reception: January 16, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
Talking Creativity – Artist Talks: Jane Fine
Boca Grande Arts Alliance
941.545.5635
February 2016
February 23 – March 30, 2016
Sarasotapeacenter.com
350 South McCall Road
Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda
Reception: November 7, 2015
Reception: February 27, 2016
Dr. Nik: A Retrospekt – Art Exhibit
Warren Loranger Gallery
Sheryl Unwin
Through November 2, 2015
Abstract Multi-Media
April 5 – May 11, 2016
Grant Peeples & The Sarah Mac Band
September 15 – October 30, 2015
Reception: April 16, 2016
October 10, 2015
Badi Assad Concert
Reception: October 3, 2015
Conservation | Art + Earth
Members Gallery
October 17, 2015
November 3 – December 17, 2015
Artist TBD
Brian Smalley & Roy Schneider
Reception: November 7, 2015
September 12 – October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015
Nature Reflected
Reception: October 3, 2015
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
January 12 – February 19, 2016
Johan Bjurman
November 6, 2015
Reception: January 16, 2016
November 3 – December 17, 2015
Human-Made | Recycled, Reused, Repurposed = Art
Reception: November 7, 2015
The Artist’s Closet: A Clearinghouse Art Fest
Carole LaFountaine
November 7, 2015
February 23 – March 30, 2016
January 12 – February 19, 2016
Reception: February 27, 2016
Reception: January 16, 2016
World Culture Art Exhibit Opening: Cuba
20th Annual Youth Art Exhibition
Russ Burch
November 14 – December 21, 2015
April 2 – 7, 2016
February 23 – April 1, 2016
Bruce Jackson Attica Photographic
Reception: April 2, 2016
Reception: February 27, 2016
January 9 – February 14, 2016
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Spuyten Duyvil in Concert January 15, 2016
The Exonerated Play Reading
Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy
Jazz Sunsets on the Bay October 16 – 17, 2015
2121 North Tamiami Trail
Holiday Nights at Ca’ d’Zan
February 4 – 5, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34234
November 12 & 19, December 3,
I Have a Name Art Exhibit
941.364.3399
10, 17, 2015
February 20 – 22, 2016
whimsymuseum.org
Ringling by the Bay
World Culture Art Exhibit: India March 26 – April 24, 2016
Tim Grimm in Concert April 15, 2016
Longboat Key Center for the Arts
November 16, December 21, 2015;
North Port Art Center
January 18, February 18, March 21,
5950 Sam Shapos Way
April 18, May 16, 2016
North Port, FL 34287
Holiday Splendor
941.423.6460
December 3, 2015
NorthPortArtCenter.com
Bazaar and Surreal
Exhibitions
Division of Ringling College of Art and Design
Through October 17, 2015
Back and Forth: Thinking in Paint
6860 Longboat Drive South
Patron’s Art Show
Through October 25, 2015
Longboat Key, FL 34228
October 26 – November 9, 2015
Clowns!
941.383.2345
Celebrate the Season
September 11 – November 30, 2015
ringling.edu/lbkca
November 16, 2015 – January 9, 2016
Paul Rudolph
(See website for scheduled classes)
September 25 – December 6, 2015
Through the Keyhole: SARTQ Open Studios
Palm Avenue Arts Alliance PalmAvenue.org
Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China
September 26, 2015
An Evening of Classics
October 9, 2015 – January 10, 2016
Key Influence on display
October 2, 2015
October 9 – 30, 2015
A Prelude to Season
Glittering Grandeur: Spectacles under the Big Top
Reception: October 9, 2015
November 6, 2015
December 4, 2015 – February 29, 2016
Key Influence Panel Discussion
37th Annual Holiday Walk
Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
October 21, 2015
December 4, 2015
January 15 – April 17, 2016
The Interpreted Landscape: Malcolm Robertson & Cindy Mason Exhibition
Art of the Violin January 1, 2016
Ink, Silk and Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
November 13, 2015 – January 16, 2016
Romancing the Arts
February 5 – May 1, 2016
Reception: November 13, 2015
February 5, 2016
James Corwin Johnson Documented Travel Photography Opening & Artist Talk
A Taste of Palm Avenue
Films
March 4, 2016
National Theatre Live
An Affair to Remember
October 23, November 13, December 11,
December 9, 2015
April 1, 2016
2015, January 8 & 22, 2016
2nd Annual Contemporary Glass Art Auction
The Ringling
Performance
January 29, 2016
5401 Bay Shore Road
Ringling International Arts Festival
Public Opening: Contemporary Figurative Glass Art Exhibition
Sarasota, FL 34243
October 15 – 18, 2015
941.359.5700
Ronnarong Khampha
January 30, 2016
Ringling.org
October 16 – 17, 2015
Annual Community Juried Exhibition
Every Thursday evening throughout the year
Jen Shyu - Solo Rites: Seven Breaths; Orkes Sinten Remen; Peni Candra Rini; Phare: The Cambodian Circus; Tom Lee: Shanks’ Mare
Joseph’s Coat Skyspace
October 16 – 18, 2015
March 9 – 30, 2016
Events
Reception: March 9, 2016
Art After 5
Manasota Weavers Guild P.O. Box 17876
Thursday & Friday evenings
Sarasota, FL 34276
Ringling Underground
Programs
ManasotaWeaversGuild.com
October 1, November 5, 2015, February
The Literati Book Club
4, March 3, April 7, 2016
October 1 – 2, November 5 – 6, December
Gatehouse Gatherings
5 & 10, 2015, January 7 – 8, February 4 –
October 16 – 18, 2015
5, March 31, April 1, May 5 – 6, 2016
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Towles Court Art District
October 3, November 7, December 5,
Cuban Art from the Collection of Jorge Reynardus
2015, January 9, February 6, March 5,
November 6 – December 9, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34236
April 2, May 7, 2016
Student Curatorial Projects from BU 455
941.587.9851
Gallery Walk and Talk
November 18 – December 2, 2015
TowlesCourt.com
ROAR! The Ringling Order of Art Readers
October 22, November 19,
1938 Adams Lane
Art Walks
December 17, 2015, February 13, 2016
Siesta Key Crystal Classic
Viewpoint: A Brilliant Dynasty
siestakeycrystalclassic.com
October 24, 2015
The Crystal Classic
Collecting Recollections
Two Columns Gallery
November 13 – 17, 2015
Ringling College Student Exhibition Space
November 3 & 17, December 1, 2015
Third Friday of every month
1947 Ringling Boulevard
Study Day: A Brilliant Age: New Perspectives on the Ming Dynasty
The Southern Atelier
November 14, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34243
Bayfront Gardens Workshop: Plant a Palm!
941.753.7755
Venice Art Center
TheSouthernAtelier.org
390 Nokomis Avenue
December 1, 2015
Exhibitions & workshops offered year round.
Venice, FL 34285
Sarasota Architectural Foundation
South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium
941.364.2199
201 10th Street West
October 16, 2015
sarasotaarchitecturalfoundation.org
Bradenton, FL 34205
Sarasota Chalk Festival Artists
SAF Film: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
941.746.4131
November 9 – 16, 2015
SouthFloridaMuseum.org
Art in Motion
October 6, 2015
See History, Science &
November 27, 2015
SarasotaMOD Architecture Festival
Education section for listings.
Annual Tea
7226 21st Street East
November 6 – 8, 2015
Sarasota, FL 34236 1947gallery.blogspot.com
941.485.7136 VeniceArtCenter.com
Americana-Members Show
December 4, 2015
Sarasota Museum of Art
State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery
1001 S. Tamiami Trail
5840 26th St. West
January 8, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
Bradenton, FL 34207
Bling Thing Jewelry Show
941.309.SMOA
941.752.5225
January 16, 2016
sarasotamuseumofart.org
scf.edu/ArtGallery
Fine Arts Show
Anticipated opening: first half of 2016
“Phantasmagorical”: The World of Elisabeth Stevens
February 20, 2016
October 16 – December 9, 2015
March 4, 2016
Sarasota Sculpture Center 1662 Floyd Street
Simply Sensuous, a Feast for the Senses
Everything Art-Member’s Show Angles, Lines and Curves
941.928.4445
Surface Design Guild Sarasota
sarasotasculpturecenter.org
SarasotaSurfaceDesign.com
South County Public School Show
Exhibitions & workshops offered year round.
May 7, 9, 11 & 12, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34239
Selby Gallery
April 8, 2016
Celebrate the Blues
Ringling College of Art and Design
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota
2700 North Tamiami Trail
8069 Stirling Falls Circle
Sarasota, FL 34234
Sarasota, FL 34243
941.359.7563
941.359.1765
Women Contemporary Artists
Ringling.edu/SelbyGallery
americantapestryalliance.org
941.358.9159
June 10, 2016
Annual Faculty Exhibition
WomenContemporaryArtists.com
October 2 – 31, 2015
Ringling College Campus Artwalk
Spring Exhibit: Art and Frame of Sarasota
November 6, 2015
March 10 – April 8, 2016
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Proceeds to benefit area charities and other projects of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch
Palm Printing • Marketing By Design • Artistree • US Tent • Tidy Coast Containers Kerkering Barberio & Co • The Mall at UTC • Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School • Salt & Light Productions State Farm~Susie Jackson Agency • Johnson Smith Company • Lakewood Ranch OB/GYN RE Crawford Construction • Mosaic • Caldwell Trust Company • UPS Store LWR • Fawley-Bryant Architects Betras, Kopp & Harshman • Hautamaki & Horiuchi • Tutschulte, Polis, Jerome Group/Merrill Lynch Lake Erie College of Medicine • Hees & Associates Engineering • Red Lion Jobs • Schroyer Drapala Engineering Coastal Eye Institute • Dr. David Schrelberman • Willis A. Smith Construction • Cardinal Mooney High School
Media Sponsors: Clear Channel Radio • Sarasota Herald Tribune
ABC TV 7 • Sarasota Magazine (Biz 941) • Scene Magazine Bradenton Herald • Around The Ranch For More Info & Tickets Go To:
www.SuncoastFoodAndWineFest.com
History, Science & Education Adult and Community Enrichment Center
Hermitage Artist Retreat
Historic Spanish Point
6660 Manasota Key Road
337 North Tamiami Trail
Englewood, FL 34223
Osprey, FL 34229
941.475.2098
941.966.5214
HermitageArtistRetreat.org
HistoricSpanishPoint.org
4748 Beneva Road
See Arts Communities & Organizations for
Story Telling Festival
Sarasota, FL 34233
event listings.
November 13 – 14, 2015
941.361.6590 ACE-Sarasota.com
Alliance Francaise de Sarasota
Fairy House Festival
Historical Society of Sarasota County
March 5, 2016
Sarasota, FL 34236
Longboat Key Education Center
200 S. Washington Boulevard, Ste 2
941.364.9076
5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Ste 212
Sarasota, FL 34236
HSOSC.com
Longboat Key, FL 34228
941.955.0700
Historic Trolley Tours
941.383.8811
AFSarasota.org
November 14, December 5, 2015, January
LBKEducationCenter.org
Big Cat Habitat
1260 12th Street
9 & 30, February 20, March 12, April 2 & 30, 2016
Manasota Weavers Guild
Myakka River – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
ManasotaWeaversGuild.com
Sarasota, FL 34240 941.371.6377
October 13, 2015
section for complete listings.
BigCatHabitat.org
Historical LeBarge Cruise
7101 Palmer Blvd.
Crowley Museum & Nature Center
See Museums & Visual Arts
Sarasota’s Treasures – Lost & Saved
Manatee County Agricultural Museum
November 1, 2015 November 10, 2015
1015 6th St. West
16405 Myakka Road
Antiques, Arts & Collectibles Fair
Palmetto, FL 34221
Sarasota, FL 34240
November 14, 2015
941.721.2034
941.322.1000
Fascinating Florida
manateeclerk.com/historical/AgMuseum.aspx
CrowleyFL.org
January 12, 2016
Halloween Social
Full Moon Hikes
Sunday in The Park
October 17, 2015
October 27, November 25, December 25,
January 17, 2016
Christmas in the Park
2015
Private Tour of Ca’d’Zan
December 4 – 5, 2015
January 23, February 22, March 23, April
January 19, 2016
Night for the Museum
22, May 21, 2016
The Great Developers: Past & Present
February 20, 2016
Community Service Volunteer Day
February 9, 2016
Heritage Festival
October 9 – 11, 2015
TBA
March 12, 2016
Crawleyween
March 8, 2016
October 23 – 25, 2015
Thanksgiving Campout
Historical Perspectives Through Local Museums
Manatee Village Historical Park
November 24 – 27, 2015
April 12, 2016
1404 Manatee Ave. East
Holiday Escape Campout
Bradenton, FL 34208
December 11 – 12, 2015
Historic Burns Square
941.749.7165
Valentine’s Day Campout
Pineapple Avenue between Ringling
manateeclerk.com/historical/
February 13 – 14, 2016
Avenue and Mound Street
manateevillage.aspx
Guitar Sarasota
Spirit Voices from Old Manatee October 1 – 4, 8 – 11, & 15 – 18, 2015
GuitarSarasota.org
A 1915 Florida Cracker Christmas
See Listing in Performing Arts Section
December 13, 2015
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Heritage Days Open House
Palmetto Historical Park
The Concerto from Vivaldi to Bartok
March 5, 2016
515 10th Ave. West
January 15 – February 17, 2016
Palmetto, FL 34221 941.723.4991
Four Operas at Sarasota Opera (2016)
manateeclerk.com/historical/palmettopark.
January 15 – February 29, 2016
811 South Palm Avenue
aspx
Sarasota, FL 34236
Halloween Social
Minority Artists in the Mainstream World
941.366.5731
October 17, 2015
February 29 – March 21, 2016
Selby.org
Christmas in the Park & Silent Auction
See website for current events and exhibits.
December 4 – 5, 2015
The Symphonic Life II: Inside Musicians’ Lives
Heritage Festival
February 29 – April 4, 2016
March 12, 2016
The Technological Art Revolution
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
March 1 – April 5, 2016
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy
Pierian Spring Academy
Sarasota, FL 34236
221 Beach Road #128
Transcending the Jewish “Artless Tradition”
941.388.4441
Sarasota, FL 34232
March 2 – 23, 2016
Mote.org
941.716.2471
Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
PSAsrq.org
The Outsider in Fiction III: The Disenfranchised & The Powerless
October 23, 2015
War & Music
March 2 – April 6, 2016
Shindig Teach-A-Kid Fishing Clinic
October 19 – November 16, 2015
November 7, 2015
The Symphonic Life III: Inside the Repertoire
This Is a Real Romance: Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning
William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig Honoring Captain Scotty Moore
October 19 – November 30, 2015
March 3 – 24, 2016
Powel Crosley Estate
30th Annual Run For The Turtles
My Five Year Old Could Have Painted That & Who Was Vincent VanGogh?
April 2, 2016
October 20 – November 10, 2015
941.722.3244
The Sarasota Ballet’s 25th Anniversary Season
powelcrosleyestate.com
Year-Round Exhibits
November 13 – 14, 2015
Shark Zone: Creatures from the Reef Florida Bay Habitats Sea Turtles: Ancient Survivors Manatees: From the River to the Seas Oh Baby! Life Cycles of the Sea
October 20 – December 1, 2015
The Outsider in Fiction: From Eastern Europe — Discontent & Alienation & The Technological Art Revolution
One Seagate Drive Sarasota, FL 34243
Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.351.5100
October 21 – December 2, 2015
Ringling.edu
The Exotic Dream: 19th Century Orientalist Artists
See Englewood Art Center, Longboat Key
New College of Florida
October 22 – December 3, 2015
listings in Museums & Visual Arts.
5800 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243
Great Compositions Rooted in Native Music
941.487.4153
January 12 – February 17, 2016
ncf.edu/new-topics-new-college
New Stars from Old Galaxies: Contemporary Jazz Vocalists & Their Creative Impressions
Benefiting Ringling College Library
January 13 – February 17, 2016
RCLassociation.org
Cinema of Ingmar Bergman Hollywood’s Biggest Night
Amy Tan - Platinum Dinner Speaker
New Topics New College Speaker Series
Benefiting New College Foundation See website for upcoming topics.
January 13 – February 17, 2016
Play Reader’s Circle January 14 – February 18, 2016
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Center for the Arts and Selby Gallery
Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series Association 941.925.1343
January 6, 2016
President Shimon Peres: Ninth President of the State of Israel
SOULSPEAK/SOULMOVES
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota
Soulspeak.org
941.359.1765
January 19, 2016
Workshop & event info available online.
americantapestryalliance.org
Jim Messina & Karl Rove
See Museum & Visual Arts for schedule.
Venice Heritage
February 16, 2016
South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium
Robin Roberts
201 10th Street West
Venice, FL 34284
March 7, 2016
Bradenton, FL 34205
941.237.0478
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)
941.746.4131
veniceheritage.org
southfloridamuseum.org
Holiday Tea
March 15, 2016
Film Fridays
December 27, 2015
Every Friday Night
Venice Book Fair & Writers Festival
Family Night at the Museum
March 19, 2016
February 3, 2016
Sir Ken Robinson
Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1190
First Saturday every month
Venice Heritage Annual Dinner
941.953.8727
think + drink (science)
May 26, 2016
HistoricSarasota.org
Second Wednesday every month
26th Annual Historic Homes Tour – St. Armand’s Key
Stelliferous Live! Last Wednesday every month
March 6, 2016
Sarasota Architectural Foundation 941.364.2199 SarasotaArchitecturalFoundation.org See Museum & Visual Arts for schedule.
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) Box 219 8499 S. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34238 941.365.6404 SILLSarasota.org Sarasota & Venice Global Lecture & Music Series Schedule available online.
Sarasota Jungle Gardens 3701 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34234 941.355.5305 SarasotaJungleGardens.com Schedule of events available online.
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Festivals & Fairs OCTOBER 2015 Beers, Boats, and Bacon Festival Nathan Benderson Park WorldClassRowing.com October 10, 2015
Ringling International Arts Festival The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Ringling.org October 15 – 18, 2015
Dragon Boat Festival 2015 Nathan Benderson Park WorldClassRowing.com October 17, 2015
Taste of St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 17, 2015
7th Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival
Fright Night: Halloween on St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 31, 2015
NOVEMBER 2015 28th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest 941.484.6722 West Venice Avenue Downtown Venice venicemainstreet.com artfestival.com November 7 – 8, 2015
Sarasota Medieval Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds sarasotamedievalfair.com November 7 – 8, 14 – 15, 21 – 22, 2015
Sarasota Chalk Festival ChalkFestival.com West Miami Ave., Venice November 9 – 16, 2015
ArtsHop
Sarasota Payne Park sarasotapumpkinfestival.com October 23 – 25, 2015
941.778.2099 culturalconnections.info November 13 – 15, 2015
Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
Siesta Key Crystal Classic
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.4441 Mote.org October 23, 2015
948 Beach Rd siestakeycrystalclassic.com November 13 – 17, 2015
21st Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival
St. Armands Circle, Sarasota artfestival.com November 14 – 15, 2015
5 Points Park & Central Ave artfestival.com October 24 – 25, 2015
St. Armands Boat Show St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 24 – 25, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/Events October 30, 2015
Venice Main Street Halloween Parade venicemainstreet.com October 30, 2015
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27th Annual St. Armands Art Festival
Festa Italiana Greenbrook Adventure Park LakewoodRanch.com/Events November 14, 2015
Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club at LWR 941.870.0002 suncoastfoodandwinefest.com November 14, 2015
Harvest Festival Mixon Fruit Farms mixon.com November 21 – 22, 2015
Venice Brews & Blues Festival venicemainstreet.com jazzbluesflorida.com November 21, 2015
Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting siestakeyvillage.org November 28, 2015
Venice Main Street Holiday Parade venicemainstreet.com November 28, 2015
DECEMBER 2015 Venice Main Street Christmas Walk venicemainstreet.com December 3, 2015
6th Annual Sarasota Craft Show Robarts Arena sarasotacraftshow.com December 4 – 6, 2015
37th Annual Holiday Night of Lights St. Armands Circle starmandscircleassoc.com December 4, 2015
Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton bradentonbluesfestival.org December 5, 2015
Olde Englewood Village Winter Fine Arts Festival West Dearborn Street oldeenglewood.com December 5 – 6, 2015
Holidays Around the Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/Mainstreet December 11, 2015
28th Annual Winterfest Festival of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Anna Maria Island Art League IslandArtLeague.org December 12 – 13, 2015
JANUARY 2016
FEBRUARY 2016
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
10th Annual Coquina Beach Winterfest Arts & Craft Show
Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch
2650 Gulf Drive sunsetboulevardpromotions.com January 9 – 10, 2016
Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/Mainstreet February 6, 2016
Centennial Park, Downtown Venice venicebookfair.com March 19, 2016
20th Annual Anna Maria Islandfest Arts & Craft Show 5801 Marina Drive sunsetboulevardpromotions.com January 16 – 17, 2016
Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival
28th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts Main Street, Sarasota artfestival.com February 13 – 14, 2016
22nd Annual Siesta Key Craft Fair
Venice Airport Grounds VeniceNokomisRotary.org January 16 – 17, 2016
Ocean Blvd. & Beach Road artfestival.com February 27 – 28, 2016
9th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival
Orange Blossom Festival
Main Street, Venice artfestival.com January 23 – 24, 2016
18th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art in the Park Main St. & Gulf Ave. sunsetboulevardpromotions.com January 23 – 24, 2016
9th Annual Forks and Corks dineoriginal.com January 29 – 30, 2016
13th Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival
Mixon Fruit Farms mixon.com February 28 – March 1, 2016
dineoriginal.com January 31, 2016
SarasotaFilmFestival.com April 1 – 10, 2016
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival LaMusicaFestival.org April 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 2016
Venice Shark Tooth Festival
38th Annual Siesta Fiesta
West Venice Ave., Venice artfestival.com March 5 – 6, 2016
artfestival.com Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village April 9 – 10, 2016
36th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival
De Soto Heritage Festival
JazzClubSarasota.com March 6 – 12, 2016
Anna Maria Island Art League IslandArtLeague.org March 12 – 13, 2016
The Grand Tasting 2016 At The Ringling
Sarasota Film Festival
15th Annual Downtown Venice Art Classic
22nd Annual Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show
boulderbrook.net Palm Avenue, Historic Downtown Sarasota January 30 – 31, 2016
APRIL 2016
MARCH 2016
27th Annual Springfest Fine Arts & Crafts
Sarasota Masters Art Festival
Main & Pineapple Street sunsetboulevardpromotions.com March 26 – 27, 2015
Venice Airport festival grounds sharkstoothfest.com April 8 – 10, 2016
artfestival.com January 30 – 31, 2016
Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota sunsetboulevardpromotions.com January 30 – 31, 2016
7th Annual Downtown Sarasota Springfest Arts & Craft Show
Florida Winefest & Auction floridawinefest.org March 17 – 20, 2016
Sarasota County Agricultural Fair
desotohq.com April 2016 (TBD dates)
MAY 2016 13th Annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival Main Street, Sarasota artfestival.com May 7 – 8, 2016
SUMMER 2016 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week
Sarasota Fairgrounds sarasotafair.com March 18 – 27, 2016
Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau SarasotaFL.org/savor June 1 – 14, 2016
The Rotary Club of Englewood’s Fine Arts Festival
Sarasota Music Festival
Dearborn Street, Englewood englewoodrotary.org March 19 – 20, 2016
sarasotaorchestra.org June 2016
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ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Ste 300 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.5118 SarasotaArts.org
17th Annual Awards Ceremony Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall October 26, 2015
Principal’s Luncheon Marie Selby Botanical Gardens November 4, 2015
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island 5414 Marina Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.6694 AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com See Museums & Visual Arts for complete event listings.
Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 34223 941.475.2098 HermitageArtistRetreat.org
Beach Reading – Florida Association of Teaching Artists October 2, 2015
The Persistence of Memory Book Discussion – Author Tony Eprile November 2, 2015
Plein Air Painting with the Englewood Art Center! November 20, 2015 Check website for Community Programs, Artist Talks, Beach Readings, The Composer Series, and Open Studio dates.
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Tour de Cure
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Relay for Life
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April 16, 2016
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Tribute to Heroes Parade
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May 29, 2016
Music on Main
April 10, 2016
Free concerts the first Friday of each
Events at Lakewood Ranch
month.
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Classic Car Show
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Team Toy Ride/ Celebration
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October 4, 2015
Harvest Moon Classic
10th Anniversary Celebration
October 8 – 11, 2015
October 16, 2015
Tour of Homes
Boo Run
October 16 – November 22, 2015
October 31, 2015
20th Anniversary Party
Cyclefest
Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch
November 1, 2015
October 23, 2015
Empty Bowls
Boo Fest
November 13, 2015
Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch
Horsepower for Hope
October 30, 2015
November 21, 2015
Festa Italiana
Ponies under the Palms
Greenbrook Adventure Park
November 22, 2015
November 14, 2015
Christmas Season Celebrated
Suncoast Food & Wine Fest
December 3, 10, 17, 18, 2015
Sarasota Polo Club
Breakfast/Lunch with Santa
November 14, 2015
December 6, 13, 19, 20, 2015
47th Annual Devereaux-Kaiser Car Meet
Jingle Bell Run – Arthritis Foundation
January 31, 2016
December 5, 2015 December 11, 2015
Manatee County Cultural Alliance
Jingle Bell Run – FL Cancer Specialists
926 12th Street West
December 18, 2015
Bradenton, FL 34205
Chanukah Celebration
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December 7, 2015
ManateeArts.org
Holidays Around the Ranch
Christmas Photos with Santa at the Cinema December 9, 2015
Palm Avenue Arts Alliance
Suncoast Half Marathon
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January 24, 2016
First Friday Gallery Walks
Grand Ovation
See Museums & Visual Arts for complete
February 6, 2016
event listings.
MS Walk March 5, 2016
Realize Bradenton
Take Stock in Children 5k
941.621.6471
March 6, 2016
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JDRF Walk
Bradenton Blues Festival
April 9, 2016
December 5, 2015
The Rosemary District
Towles Court Art District
East of US 41, North of Fruitville Road,
1938 Adams Lane
centered on Central Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236
Founded in 1886, this historic district offers
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dining, art, shopping, and more.
Third Friday Art Walks 6 – 10 pm monthly
Sarasota Film Society 941.364.8662
Venice Main Street
FilmSociety.org
941.484.6722
Burns Court Cinemas
venicemainstreet.com
506 Burns Court
See Festivals & Fairs section.
Sarasota, FL 34236 Lakewood Ranch Cinemas
Village of the Arts
10715 Rodeo Drive #8
Bradenton, FL
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
941.747.8056
Cine-World Film Festival
VillageoftheArts.com
November 6 – 15, 2015
Art Walks First Friday & Saturday every Month.
Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc.
Schedule of workshops & events
P.O. Box 17292
Centerstone Art in Recovery Show
Sarasota, FL 34276
October 2 – 31, 2015
ItalyInSarasota.com
Community Trick-or-Treat
See website for a listing of lectures
October 31, 2015
and events.
Festival of the Skeletons Artwalk
available online.
November 6 – 7, 2015
Sarasota Pen Women
Village Wide Yard Sale
941.342.8542
November 14, 2015
SarasotaPenWomen.com
Small Business Saturday
The Bat Lady’s Journey Brenda Spalding
November 28, 2015
October 14, 2015
December 4 – 5, 2015
My Journey into Art Beverly Fleming
One Week Till Christmas Shopping Event!
November 11, 2015
Village Reunion
Holiday Gala
January 17, 2016
December 9, 2015
Open Studio Tour
Silent Auction, Fundraiser Student Awards
February 27, 2016
January 13, 2016
March 19, 2016
Senior Student Awards
Village Garden Walk
Luncheon
April 9, 2016
A Village Christmas Artwalk
December 19, 2015
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Society Maven Debbi Benedict Gives the Latest Scoop I recently read an essay in the New York Times by Dominique Browning titled, “I’m Too Old for This”, about when you are over a certain age – she says 60 – that you can say the phrase often so you can be done with the things that no longer suit you. In fact she says it is her new mantra. I so agree. Though I will be turning 58 this fall and not 60, I feel like I have reached that point in certain parts of my life where it is time to fully embrace all the things that I have been putting off doing because it is not “what people expect of me.” During a recent health scare this summer, I really started to think about what I wanted in life and it turned out I need to be doing more farming and living a simpler homesteader-type lifestyle. (I know, it’s kind of hard to believe coming from me, isn’t it? But I have actually always been that type of gal.) I have two quotes in my office at home. The one taped on the top of my laptop says, “You know all those things you have always wanted to do? You should go do them.” And the other one taped above my desk says, “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” Those two sayings kept popping up in my brain during this stressful summer. I knew I needed to pay attention to what they were telling me. Herbs, edible landscapes, and homesteading have been loves of mine for over 30 years. Of course, as you all know, so have fancy designer clothes and glamorous parties. Once many, many years ago, I was in a local bookstore in Sarasota Square Mall that is no longer there. I walked up to the check-out and placed two magazines on the counter. One was Town & Country and the other was Mother Earth News. The person helping me said, “My, you are quite the dichotomy!” And he was exactly correct. Those two magazines say pretty much who I am in a nutshell – a homesteader in fancy clothes. Concentrating on the Town & Country part of my life has been paramount for the last 25 or so years and I have enjoyed this time in my life immensely. You know how I love wearing a pretty ball gown! But life changes and so do priorities. September 2015
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My husband is semi-retired now, having sold his business a couple of years ago to take care of his 97-year-old father until he passed away, and we have started to spend three months of the year at our farm in Michigan. We would like to be able to spend more time there. It seems like once the temperature hits 82 and the humidity kicks in, my husband is already packing his suitcase and is itching to drive north on the interstate. The Mother Earth News part of my life is now desperately calling me saying, “Pay some attention to me before you really get too old!” Starting 20 years ago and ramping up dramatically about five years ago, I finally talked my husband into making our yard an edible landscape and it is a dream come true for me. I get tremendous pleasure walking around our property every night we are in Florida to see what is growing. We have over 30 different fruit trees and bushes on our 10,000 square foot lot (about a quarter acre) including macadamia nut, cashew, three figs, olive, black sapote, plum, jujube, persimmon, pear, peach, hog plum, papaya, lemon, lime, orange, mulberry, guava, cinnamon, carambola, Barbados cherry, bananas, plantains, pomegranate, two avocados, cherry of the Rio Grande, goji berry, lychee, loquat, allspice, bay leaf, blackberries, blueberries, lots of herbs, and many butterfly plants. I always say that our landscape needs to feed us, the birds, the bees, the butterflies, and our souls. I can’t tell you how much I love my home and yard. It is my happy place. It’s certainly not lavish by Sarasota standards, far from it, but I love it all the same. For one thing, it has been our home for almost 29 out of the 33 years we have lived here. I see such marvelous possibilities for sustainability in our area and I am anxious to start vigorously working on creating that type of community. Our immediate neighborhood is fortunate to be on Dona Bay/Shakett September 2015
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Creek and we have hundreds of people visit our little piece of paradise each year to see the huge eagle’s nest in the very tall pine tree two doors down from us. They eagerly and excitedly watch the pair raise two eaglets every spring from the vantage point of the tiny county park and boat launch that is hidden away in our little residential area. You can’t imagine the people coming from all over the state
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It is so funny that I have come full circle to where I was when my husband and I were first married 40 years ago. Even though my in-laws owned a very successful large grain farm, my motherin-law was very old-school. When I read about the homesteading lifestyle now, it is the exact same lifestyle as they had (except my father-in-law bought a brand new car every year), and which she tried to teach me back in 1975.
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many years with hands on classes and to test the new skills such as canning and fermenting that I want to learn. I am concocting all kinds of other activities to go along with this adventure. Among many
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it worked for Lilly and her juice stand! Will I start to disappear from the social scene once I am up to my eyeballs in my bee-keeper’s suit? Absolutely not! I am currently the president of the board of The Hermitage Artist Retreat and you can count on still seeing me at many charity lunches and black-tie events, just not with
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Social Mothers Helping Mothers Reopens After closing for the month of July due to renovations made possible by a generous private donor, Mothers Helping Mothers (MHM), a local all volunteer notfor-profit charity, reopened. More than 90 families received gently used and new donated items at no cost. Renovations include new floors, display pieces, and soft lavender walls creating a calming atmosphere for mothers and children. Donations of clothing, shoes, toys and baby items are needed. MHM has served the community for nearly 26 years and help over 6,000 families a year. MHMSarasota.com
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Mothers Helping Mothers A Network for Necessities
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What’s Unique About MHM? 3 all items are donated 3 all volunteer – no paid staff 3 all services are FREE 3 minimal overhead In a typical year we help over 900 families representing almost 2000 children. “Thank God! My four month old finally has a crib! He has been sleeping in a play pen—I could have never gotten a crib for him on my own. This is incredible!” –Lovshia
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Who We Are Since 1990 Mothers Helping Mothers, Inc., an all volunteer group, has been providing the basics such as clothing and baby items to families in need. All items are donated or purchased with grant funding or private donations and are given to the many families who come to us each week. Additionally, we offer emotional support and referrals to other agencies in Sarasota County.
What we need: • Baby items: car seats, cribs, highchairs, playpens, stroller, swings and toys • Baby, children’s and women’s clothes • Cleaning supplies • School supplies • Holiday assistance • Personal care items • Cash donations—even small amounts help! • Volunteers
Mothers Helping Mothers, Inc. We are a 501(c)(3) registered with the state of Florida. We are located at 2239 N. 301 at Simply Self Storage. Our hours: Tuesday and Friday, 9-11:30am. This is when donations can be dropped off and also when we see clients. Phone: 953-7572
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Boys Next Door September 10 – 27, 2015
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By Ryan G. Van Cleave
Hurricane Island: A Quint Mitchell Mystery The latest mystery by Florida author
ornery cat that likes to jump on the key-
Parker Francis — the pen name for Vic-
board while I’m writing and tap dance
tor DiGenti — is a worthy installment in
across the keys.” He also notes that while
the series. In the first book, private in-
his first two Quint Mitchell books were
vestigator Quint Mitchell gets involved
told in first person, “I wanted to expand
with unearthing a murder victim at an
the viewpoints with this book, keeping
archaeological dig in St. Augustine. In
Quint’s first person viewpoint, but telling
the second book, Jacksonville, Florida
the story in third person through several
PI Mitchell is hired to track down the
of the other major characters.” The book
HeartThrob Bandit all the way to South
does indeed seem richer with that ex-
Carolina. In this latest book, Mitchell
panded range of viewpoints. You can also
finds himself on Hurricane Island where
tell Francis has seen more than his fair
there’s murder and mayhem set against
share of hurricanes because the descrip-
some serious weather unpleasantness.
tions are disturbing in all the right ways.
Mitchell has help again in the form
Those who enjoy Francis’ writing will
of his pal Woody Carpenter, a former
be pleased to hear that he’s got a lot of
Atlanta police detective who has since
projects underway, including the biog-
become a fishing boat captain in Cedar
raphy of a WWII veteran, a new novel
Key, Florida. Carpenter’s more than just
(outside of the Quint Mitchell series)
a sidekick because his wife Kate is kid-
set in the near future where the US has
napped alongside Mitchell’s girlfriend,
come under constant terrorist attacks,
which sends the team on a frantic chase
and a collection of short stories.
by boat and car. A rapidly approaching
I’ll resist saying that Hurricane Island
hurricane provides an ominous back-
will blow you away, but I’ll say this —
drop to this fast-paced tale.
readers of James Lee Burke, Michael Con-
The biggest challenge in writing Hurricane Island, says Francis, is “Duke, my
nelly, and Robert Crais might find Francis’ work a satisfying, comfortable read.
For more information about Hurricane Island (Windrusher Hall Press, paperback, 302 pages, $16.95) or the author, please visit www.parkerfrancis.com
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Nick and Tesla’s Special Effects Spectacular: A Mystery with Animatronics, Alien Makeup, Camera Gear, and Other Movie Magic You Can Make
“Science Bob” Pflugfelder (with New York Times bestselling author Steve Hockensmith) has concocted a new book that takes amateur inventors Nick and Tesla Holt on another wild journey. A Hollywood film, The Stupefying Metalman, is being shot in their hometown and it’s up to the mystery-solving twins to keep the production from being shut down. Add in homemade gadgets, their friend DeMarco (an aspiring stuntman) and his Aunt Zoe (a producer on the movie), a lead actor who seems to have forgotten how to act, and red herrings aplenty, and you’ve got the makings for lots of fun. A real plus is that all of the female characters resist falling into stereotypes. They turn out to be leaders, thinkers, and doers — all good things! The big fun, however, is that throughout the story, Pflugfelder gives instructions on how to create your own movie-themed inventions such as a Superheroic Grappling Hook and Horrible Alien Zomboid Makeup. If you’re interested in learning how to make cool movie props or you’re just a fan of action movies, you’ll find this book especially rewarding. Those who enjoy the adventures of Nick and Tesla can find more of them in the previous four books of this science-based series.
For more information about Nick and Tesla’s Special Effects Spectacular (Quirk Books, hardcover, 256 pages, $12.95) or the author, please visit www.nickandtesla.com
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CoParenting After Divorce: A GPS for Healthy Kids
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OUR COMMUNITY Johnson Singer Foundation Awards $100,000 to Regional Land Trust
State College of Florida Earns THE Gold Standard Among Florida Colleges
The Johnson Singer Foundation recently awarded $100,000 to Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast. This unrestricted gift will help support the foundation’s mission to forever protect critical natural lands. Foundation president, Christine Johnson, said, “We are on a fast track to save important, environmentally sensitive lands in our region. These lands are an economic driver, protecting our water supply, our recreational waterways and making our lives better here on the Gulf Coast. We can’t do this work without forward-thinking donors who recognize the impact of the land decisions before us.” conservationfoundation.com.
A new performance funding system for state colleges approved last week by the State Board of Education ranked the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) sixth in the state, placing it in the top tier of Florida’s 28 colleges. This distinction recognizes SCF’s superior performance in educating local students, protects the school’s current funding and promises an additional percentage of the state’s education budget. scf.edu.
Hospital Board Appoints New Member To Northern District Seat
The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, the governing body of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, today appointed James “Jim” Meister to Seat 1 in the Northern District. He will serve on the unpaid nine-member hospital board until the election in 2016, filling the seat vacated by Richard “Dick” Merritt. smh.com
The Concession Reports Increased Sales in First Half of 2015 The Concession Residences, a high-end gated golf-course community located between Sarasota and Manatee counties, recently sold 23 home sites for future custom built homes in the first half of 2015, representing a nearly 20 percent increase over home sites purchased by consumers over the same period last year. The luxury community has experienced an 18 percent rise in the average sale price of home sites from $258,524 in 2014 to $305,617 in the second quarter of 2015. TheConcessionRealEstate.com
Matching Grant Fills Funding Gap for Low Income Older Adults Healthcare Needs The Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation has awarded a $50,000 dollar-for-dollar match grant to the Friendship Centers in support of its medical and dental clinics in response to the funding shortfalls due to recent vetoes out of Tallahassee. To double donations through this match challenge and help provide healthcare for older adults in need, please contact Marty Katz, Director of Development & Marketing at mkatz@ friendshipcenters.org or 941-556-3253.
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Pines of Sarasota Announces Appointment of New CEO Senior care community Pines of Sarasota announced the appointment of David Sylvester as President/Chief Executive Officer. Sylvester succeeds John Overton who retired in late June after 14 years of continuous service to the company and 42 years in the industry. pinesofsarasota.org
Goodwill Manasota President Named to Goodwill Industries International Board Bob Rosinsky, president and CEO of Goodwill Manasota, has recently been elected to the Goodwill Industries International board of directors. Rosinsky has spent more than 40 years with the Goodwill organization, serving in his current capacity since January 2013. His election took place during the annual Goodwill meeting of executives and board leaders held recently in San Diego, CA; he will serve a three-year term. experiencegoodwill.org
Williams Parker Announces New Leadership Sarasota-based law firm Williams Parker recently appointed Ric Gregoria to serve as its president. Gregoria succeeds William M. Seider, who served as the firm’s president for nine years. This transition, with other changes in the firm’s management, is part of the firm’s longterm succession plan. The firm also appointed Rose-Anne Frano to its management committee. Michael J. Wilson is the third member of the firm’s three-person management committee and serves as the firm’s treasurer. Jeff Troiano succeeds Frano as the chair of the firm’s estate planning, business succession, and estate and trust administration practice group. The firm’s real estate practice continues to be chaired by Patrick Ryskamp. Mark Schwartz leads its litigation practice and John Wagner chairs the business and tax practice. williamsparker.com
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