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CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT As the new Mall at University Town Center generates buzz, Circle merchants focus on what makes the shopping district unique.

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Mote Marine Laboratory recently received a $99,615 grand for its dolphin and whale rehabilitation efforts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The grant was one of 35 awards totaling $2.7 million that NOAA awarded in the 2014 cycle of its John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Assistance Grant Program.

The grant will support operations, equipments and other key needs of Mote’s rescue and rehabilitation programs, such as travel to distant rescue sites. Mote will also use the funds to purchase a portable X-ray unit, which will help responders in the field to determine whether an animal can be released immediately or needs further treatment.

This year alone, Mote’s Stranding Investigations Program and animal hospitals have responded to more than 80 stranded sea turtles and 40 stranded marine mammals.

Arbomar dispute continues through calls, court The condo dispute rages on, according to police reports and court records.

Longboat Key resident Arlene McKitrick celebrated her 200th golf championship win this week at Sara Bay Country Club in an FSGA event. McKitrick’s secret to her success?

It’s all in her mind. She believes if you dream big and believe big, you’ll achieve big.

“It has helped me elevate my ordinary golfing success to an extraordinary golfing success,” she says.

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Yvonne Schloss, owner of Sunglass Express Optical, fits a customer with new glasses Monday, at her St. Armands Circle store. Schloss believes the mall will draw more potential shoppers to the area.

The new Mall at University Town Center will have big name retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy’s.

But merchants on St. Armands Circle believe they have something different to offer customers, which will keep the shopping district competitive even with the buzz surrounding the new mall.

Dreamweaver owner Eric Seace, for example, said his boutique offers approximately 14 trunk shows each year that the featured designer attends for about three days, spending as many as five hours with customers over food and champagne.

“That’s the kind of thing that malls don’t do,” Seace said.

“We have designers that aren’t so mainstream, and we offer things that aren’t offered in a typical mall. Malls can’t compete with the level of service we provide.”

The new mall is scheduled to

open Oct. 16, and while St. Armands merchants know they’ll face new competition, they’re focused on what makes the Circle unique. The St. Armands Circle Association will hold its fifth annual “Taste of St. Armands” event the next day, which organizers hope will draw attention back to the Circle.

Retail consultant Robert Gibbs, whom the city of Sarasota hired in April to study the optimal mix of businesses in four key

areas, discussed the potential impact of the mall in July during a St. Armands neighborhood presentation.

“For the first six months, people fall in love with the mall, then they get tired of it,” Gibbs said. “You will see an impact, but the demand will still be there for additional retail.”

Yvonne Schloss, owner of Sunglass Express Optical, expressed a similar sentiment.

“I think there are online people, St. Armands people, mall people,” she said. “I think there’s plenty of pie for everybody.”

Schloss also believes that the new mall could expose new people to the area who might also visit the Circle.

“We still kind of feel that it’s the place to come to,” said Jack Peffley, manager at Marcello Sport. “We have the

Longboat Key police have been called at least three times to Arbomar condominium, where unit owner Pete DiNicola filed lawsuits earlier this summer against the board of the 31-unit condo and four of its five members.

At 10:42 a.m. Sept. 18, police received a call from Gary Spiezio, whose wife, Judith, is a board member. Spiezio reported that his driver-side tire had a nail inside the sidewall that couldn’t be repaired.

“Spiezio said that he suspects one of the owners living in the condo has done this,” the report states. “This person has just returned from vacation and then this incident happened.”

“This is not the first incident involving a flat tire with a nail at Arbomar,” the report continues.

“Three other residents who are on the condo board have had this done to them also.”

Spiezio told police that the flat tire incident occurred Sept. 10, but he hadn’t reported it because he was busy. The report states that he requested the report on the recommendation of his attorney. He told police he could not name the suspect, also on the advice of counsel, however, the report says that “the suspected subject has multiple lawsuits against the condo board.”

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ambiance, we have the unique stores. We have about 30 stores that have been under the same ownership for nearly 30 years.

That’s a pretty sizable number for an area of this size.”

Peffley said the Circle is upgrading its facilities. He has noticed at least three buildings being painted recently. Many landlords are updating their storefront signage and awnings.

In August, Daiquiri Deck owners Troy Syprett, Russell Matthes and Matt Grover described their plans to expand their second-story restaurant into the first floor to the Longboat Observer and cited the importance of keeping storefronts updated, due to increased competition from the new mall.

Gibbs emphasized that point in his presentation as well.

“We think it's time for your storefronts to join the 21st century. They're tired and tattered looking — especially in comparison to the mall.”

“The mall will raise expectations — people will look back at current storefronts and say they look tired. We’re recommending the city consider upping the design standards to ones that are more current for this time period,” he said.

Gibbs described St. Armands’ appeal to tourists.

“The mall isn't going to appeal to everyone, especially tourists,” he said. “They'd rather shop here — they're going to want a cocoon.”

Peffley described the Circle’s many unique features, including its historic John Ringling statues, ambiance and history.

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SHOP TALK The following businesses that have St. Armands locations are also confirmed tenants for the new Mall at University Town Center: • Boston Proper • Brighton • Chico’s • Lilly Pulitzer • SOMA • Starbucks • Tommy Bahama • The Walking Co. • White House Black Market

TASTE OF ST. ARMANDS The fifth annual Taste of St. Armands will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, in St. Armands Circle Park, featuring more than 15 restaurants.

The event benefits All Faiths Food Bank, so attendees are asked to bring a bag of nonperishable food.

Cost is $35 in advance; $40 the day of the event.

Volunteers are needed both to help with setting up and during the event. For information, call 3881554.

the North to visit, would you bring her to the mall or would you bring her to St. Armands?” he said. “We know people will still bring Aunt Nelly.”

“That’s the kind of thing that malls don’t do.We have designers that aren’t so mainstream, and we offer things that aren’t offered in a typical mall. Malls can’t compete with the level of service we provide.” — Owner of Dreamweaver Eric Seace

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vision planning by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

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Longboat Key resident Manfred Welfonder still believes he can solve the legal warfare over the shuttered resort through a business resolution.

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Manfred Welfonder stands in front of the shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, where he used to play tennis.

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n 2007, Manfred Welfonder first away, he says he’ll buy them out for the proposed tearing down the Colony higher of $75 per square foot or the apBeach & Tennis Resort and build- praised value. ing a new hotel under an international He says his team, which includes flag.

Bob Koch, principal of the Winter ParkFormer Colony owner Dr. Murray based Fugleberg Koch, can build a new “Murf” Klauber said at the time, “It four-star resort. won’t happen in my lifetime.”

The smallest Colony units are 705 Since then, the Colony has closed, square feet, meaning that Welfonder reopened and closed again. The Colony would offer a minimum of $52,875 for Beach & Tennis Association rejected each unit — more than two-and-a-half Welfonder’s proposal multiple times, times the $20,000 that Whittall offered opting to pursue agreements with oth- unit owners in August, while also warner developers that ultimately fizzled. ing them that they face millions of dolSeven years later, Welfonder still lars in liabilities. seeks to tear down “Current unit ownthe Colony and build ers will agree to cona new hotel under an vert 100% ownership “I think nobody else, international flag — into 1/12 ownership when I compare it, had deeds,” said Welfondand now, the association is willing to listen. assembled such a group er, explaining why he What’s changed? his plan is with what we had with believes “The other proposfeasible. “We have to als at the time looked business experience and deliver to them and like they were better will provide a comall types of knowledge. we proposals, but unforpetitive guarantee.” tunately, it became Welfonder says — Manfred Welfonder clear that those prothat in the past two posals sounded good years he has received but could not be realized,” said Jay “three strong letters of interest from Yablon, president of the association. “It recognized capital partners based on became clear that the other proposals detailed, conservative financial projecjust weren’t going to fly.” tions” but declines to name names.

“It was not an easy experience for the “Two of them wanted to see an end association to find out what is the best of the litigation or a global settlement,” deal for the owners and the involved said Welfonder, who insists that he can parties. I think nobody else, when I offer a business resolution rather than compare it, had assembled such a further legal wrangling. group with what we had with business Welfonder says he has an audited experience and all types of knowledge,” budget of $155 million for the project, Welfonder said. including costs to work out a global Chuck Whittall, whose Unicorp Na- settlement. He says he didn’t bid on a tional Development has an agreement $23 million judgment against the asto purchase Colony Lender LLC’s assets sociation earlier this year because he that include 95% of a 2.3-acre recre- wants a business resolution. He won’t ational property at center of the resort, comment on other plans, including has a different conclusion.

Whittall’s, saying “We are focused only “I think they realize they’re out of op- on our work.” tions,” he said.

Welfonder’s contention that a busiThe association doesn’t have a devel- ness resolution is possible is contrary opment partner, but Yablon describes to what many involved believe will be what Welfonder’s Longboat Key-based years of additional litigation.

MW proposes is “a realistic starting U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney point” for negotiations.

May recently compared the case to “a Welfonder, a native of Germany who Rubik’s cube, but someone squirted was previously responsible for acquisi- glue in the cracks.” tions at the Lehndorff Group, contends Colony Lender recently filed a lawthat he can develop a new, four-star re- suit seeking more than $5.1 million in sort at the shuttered Colony at no cost damages stemming from a disputed to current owners who opt for 1/12 recreational facilities lease. ownership. For those who want to walk In a Sept. 25 memo to the Longboat

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Key Town Commission about the Colony, Assistant Town Attorney Kelly Fernandez wrote: “With the newest court action filed

by Colony Lender against the individual unit owners, it seems that the various parties in interest remain potentially years away from resolving fractioned ownership issues.”

Not surprisingly, Whittall is critical of Welfonder’s plan.

“It’s impossible for him to redevelop the Colony because he doesn’t have the common areas we have, including the swimming pool, the beachfront, even the lift station,” he said.

Whittall also has made it clear that he’s willing to fight for the property. In August, he told the Longboat Observer that he has budgeted $35 million to $40 million for what could be five years of further litigation and plans to invest nearly a half-billion dollars to build a new resort.

“We’ve invested millions and millions and millions of dollars at this point, and he’s never invested anything,” Whittall said.

While Welfonder doesn’t own property at the Colony, he insists that his costs plus the time value of what he has he has invested amount to more than $1 million.

Yablon argued that a business resolution hasn’t been possible only because of Colony Lender and Unicorp.

“We need a business resolution but we have one that doesn’t want a business resolution,” he said. “You can’t have a dispute and say to one party, ‘We’re willing to solve this by you committing suicide.’”

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee Douglas Menchise filed seeking sanctions against Colony Lender LLC for its assertions that it controls a recreational facilities lease constituted a stay violation that Colony Lender insists doesn’t exist.

Yablon believes a business resolution could occur if a judge rules against Colony Lender and said the association “is going to go after them for multimillions.”

Meanwhile, he expressed optimism about Welfonder.

“I think Manfred has been nothing if not consistent,” Yablon said. “He is as committed as anybody to seeing a business resolution occur. I think it is important to have someone who is as determined as Manfred.”

Has the IRS called you to say you owe money? It’s probably part of a growing scam.

The caller said he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department and had a matter to discuss with Peter and Nazeela Shaw — a matter so serious that he suggested they have their legal representative return his call.

Nazeela Shaw called him back. What the caller didn’t know: Shaw knew it was a scam from the beginning.

“I knew it before I called,” she said. “I just decided to have a little fun with him.”

Calls like the one the Shaws received are on the rise, according to Longboat Key Deputy Police Chief Frank Rubino.

“It is a trend nationally,” Rubino said.

“We’re seeing a lot of the scams more and more, and they’re targeting the elderly in particular.”

During their conversation, the caller told Shaw that she and her husband were wanted for tax evasion from 2009 and 2010 and hadn’t responded to two notices the IRS sent them. Shaw played along.

“I said it’s fine, we’ll deal with it. I would be happy to pay,” she said.

But the caller said an IRS agent would arrive at her door in 25 minutes.

According to the IRS website, IRS.gov, victims of the scam are told they must pay what they allegedly owe through a preloaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, he or she is threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license.

Shaw believes she would have gotten another phone call telling her where to send the money — but first, she called Longboat Key police. The caller hung up after an officer called him back.

“I think their MO is to let you sweat it out, then they’ll call you back and tell you where to send the money,” she said.

Shaw told her story to the Longboat Observer because she wants to warn others about the scam.

“They’re very convincing, and they can scare the daylights out of people,” she said.

Police are putting together a program to educate residents about scams that they hope to eventually present to homeowner associations and other groups on the Key.

SCAM SAMPLE AUG. 6

3:12 p.m. — 300 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A caller threatened a man with an arrest warrant for tax evasion. When police tried to call the number back, no one answered the phone.

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2:43 p.m. — 500 block of Putter Lane. Phone Call. A caller with a heavy foreign accent told a man he owes a debt to the U.S. Treasury Service. An officer called the number and spoke with the caller about the process he was supposed to go through to return the debt. The caller hung up after the two argued about the caller’s legitimacy.

Source: Longboat Key police reports

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+ Longboat home sells for $3.45 million A home on Longboat Key sold for $3.45 million yesterday, representing the highest sale price for a single-family residence on the Key this year.

The home at 640 Rountree Drive includes four bedrooms, a library loft, bayfront swimming pool and 60-foot dock. The home has more than 5,100 square feet and more than 200 feet of frontage on Sarasota Bay. The property, listed and sold by Michael Saunders & Co. agents, is located in the Longboat Key Estates neighborhood. It last sold for $3.3 million in August 2013.

The sale is another in a string of recent benchmark-setting closing prices on luxury homes in the area. Maureen Horn, who represented the seller, said the sale was indicative of a strong market for such residential properties.

+ Town, Sarasota County commissioners to meet The Longboat Key Town Commission and Sarasota County Commission will hold a joint meeting at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 6, at the

 Urban Land Institute Implementation Advisory Committee meeting — 2 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 2  Town Commission regular meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6  Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9  Code Enforcement Board meeting — 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13 All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted.

Sarasota County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

Items for discussion include beach renourishment projects and the New Pass Inlet Management Plan, Bayfront Park Recreation Center, the county’s 800-MHz public safety communication system, dispatch consolidation, Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT), mobility fees, planning efforts for a town center, sea level rise and opportunities for collaboration between the town and county.

+ ZBA to hear setback petition The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear a petition from Andrew Sloman for a variance from the town’s code that would reduce the required Gulf waterfront yard from the required 150 feet to 75 feet from the erosion control line. The variance would allow for construction of a porch/deck addition to the current single-family home at 3021 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The hearing will take place at 9:30 a.m.

Oct. 9, at Longboat Key Town Hall.

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Report flunks firefighter pension plan All three plans received low grades, but there’s good news: The study used measures from 2012, before the plans froze.

The nonpartisan statewide policy institute based out of Florida State University released its report card for Florida municipal pension plans, and the town wasn’t surprised by its grades.

Longboat Key’s firefighter plan received an “F,” and both its general employees and police officer plans received “Ds.” But there is good news: The grades are actually an improvement from previous years: The LeRoy Collins Institute flunked all three of the town’s plans for the last three consecutive years.

And the latest report is based on measures of each plan from 2012, before the town froze all three plans.

“It wasn’t a big surprise but it was good to see that we’ve improved a little, and hopefully as we move through, they’ll grade a little better,” said Anne Ross, assistant town manager.

Longboat Key’s firefighter plan was the only plan in Sarasota and Manatee counties to receive a failing grade in this year’s report.

The report used five measures to assess the financial condition of local government pension

REPORT CARDS BRADENTON Firefighters........................

Police officers....................

D D

LONGBOAT KEY Firefighters........................

General employees..............

Police officers....................

F D D

NORTH PORT Firefighters........................

Police officers....................

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plans: • The ratio of pension fund assets divided by accrued liabilities (maximum 2.5 points); • The size of the unfunded liability in relation to the total cost of payroll for participating employees (maximum 1 point); • The cost of the annual required contribution from sponsoring governments as a percent of covered payroll (maximum 1 point); • Assumed rate of returns (half a point for plans with the Florida

PALMETTO General employees..............

Police officers....................

C B

SARASOTA Firefighters........................

General employees..............

Police officers....................

D C C

VENICE Firefighters........................

Police officers....................

D D

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Retirement System benchmark rate of return assumption 7.75% or less; zero points for plans with an assumed rate of more than 7.75%); • Employee contribution levels (half a point for plans that require employees to contribute 5% or more of their salaries; zero points for plans that require a contribution of less than 5%).

Like most municipalities, the town saw its grades drop during the economic downturn.

“Prior to the market down-

turn in 2007, about half of Florida local government pension plans received A or B grades and only about 5% received F grades. The number of A and B grade plans has steadily declined since 2007. Now, only about 30% of plans receive the highest two grades and 11% receive the lowest grade,” the report states.

The report includes pension grade trends from 2005 to 2012. It ranked the town for each of those years, except for 2007. The town’s firefighter plan received an “F” in each of those years; the general employees’ plan received “Cs” during the first two years, while the police officers’ plan received “Ds.” By 2009, all three plans received failing grades.

The town froze its firefighter and general employees’ plans Sept. 30, 2013, meaning that employees will no longer accrue additional benefits after that date. The police pension plan was frozen Feb. 1.

However, the plans will continue to exist until the final payments are made to beneficiaries.

The town’s annual pension contribution for fiscal year 2015 is $2,964,985, up $366,981 over last year, representing 19.7% of the town’s total budget.

The frozen plans will con-

solidate Oct. 1 into a single plan for which a new, nine-member board will make policy recommendations. However, the Longboat Key Town Commission will make final decisions.

In the short-term, the town plans to pay off its pension liabilities of approximately $23 million through budgeting.

“I think the town’s plan is to annually review the market and where we are,” Ross said. “It’s something we’re going to be monitoring with the pension boards.”

Armando Linde, who is retired from the International Monetary Fund and serves on the town’s Investment Advisory Committee, studied the town’s pension debt earlier this year. He believes the town’s plan to pay down its debt through budgeting is right — for now.

“Four, five, six, seven years down the road, as interest rates rise across the country, it might make sense to securitize,” Linde said.

In addition to market risk, pension plans also face longevity risk said Linde, noting that over the past 50 years, the average age of the population increased by 2.5% per decade, meaning that there are more benefits to pay.

“I’ve always said when interest rates come back, the town should get an annuity and transfer that risk to insurance companies,” he said.

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Longboat Garden Club plans for smart growth Madelyn Spoll is president of the Longboat Key Garden Club, but she isn’t a fan of gardening.

“I put something in the ground, put a little food on it and say, ‘OK, now it’s up to you to decide whether you live or die,’” she said.

Like many members of the Garden Club, she is drawn to the work it does in the community, such as raising money for scholarships and environmental grants, and its packed social schedule with regular get-togethers and field trips.

Now, with a marketing campaign that includes a new website, flyers, pamphlets and welcome packet at Longboat Key Town Hall to promote its events and community efforts, the Garden Club is trying to spread the message: It’s not your mother’s garden club.

“We’re trying to bring the club into the 21st century, and so many people say, ‘I don’t garden, so why should I join the Garden Club?’” Spoll said.

Spoll got involved through Susan Landau, a past president who is co-chairwoman of the group’s Taste of the Keys/ Fashion Show.

“A few of us are gardeners,” Landau said. “But we’re really more about scholarships, grants and socials.”

Last year, the Garden Club awarded grants totaling $9,000 to nine local organizations plus scholarships for four college students.

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However, for those who actually like to garden, the club has plenty to offer: Three of the four programs scheduled for the season’s monthly meetings are about flowers, and the club’s members maintain the butterfly garden in Bicentennial Park near Longboat Key Town Hall.

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Chris Elbon, 28, is a nine-year Army veteran. He took on the new role in September.

After nine years in the Army and two months as a code enforcement officer in Plano, Texas, Chris Elbon is now reporting for duty as the town’s new code enforcement officer.

“There have been a lot of things I can transfer over from my military experience BIO into code enforceChris Elbon ment,” said Elbon, who began the job in Position: September. “But so far, Code most of the calls I reenforcement spond to are for high officer grass and weeds.”

Age: 28 Elbon’s military career included five years Family: as a military police offiMarried with cer, two years as a unit two children security manager and two years as a counter intelligence special agent. Elbon also did yearlong tours in Iraq in 2006 and South Korea in 2012 as well.

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming said Elbon stood out from the beginning as someone with the right temperament and experience for the job.

“His background was a standout and we were impressed with the way he conducted himself throughout the interviews,” he said. “Hiring him was not a struggle.”

Hired at a starting salary of $50,460.80, Elbon took over the position most recent-

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Chris Elbon joined the town as its code enforcement officer in September.

ly held by Jeff Karr, who resigned over the summer after four months on the job.

A code enforcement officer has no arrest powers. The position was recently restructured so that the code enforcement officer reports to the Police Department instead of the Planning, Zoning and Building Department because it makes more sense communication-wise.

“When he is out in the field he will have a police radio,” Cumming said. “But we are in the process of establishing a code enforcement contact specifically for him that should be coming together here within the next couple of months.”

The town’s code enforcement officer is responsible for enforcing town ordinances and the state’s contractor license laws and seeks to obtain compliance if a violation exists. If compliance is not achieved, the code enforcement officer brings the case before the Code Enforcement Board for a hearing.

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Where pot vote will take us Of all the candidate races and issues on next month’s general election ballot, Florida’s Constitutional Amendment No. 2 — the infamous medical marijuana and Charlie Crist-John Morgan get-out-thevote initiative — will likely generate as many, if not more, votes than the Crist-Rick Scott gubernatorial race.

We all wonder: Will Florida end up going to pot just like Colorado?

Come on. We’re all smart enough to realize where all of this is headed. Medical marijuana is Step 1. Colorado is Step 2. Regulating marijuana nationally like cigarettes and alcohol will be Step 3.

And let’s face it: We know that no matter what regulations the Legislature devises, if voters approve medical marijuana, people will skirt the regulations for profit.

(Remember pill mills?)

But before Floridians decide to take the first step, perhaps they would benefit from knowing more about the likely consequences of accessible marijuana.

Christian Thurstone, M.D., an attending physician with the Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment, Education, and Prevention Program at Denver Health, wrote last month for Colorado’s Centennial Institute, “The Big Deal — How Marijuana Endangers Young People and What Policymakers Should Do.” Here are key excerpts:

times less likely to enroll in college and 3.7 times less likely to get a college degree.

• Teenagers who use marijuana before having sex are half as likely to use a condom.

• Adolescent marijuana use is associated with aggression.

• Adolescent marijuana use predicts two times the risk of using other drugs.

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To combat the harms of marijuana legalization, Colorado communities — and elected leaders — should consider an array of strategies. Here are six urgent ones: One: Opt out of retail sales of marijuana Amendment 64 permits municipal and county governments to opt out.

This is crucial because we know that the commercialization of substances leads to increased use.

Two: Demand adequate data collection Colorado must be honest about how marijuana legalization affects citizens — young people especially vulnerable to and the rest of the nation. Anyone who addiction… wishes to mitigate and/or correct problems The brain matures from the bottom associated with the drug’s use must know up and from the front back … It means the scope and scale of those problems. the parts of our brain that drive up our But so far, the state of Colorado’s data desire to seek pleasure, rewards, thrills and collection and public reporting related to adventure outpace development of the marijuana use and abuse have been poor. areas that help us stop what we’re doing Three: Further restrict marijuana long enough to think through the potential packaging and serving sizes consequences of our actions.

Highly potent edibles already have In other words, the adolescent brain RATES OF ADOLESCENT MARIJUANA proven to be more than problematic. Two craves pleasure and doesn’t know how to USE AND ADDICTION deaths are attributed to their use … weigh risks or say enough is enough as well There is no debate among reputable Four: Raise the minimum age for use of as an adult brain. It has a great gas pedal scientists: Marijuana is addictive and more marijuana and other legal, addictive drugs and poor brakes. potent than ever. Its use is the No. 1 reason In the world of adolescent brain health, young people in the United States are the legal ages of 18 and 21 still mean the ADVERSE HEALTH IMPACTS FROM CHILD admitted for substance-abuse treatment. brain isn’t fully mature and is especially MARIJUANA EXPOSURE AND USE For adults, it’s the No. 2 reason, behind vulnerable to addiction.

By age group, here are some of the alcohol.

Wouldn’t now be a smart time for prominent research findings about We’re no longer talking the weed of Colorado to also raise the minimum marijuana’s impact on child health.

Woodstock, either. That’s when the content tobacco-smoking age to 21 — if not higher?

• Marijuana and pregnancy: of marijuana’s active and intoxicating Five: Adequately fund and monitor drugMarijuana exposure during the first ingredient, THC, hovered around 3% … abuse prevention and early intervention trimester of pregnancy has been found to Today, Colorado’s hundreds of programs be especially dangerous to the developing dispensaries commonly sell strains of Because more than half of Colorado’s fetus. It’s also important to note that the marijuana with THC levels exceeding 15%. high school seniors have used marijuana first three months of pregnancy are when Concentrates — called “hash oil” and at least once in their life, we also women are least likely to know they’re need early typically infused into foods called “edibles” intervention and access to treatment. pregnant.

— often exceed 80% THC. Many Colorado Six: Learn from Sweden and put children • In utero marijuana exposure is asassociated a model for with: many other nations in the world as they cope teens refer to concentrates as “the crack firstwith the menacing and divisive, drug use.” cocaine of marijuana.”…

Sweden once had one of the world’s • IQ modern-epidemic loss of up to fiveproblem pointsof bynonmedical age 6.

Marijuana use in the United States peaks most permissive approaches to drug use — • Increased depression at age 10.

What• did Sweden hyperactivity, do to set itself on this healthier, brighter course? Many things — at age 20, followed by ages 19 and age 18, complete with government-funded “clean Increased impulsivity, including the development of zero-tolerance laws and robust care for people struggling according to the National Survey on Drug rooms,” where heroin addicts could shoot inattention at age 10. with addiction.

Use and Health. up — and one of the world’s highest rates of • Increased odds of marijuana use by age … Of those who try the drug before drug addiction.

14, heavier marijuana use.

But most critical was the decision of Swedish leaders to put children's interestseventually first when determined age 18, one in six will become addicted Swedish officials • Lower achievement at age 14. tackling any aspect of drug policy. They had formerly tended tothey start wanted all discussions fromresults, they to it (Hall and Degenhard, 2009, Lancet that if different • Marijuana and adolescence: this point: 374:1383-1391) … needed a radically different approach to • Permanent IQ loss. Heavy use starting Adolescent marijuana use has increased drug use and drug policy-making. in adolescence predicts up to an eightWhat is in the best interests of adults — adults whoToday, often wish to pushdrug policy … holds real as our country has loosened marijuana Swedish point irreversible IQ drop from age 13 to boundaries as far as they can to make money and amass power? laws to accommodate the drug for medical promise as a model for many other nations 38. and optional use. … What did Sweden do?

• A two-fold increase in risk of psychosis Now, instead, Sweden's elected, national officials have shifted thethings paradigm of their drugthe Today, 6.5% of high school seniors Many — including in adulthood … policymaking to this very different starting point: nationwide — that’s not including younger development of zero-tolerance laws and • Daily adolescent use or cannabis students with the same problem — report robust care for people struggling with dependence predicts a doubling in odds of What is in the best interests of children — young people who are smoking marijuana daily … In 2013, pastaddiction. having anxiety disorder at age 29. especially vulnerable to addiction because of their developing brains and month marijuana use by the nation’s But most critical was … national officials • Poor performance. who school will, eventually, grow upAdolescents to lead our nation? eighth, 10th and 12th graders jumped have shifted the paradigm of their drug who use marijuana by age 15 are 3.6 times 1.2%, 4.2% and 3.3%, respectively, over the to this very different starting lesschilden likely to graduate from high school, 2.3 sopolicymaking “Put first:” the cliché American policymakers often cite but ignore, made real previous year. point: What is in the best interests for once – in a Scandinavian setting.

Colorado’s past-month of children — young people marijuana use rate of 10.7% who are especially vulnerable What an obvious shift – yet what a bold and brave shift –in thinking about how to combat ‘DAIN BRAMAGE’ among youth ages 12 to 17 is to addiction because of their drug abuse and addiction. Remarkable. the fifth highest in the country developing brains and who will, The graph shows the change in IQ when an individual and significantly higher than the eventually, grow up to lead our So if in Sweden can do heavy it, whyuse can’tofColorado? engages persistent, marijuana from adonational average of 7.6%. nation? lescence to his/her 30s.

If Denver Public Schools were a “Put childen first” — the cliché AND FINALLY, U.S. state, it would have the highest American policymakers so often ABOUT THIS marijuana use rate in the country, citeTHINK but ignore, made real for once according to analyses of Centers for in aGraph Scandinavian setting. shows the change in IQ with an persistent, heavy Disease Control and Prevention’s What obvious shift — yet marijuana use.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey. what a bold and brave shift …

All of this means … the vast Remarkable.

This means that someone uses than three majority of lifelong, heavily using So if more Sweden candays do it, why can’t per week starting in adolescustomers … start their drug habits Colorado? cence and continuing until as kids.

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Dr. for them and for our country The brain isn’t fully developed Thurstone as a whole.can be reached at until about the age of 25, making christian.thurstone@dhha.org.

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OUT OF THEIR HANDS 9:19 p.m. — Off the Key. Disturbance.

A couple called police after their landlord refused to pay back their security deposit at the end of their lease. When the officer arrived, he told them that complaint was a civil matter and advised them how to legally proceed.

DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION 3:12 p.m. — Intersection of GMD and Bay Isles Parkway. Traffic. A license camera produced a hit for an uninsured vehicle. When the officer asked the driver for proof of insurance, the man showed him insurance documentation on his cellphone that was invalid. The officer told him how to fix the situation and al-

CORNER lowed the man to drive the vehicle home after he promised not to drive the vehicle again until he corrected the situation.

WORKING AFTER HOURS 5:12 p.m. — 4400 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Police saw two workers scaffolding windows after hours. The officer spoke to their boss and told him they were out 12 minutes past the time town ordinance allows. The boss said he was unaware of the ordinance and agreed to leave the condo immediately.

MELTDOWN 4:38 p.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Fire.

Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived at the scene of a possible fire caused by a melted breaker on an air conditioner.

SEPT. 19 DELIVERY DRAMA 3:48 p.m. — 500 block of Ranger Lane. Disturbance.

A woman who was having a dishwasher installed in her home didn’t feel safe around the men the store sent for the installation. She called police after calling the store manager and demanded they reinstall her old one. When police arrived, the worker finished the reinstallation and left after speaking with the officer. The caller was still unsatisfied and said she wished the police had done more.

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RUNNING FROM THE LAW 12:00 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Public Service. When a mother and her two children returned to the Key after summer vacation, she learned her children’s tennis coach had been arrested in May on cocaine charges in Sarasota County.

She told police she had exchanged emails with him after hearing the news and that he wrote he was in South Africa avoiding an arrest warrant. The woman called police, who confirmed that there was a warrant out for the man’s arrest and told her not contact him further.

SUSPICIOUS FLAT 10:42 a.m. — 4400 block of GMD. Property Damage. A man reported that a neighboring condo owner stuck a nail in the sidewall of his vehicle’s tire. He had waited several days to report the damage, saying that he had been too busy to report it. However, he told police he was only filing the complaint on the advice of his attorney. The individual whom he suspects has filed multiple lawsuits against the condo board.

SEPT. 19 OPEN-DOOR POLICY 9:10 p.m. — 4100 block of GMD. Security Check. An officer discovered two open doors at an office building. Nothing

6:58 p.m. — 400 block of GMD. Rescue.

A golf course maintenance worker accidentally drove a golf cart into a tree, and sustained minor injuries to his side and wrist. When police arrived at the resort, firefighter/paramedics were already on scene to transport the man to the nearest hospital.

DECEIVING DEBT 2:43 p.m. — 500 Putter Lane. Phone Call. A man reported a possible scam, saying that a caller with a heavy foreign accent contacted him, claiming he owes a debt to the U.S. Treasury Service. An officer called the number and spoke with the caller about the process he was supposed to go through to return the debt. The officer was unable to get an address from the caller and hung up after the two argued about the caller’s legitimacy.

SEPT. 21 SEPARATE WAYS 9:55 p.m. — 1900 block of GMD. Disturbance. A man asked a condo security guard to call police after having a loud argument with his wife in the parking lot.

The man claimed that the woman would not give him his car keys, but by the time police arrived, the man and woman had gotten into separate vehicles and left the area.

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Later that day, Kent Lagro, a unit owner who also served as building manager until the board terminated his contract in June, called police to report that contractors were working on the condo’s window project 12 minutes after the 5 p.m. cutoff for construction work in town ordinances.

The window project is a key part of DiNicola’s lawsuits. He contends that board members illegally held meetings in secret and didn’t follow proper procedure when they approved a window project that’s currently underway, which resulted in an assessment of $8,000 per unit owner.

Later, he approached the town about unlicensed contract work by board president Walter “Chip” Major, who is licensed in Maryland but not in Florida, in his unit plus three other residents’ homes, including the Spiezios’ unit, using information from Lagro.

Although the town red-tagged one unit for not having proper documentation, former Building Official Wayne Thorne told the Longboat Observer in August that the red tag had been removed, and the town had issued permits.

Lagro has said he believes his dismissal was retaliatory and told the Longboat Observer Monday that he plans to file a wrongful termination suit against the board. At press time, the lawsuit had not been filed, according to Manatee County court records.

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Reports state that the latest incident occurred at 9:57 p.m. Sept. 26, when Lagro entered the Spiezio’s unit and said “sorry, wrong unit” and left. “(Lagro) stated that it was truly an accident when he got off the elevator at the wrong floor. He stated that he thought he was on the second floor and he walked into what would have been his unit.”

Spiezio declined to comment, citing the advice of his attorney.

Lagro said that he called police in August, after a board member allegedly entered his unit. Longboat Key police were unable to locate an incident report.

A motion DiNicola filed seeking an emergency receivership for the property states that Judith Spiezio entered “under the guise of searching for a leak” and that Lagro, who was on vacation at the time, “returned to find someone had searched through his files relating to this action.”

Lagro and DiNicola both said they believe that Lagro is the intended suspect described in the tire incident report. Lagro had returned to town from Minneapolis around the time Spiezio indicated.

“I think it’s completely false,” Lagro said.

“There was a board meeting and reported the same thing in August: four flat tires and multiple other things. It’s part of the harassment thing that’s going on here.”

A hearing on DiNicola’s motion for the appointment of a receivership is scheduled for 9 a.m. Nov. 4, at the Manatee County Courthouse.

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Tana Sandefur: ringmaster of Sarasota The late philanthropist dedicated her life to connecting the community.

The year was 1998. Tana Sandefur and her late husband, John, sat captivated as they watched their first performance — one of many they would see throughout their lives — at Circus Sarasota. After the show they decided to dedicate themselves to helping revive the artform that is the foundation of Sarasota.

The organization was a natural draw for Sandefur, who was considered a ringmaster of sorts in the community.

Vibrant. Outgoing. Caring. Fun. All are words Sandefur’s friends and colleagues used to describe the woman whose vivacious personality attracted people into her circle — a circle that extended to numerous organizations throughout the community.

Sandefur, 81, died Sept. 27.

The Sandefurs first moved to the area in 1981 from

Ohio; they lived on Longboat Key until the Marina Tower condominium was built in 2000 in Sarasota. The Sandefurs moved off the barrier island and officially became residents of the city in which they were philanthropically entrenched.

Circus Arts Conservatory (formerly Circus Sarasota) founder and CEO Pedro Reis remembers when the Sandefurs first got involved. He said they both helped connect people in the community with the nonprofit organization and encouraged friends to become circus goers as well as donors.

“She really helped us,” Reis said. “She loved the circus and would do whatever she could to help the organization. We’re grateful to both of them, Tana and John.”

Sandefur served on many community boards, in-

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Giving back to the community was never about receiving kudos for Sandefur but rather making sure everyone felt included. Current President and CEO of Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Olivia Thomas remembers Sandefur for her sense of humor and her desire to always include everyone. Thomas recalls when she served on the SPARCC Board of Directors.

“She decided that we were going to do something different for a fundraiser at SPARCC, so we had a birthday party for Elvis,” Thomas said. “She just thought of so many cute details. She made it look great with vintage cars, and all the menu items were things that Elvis would have eaten. People came dressed in Elvis-era costumes.

It was the ‘Elvis party,’ and it was all Tana’s idea.”

The Sandefur residence was always open for gatherings for friends and family. Celebrating was always a treat for Sandefur, who often hosted guests at her Marina Tower home. Her friend of more than 20 years, Alice Rau, said hosting parties was just another one of the ways Sandefur helped bring people together.

“They would have their holiday events in their condo every year and included so many people,” Rau said. “A lot of us met each other through their events.

“She brought people together people from all walks of life whom she knew and were involved in various things, but she felt we needed to know each other.”

Sandefur’s charitable work in Sarasota and love of connecting people indeed created a ripple effect that will have a lasting impact on the Sarasota community.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, John E. Sandefur. She is survived by two daughters, Jane Taylor and Debra Sandefur; three grandchildren; and one nephew and one niece.

A celebration of her life was held Sept. 28, at The Ringling Museum of Art.

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Arthur Brock, 90, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and New Rochelle, N.Y., died Sept. 22.

Born Feb. 2, 1924, Mr. Brock served in the Army Air Corps for four years and then became an industrial engineer.

Mr. Brock is survived by his wife of 62 years, Carol; children Martin, of Port Chester, N.Y., Alice Feldman, of Plainview, N.Y., and James, of Little Silver, N.J.; and two grandchildren.

A private graveside service took place Sept. 24. Memorial donations can be made to Plymouth Harbor Library Fund, 700 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34236, or Temple Sinai, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34231.

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Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-8833 Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m.

The Rev. Paul Eckel is the pastor.

Longboat Island Chapel 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-6491 Communion and healing services are at 9:45 a.m., and Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister.

Lamont Dell Fogt, 92, formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 1.

Born in 1927, in Union County, Ohio, Mrs. Fogt graduated from high school at 16 and went on to become an elementary school teacher. She taught children for more than 35 years.

Mrs. Fogt was a member of Longboat Island Chapel and spent many hours assisting at the Lord’s Warehouse, helping to provide funding for several charities in the area.

Mrs. Fogt was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin; son, Dennis; and grandson. She is survived by her daughters, Marla, of Sarasota, and Julie, of New York City; sister, Doris, of Richwood, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

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DIVERSIONS Richard Parison Jr. is ready to launch the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe into its next blockbuster phase.

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he first time Richard Parison Jr. saw the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe on stage he was enthralled. The energy was electric. The word Parison likes to use is “effervescent.” It was this past July, and Parison was in the crowd for “Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul,” an original piece of theater WBTT’s founding artistic director, Nate Jacobs, created.

An earlier version of the production played to sold-out audiences during the troupe’s 2011 main season. A regional theater veteran from Ohio, Parison immediately understood why there was so much buzz about this 15-year-old black theater company.

“It wasn’t just what was happening on stage,” Parison says. “It was what the audience was giving back. People were not sitting back and letting the show wash over them. They were leaning forward, fully engaged. We often describe theater as a place where magic happens, and it happened that night.”

The 45-year-old is stepping into the role of executive director at an especially magical time for WBTT. Hired this summer to

fill the giant shoes of former Executive Director Christine Jennings, Parison will lead the troupe into its 15th season this fall.

“The theater is on the precipice of such possibility,” Parison says. “They’ve come through years of change, growth and evolution thanks to Christine’s herculean efforts.”

In 2009, WBTT was steeped in debt, bouncing between pop-up performance venues and at the mercy of a mostly disorganized board of directors. Without an executive director, the organization owed much of its staying power to the persistence of one man: Jacobs, whose vision and gift for nurturing raw talent kept the ragtag troupe afloat for a decade.

When Jennings, a retired banker and two-time congressional candidate, stepped in five years ago, she restructured WBTT’s board, began fundraising and secured a permanent theater in a 15,000-square-foot warehouse in Gillespie Park.

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“Theater gave me self confidence and validation as an artist,” says Richard Parison. “To this day I can walk into any theater in the world and feel like I belong. The smell, the feel, the look, it’s universal. I immediately feel at home.”

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Left: WBTT ended last season with a sizzling musical revue (“Bubbling Brown Sugar”) celebrating the artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

Right: WBTT’s “Purlie” opened last year to rave reviews. vered Walnut Street Theatre and associate producing director at the Prince Music Theatre.

When WBTT’s search committee sat down with Parison over the summer, it knew it had found the troupe’s new executive director.

“As a committee we formulated some standard questions,” says board President Julie Leach. “Richard answered all of them in his introductory remarks before we even had a chance to ask them. When you come across a candidate like that, it’s very exciting.”

Parison is the quintessential theater buff. Specific performances he saw as a kid are as fresh today as they were then.

He remembers sitting in his school gymnasium as a sixth-grader, watching the Lake Erie Performing Arts Center present a touring production of a Greek mythology. He remembers shooting his hand up during the question-and-answer segment at the end of the program. He asked the director one question: “How do I get to do this?”

During his freshman year at Miami University of Ohio, his acting aspirations were cast aside when one of his directing professors took him aside and said he had a “director’s mind” and that he should really pursue directing and arts administra-

tion.

“I innately understood the process,” Parison says.

He made his directorial debut in a little-known Timothy Mason play called “Bearclaw.” He staged the show in a blackbox classroom in front of an audience of 35 people. Always an overachiever, he hired set, sound and costume designers in an effort to make the college production look more like a professional show.

“In college everything became a Cecil B. DeMille production to me,” Parison says.

“I kind of had the attitude that if I was going to do it, I was going to do it right.”

Parison is a planner. He showed up to his WBTT interview with as much knowledge of the troupe as a longtime Sarasota resident. According to Leach, he requested materials from the board before he even sat down with the committee.

“It was obvious he knew the theater business, and it was obvious he was looking for a place where he could be engaged with his heart,” says Leach.

Regarding the next phase of WBTT’s development, Parison says the organization is still in the early phases of hatching a capital campaign to finance theater renovations. When the troupe’s vision is complete, the WBTT campus will be spread across two buildings and include

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an education department, administrative offices, designated rehearsal space, permanent dressing rooms, a renovated lobby, better seating, an actual box office … the list goes on.

These changes will take time, so Parison –– an inherently big-picture thinker –– must be patient.

“Really, all you need is an empty space, an actor and a place for an audience to gather,” he says. “That’s the beauty of theater. It can happen almost anywhere.”

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“The organization is really set up to allow its mission to flourish in a way it hasn’t before,” Parison says. “All of the artistic, administrative, educational and financial tenets are lined up.”

Parison is well aware of the troupe’s Cinderella story. He knows he brings the kind of regional-theater experience that wasn’t necessarily in Jennings’ wheelhouse. He knows that Jennings advised the board to find someone with both artistic and administrative theater experience and that he –– an arts administrator with dozens of regional directing credits to his name –– fit the bill perfectly.

He also knows he was meant to be in the Sunshine State.

“I have always felt this sense that I was going to find myself in Florida,” Parison says. “And then it happened.”

For four years he served as the executive director of CenterStage Foundation at Richmond CenterStage in Virginia. He cut his teeth at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Theater Festival, where he served as artistic associate to Obie Award-winning director Gerald Freedman. He later moved to Philadelphia, where he worked as assistant producing artistic director at the re-

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SOULFUL SUSTENANCE Dr. James Demler feeds his soul while growing a farm operation aimed at making Sarasota healthier.

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r. James Demler never imagined that he and his wife, Kathy, would own a farm — especially one that didn’t need soil. In fact, after 30 years of treating patients throughout Sarasota, this semi-retired urologist only dreamed of one thing: helping people get healthy.

“Some things in life are serendipitous,” says Demler when asked why he and his wife, a local artist, decided to open one of the largest, fully operational Verti-Gro hydroponic farms in Sarasota.

The Demlers are good friends with Tim Carpenter, who happens to be the pioneer of vertical hydroponics.

Carpenter is the developer and retailer of Verti-Gro and the one who piqued Demler’s curiosity about the many benefits of this method. Demler knew that helping people get healthier meant not only getting them to eat more fresh foods but also included offering them the most nutrientdense produce available. He realized that hydroponics and his friendship with Carpenter could bring it all together. On Feb. 14, the exclusively hydroponic Sweetgrass Farms was born.

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er this week. The event, put on by USFSM Culinary Innovation Lab, focused on educating the general public on local, sustainable food options and brought participants out to tour and dine at Sweetgrass Farms and Gamble Creek Farm.

“Kathy and I have to two goals in mind,” says Demler. “We not only want to help provide people with the healthiest type of food possible, but we also want to be a learning and research center that educates about healthy eating and the risks associated with the dangerous chemicals used in traditional commercial farming. Opening a hydroponic farm whose mission includes engaging and involving our community was the perfect answer.”

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Sweetgrass Farms has begun making its entrance into the community by offering a weekly buying club where customers stop by to pick up a pre-ordered Harvest Box that provides an assortment of the farm’s freshest produce.

Within the coming weeks it plans to have an educational booth located at the downtown Sarasota Farmers Market and a roadside produce stand open on weekends at the south end of its property.

There are also plans to open a upick strawberry operation at the farm, beginning in late fall.

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Because of the efficient system, Sweetgrass Farms is currently able to grow 35,000 plants, including three types of bell pepper, tomato, corn, two varieties of hot pepper, cucumber, green beans, radish, beet, eggplant, strawberries, five types of lettuce and several herbs, and it has plans for additional produce this fall.

The farm, which Demler and his wife own, currently employees six people — four who maintain the farm, one who runs it and one who is responsible for the marketing, public relations, sales and distribution — and has earned the

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PASSING the gavel Armando Linde plans to continue the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key’s growth in his new role as president.

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Kiwanis members Eric Teoh, Michael Garey, John Wild, incoming President Armando Linde, Corey Schaul, Michael Renick and outgoing President Richard Crawford a.m. every Thursday, at the Longboat Key Club’s Whiskey Room Tavern.

Wild, whose term as lieutenant governor for the state’s Kiwanis Club 18 North Division ended Sept. 26, introduced incoming Lt. Gov. Dana Keane, of the Downtown Sarasota Kiwanis Club — Florida’s fastest-growing club.

Kiwanian Woody Wolverton received a 25-year past president pin and framed certificate signed by Linde and Wild. Another 25-year member, Dick Baum, was also in attendance with his wife, Jean. Baum received his 25-year pin last year.

Wolverton also received a Key Club

sponsor pin, while his wife, Sue, received her Kiwanis Foundation trustee pin.

Also receiving pins from the club were Michael Renick, who will join the Kiwanis Foundation board as a trustee, and Corey Schaul and Jack Brill for being Circle K International sponsors.

Abigail Oakes, past president of the Circle K Club affiliate at New College of Florida, also brought along her successor as president, Ariel Santori Amsberry. The Kiwanis Club presented them with a check to help fund the Longboat Kiwanis-sponsored Service Leadership Program at the college.

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After a year and a half as president of the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key, Richard Crawford passed on the gavel to Armando Linde, new chapter president.

Crawford, who finished out the term former President Jim Burmeister started before moving to Venice, led his last club meeting during the installation luncheon Sept. 25, at the Lazy Lobster of Longboat in front of more than 50 guests and club members.

“The Kiwanis of Longboat Key is ranked No. 5 out of the 255 Kiwanis clubs in Florida in terms of growth,” Crawford said. “And I don’t think this club has anywhere to go but up.”

Linde echoed the same sentiment.

“My goal is to keep up the momenMichael Garey, owner of the Lazy Lobster tum this club has been building over and chairman of the Gourmet Lawn Party, the years and that Richard has continspeaks to the audience. ued during his presidency, and always under the watchful eyes of our lieutenant governor and secretary, John Wild, and our treasurer, Jim Larson,” he said. “With them at my side, as well as all committee chairs and committee members, I know my job will be made much easier.”

Linde retired in 2008 after a 33-year career with the International Monetary Fund.

Kiwanians at the luncheon were able to get a few extra hours of sleep because the club ventured outside its regular meeting time.

Held during what former state Kiwanis Lt. Gov. John Wild jokingly reSecretary John Wild awards Woody Wolverton with a 25-year past president pin and a framed fers to as “zero-dark hundred hours,” meetings typically take place at 7:30 certificate.

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The green sea turtle that would later be nicknamed C.J. was in the right place at the right time when it became distressed near two Mote Marine employees who were fishing at a nearby dock after work.

Injured and malnourished, C.J. swam up near the Old Salty Dog, where Paul Waldrop and Mike Leworthy were fishing.

When the pair noticed the adolescent turtle was injured and needed help, they netted it and brought it to Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

Almost exactly a year after finding the turtle, Waldrop and Leworthy released C.J. back into Sarasota Bay Sept. 29, near Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant.

“It’s awesome to see the complete cycle,” Waldrop said. “We found him, res-

cued him, watched get him better, and now we’re letting him go.”

Both Waldrop and Leworthy admit they didn’t think C.J. would make it.

Jenna Rouse, an animal care technician at Mote, said the turtle’s lungs were exposed and it was on the critical list for months.

However, Rouse said eating is the fastest way to recovery, and C.J. had no problem doing that. On arrival C.J. weighed 12 pounds and now weighs more than 18 pounds.

“We knew immediately C.J. was going to be a great patient,” Rouse said. “Nutrition is the most important part of recovery, and he started eating as soon as he got to the hospital.”

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Wicker Inn hosts Business After Hours Nearly 70 people gathered Sept. 25, at the Wicker Inn, for the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours.

Business owners and employees from a variety of establishments came together for the once-a-month event to exchange business cards with other area professionals and make new friends in a relaxed setting with food and drinks.

Sheri Trine, who owns the Wicker Inn on Longboat Key with her husband, Ralph, and son and daughter-in-law, Barry and Jamie Trine, talked about the history of the Wicker Inn and the family’s involvement with the property.

When the Trines bought the property, it was on the verge of closing. The family has since remodeled the inn and are operating it as their family business.

Barry and Jamie Trine have five children, who attend school in Indiana, and the family stayed at the Wicker Inn for most of the summer but ventured back home Sept. 28.

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Volunteers are needed to assist Sarasota Bay Watch and Florida Audubon in their efforts to protect local birds and wildlife.

The groups are asking for help preventing fishing line entanglement, which almost always results in death for seabirds.

From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday volunteers are needed to help remove fishing line from Sarasota Bay and its surrounding areas during the annual Sarasota Bay Watch MonofilaFile photo ment Cleanup. Organizers prefer volunteers to have a boat or Pilar Guillen pulls monofilament out of a tree at the kayak of their own, due to lim- cleanup in 2012. ited space on their boats and Because it is thin and often clear, the kayaks. However, cleanup can also be done on foot around the bridg- line is difficult for birds and other anies, and volunteers without a watercraft mals to see, and they can easily brush are still encouraged to attend. Boats will up against it and become entangled in launch from Sarasota Sailing Squadron, it. Once entangled, they may become injured, may drown, may become strangled 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway.

The fishing line collected will be or may starve to death.

The event takes place in October each weighed and measured, and the data will be shared with local and state scientists year because most birds don’t nest this time of year. working on entanglement issues.

Lunch will be available after the event.

Officials from Sarasota Bay Watch say most fishing line that you can buy today Sturdy footwear, sunscreen, eye protecis made of monofilament, a single-strand, tion, hat, gloves and water are recomstrong, flexible plastic that is clear or tinted mended for the event.

Registration is required prior to the blue, pink or green. Most lines are not biodegradable and can last hundreds of years, cleanup. To sign up, visit Sarasotabaywatch.org or call 232-2363. depending on environmental conditions.

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Longboat Key, Bay Isles $899,000 4/3 Bruce Myer/Linda Weber 941-387-1859 MLS#A4103997 79238

Longboat Key, Sleepy Lagoon $749,000 4/4.5 The Barbara Ackerman Group 941-387-1820 MLS#A4105130 95171

Longboat Shores $712,000 Clifford Hornsby, 941-321-3188 2 story canal front property w/dock. Open access to Bay and Gulf. MLS#A4100271 82301 Beachplace $620,000 Babette Paige, 941-388-3966 Gift yourself with gracious styling in this distinctive 2BR/2BA condo. MLS#A4104477 44952 Country Club Shores $599,000 Gene DePoris, 941-388-3966 Beautiful, fully cleared canal front lot. Wonderful bay front community. MLS#A3997252 44953 Longboat Key $599,000 Mirta Klauber, 941-387-1817 Waterfront 4BR/2BA duplex zoned SF. Cathedral ceilings. Great value! MLS#A4104862 81730 Just Reduced! $409,000 Ray Nesci, 941-387-1881 2BR/1,494 SF Gulf front living on Lido Beach. Bring your small pet! MLS#A3995583 74444 Just Reduced! $365,000 Angie Campbell, 941-320-1834 Lido Key 2BR/2BA Top Turnkey furnished. 12 mo. rental, 30 day min. MLS#A3998572 79287

Longboat Key, Inn On The Beach $539,000 1/1 Judy Kepecz-Hays 941-387-1825 MLS#A4104575 73036

Sarasota, Lido Harbour South $465,000 2/2 David/Wendy Leventhal, P.A. 941-387-1843 MLS#A4105113 81721

Shipmans $360,000 Joe Boguszewski, PA, 941-388-3966 Here is your opportunity to build your dream home on a Longboat Key canal. MLS#A4104136 44952

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1

Rotary Club of Longboat Key — meets at 5:15 p.m. at the Chart House Restaurant, 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Meetings include appetizers, drinks and a program.

A $10 donation is requested.

For information, contact Sydelle Pittas at sydellelaw@aol.com.

‘When Your Life is on Fire, What Should You Save’ Broadcast — takes place at 8:15 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. The lecture is broadcast as part of the “Live from 92nd Street Y” series. Alan Alda, Jane Pauley, Fred Newman and psychotherapist/pastor Erik Kolbell, author of “When Your Life is on Fire,” will discuss the questions raised in Kolbell’s book. The event is free for members; $5 for nonmembers. Call 383-3428.

THURSDAY, OCT. 2

Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 388-2847.

Sarasota Tiger Bay Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota. This month’s forum is “Trouble in the Middle East,”

moderated by New College professor Frank Alcock. Cost is $22 for members; $27 for nonmembers.

Visit sarasotatigerbay.com.

Sarasota Singles Society Luau Party — takes place at 6 p.m. at the BeacHhouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. The event is open to all local singles and will include tropical attire, Hawaiian dancers and music and a dinner of grilled mahi-mahi and pork calypso.

Cost is $48 for members; $68 for nonmembers. Register at sarasotasinglessociety.com or by calling 504-4064.

THURSDAY, OCT. 2 AND FRIDAY, OCT. 3

Beginners Bridge or Refresher Course — takes place at 9:30 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Dec. 12, in the Aging in Paradise Resource Center on the second floor of Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Larry Auerbach, emerald life master with 8,000 master points, teaches classes. Cost is $5 per class. Call 383-6493.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

Sarasota Bay Watch/Audubon Florida Fishing Line Cleanup — takes place from 8:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8

Mote Volunteer Coffee — takes place from 10 a.m. to noon in the Buchanan Room in Mote’s main laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Mote needs aquarium guides to discuss exhibits and animals with visitors, cashiers and greeters for its membership desk. Weekend help is especially needed. The reception will include coffee, juice, pastries and brief presentations from Mote volunteers and staff. RSVP to Elisa Painten at volcoordinator@mote.org or 388-4441, Ext. 438.

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• Consistent top producer on Longboat Key • In-depth knowledge of the real estate market • Active in our community with Longbeach Village Association Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Longboat Key Center for the Arts Longboat Key Garden Club 3174 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, FL 34228

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LONGBOAT HARBOUR -- Bay front residence with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and a glassed enclosed lanai. It’s like living on a cruise ship! The views of the bay are spectacular. The community offers deeded beach access, tennis, 4 pools, clubhouse, boat slips and a variety of social activities. ...............................NEW LISTING .....$289,000 HISTORIC LONG BEACH -- This vacant lot with beach and bay access just blocks away could be the site for your new home. Enjoy the charm of Village life with its friendly residents, its many neighborly activities and its ambiance. ................................................................................................................................................................ $279,000 COUNTRY CLUB SHORES-3 bedroom, 3 bath, den, pool, boat dock, 10,000 lb. lift, totally renovated. 4th house from the bay. A great bay view from the pavered pool deck. ...........................................................................$865,000 TIMBER CREEK---a golfing community tucked away in West Bradenton. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths plus enclosed lanai on the golf course. Golf membership is so reasonable you can’t afford not to play. 15 minutes to the beach. Shopping and restaurants closeby. ...........................................................................................................................................$110,000 NORTH END LONGBOAT KEY-charming rustic home on wide bayou with wildlife preserve across the water. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, wood floors. Bring your nets and catch the mullet! Old Florida at its best.............PENDING..$495,000 SUNRISE, SUNSET - You will enjoy both from the bayfront furnished penthouse with a million dollar view of Sarasota Bay, the Sarasota skyline and Bradenton to the north. Great amenities and deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed--no size or weight restriction!! ............................................................................................................................................$450,000 BLACKBURN POINT WOODS - Beautifully appointed maintenance free 4/3 villa with its own pool in an attractive neighborhood close to Casey Key. Amenities include tennis, community pool and clubhouse....SOLD....$335,000 WINDWARD BAY - view the bay from the screened porch of this corner 2/2 villa. Enjoy a full size laundry room and grilling outside your door.The community offers tennis, 2 pools, fitness room. boat docks, kayak racks. 2 pets up to 25 lbs. This villa lives like a single family home ........................................................................SOLD.....$269,000

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DON’T MISS Sixth annual Ageless Creativity Visual Arts Reception & Awards What: The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design will recognize six Longboat Key luminaries who are visual or performing artists. RSVP is required. Call 383-2345 or email lbkca@ ringling.edu.

When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 10 Where: Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S.

to 12:30 p.m., beginning at Sarasota Sailing Squadron, 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway. Help remove fishing line from bird nesting habitat, islands and coastlines to protect seabirds from entanglement, which usually results in death.

Fishing line that volunteers collect will be weighed and measured, and the data will be shared with state scientists who work on entanglement issues.

Register at sarasotabaywatch.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8

Republican Club of Longboat Key — meets at 11:30 a.m. at Portofino restaurant at the Longboat Key Club’s Moorings Marina, 2600 Harbourside Drive.

The season’s kickoff luncheon topic is “Come Meet the Candidates.” Cost is $25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. For reservations, visit RCLBK.org or call Ruth Strauss at 383-5349. Send checks to RCLBK, P.O. Box 8181, Longboat Key, FL 34228.

‘What’s New and Cost-Effective with Medicare: Latest Trends and Hidden Costs’ presentation — takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Aging in Paradise Resource Center on the second floor of Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Donna Blizman, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the independent insurance business, will present this seminar. Call 383-6493.

TUESDAY, OCT. 14

Longboat Key Democratic Club — meets at noon at the Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room, 3100 Harbourside Drive. The club has invited all local Democratic candidates to attend its first meeting of the season. Cost is $25. Mail checks to Longboat Key Democratic Club, P.O. Box 8025, Longboat Key, FL 34228.

THURSDAY, OCT. 16

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours — takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Diplomat Resort, 3155 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Call 3832466.

FRIDAY, OCT. 17

Taste of St. Armands — takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park. More than 15 restaurants will participate in this annual event that will offer flavors for every palate and feature music by saxophonist Eirinn Abu. The event benefits All Faiths Food Bank. Attendees are asked to bring a bag of nonperishable food. Cost is $35 in advance; $40 the day of the event. Call 388-1554.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.05 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 15 and Sept. 19.

A home in Sleepy Lagoon tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Barbara Hania, trustee, sold the home at 6270 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Mateos Family LLC for $2.05 million. Built in 1987, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,457 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $595,000 in 1988.

Grand Bay

Andrew and Judith Adler, of Hillsdale, N.Y., sold their Unit 324 condominium at 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. to 324 Grand Bay LLC for $865,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,369 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $590,000 in 1999.

Spanish Main Yacht Club

Richard Wilcox, of Longboat Key, sold his home at 940 Spanish Drive N. to Margaret Hoover, trustee, of Lambertville, Mich., for $599,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,421 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $565,000 in 2010.

Country Club Shores

John Mason, of Atlanta, sold his home at 540 Birdie Lane to Chris and Michelle Kechriotis, of Orlando, for $580,000. Built in 1966, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,485 square feet of living area.

Islander Club of Longboat

Roger Gerrard, of Jacksonville, sold his Unit 36-N condominium at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive to John and Tracy Weber, of Southbury, Conn., for $545,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,235 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $238,000 in 1997.

Buttonwood Cove

Janice Pyburn, of Ontario, Canada, sold the Unit 203 condominium at 3660 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Kathy Surma, of Bridgeville, Pa., for $365,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,284 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $265,000 in 2000.

Turtle Crawl

LBK Rentals LLC sold the Unit T-501 condominium at 4235 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Patricia Pape for $337,000.

Built in 1973, it has one bedroom, one bath and 720 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $309,000 in 2009.

Cabana Beach Club

Agnes Peterson, of Stamford, Conn., sold her Unit 9 condominium at 5851 Gulf of Mexico Drive to LB Key LLC for $321,700.

Built in 1971, it has one bedroom, one bath and 750 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2012.

BIRD KEY Susan McCart, of Sarasota, sold her home at 238 Robin Drive to Jonathan and Helen Turner, trustees, of Sarasota, for $699,000.

Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,188 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2009.

LIDO KEY John Ringling Estates The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, sold the home at 150 S. Washington Drive to Peter and Beata Knop, of Chantilly, Va., for $460,000. Built in 1958, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 945 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $78,000 in 1987.

Caleb Motsinger

This home at 6270 Gulf of Mexico Drive has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,457 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.05 million.

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

210 Sands Point Road #A4105384 $1,150,000 Michael Moulton

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

573 Juan Anasco Dr #A3992657 $899,000 Diana Kryszak

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-993-4078

701 Old Compass Rd #A3994062 $850,000 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

4215 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4105296 $849,000 Maureen Horn

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

1436 John Ringling Pkwy #A3962144 $6,399,000 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace

541 Chipping Ln #A3998188 $799,000 Jonathan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6649

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4104387 $795,000 Tom Delaney

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-3990

545 Rountree Dr #A3996752 $769,000 Michael Yawitz

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-587-8091

1910 Harbour Links Cir # 12 #A3999366 $749,000 Jenine Meyer

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-266-8303

1135 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 102 #A3999238 $739,000 Michael Moulton

Lido Key 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 5 #A3995790 $735,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6673

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2105 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3204 #A3995170 $699,000 Susan Fox

4765 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #C201 #A4102240 $3,150,000 Debra Lee Rugh

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6648

6338 Laguna Drive #A3957942 Audrey Singer

Longboat Key $649,900 941-383-7591

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-320-0677

3080 Grand Bay Blvd # 522 #A3991522 $599,000 Kathleen Callender

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-321-3115

1920 Harbourside Dr # 1004 #A3995452 $590,000 Julie Klick

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-6001

6945 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 22 #A3996849 $570,000 Robbbi Karas

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-993-5088

3436 Winding Oaks Dr # 44 #A3995390 $549,000 Nina Dearing

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-809-0038

230 Sands Point Road #A4104807 $525,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

615 Dream Island Road #A4101133 $450,000 Susan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6648

4621 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4104001 $375,000 Richard Perlman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

225 Sands Point Rd # 6204 #A3985969 $334,000 Terri Derr

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-6694

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Sept. 18 through Sept. 24, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

600 Wedge Lane 524 Hornblower Lane 2425 GMD 1925 GMD 3464 Winding Oaks Drive 2509 GMD 537 Sloop Lane 4525 GMD 5850 GMD 628 Buttonwood Drive 541 Sutton Place 560 Cutter Lane 649 Dream Island Road 536 Spinnaker Lane 1135 GMD 746-754 Spanish Drive 531 Chipping Lane 4234 GMD 2107 GMD 4800 GMD

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Permit Replacement Residence Addition Interior Interior Bathroom Doors Interior Bathroom Seawall Bathroom Concrete repair Lift Addition Lift/davit Interior Window and door Lift/davit Doors New roof Window

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St. Resi Sarasota LLC $1.22 million Kenneth Pozlup $190,859 Scott Salick $103,480 Willie Cobb Jr. $44,000 Joseph Meth $44,000 Veranda Beach Club $41,816 Gordon Cooper $35,000 Julie Best $26,645 Cabana Beach Club Condos $18,768 David Milberg $15, 246 Kai Koch $12,971 Andrew Ferraro $12,193 Douglass Lyssy $12,000 David Aldrich $10,125 Thomas Hoffman $10,000 James Darden $9,530 Victor Mitchell $8,766 Joseph Oberfranc $7,258 Sunset Beach condo $5,700 Andrew Locke $1,224

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n 30-year background in sales, marketing, management & real estate n A resident of Longboat Key for 26+ years n Specialist in luxury waterfront property Carol would be proud to assist you with one of life’s most important decisions — buying and selling your home. Contact her today.

SOLD 535 Sanctuary Drive, A101 MLS# A3993965 $1,250,000

SOLD 565 Sanctuary Drive, A302 MLS# A3996273 $1,558,418

PENDING 2251 Gulf of Mexico Drive 403 MLS# A3999304 $3,590,000

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-348-3989

570 Wedge Ln #A3985045 Diann Thelen

3320 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4103710 Doris Bushman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

Longboat Key $255,000 941-383-5502

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4310 Falmouth Drive #A4105301 $289,000 Bobbi Banan

4440 Exeter Drive #A4104012 $315,000 Sharon Freeman

Longboat Key $4,300-$6,300/month, 30 day min 941-552-4200

1211 Gulf Of Mexico Dr 405 Longboat Key #A3999553 $4,000-$8,000/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # Ph3 #A3992260 $314,900 Sharon Freeman

722 Boulevard Of The Presidents # 202 #A3996758 $209,000 Catherine De’Ath

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

741 Hideaway Bay Drive #A4103504 $2,895,000 Saint Cacchiotti

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

669 Halyard Ln #A3991643 $2,695,000 Kelly Quigley & Linda Dickinson

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-356-9954

571 Putting Green Lane #A4101858 $2,195,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

601 Longboat Club Rd # 201S #A3987049 $1,495,000 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-7300

455 Longboat Club Rd # 508 #A3996566 $1,395,000 Michael Moulton

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

230 Sands Point Rd # 3005 #A3987939 $1,295,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

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225 Sands Point Road #A4100632 $315,000 Rory Jaret

3320 Gulf Of Mexico Drive # 102C Longboat Key #A3970123 $2,000-$3,000/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 6633 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3989550 $22,000,000 Deborah Beacham

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 Main Street 951.6660 • Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-2688

White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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SWEET CONDO IS FURNISHED and ready to go!

2BR/1.5BA is great investment or week-end getaway. Two pools, boat docks when available, private beach, kayak storage & much more. $226,900 Kelly Belisle #M5900074

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

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NICE AND COZY 2BR/1BA Mobile Home in an active community. Fishing on the bay and shuffleboard are some of the activities available with deeded beach access and marina. $99,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5841236

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+ Cannons Marina to host St. Armands Boat Show

ADORABLE 2BR/1BA GETAWAY located mid-key, tastefully decorated with a large outdoor entertaining area. Home is situated at the end of the street. Twin Shores $129,900 is a very active waterfront community.

Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5840765

SPECTACULAR PANORAMIC VIEW of mangrove preserve and Sarasota Bay from this beautiful 2BR/2BA 3rd floor condo in Windward Bay. Great mid-key community with tons of amenities. $254,900 Kelly Belisle #M5843015

Cannons Marina will sponsor the St. Armands Boat Show, scheduled for Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, in St. Armands Circle Park.

Cannons will show off its Grady-White boats and Southwind deck boats, all of which feature Yamaha motors.

Andrew White and Marcel Kasten, both members of the Cannons sales team, will be at the event to assist visitors with any boating-related questions.

“Last year we sponsored our first boat show at St. Armands and we had such a great experience we wanted to host another event that would provide a fun, family atmosphere and also bring the highest quality in boats to the people of Sarasota and Bradenton,” said Cannons Marina owner David Miller in a news release.

+ Realtor wins prize from American Bar Association SECLUDED PARADISE on south end of Longboat Key. Furnished and steps away from beach and short drive to St. Armands & Sarasota art district. Amenities include golf course, tennis, pool, spa & restaurant. $339,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5846581

DESIGNER FURNISHED PENTHOUSE with 2BR/ 2BA and views of the Intracoastal AND the Bay! Deeded beach access, beach cabana, two heated pools and more.

Pets welcome. $379,900 Marc Turner #A3926740

YOU WILL BE AMAZED at the water views from every room! Wrap around balcony overlooks the white sands of the Gulf & views of the Bay. Furnished with large bedrooms & huge closet. $895,000 Teresia Bradford #M5845791

DISTINCTIVE, UNIQUE 2014 custom home in award winning CONRAD BEACH on LBK. 3BR/3BA w/upgrades too numerous to list. Coastal theme, architectural design, community pool and walk to the beach. $1,179,000 Peter & Gina Uliano #M5841410

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For property management, call Bonnie Wiedeman 941-383-5577

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Suite 101, in the Centre Shops, Longboat Key

By Caleb Motsinger Staff Writer

Richard Perlman, a former Philadelphia attorney who is currently a real estate agent with Michael Saunders & Co., recently won first place in the American Bar Association’s “One Great Name” contest for both the Sarasota County Bar Association and the entire nationwide contest.

Perlman received the honor for the title of his family law program called “The Gray Divorce Revolution … Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I’m 64??? Probably Not.” Gray divorce refers to the demographic trend of an increasing divorce rate for older couples in long-lasting marriages.

According to the American Bar Association, the entry was voters’ favorite “by a sizeable margin.” One voter wrote, “I love the Beatles reference!”

BRUCE MYER

Caleb Motsinger

Eric Teoh and Michael Renick

+ Team Renick Real Estate to sponsor Gourmet Lawn Party Michael Renick and Eric Teoh, of Team Renick Longboat Key Real Estate, will be $5,000 platinum sponsors for the Longboat Key Kiwanis Gourmet Lawn Party, which will take place Dec. 6, at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Islandside driving range.

The event’s date was recently changed to Dec. 6 to avoid traffic from the St. Armands Art Festival.

Michael Garey, the event chairman and owner of Lazy Lobster of Longboat, said the platinum sponsorship is one of many new developments for this year’s lawn party.

Bill Herlihy, of the Bridge Street Bistro & Island Time Bar & Grill, is the restaurant chairman of the event. Garey said Herlihy has been the driving force behind gaining additional restaurant participation from Anna Maria Island.

Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar on St. Armands Circle will participate in this year’s event for the first time.

SELLING LONGBOAT KEY REAL ESTATE FOR OVER 34 YEARS

THE RIGHT DIRECTION

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TWO new listings in the bay isles bayou

BAYOU - 3280 Bayou Road - 4BR/3BA “built to last” home with oversized pool lanai and serene, private lake views. $899,000

VIZCAYA #3C1 - 4BR/4.5BA Gulf front with private pool, walk down to beach & oversized 2-car garage. $3,795,000 SANCTUARY #C407 - Remodeled and furnished 3BR/3BA residence. Gulf, golf course and downtown views $1,799,000

Bayside Listings 3040 GRAND BAY BLVD. #2102 - Penthouse home with views that span from the Gulf to the Bay. 3BR/5.5BA with study, and 5,300 square feet of roof top balcony equipped with a hot tub and gazebo. $2,995,000

LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #804S - 2BR/2BA end residence.

Updated, open floorplan with panoramic views. $1,149,000

SABAL COVE - 3318 Sabal Cove Lane - 3BR+Den/4.5BA home with wide open floorplan & views over lake of Harbourside Blue golf course. $1,799,000

SANCTUARY IV #303 - 2BR+Den/2.5BA furnished home with partial Gulf views from large wrap around terrace. $799,000

530 HARBOR POINT RD - Freshly manicured canal front lot in Bay Isles Harbor Section. $1,350,000

PLAYERS CLUB #A102 - 3BR/2.5BA, furnished home. Partial Gulf and pool views, and under-building parking. $699,000

1400 HARBOR SOUND DRIVE - Vacant lot with picturesque $1,198,000 waterway view to the Bay. $1,198

BEACHPLACE - BLDG. 8 #202 - Direct Gulf 2BR/2BA residence with awesome beach to water views. $699,000

HARBOUR COURT - 2204 Harbour Court Drive - Spacious 3BR+Den/3.5BA villa with Intracoastal and partial Bay views. $949,000 Private dock.

CLUB LONGBOAT - 5055 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #326 - 2/2 with tennis court frontage and partial Gulf views. $499,000

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ATRIUM - 2120 Harbourside Dr. #618 - 3BR/3BA home with spanning bay & city views, and private walk-down. $945,000 GRAND BAY #145 - 3BR/2Full/2HB, beautifully turn-key furnished with golf course and bay views. $889,000 ATRIUM - 2110 Harbourside Dr. #537 - Bayfront 3BR/2BA home with spacious, open plan. Mostly furnished. $869,000 LONGBOAT KEY MOORINGS - The west coast’s largest marina has a 45’ slip just for you! $64,500

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BAYOU - 3181 Bayou Sound - 2BR/3BA+Den with wood floors, private pool, spa and dock on deep water channel with no bridges to bay. $895,000

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Items Under $200 For Sale TABLES: CONTEMPORARY living room end & console, thick glass tops, bronze metal bases. $200. 407-310-4446.

Autos For Sale 2012 CHRYSLER 200 hard top convertible car for sale! Black cherry red, like new! 2,500 miles.

Call Jeff to view car located at 4500 Gulf of Mexico Dr, Longboat Key. $19,500.

(281) 935−4058.

Autos Wanted WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOATHOUSE, LBK: 29/ft. covered dry slip, only 10 minutes to Gulf, $250/mo. 941-724-9486.

INDOOR, HIGH and dry boat slip for sale or rent.

Up to 25/ft. Excellent boating location.

Possible owner financing. Call 941-371-1866 or 941-544-5597.

LONGBOAT KEY Moorings Boat Slip for Rent.

Yacht Club Slip N-7, accommodates up to 45 ft.

Boat with Electric, Water, Wi-Fi, Laundry Room & some Club Amenities. $450/mo.

941-928-1542.

SLIP RENTAL- LBK Moorings. By Owner. M18, premier slip, 58 ft. $600 month. 941-316-9372

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014

Condos/Apts. For Rent 2BR/2BA LBK: ISLANDER CLUB First floor condo, beach walk−out, Gulf view from every room, 2BR/2BA. Available Jan. thru March, $5700 per month plus taxes. 3 month minimum. jaelser@bellsouth.net Jim/Ann (770)426−5965 www.longboatcondo.webs.com

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Computer Services

LBK: 2BR/2BA beach rental. Patio, carport, WI-FI, cable TV, updated, steps to private beach, W/D. Darling turnkey, $2000. - 2/mo. minimum. No pets.

55+. 941-232-1357.

Cmagik - LBK resident, servicing our island year round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC. Professional help with computers, iPad/iPhones and tutoring.

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom condos overlooking beautiful Lido Beach.

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, pool on beach, free Wi-Fi, 50” TV, 1BR/1BA, kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

LBK RESIDENT offering Mac/PC services to businesses and individuals. Remote service packages available. Scott@ResoluteIT.com 941-870-3235

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

GATED BEACHFRONT Community on Longboat Key. 2BR/2BA, updated kitchen, appliances, granite in master, heated pools. $299,900. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY. 941-726-2677 LONGBOAT KEY: Northern end, sunny, spacious, desireable, 2BR/2BA, furnished condo. Great rental. Steps to private beach, heated pool, tennis, docks available. $328,800. 973-652-4444.

Real Estate Wanted

ISLE TILE FOR “QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE” Floors, bathrooms, showers, backsplashes, patio and pool decks.

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WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

For Qualified Waiting Clients

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

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“Your Home by the Sea”

JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Residential/ Commercial. Handyman Repairs, Roof Repairs, Coatings, Painting, Power Washing, Property Management, Home Watching. LBK Resident. Lic./Ins. 941-962-4867.

Boats

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228

Boats Are Selling Very Well. www.Islandboatsales.net We Also Buy Boats.

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Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Fully equipped 2BR/2BA condos with washer and dryer, and wireless internet in each unit.

All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

Furnishings MATTRESS SALE! 50-80% OFF Retail! K Sets $290 Q $150 F $140 - Call Daniel, (941)387-4810.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales CORTEZ PARK Yard Sale. Friday, Oct. 3rd, Saturday, Oct. 4th, 8:00AM--1:00PM. Cortez Park Clubhouse, 12507 Cortez Rd. West, Village of Cortez, just before the Cortez Bridge, South side of Cortez Rd. Find a treasure among many items.

Pools/Spas HOT TUBS - Slim Spas - Fiberglass Pools.

Local manufacturer offering to sell directly to the public at wholesale pricing. 941-462-0633.

Personals *ADOPTION*: Bilingual Global Professionals long to Stay-Home with 1st baby. Music, LOVE, Affection, Financial Security. FLBar 42311.

1-800-552-0045. Expenses paid.

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

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Business Opportunities JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

Help Wanted COME HAVE fun with us! Natural Discoveries, a St. Armands womens’ boutique needs experienced sales associate. Must be upbeat, flexible, computer literate. P/T 18-24/hrs. week, includes nights, weekends and holidays between 10a.m.-9p.m. Fax resume/application request to: 941-358-9099 or natdis@tampabay.rr.com

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.wagnerrentals.com WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 941-351-5101.

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

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HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 139521

LBK AQUARIUS CLUB. Direct beach front, 2BR/2BA, W/D. Covered parking, pool, tennis courts. 3 month minimum. 912-507-2279 or 912-507-2280.

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff FloRIDA VACATIon ConnECTIon www.Flvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 CHRISTMAS (12/20-12/27): updated large 2BR/2BA, beautiful bay condo, pool, mid-island, sleeps 4-6, $1350 includes maids. 941-321-3311.

2BR/2.5BA LONGBOAT Key − Fairway Bay Two level townhouse available December 2014 − January 2015. Two (2) master bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, two month minimum, no pets. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis, exercise room, private beach access. $3100/month (303) 440−7009.

Adult Care Services ATTENTION VACATIONING LONGBOAT KEY RESIDENTS. “The Royal Treatment LLC, A Home Care/Companion Company is currently concentrating on only 15 “select clients” for the winter season. Every client will be accompanied by (his or her or couple’s ) own “select companion”…every day, same companion!

You will be able to request whom, by reviewing my website. www.theroyaltreatmentllc.com please read.

We can’t wait to pick you up at the airport!

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Air Conditioning GULFSIDE A/C & Heating, LLC. SALES & SERVICE, FREE ESTIMATES! 10 MINUTE RESPONSE. Visa/MC/Disc. Lic. #CAC1816929 941-962-6863.

Auto Transport

TILE TILE TILE

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Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

CUSTOM PAINTING, Wallpaper Removal.

Quality work at a reasonable price.

Free Estimates. Established 1978. Call Daniel at L.L. Armstrong Contracting. Lic./Insured.

941-323-5074.

EAGLE EYE PAINTING. Custom interior/exterior painting, all wood finishes, pressure washing, wallpaper removal and prep. Servicing Suncoast since 1989. Prompt, courteous service. Lic./Ins. Free estimates. 941-268-2105. halfnhalf4now@gmail.com RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

Pressure Washing. Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repairs. Reasonable. Reliable. Professional.

30+/years experience. References available.

Free Estimates.

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Pet Services DOG WALKING SERVICES. Senior gentleman available for dog walking, sitting, feeding. Reliable, educated, dog lover on Longboat. 941-383-1790.

This week’s Crossword answers

RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer. Drive your car North or South and back. 941-713-1596.

SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Cleaning AFFORDABLE CLEANING BY CARLA Most accounts start at $70.

Steam mop used for every visit.

Great references. Honest. Reliable.

941-894-9262 ALL TYPES of Floor Cleaning. Carpet, Tile & Grout.

Hardwood, No Sanding. Terrazzo, Marble, Travertine.

AmercianFlooringSolutions.com.

941-706-2582. Free Estimates. LBK References.

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $80, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

NINOSKA’S CLEANING Service. Experienced, Reliable, Trustworthy cleaning of home, condo, apartment. Resonable rates. (813) 377−6764.

Computer Services OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

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EDITORIAL

October — 10 December — 47 November — 26 Art Galleries — 64

ADVERTISING

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”Tulips” by Laurie Tennent Laurie Tennent's series of botanical photographs will be on display Nov. 7 through Dec. 4, at Galleria Silecchia.

Tennent uses a photographic process called polychrome on aluminum for her large-scale, limited-edition photographs.

"This series is basically taking the images off the gallery walls and back into nature," says Tennent. "The scale is so interesting so when you stand in front of them, you feel like you're right in the plant."

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A&E Editor´s Picks ´La Fille mal Gardeé´

Ringling International Arts Festival

When: Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets: $20 to $100 Info: Call 359-0099 or visit SarasotaBallet.org.

When: Oct. 15 through Oct. 18 Where: The Ringling Tickets: $25 to $35 Info: Call 359-5700 or visit ringling.org.

This four-day festival offers a diverse and eclectic range of seven performances in various disciplines. It allows Sarasotans a chance to experience renowned international artists in their backyard.

And if it were possible to top last year’s, this year the festival presents an even more dynamic lineup. The acts consist of Pedrito Martinez Group (Afro-Cuban percussionist group); Tangram (ballet crossed with juggling); Duo Amal (piano duo from Israel and Palestine); Bolero Sarasota (community contemporary dance piece choreographed by Larry Keigwin); Vijay Iyer Trio (jazz music trio headed by MacArthur Genius pianist/composer); The Table (three-person operated puppet who’s undergoing an existential crisis); and The Intergalactic Nemesis (a graphic novel comes to life in a dramatic reading).

Masterworks 1 When: Nov. 7 through Nov. 9 Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets: $30 through $83 Info: Call 953-3434 or visit sarasotaorchestra.org This is Anu Tali’s first full season with Sarasota Orchestra, and it’s also the first Masterworks she has programmed as music director. Her selections include three Russian composers: Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Mussorgsky. Piano guest soloist Alexander Toradze, recognized for his Prokofiev concerto recordings, will be one for the books.

The Sarasota premiere of ”La Fille” in April 2013 was a huge success. The full-length Sir Frederick Ashton-choreographed comedic ballet set on a farm follows the love story of Lise and Colas with what is arguably Ashton’s finest choreography. Sarasota Ballet perfectly captures Ashton’s spirit with its dancing chickens, ribbon dancing and impeccable character portrayals. It’s one of the best productions Sarasota Ballet has ever danced, and fortunately it is coming back for an encore performance — it is a must-see if you haven’t.

The Perlman Music Program´s ´The Art of the Violin´ When: November through February Where: Various locations Info: Call 350-2338 or visit pmpsuncoast.org The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast (PMP/Suncoast) has invited 20 celebrated local and international artists to create unique works of art out of violins for a new project.

The violins will be on display at PMP/Suncoast events and at local galleries beginning in October, and they will be auctioned off at a reception to benefit PMP/Suncoast’s education programs in February. Perlman Music Program Sarasota Winter Residency takes place Dec. 18 through Jan. 4.

´South Pacific´ When: Nov. 11 through Dec. 28 Where: Asolo Repertory Theatre Info: Call 351-8000 or visit Asolorep.org.

What’s not to love in a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein? The production, set on a South Pacific Island during World War II, follows two couples, each facing issues of prejudice; it's sure to be “Some Enchanted Evening.” Asolo Rep’s production is fresh with new orchestrations created for the Sarasota audience.

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Key to the Cure Benefiting: Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 Where: Saks Fifth Avenue, The Mall at University Town Center Chairs: Ariane Dart, Alex Miller, Aimee Cogan and Honorary Chair Margaret Wise Tickets: $100 | Call: 917-1286 Saks Fifth Avenue is moving to The Mall at University Town Center, so what better way to enjoy an exclusive grand opening party of the store at the same time as its Sarasota signature event? Put on some fashionable pink and head out east to the new location for Key to the Cure. Besides Saks having two floors of space to accommodate more than 1,000 guests, the event will feature many new attractions, including food provided by its own restaurant, Sophie’s.

Horsepower for Hope: Cars and Couture Cocktail Party Benefiting: Center for Building Hope | When: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 Where: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing | Tickets: $30 | Call: 921-5539 Center for Building Hope is kicking off the 2nd annual Horsepower For Hope automotive festival with the Cars and Couture Cocktail Party. Expect to enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with a sneak peek of some of the more than 150 exotic cars that will be shown the following day on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

WISH Benefiting: Make-A-Wish of Central & Northern Florida When: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 | Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Kim Mancini and Elizabeth Wexler Tickets: $150 | Call: 952-9474 The ballroom at Michael’s On East will transform into a frosted fortress of radiance and luxury Friday, Nov. 21, for Make-A-Wish of Central & Northern Florida’s event, WISH. The all-white party (yes, you must wear all white — not partially white or mostly white, ALL white) will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Expect a night of elegance filled with dancing and glamour from white draping, lavish décor, a vodka luge and a strolling champagne diva dress.

Havana Nights `A Party at the Point´ Benefiting: Historic Spanish Point When: 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 Where: Historic Spanish Point Chairs: Barbara and Todd Stainbrook and Kristen and Joe Farrell Tickets: $200; $175 for members | Call: 966-5214, Ext. 2950 It’s always a treat to enjoy an outdoor event on the water in November in Sarasota, and with the natural ambience of Historic Spanish Point, its annual gala, themed Havana Nights, is a mustattend event for fall. Guests will enjoy a cocktail hour while the sun sets and a meal featuring authentic Cuban cuisine and then should expect to dance to Latin music, performed by Tito Puente Jr.

22nd annual Hot Dogs and Cool Cats `Laugh Your Paws Off´ Gala featuring Sinbad Benefiting: Humane Society of Sarasota County When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 Where: The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Chairs: Molly Crawford and Alli Werner | Tickets: $250 Call: 955-4131, Ext. 121 The Humane Society of Sarasota County always throws a great party, so mark your calendars for the 22nd annual Hot Dogs and Cool Cats “Laugh Your Paws Off” Gala featuring Sinbad. The event will begin with a cocktail hour where guests will enjoy signature “shot-tails” before heading into the ballroom for dinner and a live auction hosted by Les McCurdy and Ken Sons, all while supporting Sarasota’s shelter pets.

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• ‘The Art of the Violin’ Gallery Showings The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast Various times at local art galleries Runs through Feb. 25. Call 955-4942.

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• ‘Stories of Valor: Devotion to Duty’ Legacy of Valor Campaign At Manatee Village Historical Park Runs through December.

Free. Call 741-4076.

• 3rd annual ‘Power of the Girl’ Business Breakfast Girls Inc. of Sarasota County 8 a.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Call 366-6646, Ext. 211.

• Freedom Awards Dinner Sarasota County Branch, NAACP 6:30 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $85. Call 724-4205.

• ‘Safe Sex Halloween Bash: Midnight on the Bayou’ Pre-Party Kiki Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida 7 p.m. at Darwin’s on 4th Visit safesexhalloweenbash.com.

• Special Opening Night Performance: Asolo Rep presents an FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training Production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 7 p.m. at Cook Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre Tickets $25. Call 351-8000.

• Tommy Savitt 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• ‘Glass Menagerie’ 7:30 p.m. at The Players Theatre Runs through Oct. 12.

Tickets $25 to $30. Call 365-2494.

• ‘Morning’s at Seven’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Runs through Oct. 5.

Tickets $26. Call 748-5875.

Sahib Shrine Circus performs Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, at Sailor Circus Arena.

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• David Chaplin Day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bookstore1Sarasota. Call 365-7900.

• Lakewood Ranch Tour of Homes 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at various Lakewood Ranch homes Runs through Nov. 23.

Free. Call 907-6000.

• The Literati Book Club 10 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library Free. Call 359-5700.

• Sahib Shrine Circus 2 p.m. at Sailor Circus Arena Tickets $10 to $12. Call 355-9805.

• ‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Runs through Oct. 19.

Tickets $13 to $28. Call 488-1115.

• Florida Balloon Festival 4 to 8 p.m. at Premier Sports Campus, Lakewood Ranch Visit floridaballoonfestival.com.

• Ringling Underground 8 p.m. at The Ringling. Call 359-5700.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida

Museum. Tickets $5 general, $3 members. Call 746-4131.

• Music on Main Care 2 Tri 6 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Free. Call 907-6677.

• Tommy Savitt 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

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• Ron Gordon's Humane Society Golf Tournament Humane Society of Sarasota County 8 a.m. at The Meadows Country Club. Call 955-4131.

• The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's Alzheimer’s Association 9 a.m. at Riverwalk Rossi Park Call 365-8883.

• Florida Balloon Festival 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Premier Sports Campus, Lakewood Ranch Visit floridaballoonfestival.com.

• ROAR! The Ringling Order of Art Readers 10:30 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library. Free. Call 359-5700.

• Sahib Shrine Circus 2 and 7 p.m. at Sailor Circus Arena Tickets $10 to $12. Call 355-9805.

• Family Night at the Museum ‘National Fossil Day’ 4 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $7 to $9. Call 746-4131.

• The Manatee Players' Crystal Gala Manatee Players 6 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Tickets $175. Call 749-1111.

• Tommy Savitt 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

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• ‘Behind the Curtain’ with Larry Keigwin of Keigwin + Company Fuzión Dance Artists. 12:30 p.m. at College Hall, New College of Florida. Tickets $10. Call 345-5755.

SUNDAY

• Florida Balloon Festival 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Premier Sports Campus, Lakewood Ranch Visit floridaballoonfestival.com.

• Old Miakka Fall Hootenanny & Schoolhouse Restoration Benefit 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old Miakka Schoolhouse Free. Call 322-2164.

• 40th annual Pioneer Picnic Rotary Club of Sarasota Noon at Robarts Arena Tickets $15. Call 922-2852.

• Fall Music Series 1 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets free for members, $19 nonmembers. Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

• Soiree Series: Kevin Zhu, violin, and Joseph Holt, piano Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 2 p.m. at the Weisenborne/Fischer residence Tickets $45. Call 306-1202.

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• Soiree Series: Kevin Zhu, violin, and Joseph Holt, piano Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at the Weisenborne/ Fischer residence Tickets $45. Call 306-1202.

“Musicians Out of the Box” String Quartet performs Oct. 5.

• ‘Musicians Out of the Box’ String Quartet in Concert 5 p.m. at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church Free. Call 922-1597.

• Tommy Savitt 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• 15th Anniversary Celebration: ‘The Eve of Jackie: A Musical Tribute to Jackie Wilson’ Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets $35 to $100.

Call 953-3368.

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• Plein Air Painting of Historic Homes and Beach Scenes 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hermitage Artist Retreat. Free. Call 475-2098.

• TEDxSarasota ‘Insights Ignited’ 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Michael’s On East. Visit tedxsarasota.com.

STILL PLAYING ‘Glass Menagerie’ runs through Oct. 12, at The Players Theatre.

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‘Morning’s at Seven’ runs through Oct. 5, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Oct. 2 listing.

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Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 10 a.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets $5. Call 953-3368.

Unique, live musical events that entertain, engage and inspire.

• Fall Festival of Music 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $4 to $8. Call 752-5252.

WEDNESDAY

• Sunsets at Selby 6 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Tickets $10 members, $12 non-members. Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

• ‘Our Town’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

Sunsets at Selby takes place Oct. 8, at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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THURSDAY

• ‘Our Town’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

• Ron Feingold 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

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• Jazz at Two featuring Eddie Tobin Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• Beach Reading with Florida Association of Teaching Artists 6 p.m. at Hermitage Artist Retreat Free. Call 475-2098.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• ‘Our Town’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

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• Ron Feingold 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• 10th annual Sarasota County Master Gardener Plant Sale EdFest Sarasota County Master Gardeners. 8 a.m. at Twin Lakes Park. Free. Call 861-5000.

• ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Runs through Nov. 1.

Tickets $15 to $28. Call 488-1115.

• The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's Alzheimer’s Association. 9 a.m. at J.D. Hamel Park, Sarasota. Call 365-8883.

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• ALSO Gala: Prom 2014 ALSO Youth. 6 p.m. at The Francis Tickets $125. Call 799-1948.

• ‘Our Town’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15.

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• Chamber Soiree 2: Clarinet Sarasota Orchestra 4 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $30 to $39. Call 953-3434.

• ‘Legends of the Sea with Bill Schustik’ 4 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $15. Call 371-4974.

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• Key to the Cure Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation 5:30 p.m. at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Mall at University Town Center Tickets $100.

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• ‘SarasotaMod’ The Sarasota Architectural Foundation 5:30 p.m. at The Francis Tickets $20 to $95.

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• Great Escapes 1: Twilight Zone Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55.

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• Ron Feingold 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19.

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• Ringling International Arts Festival Opening Night 6 p.m. at The Ringling Tickets $115 to $125.

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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens presents the Fall Music Series Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 19 and Oct. 26.

• The Mall at University Town Center Sneak Peek Charity Preview 6:30 p.m. at The Mall at University Town Center Call 552-7000.

• Helen Keany 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy

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• ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 8 p.m. at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater Runs through Nov. 16.

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• RIAF: ’The Table’ 2 and 8 p.m. at Cook Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

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‘Little Shop of Horrors’ runs through Nov. 16, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Oct. 15 listing.

• RIAF: ’The Intergalactic Nemesis’ 5 p.m. at Mertz Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• Jazz Sunsets on the Bay 5 p.m. at The Ringling Call 359-5700.

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• RIAF: The Pedrito Martinez Group 5 p.m. at Cook Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• RIAF: Vijay Iyer Trio 5 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $25 to $35.

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• Great Escapes 1: Twilight Zone Sarasota Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55.

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• RIAF: Tangram 5 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• Elayne Boosler 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $26. Call 925-3869.

• ‘Breaking Out in Ives’ 8 p.m. at The Players Backstage Theatre

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• Martina McBride 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $32 to $85. Call 953-3368.

• RIAF: Duo Amal: Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg 8 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

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• Opera Prelude: ‘Pagliacci’ Bradenton Opera Guild 9:30 a.m. at Westminster Shores building, Bradenton Tickets $6. Call 729-1680.

• Great Escapes 1: Twilight Zone Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55. Call 953-3434.

• Taste of St. Armands All Faiths Food Bank. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park Tickets $35. Call 388-1554.

• Jazz at Two featuring The Lorri Hafer Quartet Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• RIAF: ’The Intergalactic Nemesis’ 2 and 8 p.m. at Mertz Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• RIAF: The Pedrito Martinez Group 2 and 8 p.m. at Cook Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• RIAF: Tangram 2 and 8 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

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• RIAF: Vijay Iyer Trio 2 and 8 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

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• RIAF: Keigwin + Company 5 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

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• RIAF: ’The Table’ 5 p.m. at Cook Theatre, FSU

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• Elayne Boosler 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $26. Call 925-3869.

• Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza 8 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $10. Call 365-2494.

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• 19th annual Sunset Silent Auction Lutheran Services Florida — Sarasota Guardianship Program 6 p.m. at Faith Community Center Tickets $45. Call 358-6330.

Duo Amal: Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg will perform at the Ringling International Arts Festival Oct. 15 through Oct. 18.

• Selah Freedom Run Selah Freedom 7:30 a.m. at John Ringling bridge Tickets $10 to $40. Visit selahfreedom.com.

• CANDance Community AIDS Network Southwest Florida 6:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $250. Call 366-0461.

• 16th annual Patricia Snyder Golf Tournament Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation 8:30 a.m. at Laurel Oak Country Club Tickets $125. Call 917-1286.

• RIAF: Keigwin + Company 2 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk American Cancer Society 9 a.m. at Sarasota Polo Club Call 328-3775.

• Take to the Courts Prader-Willi Syndrome Association 9 a.m. at The Meadows Country Club Tickets $50. Call 487-6743.

• RIAF: Duo Amal: Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg 2 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• RIAF: ’The Intergalactic Nemesis’ 2 p.m. at Mertz Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• RIAF: ’The Table’ 2 p.m. at Cook Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

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• RIAF: Tangram 5 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• RIAF: Vijay Iyer Trio 5 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $25 to $35. Call 360-7399.

• Donte’s Den Presents: Top Dog 2014 Donte’s Den 5:30 p.m. at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium. Tickets $125. Visit dontesden.org.

• Helen Keany 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen — Screening and Sarasota Choral Festival Concert 7 p.m. at Church of the Palms Tickets $15. Call 921-4845.

• Sarasota’s Psychic Challenge 7:30 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $20. Call 365-2494.

• Great Escapes 1: Twilight Zone Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55. Call 953-3434.

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• Soiree Series: Robert Fleitz, piano Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at the Weisenborne/ Fischer residence Tickets $45. Call 306-1202.

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• Social and Singing Sarasota Opera Guild 9:45 a.m. at David Cohen Hall, Symphony Center Free. Call 549-1068.

• Meet the Artists of ‘Pagliacci’ 5 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $20. Call 328-1300.

• Florida’s Funniest Comedian Competition

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• Sunsets at Selby 5:30 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets $12. Call 306-5477, Ext. 225.

• The 3rd annual Show of Shows: A Night of Artistic & Culinary Excellence Prospect House Mental Health Community Centers 6 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $125. Call 953-3477.

• Stelliferous Live!

7 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $4 general, $2 members.

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• Valerie Storm 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• ‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ 7:30 p.m. at Court Cabaret, Florida Studio Theatre Runs through Feb. 5.

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‘The Rocky Horror Show’ runs through Nov. 1, at Venice Theatre.

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‘Little Shop of Horrors’ runs through Nov. 16, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Oct. 15 listing.

‘Breaking Out in Ives’ runs through Oct. 26, at The Players Backstage Theatre. See Oct. 16 listing.

‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

• Music at the Marinaccios The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast 5:30 p.m. at private home, Lakewood Ranch Tickets $250. Call 955-4942.

• ‘Monty Carlos’ Casino’ SMART, SOLVE and HOPE Family Services 6 p.m. at Polo Grill Ballroom Tickets $75. Call 807-6457.

• Take Stock College Tailgate Challenge Take Stock in Children 6 p.m. at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing Tickets $25. Call 685-3563.

• Goodwill Ambassador of the Year Awards Dinner Goodwill Manasota 6:30 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $150. Call 355-2721, Ext. 104.

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• ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Runs through Nov. 9.

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• ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ the Asolo Rep New Stages production 8 p.m. at Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Tickets $5. Call 552-5325.

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• Jazz at Two featuring The Ken Loomer Jazz Quartet Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• ‘A Night to Remember’ Gala The Players Theatre 5 p.m. at Polo Grill and Bar Tickets $150. Call 365-2494.

• Fourth Friday at the Downtown Village 5 to 9 p.m. at Historic Downtown Village of Sarasota Free. Call 388-3700.

• Boo Fest 6 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street Free. Call 757-1530.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• Stand Up Dinner YMCA Foundation of Sarasota Inc. 6 p.m. at private residence By invitation only. Call 951-1336, Ext. 6.

• ‘Artists at Work: An Evening in Paris’ 6:30 p.m. at Art Center Sarasota Tickets $60 to $75. Call 365-2032.

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• Country BBQ with Master Chef Tommy Pate Designing Women Boutique 6:30 p.m. at Designing Women Boutique Tickets $50. Call 366-5293.

• Valerie Storm 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

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• National Theatre Live: ‘Frankenstein‘ 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $20. Call 360-7399.

• ‘The Secret Garden’ Sarasota Ballet 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35 to $100.

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• Boo Run Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy 8:30 a.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Call 757-1530.

• Stepping Out Against Domestic Violence SPARCC 9 a.m. at J.D. Hamel Park Tickets $10. Call 365-0208, Ext. 106.

• The Write Stuff: 3rd annual Sarasota Book Fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Art Center Sarasota Free. Call 365-2032.

• Viewpoint Lecture: Expanding and Redefining American Art at the Brooklyn Museum 10:30 a.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $10. Call 360-7399.

• ‘The Secret Garden’ Sarasota Ballet 2 and 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35 to $100.

Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun • ‘Desserts First’ Fifth Season Preview Party 5 to 7 p.m. at Marietta Museum of Art and Whimsy Tickets $10 to $35. Call 364-3399.

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• Oceanic Evening Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 6:30 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $300.

Call 388-4441, Ext. 415.

• Valerie Storm 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• ‘West Side Story’ 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $6 to $12. Call 752-5252.

• Safe Sex Halloween Bash: Midnight on the Bayou Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida 9 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $85 to $100.

Call 465-1913, Ext. 1124.

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• Fall Music Series 1 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets free for members, $19 nonmembers. Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

• ‘The Secret Garden’ Sarasota Ballet 2 and 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35 to $100.

Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• ‘West Side Story’ 2 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $6 to $12.

Call 752-5252.

• ‘Your Favorite Music from the Past’ 3 p.m. at Congregational United Church Free. Call 358-8511.

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• Curtain Raiser Dinner Sarasota Opera 6 p.m. at Michael’s Wine Cellar Tickets $195. Call 328-1300.

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun • An Evening with Bill Maher: Live Stand-Up Tour 7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $95. Call 953-3368.

Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation 5:30 p.m. at Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida Call 306-0114.

• Valerie Storm 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

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• A Garden Party Luncheon and Fashion Show Baby Basics of Sarasota County 11:30 a.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Tickets $45. Call 351-7020.

• Prologue: ‘Pagliacci’ Sarasota Opera Guild 7:15 p.m. at Unity Church Tickets $10. Call 926-8702.

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TUESDAY

• Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation Awareness Reception

WEDNESDAY

• Women’s Leadership Council Cocktail Networking Reception Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County 5:30 p.m. at Michael’s Wine Cellar Tickets $35.

Call 366-3911.

• Englewood United Methodist Church Music Ministry Concert Series ‘Pumpkins, Pipes and Pandemonium’ 6:30 p.m. at Englewood United Methodist Church Free.

Call 474-5588.

• Mike Rivera 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19.

Call 925-3869.

SEASON

STILL PLAYING ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ runs through Nov. 1, at Venice Theatre.

See Oct. 10 listing.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ runs through Nov. 16, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Oct. 15 listing.

‘Breaking Out in Ives’ runs through Oct. 26, at The Players Backstage Theatre. See Oct. 16 listing.

‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ runs through Nov. 9, at Manatee Performing Arts Center.

See Oct. 23 listing.

• ‘The Addams Family: A New Musical’ 7:30 p.m. at The Players Theatre Runs through Nov. 16.

Tickets $25 to $30.

Call 365-2494.

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• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

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• Flip Flops and Fashion Luncheon Children First 11 a.m. at Sharky’s on the Pier Tickets $80. Call 953-3877.

• Salon Series featuring Sandra Day 11:30 a.m. at Designing Women Boutique Tickets $20.

Call 366-5293.

• New College of Florida Arts & Humanities Presents Cuban Imagination: The Art of Oriente and Beyond Fuzión Dance Artists 5:30 p.m. at New College of Florida Call 487-4153.

• New Topics New College: ‘Reclaiming the American Dream’ with Hedrick Smith 5:30 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $5 to $20. Call 487-4888.

• Gallery Walk and Talk: What’s Behind the Closed Doors?

6 p.m. at The Ringling Call 360-7399.

• Mike Rivera 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

FRIDAY

Awardees: Senator Bill Galvano Realize Bradenton Jo Rita Stevens Cliff Walters

• Jazz at Two: Jazz Jam Session Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• 4th annual Celebration of Food and Wine: Bacchanalian Beach Ball College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership, USF Sarasota-Manatee 5:30 p.m. at The Resort at Longboat Key. Tickets $200. Call 387-1675.

Junior League of Sarasota and Goodwill present

• Free the Children 2014: ‘A Halloween Masquerade Affair’ Ark of Freedom. 6 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $75. Call 545-2518.

Fashion Show & Luncheon

Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Show & Luncheon

• Fright Night on St. Armands 6 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park. Free. Call 388-1554.

November 3, 2014

• SCF Halloween Spooktacular Concert and Trick or Treat 6:30 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets free with one canned food item. Call 752-5252.

Goodwill’s Annual Mardi Gras Gala

February 17, 2015

• Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza 8 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $10. Call 365-2494.

• ‘Pagliacci’ by Ruggero Leoncavallo 8 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Runs through Nov. 15.

Tickets $19 to $125. Call 328-1300.

• Black Diamond Burlesque presents Bewitched Burlesque 8:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre. Tickets $35. Call 925-3869.

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• ‘Godspell’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through Nov. 16.

Tickets $27 to $37. Call 748-5875.

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Sarasota Opera presents ”Pagliacci” Oct. 31 through Nov. 15, at the Sarasota Opera House.

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• ROAR! The Ringling Order of Art Readers 10:30 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library Free. Call 359-5700.

• 4th annual Celebration of Food and Wine: Napa-Sonoma Wine Blending Camp College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership, USF Sarasota-Manatee 1 p.m. at The Resort at Longboat Key Tickets $40. Call 387-1675.

• ArtCenter Sarasota Golf Tournament ArtCenter Sarasota 1 p.m. at Sara Bay Country Club Tickets $115. Call 365-2032.

• 4th annual Celebration of Food and Wine: Taste Like a Master College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership, USF Sarasota-Manatee 3 p.m. at The Resort at Longboat Key Tickets $35. Call 387-1675.

• 4th annual Celebration of Food and Wine: Pigs and Pinot College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership, USF Sarasota-Manatee

5:30 p.m. at Island House, The Resort at Longboat Key Tickets $135. Call 387-1675.

• 4th annual Celebration of Food and Wine: Across All Vines College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership, USF Sarasota-Manatee 5:30 p.m. at Harbourside Dining Room, Longboat Key Club Tickets $135. Call 387-1675.

• 36th annual Old-Fashioned New England-Style Clambake New College of Florida 6 p.m. at New College bayfront Tickets $150. Call 487-4800.

• Snooty’s Gala ‘Shaken, Not Stirred’ South Florida Museum 6 p.m. at the South Florida Museum Tickets $200. Call 746-4131, Ext. 17.

• Rockin’ Lobster Children First. 6:30 p.m. at Sharky’s on the Pier. Tickets $125. Call 953-3877.

• Mike Rivera 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Classical Recital Series: Morgenstern Trio with Catherine Klipfel, piano, Stefan Hempel, violin, and Emanuel Wehse, cello Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $45. Call 360-7399.

• The Capitol Steps 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

Tickets $15 to $45. Call 953-3368.

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• Jazz on the Water Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 to 4 p.m. on Le Barge Call 366-1552.

• Rising Stars Band featuring Shantel Norman 3 p.m. at Congregational United Church. Free. Call 358-8511.

• Mike Rivera 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Classical Recital Series: Morgenstern Trio with Catherine Klipfel, piano, Stefan Hempel,

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• Opera House Tour 10:30 a.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $12. Call 328-1300.

• Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Show and Luncheon Junior League of Sarasota and Goodwill Manasota 11 a.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club Tickets $100. Call 355-2721, Ext. 104.

• Annual Donor Appreciation Luncheon YMCA Foundation of Sarasota Inc. 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East By invitation only.

Call 951-1336, Ext. 6.

• Starry Night Dinner 1, highlighting the production of ‘South Pacific’ Asolo Repertory Theatre 6:30 p.m. at the home of Stanley Kane. Tickets $250.

Call 351-9010, Ext. 4702.

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BALANCHINE, ASHTON & NUREYEV A Tribute to Nureyev Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

27 - 28 February 2015

WRIGHT, GRAZIANO & TAYLOR FSU Center for the Performing Arts

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• Guided Art and Backstage Tour Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 10 a.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $5. Call 953-3368.

• Collecting Recollections: Heidi Herriot 10:30 a.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $5. Call 360-7399.

• Wit and Wisdom of Aging featuring Cliff Roles, Paul Azinger and Jean Weidner Goldstein Pines of Sarasota 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $90. Call 955-6293.

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• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

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WEDNESDAY

• Courthouse Concert Realize Bradenton 11:30 a.m. at Bradenton Courthouse Square. Free. Call 621-6471.

• ‘Puttin’ on the Poodle’ Florida Poodle Rescue 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $85.

Visit floridapoodlerescue.org.

• SCF Master Class with John Fedchock, jazz trombone 1 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Free. Call 752-5252.

• ‘The Water Engine’ FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. 7:30 p.m. at Cook Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre Runs through Nov. 23.

Tickets $27 to $29. Call 351-8000.

• An Evening with Anu and Friends: Dinner Series featuring Alexander Toradze Sarasota Orchestra 6 p.m. at Longboat Key Club, Harbourside Dining Room Tickets $150. Call 487-2737.

• ‘The Full Monty’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Runs through Nov. 30.

Tickets $13 to $28. Call 488-1115.

• Fall Band Concert 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Call 355-2967.

• Kevin McPeek 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Susan Boyle 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets $47 to $123.

Call 953-3368.

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• Classical Conversations Sarasota Orchestra Friends 10 a.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $10. Call 927-6870.

• ‘Heart & Sole’ Elegant Fashion Show and Luncheon The Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County. 10:30 a.m. at Plantation Golf & Country Club Tickets $50. Call 485-9724.

• Empty Bowls Luncheon The Food Bank of Manatee 11 a.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. Tickets $25. Call 749-0100.

• Le Petit Marche Temple Beth Sholom Schools 6 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $75. Call 552-2770.

STILL PLAYING ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ runs through Nov. 16, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Oct. 15 listing.

‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ runs through Nov. 9, at Manatee Performing Arts Center.

See Oct. 23 listing.

‘The Addams Family: A New Musical’ runs through Nov. 16, at The Players Theatre. See Oct. 29 listing.

‘Godspell’ runs through Nov. 16, at Manatee Performing Arts Center.

See Oct. 30 listing.

‘Pagliacci’ by Ruggero Leoncavallo runs through Nov. 15, at the Sarasota Opera House. See Oct. 31 listing.

• Kevin McPeek 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Ringling Underground 8 p.m. at The Ringling Call 359-5700.

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• ArtsHOP ‘Shells, Sand and Sea’ Various time on Anna Maria Island Visit culturalconnections.info.

• Brushes with Greatness ArtCenter Sarasota 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Mall at University Town Center Call 365-2032.

• The Literati Book Club 10 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library Free. Call 359-5700.

• Empty Bowls Luncheon The Food Bank of Manatee 11 a.m. at Renaissance on 9th, Bradenton Tickets $25. Call 749-0100.

• Jazz at Two featuring Melanie Massell Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12.

Call 366-1552.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

Call 746-4131.

• Music on Main Manatee Children’s Services 6 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street Free. Call 907-6677.

• Night of Hope Gala Center for Building Hope 6 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $500. Call 921-5539.

• Men, Whiskey and Watches Pre-Party Child Protection Center 6:30 p.m. at BMW of Sarasota Tickets $50. Call 365-1277.

• Kevin McPeek 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Cambalache: Una Historia de Fandango 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $20 to $30. Call 360-7399.

• Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza 8 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $10. Call 365-2494.

• Masterworks 1: Framed Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $89. Call 953-3434.

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• Bowls of Hope All Faiths Food Bank 11 a.m. at Phillippi Estate Park Tickets $25. Call 379-6333.

SATURDAY

• ArtsHOP ‘Shells, Sand and Sea’ Various times on Anna Maria Island Visit culturalconnections.info.

• Masterworks 1: Framed Sarasota Orchestra. 2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $89. Call 953-3434.

• 26th annual St. Armands Art Festival and Fall Sidewalk Sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Armands Circle. Free. Call 388-1554.

• ‘Flight of Valor’ Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Tickets $5. Call 907-4123.

• Symphony on the Sand Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra 4:30 p.m. at Coquina Beach Gulfside Park. Tickets $35 to $100.

Call 795-2370.

• Uncorked at Lakewood Ranch The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch 6 p.m. at Sarasota Polo Club Tickets $250. Call 870-0002.

• Kevin McPeek 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Cambalache: Una Historia de Fandango 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $20 to $30. Call 360-7399.

SEASON

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra presents Symphony on the Sand Nov. 8.

• Sarasota Jazz Project 7:30 p.m. at Riverview High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets $5 to $25. Call 800-838-3006.

• Masterworks 1: Framed Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $89. Call 953-3434.

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SUNDAY

• ArtsHOP ‘Shells, Sand and Sea’ Various times on Anna Maria Island Visit culturalconnections.info.

• 26th annual St. Armands Art Festival and Fall Sidewalk Sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Armands Circle. Free. Call 388-1554.

• ‘Hit Me With a Hot Note’ featuring Belle Canto and First Church Jazz Trio Family Promise of Sarasota 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Tickets $20. Call 955-0935.

• SCF Chamber Choir 6 p.m. at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Siesta Key. Call 752-5252.

• Bobby Slayton 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15. Call 925-3869.

• Late Nite Catechism 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $30. Call 488-1115.

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• Opera House Tour 10:30 a.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $12. Call 328-1300.

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“South Pacific” runs from Nov. 11 through Dec. 28, at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

• 30th Anniversary Luncheon & Auction Key Chorale 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $100. Call 954-9820.

• 10th annual Magill Lecture – Spiritual Healing and American Jews featuring Dr. Ellen M. Umansky Jewish Family & Children’s Service 11:30 p.m. at The Francis Tickets $45. Call 366-2224, Ext. 181.

• Late Nite Catechism 3 and 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $30. Call 488-1115.

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TUESDAY

• Social and Singing Sarasota Opera Guild 9:45 a.m. at Sarasota Opera House Free. Call 549-1068.

• ‘South Pacific’ 7:30 p.m. at Asolo Repertory Theatre

Runs through Dec. 28.

Tickets $26 to $80. Call 351-8000.

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WEDNESDAY

• Flower Talk: ‘Gems in Bloom’ Founders Garden Club of Sarasota 11:30 a.m. at The Francis Tickets $100. Call 966-8724.

• Englewood United Methodist Church Music Ministry Concert Series ‘From Radio to YouTube’ 6:30 p.m. at Englewood United

Methodist Church Free. Call 474-5588.

Tickets $4 general, $2 members.

Call 746-4131.

• Dwight Slade 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Keeping the Dream Alive Jewish Housing Council Foundation 7:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $125. Call 377-0781, Ext. 404.

• Music Concert 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Call 355-2967.

• Think + drink (science) 7 p.m. at South Florida Museum

• ‘Hairspray’ 8 p.m. at Gompertz Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre Runs through Jan. 10.

Tickets $19 to $49. Call 366-9000.

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• Holiday Nights at Cà d’Zan 5 p.m. at Cà d’Zan. Call 359-5700.

• 4th annual Taste of Friendship Friendship Centers Health Clinics 5 p.m. at Edson Keith Mansion, Phillippi Estate Park Tickets $65. Call 556-3205.

• Sculpture Walk with Patriot Plaza Artists 5:30 p.m. at The Ringling Museum Free. Call 360-7399.

• ‘Serengeti Nights — Passport to Elegance’ Patron Party Designing Women Boutique 5:30 p.m. at Selby Gardens

By Invitation Only. Call 366-5502.

• Wine, Women & Shoes 10th Anniversary — VIP Reception Forty Carrots Family Center 5:30 p.m. at Michael’s Wine Cellar

By Invitation Only. Call 365-7716.

• The Argus Foundation 13th annual Lifetime Achievement Awards Argus Foundation

SEASON

Film Fridays occur every Friday night at South Florida Museum.

6 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $200. Call 365-4881.

7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Gallery Walk and Talk: Always Animals 6 p.m. at The Ringling. Call 359-5700.

• Faculty Recital: Martha Lopez, soprano 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $4 to $8. Call 752-5252.

• Creative Conversations with Patriot Plaza Artists 7 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Free. Call 360-7399.

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• ‘God of Carnage’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Runs through Nov. 30.

Tickets $13 to $28. Call 488-1115.

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‘Little Shop of Horrors’ runs through Nov. 16, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Oct. 15 listing.

‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

‘The Addams Family: A New Musical’ runs through Nov. 16, at The Players Theatre. See Oct. 29 listing.

‘Godspell’ runs through Nov. 16, at Manatee Performing Arts Center.

See Oct. 30 listing.

‘Pagliacci’ by Ruggero Leoncavallo runs through Nov. 15, at the Sarasota Opera House. See Oct. 31 listing.

‘The Full Monty’ runs through Nov. 30, at Venice Theatre. See Nov. 4 listing.

‘The Water Engine’ runs through Nov. 23, at Cook Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Nov. 4 listing.

‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

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• Bayfront Gardens Workshop: We’ve Got That Covered 9 a.m. at The Ringling Tickets $20. Call 359-5700.

• Opera Prelude: ‘Tosca’ Bradenton Opera Guild 9:30 a.m. at Westminster Shores building, Bradenton Tickets $6. Call 729-1680.

• Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition Mote Marine Sea Turtle Research Program. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach Tickets $6. Call 349-3800.

• Wine, Women & Shoes 10th Anniversary — The Signature Luncheon Forty Carrots Family Center 10 a.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $375. Call 365-7716.

• Patriot Plaza Artist Panel 1 p.m. at Ringling College Auditorium Free. Call 475-2098.

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun • Jazz at Two featuring Skip’s Dixie Mix Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• Photojournalists Show and Tell 4 p.m. at Ringling College Auditorium. Free. Call 475-2098.

• A Fashionable Evening: A Tribute to Phil King Benefiting Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center 6 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $250. Call 365-4545.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• Photojournalism Panel 2:30 p.m. at Ringling College Auditorium. Free. Call 475-2098.

• ‘Behind the Curtain’ with Dwayne Scheuneman Fuzión Dance Artists 6 p.m. at New College of Florida Tickets $10. Call 345-5755.

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• Florida Winefest and Auction: Truffle Fest/Wine Dinner Caring for Children Charities 6:30 p.m. at Mattison’s Forty-One Tickets $250. Call 952-1109.

• Dwight Slade 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Girls Night Out: Holiday Cards with Anne Walker 7 p.m. at ArtCenter Manatee Tickets $35. Call 746-2862.

• Horsepower for Hope: Cars and Couture Cocktail Party Center for Building Hope. 7 p.m. at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing. Call 921-5539.

• National Theatre Live: Medea 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $20. Call 360-7399.

• Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza 8 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $10. Call 365-2494.

• Sarasota Opera Showcase 8 p.m. at Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Tickets $5. Call 552-5325.

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• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

• Dwight Slade 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

SATURDAY

• Inside the Vault: An Education, the Personal Library of John Ringling 10 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library Free. Call 359-5700.

• Illumination Gala 2014: ‘Rockin’ the Boat, Making Waves for The Gan’ The Gan at Temple Sinai 7 p.m. aboard Marina Jack II Tickets $100. Call 926-9462.

• Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition Mote Marine Sea Turtle Research Program 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach Tickets $6. Call 349-3800.

• Artful Lobster Hermitage Artist Retreat 11 a.m. at Hermitage Artist Retreat Tickets $175. Call 475-2098.

• Festa Italiana 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Greenbrook Adventure Park Free. Call 757-1530.

• Celebrating Dance and the Living Arts Sarasota International Dance Festival 6 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $175. Call 954-4504.

SEASON

• Sarasota Youth Opera presents ‘The Hobbit’ by Dean Burry 7 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $10 to $50. Call 328-1300.

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6 p.m. at The Concession Tickets $60. Call 366-6646.

• ‘Downtown Disco’ Riverview High School Foundation 6 p.m. at The Francis Tickets $75. Call 924-6768.

• Progressive Dinner: ‘Building Her Future’ Girls Inc. of Sarasota County

• Wine, Women & Shoes 10th Anniversary — Vintner Dinners Forty Carrots Family Center At various private homes Call 365-7716.

• Pops Series: ‘Everything That Traffic Will Allow: A Tribute to the music of Ethel Merman’ Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $45. Call 360-7399.

• New Music New College: The New College Chorus ‘Darkness and Light’ 8 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $5 to $15.

Call 487-4888.

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SUNDAY

• Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition Mote Marine Sea Turtle Research Program. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach Tickets $6.

Call 349-3800.

• Season Opener Brunch: Fanfare 300 The Sound of the Future Sarasota Orchestra 11 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $150.

Call 487-2737.

• Sarasota Youth Opera presents ‘The Hobbit’ by Dean Burry 1:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $10 to $50.

Call 328-1300.

• Pops Series: ‘Everything That Traffic Will Allow: A Tribute to the music of Ethel Merman’ Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater. Tickets $25 to $45.

Call 360-7399.

• Chamber Soiree 3: String Quartet Sarasota Orchestra 4 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $30 to $39.

Call 953-3434.

• Jazz at First Church 4 and 5:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Free.

Call 955-0935.

• Sarasota Young Voices in Concert 5 p.m. at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church. Free.

Call 922-1597.

• Dwight Slade 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Wanda Sykes 7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $15 to $70. Call 953-3368.

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• Ringling by the Bay: Koko Ray and the Keepers 5 p.m. at The Ringling Call 359-5700.

• 2014 Ringling College of Art and Design Golf Tournament Ringing College of Art and Design 10 a.m. at Laurel Oak Country Club Tickets $400. Call 359-7589.

• Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition Mote Marine Sea Turtle Research Program 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach. Tickets $6. Call 349-3800.

• Sarasota Southside Rotary Club Charity Golf Tournament Children First, RIPPLE Africa, Booker VPA, Salvation Army, Gift of Life and ShelterBox 11 a.m. at Sara Bay Country Club Tickets $90. Visit sarasotasouthsiderotary.org.

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• Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition Mote Marine Sea Turtle Research Program 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach Tickets $6. Call 349-3800.

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• National Philanthropy Day Luncheon Association of Fundraising Professionals 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $50. Call 921-5410.

THURSDAY

• Holiday Nights at Cà d’Zan 5 p.m. at Cà d’Zan Call 359-5700.

• 13th annual Friendship Centers Golf Tournament Friendship Centers Programs & Services 7:30 a.m. at The Founders Club Tickets $175. Call 556-3205.

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SEASON

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

SCF Bradenton presents a master class with actress and soprano Klea Blackhurst on Nov. 17.

• New Topics New College: ‘Composing for Broadway, Film and TV’ with David Krane 5:30 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $5 to $20. Call 487-4888.

• ‘Evil Dead: The Musical’ 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $15 to $60. Call 953-3368.

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WEDNESDAY

• Munchtime Musicales featuring Richard Ridenour Sarasota Concert Association Noon at Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center Free. Call 351-7467.

• ‘Almost Manilow: A Tribute to Barry Manilow’ 2 and 7 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through Nov. 16.

Tickets $32 to $38.

Call 748-5875.

• AJC 2014 Civic Achievement Award Dinner Honoring Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini AJC (American Jewish Committee) 6 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $200. Call 365-4955.

• Mannheim Steamroller by Chip Davis 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $90.

Call 953-3368.

• Chairman's Round Table Reception YMCA Foundation of Sarasota Inc. 5:30 p.m. aboard Marina Jack II By invitation only. Call 951-1336, Ext. 6.

• Fall Dance Performance 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Call 355-2967.

• ‘Songs of Wars I Have Seen’ Sarasota Orchestra 7 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $49. Call 953-3434.

• Celtic Thunder Symphony 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $90. Call 953-3368.

• Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra Concert 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $4 to $8. Call 752-5252.

STILL PLAYING ‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

‘The Full Monty’ runs through Nov. 30, at Venice Theatre. See Nov. 4 listing.

‘The Water Engine’ runs through Nov. 23, at Cook Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Nov. 4 listing.

‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

‘God of Carnage’ runs through Nov. 30, at Venice Theatre. See Nov. 13 listing.

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SEASON

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

• George Balanchine’s ‘Rubies,’ Will Tuckett’s ‘Lux Aeterna’ and Christopher Bruce’s ‘Sergeant Early’s Dream’ Sarasota Ballet 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $35 to $100.

Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

FRIDAY

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

Call 746-4131.

• ‘A Musical Kaleidoscope’ featuring the Venice Symphony Orchestra and Exsultate! Chorale 7:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $20 to $28. Call 207-8822.

• ‘Havana Nights — A Party at the Point’ Historic Spanish Point 6 p.m. at Historic Spanish Point Tickets $175. Call 966-5214, Ext. 2950.

• Fall Dance Performance 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Call 355-2967.

• The Venturas in Concert Jazz Club of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at Riverview High School Performing Arts Center Call 366-1552.

• Kevin Nealon 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $40. Call 925-3869.

• So You Think You Can Dance 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $85. Call 953-3368.

• ‘Songs of Wars I Have Seen’ Sarasota Orchestra 7 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $49.

Call 953-3434.

• WISH Make-A-Wish Central & Northern Florida 8:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $150. Call 952-9474.

Jazz Club of Sarasota presents The Venturas in concert Nov. 21.

• A Calyp-Soul Christmas featuring John Patti

7:30 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $20. Call 365-2494.

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Sunday, November 23, 2014 • 4 PM • Sarasota Opera House A salute to the generosity of our community, Gloria Musicae presents a concert featuring music created as a philanthropic act—great works doing good work. The concert is made possible with the support of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Guest artists include Sarasota Young Voices and the Gulf Coast Community Choir.

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Comedian Kevin Nealon performs Nov. 21 and 22, at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre.

• Anna Maria Island Art and Craft Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Historic Bridge Street Free. Call 561-746-6615.

• Suncoast Celebration for Equality Florida Equality Florida Suncoast 5 p.m. at rooftop of Palm Avenue parking garage Tickets $125. Call 877-377-9321.

STILL PLAYING ‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

‘The Full Monty’ runs through Nov. 30, at Venice Theatre. See Nov. 4 listing.

• George Balanchine’s ‘Rubies,’ Will Tuckett’s ‘Lux Aeterna’ and Christopher Bruce’s ‘Sergeant Early’s Dream’ Sarasota Ballet 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House. Tickets $35 to $100.

Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• ‘A Musical Kaleidoscope’ featuring the Venice Symphony Orchestra and Exsultate! Chorale 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $20 to $28. Call 207-8822.

SEASON

• Music • Dance & Theater • Black Tie • Art, Festivals & Fun

‘The Water Engine’ runs through Nov. 23, at Cook Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre. See Nov. 4 listing.

‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

• Dream Makers Ball Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County 6 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Tickets $350. Call 366-3911.

• Fall Dance Performance 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Call 355-2967.

• ‘little wishes … BIG DREAMS’ Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County 6 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Tickets $150. Call 761-2582.

• Kevin Nealon 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $40. Call 925-3869.

‘God of Carnage’ runs through Nov. 30, at Venice Theatre. See Nov. 13 listing.

• Players Follies Play Reading Festival 7:30 p.m. at The Players Backstage Theatre Tickets $12.

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• Players Follies Play Reading Festival 2 p.m. at The Players Backstage Theatre Tickets $12. Call 365-2494.

• ‘Swingin’ Thru the Sixties’ 2 p.m. at The Players Theatre Tickets $20. Call 365-2494.

• ‘Noble American’ Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Tickets $5. Call 907-4123.

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• Carl Rimi 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19.

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• The Sarasota Ballet School’s Margaret Barbieri Conservatory of Dance Showcase 4 p.m. at Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Tickets $15. Call 552-5325.

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FRIDAY

• Jazz at Two featuring Alex and Judy Glover Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• Christmas Short Stories 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $10 to $12.

Call 752-5252.

• Fourth Friday at the Downtown Village 5 to 9 p.m. at Historic Downtown Village of Sarasota Free. Call 388-3700.

• Kenny Rogers Christmas with special guest Linda Davis 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $15 to $75.

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• Christmas Short Stories 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $10 to $12. Call 752-5252.

• Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2014 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $70. Call 953-3368.

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• Principal Film Series Sarasota Ballet. 6 p.m. at FSU Center Studio. Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• Christmas Short Stories 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $10 to $12. Call 752-5252.

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• Guided Art and Backstage Tour Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 10 a.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets $5. Call 953-3368.

• Collecting Recollections: Kay Rosaire 10:30 a.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $5. Call 360-7399.

• Women’s Day featuring guest speaker Camryn Manheim The Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee. Noon at Michael’s On East. Tickets $75. Call 552-6308.

• Welsh Choir Concert Gulf Coast Welsh Society 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Call 349-6069.

• Holiday Concert: Winter Wonderland 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $4 to $8. Call 752-5252.

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• Director’s Take Luncheon: Sex, Power + Class Asolo Repertory Theatre. Tickets $100. Call 351-9010, Ext. 4702.

• Courthouse Concert Realize Bradenton 11:30 a.m. at Bradenton Courthouse Square. Free. Call 621-6471.

• Philadelphia Plowden 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• ‘Black Nativity’ 8 p.m. at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater Runs through Dec. 21.

Tickets $29.50. Call 366-1505.

Tickets $10. Call 927-6870.

• Men, Whiskey and Watches Child Protection Center 4 p.m. at Edson Keith Mansion, Phillippi Estate Park Tickets $150. Call 365-1277, Ext. 117.

• Holiday Nights at Cà d’Zan 5 p.m. at Cà d’Zan. Call 359-5700.

• Holiday Splendor 5 p.m. at The Ringling Tickets $10 or one unwrapped toy.

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• New Topics New College: ‘Traumatic Brain Injury Research’ with Dr. Fiona Crawford 5:30 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida Tickets $5 to $20. Call 487-4888.

THURSDAY

• 5th annual Wine, Dine and Pine Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 6 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Tickets $60.

Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

• Classical Conversations Sarasota Orchestra Friends 10 a.m. at Holley Hall

• Hear and Now Concert featuring PMP alumni Rachel Lee Priday, violin, and David Kaplan, piano

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The Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast 7 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $30 to $150.

Call 955-4942.

• ‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ 7:30 p.m. at The Players Theatre Runs through Dec. 21.

Tickets $25 to $30. Call 365-2494.

• ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through Dec. 21.

Tickets $26. Call 748-5875.

• ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Runs through Dec. 21.

Tickets $27 to $37. Call 748-5875.

• Jazz Bands in Concert 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $4 to $8. Call 752-5252.

• ‘Regrets Only’ 8 p.m. at Island Players Theatre Runs through Dec. 14.

Tickets $20. Call 778-5755.

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‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

• 3rd annual Holiday Pottery Sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ArtCenter Manatee Call 746-2862.

‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum. Tickets $5 general, $3 members. Call 746-4131.

FRIDAY

• Holiday Night on St. Armands 6 to 9 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Free. Call 388-1554.

• The Literati Book Club 10 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library Free. Call 359-5700.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

• Music on Main 6 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street Free. Call 907-6677.

• Sarasota Craft Show 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Robarts Arena Tickets $5 to $12. Call 845-3552400.

‘Black Nativity’ runs through Dec. 21, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Dec. 3 listing.

‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ runs through Dec. 21, at The Players Theatre. See Dec. 4 listing.

• 27th annual Festival of Trees, Lights and Holiday Gifts The Florida Center for Early Childhood 6:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $175. Call 371-8820.

• Haute for the Holidays Habitat for Humanity Sarasota 11 a.m. at The Francis Tickets $60. Call 487-5507.

‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ runs through Dec. 21, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Dec. 4 listing.

• Jazz at Two featuring Greg Abate Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ runs through Dec. 21, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Dec. 4 listing.

‘Regrets Only’ runs through Dec. 14, at Island Players Theatre. See Dec. 4 listing.

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• Holiday Dinner Dance 7 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club Tickets $65. Call 757-1530.

• ‘Voices of Fuzión’ Fuzión Dance Artists 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35. Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

“Voices of Fuzión” takes place Dec. 5 through Dec. 7, at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.

• Christmas Short Stories 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $10 to $12. Call 752-5252.

• ‘The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Runs through Dec. 21.

Tickets $13 to $28.

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• Masterworks 2: American Dream Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $83.

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• 22nd annual Hot Dogs and Cool Cats ‘Laugh Your Paws Off’ Gala featuring Sinbad Humane Society of Sarasota County 6 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $250. Call 955-4131, Ext. 121.

SATURDAY

• 3rd annual Holiday Pottery Sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ArtCenter Manatee Call 746-2862.

• Sarasota Craft Show 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Robarts Arena Tickets $5 to $12.

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• Classical Recital Series: Takaoki Onishi, baritone, and Arlene Shrut, piano Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $45. Call 360-7399.

• ROAR! The Ringling Order of Art Readers 10:30 a.m. at The Ringling Art Library Free. Call 359-5700.

• ‘Voices of Fuzión’ Fuzión Dance Artists 7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35. Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• Bradenton Blues Festival Realize Bradenton 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion Tickets $30 to $40.

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• 4th annual Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party Noon at The Resort at Longboat Key Club Tickets $25 to $35. Call 383-0440.

• Atomic Holiday Bazaar Noon to 5 p.m. at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium Tickets $5.

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• Family Night at the Museum ‘History Comes Alive’ 4 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $7 to $9. Call 746-4131.

• Christmas Short Stories 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $10 to $12. Call 752-5252.

• Masterworks 2: American Dream Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $83. Call 953-3434.

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• Jingle Paws Jubilee and Cat Depot’s Pawpurrs Walk Cat Depot 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Payne Park Tickets $20 (walk). Call 366-2404.

• Atomic Holiday Bazaar Noon to 5 p.m. at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium Tickets $5. Call 539-9044.

• Holiday Harmonies — Best of the Chorus of the Keys Quartets 2 p.m. at Glenridge Performing Arts Center Tickets $15. Call 552-5325.

• ‘Voices of Fuzión’ Fuzión Dance Artists 2 p.m. at FSU Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35. Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• Masterworks 2: American Dream Sarasota Orchestra 2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $83. Call 953-3434.

• Englewood United Methodist Church Music Ministry Concert Series: Organist Fonda Davies and Christian Band REFUGE Christmas

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• ‘Remembering Pearl’ Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5. Call 907-4123.

• ‘Singing Songs of Joy: Holiday Salutations in Song’ featuring Exsultate! Chorale 3:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center Tickets $10 to $20. Call 484-8491.

• Jazz at First Church 4 and 5:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Free. Call 955-0935.

• Designing Women Boutique Dinner & Style Show Gala ‘Serengeti Nights — Passport to Elegance’ Designing Women Boutique 5:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $250. Call 366-5293.

• ‘The Nutcracker’ School of Russian Ballet 7 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House Tickets $15 to $32. Call 962-6664.

• Classical Recital Series: Takaoki Onishi, baritone, and Arlene Shrut, piano Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $45. Call 360-7399.

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‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

‘Black Nativity’ runs through Dec. 21, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Dec. 3 listing.

‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ runs through Dec. 21, at The Players Theatre. See Dec. 4 listing.

‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ runs through Dec. 21, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Dec. 4 listing.

‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ runs through Dec. 21, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Dec. 4 listing.

‘Regrets Only’ runs through Dec. 14, at Island Players Theatre. See Dec. 4 listing.

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MONDAY

• Holiday Luncheon Sarasota Orchestra Friends 11 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $40. Call 358-6673.

• Great Escapes 2: Jingle All the Way Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55. Call 953-3434.

• Inside the Studio Series Sarasota Ballet 6 p.m. at FSU Center Studio Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

• Andy Hendrickson 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Sonata a Due La Musica International Chamber Music Festival 6 p.m. at Charles Ringling House at New College of Florida Tickets $150. Call 371-6798.

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• Celebrate the Arts Luncheon Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 10:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East Tickets $60. Call 330-0680.

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• Munchtime Musicales featuring Marc Mannino Jazz Quartet Sarasota Concert Association

• ‘Ghostlight: A Musical’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

• Think + drink (science) 7 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $4 general, $2 members.

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• ‘Dancing Lessons’ 8 p.m. at Keating Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre Runs through Feb. 21.

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• ‘Ghostlight: A Musical’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

• Holiday Nights at Cà d’Zan 5 p.m. at Cà d’Zan Call 359-5700.

• Great Escapes 2: Jingle All the Way Sarasota Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55. Call 953-3434.

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• Holidays Around the Ranch 6 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Free. Call 757-1530.

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• Artful Holidays: Gift Shop Sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at ArtCenter Manatee Call 746-2862.

• Andy Hendrickson 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Opera Prelude: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ Bradenton Opera Guild 9:30 a.m. at Westminster Shores building, Bradenton Tickets $6. Call 729-1680.

• ‘An Elvis Christmas: A Tribute to Elvis Presley’ 2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $12 to $24. Call 748-5875.

• Jazz at Two featuring Tommy Goodman Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

• Hermitage Artist Retreat Sunset Beach Reading 4 p.m. at Hermitage Artist Retreat Free. Call 475-2098.

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• ‘Ghostlight: A Musical’ 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

Hermitage Artist Retreat’s Sunset Beach Reading takes place Dec. 12.

• Southside Village Holiday Stroll ‘Flamingo Fantasyland’ Southside Elementary School Toys for Tots 5 p.m. at Morton’s Gourmet Market Call 374-7779.

• Fuzión Dance Master Class with Michael Foley Fuzión Dance Artists 5:45 p.m. at New College of Florida Tickets $15. Call 345-5755.

• Great Escapes 2: Jingle All the Way Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55. Call 953-3434.

• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• Girls Night Out: Felted Snowman with Carol Hunt 7 p.m. at ArtCenter Manatee Tickets $35. Call 746-2862.

• Key Chorale in Concert 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More Chelsea Center’s Chancellor Room Tickets $15 to $25. Call 923-1961.

• National Theatre Live: Skylight 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $20. Call 360-7399.

• ‘Our Daily Bread’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $25. Call 488-1115.

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• 17th annual Winterfest 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at City Hall Field, Holmes Beach Free. Call 778-2099.

• Christmas in Candy Land ‘Winter Wonderland’ Make-A-Wish Central & Northern Florida 11 a.m. at Michael’s On East Call 952-9474.

• ‘Behind the Curtain’ with Michael Foley Fuzión Dance Artists 12:30 p.m. at New College of Florida Tickets $10. Call 345-5755.

• ‘An Elvis Christmas: A Tribute to Elvis Presley’ 2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center Tickets $12 to $24. Call 748-5875.

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• ‘Ghostlight: A Musical’ 2 and 7 p.m. at Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $15. Call 355-2967.

• Andy Hendrickson 7 and 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Diana Krall 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $120.

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• Great Escapes 2: Jingle All the Way Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $35 to $55.

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• ‘Our Daily Bread’ 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $25. Call 488-1115.

• Pineview Jazz Band 8 p.m. at Glenridge Performing Arts Center Tickets $15. Call 552-5325.

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• Englewood United Methodist Church Music Ministry Concert Series ‘Christmas Musical’ 9:30 and 11 a.m. at Englewood United Methodist Church Free. Call 474-5588.

• 17th annual Winterfest 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at City Hall field, Holmes Beach Free. Call 778-2099.

• Anna Maria Island Holiday Concert 2 p.m. at CrossPointe Fellowship Church. Tickets $25. Call 896-3899.

• Sundays at Neel: The Diamonds 2 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, SCF Bradenton Tickets $30. Call 752-5252.

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• Puttin' On the Ritz for the Betterment of Our Community – JFCS Gala Jewish Family & Children's Service 5 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Tickets $500. Call 366-2224, Ext. 181.

• Andy Hendrickson 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

• Annual Christmas Concert and Carol Sing: ‘Once Upon a Starry Christmas Night’ 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Free. Call 955-0935.

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‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

‘Black Nativity’ runs through Dec. 21, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater. See Dec. 3 listing.

‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ runs through Dec. 21, at The Players Theatre. See Dec. 4 listing.

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‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ runs through Dec. 21, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. See Dec. 4 listing.

‘Regrets Only’ runs through Dec. 14, at Island Players Theatre. See Dec. 4 listing.

‘The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical’ runs through Dec. 21, at Venice Theatre. See Dec. 5 listing.

‘Dancing Lessons’ runs through Feb. 21, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Dec. 10 listing.

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• The Players Performing Arts Studio: Holiday Revue 7 p.m. at The Players Theater Tickets $10. Call 365-2494.

• ‘Holiday Spirit on Broadway’ The Pops Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center Tickets $20 to $25. Call 926-7677.

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• Star of Bethlehem Planetarium Star Talk 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• Achievers Scholarship Partners Holiday Luncheon YMCA Foundation of Sarasota Inc. 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East. By invitation only. Call 951-1336, Ext. 6.

• Erik Myers 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $15 to $19. Call 925-3869.

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• Jazz at Two: Jazz Jam Session Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $8 to $12. Call 366-1552.

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• PMP Sarasota Winter Residency The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast Various times at USF Sarasota-Manatee Runs through Jan. 2.

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• Holiday Nights at Cà d’Zan 5 p.m. at Cà d’Zan Call 359-5700.

• Ringling by the Bay: Yesterdayze 5 p.m. at The Ringling Call 359-5700.

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• Film Fridays 6 to 8 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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The Sarasota Ballet presents “La Fille Mal Gardée” Dec. 19 and Dec. 20, at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

• Star of Bethlehem Planetarium Star Talk 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at South Florida Museum Tickets $5 general, $3 members.

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• ‘A Christmas Carol’ 7 p.m. at Venice Theatre Runs through Dec. 21.

• Lights in Bloom 6 to 9 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

• Sir Frederick Ashton’s ‘La Fille Mal Gardée’ Sarasota Ballet 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets $20 to $100.

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• Greet the Light: Winter Solstice Celebration 7 p.m. at The Ringling Call 359-5700.

• Debutante Ball Sarasota Orchestra youth programs 6 p.m. at Sarasota Auditorium Tickets $225. Call 350-8579.

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• A Taste of Chanukah 1 to 5 p.m. at Sarasota Fairgrounds Call 925-0770.

‘Dancing in the Street with the Prima Donnettes’ runs through Feb. 5, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Oct. 22 listing.

• ‘A Broadway Holiday’ Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25 to $45. Call 360-7399.

‘South Pacific’ at Asolo Repertory Theatre runs through Dec. 28. See Nov. 11 listing.

‘Hairspray’ runs through Jan. 10, at Florida Studio Theatre. See Nov. 12 listing.

• ‘Holiday Celebration’ Suncoast Concert Band 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5. Call 907-4123.

• ‘Holiday Spirit on Broadway’ The Pops Orchestra 3 p.m. at Riverview Performing Arts Center Tickets $20 to $25.

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Venice Theatre presents “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 18 through Dec. 21.

• Lights in Bloom 6 to 9 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

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• The Sounds of Christmas 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $12 to $24.

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‘The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical’ runs through Dec. 21, at Venice Theatre. See Dec. 5 listing.

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• Lights in Bloom 6 to 9 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Call 366-5731, Ext. 229.

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• Sailor Circus Holiday Spectacular The Circus Arts Conservatory 7 p.m. at Sailor Circus Arena Tickets $12 to $18.

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The Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast’s Winter Residency runs through Jan. 2, at USF SarasotaManatee. See Dec. 18 listing.

• British Mania 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $35 to $45.

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”Fall on Stanhope Street” by Deborah Brown is on display through Oct. 25, at Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art.

Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art 1228 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota.

366-2454. Allyngallup.com.

Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Through Oct. 25 — “Drawn From Nature.”

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church Art Gallery 563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key. 383-8161. AllangelsLBK.org.

Open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.

Through Oct. 29 — Lorene Erickson, one-woman show Oct. 30 through Dec. 2 — Halide Smith, one-woman show Dec. 4 through Dec. 31 — Beverly Fleming, one-woman show Anna Maria Island Art League 5312 Holmes Beach. 778-2099.

Islandartleague.org. Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and Saturdays by appointment.

October — Featured artists: Brandon Scott and Deeana Atkinson.

Opening reception 5:30 p.m.

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Nov. 7 — 5:30 p.m. Gallery Walk for ArtsHOP. ArtCenter Manatee 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton.

746-2862. Artcentermanatee.org.

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Through Oct. 31 — “CityScapes.” Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2.

Through Oct. 31 — Art by Kids with Cancer 2014. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2.

Oct. 11 — 1 p.m. Lecture: Plein Air with Susie Covert.

Nov. 4 through Dec. 5 — Women’s Contemporary Artists. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 6.

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Dec. 9 through Jan. 2 — “Sumi-e Society.” Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11.

Dec. 9 through Jan. 2 — World Travel in Watercolor and Photography. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11.

Dec. 9 through Jan. 2 — 12” x 12” exhibit. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11.

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Nov. 3 — Acrylic Painters Panel: The How-To's and Tips of Acrylic Painting takes place at 6:30 p.m., at Lowe Hall, Church of the Annunciation.

December — Featured artist: Carroll Klingensmith. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 12.

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Dec. 5 through Jan. 31 — “Figuratively Speaking.” Opening reception 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5.

Art Uptown Gallery 1367 Main St., Sarasota. 9555409. Artuptown.com. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Through Oct. 24 — Fine paintings and 3-D works in various media by the gallery’s 27 resident artists.

Oct. 25 through Nov. 28 — “Painting on Glass.” Opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 7.

Nov. 29 through Dec. 26 — “Jamie Friedli: New Work.”

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast 400 Palmetto Ave., Osprey. 9182100. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Through Oct. 31 — “Nature in deMand” by Daniel Perales.

Dabbert Gallery 76 S. Palm Ave, Sarasota. 955-

The Dancing Crane Gallery 1019 10th Ave. W., Bradenton.

744-1333. Dancing-crane.com.

Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 6 to 9 p.m. first Fridays.

Through Oct. 31 — Larry Allan’s wildlife photography to benefit Defenders of Wildlife. First Friday reception 6 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 3. Artist talk 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 4.

Book signing 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 1.

Nov. 7 through Dec. 27 — Featured artists: Jean Cipriano, Patsy Hall and Fred Bavendam. Artist reception 9 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 7 and Dec. 5.

“The Ruins” by Karen A. Taddeo is on display through Oct. 24, at Art Uptown Gallery.

1315. Dabbertgallery.com. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 6 to 9 p.m. on first Fridays.

Oct. 3 through Nov. 30 — “Mindscapes of Nature.” Opening reception 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 4.

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Nov. 21 through Dec. 31 — “Imagine.”

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Galleria Silecchia 20 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. 3657414. Galleriasilecchia.com. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on first Fridays; and by appointment.

Oct. 3 through Nov. 6 — Glenna Goodacre, American master sculptor Oct. 3 through Nov. 6 — Glenn

“Beneath the Banyans at Out-of-Door Academy” by Bix Mannion is on display through Oct. 3, at Art Center Sarasota.

Harrington, American oil painter Nov. 7 through Dec. 4 — Laurie Tennent, American photographer Nov. 7 through Dec. 4 — Pedro

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Through Oct. 31 — Featured artist: Adam Cameron Nov. 3 through Dec. 19 — Featured artist: Vladislav Yeliseyev

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4:30 p.m. daily.

Through Nov. 16 — “Florida’s Fascinating Flora” by Angela Maria Isaza.

Oct. 17 through Nov. 7 — “DISPLAY: Colors of the Tropics.”

Nov. 20 through Feb. 25 — “Preserving Eden” by Clyde Butcher.

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Mind Matter: Courage and Creativity workshop Dec. 4 through Dec. 19 — Florida Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition. Opening reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4.

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Galleries / from page 69 Pastry Art 1512 Main St., Sarasota. 9557545. Pastryartbakerycafe.com.

Open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesdays; 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursdays; 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Through Oct. 26 — “Autumn Menagerie” by Carolyn Ritter.

Oct. 26 through Dec. 14 — “Tropical Punch” by Gail B. White.

Dec. 14 through Feb. 8 — “SunCoast Life” by Barbara L. Jendrysik.

Patricia Thompson Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

351-5100. Ringling.edu. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Through December — Selections from “In Your Face: The Power

The Ringling's exhibit, ”Seeing the Unseen: Photography and Video Art in China Now,” runs through Feb. 28.

of Portraiture” by Lori Loveberry George.

The Ringling 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota.

359-5700. Ringling.org. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week and until 8 p.m. Thursdays.

Through Oct. 26 — “Thomas Chimes from the Permanent Collection” Through Dec. 7 — “Bandits, Beauties and Beggars: The Etchings of Salvator Rosa.”

Through Dec. 7 — “The Bikeriders” by Danny Lyon.

Through Feb. 1 — “Beth Lipman: Precarious Possessions” Through Feb. 2 — “Ladies of the Ring.”

Through Feb. 28 — “Seeing the Unseen: Photography and Video Art in China Now.” Oct. 24 through Jan. 11 — “Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898.”

Nov. 7 through March 29 — “De Vos Banners.”

Dec. 19 through March 22 — “Expressive Bodies: Works from The Ringling Permanent Collection.”

Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

955-8866.

Nov. 9 — 1 to 4 p.m. Decoding the Language of Art: Ralph & Me Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design 2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

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351-5100. Ringling.edu/selbygallery. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday and Wednesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Through Oct. 24 — Annual Ringling college Faculty Exhibition/ Annual Ringling College Staff and Division Instructors Exhibition.

Oct. 31 through Dec. 10 — Evan Roth/Intellectual Property Donor.

Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m.

Oct. 31.

South Florida Museum 201 10th St. W. 746-4131.

Southfloridamuseum.org. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Oct. 25 through Jan. 4 — The Evolving Universe (developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Museum of Natural History) State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota Fine Art Gallery 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton.

752-5225. Open 10 a.m. to 3

”Some Paths Lead Nowhere” by Janet Mishner is on display through Nov. 20, at the Women’s Resource Center.

p.m. Monday through Friday.

Through Dec. 3 — “Art of the Wedding Costume: Ritual and Romance.”

State of the Arts Gallery 1525 State St., Sarasota. 955-2787.

What If You Could Look Years Younger And Still Look Completely Natural?

Sarasotafineart.com. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Through Dec. 1 — “If These Walls Could Talk.”

Women’s Resource Center

340 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. 3661700. thewomensresourcecenter. org.

Through Nov. 20 — “Links and Paths: Abstract Narratives” by Janet Mishner. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2.

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This elegant and comfortable continental-American restaurant is known for specialties such as their Rack of Lamb, Pepper Steak, Pommes Gratin Dauphinois and daily fresh seafood offerings. For more than 25 years, the Bijou set the standard for enduring excellence in fine dining with both locals and visitors flocking to enjoy their highly-rated and award wining cuisine influenced by owner Jean-Pierre Knaggs’ South African and French heritage. Make sure you also try their new Happy Hour and Bar Bites menus from 5 to 6:30 p.m. With an expansive wine list, sumptuous lunch and dinner specials, and impeccable yet friendly service, the Bijou Cafe remains a jewel in the heart of Sarasota’s downtown Theatre & Arts District.

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“I feel like I’m in Memphis” one guest remarked as he enjoys the fried chicken and low country shrimp and grits. Welcome to Sarasota’s only southern roadhouse where the best music acts perform nightly and folks enjoy authentic southern comfort food. The inspiration for the menu spans from New Orleans to North Carolina including southern staples such as Smothered Collard Greens, Stone Ground Cheesy Grits, Brunswick Stew and Chicken and Waffles. Classics including Bacon Wrapped Meat Loaf, Thick Cut Fried Green Tomatoes and Macaroni and Cheese complete the journey. Enjoy our bourbons, craft beers and southern desserts all while live music fills the 20’ high room ceiling.

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Open from 8 am to 2 am for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Bob’s Boathouse serves a full menu till late night. A diverse range of entertainment from Karaoke on Monday nights with cash prizes, to Country night on Tuesdays, to Latin night on Wednesdays. Friday nights feature Sarasota’s local celebrity TWINKLE from 8:30 pm - 12:30 am. A different local band is featured every Saturday night. Enjoy live Reggae Saturday and Sunday afternoon outside by the Tiki Bar. Sunday Brunch until noon features free Bloody Marys and Mimosas. A final Karaoke showdown at the end of the season with a $5,000 grand prize.

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Step inside CasAntica Ristorante, a gem in the heart of downtown Sarasota, and experience Italian culinary excellence in a truly inspiring ambiance, memorable for its palette-enlightening cuisine, polished service and outstanding wine selection. Owners Roberto Ercolani & Chef Davide Ercolani from Roma, Italy, look forward to being your host. The Mediterranean lines of the old home create the perfect backdrop for a menu inspired by fresh ingredients and the flavors of Chef Davide’s Italian cuisine. Whether you need a romantic seating for a party of two or like to reserve one of our private rooms or the rooftop, we look forward to seeing you at CasAntica Ristorante.

1213 N. Palm Avevue, Sarasota 941-366-1840 www.casanticarestaurant.com

Crow’s Nest Marina Restaurant Venice’s Waterfront Landmark since 1976, The Crow’s Nest features casual fine dining overlooking the Venice Inlet and intracoastal waterway. Renowned for fresh seafood, steaks and chops. Recently remodeled dining room and outside deck.

1100+ selection Wine Cellar recipient of “Best of Award of Excellence” from the Wine Spectator. Open everyday for lunch and dinner. Casual menu, raw bar and entertainment in the 1st floor Tavern Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Come by boat or car. All major credit cards.

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Opened in 2010 by owner Gary Fennessy, Main Street Trattoria in Lakewood Ranch features fresh Italian cuisine including their signature bruschetta focaccia, chicken Milanese, and hand tossed thin crust pizza, just to name a few. Mr. Fennessy wanted to create a place where friends and family alike can gather for a one of a kind dining experience. Make sure to save room for their homemade tiramisu and a cappuccino for dessert. One of the best features is their inside/outside bar that opens up to a great outdoor dining area, where you’ll find live music Wed.- Sat. from 6-10 p.m. and Sundays 4-8 p.m.

Offering happy hour daily 3-7 p.m. Kids menu and take-out menu also available.

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