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Here are our columns: 

n Out & About: includes fundraisers, 

concerts, art exhibits, lectures, dance, 

poetry, shows & performances, theatre, 

film, 

seasonal events and more. 

n Datebook: club meetings, 

women’s clubs, networking and 

consumer-oriented lectures. 

n Mind/Body Calendar: health and 

wellness events, support groups, 

health lectures, seminars and 

screenings. 

n You’re News: job announcements, 

appointments and promotions, 

board news, business news and 

real estate news. 

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focus on the arts 

Heading to New York City 

this Summer? Don’t miss this 

Alice Neel exhibit at The Met. 

The career-spanning survey 

of one of the century’s most 

radical painters, Alice Neel, is 

at The Met to August 1. We 

give you a sneak preview on 

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Pop Art is on display at Marie 

Selby Botanical Gardens with Roy 

Lichtenstein’s take on Monet’s 

garden. The display runs to June 

27. These large-scale, rarely 

seen artworks are accompanied 

by a complete transformation of 

the Downtown Sarasota campus’s 

15 acres into Monet’s garden at 

Giverny as imagined through the 

aesthetic of Lichtenstein. 

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your health 

For so many, 2020-2021 

has posed some of the 

greatest challenges of our 

lifetime. So it’s a good time 

to remind yourself to take 

good care of YOU. We’ve 

got some tips for getting 

back into life while staying 

mentally healthy. 

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departments 

4 editor’s letter 

7 Out & About: listing for things 

to do live and/or online 

11 focus on the arts: Selby Gardens with 

Roy Lichtenstein 

12 women’s health: Urology Treatment Center 

14 dining in: Food “impostors” 

on the cover: WCW photo of Cheryl Mendelson by Evelyn England 

16 west coast woman: 

Cheryl Mendelson 

19 you’re news 

20 wcw foodie: your source for 

restaurant news and events 

22 focus on the arts: Alice Neel 

exhibit at the Met in NYC 

24 travel news: 

lots of museums have 

great exhibits 

27 health feature: get to know 

Craniosacral Therapy 

29 your health: coping with a 

return to your pre-covid life 

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thoughts 

Louise Bruderle 

Editor and Publisher 

West Coast Woman Cheryl Mendelson 


Photo by Evelyn England 

I was so energized during and after my interview 

with Cheryl Mendelson, the CEO of the Van 

Wezel Foundation. Why? Well, it’s always nice to 

meet someone who is excited about the future, 

specifically, the future as seen in the preliminary, 

yet stunning plans for the $250 million performing 

arts center that will arise from the bayfront just 

north of the Van Wezel. 

Cheryl arrived in Sarasota in 2019 from Chicago. 

Like so many, she had to adjust to working in a 

pandemic bubble while also working on this vital 

community project. As we get back to normal, be sure 

to follow what the Sarasota Performing Arts Center 

project is doing. Find more info at https://vwfoundation.org/ and read my profile 

of Cheryl in this issue to see her role in it. Maybe you’ll be energized, too. 

All the Good Deeds 

WCW has been publishing the generous actions of individuals, clubs, businesses, 

children and others who have chipped in to help our community during the 

pandemic that started April, 2020. 

Here are some more examples of people giving to help others: 

■ All Faiths Food Bank will hold monthly food distributions at the Van Wezel. 

In 2020 All Faiths Food Bank distributed 60% more meals than 2019, with a 53% 

increase in new clients at food distributions. 

To help those who are struggling 

to put food on the table, All 

Faiths is partnering with The 

Bay Sarasota and Van Wezel 

on monthly, large-scale food 

distributions at VW on the fourth 

Saturday of each month through 

October. Food – including frozen 

meat, fresh fruits and vegetables 

– is first-come, first-served and 

pre-registration is not required. 

A scene from last year’s Thanksgiving food distribution “Van Wezel and The Bay are 

at the Van Wezel | Photo by Cliff Roles 

honored to partner with All 

Faiths Food Bank on an ongoing basis as the need for food continues throughout 

our community,” said Mary Bensel, executive director of Van Wezel 

Performing Arts Hall. “While many of us are welcoming the prospect of life 

returning to normal at some point soon, too many of our friends and neighbors 

are still suffering from the economic impacts of the pandemic. We are pleased 

to help them get the food they need here on our site.” 

To donate to All Faiths Food Bank, go to allfaithsfoodbank.org. 

■ The Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Charles & Margery Barancik 

Foundation, and a generous donor couple partnered to pay past-due utility bills 

for 32 families in Sarasota County. The grant, issued directly to Sarasota County 

Public Utilities department through the foundations’ joint COVID-19 Response 

Initiative, ensured that the utilities remained on at the 32 households. 

“Some families in our community are just one bill away from losing their 

home,” said Jon Thaxton, Gulf Coast’s senior vice president for community 

investment. “This grant allows for local families to shift focus from the stress of 

a past-due bill to keeping their family safe.” 

Gulf Coast donors Bob and Lin Williams brought the idea to the foundations 

after reading a news story about local families in need. The couple made 

a gift through Gulf Coast to cover half of the cost of the overdue bills, and the 

foundations matched it. 

(From l-r) April Fools Fete co-chairs Marian Moss 

and Asa Thomas with WBTT executive director 

Julie Leach | Photo by Sorcha Augustine 

■ Fans sure do LOVE their Westcoast 

Black Theatre Troupe! This year 

WBTT moved their annual fundraiser 

outdoors to its theatre arts center for 

a sold out live audience on April 5. A 

stunning $170,000 was raised in support 

of WBTT’s education programs, 

including: Stage of Discovery, the 

summer musical theatre intensive 

program for students ages 13-18; 

Jazzlinks, WBTT’s high school education 

program; Rhythm & Tales, an 

elementary education program; and 

the Young Artist Program. 

■ Karin Gustafson created Karin’s Causes which will have 

its 14th Annual Estate Sale on May 13, 14, and 15 at the Women’s 

Resource Center in Sarasota. 

Since 2014, Karin’s Causes, an estate sale founded by collector 

and hobbyist Karin, has raised funds for area nonprofits. 

The three-day event features items collected by Karin, 

along with donations from friends and donors. The event 

features the rare and beautiful, and items of historic and 

decorative interest, many with collectible appeal and value. 

All funds raised go to the Animal Rescue Coalition, the 

New College Foundation’s scholarship fund, and Women’s 

Resource Center. 

■ From Feb. 22 – March 12, 

Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club 

(LWRWC) held “Snack-nado” - a 

charity drive to help provide healthy 

snacks and a variety items for children 

being helped by The Children’s 

Guardian fund. 

On March 16, LWRWC delivered 

$5740 in cash and in-kind donations, 

including vinyl bags overflowing with 

an enormous quantity of kid-friendly 

snacks, kids’ towels, blankets, quilts, 

pillowcases, games, teddy bears, kids 

themed bath items and more, and 

a check for $2240 to The Children’s 

Guardian Fund (CGF). 

CFC provides emergency needs, 

tutoring, summer camp and activities, 

cribs, beds, school clothes, 

and so much more and they partner 

with Guardian ad Litem Program. 

Pictured L-R: Svetlana Ivashchenko, Children’s 

Guardian Fund Executive Director, Trish Newman, 

LWRWC Philanthropy Co-Chair, Carol Belmont, 

LWRWC Vice President, Janet Dobbs, LWRWC 

Recording Secretary, Kristin Poolman, Children’s 

Guardian Fund Program Director, and Ann Sledz, 

LWRWC Corresponding Secretary. 

Guardian ad Litem volunteers, along with professional staff members, work 

together to provide advocacy for children with the goal of finding a safe and 

permanent home. There are over 1400 children in foster or state care in our 

area with only 500 Guardian ad Litem volunteers serving these 1400+ vulnerable 

children. 

■ Artists Guild Of Anna Maria 

Island (AGAMI) held an art 

supply donation for kids. AGAMI 

member Judy Vazquez organized 

the collection of art supplies 

for the Blanche Dougherty 

School for Arts and Science 

in Bradenton. Judy was joined 

by Carolann Garafola to bring 

supplies to the School on March 

4. Supplies included white paper, 

illustration board, Strathmore 

paper, a printer, crayons, markers 

and colored pencils. Additional 

equipment will be delivered Vasquez delivering donations to the Blanche Dougherty 

(l-r) Jessica Scott-Dunda, Carolann Garafola and Judy 

after spring break, including a School of Arts and Science, Bradenton. 

new HP photo printer, photo paper, more illustration board and a mat cutter. 

Season is Looking a whole 

lot better 

So make sure that we receive your season schedules as soon as you have 

them Send to westcoastwoman@comcast.net. 

Louise Bruderle | Editor and Publisher | 

westcoastwoman@comcast.net 

Karin Gustafson 

We welcome your thoughts and comments on this column and on other columns and features in this issue. 

You can reach us at westcoastwoman@comcast.net. We’re on the web at www.WestCoastWoman.com. 


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Smoking is a major cause of heart 

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Certain Medical Conditions and Risk 

for Severe COVID-19 Illness. October 2020. 

Accessed October 09, 2020 

2 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.The 

Health Consequences of Smoking—50 

Years of Progress: A Report of the 

Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, National 

Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and 

Health, 2014 [accessed 2020 May 5]. 

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U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: 

What It Means to You. Atlanta: U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, Office 

on Smoking and Health, 2010 [accessed 

2020 May 5]. 

4 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

The Health Consequences of Smoking: 

50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon 

General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, National 

Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and 

Health, 2014. Printed with corrections, January 

2014. Accessed April 3, 2020. 

5 

Association of E-Cigarette Use With Respiratory 

Disease Among Adults: A Longitudinal 

Analysis. Bhatta, Dharma N. et al. American 

Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 58, 

Issue 2, 182 – 190. Accessed April 3, 2020. 

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

“People at Risk for Serious Illness 

from COVID-19.” Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 10 Mar. 2020, www. 

cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/high-risk-complications.html. 

Accessed April 3, 2020. 

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The connection Between Smoking, 

COVID-19. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2021, 

from https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ 

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out& about 

Please be sure 

to check websites 

for up-to-date 

information on any 

of the events below. 

Things can change! 

At The Ringling 

On exhibit: 

• Kabuki Modern is in the Ting 

Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center 

for Asian Art. The exhibition presents 

recent acquisitions of kabuki 

imagery created between 1868 and 

the 1950s. Visitors will see works by 

Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900), Yamamura 

Kōka (Toyonari, 1885–1942), 

and Natori Shunsen (1886–1960) 

— the foremost print artists of their 

time. Also on view is a painting by 

Murakami Michiho (1899–1938) that 

recently returned to the Museum 

following conservation treatment. 

Kabuki Modern will run in the Chao 

Center until June 27, 2021. 

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• The great American abstract painter 

Sam Gilliam is known for his experimentation 

with materials and 

constant invention. Gilliam first received 

critical attention in the 1960s 

as a later member of the Washington 

Color School. He quickly expanded 

beyond the Color School tradition 

with his experimentation in the use 

of color and materials. This exhibition 

brings together nearly 20 unique 

works and limited edition prints by 

the artist from the early 1970s to 2010 

drawn primarily from local collections. 

Runs to Aug. 15, 2021. 

• The Ringling also has S a i t ō K - i 

yoshi’s (1907–1997) whose keen 

sense of design, superb technique 

and engagement with an appealing 

variety of themes made him one of 

the best known and most popular 

Japanese print artists of the twentieth 

century. In the wake of the 

Second World War, Saitō emerged 

as a seminal figure of the modernist 

creative print movement, in which 

artists claimed complete authorship 

of their work by carving and printing 

their own designs. He flourished 

as the movement attracted patrons 

among members of the occupying 

forces and, later, Western travelers 

for business and pleasure. 

Saitō Kiyoshi: Graphic Awakening 

is the first comprehensive 

exhibition of this artist’s work in the 

United States. The exhibition focuses 

on prints Saitō created in the 

1940s and 50s, arguably the most 

vibrant period of his career, and 

includes several rare, early designs. 

Runs to August 15, 2021. 

• Frans Hals: Detecting a Decade will 

run to May 16, 2021. The Ringling’s 

portrait of Pieter Jacobsz. Olycan, by 

the Dutch Baroque master Frans Hals 

(1582/83 - 1666), is one of the museum’s 

treasures. Renowned in his 

own day for his lively brushwork and 

uncanny ability to capture the vitality 

of his sitters, Hals continues to be a 

favorite among art lovers, collectors 

and artists alike. In this exhibition, 

organized by the Dallas Museum of 

Art, The Ringling’s painting, which 

was executed 

about 1639, will be 

displayed side-byside 

with a second 

portrait by Hals 

of Olycan (private 

collection), painted 

about 10 years 

earlier. Through 

close examination 

and comparison of 

these two portraits 

of the same person, 

the exhibition 

will shed light 

on Hals’s revolutionary 

painting 

technique, and 

will explain how 

his work evolved 

over the decade of 

the 1630s. 

• Larry Rivers: 

Boston Massacre. 

In this series of 13 

mixed-media prints, Larry Rivers, 

one of the pioneers of Pop Art, reimagines 

the tragedy of the Boston 

Massacre. This event, marking the 

beginning of the American Revolution, 

occurred March 5, 1770, when 

British Army soldiers fired their 

muskets into a crowd of civilians 

gathered on the streets of Boston, 

killing five colonists and galvanizing 

American sentiment for independence 

from Great Britain. Two 

hundred years later, Rivers revisits 

this moment in a series that disrupts 

traditional depictions of historical 

narrative through fragmentary visual 

references to the past that intermix 

with imagery from the political 

unrest of the 1960s. This exhibition 

presents the Boston Massacre portfolio 

from The Ringling’s permanent 

collection. The exhibition will run 

until May 16, 2021. 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 

Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. 

Special Events 

The Palm Avenue First Friday 

Walks event in downtown Sarasota 

gives art lovers a backdoor peek 

without the hustle and bustle of the 

crowds but with the cool breeze and 

moonlight sky the evening brings. 

The event is held the first Friday of 

every month, beginning 6 to 9pm. 

The next one is on May 7. Tom and 

Sandy Doyle will be performing 

jazz standards. 

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Forty Carrots Family Center has 

its 19th annual Educational Community 

Speaker Event presented in partnership 

with the Community Foundation 

of Sarasota County. The virtual 

presentation will feature psychotherapist 

and New York Times bestselling 

author Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D at 7 

p.m. on Sept. 22. The event is free and 

advance registration is required. 

Dr. Bryson will present insights 

from the book The Power of Showing 

Up: How Parental Presence Shapes 

Who Our Kids Become and How Their 

Brains Get Wired, which she co-authored 

with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, psychiatrist 

and best-selling author. She 

will share how parents and role models 

can manage their skills with kids 

in a digital world; learn to navigate in 

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The Ringling also has Saitō Kiyoshi’s (1907–1997) whose keen sense of 

design, superb technique and engagement with an appealing variety of themes 

made him one of the best known and most popular Japanese print artists of 

the twentieth century. 

uncertain times; and discover 4 simple 

strategies for long term success. 

Her presentation will highlight while 

parenting isn’t easy, showing up is. Attendees 

will receive a complimentary 

e-book while supplies last. 

To sign up for event notifications, 

visit www.fortycarrots.org or call 

(941) 365-7716. 

Sarasota Orchestra 

May 6-9 —Live at Holley Hall. Moments 

in Time - Classics. Bach Piano 

Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Shaw Entr’acte 

and Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 

40. This program looks lovingly back 

in time at past artists whose works 

continue to inspire. World-renowned 

pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane 

is the soloist in Johann Sebastian 

Bach’s powerful Piano Concerto No. 

1, which inspired legions of later composers. 

Maestro Kahane then takes to 

the podium to lead Pulitzer Prize winning 

American composer Caroline 

Shaw’s Entr’acte for string orchestra. 

Composed after hearing a 2011 

performance of Haydn’s String Quartet 

Op. 77, No. 2, Entr’acte is structured 

like an 18th-century minuet, 

transformed by a 21st-century composer’s 

ears. The program concludes 

with Edvard Grieg’s beloved Holberg 

Suite. Written as an homage to the 

18th-century Norwegian author Ludvig 

Holberg, Grieg’s joyful collection 

of dance movements provides an uplifting 

conclusion to Sarasota Orchestra’s 

reimagined season. 

• May 13-18—Streaming Event of 

Moments in Time - Classics. 

• May 6-11— Latin Grooves streaming. 

The sultry sounds and spicy 

rhythms of Spain and South America 

take center stage in this all-Latin 

pops program. Seductive Argentinian 

tangos, breezy Brazilian 

bossa novas and the unmistakable 

rhythms of the Habanera all set 

the mood for a “deliciosa” evening, 

with just the right amount of heat. 

Information: www.Sarasota 

Orchestra.org or call(941) 953-3434. 

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Venice 

The Venice Symphony has 

announced that Music Director 

Troy Quinn and the orchestra will 

perform live at the second annual 

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Patriotic Pops 

Concert, 7:30 

p.m. on May 29 at 

CoolToday Park, 

the spring training 

home of the 

Atlanta Braves. 

The concert will 

be followed by a 

fireworks display. 

The program 

will feature popular 

American 

music, an Armed 

Forces Medley, a 

tribute to veterans 

and more. Sergeant 

First Class 

Randall Wight, a 

member of the 

U.S. Army Field 

Band since 2005, 

returns as guest 

vocalist. He has 

performed the 

National Anthem at Camden Yards 

in Baltimore and composed the 

theme song for the Army Birthday 

Ball in Washington, DC. 

Seating will be socially-distanced 

and masks will be required when 

guests are not seated or eating. For 

tickets, call 941-207-8822 or email music@thevenicesymphony.org. 

Gates 

open at 5:30 pm, rain date is May 30. 

Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens 

Roy Lichtenstein: Monet’s Garden 

Goes Pop! Now through June 

27, 2021. This exhibition showcases 

the legendary Pop artist’s screen 

prints based on Monet’s world-famous 

paintings of waterlilies and 

haystacks. Lichtenstein’s rarely seen 

Water Lilies and Haystacks provide 

an unexpected homage to a staple of 

the public imagination — Monet’s 

paintings of his garden and home at 

Giverny that inspired them. 

Selby Gardens, transformed into 

Monet’s famed gardens at Giverny 

through the Pop Art lens of Roy 

Lichtenstein, includes iconic elements 

of Monet’s garden such as the green 

Japanese bridge, trellises, and benches. 

This conjuring of Lichtenstein’s 

world also serves as the dynamic 

backdrop to the lush plantings and 

mixed borders for which Monet’s 

paintings were renowned. For more 

information, visit www.selby.org. 

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Lectures, Classes 

and Meetings 

Discover Florida archaeology 

on May 12, 10:30-12 at Historic 

Spanish Point Campus, 337 N. 

Tamiami Tr., Osprey. 

Join the staff at Historic Spanish 

Point campus for this 90-minute 

program that will include an introduction 

to the Native American heritage 

of the region, and observation 

of in-process archaeological work. 

In Person Program will be conducted 

outside only. Drop in programs, 

no registration required. Cost: Paid 

admission to HSP campus. 

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Hermitage Artist Retreat has 

“Artists and Writers, Thinking Out 

Loud” with Crystal Wilkinson, 

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Hari Kunzru, and Lucy Kim on 

May 14 at 6pm. Cost: $5. Wilkinson 

will discuss and read from her 

latest work, Perfect Black, a book of 

poems and legends about ancestry, 

culture, and the terrain of a black 

girl becoming. 

Visual and multidisciplinary artist 

Kim will discuss her transition 

from traditional painting and photography 

to her less vison-centric, more 

visceral, three-dimensional work. 

Novelist Kunzru will introduce and 

read from Blue Ruin, his third novel in 

a trilogy about music, literature, and 

visual art. Listen to the thinking that 

went into their work and join them 

in a Q&A afterward. https://hermitageartistretreat.org. 

Virtual: The Ringling: New Perspectives 

on Women & the Historic 

Circus: Amelia Osterud is on May 

20, 10:30 a.m. 

Learn about the experiences, 

contributions, and documentation 

of women in the circus and allied 

arts. This particular edition, with 

Amelia Osterud, will take place 

virtually on May 20. Cost: $5 for 

non-members. Tickets for Virtual 

programs are available 30 days prior 

to each program. 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 

Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. 

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At Bookstore1 

Sarasota 

Upcoming Virtual Events at 

Bookstore1Sarasota. 

All events presented via Zoom, registration 

is required. The store is for 

browsing with masks and payment by 

credit card or Apple Pay. Side-door 

pick is also available. 

• May 11 at 7 p.m. Join them for a 

virtual book launch of Mary Alice 

Monroe’s new novel, The Summer 

of Lost and Found. Mary Alice will 

be in conversation with best-selling 

author Elin Hilderbrand, queen of the 

summer novel. Monroe’s novel The 

Summer of Lost and Found will be 

published on May 11. Elin Hilderbrand’s 

new novel Golden Girl will be 

published on June 1. 

With The Summer of Lost and 

Found, Monroe surprises readers by 

shifting her focus from animals to 

the challenges and changes families 

and friends face during unprecedented 

times of isolation, limited 

social interaction, economic strain, 

and health concerns brought on by 

a pandemic— creating a timely and 

compassionate family saga as the 

next generation of the Rutledge family 

calls the beach house home. 

With all of Elin’s trademark beach 

scenes, mouth-watering meals, and 

picture-perfect homes, plus a heartfelt 

message – the people we lose never 

really leave us. 

There is no charge for this event. 

There is an optional fee of $7 to help 

defray the cost to the bookstore. 

Reservations required for Zoom link. 

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• May 16 at 2 p.m. Zoom PoetryMic 

features poet Peter Schmitt joined 

by poets Martin Tucker and Frank 

Bubba Henson. PoetryMic is a series 

that presents an array of varied and 

talented poets. 

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out and about continued 

Schmitt is the author of six collections 

of poems and two chapbooks. 

He has received The Lavan Award 

from The Academy of American Poets; 

The “Discovery”/The Nation Prize; 

The Julia Peterkin Award; and is a 

two-time recipient of grants from The 

Florida Arts Council. His work has appeared 

in many leading publications, 

including The Hopkins Review, The 

Hudson Review, The Nation, and The 

Paris Review. 

Tucker has published six collections 

of poetry and six works of 

literary criticism. Tucker’s poetry, 

fiction, essays and reviews have appeared 

in numerous publications, 

including The Nation, The New Republic 

and the New York Times Book 

Review. Tucker was the co-founder 

and Editor-in-Chief of Confrontation 

Magazine for 42 years. 

Henson worked for MTV in the 

early ‘80s, co-founded the marketing 

company Seismic Communications, 

and worked as a creative consultant 

for NBC, ABC, SyFy Network, USA 

Network, Comedy Central, and ESPN. 

There is no charge for this event. 

There is an optional fee of $7 to help 

defray the cost to the bookstore. 

Reservations required for Zoom link. 

• Upcoming Book Clubs 

All book clubs presented via Zoom; 

registration is required. 

• May 11 at 11 a.m. The Mysteries to 

Die For Zoom Book Club led by Elsie 

Souza. This month they’re discussing 

Northern Spy by Flynn Berry. A 

fee of $33 is required. This includes a 

copy of Northern Spy to be picked up at 

Bookstore1 and the book club meeting. 

The author of Under the Harrow 

and A Double Life returns with her 

most thrilling novel to date: the story 

of two sisters who become entangled 

with the IRA. Riveting, atmospheric, 

and exquisitely written, Northern 

Spy is at once a heart-pounding story 

of the contemporary IRA and a moving 

portrait of sister- and motherhood, 

and of life in a deeply divided society. 

• May 12 at 2 p.m. The Poetry Zoom 

Book Club led by Doug Knowlton. 

This month they’re discussing Indigo 

by Ellen Bass. A fee of $24 is 

required. This includes a copy of Indigo 

to be picked up at Bookstore1 

and the book club meeting. 

Indigo, the newest collection by 

Bass, merges elegy and praise poem 

in an exploration of life’s complexities. 

Whether her subject is oysters, 

high heels, a pork chop, a beloved 

dog, or a wife’s return to health, 

Bass pulls us in with exquisite immediacy. 

Indigo is a nuanced and 

profound exploration of life’s complexities—where 

joy and devotion 

meet regret and dependence. Ticket 

purchase required for Zoom link. 

More event info at https://www. 

sarasotabooks.com/bookclubs or 

941-365-7900. 

Art Exhibits 

Two exhibits running May 2-28: 

• Pen Women Curated Exhibit in the 

Kellogg Gallery. National League of 

American Pen Women (NLAPW), is 

the oldest multi-discipline arts organization 

for women in America, founded 

in 1897. NLAPW objectives are to 

“encourage, recognize and promote” 

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creative work 

of its members 

and to reach out 

to the Sarasota 

community. 

• The other 

exhibit is The 

Promise of 

Spring An 

Open, All 

Media Juried 

Exhibit in the 

Searle & Reid 

Hodges Galleries. 

Spring 

is upon us. The 

days are getting 

longer, the temperatures 

are 

warming up, 

artists’ are venturing 

back out 

to find their inspiration 

from 

the blooming 

flora after the early spring rains. 

Artists are asked, “What inspires you 

about the promise of spring? 

ArtCenter Manatee, 209 9th St 

West, Bradenton. (941) 746-2862. 

https://artcentermanatee.org. 

The Center for Architecture 

Sarasota has the winners of the less 

is more Tiny House Competition. 

The winning designs are on display at 

the Center for Architecture Sarasota 

through June 17. 

Due to 

CFAS’s safety precautions, only 10 

people are allowed in the gallery at 

one time, masks must be worn, and 

the exhibit must be explored according 

to directional signage. 

Center for Architecture Sarasota, 

265 South Orange Avenue, Sarasota. 

(941) 350-5430. 

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The Light Chasers: Plein Air 

Painters of the Sun Coast have their 

2021 Virtual Art Show viewable to 

May 16. It’s their 10th Anniversary 

Annual Members Show and Featured 

Artists Show. Artists from all over the 

country will be participating. Prizes 

for both shows will be announced 

online. Visit http://lightchasersinc. 

com/events/2021. 

For more information, visit the 

Light Chasers at: http://lightchasersinc.com/. 

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Extension Sarasota 

County Classes 

and Lectures 

The UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota 

County office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday. They’re at 

6700 Clark Road (Twin Lakes Park, 

Green Building), Sarasota. Call 

941-861-9900. 

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• May 11—Cooking with Herbs and 

Spices (webinar). This class discusses 

ways to use herbs and spices, how to 

properly store them and use them 

safely in garlic-herb oil mixtures. 

• May 12—Disaster Preparedness 

(webinar) Also available June 1. Being 

prepared for a weather disaster can 

save your life. What would you do if basic 

services were cut off, like electricity 

or water, or if you had to suddenly leave 

your home? This class will offer tips 

Upcoming virtual event at Bookstore1Sarasota: May 11 at 7 p.m. Join them for a 

virtual book launch of Mary Alice Monroe’s new novel, The Summer of Lost and Found. 

and ways to prepare for unexpected 

disasters, such as hurricanes. 

Learn how to assemble an emergency 

supply kit and other ways to 

prepare for emergencies. Instructor: 

Dr. Maria Portelos-Rometo, UF/IFAS 

Extension Sarasota County family and 

consumer sciences agent. 

• May 12— Inequity in Sarasota 

County: Past and Steps Toward Equity. 

Learn about the past and present 

issues of inequity in Sarasota County, 

programs created to take steps toward 

equity, and how you can do your part 

to make Sarasota County a more sustainable 

community. 

• May 12—Recycle Right! (webinar) 

This is a new, open-discussion class 

focused on the issues faced in with recycling 

in Florida. The first offering in 

this series focuses on recycling, with 

waste reduction, recycling, composting, 

and other topics on tap through 

the course of 2021. Through group discussions 

and classroom learning, this 

class will frame the environmental 

issues facing our community, with the 

intent to create action steps moving 

forward. These discussions also will 

help shape future classes, events and 

projects offered by UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County. 

The goal is to facilitate a discussion 

about the state of recycling. Who 

should attend? Residents with an 

interest in composting and waste reduction, 

businesses looking to implement 

waste reduction programs and 

anyone with a general interest in the 

environment. 

This is the inaugural class in 

Florida, so your input and experiences 

are important. INSTRUCTOR: 

Randall Penn, UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County Waste Reduction 

Agent. Interested in participating 

in the UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota 

County “Composter Recyclers” 

program? Call 941-861-9849 or 

email rpenn@ufl.edu. 

• May 12—Bay-Friendly Fertilizing 

(webinar) Learn about a new tool that 

will help you calculate your fertilizer 

needs for your turf type. Fertilizer 

can be important for maintaining a 

healthy lawn, but too much is bad for 

the bay. They developed a tool to help 

you calculate the amount of fertilizer 

you should apply throughout the year. 

Learn about the best time to apply fertilizer 

outside 

of the blackout 

period. 

• May 13—Invasive 

Species 

Series: Part 

2 of Invasive 

Plants Near 

You(webinar) 

Invasive 

(non-native) 

plants are rapidly 

spreading 

in Florida, 

competing 

with and displacing 

our 

native flora. 

There are so 

many Invasive 

Plants Near 

You to talk 

about, so we 

have split this 

webinar into 

2 parts. Join us for either or both, and 

the other parts of our series too! 

Invasive plants are one of the 

leading threats to native biodiversity 

around the world. They can negatively 

affect property values, agricultural 

productivity, public utilities, fisheries, 

tourism, outdoor recreation, and ecosystem 

function, and are estimated to 

cost the United States as much as $120 

billion in economic damages and 

control measures each year. 

• May 13—Shared Spaces: Community 

Gardens and Composting (webinar) 

Learn best practices for developing 

shared edible gardens and composting 

in your community. Join UF/ 

IFAS Extension Sarasota County for 

our 60-minute workshop on community 

gardening and composting. Many 

local neighborhoods, homeowner and 

condo associations, and schools want 

to implement a garden project, but 

aren’t sure of how to get started. 

Attendees will learn the basics of 

starting a community edible garden 

and composting program. They will 

discover the benefits of composting, 

and how to build a compost system. 

Who should attend? Residents with 

an interest in community gardeningNeighborhoods 

looking to implement 

gardening and composting 

programsAnyone with a general 

interest in the environment, anyone 

with an interest in becoming 

involved in community composting 

and edible gardening projects 

This is the inaugural class in 

Florida, so your input and experiences 

are important. NOTE: There are two 

registration options for this workshop: 

Workshop PLUS a GEOBIN compost 

bin: $25 registration (includes bin 

cost), which must be made in advance 

of the workshop.Workshop with no 

GEOBIN: Cost is free. INSTRUCTORS: 

Mindy Hanak, community and school 

gardens coordinator, UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota CountyRandall Penn, 

waste reduction agent, UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County 

• May 15—Rain Barrel Workshop 

(webinar) Learn more about the 

benefits of rain barrels. If you want to 

purchase a rain barrel for pick-up, you 

need to do that BEFORE the end of the 

webinar as sales will be closed. If you 

plan to purchase after the webinar, 

contact reportpollution@scgov.net. 

During this webinar you will 

learn how the use of rain barrels 

can conserve water, save money by 

reducing the use of potable water in 

landscapes (lower utility bills), and 

reduce stormwater runoff by storing 

and diverting runoff from impervious 

surfaces (like roofs). Practical tips on 

the construction and installation of 

rain barrels will be provided. 

Register for this event ONLY at 

ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com rather 

than any third party websites. Once 

you have completed the registration 

process, the Eventbrite system will 

confirm your enrollment and provide 

you the meeting URL/link in both a 

“popup” window and a subsequent 

email. Save this link. 

If you would like to purchase a rain 

barrel, click the ‘tickets’ button. Select 

your quantity and note the date, time, 

and location during which your barrel(s) 

will be available for pick-up. You 

do not need to attend the webinar in 

order to purchase a barrel. The pickup 

location will only have the number of 

barrels purchased for that specific date, 

so it is important that you show up to 

the location you select at checkout. 

• May 17— Florida-Friendly Landscaping 

101 (webinar) This class will 

teach you the basics of Florida-Friendly 

Landscaping. They’ll show you the 

nine principles that can help you have 

a successful, beautiful landscape while 

protecting natural resources. Instructors 

Wilma Holley Florida-Friendly 

Landscaping Specialist, Sarasota 

County and Dr. Pat Williams County 

Extension Director, Wakulla County 

• May 18—Wild Sarasota: Owls of 

Florida (webinar) Take a virtual walk 

on the wild side… of Sarasota, and 

learn about our local owl species with 

Dr. Katherine Clements, ecology and 

natural resources educator. 

• May 19—EcoWalk: Meditation in 

the Parks at Red Bug Slough. Limited 

tickets available and you must be 

registered to attend. Explore finding 

peace within nature. Register early 

through ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com 

to reserve your spot. 

Many traditions use some form of 

meditation, focus, contemplation, 

reflection, or breath work to quiet the 

mind and center the body and spirit. 

Recent scientific research has shown 

that Shinrin yoku (a form of “forest 

bathing” practiced in Japan) decreases 

levels of cortisol- a stress hormone, 

lowers pulse rate and blood 

pressure, and decreases sympathetic 

nerve activity (our fight or flight response). 

No prior experience needed. 

Wear comfortable, loose clothing and 

bring water and a portable chair or 

blanket to sit upon as you will stop 

to sit along the trail. Instructor: Dr. 

Katherine Clements, UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County ecology and 

natural resources educator. 

• May 19—The Basics of Solar Energy 

for FL Homeowners (webinar). If 

you are interested in understanding 

residential solar hot water and solar 

photovoltaic technologies better, 

this workshop is for you. The discussion 

will cover the basics of how the 

technology works, considerations for 

calculating return on investment, 

policies affecting solar adoption in 

Florida and any incentives that might 

be available to help pay for it. 



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• May 19—The Issue of Food 

Waste(webinar) Join UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County to take a deeper 

dive into the issues surrounding food 

waste.Register early for this event 

at ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com. Instructor: 

Randall Penn, UF/IFAS 

Extension Sarasota County waste reduction 

agent. 

• May 19—Reducing Plastics (webinar) 

Learn how to reduce plastic pollution 

with sound tips on waste reduction, 

recycling and reuse techniques, 

and more”Reducing Plastics” is a new, 

open-discussion class focused on the 

issue of plastic pollution. The second 

offering in this series focuses on recycling, 

with waste reduction, recycling, 

composting, and other topics on tap 

through the course of 2021. 

Through group discussions and 

classroom learning, this class will 

frame the environmental issues facing 

our community, with the intent to 

create action steps moving forward. 

“Reducing Plastics” takes a deeper 

look at the impacts of plastic pollution, 

recycling, challenges and obstacles, and 

related environmental issues in Florida 

and beyond. The goal is to facilitate a 

discussion about the state of recycling. 

Who should attend? Residents with 

an interest in composting and waste 

reduction and anyone with a general 

interest in the environment. This is 

the inaugural class in Florida, so your 

input and experiences are important. 

INSTRUCTOR: Randall Penn, UF/IFAS 

Extension Sarasota County Waste Reduction 

Agent 

• May 20—Bite Back - Reclaim Your 

Yard from Mosquitoes (webinar). 

Program will cover general information, 

the mosquito life cycle, and what 

works and what doesn’t in protecting 

yourself from mosquitoes. 

Not only do mosquitoes deliver an 

annoying bite, but infected mosquitoes 

have the potential to transfer diseases 

to humans and animals through 

their bite. Learn about the life cycle of 

mosquitoes found in Florida and what 

you can do to reduce mosquito breeding 

sites around your home. Reducing 

breeding sites is critical to lowering the 

number of mosquitoes and protecting 

yourself and your family from bites. 

• June 1—Disaster Preparedness 

(webinar) See May 12. 

• June 2—Palm Care Solutions (webinar) 

Discover the essentials of proper 

palm care.Palms are as much a part 

of Florida as sunshine. So why are 

they so misunderstood regarding care 

and maintenance? Why are we still 

performing hurricane pruning when 

it shortens the life expectancy? What 

is the correct way to care for palms? 

Come get simple steps to have healthier 

palms that you will be happy with 

all year long. Instructor: Dr. Pat Williams, 

UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota 

County residential horticulture agent. 

• June 3— Brown Bag Lunch Series: 

Lakes and Ponds Forum (webinar) 

Come with your lake and pond 

questions and we will give you the 

answers and resources needed to 

improve the waterbodies in your 

community.Do you have questions 

about the green stuff growing in your 

backyard ponds? Would you like to 

see more birds come to your pond? If 

so, then this course is for you. Learn 

all about your backyard ponds. 

• June 8—Green 

Cleaning Your 

Home (webinar) 

Explore inexpensive 

common 

household 

products that 

are effective and 

safe for our environment 

and 

your health. 

Have you ever 

thought about 

all the different 

cleaning products 

you use in 

your home? This 

class will explore 

using inexpensive 

common 

household 

products that 

are effective and 

safe for our environment 

and 

your health. Instructors: 

Dr. Maria Portelos-Rometo, 

Family and Consumer Sciences agent, 

UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County, 

and Carol Wyatt-Evens, Chemicals in 

the Environment agent, UF/IFAS Extension 


For questions or further information, 

call 941-861-5000 or email sarasota@ 

ifas.ufl.edu. You must register for al of 

these classes online beforehand. Similar 

classes or events often are offered 

on future dates. 

Live Music 

The Reserve, located in historically 

significant Ringling buildings, 

houses a restaurant focusing on 

American fare, North & South, plus 

The 14th Street Bar, has Open Mic 

every Friday night with host Brittany 

Loeffler. Starting at 7:30 pm 

and running to 9:30 pm. Great, live, 

local talent with their guitars, their 

poetry, their bongos, and their electronica. 

You never know what may 

happen on any given night. Sign-ups 

start at 7:00 pm/7:15 pm. Dinner & 

drinks available and plenty of parking 

at the 14th Street lot. https:// 

www.thereservesrq.com. 

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The Bridge Series continues at 

Fogartyville. Eager to bridge the void 

of excellent jazz performances created 

by the pandemic, WSLR+Fogartville 

and The Jazz Club of Sarasota have 

joined forces to present a series of 

concerts featuring some of the best 

jazz talent in the area. Next up: May 

20 with Synia Carroll and Gumbi Ortiz 

and New Groove City. The WSLR+- 

Fogartyville Team are at 525 Kumquat 

Court Sarasota. Info: (941) 894-6469. 

Visit www.wslr.org. 

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Theatre 

FST Improv is serving up the 

laughter every Saturday night. Drawing 

inspiration from audience suggestions, 

FST Improvisers spin scenes, 

games, and songs…completely on the 

spot. With all-new rules, FST’s team of 

three socially-distanced funny people 

are back to bring you an all-new show 

with all-new laughs. Be sure to stay 

six feet from your neighbor, and we’ll 

be sure to deliver the laughs to help us 

connect through comedy. 

Held in FST’s Keating Theatre. 

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The Venice Symphony has announced that Music Director Troy Quinn and the 

orchestra will perform live at the second annual Patriotic Pops Concert, 7:30 p.m. 

on May 29 at CoolToday Park, the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves. The 

concert will be followed by a fireworks display. 

Tickets on sale at FloridaStudioTheatre.org 

or by calling the Box Office 

at (941) 366-9000. 

Venice Theatre has the Folk Legacy 

Trio on May 7-10. The Folk Legacy 

Trio sings the Great American Folksong 

Book, the songs of the great Folk Era 

from the ‘50s through the mid-‘70s, 

including songs from The Weavers, 

The Kingston Trio, The Limeliters, 

Peter Paul & Mary, The New Christy 

Minstrels, The Brothers Four, The Chad 

Mitchell Trio, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, 

Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot, Simon & 

Garfunkel, John Denver, and others. It 

is a journey through American Musical 

History with their signature dynamic 

harmonies enriching some of the most 

beloved songs ever written. 

The Folk Legacy Trio are George 

Grove, formerly with the Kingston 

Trio for 41 years, Rick Dougherty, 

member of the Limeliters and 

Kingston Trio for 25 years and Jerry 

Siggins, former lead singer of the 

legendary doo-wop group The Diamonds 

for 27 years. Tickets: https:// 

venicetheatre.org/events/. 

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Manatee Performing Arts Center 

has I Do, I Do to May 9. The story of a 

marriage is at the center of I Do! I Do!, 

an intimate and nostalgic work by 

Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (The 

Fantasticks). Written as a star vehicle 

for theatre legends, Mary Martin and 

Robert Preston, the original Broadway 

production received seven Tony 

Award nominations. Tickets: call (941) 

748-5875 or visit www.ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com. 

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FST in Conversation. FST invites 

you to join them for online conversations 

with some of the country’s top 

playwrights creating art today. From 

issues of heritage and history to complexities 

around human technology 

to race in American theatre, we’ll unpack 

some of the issues behind these 

artists’ exciting new plays in development 

and why they’re relevant today. 

Hear directly from these artists about 

their processes and what it takes to get 

a play on its feet. 

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• May 13, 11 a.m.— Reimagined: 

The Making of an Adaptation. 

Featuring Playwright Kate Hamill. 

Moderated by Catherine Randazzo 

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• June 10, 11 

a.m.— Music 

Legends. Featuring 

Cabaret 

Artists Carole 

J. Bufford 

and Brandon 

Wardell 

Moderated by 

Catherine Randazzo 

Forums are 

free to attend, 

though registration 

is required. 

FST Forums 

will be held 

exclusively 

online. If you 

have any issues 

with registering 

or accessing the 

conversation, 

call the FST Box 

Office at 941- 

366-9000. 

Yoga @ Ca’ d’Zan continues. Yoga 

Instructor Ashley Stewart will lead 

a yoga session on the Ca’ d’Zan Terrace. 

Each session will last one hour, 

and participants may begin entering 

30 minutes prior to the event. Participants 

should bring a yoga mat and 

water or drink as desired. Tickets are 

limited to 50 in order to maintain 

proper social distancing. 

Dates: May 20 at 6 p.m. and 

Thursday, Jun 17 at 6 p.m. Cost: 

$15. Tickets available 30 days prior 

to each event. Purchase at: https:// 

www.ringling.org/events/yoga. 

Moving Meditation Series also continues 

at The Ringling. Claudia Baeza 

is a Kripalu trained yoga instructor 

who has been sharing her love of yoga 

in Sarasota since 2016. Join her for 

Yoga + Meditation on the loggias of the 

Museum of Art Courtyard for a unique 

opportunity to gently move the body 

and calm the mind. Bring a yoga mat, 

water bottle and a friend– and enjoy 

the serenity of the Museum of Art 

Courtyard with Claudia. 

Dates: May 28 at 10 a.m. and Friday, 

June 25 at 10 a.m. 

Sign up at https://www.ringling. 

org/events/yoga-ringling 

Bay Park yoga is available every 

Saturday morning 9:30-10:30 a.m. on 

the lawn outside of the Van Wezel. Instructor 

is Erin Hurter. Relax, stretch 

and enjoy a fulfilling yoga session on 

the Sarasota’s scenic bayfront while 

instructor Erin guides you along the 

way. Participants should plan to bring 

their own yoga mat. Dates and info: 

https://www.vanwezel.org/boxoffice/ 

bay-park-yoga/ 

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Farmer’s Markets 

The Sarasota Farmers Market is 

open on Saturdays with normal hours 

of 7 am-1 pm, rain or shine. Vendors 

are spread out 10-15 feet apart from 

one another to make more room to 

socially distance yourself as you shop. 

They’ve spread the vendors onto State 

and First Streets, as well as on to 

Lemon. Be sure to also support those 

vendors that are on State and First 

Streets during your trip to the market. 

Signage and arrows on the ground will 

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direct the foot traffic flow. Masks are 

mandatory. The city of Sarasota has 

partnered with The Market to give 

away free masks while supplies last. 

Venice Farmers Market summer 

hours are Saturdays 8am to noon 

through September. The Market has 

more than 40 vendors on Saturdays, 

many based during the week in Venice, 

Englewood and other areas of 


They sell nuts (A Little Nuts) and 

more nuts (Bliss Nutbutters) and 

soap. They sell handmade clay and 

cement art (Ask Cynthia Harper; 

she’ll explain). They sharpen knives, 

sell ethnic food, bread and more. 

They also sell fine art and wearable 

art (clothing, Hats of Madagascar and 

sandals.) They even sell handmade 

alpaca products. 

Also sold: herbs, micro-greens, 

hemp oil and essential oils, meat and 

prepared foods and a lot more. 

Held at Venice City Hall, 401 W. 

Venice Avenue, Venice. Call (941) 445- 

9209 or visit https://www.thevenicefarmersmarket.org/site/ 

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Every Thursday from October 

through May, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., the local 

growers and food artisans gather at 

the Englewood Farmer’s Market located 

in the heart of historic Dearborn 

St. in Englewood. 

Shop for local and organic fresh 

Florida produce directly from local 

farmers, find wild caught Florida 

seafood from local fisherman, select 

from seven gourmet bakers including 

gluten free, taste and sample international 

artisan food creations, discover 

the amazing selection of flowers, 

plants and trees from our green space 

vendors, and of course enjoy the music 

and ambiance of a true food and 

agricultural market experience. 

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The Newtown Farmer’s Market is 

open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every 

Friday and Saturday. The market is 

located at Dr. Martin Luther King 

Jr. Park, at the corner of Cocoanut 

Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King 

Jr. Way. Vendors and shoppers are 

expected to follow Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention safety guidelines 

and wear a mask. 

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Bradenton Farmer’s Market offers 

fresh produce, local art, music, demos 

by local chefs, and family activities. 

Parking is free on weekends, and dogs 

on leashes are welcome. Held every 

Saturday through May, from 9am – 

2pm, on Old Main Street in downtown 

Bradenton, 400 12th St. W. Bradenton. 

Old Main Street is a tree-lined retail 

district of cafes and restaurants running 

three blocks north from Manatee 

Avenue to the Manatee River, where it 

meets the Bradenton Riverwalk. 

The Riverwalk is a 1.5-mile park 

that features day docks, an amphitheater, 

performance areas and pavilion, 

a skateboard park, an interactive 

splash pad, and much more. There 

are over 35 vendors who offer locally-grown 

fruits, vegetables, plants, 

organic products, fresh seafood, 

prepared foods, as well as the work of 

local artists and craftspeople. 

Every third Saturday, Mainly 

Art hosts dozens of local artists and 

craftspeople displaying and selling 

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at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 

Roy Lichtenstein’s take on Monet’s garden on display to June 27 

Roy Lichtenstein made his name 

by applying his Pop Art interpretation 

to cultural icons like Mickey 

Mouse and images from American 

advertising. Yet, he was also 

fascinated by landscapes and the 

popular art form of Impressionism. 

Starting in the 1960s, he paid homage 

to — and radically reimagined — 

Monet’s Impressionist works. 

ON VIEW 

EXCLUSIVELY 

at Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens’ 

Downtown Sarasota 

campus to June 27, 2021, Roy 

Lichtenstein: Monet’s Garden Goes 

Pop! will showcase the legendary 

Pop artist’s take on several staples 

of the public imagination: Claude 

Monet’s paintings of his garden and 

surroundings at Giverny. 

The display of these large-scale, 

rarely seen artworks will be accompanied 

by a complete transformation of 

the Downtown Sarasota campus’s 15 

acres into Monet’s garden at Giverny 

as imagined through the aesthetic 

of Lichtenstein. “It’s like stepping 

into Lichtenstein’s world – if he had 

created a world based on Monet,” says 

Jennifer Rominiecki, president and 

CEO of Selby Gardens. “Our horticultural 

team is taking the principles that 

Lichtenstein applied to his artwork 

and applying those to our 

interpretation of Monet’s 

garden at Giverny. This 

innovative, immersive 

interpretation has never 

been done before.” 

An avid gardener, Monet 

once said, “My garden 

is my most beautiful masterpiece.” 

Indeed, it is still 

renowned in both the art 

and horticultural worlds. 

But looking at it through 

Lichtenstein’s eyes creates 

an evocation that’s 

a bit off-the-wall, a little 

tongue-in-cheek, and a 

whole lot of fun. 

“We’re basically saying 

that if Lichtenstein had 

created Monet’s garden, 

this might be what he 

would have dreamed up,” 

says Rominiecki. “By 

giving our gardens the 

Monet treatment with an 

innovative and playful Pop 

Art twist, our guests will 

be able to explore 

Lichtenstein’s interpretation 

of Monet 

in a variety of ways.” 

Familiar components 

of Monet’s 

garden at Giverny 

will appear at Selby Gardens – but 

with a new spin. The iconic Japanese 

Bridge will span Selby Gardens’ 

koi pond but look as if Lichtenstein 

painted it. A mix of 2D and 3D elements 

will playfully reimagine Monet’s 

home or his much-painted water 

lilies. These surprising intersections 

between Impressionism and Pop Art 

will engage visitors as they move 

through the gardens en route to the 

Museum of Botany & the Arts. 

Viewers will be able to admire 

Lichtenstein’s Water Lilies with 

Reflections series, a limited edition 

of large-screen prints created in the 

latter years of his career that reinterprets 

the extreme painterly sensibilities 

of Monet’s famous Water Lilies. 

Printed on metal, Lichtenstein’s Water 

Lilies series uses flat areas of 

color, Ben-Day dots, and the reflective 

qualities of the material to imply motion 

and the movement of light. Earlier 

works from Lichtenstein’s Haystack 

series and archival photographs 

of Lichtenstein at work and at home 

will also be on view. 

These imaginative works highlight 

both Lichtenstein’s Pop Art sensibilities 

and his shift later in his career 

into subtler explorations of color, 

light, and materials. “Using the medium 

of screen printing, in which 

Lichtenstein displayed his greatest 

originality, these works steep us in 

the rich theme and variation of serial 

imagery,” says Dr. Carol Ockman, curator-at-large 

for Selby Gardens and 

Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art 

History Emerita at Williams College. 

“By converting the premier Impressionist’s 

work into a vernacular form 

like comics through his use of industrial 

materials with glossy surfaces, 

Lichtenstein playfully eviscerates 

Monet’s personal style.” 

The exhibition is the latest installment 

in Selby Gardens’ immersive 

Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition 

Series, which explores the connection 

of nature and flowers to major artists. 

Viewing world-renowned works of 

art in a garden setting awakens new 

comparisons in viewers’ 

minds. The most recent 

exhibition in the series 

was Salvador Dalí: Gardens 

of the Mind. 

TICKETS: 

Admission to Roy Lichtenstein: 

Monet’s Garden Goes Pop! is 

included with all-access 

admission to Selby Gardens’ 

Downtown Sarasota campus: 

$25 adults, $15 children 4-17, 

and free for members. 

Artworks featured in the 

exhibition are on loan from 

the Norton Museum of Art 

(West Palm Beach), the Pérez 

Art Museum (Miami), and the 

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation 

(New York). 

Selby Gardens will present 

Lichtenstein- and Monetthemed 

lectures, performances, 

family programs, special tours, 

school curricula, and additional 

programs that complement 

the exhibition. 

Visit www.selby.org. 


women’s health 

Women’s Wellness 

Is a 12 Month Commitment 

The new year serves as a 

reminder to women to make 

their health a priority and 

build positive health habits 

for life. As women we should 

be thinking about our health 365 days 

a year. Intimate issues such as urinary 

incontinence, sexual dysfunction and 

pelvic pain can be hard to discuss. 

I want to remind you that no issue is 

too little or too big to talk about when 

it is bothersome to you. As women, we 

often compare ourselves to a friend, a 

neighbor or a family member and forget 

that we are all unique, we all individuals 

and it’s personal. Your health is a lifelong 

journey. It’s not always easy to take 

steps to discuss intimate health issues. 

Every woman needs to focus on her 

own approach. Every woman needs a 

purpose and to find her own motivation. 

If you, like many other women, 

have difficulty with urinary incontinence, 

sexual dysfunction and/or pelvic 

pain or if you want to learn more, see 

me, Casie Wodzien, Nurse Practitioner, 

at the Urology Treatment Center. 

I specialize in the treatment of women’s 

urological health issues and would 

be happy to help you at our Sarasota 

or Lakewood Ranch office. When you 

think about pink, remember you are 

unique and your health matters every 

single day of the year. Your urological 

issues are not too little or too big to discuss. 

Women’s wellness and awareness 

always work together. 

Many people are surprised to learn 

that urology covers a wide range of 

conditions for both men and women. In 

addition to treating the male reproductive 

system, urologists treat diseases and 

conditions in the kidneys, bladder, and 

urinary tract – all of which affect both 

genders in all stages of life. 

Women may experience urological 

health issues that are unique to their 

anatomy. While numerous urological 

conditions can affect women of all 

ages for a variety of reasons, childbirth, 

menopause or a hysterectomy can alter 

the body in ways that could lead to conditions 

including pelvic floor weakness, 

overactive bladder or inflammation of 

the bladder wall (interstitial cystitis). 

Fortunately, most conditions are highly 

treatable, especially when caught early. 

• Urinary Tract Infections/Bladder 

Infections – Most women will 

develop a urinary tract infection (UTI) 

at some point in their lives. The infection 

develops when bacteria enter the 

urinary tract. Women with a UTI may 

have pain or burning when they urinate. 

They may also feel a sudden urge 


to go to the bathroom, but 

then have trouble urinating. 

UTIs can be serious, 

but they also can be treated 

with antibiotics. 

• Overactive Bladder 

(OAB) – OAB is a condition 

recognized by symptoms 

including urinary urgency, 

frequent urination, waking 

up at least twice a night 

to urinate or urge incontinence 

(leakage of urine). 

Treatments range from 

medication or nerve stimulation to Botox 

injections or surgery. At least 30 million 

Americans suffer from overactive bladder. 

• Urinary Leakage/Incontinence – 

Millions of women experience involuntary 

loss of urine, called urinary incontinence. 

The condition affects all ages and 

women of every social and economic 

level, though urinary incontinence 

occurs more often in older women than 

in young women. The condition can 

be driven by stress or by a weakness in 

bladder or pelvic floor muscles and can 

be treated with a variety of approaches, 

depending on severity. 

• Pelvic Floor Weakness/Vaginal 

Prolapse/”Dropped Bladder” – Pelvic 

floor prolapse occurs when the upper 

portion of the vagina loses its normal 

shape and sags or drops down into the 

vaginal canal or even outside of the vaginal 

opening. There are several types of 

pelvic floor prolapse including bladder, 

rectum, small bowel and uterus. It’s wise 

not to let the condition go on too long, 

as most worsening pelvic floor prolapses 

can only be fully corrected with surgery. 

• Pelvic Pain/Interstitial Cystitis – 

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a long-term 

inflammation of the bladder wall, also 

called painful bladder syndrome. Its 

symptoms are very similar to a urinary 

tract infection, such as urinary urgency 

and/or pelvic pain, but lack an identifiable 

cause such as bacterial infection. 

In the past, IC was believed to be a 

relatively uncommon problem, but now 

it is thought to affect up to 12 percent 

of women. 

Though women can be reluctant to 

talk about these sensitive issues, it is 

important to share details with and 

seek treatment from 

a certified urologist. 

Not doing so not only 

diminishes your quality 

of life, but can put 

you at serious risk. 

SOURCE: 

Casie Wodzien, 

MS, APRN, 

ANP-BC, Urology 

Treatment Center. 

Casie Wodzien, 

MSN, APRN, ANP-BC 

Urology Treatment Center 

PART OF THE GENESISCARE NETWORK 

• SARASOTA • 

3325 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 200 

Sarasota, FL 34239 

Urology Treatment Center 

PART OF THE GENESISCARE NETWORK 

• LAKEWOOD RANCH • 

6310 Health Parkway, Suite 210 

Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 

Phone: (941) 917-8488 



their creations. Art, crafts, live music, 

and food are available from 9am to 

2pm on Fourth Avenue West, perpendicular 

to the Bradenton Farmers’ 

Market on Main Street. 

At The Van Wezel 

May 14— Pink Floyd’s Dark Side 

of the Moon. Classic Albums Live 

returns for a limited-capacity performance 

on the main stage. The group 

will bring Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of 

the Moon to life on stage – note for 

note, cut for cut. 

• May 8—Bay Music Live: Yesterdayze 

brings the high-energy music 

of the ’60s to the Van Wezel’s lawn and 

terrace for an outdoor, socially-distanced 

performance. 

The event starts at 6 pm with music 

at 6:30 pm. Lawn spaces and tables will 

be pre-arranged for social distancing, 

and guests can enjoy fresh air and a 

stroll on the Mangrove Bayou Walkway. 

Lawn spaces on the grass accommodating 

up to four guests are $70. 

Guests reserving lawn spaces are encouraged 

to bring seating or blankets 

for their respective spaces if they do 

not want to sit directly on the grass. 

Spaces will be pre-arranged and 

marked by Van Wezel staff. Table seating 

for up to 4 guests is available for 

$100 per table. 

“Burgers on the Bay” crafted by 

Mattison’s (hamburgers, cheeseburgers, 

chicken-burgers and veggie-burgers) 

will be available for 

purchase at the event. 

Performing together for over 15 

years, Yesterdayze delivers a non-stop 

blast-from-the-past with hits from The 

Beatles, The Monkees, The Animals, 

The Temptations, The Supremes, CCR, 

The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The 

Rolling Stones and more. 

• May 9—RAIN: A Tribute to the 

Beatles delivers a note-for-note experience 

that brings all the greatest 

Beatles hits to life. Don’t miss the 

mind-blowing theatrical event that 

takes you back in time 

For updates, go to www.VanWezel.org. 

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At Mote Marine 

Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure 

– an interactive exhibit based on the 

top-rated PBS Kids TV series “Wild 

Kratts” – is at Mote Marine Laboratory 

& Aquarium. The exhibit focuses 

on building STEM-based skills for 

children and families as they explore 

marine animal habitats and the creatures 

within them. 

The exhibit runs through June 6. 

This special exhibit is free for Mote 

Members and included in general admission, 

and will be located in Mote’s 

WAVE Center. Additional details are 

available at mote.org/wild. 

Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure 

transports visitors to the Wild Kratts 

world, immersing them in whole body 

explorations of ocean habitats. Using 

Wild Kratts technology and the powers 

of science and teamwork, children 

and their families will join the Wild 

Kratts team to solve problems, help 

marine animals, discover incredible 

creature powers, and go on a mission 

to foil the villains’ nefarious plans. 

Mote Aquarium is located at 1600 

Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota. Visit 

https://mote.org/aquarium/exhibits. 

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Art 

Around 

the State 

- many 

of these 

exhibits 

are online/ 

virtual 

Virtual Exhibit: 

Boca Raton Historical 

Society & Museum. 

“Life’s a Beach” 

examines the history 

of Boca Raton from 

the perspective of its 

most beautiful asset, 

the beachfront. 

Learn about the 

first people to call 

Boca Raton home, 

the pre-Columbian 

Indians, who lived 

primarily in coastal 

areas here. See the 

beachfront that 

greeted our pioneers 

through many historic photographs. 

Find out about the importance of 

Boca’s beach during World War II. 

Enjoy these images and artifacts 

gleaned from the collections of the 

BRHS&M. Through August 4, 2021. 

Visit www.bocahistory.org/lifes-abeach. 

Boca Raton Historical Society 

& Museum, 71 North Federal Highway, 

Boca Raton. 

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The Baker Museum in Naples has 

these exhibitions: 

• Blurring Boundaries: The Women 

of American Abstract Artists, 

1936-Present and Making a Mark: 

American Women Artists expand art 

historical narratives by celebrating 

the work of women artists from the 

early 20th century to the present. 

Blurring Boundaries: The Women 

of American Abstract Artists, 

1936-Present, runs to July 25. More 

than eighty years after its founding, 

American Abstract Artists (AAA) 

continues to nurture and support a 

vibrant community of artists with diverse 

identities and wide-ranging approaches 

to abstraction. In celebration 

of this tradition, Blurring Boundaries: 

The Women of American Abstract Artists, 

1936 – Present traces the extraordinary 

contributions of the female 

artists within AAA, from the founders 

to today’s practicing members. 

The exhibition is a celebration of this 

intergenerational group of artists, highlighting 

the ways in which the women 

of AAA have shifted and shaped the 

frontiers of American abstraction. 

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• Subject Matters Selections from 

the Permanent Collection. Drawn 

from The Baker Museum’s permanent 

collection, this exhibition addresses 

subject matters commonly found in 

visual arts, while exploring a wide 

array of formal characteristics and 

styles in modern and contemporary 

art. It also demonstrates differing 

artistic approaches taken by different 

individuals, reflecting their personal 

experiences and concerns, as well 

as the time and places in which they 

lived and have lived. 

Crystal Wilkinson 

Lucy Kim 

Subject Matters is organized into 

nine sections: the Human Figure, 

Plants and Animals, Landscapes, 

(Sub)Urban Life, Still-Life, the Home, 

Artist and Studio, Narratives, and 

Nonfigurative Abstraction. Runs to 

July 25, 2021. 

• Magritte: Reflections of Another 

World - paintings from the Van Parys 

Family. Magritte: Reflections of Another 

World comprises six paintings 

— five oils and one gouache — by 

Belgian artist René Magritte (1898- 

1967). Renowned for his witty Surrealist 

paintings of everyday objects 

in strange surroundings, Magritte 

preferred that his artworks remain 

mysterious and open to interpretation. 

These works are from the collection 

of Jean Van Parys, a collector of 

avant-garde art and a close friend of 

Magritte, and they are on a five-year 

loan to Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum 

from Van Parys’ daughter. The 

paintings have never previously been 

shown in North America, and none 

have exhibited publicly in over 48 

years. Runs to July 25, 2021. 

Hari Kunzru 

Hermitage Artist Retreat has “Artists and Writers, Thinking Out Loud” 

with Crystal Wilkinson, Hari Kunzru, and Lucy Kim on May 14 at 6pm. 

• Florida Contemporary—This invitational 

exhibition features the work 

of three distinguished women artists 

worthy of national attention: Elisabeth 

Condon, Lilian Garcia-Roig and Carrie 

Sieh. The exhibition contextualizes 

their interpretations of artistic traditions 

using various materials and techniques 

within general contemporary 

artistic trends, and it also highlights 

their individual artistic concerns and 

merits. Runs to July 25, 2021. 

• Dawn’s Forest—The Sculpture of 

Louise Nevelson. With the long-term 

reinstallation of Dawn’s Forest in 

Hayes Hall, we highlight one of the 

most iconic works in The Baker Museum’s 

permanent collection. Displayed 

in the Drackett Gallery, along with 

two of her small works that the museum 

owns, are additional works by 

Nevelson, on loan from Robert T. and 

Terry Edwards, as well as Barbara and 

Ron Balser. Runs to July 25, 2021 

• Making a MarkAmerican Women 

Artists highlights the significant legacy 

and continuous contributions of 

women artists in the 

development of modern 

and contemporary 

art in America. 

The majority of the 

works on view, created 

between the 1920s 

and 1990s, are drawn 

from the museum’s 

permanent collection, 

and they are 

augmented by works 

on loan from Naples 

collectors. Conceived 

by Artis—Naples, The 

Baker Museum as a 

companion exhibition 

for the Blurring 

Boundaries exhibition, 

many of the 

selected works are 

either on view for 

the first time or have 

not been exhibited 

for nearly a decade. 

Runs to July 25, 2021 

• Marcus Jansen, 

Two Decades of 

Relevance. For Marcus 

Jansen (b. 1968), 

an internationally 

exhibited artist based in Fort Myers 

and New York, painting is an act of 

intense engagement with the world. 

His art offers critical commentary on 

global sociological, political and economic 

issues and visceral responses 

to the world events that have shaped 

his life. Visitors are invited to discover 

Jansen’s creative output, which 

has garnered numerous national and 

international accolades, in this first 

solo museum exhibition in Southwest 

Florida. Runs to July 25, 2021 

The Baker Museum, 5833 Pelican 

Bay Blvd, Naples. Info: 239-597-1900 

or visit artisnaples.org. 

On view now at the Boca Raton 

Museum of Art: Some of the world’s 

leading contemporary artists are 

invited to breathe new life into centuries-old 

glassmaking in Venice— 

maestros of glassblowing from the 

legendary Berengo Studio residency 

help artists manifest their visions. 

Among the 34 artists: Ai Weiwei, 

Fred Wilson, Joyce J. Scott, Jimmie 

Durham, Ugo Rondinone, Fiona 

Banner, Vik Muniz, Monica 

Bonvicini,Jake & Dinos Chapman, 

Laure Prouvost,Renate Bertlmann, 

Thomas Schütte, Loris Gréaud, and 

Erwin Wurm. 

The exhibition runs through 

September 5, 2021 and the Museum 

will feature online initiatives for 

virtual viewing. 

• Also on view: An Irresistible Urge 

to Create: The Monroe Family Collection 

of Florida Outsider Art. Runs 

to September 05. Collecting Outsider 

art was not intentional for Gary Monroe. 

“Things just came my way,” he 

says. “The artists were all interesting. 

I became curious about the work, 

which was all so invigorating because 

of the makers’ freedom of expression 

and, of course, the visual resolve they 

found to express themselves. These 

works questioned assumptions of 

what art is or what art can be. While 

they provoked, they delighted. Further, 

the artists possessed little, if any, 

concern with public acclaim, museum 

exhibitions, or their creations’ 

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sales. Needless to say, they did not 

have artists’ reps or résumés.” 

One thing led to another, and 

Monroe accumulated nearly 1,000 

pieces of art. Eighty-six works from 

the Monroe Family Collection have 

been selected for this exhibition, accompanied 

by an exhibition catalog. 

The publication includes an introduction 

by Gary Monroe, a discussion 

by Senior Curator Kathy Goncharov 

about the changing vocabulary of selftaught 

and folk artists, an in-depth 

essay by Tampa Museum of Art Curator 

Joanna Robotham, and a specially-commissioned 

poem by Campbell 

McGrath about artists’ urge to create. 

Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 

Plaza Real, Boca Raton. https://bocamuseum.org/. 

Van Gogh Alive runs through 

June 13, 2021 at the Dali Museum in 

St. Petersburg. Experience Vincent 

van Gogh’s works in an immersive art 

installation that opens a new window 

into the celebrated painter’s artistic 

genius. From his famous “Starry 

Night” to his radiant “Sunflowers,” 

Van Gogh’s vibrant work invites viewers 

to revel in color, light and sound. 

Visitors will feel the sensation of walking 

right into Van Gogh’s paintings. 

The exhibition features more than 

3,000 Van Gogh images at enormous 

scale, viewed through high-definition 

projectors and synchronized to a powerful 

classical score. Cinema-quality 

surround-sound amplifies the emotion 

generated by the works themselves. 

In addition to the iconic works 

featured, visitors can examine Van 

Gogh’s inspiration via photographs 

and video displayed alongside them. 

The Dalí is the first North American 

venue to host this version of Van Gogh 

Alive. Tickets: https://thedali.org/visit/buy-tickets/ 

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Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.): The 

Krome Drawings are on display at 

Norton Museum of Art (West Palm 

Beach)The exhibit showcases a moving 

selection of nearly 30 ink portraits 

created by Venezuelan, South Florida-based 

artist Jose Alvarez during 

his time in Miami’s Krome immigration 

detention center in 2011. 

The artist, who was arrested for 

passport fraud after his Visa expired, 

completed a series of portraits of 

fellow detainees while fighting for 

his freedom. The subjects’ personal 

histories will be presented alongside 

their portraits. At the time of Alvarez’s 

detention in 2011, his large-scale, 

site-specific installation, Vibrating 

Strands, of Energy was on view at the 

Norton as part of Altered States (April 

2 – July 17, 2011), a major group exhibition. 

Now through May 9. https:// 

www.norton.org/ 

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dining in 

Try These Food “Impostors” 

Clever substitutions make many meat-based items more vegan-friendly 

Crispy Cauliflower Tacos 

Chickpeas are the “flour” that holds these tacos together. 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 Tbsp. cumin 

1 Tbsp. chili powder 

1 Tbsp. dried oregano 

2 tsp. kosher salt 

6 Tbsp. olive oil, divided 

2 (15 oz.) cans chickpeas, drained 

1 head cauliflower, cut into small florets 

1 zucchini, cut into 1/4" cubes 

8 corn tortillas, 6" 

2 cups red cabbage, shredded, divided 

1 avocado, diced 

DIRECTIONS: 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees 

Mix together cumin, chili powder, oregano, 

salt and 4 Tbsp. olive oil. 

Toss chickpeas in half the oil spice mixture and toss cauliflower with the other half of 

oil spice mixture. 

Roast each on separate baking sheets until crispy (about 30 minutes). 

While chickpeas and cauliflower are in oven, heat remaining 2 Tbsp. olive oil in pan 

and Sauté zucchini until tender. 

Warm tortillas in the oven for 5 minutes at 400 degrees F. 

Assemble tacos: 1 tortilla, ¼ cup shredded cabbage, ¼ cup chickpeas, ¼ cup cauliflower, 

and 1 Tbps. avocado. 

Makes 4 servings (2 tacos). Per serving: 660 calories, 32 g total fat (4.5 g saturated 

fat, 0 g trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 76 g carbohydrates, 19 g protein, 17 g 

dietary fiber, 1140 mg sodium, 7 g sugar, 0 g added sugar. 

Sweet Potato Chili with Peanuts 

This vegetarian one-pot meal has earthy sweet potatoes and carrots that form the 

base. Tomatoes, peppers and onion add even more flavor and nutrition and it’s 

ready in just 30 minutes. 

INGREDIENTS: 

2 Tbsp. canola oil 

1 medium onion, chopped 

2 medium carrots, peeled and thinly 

sliced 

1 medium green bell pepper, seeded 

and chopped 

1 medium red bell pepper, seeded 

and chopped 

3 garlic cloves, minced 

2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled 

and cut into bite-sized chunks 

(about 4 cups) 

1 ½ cups unsalted roasted peanuts 

1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes 

in juice 

1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste 

DIRECTIONS: 

In a large, heavy pot, heat the canola oil over medium heat. 

Add the onion, carrots, and bell peppers and sauté, stirring occasionally, for about 8 

minutes, until vegetables are golden. 

Add the garlic and sauté stirring constantly for 30 seconds, until fragrant. 

Stir in the sweet potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes and juice, tomato paste, chiles and their 

liquid, chili powder, cumin and sugar. 

Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low immediately and simmer gently, stirring 

occasionally, for 15 to 25 minutes until the sweet potatoes are just tender. 

Halfway through the cooking process, adjust the seasonings, adding more chili powder 

and cumin, if desired. 

Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve. 

2 cans (4 ounces each) diced mild green 

chiles with liquid 

4 to 6 Tbsp. chili powder, to taste 

1 Tbsp. ground cumin, to taste 

1 Tbsp. sugar 

Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste 

Per Serving: 385 calories, 15 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 55 g carbohydrate, 11 g 

protein, 8 g dietary fiber, 409 mg sodium. Makes 10 servings. Prep Time: 15 minutes. 

Cook time: 30 minutes. 

INGREDIENTS: 

No-Cook Zucchini “Noodle” Salad 

Thinly sliced summer squash fills in as a flavorful no-cook pasta salad at your 

next cookout or picnic. Enjoy with grilled sausages, on a grilled chicken sandwich 

or over a bed of mixed greens. 

INGREDIENTS: 

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 

DIRECTIONS: 

Chickpea Crepes 

What’s the secret behind these thin pancakes? 

They contain flour made from chickpeas 

called besan (also known as garbanzo 

bean or gram flour). Besan is made from 

beans so it’s packed with fiber and protein. 

CREPES 

1 cup chickpea flour 

2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 

1 tsp. finely chopped fresh rosemary 

1/4 tsp. salt 

1 cup water 

2 tsp. soft buttery spread, if using skillet 

FILLING 

2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil 

1/4 cup finely chopped red onion 

1/3 cup finely chopped red bell pepper 

6 oz. cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced 

(about 2 cups) 

DIRECTIONS: 

In medium bowl, whisk chickpea flour, oil, rosemary and salt with 1 cup water until 

mixture is smooth. Let batter sit 20-30 minutes to thicken. Before cooking, stir to 

loosen any clumps. 

For crepes, set non-stick pan over medium-high heat until drops of water flicked into 

pan ball up and bounce. With one hand, hold pan up at 45-degree angle. Pour ¼ cup 

batter near top of pan, rotating pan as you pour so batter flows into 6-7-inch round 

crepe. Cook until crepe is golden on bottom, 1-2 minutes. Using large spatula, flip 

and cook until crepe is lightly golden on bottom, about 30 seconds. Transfer crepe to 

large plate. Cover each crepe with wax paper. 

If not filling crepes immediately, cool to room temperature and cover plate with plastic 

wrap. Hold crepes at room temperature for up to 8 hours, refrigerate for up to 24 hours. 

For filling, in medium skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, 

stirring for 2 minutes. Add red peppers and cook, stirring, until onions are translucent, 

5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture looks wet, 

5-6 minutes. Add spinach, stirring to wilt leaves. Cook, stirring often, until most of 

moisture has evaporated and filling is tender, 8 minutes. 

If crepes have been made ahead, wrap them in foil and warm at 250 degree F for 20 

minutes. To assemble crepes, in small bowl, mix pesto with 2 tbsp. warm water. Stir 

pesto into filling. Arrange a crepe on a plate. Spoon ⅙ filling over bottom half of each 

crepe, then gently fold crepe in half over filling. Repeat with remaining crepes and filling. 

If desired, garnish plate with some mesclun leaves and strawberries. Serve immediately. 

Makes 6 servings (1, 6" crepe per serving). Per serving: 170 calories, 10 g total 

fat (1.5 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 13 g carbohydrates, 5 g 

protein, 3 g dietary fiber, 630 mg sodium, 3 g sugar, 0 g added sugar. 

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh 

marjoram or oregano 

3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 

2 pounds zucchini and/or yellow 

summer squash 

1 (4.0-ounce) jar pimientos, drained 

In a large bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar, marjoram, salt and pepper until blended. 

Using a vegetable peeler or mandolin, cut squash lengthwise into long, thin “noodles”. 

Rotate squash as you peel and discard seedy core. 

Add squash to dressing in the bowl along with pimientos and toss to combine. 

Serve immediately or let marinate up to 15 minutes. 

1 box (5oz.) baby spinach 

2 Tbsp. prepared pesto 

Salt and freshly ground black pepper, 

to taste 

Makes 8 servings. Time: 30 minutes. Per serving: about 1/2 cup, 80 calories (60 

from fat), 7g total fat, 1g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 230mg sodium, 4g carbohydrates 

(1g dietary fiber, 3g sugar), 2g protein. 


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Cheryl Mendelson is 

the CEO of the Van 

Wezel Foundation 

and she’s using creativity 

as well as her considerable 

background in strategic 

planning and fundraising 

to bring to fruition 

probably this area’s most 

ambitious project ever: 

the Sarasota Performing 

Arts Center or SPAC which 

will be built on the 

bayfront around the 

Van Wezel. 


eativity…it’s not just 

what gives life to great 

works of art be it visual, 

books, dance, music, 

poetry or theatre. 

Creativity also fuels 

ideas behind projects 

that seek to be bold and not fit into the ordinary. 

Cheryl Mendelson is the CEO of the Van 

Wezel Foundation and she’s using creativity 

as well as her considerable background in 

strategic planning and fundraising to bring to 

fruition probably this area’s most ambitious 

project ever: the Sarasota Performing Arts 

Center or SPAC. 

Their website describes SPAC as “… a public-private 

partnership with the City of Sarasota 

and in collaboration with the Bay Park Conservancy 

and the Van Wezel Performing Arts 

Hall.” The Van Wezel Foundation, which Cheryl 

runs, is leading the way with SPAC. 

Though in its early stages, when completed, 

Sarasota’s bayfront will have a state of the art 

performance hall that’s bigger, more flexible, 

and more energy efficient. Being much larger, 

it will be capable of drawing those big shows 

that routinely pass Sarasota by. SPAC will be a 

part of the 53-acre parcel owned by the City of 

Sarasota that has been the Van Wezel parking 

lot and not much else. A preliminary drawing 

(though not a final) shows a modern design 

with a performance hall, that, in addition to its 

bigger size, bigger stage, better acoustics and 

the like, will also have an additional, smaller, 

flexible performance space. 

The dynamic plan to move forward with 

SPAC was approved in 2018. The “civic asset” 

as it’s called, will have more than just a place to 

see shows. It will also be a park that meanders 

around the hall on land and over the bay. And 

it will be built with the future in mind for when 

sea levels inevitably rise and will thus sit atop 

“stilts” due to its close proximity to the water. 

Expect a 230,000 square foot venue with 

2250 seats plus another 400 seats at the second 

performance space. Plus, there’s a 10,000 

square foot education and lifelong learning 

center while outside has multiple places for 

performances. It will cost in the range of $250 

to $275 million. 

Many of us are emerging from our Covid-induced 

cocoon. Arts organizations and arts 

leaders are no different. Cheryl worked at the 

VW, but moved when the virus took hold and 

works at space offered by SPAC board member 

Mark Famiglio at his pink building in downtown 

Sarasota. 

Cheryl left the chilly shores of Chicago in 

2019 for sub-tropical Sarasota. Weather extremes 

aside, there is the daunting challenge of 

envisioning and bringing SPAC to fruition. This 

is the critical stage if you have Cheryl’s job — 

raising money, gaining support and seeing the 

project through its early stages to completion. 

For having lived here just three years, she’s 

been a quick study of the area’s zeitgeist. “People 

chose Sarasota,” she observes, and thus 

“they want to make it the best.” She’s noted 

there are 300 some nonprofits in Sarasota 

County alone, which speaks to “People committing 

to serve.” Her board reflects that as well 

and many are well-traveled and from diverse 

backgrounds. They bring “global perspectives 

and expectations,” she notes and her board is 

also “rich with knowledge.” 

Prior to Sarasota, Cheryl was Executive Vice 

President and Chief Operating Officer at the 

Harris Theater in Chicago’s Millennium Park. 

“Chicago is a big city, but in many ways a small 

city with pragmatic midwesterners,” she notes 

which, with the exception of size, sounds similar 

to Sarasota. Millennium Park, she adds, 

became a “cultural gateway with public art, an 

arts center, outside concerts,” not just a performance 

center and that experience has shaped 

her vision for SPAC. 

Over her career Cheryl has worked in education 

(VP of Institutional Advancement and 

Chief Marketing Officer for Erikson Institute 

where she completed a $58 million Impact and 

Influence campaign), health (13 years at the 

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab where she led campaigns 

raising $150 million to establish clinical 

and research programs), and most recently, 

EVP and COO at the Harris Theater in Chicago’s 

Millennium Park. There she planned the strategic 

vision for the Theater and was the chief architect 

for the $38 million Imagine Campaign, 

which achieved 60% of goal in the first year. 

Why this job? “The project drew me,” she 

explains and adds, “there aren’t that many opportunities 

to build a legacy project.” In fact, 

there are few projects in the nation of this size 

and scope in the pipeline. Personally, the arts 

mean a lot to her - her parents loved the arts and 

they were for her family “an important part of 

our lives. I’ve always been a patron of the arts. 

It’s the power of the arts to inspire.” She’s seen 

it in her life and especially with her son Harris 

who has a disability. For him, the arts have been 

“a great equalizer, a place to express himself 

without judgment.” Her other son, Bennett, is 

in e-commerce and like his mother, is a creative 

thinker and his exposure to the arts at an early 

age fed his “entrepreneurial spirit,” she explains. 

Covid has kept her from what professional 

fundraisers do best: meet potential donors, 

give speeches, go to events, etc., in what she 

calls a “high touch” business. Like so many, she 

went online to stay in touch with donors. The 

Foundation “pivoted” and brought all its programs 

online and served over 40,000 students 

across five counties. 

So, what question is she asked first about the 

new SPAC? We both simultaneously laughed 

as we both had the same correct answer: that 

darn center aisle. Yes, she reassures everyone, 

there will be a center aisle and thus an end to 

climbing over endless sets of knees to get to or 

from your seat. 

But back to being serious, what she hears 

most is how can I help? Which is reassuring due 

to the many moving parts - the design, the center’s 

use, the grounds, traffic, the cost, etc., that 

can, in a vocal community like Sarasota, draw 

critics. What exists now is a concept. That illustration 

on the WCW cover is a wish list of sorts. 

It’a an illustration that contains all the punch 

list/must-have factors worked in. What SPAC 

and its surrounding area will ultimately look 

like is months away and subject to change. “It’s 

a concept,” she explains referring to the rendering 

and adds, “vision is never a straight line.” 

And then there’s the Van Wezel (which she 

does not run - that’s Mary Bensel’s job). What 

will happen to the purple people seater that 

we all find as a Sarasota icon? “The city is putting 

together a blue-ribbon committee and is 

doing an engineering study,” she explains and 

that will look in depth at the 50-plus year old 

structure. It can’t be elevated to protect it from 

rising sea levels and, due to the fact it sits along 

Sarasota Bay, it’s exposed to salt water and tropical 

storms. But it will be very much in use until 

the other hall is completed and ready for use 

which could take six years. SPAC’s RFP (request 

for proposal) is scheduled for this fall and that 

itself will take six to nine months. 

For now, the site is quiet. The Bay Park 

Conservancy, another not-for-profit organization 

in partnership with SPAC and the city, 

completed a half-mile, 10-foot sidewalk walkway 

back in April that wraps around the Bay 

Park’s coastal area. 

Though she works very hard and has a laser 

focus on SPAC, Cheryl finds time to tool around 

town with her husband, Kevin Jackson, in their 

convertible or takes to the water on their boat. 

They both love the arts and “feel blessed to be in 

this gorgeous environment.” 

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you’re news 

Cynthia Heinrich 

Accolades 

■ Communications Operator 

II Cynthia Heinrich has been 

promoted to Emergency Operations 

Supervisor 

with 

the Sarasota 

County 

Sheriff’s 

Department. 

Heinrich was 

hired in 2000 

as a Communications 

Operator III. 

Later that year, she earned her 

certification in Emergency Medical 

Dispatch. In 2005, Heinrich 

earned her certification in Emergency 

Fire Dispatch, and in 2006, 

was promoted to Operator II. 

Heinrich has advanced 

training in conflict resolution, 

customer service, stress management, 

management and leadership, 

911 operator skills, and 

more. Heinrich has more than a 

dozen compliment letters in her 

file highlighting her professionalism 

and dedication to duty. 

■ Broker-Associate Carey Beychok 

of RE/MAX Alliance Group 

has earned the Five Star Real 

Estate Agent 

Award recognizing 

excellence 

in client 

satisfaction. 

Based on an 

independent 

survey of 

recent home 

Carey Beychok 

buyers, the 

award was 

presented to approximately 2 percent 

of real estate agents in the 

Sarasota market. 

Beychok’s entire career has 

been in the real estate industry, 

first as a new home sales representative 

for several of the area's 

largest builders, and now as a 

Broker-Associate with RE/MAX 

Alliance Group after running 

her own brokerage firm for many 

years. Her family has been building 

and developing real estate 

locally since 1946, which gives 

her deep understanding of both 

the new and resale markets. 

Beychok is a Certified Luxury 

Home Marketing Specialist 

(CLHMS) and holds the Certified 

New Home Specialist (CNHS) 

and Residential Construction 

Certified (RCC) designations. 

She is based in the Sarasota 

office at 2000 Webber Street, 

Sarasota. 

Also at RE/MAX Alliance, 

Realtor Lisa Bender has joined 

them as a Sales Associate. A 

resident of downtown Sarasota as 

well as Newport, Rhode Island, 

she is also a licensed Realtor 

with Lila Delman Real Estate in 

Newport and William Raveis Real 

Estate in Connecticut. 

Bender has been a real estate 

professional since 2009, specializing 

in second homes, resort 

properties and individuals moving 

to Southwest Florida from the 

Northeast. She holds the Resort 

and Second Property Specialist 

(RSPS), Certified International 

Property Specialist (CIPS), 

Certified GREEN Realtor, ePRO 

and Short Sales and Resource 

Specialist (SFR) designations. 

Nonprofit 

News 

■ After 13 years of leadership, 

Step Up Suncoast’s President 

& CEO Barbara Patten will be 

stepping away on August 31, 2021. 

The Board has 

begun a regional 

search and 

looks to have a 

new President & 

CEO in place by 

the end of June. 

Patten was 

hired as Step Up 

Barbara Patten 

Suncoast’s President 

& CEO in 

August of 2008. She spent the bulk 

of her career in the not-for-profit 

sector, previously at the Economic 

Opportunity Council of Indian 

River County. Patten served on 

several boards throughout the 

community, including the Florida 

Community Action Network, 

Manatee Educational Television, 

and Manatee Community Federal 

Credit Union. 

In 2008, the agency was going 

through a time of transition 

regarding program outcomes and 

board governance. Patten created 

a positive culture where employees 

feel valued, respected, and 

fairly compensated, which has 

led to nearly 40% of the organization’s 

staff staying at least five 

years. She doubled the number 

of families served within the 

Rise and Shine Early Learning 

Head Start & Early Head Start 

programs and designed and implemented 

the Family Self-Sufficiency 

program, the cornerstone 

to creating long term economic 

stability for families. 

Patten is most proud of the rebrand 

and successful relaunch of 

Step Up Suncoast in 2018. It was an 

ambitious goal meant to encompass 

servicing the entire region 

verses focusing on one county. 

Incorporated in 1968, Step Up 

Suncoast provides services to 

over 12,000 individuals annually 

across five counties. With a budget 

of just over $18 million, they 

assist low-income families with 

both crisis services and various 

programs centered around early 

childhood development. 

Appointments 

■ Jewish Family and Children’s 

Service (JFCS) of the Suncoast 

has appointed Christa Mannarino 

as their new Chief Development 

Officer. In this role, she will 

raise funds to 

address the 

unmet needs of 

our community, 

deepen the 

organization’s 

commitment 

to its current 

supporters, and 

expand JFCS’s 

Christa Mannarino base of support 

for programs it provides to youth, 

families, seniors and veterans. 

Christa brings 25 years of experience 

to JFCS through her work 

in higher education, non-profit 

organizations and consulting. 

As a former non-profit executive 

director who successfully led a 

visual arts organization for 10 

years, she understands the power 

of innovative solutions and what 

it takes to create a strong sense 

of community. Most recently, 

she served in senior development 

roles with the University 

of Tennessee at Chattanooga 

and as the Executive Director of 

Development for Cleveland State 

Community College. 

■ The University of South 

Florida is welcoming Jennifer 

VanDeWoestyne as the new 

assistant director of academic advising 

on the Sarasota-Manatee 

campus. VanDeWoestyne comes 

to USF from Queens University 

of Charlotte, in Charlotte, N.C., 

where she served as director of 

academic advising. 

Her responsibilities include 

overseeing the campus’s academic 

advising team, serving as the 

campus’s academic advocate, 

chairing the campus Persistence 

Committee, leading retention 

and persistence efforts, and 

representing the team on advising-related 

committees, councils 

and in meetings. 

Business 

News Dept. 

■ Siesta Key has Studio Yooga, a 

Yoga Studio that opened on April 

3 at 5212 ½ Ocean Blvd. on Siesta 

Key. They offer a variety of yoga 

classes every day including hot 

Yoga, Power Vinyasa, Restorative 

Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, 

and more. 

In addition, they offer yoga 

classes on the beach Monday 

through Saturday, and special 

events each week Info: 941-248- 

3890. Hours: Mon - Fri, 9am 

- 7pm; Saturday, 11am - 630pm 

Sunday, 1030am - 1p.m. 

■ After four years at the Market 

at UTC, husband and wife team 

Matt and Chelsea Sluizer have 

moved their Bows and Arrows 

boutique across University Blvd 

to the District at UTC. Located on 

the southeast corner of University 

Town Center, the boutique now 

neighbors Jeni's Ice Cream, Shake 

Shack, and Bento. The new location 

is full of new arrivals, with 

new styles arriving weekly. Bows 

and Arrows offers a wide array 

of unique dresses and rompers, 

in prints and patterns, everyday 

basics, affordable and quality 

athleisure and workout apparel. 

Specializing in affordable 

women's fashion from popular 

boutique brands, it's the perfect 

place for those drawn to an 

effortless Southern style for the 

everyday Florida lifestyle. Hours: 

Bows and Arrows is open 7 days a 

week, Monday through Saturday 

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sundays 

12-5:00 p.m. Location: 190 N 

Cattlemen Rd Unit 4A, Sarasota. 

Info: 941-210-7158 or www. 

bowsandarrowsco.com. 

Board News 

■ Children First, Inc., the 

exclusive provider of Head Start 

and Early Head Start services 

in Sarasota County, welcomes 

Andrea Johnson to its Board of 

Directors. 

Johnson is a Vice President, IT 

Architect for JPMorgan Chase. She 

has held several key leadership 

positions for the multinational 

banking company in a career 

spanning more than two decades. 

Her volunteer experience 

includes local, national, and 

international organizations such 

as the YMCA of Delaware, the 

Hillsborough Circuit Guardian 

ad Litem Program, the National 

Black MBA Association, and 

Bankers Without Borders. 

As part of the inaugural Board- 

Lead group in the Tampa Bay 

region, Children First was invited 

to join a select cohort of nonprofit 

and corporate partners working 

together to elevate leadership in 

the social good sector. 

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board service.To learn more, visit 

childrenfirst.net. 

■ Arts Advocates has announced 

the members of its 

2021-2022 advisory board. 

Established in 2019, the advisory 

board’s current objectives are to 

analyze the challenges confronting 

non-profit organizations, 

share observations about the 

impact of the pandemic on the 

arts and speculate about how 

the new normal may take shape, 

identify opportunities for collaboration, 

and develop creative 

ways to interact. 

2021-2022 advisory board 

members are Todd Engelhardt, 

Cumberland Advisors; Marjorie 

Floyd, Strategic Marketing Resources; 

Pat Golemme, Sarasota 

Ballet board vice president; 

Katherine Martucci, Selby 

Gardens board member and 

Children First president; Cheryl 

Mendelson, Van Wezel Foundation 

CEO; Mark Ormond, art 

historian and 

curator; Andy 

Sandberg, Hermitage 

Artist 

Retreat CEO; 

Ariel Serrano, 

Sarasota School 

of Cuban Ballet 

director; Jim 

Shirley, Arts 

Cheryl Mendelson and Cultural 

Alliance of Sarasota County director; 

Waddy Thompson, author 

and La Musica board member; 

Miriam Wallace, New College 

Division of Humanities chair; Dr. 

Christopher Wilson, Ringling 

College architecture and design 

historian; and Frank Martucci, 

investment advisor for the Hintzpeter 

bequest. 

Arts Advocates was founded 

as the Fine Arts Society of 

Sarasota in 1969 with the mission 

of supporting and stimulating 

the arts in Sarasota County. 

The organization has awarded 

over $1 million in scholarships 

to local students, and nearly 

$150,000 in grants to local arts 

organizations, schools, and 

children’s programs. All monies 

awarded are generated through 

Arts Advocates activities. 

For more information about 

Arts Advocates, visit ArtsAdvocates.org. 

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Restaurant 

News and 

Specials 

• Oak & Stone restaurants throughout 

west central Florida, known for having 

a self-pour craft beer wall and tavern 

style food, has launched its first and only 

house beer, Oak & Stone Snowbird Pilsner, 

available year-round at all locations. 

The new house beer was brewed in 

partnership with Big Storm Brewing Co. 

Snowbird Pilsner is balanced and a bright 

golden example of a German-style pilsner. 

An extended maturation time lends 

to a smooth and bready malt character 

complimented by crisp German noble 

hops. The result is a very approachable 

medium-light gold beer. The ABV is 4.8%. 

“We’re thrilled to announce Snowbird 

Pilsner, our first house beer. We’re very 

pleased with the hops profile and drinkability. 

Cheers to Big Storm for nailing our 

flavor,” notes Brett Decklever, co-owner 

of Oak & Stone. 

The new Snowbird Pilsner is available 

at all five Oak & Stone locations throughout 

west central Florida in downtown St. 

Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota and 

Naples. Snowbird Pilsner can be enjoyed 

in the restaurants or through Oak & 

Stone’s Growler program. 

“This Pilsner was created for Oak & 

Stone with a small twist. The twist is the 

use of Perle hops instead of the traditional 

Saaz hops. Perle hops bring increased 

floral and spicy notes without an increase 

in bitterness. The Big Storm Brewing team 

created an amazing flavor and we’re excited 

to share it with our guests,” notes Sean 

Barber, Oak & Stone Craft Beer Specialist. 

Craft Beer Growlers To-Go are available 

at all locations, filled with local craft 

beers (with the exception of the downtown 

St. Petersburg location, which is not 

offering growlers To-Go). 

■ Go to www.oakandstone.com for a 

listing of store locations. 

• More restaurants are coming to 

University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch 

including Owens Fish Camp, Olivia’s 

of Tampa and a third restaurant TBA. 

Owens Fish Camp hopes to be open for 

20 WEST COAST WOMAN MAY 2021 

business later this year or early in 2022. 

Center Point at Lakewood Ranch is just 

east of the University Parkway/Lakewood 

Ranch Boulevard intersection. Olivia’s is 

a modern Italian restaurant that offers the 

traditional trattoria dishes designed by 

Chef Chris Ponte. 

• Chef Gino Calleja, executive chef and 

proprietor of Reyna’s Taqueria, an authentic 

taste of Mexico, announces their 

Cinco de Mayo Special, on Wednesday, 

May 5 from 11am to 8pm. The Taco 

Fiesta Feast special includes one dozen 

tacos, freshly made guacamole, housemade 

salsa 

and chips, 

and five 

Churros. 

(Tacos: 

choose up 

to two fillings 

- Chicken 

Tinga, 

Carnitas, 

Pastor, Cilantro-Garlic 

Chicken) 

$52 plus 

tax. Chef 

Calleja has 

also created 

the Cinco de Mayo Shrimp Fajita 

with rice, beans, freshly made tortillas, 

guacamole, pico, and crema for $15.99 

plus tax. 

Oak & Stone’s New Snowbird Pilsner 

Reynas Taqueria is located at The 

Commons Shopping Center, 935 North 

Beneva Road, Suite 701, Sarasota. Info: 

941-260-8343. 

Other popular menu items include: 

Barbaocoa Sopes: Sopes are a unique 

Mexican item, a cousin of the tortilla, but 

are fried corn dough, hand-crafted into 

thick patties with raised edges, spread 

with refried black beans, filled with Guajillo 

Marinated Pork Shoulder, topped with 

lettuce, queso fresco, crema, avocado, 

and topped with salsa. House-made 

Sangria” is refreshing and fruity, and is 

a Calleja family recipe. 

■ Visit www.reynastaquera.com. 

Events 

• Michael’s Wine Cellar has its Wine 

Cellar Social Club on May 13. It’s a 

Michael’s Wine Cellar has its Wine Cellar Social Club 

combination of a traditional wine-tasting 

and a contemporary social event. It’s a 

place for wine-lovers to come together to 

enjoy fine wines with great company. 

The $35 cover (plus tax & gratuity) 

includes six unique wines paired with a 

tapas-style appetizer plate. Tables will be 

separated by at least six feet. Guests may 

reserve a table for groups of 2-10 people. 

Reyna’s Taqueria House-made Sangria 

and their unique Barbaocoa Sope 

■ The Wine Cellar Social Club is also 

taking place on May 27. Reservations: 

https://bestfood.instagift. 

com/wine-cellar-social-club. 

• Chart House 

has menu items 

offering a spring 

change. For 

a limited time 

enjoy Moroccan 

Mahi (Seared 

with Herbed 

Yogurt and Fire 

Roasted Vegetable 

Couscous), 

Maple and 

Ginger Glazed King Salmon (Cucumber 

Daikon and Green Onion Relish in Soy 

Broth with Jasmine Rice), Peach Bourbon 

Glazed Scallops and Shrimp (Skillet Fried 

Corn With Bacon and Asparagus Grape 

Tomatoes with Roasted Red Peppers). 

■ Chart House is located at 201 Gulf of 

Mexico Dr., Longboat Key. Reservations: 

(941) 383-5593. 

Publix Aprons Cooking School demonstration-style 

cooking class has a couple of delicious events 

• Publix Aprons Cooking School has 

these events: 

• Food Heaven: Indulgent Ingredients 

and Wines is on May 14 at 6:30 p.m. 

Menu: Crab and Fennel Bisque with 

Lemony Crème Fraiche; Lobster Rolls 

with Heirloom Tomatoes, Bacon and 

Tarragon Aioli; Dijon and Herb Crusted 

Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Shallot 

Jus and Baby Potatoes; Bittersweet 

Chocolate Tart with Pretzel Crust and 

Mandarin Orange Whipped Cream 

This is a demonstration-style cooking 

class. Sit back, relax, and let the chefs 

do the cooking. Enjoy all of the menu 

items and ask questions as they walk you 

through each recipe. 

• VIP Food and Wine Experience: 

Monterey Wine Country is on May 21 at 

6 p.m. Enjoy a selection of chef-inspired 

bites paired with Monterey wines. Savor 

an hour of aperitifs. VIP food and wine 

reception small bites menu is $$25 

• Caramelized Onion & Gruyere 

Tartlets with Candied Pancetta 

• Shrimp Bruschetta with Lemon Kale 

Pesto & Shaved Asiago 

• Mediterranean Chicken Pops with 

White Balsamic Syrup 

• Seared Duck with Apple Slaw & 

Peppercorn Aioli. 

■ Publix Aprons Cooking School at 

University Walk, 2875 University Parkway, 

Sarasota. https://aprons-cooking-school-sarasota-florida.eventbritestudio.com/ 

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foodie events continued 

Events cont. 

• Widely recognized as one of America’s 

favorite gourmet gatherings on the beach, 

the Food Network & Cooking Channel 

South Beach Wine & Food Festival 

returns with new protocols dedicated to 

delivering a safe and comfortable event 

experience this Spring, May 20-23. 

The Food Network & Cooking Channel 

South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns 

The Festival will look and feel different 

this year, but the goal is unchanged – to 

cultivate the future leaders of the hospitality 

industry at the Chaplin School of Hospitality 

& Tourism Management at Florida 

International University (FIU) and to aid 

the South Florida hospitality industry 

during the regrowth phase by giving participating 

chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs 

a platform to promote their businesses. 

The 20th annual Festival will kickoff 

May 20 with Carbone Fine Food 

presents Italian Bites on the Beach 

hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. Later 

that evening fans can celebrate 20 years 

in style at Fontainebleau Miami Beach 

with the SOBEWFF 20th Anniversary 

Celebration hosted by Martha Stewart 

featuring a surprise musical performance 

and bites by Popeyes including 

the fan-favorite famous chicken sandwich 

(yes, that chicken sandwich). 

The Festival’s signature fan-favorite 

open-air tasting tents nestled on the 

sands of Miami Beach will feature for the 

first time ever, multiple daily sessions 

to accommodate capacity restrictions, 

thorough sanitization and more. The 

iconic events will showcase the nation’s 

most talented chefs and lifestyle personalities 

including: 

• The 15th annual Heineken Burger 

Bash hosted by Bobby Flay (May 21) 

• The return of the fan-favorite Moët 

& Chandon Champagne BubbleQ 

hosted by Guy Fieri (May 22) 

• Goya Foods’ Grand Tasting Village featuring 

Grand Tasting Tents & Publix 

Culinary Demonstrations (May 22 

and May 23) 

The Tribute Dinner will take place al 

fresco at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel 

on May 22 and will honor the outstanding 

accomplishments of the culinary 

community’s Giada De Laurentiis and 

former CEO of Bacardi USA Eduardo M. 

Sardiña and will be hosted by Masters of 

Ceremonies and Miami royalty, Gloria & 

Emilio Estefan. 

■ The complete line-up of events for the 

20th annual Festival is available online 

at sobewff.org. 

• Savor Sarasota returns June 1-14. 

Bevardi’s Salute Restaurant is offering 

a three-course Savor Sarasota menu 

from June 1-14. Bevardi’s Salute’s Prix 

Fixe three-course dinner includes a glass 

of house wine for $32. Appetizer choices: 

Bruschetta Pomodoro, Bruschetta 

Caponata, 

Trio Olive, 

Caprese, 

Calamari 

Fritti, Insalata 

Mista, 

Insalata 

di Cesare. 

Main Event 

Choices: 

Pappardelle 

Al Funghi 

Porcini, Agnolott, 

Lasagna 

Salute!, 

Pollo Parmigiana, Vitello Marsala, Gulf 

Grouper Parmesan, Salmone. Dessert 

Choices: Tiramisu, Cannoli, or Sorbetti. 

■ Bevardi’s Salute offers the largest 

outdoor garden terrace in downtown 

Sarasota. Space is limited so reservations 

are highly recommended and can 

be made by calling 941-365-1020 or 

online at salutesarasota.com. 

• Kentucky is scheduled to host two 

signature bourbon experiences this 

fall with the return of the Kentucky 

Bourbon Festival to Bardstown and the 

Bourbon Classic in Louisville. 

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, 

September 16-19, returns with an 

all-new format for its 30th celebration 

featuring expanded opportunities for 

bourbon enthusiasts to engage with the 

most sought-after brands and immersive 

educational experiences. 

The festival draws bourbon lovers to 

Bardstown, Kentucky, each year to celebrate 

the storied history of distilling America’s 

native spirit during National Bourbon 

Heritage Month. In addition, the Bourbon 

Classic will be back for its ninth annual 

celebration of the best of the best in 

Bourbon, culinary and cocktails November 

3-6, 2021. Bourbon Classic Friday 

and Saturday events will take place at a 

new venue — Louisville Slugger Field. 

• Kentucky Bourbon Festival details: 

Although VIP packages are sold out, 

general admission tickets will include still 

access to a number of events including 

exclusive conversations with industry 

all-stars and unique cocktail classes, the 

annual World Championship Bourbon 

Barrel Relay Race, and – new this year 

— direct sampling opportunities from 

dozens of beloved bourbon brands. 

General admission tickets are $10 per 

day or $20 for the weekend. Tickets are 

available at www.kybourbonfestival.com. 

• Highlights of the Bourbon Classic include: 

tastings of over 80 Bourbons, 24+ 

unique Bourbon cocktails and perfectly 

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival 

and the Bourbon Classic in 

Kentucky this fall! 

paired small plates and dishes prepared 

by local chefs. The TASTE event will 

provide opportunities for the public to 

sample top Bourbon brands and food 

pairings from featured restaurants. 

Top Shelf, Weekend VIP, and TASTE 

VIP tickets are sold out. Standard 

weekend packages, as well as Cocktail 

and Culinary Challenge VIP and standard 

tickets, and TASTE standard tickets 

are available to purchase now at www. 

bourbonclassic.com. 

■ For information on planning an itinerary 

around these events or any Bourbon-filled 

adventure, travelers can get 

attraction, lodging and dining assistance 

at www.bourboncountry.com. 

Food Shopping 

• Sarasota has another Aldi (last month 

we reported on the new one on Tamiami 

Trail in Sarasota where Lucky used to be) 

coming to Lakewood Ranch. 

Aldi, is the German grocery chain that’s 

expanding its footprint throughout the 

country. The company plans to open 

a new store in the southeast corner of 

University Parkway and Lorraine Road. 

The new Aldi will be in the same parcel as 

an upcoming Starbucks, and across the 

street from the Publix- anchored University 

Corner plaza, where other tenants 

include Domino’s Pizza, Libby’s Neighborhood 

Brasserie and U-Yee Sushi & Grill. 

Aldi plans to be the nation’s third-largest 

grocery retailer, in terms of store 

count, by the end of 2022 and plans to 

open about 100 new stores this year 

alone, with a focus on California, Arizona, 

Florida and the northeast. 

Aldi renovated its Bradenton store at 

Aldi coming soon to Lakewood Ranch 

4705 Cortez Road W., opened a new 

store at 5715 14th St. W. in Bradenton 

and opened a new Sarasota County store 

in Nokomis. 

The company also took over two 

Lucky’s Market leases when Lucky’s fell 

into bankruptcy and has since opened 

a store in the former Lucky’s spot at 

Westfield Siesta Key in Sarasota. Another 

store, in Venice’s Jacaranda Plaza, 

opened April 1. 

By comparison Publix has 817 stores in 

Florida, according to the Publix website. 

Aldi currently has fewer than 200. Aldi is 

known for its “simple and streamlined” approach 

to retailing, offering its store brand 

products at prices it says are as much 

as 50% lower than those of traditional 

grocery stores. Its no-frills approach to 

grocery shopping includes a bring-yourown 

bags policy and shopping carts that 

require a quarter deposit to unlock. 

But the company hasn’t shied away 

from convenience, either – last year, Aldi 

announced that curbside pickup would 

be available at 600 stores worldwide. Aldi 

is also available through the Instacart 

app, a grocery delivery service. 

The company currently has four stores 

in Manatee County – including one in 

Palmetto – and three in Sarasota County: 

Sarasota, Nokomis and North Port. 

May 

Food Holidays 

Eat What You Want 

Day! 

• National Barbeque Month 

• National Strawberry Month 

• National Sweet Vidalia Onion Month 

• National Pecan Month 

• National Shrimp Day - May 10 

May 

II 

• Eat What You Want Day - May 11 

• National Vegetarian Awareness 

Week - May 11-17 

• National Chocolate Chip Day - 

May 15 

• National Hamburger Day - May 28 



Heading to New York City this Summer? 

Don’t miss this Alice Neel exhibit at The Met 

The career-spanning survey of one of the 

century’s most radical painters, Alice Neel, 

is at The Met to August 1 

Alice Neel: People Come First is the first museum 

retrospective in New York of American artist 

Alice Neel (1900-1984) in 20 years. This ambitious, 

career-spanning survey at The Met 

positions Neel as one of the century’s most 

radical painters, a champion of social justice whose longstanding 

commitment to humanist principles inspired 

her life as well as her art, as demonstrated in the survey’s 

approximately 100 paintings, drawings, and watercolors. 

Alice Neel: People Come First will be on view through 

August 1, 2021. 

Alice Neel was an outstanding 

painter whose iconic ‘pictures of people,’ 

as she called her portraits, radiate 

her fierce personal belief in humanity’s 

inherent dignity and her steadfast 

social conscience,” said Max Hollein, 

Marina Kellen French Director of The 

Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

“This important exhibition places 

Neel’s life and art within the context 

of the 20th century, considering them 

both in relation to the major events and upheavals of the 

time. Throughout her long career, Neel remained true to 

her own vision—despite many obstacles—and today her 

imagery resonates with our own challenging cultural and 

political circumstances in striking ways. 

Sheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder Chairman of Modern 

and Contemporary Art, added: “Neel’s portraits are deeply 

human: her empathy for the people in her community 

resulted in paintings of such unflinching 

intensity it is as if past and present—their time and 

ours— are brought together in a single moment. 

Now, when personal histories are crucial to establishing 

self-identity, Neel’s world tells the stories 

of human beings from all walks of life in the city 

she called home. Together they vividly capture the 

unique character of New York City. 

The exhibition spans the entirety of the artist’s 

“For me, people come first. 

I have tried to assert the 

dignity and eternal importance 

of the human being.” 

—Alice Neel, 1950 

Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian, 1978. Oil on canvas 

career, from her professional launch in Cuba in 

the 1920s and her work as part of the W.P.A. in the 1930s, 

through her resolute commitment to centering the figure in 

her painting at a time when abstraction was ascendant, in 

the 1940s and 1950s; her resurgence in the 1960s and 1970s; 

and the emergence of her “late style” in the 1980s. 

In keeping with the artist’s commitment to painting 

Linda Nochlin and Daisy, 1973. Oil on canvas 

Andy Warhol, 1970. Oil and acrylic on linen 

“pictures of people,” which she considered to be historical 

records of the time in which they were made, the exhibition 

will feature dozens of Neel’s most striking portraits, 

celebrated today for their unyielding psychological acumen. 

The survey also sheds light on her accomplishments 

in other genres, specifically still lifes, landscapes, 

and cityscapes. The inclusion of relevant 

ephemera and personal effects—such as 

photographs and leftist periodicals to which 

she contributed drawings—illuminates her 

relationships, personality, and political convictions 

as well as her eventual entree into 

American popular culture. Neel was a longtime 

resident of New York, and the city served 

as her most faithful subject. Indeed, the sum 

total of her work testifies to the drama of its 

streets, the quotidian beauty of its buildings, 

and, most importantly, the diversity, resilience, 

and passion of its residents. 

Following its presentation at The Met, the 

exhibition will travel to Guggenheim Bilbao 

(September 17, 2021–January 23, 2022) and 

the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 

(March 12, 2022–July 10, 2022.) 

The exhibition will be featured on the 

Museum’s website, as well as on Facebook, 

Instagram, and Twitter using the hashtag 

#MetAliceNeel. The webpage includes a 

primer—a dynamic online feature—which explores 

how, for nearly 60 years, New York City 

and its people, activism, chaos, and beauty 

fed into Neel’s radical, timeless paintings. 

The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue, 

New York. https://www.metmuseum.org/ 


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And Another New Hotel in Florida 

The 208-room Hilton Aventura in 

Miami is open and features beautifully 

appointed guest rooms and suites, elevated 

pool with plush cabanas, Hilton 

Executive Lounge, multiple dining 

options with fresh, seasonal cuisine, 

ballroom and premiere social and conference 

spaces. 

The hotel is just five minutes from 

Aventura Mall and Gulfstream Park 

Racing & Casino and south Florida 

beaches are less than five miles away. 

It’s also convenient to both Miami 

and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood 

International Airports which are 40 

minutes away. 

Amenities include free WiFi, 

non-smoking rooms, on-site restaurant, 

outdoor pool, fitness center, pet-friendly 

rooms and digital keys. 

Dine indoors or in the sunshine 

with Spanish-inspired dishes from Gala 

restaurant which is open all day. Skyline 

views pair nicely with a handcrafted 

cocktail from Muse Lounge. Room 

service and poolside cabana service are 

available as well. 

The Hilton Aventura Miami is 

located in the heart of Aventura near 

the Aventura Mall. Visit https://www. 

hilton.com/en/hotels/fllavhh-hiltonaventura-miami/. 

Hilton Aventura 

San Francisco Museum of Modern 

Art (SFMOMA) is the exclusive U.S. venue 

for Nam June Paik, the major retrospective 

of Paik’s radical and experimental 

art organized with Tate Modern, London. 

Bringing together over 200 works that 

span a five-decade career, this immersive 

Nam June Paik at SFMOMA 

exhibition offers an in-depth understanding 

of the artist’s trailblazing practice and 

his vision of a multidisciplinary, interconnected 

future. 

SFMOMA will also host Diego Rivera’s 

monumental mural The Marriage of the 

Artistic Expression of the North and of 

the South on the Continent—more commonly 

known as Pan American Unity—in 

the museum’s free Roberts Family Gallery 

beginning in Summer 2021. An accompanying 

exhibition, Diego Rivera’s America, 

which offers the most in-depth examination 

of the artist’s work in more than 20 

years, will now open at SFMOMA in 2022. 

San Francisco Museum of Modern 

Art, 151 Third Street, San Francisco. 

Visit sfmoma.org/. 

Van Gogh Live continues at the Dali 

Museum in St. Petersburg to June 13. 

Experience Vincent Van Gogh’s works in 

an immersive art installation that opens a 

Van Gogh at the Dali 

Back to the Museums 

new window into the celebrated painter’s 

artistic genius. Visitors will feel the sensation 

of walking right into Van Gogh’s 

paintings. 

The exhibition features more than 

3,000 Van Gogh images at enormous 

scale, viewed through high-definition 

projectors and synchronized 

to a powerful classical 

score. Cinema-quality 

surround-sound amplifies 

the emotion generated 

by the works themselves. 

In addition to the iconic 

works featured, visitors can 

examine Van Gogh’s inspiration 

via photographs and 

video displayed alongside 

them. The installation is 

powered by SENSORY4, a 

unique system developed 

by Grande Experiences of 

Melbourne, Australia. 

The Dalí is the first North 

American venue to host this version 

of Van Gogh Alive. Salvador Dalí Museum, 

One Dali Blvd. St. Petersburg https:// 

thedali.org/exhibit/van-gogh-alive/ 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

has an exhibit Alice Neel: People Come 

First. It’s the first museum retrospective 

in New York of American artist Alice Neel 

(1900-1984) in 20 years. This career-spanning 

survey at The Met positions Neel as 

one of the century’s most radical painters, 

a champion of social justice whose longstanding 

commitment to humanist principles 

inspired her life as well as her art, as 

demonstrated 

in the survey’s 

approximately 

100 paintings, 

drawings, and 

watercolors. 

Alice Neel: 

People Come 

Alice Neel at The Met 

Bisa Butler’s Portrait Quilts at the Art Institute of Chicago 

First is on view through August 1, 2021. 

The Met is at 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd 

Street, New York. Metmuseum.org. 

The Morgan Library has David Hockney: 

Drawing from Life. David Hockney 

(b. 1937) is one of the most internationally 

respected and 

renowned artists 

alive today. This 

exhibition will 

be the first to focus 

on his portraits 

on paper 

and one of very 

few exhibitions 

to investigate 

his drawing 

practice. Featuring 

about 100 

David Hockney at The Morgan Library 

drawings, the exhibition 

will trace a trajectory 

from Hockney’s early 

works as a student, to 

his Ingres-like portraits 

of the 1970s, and his return 

to the sketchbooks 

in the early 2000s. 

Hurry, it’s on view to 

May 30. The exhibition 

will be unique in exploring 

Hockney’s practice 

on paper through a 

small group of sitters he 

has depicted repeatedly 

over the years: his muse and confidante, 

the designer Celia Birtwell; his mother; 

his friend and former curator Gregory 

Evans; master printer Maurice Payne; and 

the artist himself. Each of these individuals 

have been important to Hockney. His 

familiarity with his sitters enables him 

to explore a range of 

mediums and styles, 

from pencil and crayon, 

to photographic 

collage and the iPad. 

In re-visiting these 

people over decades, 

Hockney gives us a 

unique insight into 

how his practice has 

evolved over time. 

At the Art Institute 

of Chicago: 

Bisa Butler’s portrait 

quilts vividly capture 

personal and historical 

narratives of Black 

life. She strategically 

uses textiles—a traditionally 

marginalized 

medium—to interrogate 

the historical marginalization of 

her subjects while using scale and subtle 

detail to convey her subjects’ complex 

individuality. Together, Butler’s quilts 

present an expansive view of history 

through their engagement with themes 

such as family, community, migration, 

the promise of youth, and artistic and 

intellectual legacies. 

Bisa Butler: Portraits is the first solo 

museum exhibition of the artist’s work 

and will include over 20 portraits. 

Runs through September 6. https:// 

www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9324/bisabutler-portraits. 

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health feature 

Terrence Grywinski and Advanced Craniosacral Therapy has reopened for a limited number of sessions per week. 

Craniosacral Therapy Can Be Life Changing 

CST treats the whole body physically, physiologically, mentally, emotionally and energetically 

Clients come to me because they are in physical 

pain such as neck, back, pain and TMJ as well as 

for chronic headaches and migraines. 

● Both myself and all clients will be provided with Face Masks. 

● Appointments will allow the client to come directly into my 

office from their cars avoiding time in the waiting room. 

● Hand disinfectant will be provided. 

● An excellent air filtration system has been installed in the 

Pain and stress caused by 

shortened Fascia 

Fascia (strong connective tissue) encases 

all our muscles, organs, brain and spinal 

cord. Whenever fascia shortens any place 

in the body, the entire network of fascia 

creates an increased tension affecting the 

functioning of our physical body as well as 

our organs, our brain and spinal cord. 

Our body is the history of every major 

trauma we have experienced physically 

and emotionally beginning with birth 

issues, falls, head trauma, car accidents, 

childhood abuse issues, death, divorce 

and other emotional issues. Our body tries 

to minimize each trauma by shortening 

fascia to isolate the energy coming into the 

body from that trauma. Shortened fascia 

results in pain, loss of mobility and range 

of motion, organs becoming less efficient 

and with parts of the brain and spinal cord 

becoming stressed. 

To keep the brain functioning, the body 

transfers some of your functional work play 

energy (7:00 AM-10:00 PM) to the brain 

resulting in less energy to make it through 

each day. As we age, the accumulation of 

all the tightened fascia, from every major 

trauma in life, begins to restrict every 

aspect of our body’s functions resulting 

in pain, loss of mobility, mis-functioning 

organs, loss of energy, as well as our brain 

losing some its sharpness. 

How Craniosacral 

Therapy Works 

The Craniosacral Therapist creates a safe 

place, with gentle holding techniques, that 

engages your body’s ability to self correct, 

reorganize and heal itself with the release 

of some of that tightened fascia during 

each session. As the Craniosacral Therapist 

engages your body, you will feel fascia releasing. 

As the fascia releases, pain begins to 

decrease, range of motion and mobility improve, 

organs begin functioning better and 

with less stress on the brain feels, it returns 

the energy it borrowed at the time of each 

trauma resulting in an immediate increase in 

your energy levels. Rarely does anyone leave 

from my first session not feeling better. 

Short Leg Syndrome 

Eighty-five percent of my clients have one 

of their legs pulled up 1/2 to 1 by shortened 

fascia. The tension from short leg syndrome 

on the sacrum (5 fused vertebrae 

at bottom of the spine) is transferred up 

Testimonials from Clients 

■ “On a recent vacation to Siesta Key, I 

re-injured my back. I found Terry online. I 

can say with complete joy that was the best 

decision I made in the history of my back 

pain. I have sought many modalities and 

visit a CST regularly and never have I had 

such a healing in my entire body. 

After 3 sessions, I made a 16-hour drive 

home with no pain or discomfort in my 

entire body. Unbelievable. My body has 

a sense of moving freely and that is completely 

new. I’m so grateful to Terry for his 

knowledge, for his sensitivity to my needs 

and his kind generosity in healing my body. 

I will see him when I return next year.” 

—Caroline M. 

■ “I am a snowbird who spends 7 months 

in Sarasota. I have had back problems for 

25 years. Terry’s techniques have led to a 

great deal of release and relief in areas that 

have been problematic. I have been seeing 

him over the years when my body says ”it’s 

time”. Usually after a few sessions, I can tell 

a huge difference.” —Lana S. 

■ “I was introduced to Terry and Craniosacral 

Therapy by a Neuromuscular 

massage therapist who thought I needed 

higher level of care. I found Terry to be 

IN CONSIDERATION OF COVID-19 

kind, empathetic and he genuinely seemed 

to take an interest in my challenges. I have 

a mild Chiari malformation (part of the 

brain protrudes and puts pressure on the 

spinal cord) I had been experiencing vertigo, 

extreme pain in my neck combined 

with a limited range of motion (I could not 

turn my neck right or left) I tried both traditional 

and holistic modalities including 

chiropractic and acupuncture with limited 

success. So I did not have lofty expectations 

(unrealistic) going into my first session, but 

was pleasantly surprised in the immediate 

difference I experienced in my entire body. 

There was less pain in my back and 

shoulders, but also in my diaphragm and 

rib cage area. I was able to breathe more 

deeply, felt more limber and overall more 

relaxed. With additional sessions, Terry 

was able to relieve the burning sensation 

in my shoulders that would radiate into 

my lower neck and down my arms which 

had been plaguing me for a long time and 

causing numbness in my extremities. I have 

been impressed by his intuitive nature and 

his ability to listen to my body and focus in 

on specific issues and pain points. The therapist 

who referred me to him was right…he 

is a gifted healer.” —Nicole M. 


treatment room that destroys bacteria and viruses. 

● All surfaces will be disinfected between treatments. 

● All clients will be questioned about self isolation and having 

followed safety precautions such wearing a face mask in public 

as well as being free of any symptoms. 

The physical stress in bodies caused by 

shortened fascia (connective tissue) shuts 

down energy flows to certain organs. Short 

leg syndrome by ½ to 1 in (where one leg is 

pulled up by shortened fascia) shuts down 

energy flow to the spleen (an important part of 

your immune system) and the small and large 

intestine. With the release of that shortened 

fascia, energy returns to these organs. 

the dural tube that encases the spinal cord 

into the lower and upper back, the neck, 

the cranium and the brain. Headaches, migraines, 

TMJ and neck problems can originate 

from the fascial stress in the sacrum. 

Releasing this sacral stress increases 

energy in the bladder, sex organs, kidneys 

and the chakras as well as releasing major 

stress in the upper part of the body. 

Cause of Shallow Breathing 

A great majority of the clients who come to 

me for various problems are also shallow 

breathers. Fascial stress in the diaphragm restricts 

the depth of breathing by restricting 

energy flow to the lungs, the pericardium 

■ Chronic Pain: Sciatic, Back, 

Neck and TMJ 

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■ Migraines, Foggy Brain and 

Lack of Concentration 

■ Sight and Eye Problems 

■ Asthma, Bronchitis, COPD 

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B.A., B.ED., LMT #MA 6049 

SOURCE: 

■ Terrence Grywinski of Advanced Craniosacral Therapy, 

B.A., B.ED., LMT #MA 6049. Terry has specialized in Craniosacral 

Therapy since 1994 when he began his training at the Upledger 

Institute. Described by his teachers, clients and colleagues 

as a “gifted healer”, Terry’s intuitive sense and healing energy 

provides immediate and lasting relief from injury, pain, mobility 

issues as well as dysfunctions of the body and the brain. Part 

of Terry’s ongoing education, he has completed 4 craniosacral 

brain and peripheral nervous system classes which 

enables him to work at 

a cellular level and with 

brain dysfunctions. 

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and the heart. With the release of fascial 

diaphragm restriction, the client immediately 

starts breathing deeply and energy is 

restored to the pericardium and the heart. 

Shoulder blades that are cemented to 

the body also restricts how much the rib 

cage can open and thereby also restricting 

depth of breath. Without proper breathing, 

your cells do not get enough oxygen. 

Everyone, especially people suffering from 

bronchitis, asthma and COPD as well as 

shallow breathing can benefit when the 

fascial stress is released. 

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Just as the body physically gets stressed 

from physical and emotional trauma, the 

functioning of the brain is also affected 

by fascial stress. For our brains to remain 

healthy, we need dynamic production 

of craniosacral fluid which performs the 

important function of bringing nourishment 

to all the cells in the brain and spinal 

cord as well as cleansing all the metabolic 

wastes given off by those same cells. 

Once the craniosacral fluid cleanses these 

metabolic wastes, efficient drainage of these 

metabolic wastes into the lymph system is 

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A Craniosacral Therapist, who has 

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■ Shallow Breathing 

■ Digestive and Constipation Issues 

■ Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Problems 

■ Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and Depression 

■ Concussions, Brain and Spinal Cord Health 

■ Mobility and Energy Issues for Seniors 



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Hotels News and Promotions 

NEW. A mile away from the Las Vegas 

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Nevada, Las Vegas and a short drive from 

McCarran International Airport, Virgin 

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by Hilton is the perfect home base for 

whatever your trip to “America’s Playground” 

has in store. Over 10 restaurants 

and bars including world-renowned 

Nobu and bold global flavors at Commons 

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NEW. Located at the center of the 

city’s arts world, the new Motto New 

York Chelsea offers an authentic 

neighborhood experience for visitors 

looking for a respite from Manhattan’s 

famed tourist traps. Fashionable shops, 

famous nightclubs and favorite eateries, 

including Chelsea Market, attract 

visitors to the area, along with nearby 

landmarks like the elevated High-Line 

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NEW. Hotel Indigo Miami Brickell 

draws upon the beauty of contrasts 

in Miami in the city’s Brickell district. 

Situated south of the Miami River on 

SW 11th Street in Mary Brickell Village – 

part of the city’s financial district which 

has seen significant investment and 

development in recent years – the hotel 

tells stories of its neighborhood, where 

Tripadvisor has released the findings 

of a new research report based on the 

platform’s insight into shifting traveler 

trends, revealing how consumers are 

planning to travel in 2021 and what 

impact the ongoing pandemic has had 

on their trip planning habits. 

The report, which analyzed first party 

search data as well as traveler sentiment 

across six major markets (the United 

States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, 

Japan and Singapore), identified consumers’ 

increasing confidence that they 

will travel abroad in 2021, particularly in 

the second half of the year. 

In fact, globally, the majority of hotel 

clicks on Tripadvisor are already shifting 

to international destinations for May 

2021 trips onwards (as opposed to domestic 

destinations, which dominated 2020). 

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a symphony of Latin, Spanish, Native 

American and American folk influences 

are embraced and celebrated daily. 

The choice location and prominent exterior 

reveal interiors designed by architect 

and fashion designer Angel Sanchez 

of Sanchez + Coleman Studio. 

The Brutalist style of the interior architecture 

features poured concrete and 

rigid geometric lines and is contrasted by 

the vibrant rich blue and bright yellow 

palette and mosaic theme which runs 

through all the spaces. 140 guest rooms 

showcase local artwork and circular rugs 

inspired by the ancient Miami Circle 

archaeological site unearthed close to the 

hotel. The site was key in telling the story 

of Miami Brickell’s earliest inhabitants 

– the indigenous Tequesta people, who 

lived in the area for over 2,000 years. 

Lobby photography depicts trailblazers 

Mary Brickell and Julia Tuttle (famed 

for helping to bring the railroad to 

Miami in the 1890s, resulting in the incorporation 

and eventual development 

and growth of the city) overlaid with a 

modern photograph of Brickell, gesturing 

to the old and new. 

Mosaico Kitchen and Bar hosts a 

unique restaurant offering in Miami, with 

pan-Latin Miami flavors influenced by the 

many Latinx communities across the city. 

Executive Chef Manuel Sulbaran hails 

from Merida, Venezuela and brings with 

him more than 20 years of international 

and local experience. 

The hotel is situated adjacent to the 

Miami Metromover - a free service that 

links downtown and Brickell area - and 

a short walk to Miami Metro rail and 

the Miami Cruise Port. It also lies within 

walking distance to some of Miami’s 

greatest restaurants, bars, nightlife and 

superb shopping and close to many of 

the cultural and art museums, attractions, 

Port of Miami, American Airlines 

Arena. https://www.ihg.com/hotelindigo. 

The five trends highlighted in 

the report are: 

Travelers are planning 

1 to travel abroad in the 

second half of the year, but 

won’t wait to make plans 

Nearly half (47%) of travelers 

surveyed globally say they are 

planning to travel internationally 

in 2021, including 45% of 

U.S. travelers. 

One in ten (11%) global 

respondents have already booked an 

international trip for 2021, including 

14% of respondents in the U.S. The most 

eager to venture abroad are German and 

UK travelers - in the first week of January, 

85% of hotel clickers on Tripadvisor in 

either country were planning international 

breaks for later this year. 

Vaccinations will be a game- changer 

for traveler confidence. The 

2 

widespread roll-out of vaccines won’t just 

impact travelers’ confidence to travel, 

it will have a major influence on where 

leisure travelers are prepared to go too. 

Globally, more than three quarters (77%) 

of travelers surveyed say they will be more 

likely to travel internationally if they receive 

the vaccine, rising to 86% for travel 

domestically. In the U.S., those numbers 

change to 69% and 80% respectively. 

■ Noble House Hotels & Resorts 

has announced their new trademarked 

term – Tropical Distancing – to connote 

safe, social distancing practices at their 

warm weather destination hotels and 

resorts. The beachside properties offering 

Tropical Distancing packages and 

amenities include San Diego Mission Bay 

Resort, Kona Kai Resort & Spa, LaPlaya 

Beach & Golf, Ocean Key Resort & 

Spa, Pelican Grand Beach Resort, The 

Portofino Hotel & Marina, Solé Miami, 

L’Auberge Del Mar and the recently 

restored crown jewel of the collection, 

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, the 

only private island resort in the U.S. 

Noble House has also created several 

new retail items with the Tropical Distancing 

tagline to embrace the lifestyle 

including sun hats, tote bags, towels, and 

apparel that are available for purchase at 

the beachfront resorts. 

Tropical Distancing is easy for guests 

to do when staying at Noble House’s 

beachside properties with their newly 

implemented safe, outdoor programming 

and packages. Kona Kai Resort & 

Spa and LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort both 

maintain private beaches, a rarity to own 

and operate in their regions, allowing 

staff to safely monitor guest capacity 

while appropriately distancing lounge 

chairs and cabanas. 

San Diego Mission Bay Resort recently 

completed a $32 million renovation 

of its expansive 18-acre, campus-like 

property, providing guests ample room 

to explore the resort’s 4,000-square-foot 

outdoor pool area, spa and fitness center 

More than a quarter (26%) of respondents 

globally say that they would only 

travel to destinations that required visitors 

to be vaccinated before travel, with 

Australian (32%) and U.S. (30%) travelers 

the most likely to expect destinations to 

adopt this safety measure. 

Domestic vacations remain high on 

3 travelers’ wish list for 2021. While 

international tourism looks to be getting 

a boost this year following a shutdown for 

much of 2020, domestic travel isn’t necessarily 

going to take a back seat in 2021. 

In the first week of January, nearly 

70% of hotel clickers on Tripadvisor were 

booking future domestic trips, while 

further out, May through August are still 

proving the most popular months for 

domestic vacations. 

Globally, three quarters (74%) of travelers 

surveyed plan to take at least one overnight 

domestic leisure trip in 2021 -- and 

an enthusiastic 80% in the U.S. In the 

U.S, just over a third of respondents (34%) 

are planning at least three domestic trips 

this year, compared to 31% of Australians 

surveyed and 24% of British travelers. 

The joy of vacation planning will 

4 be stronger than ever as travelers 

spend more time researching 2021 trips 

With travel plans dashed in early 2020, 

many people have been dreaming about 

as well as five tennis courts, gift shop, 

restaurant and poolside grill. The Portofino 

Hotel & Marina debuted new health 

and wellness programming to encourage 

guests to embrace the great outdoors 

with the launch of its new onsite Dockside 

Adventure Center and partnership 

with recreation brand REI, offering customized 

activity tours as well as rentals 

for standup paddleboards, single and 

tandem kayaks, and beach cruiser bikes. 

Ocean Key Resort & Spa also elevated 

its outdoor adventure program with its 

new multi-day experiences ranging from 

full day reef fishing excursions, seaplane 

trips and jet ski tours. 

■ Solé Miami debuted a ‘Shelter in Paradise’ 

package, designed for guests wanting 

to plan a getaway to the Florida coast 

without compromising safety, while enjoying 

a selection of thoughtful amenities. 

A new Tropical Distancing beverage 

program is also rolling out across the 

collection featuring a variety of upscale 

bottled and canned cocktails, canned 

alcoholic seltzers and wines, and a selection 

of local beers. A way for travelers to 

take their new canned imbibing lifestyle 

on the road with them and enjoy contact-less 

cocktails, these offerings can be 

found in-room or preordered. The “Can 

Do Attitude” beverage bucket includes 

guests’ choice of fuss-free and beach-ready 

beverages, Tropical Distancing coozies, a 

beverage bucket, and more to kick start 

the vacation they’ve been waiting for. 

For more information, visit www. 

noblehousehotels.com. 

5 Travel Trends to Watch in 2021 

Solé Miami 

their next big vacation for more than ten 

months, so it’s no surprise that travelers 

are extra conscious of getting it just right. 

Three quarters (74%) of travelers surveyed 

globally say they will spend more 

time choosing a destination this year, 

including 65% of travelers in the U.S. 

64% of travelers in the U.S. will spend 

more time reading reviews, 63% will 

spend more time selecting their accommodation, 

and 70% will spend more 

time finding things to do. 

Consumers can’t wait to dine out 

5 again, but their taste for takeout 

will still endure. As in-person dining 

was restricted in many countries 

throughout 2020, the success of takeout 

and delivery services soared, as consumers 

sought to satisfy their appetite. But 

encouragingly for the hospitality industry, 

in-person dining’s rebound in 2021 

doesn’t mean a decline in takeout and 

delivery demand. 

Nearly half (47%) of respondents globally 

say they plan to dine in-person at 

restaurants more often in 2021 than they 

did in 2020 and a quarter of respondents 

(27%) say they plan to order more takeout 

meals this year. In the U.S., 54% of 

respondents plan to dine in-person at 

restaurants more often this year, and 

38% plan to order more takeout. 

SOURCE: Tripadvisor


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21 Ways to 

Greater WELL-BEING in 2021 

Psychologists and counselors offer tips to improve optimism, 

emotional balance and overall well-being 

For so many, 2020 has 

posed some of the 

greatest challenges of 

our lifetime. The challenges, 

sadly, continue 

in 2021 so it’s a good time to 

remind yourself to take good care 

of YOU. The faculty at Palo Alto 

University, which is dedicated 

to psychology and counseling, 

curated this list of 21 meaningful 

ways to make 2021 a more 

balanced year for you and other 

people in your life. 

■ Practice self-compassion. 

Many people are good at showing 

compassion to others, especially 

during the pandemic, but not 

as good at being compassionate to 

themselves. Self-compassion gives 

us space to breathe and take the 

time to take care of ourselves in a 

healing and kind way. 

■ Take care of your basic 

needs. When we are tired, 

hungry, and/or sedentary, 

our mood can dip. Prioritize 

sleep by going to bed earlier 

and getting 7-9 hours of sleep a 

night; Eat consistent balanced 

meals and walk outdoors for 20 

minutes three times a week. 

■ Be present. If you find yourself 

reliving the past or worrying 

about the future, try to bring 

yourself back to the present moment 

using your senses. Notice 

five things that you see, four 

things that you feel, three things 

that you hear, two things that 

you smell, and one thing that 

you taste - and then proceed 

with your day. 

■ Watch your breathing. So 

often we think of self-care as activities 

we do after work or home 

responsibilities to compensate for 

daily stressors. Self-care means 

doing activities throughout your 

day, during work and home responsibilities, 

in order to achieve 

calm and emotional balance. 

The simple act of watching our 

breath throughout the day and 

noting how we feel can alert us 

to times and opportunities for 

taking care of ourselves. 

■ Pick a few simple, easy 

goals. This is something that 

helps when the drudge of 

Zoom calls, being isolated at 

home and missing family and 

close friends gets you down. If 

you’re feeling stuck at home, 

accomplish a few activities you 

wouldn’t normally have time 

for like reorganizing 

a closet, 

purging old 

emails, or planning 

a new exercise 

regimen. 

■ Take an 

early morning 

walk. Spend 

each day on an 

early morning 

walk listening to 

Podcasts, your 

favorite music 

or learning a 

new language. 

■ Maintain a 

daily plan that 

puts you first. 

Take the time to 

put yourself and 

your own needs 

first. Are you 

adding some fun 

to your life? Are 

you staying connected 

to those 

who are important 

to you? By 

creating a space 

for yourself, it 

will make it easier 

to continue to 

support others. 

■ Write a 

letter. Write 

to someone 

who has been 

meaningful in 

your life and 

tell them why 

you’re thankful 

for their contribution 

and/ 

or call them up 

and read the 

letter. A study 

showed that 

people who did 

this felt a significant increase in 

happiness, meaning, optimism, 

and life satisfaction for up to 3 

months after reading the letter. 

■ Write a poem a day. Create 

your own 30-day poetry challenge. 

It helps to focus your mind 

on one moment, idea, breath, 

sensation. It creates a rhythm beyond 

the daily news sound bites 

and taps us into the rhythms of 

the seasons and our souls. Encourage 

someone you know to do 

it as well. Schedule a time to read 

your collection to one another. 

■ Read your way through 

your stack of magazines. 

Indulge yourself in that stack of 

magazines that has been piling up 

on your coffee table. This activity 

helps break the boredom, creates 

a sense of accomplishment and 

helps you to decide whether or 

not to continue your cancel a 

magazine subscription. 

■ Take an on-line yoga 

class. Yoga increases body 

awareness, relieves stress, reduces 

muscle tension, strain, and inflammation, 

sharpens attention 

and concentration, and calms 

and centers the nervous system. 

■ Be gentle with yourself. If 

something feels stressful, consider 

its purpose. Is 

it necessary or 

simply expected? 

If you didn’t do 

it, what would 

be the worst 

outcome? At the 

end of each day, 

ask yourself what 

felt productive, 

what felt meaningful, 

and what 

contributed to 

your mental 

health. Focus 

on what went 

well, no matter 

how small, and 

build on those 

successes! 

■ Reflect and 

think about 

“What I’m 

Leaving in 

2020”. Write a 

letter to yourself 

listing all of the 

accomplishments, 

lessons, 

and things you 

are most grateful 

for in 2020. This 

is a wonderful 

way to give 

yourself perspective 

and make 

the year feel 

complete. It’s 

also a good time 

to begin charting 

how you 

may or may not 

do things differently 

in 2021. 

■ Think of 

well-being 

as a journey 

rather than a 

destination. 

This simple shift in concept allows 

for grace and patience if we 

find ourselves distracted or having 

fallen off the path along the 

way. Well-being as a journey recognizes 

improvements come gradually 

and if we maintain a sense 

of purpose and direction, in time, 

we will reach our desired goal. 

■ Well-being is not a 

“one size fits all” experience. 

There can be some variance in 

what it looks and feels like from 

one person to the next. Where 

one lives may impact the frequency 

in which one can engage in 

outdoor activities. Genetics can 

predispose some to physical and 

emotional conditions and culture 

can shape the ways in which 

well-being is defined and practiced. 

With this in mind, consider 

what well-being looks like for you 

and engage in those things that 

support your own personal experience 

of the concept. 

■ Give yourself permission 

to take a tech-break. For 

many, 2020 has increased our 

reliance upon social media and 

technology. Consider how this 

surge of dependency impacts 

your sense of well-being. Are you 

constantly scanning for missed 

texts, tweets and emails throughout 

the day? Are you spending 

more time on Zoom and Facebook 

than you are with the 

people who actually share your 

living space? Evaluate how much 

time is spent using technology 

and how this time can be shifted 

to enhancing your well-being. 

■ Clean one space or thing. 

This is a win-win. Whether you 

clean out your refrigerator, scrub 

the tub, or wash the inside of 

your car windshield, the reward 

of a sparkling clean space is always 

uplifting. 

■ Eat Healthy. Healthy eating 

means having a healthy attitude 

toward food. Try new foods, enjoy 

meals with friends, and plan ahead 

so you can be sure to include lots 

of fresh fruits and vegetables. 

■ Learn a new skill. Learning 

a new skill can boost self-confidence 

and raise self-esteem. If 

your time is limited, there are 

many ways to bring learning into 

your life. Try learning a new recipe, 

use a YouTube tutorial to take 

on a DIY project. There are plenty 

of mobile apps that can help 

you learn anything from astronomy 

and chess to video editing 

and computer coding. 

■ Recall Positive Life 

Events. Spend time thinking 

about some of your best memories. 

Whether it’s a vacation, an 

award you received, or a special 

time spent with a friend, recalling 

the happiest times in your 

life can bring more positivity to 

your mindset. 

■ Practice Forgiveness. Letting 

go of past hurt and anger 

is key to good psychological 

well-being. Forgiveness is about 

releasing these emotions that are 

holding you back and moving 

into a greater state of well-being. 


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Area children invited to ‘step right up’ for 

CIRCUS SUMMER CAMP 

Children ages 6-15 will learn various circus disciplines while having the time of their lives 

through CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY youth program 

Coach Andres Leon Miller high-fives camper Peyton Nutting. 

Coach Jake Peterman helps Nate Gutierrez find his balance on the rola bola. 

Photo by Cliff Roles 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 

BOYS AND GIRLS – especially 

boys and girls ages 6-15 – get 

ready for the greatest, 

most unique summer camp experience 

on Earth! Returning to the 

recently renovated and air-conditioned 

Sailor Circus Arena this 

summer is the Circus Arts Conservatory’s 

popular Circus Summer 

Camp, where children will learn 

various circus arts disciplines and 

life skills while having the time of 

their lives. Camp is available in oneand 

two-week sessions; camp runs 

from June 14 through August 6. 

Circus promotes teamwork, 

builds muscles, improves coordination, 

increases concentration 

skills, and infuses campers with 

confidence and self-esteem; plus, it’s 

an awful lot of fun. Skills will be introduced 

and taught including, but 

not limited to: juggling, tightrope, 

trapeze, hula hoops, aerials, clowning 

and more. Children are encouraged 

to explore a variety of skills as 

well as to choose a target skill they 

feel most passionate about. 

At the end of each session, students 

will present a performance 

showcasing all they’ve learned. 

Parents and immediate family are 

invited to attend and enjoy the show. 

Due to the pandemic, the CAC 

has instituted intensive health and 

safety protocols, with social distancing, 

masks required, temperature 

checks before entering the facility, 

and more. Overall camp size has 

been scaled down and group acts 

may not be included. There will be 

frequent hand-washing breaks and 

all communal spaces and equipment 

will be sanitized daily. 

“With the construction in 2019 

and the pandemic last summer, we 

are excited for this triumphant return 

of our summer camp program 

to the Sailor Circus Arena!” said 

CAC Executive Vice President/COO 

and longtime circus parent Jennifer 

Mitchell. “Our program has so 

many benefits for kids: it supports 

physical fitness, enhances 

academic performance, builds 

confidence, requires discipline, 

and encourages teamwork. 

Between our circus activities 

and the stringent COVID-19 protocols 

in place, parents can feel 

assured that this experience 

will be safe, happy and fun for 

their children!” 

Children should bring their 

own lunch; healthy snacks are 

provided twice a day (although 

students with special dietary 

needs should plan to bring 

their own food). 

The Circus Summer Camp 

will be offered Monday through 

Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Sailor 

Circus Arena (2075 Bahia Vista 

St, Sarasota). Cost is $350/week, or 

$700/two-week session. Hours are 

9 a.m.-3 p.m., with before care available 

at 8 a.m. for $50/week (daily 

drop-in rate $15/day, subject to availability) 

and after-care available until 

6 p.m. for $75/week (drop-in rate 

$30/day, subject to availability). 

Sessions sell out quickly: to 

register or for more information, call 

941-355-9335, email info@circusarts. 

org, or visit circusarts.org/ 

programs/circus-summer-camp-2. 

ABOUT 

The Circus Arts Conservatory, 

located in Sarasota, is home to worldclass 

performances, excellence 

in training the circus arts, and 

community-based outreach programs. 

The organization was born from 

decades of circus history and today 

serves as a legacy to those that have 

set the standards for international 

circus artistry and education. The 

Circus Arts Conservatory is a 501(c) 

(3) nonprofit organization. Go to 

CircusArts.org for more information. 


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