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42 ORCHESTRATING THE FUTURE Sarasota Orchestra CEO Joe McKenna By Ryan G. Van Cleave
46 THE EXCHANGE A Half-Century of Supporting the Arts By Sue Cullen
50 ASOLO REP A Cultural Gem Turns 60 By Ryan G. Van Cleave
58 SARASOTA YOUTH OPERA By Ryan G. Van Cleave
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65 AUDREY RISING AGAIN & AGAIN By Anne Weintraub
ON THE COVER Collage illustration representing and embracing some of the big names in Sarasota’s arts and culture. Created by Darcy Kelly-Laviolette, local illustrator, 3D modeller and designer.
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THE LIST September Events Calendar
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THE FIND Artistic, elegant home décor
129 LAUGHING MATTERS The “I haven’t watched Solo yet
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PHILANTHROPY 35 ANNE ESSNER’S APPRECIATION
FOR ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS By Ryan G. Van Cleave
ON THE TOWN 74
SCENES FROM AN INTERVIEW Author Sally Fernandez By Gus Mollasis
84 EDUCATION MATTERS Circus Science Makes Learning Memorable By Ryan G. Van Cleave
119 EAT & DRINK
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ART & CULTURE 89 2018/2019 Arts & Culture Guide
122 BEST SEATS Performing Arts Calendar
124 GET INSPIRED Cultural happenings brought to you by the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
127 LITERARY SCENE Ryan reviews three terrific nonfiction books By Ryan G. Van Cleave
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THANKS TO OUR MANY TOP-NOTCH ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, we have an incredible array of offerings this season that will inspire, educate and entertain, and allow us to see things we never have before. At The Ringling, storytelling unites two exhibitions from one of the world’s finest private collections of French art, while percussionist Matthew Duvall starts off New Stages, The Ringling’s contemporary performance series. A Music Man named Noah Racey starts off Asolo Rep’s 60th anniversary lineup. Remember him from Pulse? Incredible talent. Figaro saves the day in Sarasota Opera’s season opener, The Barber of Seville, while the Sarasota Youth Opera presents a revival of the charming opera, The Little Sweep. Sarasota Ballet enters its 27th season with a season of tributes featuring ballets from critically acclaimed choreographers. In Anu Tali’s last season as Music Director, Sarasota Orchestra’s season promises to deliver performances of “unsurpassed energy, passion and excellence.” The Van Wezel’s season lineup includes the legendary Bob Dylan and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer Stephen Stills and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Judy Collins. Florida Studio Theatre starts its season off with a “knock ‘em dead hit musical comedy,” A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The Players Centre for Performing Arts kicks off its 89th Broadway Season with Annie Get Your Gun. And the always innovative Manatee Performing Arts Center presents Anne of Green Gables in September. Too little space stops me from telling you more, so be sure to check out our Arts and Culture Guide in this issue, featuring season schedules for performing arts, visual arts, museums, festival and fairs and more! Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is quoted as saying: “In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities...the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.” We know that when we support the arts, we are enhancing our quality of life and investing in our community’s economic wellbeing. Sarasota County economic impact studies have determined that local arts organizations spend more than three times the national average and employ more than double the
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So, please support the arts. Make a contribution to your favorite organizations. Check out our season guide in this issue, mark your picks, buy your tickets early and see for yourself how glorious the arts and culture in our town really are.
Note: This past month, we lost two community icons, both of whom I had the great pleasure of knowing. First, we lost the incredible philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum, whose life was exemplary, her giving legendary and her legacy longlasting and impactful. I remember meeting Betty when I first became Sarasota Scene’s publisher several years ago. We were scheduled to have a half hour meeting. I was there for three hours and could have stayed much longer if I didn’t have to be somewhere else. She was a fascinating woman, so giving, so loving. Thankfully, we will remember her many contributions to our community today, tomorrow and always. Her name, her work and her soul will always remain in our hearts. Next, we lost Steve Seidensticker, a friend and local restaurateur (Louie’s Modern, Libby’s, Muse, and Oak & Stone). Steve touched so many people’s lives. He could never say no – he was always willing to help. I remember when my husband, Ron, took over ownership of Café L’Europe, Steve was the first one there to offer advice and a helping hand. In his former role as Board Chair of JFCS, Steve’s leadership took the organization in a new and exciting direction. He was a force, a great guy and a great businessman who will be greatly missed.
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Things get “Red Hot” this September with Suncoast Blood Bank’s annual event. Art Center Sarasota wows with its artsy fashion show. Roskamp Institute educates us about “Grey Matters.” The Watercolor Society holds its annual exhibit plus there’s music, festivals and business expos. Pick your favorites and enjoy the beginnings of another exciting season!
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Selby Gardens 38th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition Photographic exhibition inspired by the scenery of Selby Gardens Free admission w/Garden entry selby.org
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Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club 7:30 a.m. Honoring Dick Vitale and Publix CEO Todd Jones $50 | bgcsarasota.com
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Michael’s on the Bay at Selby Gardens 6:00 p.m. Speaker Captain Todd Shear Music by NuJazz Donation only trulyvalued.org/taste-of-new-orleans
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A Taste of Downtown Sarasota Opera House 1:00 p.m. Benefits the Sarasota Youth Opera $75 | sarasotaopera.org
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Art Center Sarasota iconcept jr. 12:00 p.m. Brunch and fashion show by designers ages 8 – 16 $25 – $75 | artsarasota.org
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Florida Watercolor Society 47th Annual Exhibition, Convention and Trade Show ArtCenter Manatee | Hyatt Regency $25 - $56 floridawatercolorsociety.org
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota Joey Gratton Tennis Championship Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens bgcsarasota.com
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The Humane Society of Sarasota County 14th Annual Golf Tournament Laurel Oak Country Club 7:30 a.m. $150 – $500 hssc.org/golftournament
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ur mission is simple: Work together to provide world-class healthcare to our community. Key to the Cure, one of our signature events supports Women’s Cancer Services at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, exemplifies that very principle.
This year marks Saks Fifth Avenue’s 20th annual Key to the Cure event, and the 13th year benefiting Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation. Since 2005, Key to the Cure, the “Party with a Purpose” has raised over $1.5 million dollars, which has supported important women’s cancer services such as, covering approximately 1,000-breast health visits a year and supporting a Clinical Oncologist Coordinator, Cancer Research Coordinator and Gynecological Tissue Banking Collection. Nancy Comingore, a two-time ovarian cancer fighter, credits SMH for her treatment and care. “The diagnosis, when you first get it, can be so overwhelming,” she says. “You don’t know what to do at first. The doctors, surgical nurses, and staff at SMH are incredibly calming and caring at a time in your life when you have a lot of turmoil.” Nancy found her second diagnosis to be even harder to bear, emotionally. “You think you’ve beaten it, or you’ll have much longer between occurrences.” However, she felt confident in knowing that she was receiving the best care she possibly could. Thus, why she feels compelled to represent Key to the Cure as one of its honorary chairs. “It’s purposeful over party,” she says. Key to the Cure focuses on cancers that are unique to women, and allows me the platform and opportunity to raise awareness of the risk factors and symptoms associated with ovarian cancer.”
DR. JAMES FIORICA, SMH Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of Women’s Gynecological Cancer Research Program and NANCY COMINGORE, Ovarian Cancer Fighter.
Funding from the Healthcare Foundation, including donations from Key to the Cure also ensure lowincome or uninsured residents who need breast health screenings and/or diagnostic tests, such as mammograms, breast ultrasounds, and breast biopsies, can receive those services at no charge through the Sarasota Memorial Breast Health Center. “We have a world-class hospital with providers who continue their training to bring the best healthcare to the area,” says Nancy. “In Sarasota, we have so many social events, but this one truly has a purpose.”
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When Anne and Bob Essner first arrived in Sarasota in 2009, they decided to get involved in the community right away. At one point, though, that ended up being 31 evenings of events in a row. While they still keep busy, they’re a bit more focused now on where they spend their time and energy. Like so many others, Anne and her husband, Bob, came down from the N o r t h e a s t b e c a u s e o f S a r a s o t a ’s weather, its culture, and its booming arts community. She loves ballet and served on the Women’s Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Bob loves opera and served on the Lincoln Center board. Sarasota was an instant match for their interests. But what Anne didn’t expect was to develop a deep love for architecture. “Initially, I had zero appreciation for midcentury modernism,” Anne confesses, “and here I am, living in Lido Shores, one of the biggest enclaves of that style.” As she learned more and more, the interest grew into a passion and then a profound commitment to the point that the Essners bought Umbrella House, created by Paul Rudolph, the most important architect of the Sarasota School of Architecture movement. The previous owners had begun to restore the umbrella shade structure that gave the house its name before deciding to put the house up for sale. Anne and her husband were interested, but first checked to ensure the permits were all set. “And we found that the City was totally behind us,” she says. “They were excited that we wanted to finish the project.” So they bought it and now Umbrella House is back to where it was before it lost the structure fifty years ago. Umbrella House has been described by Architectural Digest as “one of the most remarkable houses in the mid-twentieth century.” Thanks to Anne and her husband’s generosity, it’s open for showings and available to architecture lovers as part of our area’s growing architecture and design tourism. Just the other day, in fact, a trio of women were staring at it from the street. Anne’s husband noticed them while walking by. He asked if they wanted
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to go inside for a quick tour. All three were from Prague, and two were architects. They’d come all this way just to see the house, so they were ecstatic at the unexpected offer. “This neighborhood just attracts fans of architecture and design,” Anne says. “You can see them in their cars, crawling along, looking at all the houses.” Anne now serves on the board of the Sarasota Architectural Foundation, which seeks to advocate, educate and celebrate Sarasota’s unique architecture and design heritage. To that end, SAF presents an annual weekend festival, SarasotaMOD. This year, it’s November 9 through 11, and will feature lectures, film screenings, and exhibitions centered on the works of Paul Rudolph, including an interior tour of Cocoon, Revere Quality, and Lamolithic houses on Siesta Key, and exterior tours of Sarasota High School and the Cohen House on Siesta Key. There will also be parties each night, with a dinner “Under the Stars” at Umbrella House on Saturday night. Anne’s husband is equally busy in the philanthropic community. “There were so many opportunities to do things when we first got here that I often just said, ‘Talk to Bob,’” Anne says with a laugh. But Bob’s pharmaceutical career at Wyeth made him a great partner for Mote Marine Laboratory—he’s quite taken with Mote Marine’s shark research, particularly in the field of medicine. He also chaired
their recent successful $50 million campaign—the first major campaign in Mote’s history. “He’s taking retirement well,” Anne says, “but he keeps finding more and more things that interest him.” A crucial partner in all that the Essners do is Gulf Coast Community Foundation. “Gulf Coast knows what’s happening and who to work with,” Anne says. “They seem to know everything. They’re really plugged into the community.” Anne’s a big proponent of their philanthropic model, too— how they’re an initiative-creating organization that seeks partners to solve issues like homelessness, child hunger, and drug abuse. “They really go after the big items that will make a difference in the community,” she adds. The Essners now have a donor-advised philanthropic fund with Gulf Coast, and a year back, Anne joined the Gulf Coast Community Foundation board. The Essners wanted to pass on the spirit of giving to their children, so they recently created the Essner Family Foundation. “Each of our three kids was given a specific amount of money that they could direct as they wished. Then the whole family collaborated on choosing one organization to receive the largest amount of our disbursements,” Anne explains. She knows that jobs and family keep people busy, so it’s understandable that young people may not think much about philanthropy and ways to give back.
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With an eye on today and the future, Sarasota Orchestra CEO Joe McKenna faces the urgent need for a new world-class concert venue.
FOR MOST OF ITS SEVEN DECADES, the Sarasota Orchestra has made The Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center—located between US 41 and the Van Wezel—their home. For some time, the hope has been that the Bayfront 20:20 plan would mean the Sarasota Orchestra might stay put for another seven decades. After all, the shared vision statement agreed to by more than 55 arts, neighborhood, foundation, and business groups is this: “We support the creation of a long-term master plan for the Sarasota Bayfront that will establish a cultural and economic legacy for the region while ensuring open, public access to the Bayfront.” But the extended time it’ll take the Bayfront to fully develop doesn’t align with the Orchestra’s pressing needs. The Orchestra—one of the city’s oldest major performing arts organizations— has quite simply outgrown their current space, reports CEO Joe McKenna. And by “space,” he means “spaces,” since they currently use Holley Hall, the Van Wezel, the Neel Performing Arts Center, the Sarasota Opera House, Riverview High School, and the North
Port Performing Arts Center. Each venue has its own challenges as well as its own schedule, which means sometimes the Orchestra can’t get enough time at each place for needed rehearsals. It also means that the Orchestra is unable to expand their programming beyond its current schedule. Plus the energy and expense of working at six different venues keeps the production team scrambling to ensure equipment and resources are always where they need to be. Understandably, McKenna explains that “the need for a new space can only be described as urgent. We’ve reached a point now where the most effective path forward is to create a new, viable home for the Orchestra.” In light of that realization, they’ve taken steps toward building a world-class concert venue in Sarasota that can accommodate a concert hall, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Youth Orchestra, and so much more. This plan, however, doesn’t mean that the Orchestra is ignoring its neighbors. From the beginning, they’ve played an active leadership role in the creation of Bayfront 20:20. They’ve also been involved with The Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization. “They’ve done phenomenal work on behalf of the community,” notes McKenna. “We have a very good relationship with them. I have no doubt that they will develop an outstanding master plan for the Bayfront that will be amazing.”
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Despite the Orchestra’s sincere interest in the Bayfront project going well, the board realized that while they needed to look at alternatives away from the bayfront, they intend to find the Orchestra’s new home right here within the city. “The two things that really drove us ahead in our plan,” McKenna says, “were the idea of congestion along the bayfront—traffic and parking, primarily—and the possibility of sea-level rise.” That last point is an important one. Much of the Orchestra’s success comes from the stunning and consistent generosity of our music-loving community. The reality is that donors would prefer to have their legacies be free of any potential future imperilment related to climate change issues. He explains this point further, saying that when they approach donors to seek support for the Orchestra, they want to present a plan that includes a 100-year vision. They want to ensure that current and future donors feel secure enough to invest in the Orchestra’s future. Possibly the most important factor in proposing such a move is how the Orchestra’s relocation might affect the community. The good news is that the city has been supportive. “When we presented our relocation proposal to the city in late June,” says McKenna, “we took the time to help the officials and staff understand our business a bit more fully. We laid out the context and the background of our situation. Their reaction was one of understanding. They immediately appreciated our needs and the urgency for action.”
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“A DEDICATED CONCERT HALL IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE APPRECIATED NOW BUT WILL ULTIMATELY BE AROUND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, TOO.” –Joe McKenna
One artistic reason for building a new concert hall is that the musicians will have a chance to rehearse and perform in the same space. The importance of that can’t be emphasized enough. Having a proper space to play in is as vital as having the right instrument to play on. In a sense, the room an orchestra plays in IS the instrument of the entire orchestra. So having a half dozen different spaces around town for rehearsals? That’s less than ideal. “It’s like a violinist who has to play on a different violin every single day,” McKenna explains. “There’s no continuity. And there are challenges that wouldn’t be present if the performer had the same instrument every time.” McKenna further explains that from a repertoire and artistic standpoint, an orchestra really needs to rehearse in the same space where they’re going to perform—not in whatever space is available across town. That type of consistency and quality is key to having a high-quality outcome in both the exquisite performances and the first-class musical education we’ve come to expect from the Sarasota Orchestra. Creating a destination-worthy music venue, too, doesn’t just benefit the Orchestra’s artistic needs—a signature concert hall can help define a city and become a powerful statement of artistic and cultural values. It can also spur an economy and create various sub-economies, as well. In addition, a recent study showed that the Orchestra’s growth has been
constrained by the limitations of the performances available to them, so this relocation will allow them to organically grow as needed. McKenna remains confident about the Orchestra’s proposal, which began nearly four years ago. From the start, they brought in world-class consultants because “you simply don’t build a concert hall or music center every day, so you need to bring in experts with a breadth of experience.” And the ones they’ve enlisted know what they’re doing. Thanks to their guidance and expertise in the realms of engineering, design, architecture, legal and philanthropic issues, and more, the process has been smooth, considered, and purposeful. “A dedicated concert hall is something that can be appreciated now but will ultimately be around for future generations, too,” McKenna says. “It’s time for the next step in the process toward creating a new performance space worthy of our community’s commitment to the arts.” For more information on Sarasota Orchestra, please visit www.sarasotaorchestra.org or call 941.953.3434. For more information on Bayfront 20:20, please visit www.sarasotabayfront2020.com.
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THE EXCHANGE
A Half Century of Supporting the Arts BY SUE CULLEN
The arts are so much a part of the community fabric here on the Cultural Coast that many are unaware of the determined effort it took to help budding arts organizations get established. Playing a consistent role in that effort for more than 50 years is The Exchange, which was founded in 1962 as a selfgenerating source of funding for the arts and arts education. While quietly flying a little under the broader community’s radar regarding its arts-oriented mission, The Exchange—formerly the Woman’s Exchange—has long been a well-known destination store with an eclectic mix of upmarket consignment goods. Less widely known is that it has donated more than $8 million over 55 years to local arts organizations, and those dollars are not adjusted for inflation, meaning their actual impact is much larger. “A number of major arts organizations are celebrating huge anniversaries, and we have been
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supporting them almost from the very beginning. In 1966, we gave $10,000 to what was, at that time, the Symphony Orchestra, which was the largest award it had received to date. When you look at it from that standpoint, it says a lot,” said Karen Koblenz, Executive Director/CEO. The Exchange has been a consistent source of funds for the arts, and total donations add up to $775,000 for the Asolo Repertory Theatre, $540,000 for The Players Centre for Performing Arts, $520,000 to the Sarasota Orchestra, $443,000 for the Sarasota Opera and $365,000 for Florida Studio Theatre, among others. “We awarded a total of $250,000 in arts related grants and scholarships, and our goal is to increase that to $500,000 annually,” Koblenz said. “Our donations help with operating funds and one of the prerequisites is that it must benefit the public, which typically means a performance for which we often are the senior sponsor for the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Florida Studio Theatre Cabaret and many others.” The Exchange supports the next generation with scholarships that help send talented students to the best performing
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arts schools in the nation along with providing support for the Youth Orchestra and Youth Opera. The Exchange has been undergoing an evolution of its own with its acquisition of the Short Stop Market directly adjacent to its downtown Sarasota location, 539 S. Orange Ave. The expansion created a separate building to house furniture and allowed for the addition of a men’s clothing department, a gallery to display work from local artists, and more room for its popular jewelry department. Expanding square footage from 12,000 to 15,000 is critical to being able to increase support for the arts because The Exchange already was selling 12,000 items per month on average. “A lot of people don’t realize that, even though we sold $3.8 million in goods last year, $2.4 million was paid to our consigners, most of whom get 65 percent of the sales price,” Koblenz said. “We also have significant overhead as a retail business, so in order to grow to meet our $500,000 goal, we had to expand.” That
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expansion also brought 32 additional parking spaces, which is critical to accommodate shoppers flocking in for some retail therapy. The Short Stop Market acquisition included 14 additional spaces and an additional private lot that The Exchange is using for staff and volunteer parking. “The four philanthropic women who founded The Exchange were looking for a self-sustaining business that would support the arts long after they were gone,” Koblenz said, “but The Exchange has a lot of impact beyond our arts grants, scholarships and payments to our consigners. We make thousands of items available for reuse that otherwise may wind up in the area’s waste stream, and last year we supported other nonprofits, such as The Pines of Sarasota and the Salvation Army, with $114,000 in donated goods, which they can use for their causes or to sell in their own shops. The synergy between the community and The Exchange is important.”
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One of the cultural crown jewels of Sarasota—Asolo Repertory Theatre— will embark on its 60th anniversary season in November. With its five-year American Character Project completed, what’s on tap to be part of the celebration? The answer is A LOT. 50
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“The American Character Project was an unexpectedly profound experience for us all,” says Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards, “from the administration to the staff to the performers. Especially, too, because right now, America is going through such a tumultuous, divided and unsettling time.” That’s a rich source of material, though, for artists, writers, and performers who articulate and respond to these times that will, Edwards notes, “one day pass, and ultimately become part of who we are.”
Noah Racey from The Music Man Photo by John Revisky
His response to all of that? A new artistic vision entitled Staging Our World, which will still be focused on America— Edwards’ own personal obsession—but via the world’s own fascination with our country. “The world loves American culture,” he says. “It’s our #1 export.” And that’s the thinking behind the 2018-19 60th anniversary lineup, which launches with the classic Meredith Willson musical The Music Man. “It’s a bit of an antibiotic to what’s going on,” Edwards says with a smile. “It can’t help but make you feel good. It’s been on my radar ever since I saw Hamilton. There’s quite a bit of The Music Man in Hamilton.” The Music Man will be directed by Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun (Newsies) and feature legendary song and dance man Noah Racey as Harold Hill, who Sarasota audiences will remember from the 2013 hit world premiere Noah Racey’s Pulse. Calhoun has only taken on brand-new work as of late, but Edwards asked if he’d be interested in directing any of the marquee musicals. Only one: his childhood favorite, The Music Man. “It’s a pure labor of love for Jeff,” says Edwards. “When he’s done with The Music Man, he’ll be rushing to open 9 to 5: The Musical with Dolly Parton at London’s West End.” But working with Calhoun to make this scheduling squeeze happen was necessary to kick off the Asolo Rep season in a big, glorious way. After taking a break from directing for a few years, Edwards himself will take on the winter repertory season opener, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (opening January 11). Edwards directed that same play in 2013 at Indiana Rep, but reading it again recently, the script “just feels like a new play to me,” he says. “If it’s not me directing, some director is going to have a miserable time. I’m going to micromanage,” he jokes. Surely, too, the McCarthy-era America references will resonate with audiences and make this venerable play as timely as ever. Some of the other highlights of the season include Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, which won the Pulitzer for Drama in 2017 for its portrayal of a group of friends struggling to remain close when layoffs and picket lines become part of their world. The rep season also includes A Doll’s House, Part 2, the surprisingly funny sequel to Ibsen’s classic, and the uproarious farce Noises Off.
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And there’s Asolo Rep’s first-ever Sondheim musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Edwards warns that while some might expect the tale of the wronged and vengeance-seeking barber to be disturbing, audiences will be surprised by how much fun it’s actually going to be. The Cake, a brand-new play by This Is Us writer Bekah Brunstetter, tells a story that Edwards says we’re all ready for—a woman planning her wedding wants her late mom’s friend to bake the cake. To the baker’s great distress, she learns the wedding will feature two brides. The season ends with a family-friendly adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, where eight actors will play 109 roles.
The importance of Edwards’ five-year contract can’t be overestimated. Over the years, his success with Asolo Rep has given him opportunities to leave. “I left home at seventeen but have never lived anywhere longer than I have in Sarasota,” he admits. “I came here for three years, thinking that would be it. I’d just move on.” But now he’s in his 13th season and he’s come to the realization that Sarasota is his home. This revelation came a few years back when he had a health scare that had the potential to be quite serious. While he has six brothers and sisters in Australia, plus ties to New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, Edwards knew Sarasota was indeed where he belonged.
Perhaps the biggest news of all is that Edwards and Managing Director Linda DiGabriele both signed five-year contracts— through the 2022-2023 season—to ensure continuity and help make the new “Staging Our Future” five-year strategic plan a rousing success. In addition to reaching new audiences, a primary goal of this plan is to increase Asolo Rep’s capacity to produce world-class theatre, like the 60th anniversary season clearly features. The plan includes the realization of the Robert and Beverly Koski Production Center Campus, with a major gift from Beverly Koski that allows for the purchase of properties next to Asolo Rep’s current scenic studio and rehearsal facility. This means Asolo Rep will have a new, unified state-of-the-art production campus, which will provide additional rehearsal spaces necessary for directors and choreographers to simultaneously prepare dramatic, musical, and dance components. New exercise and therapy rooms will also allow performers to stay in top form for the rigors and demands of being part of world-class, multi-genre productions.
“I feel loved, respected, and valued here,” he says. “I have a new relationship. I’ve moved out of my apartment and bought a house. I was warned that coming to Sarasota might not be the best choice for my career, yet it ended up being exactly the opposite. It’s been a hugely positive thing for me personally and professionally. I am incredibly thankful. The mosaic of my life has been utterly transformed by having been linked to this incredible institution.” With Edwards and DiGabriele at the helm, Asolo Rep is primed to have a fabulous 60th anniversary season. Asolo Rep’s future, too, bursts with promise thanks to its many champions—artists, actors, directors, artisans, staff, board, and benefactors—who recognize the vitality and necessity of the theatre. For that, we are all thankful. For more information on Asolo Repertory Theatre or the 2018-2019 season, please visit www.asolorep.org or call the box office at 941.351.8000.
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Celebrate with Asolo Rep when their 2018-19 season marks 60 years of outstanding theatrical achievement. Recognized as one of the premier professional theatres in America and one of the largest in the southeastern United States, Asolo Repertory Theatre is where brilliant artists take on big ideas and produce world class theatre. Themed STAGING OUR WORLD, the theatre’s 60th Anniversary season is filled with milestone classics, brilliant comedies and ripped-from-the-headlines hits.
The 60th Anniversary Season kicks off in mid-November with the timeless, unabashed celebration of small-town Americana — Meredith Willson’s international sensation THE MUSIC MAN. In a new, innovative, tap-infused production, Tony®-nominated director Jeff Cahoun (Newsies) returns to Asolo Rep (Bonnie & Clyde, Pulse) to direct, and award-winning actor, dancer and choreographer Noah Racey (Pulse) returns to dazzle in the role of Harold Hill. In January, the rep season launches with Arthur Miller’s true American masterpiece, THE CRUCIBLE, and the 2017 smash Broadway hit, A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2, a brilliant and hilarious sequel to Ibsen’s famous masterwork. Rep season continues in February with Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer
Prize-winning play, SWEAT, a humorous and poignant look at race, class and friendship. In March, brace yourself for a world class production of NOISES OFF, the incomparable comedy about the backstage shenanigans of a motley theatre company. THE CAKE will be presented In the Cook Theatre in April. This heartfelt new comedy is written by Bekah Brunstetter, the writer/producer of the hit TV series, This Is Us. In May, Asolo Rep is thrilled to present a freshly re-imagined production of Stephen Sondheim’s soaring musical masterpiece, SWEENEY TODD. Finally, in June, it’s family entertainment at its best when Asolo Rep presents Jules Verne’s AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, a grand theatrical adventure straight from London’s West End.
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Every fall, the Sarasota Youth Opera (SYO) puts on a fully-staged performance where every performer on stage—except perhaps one or two—are youths ranging from 8 to 18 years old. “The pieces they’re doing have been written specifically for young voices, too,” says Ben Jewell-Plocher, Director of Education, who the students all call Mr. Ben. “And the works are in English. Plus we don’t just take established operas like Mozart’s The Magic Flute and rework them to fit young performers. We prefer pieces that are designed to showcase young voices.” While there are other youth opera programs in the US, what makes the SYO different is that these youth performances have, as Mr. Ben explains, “All the bells and whistles of a main stage production.” This means that the production value is as high as it gets. The sets, the props, the costumes, the makeup, the wigs, and the orchestra are all from the same team of pros that work with the main stage performances for the regular company. “It’s a professional environment from top to bottom. We’re very lucky that the Sarasota Opera is behind us such that we can go this far and offer such a rare experience for the young performers.” That’s quite likely why the number of young participants ranges from 80 to 100 each year, with the higher numbers typically happening when the scheduled opera has serious built-in appeal like The Hobbit.
Because the SYO has been around since 1984, thousands of students have participated in the afterschool choruses, summer workshops, Sarasota Opera mainstage productions, and, of course, annual SYO full-stage productions. Youth Opera Music Director Maestro Jesse Martins points out that a deliberate shift has been made in recent years to choose works for those full-stage SYO productions that are more clearly from an opera tradition than that of musical theater. He explains that while they’re all connected, opera came first, then operetta, and then came musical theater, which really took off with a pop music feel after the 1960s rock revolution. One of the biggest differences between those is that opera does not use amplification for the singing—it all comes from the human voice. This necessarily requires a different approach to singing. That’s one of the many things the students are taught, says Maestro Martins. “We show them how to use their voices and be able to project without getting tired or hurting their instrument.” Maestro Martins admits that one of the biggest challenges they face is the preconception that opera is only for wealthy people. “Totally incorrect,” he says. For one thing, opera is—and has long been—for regular people. In Elizabethan times, it was the most exciting form of entertainment that there was. It
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wasn’t just for the elites—it was regular people who packed the houses. Today, opera still remains affordable, with seats at the Sarasota Opera House starting at $19. But students can also purchase a Student Pass for $25 that allows them to see unlimited opera all season long. Some who’ve gone this route have estimated that they’ve seen $1000+ of opera during a single season as a result of that $25 investment and showing up before shows to get last-minute seats. Mr. Ben, Maestro Martins, and the entire SYO staff believes that opera is for everyone, and that’s why their year-round program does not require auditions for young people to participate. Why? The goal is to teach young people about music, other cultures, and teamwork— not to prepare future opera singers, though a few have gone on to study music in college and beyond, though not always purely in the opera arena. Plus, participating in the SYO teaches important things such as respect, responsibility, and collaboration. Mr. Ben adds “Thanks to today’s media and culture, people have this misconception that instant success is an option. Success takes hard work. Our students learn that, and they really get something out of the experience [of being part of the SYO]. For them, hard work pays off.” This fall, the SYO’s hard work will be put into a revival of Britten’s The Little Sweep, running on November 3 and 4 at the Sarasota Opera House. In this tale, a group of children aided by a kind nursery maid work to free a young chimney sweep apprentice from his horribly cruel master. Like many operas, it offers the opportunity for Maestro Martins to talk with the performers about the opera’s relevant issues and historical context— for this story, that means child labor laws. The conditions were so dangerous in those times that the laws were primarily made to protect young chimney sweeps from injury, starvation, and death. When The Little Sweep was originally performed, it had a little dramatic piece
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that ran before the opera and served as a prologue, giving the audience some needed context. Maestro Martins explains that they’ve created a new prologue that instead teaches the audience all that it takes to put on a performance. “You don’t expect to go to the theater and learn all about how to put an opera together,” he says, “but that’s what happens here. And then we assemble the entire set right in front of them before performing the opera. They get to see it all come together.” One of the most exciting opportunities for SYO members is that some are chosen to join the Sarasota Opera’s Winter Festival season in the mainstage children’s chorus, as supernumeraries (non-singing performers), and for special roles where children’s voices are required. For example, members of the SYO appeared in recent productions of The Magic Flute, La bohème, Tosca, and Carmen. Those are the sort of life-changing experiences that young performers never forget.
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To help get more young people involved, the SYO is now going to offer classes at Harvest United Methodist Church in Lakewood Ranch in addition to those at the Sarasota Opera House. “Having to come all the way downtown isn’t feasible for some,” Maestro Martins says. Regardless of where the classes are taken, all singers will be able to be part of the performances. “Though opera might have fallen out of popular culture in the past 30 or 40 years,” says Maestro Martins, “it remains one of the most uniquely thrilling experiences, combining story, stagecraft, music, and the human voice. Come out in November and witness it for yourself.” For more information on the Sarasota Youth Opera, please visit www.sarasotaopera.org/ educationandoutreach/youthopera or call 941.366.8450 ext. 249.
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Join us for Sarasota Opera’s 60th Anniversary. The 2018–19 Season will bring back some of the company’s most successful productions, while also continuing the tradition of introducing operas that are new to Sarasota. During the fall, enjoy a revival of a Sarasota Opera favorite, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, and the Youth Opera production of Britten’s The Little Sweep.
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The Winter Opera Festival will open with Puccini’s Turandot. Looking back at Sarasota Opera’s 28-year Verdi Cycle, we return to his first great success, Nabucco, not heard in Sarasota since 1995. We’ll bring back Mozart’s popular opera—The Magic Flute, and close the season with a double bill of two rarely seen comedies —Donizetti’s Rita (Two Men and a Woman) and Wolf-Ferrari’s Susanna’s Secret.
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Sarasota Youth Opera will present a revival of our acclaimed production of Gioachino Rossini Britten’s charming opera, The Little Sweep October 26–November 11 with an original prologue by stage director Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! Your favorite barber is back. Martha Collins. A group of children, with the help of a kind nursery maid, work to Dr. Bartolo plans to marry his ward Rosina, but she has other plans for free a young chimney sweep apprentice her future. Figaro, the barber, comes to the rescue and assists Rosina in from his cruel master. sneaking, scheming, and plotting to marry her beloved Lindoro. This enchanting work, which was written With a comic plot and Rossini’s most recognizable melodies, to introduce young people to opera, will The Barber of Seville is one of the most performed operas in the world. delight children and adults alike.
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nternationally-acclaimed actor, singer, director, writer and producer and Sarasota’s own Audrey Landers starred in last month’s Hallmark premiere of Love at Sea, the first of three movies she has made just this year. Although Love at Sea has nothing to do with The Love Boat, one of her former television shows, it does take place on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas and is a romance. Audrey plays the lead character’s mom. When we speak about her role as a mother in film, she refers to it as “graduation.” She enjoys her fabulous hair changes, from the maternal-shoulder length and tousled, then back to long and sexy for her Vegas performances. Her next new film in which she plays a widowed matriarch, Murder at the Mansion, follows Love at Sea, and will air near Halloween in late October on Lifetime. The film will get theatrical distribution worldwide. Finally, Audrey’s been keeping busy filming The Fifth Borough with Tara Reid, slated for release the beginning of 2019. The story is based on Staten Island and Landers plays a surgeon and oncologist. She describes her role as “powerful, yet compassionate.”
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In her free time, Audrey enjoys spending time with her family and is a very private person. Her mother, Ruth, is her best friend, mentor and business partner. Both of her sons and her husband live in New York. “I spend a great deal of time on airplanes, between traveling to see my family, as well as for business. It can be challenging and exhausting at times for all of us, but we are a very close-knit family so we do whatever it takes.” She is a self-described workaholic, and credits her work for satisfaction and self-fulfillment. Her son, Daniel, is following in her footsteps. Daniel is currently starring in a television pilot, as well as a movie and both are filmed in New York City. For the past year, she has pursued a project with Daniel, also a talented musician, composer, performer and singer. Mother and son are collaborating on a dark-pop musical film they’ve been writing and producing. The film takes you from a century ago to modern times and is a love story. The screenplay is written and the music is produced, and the project is currently in the development phase with the goal of securing financing for it to film in Sarasota. There is also a tremendous amount of interest from New York.
I asked Audrey what Florida can be doing differently to get film projects off the ground in a better and faster way. She believes the challenge is bringing in other interested parties, citing a film she did in Louisville, Kentucky for which the state offered thirty percent incentives to filmmakers, but she’s not familiar with any incentives Florida offers that are comparable. Audrey advises up-and-coming actors to be grounded and to keep their personal and family values at the top of the list along with their education. “I always told my son Daniel when he chose to pursue a career in entertainment that you can’t rock n’ roll unless you honor roll. A lot of people think there is a shortcut by skipping education, but that is not true.” Audrey knows this better than anyone. She started acting in school plays by age nine and her first soap opera, The Secret Storm, at age 12. “Success in show business is not a given so you must make sure you have your education as a backup.” She attended Juilliard and simultaneously attended Barnard/Columbia for premedicine courses. When she was not studying on her days off, she starred on her second soap opera, Somerset, leaving very little time for friends. She loved the academics and wanted to learn as much as she could. She just loved to learn and it was her own personality that motivated her – nobody drove her.
Audrey as Afton with Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing in the hit show Dallas
If her acting career had not happened, Audrey says she would have been an interior designer. She loves furniture refinishing and even the smell when you walk into Home Depot! She is also an animal advocate supporting rescue animals and is involved with the Humane Society. Fortunately for us, Audrey does not see herself retiring any time soon and enjoys the different roles she gets now because of her age and her “mom stage.” “At this stage of my career, the depth of the character I portray goes beyond physical appearances. I am excited to be working in an industry that is moving forward toward empowering all females.”
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SCENES FROM AN INTERVIEW
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SALLY FERNANDEZ WRITING THE TIME
OF HER LIFE by Gus Mollasis
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HE DOES THE ONE THING THAT ALL
WRITERS MUST DO. The good ones, the bad ones and the legendary ones. She finds, makes and takes the time to write. Not as a whim, a duty or merely a hobby, but more as a calling with the discipline of Marine’s rigid routine. She does it because it is what she loves to do and because it is the right thing to do. For six hours every day, Sarasota resident Sally Fernandez sits down and pounds out the words that over the last ten years or so have turned into six books including “The Simon Tetralogy” – Brotherhood Beyond the Yard, Noble’s Quest, The Ultimate Revenge and its aftermath, Redemption. Her latest works, Climatized and The Beekeeper’s Secret, the first two books of the “Max Ford Thriller” series featuring Maxine Ford as the female protagonist, are being turned into major motion pictures. Not bad for a woman seasoned in the business world who, less than 11 years ago had never written down a word for the world to see. Today, this world traveler and superhero-like writer joyfully performs her daily routine with her content editor and husband of over thirty years, Joe, by her side. Together they peruse the pages, the prose and the plot lines until they are just right. As I sat down in their beautiful West of the Trail home, I couldn’t wait to view some scenes from an interview of Sally Fernandez’s life.
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Where were you born? Bath, Maine. I’m 11th generation from the state of Maine. Write the opening sentence of your biography that best describes your childhood. It was the worst of times and now life is the best of times. Did you read a lot as a child? I didn’t read a lot until I got into high school. My mentor and aunt, Dr. Patricia Ames, encouraged me to read. Ironically, the first books that she gave me were John Jakes’ The Kent Family Chronicles, and today here I am hanging out with John Jakes. That sparked my interest in reading something where facts were twisted in with fiction. I learned about the Revolutionary War and American history through John Jakes because I was so excited about the families he was creating. It became my style of writing – which is to entertain through a fictional plot while also learning something. How did your experiences and successes in the banking world prepare you to become a page-turning author? The organizational skills from banking, project management and technology fields I worked in prepared me for my life as an author. I didn’t realize I had the creative skills. I would come up with a summary, fill in the facts and come up with a conclusion. I’m very organized and highly disciplined.
Describe the impact on your writing of living in glamorous eclectic locations like New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong. The exposure to other cultures and people, from archeological digs to scientific expeditions and safaris, I incorporated all of those life experiences into my writing. Around 2007-08, world and political events combined with media coverage prompted you to become a writer. Tell us about that. We were in our home in Florence, Italy, listening to news reports on the 2008 election and it was hard to dissect what was real and what were the real issues. And that’s kind of when I started writing my rant, and when Joe, who didn’t know at the time that he would become my editor, just challenged me to put it down on paper. That was the moment I discovered I loved creative writing. I took one issue – whether Obama was an illegal immigrant or not – kind of tongue and cheek and wrote a scenario that I became engrossed with that allowed me the opportunity to talk about the banking crisis, computer hacking, and terrorism infiltrating the government. It was a way to incorporate some issues that were really happening into a plot and that’s the moment when I said “wow.” I was hooked. That was the start of the first book, Brotherhood Beyond the Yard, and I already had my next book in my head.
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on the town So, up to that point you hadn’t really written anything, not even a short story? I wrote 50 pages nonstop and gave it to Joe. He read it and said, “I think you have a nucleus of a book here.” Still, the book required a lot of research to add to the plausibility of the plot. So I went back to the keyboard. I didn’t want to show it to Joe until it was completed. Four months and 88,000 words later, I handed him a stack of papers. That was my first novel and the first time Joe saw the whole book. How accepting were you of Joe’s red pen? Very accepting. Obviously, you’re going to have differences of opinions at times, but I wanted to make my first novel the best book that it could be and I knew that he was only going to help me. He would write a lot at times and I would say hold off, just tell me what you don’t like about it and I’ll go fix it, as opposed to the tendency to re-write. We kind of got our mojo going and he would offer suggestions and I’d go back and rework it. It was a collaboration and I don’t ever recall a major disagreement. At times, Joe would say that he disagreed. That’s when it got interesting. I have a group of readers that after the manuscript is completed, I have them read it. Five people from totally different backgrounds and experiences that come at it from a unique place. If Joe and I disagree, we would agree to find out what the reader group says. Joe: We keep the emotion out of it. That’s very important, and we accept each other for our knowledge and we discuss things at length. Sally: Just don’t get us involved in a Scrabble game – but other than that, we’re good. Is the writing for you as much therapy as it is a vocation? Actually, it is. I love being in my cave and writing and letting my mind go. But then it becomes collaborative when we go into the editing stage. You dove right in, first creating “The Simon Tetralogy” comprised of Brotherhood Beyond the Yard, Noble’s Quest, The Ultimate Revenge and Redemption. Are you surprised at how prolific a writer you’ve become? I thought it would be one book. A lark. To the point that we self-published the first book. We figured that it was my first novel and was a lot of fun. Then four months later, David Dunham got his hands on the manuscript and decided to publish my book. It surprises me every time because when I know I’m ready for the next book, I always get that feeling of
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Sally with husband Joe maybe I don’t have a story. And then the minute I start writing it just flows. I’m incredibly fortunate and am currently working on the synopsis for the seventh novel. Tell us about the unique professional relationship you share with your husband Joe. Because he’s so talented and knowledgeable, if Joe reads something and doesn’t get it, the readers aren’t going to get it. If Joe gets it then I’m going to be okay. There is the constant dialogue and discussion going back and forth as new chapters are written and plot points revealed. It’s fun and interesting because we’re both political junkies. Joe: I play the role of the perfect foil. I don’t accept the fiction as many readers do. I’m always questioning the plausibility of the plot. Now I’ve softened and have gone through a catharsis and am more accepting of the fiction. I’m still the foil. But I use a lot less red ink today than when we started. (They both laugh.) Sally: It’s fun. I’m still learning. I’m self-taught. Fortunately there is spell check and so many tools available to me. I double check my grammar and everything. I don’t know how John McDonald wrote his books. In your bestselling book Climatized, we are introduced to Max Ford. Who is she and what does she stand for? She’s actually my alter ego. I’m fantasizing one day that I will become a secret agent. She’s strong, independent and formidable. She has my mouth. I want her to be vulnerable
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on the town and lethal in other ways. She can get out there and get to the heart of the issues. She’s not a “Super Woman” but a woman you can sit down and chat with over a glass of wine. She’s tough and kick-ass. The subject of climate change and global warming and its impact is a volatile subject. What was the advantage of addressing it in a fictionalized manner as you have? There is so much misinformation between the rhetoric and the scientific facts. To write a book about what climate change is and how we do affect the climate or not is a heady topic in general. People say don’t talk about politics and religion at
the dinner table. Now people also say don’t talk about climate change either. I wanted to create a fictional plot that would make it interesting to anyone and in the process have the characters debate the issues and point out the rhetoric and the scientific evidence, and let the reader decide what they believe about climate change. Tell us what you hope people will take away from reading Climatized? My takeaway is for them to understand what the real issue is – that you can’t deny the climate. The climate changes. God’s in charge. Man is not in charge. We are spending so much time talking about CO2 in the air, where it’s not a problem. What we need to do is take
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that same money and stop polluting our waters and earth in other ways. There are ways that we can take care of our planet, but we’re arguing about the wrong things. You allude to a wonderful quote by Francis Bacon on fiction and the truth. How does it relate to Climatized? Sometimes the truth is hard to tell and you need fiction to make it plausible. So, by taking Climatized where you have scientists dying because they have the real evidence and they’re supposed to testify, the fictional plot makes it interesting as we try to save the lives of scientists by running to Italy and all over the place. In the meantime, you throw in the facts and people say, “Wait a minute, if this scientist has the evidence and Max is going to go save him, what does he know? And by finding out what he knows, people get closer to the truth and find out that wow, that could be plausible. You’ve followed up Climatized with The Beekeeper’s Secret, in which you tackle another big topic and target “Big Pharma” and the FDA. Why them and why now for Max Ford? The Beekeeper’s Secret was inspired by my publisher David Dunham. David was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few years ago and he chose to have the cancer removed through surgery and chose not have chemotherapy or radiation. Instead he used holistic medicine, and by detoxing and removing sugar and taking enzymes, he eradicated the pancreatic cancer. He was cancer-free. That kind of inspired us as we started looking into what radiation and chemotherapy was doing. We started following the money and found out that Big Pharma makes a hundred billion dollars a year in profits from chemotherapy and radiation alone. We also found there were a lot of alternate medicines that may work for some people. Looking at that and the role that the FDA plays, we discovered that Big Pharma contributes 771 million dollars to the FDA and taxpayers contribute 336 million dollars a year, which means that Big Pharma pays 71% of the FDA. So, when you start seeing independent corporations running a government entity,
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What is the most difficult part of being a novelist and the greatest joy that it brings you? The greatest joy is the end product and knowing that we have made an impact. The most difficult is that it does take away from the freedom that Joe and I had at one time to do extensive traveling. I get the joy, and Joe has made a lot of sacrifices.
there is cause for pause. The fictional plot point in the story is that holistic doctors are dying and in reality some are mysterious deaths. It’s this big fight between alternative medicine and Big Pharma. Because you can’t patent natural remedies, there is no money in it. And if that takes away money from Big Pharma, the question becomes can they afford to find a cure for cancer? The takeaway from The Beekeeper’s Secret, and this is a quote from Joe, “You don’t rent your body, you own it for life.” And, “You are what you eat.” It tells people two things – take care of your body and when you have to go to a doctor, ask for second and third opinions. Finish The Following Sentences: Climatized is an important book because it… Opens the eyes of the people as to what the real issues are, so that money, the attention and the discourse can be focused in a more productive manner. The Beekeeper’s Secret is a good read because it… Makes you more aware of what’s available to you in terms of taking care of your health and encourages people to ask the questions. I love writing because… It’s an escape from the day-to-day and it allows the creative juices to flow while highlighting important issues that they need to know. A good writer should always… Have a story to tell and be able to tell it in a captivating way while always adhering to the facts. The hardest part of writing is… That’s a tough one, because when I sit down to write it just flows. Tell us about how you write—the who, what, where of it? I literally work out every morning, recording my thoughts as I work out. Then typically six to seven hours of non-stop writing in my office seven days a week whether here in Sarasota or in Florence. After I work six or seven hours writing, then it’s cocktail hour where Joe and I discuss things. Sorry Hemingway, I’ve never had a drop when I’ve been writing.
Is unveiling and writing Max like doing a jigsaw puzzle with the pieces being all there but you must find where they fit? Generally I have the whole story in my head. Not all the pieces, but certainly how to get from the beginning to the end. In creating Max, I developed a back story for her that makes her vulnerable, and it’s fitting those pieces into the appropriate places in Climatized, The Beekeeper and the next one so that Max continues to grow with the readers without having to know everything about her up front. Your books are being turned into major motion pictures. How does that feel? Am I floating on the ceiling right now? Yes. It’s quite surreal. Things are moving fast and it’s very exciting. Not only that they’re being made into major motion pictures, but because the level of talented people involved and interested in working with this project is just phenomenal. You have a great team collaborating with you on bringing Max Ford to the silver screen. How much input do you have in the screenplay? If a studio had optioned this, we’d have zero control. That’s not what’s happened here. Writers Noam Dromi (Dolphin Tale) and Evan Greene were brought in to develop the project as was Stuart Pollock, an international lawyer who’s also a writer and director responsible for seeking fundraising and financing. With the three of them, myself and Joe, we are now the team. Evan and Noam wrote the script and we finalized it after making some changes. Clearly when we get a director, the director will want to make changes. SEPTEMBER 2018 | SARASOTA SCENE
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Recently you lost your friend, colleague, and publisher David Dunham, a man who really believed in you and what you wrote down on empty pages. Do you still feel his presence in the project? He’s a big loss. David literally took me under his wing, had confidence in my books and has been there from book one all the way through to the last one. He would have been working on the next one. He’s the one who introduced me to Noam; that started the whole movie project. As I said in one of my dedications, he was going to work with me on the book and the film, and we were going to walk down the red carpet together. And we will. He will be there by my side.
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Climatized and The Beekeeper’s Secret have allowed you to express your point of view without confrontations from those who share opposing views. That must be most satisfying in this divisive political climate we are all living in. I let my characters debate the issues and I stay out of the fray and let the readers decide. What is your advice to writers looking to publish their ideas and have them made into movies? Keep writing, writing and writing. Let your stream of consciousness flow. Don’t worry about grammar or structure. You can fix that later. Don’t get hung up on how to get the story out, just start writing. But you do need to have a story to tell. How do you hope people remember you many years from now? As an inspirational writer. I’d like to think that I inspired people one way or another to think for themselves and challenge themselves, because I don’t think we do enough of that. If people read my book and they think nice book, that’s fine. But I would like to feel that it leaves them with something lingering, some thought that makes them a better person.
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Education MATTERS By Ryan G. Van Cleave
CIRCUS SCIENCE MAKES LEARNING MEMORABLE No doubt about it—if the circus world has a capital, it’s Sarasota, because that’s where John Ringling moved the Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters back in 1927. Since then, generations of circus performers and support staff have called our community their home, forever impacting its social and economic life in profound ways. Launched in 1997 under a different name, The Circus Arts Conservatory honors this tradition and builds on it, too, by being the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational performing arts organization dedicated to sharing the entertainment, education, and enrichment of the circus arts in Sarasota. Their world-renowned Circus Sarasota presents annual performances in a one-ring, fivestar, European-style Big Top. And the Sailor Circus Academy, America’s longest-running youth circus, is known throughout the world as “The Greatest ‘Little’ Show on Earth.” But the most important commitment The Circus Arts Conservatory has may be its robust education and outreach efforts, which work wonders with local students and schools throughout the year. That commitment is being made easier, thanks to the $4 million renovation being done beneath the dome of the Sailor Circus Arena on Bahia Vista Street, which has housed years and years of amazing youth circus history. What’s astonishing is that the nearly seven decades of performances and educational activities have all been done without air conditioning. Thanks to private funds and a state grant, that’s going to change just in time for next year’s 70th anniversary of the Sailor Circus. But those funds are going to do more than just pay to cool the arena—they’re also going to cover the costs of replacing the current 1,500 individual chairs with retractable seating for that same audience size. In addition, they’re going to
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pay for new concrete flooring, and a new sprung performance floor, too. These changes will also allow people with disabilities of any type to more easily attend performances, classes, camps, and activities. This much-needed facility upgrade has Education Manager Karen Bell feeling ecstatic. Since 2012, The Circus Arts Conservatory has instructed more than 20,000 students from 30+ elementary and middle schools. “Once we have the new facilities,” says Bell, “we’ll be better equipped to handle many, many more students. Our dream is to have every elementary and middle school participate in our educational programming.” The circus-based classroom education programming used by Bell and fellow instructor Robin Eurich (who some might remember as Rusty the Handyman on WGN’s “The Bozo Super Sunday Show”) is based on a definition of arts integration provided by the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts: “Arts integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area, and meet evolving objectives in both.” For Circus Arts Conservatory teaching artists and educators, this means that they visit area schools and demonstrate circus acts, then engage with the students to better understand the relevant areas—like physics, engineering, or language arts— behind those acts.
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Eurich explains that “Newtonian and Galilean physics are what students get tested on in 5th and 8th grade state assessments. But you can’t see friction, though you can see what it does. You can’t see gravity, but you can see what it does. So we try to illuminate some of these invisible concepts for students in a way that makes them memorable and understandable.” Thanks to an Education Task Force consisting of former Florida Principal of the Year Dr. Barbara Shirley, Assistant Principal of Horizons Academy Ryan Clarke, and a few other current and retired teachers, plus one former superintendent, the circus education programming is in full alignment with the state benchmarks and standards students need to pass state-wide assessments. One of the most popular arts-integrated educational programs the team offer for grades 4-8 is The Marvelous, Miraculous, Circus Machine! Students are given curriculum booklets, hands-on project kits, and a fun classroom challenge—create a crazy, fun machine that ultimately knocks a ball into a cup. Working in teams to build their own machines, students learn firsthand—as often from failure as from success—about physics and creative problem solving. Along the way, they learn about cause and effect, gravity, force, friction, inertia, mass, and Newton’s laws of motion. But try to teach them those concepts as concepts, and you’d get groans. Do it with dominoes, balls, ramps, and string? They’re laughing and creating memories that last.
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At the end of the program, the entire class is brought to the Sailor Circus Arena so students can experience a life-size version of the Marvelous, Miraculous, Circus Machine! that incorporates live circus acts as part of the process. Eurich adds that “Kids enjoy seeing how we have five or six live circus acts intertwined with the huge machine we have here. They also get the chance to see how what they’re doing in the classroom relates to the real world.” For many, too, it’s their first live circus experience. The outcomes are more than just anecdotal. Schools that have brought The Circus Arts Conservatory teaching artists in to run programs consistently do better on testing in the areas those programs cover. That success isn’t going unnoticed—they’ve presented at the annual conferences for both the National Science Teacher Association and Florida Association of Science Teachers. Ultimately, when learning is fun, the memories—and the lessons—stick with the students. “The other day,” says Bell, “a middle schooler ran up to me and gave me a huge hug, saying ‘Do you remember me?’ It turned out to be a student from Alta Vista Elementary who’d seen us every single year thanks to these programs. And now she saw me again in middle school and treated me like an old friend. It was awesome.” Eurich has similar stories, such as how he was working with a class from a local Title I elementary school. In a very loud voice, one student yelled, “I can NOT do this!” Then seven seconds later, he yelled at the same volume: “I have MASTERED this!” That’s the type of unexpected and memorable learning that happens when a little dose of circus-style teaching is brought into the classroom.
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October 6, 2018
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December 2, 2018
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November 10, 2018
January 27, 2019
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
An Island Christmas
My Three Sons Vocal Quartet –
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Around the World in 80 Days
The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan
March 7, 2019
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February 17, 2019
Stan Kenton All-Star Big Band
Diva Wars
March 17, 2019
March 31, 2019
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
Inside Asolo Rep The Music Man
Lunch, Look & Listen Sarasota:
November 1, 2018
Olé! Popular Latin and Spanish Music
The Crucible and A Doll’s House, Part 2
November 6, 2018
January 22, 2019
1226 N Tamiami Trail, Ste 300
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Sweat and Noises Off
Sarasota, FL 34236
January 24, 2019
February 27, 2019
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Sweeney Todd
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February 19, 2019
April 10, 2019
Performances at various venues.
Russian Folk Music and Dance
Classical Recitals
February 28, 2019
OUT@AsoloRep
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Mallets and Forethought
The Music Man
September 16 – 17, 2018
March 21, 2019
November 28, 2018
The Singing Harp – Giuseppina Ciarla
Piano Pizzazz Meets Fiddle Finesse
The Crucible
October 21 – 22, 2018
March 26, 2019
January 24, 2019
Armistice: The Journey Home
A Doll’s House, Part 2
November 3 – 4, 2018
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September 16 – 17, 2018
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Noises Off
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April 3, 2019
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April 21 – 22, 2019
May 16, 2019
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February 2, 2019
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May 12, 2019
February 9, 2019
January 24, 2019
February 19, 2019
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Celebrating Bernstein’s World
Asolo Repertory Theatre
March 6, 2019
March 9 – 10, 2019
5555 N Tamiami Trail
Sweat
Mallets and Forethought
Sarasota, FL 34243
April 6, 2019
March 21, 2019
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April 24, 2019
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March 26, 2019
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January 9 – March 10, 2019
December 1, 2018
April 6 – 7, 2019
A Doll’s House, Part 2
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FSU/Asolo Conservatory
Sailor Circus 70th Anniversary
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Performances
Glenridge Performing Arts Center
Arcadia
April 11 – 20, 2019
7333 Scotland Way
October 30 – November 18, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34238
Ghosts
Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota
941.552.5325
January 1 – 20, 2019
PO Box 2453
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Reckless
Sarasota, FL 34230
February 19 – March 10, 2019
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Guitar Sarasota
As You Like It
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Mini-Concert & Lecture Series
April 9 – 27, 2019
Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sarasota Pride
2256 Bahia Vista St
Belle Canto
October 20, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34239
8148 36th S E
Holiday performances
941.260.3306
Sarasota, FL 34243
December 2 & 9, 2018
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941.400.2152
International Concert Series
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Riverview Performing Arts Center
Rise and Sing-Belle Canto
PO Box 15372
1 Ram Way, Sarasota, FL 34231
Season Debut Concert
Sarasota, FL 34277
Tengyue Zhang – China
November 17, 2018
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January 12, 2019
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December 19, 2018
October 29, 2018
February 9, 2019
St. Paddy’s Day Concert (Artist Series)
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March 17, 2019
December 3, 2018
March 9, 2019
Festival of Women’s Voices
Holographic
Henderson-Kilk Duo – Canada
April 13, 2019
January 7 & 8, 2019
April 6, 2019
Railroad 150
Choral Artists of Sarasota
February 11, 2019
Mini-Concert & Lecture Series
PO Box 52987
Orpheus and His Lyre
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sarasota, FL 34232
March 4, 2019
2256 Bahia Vista St
941.387.6046
Working Notes
Sarasota, FL 34239
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April 22, 2019
Sarasota Guitar Duo – Classical Guitar
Then Sings My Soul
November 12, 2018
October 14, 2018
The First Brass of Sarasota
Ben Pila – Classical Guitar
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4565 Northlake Dr
December 10, 2018
December 9, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34232
Corde Voce – Guitar and Voice
From The Heart
941.928.0296
January 21, 2019
February 16, 2019
TheFirstBrass.org
Kevin Mandeville – Classical Guitar
Sounds of Freedom
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February 18, 2019
July 4, 2019
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Florida Studio Theatre
March 18, 2019
The Circus Arts Conservatory
1241 N Palm Ave
Community and Youth Showcase –
2075 Bahia Vista St
Sarasota, FL 34236
Classical Guitar
Sarasota, FL 34239
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April 15, 2019
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CircusArts.org
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The Island Players
Sailor Circus Academy: Big Top Holidays
Mainstage
10009 Gulf Dr
December 27 – 30, 2018
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Anna Maria, FL 34216
Windjammers Performance
November 7 – December 30, 2018
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January 20, 2019
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Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest
February 15 – March 10, 2019
September 20 – 30, 2018
Cirque des Voix
Baggage
March 22 – 24, 2019
November 8 – 18, 2018
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I Hate Hamlet January 10 – 27, 2019 A Flea in Her Ear March 7 – 24, 2019 Present Laughter May 2 – 12, 2019
Jacobite Pipe Band 7120 Myakka Valley Trail Sarasota, FL 34241 941.350.0271 JacobitesBand.com See website for locations.
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Tony Boffa
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
February 15, 2019
September 5 – 23, 2018
Synia Carroll
DeathTrap
February 22, 2019
October 17 – November 4, 2018
Bill Buchman & Art of Jazz
Paisley Craze:
March 1, 2019
Flower Power! The Music That
Jerry Eckert Trio
Changed The World
March 15, 2019
November 17, 2018
Patricia Dean Trio
Dear Santa
March 22, 2019
November 28 – December 16, 2018
James Suggs Quartet
Chuck Gillespie:
March 29, 2019
Tribute to Andy Williams
Mike Whitty Quartet
January 5, 2019
April 5, 2019
Men are Dogs
Melanie Massell
January 16 – February 10, 2019
April 12, 2019
10th Annual Shorts Aloud Festival: The Best of Shorts Aloud
Key Chorale
February 16 – 17, 2019
PO Box 20613
Cynthis Sayer:
Sarasota, FL 34276
Hot Jazz Quartet
941.921.4845
February 23, 2019
KeyChorale.org
Looking
American Roots: Digging Deeper
March 6 – 31, 2019
October 27, 2018
John Tuff and Friends:
Misatango
Celebrating the Legends of Country Music
November 25, 2018
April 13, 2019
Christmas in Venice
Old Love
December 8, 2018
April 24 – May 12, 2019
Honoring Heroes:
‘Til Beth Do Us Part
Sarasota Choral Festival
June 5 – 23, 2019
January 26, 2019 March 10 – 11, 2019
Manatee Performing Arts Center
Cirque des Voix®
502 3rd Ave W
March 22 – 24, 2019
Bradenton, FL 34205
Fauré Requiem
941.749.1111
April 13, 2019
ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com
Tomorrow’s Voices Today
Broadway Series
May 3, 2019
Anne of Green Gables
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
September 13 – 30, 2018
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival
Cabaret
PO Box 5442
Elf the Musical
Sarasota, FL 34277
November 29 – December 16, 2018
941.366.8450 ext. 7
Pirates of Penzance
LaMusicaFestival.org
January 10 – 27, 2019
April 8 - 16, 2019
Mary Poppins
October 25 – November 11, 2018
February 14 - March 3, 2019
Lemon Bay Playhouse
Ain’t Misbehavin’
96 W Dearborn St
March 21 – April 7, 2019
Englewood, FL 34223
Barnum
941.475.6756
April 25 – May 12, 2019
LemonBayPlayhouse.com
Studio Series
The Sacred Stage
The American Century
Becoming Dr. Ruth
March 18, 2019
April 13, 2019
Calendar Girls
New Music New College
North Port Symphony
October 18 – November 4, 2018
New College of Florida
NorthPortSymphony.com
A Christmas Carol
Caples Fine Arts Complex
Star Spangled Spectacular
November 29 – December 16, 2018
5800 Bayshore Rd
November 11, 2018
Oh Freedom
Sarasota, FL 34243
Jingle All The Way
January 24 – February 10, 2019
941.487.4888
December 9, 2018
Into the Night
NewMusicNewCollege.org
Love Is In The Air
February 28 – March 17, 2019
So Percussion
January 27, 2019
Clybourne Park
October 6, 2018
Strauss, Strouse & More
April 4 – 21, 2019
Inter/Action: New works featuring Mark
February 24, 2019
Dancigers, New College students,
Themes Like Old Times
Community Artistic Collaborations
and Grand Electric
March 24, 2019
The Goldtones
November 10, 2018
November 3, 2018
Ensemble Dal Niente with George Lewis
Jack Frost
January 26, 2019
OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving
December 21, 2018
“Tigers Above and Tigers Below”:
8437 Tuttle Ave #333
Carpenters: Once More
Eliza Ladd with New College students
Sarasota, FL 34243
January 26, 2019
February 15 – 17, 2019
941.351.1007
Neil Diamond Tribute
Wet Ink Ensemble: Kate Soper’s
OperaForAnimals.org
February 23, 2019
“Voices from the Killing Jar”
Liverpool Live: Beatles Tribute
April 27, 2019
Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast
North Port Performing Arts Association
941.955.4942
6400 W Price Blvd
PMP Alumni: Around Town & In Schools
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
North Port, FL 34291
November 2018, February & April 2019
1923 Ringling Blvd
941.426.8479
Itzhak Perlman – In The Fiddler’s House –
Sarasota, FL 34236
NPPAA.net
A Night of Klezmer
August 23 – September 9, 2018
March 30, 2019 It Was a Very Good Year April 6, 2019
941.925.FUNY (3869) McCurdysComedy.com Visit website for lineup.
PerlmanMusicProgramSuncoast.org
December 17, 2018
North Port Concert Band
15th Anniversary PMP Sarasota Winter Residency
NorthPortConcertBand.org
December 20, 2018 – January 5, 2019
Moving Ethos Dance
God Bless The U.S.A.
Super Strings
1768 Briar Creek Ln
November 1, 2018
December 29, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34235
Christmas Winds
Works-in-Progress Recital
941.312.1693
December 16, 2018
January 3, 2019
movingethos.org
Thanks For The Memories
Celebration Concert
Visit website for performances.
January 17, 2019
January 5, 2019
Sweet Suites
Musica Sacra of Sarasota
February 17, 2019
PO Box 50581
Let’s Dance
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
Sarasota, FL 34232
March 28, 2019
838 N Tamiami Trail
941.405.7322
On The Menu
Sarasota, FL 34236
musicasacrasarasota.org
April 28, 2019
941.365.2494
Going Baroque at Christmas - AGAIN!
ThePlayers.org
December 10, 2018
North Port Chorale
Hodie
TheNorthPortChorale.org
Broadway Season
December 10, 2018
A Christmas Tale
Annie Get Your Gun
Stabat Mater
December 8, 2018
September 30 – October 7, 2018
February 25, 2019
You and the Night and the Music
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike
February 16, 2019
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All Shook Up
The Ringling
SaraSolo Encores
December 6 – 23, 2018
5401 Bay Shore Rd
Inner Voices: Sex, Intimacy, and
Hairspray
Sarasota, FL 34243
Aging with Hedda Matza-Haughton
January 17 – February 3, 2019
941.359.5700
January 11, 2019
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Ringling.org
Will Rogers Revived with Steve McAllister
Spelling Bee
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January 25, 2019
February 21 – March 10, 2019
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Coming to Myself with Elizabeth Weil Bergmann
Follies March 28 – April 14, 2019
The Ringling Museum
An Arthur Miller Classic - TBA
5401 Bay Shore Rd
April 25 – May 5, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34243
The Sarasota Ballet
941.359.5700
5555 N Tamiami Trail
Ringling.org
Sarasota, FL 34243
Backstage at The Players Series
February 1, 2019
941.359.0099
Sight Unseen November 8 – 18, 2018
New Stages
SarasotaBallet.org
Burn This
Matthew Duvall, Inlet &
Meet Me at the Barre
February 7 – 17, 2019
Transient Landscapes
October 15, 2018
Blown Sideways Through Life
October 19 & 20, 2018
Principal Film Series – Film 1
March 14 – 24, 2019
Theatre Re: The Nature of Forgetting
November 26, 2018
A View From the Bridge
November 19 & 20, 2018
Inside The Studio – Diamonds
April 25 – May 5, 2019
Raphael Xavier, Point of Interest
December 5, 2018
November 30 & December 1, 2018
Inside the Studio – World Premiere
The Pops Orchestra
Bill Bowers, All Over the Map
January 16, 2019
PO Box 1622
January 18 & 19, 2019
Principal Film Series – Film 2
Sarasota, FL 34230
Matt Haimovitz & Vijay Iyer
February 4, 2019
941.926.POPS (7677)
February 23 & 24, 2019
Inside the Studio – Apparitions
ThePopsOrchestra.org
Union Tanguera & Kate Weare, Sin Salida
February 27, 2019
SCF’s Neel Performing Arts Center
March 29 & 30, 2019
Principal Film Series – Film 3
Riverview High School
Spotlight Florida: Moving Ethos
March 25, 2019
Performing Arts Center
April 12 & 13, 2019
Inside the Studio – Giselle April 10, 2019
John Denver Coming Home November 11 – 12, 2018
Rise Above Performing Arts
Principal Film Series – Film 4
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PO Box 51837
April 15, 2019
December 9 – 10, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34232
Iconographic (Program 1)
“Jersey Boys, California Girls”
941.702.4747
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Valentines Concert
riseabovearts.com
October 26 – 28, 2018
February 10 – 11, 2019
Glenridge Performing Arts Center
Masters of Dance (Program 2)
By George, I Think We’ve Done It!
13 the Musical
Sarasota Opera House
March 24 – 25, 2019
September 20 – 23, 2018
November 16 – 17, 2018
Joseph and the Amazing
Victorian Winters (Program 3)
Ring Sarasota
Technicolor Dreamcoat
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
P.O. Box 2113
January 10 – 13, 2019
December 14 – 15, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34276
The Addams Family
Transcending Movement (Program 4)
RingSarasota.org
May 2 – 5, 2019
FSU Center for the Performing Arts January 25 – 28, 2019
Christmas Concerts
SaraSolo Productions, Inc. (Gotta Van)
The Martha Graham Dance Company
Ring Sarasota Salutes our Hometown Area of Sarasota
PO Box 3102
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
March 10, 17 & 31, April 7, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34230
February 15 – 17, 2019
941.400.2036
Poetry and Liberty (Program 6)
SaraSolo.org
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
2019 SaraSolo Festival
March 8 – 9, 2019
December 7 – 9, 2018
January 27 – February 3, 2019
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JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI LOUNGE
4910 S TAMIAMI TRAIL | 941.552.9465 5459 FRUITVILLE ROAD | 941.342.6200
Aug. 23–Sept. 9
Sept. 13–30
The journey of America’s most famous sex therapist, who fled the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joined Jerusalem’s Haganah as a scout and sniper. Becoming Dr. Ruth is humorous, filled with the honesty and lifeaffirming spirit of Dr. Ruth.
In 1903, an aging farmer from Green Gables, Canada, decided to adopt an orphan boy to help out on his farm. Instead, a feisty, red-haired heroine arrives with a challenging personality that’s difficult to welcome, until she endears herself to the family, her schoolmates and the community. Laughter fills this musical!
ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com 502 Third Avenue W | Bradenton
Oct. 18–Nov. 4 Calendar Girls is based on the true story of 11 British women who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for leukemia research. Calendar Girls is the fastest selling play in British theater history!
Box Office (941) 748-5875 Tickets $27–$40 | Fees May Apply SEPTEMBER 2018 | SARASOTA SCENE
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Giselle (Program 7)
Sarasota Concert Band
Sailing Squadron Concerts
Sarasota Opera House
5317 Fruitville Rd #192
September 24, October 29, November 26,
April 26 – 27, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34232
December 17, 2018
941.650.1177
Sarasota Choral Society
SarasotaConcertBand.org
5317 Fruitville Rd #147 Sarasota, FL 34232 SarasotaChoralSociety.org
Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company
Sarasota International Folk Dancers (Sarasota Grapeviners) 803 N Tamiami Trail
8437 Tuttle Ave #160
Sarasota, FL 34236
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
Sarasota, FL 34243
941.923.3302
P.O. Box 51751
941.345.5755
ifdsarasota.webs.com
Sarasota, FL 34232
SarasotaContemporaryDance.org
ChorusoftheKeys.org
Jane B. Cook Theatre
Sarasota Jewish Chorale
Chorus of the Keys Annual Show:
SCD + Now Ensemble
941.355.8011
Celebrating 70 Years of Song
October 11 – 14, 2018
SarasotaJewishChorale.org
February 16, 2019
Voices: Emerging Choreographers
See website for locations.
December 6 – 9, 2018
Commemoration of Kristallnacht
Sarasota Concert Association
Dance Makers
Temple Beth Sholom
PO Box 1714
January 31 – February 3, 2019
November 8, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34230
Evolving/Revolving
Chanukah Concert at Aviva, private
941.225.6500
May 2 – 5, 2019
performance December 7, 2018
SCASarasota.org
Chanukah Concert, private performance
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Sarasota Cuban Ballet School
Riverview Performing Arts Center
501 N Beneva Rd, Ste 700
December 8, 2018
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Sarasota, FL 34232
Dinner concert, private performance
January 14, 2019
SarasotaCubanBalletSchool.com
Temple Beth Sholom
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Selby Gardens Performance
January 18, 2019
January 24, 2019
November 7, 2018
Chanukah Concert, private performance
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Nutcracker Show
March 31, 2019
February 11, 2019
(Sarasota Opera House)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
December 1, 2018
Sarasota Music Archive
February 21, 2019
Nutcracker Show
Selby Public Library, Geldbart Auditorium
Pavel Haas Quartet
(Venice Performing Arts Center)
1331 First St
March 15, 2019
December 8 – 9, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34236
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Spring Show
941.861.1168
April 3, 2019
(Venice Performing Arts Center)
SarasotaMusicArchive.org
March 2 – 3, 2019
Friends of the Library Fall Music Events
Music Matinees
End of Year Show
Opera Talk, presented by Phyllis Lowitt
Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center
(Booker High School)
Verdi, “Aida”
709 N Tamiami Trail
May 25, 2019
October 3, 2018
Aaron Romm, trumpet and
Summer Intensive Performances
Rossini,” The Barber of Seville”
Avis Romm, piano
(Sarasota Opera House)
November 7, 2018
December 10, 2018
July 27, 2019
Great Performers Series
Temple Israel, Longboat Key
Fall Music Film Series
Marc Mannino, classical and jazz guitar January 16, 2019
Sarasota Folk Club
Joy McIntyre, “Erich Wolfgang Korngold”
Michael Baron and Priscilla Navarro, piano
941.371.1433
October 24, 2018
February 6, 2019
SarasotaFolk.org
Diana Walters, “Famous Operatic Duets
Sarasota Opera Studio Artists
Sarasota Sailing Squadron
with Superb Singers”
March 6, 2019
1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy.
November 14, 2018
Hein Jung, soprano, and
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phyllis Lowitt, “The Great Tenors”
Grigorios Zamparas, piano
941.377.9256
December 5, 2018
April 10, 2019
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Lecture and Performance Series
Sarasota Musica Viva
Understanding Opera
Chamber and Solo Works by Winners of
P.O. Box 1244
Jonas Kamlet Library
the Suncoast Competition: Andrea Guaita,
Osprey, FL 34229
Fabulous 50s: 1850s, that is
Lindsay McKenna, Marco Jimenez
941.870.9885
October 11, 2018
January 9, 2019
sarasotamusicaviva.org
What is an aria?
Close-Up on Opera:
October 18, 2018
The Basic Elements of Opera
Sarasota Opera
Critics have their say
January 16, 2019
61 North Pineapple Avenue
October 25, 2018
Daniel Baer
Sarasota, FL 34236
Take a letter, Mr. Postman
January 23, 2019
941.328.1300
November 1, 2018
Close-Up on Opera: Puccini, “Turandot”
SarasotaOpera.org
January 30, 2019
Opera House Tours
Community Events
Live from the Archive
October 29 & November 5, 2018,
The Ditchfield Family Singers 19th
February 6, 2019
February 19 & 25, March 4, 11 & 18, 2019
Annual Christmas Show
Close-Up on Opera: Mozart,
December 7 – 8, 2018
“The Magic Flute”
Fall Recital Series
Celebration Concert
February 13, 2019
Spanish Night
January 5, 2019
The Blue Heron Sextet
October 12, 2018
February 20, 2019
Operetta Night
Sarasota Opera Guild
Close-Up on Opera: Verdi, “Nabucco”
December 14, 2018
941.374.2914
February 27, 2019
Diamond Anniversary Recital
sarasotaopera.org
Tom Purviance
April 5, 2019
Social & Singers
March 6, 2019
Opera Composers in Song
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota Opera Studio Artists
May 10, 2019
October 16, November 13, 2018,
March 13, 2019
January 15, February 19, March 19, 2019
Close-Up on Opera: “Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Fall Opera
– An Overview”
The Barber of Seville
Performances/Lectures
March 20, 2019
October 26, 28, 31, November 6, 8,
Pagliacci’s Torment
Close-Up on Opera: Wagner, “Die
11, 2018
October 18, 2018
Walküre” March 27, 2019
Sarasota Music Club
Understanding the Libretto Youth Opera
January 24, 2019
The Little Sweep
Trouser Roles
November 3 – 4, 2018
February 21, 2019 Aging Prematurely on the Opera Stage
Sarasota Music Club PO Box 19613
Concerts At Noon
Sarasota, FL 34276
Peterson Great Room
941.925.3602
November 9, 2018; March 8, 15, 22, 2019
March 14, 2019 Prologues Barber of Seville
SarasotaMusicClub.org Jensen Family Players
Winter Opera
October 22, 2018
October 19, 2018
Turandot
Turandot
Mike Markaverich, Jazz Piano and Vocals
February 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 28
January 7, 2019
November 16, 2018
March 3, 8, 15, 17, 20, 22, 2019
The Magic Flute
Sunnyside Singers
The Magic Flute
January 14, 2019
December 21, 2018
February 16, 19, 21, 24, 27
Nabucco
Jason Stearns, Baritone &
March 1, 16, 21, 23, 2019
January 21, 2019
Lee Dougherty Ross, Piano
Nabucco
Rita and Susanna’s Secret
January 18, 2019
March 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 24, 2019
January 28, 2019
Katherine Siochi, Harpist
Rita (Two Men and a Woman)
February 15, 2019
March 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 2019
Sarasota Orchestra
Johanna Fincher, Soprano; Luis Gonzalez,
Susanna’s Secret
709 N Tamiami Trail
Baritone; Donna Smith, Piano
March 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34236
March 15, 2019
941.953.4252
Suncoast Music Scholarships Competition
SarasotaOrchestra.org
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Masterworks
Sarasota String Quartet
District Honor Choir Concert
Legends
March 3, 2019
January 19, 2019
November 2 – 4, 2018
Cinematic Sounds
Music Student Showcase
Perfect Pairs
April 14, 2019
January 24, 2019 Symphonic Band,
November 30 – December 2, 2018 Summer to Winter
Discoveries:
“I Love You to Death”
January 4 – 6, 2019
Passion & Travel
February 14, 2019
Ax Plays Beethoven
September 29, 2018
SCF Choirs and SCF Bradenton Symphony
January 17 – 20, 2019
Hidden Holiday Treasures
Orchestra, “Kings, Queens and Crowns-
Round Trip to Paris
December 22, 2018
Music for Royalty”
January 31 – February 3, 2019
Music of the Americas
February 28, 2019
To Sarasota with Love
March 31, 2019
SCF Guitar Ensemble, “Light the Fire” March 14, 2019
February 21 & 23 – 24, 2019 Peace and Joy
Special Events
SCF Jazz
April 5 – 7, 2019
Sarasota Music Festival
“Jazz at the Movies:
June 2 – 22, 2019
From Casablanca to La La Land” March 21, 2019
Great Escapes Musical America
State College of Florida
Chamber Music Concert
October 10 – 13, 2018
5840 26th St
“Close Encounters of the Music Kind”
‘Tis the Season
Bradenton, FL 34207
March 28, 2019
December 5 – 8, 2018
941.752.5252
Music Theatre Ensemble Showcase
Shuffle
scf.edu
April 15, 2019
January 23 – 26, 2019
Neel Performing Arts Center
SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra,
A Many Splendored Thing
The Cosmic Guide Experience
“Third Time’s a Charm”
February 13 – 16, 2019
September 21, 2018
April 18, 2019 Music and Theatre Scholarship Auditions
Sounds of the Stage March 20 – 23, 2019
Music/Dance
April 20, 2019
Dance, Dance, Dance!
District Honor Orchestra Concert
Spring Fling, “Rhythm of Life”
May 1 – 4, 2019
September 29, 2018
April 25, 2019
Fall Festival of Music,
Sophomore Recital
POPS
“Welcome to Our House”
April 29, 2019
La La Land in Concert
October 4, 2018
January 11 – 12, 2019
SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra,
Sundays at Neel
An Evening with Judy Garland
“Global Initiative”
The Nowhere Band
March 1 – 2, 2019
October 11, 2018
December 9, 2018
Hollywood Hits
Fall Musical, “Oklahoma!”
The Kingston Trio
April 12 – 13, 2019
October 26, 27, 28, 2018
January 13, 2019
Outdoor Pops
Faculty Recital, Dr. Pete Carney,
Simply Streisand
May 10 – 11, 2019
“Music from a Distant River
January 20, 2019
November 1, 2018
Alter Eagles
Chamber Soiree
SCF Jazz
February 17, 2019
Out of the Opera Pit
Veterans Tribute Concert
Broadway at the Movies
September 20, 2018
November 8, 2018
February 24, 2019
Colorful Combinations
Symphonic Band Concert
Jay White
September 23, 2018
“Animal Instinct”
March 24, 2019
Three’s a Charm
November 15, 2018
October 25, 2018
SCF Jazz
Howard Studio Theatre
French Flair
Christmas with Blue Eyes:
The Laramie Project
January 13, 2019
A Sinatra Big Band Party
October 5 – 7 & 12 – 14, 2018
Baroque Fireworks
December 1, 2018
The Foreigner
February 7 & 10, 2019
Holiday Concert,
November 30,
Gran Partita
The Many Moods of Christmas
December 1, 2 7, 8, 9, 2018
February 28, 2019
December 6, 2018
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Suncoast Concert Band
Kenny G
Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert
12308 Lobelia Terrace
October 19, 2018
January 2, 2019
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
Bob Dylan and His Band
Jay Leno
941.907.4123
October 21, 2018
January 3, 2019
SuncoastConcertBand.org
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Something Rotten
Northminster Presbyterian Church
October 27, 2018
January 7 – 8, 2019
Concert Season
An Evening with Lyle Lovett and
3 Redneck Tenors
November 4 & 18, December 2 & 16,
Robert Earl Keen
January 9, 2019
2018, January 13, February 10, March 10,
November 6, 2018
April 7 & 28, 2019
Capitol Steps – Orange is the New Barack
Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors
November 7, 2018
Blue Suede Shoes – The Premier Elvis Birthday Bash Starring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert
December 9, 2018, January 20, February
Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock and Roll
January 10, 2019
17, March 17, April 14, 2019
Part II
Air Supply
November 9, 2018
January 13, 2019
Church of the Palms
DooWop Spectacular
The Righteous Brothers
Special Concerts
Volume 3: Caravan of Stars
January 15, 2019
January 27, February 24, March 24, 2019
November 10, 2018
Linda Eder
Stills & Collins
January 17, 2019
Theatre Odyssey
November 16, 2018
PO Box 1383
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by
Pilobolus – Shadowland: The New Adventure
Sarasota, FL 34230
Chip Davis
January 22, 2019
941.799.7224
November 23, 2018
Howie Mandel
TheatreOdyssey.org
KC and the Sunshine Band
January 23, 2019
Glenridge Performing Arts Center
November 24, 2018
The Midtown Men
One Act Play Festival
Black Violin – Classical Boom Tour
January 25, 2019
November 1 – 4, 2018
November 27, 2018
Gladys Knight
Jim Brickman – A Joyful Christmas
January 26, 2019
Urbanite Theatre
November 28, 2018
Jerry Lee Lewis
1487 Second St
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King & I
January 27, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34236
December 4 – 5, 2018
Tony Orlando
941.321.1397
Brian Wilson Presents:
January 28, 2019
UrbaniteTheatre.com
The Christmas Album Live
Dick Fox’s Golden Boys
Modern Works Festival
December 11, 2018
January 29, 2019
October 2 – 14, 2018
A Christmas Carol
Neil Berg’s 110 Years of Broadway
Dike
December 16, 2018
January 30, 2019
November 9 – December 16, 2018
Itzhak Perlman: In The Fiddler’s House
Travis Tritt
Angel
December 17, 2018
February 5, 2019
January 11 – February 17, 2019
Celtic Thunder X
Lords of 52nd Street
In a Word
December 18, 2018
February 6, 2019
March 8 – April 14, 2019
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Sound of Music
February 7, 2019
December 19 – 20, 2018
Patti LaBelle February 8, 2019
777 N Tamiami Trail
Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker
Sarasota, FL 34236
December 21, 2018
February 10, 2019
941.953.3368
Boston Pops on Tour
VanWezel.org
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer The Musical
Eddie Izzard – Believe Me Tour
December 22, 2018
Michael Bolton
October 11, 2018
On Your Feet
February 13, 2019
Lord of the Dance – Dangerous Games
December 26 – 30, 2018
Stomp
October 19, 2018
The Sweet Caroline Tour
February 17, 2019
December 31, 2018
Finding Neverland
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
New Shanghai Circus
February 12, 2019
February 19 – 20, 2019
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Bernadette Peters February 22, 2019
The Beach Boys – Now and Then February 25, 2019
Russian National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty February 27, 2019
David Foster February 28, 2019
Cinderella February 28, 2019
Celtic Woman March 3, 2019
Rain
The Venice Chorale
The Gatlin Brothers: Unplugged
The Venice Performing Arts Center
March 14, 2019
1 Indian Ave
Clyde Butcher: Visions of Dali’s Spain
Venice, FL 34285
March 15, 2019
941.484.8491
Queen Nation
TheVeniceChorale.org
March 16, 2019
Tis the Season – A Festive Holiday Concert
Rhythm of the Dance March 24, 2019
December 2, 2018
Shades of Love
Venice Musicale
February 10, 2019
PO Box 179
In the Land of the Living
2357 S Tamiami Trail #3
April 16, 2019
Venice, FL 34292 941.488.4902
March 5, 2019
The Lion King March 14 – 31, 2019
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo April 4, 2019
RENT 20th Anniversary Tour April 9 – 10, 2019 Peter Gros April 14, 2019 The Music of Cream – 50th Anniversary World Tour April 15, 2019 The Second City – It’s Not You. It’s Me. April 16, 2019 Menopause the Musical April 17, 2019 Boz Scaggs – Out of the Blues Tour April 18, 2019
The Venice Institute for Performing Arts
VeniceMusicale.org Monthly concerts October – April
1 Indian Ave Venice, FL 34285
The Venice Symphony
941.218.3779
Venice Performing Arts Center
veniceperformingartscenter.com
1 Indian Ave
The Nutcracker
Venice, FL 34285
Co-presented with the
941.207.8822
Sarasota Cuban Ballet School
TheVeniceSymphony.org
December 8 – 9, 2018
Festa Italia!
An Afternoon of Operetta
November 16 – 17, 2018
feat. Sarasota Opera artists
Holiday Pops
December 16, 2018
December 14 – 15, 2018
Artrageous
Strauss, Schumann and Mendelssohn
January 18, 2019
January 11 – 12, 2019
Decades Rewind
Rhapsody in Blue: Gershwin’s Greatest
January 19, 2019
February 1 – 2, 2019
Artrageous: Art Exhibition and Gallery
European Masters
Alan Cumming – Legal Immigrant
Auction at Venice Art Center
Featuring Beethoven’s 7th
April 20, 2019
January 24, 2019
February 22 – 23, 2019
The Filharmonic
Mozart and Mahler: Jupiter and Titan
January 26, 2019
March 22 – 23, 2019
Lea Salonga – The Human Heart Tour 2019 April 23, 2019
Terry Myers Orchestra:
American Roots
Rosanne Cash and Band –
A Tribute to Benny Goodman
April 26 – 27, 2019
She Remembers Everything
February 3, 2019
April 25, 2019 The Temptations and the Four Tops April 26, 2019
New Christy Minstrels
Venice Theatre
February 8, 2019
140 W Tampa Ave
Good Vibrations:
Venice, FL 34285
Whoopi Goldberg
A Tribute to the Beach Boys
941.488.1115
April 27, 2019
February 9, 2019
VeniceStage.com
Vienna Boys Choir
Main Stage
February 20, 2019
The Goldtones
All Hands on Deck
September 8, 2018
February 24, 2019
Lend Me A Tenor
Spring Ballet Extravaganza: On Stage with
September 21 – October 7, 2018
Sarasota Cuban Ballet School
South Pacific
March 2 – 3, 2019
October 26 – December 2, 2018
Direct From Las Vegas
The Sounds of Christmas starring the
March 10, 2019
Ditchfield Family Singers
Lee Greenwood and Crystal Gayle April 28, 2019 The Illusionists – Live from Broadway April 30, 2019
Venetian Harmony Chorus 701 N Indiana Ave Englewood, FL 34223 941.480.1480 VenetianHarmony.com 1 00
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December 21 – 22, 2018
Always...Patsy Cline
The Capitol Steps
January 11 – February 3, 2019
December 29 – 31, 2018 &
The Sounds of Harry James &
March 3 – 4, 2019
the Andrews Sisters
America’s Diamond Live
February 4, 2019
January 13 – 14, 2019
42nd Street
Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone
February 22 – March 24, 2019
January 20 – 21, 2019
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Rocket Man
April 12 – 28, 2019
January 27 – 28, 2019 The Sounds of Harry James and the
Stage II
Andrews Sisters
Suds: The Rocking 60s Musical Soap
February 4, 2019
Opera
Back Home Again, A Tribute to John
September 28 – October 21, 2018
Denver
Silence! The Musical
February 24 – 25, 2019
November 2 – 25, 2018
Let’s Hang On
The Santaland Diaries
March 10 – 11, 2019
November 30 – December 23, 2018
Buddy Returns!
See Rock City
March 17 – 18, 2019
January 4 – 20, 2019 Assisted Living: The Musical
Education & Outreach
February 1 – March 10, 2019
Showtime Benefit to support
Disenchanted!
Alzheimer’s Association
March 22 – April 14, 2019
March 2, 2019
Race
The 27th Annual Silver Foxes Show
April 26 – May 12, 2019
March 25 – 30, 2019 The 24th Annual Loveland Show
The Pinkerton
May 30 – June 2, 2019
Peter and the Starcatcher See Rock City
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
January 4 – 20, 2019
1646 10th Way
Assisted Living: The Musical
Sarasota, FL 34236
February 1 – March 10, 2019
941.366.1505
September 7 – 16, 2018
westcoastblacktheatre.org Generations
Raisin
A Christmas Carol
October 3 – November 11, 2018
December 14 – 20, 2018
Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul
Honk! A Musical Tale of
November 28, 2018 – January 13, 2019
“The Ugly Duckling”
Black Nativity
May 10 – 19, 2019
December 12, 13, 19, 20, 2018 Martin Luther King Day Celebration
Special Events
January 21, 2019
The Alter Eagles
The Amen Corner
October 28 – 29, 2018
January 23 – March 3, 2019
The Folk Legends
Love Sung in the Key of Aretha
November 11 – 12, 2018
March 20 – April 28, 2019
Michael L. Walters as Dame Edna
Soul Sensations Show
November 18 – 19, 2018
April 14 – 15, 2019
Dwight Icenhower’s Tribute to The King December 2 – 3, 2018 The Sounds of Christmas December 21 – 22, 2018
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Manatee County School District Show
IV, New Realities, Unbound
April 30 – May 17, 2019
March 14 – April 19, 2019
Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna
Monumental, Keith Crowley, Caitlin
Open Juried Show
Albritton, Made Fresh
Anna Maria Island Art League
May 21 – June 21, 2019
May 30 – July 5, 2019
5312 Holmes Blvd
Open Juried Show
Judy Saltzman, Kyle Petreycik,
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
June 26 – July 27, 2019
Imprint, Natural Selection
941.778.2099
KidsArt
July 18 – August 23, 2019
IslandArtLeague.org
July 30 – August 3, 2019
Florida’s Finest
MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS
September 5 – October 4, 2019
Springfest 2019 March 9 – 10, 2019
Reid Hodges Gallery
Art Center Manatee
October 26, 2018
Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
209 9th St W
National Sumi-e
5414 Marina Dr
Bradenton, FL 34205
October 30 – November 30, 2018
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
941.746.2862
Inspirations Juried Open Show
941.778.6694
ArtCenterManatee.org
December 4, 2018 – January 11, 2019
AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com
Exhibitions
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Show
Kellogg Gallery
January 15 – February 22, 2019
Florida Watercolor Society
Student Show
Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit
October 26, 2018
February 26 – March 29, 2019
PO Box 2559
National Sumi-e
Annual Member Open Juried Show
Sarasota, FL 34230
October 30 – November 30, 2018
April 2 – 26, 2019
941.404.5710
Women Contemporary Artists
Manatee County School District Show
EmbracingOurDifferences.org
December 4, 2018 – January 11, 2019
April 30 – May 17, 2019
Exhibit in Island Park
American Watercolor Traveling Show
Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna
January 19 – March 15, 2019
January 15 – February 22, 2019
Open Juried Show
Florida Color Pencil Curated Show
May 21 – June 21, 2019
Englewood Art Center
February 26 – March 29, 2019
Open Juried Show
Ringling College of Continuing Studies
TBA
June 26 – July 27, 2019
350 South McCall Road
April 2 – 26, 2019
KidsArt
Englewood, FL 34223
Manatee County School District Show
July 30 – August 3, 2019
Ringling.edu/EAC
Florida Watercolor Society
April 30 – May 17, 2019
See website for exhibits.
TBA
Art Center Sarasota
Fur, Feather and Fins, Misty Nabers
May 21 – June 21, 2019
707 N Tamiami Trail
Nichols, Frances Smith
Open Juried Show
Sarasota, FL 34236
September 15, 2018
June 26 – July 27, 2019
941.365.2032
Reception for Galleries
KidsArt
ArtSarasota.org
Julie Kanapaux, Abstract, Rita Schwab
July 30 – August 3, 2019
Exhibitions
October 13, 2018
Elsewhere
Fall Open House
Searle Gallery
Through September 28, 2018
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society,
Florida Watercolor Society
Brookhart Jonquil, Natalie Lerner,
Jill Lindsay
October 26, 2018
An Onghena, New Modern
November 17, 2018
National Sumi-e
October 11 – November 16, 2018
Winter Art Market
October 30 – November 30, 2018
Art Center Instructors, Stephen
December 14 – 15, 2018
Inspirations Juried Open Show
McMennamy, Peter Gatzambide, Intermix
Exhibitions in the Galleries:
December 4, 2018 – January 11, 2019
November 29, 2018 – January 4, 2019
Paul Spyropolous, Warren
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Show
Elisabeth Condon, Jen Nugent
Loranger, Denise DeLong
January 15 – February 22, 2019
and Jack Arbaugh, ASALH:
January 12, 2019
Acrylic Painters USA Annual Juried Show
Black Muse 2019, Work of He(art)
Spring Open House
February 26 – March 29, 2019
January 24 – March 1, 2019
Craig Rubadoux, Figure and Form, Figure
Annual Member Open Juried Show
John Pirman POP UP
April 2 – 26, 2019
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Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS)
An American in Paris: The Musical
February 2, 2019 23rd Annual Youth Art Show,
7215 11th Ave W
National Theatre Live
EAC Students & Studios
Bradenton, FL 34209
Julie
March 9, 2019
941.792.0608
September 14, 2018
SuncoastWatercolorSociety.com
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Studies/Figure Open Studio
Fine Arts Society of Sarasota
September 21, 2018
October 26, 2018 King Lear
Sarasota, FL 34230
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling)
941.330.0680
5401 Bay Shore Rd
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
FineArtsSarasota.com
Sarasota, FL 34243
Nighttime
Guided Art & Backstage Tours at The
941.359.5700
November 16, 2018
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Ringling.org
The Madness of King George III
First Tuesday of each month,
Events
December 7, 2018
October – May
Art After 5
PO Box 1432
November 2, 2018
Every Thursday evening throughout the
Performances
Florida Maritime Museum
year
Volumes: Special Performance,
4415 119th St W
Turrell Skyspace
Antonio Sanchez
Cortez, FL 34215
Select Thursday & Friday evenings
September 6, 2018
941.708.6120
Ringling Underground
Smithsonian Museum Day Live
FloridaMaritimeMuseum.org
First Thursday each month:
September 22, 2018
Music on The Porch
September 6 – November 1, 2018
Matthew Duvall: Inlet
Second Saturday of each month
February 7 – April 4, 2019
October 19, 2018
Round Robin Jam Session
Friends of Art of Our Time
Matthew Duvall: Transient Landscapes
Fourth Saturday of each month
September 9, 2018
October 20, 2018
Nautical Flea Market
Ringling by the Bay
Theatre Re: The Nature of Forgetting
October 20, 2018
Monthly, November 19, 2018 –
November 19 – 20, 2018
Maritime by Candlelight
May 20, 2019
Raphael Xavier: Point of Interest
December 8, 2018
November 30 – December 1, 2018
Second Annual Coastal
Exhibitions
Bill Bowers: All Over the Map
Community Celebration
VOLUMES - Ezra Masch
January 18 – 19, 2019
June 6, 2019
Through September 9, 2018
Matt Haimovitz & Vijay Iyer
250 Years of the Circus in Print
February 23 – 24, 2019
Permanent Collections
Through September 10, 2018
Union Tanguera & Kate Weare:
The Blake Banks
First 5 Years of Art of Our Time
Sin Salida
Ship Models
Through November 1, 2018
March 29 – 30, 2019
Maritime Library
Storytelling: French Art from The Horvitz
Spotlight Florida: Moving Ethos
Collection
April 12 – 13, 2019
Featured Exhibits
September 9 – December 2, 2018
The Greek Communities of Tarpon Springs
Watercolors from the Permanent
Programs
and the Bahamas: An Intertwined History
Collection
Literati Book Club
Through February 2, 2019
September 15, 2018 – February 3, 2019
Thursday and Friday once each month
Spring Exhibit Opening: Always Ready
Coco Fusco: Twilight
Stroller Tours
| U.S. Coast Guard in Florida
October 14, 2018 – February 17, 2019
September 25, October 30, November 27,
February 22, 2019
Woodblock Prints from Post War Japan
December 18, 2018
November 18, 2018 – May 5, 2019
Conversation with…
Lectures
Knights
Theatre Re
Dolphins: Our Coastal Neighbors
February 3 – April 28, 2019
November 10, 2018 Raphael Xavier
October 17, 2018 What’s the Big Deal About Seagrasses?
On Screen
November 14, 2018
Royal Shakespeare Company
Scuba Diving History in Florida
Macbeth
ViewPoint Lecture
December 12, 2018
September 7, 2018
Infusing Women Into The History Of
December 1, 2018
Japanese Tea Culture
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October 27, 2018
October 5, 2018
Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
Dance Composition
A Prelude to Season
Sheryl Oring
November 20, 2018
November 2, 2018
October 12 – December 7, 2018
Theatrical Dance
Holiday Treasures
Film-Based Fiction and Fashion
March 23, 2019
December 7, 2018
January 15 – March 23, 2019
An Evening on Palm
Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters of the Suncoast
January 4, 2019
Sarasota Museum of Art
Romancing the Arts
891 S Tamiami Trail
PO Box 17463
February 1, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34236
Sarasota, FL 34276
A Taste of Palm Avenue
Ringling College Academic
941.924.0818
March 1, 2019
Center Auditorium
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An Affair to Remember
2363 Old Bradenton Rd
Light Chasers Quick Draw Contest
April 5, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34234
February 6, 2019
Jazz on the Ave
941.309.7662
Paint Sarasota Paint Out
May 3, 2019
ringling.edu/museum
February 14 – 20, 2019
Sunset Serenade
Still Striking: Creativity + Aging,
Light Chasers 8th Annual Member Show
June 7, 2019
Dr. Douglas Dreishpoon
& Paint Sarasota Paint Out Show
An American Salute
October 4, 2018
February 22 – 24, 2019
July 5, 2019
New York: Art + Cultural Capital of
Joseph McGurl 2019 Workshops
The Gilded Age, Dr. Chelsea Bruner
April 3 – 5 & 8 – 10, 2019
Ringling College of Art + Design
October 9, 2018
Longboat Key Center for the Arts
2700 N Tamiami Trail
Bear Story, John Hatfield
Sarasota, FL 34234
October 18, 2018
Division of Ringling College of
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Towards Experimental Architecture,
Art and Design
Ringling.edu/campus-galleries
Aaron Betsky + Chris Lasch
6860 Longboat Drive South
2018 Annual Faculty Exhibition
October 25, 2018
Longboat Key, FL 34228
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Frank Stella: Experiment +
941.383.2345
2018 Ringling College Staff and School of
Change, Bonnie Clearwater
ringling.edu/lbkca
Continuing Studies Instructors Exhibition
November 1, 2018
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Building A New Museum:
Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy
Richard and Barbara Basch and Willis
The Education Program
Smith Galleries
November 8, 2018
2121 N Tamiami Trail
Annual Best of Ringling Juried Exhibitions
Art on Film, Art21: Johannesburg
Sarasota, FL 34234
April 6 – 20, 2019
November 13, 2018
941.364.3399
Senior Thesis Exhibitions
Victor Lundy: Sacred Structure,
WhimsyMuseum.org
May 6 – 9, 2019
Christopher Domin
North Port Art Center
Patricia Thompson Gallery
5950 Sam Shapos Way
Octavio Perez - Illustrations
Sarasota Sculpture Center
North Port, FL 34287
Through September 14, 2018
1662 Floyd St
Public Art Controversies + A
November 29, 2018
941.423.6460
Sarasota, FL 34239
NorthPortArtCenter.com
Willis Smith Gallery
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Florida Critters
Microplastics
SarasotaSculptureCenter.org
Through September 28, 2018
November 13 – December 14, 2018
Siesta Key Crystal Classic
Best of the Best Art Show October 8 – 26, 2018
Richard & Barbara Basch Gallery
5114 Ocean Blvd
Art in Motion Art Show
Noelle McCleaf – Recent Photographs
Sarasota, FL 34242
November 12, 2018 – January 4, 2019
October 13 – December 14, 2018
941.349.3800
Decimo Anniversaro Del Vetro: A
SiestaKeyCrystalClassic.com
Palm Avenue Arts Alliance
Decade of Glass from the Richard
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PalmAvenue.org
and Barbara Basch Collection
International Sand Festival
First Friday Walks
January 8 – March 23, 2019
November 9 – 12, 2018
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Art Walks Third Friday of every month
Venice Art Center 390 Nokomis Ave Venice, FL 34285 941.485.7136 VeniceArtCenter.com
Women Contemporary Artists 941.358.9159 WomenContemporaryArtists.com
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HISTORY, SCIENCE & EDUCATION
Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
Archaeology Lecture Series
400 Palmetto Ave
January 10, February 9, March 7, 2019
September 6, November 8, December 8, 2018
Osprey, FL 34229
Fairy House Festival
Adult and Community Enrichment Center
941.918.2100
February 23 – 24, 2019
4748 Beneva Rd
Opening Reception - Joan Lyon
Sarasota, FL 34233
September 12, 2018
Manatee County Agricultural Museum
941.361.6590
Exhibition: The Living Landscape
1015 6th St W
ACE-Sarasota.com
September 13 – October 26, 2018
Palmetto, FL 34221
2018 Wild About Nature Festival
941.721.2034
November 3, 2018
manateeclerk.com/historical/AgMuseum.aspx
941.955.0700
Crowley Museum & Nature Center
Manatee Village Historical Park
AFSarasota.org
16405 Myakka Rd
1404 Manatee Ave E
French Language Lunch & Lecture Series
Sarasota, FL 34240
Bradenton, FL 34208
September 18, October 9, November 13,
941.322.1000
941.749.7165
2018 & January 8, February 12, March 12,
CrowleyFL.org
ManateeClerk.com/historical/manateevillage.aspx
Friends of the Sarasota County History Center
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
701 N Tamiami Trail
900 S Palm Ave
402 Pine Ave
Sarasota, FL 34236
Sarasota, FL 34236
Anna Maria, FL 34216
941.361.2453
941.366.5731
941.778.0492
foschc.org
Selby.org
Alliance Française de Sarasota
conservationfoundation.com
715 N Washington Blvd, Ste C Sarasota, FL 34236
April 9, 2019
Anna Maria Island Historical Society
The Orchid Show: Endless Forms
amihs.org
Opening Reception
January-April: 10am to 4pm
Historical Society Of Sarasota County
May-December: 10am to 1pm
1260 12th St
The Orchid Show
Closed Sundays and Mondays
Sarasota, FL 34236
October 12 – November 25, 2018
941.364.9076
Savage Gardens
HSOSC.com
October 31, 2018
Historic Trolley Tours
Orchid Evening
Sarasota, FL 34240
October through April
December 13, 2018
941.371.6377
Conversations at The Crocker
New Year’s Eve at Selby Gardens
BigCatHabitat.org
October through May
December 31, 2018
Sunday Afternoon Socials
Keynote Lecture: Gauguin’s Voyage to
January, February, March
Paradise with Dr. Carol Ockman
Museum
Big Cat Habitat 7101 Palmer Blvd
C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota PO Box 50611 Sarasota, FL 34232
Historic Spanish Point
941.952.8188
337 N Tamiami Trail
cgjungsarasota.org
Osprey, FL 34229
Jung Library at Argosy University
941.966.5214
Jungian Analysis of Mythopoetic
HistoricSpanishPoint.org
Literature, "Odyssey" By Homer
Tea with Bertha Palmer
October 9, 2018 – September 24, 2019
November 18, 2018; January 20,
Every other Tuesday
March 17, 2019 Full Moon Ghost Tours October 24, 2018; January 20, February 19, March 20, April 19, May 18, June 16, 2019
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October 10, 2018
February 12, 2019 Tahitian Nights at Selby Gardens February 20, 2019 Garden to Plate Wine Dinner March 22, 2019 Lecture Series Botanical Briefings Monthly, October – May Lunch in the Gardens Endless Forms October 17, 2018
Orchid Show feat. Tom Mirenda
New Topics Speaker Series
January 9 – May 31,
October 25, 2018
October 18 & November 15, 2018
June 10 – July 26, 2019
January 22, February 14, March 5 & 28,
Featured Immersions
April 17, 2019
Mark Making
Wine & Design Orchid Mania with Angel Lara Holiday Splendor
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
October 24, 2018
Ringling College of Continuing Studies
Tropical Paradise
1050 S Tuttle Ave, Bldg 1
October 24, 2018
March 13, 2019
Sarasota, FL 34237
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Connections: Documentary Film Series
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy
October 2, 2018
Sarasota, FL 34236
Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale
941.388.4441
October 23, 2018
Mote.org
The Mars Generation
William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig
November 13, 2018
olliatringlingcollege.org Expedition Happiness
September 28, 2018 Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
Lectures
October 20, 2018
Cuban Art Guest Lecturer: David Horta
Youth Making Ripples (Film Festival)
October 24, 2018
February 8, 2019
Einstein’s Circle Lecture: Robert Essner
Dispatches from the Gulf (Documentary)
October 31, 2018
February 13, 2019
Robert Collins
Special Lecture Series
November 8, 2018
February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2019
Stuck of Unstuck: Women
World Oceans Day Family Festival
in the 21st Century
June 8, 2019
November 14, 2018 3rd Annual Boomer Conference
Year-Round Exhibits
with Jeri Sedlar
Shark Zone
November 16, 2018
Creatures from the Reef Florida Bay Habitats
Powel Crosley Estate
Sea Turtles: Ancient
8374 N Tamiami Trail
Survivors Manatees Otters & Their Waters From the River to the Seas Oh Baby! Life Cycles of the Sea
Sarasota, FL 34243 941.722.3244 PowelCrosleyEstate.com
Ringling College of Art + Design 2700 N Tamiami Trail
October 13 & 20, 2018 Cold Wax & Oil October 6 – 7, 2018 March 9 – 10, 2019 Encaustic March 11 – 13, 2019 Glass Workshops May & June 2019 Woodworking: TBA Book Art & Letterpress:: TBA Digital Painting: TBA Digital Sculpting: TBA Master Classes: Winter/Spring Acrylic Painting w/Time Jaeger January 12, 20, 27, 2019 Ink Painting w/Elisabeth Condon & Chalice Mitchell January 19 – 20, 2019 Art Quilts & Fiber Collages: Maggie Dillon March 10 – 11, 2019 Charles Reid Watercolor Workshop March 11 – 15, 2019 Traditional Figure & Anatomy & more w/Glenn Vilppu March 11 – 15, 2019 Portrait in Clay w/Philippe Faraut March 15 – 17, 2019 Magic of Tromp L’Oeil & Trilogy w/Jennifer Pace TBA
Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series Benefiting Ringling College Library Association 941.925.1343
Sarasota, FL 34234
RCLassociation.org
Exploration Gallery
941.351.5100
Shaquille O'Neal
Fossil Creek
Ringling.edu
January 21, 2019 James Comey
New College of Florida
Ringling College of Continuing Studies
February 4, 2019
5800 Bay Shore Rd Sarasota, FL 34243
2700 N Tamiami Trail
February 18, 2019
941.487.4153
Sarasota, FL 34234
Caroline Kennedy
ncf.edu/new-topics-new-college
ringling.edu/continuingstudies
March 4, 2019
Benefiting New College Foundation.
Digital + Studio Arts + Lectures
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September 5 – December 12, 2018,
April 11, 2019
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South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium
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201 10th St W Bradenton, FL 34205
Sarasota Architectural Foundation
941.746.4131
941.364.2199
Film Fridays
SarasotaArchitecturalFoundation.org
Every Friday Night
Umbrella House Tour
Family Night at the Museum
September 15, October 20,
First Saturday every month
December 15, 2018
IQuest
Cocoon House Tour
Second Saturday every month
September 15, October 6 & 20, December
think + drink (science)
1 & 15, 2018; January 5 & 19, February 2
Second Wednesday every month
& 16, March 2 & 16, 2019
Stelliferous Live!
SarasotaMOD Architecture Festival
Last Wednesday every month
November 9 – 11, 2018
STREAM Saturdays
SouthFloridaMuseum.org
Third Saturday of every month
Sarasota Children’s Garden
KidSpace
1670 10th Way
Second & Fourth Saturdays of each month
Sarasota, FL 34236
Lunch & Learn
941.330.1711
Second & Fourth Wednesdays of each
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For a list of nature, gardening & art
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live
programs, please visit website.
Sarasota Garden Club 1131 Blvd of the Arts Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0875 SarasotaGardenClub.org Flower Show & Plant Sale October 13, 2018 Margaret Taylor – Italian Designer November 7, 2018
September 22, 2018 Star of Bethlehem December 20 – 21, 2018
SunCoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning (SCALL) PO Box 1072 Sarasota, FL 34236 SunCoastLifelongLearning.org Lifelong Learning Expo November 15, 2018
Gardens in Paradise: 5th Annual Premier Garden Tour
Suncoast Science Center
March 16, 2019
Faulhaber Fab Lab 4452 S Beneva Rd
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL)
Sarasota, FL 34233
8499 S Tamiami Trail, Box 219
suncoastscience.org
Sarasota, FL 34238
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Venice, FL 34284
Sarasota, FL 34234
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VeniceHeritage.org
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FESTIVALS & FAIRS OCTOBER 2018 Classic Car Show Lakewood Ranch Main St lakewoodranch.com October 3, November 7, December 6, 2018
Oktoberfest W Venice Ave venicemainstreet.com October 4, 2018
Beer, Bands and BBQ Music Compound musiccompound.com October 6, 2018
24th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival Main St, Sarasota artfestival.com October 6 – 7, 2018
Downtown Sarasota Home Show Municipal Auditorium, Sarasota 10times.com October 6 – 7, 2018
Giving Hunger the Blues & Jazz on the Bay Van Wezel Bayfront jazzclubsarasota.org October 12 – 13, 2018
Jaguar Concours d’Elegance St. Armands Circle Park starmandscircleassoc.com October 12, 2018
Sarasota-Bradenton Triathlon Festival/ITU World Cup Nathan Benderson Park nathanbendersonpark.org October 13 – 14, 2018
The Native Plant Show Bradenton Area Convention Center, Palmetto 10times.com October 18 – 19, 2018
Coin Show & Sale Municipal Auditorium, Sarasota 10times.com October 19 – 21, 2018
45th Sun Fiesta Venice Airport Festival Grounds womenssertoma.com October 19 – 21, 2018
Suncoast International Dragon Boat Festival Nathan Benderson Park gwndragonboat.com October 20, 2018
St. Armands Boat Show St. Armands Circle starmandscircleassoc.com October 20 – 21, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest Lakewood Ranch Main St LakewoodRanch.com October 26, 2018
Sarasota Celtic Music Festival Nathan Benderson Park celtoberfest.org October 26 – 27, 2018
Barctober Fest Bob Gardner Community Park, LWR lakewoodranch.com October 27, 2018
Sarasota Oktoberfest Gulfstream and Main, Sarasota paragonartevents.com October 27 – 28, 2018
UTC Fine Art Fair with Craft Marketplace 140 University Town Center Dr. artfestival.com October 27 – 28, 2018
Venice Children’s Halloween Parade Venice Main St visitvenicefl.org October 31, 2018
10th Anniversary Fright Night St. Armands Circle starmandscircleassoc.com October 31, 2018
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NOVEMBER 2018 Sarasota Boat Show Sarasota Fairgrounds 10times.com November 2 – 4, 2018
2018 Wild About Nature Festival conservationfoundation.com Bay Preserve, 400 Palmetto Ave, Osprey November 3, 2018
Ferraris on the Circle St. Armands Circle Park starmandscircleassoc.com November 3, 2018
Downtown Venice Art Classic Venice Ave. artfestival.com November 3 – 4, 2018
Sarasota Medieval Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds sarasotamedievalfair.com November 3 – 4, 10 – 11, 17 – 18, 2018
Sarasota Architectural Foundation SarasotaMOD Weekend Multiple Venues sarasotamod.com November 9 – 11, 2018
2018 Chalk Festival: Garden of Wonders Venice Airport Fairgrounds visitvenicefl.org November 9 – 12, 2018
Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition Ocean Blvd, Siesta Key siestakeycrystalclassic.com November 9 – 12, 2018
Beers, Boats and Bacon Festival Nathan Benderson Park beerboatsandbacon.com November 10, 2018
30th Annual St. Armands Art & Craft Festival St. Armands Circle, Sarasota ArtFestival.com November 10 – 11, 2018
Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club at LWR SuncoastFoodAndWinefest.com November 10, 2018
Siesta Key Seafood & Music Festival Siesta Beach paragonartevents.com December 1 – 2, 2018
The Venice Antiques Show Venice Community Center 10times.com January 5 – 6, 2019
Oktoberfest Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl
Venice Christmas Boat Parade
Coquina Tides Arts & Crafts Show
Downtown Sarasota jazzclubsarasota.org November 14, 2018
North & South Jetties VisitVenicefl.org December 1, 2018
Fixx Fest
Holiday Night on St. Armands
Bradenton Motorsports Park 10times.com November 17, 2018
St. Armands Circle starmandscircleassoc.com December 7, 2018
Sarasota Fall Fine Art Festival
Atomic Holiday Bazaar
23rd Annual Anna Maria Islandfest Arts & Craft Show
Gulf Stream Ave paragonartevents.com November 17 – 18, 2018
Municipal Auditorium, Sarasota 10times.com December 8 – 9, 2018
5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach SunsetboulevardPromotions.com January 12 – 13, 2019
Ponies Under The Palms Mustang Show
Lido Beach Holiday of the Arts
Taste of St. Armands
paragonartevents.com December 8 – 9, 2018
St. Armands Circle Park starmandscircleassoc.com January 19, 2019
Anna Maria Island Chamber 10times.com January 12 – 13, 2019
Sarasota Fine Arts Festival
LWR Main St lakewoodranch.com November 18, 2018
Venice Blues Festival VisitVenicefl.org VeniceBlues.com November 2018
Lakewood Ranch Seafood & Music Festival
Downtown Sarasota paragonartevents.com January 12 – 13, 2019
Holidays Around the Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main St LakewoodRanch.com December 14, 2018
Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival Five Points paragonartevents.com January 19 – 20, 2019
Porsches in the Park St. Armands Circle Park starmandscircleassoc.com December 15, 2018
Embracing Our Differences
Arts & Crafts Shows
2019 Embracing Our Differences Exhibit Bayfront Park embracingourdifferences.org January 19 – March 14, 2019
Elks Lodge, Englewood 10times.com December 15 – 16, 2018
27th Annual Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival
SiestaKeyVillage.org See website for date
Sarasota New Year’s Eve Pineapple Drop
Venice Airport Grounds VeniceNokomisRotary.org January 19 – 20, 2019
Bradenton Blues Festival
Sarasota December 31, 2018
Forks and Corks 2019
JANUARY 2019
DineOriginal.com January 24 – 28, 2019
Lakewood Ranch Main St lakewoodranch.com November 24 – 25, 2018
Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting
Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion BradentonBluesFestival.org November 30 – December 2, 2018
DECEMBER 2018 Sarasota Art & Handmade Home Show Robarts Arena sarasotaartandhandmadehomeshow.com November 30 & December 1 – 2, 2018
Bradenton Boat Show Bradenton Area Convention Center, Palmetto 10times.com January 4 – 6, 2019
12th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival Main St, Venice ArtFestival.com January 26 – 27, 2019
St. Armands Circle Winter Art Festival ArtFestival.com January 26 – 27, 2019
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FEBRUARY 2019 Coquina Beach Winterfest Arts & Craft Show Phillippi Estate Park 10times.com February 2 – 3, 2019
Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show Phillippi Estate Park sunsetboulevardpromotions.com February 2 – 3, 2019
Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main St LakewoodRanch.com February 2019
Sarasota Masters Art Festival Main St and Gulfstream Ave BoulderBrook.net February 2 – 3, 2019
Bradenton Area River Regatta desotohq.com February 9, 2019
5th Annual Maxine Barritt Park Arts & Craft Show 1600 Harbor D, Venice SunsetboulevardPromotions.com February 9 – 10, 2019
Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts Main St, Sarasota ArtFestival.com February 9 – 10, 2019
Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Village of Cortez cortez-fish.org February 16 – 17, 2019
Art at JD Hamel Park Arts & Craft Show 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota SunsetboulevardPromotions.com February 16 – 17, 2019
Lido Beach Winter Fine Art Festival Lido Beach paragonartevents.com February 16 – 17, 2019
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25th Annual Siesta Key Craft Festival
Anna Maria Island Art League Springfest Art Festival
Siesta Key artfestival.com February 16 – 17, 2019
City Hall Field, Holmes Beach islandartleague.org March 9 – 10, 2019
Sarasota Invitational Regatta
1st Annual Springfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show
Nathan Benderson Park sarasotainvitational.com February 22 – 24, 2019
5500 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com March 9 – 10, 2019
Annual Siesta Key Craft Festival Ocean Blvd & Beach Rd artfestival.com February 23 – 24, 2019
MARCH 2019 ArtSlam Old Main St, Bradenton realizebradenton.com March 2, 2019
Suncoast Blues Festival Robarts Arena suncoastbluesfestival.com March 2, 2019
Sarasota Bradenton Home & Garden Show Bradenton Area Convention Center 10times.com March 2 – 3, 2019
18th Annual Downtown Venice Art Classic W Venice Ave ArtFestival.com March 2 – 3, 2019
Lido Tides Arts & Craft Show 400 Ben Franklin Dr, Sarasota SunsetboulevardPromotions.com March 2 – 3, 2019
39th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival Downtown Sarasota jazzclubsarasota.org March 6 – 9, 2019
10th Annual Jewish Film Festival jfedsrq.org March 6 – 17, 2019
Sarasota Spring Fine Art Festival Downtown Sarasota paragonartevents.com March 9 – 10, 2019
Sarasota County Fair Sarasota Fairgrounds SarasotaFair.com March 15 – 24, 2019
Anna Maria Taste of Arts & Crafts 5801 Marina Dr, Holmes Beach sunsetboulevardpromotions.com March 16 – 17, 2019
Lakewood Ranch Winter Fine Art Festival Lakewood Ranch paragonartevents.com March 16 – 17, 2019
University Town Center Art Fair 140 University Town Center Dr artfestival.com March 23 – 24, 2019
Downtown Sarasota Springfest Arts & Craft Show Main & Pineapple Streets SunsetBoulevardPromotions.com March 23 – 24, 2019
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Centennial Park VeniceBookFair.com March 23 – 24, 2019
Suncoast BBQ & Bluegrass Bash Venice Airport Festival Grounds visitvenicefl.org March 29 – 30, 2019
Florida Creativity Conference
InspireSarasota! 2019
Florida Studio Theatre 10times.com March 29 – 31, 2019
Five Points Park, Downtown Sarasota sarasotaarts.org April 13, 2019
The Rotary Club of Englewood’s Fine Arts Festival
Annual Siesta Fiesta
Dearborn St, Englewood EnglewoodRotary.org March 30 – 31, 2019
APRIL 2019 Florida Winefest & Auction Sarasota FloridaWineFest.org April 4 – 7, 2019
Ocean Boulevard, Siesta Key Village ArtFestival.com April 27 – 28, 2019
Lakewood Ranch Fine Arts Festival Lakewood Ranch paragonartevents.com April 27 – 28, 2019
MAY 2019
De Soto Seafood Festival
Classic Corvette Car Show
desotohq.com April 5 – 7, 2019
St. Armands Circle starmandscircleassoc.com May 4, 2019
Sarasota Film Festival SarasotaFilmFestival.com April 5 – 14, 2019
Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival Hollywood II, Sarasota unwomen-usnc.org/gcc April 6 - 7, 2019
Lido Beach Spring Fine Art Festival paragonartevents.com April 6 – 7, 2019
Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival artfestival.com April 6 – 7, 2019
Venice Shark Tooth Festival Venice Airport grounds SharksToothFest.com April 2019
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival LaMusicaFestival.org April 8 – 16, 2019
DeSoto Bottle Boat Regatta desotohq.com April 13, 2019
Get the Best Night Sleep of Your Life At Dream Pricing.
Venice Seafood & Music Festival Centennial Park paragonartevents.com May 4 – 5, 2019
10th Annual Harvey Milk Festival
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Five Points Park harveymilkfestival.org May 4 & 9 – 11, 2019
Dragon Boat Festival 2019 Nathan Benderson Park gwndragonboat.com May 11, 2019
SUMMER 2018 St. Armands Seafood & Music Festival St. Armands Circle Park paragonartevents.com June 1 – 2, 2019
Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week SavorSarasota.com June 1 – 14, 2019
Sarasota Music Festival SarasotaOrchestra.org June 2 – 22, 2019
World Oceans Day Family Festival Mote Marine Mote.org June 8, 2019
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ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County 1226 N Tamiami Trail, Ste 300 Sarasota, FL 34236 941.365.5118 SarasotaArts.org Celebration of the Arts Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall October 22, 2018 Principals Luncheon Art Ovation Hotel November 7, 2018 InspireSarasota! Festival Five Points Park, Downtown Sarasota April 13, 2019 Art Exhibits James Griffin: Moments of Color and Light September 17 – October 31, 2018 Artist Reception September 19 An “Exchange” of Ideas Ann Hollister, Linda Moor Anelli November 5 – December 14, 2018 Artist Reception November 14 Expansion of Abstraction/ Originality of Gouache Laurie Maves Guglielmi & Gennifer March January 2 – 31, 2019 Artist Reception January 9 Remnants of Memory: Brenda K. Robinson February 5 – 28, 2019 Artist Reception February 6 A Potpourri of Genres Karen Chandler, Ivonne Henry & Susan Mass March 5 – April 5, 2019 Artist Reception March 6 A Study in Glass Steve Iitis & Susan Kutno April 10 – May 15, 2019 Artist Reception April 17
Center for Architecture Sarasota 265 S Orange Ave Sarasota, FL 34236 cfasrq.org Trolley Tours Thursdays, October – May CFAS 5 Year Anniversary Exhibit “RetroWorks” A Second Look September 11, 2018 The Agency of Architecture–Germane Barnes September 21, 2018 Building A Day
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October 1 – 31, 2018 Celebration Reception October 5, 2018 Lectures For the Love of Architecture– Harold Bubil Speaker October 23, 2018 American Designed Landscapes: Space and Light - Alan Ward November 15, 2018 DC Designs: Continuity and Change - Alan Ward December 13, 2018 Exhibits American Designed Landscapes: Space and Light, Photographs by Alan Ward October 16 – December 29, 2018 A Designed Life: Contemporary American Textiles, Wallpapers and Containers & Packages, 1951-1954 February 7, 2019 – April 30, 2019
Florida Creativity Alliance 4331 Woodmans Chart Sarasota, FL 34235 440.724.4427 flcreativity.com
Navigating Now & Beyond March 29 – 31, 2019
Florida West Coast Bead Society floridawestcoastbeadsociety.com Classes with nationally known beading instructor Cristie Prince Designing Women Boutique November 3 – 5, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Main St 8100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd Bradenton, FL 34202 941.907.9243 LakewoodRanch.com/MainSt Music on Main Free concerts the first Friday of each month. Classic Car Show First Wednesday of each month.
Events at Lakewood Ranch 6220 University Pkwy Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240 941.907.6000 LakewoodRanch.com/events Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club November 10, 2018
Manatee County Cultural Alliance 926 12th St W Bradenton, FL 34205 941.746.2223 ManateeArts.org First Friday Art Walk First Friday every month
Manatee Village Historical Park 1404 Manatee Ave E Bradenton, FL 34208 manateevillage.org
Manasota Weavers Guild PO Box 17876 Sarasota, FL 34276 ManasotaWeaversGuild.com
The Parrish Arts Council
Founders Garden Club of Sarasota ParrishArtsCouncil.org PO Box 25612 Sarasota, FL 34277 FoundersGCSarasota.org See website for events.
Friendship Knot Quilters' Guild friendshipknotquiltersguild.com
Hermitage Artist Retreat 6660 Manasota Key Rd Englewood, FL 34223 941.475.2098 HermitageArtistRetreat.org Check website for event schedule.
Petticoat Painters petticoatpaintersfl.com
Realize Bradenton 941.621.6471 realizebradenton.com Bradenton Farmers Market Saturdays, October 6, 2018 – May 25, 2019 Music in the Park Fridays, March 8 – April 26, 2019 Bradenton Blues Festival November 30 – December 2, 2018 Art Slam 2019 March 2, 2019
Long Table Cars & Cuisine at Jake’s Automotive April 13, 2019
Sarasota County Film And Entertainment Office 1680 Fruitville Rd Sarasota, FL 34236 941.309.1200 filmsarasota.com “Robert McKee STORY” Seminar Ringling College October 19 – 21, 2018
Sarasota Film Society Burns Court Cinemas 506 Burns Court Sarasota, FL 34236 Lakewood Ranch Cinemas 10715 Rodeo Drive #8 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 941.955.3456 FilmSociety.org Cine-World Film Festival November 2 – 11, 2018
Sarasota Garden Club 1131 Blvd of the Arts Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0875 SarasotaGardenClub.org Flower Show & Plant Sale October 13, 2018 Margaret Taylor – Italian Designer November 7, 2018 Gardens in Paradise: 5th Annual Premier Garden Tour March 16, 2019
Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc. PO Box 17292 Sarasota, FL 34276 ItalyInSarasota.com See website for schedule.
Sarasota Pen Women 941.342.8542 SarasotaPenWomen.com "Boost Your Creativity" Expressive Writing Workshop October 26, 2018
Sarasota Shell Club PO Box 4124 Sarasota, FL 34230 SarasotaShellClub.co
Annual Sarasota Shell Show February 8 – 10, 2019
Sumi-E Society of America Sarasota Chapter sarasotasumi-e.ipower.com
Tapestry Artists of Sarasota 8069 Stirling Falls Cir Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.1765 AmericanTapestryAlliance.org Small Tapestry International 6: Beyond the Edge, Orville Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University May 1 – June 30, 2019 Small Tapestry International 6: Beyond the Edge Augustana College, Rock Island August 26 – October 12, 2019
U.S. National Committee for UN Women Gulf Coast Chapter PO Box 4102 Sarasota, FL 34230 941.923.1050 unwomen-usnc.org/gcc International Women's Day Art Center Sarasota March 8, 2019 Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival Hollywood II, Sarasota April 6 & 7, 2019
CELEBRATE! Whether you’re celebrating the holidays or another special occasion, Cafe L’Europe’s elegant private and semiprivate dining rooms are the perfect choice.
Venice Main Street 941.484.6722 VeniceMainSt.com See Festivals & Fairs section.
Village of the Arts Bradenton, FL 941.747.8056 VillageoftheArts.com
Art Walks First Friday & Saturday every month. Events & workshops schedules available online.
Visit Sarasota County 701 N Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236 941.955.0991 VisitSarasota.org Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week June 1 – 14, 2019
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InHEALTH RECLAIMING A YOUNGER APPEARANCE By Mark E. Mathieson, MD
What do you think ages our appearance the most? Is it the lines and unwanted wrinkles that just seemed to appear? Discoloration and texture changes from too many years of sun exposure? Loose or sagging skin especially after we had a recent weight loss? Truthfully, besides aging, it is a combination of all these factors, but there is no one major, underlying cause. It’s commonplace that as we grow older we seem to accumulate fat around our middles, but lose it from our faces. Of course, loss of fat is not the only factor in the equation of the aging face. There is also loss of collagen, which our bodies slow down producing around our mid-to-late twenties. Think of a youthful face, and you’ll most likely picture a face taut with full, rounded cheeks. That’s because fat and collagen are the key factors which keep our faces looking smooth and supple. So, if loss of fullness and firmness is primarily responsible for aging our faces, then why is a facelift the go-to for some looking to reclaim a younger appearance? The truth is, for many patients, it’s not. Stretching the skin tighter, creating that frozen look, is not
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did you know? The average woman’s skin decreases in thickness by 7% every ten years. really addressing the problem. Fortunately, over the last decade, new laser technology, creation of new injectable fillers, fat and wrinkle reducers, has changed the way plastic surgeons and patients are seeking to improve their facial appearance. Sounds too good to be true? Enter the age of the liquid facelift. A liquid facelift refers to a tailored and comprehensive use of non-invasive surgical procedures performed by your plastic surgeon to revitalize and temporarily restore your youthful appearance safely and with limited downtime. Dermal fillers, nerve impulse blockers, fat dissolvers as well as lasers are the new exciting tools presently being used.
New injectable gel products and volume enhancers (Voluma, Juvederm) have the ability to lift, fill, smooth unwanted contours exactly where they are needed. Wrinkle reducers (Botox, Xeomin) are injected into specific areas, effectively relaxing muscles that are responsible for making certain deep creases and expression lines. A new liquid fat dissolver indicated for under the chin fat, Kybella has diminished the need for some patients to undergo a formal surgical procedure in this region. Lastly, the use of lasers provides shortened patient recovery for both resurfacing and improving texture, as well as correction of those stubborn facial sun spots. Ultimately, with a new set of tools, the doctor can artfully fill the face from the inside and stimulate collagen regrowth, as well as targeting those unwanted wrinkles and chin fat while improving the skin texture.
Mark E. Mathieson, MD Sterling Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, P.A. 1950 Arlington St., Ste 112, Sarasota 34239. 941.213.BODY drmarkmathieson.com
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Eat &Drink DELICIOUS DISHES AND DRINKS + THE PERFECT PLACES TO PARTAKE
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ARTFUL EATING AT OVATION By Rick Dakan
ART OVATION HOTEL 1255 N Palm Ave Sarasota, FL 34236 With multiple big buildings clawing their way into the downtown Sarasota skyline, it’s important to remember that bigger isn’t always better. The new Art Ovation Hotel is the newest in Marriott’s Autograph Collection, boutique hotels that have the tagline: “exactly like no other.” The new art-centric hotel found a perfect home on Palm Avenue, long one of Sarasota’s art gallery destinations. In addition to showcasing and promoting local artists, the charming venue offers three different food and drink venues, each with its own special appeal. Overture Restaurant is the magnum opus, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It’s immediately appealing to hotel guests, but its prime Palm Avenue locale just a few steps from Florida Studio Theatre and the Sarasota Opera should seduce anyone looking for a wonderful meal before or after a show. Experts have overseen the development of the restaurant’s menu, decor, and table settings since long before construction began. American classics were used as the starting place, but with an artistic and dramatic flare. 1 20
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The American classics are clear from the menu selection: lots of favorites but with something extra or unexpected. Deviled eggs are as traditional as it gets, but Overture tops them with candied bacon and sweet pickle. Of course, there’s a hamburger, but this one is a secret blend of three different meats topped with a house-made beer cheese sauce that, as the chef says, “spoons like Velveeta” thanks to a secret, all-natural process, but is made from real cheese and real beer. It’s a marvel and a delight to consume. The all-American inspiration goes deep in Overture’s menu, and has led the culinary team to seek out wonderful domestic purveyors of delicacies we normally think of as European. The fantastic Charcuterie Palette is a mix of cured meats and cheeses from artisans all over the US. There’s the award-winning prosciutto from La Quercia, in Iowa, along with The Fawn cheddar from Deer Creek in Wisconsin and the Humboldt Fog goat cheese from Cypress Grove in California. American winemakers take center stage on the restaurant’s intriguing wine list as well. Overture manager Judy Cote is a sommelier with twenty years of experience. She has created a list
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of around 70 wines that are chosen to pair with Overture’s American classics cuisine. There are some justifiably famous heavy hitters of domestic wine on the list, but also some unusual and affordable picks as well. The Gruet Blanc de Noirs sparkling wine from New Mexico and Bonny Doon’s I Am Not Drinking Any $%&*#! Merlot are two standout examples of wine by the glass you’re not likely to find anywhere else. The Gallery Lounge bar occupies the area of the lobby looking out over the new traffic circle at Palm and Cocoanut Avenues. The lounge serves inventive craft cocktails (including one with an orchid frozen in an ice cube as a garnish) along with a menu of selections from Overture. As the name suggests, it is also an art gallery, with a new exhibition rotating in every four months. The current exhibit just opened in August, “Reimagining Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: 2018” presents thirty pieces of art by five different local artists, all reflecting on and reacting to the massively influential work of O’Keefe and Stieglitz. In the evenings, the bar adjacent stage periodically hosts live entertainment, especially on weekends.
appropriate fare, a selection of highlights from the restaurant downstairs, including that amazing burger. After 5:00 p.m. when the craft cocktails start flowing and the beautiful view of the bay at sunset takes center stage, the Perspective’s bento boxes become available. The bento boxes are meant to be a shared experience and is Art Ovation’s unique spin on bar food. Each sizable box contains a trio of treats to choose from. The vegetarian Synergy box, for example, has crispy cauliflower, fried curry paneer cheese, and the inventive and delicious blistered shishito peppers with miso butter. Art Ovation Hotel’s artsy ambience makes time spent there feel carefully crafted but still quite comfortable. It has ambitions to be not just a destination for travelers, but a special spot for locals as well. Since its grand opening, the already distinctive and impressive locale has only improved, and there are more grand additions to come. I couldn’t pry any details from them, but the Perspective roof bar is set for an exciting upgrade soon. Fortunately, the food and drinks are already top flight and ready to please.
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Artist Series Concerts Daniel Noyola, Baritone
Annie Get Your Gun
ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS OF SARASOTA
Best SEATS PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR BROUGHT TO YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF SARASOTA COUNTY.
941.306.1200 / ArtistSeriesConcerts.org Daniel Noyola, Baritone September 16 – 17
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE 941.366.9000 / floridastudiotheatre.org Improv Comedy Lottery Through September 22 Gilbert & Sullivan Unplugged Through September 23 The More You Know September 29
THE ISLAND PLAYERS 941.778.5755 / TheIslandPlayers.org Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest September 20 – 30
LEMON BAY PLAYHOUSE 941.475.6756 / lemonbayplayhouse.com Last of the Red Hot Lovers September 5 – 23
MANATEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 941.748.5875 / manateeperformingartscenter.com Broadway Series Anne of Green Gables September 13 – 30 1 22
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Peter and the Starcatcher
Studio Series Becoming Dr. Ruth Through September 9
THE PLAYERS CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS 941.365.2494 / theplayers.org Broadway Series Annie Get Your Gun September 30 – October 7
RISE ABOVE PERFORMING ARTS 941.702.4747 / riseabovearts.com 13 the Musical
Jerry Seinfeld
Classic Movies at the Opera House Sabrina
September 6 The Great Caruso
September 20 Laura Benanti
September 21 SARASOTA ORCHESTRA 941.953.4252 / sarasotaorchestra.org Chamber Soiree Out of the Opera Pit
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Colorful Combinations
SARASOTA OPERA
Discoveries Passion & Travel
941.328.1300 / sarasotaopera.org HD at the Opera House Queen of Spades - Opera Film
September 9 Le Corsaire - Ballet Film
September 16 Don Carlo - Opera Film
September 23 Don Pasquale - Opera Film
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VENICE THEATRE 941.488.1115 / venicestage.com Main Stage The Goldtones September 8 Lend Me A Tenor September 21 – October 7 Stage II Suds: The Rocking 60s Musical Soap Opera September 28 – October 21 The Pinkerton Peter and the Starcatcher September 7 – 16
September 23 September 29 VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 941.953.3368 / vanwezel.org Friday Fest with Dr. Dave Band September 14 Jerry Seinfeld September 20
For a full list of this season’s performing arts events, view our annual Arts & Culture Guide. SCENESARASOTA.COM
To submit your performance season, please send information to SCENEMAGAZINE@SCENESARASOTA.COM
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Art Uptown Gallery
Dabbert Gallery
THROUGH OCTOBER 5 Art Center Sarasota
GET Inspired CULTURAL HAPPENINGS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF SARASOTA COUNTY.
707 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 941.365.2032 Juried exhibition, open “Elsewhere” artsarasota.org
ART UPTOWN GALLERY: MEET THE ARTISTS 1367 Main St., Sarasota | 941.955.5409 SEPT 14 Patricia Sorg and Janet Mishner 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
SEPT 21 Maro Lorimer and Gillian St. George 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
SEPT 28 Esther Jensen and Marlane Wurzbache 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29 Dabbert Gallery 46 S Palm Ave., Sarasota 941.955.1315 Summer Showcase 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. dabbertgallery.com
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Island Gallery West
DAILY Island Gallery West 1367 Main St 941.955.5409 Featured Artist Carole Dougherty “Innovations” 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. islandgallerywest.com
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Ringling Museum of Art
THE RINGLING MUSEUM
5401 Bay Shore Rd | 941.359.5700 ringling.org THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10 250 Years of the Circus in Print
THROUGH NOVEMBER 1
RINGLING COLLEGE GALLERIES
2700 N Tamiami Trail | 941.351.5100 ringling.edu THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21 Patricia Thompson Gallery Octavio Perez “Illustrations”
First 5 Years of Art of Our Time
SEPTEMBER 9 – DECEMBER 2 Storytelling: French Art from The Horvitz Collection
SEPTEMBER 15 – FEBRUARY 3 Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
THROUGH OCTOBER 3 Lois & David Stulberg Gallery 2018 Annual Faculty Exhibition
Have an upcoming visual art event? Send your event details to
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COMMUNICATIONS@SARASOTAARTS.ORG
Richard And Barbara Basch And Willis Smith Galleries 2018 Ringling College Staff and School of Continuing Studies Instructors Exhibition
Help nurse Anna achieve her dream. Invest in our community’s professionals one graduate at a time. Investments can be made in the form of recurring or one-time donations, equipment, supplies, and/or scholarships to help students reach their graduation milestone.
Contact Barbara Bourgoin 941-752-5398 or BourgoB@SCF.edu
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Meet Artist
GARY MORGAN Watercolorist Gary Morgan received his master’s degree in art, with a concentration in painting, from Truman University and has taught art on the secondary and collegiate levels.
Gary’s status as a Master Signature Artist is a rare honor granted to only a few artists, and as a Signature Member, Gary’s work has been displayed at many of the Florida Watercolor Society’s conventions. This year, his painting “The Surfer” will join many other renowned artists’ work on display during the 47th Annual Florida Watercolor Society convention at the Hyatt Regency, Sarasota on September 27 – 30.
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LITERARY Scene By Ryan G. Van Cleave
RYAN EXAMINES THREE TERRIFIC NONFICTION BOOKS
INTO THE STORM: TWO SHIPS, A DEADLY HURRICANE, AND AN EPIC BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL by Tristram Korten As editor of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Tristram Korten spent more than a year studying and reporting on Florida’s response to rising sea levels and other issues relating to a warming environment—including an increase of hurricane strength. Korten is the one who broke the story on Florida’s governor’s recent efforts to ban the terms “climate change” and “global warming” from all official state correspondence.
BENEATH A RUTHLESS SUN: A TRUE STORY OF VIOLENCE, RACE, AND JUSTICE LOST AND FOUND by Gilbert King The idea for Gilbert King’s latest book, Beneath a Ruthless Sun, began when he was giving a reading from his Pulitzerwinning book Devil in the Grove in Groveland, Florida. A deputy confessed to King about still being haunted by a case from nearby Okahumpka in 1957 where Jesse Daniels, a mentally disabled white teen, was framed for rape and then railroaded—without a trial—off to a notoriously brutal mental institution. King’s book follows Daniels’ mom and a newspaper woman as they struggle for more than a decade to prove Jesse was innocent. The book also does an admirable job showing what was happening in the South in the aftermath of the 1954 Brown v. Board decision—often considered to be one of the most important civil rights cases of the 20th century. When asked about the differences between this book and his previous one, King explains: “Even though both books are set in Lake County [FL], and there are a few recurring characters, the Jesse Daniels case could not be more different. In Beneath a Ruthless Sun, the alleged rape victim is not a poor, seventeen-year-old farm girl, but rather the wealthy, educated wife of one of the most powerful men in central Florida. Again, wealth, status, and race play major roles in the story, but never in the ways we’re accustomed to. As far as death penalty cases go, and as far as I’ve been able to determine, the Jesse Daniels case is unprecedented with regard to race and injustice in America.”
Who better then to tell the September 2015 story of Hurricane Joaquin, which blew past the Bahamas and gobbled up two cargo vessels that couldn’t escape its deadly path: the Minouche, a 230-foot freighter with a dozen sailors, and El Faro, a 790-foot American ship with a crew of 33. Into the Storm—Korten’s first book—tells the parallel stories of these two imperiled ships as their veteran captains fight against the forces of nature to save their increasingly-desperate crews. This book is the definitive account of what happened with these two ships and the daring search-and-rescue operation undertaken by the elite Coast Guard swimmers who are trained for the most dangerous ocean missions, but who meet their match with this storm that defied prediction and proved devastatingly deadly. Korten’s story reveals the impressive skill of the Coast Guard, the powerful brotherhood of mariners, and the awesome power of nature in action. Fans of Sebastian Junger and Jon Krakauer will quite likely enjoy this book of gripping narrative nonfiction. Rating:
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arts&culture CONFIDENCE CREATOR by Heather Monahan I confess—I’m leery when I see 50+ five-star-average ratings for a book on Amazon; either the author has a lot of friends or the book is a borderline phenomenon. Well, I’m happy to report that Heather Monahan’s Confidence Creator does not seem propped up by insincere ratings. Her story about how she shattered the glass ceiling in corporate America, was unexpectedly fired and ended up in a scary-but-common life crossroads? It’s relatable, compelling and well-written. When deciding between getting back into the corporate world or taking a gamble on herself, she chose the latter, plunging headfirst into running Boss in Heels, her lifestyle brand “that teaches ambitious women to take full control over their careers, relationships and lives, and to create their own future.” Confidence Creator shares the strategies and wisdom she learned throughout the years, which included a rocky childhood, being the second of four kids to a young mother in a bad marriage. “She had the courage to leave but had nowhere to go, so when I was six years old, she moved us all into a trailer behind my grandparents’ house in Worcester, Massachusetts. We did the best we could to get by.” While the book is packed with actionable advice and useful tips, it’s the candid stories that resonate with readers. One of my faves? When hustling to get her son to school, he stopped and asked her to write “You can do all things” on the bottom of his basketball shoes with a Sharpie. In response to her blank look, the nine-year-old explained that “no matter how good or talented you are, once in a while, you need to remind yourself. When you’re in a tough spot, you have to remember who you are. You can’t feel confident every minute of every day.”
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And that’s largely what this book is about—making the daily choice to be confident, regardless of the circumstances or challenges before you. That’s a lesson that can’t be learned early enough in life. Rating:
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Laughing MATTERS THE “I HAVEN’T WATCHED SOLO YET AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME!” EDITION by Ryan G. Van Cleave | Illustrations by Darcy Kelly-Laviolette
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y name is Ryan, and I’m a lifelong Star Wars fan. [Hi, Ryan!]
I had R2D2 sheets on my bed as a kid. I put Star Wars trading cards in the spokes of my Huffy bicycle that sported a super-cool black banana seat. I owned one of the smallhead Han Solo action figures from the 1980 The Empire Strikes Back series (before that head popped off during an especially enthusiastic to-the-death battle with a friend’s Darth Vader action figure—the one with the telescoping red lightsaber). Since we’re all friends here, I’ll even admit this: I once told my second-grade classmates that I visited Tatooine during my summer vacation. And even more grimace-inducing? I tried to convince the doubters that I was being honest by bringing “genuine Tatooine sand” to school on a Tuesday . . . fresh from the neighbor kid’s Playskool turtle sandbox. Yep. I was that geeky. But brace yourself—I haven’t yet seen Solo: A Star Wars Story.
I’m sure there’s nothing particularly wrong with the movie. It’s got that guy from Community in it. Chewie gets to wear some cool goggles. And it features music by the guy who scored The Adventures of Pluto Nash and who created the music for the Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party, it seems. Score! Still, I’m going to say “Thanks, but no thanks.” There are five reasons why I’m boycotting this—and potentially all future— Star Wars flicks.
1. Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have the A-OK from Disney to do a Star Wars “movie series.” (One can only assume this will include zombie Jedi, Wookie porn, and a half-dozen characters we thought were the protagonists . . . until they were slaughtered.) 2. Midi-chlorians. (I think I used a bottle of them to clean my pool once. They smelled awful.) 3. It’s too popular. The only people in the universe who haven’t seen Star Wars are the characters in Star Wars. Why not buck the trend? 4. It’s all a trick. It SEEMS pretty futuristic, but it actually takes place “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” Huh? (Thanks to Dwight from The Office for pointing out that gaffe!) 5. Jar Jar Binks soured me on everything Star Wars until the heat death of the universe.
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insider Here’s further proof—absolutely, 100%-beyonda-doubt stuff—that I’m making a good call by avoiding this Solo movie. There has not a been a peep of “Didya see . . .” “Whatcha think about . . .” “So cool that . . .” watercooler discussions about that movie at work. Granted, my workplace does not have a watercooler. And since I teach at a college, my work environment isn’t one with massive shared-time breaks or lunch opportunities where such discussions are more likely to happen. But hey, proof is proof, right?
beside a 350-pound dark chocolate mother bear and two 80-pound chocolate cubs, named Cocoa and Chip. Yum, yum.
Now that I’m not stuck having to fork out $834 for one (1) AMC movie adult movie ticket, $221 for a single medium Diet Coke, and $517.37 for one bathtub-sized tub o’ popcorn, I have money to burn. I’ve been thinking about taking a driving tour of American weirdness. If you’re confused why this appeals to me, re-read the I’m-a-geek opening of this piece. Or re-peruse pretty much any of the previous Laughing Matters columns. As Fox Mulder once declared: “The truth IS out there.”
So until further notice, consider me off the Star Wars bandwagon landspeeder. I’ll see you soon, Lenny!
In any case, I’m especially interested in seeing Cano’s Castle in Antonio, Colorado on this road trip. This castle is beer can folk art “at its finest,” I’ve been assured. Plus who doesn’t want to see a four-tower “chateau” made almost entirely from empty Blatz cans and a chunk or two of scrap metal? Plus there’s the thousand-pound chicken wing on a dockside deck outside a Hooter’s in Madeira Beach, Florida. It’s the “world’s largest chicken wing” as of this moment, the restaurant claims, though I worry about the longevity of that title since surely a new Godzilla remake will have him fighting some CGI bird-beast from Planet Trkysis, and then the title of “world’s largest chicken wing” will be in doubt for certain. I can already see the Yahoo article about this plus the ensuing comment board wars. “CGI IS real.” “Aliens don’t count. Just ask Trump.” “Col. Sanders is licking his chops!” “I’ve been wondering—how do you get YouTube to come out and film you? The other wackadoodle roadside stop I’m eager to witness is Lenny the Chocolate Moose in Scarborough, Maine (about 10 minutes south of Portland). You get the appeal, right? 1,700 pounds of stale, 18-year-old chocolate. Shaped like a moose. Standing in a pool of white chocolate
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So excuse me while I gas up the family truckster, dig up an old school fold-out map of the US, grab six bags of Funyuns and a case of Mello Yello, and prepare myself for two weeks of end-of-summer American Awesomeness. Unless someone can guarantee me that watching Solo is more KAPOW for my summer buck, I’m hitting the road.
Want to brag about your new (it’s a real thing!) Death Star backyard fire pit? Got a hankering to challenge me to some (no joke now—look it up!) lightsaber thumb wrestling? Interested in ranting about how you find my lack of faith in Star Wars disturbing? Send those goodies to ryan@scenesarasota.com today!
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