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RSVP | CALENDAR MARCH 2020 COMMUNITY EVENTS SPONSORED BY SRQ MEDIA
SILL LECTURE SERIES JANUARY–MARCH Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) is preparing for its 49th year of popular global issues lectures and musical conversations. Speakers of global issues lectures are well-known and highly experienced experts. sillsarasota.org
PAWS IN MOTION DOG WALK FUNDRAISER HUMANE SOCIETY OF MANATEE COUNTY
SWAC LECTURE
MARCH 7 Annual Paws in Motion Dog Walk Fundraiser is March 7, 2020 at Caddy’s Bradenton. The walk is a one mile stroll along the Manatee River starting and ending at Caddy’s Bradenton at 801 Riverside Drive E. The event includes Vendor Village, music, great food and prizes. Humanemanatee.org
MARCH 23 Join the Sarasota World Affairs Council for a Special Event at Selby Gardens, “The Rising Tide: Increasing Demand for Climate Action,” featuring Loren Blackford, President of the national Sierra Club. Ms. Blackford will discuss the rising demand for climate action worldwide and the implications for Florida? sarasotawac.org
HANDLE WITH CARE FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE
ART OF PERFORMANCE: COMPANHIA URBANA DE DANÇA
MARCH 8 Florida Studio Theatre is proud to produce Handle With Care. A young woman from Israel, Ayelet, reluctantly joins her grandmother on a trip to the United States. Circumstances both absurd and tragic bring Ayelet, who has li le command of the English language, together with Josh, a young American man who has li le command of romance. Is their inevitable love an accident? floridastudiotheatre.org
MARCH 26-28 Companhia Urbana de Dança brings its dancers’ identities, testimonials, and a itudes to the stage with an upbeat, Afro-Brazilian accent. The group is firmly positioned in the most contemporary urban dance scene in Brazil and internationally, and choreographer Sonia Destri Lie’s boldly original mix of contemporary Brazilian dance and hip-hop infuses both forms with new rigor, meditative one moment, explosive the next. ringling.org
SUNSHINE FROM DARKNESS: INSPIRING HOPE DINNER
WOMEN OF MEDICINE | SMH FOUNDATION
FLORIDA STUDI THEATRE: LIGHT MY FIRE FEBRUARY 5 - JUNE 14 Florida Studio Theatre is proud to produce Light My Fire. There was one constant in America in the 1960s: change. New musicians, writers, and artists inspired a cultural revolution across the country. With hits by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and more, Light My Fire celebrates the musical soundtrack of one of America’s most turbulent and electrifying decades. floridastudiotheatre.org
ASOLO REPRETORY’S INTO THE BREECHES FEBRUARY 12 - MARCH 21 “We Can Do It!” said Rosie the Riveter, and so say the women of Sarasota, Florida in this vibrant new comedy. It’s 1942. World War II is on and the leading men of Sarasota’s local playhouse are off at war. But the show must go on and a group of passionate, but inexperienced performers rally together to produce their season opener, an ambitious all-female production of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V. asolorep.org
SARASOTA OPERA: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE FEBRUARY 22 - MARCH 21 Love is Intoxicating. Nemorino’s love is unwavering, but Adina won’t give him a second glance. All is saved by Dulcamara’s love potion—or is it? Come watch “The Elixir of Love” at the Sarasota Opera House. sarasotaopera.org
CAT DEPOT WHISKERS AND WAVES GALA MARCH 6 The Cat Depot’s upcoming Whiskers & Waves gala is taking place March 6, 2020 at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. This special evening will be a magical celebration under the sea! Guests will enjoy entertainment, hand-cra ed cocktails, delectable bites prepared by awardwinning Zildjian’s catering, delicious desserts and our best silent auction to date. catdepot.org.
MARCH 14 Lee & Bob Peterson Foundation present Sunshine from Darkness Inspiring Hope Dinner. The dinner benefits the mental health services of Coastal Behavioral Healthcare and First Step of Sarasota as well as funding much needed mental health research. Featuring three celebrity speakers: Steve Ford, actor, mental health advocate and son of former President Gerald Ford and First Lady Be y Ford, Kathy Cronkite, mental health advocate, author and daughter of broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite, and Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “Life Animated.”
ART OF PERFORMANCE: DALHAK BRAITHWAITE MARCH 13–14 Addiction, religion, and the law intersect in a court-ordered drug rehabilitation program. A timely exploration of the American criminal justice system, this multidimensional play blurs the line between hip-hop and dramatic performance. Dahlak Brathwaite (writer/performer) weaves through the autobiographical and the fictional, music and monologue, to examine his place in what appears to be a cultural rite of passage as a young Black male. Ringling.org
MARCH 27 This year marks the 8th Anniversary of Women & Medicine and will feature informative presentations and lively interactive discussions by Sarasota Memorial physicians. To date, Women and Medicine has raised more than $415,000 to support various programs and departments at the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. This year’s proceeds will benefit Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. SMHF.org
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 27 - APRIL 5 The 22nd Annual Sarasota Film Festival returns again this year, bringing filmmakers, celebrities, and guests from all over the World to gather and celebrate film at its finest. sarasotafilmfestival.com
HEAR & NOW AND ALL THAT JAZZ EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION MARCH 29 True to Founder & CEO Dr. Herbert Silverstein’s passion for hearing health and jazz music, the Ear Research Foundation combines the two to celebrate the foundation’s 41 years of research, education and community care programs. earrf.org
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