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DECEMBER 2021 

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Executive Director, 

Sarasota Art Museum 

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Even more things to do 

■ Holiday Gift Guide 

■ Dining In: Cocktails for 

the Holidays 

■ Feature: Rise & Nye’s

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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. 

dining in - cheers! 

Here are some cocktails and a mocktail to mix 

for the Holidays. One is a perennial favorite from 

Tommy Bahama, an updated old fashioned, Tiki 

and Paloma drinks and more. 

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nonprofit profile - 

Rise & Nye’s 

Rise & Nye’s in Sarasota promises “Inclusion, 

Jobs and Dignity” for those with disabilities 

while delivering coffee, pastries and ice cream 

sandwiches in a beautiful shop on State Street in 

Sarasota. Check it out then head there soon. 

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season preview, part 2 

You will see lots of arts coverage in this issue: Museum 

of Fine Art in St.Petersburg, The Dali and also in St. 

Petersburg, Sarasota Concert Association, Venice 

Symphony, Artist Series Concerts, our Season Highlights 

and our Out & About calendar of events. Better get reading! 

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departments 

4 editor’s letter 

7 Out & About: listing for things 

to do live and/or online 

9 season preview: Artist Series Concerts 

11 happening this month: The Education 

Center at Temple Beth Israel 

14 you’re news 

15 dining in: holiday cocktails & a mocktail 

16 west coast woman: 

Virginia Shearer, Executive Director, 

the Sarasota Art Museum 

18 season preview: some highlights 

20 season preview: Sarasota 

Concert Association 

21 your health: Craniosacral therapy 

22 season preview: Venice Symphony 

24 holiday gift guide 

on the cover: WCW photo of Virginia Shearer, the Executive Director of the Sarasota Art Museum. Photo by Evelyn England 

26 season preview: 

Lee Miller at The Dali Museum 

29 season preview: 

MFA in St. Pete - quilt exhibit 

30 helping out: ways you can help 

others this holiday season 

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just some 

thoughts 

Louise Bruderle 

Editor and Publisher 

West Coast Woman Virginia Shearer 

Virginia Shearer 

Photo by Evelyn England 

Continuity and the next step - those could be 

the buzzwords for the Sarasota Art Museum, 

as they continue their reopening process, plan 

their exhibit schedule through 2024 and move 

forward with a new Executive Director, 

Virginia Shearer. 

You’ll read in this month’s WCW that Virginia 

is no stranger to Sarasota, or even Florida for 

that matter, as she has an extensive career in 

museums working primarily in education with 

a stint as Education Director at The Ringing. 

Now, she’ll be leading, running and visioning 

a museum for the first time. What’s her vision? Read our interview and 

you’ll find out. 

We need a little holiday magic 

Sarasota Farmer’s Market has a Holiday Night Market on December 21, 

5 - 8 p.m. on Lemon Avenue north of Main Street, extending west onto 

First Street in Sarasota. 

The 

Market 

will be 

transformed 

under the 

sunset and 

evening 

sky, with 

twinkling 

lights and 

holiday 

decor 

throughout. 

Stop by 

to see 

your favorite Market Vendors for last-minute gifts or ingredients and 

delicious eats while listening to amazing live music by popular local 

bluegrass/Americana band, Passerine. 

The Children’s Garden and Art Center will be providing a free kids’ 

craft activity utilizing recycled materials to celebrate the Winter 

Solstice. Additional fun and festive activities, featured non-profits, and 

more are being planned. The weather should be great and you’l enjoy 

a lovely stroll, find some goodies to eat and enjoy over the holiday and 

find locally-made and affordable gifts. 

Call 941-225-9256 or email ciera@sarasotafarmersmarket.org for 

more information. 

A Big Warm Fuzzy 

Rise and Nye’s — the play on words had me curious as did the glowing 

comments from friends who had visited this coffee shop on State Street 

in Sarasota. 

It’s a coffee shop selling all kinds of tasty items - beignets, ice cream 

sandwiches, bagels, and coffee and tea. The uniqueness is that Rise and 

Nye’s is a nonprofit and all proceeds from sales (plus help from foundations) 

fund the shop and program. The program is all about training 

and hiring individuals intellectual or developmental disabilities such 

as autism or Down syndrome. They get real time work experience and a 

paycheck and it boosts their self-esteem. 

There’s a quiet and self-effacing Santa behind this wonderful enterprise. 

But in fact, he looks nothing like the bearded, red-suited, big guy. 

But his heart is as big or bigger and his name is Beaver Shriver. He manages 

Rise and Nye’s which he co-founded with chef Christian Nye. 

“At Rise & Nye’s, we 

provide secure, successful 

jobs which in turn help our 

employees form meaningful 

friendships with their 

peers; live independently; 

improve their public 

speaking, develop self-advocacy 

and communication 

skills; and feel valued 

and included by society. 

We celebrate and honor 

their special abilities.” 

I think we need a story 

like this for the holidays - 

something we can all get 

around, open our hearts to 

and support. 

Seven, count ‘em, seven Arts 

Features in this issue 

Plus add our profile on the Executive Director of the Sarasota Art 

Museum and then add our extensive arts and events calendars and 

you’d think we love the arts here at West Coast Woman — and you’d be 

right! Enjoy reading what’s coming up for the remainder of this year 

and the start of 2022. 

Want to help? 

We’ve got some ways you can help others this holiday season. It’s 

really, easy, too! Check out the agencies we have listed in this issue. 

The requests are modest, but the benefits are great for those who 

receive them: children in foster care, the homebound elderly, homeless 

individuals and more. Contact the agencies if you need more information 

and watch those due deadlines — some are early in December. 

Hopeful 

Beaver Shriver, co-founder of Rise & Nye’s in Sarasota 

The press releases (and ads) are trickling back and here at WCW 

we’re hopeful that we can move out of the difficult times we have all 

experienced for the past 18+ months. Some arts organization canceled 

their seasons two years in row. Many of us haven’t viewed art exhibits, 

seen a show or concert, been in a restaurant (takeout excluded), taken a 

class in person, or sat on a plane. 

Some of us haven’t seen loved ones in person for just as long so our 

busy and growing airport will be the site of many flights running all day 

long. In many places and in many ways, there will no doubt be tears as 

families and friends are reunited once again. 

Happy and Healthy Holiday to you! 

Walk the beach, appreciate the beauty of the earth and the cooler 

weather. Hug loved ones. Donate to charities helping those less 

fortunate, support local businesses, support the arts and please 

stay safe and stay healthy! We’ll se you in 2022. 

Louise Bruderle | Editor and Publisher | 

westcoastwoman@comcast.net 

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. 


nonprofit profile 

Rise & Nye’s in Sarasota 

Inclusion, Jobs and Dignity for those with disabilities 

1. 

4. 

1. Kelley Rouse, 

Nick Nye, Kristi Stadler, 

Beaver Shriver, 

Mercedes Matthews 

2. Coffee barista 

Kelley Rouse. On the wall it 

says “Inclusion, Jobs 

and Dignity” 

3. Nick Dugan mans the 

kitchen and prepares all the 

orders. He recently earned 

his chef coat. 

4. Rise & Nye’s caters 

parties and events - large 

and small 

5. Beaver Shriver, 

co-founder of Rise & Nye’s 

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5. 

2. 

3. 

he soft-spoken man 

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with the bright red shirt 

has a warm smile even as 

his eyes are scanning the 

room inside and out, greeting 

customers and checking on his 

staff. Along the way he calls out 

hello to someone coming in for any 

number of delectables from beignets 

to pastries to handmade ice cream 

sandwiches. But he also checks in 

with those taking orders behind the 

counters or those serving food. 

It’s obvious he cares about the men 

and women who help him run this 

stylish open space on State Street 

in Sarasota. He cares a lot. That’s 

because he’s not just a gentle guy, but 

he wants them to always feel appreciated 

and engaged with their work 

at Rise & Nye’s. “I’ve wanted to do 

a coffee shop for a long time,” Beaver 

Shriver states, adding, “and I wanted 

to give these guys a place.” 

“These guys” are the energetic 

crew at Rise & Nye’s who are 

gainfully employed, but who also 

have intellectual or developmental 

disabilities. The name Shriver 

should tip you off to a family known 

for its compassion and dedication to 

the concerns for those with disabilities, 

but he’d rather tell you instead 

about how amazing his staffers are 

and how the program works. 

Christian Nye is Beaver’s partner 

in Rise & Nye’s. Nye, a trained 

chef with a lengthy resume, is also 

the shop’s Executive Chef and the 

culinary genius behind the amazing 

ice cream sandwiches that are 

sold in the store or at events from a 

bike cart that sits on display outside 

the shop. Everything in the shop is 

made fresh and organic ingredients 

are used wherever possible. 

“It’s heartwarming to see the 

kids come in,” Beaver states as a 

SCAT Plus vehicle stops outside and 

another employee enters the store. 

There simply aren’t a lot of opportunities 

for those with these disabilities. 

“Eighty per cent can’t get jobs,” 

which Beaver calls “horrible and 

embarrassing.” 

Those who found work often 

ended up in menial jobs. Some of the 

employees have suffered bullying in 

school, but at Rise & Nye’s they have 

made friends and their boss always 

gives them a big hug when they 

come in—a nice benefit. 

The staff love it at Rise & Nye’s. 

There’s Kelly who will take your 

order and is also the shop’s barista. 

But she’s also an accomplished 

competitive ballroom dancer. Then 

there’s Nick Dugan who opens the 

kitchen each day and bakes all the 

pastries. He worked his way up at 

Rise & Nye’s and recently earned 

his chef coat. 

The shop pivots from a coffee shop 

up to about 3 p.m. to an ice cream 

shop for the rest of the day. On Saturdays, 

when the Farmer’s Market 

takes place, it’s extra busy since 

right outside on State Street is the 

ever-popular Worden Farm produce 

stand with all those early risers eyeing 

a potential caffeine infusion. 

If you have an event coming up 

and need catering, consider Rise 

’n Nye’s. They’ve done events of all 

sizes, but always at its heart Rise 

& Nye’s “Is a place to be and show 

their abilities.” 

■ STORY & IMAGES: Louise Bruderle 

About Rise & Nye’s 

Location: 1534 State Street, Sarasota 

Call: 941-217-6449 or 

email info@RiseAndNyes.com 

Visit: https://riseandnyes.com/ 

Shop Hours: Tues-Thurs 9AM-9PM; 

Fri-Sat 9AM-10PM; 

Sun, Mon - Closed 

In addition, they cater parties, 

events, fundraisers and more. 

Beaver Shriver is also available for 

speaking engagements. 


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Holiday Fun 

Sarasota Farmer’s Market has a 

Holiday Night Market on December 

21, 5 - 8 p.m. on Lemon Avenue north 

of Main Street, extending west onto 

First Street in Sarasota. 

The Market will be transformed 

under the sunset and evening sky, with 

twinkling lights and holiday decor 

throughout. Stop by to see your favorite 

Market Vendors for last-minute 

gifts or ingredients and delicious eats 

while listening to amazing live music 

by popular local bluegrass/Americana 

band, Passerine. 

The Children’s Garden and Art Center 

will be providing a free kids’ craft activity 

utilizing recycled materials to celebrate 

the Winter Solstice. Additional fun 

and festive activities, featured non-profits, 

and more are being planned. 

Call 941-225-9256 or email ciera@ 

sarasotafarmersmarket.org for more 

information. 

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Suncoast Charities For Children 

has its 35th Annual Holiday Boat 

Parade Of Lights on December 11 at 

Marina Jack starting at 6 p.m. New 

Year’s Eve Fireworks were on December 

31 at Marina Jack at midnight. Info: 

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Reserve your spot for a special free 

holiday tour at the Palmetto Historical 

Park & Manatee County Agricultural 

Museum. Start your guided 

tour in the Palmetto Historical Park’s 

Carnegie Library and learn about the 

history of the Palmetto then continue 

your tour through the park buildings 

and the Manatee County Agricultural 

Museum which highlights the agricultural 

heritage of Manatee County. 

There will be many decorations and 

festive trees on the tour. The address is 

515 10th Ave. West, Palmetto. For more 

information, call 941-721-2034. 

Tours will be held on December 7, 

8, 9, and 10 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m, 1 p.m., 

and 2 p.m.. There will be 6 individual 

slots per tour time and reservations are 

required for each tour participant. To 

make reservations, visit www.palmettohistoricalpark.com. 

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Special Events 

The Library Foundation of 

Sarasota County is celebrating its 10th 

Anniversary with its annual Love Our 

Libraries Author Luncheon. This year’s 

event returns in person on February 

3, 2022, at the Sarasota Municipal 

Auditorium and will celebrate all the 

important ways Sarasota’s local library 

system supports our community. 

The event will feature Emmy 

Award-winning filmmaker, author, 

cultural critic and journalist Dr. Henry 

Louis Gates, Jr. As host of the popular 

PBS series Finding Your Roots, Dr. 

Gates has helped to expand America’s 

sense of itself, stimulating a national 

conversation about identity with humor, 

wisdom and compassion. 

For information or to purchase 

tickets, call 941-404-3139 or visit www. 

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Choral Artists 

Bells and Brass: The holidays will 

ring and resound with spectacular 

brass, organ and handbell arrangements 

of such Christmas classics as 

“Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,” “Joy to 

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Chorus,” and a snazzy 

arrangement by the Canadian 

Brass of “Twelve 

Days of Christmas.” 

Held on December 

19, 5 p.m., at Church of 

the Redeemer, Sarasota. 

Tickets: $35; Students 

$5. Concert Insight is 

December 9, 10 a.m. For 

more information, visit 

www.ChoralArtistsSarasota.org. 

Gardening 

UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County has 

these free classes: 

• Florida-Friendly: Attract 

Wildlife and Keep 

Pests Out. (webinar) 

Free. Part 3: Attracting 

Wildlife and Managing 

Pests Responsibly in 

Your Florida-Friendly 

Landscape. This is the 

third part of a 4-part 

series, where they focus 

on Florida-Friendly 

Landscaping Program 

principles. 

Register for this event 

only at ufsarasotaext. 

eventbrite.com rather 

than any third party 

websites, as they are 

not affiliated with their 

classes and events. 

Instructors Wilma Holley Florida-Friendly 

Landscaping Specialist, 

Sarasota County and Donna Alese- 

Cooke, Residential Horticulture 

Agent, Sarasota County. 

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• Green Living: Tips for a Sustainable 

New Year. (webinar) on January 6. 

Free. Learn ways you can live more 

sustainably that work best for you. 

Be inspired to set a few New Year’s 

resolutions to live more green. This 

class will introduce ideas in the 

categories of energy, water, waste, 

transportation and food, help you 

prioritize what will work best for 

you and connect you with resources 

available in the community to get you 

started. Register early for this event 

at ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com. 

For questions or further information, 

call 941-861-5000 or email sarasota@ 

ifas.ufl.edu. 

At The Van Wezel 

Coming up…(this is a partial list) 

• George Thorogood and The Destroyers 

make their Sarasota debut at the 

Van Wezel on December 7. The “Bad 

To The Bone” band celebrates 45 years 

of rock with their Good to Be Bad Tour. 

• Joe Bonamassa will make his Sarasota 

debut on December 8 at 8 p.m. 

Bonamassa, backed by a stellar band 

of legendary musicians, will perform 

brand new songs alongside careerspanning 

fan favorites. 

• Michael Londra’s Celtic Yuletide has 

been rescheduled from Dec. 1, 2021, 

to March 16, 2023, and will be changing 

from a Christmas show to a St. 

Patrick’s Day show. 

• Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert 

is on January 3 and Renée Fleming 

is on January 5. 

• Reza’s performance on February 

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Elves greeted 

visitors in the 

Post Office in 2020. 

Historic Holiday Tours in Palmetto are back. Reserve your spot 

for a special free holiday tour at the Palmetto Historical Park & 

Manatee County Agricultural Museum. For more information, call 

941-721-2034. 

10, 2022, has been canceled due to 

scheduling conflicts. 

• Dancing with the Stars – LIVE! 2022 

Tour is on February 17, 2022. This 

year’s all-new production will feature 

professional dancers thrilling audiences 

with all of the breathtaking dance 

styles seen on ABC’s hit show Dancing 

with the Stars. 

Tickets can be purchased at www. 

VanWezel.org, by calling the box office 

at 941-263-6799. 

Lots of Fun 

Outdoor Events 

The Palm Avenue First Friday 

Walks 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, 

running 6-9 p.m.. The next ones are 

on December 3 and January 7. Info: 

https://palmave.com/ 

For information, visit https:// 

starmandscircleassoc.com/sol-ofthe-circle/. 

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Start your Saturday with a sunrise 

stretch at The Sarasota Farmers Market. 

They’ve partnered with Pineapple 

Yoga Studio to bring free, weekly Sunrise 

Yoga to downtown Sarasota. 

Participants meet at the Mermaid 

Fountain in Paul Thorpe Park, near the 

Intersection of Pineapple and Lemon 

Avenues. Starting at 7 am, participants 

will enjoy a gentle yoga flow suitable 

for all ages and levels. The weekly 

45-minute yoga practice will focus on 

movements that foster inner and outer 

balance. 

The practice is led by Claudia Baeza, 

a 500 hour Kripalu trained yoga 

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instructor and the 

owner of Pineapple 

Yoga + Cycling Studio, 

located nearby in Burns 

Court. For information, 

call 941-225-9256 or 

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with Mote—Start your 

day off right with a 

guided kayak tour of 

Sarasota Bay. Paddle 

across shallow seagrass 

beds and take in the 

wildlife that depends 

on this ecosystem. Soak 

up some sun as you look 

for dolphins, manatees, 

birds and more. 

Ages: 12 and older; 

any participant under 

the age of 18 must be 

accompanied by a paying 

adult participant. 

Time: 8:30-10 a.m. 

(check-in at 8:15 a.m.) 

for morning paddle. 

Dates: December 1, 

8, 22. 

Full Moon Paddle— 

Take a break from the 

sun and join in for an 

evening paddle as you 

explore Florida’s coastal 

waters at dusk. Discover 

the animals that bring 

Sarasota Bay to life at 

night while taking a relaxing paddle 

on the moonlit water. 

Ages: Adults only, 18 years and older. 

Time: Varies depending on sunset 

and moonrise (check-in is 15 minutes 

prior). Dates: December 17, 18. 

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At Benderson Park: 

• Jingle Bell Run is on December 4. 

This is an Arthritis Foundation event. 

More info at events.arthritis.org. 

• NBP Race Day: Dec. 5. This is a 

friendly scrimmage between participants 

in the NBP Paddling Program. 

It begins at 8 a.m., and includes races 

in kayaks, stand-up paddleboards 

and outrigger canoes. The paddling 

program is known for its dragon boat 

teams — including the NBP Survivors 

In Sync breast-cancer-survivors 

team, the new NBP Veterans team 

and the NBP Dragons community 

teams — but also deploys smaller 

vessels to train. 

• Sarasota Christmas Glow Run 

5K: Dec. 18. Break out your wearable 

lights for this fun run, which begins 

and ends at the finish tower and goes 

down and back on the west shore of 

Cooper Creek Lake. Previous years’ 

runs have included a snow machine 

and a DJ, and a parade of flashing 

lights from the starting chute to the 

finish. More info at https://www. 

runeliteevents.com/sarasota-christmas-glow-run-5k.html. 

• Florida West Coast Half Marathon 

and 5K: Dec. 19. This event brings 

competitors from across the southeast 

for a great road race on a relatively 

flat course that uses the park 

(for the 5K and the half) and nearby 

neighborhoods (for the half). It is 

one of the rare occasions the floating 

wave attenuation system on Cooper 

Creek Lake is used for the final mile 

of the run. More info at https://www. 

westcoasthalf.com/ 

• NBP/Spirit Of America Premier 

Youth Boating Education 

Camp: Dec. 11-12, 19 and 27-30. This 

camp will teach youths ages 9-14 the 

lifelong skills of safe sailing, paddling 

and powerboating, with the ability 

to confidently teach others. Children 

ages 14 and older will be able earn 

their Florida boating license, while all 

children will take the test and may get 

their license when they come of age to 

do so. Conducted in partnership with 

Spirit Of America Foundation (www. 

spiritofamerica95.org), which offers 

a comprehensive program that also 

instills confidence and positive, lifelong 

ambitions, and fosters the spirit 

of teamwork in youths. This camp has 

mandatory classroom time. 

• Dec. 11-12, a mandatory water 

safety class Dec. 19, and a parents 

meeting Dec. 11 or 12 (TBA). The 

Dec. 27-30 dates are on-the-water 

education days in sailboats, paddle 

craft and power craft. The fee is $175, 

but no child will be turned away 

because of an inability to afford the 

experience. REGISTRATION: An 

announcement about registration is 

forthcoming. NOTE: This was listed 

before as an NBP Minicamp, but it is 

a very different sort of camp and curriculum 

from our day camps. 

• Alpha Win Triathlon: Jan. 9. Three 

races — Alpha Sprint, Alpha Olympic 

and Alpha 70.3. More info at https:// 

alpha.win/event/sarasota-fl/ 

• Gator Roundup Regatta (RC sailboats): 

Jan. 21-23 , on the NBP west 

lake (which is along Athletes Drive, 

off Honore Avenue). 

• Big Bill Big 5K: Jan. 29. Benefits the 

Big Bill Foundation, which provides 

scholarships to youths who have 

battled childhood cancer or other 

life-threatening conditions. This is 

the second annual Big 5K, in memory 

of Bill Robinson, the original chairman 

of NBP’s nonprofit who, with his 

son Parks, founded Fit2Run, The Runner’s 

Superstore. More info at https:// 

raceroster.com/events/2022/50111/ 

the-big-bill-foundation-big-5k 

• Bridge A Life Superhero 5K: Feb. 5. 

This is a foster care awareness event. 

Start and finish are near the intersection 

of Athletes Drive and World 

Championship Drive on the park’s 

south end. More info at https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/Sarasota/BridgealifeSuperhero5KandFunRun. 

EcoWalk: Meditation in the Parks 

- Red Bug Slough by UF/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County on December 

14, 9-10 a.m. Free Join in for an exploration 

of finding peace within nature 

along a mostly silent walk. You must 

be registered to attend. 

They will draw upon many traditions 

and cultures for a non-denominational 

approach to connecting with ourselves 

and nature and get healthier along the 

way. Register through ufsarasotaext. 

eventbrite.com. 

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 

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out and about continued 

blood pressure, and decreases sympathetic 

nerve activity (our fight or 

flight response). Research also indicates 

being in nature increases brain 

alpha waves (relaxed awareness), 

improves concentration and problem-solving 

ability, improves self-esteem, 

and has immune system benefits 

that may decrease our risk for 

developing disease. 

No prior experience needed. Wear 

comfortable, loose clothing and bring 

water and a portable chair or blanket to 

sit upon as we will stop to sit along the 

trail. For questions or information, call 

941-861-5000 or email sarasota@ifas. 

ufl.edu. Red Bug Slough Preserve is at 

5200 South Beneva Road, Sarasota. 

On the Lawn: Bay Park Yoga is 

held every Saturday morning 9-10 

a.m. on the lawn outside of the Van 

Wezel. Relax, stretch and enjoy a fulfilling 

yoga session on the Sarasota’s 

scenic bayfront while instructor Erin 

Hurter guides you. Participants should 

bring their own yoga mat. 

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Bayfront Garden Tours Return 

to The Ringling. The John and Mable 

Ringling Museum of Art is again 

offering guided tours of the Bayfront 

Gardens. The tours run through 

March 28, 2022 and are available 

Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, 

beginning at 10:30 a.m. 

This walking tour led by volunteer 

guides will introduce guests to interesting 

botanical specimens on the 

66-acre campus while providing a historic 

overview of the development of 

the estate. The Ringling’s grounds have 

been accredited as a Level II Arboretum 

through ArbNet. The property 

boasts over 2350 trees within the arboretum 

representing native, exotic, historical 

and culturally significant trees. 

The Bayfront Gardens tours last 

approximately 90 minutes and cover 

about 1 mile in distance. Bring 

bottled water, and wear appropriate 

closed-toe footwear, sunblock and 

hats. There will be a maximum of 10 

participants per tour. Tours are subject 

to weather conditions. 

Tickets will be available 30 days 

before each tour. Price: $15 / $10 for 

members. More information and tickets 

are available at: https://www.ringling.org/events/bayfront-garden-tour. 

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Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens 

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is 

one of 12 participating gardens across 

six countries offering “Seeing the Invisible” 

which features works by more 

than a dozen international artists 

such as Ai Weiwei, Refik Anadol, El 

Anatsui, Isaac Julien CBE, Mohammed 

Kazem, Sigalit Landau, Sarah Meyohas, 

Pamela Rosenkranz, and Timur 

Si-Qin—including several artists’ first 

work in AR. 

Visitors will engage with “Seeing 

the Invisible” via an app designed 

for the exhibition downloadable to 

smartphones and tablets. Forging 

new links between botanical gardens 

located in diverse biomes around the 

globe, the exhibition fosters collaboration 

between institutions, artists, 

and audiences, highlighting the power 

of art to connect people around the 

world. “Seeing the Invisible” runs to 

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August 31, 2022 

at the Historic 

Spanish Point 

campus. 

• Tickets for 

the 18th annual 

Lights in 

Bloom: An Openair 

Holiday Light 

Show are on sale. 

Throughout Selby 

Gardens’ Downtown 

Sarasota 

campus, you’ll 

be immersed in 

the glow of more 

than two million 

lights, all in a 

safe outdoor Gardens-wide 

experience. 

Activities 

will include face 

painting, balloon artistry, and photo 

opportunities. 

Advance ticket purchase strongly encouraged. 

Information: www.selby.org. 

ensembleNewSRQ 

ensembleNewSRQ (enSRQ), the 

innovative chamber music ensemble, 

is celebrating its sixth season with a 

return to live performances. Violinist 

Samantha Bennett and percussionist 

George Nickson, the group’s founders 

and co-artistic directors, have chosen 

a dynamic selection of innovative, bold 

works by contemporary composers. 

Next up: A co-commission with 

Atlanta’s ensemble vim and enSRQ, 

New Renaissance Artist Elizabeth A. 

Baker’s evening-length work “VOID” 

combines the power of visual projection, 

electronic processing and acoustic 

performance in an unforgettable 

experience. Baker is celebrated for her 

“terrifying dynamic range,” cleanliness 

of sound, and unique sensitivity 

and ability to sculpt her performance 

for the acoustics of a space. 

Takes place on January 31, 8 p.m., 

at First Congregational Church, 1031 

S. Euclid Ave., Sarasota. More information 

and tickets at www.ensrq.org. 

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At Selby Library 

December 9—“Rome: Sculptures 

& Architecture of Bernini & Barromini”, 

11 am-12:30pm. Photos of squares, 

sculptures, and churches designed by 

Bernini & Barromini. Presented by Dr. 

Roseanne Martorella. Free 

Selby Library, 1331 First St., 

Sarasota. (941) 861-1100. 

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National Juniors 

Left-handed 

Championship 

First Tee - Sarasota/Manatee 

(FTSM) — an organization founded in 

2000 with the primary goal of impacting 

the lives of young people by providing 

educational programs that build 

character, instill life-enhancing values 

and promote healthy choices through 

the game of golf – announces it will 

team with the National Association of 

Left-handed Golfers to play host to their 

inaugural National Juniors Left-handed 

Championship, December 27-29. 

The National Association of 

Left-handed Golfers (NALG) was established 

in 1936 with their inaugural 

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National Left-handed Championship 

held at Norwood Hills Country Club 

in St. Louis, Missouri. One hundred 

and forty-seven players from 24 states 

participated. Quite a feat during the 

midst of the Great Depression. 

The inaugural National Juniors 

Left-handed Championship is at 

Palm-Aire Country Club in Sarasota. 

The Championship is open to Boys and 

Girls, ages 10-18, and will be played in 

age divisions. Registration for the Junior 

Left-handed Championship can 

be found at www.NALG.org. 

Art Exhibits 

Sarasota Art Museum has David 

Budd: Motion Within Stillness running 

to March 20, 2022 in the 3rd Floor 

Galleries. After painting for only six 

years, David Budd (1927-1991, Florida) 

dove into the New York art scene in the 

1950s immersing himself in Abstract 

Expressionism and working alongside 

iconic names of the movement, such 

as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning,and 

Franz Kline. His paintings, like 

others of the time, relied on the bodily 

relationship between the artist and 

canvas—each stroke and mark of the 

artist encapsulated in viscous gestures 

of paint and spontaneity; although, this 

is not to say that Budd painted hastily— 

each mark was placed with intention to 

animate the canvas’s surface. 

Budd’s work is entirely his own, 

signature for its short, vibrant rhythms 

of paint across the surface. To achieve 

this effect, Budd abandoned the paint 

brush, thickly applying the medium 

directly to the canvas in controlled 

motions with a palette knife. Budd continued 

to paint in this manner until he 

departed for Paris, only to revive it once 

back in New York in 1968. Shortly after 

his return, Budd painted his most significant 

and celebrated works, which 

reference his early favor for the palette-knife 

approach, but demonstrate a 

newly cultivated interest in landscape 

and interplay of color and line. 

Sarasota Art Museum is located at 

1001 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 

www.SarasotaArtMuseum.org. 

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Island Gallery West has “Good 

Things Come in Small Packages,” an 

exhibit featuring a variety of holiday 

creations from member artists of 

Island Gallery West. Runs December 

1-31. In addition to the collection of 

members’ small works, there will be 

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a display of 

ornaments, 

hand-crafted 

by our 

artists, 

for sale 

throughout 

the gallery. 

There are 

two receptions 

in the 

gallery. The 

first will be 

on the night 

of the Anna 

Maria Island 

Chamber of 

Commerce 

Tree Lighting 

Ceremony 

& Holiday 

Walkabout, 

on December 

3. Local merchants will open their 

doors for an opportunity to browse. 

The gallery will be open from 5:30- 

7:30 pm. 

Then join us in the holiday spirit 

the following week, when the Holmes 

Beach Holiday Art Walk takes place 

on Friday evening, December 10. The 

gallery will be open from 5:30-7:30 

pm. Stop by for light refreshments 

and beverages while shopping for 

gifts made by your local artists. Location: 

5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. 

Info: (941) 778-6648. www.islandgallerywest.com. 

FST Improv has Treble in Paradise - Every Saturday from December 4-18 in FST’s 

Bowne’s Lab and Resolution Rewind - Thursday, December 30 and Friday, December 

31 in FST’s Bowne’s Lab. Tickets: FloridaStudioTheatre.org or call (941) 366-9000. 

For December, Artists Guild of 

Anna Maria Island’s gallery has 

AGAMI member crafted Christmas 

ornaments. They’re at 5414 Marina 

Drive, Holmes Beach. View local 

artists on display which includes watercolor, 

oil paintings, photographs, 

stained glass, acrylic painting, jewelry, 

prints, posters, cards depicting 

artwork, mosaics, sculpture, and 

more. https://www.amiartistsguildgaller 

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Art Uptown Gallery has has Donna 

Carrion, local jewelry artist, exhibiting 

“Transition” through December. 

Experience Carrion’s ever-evolving 

silver hand-forged and fabricated 

art jewelry. A public reception is on 

First Friday, Dec. 3 from 6-9 p.m. 

Art Uptown is at 1367 Main Street 

in Sarasota. Call 941-966-5409 or 

visit www.artuptown.com. 

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ArtCenter Manatee has local artist 

James Griffin, an accomplished 

painter who works primarily in oils. 

His paintings are noted for their vivid 

colors and broad, expressive brushstrokes. 

Griffin’s exhibit, The Road to 

Home, the Annual Holiday Extravaganza, 

and an open show, Small 

But Mighty are on display through 

December 28. 

Location: 209 9th St W, Bradenton. 

Info: 941-746-2862 or ArtCenter 

Manatee.org. 

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Art Center Sarasota’s 2021 exhibition 

season continues with four exhibits 

running December 9-January 

15. “Bassmi Ibrahim: A Meditative 

Experience” features paintings invoking 

the etheric realm in graceful, 

abstract expressions that reveal the 

fluid dynamism of life. 

The “Untitled Cup Shop” offers up 

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a vibrant selection of handcrafted 

ceramic cups, mugs, goblets, and 

other drinkware created by local 

artisans. “George Pappas: Selected 

Works” features a selection of 

mixed-media, abstract paintings by 

the late—and beloved—artist and 

educator. “Modes of Abstraction” 

is a juried exhibition of abstract 

work in all media. The juror is artist, 

art educator, graphic designer, and 

illustrator Julie Kanapaux. The 

opening reception for all four exhibits 

is December 9, 6-8 p.m. 

Art Center Sarasota, 707 N. 

Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For 

information, visit www.artsarasota. 

org or call 941-365-2032. 

SPAACES has “Compose, Recompose, 

Decompose: Forming 

Social Constructs,” A Three Person 

Exhibit with Kate Hendrickson, Mary 

Grandpre and Kathy Wright. Opening 

reception: December 3, 6-8 p.m. Runs 

December 4-11. By appointment only. 

SPAACES is located at 2087 Princeton 

St. Sarasota. Info: 941-374-3492. 

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The Harmony Gallery features 

local artists showcasing their work 

in solo exhibitions throughout the 

Orchestra’s season. These juried exhibitions 

feature artists with mediums 

ranging from painting and mixed media 

to photography. Twenty-five percent 

of all proceeds from the sale of the 

artwork benefit Sarasota Orchestra. 

The exhibits invite patrons to explore 

the collaboration between the visual 

and performing arts. 

The next artist is Lori Childers and 

her exhibition is titled: New Paintings 

2020-2021. Lori is interested in 

the area between abstract and 

representative art. Her work has 

some recognizable elements like 

a bridge, a figure, a landscape and 

some natural perspective, but also 

uses abstract elements to create a 

moment that takes the viewer into a 

new imaginative space. She finds the 

landscapes around the state of Florida 

endlessly inspiring. 

Exhibit dates: December 1-January 

31. Public reception: December 

5-6:30 p.m. The Harmony Gallery is 

located in the atrium of the Beatrice 

Friedman Symphony Center at 709 

North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 

The exhibitions are free and open 

to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, as 

well as during concerts and other 

special events that take place in the 

Symphony Center’s Holley Hall. 

For more information, visit https:// 

www.sarasotaorchestra.org/about/ 

community/harmony-gallery. 

Artist Series 

Concerts of Sarasota 

On Sunday, December 5, 7 p.m. 

at the Sarasota Opera House, they’ll 

have A Classic Christmas with Frisson: 

The word frisson means “a shiver 

or thrill” or “a sudden burst of excitement,” 

making it an apt name for 

this dynamic eight-member ensemble 

comprised of the best and brightest 

of classical music’s rising stars. 

The holiday program features such 

classical and classic holiday favorites 

as Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, O 

Come All Ye Faithful, Tchaikovsky’s 

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Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota’s 

26 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON 

Celebrating ‘Stars on the Rise: Building on our Legacy’ 

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 

returns to a full concert schedule 

featuring a variety of musical 

experiences from emerging and 

established classical, jazz and pops artists. 

The season, which runs now through May 

2022, offers 23 performances at eight venues 

throughout Sarasota and Venice. 

The programs include classical recitals, 

pops, jazz, chamber soirées, and luncheon 

and dinner concerts. This season the organization 

has also returned to offering series 

subscriptions for its performances at Temple 

Sinai and for its luncheon, dinner and soirée 

series concerts. 

“There is so much to be thrilled about this 

season,” says Marcy Miller, executive director 

of Artist Series Concerts. “In addition to 

resuming a full schedule of live, indoor performances 

by outstanding artists, we’re adding 

some exciting new venues and are also 

returning to three old favorites, the Fischer-Weisenborne 

residence, the Sarasota 

Opera House and the Historic Asolo Theater. 

We’re delighted to be collaborating as well 

with State College of Florida in their first-ever 

piano festival, ‘Pianopalooza.’” 

For recently retired director of artist programs 

Joseph Holt, the upcoming season is 

an exciting and also a moving one. “That my 

final season with Artist Series Concerts is 

also the one that ushers out the hardships 

of COVID-19 is poignant, but also very satisfying,” 

says Holt, who departed at the end of 

June 2021. “The ‘silver lining’ is that we are 

now finally able to bring to the stage many of 

the amazing young artists we were so eager 

to present in the last two seasons.” 

The organization’s new classical “Temple 

Sinai Series” at the spacious and acoustically 

excellent temple space, features performances 

by a coterie of rising young stars 

from Young Concert Artists and Concert 

Artists Guild as well as a past Artist Series 

Concerts competition winner. 

The trademark “Soirée Series” returns to 

the music room of the one-of-a-kind Fischer-Weisenborne 

residence April 17 and 18, 

artists to be announced. 

The “Luncheon Series” moves to the Bird 

Key Yacht Club and three more concerts featuring 

Young Concert Artists’ classical accordionist 

Hanzhi Wang (January 27); Emerging 

Stars of Sarasota, showcasing the talents of 

young artists from the Sarasota Youth Orchestra 

(February 24); and violinist Max Tan, 

a past Artist Series Concerts competition 

winner, with pianist Joseph Holt (April 7). 

The “Venice Dinner Series” at Plantation 

Golf & Country Club returns with the Rick 

Costa Jazz Quartet (February 9); BoyGirl- 

BoyGirl, “Milwaukee’s Manhattan Transfer” 

(March 23); and soprano Kendra Colton with 

pianist Kayo Iwama. Colton has the distinction 

of appearing in the inaugural season for 

the Artist Series in 1997 (April 20). 

Artist Series Concerts will take part in 

State College of Florida’s “Pianopalooza” piano 

festival running April 30 – May 8. Artist Series 

Concerts’ lineup for the festival includes 

Antonio Chen Guang, winner of the first Olga 

Kern International Piano Competition (April 

30); the return of Artist Series Concerts Piano 

Competition winner Lin Ye, performing 

with five principal string players from the 

Sarasota Orchestra (May 4); former Artist 

Series Concerts competition winner and 

performer Priscilla Navarro and her ensemble; 

and Vieness Piano Duo, the captivating 

young husband and wife team who play pia- 

no four-hands and two-piano works (May 8). 

Other concerts include a holiday concert 

with Frisson, the eleven-piece ensemble 

comprised of classical music’s rising stars 

(December 5); Japanese piano virtuoso Harumi 

Hanafusa, performing a solo recital followed 

by a second, duo piano performance 

with her sister Mami Hanafusa (January 

8 and 9); and 2 Hot 2 Tango, with the bandoneón-piano 

duo of Ben Bogart and Winnie 

Cheung. Joining them on stage will be world 

champion tango dancer Fernanda Ghi and 

her partner Silvio Grand (May 22). 

And retired from his role as director of 

artist programs, Joseph Holt has plans to 

stick around, to help his successor Daniel 

Jordan and to also continue performing as a 

pianist for Artist Series Concerts. “We have 

an excellent successor in Daniel Jordan and 

it has been a pleasure to ‘pass the baton,’ to 

him. Meanwhile, I look forward to continuing 

to play piano and make music for and with 

Artist Series Concerts.” 

COVID-19 update: Artist Series Concerts’ 

top priority remains the health and safety of 

its patrons, performers and staff. Safety requirements 

will be adjusted to fit each event 

throughout the season and will be posted 

online as soon as they are available. Updates 

and the full updated COVID-19 statement can 

be seen at www.ArtistSeriesConcerts.org. 

Information and tickets: www.ArtistSeries 

Concerts.org or call (941) 306-1202, M-F, 10-4. 

■ Schedule ■ 

■ Sunday, December 5, 7 pm at the 

Sarasota Opera House—A Classic Christmas 

with Frisson: Program features classical 

and classic holiday favorites such as 

selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker 

Suite, Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the 

Sinfonia from J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, 

traditional carols including Hark the Herald 

Angels Sing and O Come all Ye Faithful, and 

a Charlie Brown Christmas encore. 

■ Saturday, January 8, 2022, It’s Harumi 

Hanafusa at 7 pm on Jan. 8 and the Hanafusa 

Sisters piano duo at 3 pm on Jan. 9. 

Japanese pianist Harumi Hanafusa has been 

a major star of Japan’s classical music scene 

for more than 40 years. She also performs 

with her sister Mami Hanafusa as the Hanafusa 

Sisters Piano Duo. 

■ Thursday, January 20, 2022, 5 pm at Selby 

Gardens Downtown Sarasota Campus. 

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (vocalists 

Laurelyn Waton Chase, David Macaluso 

and Cameron Smith with pianist Joseph Holt) 

will fill Selby Gardens with the sounds of 

timeless Gilbert & Sullivan classics. 

■ Sunday, January 23, 2022, 4 pm at Temple 

Sinai. Merz Trio (Brigid Coleridge, violin; 

Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano) with Jordan 

Bak, viola: Formed in 2017 and praised for 

their ‘fresh and surprising interpretations.’ 

■ Thursday, January 27, 2022; 11 am performance 

with 12:15 pm luncheon at Bird 

Key Yacht Club. Hanzhi Wang, accordion: 

From Young Concert Artists comes accordion 

virtuoso Hanzhi Wang. This young musician 

is the only accordionist in 60 years to win a 

place on the Young Concert Artists roster. 

■ Sunday, February 6, 2022, 4 pm at Temple 

Sinai. Anthony Trionfo, flute with Albert 

Cano Smit, piano: Praised as a ‘musician of 

prodigious talent and scintillating personality,’ 

flutist Anthony Trionfo is fast gaining a 

reputation for He is joined by another 

Young Concert Artists star on 

the rise, Spanish/Dutch pianist 

Albert Cano Smit, winner of the 

2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano 

Competition and the 2019 

Young Concert Artists International 

Auditions. 

■ Wednesday, February 9, 

2022 - 6 pm dinner followed 

by the performance at Plantation 

Golf & Country Club. 

Rick Costa Jazz Quartet 

with Zach Bartholomew, 

piano; Brandon Robertson, 

bass; Rick Costa, 

percussion; emerging guest 

artist (TBA): Fine dining and 

swinging jazz performed by a quartet 

of top-flight jazz musicians assembled 

by noted area percussionist Rick Costa. 

■ Thursday, February 17, 2022, 5 pm 

at Selby Botanical Gardens Downtown 

Sarasota Campus. Luca 

Stine Jazz Ensemble (Luca 

Stine, trumpet; other musicians 

to be announced): Selby Gardens 

will be swinging with the sounds of twotime 

Suncoast Music Scholarship winner 

Luca Stine and his ensemble. 

■ Sunday, February 20, 2022, 4 pm at 

Temple Sinai. NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago 

(Brian Hong, violin and co-artistic director; 

Maria Ioudenitch, violin; Alexander 

Hersh, cello and co-artistic director): NEX- 

US Chamber Music Chicago was co-founded 

by cellist and former Artist Series Concerts 

competition winner Alexander Hersh, and 

violinist Brian Hong. Joining them is upand-coming 

violinist Maria Ioudenitch. Their 

repertoire features string trios by Sibelius, 

Kurtag, Dohnányi, and Beethoven. 

■ Thursday, February 24, 2022 with11 

am performance and 12:15 pm luncheon 

at Bird Key Yacht Club. Emerging Stars 

of Sarasota (musicians TBA): A concert 

showcasing the talents of some of the area’s 

finest young musicians, all participants in the 

Sarasota Youth Orchestra programs. 

■ Sunday, February 20, 2022, 4 pm at 

Temple Sinai. Quartet Amabile (Yuna 

Shinohara and Chihiro Kitada, violins; 

Meguna Naka, viola; Tatsuki Sasanuma, 

cello): First prize winners at the Young Concert 

Artists 2019 International Auditions, their 

program features celebrated quartets by 

Mozart and Mendelssohn plus the Sarasota 

premiere of a new work by contemporary 

Japanese composer Dai Fujikura. 

■ Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 6 pm dinner 

followed by the performance at Plantation 

Golf & Country Club. BoyGirlBoyGirl 

(vocalists Don Lobacz, Tommy Lueck, 

Laura Monagle, and Michaela Ristaino; 

with Joseph Holt, piano): The foursome 

performs a variety of tunes, from the greatest 

hits of the Rat Pack to the tender and tight 

harmonies of old-time radio. 

■ Sunday, March 27, 2022, 4 pm at Temple 

Sinai. Steven Banks, classical saxophone; 

pianist TBA: Recognized for his ‘glowing 

mahogany tone’ and ‘breathtaking performances,’ 

and the first saxophonist in 60 years 

to earn a place on the Young Concert Artists 

roster, musician, composer and educator Steven 

Banks will perform sonatas by Brahms 

and Creston plus an original work of his own. 

■ Thursday, April 7, 2022 11 

am performance; 12:15 pm 

luncheon at Bird Key Yacht 

Club. Max Tan, violin with 

Joseph Holt, piano: Taiwanese-American 

violinist Max Tan 

is a past winner at Artist Series Concerts National 

String Competition, an alumnus of the 

Perlman Music Program and a member of the 

Sarasota Orchestra. Tan has been featured 

on WNYC/WQXR and Belgian radio Musiq3. 

■ Wednesday, April 20, 2022; 6 pm dinner 

followed by the performance at Plantation 

Golf & Country Club. Kendra Colton, soprano 

with Kayo Iwama, piano: A versatile 

singer who performs repertoire from Baroque 

opera and oratorio to contemporary music, 

Colton’s program will feature English and 

American Art Song from the 20th Century. 

■ Saturday, April 30, 2022, 7 pm at State 

College of Florida. Antonio Chen Guang, 

piano: Winner of the first Olga Kern International 

Piano Competition, the Scriabin Prize 

and the Rome Prize amongst numerous other 

international awards, pianist Antonio Chen 

Guang combines extraordinary technique, a 

precociously mature musical sensibility and 

exceptional onstage charisma. Chen Guang 

is the first of three Artist Series Concerts 

season artists to take part in State College of 

Florida’s “Pianopalooza!” – their piano festival 

running April 30 - May 8. 

■ Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 4 pm at 

Sarasota Opera House. Lin Ye, piano with 

Daniel Jordan and Samantha Bennett, violin; 

Rachel Halvorson, viola; Natalie Helm, 

cello; John Miller, double bass: Artist Series 

Concerts welcomes the return of pianist Lin 

Ye, a former winner of the organization’s 2017 

National Piano Competition. Ye performs piano 

concerti by Bach, Mozart and Chopin with 

principal string players from the Sarasota 

Orchestra. Ye’s performance is part of State 

College of Florida’s Pianopalooza festival on 

April 30 – May 8. 

■ Saturday, May 7, 2022, 3 pm at State 

College of Florida. Priscilla Navarro, piano 

(other artists to be announced): A former 

Artist Series Concerts competition winner 

and performer, Peruvian pianist Priscilla Navarro 

has since won numerous awards in international 

competitions and has performed 

in major halls in the United States, Europe, 

South America, and China. 

■ Sunday, May 8, 2022, 3 pm at State College 

of Florida. Vieness Piano Duo (Eva 

Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh): Each a 

prizewinning young artist in their own right, 

as the Vieness duo, Eva Schaumkell and Vijay 

Venkatesh have enthralled audiences around 

the world with their electric and captivating 

performances covering a wide range of repertoire. 

German pianist Eva Schaumkell has performed 

in the United States, the Middle East, 

and throughout Europe. This performance is 

part of State College of Florida’s Pianopalooza 

festival, taking place April 30 – May 8. 

■ Sunday, May 22, 2022, 3 pm at Historic 

Asolo Theater. 2 Hot 2 Tango with Ben 

Bogart, bandoneón and Winnie Cheung, 

piano, and featuring world-renowned tango 

dancers Fernanda Ghi and Silvio Grand: 

Distilling the raw energy of a full tango orchestra 

into intimate duo arrangements, the 

bandoneón-piano duo of Ben & Winnie takes 

audiences on a journey through the history 

and musical treasures of Argentina’s greatest 

tango composers. Sharing the stage with 

them are World Tango Champion and Tony 

Award winner Fernanda Ghi and her partner 

Silvio Grand. 

■ Venues ■ 

■ Historic Asolo Theater, 

5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota 

■ State College of Florida Studio 

for the Performing Arts, 

5840 26th Street W, Bradenton 

■ Sarasota Opera House, 

61a N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota 

■ Plantation Golf & Country Club, 

500 Rockley Boulevard, Venice 

■ Temple Sinai, 

4631 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota 

For more information, visit 

www.ArtistSeriesConcerts.org. 



Nutcracker Suite, Corelli’s Christmas 

Concerto, and more. 

In January they have Harmumi 

Hanafusa, piano (January 9); The 

Hanafusa Sisters Piano Duo (January 

10): Japanese pianist Harumi Hanafusa 

has been a major star of Japan’s 

classical music scene for more than 40 

years. She also performs with her sister 

Mami Hanafusa as the Hanafusa Sisters 

Piano Duo. 

In a pianistic ‘double header,’ Harumi 

Hanafusa plays a solo recital on Saturday 

evening, followed by a duo piano 

performance with her sister Mami on 

Sunday afternoon. Saturday, January 

8, 2022, 7 pm (Harumi Hanafusa) 

Sunday, January 9, 2022, 3 pm (The 

Hanafusa Sisters Piano Duo). Held at 

Historic Asolo Theater. 

For more information, visit www. 

ArtistSeriesConcerts.org. 

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Venice Symphony has “A Holly 

Jolly Holiday” on December 17-18. 

A time-honored tradition with a twist 

featuring classic carols and Chanukah 

music, beloved standards Sleigh 

Ride and White Christmas, music 

from The Nutcracker and holiday film 

favorites. Sarasota’s Key Chorale, the 

area’s premier symphonic chorus, is 

scheduled to return to our stage for 

Handel’s majestic “Hallelujah Chorus” 

and a traditional sing-a-long. 

Under the Big Top: A Tribute to 

the Circus is on January 14-15, 2022. 

Celebrate our community’s ties to 

the circus with this concert accompanied 

by video and images from the 

Ringling Circus Museum. Selections 

include the Overture from Gypsy, 

music from The Lion King and Swan 

Lake, The Can-Can and much more. 

Guest soloist Coya Bailey Jones will 

perform “Never Enough” from The 

Greatest Showman. 

Location: Venice Performing Arts 

Center, 1 Indian Ave, Venice. Tickets: 

https://www.thevenicesymphony.org/ 

Events at 

Bookstore1 Sarasota 

Virtual Book Clubs: 

• December 7 at 11 a.m. The Mysteries 

to Die For Book Club led 

by Elsie Souza. This month we are 

discussing State of Terror by Hillary 

Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny. 

State of Terror is a unique and utterly 

compelling international thriller 

cowritten by Hillary Rodham Clinton 

and author Louise Penny. 

A fee of $37 is required for participation. 

This includes a copy 

of State of Terror to be picked up at 

Bookstore1 and the Zoom book club 

meeting. Ticket purchase required 

for Zoom link. 

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• December 8 at 2 p.m. The Poetry 

Zoom Book Club led by Doug 

Knowlton. The Poetry Book Club is 

discussing works of local published 

poets. This month’s selection is S. 

M. Kozubek’s On the Water: Haiku, 

Tanka and Haibun. Over 60 new 

short-verse poems on nature and the 

human condition based on traditional 

forms in China and Japan before 

the year 1000. 

S. M. Kozubek has published over 

150 haiku, tanka, and haibun in 

many anthologies and was awarded 

second prize in the International 

Section of the 

2018 Mainichi 

(Japan) Haiku 

Contest. A 

fee of $13 is 

required for 

participation. 

This includes 

a copy of On 

the Water to be 

picked up at 

Bookstore1 and 

the Zoom book 

club meeting. 

Ticket purchase 

required for 

Zoom link. 

More event info 

at https://www. 

sarasotabooks. 

com/bookclubs 

or 941- 

365-7900. 

Key Chorale 

A Holly Jolly Holiday will be offered 

at Venice Performing Arts Center, 

1 Indian Ave., Building 5, Venice. 

Key Chorale joins Music Director Troy 

Quinn and The Venice Symphony for 

“A Holly Jolly Holiday.” Classic carols 

such as O Come All Ye Faithful and O 

Holy Night, beloved standards Sleigh 

Ride and White Christmas, and music 

from The Nutcracker are just a few of 

the highlights on December 17, 3:30- 

5p.m. and December 18 @ 7:30- 9 

p.m. https://keychorale.org/. 

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Sarasota Orchestra 

Sarasota Orchestra continues 

outdoor concert series, “On the Road 

with SO: Parks and Partners.” Small 

ensembles will perform free concerts 

outdoors at local parks inSarasota and 

Manatee counties. 

Capacity at the outdoor venues is 

limited. Admission is free at all locations, 

but attendees are required 

to register for each performance to 

reserve a space. Registration will 

open one month prior to each concert. 

Registration links and additional information 

about the Parks & Partners 

series, venues, and parking are available 

at https://www.sarasotaorchestra.org/concerts/parks-and-partners. 

This is a partial list. 

Concert Schedule: 

• Sarasota Brass Quintet on Sunday, 

December 19 at 2:30 pm at Nathan 

Benderson Park Pavilion 

• Sarasota Wind Quintet – Children’s 

Performance on Sunday, January 23, 

2022 at 2:30 pm at Nathan Benderson 

in the Park Playground 


January 30, 2022 at 2:30 pm at The 

Bay Park’s Civic Green, north of the 

Sarasota Municipal Auditorium 

For further information, visit www. 

SarasotaOrchestra.org 

Masterworks: 

• American Voices – December 10, 

11, 12 with Teddy Abrams, conductor 

and Conrad Tao, piano. Program 

includes: Teddy Abrams – Overture 

in Sonata Form; Beethoven – Piano 

Concerto No. 1; Ellen Reid – Petrichor 

Copland – Appalachian Spring (full 

orchestra version). 

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Discovery Series: 

• Winter Dreams on December 22 

Sameer Patel, conductor with Geneva 

At Boca Raton Museum: Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru on view 

through March 6, 2022. https://bocamuseum.org/ 

Lewis, violin performing Debussy – Petite 

Suite; Respighi – “Adoration of the 

Magi” from Trittico Botticelliano; Massenet 

– “Méditation” from Thaïs; Vivaldi 

– Winter from The Four Seasons and 

Mozart – Symphony No. 31 (Paris) 

The Great Escapes 2: 

• Holiday Lights is on December 1-5 

at Holley Hall with William Waldrop, 

conductor. Take time to savor the holidays 

as Broadway conductor William 

Waldrop serves a program of seasonal 

favorites, including “Feliz Navidad,” 

Festive Sounds of Hanukkah, and 

Christmas at the Movies. 

Chamber Soirée: 

• Sarasota String Quartet is on December 

19. Program includes “The 

Gods of Greece” by Friedrich Schiller; 

Mozart – String Quartet No. 14, K. 387; 

Caroline Shaw – Plan & Elevation; 

Schubert – String Quartet No. 13 in A 

minor (Rosamunde); Mendelssohn 

Octet | January 23; “The Beautiful 

Night” by Johann Wolfgang von 

Goethe; Schubert – Nocturne (for trio) 

and Mendelssohn – Octet. 

Tickets: www.SarasotaOrchestra.org 

At The Ringling 

Prints, Ceramics, and Glass from 

Japan runs to January 16, 2022. Located 

in the Pavilion Gallery, Ting 

Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for 

Asian Art, this double-bill exhibition 

features modern and contemporary 

works on paper, glass, and ceramic 

sculpture from The Ringling and private 

collections. 

Since the first piece of clay was 

baked in a fire over 12,000 years ago, 

pottery has become one of the pinnacles 

of Japan’s artistic achievements. 

Over its long history, Japanese pottery 

has drawn stylistic and technical 

know-how from its neighbors, especially 

China and Korea. The artists 

represented here, working between 

the mid-20th century and the present, 

demonstrate different approaches to 

the legacy of the past and the ever-expanding 

possibilities of this medium. 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 

Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. 

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Theatre 

Asolo Rep has HAIR, November 

20–January 1, 2022. HAIR is a joyous 

rebellion proudly reclaims love as the 

heart of what it means to be American. 

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Packed with 

music that 

is beautiful, 

irreverent and 

deeply evocative, 

the quirky, 

all inclusive 

vibe doesn’t 

shy away from 

poignant social 

commentary. 

This iconic musical 

and Grammy 

Award winning 

score, get 

an exuberant 

and resonant 

retelling in the 

hands of Broadway 

and Asolo 

Rep favorite, 

Josh Rhodes. 

Numbers 

include “The 

Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In),” 

“Aquarius,” “Good Morning Starshine” 

and “Hair.” Tickets: asolorep.org or call 

the Box Office at 941-351-8000. 

At Urbanite Theatre: At The Wake 

Of A Dead Drag Queen by Terry Guest 

runs to December 5. In rural Georgia, 

drag star Courtney Berringers (given 

name: Anthony Knighton) would like 

to welcome you to her wake. She has 

recently died from complications due 

to AIDS, you see. But make no mistake, 

this isn’t your grandma’s funeral. There 

will be no black frocks, no perfumed 

flowers, and definitely no crying. 

Location: 1487 2nd Street, Sarasota. 

Tickets: (941) 321-1397 or visit https:// 

www.urbanitetheatre.com/season. 

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At Florida Studio Theatre: 

• Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story begins 

November 3. Experience the true 

story of Buddy Holly’s meteoric rise to 

fame, from “That’ll Be the Day” hitting 

the airwaves in 1957 to “The Day The 

Music Died” two years later. With over 

20 of Holly’s greatest hits brought to 

life by performers playing their own 

instruments, Buddy celebrates the 

legend who changed the face of Rock 

& Roll forever. Featuring Holly’s “Peggy 

Sue,” “Everyday,” and “Oh Boy,” 

plus Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and 

The Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace.” 

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• America in One Room By Jason Odell 

Williams begins December 8. When 

eight strangers receive an invitation 

to the America in One Room convention, 

nobody knows what will happen. 

However, as each attendee files into 

the aptly-titled Liberty Room, their 

insecurities, strengths, and beliefs are 

soon on full display. As everyone is 

convinced they are right – sparks fly, 

tempers flare, and humor abounds. 

Can these eight people find a way to 

bridge the divide? 

• FST Improv has these performances: 

• Treble in Paradise - Every Saturday 

from December 4-18 in FST’s 

Bowne’s Lab. 

• Resolution Rewind - Thursday, December 

30 and Friday, December 31 

in FST’s Bowne’s Lab 

Tickets on sale at FloridaStudioTheatre.org 

or by calling the Box Office at 

(941) 366-9000. 

At Venice Theatre: 

• Assisted Living the Musical runs to 

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December 19. The comedy team of 

Compton and Bennett are off their 

walkers again in this hysterical sequel 

to the runaway hit about the nursing 

home and beyond. Christmas, 

Hanukkah, and retirement will never 

be the same. 

Tickets: https://venicetheatre.org/ 

Located at 140 Tampa Ave., Venice. 

Manatee Performing Arts Center 

has Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 

Cinderella opening on December 2. 

Cinderella is the timeless enchantment 

of a magical fairy tale is reborn with 

the hallmarks of originality, charm and 

elegance. Originally presented on television 

in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, 

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella 

was the most widely viewed program 

in the history of the medium. Its recreation 

in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren 

was no less successful in transporting 

a new generation to the miraculous 

kingdom of dreams-come-true, and so 

was a second remake in 1997, which 

starred Brandy as Cinderella and Whitney 

Houston as her Fairy Godmother. 

Manatee Performing Arts Center, 

502 Third Avenue West, Bradenton. 

Ticket/Box Office: 941-748-5875. 

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The Players Centre for Performing 

Arts has The Marvelous Wonderettes 

running Dec. 8-11, 14-18 at 7:30pm 

and Dec. 12, 18-19 at 2pm. 

This smash Off-Broadway hit takes 

you to the 1958 Springfield High School 

prom, where we meet Betty Jean, Cindy 

Lou, Missy and Suzy: four girls with 

hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline 

skirts! As we learn about their lives 

and loves, the girls serenade us with 

classic ‘50s hits including “Lollipop,” 

“Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” and 

“Lipstick on Your Collar.” In Act II, the 

Wonderettes reunite to take the stage 

and perform at their ten-year reunion. 

www.theplayers.org. 

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The Circus 

Sailor Circus presents LET IT 

SNOW on Sunday, Dec 26 - Thursday, 

Dec 30; Time: Sunday 1 & 6 pm; 

Monday – Thursday 7 pm at Sailor 

Circus Arena, 2075 Bahia Vista St., 

Sarasota. America’s longest running 

youth circus presents amazingly talented 

student performers in this highly 

anticipated annual holiday show. 

https://circusarts.org/programs/sailor-circus-academy/ 

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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. http:// 

www.sarasotafarmersmarket.org/ 

(941) 225-9256. 

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Venice Farmers Market has more 

than 40 vendors on Saturdays, many 

based during the week in Venice, 

Englewood and other areas of Sarasota 

County. 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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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. 

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happening this month 

THE EDUCATION CENTER AT TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL 

offers more than 175 non-credit courses, 

workshops, and events for adults through April 

There’s still time to 

register for the fall 

term at the Education 

Center at Temple Beth 

Israel, which runs 

through December 23. Throughout 

the year, more than 175 classes and 

workshops cover a rich diversity of 

topics, including art, music, literature 

and film appreciation, health and 

wellbeing, theology, philosophy, 

cooking and travel. 

Special programs and events include 

birding, nature walks, concerts, 

meditation, yoga, book groups and 

more. Classes are offered in-person 

on the Temple Beth Israel campus 

and online via the Zoom platform. 

Proof of recent negative COVID test 

or voluntary proof of vaccination and 

masks are required for in-person 

programs. Class sizes are limited to 

enable social distancing. 

Susan Goldfarb, the program director 

at Temple Beth Israel, previously 

served as the executive director of the 

Longboat Key Education Center which 

was located at The Centre Shops. She 

explains that the popular center, which 

had existed for 35 years, officially 

dissolved in June 2021 due to financial 

distress brought on by the pandemic. 

“My students, staff and I are 

extremely grateful to Isaac Azerad, 

executive director of Temple Beth 

Israel, who had the vision to offer 

this opportunity to us and to the 

community. His big picture reimagining 

of Temple Beth Israel included a 

state-of-the-art education center that 

keeps the arts, culture, education, 

and recreation alive and thriving 

on Longboat Key. It’s a win-win for 

absolutely everyone.” 

Goldfarb says the new education 

center offers many of the same 

programs she created for the Longboat 

Key Education Center, along with 

exciting new ones. “The Education 

Center at Temple Beth Israel will 

strive to provide stimulating and 

diverse programs that keep the mind 

and body active and the spirit young, 

while providing a beautiful facility to 

enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded 

individuals says Goldfarb. “Lifelong 

learning is the key to staying vibrant and 

engaged in our family life, friendships, 

communities, and the world.” 

Both Goldfarb and Azerad emphasize 

that the Education Center will remain 

a secular organization and will feature 

approximately 175 offerings throughout 

the season, which runs from November 

through April. “We’re using the slogan 

Susan created for the former Longboat 

Key Education Center, ‘Like College 

Only Better!’” says Azerad. “It is a great 

slogan. We’re thrilled she’s leading this 

effort and grateful for the continued 

support and loyalty of people who want 

to sustain the legacy of the Longboat 

Key Education Center by becoming 

members of the Education Center at 

Temple Beth Israel. Likewise, many 

TBI members have generously donated 

additional membership upgrades to 

support the education center.” 

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Highlights of the Fall 

Term include: 

Monday Film Club: with Gus 

Mollasis. View a full-length movie 

followed by a stimulating discussion 

with popular movie critic Gus 

Mollasis. He has an impressive repertoire 

of hidden gems; quality films 

that you probably have never heard 

of, much less seen. Freshly popped 

popcorn always adds to the movie 

watching experience. 

The Glory That Was Greece with 

Baila Miller. This fascinating survey 

course, with stunning visuals, will 

make it clear how the Greek world 

became the cradle of Western civilization. 

You will see how this ancient 

civilization emerged and how 

it spread its ideas throughout the 

world. 

Functional Fitness with Brandi 

Johnson. Move with improved ease, 

strength, and balance. This fitness 

course focuses on exercises and 

movement techniques that improve 

the way our muscles and joints function 

during everyday activities. 

■ Saturday Fall Workshop: Origami 

Delight! with Kuniko Yamamoto. 

Experience the joy of paper folding 

as you learn how to create elegant 

paper sculptures. This hands-on 

workshop is open to all levels 

offering a variety of origami models 

to fold, from easy to advanced 

designs. 

Highlights of the Winter 

Term include: 

(January 3-February 28, 2022) 

■ The World’s Greatest Short Stories 

with Edward J. Dwyer, Ph.D. This 

course focuses on the greatest short 

stores ever written, including works 

by Edgar Allan Poe, Kurt Vonnegut, 

T.C. Boyle, and Ursula Le Guin. 

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America In Peril with Robert 

Gary. This series examines the 

growing threat to democracy from 

armed militias, white supremacy, 

and the proliferation of conspiracy 

theories to the impact of the media 

on the polarization of Americans. 

Guided Autobiography with Melissa 

Kotler Schwartz. Your stories are 

the fabric of your life. This course 

helps individuals organize their life 

stories with themes and priming 

questions that evoke memories of 

events once known but filed away 

and seemingly forgotten. 

Let’s Go Birding! with Kathy 

Doddridge. Learn how to identify 

regional birds in their natural 

habitats. The first meeting is at the 

school and covers birding basics. 

Over the next three weeks students 

will continue learning about birds 

while in the field. 

Ballet Superstars — From the Past 

to the Present with Robert de Warren. 

In this two-part series Robert 

de Warren traces the roots of classical 

ballet, starting with the Italian 

courts in the 15th and 16th centuries 

Isaac Azerad and Susan Goldfarb 

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and then moving to the 19th, 20th 

and 21st centuries. 

Explore The Fascinating World 

Of Islamic Art with Jean Joseph 

Renoux. Explore the difference 

between Western art and Islamic 

art, which spans 1,400 years, covers 

many lands and populations, was 

created by both Muslims and non- 

Muslims, religious and secular, and 

includes a range of artistic fields, 

including architecture, calligraphy, 

painting, glass, ceramics, and 

textiles among others. 

About the 

Education Center at 

Temple Beth Israel 

The Education Center at Temple 

Beth Israel provides enrichment 

programming and lifelong learning 

for all adult regardless of residence 

or educational background. To 

register, visit www.tbi-lbk.org or call 

941-383-8222. Temple Beth Israel 

is located at 567 Bay Isles Road, 

Longboat Key. 

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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. 

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The Phillippi Farmhouse Market 

is Sarasota’s mid-week farmers 

market. The Farmhouse Market is 

open from 9-2 every Wednesday 

through April at Phillippi Estate Park, 

just a little south of Sarasota on 41. 

Over 50 vendors offer produce 

and plants from local growers and 

producers, as well as prepared foods, 

specialty and sustainable items, and 

Florida agriculturally-related products. 

Food and produce vendors at 

the Phillippi Farmhouse Market are 

required to be growers to support the 

market’s mission of promoting local 

agriculture. The market is easily accessible 

from US 41 and has plenty of free 

parking and live entertainment. 

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(The Farmers Market at Lakewood 

Ranch moving Nov. 7 to the new Waterside 

Place entertainment hub.) 

The Farmers Market at Lakewood 

Ranch currently has about 60 vendors 

and went this past summer from a 

seasonal market (November to April) 

to a year-round event.When the market 

transfers to Waterside Place, taking up 

space all along Lakefront Boulevard and 

Kingfisher Lake, more than 80 vendors 

will line the street. 

Onstad said the Farmers Market will 

stick to a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot on 

Sundays. Besides the Farmers Market at 

Lakewood Ranch, the weekly offering of 

Ranch Nights will be held at Waterside 

Place starting Nov. 10. Ranch Nights 

previously was held at the Sarasota Polo 

Club.Onstad said she has a great pride 

when it comes to the farmers market.”We 

are helping 75 to 90 small business owners 

succeed,” she said. “And look at this 

place. It is a gorgeous location.” 

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Sarasota Ballet 

Program 3 – Giselle is on December 

17-18 at the Van Wezel. Production 

by Sir Peter Wright with original 

choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean 

Coralli and music by Adolphe Adam. 

In celebration of the choreographer’s 

95th birthday anniversary, Program 

3 brings Sir Peter Wright’s production 

of the classic Giselle to the Van Wezel 

after the ballet’s sold-out 2019 performances. 

Performed across the globe 

by many of the great ballet companies. 

Wright’s production is considered by 

many to be one of the most faithful and 

artistically rich, perfectly bringing to 

life this tale of young love, unrequited 

romance, and loss. 

Info at www.SarasotaBallet.org or call 

941-359-0099. 

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At The Hermitage 

On December 3, 5 p.m.: “Connections” 

with Hermitage Fellows Lisa E. 

Harris and James Anthony Tyler will 

(Live at the Hermitage Beach / Also via 

Live-Stream) 

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• On December 12, 2 p.m.: 

“Hermitage at The Bay: 

Muse(ic) and Poetry” with 

Hermitage Fellows Francine 

J. Harris, Mae Yway, and Ishion 

Hutchinson (Live at The 

Bay Park) 

• On December 17 5:30 

p.m.: “The Edge of Music,” 

with Hermitage Fellow Luke 

Stewart (Live at Booker High 

School). 

Info at HermitageArtist- 

Retreat.org 

Meetings 

The Venice Area Women’s 

College Club invites you 

to a lunch and speaker on 

December 14, 11:30am at 

the Plantation Golf & Country 

Club, 500 Rockley Blvd, 

Venice. 

The club supports 2 yearly 

educational scholarships and 

donates to the South County 

Food Pantry. The club meets 

the second Tuesday of the 

months Oct-May. New members 

welcome. Call 941-202- 

4034 for more membership 

information and for lunch 

reservations ($22). 

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Lectures 

The New College Foundation has 

another season of New Topics, a lecture 

series showcasing regional and 

national speakers from a broad range of 

disciplines exploring topical issues. The 

series runs through April and will be 

presented via the Zoom platform for the 

first two events. 

Each lecture will be presented at 

5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, and free for 

New College students, faculty, staff and 

alumni. Registration is required and can 

be made at ncf.edu/new-topics or by 

calling the New College events hotline 

at 941-487-4888. Reservations must be 

made at least 48 hours in advance to 

allow for processing and receipt email 

for Zoom link. 

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• Tuesday, January 18—A Queer Zionism: 

Jessie Sampter and the Paradoxes 

of Jewish Nationalism 

With Sarah Imhoff. The young, 

unmarried Jessie Sampter embraced 

a Judaism her parents had rejected, 

bought a trousseau, drolly declared 

herself “married to Palestine,” and 

moved there in 1918. Jessie Sampter’s 

own life and body hardly matched 

typical Zionist ideals: while Zionism 

celebrated the strong and healthy 

body, Sampter spoke of herself as 

“crippled” from polio and plagued by 

sickness her whole life; while Zionism 

applauded reproductive (women’s) 

bodies, Sampter never married or bore 

children—in fact, she wrote of homoerotic 

longings and had same-sex relationships 

we would consider queer. 

How did a queer, “crippled” woman 

become a leading voice of American 

Zionism, and why has history largely 

overlooked her? 

Sarah Imhoff, author of “Masculinity 

and the Making of American 

Judaism,” is an associate professor in 

the Borns Jewish Studies Program and 

Religious Studies Department at Indiana 

University Bloomington. 

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 

At The Van Wezel - 

Renée Fleming 

is on January 5. 

Tickets can be 

purchased at 

www.VanWezel.org, 

by calling the 

box office at 

941-263-6799. 

photo: Andrew Eccles Decca 

at Ringling College (OLLI at Ringling 

College) presents its third annual “Listening 

to Women,” a seven-session 

series featuring women whose innovations 

and accomplishments are having 

an impact and influencing lives locally 

and globally. 

The series takes place on Thursdays 

at 1 p.m., January 20-March 3, 2022, at 

the Ringling College Museum Campus, 

1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Registration 

for the seven-session series 

is $81 for OLLI Gold Members; $90 for 

general admission. Masks are required 

and audiences will be limited to 80 

people. For more information and to 

register, call 941-309-5111, or visit www. 

OLLIatRinglingCollege.org. Listening to 

Women is made possible, in part, with 

support from West Coast Woman. 

Art Around the 

State - many of 

these exhibits 

are online/virtual 

At The Museum of Fine Arts in St. 

Petersburg: 

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• Explore the Vaults: Black Portraits 

through February 27, 2022. Black 

Portraits spans two very different 

approaches to the portrait tradition: 

contemporary works on paper, and 

historical vernacular photographs. 

Taken together, this exhibition presents 

varied approaches to visualizing 

Black identity and experiences. 

• Pieced and Patterned American 

Quilts runs through January 23, 

2022. This exhibition features more 

than thirty extraordinary quilts whose 

design, materials, and craft reflect the 

complexity and richness of American 

life from the brash first decades of 

the republic through the trauma of 

the Great Depression. Pieced and 

Patterned is drawn from private collections. 

It includes superb examples 

of this quintessentially American art 

form, ranging from early appliqued 

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textiles to boldly graphic 

bedcoverings of the early 

modern era. 

More info at https://mfastpete.org/ 

The Dali Museum in St. 

Petersburg has The Woman 

Who Broke Boundaries: 

Photographer Lee Miller, an 

exhibition surveying the remarkable 

work and fascinating 

life of Lee Miller on view 

through Jan. 2, 2022. 

The exhibition surveys 

the work of photographer 

Lee Miller, concentrating 

on Miller’s portraits of important 

writers and artists, 

the majority associated with 

the Surrealist movement in 

Paris, and with whom she 

had sustained personal relationships. 

Also featured is 

a small selection of striking 

self-portraits, images captured 

during the liberation 

of Paris and Germany at the 

end of the Second World 

War, and photos representative 

of technical advancements 

in the medium she 

chose to express herself and 

capture the times. 

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Tampa Museum of Art has Taking 

Shape: Abstraction from the Arab 

World, 1950s–1980s on view through 

January 16, 2022. 

Taking Shape: Abstraction from 

the Arab World, 1950s–1980s explores 

mid-20th-century abstract art from 

North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab 

diaspora—a vast geographic expanse 

that encompasses diverse cultural, 

ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. 

Comprising nearly 80 works 

by artists from countries including Algeria, 

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, 

Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, 

Syria, Tunisia, and the United Arab 

Emirates (UAE), the exhibition is drawn 

from the collection of the Barjeel Art 

Foundation based in Sharjah, UAE. 

Inspired by Arabia calligraphy, geometry 

and mathematics, Islamic decorative 

patterns, and spiritual practices, 

they expanded abstraction’s vocabulary—thus 

complicating its genealogies 

or origin and altering how we view 

non-objective art. The paintings, sculpture, 

drawings, and prints on view reflect 

the wide range of nonfigurative art practices 

that flourished in the Arab world 

over the course of four decades 

Tampa Museum of Art, Cornelia 

Corbett Center, 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, 

Tampa. https://tampamuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions/ 

At Boca Raton Museum: Machu 

Picchu and the Golden Empires of 

Peru. This will be the inaugural stop 

of its global tour in South Florida this 

fall. This combination of rarely seen, 

world-class museum artifacts alongside 

technological breakthroughs in 

virtual reality is unparalleled (watch 

the video announcing tickets on sale). 

The early access online ticket portal is 

now open to the public at BocaMuseum.org/Golden. 

Audiences will discover an all-new, 

immersive museum experience that 

will transport visitors to the jewel of 

the Southern Hemisphere’s cradle of 

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civilization, the Incan city of Machu 

Picchu ‒ voted one of the new seven 

wonders of the world. The exhibition 

will encompass the entire museum, 

including all galleries on both floors. 

The experience will also feature 

the first-ever virtual reality expedition 

of Machu Picchu, recorded in 2020 

during the unprecedented closure of 

the site during the pandemic. It was 

the first time in recent history this majestic 

City in the Sky was completely 

empty, filmed using state of the art 

drone-VR technology. 

Many of these 192 priceless artifacts 

are from royal tombs, including 

spectacular objects that belonged to 

noble Andean lords, and have neverbeen-seen 

before out of Peru. Guided 

throughout the exhibition by Ai Apaec, 

a mythical Andean hero, visitors will 

gain a window into transformation 

through the forces of nature that result 

in his death and subsequent rebirth. 

In this exotic land nothing is fixed and 

beings can change from one form to 

another. Throughout this dramatically 

staged expedition, the sounds of roaring 

jaguars, screaming macaws, and 

torrential rainfall surround visitors as 

they unravel the mysteries of Andean 

cosmology and marvel at the sophistication 

of Andean artists. 

Visitors will behold the marvels 

of engineering that sheltered a truly 

spiritual civilization and the ornate 

riches they once cherished. Rivaled 

only by Ancient Egypt in longevity and 

by the Roman Empire in engineering, 

Andean societies 

On view now at the Boca Raton 

Museum of Art through March 6, 2022. 

https://bocamuseum.org/ 

On display at Norton Museum of 

Art: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and 

Mexican Modernism from the Jacques 

and Natasha Gelman Collection on 

view through February 6, 2022. Featuring 

over 150 works, including paintings 

and works on paper collected by 

Jacques and Natasha Gelman alongside 

photographs and period clothing, the 

exhibition includes the largest group of 

works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera 

ever on view at the Norton. Presenting 

these artists’ creative pursuits in 

a broader context, the exhibition also 

includes work by Manuel and Lola Álvarez 

Bravo, Miguel Covarrubias, Gunther 

Gerzso, María Izquierdo, Carlos 

Mérida, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Juan 

Soriano, and Rufino Tamayo. 

The Gelmans’ close relationship 

with this community is underscored 

by the number of portraits of them 

made by their artist friends in the exhibition. 

Photographs related to Kahlo, 

Rivera, and their enduring legacy by 

a global roster of artists including 

Lucienne Bloch, Imogen Cunningham, 

Juan Guzmán, Graciela Iturbide, 

Nickolas Muray, Edward Weston, and 

Guillermo Kahlo—Frida’s father—help 

round out our understanding of these 

iconic painters. 

More info at https://www.norton.org/ 

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you’re news 

Accolades 

■ Elizabeth Yoder of Yoder’s 

Southern Creamery in Sarasota 

won first place at a nation-wide ice 

cream competition hosted by the 

North American Ice Cream Association. 

Elizabeth develops all of 

Elizabeth Yoder 

their new ice cream recipes and is 

self-taught, but very knowledgeable 

with how to hit the right notes with 

each flavor. 

Yoder’s Southern Creamery 

makes old-fashioned premium 

ice cream here in Sarasota. They 

have over 70 flavors of ice cream 

from White Chocolate Raspberry to 

Cookie Butter Crunch. 

You can find Yoder’s Southern 

Creamery ice cream at scoop shops 

all around the state of Florida, but 

if you want to take some home, 

you can pick up a pint or half gallon 

at any of the Detwiler’s Farm Market 

locations. 

Their newest creation is a 

creamy, dairy-free lineup. They 

submitted one of their flavors 

- Peanut Butter Brownie - to an ice 

cream competition hosted by the 

North American Ice Cream Association 

and won first place. 

As part of the same competition, 

their Vanilla ice cream was sent to 

Cornell University to be evaluated 

by their ice cream and dairy experts, 

along with other Vanilla flavors from 

ice cream makers around the country. 

Again, their flavor was awarded 

the highest prize - a Blue Ribbon 

Award for Excellence. More info at 

www.yoderssoutherncreamery.com. 

■ Julia DeCastro, a Sarasota-based 

realtor, has been selected 

as broker associate by The Ronto 

Group for the 

new Rosewood 

Residences 

Lido Key project 

in Sarasota. 

The 65-unit, 

ultra-luxury 

condominium 

is a joint effort 

of The Ronto 

Julia DeCastro 

Group, a Naples-based 

luxury developer, and 

Wheelock Street Capital, a prominent 

real estate investment firm. 

Construction will be completed in 

2025; sales reservations begin in 

December 2021. 

DeCastro has been in the regional 

real estate community for more 

than 18 years, Her career highlights 

include director-level positions 

with Taubman (The Mall at University 

Town Center) and Lakewood 

Ranch Commercial Realty. She also 

served as a regional sales director 

for two development companies, 

and was the director of leasing, 

marketing, and land sales for Lakewood 

Ranch. DeCastro also offers 

expertise in luxury-branded new 

construction condominium sales. 

She represented The Ritz-Carlton 

Residences, Sarasota, and successfully 

sold and closed 73 condominium 

residences priced from $2 to $10 

million and valued at $285 million 

in revenue. DeCastro was the 

recipient of the Michael Saunders & 

Company’s 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 

Top Achievement Award and was 

the top agent in sales volume for the 

company’s new homes division in 

2020. Contact Julia DeCastro at 941- 

812-5176 or julia@rontorealty.com. 

■ The Venice Symphony has 

named Holly Anderson as Director 

of Philanthropy for the organization. 

Anderson 

will lead 

efforts on donor 

cultivation and 

stewardship, 

building strategic 

business 

and community 

partnerships, 

fundraising 

Holly Anderson 

campaigns, 

event planning and securing grants. 

She will also serve as liaison to The 

Venice Symphony Chair Society. 

“I am excited to join The Venice 

Symphony at a time when the organization 

has a boundless potential 

for growth and influence,” said 

Anderson. “Masterful art elevates 

a community and has the power to 

move an individual and to connect 

people. It is a privilege to work with 

such passionate and committed 

patrons, board members and staff.” 

Anderson comes to the Symphony 

after a long career with Sarasota 

County Public Libraries where she 

served as Library System Coordinator 

and then as branch manager at 

the North Port Public Library. Prior 

to that she worked for the United 

Way of Sarasota County and other 

non-profit organizations. 

Anderson has a Bachelor of 

Arts Degree from Brigham Young 

University and a Master’s Degree 

in Education Administration, also 

from BYU. She recently received 

certification in Data Analytics from 

Google and IBM. “We are thrilled 

to have Holly join The Venice 

Symphony leadership team in this 

key position,” said Christine Kasten, 

President and CEO of the Symphony. 

“She brings extensive development 

experience and a strong commitment 

to our community and has 

embraced the mission and vision of 

the Symphony. Holly has already 

established relationships with our 

patrons and created new opportunities 

for The Venice Symphony to 

partner with businesses and other 

organizations.” 

■ Janice Newman has taken on 

the responsibilities of the president 

of Women Contemporary Artists. 

She is an artist and art educator 

from Rhode Island 

who moved 

to Sarasota in 

2016. She taught 

for 40 years 

in public and 

private schools, 

as well as at 

the prestigious 

Rhode Island 

Janice Newman 

School of Design. 

Janice has served as a past 

President of the Association for 

Childhood Education International 

in RI, and on many boards and 

committees promoting the arts. 

As a painter, she is best known for 

capturing light and color in both 

natural and figurative forms. Her 

painting “Carnival Lights: The 

Zipper” was awarded First Place in 

WCA’s 2018 annual exhibit. 

Women Contemporary Artists is 

a local organization of 100+ professional 

women actively engaged in 

the visual fine arts. WCA’s mission 

is to provide visibility, encouragement 

and inspiration to women 

artists. Each year WCA welcomes 

women artists in the Gulf Coast 

community who wish to join the 

organization. Membership to the 

group opens up on January 1, 2022 

and runs through December 31, 

2022. For information regarding 

membership go to www.womencontemporaryartists.com 

and click 

on Memberships. 

■ JMX Brands, the parent company 

to the largest online store of 

Amish furniture at www.dutchcrafters.com, 

has hired Leslie Heller 

as the inaugural 

human resource 

manager. The 

Sarasota-based 

business has 

added over 20 

full-time positions 

in the past 

year, growing 

to 67 full-time 

Leslie Heller 

employees. 

Heller brings a wealth of experience 

to the company, previously 

working in human resources 

management at Lowe’s, Gold 

Coast Eagle Distributing, Conway 

Department Stores and others. As 

human resource manager, Heller 

works alongside CEO Jim Miller 

and Business Manager Doug Tuck 

to shape policy, develop talent, and 

enhance company culture. 

“I view human resources as an 

enhancer of the human dimension 

of JMX Brands, good for employees 

and good for the company overall,” 

said Miller. “HR should enhance 

culture and engagement, strengthen 

our talent pipeline, encourage 

synergistic connections, and help 

to keep us working productively 

toward our mission.” 

Heller holds a Bachelor of Science 

in Business Administration 

from DeVry University, a Master 

of Human Resource Management 

from Keller Graduate School of 

Management, and is a member of 

the Society of Human Resources 

Management (SHRM). 

Board News 

■ JFCS of the Suncoast has 

installed five new members to its 

Board of Directors: Dr. Stacie Herrera, 

Attorney Eric Kaplan, Major 

Brian Meinberg, Jay Steele and 

Attorney William A. Sterbinsky. 

Dr. Stacie Herrera is a Florida 

licensed school psychologist and the 

owner of Herrera Psychology and 

Telement. She has presented nationally 

on topics related to gifted students 

and internationally on engagement 

strategies for neurodivergent 

learners. Dr. Herrera currently serves 

on the Board of Genius School U.S., 

the SRQ Strong Hispanic Outreach 

Media Team, and on the panel for 

events sponsored by the Education 

Foundation of Sarasota County and 

Here4Youth. She previously served 

on the Manasota Board of the Family 

Network on Disabilities. Dr. Herrera 

holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology 

and Russian studies from 

Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA) 

and a Doctor of Psychology degree 

from Argosy University (Sarasota, 

FL). She also speaks conversational 

Spanish and Russian. 

Attorney Eric Kaplan is a tax and 

business consultant and the CEO of 

Bristol Consultants. Attorney Kaplan 

is also a trustee for the Louis and 

Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust. 

He currently serves on the Board of 

the American Skin Association, Boys 

and Girls Club, the Sarasota Memorial 

Healthcare Foundation, the Forty 

Carrots Family Center, the Sarasota 

Private Trust Company and Goodwill 

Industries. Eric holds a Juris Doctorate 

and a Master of Laws from New 

York Law School. He is a certified 

public accountant in New York State. 

Major Brian Meinberg is a 17-year 

corrections and law enforcement 

officer who serves as the Courts and 

Corrections Division Commander 

at the Sarasota County Sheriff’s 

Office for Sheriff Kurt A Hoffman. 

He oversees the strategic planning 

and budget for the Sarasota County 

Sheriff’s Office Inmate Welfare 

Fund Board, and is a former board 

member for the Sarasota County 

Probationary Advisory Board. He is 

also currently a board member for 

First Step of Sarasota. 

Major Meinberg holds a Bachelor 

of Science degree in business administration 

from the New York Institute 

of Technology (Old Westbury, NY) 

and a Master of Public Administration 

degree from Florida Gulf Coast 

University (Ft. Meyers, FL). He is also 

a graduate of the Southern Police Institute 

Command School of the University 

of Louisville (2013), the Florida 

Sheriff’s Association Commanders 

Academy (2015), Leadership Sarasota 

(2017) and the FBI Florida Executive 

Development Seminar (2019). 

William A. Sterbinsky, Esq: 

Attorney William A. Sterbinsky is a 

Marine Corps veteran who specializes 

in Florida workers’ compensation, 

VA claims, social security 

income, social security disability and 

personal injury/medical malpractice 

law. He is the co-founder and 

Board member for SRQ VETS, a 

Board member for Vets2Success and 

Manasota Veterans, and an advisory 

council member for United Way 

MISSION UNITED. 

Sterbinsky holds a Bachelor of Arts 

degree in history from the University 

of South Florida (Tampa, FL) 

and a Juris Doctorate degree, a pro 

bono certificate and an advanced 

legal research, writing and drafting 

certificate from the Florida Coastal 

School of Law, (Jacksonville, FL) 

and a Veterans Affairs accreditation. 

He is the recipient of the Goodwill 

Community Ambassador of the Year 

Award (2017) and the Sarasota County 

Veterans of the Year Award (2018). 

Jay Steele is a certified school 

psychologist (Pennsylvania and 

New Jersey), a crisis counselor, 

and a psychological test writer and 

consultant for Educational Testing 

Services. He is a mentor and an advisory 

board member for Compeer 

International and an advisory board 

member for the 12th Circuit, Guardian 

Ad Litem program. Mr. Steele 

also volunteers at the Sarasota 

Institute of Life Long Learning. 

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree 

from Pennsylvania State University 

(Centre County, PA), a Masters of Education 

degree from Temple University 

(Philadelphia, PA) and a second 

Master’s degree equivalent from Rider 

College (Lawrence Township, NJ). 


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366-2224. 

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Cheers! 

A Perennial from Tommy Bahama 

The perennial Huladays Cocktail returns to the menu at all Tommy Bahama Restaurant & 

Bars. This festive cocktail is a combination of Tommy Bahama No. 2 Rum, cranberry ginger 

syrup and lemon juice topped with prosecco for a 

sparkling touch. Shake with ice and strain into a 

coupe glass and enjoy. 

1 ½ oz. Tommy Bahama No. 2 Rum 

1 oz. Cranberry Ginger Syrup 

½ oz. Lemon Juice 

1 oz. Prosecco 

10 oz. Cranberries 

8 oz. Sugar 

5 Thumb-sized Pieces of Peeled Ginger 

(about 1” pieces) 

For the Cranberry Ginger Syrup: Cook Cranberries 

with 10 oz. of water, sugar, and peeled 

ginger for 5–8 minutes on medium heat, until 

cranberries break down a bit. Leave one piece 

of ginger in the mix and blend thoroughly. Do 

not strain. Store in a squeeze bottle. 

In a mixing glass, add the rum, syrup, lemon juice, and shake with ice. Add prosecco 

and gently strain into glass. Garnish with the cranberry and mint sprig. Use a Coupe 

glass and garnish with Cranberry and a Mint Sprig. 

This recipes comes from Villon which launched last January. It’s made 

from fine VSOP and XO Cognac, a blend of 

spirits distilled from French wheat, and natural 

flavors which make for perfect cocktails. 

Villon’s aromas of vanilla, spice and toasted 

oak make an excellent foundation for a range 

of cocktails. Here are two you can try: 

Villon Old Fashioned 

This classic is elevated by the toasted sweetness 

and vanilla notes of Villon. 

2 oz Villon 

Several dashes Angostura bitters 

1 Brown sugar cube 

4 Large ice cubes 

Garnish: Twist of orange peel 

The Old Fashioned 

Place the sugar cube in the base of an 

old-fashioned glass. Soak with the bitters; 

crush sugar with the back of a bar spoon. 

Add 1/3 of Villon and one ice cube and stir well. Repeat with the remaining Villon and 

garnish with twisted orange peel. 

Some cocktails and a mocktail 

to mix for the Holidays 

Coffee & Roses 

Coffee with a Cognac kick. 

2 oz Villon 

1 oz Cold Brew 

1/4 oz Rose nectar 

1/2 oz Cream liqueur 

Shake all the ingredients together in a 

cocktail shaker and strain into as cocktail 

glass. Garnish with rose petals. 

A Mocktail and Tips from Hilton 

From the team that trains Canopy by Hilton bar staff, here are some cocktail-making 

tips. You don’t have to be a professional to whip up a great cocktail. Often, 

it’s as simple as knowing the fundamentals of drink-making, practicing and 

experimenting. Less is more. Three or four ingredients are all you really need 

to make a well-balanced, delicious cocktail at home with minimal effort. 

■ Fresh is best. Cocktails don’t have to be complicated, but the details count. Fresh 

whole citrus will last for multiple weeks if kept refrigerated and dry. Pick up a few 

extra and never, ever use bottled citrus juice. 

■ Use what you’ve got. A lot of cocktail traditions are rooted in preserving seasonal 

ingredients, so cocktails are a great way to repurpose ingredients that 

you already have at home. Plain white sugar is an everyday cocktail 

staple as it provides a great, neutral backbone for making a variety of 

flavored syrups. 

■ To make a base simple syrup, all you need to do is combine 1 cup white 

sugar with 1 cup boiling water and stir until the sugar is dissolved. 

■ Dried spices can be a powerful cocktail ingredient: Try infusing 

vodka with black peppercorns for Bloody Marys or whole cloves with 

whiskey for a more flavorful Old Fashioned. 

■ Tea is another amazing fusion ingredient: Alcohol acts much like 

boiling water does when combined with tea, extracting flavor in a relatively 

short period of time. Simply follow the instructions on the tea 

package for steeping, substituting the boiling water with alcohol. Chamomile 

and tequila are other options for an herbaceous Margarita riff. 

■ You don’t need to buy new gear. Swap out tools from traditional 

bar kits with materials found at home. 

■ Anything that holds liquid and seals can become a cocktail 

shaker. Try protein shake “blender bottles,” a glass jar with a lid, 

or a blender with a few cubes of ice tossed in. 

■ In place of a jigger, consider using a tablespoon (0.5 oz.) for most cocktail measurements. 

If you don’t have a bar spoon, try using a chopstick or a hard, 

reusable straw (disposable plastic is not quite sturdy enough). 

Now that you know the fundamentals, here are two signature Hilton drink 

recipes to try out: 

Paloma Undercover 

Tamed Tiki 

The Tamed Tiki is a tiki style zero-proof cocktail. 

This drink transports you to somewhere tropical 

and warm right from the first sip, perfect for those 

dreaming of travel. 

Paloma Undercover is a zero-proof variation 

on the classic cocktail. Brown sugar and 

grapefruit pair perfectly to give this drink a 

bitter/sweet balance, and the added effervescence 

makes it that much more refreshing. 

2 oz. seedlip spice 94 

1 oz. grapefruit juice 

½ oz. lime juice 

½ oz. brown sugar 

syrup (Homemade: 2-parts 

brown sugar / 1-part water) 

1-2 oz. soda water 

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail 

shaker and shake with ice. Strain the drink 

into coupe glasses. If you’re feeling fancy: 

garnish with a grapefruit twist. 

The Gold Rush Cocktail 

Two parts Wild Turkey Longbranch 

Bourbon 

.75 Lemon Juice 

.75 honey syrup 

Add all ingredients to a shaker. Shake and 

strain over ice. Garnish with a lemon peel. 

Pour into Rocks Glass. 

2 oz. coconut water 

½ oz. lime juice 

1 oz. orange juice 

½ oz. maple syrup (Homemade: 2-parts 

maple syrup / 1-part water) 

2 oz. ginger beer 

Combine all ingredients, except for the ginger 

beer, into a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. 

Strain the drink into a snifter or hurricane glass 

(or any glass you have on hand) with crushed 

ice and add ginger beer. Top with additional 

crushed ice to fill the glass. 


Virginia 

Shearer 

Executive Director, 

Sarasota Art Museum 

She’s Sarasota Art 

Museum’s new 

executive director 

who came on board 

this past summer. It’s an 

interesting moment in 

the museum’s history as 

it emerges from COVID 

with visitors near and far 

returning. As well, she and 

her curatorial crew are 

crafting the exhibition 

schedule through 2023. 

With a solid background 

in arts education, 

Virginia wants to expand 

educational opportunities, 

making the Museum even 

more accessible to all. 


The backstory of the Sarasota 

Art Museum you probably 

already know. It was Sarasota 

High School for 70 years until the 

school board closed it in 1996. 

In 2003, a group of Sarasotans 

came together to pursue having a 

contemporary art museum. After 

a two-year “dialogue,” the Sarasota Art 

Museum partnered with Ringling College 

of Art + Design to transform the high 

school into an art museum and visual arts 

educational center. 

Hired in 2015, Anne-Marie Russell was 

its first executive director, tasked with 

overseeing the transformation from high 

school to museum and creating the first 

exhibits. Well funded (some $22 million 

was raised by a committee spearheaded 

by Wendy Surkis), Sarasota Art Museum 

opened to the public on December 15, 2019 

as the region’s first museum dedicated to 

contemporary art. 

Now the museum is an eclectic mix of 

Ringling’s Continuing Studies programs’ 

(Osher and Studio + Digital Arts), lots of 

classrooms, a café, a gift shop, outdoor 

sculpture and, not least, two floors of exhibition 

space totaling some 15,000 square feet. 

Virginia Shearer is the museum’s new 

executive director who came on board this 

past summer. She arrives at an interesting 

moment in the museum’s history where it 

emerges from COVID with visitors near and 

far returning. As well, she and her curatorial 

crew are crafting the exhibition schedule 

through 2023. With a solid background in 

arts education, Virginia wants to expand 

educational opportunities for all ages. 

She’s a quick study due to her extensive 

background and education including two 

decades’ worth of experience, but also because 

she’s been here before, but at the other 

museum in town, The Ringling. There she 

was the Director of Education and after that 

was the Tampa Museum of Art’s Deputy Director 

for Education and Public Programs. 

Most recently however, Virginia was The 

Eleanor McDonald Stores Director of Education 

at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, 

Georgia. Arriving there in 2005, she developed 

a track record of creative initiatives 

while bolstering and taking the museum’s 

education programs to another level. Part of 

the Museum’s significant growth included 

opening the Greene Family Education Center, 

the Louvre Atlanta partnership and development 

of successful young audience initiatives. 

Of the High Museum she says, “It was my 

kind of place - very supportive. It’s a museum 

that’s always pushing itself.” The experience 

was a “good fit” that provided her 

with what she calls the “blueprint” for her 

new position at SMA with her skills being 

“highly transferable.” 

So this latest move in her career now 

means she’s Executive Director, something 

she feels that she was ready for, calling it, 

“thoroughly exciting.” Joining her are her 

husband Arkady Medovoy and their two 

children, ages 12 and 14 who are enrolled 

in the Sarasota School of Arts and Science. 

Sarasota Art Museum’s combination of 

gallery space, classrooms offering a variety 

of learning opportunities in a beautifully 

repurposed building, is rare. “This is pretty 

unique,” she notes and, as she sees it, the 

museum offers experiences for “teens to 

seniors,” but explains that, “We’re going 

to back that up with a goal of [ages] two to 

102.” She wants the museum to be a “hub 

for learning and creativity,” integrating 

exhibits into the classes being offered. 

In our visual world, she explains, museums 

can play a vital role with what is called “slow 

looking.” It’s a museum-originated practice 

that means gaining knowledge through 

observation. The goal is to move beyond 

the first impression—you just need to take 

a longer look. Viewing and processing some 

contemporary art, for example, can take time 

which would negate that, “I just don’t get it” 

first reaction. Taking just a bit longer can give 

you more out of the experience. 

A walk through the grounds and building 

show exhibit spaces now unrecognizable 

as a high school and instead, it’s a space 

of exposed brick, museum-style open and 

meandering spaces and gorgeous flooring 

milled from beams removed from the 

building. The exhibits are varied and eclectic, 

stimulating in one place; contemplative 

another. As a non-collecting art institution, 

Sarasota Art Museum will be showing only 

temporary exhibits from a variety of artists 

in a variety of mediums. 

In addition to the museum’s interior exhibit 

spaces, there’s a “gallery” outside where 

art will be on display and events - weather 

permitting - will take place. The lobby where 

hundreds of teens used to pour through on 

the way to class now has sculpture. 

As for exhibits, she explains that typically, 

there will be two or three exhibitions 

at one time. “We work with emerging and 

mid-career artists with work that will be 

seen first at the Museum. You encounter art 

everywhere here.” She uses a metaphor to 

describe Sarasota Art Museum: “The Museum 

is the heart; the classrooms are the 

hands around it.” 

Virginia received a Bachelor of Arts 

degree in humanities from Florida State 

University and a Master’s from The George 

Washington University in museum education. 

Her interest in the arts burgeoned 

in high school, but flourished in college at 

Florida State. Virginia remembers visiting 

places like The Uffizi Galleries in Florence, 

Italy, where she had the opportunity to go 

behind the scenes. “It blew my mind,” she 

recalls. Back at Florida State, she worked at 

the campus museum and recalls a Duane 

Hanson sculpture exhibition and thought, 

“…contemporary art is where’s it’s at.” 

Post graduation she worked at the Albuquerque 

Museum where she discovered that 

arts education was what she wanted to do. 

Then on to the Portland Museum and then 

graduate studies at George Washington and 

working at the Smithsonian. She was contacted 

by The Ringling to “be a partner in 

their education department. This was pre- 

FSU oversight of the museum. It was a very 

roll-up-your-sleeves type of experience.” 

Virginia admits to being a big fan of Hector 

D’Amico, the founding Director of the Department 

of Education of the Museum of Modern 

Art in New York, who worked at MOMA for 

20 years. His beliefs regarding the visitor 

experience were, “The prototype for today’s 

museum,” Virginia explains, introducing 

then groundbreaking concepts such as family 

days, a Young People’s Gallery at the Museum, 

classes for all ages, even a TV program. 

So now it’s her turn to shape the Sarasota 

Art Museum and, with all of the experience 

and creative ideas Virginia has, it points to 

an exciting future for visitors at the museum 

and the community at large. 

STORY: Louise Bruderle 

IMAGES: Evelyn England 


https://www.sarasotaartmuseum.org 

On exhibit: David Budd: Motion Within 

Stillness runs to March 20, 2022; Samo 

Davis: Happiness in ROYGBIV runs to 

December 31, 2021; Felix Gonzalez-Torres 

runs to May 15, 2022; Judith Linhares: 

The Artist as Curator runs to April 3, 2022; 

Danner Washburn; Effigy : Hemric runs 

December 11, 2021 – May 8, 2022 

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Highlights from the upcoming season 

Here are some events we thought you’d like… 

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Get to know… 

ensembleNewSRQ (enSRQ) celebrates its 

sixth season with five mainstage concerts, 

four premieres of commissioned works, 

exciting collaborations, and special guest 

appearances. 

Violinist Samantha Bennett and percussionist 

George Nickson, the group’s founders 

and co-artistic directors, have chosen a 

dynamic selection of innovative, bold works 

by contemporary composers. Their season 

continues with VOID,” a co-commission 

with Atlanta’s ensemble vim and enSRQ. 

New Renaissance Artist Elizabeth 

A. Baker’s evening-length work “VOID” 

combines the power of visual projection, 

electronic processing and acoustic performance 

in an unforgettable experience. 

This dual work consists of modular performances 

for each individual ensemble. Date: 

January 31, 8 p.m., at First Congregational 

Church 1031 S. Euclid Ave., Sarasota. More 

information at www.ensrq.org. 

Postponed 

No Longer! 

Listen to the Earth: The Earth is speaking 

loud and clear. Choral Artists celebrates 

Earth Day with a world premiere of a 

spectacular new work by James Grant, 

featuring baritone soloist Marcus De- 

Loach, Sarasota Young Voices and the 

award-winning actress 

Jane Alexander 

Choral Artists singers. Weekend events 

include screenings of the environmental 

films, Chasing Ice and Chasing Coral, a 

panel discussion with environmental 

experts, and a keynote address by Jane 

Alexander, award-winning actress and 

former head of the National Endowment 

for the Arts. April 22-24, 2022, at 

Sarasota Opera House, Sarasota. Tickets: 

$25- $65; Students $5. Concert Insight is 

April 14, 2022, 10 a.m. 

New Location 

for CAC 

The air-conditioned Ulla Searing Big 

Top will be at Nathan Benderson Park’s 

Regatta Island, near the judge’s tower 

in January. The address is 5851 Nathan 

Benderson Circle, Sarasota. 

Every year features a new cast in the 

intimate one-ring European style Ulla 

Searing Big Top. The 2022 show features 

circus artistry by the world’s most popular 

circus artists, many that have been seen 

on America’s Got Talent! Info and tickets: 

https://circusarts.org/performances/ 

Taking it 

to the Parks 

Sarasota Orchestra will continue its 

outdoor concert series, “On the Road with 

SO: Parks and Partners.” Small ensembles 

will perform free concerts outdoors at local 

parks inSarasota and Manatee counties. 

The chamber music series showcases 

musicians of the Orchestra and this year, 

the series includes two performances specifically 

designed for children and families. 

The series received much recognition for 

the special impact it made during the height 

of venue closures and limited performance 

opportunities for arts lovers last season. 

Capacity at the outdoor venues is limited. 

Admission is free at all locations, but attendees 

are required to register for each performance 

to reserve a space. Registration will 

open one month prior to each concert. 

Registration links and additional information 

about the Parks & Partners series, 

venues, and parking are available at https:// 

www.sarasotaorchestra.org/concerts/ 

parks-and-partners. This is a partial list. 

Concert Schedule: 


December 19 at 2:30pm at Nathan 

Benderson Park Pavilion 

• Sarasota Wind Quintet – Children’s 

Performance on Sunday, January 

23, 2022 at 2:30pm at Nathan 

Benderson in the Park Playground 


January 30, 2022 at 2:30pm at The 

Bay Park’s Civic Green, north of the 

Sarasota Municipal Auditorium. 

Arts Advocates 

Receives Gift of 

Sculpture 

Sculptor Frank Colson’s wife, 

Diana, and son, Sean, have gifted Arts 

Advocates with a 12-inch bronze sculpture 

of “Spirit of the American Doughboy.” 

The statue, which is a replica of the 

life-size sculpture Colson was commissioned 

to create for Rev. J.D. Hamel Park in 

downtown Sarasota, is now on exhibit in 

the Arts Advocates Gallery, located in the 

Crossings at Siesta Mall, 3501 S. Tamiami 

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who created it in 1920. Often referred to 

as simply the doughboy statue, its proper 

name is “Spirit of the American Doughboy.” 

Beginning in the 1960s, Colson, who 

was a sculptor and ceramicist, created 

his works in Sarasota along with other 

notable artists of the Sarasota Art Colony. 

Docent-guided gallery tours are offered 

the first Wednesday of every month at 11 

a.m.; reservations for tours are required. 

To register, visit ArtsAdvocates.org. 

Perlman Pivots 

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast 

will be absent its founders and creative directors 

this season due to COVID. Toby and 

Itzhak Perlman are staying north, but in 

place of the Winter Residency, the Program 

will have a season of live performances, 

receptions, special events and visits to our 

schools — both in-person and virtually — 

Randall Goosby 

Zhu Wang 

featuring PMP’s alumni and faculty. 

Recitals will also be available on the 

Perlman Suncoast website and YouTube 

channel all season long. 

Coming up: 

• December 16 with Randall Goosby, 

violin; Zhu Wang, piano 

• January 20 with Nathan Meltzer, violin; 

Jessica Osborne, piano 

• February 24 with Chase Park, cello 

• March 10 with Wanzhen Li, violin 

• The world-renowned Juilliard String 

Quartet returns to Sarasota for a concert 

on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 

the Church of the Redeemer. 

Info and tickets: (941) 955-4942 or http:// 

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April 23, 8 p.m. at Mildred Sainer 

Pavilion. Tickets are only $15. There’s a 

pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m. and an Artist 

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also in the Mildred Sainer Pavilion (free). 

JIJI is an adventurous artist known for 

her virtuosic performances that feature a 

diverse selection of music, ranging from 

traditional and contemporary classical to 

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Great Performers Take the Stage in 

Five One-Night-Only Concerts 

The Sarasota Concert Association presents the Detroit Symphony, 

Grammy award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax, the Warsaw Philharmonic and more 

Celebrating its 

77th season 

of presenting 

world-renowned 

orchestras, 

chamber musicians and solo 

recitalists, the Sarasota Concert 

Association looks forward to presenting 

its 2022 Great Performers 

Series which runs January 20 

through April 4. 

Highlighted by a dazzling lineup 

of acclaimed classical artists and 

ensembles, the Great Performers 

Series opens with the Detroit 

Symphony Orchestra, and also 

features Grammy Award-winning 

pianist Emanuel Ax, virtuosic 

violinist Benjamin Beilman, the 

internationally renowned Takács 

Quartet with superstar pianist 

Joyce Yang, and the Warsaw 

Philharmonic with International 

Chopin Piano Competition winner 

Bruce Liu. 

The 2022 Great 

Performers 

Series Season 

■ The Detroit Symphony 

Orchestra with cellist Joshua 

Roman on Thursday, January 

20, 7:30 p.m., at the Van Wezel. 

Music Director Jader Bignamini 

leads the Detroit Symphony in a 

program highlighted by Dvorˇák’s 

beloved Cello Concerto and Mussorgsky/Ravel’s 

rousing Pictures at 

an Exhibition. Italian-born Jader 

Bignamini is in his first season as 

the Detroit Symphony’s new Music 

Director, and this concert marks 

their only west coast Florida tour 

performance. Described as a musician 

of imagination and expressive 

breadth, cellist Joshua Roman has 

earned an international reputation 

for his wide-ranging repertoire, 

embracing musical styles from 

Bach to Radiohead. 

■ Pianist Emanuel Ax performs 

Chopin on Tuesday, February 

1, 7:30 p.m., at the Van Wezel. 

A favorite of Sarasota audiences, 

legendary pianist Emanuel Ax 

performs an all-Chopin program 

of the composer’s late works, including 

Sonata No. 3, Scherzo No. 

4, a selection of nocturnes and 

mazurkas, and the Polonaise-fantaisie, 

Op. 61. This Grammy 

Award-winning pianist continues 

to be in high demand in concert 

halls throughout the world, and 

Emanuel Ax’s performances of 

Chopin’s later works are not to be 

missed. A frequent collaborator 

on recordings and in performances 

with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, 

the two performed in a series of 

surprise pop-up concerts for essential 

workers in multiple venues 

throughout the Berkshires community 

last fall. 

■ Violinist Benjamin Beilman 

with pianist 

Alessio Bax on 

Friday, February 

25, 7:30 p.m., 

Riverview 

Performing Arts 

Center. 

Benjamin Beilman 

displays his astonishing 

virtuosity 

along with international 

competition-winning 

pianist 

Alessio Bax in Busoni’s 

Sonata No. 2 

and Franck’s Violin 

Sonata. Winning international 

acclaim 

for his passionate 

performances and 

rich tone, Benjamin 

Beilman performs 

regularly throughout 

the world, from 

Carnegie Hall to 

Paris, Berlin and 

Tokyo. Internationally 

celebrated on five continents, 

Italian pianist Alessio Bax has won 

some of the most prestigious piano 

competitions in the world, and 

brings his artistry to Sarasota in 

this violin and piano recital. 

■ Takács Quartet with pianist 

Joyce Yang on Tuesday, 

March 15, 7:30 p.m., Riverview 

Performing Arts Center. 

Cellist 

Joshua 

Roman. 

Photo by 

Hayley 

Young 

Takács Quartet. 

Photo by Kiduck Kim 

Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce 

Yang joins the internationally-renowned 

Takács Quartet in their 

celebrated return to Sarasota, 

performing Ravel’s String Quartet 

and Schumann’s Piano Quintet. 

Dazzling audiences from coast 

to coast, as well as overseas, the 

Grammy Award-winning Takacs 

Quartet is a favorite among 

Sarasota audiences. Korean-born 

Joyce Yang first came to international 

attention when she won 

the silver medal at the 12th Van 

Cliburn International Piano Competition. 

The youngest contestant 

at 19 years old, she took 

home two additional awards 

including Best Performance 

of Chamber Music (with the 

Takács Quartet), Since then 

she has appeared with orchestras 

and chamber ensembles 

around the world. 

■ Warsaw Philharmonic on 

Monday, April 4, 7:30 p.m., 

at the Van Wezel. 

The Grammy Award-winning 

Warsaw Philharmonic, led 

by Music Director Andrey 

Boreyko, will perform Beethoven’s 

beloved Symphony No. 

7. The concert also features the 

First Prize winner of this year’s 

International Chopin Piano Competition, 

Bruce Liu. Having won 

the International Chopin Piano 

Competition just last month, 24- 

year old Canadian pianist Bruce 

Liu dazzled the audiences and 

Pianist Emanuel Ax. 

Photo by Maurice Jerry Beznos 

Violinist 

Benjamin 

Beilman. 

Photo by 

Stephan 

Ruiz 

Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Andrey Boreyko. 

Photo by DG Art Projects 

judges through multiple rounds of 

the competition, to emerge as the 

First Prize winner. 

This will be a season to remember 

as we return to the stage with an 

exciting 2022 Great Performers 

Series. Single tickets, subscriptions 

to all five concerts, and 

three-concert mini-series are 

available. Visit www.SCAsarasota.org 

or call the box office at 941- 

966-6161. Sarasota Concert Association 

is participating in SafeArts 

Sarasota in a responsible return to 

the concert hall. 


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

Clients come to me because they are in physical 

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Pain and stress caused by 

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Fascia (strong connective tissue) encases 

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extreme pain in my neck combined 

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turn my neck right or left) I tried both traditional 

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the dural tube that encases the spinal cord 

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Releasing this sacral stress increases 

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Cause of Shallow Breathing 

A great majority of the clients who come to 

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and the heart. With the release of fascial 

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IS BACK AND LIVE 

After 

postp 

o n i n g 

its 2020- 

1. 2. 

21 season at 

the Venice Performing 

Arts Center, The 

Venice Symphony 

has returned live and 

has every concert and 

guest artist planned 

for 2020-21. Music Director 

Troy Quinn will 

lead The Symphony’s 

outstanding professional 

orchestra in all 

remaining concerts 

through to April 2022. 

“We promised to roll 

over our concert programs 

and guest artists 

from last season to this 

season due to the response 

to the programs 

and the great artistry 

of these guest performers,” 

said Quinn. 

“I believe the themes 

of these concerts will 

resonate with our subscribers 

and I am looking 

forward to being 

back on stage with our 

3. 

4. 

musicians in the Fall to 

present them.” 

1. Troy Quinn Music Director 2. Eric Rigler 3. Coya Bailey Jones 4. Fabiola Kim 

The Symphony’s 

48th season includes masterworks by osity and optimism of our dedicated for Handel’s majestic “Hallelujah 

Brahms, Schumann, Stravinsky and 

Mendelssohn, contemporary classics, 

music from Broadway, Hollywood, opera 

and more. Among the many highlights, 

supporters and subscribers, the majority 

of whom retained their tickets 

for the coming season. While we feel 

fortunate to have shared our amazing 

Chorus” and a traditional sing-a-long. 

Under the Big Top: A Tribute to 

the Circus | January 14-15, 2022 

world-class piper Eric Rigler musicians with thousands of people 

Celebrate our community’s ties to the 

will reprise his performance on “My through our free virtual concerts, 

circus with this captivating concert 

Heart Will Go On” from the film Titanic 

at A Night at the Oscars and superstar live orchestra performance.” 

there is nothing like the thrill of a 

accompanied by video and images 

from the Ringling Circus Museum. 

violinist Fabiola Kim solos on The Lark 

The Venice Performing Arts Center 

is a state-of-the-art building from Gypsy, music from The Lion 

Selections include the Overture 

Ascending. Several concerts including 

Under the Big Top: A Tribute to the 

located on the campus of Venice King and Swan Lake, The Can-Can 

Circus will feature video and film clips 

High School, One Indian Ave., Venice. and much more. Guest soloist Coya 

to enhance the concert experience. 

Concert information and updates Bailey Jones will perform “Never 

The Venice Symphony will present 

“Songs from the Stage and Screen 

will be available at thevenicesymphony.org. 

For more information, 

Enough” from The Greatest Showman. 

with Linda Eder” May 6-7, 2022 at the 

call 941-207-8822 or email music@ 

A Night at the Oscars 

VPAC. This concert was rescheduled 

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February 4-5, 2022 

from May 2021 and is not part of the 

World-renowned piper Eric Rigler 

regular season. 

THE VENICE SYMPHONY’S will reprise his original soul-stirring 

Subscriptions and packages are 

2021-22 Concert Season performance of “My Heart Will Go 

available by calling 941-207-8822. The 

Symphony’s popular Pre-Concert Talks 

A Holly Jolly Holiday 

On” from the movie Titanic, and music 

from Braveheart in a concert that 

will also resume before each concert. 

December 17-18, 2021 

includes beloved music from Forrest 

This free series is moderated by Joseph A time-honored tradition with a twist 

Gump, The Godfather, Rocky, The 

Caulkins and features Troy Quinn, featuring classic carols and Chanukah 

Magnificent Seven, La La Land, Breakfast 

at Tiffany’s and much more. 

Symphony musicians and guests. music, beloved standards Sleigh 

Christine Kasten, President/CEO of Ride and White Christmas, music 

The Venice Symphony said, “The one from The Nutcracker and holiday 

Superheroes and Schumann 

thing that has been a constant during film favorites. Sarasota’s Key Chorale, 

February 25-26, 2022 

this unpredictable and difficult year, the area’s premier symphonic chorus, 

has been the encouragement, gener- 

is scheduled to return to our stage The Venice Symphony Orchestra 

transports you from 

Jean Sibelius’, Finlandia 

to The Dark World of 

Thor, with stops in the 

Marvel and DC Universe. 

The concert will 

conclude with Robert 

Schumann’s Symphony 

No. 4 in D Minor, featuring 

Concertmaster 

Marcus Ratzenboeck. 

Game of Romes 

March 18-19, 2022 

The rousing score 

of Ben-Hur opens the 

program, followed 

by intermezzos from 

Mascagni and Puccini, 

the theme from Game 

of Thrones and Rossini’s 

masterpiece, the 

Overture from William 

Tell. The finale is 

Felix Mendelssohn’s 

Symphony No. 4, also 

known as “The Italian 

Symphony.” What 

better way to celebrate 

The Symphony’s Gala 

weekend?” 

Fantasy, 

Firebird, and 

Fabiola 

April 22-23, 2022 

Hailed by the New York Times as 

“playing with extraordinary precision 

and luminosity,” violinist Fabiola 

Kim solos on Ralph Vaughan 

Williams’ The Lark Ascending. Wagner’s 

Ride of the Valkyries and music 

from Chariots of Fire and How to 

Train Your Dragon lead to our season’s 

scorching finale, Igor Stravinsky’s 

The Firebird Suite. 

Rescheduled from 2020 at the VPAC, 

and not part of the subscription series: 

Songs from the Screen and 

Stage with Linda Eder 

May 6-7, 2022 

Broadway and recording star Linda 

Eder joins The Venice Symphony 

for an unforgettable concert of 

classics from Broadway and Hollywood. 

Eder has been called “one of 

the greatest voices of our time” and 

routinely sells out performances all 

over the Country. 


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Holiday Gift Guide 

A classic pen set, updated 

Faber-Castell has this 

beautiful pen set that 

has an elegant fountain 

pen and a ballpoint pen. 

A great gift or stocking 

stuffer, the Hexo 

set offers clean lines 

with clear-cut visual 

design combined with 

professional functionalism. 

(Fountain 

Pen $100 // Ballpoint 

$85). Faber-Castell 

pens are available 

at Write On 

Sarasota and Art 

Ovation Hotel. 

https://www. 

faber-castell.com/ 

Everyone 

loves a new 

calendar 

Consider the Heirs Wall Calendar 

2022: Connecting a Vibrant Past to 

a Brilliant Future ($14.99). From the 

photographers behind the New York 

Times bestseller Glory: Magical Visions 

of Black Beauty, Kahran and Regis 

Bethencourt, comes a collection of 

gorgeous images of Black children 

wearing clothing designs from Nigeria, 

Kenya, Liberia, South Africa, and the 

United States. 

The looks are inspired by Maasai, 

Zulu, Ndebele, and Samburu traditions 

and play with notions of royalty and 

power. Each month is an affirmation, 

deepened by quotes from modern-day heroes like Ella Baker, Zora Neale Hurston, and Maya Angelou. 

By Workman Publishing: https://www.workman.com/products/heirs-wall-calendar-2022/calendar 

A little bubbly for the holidays 

La Gioiosa Prosecco, because everyones likes some bubbly, right? La Gioiosa, 

which means “The Jouyous,” Prosecco is one of Italy’s favorite sparkling wines 

and the perfect way to enhance a holiday meal or party. 

La Gioiosa has two delicious Proseccos perfect for holiday celebrations, La 

Gioiosa Prosecco Superiore DOCG ($19.99) and La Gioiosa Prosecco Treviso 

DOC ($14.99). https://lagioiosa.it/en/ 

Some sipping 

bourbon 

Love bourbon? Then consider Longbranch 

Bourbon – born from a partnership 

between Academy Award-winner Matthew 

McConaughey and Wild Turkey Master 

Distiller Eddie Russell. Perfect for 

the practical liquor purists or 

the cocktail connoisseurs 

in your life, Longbranch 

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Kentucky straight 

bourbon refined with 

Texas Mesquite and 

oak charcoals. 

It also has notes of caramel 

and pear with subtle hints 

of citrus giving Longbranch 

a subtle, smoky, and smooth 

finish that both works on 

its own and pairs with your 

favorite mixers. 

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Pickleball, anyone? 

Pickleball is one of the 

fastest growing sports in 

the U.S, and is played by 

people of all ages because 

it is so easy to play, it’s 

competitive, easy on the 

body and a lot of fun. 

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paddles. Paddles are 

available individually 

($79.99) or in sets in a 

case with balls ($139.99) 

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How Craniosacral Therapy 

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As a result of two car accidents, injuries to my back, 

neck, shoulders, and tailbone caused me debilitating 

pain, chronic migraines, and loss of energy that forced 

me to go on disability leave. Medical doctors and physical 

therapy did not help. I tried neuromuscular massage, 

acupuncture and chiropractic with little improvement. A 

friend referred me to Terry. Within four CST sessions, my 

pain and physical stress decreased substantially, flexibility 

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AT THE DALI: 

The woman who broke boundaries: photographer 

LEE MILLER 

Special exhibit celebrates the trailblazing woman whose 

camerawork captured celebrities, surrealists and the zeitgeist of her era 

Solarised Portrait (thought to be Meret Oppenheim), Paris, France, 

1932 by Lee Miller (NC0058-5) © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. 

All Rights Reserved. 

Self portrait [with headband], Lee Miller Studios Inc., New York, U c1932 by Lee 

Miller (NYS 12-6-C) © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All Rights Reserved. 

Self portrait, Paris, France 1930 by Lee Miller (NC0142-5) © Lee Miller Archives England 2 

Rights Reserved. 

“I’d rather take a 

photograph than 

be one” — Lee Miller famously declared 

Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst, St. Martin 

d’Ardeche, France 1939 by Lee Miller (A0201) © Lee 

Miller Archives England 2020. All Rights Reserved. 

A 

lthough her first work was as a model, 

Miller (1907-1977) – the trusted 

confidante of many influential artists 

and an eyewitness to some of the most 

extraordinary moments of the 20th century – 

made lasting contributions as a photographer. 

Sweeping in scope and intimate in focus, The 

Woman Who Broke Boundaries: Photographer 

Lee Miller surveys her fascinating personal 

life and remarkably incisive portraiture and 

photojournalism. The exhibition is organized 

by The Dalí Museum and will feature more than 

130 images from Miller’s prolific body of work. 

The exhibition will be on view exclusively at 

The Dalí Museum through Jan. 2, 2022. 

The exhibition concentrates on Miller’s 

portraits of important writers and artists, 

the majority associated with the Surrealist 

movement in Paris, and with whom she had 

sustained personal relationships. Also featured 

is a small selection of striking self-portraits, 

images captured during the liberation of Paris 

and Germany at the end of the Second World 

War, and photos representative of technical 

advancements in the medium she chose to 

express herself and capture the times. 

“Equally unconventional and ambitious, Lee 

Miller continually reinvented herself, much like 

the artists she lived among and photographed,” 

said Dr. Hank Hine, executive director of The 

Dalí. “With a wry Surrealist quality, her work intimately 

captured a range of people and 

historical moments; however, the passion, 

intensity and restlessness of the woman 

behind the camera tells the most extraordinary 

stories. We hope visitors embrace 

her trailblazing creativity and are inspired 

to examine their own boundaries.” 

“The breadth of photographs featured 

is an expression of Miller’s desire to open 

avenues of professional engagement and 

personal choice that were closed to women 

in her time,” added Jeffett. “She is truly 

one of the most fascinating figures of the 

20th century.” 

About The Dalí Museum 

The Dalí Museum has a collection of over 2,400 Salvador Dalí works, including 

nearly 300 oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, as well as more than 2,100 prints, 

photographs, posters, textiles, sculptures and objets d’art. The Museum’s nonprofit 

mission, to care for and share its collection locally and internationally, is grounded 

by a commitment to education and sustained by a culture of philanthropy. 

Explore The Dalí anytime with the free Dalí Museum App, available on Google 

Play and in the App Store. The Dalí Museum is located at One Dalí Boulevard, St. 

Petersburg. For more information visit TheDali.org. 


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PIECED & PATTERNED 

American Quilts, c. 1800–1930 

Through January 23, 2022 at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg 

his exhibition features more than 

thirty extraordinary quilts whose 

design, materials, and craft reflect 

the complexity and richness of 

American life from the brash first 

decades of the republic through 

the trauma of the Great Depression. 

Pieced & Patterned is drawn from private 

collections. It includes superb examples of this 

quintessentially American art form, ranging 

from early appliqued textiles to boldly graphic 

bedcoverings of the early modern era. 

With remarkable sensitivity to color, 

pattern, and optical effects—combined with 

needlework skills of sometimes amazing 

dexterity—American women were able 

to use a range of textiles to create works 

of exceptional power and subtlety. Pieced 

& Patterned explores how designs and 

manufactured fabrics spread across the 

United States affecting the evolution of 

these textiles. In addition, the exhibition will 

explore how these skillfully crafted textiles 

commemorate not only personal and family 

events, but major cultural movements and 

strong political statements. 

Pieced & Patterned presents a rare chance 

to experience these fragile yet resilient textiles, 

consummate pieces of art that were treasured and 

handed down across generations. Their beauty 

is matched only by their role as repositories for 

memory and history—extraordinary testimonies 

to the role of women in the political, social, and 

cultural life of the United States. 

1 4 

2 

3 

1 

American, Pieced Quilt, c. 1850, Cotton with cotton 

thread, Collection of Linda McCormick Felts 

2 

Mid-Atlantic States, American, Star of Bethlehem 

Variant Quilt, c. 1840, Cotton and, pieced and 

appliqued with wool-embroidered linen panels 

inset; cotton binding, backing, and batting, 

Collection of Linda McCormick Felts and William 

C. Felts, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee 

3 

Mid-Atlantic States, American, Star of 

Bethlehem Quilt, c. 1840, Cotton, pieced and 

appliqued; cotton binding, backing, and batting, 

Collection of Linda McCormick Felts and William 

C. Felts, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee 

4 

American, Vases with Flowers Applique Quilt, 

c. 1840, Cotton, On loan from the collection of 

William and Norma Roth 

5 

American, Sampler Quilt, c. 1910, Cotton, On 

loan from the collection of William and Norma 

Roth 

6 

American, Crazy Quilt, c. 1890, Various 

textiles, On loan from the collection of William 

and Norma Roth 

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg • 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg • (727) 896-2667 • https://mfastpete.org/exh/pieced-and-patterned/ 

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helping out 

WAYS YOU CAN 

help others this holiday season 

Adopt a family 

or a senior 

JFCS of the Suncoast invites the 

community to donate holiday gifts to 

benefit underserved families and children, 

as well as seniors through the Adopta-Senior 

program. 

Interested donors can contact Karen 

Pharo at kpharo@jfcs-cares.org to receive 

more information on wish lists and needs of 

families, children and seniors. JFCS is accepting 

Christmas gifts for families, children 

and seniors until Friday, Dec. 10. They have 

over 300 children and 150 seniors to adopt 

out for the holidays. 

For the families: 

We provide the clothing and shoe size and 

the top three wish list items for each child 

and ask for a $50 gift card for the parent or 

guarding for groceries for the holidays. 

Christmas gifts can be dropped 

off at 2688 Fruitville Rd. (JFCS) at the loading 

dock between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Email 

Karen to set up an appointment for drop-off 

(to ensure a member of their team will be 

present). 

Clearly tag all gifts with the name and age 

of the child and place the gifts in a gift bag. 

Gifts should not be wrapped —they will be 

delivering the gifts in gift bags for easier 

transport. 

Make sure you include a note with your 

name, address and the approximate value of 

the gifts so they can issue you a charitable 

donation receipt. 

For the seniors: 

They ask for a gift bag for each of the seniors 

in isolation that includes: Hard Candy, 

Stamps, Notepad/Pen, Hand Lotion/Sanitizer, 

Chap stick, Gift Cards to Publix/Walgreens/Wal-Mart, 

no skid socks, tissues 

and magnets. 

Hosts Shine 

A Little Light 

Event on 

Dec. 9 

Coffrin Jewelers 

has Shine 

A Little Light 

Event on Dec. 9 benefiting 

Sarasota Memorial 

Hospital Pediatric Unit 

and Breast Cancer Health 

Center in conjunction with 

Serving Spoon from 4 p.m. 

to 9 p.m at Coffrin Jewelers 

and Serving Spoon. 

The event will include 

a customer appreciation 

party and a Putt-Putt Golf 

Tournament for those who 

would like to participate 

and support Sarasota Memorial 

Healthcare Foundation 

(SMHF). Tickets will 

be available for purchase 

to have an opportunity to 

putt to win a Rolex Watch 

at Serving Spoon and/ 

or a Breast Cancer Awareness Diamond 

Sapphire Pendant at Coffrin Jewelers. 

The initial round of putt-putt for the Rolex 

Watch will be held at Serving Spoon with 

the final playoffs held at Coffrin Jewelers. 

At the last hour of the event, 8 p.m; Coffrin 

Jewelers will host both prizes the Rolex 

and Pendant Necklace putt-putt playoffs to 

see who the winners are. This event will be 

sponsored by local businesses in Sarasota 

County such as Serving Spoon, Mortons 

Gourmet Market, Origin Pizza Café, 

Legends Sports Pub, Norm Jewett with 

Sarasota Concierge Service, Disc Jockey 

Steve Rice. 

Coffrin Jewelers owner’s personal Rolex 

“Oyster Perpetual Two Tone DateJust 

(Valued at $6,500. Comes with service and 

Coffrin Jewelers statement of value. 

Schedule: 

From 4-9 p.m.: free valet parking and 

food and drinks by local vendors. Coffrin 

Jewelers owner’s personal Rolex “Oyster 

Perpetual Two Tone Date. Just (Valued at 

$6,500.00). Comes with service and Coffrin 

Jewelers statement of value. Jyes Jewelry 

of California has donated aBreast Cancer 

Awareness Diamond 

& Sapphire 

pendant with .39 

carats of sapphires 

and .09 carat of 

diamonds (Valued 

at $2,300.00). 

Comes with Coffrin 

Jewelers statement 

of value. 

Chances are 

$20 for 1 opportunity 

to putt or $100 

for 6 putts. People 

in playoffs get one 

buyback for $100 

for 1 putt (no entries 

after 8 pm). To register, 

visit: https:// 

www.coffrinjewelers.com/2021-customer-appreciation/ 

and 

interested sponsors 

please contact the information below. 

Help fulfill the gift 

lists of foster & 

other vulnerable 

children 

During the holidays, while most 

families are eagerly anticipating 

get-togethers and the exchange of 

gifts, children in the state care system may 

not have a celebration to look forward to 

and, additionally, may be experiencing the 

stress and sadness of being displaced from 

their homes. 

To help foster and other vulnerable 

children in Florida’s Circuit 12 feel the joy of 

the holidays, Safe Children Coalition is 

implementing its Angels program, through 

which community members can fulfill gift 

lists of foster and other vulnerable children. 

Gifts are collected at all of its office locations 

in its three-county area of service; additionally, 

community members can donate 

through Safe Children Coalition’s website. 

Volunteers will shop for the children. Gifts 

are being accepted through December 17. 

The Safe Children Coalition’s Angels 

program works to ensure that foster and 

other vulnerable children in Florida’s Circuit 

12 (which encompasses Sarasota, Manatee 

and DeSoto counties) feel the warmth of 

the holiday season through 

the donation of gifts from 

caring members of the 

community. The program 

matches sponsors to children’s 

gift wish lists. 

Families, businesses, 

nonprofit organizations 

and religious institutions 

can request wish lists, shop 

and then bring the gifts to 

Safe Children Coalition (all 

SCC office locations are 

listed at sccfl.org/safechildrencoalition-contact), 

or 

people can make monetary 

(Left side) Safe Children Coalition team 

members Kayla Hopper, Stacey Schaeffer, 

Tina Streeter, Dena Gaines and Des Hazard 

with (right side) employees from the 

University Parkway Home Depot, where a toy 

drive was held in support of the SCC Angels 

program in 2020. 

donations that help support critical, life-saving 

programs for children who are homeless, 

abused, and neglected throughout the 

entire year. 

For information or to request a child’s 

holiday wish list, call the Safe Children 

Coalition office at 941-587-9167 or email angels@sccfl.org, 

or go to sccfl.org/angels for 

information and/or to make a donation. 

Turning Points 

in Bradenton 

They accept all clothing, but this 

what they need most right now: Mens 

shorts/pants size 28-36; New underwear 

(men & women); Sneakers (men & 

women); Bicycles (working or non-working); 

Travel-size hygiene items, (shampoo/conditioner, 

body wash, toothpaste, mouthwash, 

sunblock, lotion, razors, and deodorant), Gift 

cards (Wawa, Publix, Walmart). 

Gifts can be dropped off at Turning 

Points , 701 17th Ave West, Bradenton. 

Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm. More info at www. 

tpmanatee.org or call (941) 747-1509. 


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