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74 WHIMSICAL JOURNEY Sarasota Youth Opera’s Rootabaga Country by Steven J. Smith
96 SHOWCASING OUR ARTS TO THE WORLD The important work of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County by Sue Cullen
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Asolo Rep’s Producing Artistic Director earns national acclaim by Ryan G. Van Cleave
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46 ARTS WONDER WOMEN This month’s cover story features five leading ladies of local arts. by Jacqueline Miller
54 VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Venice secures it’s place on Florida’s Cultural by Sue Cullen
60 CREATIVES IN A CHANGING CITY As our town grows and evolves, so do our many talented visual artists. Photography by John Revisky
60 ON THE COVER Photo of Dolly Jacobs, Summer Wallace, Natalie Helm, Dasha Reich and Leymis Balaños Wilmott by John Revisky. Makeup artist: Paula Gravier
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30 SOCIAL SCENE 21 THE LIST Events Calendar
INSIDER 26 THE FIND Picks that prove true art can take any form
26 PHILANTHROPY
ON THE TOWN
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30 BIG TOP BACKERS
83 SCENES FROM AN INTERVIEW
125 BEST SEATS
Bernie and Lauren Walsh and the Circus Arts Conservatory
34 PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS The feel-good giving of Ernest “Doc” Werlin by Steven J Smith
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Gus Mollasis interviews Ringling College president Dr. Larry Thompson
93 EDUCATION MATTERS Gills Club at Mote Marine Laboratory by Ryan G. Van Cleave
134 REAL TALK People, places and things with Sheryl Vieira
Performing Arts Calendar
127 GET INSPIRED Cultural happenings brought to you by the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
132 LITERARY SCENE Ryan Van Cleave reviews a quirky trio of books on the subject of love.
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“Creativity takes courage.” – HENRI MATISSE
A charismatic first lady’s powerful and tragic life. Endangered species dance. A Spanish gypsy’s tumultuous love affair. A famous composer’s 100th birthday celebration. A legendary violinist visits. “New Stages” perform under the watchful eye of a Queen. No, these aren’t dreams. These real stories all come to life during our 2017/2018 season of arts and culture. Our beloved Asolo Rep opens with Evita, the riveting story of Argentina’s first lady Eva Peron. Sarasota Ballet’s Dreams of Nature features two company premieres “The Dream” and “Still Life at the Penguin Café,” in which dancers don incredible costumes to become endangered species. The musical genius of Leonard Bernstein comes alive at Sarasota Orchestra where world-renowned violinist Midori interprets Bernstein’s Serenade for violin and orchestra. Exciting award-winning contemporary artists perform at the incomparable Historic Asolo Theatre at The Ringling. In this issue, you can find these performances and a whole lot more in our annual 2017/2018 Arts & Culture guide published by Sarasota Scene for the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. There will be 40,000 guides printed and distributed throughout the community for both residents and tourists to pick up and enjoy. So sharpen your pencil, mark your favorites and reserve your tickets. It looks like this season is going to be jam-packed with thrills and chills! Also in this issue, Sarasota Scene writer Ryan Van Cleave goes behind the scenes with Michael Donald Edwards, the dynamic and uber-talented managing artistic director at Asolo Rep. He has been sought out by some of the leading theater producers in the country to launch world premieres, and has created quite the buzz, not just locally, but throughout the theater world. Our cover ladies are also quite special. They represent five different areas of art, and they are some of the best creatives in our ever-evolving arts and culture scene. Leading these ladies is none other than our incredible circus queen - Dolly Jacobs. What Dolly and her husband Pedro Reis have done for this community cannot be measured. They have kept the arts our city was founded on - circus arts - thriving, and have made sure we are not only entertained, but through community outreach programs, they bring smiles to the faces of those who need it most. Surrounding our circus queen are newer creatives who are all making their mark on our community. They are artistic director and actress Summer Wallace from the contemporary and intimate Urbanite Theatre; mixed media artist Dasha Reich, whose solo shows have earned her great notice around town; Sarasota Orchestra
DID YOU KNOW what impact the arts have on our local economy? In the most recent arts and economic impact study conducted in 2015, the arts contributed more than $340 million into the Sarasota-Manatee economy. The overall impact of arts and culture organizations in Sarasota County was $295 million. Tourist spending accounted for nearly $57.8 million, and arts organizations support 7,445 full time jobs in Sarasota County. As a whole, the arts are one of the largest employers in Sarasota County.
Sarasota Scene took home three awards at The Florida Magazine Association’s Charlie Awards, which recognizes publishing excellence in our state. CHARLIE AWARD (1ST PLACE) Best Photo Illustration October 2017 cover – FAT CATS BRONZE AWARD Best Magazine Redesign BRONZE AWARD Best Cover Design December 2017 Philanthropy cover Congratulations to my staff at Sarasota Scene and to John Revisky, our cover photographer.
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from the executive editor cellist Natalie Helm, who will be the soloist in a brand new Sarasota Orchestra series called Discoveries; and Leymis Balanos Wilmott, co-founder and artistic director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, a company known for cutting edge, high-energy dance and collaborative performances with artists of various genres. I also encourage you to read Sue Cullen’s article on the Venice Institute of Performing Arts (VIPA), which manages the Venice Performing Arts Center, home to The Venice Symphony, The Venice Concert Band and The Venice Chorale. VIPA also supports the local arts community through educational programs and other first-class entertainment. Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County Executive Director Jim Shirley continues to spearhead important arts and cultural initiatives, including bringing together an inspiring collaboration of local artists and arts organizations at the World Rowing Championships in Benderson Park starting September 24. Forty thousand people from around the world are expected to attend the event. So, as Jim is quick to point out in Sue Cullen’s article, “Why not showcase all of Sarasota?” You can read more about this and many of the Alliance’s events this season in this issue.
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The photography talent of John Revisky is showcased in our annual artist editorial spread, which pays homage to newer and established visual artists. I hope you enjoy these wonderful images of artists and their work, but most of all, I hope you will visit the artists’ websites to learn more about them. Our arts and culture scene is legendary; our reputation is global. Through it all, we remain a city that is always evolving, exciting, inspirational and thriving. All that plus the #1 beach! What a great place to be!
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Correction: Mistakes happen, but they cause me angst! I believe in ten years of writing my monthly that just might be my first. While researching for last month’s editorial, I was going to include the total number of military deaths during World War II (which was approximately 25 million military) as well as the total number of civilian casualties (which was almost 34 million people). I did not end up using these statistics in my editorial, but chose instead to only reference the number of Jewish people slaughtered during the Holocaust, which I know is 6 million. I instead wrote the 25 million number which was in my mind from my prior research, hence the error. My sincere apologies.
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AJC'S 2017 SUMMER Lunch & Learn: Dina Siegel Vann Michael’s on East AJC’s Director will explore the issues, challenges and opportunities presented for Latin America by the Trump administration. Tickets: $28 sarasota@ajc.org
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The LIST JUNE 2017 EVENTS CALENDAR
PICK YOUR FAVORITES!
As temperatures begin to cool (ever so slightly) and the kids head back to school, there are still plenty of shows, performances, lectures and the like to provide us with a respite from the hustle and bustle of summer’s end. We’re taking in burlesque and live music, lunching for knowledge, attending some helpful expos and walking for heart health. Add art, shopping, golf and rowing, and we’re beginning to see the start of another epic Sarasota fall season! Bring it on!
Hyatt Regency Sarasota 10:30 a.m. Fashions from designer Camilyn Beth and Martin Freeman will be showcased. A boutique will be open to purchase items, and live and silent auctions will take place. Proceeds benefit Mothers Helping Mothers. Tickets: $75 wcrevents.com
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Selby Gardens' 37th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition Selby's Museum of Botany &
the Arts (Payne Mansion) Five categories of photographs depicting Selby Gardens. Cash prizes will be awarded in each category, plus an overall “Best in Show” winner will be named. Admission: Free with admission to the Gardens selby.org
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McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre 7:00 p.m. VIP experience includes a pre-show Meet & Greet with the Diamonds, onstage photo op and champagne toast; cabaret-style burlesque show follows. Tickets: $35 - $50 mccurdyscomedy.com
September 7, 2017 – April 5, 2018 Ringling Underground
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art 8:00 p.m. This event features an eclectic mix of live music, as well as up-and-coming artists displaying their work in the Museum of Art Courtyard. Tickets: $15 ringling.org
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STAR – Storytelling at the Ranch
Sarasota Polo Field Club House 10:00 a.m. Actors from the Players Centre for Performing Arts give a live performance of a The Magic Treehouse book. Tickets: $10 - $15 lakewoodranch.com theplayers.org
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Wedding & Special Occasion Expo
Macy’s at University Town Center Mall 1:00 p.m. A gathering of some of the best local special occasion vendors. Free admission l.macys.com/university-towncenter-sarasota-fl
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A Taste of Downtown
Sarasota Opera House 1:00 p.m. Fourth annual event in which favorite downtown restaurants will showcase their dishes paired with fine wines, assorted beers and specialty cocktails. Proceeds from this event benefit the Sarasota Youth Opera, who will perform during the event. Tickets: $65 tickets.sarasotaopera.org
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SunCoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning Third Annual Showcase
Temple Beth Sholom 8:30 a.m. The event features seminars led by area experts. Keynote speaker Louise Gallagher will offer insights for those transitioning into retirement. Tickets: $79; includes morning refreshments, lunch, and four showcase sessions. Space is limited. suncoastlifelonglearning.org/ scall-showcase
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The Argus Foundation presents Meet the Minds: Schools Superintendent Dr. Todd Bowden
The Francis Ballroom 11:30 a.m. Dr. Bowden discusses the state of the schools. Lunch will be served. Tickets: $35 - $45 RSVP@Argusfoundation.org
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Bay Preserve 5:30 p.m. Painter Theodore Morris presents his exhibit “Florida’s Lost Tribes.” Admission: Free; reservations required conservationfoundation.com
Gene Matthews Boys & Girls Club, North Port 10:00 a.m. Yearly fun kids’ day to bring awareness to the work of Boys & Girls Clubs. Free bgcsarasota.com
St. Armands Circle (participating businesses display pink balloons) 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Shopping, dining, discounts and raffles at participating Circle businesses. starmandscircleassoc.com
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Robarts Arena 4:30 p.m. Networking event with 750+ local business professionals. Complimentary tasting samples provided by local restaurants, goodie bags to the first 250 guests and a cash bar will be available. Tickets: $5 - $10 eastmeetswestexpo.com
Sarasota Yacht Club 11:00 a.m. Interactive luncheon with speakers from the Roskamp Institute. Tickets: $50 - $100 roskampinstitute.org/events
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12th Annual Intertape Polymer Group Leadership Breakfast
Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club 7:30 a.m. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County will honor Rod Hershberger, PGT Industries’ CEO and Chairman of the Board and Sarabeth Kalajian, Director of Sarasota County Libraries. Tickets: $50 bgcsarasota.com
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BGC’s 11th Annual Day FOR Kids
9th Annual East Meets West Regional Business EXPO
St. Armands Circle Ladies Night
Roskamp Institute presents Grey Matters: A Symposium on Alzheimer’s Research
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13th Annual Humane Society Golf Tournament Laurel Oak Country Club 7:30 a.m. Shotgun at 8:30 a.m.; 18 holes, lunch reception, winner announcements, raffles and adoptable animals. All proceeds benefit The Humane Society of Sarasota County. Registration: $150 - $500 hssc.org/golftournament
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Michaels on East, Sarasota 6:30 p.m. Multiple screens to watch your teams. Tailgate food, games and beer garden with local brews. Tickets: $100 girlsincsrq.com
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18th Annual Crewe of De Soto Charity Golf Tournament
The River Club Golf Course 1:00 p.m. Golf tournament to benefit Del Couch Music Education Foundation. Raffles, contests, prizes and an awards dinner. Registration: $125 - $600 desotohq.com
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2017 World Rowing Championships
Nathan Benderson Park Anticipated 1,700 athletes and coaches, as well as 40,000 spectators from more than 60 countries. nathanbendersonpark.org
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Art Center Sarasota’s iconcept jr
Art Center Sarasota 12:00 p.m. Twenty-five young designers, ages 8-16, showcase fashions they created from repurposed and unconventional materials in a runway fashion show. Tickets: $25 - $75; includes buffet lunch artsarasota.org/iconceptjr2017
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Designing Daughters - Dining for a Difference
Various local venues. See the Designing Daughters website for participating restaurants. designingdaughterssarasota.com
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Taste of Main – International Flare
Lakewood Ranch Main Street 2:00 p.m. Community event involving shopping and dining, miniature golfing, moviegoing, and more. Free to attend lakewoodranch.com
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Argus Foundation 29th Annual Golf Tournament Founder’s Golf Club 11:00 a.m. Lunch, golf, and an awards dinner. Registration: $100+ argusfoundation.org
OCTOBER 11 SCOPE Annual Celebration & Boundary Crosser Award Michael’s on East 5:30 p.m. Honoring Michael Klauber Tickets: $50+ scopesarasota.org/bc2017
OCTOBER 12 12th Annual Key to the Cure Saks Fifth Avenue 5:30 p.m. “Party with a Purpose” event will feature food, beverages, entertainment, shopping and an exclusive “chance drawing.” Benefits Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation. Tickets: $125+ smhf.org
OCTOBER 19 Second Chance Last Opportunity’s 22nd Annual Share the Light Luncheon Michael’s on East 11:30 a.m. Honoring Lee-En Chung, P.E., LEED AP, Founder and Construction Consulting Engineer, and Valerie PowellStafford, FACHE, CEO at Englewood Community Hospital. Tickets: $65 SecondChanceLastOpportunity.org
OCTOBER 21 Horne & Moon Scholarship Social 2017 Air & Energy Warehouse, Bradenton 7:00 p.m. Moulin Rouge-themed social to raise funds for scholarships. Tickets: $175 manateecf.org/horne-moonscholarship-social
OCTOBER 28 Mote’s Oceanic Evening The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota 6:30 p.m. mote.org
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BERNIE AND LAUREN WALSH AND THE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY
BIG TOP BACKERS If life is a circus, then Bernie and Lauren Walsh have chosen Sarasota as the right town to live in — and the Circus Arts Conservatory as the right organization to direct their philanthropy. This is a circus town,” Bernie said. “And I have been representing accident victims for a very long time. Some of my clients have been members of various circuses throughout the country or have been retired from the circus community. So it was my desire to give back to this community that has been so good to me.” The Walshes have both lived in and around Sarasota for decades. Lauren is originally from Massachusetts and Bernie is from Long Island, N.Y. Lauren worked as a medical esthetician in a Sarasota plastic surgery office when they met. Bernie, a personal injury attorney, was friends with the doctor. “I just kept bumping into Bernie in town while I was doing volunteer work,” Lauren said. “We were married in 2001.” Bernie is a partner with the firm Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh. Firmly committed to community service, he is an active member of the Manatee and Sarasota Sheriff’s Advisory Board, the Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council and the One Hundred Club for Law Enforcement. He is also a board member of the Florida Justice Association (a statewide organization of trial lawyers) and the founder and president of the Manasota Trial Lawyers Board and The National Advisory Board of the Association of
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Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. The Walshes got involved with the Circus Arts Conservatory through Lauren’s volunteerism with Sarasota-area organizations. “I was on the friends board of the Sarasota Ballet and was involved with them,” Lauren said. “Then I was an ambassador with Designing Women Boutique and we gave grants to the circus. They also have sent their performers to help us at our Designing Women’s gala, so it’s always been a wonderful collaboration with Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis, who founded the Circus Arts Conservatory. It’s been special, seeing what Dolly and Pedro do.” Bernie agreed. “Our interaction with Dolly and Pedro is so rewarding that I wanted to get more involved and one of the ways was to support the Circus Arts Conservatory,” he said. “Our law firm sponsors a table at their annual fundraising gala.” According to the CAC website, Sailor Circus started out in 1949 as a small high school gymnastics class and has grown into a top circus school in the U.S. Students learn circus arts in a safe and nurturing atmosphere. Over the last six decades, thousands of students have completed the Sailor Circus training program. Each year, students train with coaches and volunteers to create performances that have evolved
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into a major tourist attraction in the Southwest Florida region. The Sailor Circus Academy also offers a summer camp for children ages 6-15, which takes place in oneand two-week sessions during June, July and August. Lauren said the annual CAC gala is a special event. “We put a few tables aside that we call the VIP tables,” she said. “When we have our circus performance at the event, people at those tables are literally underneath the performers, watching them perform above. You get such a beautiful view of them that we normally splurge to do that. It’s a real treat.” Lauren added supporting the CAC is an honor to her, because it teaches kids leadership skills and discipline. “They’re coming after school and working on the programs,” she said. “They’re learning hand balancing acts and how to trust each other. The exercise they’re getting is phenomenal. Most important, I love the
confidence they get from the experience. That’s an attribute that will continue on in them through life, whether they choose a circus career or not.” Bernie added the CAC’s outreach program is another valuable part of the organization’s impact on the community, in which performers demonstrate principles of science, engineering, art, math, technology, communication and theater, all through a prism of the circus world. “They’ve reached out to 32 schools in the area,” he said. “They also go to nursing homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities to apply what they call ‘humor therapy,’ which is the process of brightening up the day for the people in these places. Giving back to the community is embedded in their philosophy. With one contribution to this organization, you’re touching many, many, many people.”
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ERNEST “DOC” WERLIN MIGHT BE A FAMILIAR NAME because he’s been writing for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune since 2008. His now twice-a-month column, “Doc’s Prescriptions,” tackles financial-related topics such as “The Challenges of Bringing Back Coal” and “The Public’s Enchantment with Exchange Traded Funds.” He knows the financial world as well as anyone thanks to a lifetime of work experience on Wall Street that began in 1969 and took him from Solomon Brothers to Donaldson Lufkin to being a managing director at Morgan Stanley. Working on Wall Street provides you with a chance to meet high-powered people, he explains. “You’re going to run across some pretty terrific talent. If you meet the CEO, Chair of the Board, or CFO of Exxon, Procter & Gamble, or AT&T? Those people influence you. I had the benefit of experiences like those from early on.” If you’re successful on Wall Street, it also positions you to have the time and resources to be generous in your retirement, and that’s the situation Doc finds himself in. After
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retiring to Sarasota with his wife Eloise in 2007, Doc has shared his financial knowledge through his newspaper work and later through teaching classes in history and finance in Ringling College of Art and Design’s Lifelong Learning Academy. Then Eloise underwent a three-year cancer struggle that she lost in 2011. Near the end of that battle, she asked if he’d name a park bench after her. Other parks in the area have benches that serve as memorials, after all. Doc agreed, but kept thinking that his wife of 40 years deserved far, far more. So when he saw the Ringling Causeway park’s disarray— no playground equipment, broken sprinkler system, more weeds than grass—despite having such gorgeous scenery, an appropriate memorial opportunity emerged. A self-described “person who wants to get things done yesterday,” Doc decided to take action and make the park something Eloise would’ve loved to visit. That’s when he partnered with Gulf Coast Community Foundation. “It’s one thing for me to go to the city manager and say Ernest Werlin is going to renovate and keep up the park. It’s another thing entirely when Gulf Coast is supporting Ernest Werlin and agrees with what he’s planning.” Today, the Eloise Werlin Park is a beautiful place where people of all ages come to exercise, relax, and enjoy the updates Doc has made, including fabric shade structures, playground equipment, shell stone pavers, and updated lighting. He’s even renovated the bathrooms at Hart’s
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Landing, which isn’t part of the park, but is adjacent to it. For years the city had talked about fixing them. Doc decided to just get it done. Doc’s latest project to improve the park has been hiring an artist to create butterfly-themed benches and large figurines inspired by birds. What Doc seems most proud of, though, is the success of the fundraisers he’s hosted right at the park. “Because people know that they’re not wasting money on fancy dinners and black-tie events,” he says, “they recognize by definition that they’re at a fundraiser. This
brother died of cancer. My brother-in-law died of cancer. My mother-in-law died of cancer. Nearly everyone I know has been personally impacted by cancer. It’s time to come together against it.” The most money his fundraisers have ever brought in was $600,000 for Children First. He hopes that this event far surpasses that. Doc’s commitment these days is to making efforts to improve our community. He says, “I believe strongly—and accept fully—that giving is better than receiving. I know that I’ve benefitted far more in my life from giving.” The
I believe strongly—and accept fully— “that giving is better than receiving. I know that I’ve benefitted far more in my life from giving. means they’re more inclined to give.” So Doc pays for the valet services, has extra bathrooms installed, covers the catering costs, and sets up the staging areas or platforms, as needed. He handles it all, top to bottom, so the focus of the event can be on the nonprofit’s cause versus a high-priced ticket or anything else. So far, he’s had great success with fundraisers for Children First, Child Protection Center, and Sarasota Police Foundation. And Doc’s planning two more. The first is for Jewish Family & Children’s Service, where he hopes to raise money to help the homeless in Sarasota. The second event is one that clearly means a lot to him—and with good reason. “By far, this will be the biggest fundraiser I’ve ever hosted,” Doc explains about the March 24, 2018 Coming Together Against Cancer Rally. “I have colon cancer. My wife died of cancer. My
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creation and support of Eloise Werlin Park is just one of a number of examples of that life philosophy near in action. He knows Eloise would’ve been pleased that over 75,000 people visit it each year and enjoy the green space, which is increasingly important now that Sarasota continues to be more and more built up. The park is near where Doc lives, too, so he often heads there just to chat with people, hear their stories, and share a few of his own. “I’d love to hear other people’s ideas about how to make this park even more effective for our community,” Doc says. So reach out with your ideas to Gulf Coast Community Foundation, or contact Doc via the newspaper, or just keep an eye out for him at the park, which is where he spends more and more of this time. Where else would he feel more at home than at the Eloise Werlin Park, after all?
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Asolo Repertory Theatre is where brilliant artists take on big ideas and produce world class theatre. Themed “Staging Our World,” the theatre’s 59th season explores America’s place in the world, and brilliant universal human stories that promote integrity, hope, and love.
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he season kicks off in mid-November with the international sensation Evita, one of the most passionate and memorable works in musical theater history. In January, the rep season launches with romance and adventure in Shakespeare in Love, a stunning new stage play based on the seven-time Academy Award®-winning film. Next, Peter Amster directs Morning After Grace, a hilarious and heart-warming journey toward a new lease on life. Then, get ready for an exhilarating experience with Rhinoceros, the comic satire and masterpiece of absurdist theatre, directed by Tony Award®-winner Frank Galati. In March, the season continues to sizzle with Roe, a beautifully crafted new play that frames a polarizing piece of our nation’s history with compassion and humor. In April, Asolo Rep presents one of the most critically acclaimed and talked-about plays in the country right now, Gloria, a witty, dark and shocking play about style, status and humanity surrounding a group of twenty-somethings in the workplace. In May, the season continues with an innovative and highly theatrical new production of
Asolo Rep is recognized as one of the premier professional theatres in America and one of the largest in the Southeastern United States. Ragtime, the Tony Award-winning musical about the dawn of a new era in America at the turn of the 20th Century. The season wraps up in June with the world premiere of Jungle Book, a stunning, familyfriendly, multi-media adaptation of the classic Rudyard Kipling stories, presented by the same creators of the hit production Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Asolo Rep is recognized as one of the premier professional theatres in America and one of the largest in the Southeastern United States. One of the few select theatres in the nation that performs in true rotating repertory, Asolo Rep’s highly skilled acting company and extensive craftsmanship bring to life this unique performance method that gives audiences the opportunity to see multiple productions in the span of a few days. A theatre district in and of itself, Asolo Rep is
committed to expanding its reach into the community, furthering its collaboration with the best theatre artists working in the industry today and cultivating new artists through its affiliation with the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and Managing Director Linda DiGabriele, Asolo Rep’s ambitious theatrical offerings and groundbreaking education and outreach programming engage audiences and ensure its lasting legacy for future generations. Asolo Rep is making World Class Theatre, for World Class Audiences, right here in Sarasota.
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e all know that Sarasota is an arts-loving community with a prominent theater presence. But Asolo Rep—now in its 59th season—is known for delivering productions worthy of Broadway, Chicago, or London’s West End. Part of that reputation comes from being the largest Equity house in Florida and the largest repertory theater in the Southeastern U.S., yet Asolo Rep’s renown mainly derives from the innovative work it produces.
The work is also what continues to attract the top actors, artists and designers working in theater each season. These aren’t national touring companies that zoom through. From conception to realization, the productions are home-grown. Asolo Rep’s world-class artisans bring the productions to life and create everything from top to bottom — sets, costumes, props, and
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more — right here in Sarasota. And it’s that kind of creative opportunity that has directors, designers, and actors yearning to be part of what’s happening at Asolo Rep. That growing reputation for excellence also surely stems from the vision, energy, and creativity of Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards. His idea for the American Character Project, which concluded last season after five years, generated national attention and stimulated Asolo Rep patrons to make connections between the season’s plays, and reflected on what it means to be an American today. Subtitled “Our Lives on Stage,” the plays during the American Character Project’s five seasons addressed questions such as: What IS the American character? How did it emerge and what is its nature? Where is it going? Edwards explains, “The end goal of the Project was to deepen
our collective understanding of America and what it means to be an American. No single answer is sufficient—there are as many worthwhile answers as there are creative artists working on our productions.” Titled “Staging Our World,” the 2017-2018 season continues this exploration by widening the lens to encompass a view of the entire world and America’s unique place in it. “We’re living through an extraordinary time right now,” says Edwards. “We have the challenge and fortune—perhaps misfortune—to be living in this time. We can’t help but take note of, examine, and bounce off what is happening.” The whole world is paying special attention to America right now— we’re a worldwide obsession of sorts, a kind of global reality TV show in action. So it makes sense to embrace a global view of America through musicals and plays that touch on relevant, provocative questions.
Asolo Rep’s 2017-18 season will also feature a fresh version of Rudyard Kipling’s classic Jungle Book in a world premiere family-friendly production in June 2018. It’s another piece about love and family and the connection between people, which is right in line with the season’s theme. In this story, a young boy finds out that he has two families—one with the animal kingdom, and one with his genetic human family. Edwards notes that “the problem is he feels more connected to the animals, and he has the burden of trying to explain that to his human family. The idea of having love for everything in nature is a profound idea, and what a better place it’d be if this were true for everyone. From a very young age, kids naturally love animals. They love all living things. They understand that they’re connected to all other lives in a meaningful way. But then we teach that it’s not so.”
"The whole world is paying special attention to America right now—we’re a worldwide obsession of sorts..."
To this end, the season opens with Evita, which Edwards notes is “going to electrify people.” It’s the most technically demanding production that Asolo Rep has ever mounted and it’s going to launch the season in a thrilling way. We all know that though Evita is an extraordinary piece of musical theater, it simply doesn’t work unless you have a dynamite Evita, and the theater has found just the actress for the role. From the 1,000+ hopefuls who auditioned for the musical in Florida, New York, and Chicago, the one who blew them away was Ana Isabelle, an acclaimed Puerto Rican pop star and actress who won the hearts of more than 30 million viewers who voted for her to become the winner of Univision’s American Idol-esque reality show Viva el Sueño. Edwards assures: “This will be a big American debut for her. She’s going to excite Sarasota enormously.” Evita is an interesting choice to set the tone for this season, having both a political and social dimension to it. In case you don’t know, Evita is the story of one of the most iconic female figures in the 20th century. Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón, came from nothing and rose to a level of fame similar to Princess Di or Grace Kelly—everyone knew her. And while she tried and tried to make life better for ordinary people, in many ways, she made it worse for them. “It’s an interesting yet complicated story about a celebrity who achieved great power,” Edwards says. “It can’t help but have great resonance now.”
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The second production has Edwards equally enthusiastic: Shakespeare in Love, “a big, sprawling, wonderful, funny, gorgeous play,” will give the impression of a classical piece, but it’s going to have an entirely contemporary feel. “Our cast is going to remind you that art, poetry, love, and music—in spite of everything you may feel when you turn on the TV—are the most important things. Perhaps only after friendship,” Edwards says with a laugh.
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“Our job as artists, thinkers, and citizens,” Edwards adds, “is to lower the temperature of intolerance, and open the possibility of true empathy. That’s what we teach. We demand it, in fact.” And that’s something we need now perhaps more than ever before. TV and movies are a passive experience. Theater? It’s hot. It’s breathing the same air with 500 other people, laughing and crying together. Edwards says, “It’s the same primal experience that the Greeks had 3,000 years ago. It’s the same experience that the Masai had on the plains of the Serengeti. It speaks to the same part of the brain, the emotional muscle, to hear a story well told. It’s basic and necessary.” And maybe Edwards puts it best when he says, “Loud and clear, front and center, love is going to win at Asolo Rep this season.” For more information on the Asolo Rep's Season, please visit www.asolorep.org or call 941.351.8000
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‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café Photography Bill Cooper
2017 - 2018 SeaSON
“Marvels of poetry” The New York Times
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THE SECRET GARDEN
FSU CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
27 - 29 October 2017
This full length ballet tells Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved tale The Secret Garden. Through its choreography, puppetry and narration the characters and garden come to life.
METROPOLITAN
SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE
1 - 2 December 2017
Sir Frederick Ashton’s Illuminations, World Premiere by Marcelo Gomes and George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.
JOHN RINGLING’S CIRCUS NUTCRACKER VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL
Troy Game
15 - 16 December 2017
Bringing the spirit of the holidays to all, this festive ballet beautifully blends the traditional Nutcracker Story with the Circus.
MOVING IDENTITIES
FSU CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
26 - 29 January 2018
Paul Taylor’s Airs, Ricardo Graziano’s Valsinhas and Robert North’s Troy Game.
BALLET HISPÁNICO
FSU CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
23 - 25 February 2018
Ballet Hispánico’s skill lies in rendering its culture universally accessible, bringing together themes that we can all identify with.
Marguerite and Armand
DREAMS OF NATURE
VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL
2 - 3 March 2018
Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream and David Bintley’s ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café.
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27 - 28 April 2018
Antony Tudor’s The Leaves are Fading, George Balanchine’s Bugaku and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand.
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t was 1925 when John Ringling first made plans to design an art museum called The Ringling, now the hallmark of Sarasota. A year later, Art Center Sarasota (know then as Sarasota Art Association) became our area’s first arts and cultural institution. Two years later in 1927, John Ringling moved Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus’ winter headquarters to Sarasota.
The Players was our first community theater, founded more than 80 years ago. It was 1949 when the Florida West Coast Symphony, now our Sarasota Orchestra, played its first notes. Most of our significant arts organizations have been here 50 years or more – Sarasota Opera, Asolo Rep, Manatee Players and Venice Theatre. There is no doubt that the people who moved to Sarasota in the first half of the 20th century loved the arts and supported its growth decade after decade. Today, many of our legendary arts organizations have received 46
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regional, national and even global recognition. And not only are our legendary artists making headlines, our new artists are also helping make real change in our city. This month’s cover features five ladies from various areas of the arts. Leading these ladies is none other than our incredible circus queen - Dolly Jacobs. Surrounding the legendary Dolly are artists who are all making their mark on our community. They are artistic director and actress Summer Wallace from the contemporary and intimate Urbanite Theatre; mixed media artist Dasha Reich, whose solo shows have earned her great notice around town; Sarasota Orchestra cellist Natalie Helm, who will be the soloist in a brand new Sarasota Orchestra series called Discoveries; and Leymis Balaños Wilmott, Sarasota Contemporary Dance co-founder and artistic director, a company known for cutting edge, high-energy dance and collaborative performances with artists of various genres.
CREATIVES IN A CHANGING CITY
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DOLLY JACOBS
CIRCUS AERIALIST | CIRCUS SARASOTA & CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY
Our “Queen of the Air,” Dolly Jacobs, is a world-renowned circus aerialist and co-founder of The Circus Arts Conservatory (CAC). She has been honored with numerous accolades throughout her career including becoming the first circus artist to be named a NEA National Heritage Fellow (2015) in recognition of both her continuing artistic accomplishments and contributions as a coach and mentor. Inspired by this award, the Smithsonian Institution invited The Circus Arts Conservatory to be the presenting partner for the 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which celebrated the Circus Arts. Dolly, along with artists from around the world, performed under the Circus Sarasota Big Top on the National Mall in Washington, DC this summer for spectators from around the globe. She also was honored to share her circus legacy on the festival’s narrative stage and lead festival master coaching sessions. The 2017/2018 season promises to be an exhilarating one for Dolly
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and The Circus Arts Conservatory. Renovations to the Sailor Circus Arena, the only facility in the country built for youth circus training, are scheduled to begin, marking a milestone in Sarasota’s history. In the spirit of offering exciting new experiences, CAC is introducing a unique fundraising event called “So You Think You Can Circus” in which teams of participants will work with coaches to master and present a circus discipline such as aerial silks, wire walking, comedy or juggling – there’s something for every skill level. After training, the teams will have the opportunity to showcase their newly found talent in a dazzling event where they will compete to be named “Best of Show.” And finally, the Big Top will go up to once again house The Circus Arts Gala, Circus Sarasota and Cirque des Voix®. All of this in addition to The Sailor Circus annual shows and events including the Charity Golf Tournament are sure to keep the community engaged with and loving the circus arts. circusarts.org | 941.355.9805
SUMMER WALLACE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | URBANITE THEATRE
Summer Wallace is beginning to become quite well known in our theater community for her deep passion for instilling a sense of play, imagination and purpose using the medium of acting. She earned her MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory in 2012. As a teaching artist, Summer has worked with Manatee School for the Arts, IMG academy, Riverview High School, New College of Florida, and Cumberland Co. Playhouse. Her regional credits include Asolo Rep, Mad Cow Theatre, Broward Stage Door, Lagniappe Theatre, and Cumberland County Playhouse, and she has toured the country playing blue grass music.
In February, the company turns its sights on Northside Hollow by Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding. Summer Wallace will direct this story of a man trapped in a collapsed coalmine in rural Appalachia. Urbanite’s season comes to an end with the ribald, audacious comedy about the unrealistic expectations women face in Women Laughing Alone With Salad, by Sheila Callaghan. urbanitetheatre.com | 941.321.1397
Urbanite Theatre begins its fall programming with ten performances of the sly, poignant comedy White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, in which a new performer each night is presented a script they’ve never seen or rehearsed. In November, Urbanite opens the regional premiere of Echoes by British writer Henry Naylor, a biting drama about women with parallel lives in the middle east.
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NATALIE HELM
PRINCIPAL CELLIST | SARASOTA ORCHESTRA
Louisville, Kentucky native Natalie Helm joined the Sarasota Orchestra for its 2016-17 season as principal cellist and plays on a Raphael di Blasio cello from 1803. Prior to joining SO, she held the Principal and Cello Fellowship position for the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Des Moines Metro Opera. She studied with Peter Wiley and David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she received her Bachelor of Music in 2011, and with Ronald Leonard at the Colburn School, where she received an Artist Diploma in 2014. She has appeared as soloist with orchestras around the country; has performed as a chamber musician, and in concerts. Natalie is quite excited about Sarasota Orchestra’s upcoming season, which begins with Dvorak Cello Concerto and Mahler Symphony No.5 in the opening Masterworks program and ends with Mendelssohn Octet and Brahms Clarinet Trio, which closes the Chamber Soiree series.
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“It is incredibly hard to pinpoint any one program that I am most looking forward to. However, the collaboration with Midori on Bernstein’s Serenade for Violin and Orchestra obviously stands out,” said Natalie. “Having the opportunity to perform with a world-class musician who exudes inspiration is not only a highlight for the musicians of the Sarasota Orchestra, but also our audience.” Natalie is also very excited to be soloing in a brand new Sarasota Orchestra series called Discoveries. “I will be performing The River Cam by Eric Whitacre for cello and orchestra on the January concert called Soundscapes. The concept behind this new series includes shorter shows without intermission, each concert introducing one piece by a living composer, and my favorite part – a Q & A session with soloist and conductor immediately following the concert. I think the Sarasota community will find Discoveries to be highly accessible at any level, and I cannot wait to see its success!” sarasotaorchestra.org.
LEYMIS BOLAÑOS WILMOTT
CO-FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott has received many credits throughout her relatively young career. She is a recipient of the 2008 Arts Leadership Award for Artistic Achievement from the Sarasota Arts Council, and the Sarasota Artist Fellowship. She received the esteemed Dance Magazine award for Southeast Best Choreographer, and one of five choreographers chosen to participate in the Choreographer Intensive at the esteemed Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Her work has been performed nationally at the John F. Kennedy Center, Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC, Colony Theater and Jackie Gleason in Miami, as well as numerous other theaters and festivals throughout the country. Locally, she has choreographed for the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Westcoast Black Theater Troupe, Kaleidoscope, St. Petersburg College, Booker High School VPA, North Port High School, Riverview High School IB, Lakeview Elementary, Gocio Elementary, and Electa Lee Middle School. Leymis’ deep love for dance and community building came to fruition in 2006 when she and Rachael Inman founded Fuzión Dance Artists, now known as Sarasota Contemporary Dance. She continues to advocate as a teaching artist with the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County and Manatee County Schools. She is also an Ad-
junct Professor of Dance at New College of Florida, a certified Pilates Instructor at The Pilates Body, and currently serves as Vice President of the Florida Dance Association. Leymis said she expects Sarasota Contemporary Dance’s 12th season will reach new heights with the opening of its new home on Blvd. of the Arts and Central Avenue in Sarasota’s Rosemary District. All performances will be held at the Jane B. Cook Theater at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts and will feature new and notable established choreographers like Lucy Bown McCauley, Rosanna Tavarez, and Kristin O’ Neal. A highly anticipated collaboration with renowned harpists Ann Hobson Pilot will kick off the season in October, followed by the annual spectacle “Voices,” a hallmark to the company, presenting original and innovative choreography. In January, “Dance Makers” will elevate the level of contemporary dance seen in Sarasota by showcasing American modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn’s male solo work along with an all-women piece by Brazilian choreographer Millicent Johnnie. Sarasota Contemporary Dance will close its season with “Evolving/Revolving,” which celebrates the company’s past and future. sarasotacontemporarydance.org.
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DASHA REICH MIXED MEDIA ARTIST
Born in Prague to Holocaust survivors, Andrea Dasha Reich’s early life was subjected to a continuum of Communism and all of its restrictions. Her dissident father’s fight against the regime would eventually result in the entire family being evicted from their homeland. Leaving behind the dark world of Czechoslovakia, she found herself in Jerusalem, a place saturated in sunlight and vibrant bursts of colors. Her new home had a profound affect on young Dasha. She attended the world-renowned Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, and her passion for art was born. She then moved to New York’s Tribecca area and had a career in the fashion and design industry. It was during this time in New York that she opened her first studio and dedicated her time and energy into pioneering, crafting and developing the resin artwork she is known for today. Dasha is in the planning stages of her third show at Alfstad& Contemporary Gallery on 5th Street. While she has a lot more work to do and doesn’t want to ruin the surprise, Dasha did share that her art for this show will be made from a combination of resin and latex. Inspired by the organic shapes and planes in nature, Dasha’s art is a woven interplay of rich color spectrums that explore the depth and intimacy of the abstract world we live in. Her works are an indication of how this prolific multimedia artist sees the world; astonishing beauty, magnificent power and the intense awe-inspiring complexion in nature of which the life and creation of color is born. Through the use of pure pigments and layers of epoxy resins, her works seem to let her visions breathe with motion and fluidity. Dasha is also involved with other local artists in Sarasota Visual Artists Studios (SVAS), which had it first season of open studios last year. The idea is that
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people can see how each artist lives and works. There is a season tour for which there is a cost, and studios are open for free every first Saturday of the month from November through April. This is the first venue of its type in our community, and its first season last year was quite successful. Other artists in the group include: Tim Jaeger; Elena de la Ville; Tom Stephens; Jack Dowd; Joseph Melancon; Duncan Chamberlain; Vicky Randall; Bill Buchman, and Dasha. andreadashareich.com | sarasotavisualartistsstudios.com.
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ARTS DESTINATI N:
VENICE s the curtain opens on the upcoming season at the Venice Performing Arts Center, not only can audiences look forward to a diverse array of performances, but also to witnessing bold plans to use the state-of-the-art facility to ensure Venice’s place on Florida’s Cultural Coast. The team at the Venice Institute for Performing Arts (VIPA) is entering its second season as the three-year-old Venice Performing Arts Center’s (VPAC) nonprofit management company. It is moving forward with a clear dedication to its mission “to sustain the local arts community through innovative educational programs, and inspire the community with first-class entertainment” along with a devotion to delighting its audiences.
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“We are passionate about making sure that everyone in the community has access to the arts and is given the opportunity to connect with the performing arts on a personal level,” says Becca Eldredge, Managing Director and Associate Producer. “Performing arts education is our focus, and one of our longterm goals is to make Venice an arts destination for tourists.” VPAC (941.218.3779|veniceperformingartscenter.com) is
adjacent to Venice High School and near historic downtown Venice. It is the permanent home of three resident performing arts companies – the Venice Symphony, Venice Concert Band, and Venice Chorale, as well as the Venice High School Performing Arts Department. In addition, VIPA is mounting 17 performances this season and also rents the facility to other organizations. Having the luxury of a new facility means enjoying a host of features and amenities. All of the theater’s 1,090 seats were designed to deliver good line-of-sight and acoustics. “The stage is built like a Broadway stage,” says Sterling Phillips, Production Manager and Assistant Producer. “We have a hydraulic orchestra pit that can accommodate more than 60 pieces and a fantastic sound shell for the symphony that matches the wood used for the theater.” The $15 million VPAC building was a unique joint project of the Sarasota County School Board and the City of Venice, which directed local sales tax dollars toward its construction. “Our mission is currently focused more specifically on education and the community,” Eldredge says. “We have an internship program for high school students to earn class credit for working
“Our mission is currently focused more specifically on education and the community.” in our administrative offices, and an apprentice program after school for seniors who are paid to work alongside professionals. Those educational programs are really important to us, and we’re working to expand them.” Last year, six apprentices were in the program and all went on to college with three choosing to study in the performing arts field. Having the opportunity to participate in the apprenticeship program helped Venice High School graduate Anthony DeSalvia make an important career decision. “I would most definitely not be attending the University of Central Florida for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management if it weren’t for the lessons you’ve all taught me,” DeSalvia wrote in a letter
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^ Legendary landscape photographer Clyde Butcher shares stories of his journey at his show Florida: where water earth and heaven meet on Feb. 23, 2018
< The Broadway Boys, some of Broadway’s finest singers, perform on September 23, 2017
to VIPA. “By continuing with theater, more specifically stage management, I aim to inspire young minds like my own who didn’t know where to turn in a time of need and to continue inspiring myself by bringing productions with great meaning to life. I want to be part of teams that showcase works with the intention of educating people of all walks of life by raising awareness of the great diversity in this world.” In addition to these two programs for upper classmen, VIPA is working to expand its educational offerings to residents throughout the county. This season, students will have the opportunity to work with the cast of The Broadway Boys,
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consisting of six versatile Broadway singers. While here, they will conduct a master class on auditioning. “We want to make sure that no matter their background, anyone with a passion for the performing arts is given every opportunity to succeed in this field,” Eldredge says. “By participating in this free master class, students will be given a leg up when it comes to college acceptance.” Several other opportunities for master classes are planned during the upcoming season, and connecting more with elementary school children is also an objective this year. Programs have been developed for lifelong learners as well. “Our educational programs are the meaning behind what we do. We’ve gone through one season successfully, and we’re excited to be able to expand the program,” Phillips says. “We’re going to try to offer as many opportunities as possible during the season, and we will be adding more. It’s important to us to give back to the community in the same way it gave to us.” Once the building was completed, a Joint Management Advi-
“It's important to us to give back to the community in the same way it gave to us.” sory Board was established to set policies for managing the facility. It became clear to board member Mike Hartley that a broader range of programming beyond that of the three resident companies was required along with a mechanism for making the venue sustainable for the long term. “I proposed to the school board that a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation be formed to meet the specific needs of area residents and students for a wide variety of programming and that the net proceeds derived from those programs be invested back into the operation of the VPAC,” Hartley says. “In early 2016, my wife, Bonnie, and I formed and funded the Venice Institute for Performing Arts as that nonprofit corporation. The City of Venice directed local option sales tax funds equal to nearly half of the $15 million cost of the VPAC. I wanted to make sure that the citizens in the Venice area got a cultural and educational return on that investment.” With a background in education, Bonnie Hartley immediately saw the potential for area students as well as the community. “Mike and I share a long commitment to the performing arts. In Oregon, I served on the Board of Eugene Opera for many years. When Mike discussed the opportunities and challenges the VPAC faced, I agreed enthusiastically to focus our philanthropic efforts on building a support system to sustain the performing arts faculty and students at VHS and on enhancing our community’s opportunities to experience high quality musical and theatrical performances right in Venice in our beautiful performing arts center,” she said. “I come from a family of teachers and have been an educator all of my professional life. I have seen repeatedly the value of providing students with experiential education opportunities.” VIPA brought Eldredge and Phillips on board to manage the day-to-day operations of the performing arts center. Eldredge focuses on operations, including hiring and finances, while Phillips has responsibility for working directly with the groups
that use the VPAC, does the hiring for the shows, and coordinates VPAC’s 175 volunteers. “We have one of the best volunteer corps in the area, and many have been with us since the building opened,” Phillips says. “We love to talk with them about their background and give them the opportunity to do what they like to do. That way they can connect to the art at a personal level. That’s important to us because we connect with our community through them, and they can help us see things we might not be able to see without them.” Eldredge and
^ The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School performs the world-famous Nutcracker on Dec. 9th, 2017
Phillips take a team approach to VPAC management. Along with the volunteers and several part-time staff, everyone pitches in as needed to ensure the job gets done. “Because we are brand new, fundraising and development are very important at the moment. We want to do as much as possible to support our educational components. We also want to keep prices at a level the community can afford and with production costs so high, there is a pricing gap that we hope donors and sponsors can help bridge,” Eldredge says. “Our future is expansive. We are a young company with so much potential to grow. I don’t think there’s anything we can’t do. We will give the community a fantastic venue and set of performances, but also give them something to be proud of in the performing arts. We really want to make Venice that performing arts destination.”
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NEW TOPICS A DY N A M I C L E C T U R E S E R I E S F O C U S E D O N C O N T E M P O R A RY I S S U E S
Monday, November 6| 5:30 p.m. The Sarasota World Affairs Council presents:
Alizé Carrère Sustainability in a Changing World
Tuesday, November 14 | 5:30 p.m.
2017-18 SERIES Presenting Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
The New College Public Archaeology Lab Presents:
Brian M. Zepeda The Art of War
Tuesday, January 16| 5:30 p.m. The Klingenstein Chair of Judaic Studies Presents:
Nicola Denzey Lewis Rethinking the Jewish Catacombs
Thursday, February 15 | 5:30 p.m. Robert Bilott ’83
Scientific, Legal, and Regulatory Challenges in Investigating and Addressing Health Threats From “Unregulated” Drinking Water Contaminants: The Case of Perfluorochemical, as featured in The New York Times article “The Lawyer who Became Dupont’s Worst Nightmare”
Thursday, March 1| 5:30 p.m. Dr. Donal O’Shea and Anne-Marie Russell Art, Math and Orange Peels: The Legacy of Dr. William Thurston on Math & Fashion
Tuesday, March 13 | 5:30 p.m. The New College of Florida Division of Humanities presents:
Marilyn Francus O Mother, What Art Thou? O Mother, Where Art Thou? Frankenstein at 200 All lectures are complimentary but seating is limited.
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Creatives in a
Changing City PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN REVISKY
RICHIE BRASIL Richie is a self-taught contemporary graffiti artist, as well as a fine artist, who has masterfully combined a more classical approach to his art with his love of photorealistic spray paint, resulting in art that reflects the rough urban environment of his youth. His massive murals can be found on numerous walls around our city, with many of them paying homage to the pulse of the neighborhood, its residents, past and present, and its history. richiebrasil.com
DUSTIN JUENGEL The photorealist oil paintings of this Ringling College graduate have been exhibited around the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. Dustin is exhibition curator at Art Center Sarasota, where several of his curated exhibitions have focused on showcasing the work of new, up and coming artists from Sarasota and Tampa Bay. He also serves as an instructor in the Illustration and Fine Art departments at Ringling College. dustinjuengel.com
KEITH CHRISTOPHER Keith Christopher (Christopher Finch) is widely known for his fine art bronze and mixed media sculpture for walls as well as full around, large freestanding pieces. His work is found in numerous fine art galleries and internationally in private and corporate collections. Chris creates his amazing bronzes under the name “Keith Christopher” to pay homage to his late father. Chris is also lead vocalist and owner of the top-notch wedding and corporate special event band SerenadesSouls. keithchristopherbronze.com | serenadeofsouls.com
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JANA MILLSTONE The visually distinct work of Jana Millstone covers a variety of subjects generated by her preoccupation with themes of transition, authority and control. According to Jana, “My paintings are simply a dialog with myself in an effort to understand things.” This painting, Fire, is part of her Veil series. It recently won first place at Florida’s Finest, a juried group exhibit of Florida artists, which took place at Art Center Sarasota. janamillstone.com
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VICKY RANDALL Vicky’s work has been described as “majestic, lyrical, and assertive of the space they occupy.” It’s no wonder, given the monumental size of her stainless steel sculptures. For Vicky, art is communication and her language is sculpture. In her statement, she says, “Striving for simplicity, I demand harmony between landscape and the cityscape in my forms. I use abstractions of steel and light to exemplify my impression of time.” Vicky is a faculty member at Ringling College. vickyrandall.com
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JOSEPH ARNEGGER Joseph’s work is composed in layers of nostalgic image and color, which speaks to the influence of many time periods and many different painters throughout art history. The materials he uses, combined with his set of icons, patinas and deliberate mark making, creates images that are unconventionally beautiful yet deeply moving. A Ringling College graduate, he found the beautiful color and light that is present in his work when he came to Sarasota as a young man. josepharnegger.com
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OLIVIA GIBSON The art of media makeup and special effects makeup creatively transforms a model for a photo shoot or an actor for a film or theater character. Its importance cannot be overstated. Master makeup artist Olivia Gibson created this glitzy, horror look on Sarasota Scene intern Victoria Sinclair, a senior at Southeast High School in Bradenton. In addition to makeup for media and theater, Olivia does both airbrush and classic makeup for all occasions. facebook.com/oliviagibsonmua
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Anu Tali, Music Director
DISCOVERIES SERIES Our brand new series offers a refreshing classical music experience at the Sarasota Opera House. These fast paced, 75-minute programs feature works by Mozart and Beethoven and today’s most accessible contemporary composers. Post-concert talk backs with the conductors and soloists enhance the evening.
CHAMBER SOIREE SERIES A highlight this season is Masterworks soloist Lukáš Vondráček performing with the Sarasota String Quartet. Discover a season of popular standards and intriguing explorations of accessible new works.
POPS SERIES Our Pops series salutes the American musical experience showcasing the music of Doo Wop with conductor Jack Everly, a tribute to the “Best of Broadway” with Norm Lewis, and a night at “The Cotton Club” with trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling.
GREAT ESCAPES SERIES One of our most popular series, often selling out, offers a mix of light classics and toe-tapping pops in themed concerts. Four conductors split the six concerts, providing variety and insights at each concert.
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MASTERWORKS SERIES World renowned violinist Midori highlights a roster of brilliant guest soloists. A tribute to Leonard Bernstein is featured. Joining Anu Tali will be two guest conductors bringing their interpretations to our season.
“Midori is one of those
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Throughout the catalog of the operatic repertoire, there are female characters who move us, tease us, and seduce us. Composers and librettists have been drawn to these complex and fascinating women, through whom they can express the full range of emotion and the human experience. With a few notable exceptions (Britten’s Billy Budd comes to mind), an opera stands and falls by the connection between an audience and the female protagonist. Sarasota Opera’s 2017–18 season could easily be called the “year of the woman.” Each of the five operas that we present this season contains a lead character who is complex, engaging, sympathetic, and seductive. They are all what nineteenth century morality
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might call “fallen women,” but through the powerful music of the five composers and compelling stories told by the librettists, we sympathize and fall in love with all of them. Violetta, in Verdi’s La traviata is, in many ways, his most sympathetic and moving character. Despite her somewhat dubious life choices (she is a courtesan), by the opera’s end everyone, even the morally upright Giorgio Germont, our hero’s father, is moved by her plight and her nobility. In 1856 the London Times wrote that, “we should have thought the production of La traviata an outrage on the ladies of the aristocracy who support the theater, if they had not by crowding their boxes every night
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shown that they did not notice the underlying vice of the opera.” The Victorian audiences must have understood clearly what Verdi conveyed through his sublime music. By giving up her lover Alfredo to save his family’s honor, even though it means that she will die, Violetta is the most virtuous of characters, despite her past. It is no wonder that audiences continue to fall in love with her and rarely leave a performance of the work with a dry eye. Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, on the other hand, is a little more difficult to understand. In her youth and naiveté she is easily susceptible to the attractions of riches, jewelry, and wealthy admirers. Yet, she has a
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genuine love for the Chevalier Des Grieux and finds it hard to stay away from him. Puccini understands her conflict and characterizes it clearly in his music. When confronted by the fact that French composer Jules Massenet had already set the same subject, Puccini replied that, “Massenet feels it as a Frenchman, with powder and minuets. I shall feel it as an Italian, with a desperate passion.” And there is plenty of desperate passion in Manon Lescaut, although it is mostly expressed by the hapless Des Grieux, the poor lover who can’t understand her equivocation. Perhaps it is only as she is dying that she finally realizes that “Oblivion
will sweep away my faults, but my love will not die.” There no equivocation in the title character of Bizet’s Carmen. She does not conform to conventional morality and is proud of it. She is the object of affection of many, two of whom she manages to seduce during the opera. Bizet’s opera has some of the world’s most recognizable melodies, but despite a familiarity that could have become hackneyed (how many times and in how many different guises have we heard the Toreador Song?), Bizet has managed to capture not only Carmen’s seductive charm, but also her free spirit. She falls passionately in love with men, but that love is easily changeable. Carmen is an independent
woman who knows her own mind. “I was born free and will die free,” she exclaims shortly before is stabbed by her discarded lover Don José.
ing the murder of her own children. Yet, ultimately, her nobility of character prevails, as she accepts a fate that leads her to the funeral pyre.
Bellini’s Norma is one of the most coveted and difficult of bel canto heroines. The great turn-of-the-(twentieth)-century dramatic soprano Lilli Lehmann once declared that “It is easier to sing all three Brünnhildes [in Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung] than one Norma.” Vocally it is a test of a singer’s technical ability and musicality. In addition, the character is emotionally complex. She is a Druid priestess who has violated her vows by falling in love and having children with a Roman proconsul. When he abandons her for another woman, she is driven to desperation, even consider-
Finally, in Eugen D’Albert’s Tiefland, we will be confronted with the character of Marta. She is a young woman who has been given to Sebastiano, a landowner, by her father in exchange for the gift of a mill. After years as his mistress, she is married to the shepherd Pedro, so that Sebastiano can marry a rich heiress (although he intends on continuing his relationship with Marta.) Marta at first views her new husband as a fool and a dupe, but ultimately, she sees him as her savior and falls in love with him. The relationships, like the music, in this opera exhibit a rich passion. The composer takes as his model the true-to-life realism of
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From left to right: Renata Tebaldi in La traviata, Licia Albanese in Manon Lescaut, Maria Callas in Norma and Risë Stevens in Carmen.
Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. This is only fitting, since this is the story of simple peasants, but with complex human emotions. As you discover this rarely seen work, you can’t be helped to be carried away by the opera’s rich passion, and a heroine who is the victim of circumstance from which she struggles to free herself. Each of the five operas of the 2017-18 Sarasota Opera season are a window into the emotional lives of these five fascinating women. The wonder of opera is that we can experience them in a way that transcends just words and, through the music of these five talented composers, they can delve deeply into their souls and thereby move ours. Sarasota Opera tickets are on sale now by calling (941) 328-1300 or online at sarasotaopera.org.
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Whimsical JO U R N E Y
BY STEVEN J. SMITH
Composer/librettist Rachel J. Peters, whose opera Rootabaga Country will enjoy its world premiere at Sarasota Youth Opera in November, said the project was the result of a happy accident. “I was trying to get the rights to another story and the timing didn’t work out,” Peters said. “I then remembered I had a great appreciation for Carl Sandburg’s work, so I started searching for a story and his book Rootabaga Stories came up. I was not familiar with it, but I fell in love with it right away.” Peters responded to Sarasota Opera’s request for submissions, which went out in March of 2015. Composer candidates’ operas had to have a libretto in English, run approximately 60 minutes and include 10-15 solo youth roles, sung with minimal spoken dialogue and backed by a chamber orchestra of up to 13 instruments. Of the 13 submissions received, Peters’ got the nod, according to Director of Education Ben Jewell-Plocher.
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“Rachel’s approach involved a sense of whimsy,” Jewell-Plocher said. “That’s something that appeals both to the youth and family audiences. And she took a piece of literature that’s rooted in the American lexicon. Carl Sandburg is one of our most prolific poets and authors and someone we don’t talk about as much as we should these days.” In Rootabaga Country, Peters focuses on three characters—Gimme the Ax and his two children, Please Gimme and Ax Me No Questions. They have sold their possessions and set off for Rootabaga Country, a land in the sky. This trek is the family’s way of connecting with Alelia, the children’s mother, who loved to visit Rootabaga Country as a young girl and disappeared when they were small. The journey provides Alelia’s children a connection to the mother they never knew and by the end of the story, the realization that families come in a variety of forms. “My job was finding the aspects of the story that were the most colorful and theatrical,” Peters said. “The stories I chose were zany and fun, off the wall and goofy. It’s a really funny opera and if you like to laugh a lot, this is a good one to come to with a heartwarming message at the end.” She added the Sarasota Opera creative team was very helpful in bringing Rootabaga Country to fruition. “They have a very specific mission and specific things they want the children in the Youth Opera to learn—a positive message
and a positive experience,” Peters said. “And they were very instrumental in bending the story to that.” Jewell-Plocher added Peters’ score provided an achievable challenge for the cast. “That’s important for us,” he said. “For the audience, you’re going to be taken on a journey that’s crazy, but has a poignant pointthat families come in all shapes and sizes and it’s ok to be in a family that has only one parent. It’s all about diversity and acceptance.” Peters added she didn’t feel she was writing a political piece when she started out, but noticed by the time it was completed that it resonated with a lot of the current political climate. “Right now it’s very important to safeguard the notion that anybody can be your family,” she said. “It can be an unofficial family. It can be extended relatives. It can look like anything.” Jewell-Plocher added Sarasota Opera holds this production up to the same standards as the rest of the operas in its season. “The only difference is the majority of the cast is between the ages of 8 and 18,” he said. “I want our audience to see what these kids can achieve when they’re held to a high standard.” The Sarasota Youth Opera has been in existence since 1984 and has given thousands of young people an opportunity to experience opera firsthand through participation in after-school choruses, Sarasota Opera mainstage performances, an annual three-week opera summer camp and fully staged Youth Opera productions. Rootabaga Country will have two performances, at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11 and and 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets cost $15 for students, $30 for adults and $55 for family packs, which includes two adults and up to four students. The Sarasota Opera House is located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue. For more information, call the box office at (941) 328-1300 or visit www. sarasotaopera.org. You can also visit the Youth Opera Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/SYOpera.
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Dr. Larry Thompson by Gus Mollasis
Gus Mollasis interviews Dr. Larry Thompson, president of Ringling College of Art and Design, in this month's “Scenes from an Interview.” In this mustread article, Dr. Thompson shares the very interesting story of his life, his many accomplishments, his goals for the college and his hopes for its future.
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e can’t draw a straight line to save his life. Art is not something that comes easy to him; yet, strangely, seems to fit him perfectly, and is something that this Ohioan values more than most. If one were to commission a drawing of his life, it could be one part Picasso and one part Pollack, with a little bit of Chagall thrown in. Not many straight lines there, for sure! Perhaps it’s poetic that Larry Thompson, a math savant who studied law, always found himself gravitating toward the arts. With a stint at the impressive Flint Cultural Center in Michigan, and playing a major role at the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, he’s always elegantly fought for ways to see his vision realized. With Jagger-like passion a la “Jumping Jack Flash,” he’s found ways to help get things built, even if it seemed at times like some around him were smashing guitars a la Pete Townsend, failing to listen and merely pushing
their opinions. How did he make it all happen and help raise the money as the CEO for the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame? Well that’s easy. He’s a good listener. And that’s music to the ears of anyone who has ever worked with him. Blessed with an ability to listen not only to those playing tunes he likes (such as a Lennon-McCartney ballad), but most importantly to songs sung in board and meeting rooms where personalities often clash more than Jagger and Richards. Wherever he’s been, he’s always been able to orchestrate a positive change and move a project forward because he was a part of it. As president of the Ringling College of Art and Design since 1999, he’s helped take the institution to another level, while seeking to build its reputation as a prominent film school. He hopes to take Ringling College to the top of the list, so when people think of art and design, Ringling College is top of mind. He’s excited about where he’s come from, where he is now, and where he, the town and the school are going. His long and winding road has led him to this place and time, and he is excited about the future. No, it’s not been a straight line, or a life that one could easily draw on a map, or captured in a painting, and that’s just part of the reason I couldn’t wait to sit down with Dr. Larry Thompson and talk a little art, a little film and listen to some scenes from an interview of his life.
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Where were you born, and what was your favorite thing to do as a kid? Dayton, Ohio. My favorite thing to do as kid was band. I played trombone, and in high school I was in the concert, marching and jazz bands. When we finished jazz band we did gigs. I was like Robert Preston in The Music Man. What is the greatest thing your parents taught you? The value of education. It was instilled very early on in me. It’s interesting, but it’s almost like [education is] in the DNA because here I am president of a college. My late brother was a doctor and taught at the University of Minnesota Medical School, my oldest son is teaching in the graduate program at Nova Southeastern University, and my daughter is at Swarthmore College doing development and annual giving work. My youngest son is in St. Petersburg working for a nonprofit helping to teach foster children leadership skills. So education is in the DNA. Tell me about your higher education. I call myself a guidance counselor’s nightmare. You could never, ever plan this career path. One of the things that I try to help teach our students is no matter what you might plan for, you need to know how marketable and transferable your skills are. I majored in math as an undergrad, but I didn’t like it much. I thought I would become an engineer; one summer I worked at General Motors. Then I thought I would become an actuary in insurance (figuring out life expectancy of potential clients). I did that one summer and I thought was going to die. (Laughs) No one today can ever picture me being an actuary. After graduating from college, I didn’t know exactly what I was going to do. I went 84
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to California, where I got a master’s degree in educational administration and counseling, and when I returned to Ohio, I was director of financial aid for a small liberal arts college. I decided that if I’m going to remain in higher education, then I’m going to have to get a doctorate of some sort. I was always intrigued with legal issues, so I applied to law school and was admitted to Ohio State University; after graduating, I joined a very large firm in Columbus that happened to represent Ohio State. Instead of dealing with numbers, I was making logical arguments with words. With my background, I did a lot of work for that client who worked with higher education clients. After about five years, a new president was hired, who was used to having a lawyer on his staff. He told me to take six months off and then come back and work in a position helping to reorganize
the department and basically serve as general counsel while doing a lot of management troubleshooting. I oversaw the athletic department, public TV and radio, which got me into the management part. From Ohio State I was recruited to put together the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Tell me about this experience and all the many hats you wore in helping to develop the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame? I wore many hats. Basically it (the Hall) didn’t exist. The whole story was that Cleveland won the right to house the physical Hall of Fame over such competitors as San Francisco, Memphis, Detroit and New Orleans. Cleveland went after it with a vengeance and they got it. It literally became like the “dog that caught the car.” Now what the hell do we do? They first director they hired was fairly young and didn’t know a lot about fundraising. One of the key reasons Cleveland was chosen by the New York group was that Cleveland would pay for it. This director raised about $500,000, which was nothing at that time, since it was supposed to be a $50 million project. The New York record industry guys
on the town were going to pull out of the deal, so the real power base in Cleveland flew to New York to beg forgiveness and ask for another chance. When they shut it down to start over again, a headhunter sought me out. What was the toughest and most rewarding parts of your job at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? The toughest part of that job was the governance. When I came in, there were two nonprofit boards, the Rock and Roll Hall Fame Foundation (which had already started inducting artists), made up of the record companies, head of Rolling Stone Magazine, etc. — they were the ones who selected Cleveland as the site — the second was a Cleveland nonprofit called American Contemporary Music, which was the group with all the Fortune 500 CEOs from Cleveland and so forth, who in essence got Cleveland selected. When I came in, there was this atmosphere of total distrust. They wouldn’t even meet together. This is where the legal background comes in: what I ended up doing was creating another nonprofit, the Hall of Fame and Museum, that would be the governing body for this project. We had 10 people from the New York group and 10 people from the Cleveland group and we finally got them together to meet, but the cultures were so, so different. You had these salt-of-the-earth, Midwestern CEOs, including the governor of the state and the mayor, and then you had these record industry heads. How often do you go back, and when you do, how much
pride do you feel at seeing your vision realized? I was just there a couple years ago and I hadn’t been back in about five years. I have to tell you that I was just in awe. Wow. It has withstood the test of time. It opened in 1995 and here it was 2015. The thing that really hit me the most was that I could foresee how this could become a major institution, and quite frankly the symbol of Cleveland. And nobody else seemed to get it. The other part was that the Cleveland people wanted it for economic development purposes and tourism. The record industry people wanted it to show their mothers that they did something with their lives. The New York guys feared that it was going to become some “amusement-parky thing” – sort of schlocky. The Cleveland people were afraid that it was going to become a mausoleum. I kept saying that it could be an entertaining place with substance. And that’s what it’s become. They struggled getting that. If you could choose five inductees in the Hall of Fame, who would you choose? First of all, there is only one metric required, and that is you had to have a record released 25 years ago in order to be inducted in the Hall. The rest of the criteria is pretty subjective. So my five would be The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, The Who and Elvis Presley. I love Motown as well. Did you notice I didn’t nameBiles Elvis Simone first? Which is interesting. That’s really how rock n’ roll started - out of Rhythm and Blues, Jazz and even Country.
The thing about Elvis is that he took rhythm and blues music and made it acceptable for white people. Elvis is the one who made it popular among the masses.
“You could never, ever plan this career path.” When you left the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame you were working at the Flint Cultural Center, a place that surprised you... I got a call from another headhunter about an opportunity in Flint. I told them no thanks; I’ve seen the movie (Roger and Me, Michael Moore). They called me about three or four times and said, “Just come and take a look.” So I went to the Flint Cultural Center, and when I arrived there, I was absolutely stunned. I had this image from the movie about this worn-down rust belt town, but instead, it was this cultural center that had a campus with nine cultural institutions on it that emulated a mini Lincoln Center. It had a real good art museum; an institute of music that had a major symphony; a 3,000-student school of performing arts; a 2,000-seat performing arts venue larger than the Van Wezel; a history museum and a planetarium; and a producing youth theater. I couldn’t believe it. This was created during the heyday of General Motors and now it was in deep trouble. I decided it was something that I would really enjoy doing. It had some similarity to being a college president, but it was dealing with the arts. What happened was they were creating a new nonprofit that was going to manage all these entities and have them work together – some of whom were very independent, some of whom dealt with challenging governances. It was my charge to help them raise money, market together and try to bring the center back to life. How did you find your way to Sarasota and Ringling College? I was in Flint and I was interested in getting back into higher education, because that’s my passion. I let it be known to a couple of headhunters that I would be open to the possibility, and lo and behold, I got a call a couple years later from the man who was doing the search for Ringling. I remember thinking that I never would have thought of an art and design college. I’m not an artist. I can’t draw a stick figure. I’m really bad. I put my name in anyway. I think that they were trying to get an “out of the box” candidate. The other people were heads of art schools or departments. I ended up being among the final five candidates. As I understand it, from someone who was on the search committee, I was out. And then someone pushed and said, “I want to see this rock n’ roll guy.” Before I came back for the next interview, I went around campus just to talk with people and see what it was like. I have to admit that I had a bias against Florida, thinking people were running to early bird dinners, and that it had no culture, and would be all Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. I didn’t know anything about Sarasota. So I checked out the school system, called my wife and said, “I have no clue where I am, but this isn’t the Florida that we heard about.” It was a totally different place. It’s not what I expected. SEPTEMBER 2017 | SARASOTA SCENE
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but in higher education that’s nothing, because higher education tends to move at a glacial pace. So, going from a good art school to among the very top is absolutely amazing. The other part, when I say preeminent, what I’m talking about is not so much in the ranking of our school. Being number one is not something I’m totally looking for. Sure, it’s a great thing to have, but it’s more about being first in mind; when people think of art and design, whether it be artists and designers, media, students, parents, the general public or employers – this is the place to think of. How close are you to being there? I can feel it. Really feel it. It’s right there. Things like what just happened today, when you see a pair of Ringling graduates create a real buzz with their film In a Heartbeat, an animated short that lit up the Internet with millions of views.
Where was it then, where is it now and where would you like to take Ringling College? When I arrived in July of 1999, the school had about 850 students, and it was a really, really good art school. It always had great instruction, but at that time it was not recognized nationally. The facilities were run down and needed a lot of maintenance. It was very solid financially. My predecessor had put the institution on the line of being a higher education institution, taking it from being a three-year certificate program to making it a four-year college with a curriculum. My part was coming in and trying to take this to another level. It was unlike many of the other things I had done, which was like “turnaround stuff.” This was something that was not in trouble. It was more of taking it from where it was – a very good school – and making it soar by moving it to the next level. That’s basically what started 86
to happen. Now, we have about 1,400 students and 12 very innovative majors. Our primary competition now is RISD (Rhode Island School of Design); Parsons, Pratt and the Art Institute of Chicago, which are recognized as top art and design institutions. That’s how I know we are now among the top tier. It has enhanced us and we have become very well-known in the community. When I came here, I would come and talk to people about the Ringling School and they didn’t even know where it was. They thought it was with the Ringling Museum. Now it’s a little different. A lot of people know about this college now. And they’re very supportive of it. That moves me to the next level—not being satisfied by just being in the top tier. Our goal is to become the preeminent art and design college in the world, and we are on a very fast track to get there. It is amazing to see. Eighteen years is a lot of time,
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Thus far, what is your proudest accomplishment regarding Ringling College? Helping take it from that level of being a very good school to being on the cusp of being first in mind when you think of an art and design school. To get to those next levels it takes money, and that’s a big part of my job as the president of this institution. We don’t have wealthy alumni to raise money from as most colleges do. We will have, but we don’t have them now. We have a wealthy philanthropic community. So that’s why my strategy was to make Ringling really become a part of this community, really integrated within the community. I want to have people who are affiliated with us view Ringling as their second alma mater. That’s only one component. You still have to recruit the top faculty and for us, because we are the most advanced technological art college in the world, we have to make large investments in technology. What issues keep you up at night? Two things, and they’re related. The larger piece is that we are small at 1,400 students. That’s not a large institution. But we are seen as very large, because of our footprint in the community, and now, nationally. People don’t realize that we don’t have all the infrastructure capacity that it seems like we have. It’s always a challenge to meet those expectations. We do it, and we do it well. But it’s difficult and it is great problem to have. People are expecting things and you don’t want to let them down. And that gets to the way how higher education is funded. Because in the long term it is not a sustainable model. Tuition is too expensive - way too expensive. And there is not really a way to curve that without investments from somewhere else. It’s true of all private colleges. That is the biggest issue, because I see how much our students and their parents struggle. A lot of people think there are a lot of rich kids here. Not at all. It’s mainly middle class.
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Finish the following sentences: A GREAT LEARNING INSTITUTION SHOULD ALWAYS… Keep the students in mind first. I HOPE THAT WHEN A RINGLING STUDENT GRADUATES THEY WILL… Not only be a fabulous artist and designer, but also a fabulous citizen. A GREAT STUDENT WILL ALWAYS… Rise to the top. A GREAT TEACHER WILL ALWAYS… Rise to the top. A great teacher will have done so much for generations after generations. That’s the great thing about being an educator. You are transforming individuals who will then transform individuals. MY BEST QUALITY IS MY ABILITY TO… See all sides of an issue and envision what could be. SOMETHING I NEED TO WORK ON IS… Saying no. MY THREE DESERT ISLAND FILMS ARE… Animal House. I can watch that forever. The other one is Mr. Holland’s Opus, and the third one would be Avatar. I COULDN’T DRAW A PICTURE TO SAVE MY LIFE, BUT I APPRECIATE ART BECAUSE… I wonder and I am in awe of the creativity and people being able to constantly come up with new ideas and thoughts and put that into something tangible.
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What feeling do you get when you see a Ringling student recognized by either nabbing a great job in the industry, receiving an award or have their film go viral? I have nothing to do with it, per se, but I feel like a proud parent. Incredible pride. How do you keep the students here making films and art once they graduate? Part of being a citizen of the community is that we have this incredible talent here at the college, and at least 80-85% of them don’t stay. That is a huge loss to Sarasota and Florida. If someone has the choice of going to Pixar or a small company in Sarasota, then they’re going to go to Pixar. But not everybody can go to Pixar. There are a lot of different potential opportunities. They just don’t exist very much here in Sarasota. So we’re trying to help create that through ourselves and by having others find out about Sarasota and the school so they hopefully move their headquarters here. We work very closely with EDC and the Chamber. For our
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on the town film program, we bring professional filmmakers, producers, directors and actors here to Sarasota. They get a chance to work with our students and see the caliber of our work, and hopefully that will bring more and more productions to Sarasota. It’s like anything else. It takes a lot of time and effort when you haven’t had a good base to begin with. We could become a real digital media capital. Absolutely. It’s there because of this talent pool. It’s almost so close you can touch it, but it’s a little further away. We have some great start-up companies, but it’s going to take a while before they are going to able to hire a lot of our people. When employers talk to me, and they don’t need to BS me, they just say our students are the best. That’s why we have over 100 companies who come here to recruit our students. You’re a visionary. You saw the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame when others did not. What does Ringling College look like in 20 years? It really will be the preeminent art and design college. It will still be on the cutting edge of what’s happening in art and design. That’s one of the things that distinguish us from other art and design institutions. It will probably never be huge; in fact, I’m not positive that it ought to be huge. But it’s probably going to be 2,000 to 2,500 students. It will have graduate programs and be regarded as the preeminent art and design college. Can Ringling be part of viable film mecca in Sarasota? Absolutely. And we are helping to create it. There is no doubt in my mind. What we ended up doing was creating a different model in helping to educate filmmakers. This whole concept of the studio lab in partnership with Semkhor Productions is all about bringing these filmmakers here, and our students working hand-in-hand with them as part of their education, so they are getting this real-world experience working with real filmmakers while also getting the other things that you would get in a normal academic film program. 88
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on the town Tell us about the Ringling sound stage that’s about to be completed. It’s very exciting to drive down MLK right now because we have the new visual arts center, the new library and the new soundstage/post-production complex within the last year. It’s exciting to see those physical structures, but also I would say it’s not about the buildings, it’s what happens in the buildings. They are a great physical manifestation of what’s happening, but that’s all they are. It’s what’s going on inside that’s the real manifestation of the change. If they made a film about your life, name the title and who you would want playing you? (Pause) (Laughs) Oh, my God. That’s a tough one. Is it Animal House? No. But I was in a fraternity - like Animal House. (Laughs) It wasn’t quite that bad. But it was close. I’m having trouble with this one.
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You’ve taken places to other levels, managing many personalities and you are a great listener. I do like The Listener. And Tom Hanks is someone who I think operates like me. He’s more down to earth, open and honest. And empathic. Is there a mantra that you live by? There is something that I strongly believe in and use at speaking engagements – “Creativity is the fuel of the future” – because it’s needed in every business and in every operation. Everything. And we do not value creativity enough. Many years from now, when the credits have rolled on your life, how do you hope students and others remember you? I want to be remembered as an educator who transformed lives. This job is really about educating people about our college and our students. Teaching has always been a part of me, so I see my role as constantly being an educator.
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Education MATTERS By Ryan G. Van Cleave
GILLS CLUB AT MOTE MARINE LABORATORY
I CONFESS—I ALREADY KNEW A BUNCH ABOUT GILLS CLUB prior to writing this article. Why? Because I have two daughters (ages 10 and 13), who are EXACTLY their target demographic, and we’ve gone to a number of Gills Club events at Mote Marine Laboratory. And I’ve had as much fun at them as my daughters did. “But what the heck IS Gills Club?” you might be asking. It’s the Atlantic White Shark Conservatory’s STEM-based education initiative that’s designed to connect girls (age 13 and younger) with female scientists from around the world, share knowledge, and inspire shark and ocean conservation. The Gills Club motto? “Smart about sharks.” In short, they seek to inspire the next generation of ocean advocates.
groups. That network of women scientists numbers well over 100 and is growing. Two of these scientists are also featured in the monthly e-Newsletter and on the Gills Club Facebook group. It gives members unprecedented access to some of the top shark researchers in the world which—let’s face it—is pretty darn cool.
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The network of women scientists and growing.
Mote was one of Gills Club’s first partners, and it makes sense— both are interested in sharks, marine life, environmental stewardship, education, and science. A perfect match! It didn’t hurt that one of Gills Club’s co-founders worked at Mote for about a year, too.
at length about what it takes to be a scientist and a writer. The month before that? They held an outdoor meeting where kids played in the water, took a mangrove walk, and performed field sampling the bay.
Elaina Todd, Mote’s Community Engagement Coordinator, is a big fan of Gills Club. “We had our first meeting in February 2014, just a short time before I began working at Mote,” she explains. These days, each meeting has as many as 40 girls attending. And the meetings are always exciting, she notes. This past July, they had a special guest speaker who wrote a book about Dr. Eugenie Clark, the founder of Mote. That author spoke
One of the best things about Gills Club is that they’re happy to connect their members with women scientists who are always open to sharing their research and speaking with Gills Club
Todd explains, “Yes, Gills Club is about sharks, but in general, it’s about providing girls with as many opportunities as possible for them to be exposed to STEM and science. This is only going to increase their interest in science and show them possible future careers in those fields.” Getting women into science fields is an issue. Gills Club Co-founder Cynthia Wigren writes “It wouldn’t have occurred to me that the lack of females featured in Shark Week was an issue until I started a non-profit to fund shark research. At events, I met young girls who were being told by other kids that ‘only boys like sharks’ and being discouraged from following their passion. I real
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One of the real benefits of being part of Gills Club, Todd points out, is how much confidence it can build. She explains how she’s watched girls who seemed skittish and quiet come again and again to Gills Club events and get excited and interested and active. Now, some of these girls are doing public shark advocacy at schools, which can entail speaking in front of groups!
“Despite movies like Jaws and the ridiculous Sharknado series, sharks do not have a vendetta against humans.”
ized that if your only experience with shark research/conservation is Shark Week—like it is for most kids—you may believe that shark science is a career only for men. The reality is that shark science is comprised of many women who live every week like it’s Shark Week. I wanted to find a way to connect the two groups, and so the Gills Club was born!” Another challenge that both Todd and Gills Club faces is dispelling a few prevalent myths. • MYTH #1: Sharks want to eat us. They don’t. We’re not part of their natural diet. Despite movies like Jaws and the ridiculous Sharknado series, sharks do not have a vendetta against humans. • MYTH #2: Boys can’t participate. The truth is that boys CAN be part of Gills Club. While the club is focused on attracting girls to marine biology, the education and
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programming is fairly gender neutral. The only thing that’s truly girl-specific might be the pink Gills Club t-shirts, and let’s be honest—real men wear pink, too. The 90-minute monthly meetings are always on Saturday afternoons and take place at Mote—most often at the Keating Marine Education Center. Things kick off with an introduction of the featured scientist of the day and the specific topic of the month. Then the kids are split into groups where they rotate through learning stations where they participate in hands-on activities focused on that month’s theme. If the featured scientist is a shark-tagging pro? The girls will simulate the type of work and research that particular scientist does. Todd says that about 25% of the time, they’re able to get the featured scientist to participate in person at the meeting, though if not, Skype or other distance options are sometimes an option.
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Valerie Van Cleave, my thirteen-year-old daughter, really likes Gills Club. “Where else can you find out about the Goblin Shark?” she asks after reading about it in the monthly newsletter. “I mean, who’d ever think to look up information on this shark that has an elongated snout that might be used to find prey with electrical detection? How cool is that?” Want to check things out for yourself? The fall 2017 schedule for Mote’s Gills Club meetings is: • September 16 • October 14 • November 18 • December 16 Each event is posted on Mote’s event calendar during the first week of the month. It’s free to attend, though do take the time to register online so they have an accurate head count and can plan accordingly to ensure they have enough required materials for that meeting’s activities. “Talking about Gills Club always gets me so worked up,” says Todd, who is as excited to be part of this as the girls attending the meetings are. “It’s such a GREAT program!” So take a child, grandchild, or neighbor this fall and discover what all the excitement’s about. And if your kid(s) are a bit older than the Gills Club target range (up to 13), don’t worry—Mote is looking to create an advanced Gills Club that caters to a middle school demographic, too.
F O R M O R E IN F O R M AT IO N
on Gills Club, please visit www.gillsclub.org or email Mote Marine Laboratory’s Community Engagement Coordinator, Elaina Todd at etodd@mote.org
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ost would agree that what defines Sarasota, and what sets it apart, is its rich arts and cultural scene. Pristine white beaches and gorgeous weather play their important roles in making this a great place to live, but the arts represent the soul of the community and distinguish it from other areas that bask in Florida sunshine. The arts also make a bottom line difference through significant economic impacts. 96
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The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota (941.365.5118 sarasotaarts.org) has supported and shaped the arts in Sarasota and Manatee counties for more than 30 years through government and other advocacy as well as direct support of arts organizations and individual artists through grants. It also showcases the arts within the community at events like the upcoming World Rowing Championships this month and the annual weeklong InspireSarasota festival, which begins in October. “The Alliance is set up to be the umbrella organization for all arts and culture in the region. We represent organizations, private individuals and businesses, and our job is to make sure everyone in the community has access to the arts in ways that are significant to them,” says Jim Shirley, Executive Director of the Arts and Cultural Alliance. “So many people in the community may not go to a performance or an exhibit, and we want to be sure they have access to the arts. This is not just about entertainment or to help ourselves have a fuller, richer life, it’s also about the economic impact here.” Every five years, the Alliance and its member organizations participate in the Arts and Economic Prosperity study conduced by Americans for the Arts, which details the economic impact that nonprofit arts and culture organizations have in 341 communities nationwide. Results of that study, most recently conduced in 2015, show that direct economic impact locally by arts organizations and their audiences totals more than $295 million and supports 7,445 full time equivalent jobs. In addition, total event related expenditures, excluding admissions, are $93.5 million. An interesting tidbit from that survey indicates that tourists’ spending accounts for nearly $57.8 million of that $93.5 million.
"If you took all arts organizations as a whole, they would be one of the largest employers in Sarasota County, and they also provide $12.5 million in local government revenue." - JIM SHIRLEY “If you took all arts organizations as a whole, they would be one of the largest employers in Sarasota County, and they also provide $12.5 million in local government revenue and $20 million to state government,” Shirley says. “We’re looking at a significant economic generator here.” The Alliance helps keep that generator fueled, and raises the profiles of member organizations, by creating opportunities to showcase cultural organizations, including at the upcoming World Rowing Championships September 24 through October 1. “There will be 40,000 people from around the world at that event. Why not showcase all of Sarasota? The Sarasota Pops Orchestra, Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, the Circus Arts Conservancy, West Coast Black Theatre Troupe and others will be performing,” he says. In partnership with Embracing Our Differences, students at Sarasota County schools are “adopting” the home country of one of the teams, learning about its culture and creating artwork that will be displayed at the championship event. Working with children is one of the Alliance’s key community outreach initiatives and, in partnership with the public school system and local foundations, its Arts in Education program ensures every child has access to the arts as part of his or her education, Shirley says. The InspireSarasota festival, which runs October 23 to November 4, is a free event for the entire community and kicks off with a Celebration of the Arts event at the Van Wezel. The event will preview several
upcoming performances and recognize community members who have made contributions to the arts. Other events include dual stage performances hosted by Giving Hunger the Blues and the Jazz Club of Sarasota, and the Age Friendly Sarasota event in conjunction with the Patterson Foundation at Robarts Arena celebrates all the things that make the area a great place to live. InspireSarasota will wrap up at Five Points Park in downtown Sarasota with five performance stages featuring various youth organizations. A full list of events is available at inspiresarasota.net. Although events to showcase the arts are an important part of what it does, the Alliance also is known for its juried art shows that give local artists a venue to exhibit their work and for providing access to major grants programs for organizations as well as grant opportunities for smaller organizations and individuals. It also formed the Culture Collective, which aims to help young professionals get involved with the arts at an earlier age. Alliance volunteers conduct tours of the artwork at Patriot Plaza in the Sarasota National Cemetery, and it holds Business of Art workshops to help artists understand how to price and market their products. “With all that we do, we are most effective as a membership organization because we are arts advocacy in the truest sense,” Shirley says. “ I would encourage people concerned about the importance of the arts to become members because their support helps us achieve our mission for the community.”
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PERFORMING ARTS Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus & Orchestra
Young Concert Artists International: Narek
Soiree Series:
Arutyunian, clarinet, and Steven Beck,
Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m.
piano
and Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
March 4, 2018
Romance of the Cello: Natalie Helm and Joseph Holt
PO Box 1213
Pops & Special Performances:
September 24 – 25, 2017
Holmes Beach, FL 34218
Piano Grand II
Aristo Sham, Young Piano Arts Award
941.795.2370
October 7, 2017
Winner
Amicco.or
Cool Yule: June Garber’s Tribute to Ella
December 5 – 6, 2017
Symphony on the Sand
Fitzgerald
From Cuba to Broadway: Sandra Lopez
November 11, 2017
December 16 – 17, 2017
and Paul Posnak
The Many Moods of Christmas
Pablo Ziegler Quartet for New Tango
April 1 – 2, 2018
December 10, 2017
January 28, 2018
Broadway and Beyond
The King of Ragtime Writers: Scott Joplin
Special Events:
February 24 – 25, 2018
February 10 – 11, 2018
BBC’s Great Composers: Bach (BachFest
AMICCO Presents Three Tenors
The Celluloid Guitar – The Katona Twins
Sarasota)
March 25, 2018
February 18, 2018
November 16, 2017
From Broadway to Hollywood: Pianist
Artist Series Concerts National
Richard Glazier
Competition for Strings
March 17 - 18, 2018
April 7, 2018
1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Suite 300
Broadway Our Way
Suncoast Music Scholarships
Sarasota, FL 34236
March 25, 2018
April 21, 2018
941.306.1200
James Bond in Cello Case
ArtistSeriesConcerts.org
April 28 - 29, 2018
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Performances at various venues.
Showtime!
5555 North Tamiami Trail
May 13, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34243
Classical Recitals
Hurray for the Red, White & Blue: Capital
941.351.8000
Literature in Music
Brass Quintet and Bob McDonald
AsoloRep.org
with the Calidore String Quartet
May 19 - 20, 2018
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
October 28 – 30, 2017
Main Stage
The Illegitimate Bach
Lunch, Look & Listen Sarasota:
Evita
November 15, 2017
Michael’s On East Ballroom
November 14 - December 30, 2017
BachFest Sarasota: “Intimate, Instrumental
One hour Concert at 11 a.m.
Shakespeare in Love
Bach
followed by lunch at 12:15 p.m.
January 10 – March 28, 2018
November 16, 2017
BachFest Sarasota
The Morning After Grace
BachFest Sarasota:
“The Illegitimate Bach”
January 17 – March 4, 2018
“Pipe Organ: King of Instruments”
November 15, 2017
Rhinoceros
November 17, 2017
Corda Voce
February 7 - April 14, 2018
BachFest Sarasota:
January 25, 2018
Roe
“Bach to the Future with Ji”
Ring Them Bells
March 14 – April 15, 2018
November 17, 2017
March 1, 2018
Gloria
BachFest Sarasota: “Bach: Mass in B
Principally Brahms
April 4 - 29, 2018
Minor
March 22, 2018
Ragtime
November 18-19, 2017
May 1 – 27, 2018
Piano Arts Award Winner – Aristo Sham
Lunch, Look & Listen Venice:
Jungle Book
December 16-17, 2017
Plantation Golf and Country Club
June 6 - 24, 2018
Young Concert Artists International: Bella
One hour Concert at 11 a.m.
Hristova, violin, and Amy Yang, piano
followed by lunch at 12:15 p.m.
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
January 21, 2018
Dueling Pianos
Julius Caesar Touring Schools &
Global Jazz & Exotic Chamber Music
February 6, 2018
Community Venues
February 2, 2018
Heavenly Duets
September 26 – November 20, 2017
Global Jazz & Exotic Chamber Music
March 13, 2018
Oedipus
February 25, 2018
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October 31 – November 19, 2017
The MotherF***er with the Hat
20th Anniversary concert
Florida Studio Theatre
January 2 – 21, 2018
May 5 & 6, 2018
1241 North Palm Avenue
The Rehearsal
Sarasota, FL 34236
February 20 – March 11, 2018
Exsultate! Chorale
941.366.9000
Much Ado About Nothing
PO Box 1004
FloridaStudioTheatre.org
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Venice, FL 34284
See website for performances.
April 17 – May 6, 2018
941.484.8491 Exsultate.org
Belle Canto
Mainstage Once
8148 36th Street East
Venice Performing Arts Center
November 8 - December 31, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34243
Magnificent Joy: Songs of the Holidays
Cabaret ROAR! The Music of the 1920s
941.400.2152
December 3, 2017
and Beyond
BelleCanto.org
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Celebration
Through September 24, 2017
ofWomen Composers
Choral Artists of Sarasota Formerly Gloria Musicae
February 11, 2018
Children’s Theatre Series
Life and Landscape:Our Conflict, Our
Robin Hood
PO Box 52987
Peace, Our Song
October 7 - 21, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34232
April 8, 2018
Deck the Halls: ’Tis The Season
941.387.6046
November 25 – December 24, 2017
ChoralArtistsSarasota.org
The First Brass of Sarasota
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bach: B Minor Mass
4565 Northlake Drive
February 3 – 24, 2018
November 18 - 19, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34232
The Boy Who Liked Pulling Hair
Too Hot to Handel
941.350.0271
April 14 – 28, 2018
December 10, 2017
TheFirstBrass.org
Carmina Burana in Motion
See website for locations.
February 3 – 4, 2018
BrassFest 2017: The First Brass Large
Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center
Brahms: A German Requiem
Ensemble
525 Kumquat Court,
April 15, 2018
September 9 - 10, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34236
Showtime!!
Oktoberfest: The First Brass Five & the
941.545.5635
May 13, 2018
Oompah Trio
Fogartyville.org
Patriotic Showcase
October 29, 2017
Ellis Paul
July 4, 2018
Christmas: The First Brass Large Ensemble
September 8, 2017
December 3, 9 & 10, 2017
Antsy McClain
The Circus Arts Conservatory
Christmas in the Wind: I Solisti de Oneco
September 23, 2017
2075 Bahia Vista Street
Woodwind Quintet
Sarah Mac Band
Sarasota, FL 34239
December 17, 2017
October 14, 2017
941.355.9805
Horns-a-Plenty Ensemble
The Woodwork
CircusArts.org
February 10, 2018
October 20, 2017
Mardi Gras: The First Brass Five & Sharon
Art for Social Change Exhibit Opening
Circus Sarasota 2018 Winter
Scott
October 21, 2017
Performances
February 11, 2018
Charles Wesley Godwin
February 9 – March 4, 2018
Celticfest: The First Brass Five, Jacobites &
October 26, 2017
Cirque des Voix®: Circus of the Voices
Irish Dancers
Driftwood
Performances
March 11 & 18, 2018
October 27, 2017
March 23 – 25, 2018
National Tartan Day: The Jacobites &
Dan Bern
Sailor Circus Spring Performances
Riverview High School Kiltie Highland
November 1, 2017
TBA, Spring 2018
Dancers
David Olney
April 8, 2018
November 10, 2017
Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota
Memorial Day: The First Brass, The Jacobites,
Yarn
941.915.9128
RHS Highland Dancers & Sharon Scott
November 11, 2017
DiversitySarasota.org
May 26 - 27, 2018
Jon Stickley Trio
See website for season updates.
November 18, 2017
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World Cultures Initiative: Celebrating
3975 Fruitville Road
Jazz at Two Jazz Jam with Al Hixon Trio
Muslim Culture Exhibit Opening Night
Sarasota, FL 34232
October 20, 2017
December 1, 2017
Xavier Jara
Billy Marcus Trio
Jazz Trio featuring Greg Abate
January 13, 2018
October 27, 2017
December 10, 2017
Jason Vieaux
Eddie Tobin and Friends
An Evening in Mayberry with Rodney Dillard
February 10, 2018
November 3, 2017
January 5, 2018
Kupinski Guitar Duo
Jazz on the Water Cruise
Jazz Quartet featuring Fred Johnson
March 24, 2018
November 5, 2017
January 13, 2018
Meng Su
Valerie Gillespie Ensemble
Celebrating Jewish Culture Exhibit
April 7, 2018
November 10, 2017 David Pruyn Quartet
Opening March 4, 2018
The Island Players
November 17, 2017
WATER Is LIFE Exhibit Opening
10009 Gulf Drive
Bill Buchman: “Art of Jazz”
April 20, 2018
Anna Maria, FL 34216
November 24, 2017
941.778.5755
Greg Abate
Glenridge Performing Arts Center
TheIslandPlayers.org
December 8, 2017
Happy Birthday
SJP
7333 Scotland Way
September 21 – October 1, 2017
December 15, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34238
The Game’s Afoot
Synia Carroll
941.552.5325
November 9 – 19, 2017
December 22, 2017
TheGlenridge.com
Beyond A Joke
Scholarship Kids
See website for more performances.
January 11 – 28, 2018
December 29, 2017
Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota - Holiday
The Curious Savage
Skip Conkling Dixie
concert
March 8 – 25, 2018
January 5, 2018
December 9 & 10, 2017
An Inspector Calls
Kitt Moran
Remembering to Rejoicing - Sarasota
May 3 – 13, 2018
January 19, 2018 Mark Feinman La Lucha
Jewish Chorale March 25, 2018
Jacobite Pipe Band
January 26, 2018
Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota - 20th
7120 Myakka Valley Trail
Mary Rademacher Reed
Anniversary concert
Sarasota, FL 34241
February 2, 2018
May 5 & 6, 2018
941.350.0271
Al Hixon
TheFirstBrass.org
February 9, 2018
Guitar Sarasota
See website for locations.
Tom Ellison
941.260.3306
Celticfest: The First Brass Five, Jacobites &
February 16, 2018
GuitarSarasota.org
Irish Dancers
Lorri Hafer
Mini-Concert & Lecture Series
March 11 & 18, 2018
February 23, 2018
St. Paul Lutheran Church
National Tartan Day: The Jacobites &
Tony Boffa
2256 Bahia Vista Street
Riverview High School Kiltie Highland
March 2, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34239
Dancers
Jerry Eckert
Ben Lougheed
April 8, 2018
March 16, 2018
November 13, 2017
Memorial Day: The First Brass, The
Patricia Dean
Lady and the Bard
Jacobites, RHS Highland Dancers &
March 23, 2018
December 11, 2017
Sharon Scott
Dave Morgan
Federico Musgrove
May 26 - 27, 2018
April 6, 2018 Mark Moultrup
January 8, 2018 Berioli – Johnson Duo
Jazz Club of Sarasota
February 12, 2018
330 S. Pineapple Avenue, Suite 111
Community Showcase
Sarasota, FL 34236
Key Chorale
March 12, 2018
941.366.1552
PO Box 20613
Stetson University Guitar Ensemble
JazzClubSarasota.com
Sarasota, FL 34276
April 9, 2018
See website for locations.
941.921.4845
Oktoberfest Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl
KeyChorale.org
October 18, 2017
Sarasota Choral Festival
International Concert Series Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota
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April 13, 2018
October 3, 6 & 7, 2017
Choral Festival Concert: Mystical & Divine
Les Paul and Mary Ford Tribute By Tom &
Through September 10, 2017
October 7, 2017
Sandy Doyle
Anna in the Tropics
Chamber Singers Concert: American
April 14, 2018
October 12 – 29, 2017
Roots
The Tin Woman
Flowers for Algernon
October 22, 2017
April 25 – May 13, 2018
November 30 – December 17, 2017
Holiday Concert: Christmas with Dale
Sylvia
Driving Miss Daisy
Warland
June 6 – 24, 2018
January 2 – February 11, 2018 Baby
November 26, 2017
March 1 – 18, 2018
February 17, 2018
Manatee Community Concert Band
Chamber Singers Concert: French
941.462.3188
April 5 - 22, 2018
Impressions
ManateeConcertBand.com
May 5, 2018
See website for locations.
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy
Good
Special Performances: Enjoy the Ride
Cirque des Voix®: The Music of Danny Elfman
Concert
September 16 & 24, 2017
March 23 – 25, 2018
October 28, 2017
Remembering Red
USA Meets France
October 14, 2017
La Musica
October 28, 2017
Mission: Wildlife
International Chamber Music Festival
Imperial Lakes
October 15, 2017
PO Box 5442
December 6, 2017
BASE Talks
Sarasota, FL 34277
Holiday Pops Concert
November 14, 2017
941.366.8450 x7
December 9, 2017
The Gold Tones
LaMusicaFestival.org
Freedom Plaza
November 18, 2017
Sonata a Due
December 14, 2017
Divine Inspirations: Sarasota MusicaViva
December 5, 2017
“And the Tony Goes to…” Concert
November 26, 2017
Opera House Concert
February 17, 2018
Sleigh Ride: Decades Rewind
Sarasota Opera House
“Dance, Swing and Sway”
December 22 & 23, 2017
April 9, 12, 15 & 18, 2018
March 24, 2018
Discover Da Vinci: Mark Rodgers December 28 - 30, 2017
Meet the Musicians
Manatee Performing Arts Center
Celebrating the Children: Sarasota MusicaViva
502 3rd Avenue West
Guys and Dolls Sr.
Lemon Bay Playhouse
Bradenton, FL 34205
January 17, 2018
96 West Dearborn Street
941.749.1111
Gallagher Smash!
Englewood, FL 34223
ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com
February 2, 2018
Dolphin Aviation April 11, 2018
January 14, 2018
Liverpool Live: Beatles Tribute Show
941.475.6756 LemonBayPlayhouse.com
Broadway Series
March 10, 2018
Annoyance
Stone Hall Mame
Kentucky Derby Hat Making
September 6 – 24, 2017
September 14 – October 1, 2017
April 12, 2018
Later Life
A Little Night Music
Teen Idol Contest
October 18 – November 5, 2017
October 26 – November 12, 2017
April 13, 2018
Peggy Lee Tribute by Mindy Simmons
Annie
Concert with a Cause
November 18, 2017
November 30 – December 17, 2017
April 14, 2018
Over the River and Through the Woods
Nine
DraMature’s Greatest Hits
November 29 – December 17, 2017
January 11 – 28, 2018
May 9, 2018
Sh Boom! Those Fabulous 50’s
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Fleetwood Max
by Marcy Downey
February 15 – March 4, 2018
May 19, 2018
January 6, 2018
Little Women
Crimes of the Heart
March 22 – April 8, 2018
Summer:
January 17 – February 11, 2018
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Menopause the Musical
No Cryin’ In Your Beer Old-time Country
April 26 – May 13, 2018
May 22 - June 3, 2018 The Long Reunion
Music by John Tuff & Friends February 24, 2018
Studio Series
May 26 - 28, 2018
Flemming
Bradenton Kiwanis Theatre
Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding
March 7 – April 1, 2018
The Father
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McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
New Music New College
North Port Symphony
1923 Ringling Blvd.
New College of Florida
North Port Performing Arts Center
Sarasota, FL 34236
Caples Fine Arts Complex
941.426.8479
941.925.FUNY (3869)
5800 Bayshore Road
NorthPortSymphony.com
McCurdysComedy.com
Sarasota, FL 34243
Americans We!
See website for 2018 dates.
941.487.4888
November 9, 2017
Philly Plowden
NewMusicNewCollege.org
Masquerade
September 6 – 10, 2017
Artist Conversation
November 12, 2017
Carl Rimi
October 5 & November 16, 2017
‘Tis The Season
September 13 – 17, 2017
January 18, March 1 & April 19, 2018
December 10, 2017
Josh Sneed
Amernet String Quartet with Rachel
Holiday Harmonies
September 20 – 24, 2017
Calloway: Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2
December 16, 2017
Darryl Lenox
October 7, 2017
Christmas at the PAC
September 27 – October 1, 2017
Dis/Embodied
December 17, 2017
Mr. Showtime AKA The Midnight Swinger
November 17 – 19, 2017
Time…And The Winds
October 4 – 8, 2017
Lerner/Filiano/Grassi
January 18, 2018
J.B. Ball
January 20, 2018
That’s Amoré
October 11, 2017
It’s Alive! A Monstrous Circus on
January 28 & February 17, 2018
Drew Hastings
Frankenstein
Give My Regards to…Broadway!
October 12 – 15, 2017
March 4, 2018
February 22, 2018
Jim McCue
Dither
Invitation to the Dance
October 18 – 22, 2017
April 21, 2018
February 25, 2018
Tom McTiernan
SPECIAL EVENTS
Cinemagic!
October 25 – 29, 2017
Duo Cortona
March 22, 2018
John Novosad “Hippieman”
October 3, 2017
All That Jazz
November 1 – 5, 2017
March 25, 2018
Arsenio Hall
North Port Concert Band
Songs of the Silver Screen
November 10 – 11, 2017
North Port Performing Arts Center
April 21, 2018
Dale Jones
941.426.8479
We Love the 70’s (all of them)
November 15 – 19, 2017
NorthPortConcertBand.org
April 26, 2018
Carmen Ciricillo
Americans We!
November 22 – 26, 2017
November 9, 2017
Mark Klein
Christmas at the PAC
OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving
December 6 – 10, 2017
December 17, 2017
8437 Tuttle Ave., #333
Mike McCarthy
Time…And the Winds
Sarasota, FL 34243
December 13 - 17, 2017
January 18, 2018
941.351.1007
Brett Leake
Give My Regards to…Broadway!
OperaForAnimals.org
December 27 – 30, 2017
February 22, 2018
New Year’s Eve with Dwight Slade
Cinemagic!
December 31, 2017
March 22, 2018
Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast
Dwight Slade
We Love the 70’s (all of them)
P.O. Box 3407
January 3 – 7, 2018
April 26, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34230
Musica Sacra Cantorum
North Port Chorale
PMPSuncoast.org
PO Box 50581
North Port Performing Arts Center
PMP Alumni: Around Town & In Schools
Sarasota, FL 34232
941.426.8479
November 2 – 6, 2017, February 22 - 26,
941.405.7322
TheNorthPortChorale.org
March 14 – 18, & April 19 – 23, 2018
MSCChorus.org
Holiday Harmonies
14th Annual Sarasota Winter Residency
Una Festa Toscana - A Tuscan Feast!
December 16, 2017
USF Sarasota-Manatee
September 23, 2017
That’s Amoré
December 21, 2017 – January 6, 2018
The Christmas Story
February 17, 2018
Celebration Concert
December 11, 2017
Songs from the Silver Screen
Sarasota Opera House
Rutter Requiem
April 21, 2018
January 4, 2018
941.955.4942
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Works-In-Progress Chamber Music Recital
Special Performances
John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker
Neel Performing Arts Center
“The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
January 6, 2018
A Theatre In The Field Experience
December 15 – 16, 2017
October 27 & 28, 2017
Moving Identities
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
Sarasota Polo Grounds
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
838 North Tamiami Trail
The Pops Orchestra
The Sarasota Ballet Presents Ballet
Sarasota, FL 34236
PO Box 1622
Hispanico
941.365.2494
Sarasota, FL 34230
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
ThePlayers.org
941.926.POPS (7677)
February 23 – 25, 2018
See website for season updates.
ThePopsOrchestra.org
Dreams of Nature
SCF’s Neel Performing Arts Center
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
S.T.A.R. (Storytelling at the Ranch) Polo
Riverview High School Performing Arts
March 2 – 3, 2018
Field Club House
Center
Great Masters of Dance
Magic Treehouse Series “Midnight On The
2017 World Rowing Championship
Sarasota Opera House
Moon”
Opening Ceremony
April 27 – 28, 2018
September 9, 2017
September 23, 2017
Magic Treehouse Series “Haunted Castle
Neil Diamond’s America
Sarasota Choral Society
On Hallow’s Eve”
November 12, 2017 (Riverview PAC)
5317 Fruitville Road #147
October 14, 2017
November 13, 2017 (Neel PAC)
Sarasota, FL 34232
Holiday Popera
SarasotaChoralSociety.org
Main Stage
December 10, 2017 (Riverview PAC)
941.777.5001
The Crucible
December 11, 2017 (Neel PAC)
Church of the Palms Presbyterian Church
August 31 – September 10, 2017
From Dallas, with Love
The Will Rogers Follies
February 11, 2018 (Riverview PAC)
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
September 28 – October 15, 2017
February 12, 2018 (Neel PAC)
1661 Main Street
Moon Over Buffalo
Hyman in the House
Sarasota, FL 34236
November 2 – 19, 2017
March 25, 2018 (Riverview PAC)
941.400.9474
A Calyp-soul Christmas
March 26, 2018 (Neel PAC)
ChorusoftheKeys.org
The 1940s Radio Hour
Ring Sarasota
Sarasota Concert Association
December 7 – 23, 2017
P.O. Box 2113
PO Box 1714
Legends and Laughter with Jimmy Mazz
Sarasota, FL 34276
Sarasota, FL 34230
December 29, 2017
RingSarasota.org
941.225.6500
Singin’ In The Rain
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
ScaSarasota.org
January 18 – February 4, 2018
February 18, 2018
Bullets Over Broadway
Artist Series Concerts Sarasota,
Great Performers Series
February 22 – March 11, 2018
Michael’s on East
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall &
Funny Girl
March 1, 2018
Riverview Performing Arts Center
March 29 – April 15, 2018
St. James United Methodist Church
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A Little Bit Country / A Little Bit Rock ‘n’
March 18, 2018
January 11, 2018
Roll with Jimmy Mazz
Lake Placid First Presbyterian Church
Cleveland Orchestra
March 30, 2018
March 24, 2018
January 29, 2018
January 26 – 29, 2018
December 1, 2017
Pageant
Gil Shaham & Akira Eguchi
Sarasota Ballet
January 30, 2018
5555 North Tamiami Trail
Staatskapelle Weimar
Backstage at the Players
Sarasota, FL 34243
February 26, 2018
In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
941.359.0099
Takács String Quartet
October 19 - 29, 2017
SarasotaBallet.org
March 16, 2018
Players Follies Play Reading Festival
The Secret Garden
Emanuel Ax
November 19 & 20, 2017
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
April 3, 2018
Shirley Valentine
October 27 – 29, 2017
February 8 - 18, 2018
Metropolitan
The Price
Sarasota Opera House
March 15 - 25, 2018
December 1 – 2, 2017
April 19-21 2018
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Music Matinee Series
Sarasota Folk Club
Phyllis Lowitt, “The Original Three Tenors:
Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center &
Sarasota Sailing Squadron
Caruso, Gigli,Bjoerling”
David Cohen Hall/Holley Hall
1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy.
December 6, 2017
The Bridge Trio
Sarasota, FL 34236
December 11, 2017
941.918.8333
Friends of Library Opera Talks with
George Nickson, percussion and
SarasotaFolk.org
Phyllis Lowitt
Samantha Bennett, violin
Claude Bourbon
Mozart, The Magic Flute
January 17, 2018
September 25, 2017
October 11, 2017
John Miller, jazz trio
2PM
Verdi, La Traviata
January 17, 2018
October 30, 2017
November 8, 2017
State College of Florida Chamber Choir
Love & Peace Hootenanny
2018 Winter Lecture & Performance Series
and Presidential Vocal Ensemble
November 27, 2017
Rollins College Voice Faculty
March 28, 2018
Holiday of Song
January 10, 2018
Tom Purviance, piano
December 18, 2017
Manon Lescaut January 17, 2018
April 18, 2018
Sarasota Grapeviners
“Live from the Archive”: American Music
John Chidsey Bayfront Community Center
from the 20th Century
5317 Fruitville Road #192
803 Tamiami Trail
January 24, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34232
Sarasota, FL 34236
Selections for Solo Piano & Four Hands-
941.650.1177
941.923.3302
One Piano
SarasotaConcertBand.org
IFDSarasota.webs.com
January 31, 2018
Recreational Dance
Carmen
Every Wednesday night
February 7, 2018
7:00 – 9:30 PM
Jazz Favorites & More
Sarasota Concert Band
Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company
February 14, 2018
8437 Tuttle Avenue #160 Sarasota, FL 34243
Sarasota Jewish Chorale
Norma
941.345.5755
941.355.8011
February 21, 2018
SarasotaContemporaryDance.org
SarasotaJewishChorale.org
Dr. Daniel Baer, Solo Piano
Jane B. Cook Theatre
See website for locations.
February 28, 2018
SCD + Piazzolla
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Tiefland
October 12 – 15, 2017
November 8, 2017
March 7, 2018
Voices of SCD
Remembering to Rejoicing: The Legacy of
Sarasota Opera Studio Artists, Selections
November 30 – December 3, 2017
Anne Frank and the Miracle of Isarel
from the Season’s Operas
Dance Makers – 12th Annual Concert
March 25, 2018
March 14, 2018
January 25 – 28, 2018
Yom Hashoah Commemoration
Cosi fan tutte
Evolving/Revolving
April 25, 2018
March 21, 2018 Luisa Miller
May 10 -13, 2018
The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School
Sarasota Music Archive
March 28, 2018
Selby Public Library
501 North Beneva Road, Suite 700
Geldbart Auditorium
Events
Sarasota, FL 34233
1331 First Street
Music Flea Market & Record Store Day
941.365.8400
Sarasota, FL 34236
April 21, 2018
SRQCubanBalletSchool.com
941.861.1168
Please see website for locations.
SarasotaMusicArchive.org
The Nutcracker
Sarasota Music Club PO Box 19613
December 9, 2017
Fall Music Film Series
5201 Bahia Vista Street
End-of-Year Performance
Diana Walters, “The Great Sopranos, 1950
Sarasota, FL 34276
May 2018
- 1963”
941.925.3602
Summer Intensive Showcase
September 13, 2017
SarasotaMusicClub.org
July 2018
Joy McIntyre, “Maria Callas”
Sunnyside Village Community Center
On Stage Performance
October 25, 2017
Margot Zarzycka, Violin & Lee Dougherty
July 2018
John Goodman, “Great Composers: J. S.
Ross
Bach” in connection with the BachFest
October 20, 2017
November 16, 2017
Jason Stearns, Baritone & Lee Dougherty Ross November 17, 2017
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Sunnyside Singers & Lucas Coura
Sarasota Opera Guild
The Red Violin
December 15, 2017
941.921.4154
April 6 - 8, 2018
Gail Berenson, Piano & Alison Sincoff,
Call for venue information.
Flute
Social and Singers
Great Escapes
January 19, 2018
September 19, October 17, November 21,
By Special Arrangement
Rich Ridenour, Piano
2017. January 16, February 20, March 20,
October 11 - 14, 2017
February 16, 2018
2018
Home for the Holidays
Rhonda Liss, Soprano & Alan J. Corey
When the Castrati Ruled Opera
December 20 - 23, 2017
March 16, 2018
September 28, 2017
Mozart in the Jungle
Suncoast Music Scholarship Auditions
The Poem of My Life
January 24 - 27, 2018
April 28, 2018
October 19, 2017
It’s Been Reel
Suncoast Music Scholarship Award
Prologue - La Traviata
February 14 - 17, 2018
Luncheon
October 23, 2017
The Sound of Music
May 12, 2018
Behind the Curtain: What a Stage Director
March 21 - 24, 2018
Does
Mavericks of Rhythm
Sarasota Opera
November 9, 2017
April 11 - 14, 2018
61 N. Pineapple Ave.
Opera Prologues – Manon Lescaut
Sarasota, Florida 34236
January 8, 2018
POPS
941.328.1300
Opera Prologues – Carmen
Doo Wop Project
SarasotaOpera.org
January 15, 2018
January 19 - 20, 2018
Opera Prologues – Norma
Best of Broadway
Sarasota Youth Opera (Fall Season)
January 22, 2018
March 9 - 10, 2018
Rachel J. Peters’ Rootabaga Country
Placido Domingo, Woody Allen, and
The Cotton Club
November 11 – 12, 2017
Puccini?
April 20 - 21, 2018
January 25, 2018 Fall Season
Opera Prologues – Tiefland
Chamber Soiree
Verdi’s La Traviata
January 29, 2018
Tango Time
November 3, 5, 8, 14, 16, 19 & 21, 2017
Viva La Diva: Opera’s Femmes Fatales
September 28, 2017
February 8, 2018
Collage
Winter Season
Celebration Dinner and Installation of
October 8, 2017
Understanding Opera
Officers
Treasures
October 12, 19 & 26, November 2, 2017
April 6, 2018
October 22, 2017
Opera House Tour
Annual Picnic on Turtle Beach
String Spectrum
November 6 & 20, 2017
April 19, 2018
November 2, 2017 Splendid Colors
February 19 & 26, March 5, 12 & 19, 2018 Concerts at Noon
Sarasota Orchestra
January 18 & 21, 2018
November 9, 2017
709 North Tamiami Trail
Trout
March 2 & 16, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34236
February 8 & 11, 2018
Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
941.953.3434
Striking Strings
February 10, 14, 18, 20 & 24, 2018
SarasotaOrchestra.org
March 8 & 11, 2018 Romantic Wonders
March 1, 4, 17 & 23, 2018
April 19, 2018
Artists Round Table
Masterworks
February 17 & March 3, 10 & 17, 2018
Dvorak & Mahler
Bizet’s Carmen
November 10 - 12, 2017
Discoveries
February 17, 22, 25 & 27, 2018
Symphonic Carnival
Renaissance
March 2, 7, 9, 13, 16, 22 & 24, 2018
December 8 - 10, 2017
September 23, 2017
Bellini’s Norma
Firsts
Soundscapes
March 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20 & 24, 2018
January 12 - 14, 2018
January 6, 2018
d’Albert’s Tiefland
Impressions
City Sounds
March 10, 15, 18, 21 & 25, 2018
February 2 - 4, 2018
May 5, 2018
Opera Lovers Weekend
Midori Honors Bernstein
March 16 – 18, 2018
February 22 – 25, 2018
Special Events
March 23 – 25, 2018
Lift-Off
Sarasota Music Festival
Artists Choice Concert
March 15 - 18, 2018
June 4 – 23, 2018
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State College of Florida
Sundays at Neel
Theatre Odyssey
5840 26th Street
The Four Freshmen
PO Box 1383
Bradenton, FL 34207
December 10, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34230
941.752.5252
Jukebox Junction
941.799.7224
SCF.edu
January 21, 2018
TheatreOdyssey.org
See website for additional dates.
Tusk
Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival
MUSIC/DANCE
January 28, 2018
February 3 – 4, 2018
Neel Performing Arts Center
The New Christy Minstrels
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Fall Festival of Music: “An American
February 11, 2018
May 3 – 6, 2018
Adventure”
The Jersey Tenors
October 5, 2017
February 18, 2018
Urbanite Theatre
Bradenton Symphony Orchestra: “All
Ethan Bortnick
1487 Second Street
Roads Lead to Rome”
March 2, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34236
October 13, 2017
941.321.1397 UrbaniteTheatre.com
Island”
Howard Studio Theatre (in Neel PAC)
October 27 - 29, 2017
TBA Directed by Dean Anthony
Through September 10, 2017
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: “Deep in the
October 17, 2017
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Heart of Texas”
TBA Directed by Dean Anthony
October 2 – November 5, 2017
November 16, 2017
DECEMBER 2 - 3 & 7 -10, 2017
Echoes
Music Theatre Ensemble: “Once On This
Choirs, BSO, Guitar: “Holiday Joy”
Pilgrims
November 17 – December 17, 2017
December 1, 2017
Events
Northside Hollow
SCF Big Band & Jazz Combo
Chorale Master Class in conjunction with
January 26 – March 11, 2018
December 7, 2017
Key Chorale
Women Laughing Alone with Salad
Works-In-Progress Chamber Music Recital
November 7, 2017
April 6 – May 6, 2018
January 6, 2018
Guitar Master Class in conjunction with
SCF Music Student Showcase Concert
Artist Series of Sarasota
USA Dance
January 19, 2018
February 19, 2018
Sara Dance Center
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: “A Divine
Music Matinee - SCF Chamber Choir
5000 Fruitville Road
Comedy”
in conjunction with Sarasota Concert
Sarasota, FL 34232
February 15, 2018
Association
941.812.7311
Piano Master Class in conjunction with
March 28, 2018
DanceWhiteSands.com
Key Chorale
Picnic Jazz Band at the Pavilion
February 16, 2018
April 12, 2018
Bradenton Symphony Orchestra: “Twice
Spring Fling Concert: “Step Right Up, It’s
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
As Nice”
Carnival Time!”
777 North Tamiami Trail
February 23, 2018
April 26, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34236
Guitar Concert: “We Tell The Story”
941.953.3368
February 27, 2018
Suncoast Concert Band
VanWezel.org
SCF Choirs: “New Horizons”
12308 Lobelia Terrace
Big Stage Ballroom
March 1, 2018
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
October 8, 2017
SCF Jazz Festival: SCF Big Band & Jazz
941.907.4123
Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock & Roll
Combo
SuncoastConcertBand.org
October 13, 2017
March 22, 2018
Concert Season at Northminster
Willie Nelson & Family
Chamber Music Concert: “Great Things
Presbyterian Church
October 17, 2017
Come In Small Packages”
November 5 & 19, December 3 & 17,
So You Think You Can Dance
March 29, 2018
2017; January 14, February 11, March 11,
November 3, 2017
Music Theatre Ensemble Showcase
April 15 & 19, 2018
Doo Wop Spectacular
April 16, 2018
Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors at
November 4, 2017
Bradenton Symphony Orchestra: “Ain’t
Northminster
Celtic Thunder Symphony 2017
Life Suite”
December 10, 2017; January 21, February
November 15, 2017
April 19, 2018
18, March 18, April 22, 2018
Straight No Chaser - The Speakeasy Tour
Concerts at Church of the Palms
November 16, 2017
January 28, February 25, March 25, 2018
Decades Rewind November 17, 2017
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Michael Feinstein: Celebrating The Crooners
Wynonna & The Big Noise
November 18, 2017 Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Christmas
January 28, 2018
Chris Botti
Tour
Cabaret
April 15, 2018
November 28, 2017
January 30 - 31, 2018
Let It Be
We Three Kings - An Irish Tenors
Balletboyz
April 17, 2018
Christmas
February 1, 2018
ABBA the Concert
December 2, 2017
In the Mood
April 18, 2018
LeAnn Rimes: Today is Christmas Tour
February 5, 2018
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
December 3, 2017
Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound - After the
April 19, 2018
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
Curtain
Bill Engvall
December 5, 2017
February 7, 2018
April 22, 2018
98 Degrees at Christmas
The Beach Boys
A Chorus Line
December 11, 2017
February 14, 2018
April 24 - 25, 2018
A Charlie Brown Christmas
George Benson
Mummenschanz “You & Me”
December 17, 2017
February 15, 2018
April 26, 2018
Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Michael McDonald
December 21, 2017
February 17, 2018
Venetian Harmony Chorus
A Christmas Carol
The Hot Sardines
701 North Indiana Avenue
December 22, 2017
February 18, 2018
Englewood, FL 34223
Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker
Stayin’ Alive - One Night of the Bee Gees
941.480.1480
December 29, 2017
February 19, 2018
VenetianHarmony.com
Salute to Vienna
Moscow Festival Ballet – Romeo & Juliet
January 3, 2018
& Carmen
The Venice Chorale
Peter Cetera
February 27, 2018
The Venice Performing Arts Center
January 5, 2018
Celtic Woman
1 Indian Avenue
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
March 4, 2018
Venice, FL 34285
January 6 - 7, 2018
The Wizard of Oz
941.484.8491
A Night with Janis Joplin
March 6 - 7, 2018
TheVeniceChorale.org
January 8, 2018
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt - Steve Solomon
March 11, 2018
Magnificent Joy: Songs of the Holidays featuring “Magnificat” by John Rutter
January 9, 2018
Dance to the Movies
December 3, 2017
Ramsey Lewis & John Pizzarelli: Nat King Cole Tribute
March 12, 2018
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Celebration of Women Composers
January 10, 2018
March 13, 2018
February 11, 2018
Tango Fire
Audra McDonald in Concert
January 12, 2018
March 14, 2018
Life and Landscape: Our Conflict, Our Peace, Our Song
Legendary 5th Dimension
Rick Springfield
April 8, 2018
January 15, 2018
March 15, 2018
Renée Fleming
The Four Phantoms
Venice Concert Band
January 16, 2018
March 21, 2018
1 Indian Avenue
Chita & Tune - Two for the Road
America
Venice, FL 34285
January 17, 2018
March 22, 2018
VeniceConcertBand.org
The Drifters, The Platters and Cornell Gunter’s Coasters
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell
American Salute
January 18, 2018
March 24, 2018
Sounds of the Season
Musical Thrones: A Parody
Peter Pan 3D Stage Spectacular
December 4, 2017
January 21, 2018
March 26, 2018
Here, There and Everywhere
Tapestry: Tribute to Carole King
Motown the Musical
January 22, 2018
January 23, 2018
March 27 – April 1, 2018
Showtime
Paul Anka
Illusionist Rick Thomas - Nothing Happens Until You Dream!
February 19, 2018
January 25, 2018
Masters of Illusion
April 4, 2018
March 26, 2018
January 26, 2018
Jersey Boys
Strike Up the Band
April 10 – 12, 2018
April 30, 2018
Three Dog Night
Neil Berg’s 109 Years of Broadway
April 14, 2018
November 6, 2017
Up, Up and Away
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Venice Musicale
Jazz Masters: The Symphony of Broadway
A Christmas Story, the Musical
PO Box 179
feat. Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski
November 14 – December 10, 2017
2357 South Tamiami Trail #3
February 24, 2018
Smokey Joe’s Café:
Venice, FL 34292
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
941.488.4902
March 10, 2018
January 9 – February 4, 2018
VeniceMusicale.org
Kadan Bart Rockett: Kid Magician
Dreamgirls
Check website for venue information.
March 23 - 24, 2018
February 20 – March 18, 2018
Musical Potpourri Concert
Bossa Nova All Stars
The Grapes of Wrath
October 19, 2017
March 31, 2018
April 10 – 29, 2018
Voyage to Vienna Concert
Semi Toned
November 16, 2017
April 6, 2018
Stage II Beehive: The 60’s Musical
Encore Chorus Holiday Concert December 14, 2017
High School Shows
September 28 – October 22, 2017
Vintage Voyages Concert
Rashomon
Flaming Guns of The Purple Sage
January 18, 2018
October 27 - 29, 2017
November 2 – 19, 2017
The Heart of Music Concert
Madrigal Holiday Feast
The Santaland Diaries
February 15, 2018
December 1 - 2, 2017
November 30 – December 23, 2017
Encore Spring Fling Concert
Songs for a New World
Last Train to Nibroc
March 15, 2018
April 27 - 29, 2018
January 11 – 28, 2018 The Toxic Avenger
Scholarship Concert
The Venice Symphony
February 8 – March 4, 2018
230 South Tamiami Trail
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Venice Institute for Performing Arts
Venice, FL 34285
March 15 – April 8, 2018
941.207.8822
Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical!
1 Indian Avenue
TheVeniceSymphony.org
April 26 – May 20, 2018
Venice, FL 34285
Venice Performing Arts Center
941.218.3779
Majestic Moments, Directed by Teresa
Generations
VenicePerformingArtsCenter.com
Cheung
Wiley and the Hairy Man
Clyde Butcher: Broadway Boys
November 17 - 18, 2017
September 7 – 17, 2017
September 23, 2017
Holiday Pops, Directed by Wesley Schulz
A Christmas Carol
Swan Lake
December 15 – 16, 2017
December 15 – 21, 2017
October 14, 2017
Emotional Landscapes, Directed by Stilian
Stuart Little
The Nutcracker
Kirov
May 15 – 20, 2018
December 9, 2017
January 12 – 13, 2018
Swing’N The Holidays with the Jive Aces
Beethoven to Broadway, Directed by
Special Events
December 17, 2017
Steven Jarvi
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jim Stafford
February 16 – 17, 2018
October 27 - 28 & 31, 2017
January 6, 2018
A Symphonic Journey, Directed by Janna
Tommy Dorsey
Hymes
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
January 14, 2018
March 16 – 17, 2018
1646 10th Way
Harry Allen with Wycliffe Gordon, Ed
Taking Flight, Directed by Silas N. Huff
Sarasota, FL 34236
Metz, Rossano Sportiello & Nicki Parrott
April 13 – 14, 2018
941.366.1505
January 24, 2018
A Tribute to Music in Cinema, Directed by
westcoastblacktheatre.org
It Ain’t Easy Baby: Nick Bollettieri & Reno
Troy Quinn
In the Heights
Manne Live
May 4 – 5, 2018
October 11 – November 18, 2017
April 19, 2018
Motown Christmas
January 27, 2018 Shen Yun
Venice Theatre
November 29 - December 23, 2017
February 3 - 4, 2018
140 West Tampa Avenue
The Mountaintop
New Christy Minstrels
Venice, FL 34285
January 10 – February 18, 2018
February 9, 2018
941.488.1115
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Kings of Dance
VeniceStage.com
February 28 – April 8, 2018 Soul Man
February 22, 2018 Clyde Butcher - Florida: Where Water,
Main Stage
Earth & Heaven Meet
You Can’t Take It With You
February 23, 2018
September 26 – October 15, 2017
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MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League
Art Center Sarasota
Renee Fleming at the Van Wezel
707 N. Tamiami Trail
January 16, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34236
Celebrate the Arts Luncheon
941.365.2032
February 15, 2018
ArtSarasota.org
Florida Maritime Museum
5312 Holmes Boulevard Holmes Beach, FL 34217
Exhibitions
4415 119th Street West
941.778.2099
“Line, Form, Color”
Cortez, FL 34215
IslandArtLeague.org
Through September 29, 2017
941.708.6120
New exhibits monthly beginning in
FloridaMaritimeMuseum.org
Art Center Manatee
“Thin Spaces”, “World Without Men” & “Every Subject a New Obsession: The Avid Lens of Giovanni Lunardi”
209 9th Street West
Through October 6, 2017
Bradenton, FL 34205
Carol Prusa/World Without Men: Lowell Gilbertson/Sumi-e Society of Sarasota
October 14, 2017
Through October 6, 2017
The Blake Banks Collection Ship Models Maritime Library
October.
941.746.2862 ArtCenterManatee.org Events
Music on The Porch Second Saturday of each month
20th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market
Permanent Collections
Every Friday, September 15 – December
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
15, 2017
5414 Marina Drive
Featured Exhibits
80th Birthday Party
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
Cuban Ranchos in Tampa Bay
September 22, 2017
941.778.6694
October 12 – December 15, 2017
Artful Holidays Party & Sale
AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com
Night Out: Creative Fun for Everyone!
Featured Exhibits
November 9 – 11, 2017
Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit
Cuban Ranchos in Tampa Bay
December 8 – 9, 2017
Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County
941.404.5710
The Lionfish Invasion
February 25 – 26, 2018
EmbracingOurDifferences.org
November 15, 2017
Open House
Exhibit in Island Park
Lighthouses of the Florida Keys
April 28, 2018
April 1 – May 31, 2018
December 13, 2017
Exhibits
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS)
September 5 – 29, 2017
Englewood Art Center A Division of Ringling College of Art and Design
Laura Waller: Port Side
350 South McCall Road
Sun City Center, FL 33573
October 3 – November 3, 2017
Englewood, FL 34224
813.394.0437
Off the Wall
941.474.5548
SuncoastWatercolorSociety.com
November 7 – December 8, 2017
Ringling.edu/EAC
Joyful Creations
Anything Goes
Exhibits
December 12, 2017 – January 3, 2018
Through October 6, 2017
Open Aqueous Show
Annual Member Show
Change of Pace
December 4 – 29, 2017
January 9 – February 9, 2018
January 2018
Open Aqueous Show
Holiday Pottery Sale
Instructor’s Showcase
October 18, 2017
1332 Idlewood Drive
February 13 – March 23, 2018
American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition
Fine Arts Society of Sarasota
Transparent Show
February 13 – March 23, 2018
941.330.0680
April 2018
School District of Manatee County Annual Exhibit
FineArtsSarasota.com
Open Aqueous Show May 2018
March 27 – April 13, 2018
Guided Art Collection & Backstage Tours
Bright & Bold
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Workshops
April 17 – May 11, 2018
First Tuesday of each month, October –
William Perry
Southern Watercolor Society Curated Show
May
November 6, 2017
May 15 – June 22, 2018
November 2017
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Gary Morgan
Skyway: A Contemporary Collection
James McGinn: Ing an Die
January 8, 2018
Through October 15, 2017
October 19 – 21, 2017
Pat Robertson
Posed: Portrait Photography from the Permanent Collection
Nobuntu
February 5, 2018
Linda Wokun
Through October 29, 2017
ensemblenewSRQ: Program Two
March 12, 2018
First 5 Years of Art of Our Time
October 20 – 21, 2017
Libit Jones
November 4 – 30, 2017
RIAF 2017: Last Night
April 19, 2018
Approaching the Border
October 21, 2017
November 5, 2017 - January 21, 2018
Awake Love Orchestra
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling)
Eisenstaedt Photographs
November 10 - 11, 2017
November 18, 2017 – March 18, 2018
Monsieur Periné
5401 Bay Shore Road
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
December 8 - 9, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34243
Through June 1, 2018
ETHEL: Circus – Wandering City
941.359.5700
Toni Dove: Embodied Machines
January 26 – 27, 2018
Ringling.org
February 25 - May 20, 2018
SOMI
Events
On Screen
Chucho Valdés
Ringling Underground
March 2 – 3, 2018
First Thursday of the month
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
September 7, 2017 – April 5, 2018
September 15, 2017
March 23 – 24, 2018
Museum Day Live!
National Theatre Live: Obsession
September 23, 2017
November 3, 2017
Programs
Ringling International Arts Festival
National Theatre Live: No Man’s Land
October 18 – 21, 2017
December 1, 2017
Gallery Walk & Talk Want to Get Away From It All?
Family Day: The Art of Performance
National Theatre Live: Peter Pan
September 14, 2017
October 21, 2017
December 15, 2017
Art of Our Time
Ringling by the Bay
National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
September 28, 2017
November 20 & December 18, 2017
February 2, 2018
Holiday Splendor
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
Depicting Décolletage: The Pink Ribbon Tour
December 7, 2017
February 9, 2018
October 5, 2017
Deck the Halls December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2017
National Theatre Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Curator’s Choice: Some of Her Favorite Things, Old Masters
Holiday Movie Night: Elf
February 23, 2018
October 12, 2017
December 15, 2017
National Theatre Live: Salomé
Art After 5: Discounted Admission
March 16, 2018
Curators Choice: Some of Her Favorite Things, Asian Collection
Thursdays 5 – 8pm
National Theatre Live: Yerma
November 7, 2017
Turrell Skyscape: Joseph’s Coat
April 20, 2018
Aftermath: Our Shared Humanity
October 19 – 21, 2017
February 16 – 17, 2018
Thursdays & Fridays
November 2, 2017 Performances
Exhibitions
Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes from the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Turtle Island: Bird’s Eye View
Ringling International Arts Festival 2017 First Night: WANTED
Aftermath: The Fallout of WarAmerica and the Middle East November 9, 2017
October 18, 2017
Nevertheless, She Persisted
Monica Bill Barnes & Company: Happy Hour
November 16, 2017
Amazing Acts of the Greatest Show on Earth
October 19 – 21, 2017
December 14, 2017
Portraits in Motion
ROAR! Ringling Order of Art Readers
Through September 11, 2017
October 19 – 20, 2017
Select Fridays
Extraordinary Animals
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
September 22, 2017 – January 14, 2018
October 19 – 21, 2017
Literati Book Club
Aftermath: The Fallout of War – America and the Middle East
ensemblenewSRQ: Program One
October 8, 2017 – January 21, 2018
eVenti Verticali: WANTED
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures by Robert Wittman
October 19 – 20, 2017
September 14 & 15, 2017
Through September 10, 2017
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October 19 – 20, 2017
The Story of the Nativity
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art by Julian Barnes October 26 & 27, 2017
Saturday for Educators
Through the Window
Engaging with Aftermath: The Artist as Activist
November 13, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Breakfast with Lucian: The Astounding Life and Outrageous Times of Britain’s Great Modern Painter by Geordie Grieg
October 28, 2017
Palm Avenue
Collecting Recollections: Direct from the National Stage
Arts Alliance
October 31; November 14; November 28,
November 9, 2017
2017
First Friday Gallery Walks An Evening of Classics
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art by Sebastian Smee
ViewPoint
A Prelude to Season
Curating Aftermath: The Fallout of War-America
November 3, 2017
November 4, 2017
December 1, 2017
Rania Matar: From Personal to Universal
An Evening on Palm
December 2, 2017
January 5, 2018
December 14 & 15, 2017
The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan by Christopher Benfey
October 6, 2017
Holiday Treasures
Romancing the Arts
January 11 & 12, 2018
Truevine: Two Brothers, A Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy
PalmAvenue.org
Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters of the Suncoast
February 2, 2018
941.924.0818
March 2, 2018
LightChasersInc.com
An Affair to Remember
February 8 & 9, 2018
A Taste of Palm Avenue
April 6, 2018
Peacock and Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny by A.S. Byatt
Workshops
Jazz on the Ave
Joseph McGurl - Weekday & Weekend
May 4, 2018
March 15 & 16, 2018
April 2 - 4 & 6 - 8, 2018
Sunset Serenade
The Lost Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel by Dominic Smith
Light Chasers Gala Show Weekend
April 12 & 13, 2018
Quick Draw
Rogue’s Gallery: A History of Art and its Dealers by Philip Hooko
March 7, 2018
Renaissance School of Art
Paint Out
4063 South Tamiami Trail
May 10 & 11, 2018
March 8 - 14, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34231
ArtMaking@Art after 5
Art Shows
941.330.6865
Every Thursday
March 17 - 19, 2018
YeliseyevStudio.com
ROAR! Ringling Order of Art Readers
Manasota Weavers Guild
“Impressions in Watercolor” Workshop by Vladislav Yeliseyev
September 22 & 29; October 6, 13 & 27;
PO Box 17876
November 30 – December 2, 2017
November 3, 10 &17; December 1,8 &15,
Sarasota, FL 34276
2017
ManasotaWeaversGuild.com
“Nocturnal Plein Air Painting” with Hai-Ou Hou
June 1, 2018
September 21 – December 21, 2017
Stroller Tours
TBA, January 2018
September 26; October 31; November 28;
Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy
December 19, 2017
2121 North Tamiami Trail
“Approaches and Techniques” Workshop with George Van Hook
Sarasota, FL 34234
March 20 – 22, 2018
Conversation
941.364.3399
The Circus: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
WhimsyMuseum.org
“Painting Landscape” Plein Air Workshop by Mark Boedges
October 10, 2017
North Port Art Center
The Development of the Book in China
5950 Sam Shapos Way
October 26, 2017
North Port, FL 34287
“Composition in Plein Air: Working with Water-Mixable Oils” with Charlie Hunter
This Old House (with apologies to PBS)
941.423.6460
TBA, 2018
November 7, 2017
NorthPortArtCenter.com
Creating a Catalog: Celebrating the Collection
Animal Kingdom
December 5, 2017
Best of the Best
TBA, 2018
Through October 20, 2017 October 23 – 28, 2017
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Ringling College of Art + Design
Connoisseurship Series
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota
2700 North Tamiami Trail
8069 Stirling Falls Circle
Sarasota, FL 34234
Restoring a Masterpiece with Greg Hall of Hall Architects
941.359.7563
November 20, 2017
941.359.1765
Ringling.edu/Campus-Galleries
Sarasota, FL 34243 AmericanTapestryAlliance.org
Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration
Sarasota Sculpture Center 1662 Floyd Street
The Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome
Through October 15, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34239
September 23, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Posed: Portrait Photography from the Permanent Collection
941.928.4445 SarasotaSculptureCenter.org
Through October 29, 2017
Towles Court Art District 1938 Adams Lane
Aftermath: The Fallout of War – America and the Middle East
Siesta Key Crystal Classic
Sarasota, FL 34236
5114 Ocean Blvd.
941.266.7318
October 8, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34242
TowlesCourt.com
Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
941.349.3800
Art Walks
SiestaKeyCrystalClassic.com
Third Friday of every month
Through June 1, 2018
Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival
Venice Art Center
Sarasota Architectural Foundation
November 10 – 13, 2017
390 Nokomis Avenue Venice, FL 34285
941.364.2199 SarasotaArchitecturalFoundation.org
The Southern Atelier
941.485.7136
SarasotaMOD Weekend 2017
7226 21st Street East
VeniceArtCenter.com
November 10 – 12, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34243
It’s Surreal
941.753.7755
September 8 – 29, 2017
Sarasota Museum of Art
TheSouthernAtelier.org
Members’ Show: Artist’s Choice
891 South Tamiami Trail
Exhibitions & workshops offered year-
October 6 – November 10, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34236
round.
Branching Out…Trees
Ringling College Academic
November 17 – December 8, 2017
Venice Art Center Annual Tea
2363 Old Bradenton Road
South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium
Sarasota, FL 34234
201 10th Street West
Inspired
941.309.7662
Bradenton, FL 34205
December 1, 2017 – January 12, 2018
Ringling.edu/Museum-Art
941.746.4131
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water
SouthFloridaMuseum.org
January 19 – February 10, 2018
Art on Film
See History, Science &
Bling Thing Jewelry Show and Sale
Open House: Meet & Greet
Education section for additional listings.
January 27, 2018
October 12, 2017
Fine Arts Show and Sale
Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back
National Geographic’s “50 Greatest Photographs”
October 12, 2017
Through January 18, 2018
Spring Members Show
Design Lab
Musical Inspirations
Chris Lasch & Terrol Dew Johnson
State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery
October 26, 2017
5840 26th Street West
South Sarasota County School Show
Florian Idenburg & Jing Liu of SO-IL
Bradenton, FL 34207
May 10 – 17, 2018
November 2, 2017
941.752.5225
Hot, Hot, Hot
Scf.edu/ArtGallery
May 25 – July 6, 2018
Center Auditorium
December 1, 2017
February 17 – 18, 2018 March 2 – 30, 2018 April 6 – May 4, 2018
School of Thought
See website for upcoming exhibitions.
Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power with Susan E. Cahan
Surface Design Guild Sarasota
WomenContemporaryArtists.com
November 14, 2017
SarasotaSurfaceDesign.com
Check website for venue information.
Exhibitions & workshops offered yearround.
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Women Contemporary Artists 941.358.9159
941.364.9076
Mayan Lecture with Tony Andrews
HSOSC.com
November 9, 2017
Sue Blue’s Historic Trolley Tours September 30; October 14, 28; November
Land Art: Christo & Jeanne Claude Art History Lunch & Lecture
Adult and Community Enrichment Center
4, 18; December 2 & 16, 2017
November 14, 2017
January 13, 27; February 10, 24; March 10, 24; April 14 & 28, 2018
Holly Days and Mangrove Lights
4748 Beneva Road Sarasota, FL 34233
Conversations at the Crocker
7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28 - 29, 2017
941.361.6590
October 10; November 14; December 12,
ACE-Sarasota.com
2017
John James Audubon: The Birds of America Art History Lunch & Lecture
HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION
January 9; February 13; March 13; April
Alliance Française de Sarasota
10; May 12, 2018
715 North Washington Blvd, Suite C
Le Barge Cruise
Sarasota, FL 34236
November 5, 2017 & March 4, 2018
941.955.0700
Sunday Afternoon Socials
AFSarasota.org
January 14; February 18; March 18, 2018
Big Cat Habitat 7101 Palmer Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34240 941.371.6377 BigCatHabitat.org
Crowley Museum & Nature Center 16405 Myakka Road Sarasota, FL 34240 941.322.1000 CrowleyFL.org
Friends of the Sarasota County History Center 701 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.361.2453 FOSCHC.org
Guitar Sarasota 941.260.3306 GuitarSarasota.org
HSOSC Private Field Club Tour January 31, 2018
Sparkly Saturday February 10, 2018
Historic Burns Square 431 Burns Lane Sarasota, FL 34230 Pineapple Avenue between Ringling Avenue and Mound Street
November 24 & 30, 2017; December 1,
December 5, 2017
Starlight Party December 31, 2017
Building Art - The Life and Works of Frank Gehry January 9, 2018
Native Plant Tour with Nancy Paul January 16, 2018
Fairy House Festival March 3 - 4, 2018
Mrs. Potter Palmer Plant Tour with Nancy Paul March 13, 2018
Ballets Russe-Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Pavlova, et al Lunch & Lecture March 27, 2018
337 North Tamiami Trail
Photographer Francesca Woodman Lunch & Lecture
Osprey, FL 34229
April 10, 2018
941.966.5214 Docent guided walking tours available
Alphonse Mucha - The Spirit of Art Nouveau Lunch & Lecture
daily. Reservations Required.
April 25, 2018
Jackson Pollock – A New Voice for America Art History Lunch & Lecture
Andy Goldsworthy Environmental Artist Lunch & Lecture
Historic Spanish Point
HistoricSpanishPoint.org
May 8, 2018
September 12, 2017
Underwater Archaeology of the Gulf of Mexico with Dr. Joseph Cozzi
Art Lectures
September 21, 2017
27, May 8 & 22, 2018 Summer Camps
941.475.2098
Willem de Kooning – Action Painter Art History Lunch & Lecture
HermitageArtistRetreat.org
September 26, 2017
See Arts Communities & Organizations for
Lucien Freud – Arresting Images Art History Lunch & Lecture
See Listing in Performing Arts Section.
Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 34223
event listings.
October 10, 2017
Historical Society of Sarasota County
Francis Bacon Art History Lunch & Lecture
1260 12th Street
October 24, 2017
January 23, February 6 & 20, March 6 &
Begin May 29, 2018
Lifelong Learning Academy 8350 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.4296 LLA-SM.org
Sarasota, FL 34236
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Longboat Key Education Center
37th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig 2017
5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive,
Through September 8, 2017
October 6 – 7, 2017
Suite 212
Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
Longboat Key, FL 34228
The Orchid Show: Earth, Air, Fire, Water
941.383.8811
October 12 - November 26, 2017
Sea Debris Exhibit Grand Opening
LBKEducationCenter.org
Lunch in the Gardens: “Sex, Lies & Orchids” with Dr. Antonio Toscano de Brito
December 9, 2017
October 18, 2017
Tea for the Sea
Orchid Evenings
February 28, 2018
Wednesdays, October 18 - November 22,
Party on the Pass
2017
March 23, 2018
Wine & Design Orchid Showcase:
32nd Annual Run for the Turtles
October 19, 2017
Farm to Table
Sarasota Bay Cup: The Mote Marine Laboratory Regatta
November 8, 2017
April 21, 2018
Holiday Splendor
World Oceans Day Family Festival
December 6, 2017
June 2, 2018
Garden Music Series
Lionfish Derby
Sundays, October 22 - November 12,
July 6-8, 2018
2017
Year-Round Exhibits Shark Zone Creatures from the Reef Florida Bay Habitats Sea Turtles
Manasota Weavers Guild ManasotaWeaversGuild.com Monthly Workshops
Show & Tell: “What I Created Over Summer” September 2017
Exploring Weaving for the Holidays October 2017
Cotton From Field to Yarn November 2017
Potluck Luncheon & Gift Exchange December 2017
New Beginnings January 2018
Presentation by Sarah Fortin February 2018
Presentation on Fibonacci by Kissy Seel March 2018
Barbara Cabral’s Lessons from Cambodia April 2018
Manatee County Agricultural Museum 1015 6th Street West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.721.2034 ManateeClerk.com
Manatee Village Historical Park 1404 Manatee Avenue East Bradenton, FL 34208 941.749.7165 ManateeClerk.com
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 900 South Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236
Spooktacular October 29, 2017
April 7, 2018
November 15, 2017
New Topics New College Speaker Series
Friends of the Gardens Holiday Luncheon with Coleen Christian Burke December 6, 2017
A Brief History of Botanical Art December 13, 2017
Lights in Bloom December 21 – 30, 2017
Bromeliad Tree Sale January 4, 2018
Rainforest Masks of Costa Rica January 7 - 18, 2018
WARHOL: flowers in the factory February 11 - June 2018
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy. Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.4441 Mote.org
See website for additional events.
September 5, 2017
Teach-A-Kid Fishing & Ecology Clinic September 23, 2017 SARASOTA SCENE | SEPTEMBER 2017
Dec. 9, 2017
Mondays February 26 - March 19, 2018
Selby.org
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Youth Ocean Conservation Summit
Orchid Mania: The Orchid Craze in Victorian Britain
Florida Master Naturalist – Coastal Systems Course
941.366.5731
October 20, 2017
New College of Florida 5800 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 941.487.4153 NCF.edu/New-Topics-New-College See website for upcoming topics.
Palmetto Historical Park 515 10th Avenue West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.723.4991 ManateeClerk.com
Pierian Spring Academy Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy 221 Beach Road #128 Sarasota, FL 34242 941.309.5111 TheLifeLongLearningAcademy.com
Academy Adventures: Prague September 12 – 24, 2017
Academy Adventures: Taiwan/ Thailand/Cambodia
Sarasota Garden Club
KidSpace
1131 Blvd. of the Arts
Every Saturday every month
November 29 – December 13, 2017
Sarasota, FL 34236
Lunch & Learn
Seminar at Sea
941.955.0875
Every Wednesday every month
February 19 - March 2, 2018
SarasotaGardenClub.org
Live Star Talks
Beginners Floral Design Classes
Daily
Powel Crosley Estate
October 17, 2017
Manatee Presentations
8374 North Tamiami Trail
Intermediate Floral Design Classes
Daily
Sarasota, FL 34243
October 18, 2017
941.722.3244
Hort. Study
PowelCrosleyEstate.com
November 8, 2017
SunCoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning
Historic Open House
Therapy Tea
941.361.6590
March 6 - 8, 2018
November 29, 2017
SunCoastLifeLongLearning.org
Fun with Flowers Design
Lifelong Learning Showcase
December 12, 2017
Temple Beth Sholom
Civic Beautification Awards
September 13, 2017
Ringling College of Art + Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 941.351.5100 Ringling.edu See listings for the Englewood Art Center in the Museums & Visual Arts section.
Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series Benefiting Ringling College Library Association 941.925.1343 RCLassociation.org
Jean Renoux: Picasso and His Women November 15, 2017
John Brennan January 22, 2018
Jon Meacham
January 31, 2018
Everyday Floral Design Class February 20, 2018
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) 8499 South Tamiami Trail, Box 219 Sarasota, FL 34238 941.365.6404 SILLSarasota.org Sarasota & Venice Global Lecture & Music Series Schedule available online.
Sarasota Jungle Gardens 3701 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34234 941.355.5305 SarasotaJungleGardens.com Schedule of events available online.
February 12, 2018
Michael Lewis March 5, 2018
Siddhartha Mukherjee March 19, 2018
Reshma Saujani April 9, 2018
South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium 201 10th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.4131 SouthFloridaMuseum.org
Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc.
Family Night at the Museum
941.953.8727
iQuest
HistoricSarasota.org
Second Saturday every month
Sarasota Architectural Foundation 941.364.2199 SarasotaArchitecturalFoundation.org
First Saturday every month
think + drink (science)
Suncoast Science Center Faulhaber Fab Lab 4452 S Beneva Rd. Sarasota, FL 34233 941.840.4394 suncoastscience.org For a list of camps, programs and events, please visit website.
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota 941.359.1765 AmericanTapestryAlliance.org See Museum & Visual Arts for schedule.
Venice Heritage 941.237.0478 VeniceHeritage.org
Nokomis Trolley Tour October 28, 2017
Children’s Santa Letter Writing and Story Telling December 9, 2017
Holiday Tea + Young Lady Teddy Bear Tea January 7, 2018
Children’s Program March 17, 2018
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival March 23 - 24, 2018
Heritage Dinner May 24, 2018
Second Wednesday every month
Stelliferous Live! Last Wednesday every month
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FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2017 William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 941.388.4441 Mote.org October 6-7, 2017
Beer, Bands & BBQ presented by Music Compound Sarasota Farm Bureau MusicCompound.com October 7, 2017
ITU World Cup Nathan Benderson Park NathanBendersonPark.org October 7 - 8, 2017
Taste of St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com October 7, 2017
Mote Marine’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
Sarasota Celtic Music Festival
Oktoberfest
Sarasota Fairgrounds CeltoberFest.org October 21, 2017
Church of the Redeemer TheFirstBrass.org October 29, 2017
Buckler’s Craft Fair
Fright Night on St. Armands
Bradenton Area Convention Center BucklerCraftFair.com October 21 – 22, 2017
St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com October 31, 2017
St. Armands Boat Show
Venice Main Street Halloween Parade
St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com October 21 – 22, 2017
InspireSarasota! 2017
NOVEMBER 2017
Five Points Park, Downtown Sarasota Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County InspireSarasota.net October 23 – November 4, 2017 Celebration of the Arts Kick-Off Event October 23, 2017 The Arts Mean Business Luncheon October 26, 2017 InspireSarasota! Festival November 4, 2017
Ferraris on the Circle
Giving Hunger the Blues
Mote.org October 20, 2017
The Francis GivingHungerTheBlues.org October 27, 2017
DeSoto Pumpkin Festival
Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest
Veterans Park, Arcadia SpotlightEvents.com October 14 – 15, 2017
Oktoberfest Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl Various venues, Downtown Sarasota Jazzclubsarasota.org October 18, 2017
Ringling International Arts Festival The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Ringling.org October 18 – 21, 2017
Sun Fiesta Centennial Park, Venice WomensSertoma.com October 20 - 22, 2017
Celtoberfest Nathan Benderson Park NathanBendersonPark.org October 21, 2017 1 18
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VeniceMainStreet.com October 31, 2017
Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/MainStreet October 27, 2017
Manasota Pumpkin Festival Desoto Square Mall October 27 - 29, 2017
Sarasota Pumpkin Festival The Premier Sports Campus Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 10Times.com October 27 – 29, 2017
Age-Friendly Festival Sarasota County Fairgrounds AgeFriendlySarasota.org October 28, 2017
Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival Five Points Park, Sarasota dsasarasota.com October 28 - 29, 2017
St. Armands Circle, Sarasota StArmandsCircleAssoc.com November 4, 2017
NBP Rowing Festival Nathan Benderson Park NathanBendersonPark.org November 4 – 5, 2017
Downtown Venice Art Fest West Venice Avenue, Downtown Venice 941.484.6722 VisitVenicefl.org | ArtFestival.com November 4 - 5, 2017
Wild About Nature Festival ConservationFoundation.com Conservation Foundation of The Gulf Coast November 4, 2017
InspireSarasota! Festival Five Points Park InspireSarasota.net November 4, 2017
Beers, Boats and Bacon Festival Nathan Benderson Park BeerBoatsAndBacon.com November 4 – 5, 2017
Sarasota Medieval Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaMedievalFair.com November 4 -5, 11 – 12 & 18 - 19, 2017
2017 “Evanescent” Chalk Festival Venice Airport Fairgrounds ChalkFestival.com November 10 - 13, 2017
Siesta Key Crystal Classic: International Sand Sculpting Festival Master Sand Sculpting Competition 5114 Ocean Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34242 941.349.3800 SiestaKeyCrystalClassic.com November 10 – 13, 2017
La Musica Sonata a Due The Field Club lamusicafestival.org December 5, 2017
Venice Main Street Christmas Walk VisitVeniceFL.org December 7, 2017
St. Armands Art Festival St. Armands Circle, Sarasota ArtFestival.com November 11 – 12, 2017
Holidays Around the Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/Mainstreet December 8, 2017
Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club at LWR 941.870.0002 SuncoastFoodAndWineFest.com November 11, 2017
Porsches in the Park
Sarasota Fall Fine Art Festival
JANUARY 2018
Sarasota Bayfront, Gulfstream Ave. ParagonArtEvents.com November 18 – 19, 2017
Coquina Beach Winterfest Arts & Craft Show
Venice Blues Festival VisitVeniceFL.org VeniceBlues.com November 18, 2017
Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting SiestaKeyVillage.org See website for date.
DECEMBER 2017 Holiday Night of Lights on St. Armands St. Armands Circle StArmandsCircleAssoc.com December 1, 2017
St. Armands Circle StArmandsCircleAssoc.com December 9, 2017
2650 Gulf Drive SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com January 6 – 7, 2018
Anna Maria Islandfest Arts & Craft Show 5801 Marina Drive SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com January 13 – 14, 2018
Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival Downtown Sarasota ParagonArtEvents.com January 13 – 14, 2018
Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival Five Points SeafoodFestivals.com January 20 – 21, 2018
Sarasota Craft Show Robarts Arena SarasotaCraftShow.com December 1 - 3, 2017
Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival Venice Airport Grounds VeniceNokomisRotary.org January 21 – 22, 2018
Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton BradentonBluesFestival.org December 1 - 3, 2017
Siesta Beach Seafood & Music Festival Siesta Key Beach ParagonArtEvents.com December 2 – 3, 2017
Downtown Venice Craft Festival Main Street, Venice ArtFestival.com January 27 - 28, 2018
St. Armands Circle Art Festival ArtFestival.com January 27 – 28, 2018
Forks and Corks 2017 DineOriginal.com January 28, 2018
FEBRUARY 2018 Bradenton Area River Regatta Bradenton’s Riverwalk BradentonGulfIslands.com February 2018
Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Village of Cortez BradentonGulfIslands.com February 2018
Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main Street Lakewoodranch.com February 3, 2018
Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show 5500 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34231 SunsetboulevardPromotions.com February 3 – 4, 2018
Sarasota Masters Art Festival Palm Avenue, Sarasota BoulderBrook.net February 3 – 4, 2018
Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts Main Street at Orange Ave, Sarasota dsasarasota.com February 10 – 11, 2018
Maxine Barritt Park Arts & Craft Show 1600 Harbor Drive South Venice, FL 34285 SunsetboulevardPromotions.com February 10 – 11, 2018
Art at J.D. Hamel Park Arts & Craft Show 2 Marina Plaza Sarasota, FL 34236 SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com February 17 – 18, 2018
Lido Beach Winter Fine Art Festival Lido Beach ParagonArtEvents.com February 17 – 18, 2018
Coquina Tides Arts & Craft Show 2650 Gulf Drive South Bradenton Beach, FL 34217 ArtFestival.com February 24 - 25, 2018 SEPTEMBER 2017 | SARASOTA SCENE
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Siesta Key Craft Festival
Anna Maria Taste of Arts & Crafts
Sarasota Festival of Vocal Arts
5124 Ocean Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34242 ArtFestival.com February 24 - 25, 2018
5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, FL 34217 SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com March 17 – 18, 2018
FSU Center for the Performing Arts - Cook Theatre SFVA.us May 17 & 19, 2018
Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County
Venice Book Fair & Writers Festival
St. Armands Seafood & Music Festival
Bradenton Riverwalk ArtCenterManatee.org February 25 – 26, 2018
Centennial Park, Downtown Venice VeniceBookFair.com March 23 - 24, 2018
MARCH 2018
St. Armands Circle Park 941.487.8061 SeafoodFestivals.com May 19 – 20, 2018
Downtown Sarasota Springfest Arts & Craft Show
ArtSlam BradentonGulfIslands.com March 2018
DeSoto Heritage Seafood Festival Manatee River, Downtown Bradenton BradentonGulfIslands.com March 2018
Sarasota Jazz Festival
Main St. & Pineapple Ave. SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com March 24 - 25, 2018
The Rotary Club of Englewood’s Fine Arts Festival Dearborn Street, Englewood EnglewoodRotary.org March 24 – 25, 2018
941.366.1552 JazzClubSarasota.com March 2018
APRIL 2018
Suncoast Blues Festival
Selby Five Points Park, Sarasota dsasarasota.com April 7 – 8, 2018
Robarts Arena SuncoastBluesFestival.com March 3, 2018
Downtown Venice Art Classic West Venice Avenue, Venice ArtFestival.com March 3 - 4, 2018
Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival LaMusicaFestival.org April 9 – 18, 2018
Sarasota Film Festival Lido Tides Arts & Craft Show 400 Ben Franklin Dr. Sarasota, FL 34236 SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com March 3 - 4, 2018
Sarasota Spring Fine Art Festival Gulfstream Avenue PragonArtEvents.com March 10 – 11, 2018
Celticfest Rosa Community Church & St. Paul Lutheran Church TheFirstBrass.com March 11 & 18, 2018
Sarasota County Agricultural Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaFair.com March 16 - 25, 2018 1 20
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SarasotaFilmFestival.com April 13 – 22, 2018
Siesta Fiesta Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village ArtFestival.com April 21 – 22, 2018
MAY 2018 Food & Wine on Pine Historic Pine Ave., Anna Maria Island BradentonGulfIslands.com May 2018
SUMMER 2018 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau SavorSarasota.com June 1 – 14, 2018
Sarasota Music Festival SarasotaOrchestra.org June 4 – 23, 2018
Dragon Boat Festival Nathan Benderson Park 904.534.3266 PanamDragonBoat.com June 18, 2018
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Venice Seafood & Music Festival Centennial Park ParagonArtEvents.com May 5 – 6, 2018
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ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County 1226 North Tamiami Trail, Suite 300 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.5118 SarasotaArts.org
InspireSarasota! October 23 – November 4, 2017
Celebration of the Arts Kick-Off Event October 23, 2017
The Arts Mean Business Luncheon
Founders Garden Club of Sarasota P.O. Box 25612 Sarasota, Florida 34277 FoundersGCSarasota.org See website for events.
December 6 - 21, 2017
Holidays Around the Ranch December 8, 2017
Hermitage Artist Retreat
Lunch at MacAllisters
6660 Manasota Key Road Englewood, FL 34223 941.475.2098 HermitageArtistRetreat.org Check website for Community Programs, Artist Talks, Beach Readings, The Composer Series, and Open Studio dates.
December 9, 2017
InspireSarasota! Festival
Greenfield Prize Dinner Michael’s On East
November 4, 2017
April 8, 2018
October 26, 2017
LWRBA Social: Carriage rides, strolling carolers, Santa strolls
Principals’ Luncheon
Chanukah Celebration December 12, 2017
Breakfast with Santa (Polo Grill & Bar) December 16, 2017
Jingle 5k Run December 22, 2017
Christmas Celebration (Grace Community Church) December 23, 2017
Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch February 3, 2018
December 6, 2017
Main Street at Lakewood Ranch
Art Exhibits
Petticoat Painters
8100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Bradenton, FL 34202 941.907.9243 LakewoodRanch.com/Mainstreet
November 1 - December 17, 2017
Music on Main
Facades by Caryn Koffman January 3 - February 1, 2018
Free concerts the first Friday of each month.
Black History Month Exhibit
Bike Ride
Palm Avenue Arts Alliance
February 5 - March 2, 2018
Second Saturday each month, October - April
Dimensions by Samira Pinto
Nature Walk
March 6 - April 6, 2018
Third Saturday each month, October - April
Women by Slyviane De Roquebrune
Taste of Main: International Flare
PalmAvenue.org First Friday Gallery Walks See Museums & Visual Arts for complete listings.
April 10 - May 25, 2018
September 29, 2017
Life in Color by Adrijana Maciev September 18 - October 30, 2017
North Port Performing Arts Association 6400 West Price Boulevard North Port, FL 34291 941.426.8479 Nppaa.net See Performances section for events.
Main Street Block Party & Club Day
Realize Bradenton
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
October 20, 2017
Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest
941.621.6471 RealizeBradenton.com
5414 Marina Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.6694 AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com See Museums & Visual Arts for complete listings.
October 27, 2017
Bradenton Farmers’ Market
Ponies Under the Palms: Mustang & Ford Show
Every Saturday, October 7, 2017 – May 26, 2018
November 19, 2017
Bradenton Blues Festival Weekend
Lunch with Santa (Main Street Trattoria)
December 1 – 3, 2017
December 10 & 17, 2017
March 3, 2018
Music in the Park
Center for Architecture Sarasota 265 South Orange Avenue Sarasota, Florida 34236 941.305.5430 CFASRQ.org
Expressive Arts Florida Institute 200 S Washington Blvd, Suite 1 Towles Court Pavilion, Sarasota 941.366.9595 ExpressiveArtsFlorida.com
ArtSlam
Around the Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/events
Fridays, March 9 - April 27, 2018
STAR – Storytelling Theatre at the Ranch
Sarasota Film Society Burns Court Cinemas
Saturday August 12, September 9, October 14, 2017
Suncoast Food & Wine Fest
506 Burns Court Sarasota, FL 34236 Lakewood Ranch Cinemas 10715 Rodeo Drive #8 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 941.955.3456 FilmSociety.org
November 11, 2017
Cine-World Film Festival
Tour of Homes October 20 – November 19, 2017
The Legends of Sleepy Hollow October 27 – 28, 2017
November 3 – 13, 2017
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Sarasota Garden Club
Dedicated to a Lifetime of Women’s Health Care
1131 Blvd. of the Arts Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0875 SarasotaGardenClub.org
Annual Plant Sale & Garden Fest October 21, 2017
A Grand Affair “The Roar of the Twenties” 90th Anniversary November 17, 2017
M. Joanne Bevers,CNM Therese E. Goode, PA-C
Gardens in Paradise: 5th Annnual Premier Garden Tour
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March 17, 2018
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SUPPORTING THE ARTS HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER! A CONSIGNMENT STORE LIKE NO OTHER! 12,000-square-feet filled to the brim with hidden yet affordable treasures like Baccarat crystal, Tiffany silver, Gucci, Prada, Chicos, 14k-22k gold jewelry, high-end furniture, handmade Persian rugs and regular household items. NOW HANDLING OFF-SITE
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Fashion Show: Shivoo H vana at the Hyatt
Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc. ItalyInSarasota.com See website for events.
Sarasota Pen Women 6109 55th terrace East Bradenton, FL 34203 941.342.8542 SarasotaPenWomen.com
Panel Discussion: The Artist Journey February 2018, TBA
Annual Achievement Awards Luncheon at the Bird Key Yacht Club March 14, 2018
Sarasota Shell Club PO Box 4124 Sarasota, FL 34230 SarasotaShellClub.com
55th Annual Sarasota Shell Show Potter Building at Sarasota Fairgrounds January 9 - 11, 2018
Towles Court Art District 1938 Adams Lane Sarasota, FL 34236 941.266.7318 TowlesCourt.com
Art Walks
Every third Friday of month
Venice Main Street 941.484.6722 VeniceMainStreet.com See Festivals & Fairs section.
Village of the Arts Bradenton, FL 941.747.8056 VillageoftheArts.com
Visit Sarasota County 701 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0991 VisitSarasota.org Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week June 1 – 14, 2018
For a moment, in the darkness,
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2017-2018
Our 68th Season! Wiley and the Hairy Man
Last Train to Nibroc
You Can’t Take It With You
The Toxic Avenger
Sept. 8 - 18
Jan. 19 – Feb. 11
Sept. 297- Oct. 16
Beehive the 60’s Musical
Feb. 17 - Mar. 19
Dreamgirls
Sept. 30 - Oct. 23
Feb. 21 - March 19
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Christmas Story, The Musical
The Grapes of Wrath
The Santaland Diaries
Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical
A Christmas Carol
Stuart Little
Nov. 3 - 20
Nov. 8 – Dec. 4 Dec. 2 - 18
Dec. 16 - 21
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Jan. 10 - Feb. 5
March 30 - April 23 April 11 - 30
May 4 - May 21 May 16 - 21
Plus, this season’s concerts include The Capitol Steps, Peter Noone, tributes to The Eagles, Neil Diamond, Elvis & more!
TICKETS & INFO: 941.488.1115 | VeniceStage.com | 140 W. Tampa Ave.
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PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR
ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE ROMANCE OF THE CELLO September 24 – 25, 2017
Broadway Boys at Venice Institute for Performing Arts
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE 941.366.9000
floridastudiotheatre.org ROAR! THE MUSIC OF THE 1920’S AND BEYOND Through September 24, 2017
LEMON BAY PLAYHOUSE 941.475.6756
Lemonbayplayhouse.com ANNOYANCE September 6 – 24, 2017
MANATEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 941.748.5875
manateeperformingartscenter.com MAME September 14 – October 1
MCCURDY’S COMEDY THEATRE
THE PLAYERS CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS 941.365.2494 theplayers.org
THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES September 28 – October 15, 2017
THE POPS ORCHESTRA 941.926.7677
ThePopsOrchestra.org 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP OPENING CEREMONY September 23, 2017
THE RINGLING 941.359.5700 ringling.org
941.925.3869
mccurdyscomedy.com
RINGLING UNDERGROUND September 7, 2017
PHILLY PLOWDEN
HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER
September 6 – 10, 2017 CARL RIMI
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
HD AT THE OPERA HOUSE (FILM SHOWINGS): ABDUCTION FROM SERAGLIO September 10, 2017 MACBETH September 17, 2017 I DUE FOSCARI September 24, 2017 CLASSIC MOVIES AT THE OPERA HOUSE: CASABLANCA September 1, 2017 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA September 15, 2017 THE GODFATHER September 22, 2017 CLASSICAL MUSIC CELEBRATION September 29 - 30, 2017
SARASOTA ORCHESTRA
September 13 – 17, 2017
September 15, 2017
941.953.3434 sarasotaorchestra.org
JOSH SNEED
SARASOTA OPERA
DISCOVERIES: RENAISSANCE
September 20 – 24, 2017
SarasotaOpera.org
DARRYL LENOX September 27 – October 1, 2017
941.328.1300
September 23, 2017 CHAMBER SOIRÉE 1: TANGO TIME September 28, 2017
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arts&culture URBANITE THEATRE 941.321.1397
UrbaniteTheatre.com PILGRIMS Through September 10, 2017 MOVING ETHOS PRESENTS: AND BACK AGAIN
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September 13 – 16, 2017
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VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL 941.955.7676 vanwezel.org
TONY BENNETT
THE BULLET HOLE
September 8, 2017
Located in the heart of Downtown Sarasota since 1947. Specializes in Firearms, Liberty Safes & Accessories.
September 15, 2017
“Florida’s Oldest Gun Store”
FRIDAY FEST ’17: REVEREND BARRY & THE FUNKTASTIC SOUL
VENICE INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS 941.480.3191
veniceperformingartscenter.com
“Our Family welcomes you!”
The Misantone family, from left: Stella, Barbara, Dasher (dog), Brooke (standing), Francis & Alexandra
THE BROADWAY BOYS September 23, 2017
VENICE THEATRE 941.488.1115
venicestage.com WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN September 7 – 17, 2017 THE GOLDTONES September 9, 2017 YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU September 26 – October 15, 2017
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BEEHIVE: THE 60’S MUSICAL September 28 – October 22, 2017
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GET Inspired CULTURAL HAPPENINGS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF SARASOTA COUNTY
If you know the Sarasota arts scene, there’s a good chance you know Mike Marraccini. Always smiling and brimming with positivity, Marraccini is an Army veteran, culture junkie, community advocate, market influencer, lover of Boston Terriers, and a significant contributor to our legendary and evolving arts scene. Prior to his current role as a brand strategist at atLarge, Inc., Mike worked for seven years as marketing and communications specialist at The Sarasota Ballet. During that time, he worked closely with fellow marketing directors from major local art organizations to expand the young professional
attendance at all cultural performances by growing the Culture Collective, a current program of the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. A community advocate for the arts and cultural sustainability, Mike serves on the board of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, as well as its marketing and compensation committees. He also served our country for eight years as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, which included a tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003-2004. Mike has 17 years of experience in marketing strategy, a Bachelor of Science from Kent State University and has lived in Sarasota since 2008.
MIKE MARRACCINI We asked this arts enthusiast how and why the arts in Sarasota influence and inspire him:
“Growing up in small-town Ohio, the Midwestern values in which I was raised were the foundation for the man I could grow up to become – a strong, independent, friendly, matter-of-factly honest man. But the past decade of immersion in the cultural arts of this beachside community has truly shaped what kind of man I’ve become. The arts and humanities of Sarasota are a deep-rooted tradition, and the passion and neighborliness made this farm boy feel at home from day one. This community has influenced me professionally and privately, shaping my analytical thinking, spoken expression, and creativity. The arts and humanities in Sarasota have brought meaning to my life that goes well beyond job titles and salary levels. The culture in this town and the passion of this community have given me a place to feel at home, and that means the world to me.”
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Inspiring EVENTS PEOPLE, EVENTS & PLACES SHAPING OUR RICH CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Art Center Sarasota presents four new exhibitions and a benefit fashion show by young designers: GALLERIES ON VIEW: THROUGH OCTOBER 6, MON.-SAT., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ICONCEPT JR (BENEFIT FASHION SHOW): SEPTEMBER 24, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Thin Spaces, in Gallery One, is a solo show by Carol Prusa exhibiting three-dimensional forms using geometric patterns as a metaphor for interconnectedness. World Without Men, in Gallery Two, is Lowell Gilbertson’s series of illustrations of Biblical stories retold with a cast of female characters. Every Subject a New Obsession: The Avid Lens of Giovanni Lunardi, in Gallery Three, is a curated exhibition featuring photographs by world-renowned Italian photographer Giovanni Lunardi. Line, Form & Color, in Gallery Four, is an open, all-media, all-subject peer juried exhibition. Art Center Sarasota will present its 2nd annual iconcept jr., a runway fashion show featuring outfits created from unconventional materials by young designers, ages 8-18. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit youth scholarships and education outreach programs. ART CENTER SARASOTA; 707 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, 941.365.2032, ARTSARASOTA.ORG
Art Uptown Gallery Artists at Bird Key Yacht Club presents Evelyn McCorristin Peters: New Paintings OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 7, 6 p.m. EXHIBIT: SEPTEMBER 6 - OCTOBER 2 Evelyn’s paintings depict her passion for nature and her love of dogs. She treats them both lovingly in color and sensitive brushwork. Bird Key Yacht Club has graciously invited Art Uptown Gallery artists to display solo exhibitions. The community is invited to attend the opening and meet the artist. BIRD KEY YACHT CLUB;301 BIRD KEY DRIVE, SARASOTA 941.955.5409; ARTUPTOWN.COM
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arts&culture Bookstore1Sarasota presents Meet the Author Event with Jane Plitt SEPTEMBER 26, 11 a.m. Plitt will visit Bookstore1 to sign both her books — a children’s picture book (Martha’s Magical Hair) and an adult biography (Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream). Plitt has a long history of advocacy for women, small business and community. She lives in Bradenton with her husband. BOOKSTORE1SARASOTA; 12 S. PALM AVENUE, SARASOTA, 941.365.7900, WWW.SARASOTABOOKS.COM
Dabbert Gallery presents Transitions Exhibit EXHIBIT: SEPTEMBER 1 – SEPTEMBER 30, TUES. – SAT., 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. When artists move to Sarasota from other regions (or in some cases, other countries), their transition to the new environment usually inspires a new direction in their artistic expression. This creative transition has successfully fulfilled its promise with seven of our local Gallery artists - James Griffin, Jeff Cornell, Nancy Turner, Bill Farnsworth, Victoria Mayol, Thyra Davidson and Martin Dunn. DABBERT GALLERY; 76 S. PALM AVENUE, SARASOTA; 941.955.1315; DABBERTGALLERY.COM
The Ringling presents Art After 5 EVERY THURSDAY, 5-8 p.m. Take advantage of specially-priced admission (and fewer crowds!) to explore the Museum of Art, permanent and special exhibition galleries, and the Circus Museum. Stroll leisurely through the spectacular Ringling Courtyard and the Museum’s romantic loggias. Absorb the history of the Ringling family and the circus that shaped Sarasota with a visit to the Circus Museum, featuring the world’s largest model circus. Art After 5 admission includes select events and programs. Admission is $15. Ca’ d’Zan is not included with Art After 5 Admission. THE RINGLING MUSEUM; 5401 BAY SHORE ROAD, SARASOTA, RINGLING.ORG, 941.359.5700
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arts&culture The Galleries at Ringling College of Art and Design presents two exhibits: CONTINUING STUDIES & SPECIAL PROGRAMS INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF EXHIBITION THROUGH OCTOBER 4 RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY AND WILLIS SMITH GALLERY View exciting new work by Ringling College staff members and instructors from Continuing Studies and Special Programs and the Englewood Art Center. ANNUAL RINGLING COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION THROUGH OCTOBER 4
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium presents Electrify the Island
LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY
SEPTEMBER 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Be inspired by the work of our talented Ringling College faculty in the exciting new Lois and David Stulberg Gallery in the Basch Visual Arts Center. RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN 2700 N. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA 941.359.7563; WWW.RINGLING.EDU/GALLERIES
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LITERARY Scene By Ryan G. Van Cleave
A QUIRKY TRIO OF BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT OF LOVE.
THE SUNSET GANG by Warren Adler When this book came across my desk, I had to give it serious consideration. A short story collection from the author of War of the Roses and Random Hearts? Who wouldn’t be intrigued? Set in a condominium retirement village in Florida, the ten stories in The Sunset Gang reveal how getting older doesn’t mean that you ever stop thirsting for love, life, and happiness. With his well-developed brand of dark humor and artfully developed characters, Adler has created a stirring story that will appeal to many readers - even those who haven’t yet had to look up the word “geriatric.” Some of the more striking stories in this collection? • “The Detective,” which is about the perils of pride and the power of compassion. • “Yiddish” tackles how an ancient language can help a pair of people rediscover themselves and their almost-forgotten desire for love. • “The Demonstration” is perhaps the most overtly political story in the book. It powerfully speaks to issues of anti- Semitism and hatred. While I reviewed a softcover version of this book, I did listen to a bit of the audiobook and wow, Colleen Crimmins does a first-rate job with that. She really makes the rich Florida world come alive. It’s a rich, memorable read. Plus, there’s also much to learn in these pages about the art of living well.
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ONE BILLION SECONDS: THERE’S STILL TIME TO DISCOVER LOVE by Poppy & Geoff Spencer This is an odd book. It’s not exactly a memoir, not exactly a novel. Sort of a self-help book, too, but without so many bullet points. While it’s the story of Poppy and Geoff, it’s told through the perspective of Jessie, an ethereal entity or “relational choreographer” something like good old Clarence in It’s a Wonderful Life. Well, whatever this is, Florida Gulf Coast authors and relationship experts Poppy and Geoff Spencer have created a product that’s interesting, honest, and compelling. It’s kind of a star-crossed lovers story where miscommunication worthy of a TV drama nearly ruins it all, but a daring phone call many years later give them a second chance. The real takeaway? Effective communication is the secret to relationship success. So, if you’ve ever wondered how two people, twice-divorced, can still believe in a committed, lasting marriage, this book offers an answer. Give it a shot today and maybe you’ll discover the potential for your own fairytale ending.
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LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD by Joan King Florida author Joan King’s debut novel is set in rural Oklahoma - a location she knows well, having grown up on the family farm there. This story takes place near the end of World War II and it follows seven-year-old Gracie Timmons, who has a world of trouble around her. A deceased mother. Running afoul of moonshiners. Taken in by a spinster storekeeper while her soldier father fights for freedom. No wonder she spends most of her time locked in a closet, praying for her father to return home and be her salvation. When her father, Sergeant Aaron Timmons, finally does return home, he’s no hero. Thanks to three years as a POW and suffering through the Bataan Death March, he experiences fits and spells that we might today call PTSD. Readers know he’s a bit...off by how much he treasures a stolen Bible and a row of little boxes he says are filled with the bodies of dead soldiers. But when push comes to shove, he’s willing to confront the troublesome moonshiners who are working on the family farm and figure out how he can care for young Gracie. Much of the inspiration for this book, reports King, comes from her uncle Jimmy, who was a POW in Germany in WWII. In many ways, this book of historical fiction is designed to honor him and thousands more who survived the war but came home forever changed. At times, the language is striking and the dialogue terrifically spot on. But from time to time, my mind connected this story with the movie Lawless, and the narration of young Gracie felt like it wasn’t quite adequate to get at the emotional nuance and resonance this rich setup offered. Still, there’s much to enjoy here, for sure. If you’re a fan of the geographic area or the time period, go ahead and bump this up a quarter coffee cup.
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Real TALK SHERYL VIEIRA shares thoughts on the community, good deeds and important things, big AND small.
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ummer is a special time to enjoy a slower pace. Parents stop running around taking their kids here and there for school and after school programs and practices. Events in town come to a crawl. Vacations are enjoyed. In this month’s RealTALK, we take in a sunset at Selby to help Suncoast Charities, which spreads love to five non-profit agencies serving over 8,000 clients with special needs. We take a quick jaunt down to Miami to help fight childhood hunger and then to Jupiter to capture the perfect sunrise photographs with the Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Club. We then say goodbye to a strongwilled young boy, who accomplished so much in his short life, all while fighting and facing the battle of his life, but keeping others first in his heart and helping hands for as long as he could.
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RIDING INTO THE SUNSET AT SELBY More than 400 Sarasotans who love the water, boating and a casual, fun event attended the 33rd Grand Prix Festival Kickoff Party at Michael’s on the Bay at Selby Gardens. The evening was full of festivities, tastings, grazing and bidding. Kettle of Fish entertained and buyers bid on the plethora of auction items. Julian Parry gave some cash to Jill Raleigh for the 50/50 raffle and she WON $1,680, which, together, they graciously donated back! New this year was the “Winners Circle,” which enabled guests to make a pledge in support of client services. These pledges totaled $15,000, with final net proceeds exceeding $50,000.
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Seen in the crowd were John Saputo, Ernie Garcia, Kelly Ambercrombie, Liz Taft, Larry Eurto, Sarah Catell, Jack and Andrea Cox, Kelly and Melissa Caldwell, Timothy Raines, Donna Koffman, Holly Holton and Lucy Nicandri who by the way, just won the first ever David R. Mills “Service Above Self” Award presented by the Sarasota Sunrise Rotary Club. Andy Lyman conceived the idea for the award in February. Net proceeds raised from this event enables Suncoast Charities for Children to provide an annual grant to the Suncoast Foundation. In turn, the Foundation supports five local nonprofits, which combined serve 8,000+ clients with special needs (Loveland Village, Sarasota County Special Olympics, Children First, The Haven, and Florida Center for Early Childhood).
imothy Raines, a local artist and friend, posted on his Facebook page that he was one of the featured artists at the annual Experience SOFI (Formerly South of Spice) event in Miami. It sparked my interest, as most things culinary-related do. Experience SoFI is an all access pass to the Luxurious South of Fifth neighborhood, which gets taken over by 20+ chefs, globally acclaimed artists, spirits, wines and area restaurants during this event. Carpe Diem! I invited my sister and nieces to stay overnight with me. We arrived at our lodgings, a quaint boutique hotel called Sense Beach House. It helped that it was conveniently located and happened to be our event check-in and first stop on the culinary tour! Located within the hotel is a bona fide shabby chic seafood café called The Local House. We immediately noticed Ryan Matthews of the television show 90210 sitting outside with his girlfriend as people stopped by for a photograph. Participating restaurants crafted their chef’s culinary creations and guests enjoyed tastings from Red, the Steakhouse, Cibo Wine Bar, Joe’s Stone Crab, and The Local House. New additions included Bakehouse Brasserie, South Point Tavern, DIRT- Eat Clean, Lilikoi Organic Living, Texas de Brazil, Rossella’s Kitchen, Nikki Beach, GelatoGo and Ramona LaRue. Nationally acclaimed artists were showcased throughout the event. This year’s featured artists included Gerald and Trisha Posner, Lebo, Le Creep, Ari Azzopardi, Patrick Willard and Timothy Raines. David Le Batard, better known in the art world as Lebo, is recognized for working in a wide spectrum of creative mediums including murals, paintings and sculptures. Born to Cuban immigrant parents and raised in South Florida, Lebo has become one of the most well-respected muralists in Miami. With a showroom in Wynwood and a studio in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood, Lebo’s art can be found all over the world, in private collections and in corporate partnerships including Norwegian Cruise Lines, Lulu Lemon, Harley Davidson, Audi, Google, Microsoft, Redbull, Ketel One, Bacardi and Ferrari. Timothy Raines is the brand artist. He is the master of utilizing an established symbol of an emblem to evoke emotion. He captures essence of the icons of the luxury and sporting lifestyle with a flair for the dramatic and paintings that are charged with explosive energy. Timothy has been an award-winning artist from the early age of six, receiving many awards and accolades from multiple competitions. He focuses on the art of iconic brands that stand for something more than mere materialism; creations that were launched by craftsmen, artists, thinkers and creators that set out to build something better and lasting. His extensive client list includes: Aston Martin, Michelin, HGTV, ABC, Major League Baseball (MLB), MLB teams and players, the MLB Foundation and more. We found Timothy set up at the Cibo Wine Bar. We stopped in quickly to say hello, knowing we’d be back for the after party. He was busy - meeting and mingling with buyers - so we left him to it. The Local House served goat cheese croquettas and grilled Mahi tacos accompanied by a premier tasting of South Beach Brewery craft beers. Lilikoi Organic Living offered Hawaiian-style Ahi Poke, Vegan Sprouted Mung Bean Stew (a chili-like vegan dish) and house-made Falafel and Tzatziki. Nikki Beach had a photo booth capturing the event in fun photographic fashion and served Koh Samui Thai Beef salad and a Hawaiian tuna poke. Both were very tasty. Of the restaurants, our favorite stop was at Forte de Marmi.
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on the town Cozy, comfortable and delicious. Here, we sampled octopus salad, seafood risotto of clams, calamari and mussels and Linguine alla Nerano. Dinner reservations here are a must next time we visit. While the weather was warm, we enjoyed chauffeured transportation in cool comfort provided by Key Transportation. Our driver was the kindest gentleman and ever patient as the ladies entered and exited the vehicles wearing their Miami best. Once guests completed their individual culinary tours, we gathered for the Celebrity Cruises After Party hosted at Cibo Wine Bar. Aside from experiencing delicious food and beverages, guests at the after party joined in on a silent disco where guests were offered headphones that changed colors depending on the station they were listening to. You could witness people dancing to the same tune you were listening to or see others expressing themselves to three other beats. It was a colorful and energetic display, to say the least. We’re looking forward to next year’s culinary tour - Sense Beach House already has our reservation.
Experience SOFI benefits CI Foundation’s EAT SMART Program, which focuses on the battle against childhood hunger and childhood obesity by finding the perfect balance through nutritional awareness, health, wellness and exercise.
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here is always more to learn, especially when it comes to photography. The Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Club, which I have been a member of for the past four years, is a growing, very professional yet fun group of photographers of all levels. As I volunteered to assist on the photography competition the Sarasota Bay Water Festival was conducting a few years ago, I collected entries at Caldwell Trust’s Sarasota office on Main Street; in walks Larry George to drop off his entry. He introduced me to the idea of the club and a while later welcomed me as a member. The Lakewood Ranch Digital Club and the friends I’ve made there have enriched my life. The members are mentors and friends, the topics and speakers are robust and the extra projects, field trips, photoshop classes, tips and tricks are endless - and so fun! Mike McNaughton teaches the photoshop classes before our monthly
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club meetings and is an amazing teacher. The most fun is our 52-week photography blog challenge that Mindy Towns created three years ago. Themes are assigned for each week of the year to be captured and blogged. A group of us went on what was my second field trip, thanks to Mindy Towns, club president, who mentioned the trip
to me at one of our monthly club meetings at Woodland Church. The first field trip was a few years back to a cemetery, where I modeled as a mourning military wife at a gravesite. The second trip was to Jupiter for a sunrise/sunset weekend with around twenty others. We stayed at the Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa. Our first meeting was a strategy
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on the town session, determining our shoot locations and choosing our equipment. Dave MacDonald is a club member who acted as our long-distance trip coordinator; he determined when and where to meet, parking and dining and kept everyone on track. We enjoyed a sunset photograph session at Coral Cove Park, and awoke early to capture sunrise photographs at the Jupiter Beach Lighthouse. After the back-to-back photo sessions, I attended my massage at the Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa, while my friend went for a dive with Jupiter Dive Center. He was on a quest to find sharks and I was on a quest for some rest! Our Sunday sunrise from our beach hotel was by far the best photo op for this amateur photographer. The sun, clouds, and sky cooperated fully (as did my equipment!). It’s truly astounding how passion propels you forward, pushes you to do new things and gets you out of your comfort zone. Developing all the necessary skills required for photography is best accomplished in an environment in which everyone shares in the learning process, exchanging knowledge and experience. That collaboration is what keeps me coming back every year as a club member. Whether it is through professional critique found in competition, instruction from highly talented photographers, field trips for specific photo opportunities, or focus groups in a smaller environment, LWRDPC members can find the support they need, for which I am so thankful!
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HELPING OTHERS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
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ig Brothers and Big Sisters of the Suncoast introduced Todd Currey, “the Big”, and Tony Colton, “the Little”, over six years ago. They enjoyed their meetups and time spent together boating, fishing and giving back to the community in which they both lived. That was right about the time Tony found out he had cancer. In his short life, he impacted others around the world.
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Tony was born on October 18, 1999 in Tampa. He attended Brentwood Elementary, where he was a member of Odyssey of the Minds, then went to McIntosh Middle followed by Sarasota Christian School, where he was a senior. He served on the Advisory Board at All Children’s Hospital and volunteered for 6 years as the spokesperson for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation. He was also involved with the Junior National Society, as Vice President. In October 2016, Tony began the New Outlook Foundation. The organization serves as a gateway for communication for children newly diagnosed with cancer, connecting them with other foundations and resources. Through the kindness and generosity of all those that knew and supported Tony, his dream of establishing this foundation will develop under the leadership of the Ryan Callahan Foundation (www.ryancallahanfoundation.org) Tony lobbied on Capitol Hill to advocate for more research and funding for pediatric cancers in July, 2014; he served as a spokesperson for Cure Fest in Washington D.C. in Sept. 2014; he was a pediatric representative for Dick Vitale Gala in Sarasota each year from 2014 through 2017; he was a speaker for All Children’s Hospital Miracle Ball in 2015 and 2017; he was a recipient of the Sneaker Soiree Sports Community Hero Award in June 2015. Tony was also a recipient of the Lightening Community Hero Award in 2016; he received 50K in charitable funds to be used towards three foundations of his choice – the Pediatric Cancer Foundation, All Children’s Hospital, and Sarasota Christian School; he participated in Coop’s Catch for Kids Charity in October 2016, founded by Coach Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning; he was active in the Sarasota County Commerce Leadership Programs in 2016 and 2017; he was a recipient of the Omer’s Award at the Odyssey of the Minds World Competition in May 2017; a recipient of the Anne Frank Humanitarian award received at the Holocaust Museum also in May, 2017; he worked as a camp counselor at Lakewood Retreat Camp; participated in mission trips to West VA and Haiti; was involved with numerous local outreach activities in his community, and assisted at Vacation Bible School every year from 2013. Tony faced hardship, but got through it with his mother, Connie Colton, by his side. His girlfriend Vanessa helped to brighten many of his days. He peacefully said goodbye to all, and in standard Tony fashion his family received a call that he was a candidate for cornea donation. They said yes, knowing that Tony would jump at the chance to help someone to see. What are we here for if it’s not to help others? Please make today matter for you and for those in your life. An easy way to start is to become an organ donor! Feed them, love them, don’t judge them and don’t forget your camera! What if they were gone tomorrow?
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