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2015 | 2016

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a returning visitor, please use this guide to explore the new and expanded programming of our many arts and cultural organizations. If you are a first time visitor, we encourage you to review this guide closely to learn about the abundance of high quality cultural offerings that will help make your stay a most memorable experience.

From North Port and Englewood to Venice and Sarasota, the area is bursting with top-notch performing arts halls, galleries, museums, art centers, botanical gardens, aquariums and universities.

Exciting cultural festivals abound throughout the year. You can experience opera, ballet, symphony orchestra, professional and community theater, and circus. If your interests include architecture, literary arts or poetry, you will find a mecca of opportunity for inspiration and personal fulfillment while you are here.

We hope this guide will help you find and enjoy the collective energy of Sarasota’s arts and cultural community. If you need additional information, please contact our staff at the Arts and Cultural Alliance. We will be happy to help you in every way possible. Our contact information is: www. sarasotaarts.org | 941.365.5118 ext. 304.

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NATURE – Selections from the Basch Collection January 11 – March 6, 2016

Amer Kobaslija – A Survey of Recent Paintings January 15 – February 17, 2016

Action/Stop/Cut/Paste/Project: Film–Based Work March 4 – April 2, 2016

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eborah Webster, the artist whose work was selected for the cover of this guide, is a mixed media artist living on Anna Maria Island. Her work is inspired by life at the water’s edge, creating images of the movement of water and other natural elements.

Deborah’s undergraduate training focused on psychology and art. She holds a master’s degree in painting and has received various grants and awards for arts-in-education programs developed during her teaching career in a New York state inner city high school.

She was the recipient of an NEA sponsored residency at the Art Institute of Chicago for two summers and in 2007, Deborah was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study aboriginal art as she traveled through Australia. She received the Fulbright Project of the Year in 2008.

Her work has been exhibited in several solo shows as well as numerous juried and invitational exhibits in local and national galleries. In 2002, Deborah was the subject of a PBS documentary, “Horses: Saratoga Style”. She lived in Hawaii for several years as an Artist-in-Residence both at the Kalani Honua Cultural Center on the Big Island and the Keapana Center in Kauai. Her adventures and experiences in Hawaii, Australia, and most recently, on the island of Anna Maria, serve as the inspiration for her work. Currently, she is the owner of Artspace Anna Maria Island, a working studio and gallery. deborahwebster.com

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Performing Arts Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus & Orchestra

Trio Celeste – violin, cello, piano

PO Box 1213 Holmes Beach FL 34218

Amit Peled, cello Noreen Polera, piano

941.795.2370

April 9 – 10, 2016

amicco.org

Concert of New Year’s Eve Waltzes

Anderson & Roe, piano duo; Alexander Markov, violin; Monica Pasquini, soprano; David Mcferrin, baritone

January 24, 2016

May 28 – 29, 2016

Handel – Master of Oratorio Concert

Pop Series

Winter Holidays Concert December 13, 2015

March 5 – 6, 2016

Opera in the Afternoon

Carole J. Bufford, cabaret artist Body & Soul

March 20, 2016

November 14 – 15, 2015

Winter Holidays Concert

Quartetto Gelato Exotic Flavors

February 21, 2016

December 13, 2015

December 5 – 6, 2015

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota

Fred Moyer Trio Tribute to Five Great Jazz Pianists

1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Ste. 300

Quintango – violins, cello, bass, piano

Sarasota, FL 34236

April 30 – May 1, 2016

941.306.1200 artistseriesconcerts.org

My Favorite Things Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein

Performances at the

May 1 – 8, 2016

January 9 – 10, 2016

Historic Asolo Theater Classical Recital Series

Lunch, Look & Listen

Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

Series

October 31 –

Michael’s On East

November 1, 2015

Ballroom

Les Amies – flute, viola, harp

Ann Alton, cello Joyce Valentine, piano

January 23 – 24, 2016

January 21, 2016

Akropolis Reed Quintet – oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, bass clarinet

Miami Guitar Trio

February 20 – 21, 2016

March 17, 2016

February 18, 2016

Gulfshore Trio – violin, cello, piano

North Port Performing

Asolo Repertory Theatre

Arts Center

5555 North Tamiami Trail

Four of a Kind The Miami Saxophone Quartet

Sarasota, FL 34243

January 24, 2016

AsoloRep.org

Dick Hyman – Emmy Award winning pianist

Mainstage

February 21, 2016

West Side Story

My Favorite Things Rodgers & Hammerstein and Gloria Musicae Singers

November 10 –

March 6, 2016

Living on Love

North Port Series

941.351.8000 1.800.361.8388

December 27, 2015

All The Way January 6 – April 9, 2016 January 13 –

Soiree Series

February 25, 2016

Weisenborne/Fischer

Ah, Wilderness!

residence

January 20 – April 10, 2016

Priscila Navarro, piano

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

October 18 – 19, 2015

Songs of Broadway leading man John Raitt Bob McDonald, baritone Joseph Holt, piano

March 9 – April 17, 2016

March 27 – 28, 2016

April 27 – May 29, 2016

Disgraced March 30 – April 24, 2016

Josephine Summer Musical TBA

Special Performances

June 2 – 25, 2016

Jerry Herman’s Broadway

FSU/Asolo Conservatory

Sarasota Opera House

for Actor Training

October 11, 2015

Holiday Brass & Voices

The Real Inspector Hound

Axiom Brass, Gloria

November 3 – 22, 2015

Musicae Singers

The Liar

December 19 – 20, 2015

December 29, 2015 –

Vocal Stars of Tomorrow

January 17, 2016

Holley Hall at the

Macbeth

Symphony Center

February 23 –

April 15, 2016

March 13, 2016

Nora April 12 – May 1, 2016

Banyan Theater Company

Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota

Jane B. Cook Theatre

941.957.0404

5555 N. Tamiami Trail

DiversitySarasota.org

Sarasota, FL 34243

Beatrice Friedman

941.358.5330

Symphony Center

BanyanTheaterCompany.com

Holiday Concert December 4 & 6, 2015

Belle Canto

Spring Concert

c/o First United Methodist

April 30 – May 1, 2016

Church 104 S. Pineapple Avenue

Exsultate! Chorale

Sarasota, FL 34236

PO Box 1004

941.955.0935

Venice, FL 34284

bellecanto.org

941.484.8491

Belles on Broadway

Exsultate.org

November 8, 2015

Venice Performing Arts

Singspiration: If Music Be the Food Of Love

Center

March 6, 2016

December 6, 2015

With a Little Brass Americana

The Circus Arts Conservatory

February 21, 2016

2075 Bahia Vista Street

April 10, 2016

Masterworks

Sarasota, FL 34239 circusarts.org

The First Brass of Sarasota

Shrine Circus

4565 Northlake Drive

October 23 – 24, 2015

Sarasota, FL 34232

Sailor Circus Holiday Show

941.928.0296

941.355.9805

TheFirstBrass.org

December 26 – 29, 2015

Windjammers Concert January 17, 2016

Florida Studio Theatre

Circus Sarasota Winter Performance

1241 North Palm Avenue

February 12 – 28, 2016

941.366.9000

Cirque des Voix

FloridaStudioTheatre.org

Sarasota, FL 34236

March 19 – 20, 2016

Sailor Circus Spring Show

Fall Children’s Show Through November 13, 2015

March 31 – April 9, 2016 Mainstage

One Man, Two Guvnors November 18, 2015 – January 3, 2016

Butler

Ring Sarasota

December 9, 2015 –

April 17, 2016

February 20, 2016

Playreader’s Café

Outside Mullingar

May 18, 2016

February 3 – March 26, 2016

Gloria Musicae

Alabama Story

941.387.6046

April 6 – May 28, 2016

GloriaMusicae.org

A Classic Christmas Cabaret

December 2, 2015

Soul Mates: The Journey to Hitsville

Creation

October 14, 2015 –

Barnum’s Bird

February 6, 2016

April 3 & 5, 2016

Yesterday

Patriotic Spectacular

January 6 – April 30, 2016

July 4, 2016

February 28, 2015

Laughing Matters February 17 – June 11, 2016

Guitar Sarasota 941.362.2991

Glenridge Performing Arts Center

GuitarSarasota.org

7333 Scotland Way

Series

Sarasota, FL 34238

Unitarian Universalist

941.552.5325

Church of Sarasota

TheGlenridge.com

3975 Fruitville Road

The Mongillo Brothers

Sarasota, FL 34232

October 24, 2015

Sarasota Ballet School

Classical Guitarist – Ekachai Jearakul

November 22, 2015

January 16, 2016

The Chorus of The Keys The Four Freshmen

Classical Guitar Duo – Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli

December 13, 2015

February 20, 2016

Lecture - Michael Lasser/ Astaire January 20, 2016

Classical Guitar/Flute Duo – Eugenia Moliner & Denis Azabagic

Michael Lasser & Friends

March 19, 2016

January 23, 2016

Alvaro Pierri

The Lady with All the Answers

April 9, 2016

February 17, 2016

Cynthia Sayer

Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band

February 27 – 28, 2016

7120 Myakka Valley Trail

December 6, 2015

International Concert

Sarasota, FL 34241 JacobitesBand.com

Jazz Club of Sarasota 330 Pineapple Ave, Ste.

30th Annual International Chamber Music Festival

111

April 4, 7, 10, & 13

Sarasota, FL 34236

Musical Chefs

941.366.1552

April 8, 2016

jazzclubsarasota.com

Simply Sonatas at Sainer

36th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival

April 11, 2016

March 6 – 12, 2016

Lemon Bay Playhouse

Key Chorale

96 West Dearborn Street

P.O. Box 20613

Englewood, FL 34223

Sarasota, FL 34276

941.475.6756

941.921.4845

LemonBayPlayhouse.com

KeyChorale.org First United Methodist

Murder at the Howard Johnson’s

Church

October 21 –

Sarasota Choral Festival

November 8, 2015

November 4, 2015

Greg Nielsen’s Jazz Band

Holiday Concert with Clarion Voice

November 21, 2015

November 29, 2015

Over the River and Through the Woods

Bach & Beethoven

December 2 – 20, 2015

February 13, 2016

Marcy Downey “Hits and Bits of the Sullivan Show”

Riverview High School

Cirque Des Voix Performance with Circus Sarasota

January 9, 2016

March 19, 2016

2016

Benderson Park

John Tuff and Friends “No ‘Cryin’ In Your Beer Old-time Country Music”

Tomorrow’s Voices Today April 30, 2016

Plaza Suite January 20 – February 14,

February 20, 2016

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival

7th Annual Shorts Aloud Festival

PO Box 5442

March 9 – April 3, 2016

Sarasota, FL 34277 LaMusicaFestival.org

Tim Allan “String Instrument Concert Musical Variety”

Sonata a Due

April 9, 2016

941.366.8450 x3

December 7, 2015

February 27 – 28, 2016

On Golden Pond

Proof

Diary of Anne Frank

April 27 – May 15, 2016

January 14 – 31, 2016

Making God Laugh

The Rat Pack Together Again!

June 8 – 26, 2016

January 20, 2016

Manatee Performing Arts Center

Under the Radar

502 3rd Ave. West

February 5, 2016

Bradenton, FL 34205

Chess

941.749.1111

February 11 – 28, 2016

ManateePerforming

Valentine’s Day Mascara

ArtsCenter.com

February 13 – 14, 2016

Arts & Lecture Series Nancy Cohen

Yank – the Musical

October 21, 2015

March 6, 2016

Bark – The Musical

David Scarbie Mitchell

October 22 –

February 24, 2016

November 8, 2015

25th Annual Spelling Bee

Ultimate Johnny Cash Tribute

October 29 –

February 26 – 27, 2016

November 15, 2015

Bye Bye Birdie

The Dawsons in Concert

March 17 – April 3, 2016

November 4, 2015

To Kill a Mockingbird

Decades Rewind

April 14 – May 1, 2016

November 9 – 10, 2015

Phantom

Kim Betts & Gamble Creek Band

April 21 – May 8, 2016

November 14, 2015

The Little Mermaid

McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre

December 3 – 20, 2015

1923 Ringling Blvd

The Miracle Worker

Sarasota, FL 34236

December 3 – 20, 2015

941.925.FUNY (3869)

The Little Mermaid Jr.

McCurdysComedy.com

December 5, 2015

Ron Feingold

Joey to the World

October 7 - 11, 2015

December 9, 2015

Scott Novotny

Tribute to the King

November 4 - 8, 2015

December 11 – 12, 2015

Erik Myers

A Very Good Year – New Year’s Eve

November 11 - 15, 2015

December 31, 2015

November 20 - 21, 2015

A Chorus Line

Mike Rivera

January 7 – 24, 2016

November 25 - 29, 2015

January 27, 2016

Neil Diamond Tribute

February 18 –

Iliza Schlesinger

Girls Night Out Male Revue December 1, 2015

Electronic Music Class Concert: The Final Projects

Mike Green

May 12, 2016

December 2 – 6, 2015

Carl Rimi December 9 – 13, 2015

New Year’s Eve with Happy Cole

North Port Performing Arts Association 6400 W. Price Boulevard

December 31, 2015

North Port, FL 34291

Happy Cole

941.426.8479

January 2 – 3, 2016

nppaa.net

Musica Sacra Cantorum

Band

941.405.7322

October 29, 2015

musicasacracantorum.org

A Most Wonderful Christmas!

New Music New College New College of Florida

December 6, 2015

Caples Fine Arts Complex

February 25, 2016

5800 Bayshore Road

For the Birds

Sarasota, FL 34243

March 31, 2016

941.487.4888

The French Connection

NewMusicNewCollege.org

April 28, 2016

Our America!

Something Blue!

January 21, 2016

It’s Broadway, Baby!

Miya Masaoka November 14, 2015

Chorale

JACK Quartet

Tropical Christmas

January 16, 2016

December 12, 2015

Eliza Ladd February 12, 2016

An Evening with Oscar, Allen & Cole

Third Coast Percussion

February 20, 2016

April 30, 2016

April in Paris…And Maybe New York

Special Events

April 16, 2016

The Sarasota String Quartet: Music by New College Student Composers April 24, 2016

Symphony

Field of Screams November 1, 2015

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year December 13, 2015

Love is a Many Splendored Thing

The 39 Steps

January 31, 2016

September 30 –

On Broadway

October 11, 2015

February 28, 2016

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Hooked On Classics

October 28 –

April 3, 2016

November 15, 2015

Broadway Series

She Loves Me

OASIS — Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving

December 2 – 20, 2015

8437 Tuttle Ave., #333

Hand on a Hardbody

Sarasota, FL 34243

February 17 –

941.351.1007

March 6, 2016

OperaForAnimals.org

La Cage Aux Folles

The Drowsy Chaperone January 13 – 31, 2016

March 23 – April 10, 2016

Perlman Music Program/Suncoast

The Smell of the Kill April 27 – May 8, 2016

941.955.4942 PerlmanMusicProgram

Backstage At The Players

Suncoast.org

Series

Perlman Music Program Alumni: In Concert

The COCKfight Play

October 10, November 22,

18 – 22, 2015

2015, & April 17, 2016

Love, Loss and What I Wore

Sarasota Winter Residency

November 12 – 15 &

January 28 – 31 &

December 17, 2015 –

February 3 – 7, 2016

January 2, 2016

Doubt, A Parable

The Perlman Music Program – Suncoast’s Celebration Concert

April 14 – 17 &

January 2, 2016

S.N.A.P. (Something

20 – 24, 2016

New At Players) Series

The Players Theatre

Beneva Fruitville’s Variety Show

838 N. Tamiami Trail

October 16;

Sarasota, FL 34236

November 20, 2015

941.365.2494

January 15; February 5;

ThePlayers.org

March 18; April 22, 2016

Players Follies Play Reading Festival

Sarasota’s Psychic Challenge

October 24 – 25, 2015

October 17, 2015

The Players New Play Festival June 27 – July 1, 2016

Winner of Last Season’s New Play Festival

It Takes a Village

August 25 – 28, 2016

HS PAC)

April 10, 2016 (Riverview April 11, 2016 (Neel PAC)

Players Sing-a-long Events

Ring Sarasota

Rocky Horror

ringsarasota.org

October 16, 2015

The Sounds of Freedom

Grease

November 8, 2015

January 8, 2016

Sound of Music

Holiday Concert with the Bay Chorale

February 12, 2016

December 6, 2015

TBA Summer Sizzler Series 2016

February 21, 28, & April

Cosi

17, 2016

June 15 – 16 & 23 – 26, 2016

Sarasota Ballet

Cyrano

5555 N. Tamiami Trail

July 13 – 17 &

Sarasota, FL 34243

21 – 24, 2016

941.359.0099

Next Fall

SarasotaBallet.org

August 25 – 28, 2016

Best of Theatre of Dreams

The Pops Orchestra

FSU Center for the

P.O. Box 1622

Performing Arts

Sarasota, FL 34230

October 23 – 25, 2015

941.926.POPS (7677) thepopsorchestra.org

MacMillan, Wright & Ashton

State College of Florida’s

Sarasota Opera House

Neel Performing Arts

November 20 – 21, 2015

Center Riverview High School

John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker

Auditorium

Van Wezel Performing

A Christmas Carol

Arts Hall

December 12 – 13, 2015

December 18 – 19, 2015

(Neel PAC)

New Year’s Eve Celebration

Balanchine, de Valois & Graziano

December 31, 2015

FSU Center for the

(Bradenton Area

Performing Arts

Convention Center)

January 29 –

Let’s Be Frank

February 1, 2016

February 21, 2016 (Riverview HS PAC)

The Sarasota Ballet Presents...

February 22, 2016 (Neel

FSU Center for the

PAC)

Performing Arts February 26 – 28, 2016

Van Wezel Performing

Sarasota Concert Association

Arts Hall

PO Box 1714

April 8 – 9, 2016

Sarasota, FL 34230

Wheeldon & Ashton

941.225.6500

Sarasota Opera House

scasarasota.org

Ashton & Balanchine

April 29 – 30, 2016 Great Performers Series Film and Lecture Series

Van Wezel Performing

FSU Center for the

Arts Hall

Performing Arts

777 N. Tamiami Trail

Film

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Dame Margot Fonteyn

January 26, 2016

November 2, 2015

Cleveland Orchestra

Violette Verdy

January 31, 2016

January 11, 2016

Miró String Quartet

25 Years of The Sarasota Ballet

February 15, 2016

TBA

Russian National Orchestra Vasily Petrenko, conductor

March 7, 2016

March 8, 2016

February 8, 2016

Olga Kern, piano Lecture

March 14, 2016

Marguerite and Armand November 11, 2015

Munchtime Musicales

Mr. B

Series

January 20, 2016

Beatrice Friedman

The History of The Sarasota Ballet

Symphony Center

February 17, 2016

Cheryl Losey Feder & Ann Hobson Pilot, harpists

A Wedding Bouquet March 16, 2016

Sarasota Choral Society

709 N. Tamiami Trail

November 18, 2015

The Jazz Trio - Moore, Goodman, Mancini

SarasotaChoralSociety.org

December 16, 2015

Church of the Palms

Handel’s Messiah

The Bridge Trio - Piano, violin & Cello Tschanz, Brunelle, Sanderling

December 5, 2015

January 20, 2016

Sarasota Chorus of the Keys

Sister Team Cynthia Lawing and Gloria Cook, premier solo pianists

ChorusoftheKeys.org

February 17, 2016

Presbyterian Church

Sarasota Opera Studio Artists

Brendan Nolan

March 16, 2016

Hank Woji & Eileen Kozloff

Belle Canto Women’s Chorus April 13, 2016

October 26, 2015

November 30, 2015

Holiday of Song December 14, 2015

Sarasota Concert Band

Small Potatoes

2936 Webber Place

Sparky & Rhonda Rucker

Sarasota, FL 34232

February 29, 2016

941.650.1177

Yo Mamas (Carolyn & Carly)

sarasotaconcertband.org

January 25, 2016

April 25, 2016

Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company

Invitational May 23, 2016

(Formerly Fuzión Dance

Paul Garfinkel & Al Scortino

Artists)

June 27, 2016

8437 Tuttle Ave. #160

Ellen Bukstel

Sarasota, FL 34243

July 25, 2016

941.345.5755

Buddy Mondlock

sarasotacontemporary

August 29, 2016

dance.org

New College Black Box Theatre Close Up

Sarasota Jewish Chorale

October 15 –18, 2015

941.355.8011 SarasotaJewishChorale.org

Jane B. Cook Theatre December 3 – 6, 2015

Sarasota Music Archive

Retrospect

Selby Public Library

March 17 – 20, 2016

Gelbart Auditorium

Evolving Revolving

1331 First Street

June 2 – 5, 2016

Sarasota, FL 34236

Voices of Fuzión

941.861.1168

Sarasota Folk Club

SarasotaMusicArchive.org

941.371.1433 SarasotaFolk.org

Fall Music Film Series

Sarasota Sailing Squadron

Music from the Inside Out

1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy.

October 14, 2015

Sarasota, FL 34236 941.377.9256

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Larry Mangum

November 4, 2015

September 28, 2015

Lecture and Performance Series

The Verdi Connection, Sarasota Opera Studio Artists

Special Mother’s Day Concert A Music Tribute to Mothers May 7, 2016

Aida, Giuseppe Verdi

Sarasota Music Club

January 13, 2016

PO Box 19613

Turandot, Giacomo Puccini

Sarasota, FL 34276

January 20, 2016

SarasotaMusicClub.org

Piano Masterworks Mary Rose Norell, piano

Eicher Auditorium,

January 27, 2016

Just Friends – Lyn Purmort, soprano Bob Constantino, piano

January 6, 2016

Vocal Vixens of Jazz February 3, 2016

Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven February 10, 2016

941.925.3602

Sunnyside Village

October 16, 2015

I Solisti Woodwind Quintet

A Program of Celtic Music, Gregory Martin, piano

November 20, 2015

February 17, 2016

December 18, 2015

La Battaglia di Legnano, Guiseppe Verdi

Bello Canto, Elizabeth Goldstein, Director

February 24, 2016

January 15, 2016

Songs We Grew Up With Manon Lescaut, Giacomo Puccini

Lena Cambis with advanced violin students from Sarasota Music Academy

March 9, 2016

February 19, 2016

Flute & Harp, A Match Made in Heaven, Cheryl Losey, Harp; Betsy Hudson Traba, Flute

Olivia Swann, Irish harp and poetry

March 2, 2016

Holiday Music – Sunnyside Singers

March 18, 2016

March 16, 2016

Scholarship Luncheon, Winners’ Performance

Elektra, Richard Strauss

April 23, 2016

March 23, 2016 Other Events

Puccini’s La Boheme with Phyllis Lowitt October 28, 2015

Sarasota Opera

2015-2016 Lectures

61 North Pineapple Avenue

It’s a Scandal!

Sarasota, FL 34236

October 15, 2015

941.328.1300

The Tenor Voice

SarasotaOpera.org

October 22, 2015

Opera House Tours

Opera vs. Opera

November 2 & 9, 2015;

October 29, 2015

February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29,

My System is better than Your System

March 7 & 14, 2016

November 5, 2015 2015 Fall Season

Puccini’s La bohème

2015-2016 Meet the Artists

October 30, November 1,

La bohème

4, 10, 12, 15, 17, 2015

October 20, 2015

Hans Krása’s Brundibár

Aida

November 14, 2015

January 26, 2016

Così fan tutte 2016 Winter Opera

February 2, 2016

Festival

Fidelio

Verdi’s Aida

February 9, 2016

January 30, February 4, 7,

The Battle of Legnano

10, 20, 23, 28, March 2,

February 23, 2016

5, 13, 15, 19, 2016 February 6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21

Sarasota Opera Guild

& 26, March 4 & 12, 2016

941.374.2914

Beethoven’s Fidelio

sarasotaopera.org

Mozart’s Così fan tutte

February 13, 18, 24, 28, March 1, 5, 11, 2016

Social & Singing Events

Verdi’s The Battle of Legnano

Sarasota Opera House

February 27, March 3, 6,

17 2015,

8, 12, 16, 18, 2016

January 19, February 16,

October 20, November

March 8, 2016 2015-2016 Season Concert Performances

Performances/Lectures

Forbidden Music – The Music Banned by the Nazis

Tosca’s Kiss

November 7, 2015 March 9, 2016

Music to Lift Up Your Hearts - Richard & Stacy Ridenour, piano

The Young Verdi Concert

October 7, 2015

March 17, 2016

Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco

Artists Choice Concert

The Verdi Cycle Grand Finale Concert March 20, 2016

September 25, 2015

November 9, 2015

Opera and Art

Disney in Concert

February 5, 2016

March 18 – 19, 2016

Villains and Victims

The Beat Goes On

February 25, 2016

April 15 – 16, 2016

Prologues

Great Escapes

Unity Church, Sarasota

Movie Night

La bohème

October 14 – 17, 2015

October 26, 2015

Snow Globe

Aida

December 9 – 12, 2015

January 11, 2016

Crazy for Classics

Cosí fan tutte

January 13 – 16, 2016

January 18, 2016

A Song In My Heart

Fidelio

February 10 – 13, 2016

January 25, 2016

Unforgettable

The Battle of Legnano

March 2 – 5, 2016

February 1, 2016

Latin Nights May 4 – 7, 2016

Sarasota Orchestra 709 N. Tamiami Trail

Chamber Soiree

Sarasota, FL 34236

Quintets and Tuba

941.953.3434

October 1, 2015

SarasotaOrchestra.org

Percussion Perfect October 29, 2015

Masterworks

Mozart Fest 1

The Emperor

January 29, 2016

November 6 – 8, 2015

Mozart Fest 2

Eroica

January 31, 2016

December 4 – 6, 2015

Splendid Strings

Winter Dreams

February 25, 2016

January 7 – 10, 2016

Brass to Bassoon

All About Mozart

March 6, 2016

February 4 – 7, 2016

Cello Time

Maestro

April 21, 2016

February 19 – 21, 2016

Our Town

Special Events

March 11 – 13, 2016

Thrill of a Lifetime

Legends

February 27, 2016

April 1 – 3, 2016

Sarasota Music Festival June 6 – 25, 2016

Pops

Memories of My Favorite Things January 22 – 23, 2016

State College of Florida

New Odyssey

5840 26th Street Bradenton, FL 34207

Jay White – America’s Diamond

941.752.5252

March 20, 2016

February 28, 2016

scf.edu Theatre Music/Dance

Howard Studio Theatre

Neel Performing Arts

Play #1: TBA

Center

October 2 – 4 & 9 – 11,

Faculty Recital: Aza Torshkoeva, piano

2015

October 1, 2015

November 20 – 22 &

Fall Festival of Music Concert

27 – 29, 2015

Play #2: TBA

The Civil War

Suncoast Concert Band

October 23 – 25, 2015

12308 Lobelia Terrace

Faculty Recital: Martha Lopez, soprano

Lakewood Ranch, FL

November 5, 2015

941.907.4123

Symphonic Band Concert: Let’s Hear It for the Girls!

SuncoastConcertBand.org

November 12, 2015

Presbyterian Church

Symphony Orchestra Concert: A Night at the Circus

November 8 & 22,

November 17, 2015

February 7, March 6, April

Dance Recital

3 & 17, May 1, 2016

December 3, 2015

Holiday Concert

Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors

December 8, 2015

December 13, 2015,

Jazz Bands in Concert

January 17, February 14,

December 10, 2015

March 13, April 10, 2016

Sundays at Neel

Special Concerts at Church of the Palms

October 6, 2015

Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol December 13, 2015

Glenn Miller Orchestra January 17, 2016

The Brothers Four January 24, 2016

Buddy & Beyond February 14, 2016

34202

Concert Season at Northminster

December 6 & 20, 2015; January 10,

January 24, February 21, March 20, 2016

Theatre Odyssey PO Box 1383

Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker

Sarasota, FL 34230

December 28, 2015

941.799.7224

The Producers

TheatreOdyssey.org

December 30, 2015

Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival Ten-Minute Play Festival

Salute To Vienna New Year’s Concert with The Strauss Symphony of America

May 5 – 8, 2016

January 3, 2016

January 15 – 16, 2016

42nd Street

USA Dance

January 20 – 21, 2016

Sara Dance Center

Joshua Bell

5000 Fruitville Road

January 30, 2016

Sarasota, FL 34232

Yanni

941.685.7026

February 2, 2016

DanceWhiteSands.com

Masters of Illusion – Believe the Impossible

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

February 4, 2016

777 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34236

Neil Berg’s 107 Years of Broadway

941.953.3368

February 17, 2016

VanWezel.org

John Cleese and Eric Idle

Moscow Festival Ballet – Cinderella

October 2, 2015

February 24, 2016

Shen Yun Orchestra October 13, 2015

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Beauty and the Beast

February 25, 2016

October 14, 2015

Kristin Chenoweth

Rick Springfield

February 27, 2016

October 15, 2015

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

The Ultimate Doo Wop Show October 24, 2015

Lewis Black: The Rant Is Due: Part Deux

The Book of Mormon February 9 – 14, 2016

March 1, 2016

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat March 3 – 4, 2016

Straight No Chaser

Disney Fantasia Live in Concert

November 19, 2015

March 9, 2016

Craig Ferguson: The New Deal Tour

The Joffrey Ballet

December 1, 2015

Saturday Night Fever

Daryl Hall & John Oates

March 16, 2016

November 13, 2015

December 2, 2015

March 10, 2016

Bullets Over Broadway March 21, 2016

Love Is In the Air – Qol Quartet

Stomp

February 12 – 13, 2016

March 22, 2016

Vive la France – Ann Hobson Pilot, Soloist

Linda Eder with Robert Cuccioli March 24, 2016

Million Dollar Quartet March 26, 2016

March 25 – 26, 2016

Tales of Enchantment – Joy Chatzistamatis, Soloist

Broadway! The Big Band Years

April 15 – 16, 2016

April 4, 2016

April 29 – 30, 2016

Feelin’ Groovy

Mamma Mia! April 19 – 20, 2016

Venice Theatre

Performances as of August 9, 2015. Please visit vanwezel.org for updates

140 West Tampa Avenue

Venetian Harmony Chorus

Main Stage

701 North Indiana Ave

September 29 –

Englewood, FL 34223

October 18, 2015

941.480.1480

Hair

VenetianHarmony.com

November 10 –

Venice, FL 34285 941.488.1115 VeniceStage.com

Exit Laughing

December 12, 2015

The Venice Symphony

A Christmas Carol

Venice Performing Arts

Noises Off

Center

January 12 – 31, 2016

One Indian Ave.

Ragtime

Venice, FL 34285

February 16 –

941.488.1010

March 13, 2016

TheVeniceSymphony.org

Germanic Gems – Tai Murray, Soloist

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum

November 20 – 21, 2015

April 5 – 24, 2016

Festive Sounds of the Season

Stage II

December 18 – 19, 2015

Scandinavian Scenes – Mackenzie Melemed, Soloist January 15 – 16, 2016

December 17 – 21, 2015

The Beauty Queen of Leenane November 5 – 22, 2015

Sweeney Todd January 21 – February 14, 2016

Venus In Fur March 31 – April 17, 2016

Harry James and the Andrews Sisters

Metamorphoses

February 6, 2016

April 28– May 15, 2016

Let’s Hang On February 21 – 22, 2016

Cabaret

Rave On

Church Basement Ladies

February 28 – 29, 2016

October 2 – 25, 2015

The Kingston Trio

The Great American

February 6 – 7, 2016

Trailer

ECS

Park Christmas Musical

March 18 – 20, 2016

December 3 – 20, 2015

Monday, Monday

Rocky Horror

April 10 – 11, 2016

February 26 – March 19,

Close to You

2016

April 17 – 18, 2016

Generations

Education & Outreach

A Christmas Carol

The 24th Annual Silver Fox Show

December 17 – 21, 2015

James and The Giant Peach May 17 – 22, 2016

March 22 – 26, 2016

The 21st Annual Loveland Show June 2 – 5, 2016

Special Events

The Alter Eagles November 15 – 16, 2015

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe

The James Taylor Experience

1646 10th Way

December 6 – 7, 2015

941.366.1505

The Sounds of Christmas

westcoastblacktheatre.org

December 22 – 23, 2015

The Color Purple

The All American Swing Experience

October 14 – November

December 29 – 31, 2015

A Motown Christmas

The Capitol Steps

December 2 – 31, 2015

January 17 – 18, 2016

The Diamonds

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

January 24 – 25, 2016

January 13 – February 20,

Back Home Again: A Tribute to John Denver

2016

January 31 –

March 2 – April 9, 2016

February 1, 2016

Driving Miss Daisy

Sarasota, FL 34236

21, 2015

The Sam Cooke Story

April 20 – May 28, 2016

visualize museums & visual arts

MUSEUMS & VISUAL ARTS Anna Maria Island Art League

Holiday Pottery Sale

5312 Holmes Boulevard

Winter Fest

Fur, Feathers, Flora & Fauna Juried Open Show / Wood Artists John Mascoll & Jim O’Donnell Curated Show

December 12 – 13, 2015

December 8, 2015 –

Spring Fest

January 8, 2016

March 12 – 13, 2016

Artful Holidays

Holmes Beach, FL 34217 941.778.2099 IslandArtLeague.org

December 4 – 5, 2015

December 10 – 12, 2015

Art Center Manatee 209 9th Street West

A Portrait of Us by Mary Whyte & Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society

Bradenton, FL 34205

January 12 –

941.746.2862

February 19, 2016

ArtCenterManatee.org

Girls Night Out

An Intimate Evening with Mary Whyte

October 2, November 6,

January 13, 2016

December 4, 2015

Used but Useful Sale

January 15 & 29,

February 19 – 20, 2016

February 5 & 19,

Fine Craft & Photography Juried Open Show & 12 X 12 Juried Open Show

March 8, April 8, 2016

Art Matters-Juried Open Show & Art

by Kids with Cancer-Curated Show Through October 2, 2015

February 23 – March 25, 2016

Fine Arts Festival of Manatee County

Endangered by Lloyd Roberts-Curated Show / Go with the Flow Juried Open Show / Photos from Far & Near by Nell Rude-Curated Show

February 27 – 28, 2016

October 6 –

April 22, 2016

November 6, 2015

Spring Pottery Sale

All Things Considered Juried Open Show / Over 80 & Still CreatingCurated Show

April 15 – 16, 2016

November 10 –

April 26 – May 27, 2016

December 4, 2015

Snatch It March 5, 2016

Florida Life-Juried Open Show / Member Show-Juried Open Show March 29 –

Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Curated & Student Show Juried Open

Art Center Sarasota

Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island

707 N. Tamiami Trail

5414 Marina Drive

Sarasota, FL 34236

Holmes Beach, FL 34217

941.365.2032

941.778.6694

ArtSarasota.org

AMIArtistsGuildGallery.

Molly Wicks installation / Delicate Balance (Joan Lyons/Meg Pierce) / Sarasota - Art Student Discovery / Daily News (Juried)

com

October 15 –

Wall of Water Acrylic Painting with Kathy Sparks

November 21, 2015

SARTQ Exhibition / Young Guns / ASALH Black Muse 2016 / Visually Speaking (Juried)

Gallery Window Theme – Home Coming October 1 – 31, 2015

Show & Tell at Gallery October 5, 2015

October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015

December 10, 2015 –

Chinese Brush Painting with Renee Vickery

January 16, 2016

October 14, 2015

Petticoat Painters / Kevin Costello Installation / MASHterpieces III / New/Renew (Juried)

Silhouettes/Elephants with Mara Trumbo

March 17 – April 23, 2016

North Sarasota County Schools Spring Art Show April 26 – May 7, 2016

October 28, 2015

Gallery Window Theme – artsHOP November 1 – 30, 2015

Drawing & Colored Pencil with Roger Rockefeller

Drew Galloway / Techno/ Digital Art Project: Sarasota / Local 707 (Juried, members only)

November 2, 9, 16, 23,

May 19 – June 25, 2016

November 2, 9, 16, 23,

Florida Flavor IV

30, 2015

July 7 – August 13, 2016

Words, Melodies & Art

Tasha Lewis sculptures / Local Photographers Invitational / Project: Sarasota / Blurred Lines (Juried)

November 2, 2015

August 25 –

Palm Frond Masks with Dee Pastorius

September 30, 2016

30, 2015

Photography & Photoshop with Mariarosa Rockefeller

Values in Watercolor with Cheryl Jorgenson November 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015

November 11, 2015

artsHOP November 13 – 15, 2015

Gallery Window Theme – Let’s Do Christmas

Plein Air Adventure Painting – Jeff Markowsky

December 1 – 31, 2015

November 3 –

Anna Maria Island Gallery Walk

December 30, 2015

December 4, 2015

November 7, 2015

Chinese Brush Painting with Renee Vickery

Plein Air Painting at the Hermitage Artist Retreat

December 9, 2015

November 20, 2015 –

Marketing & Licensing Your Art

January 31, 2016

December 7, 2015

Fall Open House

Pop-Up Exhibition Series: Dearborn Street Farmers Market

Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit

January – February, 2016

941.404.5710

January 2016

EmbracingOur

Spring Open House

Differences.org

January 16, 2016

Exhibit in Island Park

Talking Creativity – Artist Talks: Jane Fine

April – May 2016

Talking Creativity – Artist Talks: Cynthia Mason

Exhibit in Bradenton Riverwalk

February 2016

April – May 2016

Warren Loranger Gallery

Abstract Multi-Media

Englewood Art Center

September 15 –

A Division of Ringling

Reception:

College of Art and Design

October 3, 2015

350 South McCall Road Englewood, FL 34224

Conservation | Art + Earth

941.474.5548

November 3 – December

ringling.edu/eac

17, 2015

October 30, 2015

Reception: Events

November 7, 2015

Bites & Bytes: Brown Bag Lunch and Technology Mini-Workshop Series

Nature Reflected

Third Friday of the Month

Reception:

October 2015–

January 16, 2016

March 2016

Human-Made | Recycled, Reused, Repurposed = Art

Talking Creativity – Artist Talks: SARTQ November 2015

January 12 – February 19, 2016

February 23 – March 30, 2016 Reception: February 27, 2016

20th Annual Youth Art Exhibition

Linda Lee Foster Paul

April 2 – 7, 2016

December 16, 2015

Reception: April 2, 2016

Reception:

Person, Portrait, Pose | Poets + Painters

November 7, 2015

April 12 – May 13, 2016

January 12 –

Reception: April 16, 2016

February 19, 2016

November 3 –

Englewood Camera Club

Reception: Ken Mitchell Gallery

January 16, 2016

Erik Groff + Michael Wyshock

Boca Grande Arts Alliance

September 8 –

February 23 –

October 28, 2015

March 30, 2016

Reception:

Reception:

October 3, 2015

February 27, 2016

SARTQ: Green

Sheryl Unwin

November 3 –

April 5 – May 11, 2016

December 16, 2015

Reception: April 16, 2016

Reception: November 7, 2015

Members Gallery

Cynthia Mason: Space Makers

Artist TBD

January 5 –

October 30, 2015

February 13, 2016

Reception:

Reception:

October 3, 2015

January 16, 2016

Johan Bjurman

Jane Fine

November 3 –

February 17 –

December 17, 2015

March 30, 2016

Reception:

Reception:

November 7, 2015

February 27, 2016

Carole LaFountaine

Rick Reeves

January 12 –

April 5 – May 11, 2016

February 19, 2016

Reception: April 16, 2016

Reception:

September 12 –

January 16, 2016 Mangrove Gallery

Russ Burch

Paul Findlay: Fire in the Night

February 23 –

September 8 –

Reception:

October 28, 2015

February 27, 2016

Reception:

Sherry O’Connell

October 3, 2015

April 5 – May 13, 2016

April 1, 2016

Reception: April 16, 2016

Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 1701 Ringling Blvd.,

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS)

Sarasota, FL 34236

7215 11th Avenue West

941.330.0680

Bradenton, FL 34209

FineArtsSarasota.com

941.792.0608

Guided Art & Backstage Tours at The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

SuncoastWatercolor Society.com

First Tuesday of each

Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda

month, October – May

October 24 –

Annual Creators & Collectors Tour

November 30, 2015

March 11 – 12, 2016

ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton January 12 –

Florida Maritime Museum

February 19, 2016

4415 119th St W

Ringling College Galleries - Sarasota

Cortez, FL 34215

May 20 – June 10, 2016

941.708.6120 floridamaritimemuseum.org Permanent Collections

The Blake Banks Collection Ship Models Maritime Library Featured Exhibits

Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center 525 Kumquat Court Sarasota, FL 34236 941.545.5635 Sarasotapeacenter.com

Doktor Nik: A Selekt Retrospektive

Maritime Mythologies: Sailor Superstitions

Through November 2,

October 9 – December 4, 2015

Grant Peeples & The Sarah Mac Band

America at Sea

October 10, 2015

December 11, 2015 –

Badi Assad Concert

February 14, 2016

October 17, 2015

2015

Brian Smalley & Roy Schneider October 30, 2015

The Slambovian Circus of Dreams November 6, 2015

The Artist’s Closet: A Clearinghouse Art Fest November 7, 2015

World Culture Art Exhibit Opening: Cuba

Holiday Nights at Ca’ d’Zan

November 14 –

November 12 & 19,

December 21, 2015

December 3, 10, 17, 2015

Bruce Jackson Attica Photographic

Ringling by the Bay

January 9 –

21, 2015; January 18,

February 14, 2016

February 18, March 21,

Spuyten Duyvil in Concert

April 18, May 16, 2016

January 15, 2016

December 3, 2015

The Exonerated Play Reading

Exhibitions

February 4 – 5, 2016

I Have a Name Art Exhibit

November 16, December

Holiday Splendor

Back and Forth: Thinking in Paint Through October 25, 2015

February 20 – 22, 2016

Clowns!

World Culture Art Exhibit: India

Through November

March 26 – April 24, 2016

Paul Rudolph

Tim Grimm in Concert

Through December

April 15, 2016

6, 2015

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling)

30, 2015

Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China October 9, 2015 – January 10, 2016

941.359.5700

Glittering Grandeur: Spectacles under the Big Top

Ringling.org

December 4, 2015 –

5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243

February 29, 2016

Art After 5

Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

Every Thursday evening

January 15 – April 17, 2016

throughout the year

Ringling Underground

Ink, Silk and Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

November 5, 2015,

February 5 – May 1, 2016

Events

Joseph’s Coat Skyspace Thursday & Friday evenings

February 4, March 3, April 7, 2016

Films

Gatehouse Gatherings

National Theatre Live

October 16 – 18, 2015

October 23, November 13,

Jazz Sunsets on the Bay

December 11, 2015,

October 16 – 17, 2015

January 8 & 22, 2016

Performance

Ringling International Arts Festival

Longboat Key Center for the Arts Division of Ringling College

October 15 – 18, 2015

of Art and Design

Ronnarong Khampha

6860 Longboat Drive South

October 16 – 17, 2015

Longboat Key, FL 34228

Jen Shyu - Solo Rites: Seven Breaths; Orkes Sinten Remen; Peni Candra Rini; Phare: The Cambodian Circus; Tom Lee: Shanks’ Mare

941.383.2345

October 16 – 18, 2015

October 9, 2015

Programs

Key Influence Panel Discussion

The Literati Book Club

October 21, 2015

November 5 – 6, January 7 – 8,

The Interpreted Landscape: Malcolm Robertson & Cindy Mason Exhibition

February 4 – 5, March 31,

November 13, 2015 –

April 1, May 5 – 6, 2016

January 16, 2016

ROAR! The Ringling Order of Art Readers

Reception:

October 3, November 7,

March 5, April 2,

James Corwin Johnson Documented Travel Photography Opening & Artist Talk

May 7, 2016

December 9, 2015

Gallery Walk and Talk October 22, November 19,

2nd Annual Contemporary Glass Art Auction

December 17, 2015,

January 29, 2016

February 13, 2016

Bayfront Gardens Workshop: Plant a Palm!

Public Opening: Contemporary Figurative Glass Art Exhibition

October 17, 2015

January 30, 2016

Viewpoint: A Brilliant Dynasty

Annual Community Juried Exhibition

October 24, 2015

March 9 – 30, 2016

Collecting Recollections

Reception: March 9, 2016

December 5 & 10, 2015,

December 5, 2015, January 9, February 6,

November 3 & 17, December 1, 2015

Study Day: A Brilliant Age: New Perspectives on the Ming Dynasty November 14, 2015

ringling.edu/lbkca (See website for schedule)

Key Influence on display October 9 – 30, 2015 Reception:

November 13, 2015

Manasota Weavers Guild P.O. Box 17876 Sarasota, FL 34276 ManasotaWeaversGuild.com

An Affair to Remember April 1, 2016

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy

941.364.2199

2121 North Tamiami Trail

foundation.org

Sarasota, FL 34234

SAF Film: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

941.364.3399 whimsymuseum.org

sarasotaarchitectural

October 6, 2015

North Port Art Center

SarasotaMOD Architecture Festival

5950 Sam Shapos Way

November 6 – 8, 2015

North Port, FL 34287 NorthPortArtCenter.com

Sarasota Museum of Art

Bazaar and Surreal

1001 S. Tamiami Trail

Through

Sarasota, FL 34236

October 17, 2015

941.309.SMOA

Patron’s Art Show

sarasotamuseumofart.org

October 26 –

Anticipated opening: first

November 9, 2015

half of 2016

941.423.6460

Celebrate the Season November 16, 2015 – January 9, 2016

Sarasota Sculpture Center 1662 Floyd Street

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

Sarasota, FL 34239

PalmAvenue.org

sarasotasculpturecenter.org

An Evening of Classics

941.928.4445

October 2, 2015

Selby Gallery

A Prelude to Season

Ringling College of Art

November 6, 2015

and Design

37th Annual Holiday Walk

2700 North Tamiami Trail

December 4, 2015

941.359.7563

Art of the Violin

Ringling.edu/SelbyGallery

January 1, 2016

Annual Faculty Exhibition

Romancing the Arts

October 2 – 31, 2015

February 5, 2016

A Taste of Palm Avenue

Ringling College Campus Artwalk

March 4, 2016

November 6, 2015

Sarasota, FL 34234

Cuban Art from the Collection of Jorge Reynardus

State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery

November 6 –

5840 26th St. West

December 9, 2015

Bradenton, FL 34207

Student Curatorial Projects from BU 455

941.752.5225

November 18 –

“Phantasmagorical”: The World of Elisabeth Stevens

December 2, 2015

Siesta Key Crystal Classic

scf.edu/ArtGallery

October 16 – December 9, 2015

Sarasota, FL 34242

Surface Design Guild Sarasota

941.349.3800

SarasotaSurfaceDesign.com

siestakeycrystalclassic.com

Exhibitions & workshops

Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Festival

offered year round.

5114 Ocean Blvd.

November 13 – 17, 2015

The Southern Atelier 7226 21st Street East

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota 8069 Stirling Falls Circle Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.1765 americantapestryalliance.org

Sarasota, FL 34243 TheSouthernAtelier.org

Towles Court Art District

Exhibitions & workshops

1938 Adams Lane

offered year round.

Sarasota, FL 34236

941.753.7755

South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium

941.587.9851 TowlesCourt.com

Art Walks Third Friday of every month

201 10th Street West 941.746.4131

Two Columns Gallery

SouthFloridaMuseum.org

Ringling College Student

See History, Science &

Exhibition Space

Education section for listings.

1947 Ringling Boulevard

Bradenton, FL 34205

Sarasota, FL 34236 1947gallery.blogspot.com

Venice Art Center 390 Nokomis Avenue

Everything ArtMember’s Show

Venice, FL 34285

March 4, 2016

941.485.7136

Angles, Lines and Curves

VeniceArtCenter.com

April 8, 2016

Americana-Members Show

South County Public School Show

October 16, 2015

Sarasota Chalk Festival Artists

May 7, 9, 11 & 12, 2016

November 9 – 16, 2015

June 10, 2016

Art in Motion November 27, 2015

Annual Tea December 4, 2015

Celebrate the Blues

Women Contemporary Artists

Simply Sensuous, a Feast for the Senses

941.358.9159

January 8, 2016

Artists.com

Bling Thing Jewelry Show January 16, 2016

Spring Exhibit: Art and Frame of Sarasota

Fine Arts Show

March 10 – April 8, 2016

February 20, 2016

WomenContemporary

expand history,

science & education

History, Science & Education Adult and Community Enrichment Center

Valentine’s Day Campout February 13 – 14, 2016

4748 Beneva Road

Guitar Sarasota

Sarasota, FL 34233

GuitarSarasota.org

941.361.6590

See Listing in Performing

ACE-Sarasota.com

Arts Section

Alliance Francaise de Sarasota

Hermitage Artist Retreat

200 S. Washington

6660 Manasota Key Road

Boulevard, Ste 2

Englewood, FL 34223

Sarasota, FL 34236

941.475.2098

941.955.0700

HermitageArtistRetreat.org

AFSarasota.org

See Arts Communities & Organizations for event

Big Cat Habitat 7101 Palmer Blvd.

listings.

941.371.6377

Historical Society of Sarasota County

BigCatHabitat.org

1260 12th Street

Sarasota, FL 34240

Sarasota, FL 34236

Crowley Museum & Nature Center

941.364.9076

16405 Myakka Road

Historic Trolley Tours

Sarasota, FL 34240

November 14, December

941.322.1000

5, 2015, January 9 & 30,

CrowleyFL.org

February 20, March 12,

Full Moon Hikes

April 2 & 30, 2016

October 27, November January 23, February 22,

Myakka River – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

March 23, April 22,

October 13, 2015

May 21, 2016

Historical LeBarge Cruise

Community Service Volunteer Day

November 1, 2015

25, December 25, 2015

HSOSC.com

October 9 – 11, 2015

Sarasota’s Treasures – Lost & Saved

Crawleyween

November 10, 2015

October 23 – 25, 2015

Thanksgiving Campout

Antiques, Arts & Collectibles Fair

November 24 – 27, 2015

November 14, 2015

Holiday Escape Campout

Fascinating Florida

December 11 – 12, 2015

January 12, 2016

Sunday in The Park January 17, 2016

Nureyev –“Personal Memories of a Genius”

Private Tour of Ca’ d’Zan

January 28, February 4

January 19, 2016

& 18, 2016

The Great Developers: Past & Present

Modern American Poetry

February 9, 2016

February 29, 2016

TBA

Toscanini and Beethoven

March 8, 2016

January 12 –

Historical Perspectives Through Local Museums

March 1, 2016

April 12, 2016

Longboat Key Education Center

Historic Burns Square

January 11 –

5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Ste 212

Pineapple Avenue

Longboat Key, FL 34228

between Ringling Avenue

941.383.8811

and Mound Street

LBKEducationCenter.org

Historic Spanish Point

Manasota Weavers Guild

337 North Tamiami Trail

ManasotaWeaversGuild.com

Osprey, FL 34229

See Museums & Visual Arts

941.966.5214

section for complete

HistoricSpanishPoint.org

listings.

Story Telling Festival November 13 – 14, 2015

Fairy House Festival March 5, 2016

Lifelong Learning Academy

Manatee County Agricultural Museum 1015 6th St. West Palmetto, FL 34221 941.721.2034

8350 N. Tamiami Trail

manateeclerk.com/

Sarasota, FL 34243

historical/AgMuseum.aspx

941.359.4296

Halloween Social

lla-sm.org

October 17, 2015

20th Century Dance Greats

Christmas in the Park

October 12 –

Night for the Museum

November 16, 2015

February 20, 2016

Art Talks

Heritage Festival

October 13 –

March 12, 2016

November 17, 2015

Holocaust Film Series October 29, November 12 & November 19, 2015

December 4 – 5, 2015

Manatee Village Historical Park

Wine, Dine and Pine

1404 Manatee Ave. East

Lights in Bloom

Bradenton, FL 34208

December 18 – 23 &

941.749.7165

December 26 – 30, 2015

manateeclerk.com/

New Year’s Eve at Selby

historical/manateevillage.

December 31, 2015

aspx

Garden to Plate Plant & Garden Festival

Spirit Voices from Old Manatee October 1 – 4, 8 – 11, & 15 – 18, 2015

December 3, 2015

February 27 & 28, 2016

Spring Garden Music Series

A 1915 Florida Cracker Christmas

Sundays, April & May 2016

December 13, 2015

May 8, 2016

Heritage Days Open House

Tropical Fourth of July

March 5, 2016

July 4, 2016

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 811 South Palm Avenue

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

Sarasota, FL 34236

1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy

941.366.5731

Sarasota, FL 34236

Selby.org

941.388.4441

Gardens of the Mind – Dr. Joel Elkes at 102, a Retrospective

Mote.org

Through November 15, 2015

October 23, 2015

Living Sculpture – The Art of Air Plants

Shindig Teach-AKid Fishing Clinic

Through November 29, 2015

November 7, 2015

Garden Music Series

Back to our Roots

William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig Honoring Captain Scotty Moore

October 16 –

November 13 – 14, 2015

November 15, 2015

Selby Spooktacular

30th Annual Run For The Turtles

October 31, 2015

April 2, 2016

Sundays, October 4 – 25, 2015

Mother’s Day Brunch

Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright

Member Appreciation Day November 7, 2015

Year-Round Exhibits

New American Botanicals – The Art of MF Cardamone

Shark Zone Creatures from the Reef Florida Bay Habitats Sea Turtles: Ancient Survivors

November 20, 2015 – March 3, 2016

Manatees From the River to the Seas Oh Baby! Life Cycles of the Sea

New Topics New College Speaker Series

The Symphonic Life III: Inside the Repertoire October 19 – November 30, 2015

My Five Year Old Could Have Painted That & Who Was Vincent VanGogh?

October 20 – November 10, 2015

5800 Bay Shore Road

The Sarasota Ballet’s 25th Anniversary Season

Sarasota, FL 34243

October 20 –

941.487.4153

December 1, 2015

ncf.edu/new-topics-new-

See website for upcoming

The Outsider in Fiction: From Eastern Europe — Discontent & Alienation & The Technological Art Revolution

topics.

October 21 –

New College of Florida

college Benefiting New College Foundation

December 2, 2015

Palmetto Historical Park

The Exotic Dream: 19th Century Orientalist Artists

515 10th Ave. West

October 22 –

Palmetto, FL 34221

December 3, 2015

941.723.4991 manateeclerk.com/

Great Compositions Rooted in Native Music

historical/palmettopark.aspx

January 12 –

Halloween Social

February 17, 2016

October 17, 2015

December 4 – 5, 2015

New Stars from Old Galaxies: Contemporary Jazz Vocalists & Their Creative Impressions

Heritage Festival

January 13 –

March 12, 2016

February 17, 2016

Christmas in the Park & Silent Auction

Pierian Spring Academy

Cinema of Ingmar Bergman Hollywood’s Biggest Night January 13 –

221 Beach Road #128

February 17, 2016

Sarasota, FL 34232

Play Reader’s Circle

941.716.2471

January 14 –

PSAsrq.org

February 18, 2016

War & Music October 19 –

The Concerto from Vivaldi to Bartok

November 16, 2015

January 15 – February 17, 2016

Four Operas at Sarasota Opera (2016)

Ringling Town Hall Lecture Series

January 15 –

Benefiting Ringling

February 29, 2016

College Library

Minority Artists in the Mainstream World

Association

February 29 –

RCLassociation.org

March 21, 2016

Amy Tan - Platinum Dinner Speaker

The Symphonic Life II: Inside Musicians’ Lives February 29 – April 4, 2016

941.925.1343

January 6, 2016

The Technological Art Revolution

President Shimon Peres: Ninth President of the State of Israel

March 1 – April 5, 2016

January 19, 2016

Transcending the Jewish “Artless Tradition”

Jim Messina & Karl Rove

March 2 – 23, 2016

Sir Ken Robinson

The Outsider in Fiction III: The Disenfranchised & The Powerless

February 16, 2016

March 2 – April 6, 2016

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)

This Is a Real Romance: Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning

February 3, 2016

Robin Roberts March 7, 2016

March 15, 2016

Powel Crosley Estate

Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, Inc.

One Seagate Drive

941.953.8727

Sarasota, FL 34243

HistoricSarasota.org

941.722.3244

26th Annual Historic Homes Tour – St.Armand’s Key

March 3 – 24, 2016

powelcrosleyestate.com

Ringling College of Art and Design

March 6, 2016

941.351.5100

Sarasota Architectural Foundation

Ringling.edu

941.364.2199

See Englewood Art

SarasotaArchitectural

Center, Longboat Key

Foundation.org

Center for the Arts and

See Museum & Visual Arts

Selby Gallery listings in

for schedule.

2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234

Museums & Visual Arts.

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL)

Film Fridays

Box 219

Every Friday Night

8499 S. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34238

Family Night at the Museum

941.365.6404

First Saturday every month

SILLSarasota.org

think + drink (science)

Sarasota & Venice Global

Second Wednesday every

Lecture & Music Series

month

Schedule available

Stelliferous Live!

online.

Last Wednesday every

941.746.4131 southfloridamuseum.org

month

Sarasota Jungle Gardens 3701 Bay Shore Road

Tapestry Artists of Sarasota

Sarasota, FL 34234

941.359.1765

941.355.5305

americantapestryalliance.org

SarasotaJungleGardens.com

See Museum & Visual Arts

Schedule of events

for schedule.

available online.

Venice Heritage

SOULSPEAK/ SOULMOVES

P.O. Box 1190

Soulspeak.org

941.237.0478

Workshop & event info

veniceheritage.org

available online.

Holiday Tea

Venice, FL 34284

December 27, 2015

South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium

Venice Book Fair & Writers Festival

201 10th Street West

May 26, 2016

Bradenton, FL 34205

March 19, 2016

Venice Heritage Annual Dinner

engage festivals &

fairs

Festivals & Fairs OCTOBER 2015 Beers, Boats, and Bacon Festival Nathan Benderson Park WorldClassRowing.com October 10, 2015

Ringling International Arts Festival The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Ringling.org October 15 – 18, 2015

Dragon Boat Festival 2015 Nathan Benderson Park WorldClassRowing.com October 17, 2015

Taste of St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 17, 2015

7th Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival Sarasota Payne Park sarasotapumpkinfestival. com October 23 – 25, 2015

Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun & Fright Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34236 941.388.4441 Mote.org October 23, 2015

21st Annual Downtown Sarasota Art & Craft Festival 5 Points Park & Central Ave artfestival.com October 24 – 25, 2015

St. Armands Boat Show St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 24 – 25, 2015

Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/ Events October 30, 2015

Venice Main Street Halloween Parade venicemainstreet.com October 30, 2015

Fright Night: Halloween on St. Armands St. Armands Circle, Sarasota starmandscircleassoc.com October 31, 2015

NOVEMBER 2015 28th Annual Downtown Venice Art Fest 941.484.6722 West Venice Avenue Downtown Venice venicemainstreet.com artfestival.com November 7 – 8, 2015

Sarasota Medieval Fair

Festa Italiana Greenbrook Adventure Park LakewoodRanch.com/ Events November 14, 2015

Suncoast Food & Wine Fest Sarasota Polo Club at LWR 941.870.0002 suncoastfoodand winefest.com November 14, 2015

Sarasota Fairgrounds sarasotamedievalfair.com November 7 – 8, 14 – 15, 21 – 22, 2015

Harvest Festival

Sarasota Chalk Festival

Venice Brews & Blues Festival

Mixon Fruit Farms mixon.com November 21 – 22, 2015

ChalkFestival.com West Miami Ave., Venice November 9 – 16, 2015

venicemainstreet.com jazzbluesflorida.com November 21, 2015

ArtsHop

Siesta Key Village Annual Holiday Lighting

941.778.2099 culturalconnections.info November 13 – 15, 2015

Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Festival 5114 Ocean Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34242 siestakeycrystalclassic.com November 13 – 17, 2015

27th Annual St. Armands Art Festival St. Armands Circle, Sarasota artfestival.com November 14 – 15, 2015

siestakeyvillage.org November 28, 2015

Venice Main Street Holiday Parade venicemainstreet.com November 28, 2015

DECEMBER 2015 Venice Main Street Christmas Walk venicemainstreet.com December 3, 2015

6th Annual Sarasota Craft Show

JANUARY 2016

Robarts Arena sarasotacraftshow.com December 4 – 6, 2015

10th Annual Coquina Beach Winterfest Arts & Craft Show

37th Annual Holiday Night of Lights

2650 Gulf Drive sunsetboulevard promotions.com January 9 – 10, 2016

St. Armands Circle starmandscircleassoc.com December 4, 2015

Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton bradentonbluesfestival.org December 5, 2015

Olde Englewood Village Winter Fine Arts Festival West Dearborn Street oldeenglewood.com December 5 – 6, 2015

Holidays Around the Ranch LakewoodRanch.com/ Mainstreet December 11, 2015

28th Annual Winterfest Festival of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Anna Maria Island Art League IslandArtLeague.org December 12 – 13, 2015

20th Annual Anna Maria Islandfest Arts & Craft Show 5801 Marina Drive sunsetboulevard promotions.com January 16 – 17, 2016

Venice Nokomis Rotary Arts Festival Venice Airport Grounds VeniceNokomisRotary.org January 16 – 17, 2016

9th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival Main Street, Venice artfestival.com January 23 – 24, 2016

18th Annual Downtown Sarasota Art in the Park Main St. & Gulf Ave. sunsetboulevard promotions.com January 23 – 24, 2016

SaraSolo Festival 1058 North Tamiami Trail Suite 108 #255 Sarasota, FL 34236 941-323-1360 January 23, 24, 30 & 31, 2016

9th Annual Forks and Corks dineoriginal.com January 29 – 30, 2016

13th Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival artfestival.com January 30 – 31, 2016

22nd Annual Winterfest at the Mansion Arts & Craft Show

28th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts Main Street, Sarasota artfestival.com February 13 – 14, 2016

22nd Annual Siesta Key Craft Fair Ocean Blvd. & Beach Road artfestival.com February 27 – 28, 2016

Orange Blossom Festival

Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota sunsetboulevard promotions.com January 30 – 31, 2016

Mixon Fruit Farms mixon.com February 28 – March 1, 2016

Sarasota Masters Art Festival

MARCH 2016

boulderbrook.net Palm Avenue, Historic Downtown Sarasota January 30 – 31, 2016

The Grand Tasting 2016 At The Ringling dineoriginal.com January 31, 2016

FEBRUARY 2016 Grand Ovation at Lakewood Ranch Lakewood Ranch Main Street LakewoodRanch.com/ Mainstreet February 6, 2016

15th Annual Downtown Venice Art Classic West Venice Ave., Venice artfestival.com March 5 – 6, 2016

36th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival JazzClubSarasota.com March 6 – 12, 2016

27th Annual Springfest Fine Arts & Crafts Anna Maria Island Art League IslandArtLeague.org March 12 – 13, 2016

Florida Winefest & Auction floridawinefest.org March 17 – 20, 2016

Sarasota County Agricultural Fair

Venice Shark Tooth Festival

Sarasota Fairgrounds sarasotafair.com March 18 – 27, 2016

Venice Airport festival grounds sharkstoothfest.com April 8 – 10, 2016

The Rotary Club of Englewood’s Fine Arts Festival

38th Annual Siesta Fiesta

Dearborn Street, Englewood englewoodrotary.org March 19 – 20, 2016

artfestival.com Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village April 9 – 10, 2016

Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival

De Soto Heritage Festival

Centennial Park, Downtown Venice venicebookfair.com March 19, 2016

7th Annual Downtown Sarasota Springfest Arts & Craft Show Main & Pineapple Street sunsetboulevard promotions.com March 26 – 27, 2015

APRIL 2016 Sarasota Film Festival SarasotaFilmFestival.com April 1 – 10, 2016

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival LaMusicaFestival.org April 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 2016

desotohq.com April 2016 (TBD dates)

MAY 2016 13th Annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival Main Street, Sarasota artfestival.com May 7 – 8, 2016

SUMMER 2016 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau SarasotaFL.org/savor June 1 – 14, 2016

Sarasota Music Festival sarasotaorchestra.org June 2016

connect arts communities &

organizations

ARTS COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County

The Persistence of Memory

1226 N. Tamiami Trail,

Tony Eprile

Ste 300

November 2, 2015

Sarasota, FL 34236

Plein Air Painting with the Englewood Art Center!

941.365.5118 SarasotaArts.org

Book Discussion – Author

17th Annual Awards Ceremony

November 20, 2015

Van Wezel Performing

Community Programs,

Arts Hall

Artist Talks, Beach

October 26, 2015

Readings, The Composer

Principal’s Luncheon

Series, and Open Studio

Marie Selby Botanical

dates.

Gardens

Check website for

November 4, 2015

Historic Burns Square

Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island

Pineapple Ave. between

5414 Marina Drive

St.

Holmes Beach, FL 34217

Ringling Ave. & Mound

AMIArtistsGuildGallery.com

Main Street at Lakewood Ranch

See Museums & Visual

8100 Lakewood Ranch

Arts for complete

Blvd.

event listings.

Bradenton, FL 34202

941.778.6694

941.907.9243

Hermitage Artist Retreat

LakewoodRanch.com/

6660 Manasota Key Road

Music on Main

Englewood, FL 34223

Free concerts the first

941.475.2098

Friday of each month.

HermitageArtistRetreat.org

Classic Car Show

Beach Reading – Florida Association of Teaching Artists

First Wednesday of each

October 2, 2015

Mainstreet

month.

Team Toy Ride/ Celebration October 4, 2015

10th Anniversary Celebration

Tour de Cure

October 16, 2015

Relay for Life

Boo Run

April 16, 2016

October 31, 2015

Tribute to Heroes Parade

Cyclefest

May 29, 2016

April 10, 2016

November 1, 2015 November 13, 2015

Events at Lakewood Ranch

Horsepower for Hope

6220 University Parkway

November 21, 2015

Lakewood Ranch, FL

Ponies under the Palms

34240

November 22, 2015

941.907.6000

Christmas Season Celebrated

LakewoodRanch.com/

December 3, 10, 17, 18,

Harvest Moon Classic

2015

October 8 – 11, 2015

Breakfast/Lunch with Santa

Tour of Homes

December 6, 13, 19, 20,

22, 2015

2015

20th Anniversary Party

Jingle Bell Run – Arthritis Foundation

Premier Sports Campus at

December 5, 2015

October 23, 2015

Holidays Around the Ranch

Boo Fest

December 11, 2015

Lakewood Ranch

Jingle Bell Run – FL Cancer Specialists

October 30, 2015

December 18, 2015

Greenbrook Adventure

Chanukah Celebration

Park

December 7, 2015

November 14, 2015

Christmas Photos with Santa at the Cinema

Suncoast Food & Wine Fest

December 9, 2015

Sarasota Polo Club

Suncoast Half Marathon

November 14, 2015

January 24, 2016

Grand Ovation

47th Annual Devereaux-Kaiser Car Meet

February 6, 2016

January 31, 2016

Empty Bowls

events

October 16 – November

Lakewood Ranch

Premier Sports Campus at

Festa Italiana

MS Walk March 5, 2016

Take Stock in Children 5k

Manatee County Cultural Alliance 926 12th Street West

March 6, 2016

Bradenton, FL 34205

JDRF Walk

941.746.2223

April 9, 2016

ManateeArts.org

Palm Avenue Arts Alliance

Sarasota Pen Women

PalmAvenue.org

941.342.8542

First Friday Gallery Walks

SarasotaPenWomen.com

See Museums & Visual Arts for complete event

The Bat Lady’s Journey Brenda Spalding

listings.

October 14, 2015

Realize Bradenton

My Journey into Art Beverly Fleming

941.621.6471

November 11, 2015

realizebradenton.com

Holiday Gala

Bradenton Blues Festival

December 9, 2015

December 5, 2015

Silent Auction, Fundraiser Student Awards

The Rosemary District

January 13, 2016

East of US 41, North of

Senior Student Awards

Fruitville Road, centered

Luncheon

on Central Ave.

February 9, 2016

Founded in 1886, this historic district offers dining,

“Paradise FL” Tony Stopperan

art, shopping, and more.

March 9, 2016

Sarasota Film Society

Towles Court Art District

941.364.8662

1938 Adams Lane

FilmSociety.org

Sarasota, FL 34236

Burns Court Cinemas

TowlesCourt.com

506 Burns Court

Third Friday Art Walks

Sarasota, FL 34236

6 – 10 pm monthly

Lakewood Ranch Cinemas

Venice Main Street

10715 Rodeo Drive #8

941.484.6722

Lakewood Ranch, FL

venicemainstreet.com

34202

See Festivals & Fairs

Cine-World Film Festival

section.

November 6 – 15, 2015

Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc.

Village of the Arts Bradenton, FL 941.747.8056

P.O. Box 17292

VillageoftheArts.com

Sarasota, FL 34276

Art Walks

ItalyInSarasota.com

First Friday & Saturday

See website for a listing

every Month. Schedule of

of lectures and events.

workshops & events available online.

Centerstone Art in Recovery Show

Village Reunion

October 2 – 31, 2015

Open Studio Tour

Community Trickor-Treat

February 27, 2016

October 31, 2015

January 17, 2016

Village Brunch and Fashion Show

Festival of the Skeletons Artwalk

March 19, 2016

November 6 – 7, 2015

April 9, 2016

Village Garden Walk

Village Wide Yard Sale Small Business Saturday

Visit Sarasota County

November 28, 2015

701 N. Tamiami Trail

A Village Christmas Artwalk

Sarasota, FL 34236

December 4 – 5, 2015

VisitSarasota.org

One Week Till Christmas Shopping Event!

Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week

December 19, 2015

June 1 – 14, 2016

November 14, 2015

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