SEASON
THE OBSERVER’S GUIDE TO THE ARTS AND SOCIETY





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ON THE COVER: Local artist Bettina Sego painted this 36-by-48-inch piece titled “Circles of Life.” It will be on display as part of 530 Burns Gallery’s “Contemporary Essence” exhibition. See Page 78.
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When: Jan. 5 through Jan. 8
When: Jan. 24 to Jan. 29
Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $47-$122 Info: VanWezel.org
Take a magic carpet ride with the touring production of the Broadway hit “Aladdin,”which is now being told in a new production by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholau. There’s breathtaking color and action mixed in with the songs you already know and love.
Where: Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton and Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $37-$99 Info: SarasotaOrchestra.org ‘CIRCUS
The New Year kicks off with a taste of the masterworks. Guest conductor Peter Oundjian will be holding the baton, and virtuoso violinist James Ehnes will play a violin concerto by Sibelius. The evening will close out with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. featuring soprano Laquita Mitchell.
When: Feb. 18-March 24
Where: Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Tickets: $23-$135 Info: SarasotaOpera.org
Get your tissues ready. Puccini’s masterpiece comes to Sarasota, and it will tell the familiar tale of the geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer and waits for him against all odds. What will happen if he doesn’t return? One fine day, we shall see.
When: Jan. 27-30
Where: FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $35+ Info: SarasotaBallet.org
When: Feb. 10 to March 5
Where: Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle Tickets: $20-$75 Info: CircusArts.org
The Circus Arts Conservatory celebrates its 25th anniversary with another slate of performers under the big top. CAC founders Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis are keeping Sarasota’s circus legacy alive with a spectacle you just can’t see in many other places.
Sarasota Ballet presents a pair of premiere performances, one choreographed by company dancer Arcadian Broad and the other by Jessica Lang. The Broad ballet will be a world premiere. Sarasota Ballet danced the Lang ballet last summer at the Joyce Theatre in New York; now you can see it here at home. The program closes with Ashton’s “Facade.”
Benefiting: Make-A-Wish Southern Florida
When: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23
Where: Circus Arts Conservatory Tickets: $450 Info: Call 3789474
Cooking for Wishes is always a lively (and sometimes sweaty) occasion where guests cook up meals under the watchful eye of Michael’s On East’s Executive Chef Jamil Pineda. This year’s event — which benefits Make-A-Wish’s many wish programs for critically ill children — will make a move to the Circus Arts Conservatory for a big top bash. The extra space will likely help with the temperature as well.
Benefiting: Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation When: 6 p.m. Jan. 7 Where: The RitzCarlton, Sarasota Tickets: $1,500 for two Info: Call 917-1286.
After two years away, the premiere Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation event returns to The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. The Hospital Gala will fill the Ritz ballroom with hundreds of supporters to support various Sarasota Memorial health services. The event has raised more than $5 million so far.
Benefiting: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
When: 6 p.m. Feb. 11
Where: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets: $600 Info: Two tickets sponsorship for $2,500
The Orchid Ball is Selby’s premiere event and always boasts a comprehensive and dazzling aesthetic and color scheme. This year looks to continue that tradition with a “Gilded Age” theme that will hearken back to the glitz and glamor of decades past. The night will also celebrate the garden’s “Tiffany: The Pursuit of Beauty in Nature” exhibit.
Benefiting: Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
When: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4
Where: Bay Preserve at Osprey Tickets: $500 Info: Call 9182100.
The Conservation Foundation’s Palm Ball always brings a touch of color and elegance to the beautiful Sarasota nature landscapes, and this year proves to be no different. This year’s “The Call of the Wild” fundraiser will be the 15th year anniversary for the event.
Benefiting: Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s When: 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17 Where: Michael’s On East Tickets: $250 Info: Call 926-6413.
Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s will follow up its lively Cause 4 Fashion fundraiser in December with an elegant gala held at Michael’s On East in February. The money raised will go to provide thousands of families and individuals with Parkinson’s therapeutic, education and support programs.
‘Stick Fly’
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
8 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Runs through Jan. 22
Tickets $35 Call 351-8000.
‘What the Constitution Means to me’
Florida Studio Theatre
8 p.m. at FST’s Keating Theatre Runs through Feb. 26
Tickets start at $25 Call 366-9000.
‘The ’70s: More Than a Decade’
Florida Studio Theatre
2 and 7:30 p.m. at FST’s Court Cabaret
Runs through Feb. 12
Tickets $34-$39 Call 366-9000.
Ron Feingold
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Runs through Jan. 9
Tickets $25 Call 925-FUNY.
A Place in the Sun: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder
Florida Studio Theatre
7:30 p.m. at FST’s Goldstein Cabaret
Runs through March 26
Tickets start at $34 Call 366-9000.
‘Legally Blonde - The Musical’
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall
Tickets $42-$92 Call 263-6799.
“Legally Blonde - The Musical” comes to Van Wezel Peforming Arts Hall on Jan. 4.
‘Flyin’ West’
Westcoast Black Theatre
Troupe
7:30 p.m. at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Runs through Feb. 12
Tickets $50 Call 366-1505.
The Perlman Music Program
Suncoast
5 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House
Tickets $40-$80 Call 350-2338.
‘Legally Blonde - The Musical’
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $42-$92 Call 263-6799.
Masterworks: Mahler: A View of Heaven
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
‘Stick Fly’ runs through Jan. 22 at FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. See Jan. 3 listing.
‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ runs through Feb. 26 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 3 listing.
‘The ’70s: More Than A Decade’ runs through Feb. 12 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 3 listing.
‘A Place in the Sun’ runs through March 26 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 4 listing.
Jazz at Two - Trace Zacur Quartet
Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Universal Unitarian Church of Sarasota
Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
The Hospital Gala Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation
6 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota
Tickets $1,500 for two Call 917-1286.
Night at the Museum
Venice Symphony
7:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center
Tickets $33-$61 Call 207-8822.
Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench
Urbanite Theatre
7:30 p.m. at Urbanite Theatre Runs through Feb. 12 Tickets $25-$39 Call 321-1397.
A Guided Tour: Mahler and Sibelius
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $26-$69 Call 953-3434.
Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival
Paragon Festivals
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at J.D. Hamel Park Free Call 487-8061.
SCD Winter Dance Intensive with Gilliane Hadley & Melissa Cobblah Gutierrez Sarasota Contemporary Dance
10 a.m. at SCD Home Studio
Runs through Jan. 8 Tickets $100-$500 Call 260-8485.
Night at the Museum
Venice Symphony
3:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $33-$61 Call 207-8822.
Rhythmic vs. Lyrical Piano Concert and Art Demonstration
Midge Johnson Fine Art 4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art Runs through Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Bokyung Byun, Classical Guitarist
Guitar Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at Riverview
Performing Arts Center Tickets $37-$41 Call 260-3306.
Masterworks: Mahler: A View of Heaven Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
FST Improv Presents: To Die For Florida Studio Theatre
7:30 p.m. at FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre Tickets $15 Call 366-9000.
Don’t miss Bokyung Byun, classical guitarist on Jan. 7.
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Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival
Paragon Festivals
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at J.D. Hamel Park Free Call 487-8061.
Masterworks: Mahler: A View of Heaven
Sarasota Orchestra 2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
Dover Quartet
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$87 Call 263-6799.
Quartet
The Dover Quartet takes the stage at Church of the Palms on Jan. 9 as part of the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $30-$50 Call 306-1202.
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Stacey and Richard Ridenour, pianists
Sarasota Music Archive
10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium Free Call 861-1168.
Artist Conversation— Kathleen Supové New Music New College 5 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion Free Call 487-4888.
Great Escapes: A Little Night Music
Sarasota Orchestra
5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
Performances at the Point:
Choral Artists of Sarasota
6:30 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Historic Spanish Point Campus Members $30/Non-Members $35 Call 366-5731.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$87 Call 263-6799.
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130 Runs through Jan. 22 Tickets $30 Call 365-2494.
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Catch “A Little Night Music” on Jan. 11.
runs through Jan. 22 at FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor See Jan. 3 listing.
runs through Feb. 12 at Westcoast Black
8 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Runs through March 26 Tickets start at $33 Call 351-8000.
Theatre Troupe. See Jan. 4 listing.
‘Birds of North America’ runs through Feb. 12 at Urbanite Theatre. See Jan. 6 listing.
THURSDAY
JANUARY 12
Jazz Thursdays at SAM
Jazz Club of Sarasota
5:30 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum
Tickets $20; members free Call 309-4300.
Great Escapes: A Little Night Music
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$87 Call 263-6799.
Don’t miss Riverdance’s 25th Anniversary Show on Jan. 12.
FRIDAY JANUARY 13
Making Music Together Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota
7 a.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center
Free Call (219) 928-8665.
Jazz at Two - Kitt Moran Quartet Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist of Sarasota Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
Great Escapes: A Little Night Music
Sarasota Orchestra
5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
New Beginnings Artist Market
Creative Liberties
10 a.m. at Creative Liberties
Free Call 799-6634.
‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’
Florida Studio Theatre
10 a.m. at FST’s Keating Theatre
Runs through Feb. 12 Tickets $10 Call 366-9000.
Jerry Saltz: Art is Life
Sarasota Art Museum
1 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum Tickets $40; members $35 Call 309-4300.
Great Escapes: A Little Night Music
Sarasota Orchestra
4 p.m. at Holley Hall
Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
Piano Concert/Artist Talk: Personalities of The Great Composers and Artists
Midge Johnson Fine Art
4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art
Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Comedian Bobby Collins Venice Institute for Performing Arts
7 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $35-$60 Call 218-3779.
Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble will hold an in-studio performance featuring poet Scylla Lincombe on Jan. 14.
In-Studio Performance featuring poet Scylla Licombe
Sarasota Contemporary Dance
7 p.m. at SCD Home Studio and virtual option Tickets $10-$20 Call 260-8485.
Great Music Series - Stephen Lynerd Group
Church of the Redeemer
7 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Tickets $25 Call 955-4263.
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Great Escapes: A Little Night Music
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
FST Improv Presents: To Die For
7:30 p.m. at FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre Tickets $15 Call 366-9000.
Kathleen Supové: NEXT DOOR
New Music New College
8 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion Tickets $15 Call 487-4888.
Windjammers featuring Sailor Circus Academy Circus Arts Conservatory 1:30 p.m. at Circus Arts Conservatory’s Sailor Circus Arena Free Call 355-9805.
The Sailor Circus Academy will perform Jan. 15.
New Tear Tunes
Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5 Call 907-4123.
Evensong, featuring the music of William Byrd Church of the Redeemer 5:15 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Free Call 955-4263.
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 7 p.m.at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $97-$137 Call 263-6799.
Westcoast Black Theatre
Troupe will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on Jan. 16.
George Crumb Tribute: Remembering an American Icon and Those He Influenced ensembleNEWSRQ
7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church Tickets $25 Call (772) 834-7173.
Paulina Roughton and Paloma Chaprnka, Classical Guitarists
Guitar Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church Free Call 260-3306.
MONDAY JANUARY 16
Talamantes and Willkerson Soprano and Baritone
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
Scramble for SPARCCle Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center
11 a.m. at Laurel Oak Country Club Tickets $10 Call 365-1976.
Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, The Drifters, and The Platters
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $22-$67 Call 263-6799.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Celebrating His Legacy Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets TBD Call 366-1505.
‘The Three Musketeers’ runs through March 26 at Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 11 listing.
Lecture: Opera and Dance–An Uneasy Marriage
Sarasota Music Archive
10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Audtorium
Free Call 861-1168.
Fresh Perspective Lunch
Sarasota Art Museum
11:30 a.m. at Sarasota Art Museum
Tickets $125 for nonmembers, $75 for members Call 309-4321.
‘Proof’ runs through Jan. 22 at The Players Centre. See Jan. 11 listing.
Danielle Talamantes, soprano & Kerry Wilkerson, bassbaritone
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
5:30 p.m. at Plantation Golf & Country Club Tickets $65 Call 306-1202.
An Evening with Judy Collins Performing ‘Wildflowers’
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $27-$72 Call 263-6799.
JANUARY
Arts Advocates Luncheon: Embracing Our Differences
11 a.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club Tickets $40-$45 Call 278-1828.
Creative Liberties
5 p.m. at Creative Liberties Tickets Free Call 799-6634.
The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
6 p.m. at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Tickets $20 Call 746-4131.
Moonlight & Melodies Dinner
#2: Delights of Japan
Sarasota Opera
6:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $200 per person Call 328-1300.
Lynne Koplitz
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
Runs through Jan. 21 Tickets $25 Call 925-FUNY.
The second Moonlight & Melodies Dinner will take place on Jan. 19.
Next to Normal
Manatee Performing Arts Center
7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through Jan. 29 Tickets $30-$38 Call 748-5875.
America
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$102 Call 263-6799.
Asolo Repertory Theatre
8 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Runs through March 5, Tickets start at $33 Call 351-8000.
‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ runs through Feb. 26 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 3 listing.
‘A Place in the Sun’ runs through March 26 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 4 listing.
‘The Three Musketeers’
Jazz at Two- Paul Gavin and Friends Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
runs through March 26 at Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 11 listing.
‘Proof’ runs through Jan. 22 at The Players Centre. See Jan. 11 listing.
‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ runs through Feb. 12 at Florida Studio
Theatre. See Jan. 14 listing.
‘Next to Normal’ runs through Jan. 29 at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Jan. 19 listing.
‘Silent Sky’ runs through March 5 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 19 listing.
SMART Interactive Dinner SMART
6 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $150 Call 322-2000.
Barely Manilow Venice Institute for Performing Arts
7 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $35-$60 Call 218-3779.
Pops: The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $40-$90 Call 953-3434.
Sarasota Orchestra will perform the music of Billy Joel and Elton John on Jan. 20.
JANUARY 21
Lakewood Ranch Fine Arts Festival
Paragon Festivals
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lakewood Main Street Free Call 487-8061.
Artist Talk: Molly Hatch
Sarasota Art Museum
1 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum Free Call 309-4300.
Pops: The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John
Sarasota Orchestra
2:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $40-$90 Call 953-3434.
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
Venice Institute for Performing Arts
3 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $36-$90 Call 218-3779.
Piano Hour with Alan Wasserman
Midge Johnson Fine Art
4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Miniature Masterpieces
Key Chorale
4 p.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $35-$45 Call 552-8768.
6th Annual Jackets and Jeans Gala
Team Tony Cancer Foundation
6:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $125 Call 227-4404.
The Beach Boys
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$95 Call 263-6799.
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FST Improv Presents: Life’s A Beach
Florida Studio Theatre
8:30 p.m. at FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre Runs through Feb. 25 Tickets $15 Call 366-9000.
SUNDAY JANUARY 22
Lakewood Ranch Fine Arts Festival
Paragon Festivals
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lakewood Main Street Free Call 487-8061.
Grand Opening of Embracing
Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit at Bayfront Park Embracing Our Differences Noon at Bayfront Park Free Call 374-0427.
Joy of Jazz Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Centennial Park, Venice Free Call 260-9951.
Swingin’ in the New Year
Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors
3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5 Call 907-4123.
Chamber Soirées: Scottish Songs
Sarasota Orchestra
4 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $40-$50 Call 953-3434.
Miniature Masterpieces
Key Chorale 5 p.m. at St. Boniface Episcopal Church Tickets $35-$45 Call 552-8768.
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Pianist Sergei Kvitko
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
Asolo Repertory Theatre 11 a.m. at Asolo Repertory Theatre Tickets $100 Call 361-8388.
Monday Night Jazz at the Cabaret Jazz Club of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at John C. Court Cabaret at FST Tickets $34-$39 Call 260-9951.
JANUARY 24
Open Bar Comedy
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $25 Call 925-FUNY.
Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Runs through Jan. 29 Tickets $47-$122 Call 263-6799.
‘Flyin West’ runs through Feb. 12 at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. See Jan. 4 listing.
‘Birds of North America’ runs through Feb. 12 at Urbanite Theatre. See Jan. 6 listing.
‘Next to Normal’ runs through Jan. 29 at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Jan. 19 listing.
‘Silent Sky’ runs through March 5 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 19 listing.
‘FST Improv Presents: Life’s a Beach’ runs through Feb. 25. See Jan. 21 listing.
Don’t miss Dance Makers, which runs from Jan. 26-29.
JANUARY 25
Clancy Newman, cello and David Allen Wehr, piano
Sarasota Music Archive 10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium Free Call 861-1168.
Stelliferous
The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature 6:30 p.m. at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Tickets $15-$20 Call 746-4131.
Network Florida Studio Theatre 8 p.m. at FST’s Gompertz Theatre Runs through March 19 Tickets $25 Call 366-9000.
50th Anniversary - Golden Age of Friendship Senior Friendship Centers 6 p.m. at the Westin Sarasota Tickets $295 Call 955-2122.
Dance Makers
Sarasota Contemporary Dance 7 p.m. at Jane B. Cook Theater, FSU Center For The Performing Arts
Runs through Jan. 29 Tickets $15-$45 Call 260-8485.
Sun, Mar 26, 3pm
Riverview Performing Arts Center Mon, Mar 22, 7:30pm
Center
JANUARY 27
Art Walk Tour: Cocoanut Ave/Palm Ave Area Arts Advocates
10:30 a.m. at downtown Sarasota Tickets $28-$30 Call 278-1828.
Art Walk Tour: City Hall/Five Points Park Area Arts Advocates 10:30 a.m. at downtown Sarasota Tickets $28-$30 Call 278-1828.
Jazz at Two - Synia Carroll Jazz Jazz Club Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
Circus Arts Gala at the Big Top Circus Arts Conservatory 6 p.m. at Ulla Searing Big Top on Nathan Benderson Park’s Regatta Island Tickets $325 Call (941) 355-9335.
Program 4 - In Rep
The Sarasota Ballet 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
Annie KIDS Camp
Florida Cultural Group 9 a.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through May 6 Tickets $300 Call 748-5875.
Program 4 - In Rep
The Sarasota Ballet 2 and 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
Listen Hear: Michelle Ross
Sarasota Art Museum 2 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum Tickets $40-$55 Call 309-4300.
Piano concert & Artist Talk: From Realism to Abstract Expressionism
Midge Johnson Fine Art 4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Blue and White Gala
Sarasota Police Foundation
6 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $200 Email jeff@srqpf.org.
High School Band Festival Competition
Jazz Club of Sarasota 1 p.m. at Riverview High School Auditorium Free Call 260-9951.
The Sarasota Ballet 2 and 7:30 PM at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5 Call 907-4123.
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Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti, concert pianist in concert 5 p.m. at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church Free Call 922-1597.
MONDAY JANUARY 30
Troy Quinn Conductor Sarasota Institute of LIfetime Learning
10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
Program 4 - In Rep
The Sarasota Ballet 2 & 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
Great Music SeriesConcertos to Mark the 60th anniversary of Poulenc’s death (Brixi, Bach, and Poulenc)
Church of the Redeemer 7 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Tickets $25 Call 955-4263.
Steven Moeckel, violin & Joanna Goldstein, piano Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at Fischer/ Weisenborne Residence Tickets $55 Call 306-1202.
A Neil Diamond Tribute Manatee Performing Arts Center
7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $30-$38 Call 748-5875.
Blue Man Group
Van Wezel Performing Arts Group
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $42-$92 Call (941) 263-6799.
The Blue Man Group takes the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall stage on Jan. 31.
The 2023 Collaboration Celebration luncheon brings together nonprofits, businesses, and donors to celebrate the important work of collaboration on the Campus of Caring and beyond.
The event will introduce the first annual Emerging Leader Awards, sponsored by Bill and Barbara Little, to develop the leaders who will shape Sarasota’s human services community in the years to come.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1
Lecture: Don Giovanni‘dramma giocosa’ or ‘il dissoluto punito’?, Joy McIntyre
Sarasota Music Archive
10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium Free Call 861-1168.
A Neil Diamond Tribute
Manatee Performing Arts Center
2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $30-$38 Call 748-5875.
Tequila Tasting
Suncoast Charities for Children
6 p.m. at Cask and Ale Tickets $125 Call 487-7904.
Sarasota Contemporary Dance’s In-Studio Performance featuring DeAnna Wright & Imani Williams takes place Feb. 3.
Blue Man Group
Van Wezel Performing Arts Group
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $42-$92 Call 263-6799.
Go Ask Alice Manatee Performing Arts Center
7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through Feb. 5 Tickets $27 Call 748-5875.
An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $72-$87 Call 263-6799.
‘Always...Patsy Cline’
The Players Centre
7:30 p.m. at Studio 113034239 Runs through Feb. 12 Tickets $30 Call 365-2494.
Masterworks: A Romantic Affair
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
Art Walk Tour: Rosemary District Arts Advocates
10:30 a.m. at downtown Sarasota Tickets $28-$30 Call 278-1828.
Jazz at Two - Pete BarenBregge Sextet Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
Steak & Burger
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties
6 p.m. at Lee Wetherington Club Tickets $150 Call 487-7904.
In-Studio Performance featuring DeAnna Wright & Imani Williams
Sarasota Contemporary Dance 7 p.m. at SCD Home Studio & Virtual Tickets $10-$20 Call 268-8485.
Cinematic Romance featuring Sandy Cameron
Venice Symphony
7:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center
Tickets $33-$61 Call 207-8822.
Masterworks: A Romantic Affair
Sarasota Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
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Artist Talk: Alex and Maira Kalman - Sara Berman’s Closet
Sarasota Art Museum
10 a.m. at Sarasota Art Museum Free Call 309-4300.
Cinematic Romance featuring Sandy Cameron Venice Symphony
3:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $33-$61 Call 207-8822.
Piano Concert & Artist Talk: Elements of Music and Art Midge Johnson Fine Art 4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Catholic Charities Ball
Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc.
6 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $350 Call 376-7854.
Palm Ball: The Call of the Wild Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast 6:30 p.m. at Bay Preserve at Osprey Tickets $500 Call 918-2100.
In-Studio Performance featuring DeAnna Wright & Imani Williams
Sarasota Contemporary Dance 7 p.m. at SCD Home Studio & Virtual Tickets $10-$20 Call 268-8485.
Masterworks: A Romantic Affair
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
The Palm Ball will have a “Call of the Wild” theme on Feb. 4.
Zoran Dukic, Classical Guitarist
Guitar Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at Riverview Performing Arts Center Tickets $37-$41 Call 260-3306.
Winter Concert
Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble
2 p.m. at Peace Presbyterian Church Tickets $10 Call (518) 376-7973.
Masterworks: A Romantic Affair
Sarasota Orchestra 2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
‘Network’ runs through March 19 at FST’s Gompertz Theatre. See Jan. 25 listing.
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms
Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
Friends Luncheon #3: Dance for All
The Sarasota Ballet
11:30 a.m. at Michael’s on East Ballroom
Tickets start at $40 Call 359-0099.
‘Always … Patsy Cline’ runs through Feb. 12 at The Players Centre. See Feb. 2 listing.
The ’70s Shindig Florida Studio Theatre
5:30 p.m. at FST’s Hegner Theatre Wing Tickets $300 Call 366-9017.
Vespers for a New Dark Age (Collaboration with Verdigris Ensemble)
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Sarasota Orchestra’s Great Escapes: Date Night hits the stage Feb. 8.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7
Get Happy: Michael Feinstein Celebrates the Judy Garland Centennial Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $37-$77 Call 263-6799.
Yiheng Yang, piano – early music
Sarasota Music Archive 10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium Free Call 861-1168.
Great Escapes: Date Night Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
6:30 p.m. at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
Tickets $15-$20 Call 746-4131.
Momix - Alice Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $27-$77 Call 263-6799.
Hanzhi Wang, accordion Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
11 a.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club Tickets $60 Call 306-1202.
Thursday Jazz at the SAM Sarasota Art Museum
5:30 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum Free Call 309-4300.
Temps, Tops, Supremes, & Gladys: A Motown Revue Manatee Performing Arts Center
7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $30-$55 Call 748-5875.
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Library Foundation for Sarasota County
11:30 a.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $200 Call 404-3139.
Jazz at Two - Roy Gerson & Friends Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
Great Escapes: Date Night
Sarasota Orchestra
5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
Suncoast Charities for Children
6 p.m. at the Grove Tickets $125 Call 487-7904.
Yakov Smirnoff
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
6:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Runs through Feb. 11 Tickets $37 Call 925-FUNY.
Circus Sarasota Circus Arts Conservatory
7 p.m. at Ulla Searing Big Top on Nathan Benderson Park’s Regatta Island
Runs through March 5 Tickets $20-$75 Call 355-9805.
Venice Institute for Performing Arts
7 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $36-$100 Call (921) 218-3779.
In-Studio Performance featuring Francis Schwartz Sarasota Contemporary Dance
7 p.m. at SCD Home Studio and virtual option available Tickets $10-$20 Call 260-8485.
Scotty McCreery comes to Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Feb. 10.
A Sea Symphony Masterwork by Vaughan Williams
Key Chorale
7:30 p.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $35-$45 Call 552-8768.
Temps, Tops, Supremes, &
Revue Manatee Performing Arts Center
8 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center
Tickets $30-$55 Call 748-5875.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $44-$88 Call 263-6799.
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Creative Liberties
10 a.m. at Creative Liberties Free Call 799-6634.
Live Laugh Love Luncheon Big Brothers Big Sisters
11:30 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $125 Call 488-4009.
Piano Concert & Artist Talk: Artists and Composers Ahead of Their Time
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Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet has quickly become one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world. Their performance includes works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
January 18, 5:30 pm followed by dinner Plantation
Midge Johnson Fine Art 4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
A Sea Symphony Masterwork by Vaughan Williams
Key Chorale
4 p.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $35-$45 Call 552-8768.
The Orchid Ball: The Gilded Age
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
6 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets $600 Call 366-5731.
In-Studio Performance featuring Francis Schwartz
Sarasota Contemporary Dance
7 p.m. at SCD Home Studio and virtual option available Tickets $10-$20 Call 260-8485.
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HANZHI WANG, accordion
February 9, 11:00 am followed by lunch
Sarasota Yacht Club
Praised for her captivating stage presence and performances that are technically and musically masterful, Hanzhi Wang is the only accordionist to win a place on the roster of Young Concert Artists in its 61-year history. In the five years since, she has debuted at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center and was named Musical America’s New Artist of the Month in 2018.
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Great Escapes: Date Night
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
All You Need is Love
The Pops Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Riverview Performing Arts Center Runs through Feb. 13 Tickets $30-$50 Call 926-POPS.
FST Improv Presents: When X Meets Y (Valentine’s Day Edition)
Florida Studio Theatre
8:30 p.m. at FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre Tickets $15 Call 366-9000.
‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ runs through Feb. 12 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 14 listing.
‘FST Improv Presents: Life’s a Beach’ runs through Feb. 25. See Jan. 21 listing.
‘Network’ runs through March 19 at FST’s Gompertz Theatre. See Jan. 25 listing.
‘Always … Patsy Cline’ runs through Feb. 12 at The Players Centre. See Feb. 2 listing.
‘Circus Sarasota’ runs through March 5 at the Circus Arts Conservatory. See Feb. 10 listing.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12
Farm to Fillet
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium
12:30 p.m. at Mote Marine Aquaculture Research Park Tickets $150 Call 388-4441.
Let’s Celebrate
Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5 Call 907-4123.
Great Escapes: Date Night Sarasota Orchestra 4 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $45-$108 Call 953-3434.
‘Tootsie’
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $42-$97 Call 263-6799.
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Manatee Performing Arts Center 2 and 7 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $30-$38 Call 748-5875.
‘Tootsie’
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $42-$97 Call 263-6799.
Silly Love Songs with Jimmy Mazz
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130 Tickets $30 Call 365-2494.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15
Dean Shostak, glass harmonica player
Sarasota Music Archive 10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium Free Call 861-1168.
Don’t miss Exhibition Evening featuring Palm Street Quartet at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
Unconventional Evening Sarasota Art Museum
6 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum Tickets $300 Call 309-4300.
Exhibition Evening featuring Palm Street Quartet
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 6 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets $60-$65 Call 366-5731.
Virtuoso Night Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at St. Boniface Episcopal Church Tickets $35 Call (219) 928-8665.
‘Tootsie’
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $42-$97 Call 263-6799.
Reel Music
Florida Studio Theatre 7:30 p.m. at FST’s Court Cabaret Runs through June 25 Tickets $18-$39 Call 366-9000.
Asolo Repertory Theatre 8 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Runs through April 13 Tickets starts at $33 Call 351-8000.
STILL PLAYING You can catch Mandy Patinkin in Concert on Feb. 16.
‘The Three Musketeers’ runs through March 26 at Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 11 listing.
‘FST Improv Presents: Life’s a Beach’ runs through Feb. 25. See Jan. 21 listing.
‘Circus Sarasota’ runs through March 5 at the Circus Arts Conservatory. See Feb. 10 listing.
‘Reel Music’ runs through June 25 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Feb. 15 listing.
‘Chicken & Biscuits’ runs through April 13 at Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Feb. 15 listing.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16
Arts Advocates Luncheon: Circus Arts Conservatory 11 a.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club Tickets $40-$45 Call 278-1828.
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The Players Centre for Performing Arts
7:30 PM at Studio 1130 Tickets $28 Call 365-2494.
FEBRUARY 17
Annual Luncheon
Embracing Our Differences
11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East
Tickets $85 Call 404-5710.
Jazz at Two- Danny Sinoff Trio
Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota
Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
Cause 4 Hope
Neuro Challenge Foundation
5:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $250 Call 926-6413.
Gatsby ~ A Speakeasy Soiree
Sisterhood For Good
6 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $200-$250 Call 730-7900.
Born To Be Wild Kickoff Party
Suncoast Charities for Children 6 p.m. at SRQ Fairgrounds Tickets $100 Call 487-7904.
The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular comes to the Van Wezel Feb. 17.
Orny Adams
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
6:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
Runs through Feb. 18 Tickets $31 Call 925-FUNY.
Mark Twain: They Told Me To Be Brief
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130 Tickets $28 Call 365-2494.
The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $18-$58 Call 263-6799.
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Family Saturday
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
10 a.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Free with admission Call 366-5731.
Mark Twain: They Told Me To Be Brief
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
2 and 7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130 Tickets $28 Call 365-2494.
Tony Sands Presents ‘Rat Pack Together Again’ Manatee Performing Arts Center
2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $31.50 Call 748-5875.
‘Silent Sky’ runs through March 5 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 19 listing.
‘FST Improv Presents: Life’s a Beach’ runs through Feb. 25. See Jan. 21 listing.
Piano Hour With Alan Wasserman
Midge Johnson Fine Art
4 p.m. at Midge Johnson Fine Art Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Evening Open Studios
Creative Liberties
5 p.m. at Creative Liberties Free Call 799-6634.
‘Network’ runs through March 19 at FST’s Gompertz Theatre. See Jan. 25 listing.
‘Chicken & Biscuits’ runs through April 13 at Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Feb. 15 listing.
The Highwaymen Show
Venice Institute for Performing Arts
7 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center
Tickets $35-$60 Call 218-3779.
‘Madama Butterfly’ Sarasota Opera
7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House
Runs through March 24 Tickets start at $23 Call 328-1300.
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Heartfelt Jazz
Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors
3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5 Call 907-4123.
I Want to Be Like You Ring Sarasota
3 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church Free Call 451-7601.
Chamber Soirées: Three Sonatas
Sarasota Orchestra 4 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $40-$50 Call 953-3434.
Evensong, featuring the music of Black composers Church of the Redeemer 5:15 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Free Call 955-4263.
Tihda Vongkoth Modern Marimba
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning 10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
Tomorrow’s Voices Tonight Key Chorale 5:30 p.m. at WBTT Education Center Tickets $25 Call 552-8768.
Van Cliburn Medalists with Wu Han in Concert
La Musica 7:30 p.m. at Riverview Performing Arts Center Tickets $60. Call 328-1300.
Drs. Jimmy Moore, Erol Ozever and Jonathan Smith, Classical Guitarists
Guitar Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church Free Call 260-3306.
Monday Night Jazz at the Cabaret Jazz Club of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at John C. Court Cabaret at FST Tickets $34-$39 Call 260-9951.
Sarasota Orchestra’s Chamber Soirées: Three Sonatas takes place at Holley Hall on Feb. 19.
Shrove Tuesday: Jambalaya and Jazz Church of the Redeemer 6 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Tickets $5-$20 Call 955-4263.
Impresario Dinner
Circus Arts Conservatory
6:30 p.m. at Big Top Invite Only
An Inspector Calls
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
8 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Runs through March 12 Tickets $35 Call 351-8000.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s “Dreamgirls” runs through April 9.
Lecture: Madama Butterfly, Phyllis Lowitt, Guest Lecturer
Sarasota Music Archive 10:30 a.m. at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium Free Call 861-1168.
Rita Rudner and Robert Klein Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Hall Tickets $27-$67 Call 263-6799.
‘Dreamgirls’ Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
7:30 p.m. at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Runs through April 9 Tickets $50 Call 366-1505.
Presenting world-renowned orchestras, chamber ensembles and acclaimed soloists
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023, 7:30 pm | Venice Performing Arts Center
Led by Music Director Theodore Kuchar, the concert includes Brahms’ Violin Concerto and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World.
Monday, Jan 30, 7:30 pm | Riverview Performing Arts Center
The world-renowned Emerson Quartet will perform Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 59, No. 2 as well as other works by Haydn and Mendelssohn.
Pianist Awadagin Pratt
Wednesday, Feb 15, 7:30 pm | Riverview Performing Arts Center
Acclaimed for his musical insight, Awadagin Pratt performs a varied program of works, from Philip Glass to Rachmaninoff and Liszt.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Music Director
Wednesday, March 1, 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
In his final season, Riccardo Muti leads the internationally-acclaimed Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Mussorgsky’s Pictures From an Exhibition.
José Serebrier, Conductor
Sunday, March 12, 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
The most recorded chamber orchestra in the world will present a program of Elgar, Mozart and Haydn, conducted by José Serebrier.
JoAnn Falletta, Music Director
Monday, March 27, 7:30 pm, | Van Wezel
The GRAMMY® Award-winning orchestra performs Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7, and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto featuring violinist Sandy Cameron.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23
Maria Wirries on Broadway Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
5:30 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets $40 Call 306-1202.
Cooking for Wishes Make A Wish 6:30 p.m. at Circus Arts Academy Tickets $450 Call 378-9474.
Ailey II
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $22-$62 Call 263-6799.
Robert Kelly McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
Runs through Feb. 25 Tickets $25 Call 925-FUNY
‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ runs through Feb. 26 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 3 listing.
‘A Place in the Sun’ runs through March 26 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Jan. 4 listing.
‘Reel Music’ runs through June 25 at Florida Studio Theatre. See Feb. 15 listing.
‘Madama Butterfly’ runs through March 24 at Sarasota Opera. See Feb. 18 listing.
‘An Inspector Calls’ runs through March 12 at FSU/ Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. See Feb. 21 listing.
‘Dreamgirls’ runs through April 9 at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. See Feb. 22 listing.
In-Studio Performance featuring Charlotte Johnson Sarasota Contemporary Dance
7 p.m. at SCD Studio Tickets $10-$20 Call 260-8485.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24
Jazz at Two - Scotty Wright and Friends Jazz Club of Sarasota
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $15-$20 Call 260-9951.
The Movie Maestro: A Tribute to John Williams
Venice Symphony
3:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $33-$61 Call 207-8822
In-Studio Performance featuring Charlotte Johnson Sarasota Contemporary Dance
7 p.m. at SCD Studio Tickets $10-$20 Call 260-8485.
Don’t miss Sarasota Orchestra’s A Guided Tour: Copland and Stravinsky.
Program 5 - Dance Theatre of Harlem
The Sarasota Ballet 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
A Guided Tour: Copland and Stravinsky
Sarasota Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $26-$69 Call 953-3434.
Sarasota Festival of the Arts
Paragon Festivals
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at J.D. Hamel Park
Free Call 487-8061.
Curator Talk: Emilee Enders, Curator of Exhibitions and Programming, Bedford Gallery
Sarasota Art Museum
1 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum
Free with admission Call 309-4300.
Program 5 - Dance Theatre of Harlem
The Sarasota Ballet
2 and 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
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Annual Show
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
2:30 p.m. at Riverview
Performing Arts Center Tickets $30-$40 Call (518) 522-5755.
The Movie Maestro: A Tribute to John Williams
Venice Symphony
3:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Venice
Performing Arts Center Tickets $33-$61 Call 207-8822
Piano Concert & Poetry
Reading: An Artist looks back at the Justified + Ancient Exhibit Midge Johnson Fine Art 4 PM at Midge Johnson Fine Art Tickets $25 Call (732) 642-5313.
Party Under the Stars
Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation
6 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $300 Call 677-7186.
Joy of Jazz Jazz Club of Sarasota 7 p.m. at Centennial Park, Venice Free Call 260-9951.
Masterworks: Copland and Stravinsky
Sarasota Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Tickets $37-$99 Call 953-3434.
Don Giovanni Sarasota Opera
7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Runs through March 25 Tickets start at $23 Call 328-1300.
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Sarasota Festival of the Arts
Paragon Festivals
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at J.D. Hamel Park Free Call 487-8061.
Garden Music Series: Rae Radick
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
1 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Free with general admission Call 366-5731.
The Sarasota Ballet
2 and 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets start at $35 Call 359-0099.
Masterworks: Copland and Stravinsky
Sarasota Orchestra
2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Tickets $37-99 Call 953-3434.
By Request - Part 2
Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5 Call 907-4123.
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SCF Foundation
5:30 p.m. at State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee Tickets $30. Call 408-1300.
‘The Three Musketeers’ runs through March 26 at Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Jan. 11 listing.
‘Circus Sarasota’ runs through March 5 at the Circus Arts Conservatory. See Feb. 10 listing.
‘Madama Butterfly’ runs through March 24 at Sarasota Opera. See Feb. 18 listing.
Stefan Jackie Violinist
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
10:30 a.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $10 Call 365-6404.
‘An Inspector Calls’ runs through March 12 at FSU/ Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. See Feb. 21 listing.
‘Don Giovanni’ runs through March 25 at Sarasota Opera. See Feb. 25 listing.
The Opera Luncheon
Sarasota Opera
11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Invite Only Call 328-1300.
Asolo Repertory Theatre
6 p.m. at TBD Tickets $250 Call 361-8388.
Program 5 - Dance Theatre of Harlem
The Sarasota Ballet
7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts Tickets starts at $35 Call 359-0099.
Monday Night Jazz at the Cabaret
7:30 p.m. at John C. Court Cabaret at FST Tickets $34-$39 Call 260-9951.
The Dance Theatre of Harlem joins The Sarasota Ballet on Feb. 27.
Collaboration Celebration
Glasser/Schoenbaum
11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $90 Call 365-4545.
McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre
7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $25 Call 925-FUNY
‘Quartet for the End of Time’ Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $30-$50 Call 306-1202.
530 Burns Lane. 951-0620. 530BurnsGallery.com. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; noon to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Jan. 6 through Jan. 31. Contemporary Essence. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. on Jan. 6.
Feb. 3 through March 1 Scenic Curves. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 3.
25 N. Pineapple Ave. (813) 465-1249. AlexArtInternational. com. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Jan 1. through Feb. 1 Say beautiful with flowers.
Feb 1. through March 1 Love is in the Air! Opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Feb. 1.
Scenic Curves will run from Feb. 3 through March 1 at 530 Burns Gallery.
563 Bay Isles Road. 383-8161. AllAngelsLBK.org. Open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday.
Through Jan. 28 Medge Jaspan one woman show.
Feb 1. through Feb. 28 New to You art sale
707 N. Tamiami Trail. 365-2032. ArtSarasota.org. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
1367 Main St. 955-5409. ArtUptown.com. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Jan. 1 to Jan. 26
Elisabeth Trostli’s Angels: Visions in Satin & Steel. Opening reception 6-9 p.m., Jan. 6.
Jan. 27 to Feb. 23
Elements by Cheryl Moody. Opening reception 6-9 p.m., Feb. 3.
209 Ninth St. W, Bradenton. 746-2864. ArtCenterManatee. org. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Jan. 4 through Jan. 27
Art Of The Soul Open Juried Show. Opening Reception 5-7 p.m., Jan. 5.
Jan. 31 through Feb. 24.
ArtCenter Manatee Annual Member Juried Show. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 2.
Jan. 31 through Feb. 24
Metal WorX. Opening Reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 2.
5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. AMIArtistsBuildGallery. com. 778-6694. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
3501 S. Tamiami Trail. ArtsAdvocates.org. Open 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Jan. 7 through Feb. 25 Sarasota Art Colony & The Highwaymen
1830 S. Osprey Ave., Suite 102. 260-5787. ChasenGalleries. com. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Chasen Galleries’ opening reception for Palette of Sarasota will occur from 5-8 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Jan. 19 through Feb. 15
Glass Dimensions. Opening Reception 5-8 p.m. on Jan. 19.
Feb. 16 to March 15
Palette of Sarasota. Opening Reception 5-8 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Jan. 27 to Feb. 25
International Glass Exhibition.
237 Warfield Ave. S., Venice. 486-0811. ClydeButcher.com/ galleries. Open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
46 S. Palm Ave. 955-1315. DabbertGallery.com. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Jan. 6 to Jan. 30 Contemporary Realism. Feb. 3 to Feb. 27 Barbara Krupp, One Woman Show
A Decade of Collecting is made possible through the generous contributions by our donors of art and financial support to expand and enhance our collection. Additional support was provided by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Sarasota Magazine, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Endowment at The Ringling, and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation.
Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Juana Romani (Italian, 1869–1924), Femme au fond rouge, late 19th Century. Oil on panel. Museum Purchase, 2022. 2022.19
James Turrell (American, born 1943), Joseph’s Coat, 2011. Museum Purchase, 2011. © James Turrell. Photo by Giovanni Lunardi. Strobridge Lithograph Co., Buffalo Bill: Mounted Buffalo Bill, 1907. Ink on paper. Gift of Howard and Janice Tibbals, 2017. ht2004758
Mori Tetsuzan (Japanese, 1775–1841), Tiger (detail), second quarter of 19th century. Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk. Museum purchase, 2018. SN11597
Theater... Music... Visual Art... Literature... Dance... where it all begins.
5 Bayfront Drive. 404-5710. EmbracingOurDifferences.org. Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
Runs through March 12 Embracing Our Differences. Outdoor exhibit at Bayfront Park.
709 N. Tamiami Trail. 9534252. SarasotaOrchestra.org/ HarmonyGallery. Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and during events in Holley Hall.
Through Jan. 23
Claire Desjardins: Living in Color
Jan. 24 through Feb. 27
The Hermitage is the only major arts organization in Florida’s Gulf Coast region exclusively committed to supporting the development and creation of new work across all artistic disciplines.
Hermitage Fellows include 15 Pulitzer Prize Winners, Grammy, Tony, Oscar, Emmy Winners, and more.
“If you trace the trajectory of the artists that have come through the Hermitage, the body of work unleashed into the world is not just big in terms of number, but big in terms of impact.”
—Limor Tomer, Director of Live Arts at the Metropolitan Museum
Laurel Maul: Wondrous Things. Opening Reception 5-6:30 p.m., Feb. 16.
337 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. 366-5731. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. 778-6648. IslandGalleryWest. com. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
1421 Fifth St. 914-8110. MaraStudioGallery.com. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Open Monday and Saturday by appointment.
1534 Mound St. 366-5731. Selby.org. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Jan. 7 to Jan. 22 Rainforest Masks of Costa Rica
Feb. 12 through June 25
Tiffany: The Pursuit of Beauty in Nature
3983 Destination Drive, Suite 104, Osprey. 732-642-5313. MidgeJohnsonFineArt.com. Open noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
2700 N. Tamiami Trail. 3597563. RinglingCollege.gallery. Open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Feb. 24 through March 24 Ligature
Madeby Gallery 822-0442. MadebyGallery.com. Open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Jan. 20 through Feb. 11. Ninth Annual Alumni Show
Patricia Thompson Alumni Gallery 2621 Bradenton Road
Through March 17
Lee Mayer: Lost Summer
2363 Old Bradenton Road. Open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
1001 S. Tamiami Trail. 3094300. SarasotaArtMuseum. org. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. Saturday.
Feb. 5 through May 7
Richard Benson: The World Is Smarter Than You Are
Feb.
Feb. 5 through May 7 Sara
2087 Princeton St. 374-3492. Spaaces.art.
1525 Main St. 487-6914. GreenbergFineArtGallery.com. Open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Through Jan. 7 Art 4 Giving Holiday Stars
STATE
1525 State St. 468-6914. SarasotaFineArt.com. Open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
1350 Fifth St.. 330-8091. SusanCronkArt.com. Open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
Through March 31
Permanent Exhibition of Susan Cronk
Don’t miss the permanent exhibition of Susan Cronk at Studio on 5th.
1101 10th Ave. W. Bradenton. 744-1333. Dancing-Crane. com. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and until 9 p.m. monthly on First Fridays.
Through Feb. 28 New Season Celebrating 16 Years.
5401 Bay Shore Road. 3595700. Ringling.org. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and until 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Through Jan. 22 A Decade of Collecting
Through Feb. 12
Highlights from the Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan Collection of Photography
Through March 26 June Clark: Harlem Quilt
Through April 2 The Marvellous Marbling of Matsui Kōsei
Through May 28
Gods and Lovers: Paintings and Scuptures From India
Through Jan. 7 of 2024
As long as there is sun, as long as there is light
1938 Adams Lane. 303-5528725. TowlesCourt.com. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Jan. 20 through Feb. 16. Third Friday Open Studios
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3Natives - Acai & Juicery takes a healthy twist on the “fast food” mindset by serving healthy and convenient food at an affordable price. This healthy lifestyle cafe is well-known for its fresh and flavorful acai bowls, smoothies, salads, wraps, cold-pressed juices, and more! With 20+ locations across Florida, the Lakewood Ranch location is the first and only location to break ground on the west coast of Florida. Each 3Natives is locally owned and operated and this healthy lifestyle cafe is one you must check out!
Open Daily
11577 E State Rd 70, Lakewood Ranch 941.751.1119 | www.3Natives.com
2nd Location Coming Soon to UTC Area 393734-1
CHEF ROLF’S NEW FLORIDA KITCHEN Restaurant, Tiki Bar & Ballroom
NOW BOOKING PARTIES & SPECIAL EVENTS! Chef Rolf offers the perfect location at the Casey Key Resort for your private event and can accommodate up to 200+ people.
Happy Hour 3:30-5:30 with Drink Specials and Live Music. Prime Rib Every Night! Early Bird Dinner Special 4-5:30.
Open daily serving breakfast from 8-11, Sunday brunch 11-2, lunch beginning at noon, and dinner. 21660 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey 941.966.2121 | www.ChefRolf.us
FRESH. LOCAL. SEAFOOD is an eclectic eatery with a passion for stunning dishes, superb service, fine wine, and creative cocktails. Along with our unique and diverse menu, our focus on excellent service allows us to deliver a one-of-a-kind dining experience in downtown Sarasota.
VOTED SARASOTA’S BEST:
HeraldTribune - All-Around Restaurant (‘19-’22), Seafood (‘16-’22), Sandwich (‘16-’22), Lunch(‘22) SRQ Magazine - Takeout (‘21)Wine SpectatorAward of Excellence (‘16-’22)
Sun - Thur: 11am - 10pm; Fri & Sat: 11am - 11pm Free delivery to the greater Downtown Sarasota area. Free shuttle to and from Duval’s. 1435 Main St. Sarasota, FL 941.312.4001 | DuvalsFLS.com
It’s the perfect time to enjoy an evening out at Euphemia Haye! Located in an historic Longboat Key cottage nestled in a tropical garden with palm trees studded in twinkle lights, Euphemia Haye is known for impeccable service, outstanding & eclectic menu, extensive wine list, and indulgent desserts. A longtime favorite of locals and visitors alike, reservations are strongly recommended for the downstairs fine dining but walk-ins are welcome upstairs in the Haye Loft lounge & dessert room. 5540 Gulf of Mexico Dr, Longboat Key 941.383.3633 | www.euphemiahaye.com 394785-1
GROVE specializes in contemporary American offerings and onsite event planning. The menu is elevated yet approachable and locally inspired. Overlooking the charming Main Street center, at Grove there’s room for everyone at the table! Gathering spaces include a casual patio, a relaxing lounge, intimate private rooms and a lively, modern bar. We serve brunch, lunch and dinner. 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch 941.893.4321 | www.GroveLWR.com
LOBSTER, SHRIMP, HADDOCK & COD – OH MY! LOTSA LOBSTER is a Maine and New England seafood market providing fresh haddock, cod, swordfish, tuna, salmon, sea scallops, mussels, steamers, stuffed clams, crab cakes and LOTSA more! We have Chilean sea bass, smoked salmon, halibut, trout, cherry stones and quahogs. Did someone say CHOWDA? Try our clam chowder or Lobster bisque. But wait there is more…. freezer treats include frog legs, octopus, langoustine and crawfish. For land lovers we have a variety of savory marinated meats from Danvers Butchery. Don’t forget your sweet tooth – grab a key lime pie from Sarasota’s own Caribbean Pie Company. Come on in or call ahead. Order ahead for Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14th. 8780 S Tamiami Tr, Sarasota 941.918.2529 | LotsaLobsterSarasota.com
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