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“I refuse to listen to people who say there’s nothing here,” Tim Jaeger says.

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Jaeger rules the

ROOST Other artists have big-city dreams, but Tim Jaeger sees Sarasota as a blank canvas.

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JAEGER RULES

THE ROOST Other artists have big-city dreams, but Tim Jaeger sees Sarasota as a blank canvas.

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rtist Tim Jaeger spent a few summers living in a 900-year-old chateau/ vineyard/ and animal sanctuary in southern France beginning in 2008. In a conversation about his career, Jaegar mentions this almost as an afterthought, yet the experience was considerably influential.

It’s why he started painting roosters, the series for which he’s most well known.

Ah, the mark of a prolific artist.

Jaeger posts up on a red chair where he is drinking coffee from a blue plastic cup in his garage-turned-studio-space off University Parkway. Jaeger is a Sarasota-based artist thriving in this city — and he’s proud to paint it red, blue, yellow or any other color he chooses.

Behind him are four canvases painted with loose sketches

Photo by Mallory Gnaegy

“It takes a lot of work to survive as an artist; you have to go triple time in order to go single time,” Tim Jaeger says.

of Sarasota Ballet dancers; he is just beginning to work on them — one of his many projects. Jaeger dons bright yellow flip-flops in 50-degree weather and his gray Tshirt and jeans are as paint-splattered as a Pollock.

He explains that the owners of the chateau split their time between France and Sarasota, where they met Jaeger at the now-defunct Canvas Café in Towles Court — Jaeger was the gallery director at the restaurant/gallery. The couple covered his expenses in France as a commission for two of his works and a wine-bottle label.

“I was the artist guy walking around the south of France drinking wine and painting animals,” he says with a laugh.

His studio was on an overgrown portion of the property in Montret, France. Occasionally, he’d buy a rooster at the market, take it back to his studio and let it roam around while he painted it. The animal sanctuary’s collection of roosters grew to more than 30 while Jaeger lived at what he lovingly refers to as “the most heavenly art jail.” There wasn’t a phone, computer or TV, and Jaeger doesn’t speak French — the

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This relationship is exemplary of the kind of networks Jaeger has built since moving to Sarasota from Kentucky in 1998, when he started his education at Ringling College of Art and Design. It’s why the charismatic artist’s name is all over Sarasota.

“There’s always something I’m doing,” he says.

Jaeger just painted one of the six pianos featured in the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County’s public art project. Go figure, there’s a rooster on it. He works at Selby Gallery helping with the day-to-day operations of the teaching gallery. He curated the “All in the Family” exhibit at The Ice House and will curate the David Budd retrospective there this spring. He founded Sarasota Visual Arts, an online visual art news source relating to Sarasota and surrounding communities.

He’s represented by State of the Arts Gallery. His work is featured at trendy restaurant Indigenous and at former Sarasota chef Derek Barnes’ new establishment in Bradenton. And he just joined the Public Art Committee.

Out of all his activites, Jaeger is particularly excited about his new collaborative series featuring Sarasota Ballet dancers. Jaeger gets up from the chair and flips through a series of black-andwhite photographs he took at their rehearsals for John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker.

He points to a photo of two boys snacking on Cheez-Its in the corner during rehearsal. He shows

another of two dancers having a conversation — one is nonchalantly en pointe. He turns these photos into sketches and then into paintings. Right now, he’s working on a painting of one dancer fixing the broken strap of another dancer’s costume. He’s hoping to break down the persona of the perfect ballerina by focusing on their daily lives. He has wanted to do this project combining visual arts with the performance arts for awhile.

“I think it’s really all tied together in the end,” he says. “When we work as a community, we can share experiences and ideas and we just get stronger.”

Jaegar says it’s difficult to succeed as a fine artist. It’s a myth that someone is going to stumble across your studio and find you — young artists need to do the legwork. Jaeger worked four or five jobs to supplement his income when he first graduated in 2002; he did everything from hanging paintings, to dog-sitting and creating logos for guns. He hates it when people ask him why he doesn’t live in a big city.

“We have the resources here,” he says.

He advises younger artists to plug in to the arts scene and meet people. He doesn’t understand why they’d want to go to a big city — the blank canvas for success is here. Plus, he says, there is a beach, a nice downtown, impeccable food, the sunshine, a community of enthusiasts and great organizations that support the arts.

“Why would I want to move?” he says.

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A sketch of one of the Sarasota Ballet pieces Jaeger is currently painting.

From left: "Moment of Pause" (48 inches by 60 inches); "CS # 6" (36 inches by 48 inches); and "Backstage in Violet" (48 inches by 60 inches) all on display at State of the Arts Gallery.

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‘Last Lists of My Mad Mother’ 8 p.m. at The Players Theatre Runs through Feb. 9.

Tickets $15. Call 365-2494.

Masterworks Series: ‘Colors of Love’ Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center (Thursday) 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (Friday and Saturday) 2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (Sunday) Tickets $30 to $84. Call 953-3434.

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‘The Colors that Surround Me’ Exhibit by Bettina Sego Harmony Gallery at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center On display through March 3.

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Tickets start at $30. Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1

7th annual Grand Ovation Noon at Main Street, Lakewood Ranch. Free. Call 757-1548.

Recital Series: Ritz Chamber Players Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Runs through Sunday.

Tickets $25 to $45. Call 360-7399.

‘R. Luke Dubois — Now’ The Ringling On display through May 4.

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Winterfest at the Park 10 a.m. at Philippi Estate Park Free. Call 379-0951.

Jazz at Two: Kitt Moran, vocalist The Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist

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Great Performer Series: East Coast Chamber Orchestra Sarasota Concert Association 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $40 to $75. Call 955-0040.

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if the painting requires things, when I need them, I go through my sketchbook and find them. (I used sketches) from the corner of Palm Avenue and Main Street where there is an outdoor café.

I have lunch there quite often and I make sketches of people going by and I used that in my sketchbook. The trees in the background and some of the architecture is from Santa Barbara, and there’s probably some French stuff in there, too.”

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‘Boeing, Boeing’ runs through Feb. 2, at Venice Theatre.

‘The Prima Donettes’ runs through Feb. 7, at Florida Studio Theatre.

‘Delval Divas’ runs through Feb. 9, at Island Players.

‘Thurgood’ runs through Feb. 22, at Florida Studio Theatre.

‘Other Desert Cities’ runs through Feb. 26, at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

‘Philadelphia, Here I Come!’ runs through Feb. 27, at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

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John Goodman passes Sarasota Concert Association baton IF YOU GO East Coast Chamber Orchestra East Coast Chamber Orchestra is a collective of musicians from renowned orchestras and chamber groups from around the world. They play less than 10 concerts a year.

When: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5 Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail Cost: Tickets are $40 to $70 Info: Call 955-0040 or visit scasarasota.org.

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“The board is in good hands with the new president, Joy McIntyre,” says John Goodman, former president of Sarasota Concert Association. formances sell out. In 2003, he joined the board, and in 2005 he became president.

As president, he’s proud the organization was always in the black — even through the recession. He’s also proud that it is an amiable board full of people willing to serve a great deal of time.

The challenges the group faces are the same with other classical-

music groups around the country — namely, attracting a younger audience. He also thinks it is becoming more difficult to fill a season with household names in this genre because there is not the same exposure to classical music as 30 years ago. He hopes it can continue without having to sacrifice the original intention of focusing on classical music.

“We shouldn’t sell out,” he says. “Either we have to find an audience for the real thing we are offering or don’t offer it.”

He doesn’t think all of the board members agree with him on this aspect, but he doesn’t want to be a backseat driver. For now, he’s content in letting his friend Joy McIntyre run the ship — it’s in good hands, he says. His plea is that people spread the word about what he thinks is an exceptional series.

“I think that the (people) who value SCA need to promote it,” he says. “It’s one of the very rich cultural organizations in the city, and I think we’d be very poor without it both for the Great Performers Series and for Munchtime Musicales.”

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When Goodman first moved here from Boston in 2002, tickets to the series were hard to come by. He could only get them from a friend on the board. He says some people still have the belief that tickets are hard to get, but he promises it is not as difficult today, though a few of the per-

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If you ask John Goodman what his favorite Sarasota Concert Association performances have been, he’ll rattle off a list of concert pianists. He sits in his home at Plymouth Harbor, where he speaks about enjoying the concert by Grammy-winning artist Emanuel Ax, the unique recitalist Marc-André Hamelin as well as Lang Lang, one of the most recognizable names who have performed in the series.

The former president of Sarasota Concert Association’s past career was teaching music theory and composition at Boston University School of Music — it’s no wonder the pianist gravitates toward those like himself.

He’s been playing since he was 3 years old.

For the past 69 years, Sarasota Concert Association has brought contemporary classical-music performers from around the world to perform in its Great Performers Series at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets range from $40 to $75, or less if you purchase a subscription series. Its mission is to provide as inexpensive tickets as possible.

It also hosts Munchtime Musicales, a series of free community concerts featuring local artists.

Goodman was the president of SCA for eight years. In April, the association named Joy McIntyre as its new president. She was Goodman’s friend and former colleague from Boston University since 1987.

SCA is honoring his service at a luncheon featuring a performance by Metropolitan Opera baritone Jason Stearns at 11:30

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Sarasota Orchestra and Gloria Musicae give a behind-the-scenes look All eyes are on Maestro Andrew Lane, Sarasota Orchestra’s Pops Series conductor. He raises his hands cueing Sarasota Orchestra, the three guest Broadway artists and chorus, Gloria Musicae. It’s Thursday Jan. 23, the day before Sarasota Orchestra’s first Pops Series concert “Broadway Bound.”

The show is sold out both nights at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

There’s a drum kit, an electric guitar and an electric bass. Musicians don jeans for rehearsal, and musician jokes are cracked between playing and singing.

It’s the kind of thing you don’t typically get to see.

Every musician learned the familiar show tunes before rehearsing with his or her respective groups (as any professional musician would).

Though, it came a little easier for the guest vocalists who have performed some of the music hundreds of times. For instance, Susan Egan, the original Belle in Broadway’s “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” who also starred on Broadway as Millie in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” sang a few songs from this repertoire. It was the same for the other two guests artists, Gary Mauer and Christiane Noll.

The musicians had different scores from the vocalists, who had different scores from the vocal ensemble, who had a different score from Andrew Lane — but with a few little pencil marks, it came together nicely.

The hardest part of the process was getting the show tunes out of the musicians’ heads once the concert ended.

IF YOU GO Sarasota Orchestra Pops Series: Satchmo, Fats & The Duke When: 8 p.m. Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29 Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail Cost: Tickets $32 to $69 Info: Call 953-3434 or visit sarasotaorchestra.org.

Gloria Musicae: A Night at the Opera When: 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16

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Where: First United Methodist Church, 104 S. Pineapple Ave. Cost: Tickets $31.50 Info: Call 955-7676 or visit gloriamusicae.org.

 Maestro Andrew Lane directs Sarasota Orchestra  Guest artist Gary Mauer at Thursday's rehearsal

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THEATER // ‘Other Desert Cities’

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“Other Desert Cities” runs through Feb. 27, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Call 351-8000 or visit asolorep.org for more information.

Call it the boiling-frog trick. Put the frog in the pot and turn up the heat. Do it slowly, and the frog never notices. Baitz’s play starts out in sitcom land. Slowly, slowly, it takes you into the boxing ring — as it should.

A good play is like a prize fight. The playwright announces the contenders. In this corner: a liberal writer. In that corner: her oldschool Republican parents. Fight!

The fight feels rigged at first. You get the sense the playwright tied Lyman and Polly’s hands behind their backs to make them easy targets for Republican bashing. Lyman is a Hollywood actor who specialized in death scenes and found a second life as a rightwing policy flack. J. Kenneth Campbell plays him with the right note of Ted Baxter slickness. Polly (Lauren Klein) is a Texas fireball with an acid wit and an absolute conviction that the right way and her way are the same thing. Mom and Dad feel like upscale Archie Bunkers; strawmen, designed to be dislikable. And, boy, does Brooke dislike them. Her memoir indicts them for her brother’s suicide — a bomb she drops at Christmas. Brooke’s body language indicts

them, too.

Lucy Lavely plays this character as a smoldering mass of need, hurt and anger. But, in her passive-aggressive way, Brooke is just as combative as her mom — and the fight goes on. Brooke’s brother, Trip, and her aunt stay safely behind the ropes while making color commentary. Trip seems to be the only one with any sense in the Wyeth family. Benjamin Williamson plays him with the knowing sneer of a young Jack Nicholson. Brooke’s addled Aunt Silda has her own kind of sense. It’s an intermittent intelligence, flickering on and off like an old neon sign. Caroline Michel gets into this character’s skin. Her performance is a comic, crowd-pleasing delight.

The Wyeth bout unfolds in the arena of a mid-century modern manse crafted by Judy Gailen. This family may be miserable, but they live in a really cool house.

So, who wins the fight?

That would be telling. At root, fights about politics are fights about philosophy. There’s an obvious philosophical counter to Brooke’s blame: Your brother had blood on his hands.

Blame him, not us. It’s the obvious thing to say, but her parents never say it. Strawmen, right? Wrong. What I assumed was dishonesty was a feint. Baitz cleverly tricks you into buying Brooke’s damning judgment of her parents. He gets you on Brooke’s side. He manipulates you into believing the character assassination of a book you haven’t read.

Then he hits you with his final sucker punch.

I won’t spoil it. But I will say: The arguments of the Left and Right can feel as scripted as championship wrestling. Each has its stock cast of good guys and bad guys. Each has its standard rants. But the human heart is more complicated than that. The human family is, too.

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America has been the arena for a running brawl between the Left and Right since before Upton Sinclair was in diapers. For some, the factional fight is a family feud.

The Asolo Rep’s production of Jon Robin Baitz’s “Other Desert Cities” introduces us to one such family. Meet the Wyeths! They’re an HBO sitcom-worthy grab bag of dysfunctionality. They’re living in Palm Springs — and learning lessons about life and love.

Aunt Silda is a happy dry drunk. Mom and Dad are two rock-ribbed Reagan Republicans named Polly and Lyman. Their son, Trip, produces a cheesy reality TV show. Their daughter, Brooke, is a writer who just can’t make it in the real world.

Baitz (a Hollywood refusnik) draws us in with happy sitcom rhythms. It’s a trick. You put your guard down — then he hits you.

Dark material surfaces, written material.

After a long bout of writer’s block and a spell in a mental institution, Brooke is about to publish a tell-all memoir spilling a painful family tragedy all over its pages. Back in the 1970s, Brooke’s older brother, Henry, helped some Weather Underground-variety radicals blow up an Army recruiting center, burning a janitor alive in the process. According to Brooke’s memoir, Henry came to his parents for help. They rejected him, and he killed himself. Brooke’s book blames her parents and their rigid Republican values. Liberal hope fiend that she is, Brooke wants her parents’ approval before she publishes this book. She does not get it.

Director Greg Leaming gets it. He unpacks Baitz’s dense text and makes you feel like you’re looking at real human beings interacting in space and time. A good play doesn’t feel like a play; it feels like eavesdropping. In Leaming’s hands, that’s what you feel. That, and a sense of tension. It’s a tough trick to pull off, but he does it.

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Remember the teacher you had in high school who informed the class he was going to “mark on a curve” to put everyone in the best possible light? That’s what I’m going to be doing in this review of the recent Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel concert performed at the Van Wezel.

By any standards of musical excellence, this ensemble must be considered a community orchestra; one that hopes to become professional but, for now, is more of an amateur group that loves to make music.

Founded in 1950, the orchestra — according to the program notes — “has become the focal point of musical life in Haifa and the north of Israel.” It has several thousand subscribers “of all ages” who attend its six subscription programs. And the orchestra has done great things for the community: reaching out to children, holding master classes and offering the people of northern Israel opportunities to hear the great music they love.

Last week’s concert in Sarasota was the orchestra’s first performance of its first American tour, and it tried extremely hard to live up to the sparkling image Americans have of Israeli musicians. The Israel Philharmonic, for instance, isn’t exactly chopped liver. The Haifa musicians succeeded primarily in showing us they are amateurs in the best sense of the word: They love music and they love to play.

Led by Professor Boguslaw Dawidow, the ensemble’s principal guest conductor, the program was traditional: overture, concerto, symphony.

Starting with Weber’s Overture to “Euryanthe,” the musicians showed little bite in their tone and several problems with intonation as well as entrances in every section. The same difficulties showed up in

Tchaikovsky’s passionate B-flat major Piano Concerto with soloist Roman Rabinovich.

The brass was too loud; the strings weren’t together; the forte sections of the work drowned out the pianist; and there was little collaboration between the soloist and conductor. The wonderful pizzicato strings that open the second movement were sloppy and, again, the bite that’s so important in plucked playing was missing.

Rabinovich, who seems like a musical young man with a decent technique (he’s listed as having been a child prodigy and winner of a couple of prestigious competitions), was not up to the demands of the concerto and played with little understanding of the style and little musical definition.

The orchestra seemed a little more comfortable with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

Perhaps it had played it more often or had more rehearsal time with the work. Still, there was little attention to dynamics and a general lack of energy, and there were many wrong notes and inaccurate entrances. Even the rests were perfunctory. Composers write rests into music with the idea that those silences are part of the tapestry of sound. In the hands of Dawidow and the Haifa Symphony, the rests were merely empty spaces, making the music disjointed and superficial.

However, the two (yes, two) encores the orchestra played were probably the best parts of the concert. Starting with an excerpt from “Schindler’s List,” featuring the excellent viola soloist Avshalom Sarid, we heard a ravishingly beautiful sound and a sense of style we had not heard in the earlier works.

A fun reading of “Stars and Stripes,” though barely audible because of the rhythmic clapping from the audience, encouraged by the conductor, was rousing and heartfelt.

It’s terrific that this orchestra has the support to tour. The more its musicians play for different audiences, the more they’ll learn and, we hope, the better they’ll get. Love of music-making is what counts. Should that love be foisted on a public paying top dollar?

That’s the subject of a different column.

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antiques scamming, love affairs, unrequited love, the anxiety of harboring a stolen painting or the fact that everything in the novel seamlessly leads back to said painting; the events of Theo’s early life are tied inextricably to the life of Carel Fabritius through a tiny piece of art he made in 1654.

Near the end of “The Goldfinch,” Theo writes, “Whatever teaches us to talk to ourselves is important: whatever teaches us to sing ourselves out of despair. But the painting has also taught me that we can speak to each other across time,” which is precisely where painting and story merge.

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I once sat in front of a J.M.W. Turner painting for a good hour — the play of light on light, a glint on the sea, a nostalgic yellow dappling prismatic thunderheads. Something happens in your chest — a tightening or a loosening — when you witness a beautiful thing. I was reminded of this elusive pleasure while reading “The Goldfinch,” Donna Tartt’s third novel, in which a painting by the same name engulfs everyone in its path, including this reader.

“The Goldfinch” painting is just that, a tiny goldfinch chained to its feedbox against a pale wall, but it informs the novel’s entire action and ethos — even as the painting, itself, remains hidden for most of the book.

“The Goldfinch” novel is a lot more: a boy involved in a tragic museum bombing in which his mother dies. A boy who grows up motherless and confused and in possession of a painting he should not have. A boy who feels the weight of the painting equally to the weight of his survivor guilt. A boy who loses everything, including his way, and meanders into manhood, where he begins to come to terms with his life.

I’m making “The Goldfinch” sound pretty lofty, but the story, itself, is plain good, and Tartt’s descriptive powers are stunning. From the moment Theo describes his mother as casting “a charmed theatrical light about her so that to see anything through her eyes was to see it in brighter colors than ordinary,” I was in.

Theo’s journey takes him from New York City to Las Vegas, and back. After his mother dies, he lives with the wealthy family of a school friend, then with his scheming gambler/addict father in Las Vegas where he meets an unforgettable and essential-to-the-plot Russian boy named Boris, then back to New York City to stay with a magical character named Hobie, from whom he learns the antiques trade. There is even a stint in Amsterdam.

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Local philanthropist’s home office embraces with a As a city full of self-starters, entrepreneurs, retirees and active volunteers, Sarasota has an abundance of home offices. But the office in Charlie Ann Syprett’s home — from its pink walls to its portraits of Elvis — offers a one-of-a-kind place for creativity. harlie Ann Syprett may have left her days of practicing law behind, but she has by no means slowed down. Currently, Syprett is the Sarasota Film Festival development director and a consultant for Strategic Philanthropy, among other things, so it’s imperative for this busy lady to have a home office of her own.

Syprett’s famous pink office is located in the back corner of her and her husband, Jim’s, Old Florida/Key West-style home on Siesta Key. The space, which represents all that makes Syprett who she is, has stunning views of the bay.

“It was a no-brainer,” says Syprett about choosing which room would be home to her office.

There were two other rooms available to use when she was choosing her office — one definitely had a man-cave feel and the other had a large closet, but good storage space had nothing on the breathtaking view.

“Sometimes I even step out on

 The one thing that is sure to always be on Syprett’s desk: a cup of coffee. “Stop me before I volunteer again,” is the saying on this particular mug — the irony. door porch are also useful for airing out the smell of the glue gun when Syprett is crafting.

Along with nonprofit management and fundraising, Syprett’s office doubles as a craft room.

In fact, in September Syprett put together the 22 auction baskets for Legal Aid’s Lawyers and Legends event, merging both her creative talents and her passion for philanthropy.

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Always on her desk: A cup of coffee and a photograph of her and her husband, Jim Most functional item: Pottery Barn craft table How she describes her office: “Girly girl” Her favorite item: “My Boston terriers”

 Syprett’s girlfriends gave her this “To Charlie Ann, Love Elvis” photograph she has hanging in her office.

When making the decision to paint the room pink, Syprett’s husband was in shock, but not as shocked as the painter.

“He (the painter) kept saying, ‘This room is pink,’” she recalls.

As for Jim, he’s grown to like the room ... sort of.

“He likes the fact that I like it,” she says.

Photos of her friends and family, Boston terrier collectibles, notes from her grandchildren and gifts friends have given her (such as the life-size Elvis Presley cutout and an Elvis photograph with the words “To Charlie Ann, Love Elvis”) fill her home office as décor but, more importantly, as inspiration.

“It keeps you grounded. It reminds me of who I was, who I am and who I will be,” she says.

 “I’ve had Boston terriers since I was in the fourth grade,” says Syprett. Bella is her fifth Boston terrier. Bella’s zebra-print bed is in the office.

 Syprett painted the borders of the walls in her office with chalkboard paint and writes messages to her granddaughters.

The most important aspect of a home office: “Organization — it’s an evolving process. It really can’t be decided how to design your space until you sit in it and use it — you know how you work and what will work for you,” says Syprett.

She alters her organization and the overall function of the room depending on the project. In the center of the room is Syprett’s craft table. The table, which she ordered from Pottery Barn Teen, has storage bins on either side — she keeps what she needs for current projects in the three core bins in the table. “From project to project, I tailor my office,” she says.

Lighting also plays a big factor in the functionality of a home office. The natural light from the outside coming in through the sliders played a huge part in her choosing the room (along with the view). When choosing the lighting for her office, Syprett experimented with three different fixtures before deciding on one.

“It needed to look good and have bright light,” she says.

Most important work done in her office: “The work I did for ‘We are Sarasota,’ when I was on the diversity committee — I gave birth to the concept in this room,” she says. Syprett, who tends to become an insomniac when working, created the entire blueprint for the program while working in her office one

 The lighting above Syprett’s craft table is both decorative and functional, producing the bright light she needs for working. night. From that concept, Syprett is now using film as a platform to promote her work with diversity and inclusiveness.

Proudest DIY: Syprett loves to paint — along with painting the desk (by herself) in the room, she added a chalkboard border on the walls and to the backboard on her desk. She writes quotes and sayings on the chalkboard relative to what’s going on in the world and what she likes.

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The lights shined brightly as Circus Sarasota’s Big Top transformed into a magical celebration Friday, Jan. 24. The colorful lights and festive centerpieces created by Victoria Bloom set the perfect tone for The Circus Arts Conservatory Gala 2014.

Guests paid attention to the suggested attire, “Circus glamorous with sensible shoes,” making this gala one of the most visually fun of the year. Among some of the attire worn at the event, Sally Schule was seen wearing a stunning and sensible coatdress and skirt paired with Stuart Weitzman boots. Suzette Jones added a Tommy Hilfiger bow tie necklace that she found in her 11-year-old daughter’s dress-up trunk to her colorful leggings and blazer outfit and Joseph and Michelle Caulkins

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The circus entertainment throughout the evening, including The Poema Family, Sailor Circus students and The Alexis Brothers, was mind-blowing, and guests also enjoyed a video showing old footage of “Queen of the Air” Dolly Jacobs-Reis and her father, Lou Jacobs, adding a touch of sentimental history to the evening.

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the gala: the carrot top Bello Nock who we all know and love, and a young man whom he mentors, Johnny Rockett.

Nock knockout … The hottest item in the lively live auction was the “Exclusive VIP experience with Bello,” which went for $12,000 — not once, but twice.

call 366-6646, Ext. 207 … A good name is worth more than riches …

Community AIDS Network is naming its Sarasota facility in honor of Mary Ann Robinson, celebrating her many years of unstinting generosity to the organization going back to the days when HIV/AIDS was feared and misunderstood.

The official naming event is private — a by-invitation-only reception March 26 at the clinic … The curious case of Nancy Markle … Many of the guests at Nancy Markle’s Jan. 25th birthday party asked

her, “What birthday is it?” They all got the same answer: “I decided to count backwards and I am now 1 year old.” BFF Lillian Richman, who threw the party, was fully aboard and put a large candle in the shape of that numeral on the cake shared by more than 30 friends and family. Guests included Renee Sheade, Harold Ronson, Julie Tanner, Cheryl Loeffler and Len Garner, Elaine Keating and Sid Katz, Joy Server, Ralph and Nancy Cohen and the recently wed Doug and Marcy Greer.

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Kathleen Dean, Eva and Leif Lindfors and Susan Forness

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 Dr. Laurie Walmsley  Suzette Jones and Richard Dorfman

Lisa Daily and Denise Chu

Ray Peper

Sailor Circus students perform.

Jemma Wynne January 30th & 31st 11 am to 5 pm

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Social Dance Club | Competitive | Ballroom | Latin

Benefiting Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc. Saturday, Jan. 25, at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY LEGACY LUNCHEON DONOR CELEBRATION FEATURING RETIRED GEN. CRAIG MCKINLEY Benefiting Goodwill Manasota | Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Michael’s Wine Cellar

February 12-15 | 7p.m.

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Sheriff Tom Knight, Maverick Johnson and Sandy Young

Advancing Women and Philanthropy in the Pursuit of Science

Friday, February 21, 2014 2:30 – 5:00 pm

The Resort at Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room Hats Encouraged Individual Tickets: $100/pp 1955 Founding Table Sponsors: $1,955 Corporate Sponsorships Available Photos by Heather Merriman

Ben Knisley, Kelly Gardner and Tracy Settle

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Dennis Stover, Dr. Arthur Guilford and Mark Keller

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Prima Donnettes

Richard Storm and Joseph Caulkins

Bob Fernander and Anita Kincade

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ANNUAL LEGACY SOCIETY RECOGNITION LUNCHEON Benefiting Community Foundation of Sarasota County Friday, Jan. 24, at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

Winter Opera Festival February 8–March 23, 2014 International Soloists | Historic Opera House | Tickets start at $19

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS GALA Benefiting United Negro College Fund Friday, Jan. 24, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota  Margie Lee and Lota Mushaw

 Katie Raymond, Maks Lototskyy and Sarah Haworth

Carrie Hulen and Steve Heyman

GREAT GATSBY INTERACTIVE DINNER

Gwen Atkins, Shirley Shaw and Judith Williams

Co-Chairs John Colon and Sherry Paramore

Benefiting Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy (SMART) | Friday, Jan. 24, at Fête Ballroom Photos by Heather Merriman

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A delightful mix of street festival and concert hall, this celebration of the arts is not to be missed!

Explore the shops and boutiques of Main Street.

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