wcw JANUARY 2021

JANUARY 2021 

Michéle 

Des Verney 

Redwine 

President, 

Suncoast 

Black Arts 

Collaborative 

Also in this issue: 

■ Online Classes with OLLI 

■ Bertha Honoré Palmer and Her Monets 

■ Travel News: New Hotels 

■ Dining In: Impossibly Good Vegan Options 

■ WCW Foodie: Restaurant News

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JANUARY 2021 

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Editor and Publisher 

Louise M. Bruderle 

Email: westcoastwoman@comcast.net 

Contributing Writer 

Carol Darling 

Contributing Photographer 

Evelyn England 

Here’s to a Happy, 

Healthy and Prosperous 2021! 

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Here are our columns: 

n Out & About: includes 

fundraisers, concerts, art exhibits, 

lectures, dance, poetry, shows & 

performances, theatre, film, 

seasonal events and more. 

n Datebook: club meetings, 

women’s clubs, networking and 

consumer-oriented lectures. 

n Mind/Body Calendar: health and 

wellness events, support groups, 

health lectures, seminars and 

screenings. 

n You’re News: job announcements, 

appointments and promotions, 

board news, business news and 

real estate news. 

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travel: 

Update on New Hotels 

for the New Year 

There’s been a flurry of hotel-building in our area 

and around Florida with many openings taking 

place last year. Unfortunately, many of us can’t take 

advantage of these beautiful properties just yet. 

But there’s nothing against planning for later 

this year and beyond. 

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dining in: 

Tasty Vegan Options 

Start the year off right with less 

animal products. It’s good for your 

health and the planet’s. Great 

recipes from Impossible Foods. 

p22 

arts feature: 

Bertha Honoré Palmer 

and her Monets 

Many of you know Bertha Honoré Palmer as 

in Palmer Ranch or Spanish Point. But do you 

know about her life prior to Sarasota and what 

she contributed to her former residence that 

was vital to its cultural identity? 

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departments 

4 editor’s letter 

7 Out & About: listing for things 

to do live and/or online 

14 focus on the arts: 

Choral Artists’ latest concert 

16 west coast woman: 

Michéle Des Verney Redwine 

18 women’s health: The Renewal Point 

19 happening this month: 

new classes offered by OLLI 

20 focus on the arts: 

The Circus Arts Conservancy 

21 health feature: get to know 

Craniosacral Therapy 

22 dining in: start the year off with 

less animal products 

on the cover: WCW photo of Michéle Des Verney Redwine at her home. 

• Photo by Evelyn England 

23 wcw foodie: your source 

for restaurant news 

26 travel news: New Hotels 

for a New Year 

27 travel feature: Bertha Honoré 

Palmer and her Monets 

30 You’re News 

JANUARY 2021 WEST COAST WOMAN 3

just some 

thoughts 

Louise Bruderle 

Editor and Publisher 

Michéle Des Verney 

Redwine 

Michéle Des Verney 

Redwine 

What’s it like to interview someone using 

Zoom? Well, a bit of back story first. Now that 

it’s 2021, WCW has been around 33 years and 

I have interviewed over 400 women for our 

WCW profile. They’ve all been in person— 

every single one of them. 

Yes, there have been scheduling challenges, 

interviews cut a bit short due to a 

very busy person, interviewees delayed and 

rescheduled due to airplanes and weather not cooperating, etc., 

but always in person. I enjoy it that way. Sometimes you enter the 

person’s office, studio, home or personal space of some sort. That 

can add to the story. 

In 2020, I started doing online interviews with our WCW of the 

month. I wasn’t sure how it would work, but I did know it had to 

work. I was more concerned about a poor connection or screen 

freeze than anything else. Turns out, it went fine. I was free to write 

and I could make eye contact (things that make phone interviews 

problematic). 

This month will be my fourth zoom profile. BTW if you had said 

“Zoom” a year ago I wouldn’t have known what that was. Would you? 

These days, who doesn’t know what Zoom is? So, yes, it works and it 

also keeps us both safe, but still connected in a good way. 

For the New Year I want some of the energy that Michéle Des 

Verney Redwine has. In fact, I’ll take even a teensy-weensy of that 

great energy she exudes. Lucky for Sarasota, we have 100% of her 

energy and what great strides she has made and will make with her 

Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative (SBAC). 

In 2017, Michéle founded SBAC, “to create substantive change 

and facilitate momentum towards creating a fully inclusive institutional 

culture in our regional arts and nonprofit landscape.” To 

that end, she and her board and collaborators have created a panel 

series on arts and racial justice. The first event is on January 25 and 

features Charlayne-Hunter Gault as moderator of a panel that includes 

Gale Fulton-Ross, Steven High, Katherine Pill and Anne-Marie 

Russell—well known names in the arts in our area. 

Register for this Zoom event at https://form.jotform. 

com/203398406066054. To learn more about Michéle, read my profile 

in this issue. 

Goals and Ideas for 2021 

Maybe we will be mostly out of this health crisis by summer, but 

that remains to be seen. 

• If arts organizations are re-opening consider their online events. 

Or buy gift cards. 

• Restaurants—order takeout or buy a gift card. Eat outdoors if 

applicable. 

• Health—Get vaccinated. Exercise and eat healthy. Commune 

with nature by hiking, kayaking or swimming at a safe distance 

and masked. 

• Volunteer—The Literacy Council of Sarasota (LCS) has online tutor 

training workshops throughout 2021. You can help other 

adults improve their basic English communication and literacy 

skills using distance learning techniques. 

They use Zoom for tutor training sessions. Call LCS Program 

Director, Susan Bergstrom, at (941) 243-0722 or email her 

at sbergstrom@sarasotaliteracy.org. Visit https://www. 

sarasotaliteracy.org/get-involved/become-a-tutor. 

Warm Fuzzies from the Holidays 

Project PRIDE made 100 gift bags to donate to homeless to stay 

warm. “In our efforts to support the community, we create various 

outreach events which support local organizations,” shares Katy 

McCurry, co-founder of Project Pride. 

For example, they donated four packed SUVs worth of collected 

food to Second Chance Last Opportunity in Newtown around 

Thanksgiving. 

When Sarasota experienced a coldsnap, members of Project Pride 

filled 100 bags of warm necessities for the homeless to be donated 

to the Streets of Paradise (SoP) 

for distribution. 

The drawstring bags came 

in rainbow colors—each one 

filled to encompass toiletry kits, 

winter hats, gloves, crew socks 

and more. “Project PRIDE SRQ 

is honored to do this work for 

our community while promoting 

visibility for the LGBTQ+ 

community,” says McCurry. 

If you’d like to participate or 

schedule an outreach event for 

your organization, contact Project 

Pride’s Outreach Director, 

Arthur Boyce at arthur6600@ 

aol.com. 

A standout Goodwill Manasota team member was able to celebrate 

this holiday season as her family was selected to be the beneficiary 

of the Adams and Reese Sarasota office’s HUGS Program. Goodwill 

Manasota employee 

Irma Orona, her 

mother, Virginia 

Guerrero (who also 

works at Goodwill), 

children and other 

family members 

living with her 

have received 

items including a 

Christmas tree and 

decorations, lots of 

clothing – including 

work clothes for Adams and Reese team members (from l-r) Drew Chesanek, 

Irma and Virginia – Debbie Woodson, Helen Martin, Tellie Settimi and Ryan Owen with 

Goodwill team members Virginia Guerrero and Irma Orona. 

toys for the children, 

and a Publix gift card. 

When Orona came to Goodwill nearly seven years ago, she was a 

single mom who never graduated from high school. Over time, she 

benefited from Goodwill’s on-the-clock opportunities for classes 

and training and - while working full-time – earned her high school 

diploma. In addition to her own two children, she and her mother 

have provided for her two nieces and a nephew after the unexpected 

death of her brother two years ago. She and her mother also took 

care of her father – Guerrero’s ex-husband – who lived with them, 

was on dialysis and required a lot of care. 

Orona works at Goodwill’s Corporate Campus as a hanger; in 

the past she served as a cashier. Guerrero has been with Goodwill 

for nearly three years, also working as a hanger at the Corporate 

Campus store. 

This was the 32nd year of the Adams and Reese HUGS community 

service and philanthropic program – HUGS stands for Hope, Understanding, 

Giving and Support, and is the holiday charitable initiative 

through which the firm donates time, financial resources and assistance 

to more than 200 organizations throughout its service area. 

“Our Sarasota team members enjoyed shopping for gifts and 

seasonal surprises for our family as well as providing them with 

necessities many of us might take for granted,” said Ryan Owen, 

Sarasota office Partner in Charge at Adams and Reese. 

For more about Goodwill, visit experiencegoodwill.org. 

Final Thoughts 

Here’s to a healthy and happy 2021. We’ve been through a lot 

together. Let’s continue to work together and get this this pandemic 

behind us. 

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. 



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Walking Tours 

Historical Walking Tours in 

Venice are held on Saturday and 

Sunday mornings at 9:30am and 

run for approximately 90 minutes, 

leaving at Michael Biehl Park and 

concluding at Centennial Park. 

Reservations required. Evening Ghost 

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Calling All Young 

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The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime is 

hosting a Young Entrepreneur Market 

outside in their courtyard on January 

23 from 10-3pm. Open to anyone 

under 17 with a product to sell or 

service to promote. The cost is only $20 

and The Bazaar will provide tables. For 

more information email info@bazaaronapricotandlime.com. 

The Bazar is located at 821 Apricot 

Ave, Sarasota and is home to over 25 

local artisans and vendors selling art, 

clothing, gifts, plants, jewelry, food, 

and so much more. There are art and 

music classes available. Open Thursday 

- Saturday 10-3pm weekly with 

live music in the afternoons. Visit 

www.bazaaronapricotandlime.com. 

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At The Ringling 

On exhibit: 

• The new circus poster exhibition 

Circus and Suffragists reveals 

the history of the women of circus 

who fought for their right to vote 

over 100 years ago. It’s on view 

through February 2021 in The Tibbals 

Learning Center. 

From its founding in the 18th century, 

women found path to independence 

through the circus by actively making 

the decisions that shaped their lives. 

Female performers often entered into 

contracts on their own, moving from 

one show title to another as it was 

deemed advantageous to their career. 

Their well-traveled lifestyles and exposures 

to a diverse population of performers 

provided circus women with 

broad knowledge not only of various 

cultures, but also on legal matters that 

impacted their profession. 

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• Syd Solomon: Concealed and Revealed 

runs to January 24 and offers 

a unique selection of paintings by 

the artist, along with numerous objects 

from the Solomon Archive on 

view for the first time. Syd Solomon 

(American, 1917-2004) described 

himself as an “Abstract Impressionist” 

alluding to the fact that his 

work infused impressionism into 

the processes, scale and concepts of 

Abstract Expressionism. 

Solomon moved to Sarasota in 1946 

with his wife Annie. His was the first 

work of contemporary art to be collected 

by The Ringling in 1962. His paintings 

were greatly influenced by climatic 

factors and reveal a fascination and 

concern for Florida’s aquatic environment. 

Solomon incorporated his experience 

as a camouflage designer during 

World War II into his painting. 

• Kabuki Modern is in the Ting 

Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center 

for Asian Art. The exhibition 

presents multiple superb recent 

acquisitions of kabuki imagery created 

between 1868 and the 1950s. 

Visitors will see works by Toyohara 

Kunichika (1835–1900), Yamamura 

Kōka (Toyonari, 

1885–1942), and Natori 

Shunsen (1886– 

1960) — the foremost 

print artists of their 

time. Also on view is 

a stunning painting 

by Murakami Michiho 

(1899–1938) that 

recently returned 

to the Museum following 

conservation 

treatment. 

These works of art 

capture the dynamic 

poses, elaborate 

stage makeup, and 

costumes that have 

enthralled audiences 

for over 400 years. 

Actors of Kabuki, 

Japan’s distinctive 

form of popular theater, 

were superstars 

between the 17th and 

early 20th centuries, 

and continue to command 

cultural and 

celebrity status today. 

Mass-produced woodblock-printed 

actor 

portraits, or yakusha-e 

were sold as affordable 

mementos of the theater 

experience, while 

wealthy patrons commissioned 

bespoke 

paintings. 

As Japan modernized 

from the late 

19th century, theaters adapted their 

repertoire to cater to shifting tastes 

and social mores. New stories and 

foreign ideas reinvigorated kabuki 

and attracted diverse audiences and 

patronage. In response to these developments 

and the rise of photography, 

publishers, print designers and 

painters updated their stylistic and 

technical approaches to yakusha-e, 

thereby propelling the genre into the 

modern era. 

Kabuki Modern will run in the Chao 

Center until June 27, 2021. 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 

Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. 

Sarasota Orchestra 

Launches Books of 

Note Program 

Sarasota Orchestra has 

launched Books of Note, a collection 

of fiction and nonfiction books 

curated by Artistic Advisor Jeffrey 

Kahane and Sarasota Orchestra musicians. 

Books of Note will be supplemented 

by virtual events. 

• Classical Music in America – 

Jeffrey Kahane’s Picks 

Artistic Advisor Jeffrey Kahane embarks 

on a lecture and reading series 

that examines the evolution of America’s 

authentic musical identity, one 

intricately entwined with European 

tradition and inspired by its own 

rich, musical heritage. Podcast episodes 

covering select books will be 

released the third Tuesday of every 

month to May. 

• January 19, 2021 Podcast Episode—Nadia 

Boulanger: A Life in 

Music by Leonie Rosenstiel 

This in only a partial list. Information 

about book selections and virtual 

events are available at www.sarasota 

orchestra.org/books-of-note. 

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The Ringling has Kabuki Modern in the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao 

Center for Asian Art through June 27, 2021. 

• Books That Move Us – Musician Picks 

This reading and conversational 

series centers on books that made a 

transformative impact in the lives 

of Sarasota Orchestra musicians. 

Virtual discussions for select books 

will be available for patrons to engage 

with Orchestra musicians on the first 

Monday of every month from December 

through May. Discussions will 

also be available live on Zoom and on 

Sarasota Orchestra’s Facebook page. 

• Evicted by Mathew Desmond. Selected 

by: Laura Petty, clarinet. Live 

Zoom on January 4, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. 

• Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg. 

Selected by: Christopher Schnell, 

Assistant Principal Cello. Live Zoom on 

February 1, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. 

This is a partial list. A full list of musician-selected 

books with synopses 

is available online at www.sarasotaorchestra.org/books-of-note/booksthat-move-us. 

More info at www. 

SarasotaOrchestra.org. 

Fundraisers 

The University of South Florida 

has the 27th annual Brunch on the 

Bay at the Sarasota-Manatee campus 

on Jan. 24, 2021. Attendees will 

enjoy great cuisine, fellowship with 

friends and have the opportunity to 

invest in the future of the community 

by supporting student scholarships. 

Elizabeth Moore is chairperson 

of the 2021 event. 

To purchase tickets, visit the 2021 

USF Sarasota-Manatee Brunch on 

the Bay page. Visit https://www. 

sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/giving/ 

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New College of Florida will celebrate 

the 42nd anniversary of its 

annual Scholarship Clambake, hosted 

by the New College Foundation, 

on March 4, 2021, at 6 p.m. The event 

will take place on the New College 

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bayfront beside 

College Hall, 5800 

Bay Shore Road in 

Sarasota. Ticket proceeds 

benefit student 

scholarships. New 

College Foundation 

board members 

Beverly Bartner and 

Renee Hamad are 

this year’s co-chairs. 

Tickets start at $250. 

For more information, 

call 941- 

487-4800. 

Marie 

Selby 

Botanical 

Gardens 

The Rainforest 

Masks of Costa Rica 

exhibit and sale 

showcases artists 

from the Borucan 

Indian tribe of Costa 

Rica. Experience the 

vibrant, hand-carved 

and painted balsa 

wood masks showcased 

in the Museum 

of Botany & the Arts. 

Rainforest 

Masks of Costa 

Rica runs January 

9-31, 2021. For more 

information, visit 

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Lectures, Classes 

and Meetings 

The Manatee Genealogical Society 

has a meeting and program 

on January 5, 2021, 10-11:30 a.m. 

Due to COVID, society meetings are 

virtual until future notice. George G. 

Morgan will speak on “Getting Past 

Brick Walls.” He is an internationally 

recognized speaker and the prolific, 

award-winning author of hundreds 

of articles in magazines, journals, 

newsletters, and genealogical publications. 

The author of twelve books, 

his most recent is How to Do Everything: 

Genealogy. 

He is the co-host of the longest 

running genealogical podcast, The 

Genealogy Guys Podcast. The public 

is welcome to attend. Email info@ 

mgsfl.org to register in advance. Following 

the presentation there will be 

a Q & A period with the speaker and 

then a moderated open discussion 

period. For more information, visit 

https://mgsfl.org/. 

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• The Venice Area Historical Society 

invites you to view its January 19 

lecture/program which is part of the 

Betty Intagliata Lecture Series. The 

Historical Society’s January Program 

kicks off the 100th Anniversary of 

Sarasota becoming its own County 

with a video program by Dr. Frank 

Cassell titled: “Creating Sarasota 

County.” Dr. Cassell tells the story 

behind the fight to split from Manatee 

County and the personalities 

involved. If you miss January 19, the 

video will be up for two weeks. To 

view go to: veniceareahistoricalsociety,org. 

Click on the EDUCATION tab. 

• The Venice Area Women’s College 

Club invites you to a noon lunch on 

January 12, 2021 at the Plantation 

Golf & Country Club, 500 Rockley 

Blvd, Venice. The program will be 

Genealogy Research presented by 

Gail O’Hara. This is a timely topic for 

all to listen and be inspired. The club 

is seeking new members. They meet 

the second Tuesday of the month, 

October-May. The club is a not for 

profit organization, supports the 

So County Food Pantry and awards 

yearly educational scholarships. Call 

941-202-4034 for membership and/or 

lunch reservations ($22). 

• The New College Foundation offers 

New Topics, a lecture series showcasing 

national speakers from a broad 

range of disciplines exploring topical 

issues. To mark New College’s 60th 

anniversary, this year’s series features 

noteworthy alumni whose New 

College experience prepared them for 

lives of note and careers of impact. 

The series runs through March and 

will be presented via the Zoom platform. 

Each lecture will be presented 

at 5 pm. Tickets are $10. Proceeds go 

to fund student scholarships. 

R. Derek Black, Allison Gornik 

and James Birmingham on the topic 

of “Inclusion at any Cost? When 

New College was ‘Home’ to a White 

Nationalist” on January 27, Cuban-American 

attorney, consultant, 

and human rights advocate Lincoln 

Rafael Diaz-Balart on the topic of 

“Reflections on a Congressional 

Career; Lessons for Today’s Politics” 

on February 18 and “Cybersecurity 

and Civil Liberties” by the ACLU’s 

surveillance and cybersecurity counsel 

Jennifer Granick on March 18. 

Registration required. Go to ncf. 

edu/new-topics or call the New College 

events hotline at 941-487-4888. 

At Bookstore1 

Sarasota 

Upcoming Virtual Events at Bookstore1Sarasota. 

All events presented 

via Zoom, registration is required. 

They are open for browsing with 

masks and payment by credit card 

only. Side-door pick is also available. 

• January 10, 2 p.m. Zoom Poetry- 

Mic—a series that presents an array 

of varied and talented poets. This 

month’s poets are Don McLagan, Liz 

Kelner Pozen, Mary Saily and Carol 

Sundberg. Don is an entrepreneur 

and poet. He is the author of two 

books of poetry – Fragments in a 

Glass Bowl and Tug at the Knot. Liz is 

an artist and retired psychotherapist. 

Her second book of poetry, Salami, 

was published in June of this 

year. Mary retired at the end of 2014 

after selling her consulting firm. 

While wintering in Florida in 2017, 

she discovered the joys of writing 

poetry while taking a class. Carol 

started writing poetry in a Masters 

program in Minnesota in 1981 and 

she has never stopped. 

Free, but optional fee of $7 to help 

defray the cost to the bookstore. Reservations 

required for Zoom link. 

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• Join New College creative writing 

professor Dr. Emily Carr for a Zoom 

workshop: Imagining Your Way 

Through Pandemic: Storytelling and 

Tarot. This four-part workshop series 

is offered 5-7 pm the second Wednesday 

of the month: January 13, February 

10, March 10, and April 14. 

Cost: $95 and includes a copy 

of The Creative Tarot: A Modern 

Guide to an Inspired Life by Jessa 

Crispin, and all four Zoom sessions. 

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out and about continued 

This mixed-genre, all-levels workshop 

includes a basic introduction to 

the Tarot, generative writing exercises, 

storytelling tips and tricks, unique 

Tarot-inspired provocations for creativity 

in times of crisis, and a discussion 

of the various ways writers might 

use the Tarot in their work. Open to 

writers at all levels, working in poetry, 

fiction, and nonfiction. 

Explore a series of Tarot-inspired 

writing activities designed to offer 

you strategies for using the cards to 

start a new poem/story/essay, inject 

new life and surprising stakes into 

a poem/story/essay you’re already 

working on and/or break through 

imaginative blocks. She is currently 

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing 

at New College of Florida. 

• Upcoming Virtual Book Clubs at 

Bookstore1Sarasota for January, 2021. 

All book clubs presented via Zoom, 

registration is required. 

• January 12 at 2 p.m. The Mysteries 

to Die For Zoom Book Club led 

by Elsie Souza. This month: Open 

Season by C.J. Box. A fee of $22 is 

required for participation. This includes 

a copy of Open Season and 

the Zoom book club meeting. Open 

Season is the first novel in the series 

featuring Wyoming game warden 

Joe Pickett from #1 New York 

Times bestselling author C. J. Box. 

• January 13 at 2 p.m. The Poetry 

Zoom Book Club Doug Knowlton. 

This month: A Map of the Lost 

World by Rick Hilles. A fee of $23 

is required for participation. This 

includes a copy of A Map of the Lost 

World and the Zoom book club 

meeting. The poems that make up A 

Map of the Lost World range from 

tightly-wrought shorter lyrics to 

longer autobiographical narratives 

to patterns of homage (in several 

forms) of poets that Hilles admires 

and emulates (including Richard 

Hugo, James Wright, James Merrill 

and Larry Levis) to extended 

voice-driven meditations. 

• January 25 at 6 p.m. The Mindful 

Reading Book Club led by Roxanne 

Baker. This month we are 

discussing: This One Wild and 

Precious Life by Sarah Wilson.A 

fee of $34 is required for participation. 

This includes a copy of This 

One Wild and Precious Life and the 

Zoom book club meeting. The New 

York Times bestselling author 

of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful 

tackles the loneliness epidemic, 

encouraging readers to view solitude 

through a spiritual lens, and 

embrace the art of being alone. 

To register: https://www.sarasotabooks.com/events. 

More event info 

at https://www.sarasotabooks.com/ 

bookclubs or call 941-365-7900. 

Lifelong Learning 

Institute 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 

at Ringling College (OLLI) has 

its winter semester Jan. 11 to March 

5; its spring semester is March 8 to 

April 30. Each semester features dozens 

of classes and programs covering 

a wide variety of topics. 

Classes will be offered using a 

hybrid model: in person on the 

Ringling College Museum Campus 

and via Zoom. Classes cover multiple 

topics, including art and music 

appreciation, health and well-being, 

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global issues, philosophy, 

religion, culture and 

travel, and science. 

In-person classes are 

at 1001 S. Tamiami Tr., 

Sarasota; masks and physical 

distancing will be 

required. To register, visit 

OLLIatRinglingCollege. 

org or call 941-309-5111. 

• Highlights of the winter 

semester: 

• Lecture: “Spy Pilot: 

Francis Gary Powers, 

The U-2 Incident, and a 

Controversial Cold War 

Legacy” with Francis 

Gary Powers Jr. One of the 

most talked-about events 

of the Cold War was the 

downing of the CIA U-2 

spy plane piloted by Francis 

Gary Powers over the 

Soviet Union in 1960. 

The event was depicted 

in the Steven Spielberg 

movie “Bridge of Spies.” 

In this lecture, Francis 

Gary Powers Jr., Power’s 

son and the author 

of “Spy Pilot,” will talk 

about his father’s life 

based on personal files 

that have not been previously 

available. This is an 

online presentation, Jan. 28 from 

3 to 4:30 p.m. 

• The winter Einstein’s Circle presentation 

is “Attacks on Monuments — 

Protest or vandalism?” with Andre 

Krauss. His talk will explore how, 

throughout the history of art iconoclasm, 

the destruction of images was 

at times overtly political, while at 

other times it was fueled by religious 

zeal. Andre Krauss will examine 

where political protest intersects with 

aesthetic considerations. This online 

presentation takes place Feb. 17 from 

3 to 4:30 p.m. 

• OLLI at Ringling College’s documentary 

film series, CONNECTIONS: 

Exploring Today’s Global Issues, 

is an opportunity for students to 

connect to many of today’s pressing 

global issues via the penetrating 

perspectives of contemporary documentary 

films. The moderator of the 

series is Julie Cotton, a member of the 

Advisory Council’s Strategic Program 

Committee, executive coach and aficionado 

of documentary films. 

The winter term features two films 

that will be screened via Zoom. Following 

the screening, participants 

can engage in a Zoom discussion with 

the moderator and one another about 

the film’s content and impact, as well 

as raise questions for further exploration. 

The films are shown on Jan. 19 

(“The Social Dilemma”) and Feb. 16 

(“Jim Allison: Breakthrough”) from 

2:30-4:30 p.m. 

• The winter semester also features 

OLLI At Ringling College Virtual 

Travel Series with travel specialist 

Robert Gaglio and special guest 

Cristina Amberti. “Explore Siena” 

examines how the idea of a modern 

western state was shaped between 

the 13th and 14th centuries. This 

online presentation is Jan. 19 from 3 

to 5 p.m. “A Pilgrimage in Tuscany” 

takes students on a journey in the 

footsteps of ancient pilgrims along 

the Via Francigena, the historic 

route leading to The Eternal City of 

Rome. This online presentation is 

Feb. 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. 

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has Rainforest Masks of 

Costa Rica exhibit. Rica runs January 9-31, 2021. 

Art Exhibits 

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling 

College is open including the new 

Bistro, the Shop, and the Grounds. 

• On exhibit: Harmony Hammond, 

Material Witness, Five Decades of 

Art, Color. Theory. & (b/w), Vita in 

Motu, Worker by Barbara Banks and 

Vik Muniz. 

They offer a variety of online exhibits. 

Visit www.sarasotaartmuseum. 

org. Sarasota Art Museum, Ringling 

College Museum Campus, 1001 South 

Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 

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Anna Maria Artists’ Guild Gallery’s 

featured Artist for January 2021 

is Susanna Spann. She is a signature 

member of American Watercolor Society, 

National Watercolor Society, Transparent 

Watercolor Society of America 

and Florida Watercolor Society. Her 

work is in 14 different books on watercolor, 

including her own book “Painting 

Crystal and Flowers in Watercolor”. 

Spann was a participant in the 

Outdoor Art Festivals all over the 

United States for 45 years, and won 

over 675 awards for her drawings and 

paintings. During that same period, 

she was an adjunct instructor at the 

Ringling School of Art and Design in 

Sarasota, teaching watercolor and 

illustration for 15 years. 

The Anna Maria Artists’ Guild 

Gallery is at 5414 Marina Drive, 

Holmes Beach. 

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Ringling College has Regan 

Dunnick: Plum Bobs Ulysses pt. 

1 through February 12. Featuring 

original paintings and drawings by 

renowned illustrator and long-time 

Ringling College Faculty member, 

Regan Dunnick (Class of 1976) in The 

Patricia Thompson Gallery. 

Dunnick is an internationally 

known illustrator. He has won numerous 

awards and his works are in the 

permanent collection of the Library 

of Congress. He has been selected to 

such major exhibitions as the United 

Nations Environmental Show, The 

New Pop Show which toured Europe 

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and chronicled innovators, 

American Illustration, 

and The Hiroshima 

Memorial Design Show 

(Hiroshima, Japan). 

This exhibition is open 

by appointment only. 

Email galleries@ringling. 

edu to request an appointment. 

The Keating Center is 

at 2621 Bradenton Rd, 

Sarasota. 

The Photoville 

FENCE returns to Sarasota-Bradenton’s 

Nathan 

Benderson Park. View 

some of the world’s best 

photography in a unique 

outdoor exhibit through 

February. The show is 

open to the public from 

6 a.m.-6 p.m. every day. 

As an outdoor exhibition, 

social distancing is a 

distinct built-in feature 

of the show. 

Consistently attracting 

exceptional work by a 

diverse pool of photographers, 

the Photoville 

FENCE spotlights a wide 

range of photographic 

and lens-based stories. 

By exploring the universal themes of 

people, streets, play, creatures, home, 

food, and nature, the exhibition elevates 

our understanding of the worldat-large 

and issues close to home. 

The local show also includes a 

showcase of seven Florida photographers, 

judged separately from the 

international show. The exhibition 

is free to the public. The Photoville 

Fence will appear on the upper finish 

tower parking lot, on both sides of 

a chain-link fence between the two 

bridges onto the park’s Regatta Island. 

Learn more at nathanbendersonpark.org/about-us/sanca-mission. 

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Venice Museum presents Selling 

Venice: Advertising in the 1920s, January 

21-31 featuring advertisements 

published from 1926-1928 in the Venice 

News, you can see the marketing 

of Venice during these initial “boom 

years” in the city’s history. Admission 

is free. The Historic Triangle Inn is at 

351 Nassau Street South, Venice. 

Theatre 

At Manatee Players: 

• Nunsense begins when the Little 

Sisters of Hoboken discover that 

their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, 

has accidentally poisoned 52 of the 

sisters, and they are in dire need 

of funds for the burials. The sisters 

decide that the best way to raise the 

money is to put on a variety show, so 

they take over the school auditorium, 

which is currently set up for the 

eighth grade production of “Grease.” 

Featuring star turns, tap and ballet 

dancing, an audience quiz, and comic 

surprises, this show has become an 

international phenomenon. The show 

is in Stone Hall (social distancing) 

or in the comfort of your own home, 

or in the MPAC Parking Lot. Runs 

January 14-31. 

Manatee Performing Arts Center, 

502 Third Avenue, W., Bradenton. 

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FST in Conversation. 

• FST invites you to join in for online 

conversations with some of the country’s 

top playwrights creating art today. 

From issues of heritage and history 

to complexities around human 

technology to race in American theatre, 

we’ll unpack some of the issues 

behind these artists’ exciting new 

plays in development and why they’re 

relevant today. Hear directly from 

these artists about their processes and 

what it takes to get a play on its feet. 

All forums are free to attend, 

though registration is required. 

• January 14, 11 a.m. Discovering Heritage. 

Featuring Playwrights Jason 

Odell Williams and Charlotte Cohn. 

Moderated by Catherine Randazzo. 

• February 11, 11 a.m. Life vs. Technology. 

Featuring Playwrights Thomas 

Gibbons and Jacqueline Goldfinger. 

Moderated by Jason Cannon. 

This is just a partial list. We’ll 

publish more in the months ahead. 

FST Forums will be held exclusively 

online. After registering, you will 

receive an email the day before the 

event from Florida Studio Theatre 

containing information about joining 

the online event. This will be a separate 

email from your confirmation 

email. Questions, call the FST Box 

Office at 941-366-9000. 

The Choral Artists 

of Sarasota 

Choral Artists of Sarasota season 

continues with: 

• Marching to Freedom: From the 

early days of slavery to the Civil War 

to Reconstruction and the Jim Crow 

laws, to the Civil Rights Era of the 60s 

and even in our own time, the road to 

freedom for African-Americans has 

been long and arduous. Through gospel 

and spiritual pieces and art songs 

composed by Black Americans, the 

experience of liberty and justice for 

all paints a picture of the struggle that 

these Americans faced in history and 

continue to face in current society. 

This live performance is Wednesday, 

February 3, 5 p.m., at Historic 

Spanish Point. The online replay of 

this concert is Sunday, February 14. 

The “Concert Insight” for this concert 

is Thursday, January 21, at 10 a.m. 

For information and tickets, visit 

www.ChoralArtistsSarasota.org or 

call 941-387-4900. 

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Sarasota Orchestra 

Sarasota Orchestra has a reimagined 

season that brings the joy and 

inspiration of classical and pops music 

to the community while maintaining 

health and safety for its all. 

Planned by Jeffrey Kahane, Sarasota 

Orchestra Artistic Advisor, the concerts 

will feature ensembles of no more than 

15 musicians in order to ensure social 

distancing on the Holley Hall stage. 

To ensure audience safety, in-person 

audiences will be limited to 20% 

capacity of Holley Hall starting in November. 

To maintain delivery of the 

Orchestra’s mission to the broadest 

constituency possible, concerts will 

be streamed for home viewing. 

Each performance will be limited to 

an hour without intermission, with a 

socially distanced audience, required 

masks, contact-free ticket scanning 

and temperatures taken upon arrival 

for attendance. The facility will have a 

deep cleaning between performances 

and a new Needlepoint Bipolar 

Ionization air handling system was 

recently installed in Holley Hall. 

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• Sarasota Orchestra: Inspirations, 

January 14-17. Great composers 

have always looked to other great 

composers for guidance and inspiration. 

This program features music 

whose composition was influenced 

by other masters. American Caroline 

Shaw, the youngest-ever recipient 

of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, was 

inspired to write her 2011 string 

quartet Entr’acte after hearing a 

performance of Haydn’s quartet, Op. 

77, No. 2. Her captivating, cinematic 

writing has earned her widespread 

acclaim as one of the most important 

young voices in today’s music world. 

Antonin Dvorak had recently 

lost his mother when he decided to 

rework the slow movement from an 

earlier string quartet into the hypnotic 

Nocturne in B Major in 1883. 

Nine years later, Josef Suk, Dvorak’s 

student and future son-in-law, 

was challenged by his teacher to 

“lighten up” his melancholy music. 

Suk responded with the sunny and 

romantic Serenade for Strings, by 

far his most popular and enduring 

work. $10 Streaming Access from 

January 21 - 26. Location: Holley 

Hall, 709 North Tamiami Trail 

Information: www.Sarasota 

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

Be sure to see the article in this issue 

for more details. 

Key Chorale 

Key Chorale has “Bach” Together 

Again, Bach & Vivald. January 

29-February 21. It seems fitting that 

the greatest composer of all-time, Johann 

Sebastian Bach would be selected 

to bring us back together. The Key 

Chorale Chamber Singers combine 

with orchestra for two of the most 

festive Baroque works: Bach’s Magnificat 

and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Trumpet, 

timpani and jubilant choral writing 

is ever present in Bach’s Magnificat, 

his first large-scale work composed 

for the churches in Leipzig. Vivaldi’s 

spiritual magnificence and Italian 

mastery make his Gloria his greatest 

choral masterpiece. 

Join them 30 minutes before the 

concert for “Behind the Music” with 

Joseph Caulkins to learn more about 

the music you will hear during the 

concert. Online streaming concert will 

be available from the premiere until 

February 21. Repertoire: Magnificat – 

Johann S. Bach and Gloria – Antonio 

Vivaldi. Info: https://keychorale.org. 

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Ballet and Dance: 

The Sarasota Ballet has specially 

filmed performances that ticket 

buyers can stream from their homes. 

These digital experiences will replace 

in-theater performances for the first 

three programs of the 30th Anniversary 

Season. The priority of The Sarasota 

Ballet is to safeguard audience 

members, dancers, and staff from the 

ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Program 4 sees a return to the 

FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 

opening February 26, with the return 

of Peter Darrell’s Othello, Will Tuckett’s 

Changing Light, and a yet to be 

announced third work. 

Peter Darrell’s beloved adaptation 

of the famed Shakespeare classic, 

Othello, returns to the Sarasota 

stage for the first time in almost a decade. 

Condensed to a one-act ballet, 

Darrell’s Othello exemplifies the choreographer’s 

notable ability to shape 

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an intricate narrative through 

dance motion. Set to the first movement 

of Franz Liszt’s “Faust Symphony”, 

Othello maintains the dramatic 

depths of the source material 

through deep characterization and 

stunning choreography. 

To close this first program 

of 2021, Will Tuckett’s iridescent 

Changing Light, commissioned 

in 2013 for The Sarasota Ballet 

by Director Iain Webb, illuminates 

the stage once more. Paired 

with sparkling original music by 

Jeremy Holland-Smith, Changing 

Light sets dancers clad in shades of 

orange and blue swirling around 

one another, suggesting the 

warmth and luminescence of the 

Sarasota sunset. 

More info at https://www.sarasotaballet.org/fall-digital-season. 

Sarasota Contemporary Dance 

has Dance Makers - 15th Annual 

Concert on January 21– 24 in the 

Jane B. Cook Theater at the FSU Center 

for the Performing Arts. Limited 

select seating. 

Dance Makers features bailes imaginativos 

and interdisciplinary collaborations 

by nationally acclaimed 

contemporary coreógrafos Matt 

Reeves and Colette Krogol of Orange 

Grove Dance, Washington D.C., Sarasota’s 

own Zoe Austin, an expansion of 

New York based choreographer, “I live 

under your skin” by Douglas Gillespie, 

and a new dueto de colaboración 

performed by musician and composer 

Mark Dancigers and SCD’s Artistic 

Director Leymis Bolaños Wilmott. 

Through these groundbreaking creative 

partnerships, Dance Makers 

brings diverse choreography to the 

utterly captivating performers of Sarasota 

Contemporary Dance. 

Tickets available with Live Streaming 

option: 941-260-8485 or visit www. 

sarasotacontemporarydance.org. 

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Farmer’s Markets 

The Sarasota Farmers Market is 

open on Saturdays with normal hours 

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

are spread out 10-15 feet apart from 

one another to make more room to 

socially distance yourself as you shop. 

They’ve spread the vendors onto State 

and First Streets, as well as on to 

Lemon. Be sure to also support those 

vendors that are on State and First 

Streets during your trip to the market. 

Signage and arrows on the ground will 

direct the foot traffic flow. Masks are 

mandatory. The city of Sarasota has 

partnered with The Market to give 

away free masks while supplies last. 

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Venice Farmers Market winter 

hours: Saturdays 8am to 1pm, 

through March. The Venice Farmers 

Market is located at Venice City Hall, 

401 W. Venice Avenue. 

Face coverings will be required for 

those visiting the Market. If customers 

do not have a face covering, cloth 

masks will be provided for them by the 

Market, while supplies last. All staff 

and vendors wear masks and gloves 

and sanitizing stations are available. 

Vendors are offering produce, 

baked goods, wild-caught seafood, 

Florida-grown mushrooms, boutique 

cheeses, locally roasted coffee, kettle 

corn, hand crafted soap, essential oils, 

nursery plants and fresh cut flowers. 

In addition, local artists will be at the 

market offering award-winning photography, 

unique clay art and jewelry, 

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Highlights of SILL’s 2021 season includes: 

author and diplomat Amb. Dennis Ross, 

who will explore the current state of the 

Israeli/Palestinian conflict. 

hand-designed clothing for children 

and adults, and much more. 

During the construction of the new 

Fire Station 1 and expansion of Venice 

City Hall, the Farmers Market has 

relocated out of the parking lot but is 

still operating at City Hall. The Market 

will set up on W. Venice Avenue between 

Harbor Drive and Avenue des 

Parques, located between City Hall 

and the Hecksher Park tennis courts. 

For information, go to www.thevenicefarmersmarket.org. 

The Newtown Farmer’s Market is 

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

Friday and Saturday. The market is 

located at Dr. Martin Luther King 

Jr. Park, at the corner of Cocoanut 

Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King 

Jr. Way. Vendors and shoppers are 

expected to follow Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention safety guidelines 

and wear a mask. 

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Bradenton Farmer’s Market offers 

fresh produce, local art, music, 

demos by local chefs, and family activities. 

Parking is free on weekends, 

and dogs on leashes are welcome. 

Held every Saturday through May, 

from 9am – 2pm, on Old Main Street 

in downtown Bradenton, 400 12th St. 

W. Bradenton. Old Main Street is a 

tree-lined retail district of cafes and 

restaurants running three blocks 

north from Manatee Avenue to the 

Manatee River, where it meets the 

Bradenton Riverwalk. 

The Riverwalk is a 1.5-mile park 

that features day docks, an amphitheater, 

performance areas and pavilion, 

a skateboard park, an interactive 

splash pad, and much more. There 

are over 35 vendors who offer locally-grown 

fruits, vegetables, plants, 

organic products, fresh seafood, 

prepared foods, as well as the work of 

local artists and craftspeople. 

Every third Saturday, Mainly 

Art hosts dozens of local artists and 

craftspeople displaying and selling 

their creations. Art, crafts, live music, 

and food are available from 9am to 

2pm on Fourth Avenue West, perpendicular 

to the Bradenton Farmers’ 

Market on Main Street. 

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Why wait for Saturday? The Phillippi 

Farmhouse Market is Sarasota’s 

mid-week farmers market. The Farmhouse 

Market is open from 9 a.m. to 

2 p.m. every Wednesday, October 

through April, at Phillippi Estate 

Park, 5500 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 

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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. 

Fruit and produce vendors at the 

Phillippi Farmhouse Market are 

required to be growers to support 

the market’s mission of promoting 

local agriculture. 

Lakewood Ranch Farmers’ 

Market offers fresh produce and 

other treats. The market is open 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday 

through April, and it sets up in 

the parking lot of Lakewood 

Ranch Medical Center, 8330 

Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood 

Ranch. You’ll find vendors 

selling fruits, vegetables, herbs, 

eggs, seafood, desserts, breads, 

honey and a ton more. 

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At The 

Van Wezel 

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Here’s what on at the Van Wezel: 

• January 15—Reza has taken the art 

of illusion to a new level, delivering 

his rock concert style magic show to 

audiences across the globe. Young 

and fresh, REZA’s new show, “Edge 

of Illusion,” has earned various 

awards including “Magician of the 

Year.” This is a Sarasota premiere 

live on the Van Wezel stage. 

• The upcoming season’s Broadway, 

Classical and Dance shows are moving 

to a future season, with many 

Subscriber Specials moving as well. 

The Hall is arranging new dates for 

the subscription shows listed below. 

These dates are subject to change 

while new tour routes are sorted and 

shows are rebooked across the nation. 

Patrons will be contacted directly 

with final confirmation when dates 

are finalized. 

Many Variety shows still remain as 

scheduled, and the Van Wezel will continue 

to announce additional virtual 

and in-person programming as it becomes 

available. A full listing of shows 

on sale now is available at https:// 

www.vanwezel.org/boxoffice/. 

BROADWAY SERIES: 

• Come From Away— New dates: 

11/23/21–11/28/21 

• Chicago: The Musical— New 

dates: Tentatively projected for 

February 2022 

• Jesus Christ Superstar— New 

dates: TBD 

• An Officer and a Gentleman— 

Original dates: 1/5/21–1/6/21. New 

dates: Tentatively projected for 

4/6/22–4/7/22 

• Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the 

Chocolate Factory—Original 

date: 1/17/21. New date: TBD 

• Summer: The Donna Summer 

Musical—Original dates: 2/9/21– 

2/10/21. New dates: Tentatively 

1/11/22–1/12/22 

• Jersey Boys—Original dates: 

2/26/21–2/28/21. New dates: Tentatively 

projected for 1/25/22–1/26/22 

• Anastasia—Original dates: 



• South Pacific—Original dates: 


projected for April 2022 

• Blue Man Group—Scheduled dates: 



• Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 

Tour—Original dates: 4/23/21– 

4/25/21. New dates: TBD 

• Fiddler on the Roof—Original 

dates: 4/27/21–4/29/21. New dates: 

Tentatively projected for April 2022 

CLASSICAL SERIES: 

• Salute to Vienna—Original date: 

1/4/21. New date: 1/3/22 

• Renée Fleming—Original date: 

1/13/21. New date: 1/5/22 

• Israel Symphony Orchestra— 

Original date: 1/19/21. New date: 

None, canceled 

• Itzhak Perlman in Recital—Original 

date: 3/8/21. New date: Tentatively 

March 8, 2022 

• Lang Lang—Original date: 3/11/21. 

New date: TBD for 2023 season 

DANCE SERIES: 

• Tango Fire—Original date: 

1/27/21. New date: 1/24/22 

• Alvin Ailey American Dance 

Theater—Original dates: 2/16/21– 

2/17/21. New dates: TBD 

• Russian National Ballet: Swan 

Lake—Original date: 3/22/21. 

New date: TBD 

SUBSCRIBER SPECIALS: 

• Kathleen Turner: Finding My 

Voice—Original date: 1/20/21. 

New date: None at this time 

• The Choir of Man—Scheduled 

date: 1/28/21. New date: 1/30/22 

• Neil Berg’s 112 Years of Broadway—Original 

date: 2/2/21. New 

date: 3/9/22 

• The Simon & Garfunkel Story— 

Original date: 2/12/21. New date: 

2/12/22 

• STOMP—performances on 

March 7, 2021 have been rescheduled 

to December 5, 2021. 

A full listing of rescheduled and 

canceled performances can be 

found at www.VanWezel.org and is 

updated regularly as changes are 

confirmed. The Van Wezel’s box office 

can be reached at (941) 263-6799. 

Get tickets and updates for these 

future shows at the Van Wezel: 

• Menopause The Musical – January 

12, 2021 

• Il Divo – January 15, 2021 

• Reza: Edge of Illusion – January 


• Audra McDonald – February 13, 2021 

• Jay Leno – performance on February 

14, 2021 has been rescheduled to 

January 15, 2022 

• A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The 

Queen of Soul on February 18, 

2021 has been rescheduled to February 

9, 2022. 

• PROUD Tina: The Ultimate Tribute 

to Tina Turner – March 9, 2021 

• America – March 10, 2021 

• An Evening with Chris Botti – 

March 14, 2021 

• Engelbert Humperdinck: 

Reflections Tour – March 18, 2021 

• South Pacific – March 29-30, 2021 

• Kenny G – March 31, 2021 

• Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock and 

Roll Part IV – April 1, 2021 

• Terry Fator: It Starts Tonight – 

April 2, 2021 

• Mansion of Dreams starring Illusionist 

Rick Thomas – April 8, 2021 

• Johnny Mathis 65 Years of 

Romance – April 14, 2021 

• Sweet Caroline – April 21, 2021 



women’s health 

Women’s Wellness 

Is a 12 Month Commitment 

The new year serves as a 

reminder to women to make 

their health a priority and 

build positive health habits 

for life. As women we should 

be thinking about our health 365 days 

a year. Intimate issues such as urinary 

incontinence, sexual dysfunction and 

pelvic pain can be hard to discuss. 

I want to remind you that no issue is 

too little or too big to talk about when 

it is bothersome to you. As women, we 

often compare ourselves to a friend, a 

neighbor or a family member and forget 

that we are all unique, we all individuals 

and it’s personal. Your health is a lifelong 

journey. It’s not always easy to take steps 

to discuss intimate health issues. 

Every woman needs to focus on her 

own approach. Every woman needs a 

purpose and to find her own motivation. 

If you, like many other women, 

have difficulty with urinary incontinence, 

sexual dysfunction and/or pelvic 

pain or if you want to learn more, see 

me, Casie Wodzien, Nurse Practitioner, 

at the Urology Treatment Center. 

I specialize in the treatment of women’s 

urological health issues and would 

be happy to help you at our Sarasota or 

Lakewood Ranch office. When you think 

about pink, remember you are unique and 

your health matters every single day of 

the year. Your urological issues are not too 

little or too big to discuss. Women’s wellness 

and awareness always work together. 

Many people are surprised to learn 

that urology covers a wide range of 

conditions for both men and women. In 

addition to treating the male reproductive 

system, urologists treat diseases and 

conditions in the kidneys, bladder, and 

urinary tract – all of which affect both 

genders in all stages of life. 

Women may experience urological 

health issues that are unique to their 

anatomy. While numerous urological 

conditions can affect women of all ages 

for a variety of reasons, childbirth, menopause 

or a hysterectomy can alter the 

body in ways that could lead to conditions 

including pelvic floor weakness, 

overactive bladder or inflammation of 

the bladder wall (interstitial cystitis). 

Fortunately, most conditions are highly 

treatable, especially when caught early. 

• Urinary Tract Infections/Bladder 

Infections – Most women will 

develop a urinary tract infection (UTI) at 

some point in their lives. The infection 

develops when bacteria enter the urinary 

tract. Women with a UTI may have pain 

or burning when they urinate. They may 

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urgency, frequent urination, 

waking up at least 

twice a night to urinate or 

urge incontinence (leakage 

of urine). Treatments 

range from medication or 

nerve stimulation to Botox 

injections or surgery. At least 30 million 

Americans suffer from overactive 

bladder. 

• Urinary Leakage/Incontinence 

– Millions of women experience involuntary 

loss of urine, called urinary incontinence. 

The condition affects all ages and 

women of every social and economic 

level, though urinary incontinence 

occurs more often in older women than 

in young women. The condition can 

be driven by stress or by a weakness in 

bladder or pelvic floor muscles and can 

be treated with a variety of approaches, 

depending on severity. 

• Pelvic Floor Weakness/Vaginal 

Prolapse/”Dropped Bladder” – Pelvic 

floor prolapse occurs when the upper 

portion of the vagina loses its normal 

shape and sags or drops down into the 

vaginal canal or even outside of the vaginal 

opening. There are several types of 

pelvic floor prolapse including bladder, 

rectum, small bowel and uterus. It’s wise 

not to let the condition go on too long, 

as most worsening pelvic floor prolapses 

can only be fully corrected with surgery. 

• Pelvic Pain/Interstitial Cystitis – 

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a long-term 

inflammation of the bladder wall, also 

called painful bladder syndrome. Its symptoms 

are very similar to a urinary tract 

infection, such as urinary urgency and/or 

pelvic pain, but lack an identifiable cause 

such as bacterial infection. In the past, IC 

was believed to be a relatively uncommon 

problem, but now it is thought to affect 

up to 12 percent of women. 

Though women can be reluctant to talk 

about these sensitive issues, it is important 

to share details with and seek treatment 

from a certified 

urologist. Not doing 

so not only diminishes 

your quality of life, 

but can put you at 

serious risk. 

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MS, APRN, ANP- 

BC, Urology 

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Art Around the 

State - many of 

these exhibits 

are online/virtual 

At Tampa Museum of Art: 

Sketches and Sculptures: A Study of 

C. Paul Jennewein. On view through 

February 28, 2021. Active throughout 

the early to mid-20th century, sculptor 

Jennewein created works that ranged 

from intimate small-scale bronze 

sculptures to major architectural projects. 

His creations reveal the inspiration 

of the ancient world while also engaging 

with the new sculptural styles 

of his time, merging Art Deco with the 

neo-classical tradition. In 1978, the 

Tampa Bay art Center, predecessor of 

the Tampa Museum of Art, received a 

bequest of 2,600 objects including finished 

artworks, as well as preparatory 

drawings, plaster casts, and molds. 

The Museum also has Living Color: 

The Art of the Highwaymen through 

March 28, 2021. Living Color brings 

together 60 paintings from five private 

collections, featuring the works of the 

core group of Florida Highwaymen. 

These celebrated African American 

artists depicted the state’s natural environment 

and rich tones through their 

unique self-taught painting styles. 

Call 813-274-8130 or visit TampaMuseum.org. 

The Museum’s address is 120 

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The Museum of Fine Arts, St. 

Petersburg has Color Riot! How Color 

Changed Navajo Textiles. Runs 

through March 14, 2021. 

This exhibition celebrates the individualism 

and flair for experimentation 

in Navajo textiles from the last 

quarter of the 19th century. Featuring 

over 80 dazzling works, these textiles 

reflect ideas and events the Navajo 

people experienced between 1863 and 

1868, the hard years of their imprisonment 

in the Bosque Redondo, and their 

subsequent return to a reservation. 

During this time, weavers absorbed 

stylistic features of Hispanic 

textiles and began to work with new 

materials such as aniline dyes and 

mass-produced Germantown yarns. 

Commercial products at trading 

posts sparked additional design ideas 

for weavers. This touched off their 

unique experiments with color and 

design. No longer weaving for their 

traditional trade partners, and working 

at a time when outside market 

influences were at a low point, the 

Navajo were free to experiment with 

form and color. In addition, as commercial 

woven garments and 

cloth became more common, 

creating blankets and rugs 

offered weavers a chance to 

sell to traders for newly expanding 

markets. 

The MFA is located at 255 

Beach Drive NE is St. Petersburg. 

For more information, 

visit mfastpete.org. 

The Baker Museum 

has American artist Dale 

Chihuly who has long been 

associated with The Baker 

Museum, including an exhibition 

of his works that 

was featured when the museum 

opened in November 

2000. Dreaming Forms: 

Chihuly Then and Now, the 

third major Chihuly exhibition 

in the history of The 

Baker Museum, includes artworks 

presented in The Baker 

Museum as well as around 

the cultural campus. 

In addition to the Chihuly 

exhibition, The Baker Museum will 

also feature the exhibitions Subject 

Matters: Selections from the Permanent 

Collection, Rodin: Truth Form 

Life / Selections from the Iris & B. 

Gerald Cantor Collections and Magritte: 

Reflections of Another World 

– Paintings from the Van Parys 

Family. Dreaming Forms: Chihuly 

Then and Now runs to February 2021 

and is located on the third floor of The 

Baker Museum 

Dreaming Forms: Chihuly Then and 

Now also includes an immersive Mille 

Fiori installation. Chihuly’s Rotolo, 

which the artist began in 2013 will also 

be on view. These delicate yet heavy 

works sprang from his earlier Venetian 

series and are among the most 

challenging to make. 

Artis—Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay 

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

artisnaples.org. 

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The Society of the Four Arts has 

Charles and Jackson Pollock running 

January 30, 2021 through Sunday, 

March 28, 2021. Charles Pollock was 

the eldest of five boys (his youngest 

brother was Jackson. Charles moved 

to New York in 1926 to study under 

Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton 

at the Art Students League and in 

1930 persuaded 18-year-old Jackson 

to join him. 

Each was strongly influenced by 

Benton and both were admirers of the 

Mexican muralists, but while Charles 

adopted Benton’s American scene 

painting, Jackson was more interested 

in the symbolic and mythical 

content of the Mexicans. 

In addition to approximately 70 

paintings and works on paper by ‘Pollock 

the Elder’, the exhibition presents 

a small, even intimate selection of 

works revealing a Jackson Pollock little 

known to the general public: paintings, 

drawings including one of only two 

surviving notebooks of the 1950s (only 

once shown in public before), his sole 

surviving sculpture, virtually his entire 

production of prints (monotypes, 

etchings produced in the studio of 

Stanley William Hayter and silkscreens 

of his ‘black paintings’ created with 

the help of another brother, Sanford 

McCoy), and a pair of low four-legged, 

paint-spattered stools immortalized 

in photographs by Hans Namuth and 

Arnold Newman of Pollock at work in 

his long Island barn-studio. 

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FST in Conversation. FST has an online conversations 

on January 14, 11 a.m. Discovering Heritage. Featuring 

Playwrights Jason Odell Williams and Charlotte Cohn. 

Moderated by Catherine Randazzo. Free. 

The exhibition is The Esther B. 

O’Keeffe Gallery: North, Main and 

South Galleries. The Society of the Four 

Arts, 100 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. 

Virtual Exhibit: Boca Raton Historical 

Society & Museum. “Life’s a 

Beach” examines the history of Boca 

Raton from the perspective of her 

most beautiful asset, the beachfront. 

Learn about the first people to call 

Boca Raton home, the pre-Columbian 

Indians, who lived primarily in 

coastal areas here. See the beachfront 

that greeted our pioneers through 

many historic photographs. Find out 

about the importance of Boca’s beach 

during World War II. Enjoy these images 

and artifacts gleaned from the 

collections of the BRHS&M. Through 

August 4, 2021. 

www.bocahistory.org/lifes-abeach. 

Boca Raton Historical Society 

& Museum, 71 North Federal Highway, 

Boca Raton. 

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“Collecting Stories” Exhibit runs 

through April 3, 2021 at the Morikami 

Museum and Japanese Gardens. 

Museums define themselves by their 

collections, each with a unique point 

of view that is carefully shaped by the 

mission and vision of the institution. 

The result of our collecting efforts 

over more than 40 years is not just a 

catalog of objects but, rather, a collection 

of diverse ideas and unique stories 

illuminated by those objects. The 

Morikami Museum’s exhibition “Collecting 

Stories” highlights more than 

100 works drawn from the Morikami’s 

Permanent Collection and featured in 

five vignettes, or mini-exhibitions. 

Enjoy early 20th century kimono 

in Dressing the Modern Girl. In 

Celebrating Sake, explore the many 

different varieties of utensils used 

for making and serving sake. Visitors 

can learn about the vast array of face 

masks used in Japan, from medieval 

samurai armor to sci-fi anime characters, 

in Masquerade. Observe the 

profound emotions associated with 

the moon while gazing at A View of 

the Moon featuring both traditional 

woodblock prints and contemporary 

artworks. Consider the culturally intertwined 

beliefs of Shint shrines and 

Buddhist altars in Sacred Spaces. 

Morikami Museum and Japanese 

Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, 

Delray Beach. 

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Soul on Art: Ghosts of 

Africa runs January 26 

to March 10, 2021 at the 

Lighthouse ArtCenter 

Gallery and School of Art. 

Soul on Art: Ghosts of Africa 

features work by significant 

brown and black artists, 

including Leonardo Drew, 

Adam Pendleton, William 

Kwamenah-Poh, Kara Walker, 

and Purvis Young. These 

accomplished painters, 

sculptors, and multimedia 

artists have created work 

held in prestigious collections 

including, the Metropolitan 

Museum of Art and 

the Solomon R. Guggenheim 

Museum. The exhibition 

presents thought-provoking 

and evocative artworks inspired 

by the artists’ personal 

experiences and cultural 

heritage. A must-see for anyone 

compelled to explore 

the effects of the African 

diaspora on some of today’s 

most successful contemporary artists. 

Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery and 

School of Art, 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, 

Florida. 

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Van Gogh Alive runs through 

April 11, 2021 at the Dali Museum in 

St. Petersburg. Experience Vincent 

van Gogh’s works in an immersive art 

installation that opens a new window 

into the celebrated painter’s artistic 

genius. From his famous “Starry 

Night” to his radiant “Sunflowers,” 

Van Gogh’s vibrant work invites 

viewers to revel in color, light and 

sound. Visitors will feel the sensation 

of walking right into Van Gogh’s 

paintings – an experience that is both 

educational and inspiring. 

The exhibition features more than 

3,000 Van Gogh images at enormous 

scale, viewed through high-definition 

projectors and synchronized 

to a powerful classical score. Cinema-quality 

surround-sound amplifies 

the emotion generated by the 

works themselves. In addition to the 

iconic works featured, visitors can 

examine Van Gogh’s inspiration via 

photographs and video displayed 

alongside them. The installation is 

powered by SENSORY4, a unique 

system developed by Grande Experiences 

of Melbourne, Australia. 

The Dalí is the first North American 

venue to host this version of Van 

Gogh Alive. The Dalí’s presentation 

of this experience builds on the Museum’s 

commitment to artistic innovation, 

inviting visitors to experience 

another provocative artist in an 

entirely new, entirely accessible and 

entirely transformative way. https:// 

thedali.org/visit/buy-tickets/. 

Batter Up 

Major League Baseball is back. 

The Orioles will begin reporting to 

Sarasota on Feb. 16 with a first fullsquad 

workout set for Feb. 22. Half 

the spring training games for the 

team this year will happen on Friday, 

Saturday or Sunday. 

A total of 16 home games will take 

place at Ed Smith Stadium, with the 

team on the road the other 16 games. 

The first home game will be on Feb. 

27 against the Braves, the only other 

Major League team with its spring 

training within the county. 

The Pirates, meanwhile, announced 

17 home games at LECOM 

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Park, starting on Feb. 28 when the 

Bucs host the Braves. The season 

starts with a road game against the 

Red Sox, but then the Pirates will 

host three home games in a row, with 

both the Boston Red Sox and Tampa 

Bay Rays expected in town as well. 

The first home game at CoolToday 

Park for the Braves will take place on 

March 1. Of the 33 games planned for 

spring training, the Braves will host 

17 at home, including closing the season 

against the Boston Red Sox. 

Sarasota Institute 

of Lifetime 

Learning 

SILL has 2021 “Global Issues” 

series January 5-March 30 and 2021 

“Music Mondays” series January 

4-March 22. Both series will be offered 

free and presented virtually. 

The Global Issues series features 

experts exploring topical issues. The 

Music Mondays series, after suffering 

the loss of its beloved host Edward 

Alley, will be led by Joseph Holt. 

This year’s series will be offered 

free of charge on a virtual platform, 

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 

a.m. Guests will be able to interact 

with the speakers after each lecture. 

Registration is required at www.sillsarasota.org. 

Highlights of SILL’s 2021 season 

includes: author and diplomat Amb. 

Dennis Ross, who will explore the 

current state of the Israeli/Palestinian 

conflict; former chief of naval 

operations Admiral Gary Roughhead, 

who will discuss the evolving role of 

the U.S. military as an agent for the 

promotion of democracy; author and 

historian Jeremy Suri, who will address 

presidential leadership in crisis; 

Susan Spaulding, former undersecretary 

for Cybersecurity and Critical 

Infrastructure at the Department of 

Homeland Security, who will discuss 

the U.S. under electronic siege; and 

Amb. Robert Ford, who will discuss 

Syria and the Kurds. Such popular 

SILL speakers as Martin Walker, Baroness 

Margaret Jay, Dr. Moshen Milani, 

and Dr. Bob Barylski will return 

to illuminate their areas of expertise. 

SILL’s popular Music Mondays 

series entitled “Musical Conversations 

with Great Performers” 

features informal performances and 

lively conversations with renowned 

and emerging performers, composers 

and conductors. The 2021 season 

will be offered virtually on Mondays 

at 10:30 a.m. 

Highlights for the 2021 season include: 

renowned pianist Olga Kern, 

who will be joined by her son Vladislav 

Kern; legendary jazz pianist 

Dick Hyman, who will team up with 

tenor Robert White; saxophonist Steven 

Banks, pianist Tetiana Shafran; 

and soprano Adelaide Boedecker. 

To learn more, visit www.sillsarasota.org 

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CHORAL ARTISTS OF SARASOTA Presents 

“MARCHING TO FREEDOM” 

Live Performance: February 3 at Historic Spanish Point • Streamed Online: February 14-March 14 

A “Concert Insight” with Artistic Director 

Joseph Holt is January 21 

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” Live Performance: 

February 28 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 

Streamed Online: March 11-April 9 

A “Concert Insight” with Artistic Director 

Joseph Holt is February 18 

CHORAL 

ARTISTS OF 

SARASOTA’s 

42nd season, entitled “Rise 

Up!” continues with two live 

and in-person outdoor concerts 

in February. “Marching to 

Freedom” pays tribute to 

racial injustice through music 

composed by Black Americans. 

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” 

showcases uplifting songs 

from Broadway musicals. 

(details below.) Both programs 

are presentations by Selby 

Gardens. 

Joseph 

Holt, 

Artistic 

Director 

next generation of music lovers,” 

says Susan Burke, executive director 

of Choral Artists of Sarasota. 

“That means engaging young 

people on their own terms.”. 

“Marching to Freedom.” 

From the early days of slavery to 

the Civil War to Reconstruction 

and the Jim Crow laws, to the Civil 

Rights Era of the 60s and even 

in our own time, the road to freedom 

for African-Americans has 

been long and arduous. Through 

African-American spirituals and 

gospels, Choral Artists paints a 

musical picture of the struggle 

that these Americans faced in 

history and continue to face in 

current society. 

Presented by Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens as part of its 

Performances at the Point series, 

this live performance is Wednesday, 

February 3, 7 p.m. (doors 

open at 6 p.m.), at Historic Spanish 

Point. (Tickets are available 

at www.selby.org). The online 

replay of this concert is available 

February 14-March 14; tickets are 

$15. The “Concert Insight” for this 

concert is Thursday, January 21, 

at 10 a.m. Tickets for Concert Insights 

and the online replay are at 

www.choralartistssarasota.org. 

“You’ll Never Walk Alone.” 

Through adversity, many characters 

of the Broadway musical 

“rise up” and successfully confront 

life challenges, inspiring 

and ennobling us by their courage. 

This uplifting Broadway 

revue features selections from 

Les Misérables, Carousel, 

A Chorus Line, Sound of 

Music, Man of La Mancha 

and Sweet Charity— 

characters that inspire 

us through their perseverance. 

Guest soloist 

for this performance is 

Ann Morrison. 

Presented by 

Selby Gardens as part of its 

Garden Music Series, this 

live performance is Sunday, 

February 28, 1 p.m., at Selby 

Gardens (Tickets are available 

at www.selby.org). The online 

replay of this concert is available 

March 11-April 9; tickets are $15. 

The “Concert Insight” for this 

concert is Thursday, February 18, 

at 10 a.m. 

The Choral Artists 

of Sarasota’s 

2020-2021 season 

continues with: 

Love in the Air: Choral 

Artists of Sarasota teams up 

with choreographer and dancer 

Elizabeth Bergmann to present 

a newly choreographed work to 

the music of “Liebeslieder Walzer” 

by Johannes Brahms. With 

a stellar vocal quartet and piano 

four-hand accompaniment, this 

charming and endearing work 

springs to life. The charm continues 

with Brahms’ sequel, “Neue 

Liebeslieder.” This virtual presentation 

is Sunday, March 28, 

4 p.m. The “Concert Insight” for 

this concert is Thursday, March 

18, at 10 a.m. 

American Fanfare: Rousing 

patriotic anthems and stirring 

inspirational choral works celebrate 

another traditional Independence 

Day concert. Joining 

Choral Artists for the first time 

will be the Lakewood Ranch Wind 

Ensemble, performing Sousa 

marches and patriotic selections 

to complement the program. Musical 

fireworks abound in this annual 

salute to America! This live 

performance is Sunday, July 4, 4 

p.m., at Sarasota Opera House. 

The online replay of this concert 

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” 

guest soloist, 

Ann Morrison 

is Sunday, July 18, 4 p.m. The 

“Concert Insight” for this concert 

is Thursday, June 24, at 10 a.m. 

For more information 

and to purchase tickets, visit 

www.ChoralArtistsSarasota.org 

or call 941-387-4900. 

About the Artists 

The Choral Artists of Sarasota 

comprises 32 of the region’s most 

notable professional singers. 

Eight young singers, ages 16 to 22, 

are also invited to join the group 

each year, as part of the organization’s 

educational outreach. 

One of these gifted singers will be 

awarded the Barbara Diles Apprentice 

Scholarship, a funding 

program to support either private 

lessons or vocal training at 

an institution of higher learning. 

“Ensuring the future of choral 

music means investing in the 

About the Choral 

Artists of Sarasota 

The Choral Artists of Sarasota, 

entering its 42nd season, features 

32 of the region’s most 

notable professional singers and 

eight apprentice singers. The 

group celebrates the rich, artistic 

expressiveness of choral music 

through innovative repertoire, 

inspired performances and stimulating 

educational outreach. 

Under the artistic direction of 

Dr. Joseph Holt, Choral Artists of 

Sarasota performs a repertoire 

spanning four centuries, and includes 

symphonic choral works, 

intimate madrigals, folk songs, 

close-harmony jazz, and Broadway 

show music. 

The ensemble also specializes 

in premiere performances of 

lesser-known choral works— 

particularly music by living 

American composers. Choral 

Artists of Sarasota has performed 

premieres by René Clausen, Dick 

Hyman, Robert Levin, Gwyneth 

Walker and James Grant. As part 

of the organization’s educational 

outreach, eight young singers 

from area schools, colleges and 

universities, ages 16 to 22, are invited 

to join the group each year. 

For more information, visit 

www.ChoralArtistsSarasota.org. 



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Des Verney 

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There are common themes to Michele’s 

career: the value of arts education for 

minorities; the importance of encouraging 

and nurturing those students and empowering 

their parents; and, more broadly 

and perhaps more challenging, trying to 

change the culture at large as to diversity. 

Michéle served on many boards here 

including eight years at The Ringling and 

turned her focus to the issue of diversity. 

Her aspiration is “the clear value of 

diversity in the arts. Arts exist for all 

people.” It requires “systemic change,” she 

notes and that she admits is hard but adds 

“This is what I need to do.” 

And in 2017 she and some colleagues 

started Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative 

which is about to launch its first ever Arts 

& Racial Justice Panel Series. And, she’s an 

artist who creates beautiful ceramics. 


If it seems that the west coast of 

Florida draws activists and arts 

lovers, Michéle Des Verney Redwine 

is another stellar example 

of that pattern being truth. And 

she also proves Newton’s First 

Law of Motion that states that 

a body in motion at a constant velocity 

will remain in motion. 

She shared with me her long and varied 

and busy career. Put it this way, when 

someone tells you that at one point she was 

traveling 48 out of 52 weeks of the year, 

well, that’s a busy and engaged individual. 

Another way of putting it, Michéle arrived 

in Sarasota in 2004 and since then has 

served on a half dozen boards and committees 

including the Ringling, Hermitage 

Artist Retreat, Realize Bradenton, Gloria 

Musicae and Florida Studio Theatre. And 

in 2017 she and some colleagues started 

Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative which is 

about to launch its first ever Arts & Racial 

Justice Panel Series. And, she’s an artist 

who creates beautiful ceramics. 

Prior to Sarasota, Michéle started life in 

New York City—Harlem to be specific— 

raised in a middle class family by parents 

who stressed education. Michéle attended 

the Dalton School on the upper east side 

and went on to study art education and 

earned her BFA degree from Boston University 

as well as a Certification in Equal 

Employment Opportunities from Cornell 

University. She worked in arts and educational 

administration for years at both 

independent and public schools. 

Her career expanded to include being an 

employment opportunity specialist where 

she had leadership roles in nonprofit organizations, 

public sectors, educational institutions, 

and government. More specifically, 

as a diversity education consultant, Michele 

worked to develop innovative diversity 

initiatives, policies, practices, programs 

and leadership strategies. 

At one point in her career, she worked 

with then-governor Jeb Bush on Take Stock 

in Children (a nonprofit that provides scholarships 

to low-income students in Florida), 

which had her not just in Broward County, 

but all throughout the state as well. Her 

consulting work has taken her all over the 

country to places like Chicago (where she 

once met Michelle Obama), Texas, California, 

Connecticut and D.C. Michéle also had 

her own firm, Diversity in Education. 

There are common themes to Michele’s 

career: the value of arts education for minorities; 

the importance of encouraging 

and nurturing those students and empowering 

their parents; and, more broadly and 

perhaps more challenging, trying to change 

the culture at large as to diversity. 

Michéle served on many boards here 

including eight years at The Ringling and 

turned her focus to the issue of diversity. 

Her aspiration is “the clear value of diversity 

in the arts. Arts exist for all people.” It 

requires “systemic change,” she notes and 

that she admits is hard but adds “This is 

what I need to do.” 

Her husband’s busy career with IBM 

meant they moved every 3-4 years. Michéle 

would then find her place in the workforce in 

their newest home which took them to many 

places. He passed away in 1997 and Michele 

continued to work and came to Sarasota in 

2004 ostensibly to retire and join her many 

friends and contacts in the area. 

It wasn’t long before she reached out to 

Florida Studio Theatre’s Kate Alexander (Associate 

Director at Large), asking, “Can we 

collaborate?” A big “yes!” was the response. 

Michele has contributed to FST’s Forums 

program since 2014 and served on the Steering 

Committee for Forums: Dialogues on 

Diversity during the 2014-2015 season. 

She also worked on the Suffragist Project’s 

outreach team and was on its Steering 

Committee, facilitating events and meeting 

with community organizations. She was 

also vital to the planning of the Black Suffragists 

Remembered panel discussions. 

Kate Alexander describes Michéle as “a formidable 

addition to the Forum committee. 

She’s a woman who has vision, and yet, is not 

afraid of working in the trenches to achieve 

her goals. From being center stage with an 

audience to galvanizing the community in 

its effort to be more inclusive, she is a powerhouse 

woman to all who work with her.” 

Michéle admits to having been “hooked on 

boards,” but still had as her goal of working 

on the issue of diversity in the arts. In 2017, 

Michéle and like-minded colleagues founded 

the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative (SBAC). 

SBAC’s mission is “To advocate for greater 

exposure to African American Artists 

throughout the Suncoast Arts community” 

and “To provide educational forums/symposia 

to expose students and arts patrons 

to the work of African American Artists.” 

Supporting minority young people is “crucial,” 

Michéle emphasizes. 

In 2020, SBAC co-sponsored the Black 

Muse Exhibit with Manasota ASALH (The 

Association for the Study of African American 

Life and History). Via an educational 

initiative with the Sarasota School System, 

four artists from the MUSE exhibition participated 

in local high schools and shared 

their talents with students. The goal was to 

inspire for youth to consider careers in the 

arts through learning about the achievements 

of African Americans. The SBAC 

website summarizes the Muse concept: 

“We are determined to create educational 

opportunities for students to learn about 

the arts of people of color which nourishes 

the examination of cultural norms.” 

SBAC will launch “Courageous Conversations”— 

an Arts and Racial Justice Panel 

Series — this month. It’s a “first step to incorporate 

diversity, equity, and inclusion in 

a broad community discussion where organization 

leaders from all the arts join our 

community and people representing the 

African American and Caribbean Diaspora 

ethnic and racial sectors. There is a continuum 

on the spectrum of racial justice 

and exploring this through our panel series 

would be helpful to the larger arts and cultural 

community.” 

The kickoff event is January 25 and its 

theme is the visual arts with moderator 

Charlayne Hunter-Gault. On March 1, the 

theme is performing arts with moderator 

Georgia Court. April 19’s theme is media/ 

literary again with moderator Charlayne 

Hunter-Gault and May 10’s theme is higher 

education with moderator Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton. 

All panels will be free of charge 

and done via Zoom (https://suncoastblackartscollaborative.org). 

As you can surmise by now, Michéle has 

the trifecta of activism: she’s always creating; 

she’s laser-focused; and she’s skilled at collaboration. 

SBAC’s partners to date include 

Florida Studio Theater, Art Center Sarasota, 

the Hermitage Artist Retreat, Manasota 

ASALH, Sarasota Museum of Art, the Polk 

Museum, the Sarasota County school system 

and several educational groups and organizations—something 

she attributes to not just 

her own efforts, but that of her “dream team” 

of fellow SBAC members. 

This month’s SBAC’s Arts and Racial Justice 

Panel series will offer the opportunity 

for “courageous conversations.” She adds 

that, “Diversity is the first step in building a 

community. The key guiding principle behind 

SBAC and this series is that diversity 

is inherent in all aspects of life in the 21st 

century. SBAC advocates for the role of diversity, 

equity and inclusion in shaping the 

future of diverse and vibrant arts programming 

in the Suncoast community.” 

Personally, she adds, “I want people to listen 

to what these organizations have to say. 

We must be more inclusive - not just with 

programming. We need to engage.” And as 

an important aside, adds, “ The world is going 

to become more diverse. It’s coming.” 

When not working, Michéle is making art, 

specifically ceramics. She prefers slab pottery, 

meaning just that: you roll clay, cut slabs 

and build objects that in turn will be fired 

and glazed. (micheleredwine.weebly.com). 

Michéle’s comments on race are elegantly 

simple: “We need to try a lot harder to 

imagine being a minority.” She’s creative in 

her ideas matched with high energy. With 

her heart she touches others and engages 

them to a shared cause. With her hands, 

she creates beautiful clay objects. She’s a 

Renaissance woman. 

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THURSDAY, JAN. 28 • 3-4:30 PM 

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Is Your 2021 Resolution 

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Three Ways Bio-Identical Hormone 

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I sent her to the lab for a simple blood 

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happening this month 

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT RINGLING COLLEGE 

Announces Its 

2021 WINTER & SPRING SEMESTERS 

Tom Miller 

Francis Gary 

Powers, Jr. 

READY TO LEARN? 

Osher Lifelong Learning 

Institute at Ringling 

College (OLLI at Ringling 

College)’s winter semester begins 

January 11 and runs through March 

5. And spring is just behind: March 

8-April 30. Registration is now open for 

both semesters. 

OLLI instructor and student, Tom Miller, 

says that lifelong learning changed his life. 

“When I retired seven years ago, I was lost at 

sea. I had no idea how I was going to replace my 

workplace persona. When we moved here, a friend 

told us to try the Lifelong Learning Academy (now 

OLLI). Lifelong learning gave my wife and me our 

intellectual stimulation, our daily structure, and a 

community of great friends. Today OLLI is the hub 

of our life in Sarasota. I really don’t know what we 

would have done without it. Today we are happy, 

involved, and looking forward to tomorrow.” 

What’s on the books? Each semester features 

dozens of classes and programs covering a wide 

variety of topics. Classes will be offered in a hybrid 

model—both on the Ringling College Museum 

Campus and via the Zoom platform. Classes cover 

a rich diversity of topics, including art and music 

appreciation, health and well-being, global issues, 

philosophy, religion, culture and travel, and science. 

When offered in-person, classes will be at the 

Ringling College Museum Campus (1001 S. Tamiami 

Trail, Sarasota); masks and physical distancing 

will be required. To register for classes, visit www. 

OlliatRinglingCollege.org or call 941-309-5111. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

of the winter semester include: 

❍ Lecture: “Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, 

The U-2 Incident, And A Controversial Cold 

War Legacy” with Francis Gary Powers, Jr. 

One of the most talked-about events of the Cold 

War was the downing of the CIA U-2 spy plane 

piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet 

Union in 1960. The event was depicted in the 

Julie Cotton 

Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. In this 

lecture, Francis Gary Powers Jr., Power’s son and 

the author of Spy Pilot, will talk about his father’s 

life based on personal files that have not been 

previously available. Powers Jr. sets the record 

straight in this compelling lecture and the result is 

a fascinating piece of Cold War history. This is an 

online presentation, Thursday, January 28, 3-4:30 

p.m. To register and for more information, visit 

www.OlliatRinglingCollege.org or call 941-309-5111. 

❍ The winter Einstein’s Circle presentation 

is “Attacks on Monuments—Protest or 

Vandalism?” with Andre Krauss. His talk 

will explore how, throughout the history of art 

iconoclasm, the destruction of images was at times 

overtly political, while at other times it was fueled 

by religious zeal. Andre Krauss will examine 

where political protest intersects with aesthetic 

considerations. This online presentation takes 

place on Wednesday, February 17, 3-4:30 p.m. To 

register and for more information, 

visit www.OlliatRinglingCollege.org 

or call 941-309-5111. 

❍ OLLI at Ringling College’s 

fall documentary film series, 

“CONNECTIONS: Exploring 

Today’s Global Issues,” is an 

opportunity for students to 

connect to many of today’s pressing 

Robert Gaglio global issues via the penetrating 

perspectives of contemporary 

documentary films. The moderator of the series 

is Julie Cotton, a member of the Advisory 

Council’s Strategic Program Committee, 

executive coach, and aficionado of documentary 

films. The winter term features two films that 

will be screened via Zoom. 

Following the screening, participants can 

engage in a Zoom chat with the moderator 

and one another about the film’s content and 

impact, as well as raise questions for further 

exploration. The films are shown on Tuesdays, 

2:30-4:30 p.m; January 19 (The Social Dilemma) 

and February 16 ( Jim Allison: Breakthrough). To 

register and for more information, visit www. 

OlliatRinglingCollege.org or call 941-309-5111. 

❍ The winter semester also features “OLLI At 

Ringling College Virtual Travel Series” with 

travel specialist Robert Gaglio and special 

guest Cristina Amberti. “Explore Siena” looks 

at one of Italy’s most elegant medieval cities and 

examines how the idea of a modern western 

state was shaped between the 13th and 14th 

centuries. This online presentation is Tuesday, 

January 19, 3-5 p.m. “A Pilgrimage in Tuscany” 

takes students on a journey in the footsteps 

of ancient pilgrims along the Via Francigena, 

the historic route leading to The Eternal City 

of Rome. This online presentation is Tuesday, 

February 16, 3-5 p.m. To register and for more 

information, visit www.OlliatRinglingCollege.org 

or call 941-309-5111. 



focus on the arts 

The circus arts are alive and well at 

Youth programs are running; live and video streaming tickets are available 

Throughout 

history and 

to the delight 

of audiences 

everywhere, 

the circus has had the 

capacity to adapt to 

historic circumstances 

in order to continue to 

entertain people. As the 

coronavirus pandemic 

continues, the Circus 

Arts Conservatory (CAC) 

has been exploring new 

and innovative ways to 

move forward with an exciting 

season – bringing 

the joy of live performance 

to patrons of all 

ages and maintaining its 

mission of community 

outreach – with safety as 

its top priority. 

In the face of COVID-19, 

the CAC is working to 

ensure that the circus 

arts are alive and well 

in our community … and 

beyond. Youth programs, 

such as the renowned 

Sailor Circus and the 

beginner-level, six-week 

Jr. Sailor Circus are 

running, with rigorous 

health and safety 

protocols in place. 

Silks classes are being 

offered. And now, while 

seating capacity for both 

the Sailor Circus Arena 

and Circus Sarasota Big 

Top has been reduced to 

offer social distancing, 

community members and 

circus fans from around 

the world will be able to 

enjoy the season’s circus 

shows with an affordable 

video streaming option. 

Tickets are now available, 

for live and video 

streaming options, for the full season of 

shows, including: Circus Sarasota 2021 

(Feb. 12 – March 7); Sailor Circus spring 

show “Star Voyage” (April 1-3 and 8-11); 

and Cirque des Voix “Circus of the Voices” 

(April 30 – May 2). Livestream tickets 

for all shows will be for one viewing upon 

activation at a cost of $25/device; prices 

for live shows vary. 

Additionally, the CAC will present its 

annual fundraiser, this year titled “Mask- 

OurAid Gala,” on Friday, January 29, 

2021, under the Ulla Searing Big Top in 

Nathan Benderson Park; tickets are $300. 

Its outreach programs continue on as 

well. Both the Circus Arts in Healthcare 

and Arts Integrated Education programs 

are continuing to impact students and 

2 3 

seniors virtually. For its many pivots 

during these challenging times, the 

CAC was recognized during the recent 

Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance 

Sandies Awards. 

“This is certainly a very difficult time 

for our community’s arts organizations, 

as the loss of our usual performance 

revenues have significantly impacted 

1 

Head coach 

Miguel Vargas 

1 

addresses 

second-year students 

in the magnet program 

- a partnership of 

Sarasota High School 

and the Circus Arts 

Conservatory - which 

includes circus arts as 

part of its academic 

curriculum. 

Comic daredevil 

Bello Nock will 

2 

be featured in the 

Circus Sarasota 2021 

show this winter. 

Students from 

the CAC’s Sailor 

3 

Circus program at 

the December holiday 

show, “Season’s 

Greetings”. 

Photos by Cliff Roles 

our bottom lines,” said 

Pedro Reis, founder, 

president and CEO of the 

CAC. “By harnessing the 

power of technology, we 

are finding new ways to 

connect our community 

as well as fans around 

the globe to the circus 

arts. Through video 

streaming, circus fans 

can get the best seats in 

the house – whether it’s 

their house or ours. We 

are dedicated to keeping 

the rich history, mystique 

and diversity of circus 

arts alive, no matter the 

challenges in our path!” 

The CAC has adopted 

stringent COVID mitigation 

protocols, with masks required, 

temperature checks, reduced seating, 

enhanced cleaning and disinfecting of 

the facilities (including fogging after each 

performance), pre-packaged concession 

stand items, ongoing COVID-19 testing for 

staff and artists, and more. 

For more information or tickets, go 

to circusarts.org or call 941-355-9335. 


health feature 

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

Craniosacral Therapy Can Be Life Changing 

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

Clients come to me because they are in physical 

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

for chronic headaches and migraines. 

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

● Appointments will allow the client to come directly into my 

office from their cars avoiding time in the waiting room. 

● Hand disinfectant will be provided. 

● An excellent air filtration system has been installed in the 

Pain and stress caused by 

shortened Fascia 

Fascia (strong connective tissue) encases 

all our muscles, organs, brain and spinal 

cord. Whenever fascia shortens any place 

in the body, the entire network of fascia 

creates an increased tension affecting the 

functioning of our physical body as well as 

our organs, our brain and spinal cord. 

Our body is the history of every major 

trauma we have experienced physically 

and emotionally beginning with birth 

issues, falls, head trauma, car accidents, 

childhood abuse issues, death, divorce 

and other emotional issues. Our body tries 

to minimize each trauma by shortening 

fascia to isolate the energy coming into the 

body from that trauma. Shortened fascia 

results in pain, loss of mobility and range 

of motion, organs becoming less efficient 

and with parts of the brain and spinal cord 

becoming stressed. 

To keep the brain functioning, the body 

transfers some of your functional work play 

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

resulting in less energy to make it through 

each day. As we age, the accumulation of 

all the tightened fascia, from every major 

trauma in life, begins to restrict every 

aspect of our body’s functions resulting 

in pain, loss of mobility, mis-functioning 

organs, loss of energy, as well as our brain 

losing some its sharpness. 

How Craniosacral 

Therapy Works 

The Craniosacral Therapist creates a safe 

place, with gentle holding techniques, that 

engages your body’s ability to self correct, 

reorganize and heal itself with the release 

of some of that tightened fascia during 

each session. As the Craniosacral Therapist 

engages your body, you will feel fascia releasing. 

As the fascia releases, pain begins to 

decrease, range of motion and mobility improve, 

organs begin functioning better and 

with less stress on the brain feels, it returns 

the energy it borrowed at the time of each 

trauma resulting in an immediate increase in 

your energy levels. Rarely does anyone leave 

from my first session not feeling better. 

Short Leg Syndrome 

Eighty-five percent of my clients have one 

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

fascia. The tension from short leg syndrome 

on the sacrum (5 fused vertebrae 

at bottom of the spine) is transferred up 

Testimonials from Clients 

■ “On a recent vacation to Siesta Key, I 

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

can say with complete joy that was the best 

decision I made in the history of my back 

pain. I have sought many modalities and 

visit a CST regularly and never have I had 

such a healing in my entire body. 

After 3 sessions, I made a 16-hour drive 

home with no pain or discomfort in my 

entire body. Unbelievable. My body has 

a sense of moving freely and that is completely 

new. I’m so grateful to Terry for his 

knowledge, for his sensitivity to my needs 

and his kind generosity in healing my body. 

I will see him when I return next year.” 

—Caroline M. 

■ “I am a snowbird who spends 7 months 

in Sarasota. I have had back problems for 

25 years. Terry’s techniques have led to a 

great deal of release and relief in areas that 

have been problematic. I have been seeing 

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

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

a huge difference.” —Lana S. 

■ “I was introduced to Terry and Craniosacral 

Therapy by a Neuromuscular 

massage therapist who thought I needed 

higher level of care. I found Terry to be 

IN CONSIDERATION OF COVID-19 

kind, empathetic and he genuinely seemed 

to take an interest in my challenges. I have 

a mild Chiari malformation (part of the 

brain protrudes and puts pressure on the 

spinal cord) I had been experiencing vertigo, 

extreme pain in my neck combined 

with a limited range of motion (I could not 

turn my neck right or left) I tried both traditional 

and holistic modalities including 

chiropractic and acupuncture with limited 

success. So I did not have lofty expectations 

(unrealistic) going into my first session, but 

was pleasantly surprised in the immediate 

difference I experienced in my entire body. 

There was less pain in my back and 

shoulders, but also in my diaphragm and 

rib cage area. I was able to breathe more 

deeply, felt more limber and overall more 

relaxed. With additional sessions, Terry 

was able to relieve the burning sensation 

in my shoulders that would radiate into 

my lower neck and down my arms which 

had been plaguing me for a long time and 

causing numbness in my extremities. I have 

been impressed by his intuitive nature and 

his ability to listen to my body and focus in 

on specific issues and pain points. The therapist 

who referred me to him was right…he 

is a gifted healer.” —Nicole M. 


treatment room that destroys bacteria and viruses. 

● All surfaces will be disinfected between treatments. 

● All clients will be questioned about self isolation and having 

followed safety precautions such wearing a face mask in public 

as well as being free of any symptoms. 

The physical stress in bodies caused by 

shortened fascia (connective tissue) shuts 

down energy flows to certain organs. Short 

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

pulled up by shortened fascia) shuts down 

energy flow to the spleen (an important part of 

your immune system) and the small and large 

intestine. With the release of that shortened 

fascia, energy returns to these organs. 

the dural tube that encases the spinal cord 

into the lower and upper back, the neck, 

the cranium and the brain. Headaches, migraines, 

TMJ and neck problems can originate 

from the fascial stress in the sacrum. 

Releasing this sacral stress increases 

energy in the bladder, sex organs, kidneys 

and the chakras as well as releasing major 

stress in the upper part of the body. 

Cause of Shallow Breathing 

A great majority of the clients who come to 

me for various problems are also shallow 

breathers. Fascial stress in the diaphragm restricts 

the depth of breathing by restricting 

energy flow to the lungs, the pericardium 

■ Chronic Pain: Sciatic, Back, 

Neck and TMJ 


■ Migraines, Foggy Brain and 

Lack of Concentration 

■ Sight and Eye Problems 

■ Asthma, Bronchitis, COPD 

Terrence Grywinski 

of Advanced 

Craniosacral Therapy, 

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

SOURCE: 

■ Terrence Grywinski of Advanced Craniosacral Therapy, 

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

Therapy since 1994 when he began his training at the Upledger 

Institute. Described by his teachers, clients and colleagues 

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

provides immediate and lasting relief from injury, pain, mobility 

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

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

brain and peripheral nervous system classes which 

enables him to work at 

a cellular level and with 

brain dysfunctions. 

Call 941-321-8757 

for more information, 

Google Craniosacral 

Therapy Sarasota. 

and the heart. With the release of fascial 

diaphragm restriction, the client immediately 

starts breathing deeply and energy is 

restored to the pericardium and the heart. 

Shoulder blades that are cemented to 

the body also restricts how much the rib 

cage can open and thereby also restricting 

depth of breath. Without proper breathing, 

your cells do not get enough oxygen. 

Everyone, especially people suffering from 

bronchitis, asthma and COPD as well as 

shallow breathing can benefit when the 

fascial stress is released. 

Specialized Training 

to work with Brain 

Dysfunctions 

Just as the body physically gets stressed 

from physical and emotional trauma, the 

functioning of the brain is also affected 

by fascial stress. For our brains to remain 

healthy, we need dynamic production 

of craniosacral fluid which performs the 

important function of bringing nourishment 

to all the cells in the brain and spinal 

cord as well as cleansing all the metabolic 

wastes given off by those same cells. 

Once the craniosacral fluid cleanses these 

metabolic wastes, efficient drainage of these 

metabolic wastes into the lymph system is 

absolutely necessary. Research has shown, 

that at night, craniosacral fluid cleanses amyloid 

plaques from the brain. If the drainage 

is inefficient, then the brain is being bathed 

in a toxic slurry. How does 15 or 20 years 

of your brain being bathed in a toxic slurry 

affect you: senile dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s 

and other brain dysfunctions? 

A Craniosacral Therapist, who has 

received training in working with the 

brain, can reverse that stress on the brain 

that eventually can result in those brain 

dysfunctions. As we all know, the proper 

functioning of the body is dependent on a 

healthy functioning brain. 

What conditions does 

CranioSacral Therapy address? 

Immediate Relief Beginning with the First Session: 

■ Shallow Breathing 

■ Digestive and Constipation Issues 

■ Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Problems 

■ Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and Depression 

■ Concussions, Brain and Spinal Cord Health 

■ Mobility and Energy Issues for Seniors 



dining in 

Start the year off right with less animal products 

Good for your health and the planet’s 

The non-meat “burger” used to live up to its name: it was impossible to 

find. But after an increase in production and delivery along with getting 

more store shelf space, Impossible Foods products are much easier to find. 

It’s now available in 1,000 retail outlets nationwide – a 77X increase in 

six months. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Impossible Burger was available 

in fewer than 150 grocery stores. In the past six months, the food tech startup’s 

retail footprint has increased 77-fold. 

You my be in one of two camps: one is vegan and does not wish to consume 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

F Cottage Pie T 

Cook the Impossible Burger. Preheat oven to 350 F on convection. Heat a medium-size 

frying pan over medium-high heat. Add canola oil and sweat onions, then 

add Impossible Burger and brown for 5 mins. Add garlic and cook until fragrant for 

about 2 mins. Add thyme and pimento. 

Deglaze with rum if desired, add oyster sauce and soy sauce, and stir together. Next, 

add panko crumbs and stock. Allow this to come up to a simmer and reduce the heat 

for 5 minutes to allow flavors to meld. Scoop out the Impossible Burger into an even 

layer at the base of the casserole dish. Reserve. 

Now cook root vegetables and stock. 

INGREDIENTS: 

This Cottage Pie Recipe made with Impossible 

Burger is a culinary mashup of three 

traditional dishes, and a huge step up 

from your average Taco Tuesday. 

Created by special guest Chef Craig Wong, 

executive chef and owner of Patois Toronto, 

this recipe combines Caribbean soul 

food and Asian elements in celebration of 

his Jamaican-Chinese heritage. First of all, 

what is a cottage pie? It’s an old-fashioned 

rustic dish from rural England—in other 

words, a meat pie with a crusty topping. 

When most people think of a cottage pie, 

they think of the classic Shepherd’s Pie, 

which is traditionally made with ground 

beef and a mashed potato topping. 

But this Impossible Jamaican Curry Cottage Pie will take you on a long journey 

from the English countryside, through India and Jamaica, all the way to your 

very own kitchen. The crust is made from a variety of mashed root vegetables and 

squashes. Impossible Burger rounds out the dish. 

The traditional Shepherd’s Pie, while heartwarming and comforting, could be 

described as “safe” in the flavor department. Not this version. In addition to Impossible 

Burger, you’re going to need everything from oyster sauce to turmeric to 

coconut milk, along with a variety of root vegetables of your choosing, curry and 

some very hot peppers like the Scotch Bonnet. Oh—and rum. 

Once you have all your ingredients, take a few minutes to read through the steps. 

2 Tablespoons Canola oil 

2 Cups Vegetable stock 

1 Tablespoon Garlic 

2 Tablespoons Butter (use plant-based 

butter as a substitute) 

1/4 Cup Curry powder 

1 Tablespoon Turmeric 

1/2 Can Coconut milk 

1 1/2 Pounds Mixed root 

vegetables,(carrots, pumpkin, 

squash, sweet potato, celeriac, etc) 

large 1.5” Diced 

2 Tablespoons Salt 

1/2 Each Onion, finely diced 

Heat a shallow pot over medium heat. Add canola oil. Sweat onions and garlic for 3 

minutes. Add butter, curry powder and turmeric and cook until fragrant. Add coconut 

milk, salt and stock. Bring to a simmer. Add root vegetables, simmer for 20-25 

minutes until vegetables are tender. Using a slotted spoon, scoop out root vegetables 

over the Impossible Burger reserved from Step 1. Pour half of the curry sauce over the 

Impossible Burger if you like your cottage pie traditional, or pour all the curry sauce in 

for a moist and saucy pie. 

Now assemble the pie. 

3 Tablespoons Salt 

3 Pounds Yellow flesh potatoes, peeled, sliced 1/4 inch thick, and punched into 

a round shape, then soaked in cold water 

1/4 Cup Melted unsalted butter 

Arrange the sliced potatoes in overlapping layers on top of the curried root vegetables. 

Cover the entire surface of the cottage pie. Then brush the potato slices with 

melted butter. Sprinkle salt over it evenly.Cover with parchment paper, tightly seal 

with 2 layers of aluminum foil. Bake for 45 mins, then remove foil and parchment paper 

and bake for 15-20 minutes more, until slightly browned. Remove from the oven 

and sprinkle with chopped chives. Makes four servings. 

meat or any animal products. The other would be those who want to eat less 

meat for their health, fo a concern for the environment, or for a concern for 

animal welfare. Or maybe because foodies like to try new things. (According to 

Impossible Foods, nine out of 10 people who buy Impossible Burger regularly eat 

animal-derived foods.) 

Which ever camp you may be in, you may wonder how to cook with Impossible 

Foods and how to have good results. These recipes are from the Impossible Foods 

website where you can find more recipes and info as well as availability. 

F Impossible Lemongrass Skewers T 

Since 2000, the Thai population 

has doubled in the U.S., 

and they’ve opened a lot of 

wonderful Thai restaurants. 

In fact, there are more Thai 

restaurants per immigrant 

capita than Mexican restaurants. 

Thai food has firmly 

entrenched itself in the 

American diet. 

Lemongrass skewers are a 

staple of Thai cooking in 

America. For this dish, we 

recommend a quick trip to 

the supermarket for two 

items: lemongrass and Sambal 

Chile Paste. Lemongrass 

is available in dried or paste 

form, and either is acceptable 

here. Sambal Chile Paste is a spicy paste originally from Indonesia. Don’t worry 

about buying it and using it once—this belongs in your fridge for the long-term. 

Can’t find these ingredients near you? Don’t worry—you can also find them online. 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 Package Impossible Burger 

1 Tablespoon Lemongrass 

2 Tablespoons Ginger 

5 Cloves Garlic 

1 Tablespoon Tamari 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

FAST FACTS 

1 Tablespoon Sambal Chili Paste 

1/4 Teaspoon Sesame Oil 

1/2 Teaspoon Agave 

1 Tablespoon Cilantro 

1 Tablespoon Mint 

Mince the lemongrass, fresh ginger, cilantro, mint, and 2 cloves of garlic. Set aside 

half the ginger for the peanut sauce. Combine the rest with the Impossible Burger, ½ 

teaspoon tamari, ½ teaspoon sambal, sesame oil, and agave and mix until well combined. 

Divide into 8 equal portions and form into long, flat patties. Rinse the skewers 

with water and dry them off with a paper towel. Insert the skewers into the portioned 

Impossible mix. 

THE PEANUT SAUCE 

2 Tablespoons Hoisin 

2 Tablespoons Rice Wine Vinegar 

3 Tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar 

1/2 Cup Crunchy Peanut Butter 

Mince the last 3 cloves of garlic. Combine with the remaining ingredients until fully 

incorporated. Set aside to let the ingredients bloom in the sauce. Can be made 24 

hours in advance. 

THE SKEWERS 

Sear skewers on the grill 2-3 minutes on each side until cooked to the desired temperature. 

Serve with peanut sauce on the side. Makes 8 skewers. 

A 4-ounce serving of Impossible Burger contains 19 g of protein and is an 

excellent source of iron — and it has 0 mg cholesterol, 14 g of total fat, 8 g of 

saturated fat and 240 calories. (A conventional 4-ounce “80/20” patty from cows 

has 80 mg cholesterol, 23 g of total fat, 9 g of saturated fat and 290 calories.) 

Impossible Burger uses 96% less land, 87% less water and 89% fewer greenhouse 

gas emissions compared to conventional beef from cows. Named top 

plant-based burger by the New York Times and a favorite of Cook’s Illustrated, 

Impossible Burger rivals ground beef from cows for taste. It contains no animal 

hormones or antibiotics, and is kosher, halal and gluten-free certified. 

Home chefs can also log into Impossible Foods’ Impact Calculator to learn 

exactly how much land, water and emissions they’ve saved by using Impossible 

Burger instead of ground beef from cows. 

Check their website for availability. Locally, it’s at Trader Joe’s and Publix. 


Please be sure to call 

or visit websites for the 

most up-to-date info 

Restaurant 

News 

• There’s a new cocktail at Sage 

Restaurant in downtown Sarasota 

served up by Cliseria Padilla-Flores, 

Chief Mixologist at Sage. 

Copil’s Heart (pink) 

Refreshing, juicy and aromatic with a 

slight tartness and a vibrant color 

Ingredients: 

• Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila 

• House-Made Prickly Pear Liqueur 

• Lime Juice 

• Garnish: Hibiscus Salt Rim & Sweet 

Hibiscus Tea Sphere 

Copil’s Heart (pink) 

Cliseria was born in Aguascalientes, 

Mexico and raised in Sarasota. 

She initially focused on, and built 

a career in, emergency medical 

services and started bartending 

as a hobby in 2016. While working 

at a local craft cocktail bar, that 

hobby soon turned into a passion. 

There, she quickly realized what 

she loved to do most: create and 

innovate. Leaving emergency medicine 

behind, she dove headfirst 

into the bar industry and has not 

looked back since. Her respect for 

the craft, love of spirits (agave especially), 

and enthusiasm to create 

has only grown since then. 

■ Sage is at 1216 1st Street 

in Sarasota. Hours: Tuesday to 

Thursday 5-10pm and Friday 

& Saturday 5-11pm. They also 

offer curbside pickup. Call (941) 

445-5660 or visit https://www. 

sagesrq.com/ 

Tripletail 

Seafood & 

Spirits to open 

at The Landings 

in Sarasota 

• Gecko’s Hospitality Group 

Founders Mike Gowan and Mike 

Quillen plan to open a new contemporary 

restaurant concept 

called Tripletail Seafood & Spirits 

in early 2021. 

The Tripletail Seafood & Spirits 

menu will offer fresh, locally 

sourced fare from the seas, bays, 

ocean and shore, including Gulf 

Grouper in Citrus Cream Sauce. 

Tripletail will be at The Landings in 

Sarasota at 4870 S. Tamiami Trail. 

Tripletail’s dining room and bar design 

as well as a new kitchen were 

created and implemented by Gowan. 

Their menu will include fresh, 

locally sourced fare from 

the seas, bays, ocean 

and shore, with Dry Dock 

favorites and Gulf of 

Mexico-centric catches. 

Tripletail’s cocktail lounge 

within the restaurant will 

serve classics and offer 

craft and signature 

cocktails. A wine list will 

include 35 domestic and 

imported offerings. 

Cliseria at Sage 

The space will provide socially 

distanced dining for about 150 

guests. It will have a nautical 

ambiance with modern lighting, 

plantation shutters, shiplap paneling, 

spacious tables and 

deep red leather 

booths with glass 

dividers. The patio 

will have greenery 

privacy walls and 

a 10-foot waterfall 

feature. 

■ The Tripletail 

Seafood & Spirits 

menu will include Dry 

Dock favorites, Gulf 

of Mexico-centric 

catches and Stone 

Crab Claws. Info: 

http://tripletailsrq. 

com. 

Harry’s 

on LBK 

expanding 

• Harry’s Continental 

Kitchens has 

continued with plans 

to expand its dining 

area and increase 

The new CROP Juice at 2480 

Stickney Point Road, Sarasota 

CROP Stickney Point is Open 

• CROP Juice left its Gulf Gate location, but didn’t go far. The juice 

company has a new location at 2480 Stickney Point Road, Sarasota. 

It has a drive-through, more parking, more retail space and a covered 

outdoor patio. 

“CROP” stands for “cold-pressed, raw, organic produce.” The 

company makes juices from leafy greens mixed with a wide variety 

of other vegetables and fruits, plus coffee drinks, açaí bowls, 

doughnuts, smoothies and more. Their University store is at 8211 

Tourist Center Drive, Bradenton. 

■ The new CROP Juice is open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday 

and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. For more info, call (941) 923-8640 or visit 

https://www.cropjuice.com/. 

the number of parking spaces at their 

restaurant on Longboat Key. 

Longboat Key’s Planning and 

Zoning Board voted 6-0 on Nov. 17 in 

favor of a special exception submitted 

by Harry’s owner Harry Christensen. 

The exception allows for the 

expanded use of Harry’s restaurant 

and outdoor dining at 535 St. Judes 

Drive where Harry’s is located. 

Harry’s plans to remove the yellow 

structure next door at 547 St. Judes 

Drive and replace it with an additional 

parking lot. The proposed new 

off-street parking area abides by the 

town’s new parking standards that 

require one parking space for every 

150 feet of indoor and outdoor space. 

The plans calls for redeveloping the 

pink building at 535 St. Jude’s Drive 

and turning it into a 1,500-squarefoot-indoor 

facility with a 600-squarefoot 

dining area. 

“The whole reason for doing this 

expansion is basically because of the 

COVID that happened [in] March,” 

Christensen said. “We’ve been shut 

down and locked down and 25% 

capacity and 50% capacity.” 

Stay tuned and hope for more 

space at Harry’s. 

more WCW|FOODIE on page 24 ››› 


foodie events continued 

The Chateau 

Anna Maria 

on Anna 

Maria Island 

• This past December, 

The Chateau Anna 

Maria in the Waterline 

Marina Resort property on 

Anna Maria Island, opened. 

The Chateau Anna Maria 

will serve walk-in breakfast 

and lunch and reservations 

recommended for dinner. 

Additionally, the restaurant 

will have several dock 

slips making it possible for 

guests to arrive by boat. 

Buddy, Jr. & Jennifer 

Foy also own The Chateau 

On The Lake in New 

York whichis named to Top 

100 Most Romantic and 

Top 100 Restaurants in America. 

They have a celebrity-fan following as 

stars on the Food Network TV Reality 

Show, Summer Rush, which chronicled 

the seasonal summer business 

of three Foy-owned restaurants on 

Lake George. 

According to Buddy Foy, Jr., “The 

pandemic has created unprecedented 

challenges and obstacles for our 

industry, but we feel confident this 

is the time to expand.” He added 

that his Lake George location had a 

record-breaking summer serving over 

15,000 customers this summer with an 

average of 3 employees interactions 

creating over 46,000 touchpoints. 

“By following all of the social 

distancing guidelines and protocols, 

both our employees and customers 

stayed safe while keeping the dining 

experience exciting and memorable 

for all of our guests and will do the 

same at The Chateau Anna Maria.” 

This will be the third business 

for married co-owners Buddy, Jr 

and Jennifer Foy who had previous 

success in an e-commerce company 

as design & technology visionaries 

helping fashion brands go directto-consumer. 

“The stylish setting of 

Waterline is suited for us because 

our focus is making sure every guest 

has an experience that is special and 

perfect for them,” said Jennifer Foy 

who is leading the restaurant design 

renovation. 

■ Location: 5325 Marina Dr. 

Main Floor, Holmes Beach. Call 

(941) 238-6264 or visit https:// 

thechateauonthelake.com/. 

The Chateau Anna Maria in the Waterline 

Marina Resort property on Anna Maria Island 

What’s New 

• Norman Love Confections 

opened their sixth Chocolate Salon 

at University Town Center (UTC) 

in Sarasota. Renowned for its 

award-winning handcrafted artisanal 

chocolates, Norman Love Confections 

renovated a 2000-square-foot 

end-cap space, with an outdoor patio, 

opposite California Pizza Kitchen 

along Cattlemen Road in the West 

District of UTC. 

The Salon will offer the company’s 

handcrafted chocolates, as well as 

specialty desserts, artisanal baked 

goods, coffees, novelty products, 

sweet crepes as well as savory 

crepes for lunch and dinner, and Artisan 

Gelato by Norman Love. 

Additionally, the new location will offer 

a selection of wines, and will be the 

first Norman Love Confections to offer 

an interactive dessert experience 

as Norman Love Confections pastry 

chefs will “take the stage” to 

showcase their artistic expression 

and create beautiful “desserts of 

art” while engaging guests in a 

fun, conversational and gastronomic 

dessert experience. 

According to Norman Love, 

founder and owner of Norman 

Love Confections, “In the evenings, 

we are introducing an 

entirely new concept as we transform 

the Chocolate Salon into a 

chocolate theatre of sorts, offering 

our new experiential dessert experience. 

I envision the UTC Norman 

Love Confections location as 

a dessert destination, as guests 

join us after dinner or shopping, 

following a movie or the theatre. 

As guests take their seats, our 

amazing pastry chefs will present 

artistic yet recognizable desserts 

with an innovative, deconstructed 

spin giving them a front-row seat 

to the theatrics of chocolate.” 

Founded in 2001 by Norman and 

Mary Love, Norman Love Confections 

creates and distributes handcrafted 

artisanal chocolates from its corporate 

headquarters at 11380 Lindbergh 

Blvd. in Fort Myers. 

The award-winning Fort Myersbased 

chocolatier has been lauded 

more than a dozen times by a 

leading consumer ratings magazine, 

including recognition six times for 

producing the best ultra-premium 

chocolates in the nation. 

Norman Love Confections has 

Chocolate Salons in Fort Myers, 

Estero and Naples, including a pastry 

shop and café at Whole Foods Market 

in Fort Myers salon. Chocolates, 

gift baskets, sipping chocolate and 

Love’s book, “Artistry can be ordered 

at www.normanloveconfections.com. 

Norman Love Confections 

at University Town Center (UTC) 

■ The UTC location is at 192 N. 

Cattlemen Rd., Sarasota. Info: 941- 

777-5507 or visit www.normanloveconfections.com. 

Discovered 

• Hamlet’s Eatery is located in the 

courtyard of The Bazaar on Apricot 

& Lime. The concept is to serve 

quality delicious food in a fun, casual 

atmosphere. For every meat option 

available there will be a vegan option. 

For example, there will be several 

meat taco options and a Jack Fruit 

Taco option. The menu will evolve 

and specials will be offered. 

They serve Lelu’s Cold Brew Coffee 

and Vegan Cinnamon Rolls as well as 

fresh, local organic produce. 

Hamlet’s is open Thursday – Saturday 

11 – 4pm with plans to expand 

days and times. Outside dining or 

take it to go. 

■ Hamlet’s is located at 821 Apricot 

Ave, Sarasota. Visit https://www. 

bazaaronapricotandlime.com. 

January 

Food Holidays 

• Be Kind to Food Servers Month 

• Bread Machine Baking Month 

• National Pie Day — January 23 

• National Cheese Lover’s Day — 

January 20 

Cooking Tip 

• Here’s how to rejuvenate frozen 

shrimp. To reinvigorate previously 

frozen shrimp (almost all shrimp is 

frozen at harvest, shipped, thawed 

then sold), soak them for 20 minutes 

in salted water in the refrigerator 

(2 tablespoons salt to 1 quart cold 

water). Then drain, rinse, and pat dry 

with paper towels before proceeding 

with the recipe. 

■ Source: Susan Ford, Publisher 

and Editorial Director of Louisiana 

Kitchen & Culture. 


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Daredaughter 

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Equestrian Artist 

CAlEb CARINCI 

Artistic Juggler 

VIKTOR KEE 

Aerial lyra 

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Hand balancing/Contortion 

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travel news 

Update on New Hotels for a New Year 

There’s been a flurry of hotel-building in our area and around Florida with many openings taking place last year. 

Unfortunately, many of us can’t take advantage of these beautiful properties just yet. But there’s nothing against 

planning for later this year and beyond! And most offer gift cards if you want to give a gift for later. 

The Karol Hotel 

in Clearwater 

Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging & 

Development reopened The Karol 

Hotel (2675 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater,) 

Nov. 11. Centrally located in 

Feather Sound between Clearwater, 

St. Pete and Tampa, it’s the first 

member of Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio 

in Pinellas County. 

High atop the 12-story hotel, the Vantage 

Rooftop Bar serves artisan cocktails, 

local craft beers, tapas, and views with 

other onsite dining venues now open 

(check for updates). 

Vantage Rooftop Bar offers a climate-controlled 

environment that allows year-round 

enjoyment. Guests and local residents will 

be able to enjoy menu items including a 

selection of grazing boards, pimento cheese 

and pork rinds, fresh shucked oysters, 

burgers and more, while taking in views of 

downtown Tampa’s skyline. 

The boutique hotel features 123 guest 

rooms and suites; the Vantage Rooftop 

Bar overlooking Tampa Bay; the signature 

K Club Bar & Bistro; a combined 7,340 

The Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas Tampa 

Choice Hotels International 

opens a Cambria Hotel in Madeira Beach 

Choice Hotels International 

Inc. opened 

a new hotel under its 

upscale Cambria Hotels 

flag in Madeira Beach 

on December 4. Ideal 

for staycations or as a 

warm destination on 

a road trip this winter, 

the Cambria Hotel St. 

Petersburg-Madeira 

Beach Marina offers indulgences guests desire 

and convenient proximity to fantastic area 

beaches, including St. Pete Beach, ranked 

among Tripadvisor’s ‘Top 25 Beaches’ in the 

United States. 

The hotel also features design forward 

The 243-room waterfront Luminary Hotel 

& Co. opened this past fall in downtown 

Fort Myers. Opened in conjunction 

with the new 12-story Luminary Hotel 

are three of its featured food and beverage 

outlets – Ella Mae’s Diner, Dean Street 

Coffee, and the Lobby Bar. 

The hotel offers the Silver King Ocean 

square feet of event space; and an outside 

pool and fitness center. 

Health and safety measures include 

handwashing hygiene, cleaning product 

specifications, electrostatic spraying in all 

public areas, guest room and common area 

cleaning procedures, daily temperature 

checks for all staff, and more. Face coverings 

are required for guests and associates 

in all indoor public areas. Social distancing 

guidelines and protocols from Marriott 

International are also strictly followed. 

The Karol Hotel is located just 12 

minutes from St. Petersburg-Clearwater 

International Airport (PIE), and 20 minutes 

from Tampa International Airport 

(TPA). For reservations/information, 

visit TheKarolHotel.com. 

elements inspired by the 

legend of John LeVeque, the 

first western settler of the 

area who buried treasure on 

the beach — befitting of the 

treasure guests will see hidden 

throughout the hotel’s 

artwork. 

The 125-room hotel is located 

at 15015 Madeira Way, 

near Madeira Beach Marina 

and John’s Pass Village & Boardwalk. Highlights 

include a rooftop bar and infinity pool, 

spa-style bathrooms, indoor-outdoor meeting 

and event spaces, fitness center and electric 

bikes for guests. https://www.choicehotels. 

com/florida/madeira-beach/cambria-hotels. 

Barbary Beach House in Key West 

This past June, 

the waterfront 

Barbary 

Beach House 

Key West (2001 

South Roosevelt 

Boulevard) 

officially 

opened. 

Resting on the 

southernmost 

shores of the 

United States, the 184-room, oceanfront 

resort just completed an extensive, topto-bottom 

conversion. 

Barbary Beach House Key West offers 

guest amenities, elegant coastal design 

elements and an expansive stretch of 

palm-dotted beachfront along Smathers 

Beach. The resort’s location allows guests 

to enjoy the eclectic energy of downtown, 

just a few blocks away, or soak 

in the serenity of the Atlantic, with the 

beach as their front yard. 

Suite accommodations feature separate 

The Godfrey Hotel & 

Cabanas Tampa — part 

of the Rocky Point resort 

property that used to house 

Hogan’s Beach, a Hulk Hogan-themed 

party bar — is 

a laid-back waterfront hotel, 

4.4-mile drive from Tampa 

International Airport. 

Rooms have bay or city 

views and offer free Wi-Fi, 

mini-fridges and coffeemakers, 

plus flat-screen 

TVs; some have balconies. An airport 

shuttle and parking are free. 

Amenities include a laid-back 

lounge and a grill-style restaurant, 

as well as a breezy beach bar with 

live music. There’s also a heated 

outdoor pool, a boat dock and a 

24-hour fitness center with bay 

views, in addition to a business 

Luminary Hotel & Co. in Downtown Fort Myers 

Brasserie, and Beacon Social 

Drinkery rooftop lounge. 

Other key features include 

The Workshop, an innovative 

culinary laboratory; an 

indoor and outdoor fitness 

facility; and a pool area on 

the fourth floor, with an 

event deck overlooking the 

Caloosahatchee River. 

Luminary Hotel & Co. is 

the fifth Mainsail Lodging 

& Development property in 

the prestigious Autograph 

Collection of Marriott 

International, and the first 

Autograph hotel in the Fort 

Myers-Naples area. 

The hotel’s guest room amenities 

include complimentary Wi-Fi, flat screen 

TVs, artisan pantries with gourmet coffee 

service, and luxurious bedding and upscale 

bath products. 

Guests have ample culinary options – 

from a signature restaurant and rooftop bar 

to a casual streetside diner and coffee roastery.The 

hotel also offers convenient access 

to the riverfront Oxbow Bar & Grill located 

on the Caloosahatchee River and scheduled 

to open in March 2021. A blend of retail 

and casual dining, Oxbow’s second floor is 

reserved for special events and groups, with 

an outdoor terrace and picture windows 

offering spectacular river views. 

Health and safety measures include 

hand-washing hygiene, cleaning product 

specifications, electrostatic spraying in 

all public areas, guest room and common 

area cleaning procedures, daily temperature 

checks for all staff, and more. To 

promote the health and safety of guests, 

face coverings are required for guests and 

associates in all indoor public areas. Social 

distancing guidelines and protocols 

are also strictly followed. 

Luminary Hotel & Co. is located just 

16 miles (less than 30 minutes) from 

Southwest Florida International Airport 

(RSW). For more information, go to 

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travel feature 

Bertha Honoré Palmer’s 

Pre-Sarasota Roots 

Thanks to her, Chicago has Monets, lots of Monets 

In the late 19th century, however, one 

woman from Chicago, Bertha Honoré 

Palmer, made a bold move for her time 

to become a champion and major 

collector of Impressionist art. 

The 

Bertha 

Palmer 

image that 

Sarasota 

knows. 

Many of you know Bertha 

Honoré Palmer—well, not 

personally, but you know 

of her as in Palmer Ranch 

or Spanish Point. In 1910 she bought 

over 80,000 acres of land in and 

around Sarasota—about one-third of 

the land in what was then the massive 

county named Manatee. 

She became a progressive rancher, 

land developer, and farm developer 

who introduced many innovations to 

encourage the Florida ranching, citrus, 

dairy, and farming industries. She 

encouraged wealthy friends and associates 

in her international social circles 

to spend winters along Sarasota 

Bay and her other Florida land interests 

and promoted the development of 

many land parcels; today much of that 

land is still known as Palmer Ranch. 

The major roads through her property, 

as well as some connecting to the 

existing communities, were named 

by her. Those names remain unchanged 

as Honoré, Lockwood Ridge, 

Tuttle, Webber, and Macintosh. 

She proved herself to be an astute 

businesswoman: within 16 years after 

her husband’s death, she managed to 

double the value of the estate he had 

left her. After her death, a large parcel 

of her land was donated (donated 

according to Sarasota County, sold 

according to the state) by her sons to 

become Myakka River State Park. 

But do you know about her life prior 

to Sarasota and what she contributed 

to her former residence that was 

vital to its cultural identity? First, 

some history, Bertha Honoré married 

Chicago millionaire Potter Palmer in 

1870. She was 21 and he was 44. Palmer 

sold his vast store to a consortium and 

it would eventually become Marshall 

Field’s among other his many holdings. 

The Palmers lived well in beautiful 

homes and entertained with lavish 

parties and they had been enthusiastic 

art collectors for a number of 

years. Most Midwestern collectors 

were still collecting works by the Barbizon 

School in the 1870s and 1880s, 

but thanks to the Palmers, this would 

soon change. In the years leading up 

Over her lifetime, 

Palmer purchased 

around 90 works by 

Monet, including nine 

haystack paintings— 

one of them, Meules 

(1890), which Sotheby’s 

sold recently for 

$110.7 million. 

to the Columbian Exposition, they 

became clients of the Parisian dealer 

Paul Durand-Ruel and began to 

collect French Impressionist works. 

Bertha Palmer enjoyed her role as a 

cultural leader and tastemaker. In 1891, 

Bertha and Potter Palmer acquired 

some 20 paintings by Monet— including 

several from the Stacks 

of Wheat series—a fraction of the 

90 canvases they would come to 

own. As president of the Board 

of Lady Managers for the 1893 

World’s Columbian Exposition, 

Bertha oversaw the creation of 

the Woman’s Building, which 

housed an exhibition of 129 

works from American private 

collections, including four paintings 

by Monet. The international 

fair showcased a city still reimagining 

itself after the Great Fire of 

1871 and one eager to embrace 

not only the technology but the 

aesthetics of modernity. 

Others began to follow the couple’s 

lead. In 1895, the Union League Club 

of Chicago purchased Apple Trees in 

Blossom (1872), which was also shown 

at the Art Institute that year in the exhibition 

20 Works by Claude Monet, 

the artist’s first solo show at a museum 

in the United States. 

Chicagoans such as Bertha and Potter 

Palmer, Martin A. and Carrie Ryerson, 

and Annie Swan Coburn built 

their private collections amidst wider 

efforts to bolster the city’s global cultural 

standing around the turn of the 

20th century. Their gifts and bequests 

to the Art Institute in the 1920s and 

1930s, together with important donations 

from other patrons, laid the foundation 

for the city’s world-renowned 

collection of Impressionist art. 

When Potter died in 1902, Bertha 

owned as many as 90 works by Monet 

alone. The Palmers bequeathed 

much of their collection to the Art 

Institute in 1922, four years after Bertha’s 

death. The couple’s holdings included 

works by other Impressionist 

artists, such as Mary Cassatt, Edgar 

Degas, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste 

Renoir. These objects are now 

Interior of the Palmer home showing some of 

their extensive collection. 

An 1893 

portrait of 

Palmer by 

Swedish artist 

Anders 

Zorn. 

Claude 

Monet, 

“On the 

Bank of the 

Seine, Bennecourt,” 

1868. The 

Art Institute 

of Chicago, 

Potter 

Palmer 

Collection. 

among the museum’s most beloved 

treasures, although they were far 

from mainstream tastes when the 

Palmers began collecting. 

Monet’s soft, light-filled canvases 

took years to catch on. Once they did, 

in the late 1880s, they helped pave the 

way for the modernist avant-garde and 

its fractured picture planes to dominate 

European art in the early 1900s. 

Bertha Honoré Palmer, made a 

bold move for her time to become a 

champion and major collector of Impressionist 

art. 

“Few American women, if any, have 

in modern days appeared in the public 

eye in as distinctive a way as Mrs. 

Palmer,” read an obituary in a 1918 issue 

of the Journal of the Illinois State 

Historical Society. Before women even 

gained suffrage in the United States 

(in 1920), Palmer asserted her power 

through business dealings and art 

acquisitions. Her patronage ensured 

that Chicago became an essential city 

for viewing Impressionist masterpieces—second 

only, perhaps, to Paris. Of 

the Art Institute’s 33 Monet paintings, 

just two were purchased by the museum. 

The rest were donated by local 

collectors starting in the 1920s. 

At the Art Institute of Chicago, two of 

the museum’s galleries are still devoted 

to works from Palmer’s collection, 

which initially totaled 51 French paintings. 

Her portrait currently hangs in 

the Ryerson Reading Room, part of 

the European Painting and Sculpture 

Wing. In the picture, Palmer wears a 

white gown and tiara. Her likeness presides 

over the gallery like that of a fairy 

godmother, bestowing her blessing on 

the museum she helped build. 

Important Disclaimer 

The Art Institute of Chicago had scheduled 

a major exhibit last year to run 

through this January on the Monets at 

the Museum. The Institute, however, 

is closed until further notice. For now, 

you can enjoy the images on their website. 

Sign up there to receive notices as 

to when the Museum will open again 

and if they will run the Monet exhibit 

with new dates. Sarasota should be interested 

in this story about this prominent 

woman who did so much in here 

life in Chicago and in Sarasota. 

https://www.artic.edu/ 

exhibitions/9036/monet-and-chicago. 


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Accolades 

■ Lori Stephens of Lori Stephens 

LLC was recently presented with 

the Venice Area Chamber of 

Commerce’s 2020 “Professional 

& Financial” Business of the 

Year Award. 

Stephens offers a variety of 

services 

she categorizes 

as 

Powerful 

Education 

Solutions, 

providing 

educational 

advocacy 

and school 

success 

coaching. 

Services 

Lori Stephens 

are available to assist with making 

sure the public school system 

provides all the support a child 

needs and helping the family 

improve their ability to nurture 

the child’s growth. 

Stephens has offered Reading 

Intensive seminars and Life 

Skills Prep Camps. In response 

to health safety concerns related 

to COVID-19, Lori Stephens LLC 

consultations and services can 

be provided remotely; information 

and application for services 

is available at https://loristephensllc.com/. 

Lori Stephens LLC provides education 

advocacy and school success 

coaching for students and families. 

Visit https://loristephensllc. 

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Appointments 

■ Sarasota County has 

tapped Jane Grogg as the new 

director of Sarasota County Area 

Transit. Grogg has worked with 

the county for nearly two decades, 

most recently serving in an interim 

capacity of SCAT since January. 

SCAT’s former director, Rocky 

Burke, resigned in 2017. Rob Lewis, 

who is now director of governmental 

relations, briefly took over 

as interim director of SCAT. 

The coronavirus pandemic has 

caused a dramatic dip in ridership, 

and SCAT is in the middle of 

implementing a major overhaul of 

its fixed-route system. Recently, 

the County Commission approved 

a plan to eliminate routes 

in south county and phase in 

an on-demand rideshare program 

that may shape the future 

of local public transportation. 

Grogg, who has been with 

Sarasota County since 2001, 

worked in various positions in 

the Planning and Development 

Services Department, including 

Long Range Planning and Neighborhood 

Services, among others. 

■ Brigette Davis, Associate 

Head Start and Early Head Start 

Director at Children First in 

Sarasota, has been elected to the 

Florida Head Start Association 

(FHSA) Board of Directors. As a 

FHSA board member, she plays a 

key role in representing Sarasota 

County and fulfilling FHSA’s 

work across the state to deliver 

high-quality early childhood education 

services for children and 

wraparound 

support for 

families in 

need. 

Davis has 

worked for 

Children 

First since 

2014 where 

she began as 

a Regional 

Manager before 

earning 

Brigette Davis a promotion 

to become the Director of Training 

and Quality Assurance the 

following year. For information, 

visit childrenfirst.net. 

■ SunCoast Blood Centers has 

announced that Teresa “Tess” 

A. Koncick has been elected 

board president and chair of the 

nonprofit organization. Koncick 

joined the board in 2019 and 

previously served as vice president 

and assistant treasurer. 

Koncick is a securities attorney 

who currently serves as general 

counsel to ThinkBetter, LLC, 

an investment advisory firm. She 

was a branch chief at the U.S. Securities 

and Exchange Commission, 

where she worked on 

cases involving Ivan Boesky and 

Michael Milken. As general counsel 

at Merrill Lynch Defined Asset 

Funds, Koncick oversaw all legal 

matters for a business managing 

over $60 billion in assets. 

Koncick was a fellow and deputy 

director of the John and 

Mable Ringling Museum of Art 

where she oversaw a $60 million 

building project that included 

a new visitor center, education 

wing and new galleries. Koncick 

was also the board president 

of the Society of Manatee County 

and Meals On Wheels of Sarasota. 

SunCoast Blood Centers’ 

Governance Committee 

slate: Tess Koncick, President, 

Chair; Ben Hatcher, Vice President; 

Jamey Dodson, Treasurer; 

Ben Hatcher, Assistant Treasurer; 

Ross Russo, Secretary; Steve Branham, 

Immediate Past President 

For donor locations and 

more information, visit www. 

suncoastblood.org or call 

1-866-97-BLOOD. 

Board News 

■ Mary McClure has been appointed 

President of the Sarasota 

Bay Parrot 

Head Club. 

The SBPHC 

is a not-forprofit 

social 

organization 

formed to 

participate 

in community 

and 

environmental 

projects 

while 

providing 

Mary McClure 

a variety of social activities for 

people with similar interests. 

Their mission is to foster 

awareness and understanding of 

local environmental issues and to 

provide an organized means for 

active participation in projects 

which benefit Sarasota’s environment. 

Their events feature music, 

games, and raffles which raise 

money for various organizations. 

Meetings are held the last 

Thursday of the month. Visit 

www.sbphc.org. 

■ Visit Sarasota County (VSC) 

has a new Fiscal Year 2021 Board 

of Directors. They serve until 

September 30, 2021, a period 

encompassing Sarasota County’s 

Centennial and the 2021 Tourism 

Marketing Scope of Work for 

Sarasota County. 

The Executive Committee of the 

Board of Directors is comprised 

of: Chair, Christine Johnson, President, 

Conservation Foundation 

of the Gulf Coast; Vice Chair, Nick 

Mavrikas, General Manager, Embassy 

Suites; Secretary/Treasurer, 

Lorrie Liang, Chief Operating Officer, 

Sarasota Memorial Hospital; 

and Immediate Past Chair, Steven 

High, Executive Director, The 

Ringling Museum. 

Returning general members 

of the VSC Board are: Hon. Alan 

Maio, Commissioner, Sarasota 

County Commission; Gil Reyes, 

General Manager, Westin Sarasota; 

Lori Ruth, Associate Publisher, 

Observer East; Richard Russell, 

Executive Director, Sarasota 

Opera; and Sondra Guffey, Marketing 

& Business Development 

Specialist, City of North Port. 

New appointments to the Board 

are: Ann Frescura, Executive 

Director, Siesta Key Chamber of 

Commerce; John LaCivita, Executive 

Vice President, Willis Smith 

Construction; Rick Konsavage, 

Managing Director of Resort & 

Club, The Resort at Longboat Key 

Club; and Tim Self, Financial Advisor, 

Gulfside Investment Services. 

For more info, visit www.SarasotaCountyLovesTourists.com. 

■ The Bay Park Conservancy 

(BPC), the non-profit organization 

responsible for overseeing 

the redevelopment of 53-acres of 

City-owned land along Sarasota 

Bay into a public park, has 

announced that Leslie M. Turner 

has joined 

its board of 

directors. 

Turner 

brings legal, 

boardroom 

and 

senior level 

advisory 

experience 

to the BPC 

board, and 

is actively 

involved 

Leslie M. Turner 

with various nonprofits in the 

Sarasota community. 

Turner recently retired as Senior 

Vice-President and General 

Counsel for The Hershey Company 

and previously held the 

position of General Counsel for 

Coca-Cola North America. Her 30 

plus years of experience in strategic 

planning, multi-stakeholder 

considerations and collaborative 

decision making include her tenure 

as a Washington D.C. based 

law partner and U.S. Senate 

confirmed appointee at the U.S. 

Department of the Interior under 

then-Secretary Bruce Babbitt. 

In addition, Turner has been a 

frequent speaker on governance 

topics and received recognition 

from various organizations 

including the New York Stock 

Exchange, Governance Services; 

The Directors’ Roundtable; 

The National Association of 

Women Lawyers; and Corporate 

Counsel Women of Color. 

Turner’s board service includes 

FirstEngergy Corporation (Audit 

and Compensation Committees), 

Georgetown University (Board of 

Regents), Georgetown University 

Law Center (Board of Visitors), 

and the HBCU Stillman College 

(Board of Trustees). Active in the 

Sarasota community, Turner is 

also a founding member of Impact 

100SRQ, the Sarasota chapter of an 

international nonprofit organization 

of women that provides 

transformational grants to local 

nonprofits. For information, visit 

www.bayparkconservancy.org. 

Business News 

■ East-Coast based design 

firm, Purple Fish Creative, has 

relocated their creative studio to 

Sarasota. The boutique agency 

offers website design and graphic 

design services of all types, and 

has worked closely with local, 

regional, and national businesses 

on various projects – from 

corporate 

clients to 

small startup 

businesses 

and 

non-profits. 

Purple 

Fish Creative 

has 

grown over 

the past 

year due to 

Susan Colao 

increased 

demand for 

brand refreshes and enhanced 

online presence due to COVID-19. 

The firm’s founder and Chief Creative 

Officer is Susan Colao. 

For information on Purple Fish 

Creative, visit www.purplefishcreative.com. 

Nonprofit News 

■ Designing Women Boutique 

has announced the addition of 

Arts Advocates, The Players Centre 

for Performing Arts and Asolo 

Repertory Theatre to Ground- 

Works, a strategic alliance with 

five other Sarasota charitable organizations 

designed to increase 

fundraising and create scholarships 

and educational opportunities 

for area students through 

donations of furnishings, designer 

fashions, jewelry, handbags 

and accessories. In addition to 

this partnership, DWB continues 

to raise funds through boutique 

sales and on-line to provide dollars 

for the annual grant awards 

to area arts and humanities. 

GroundWorks is a collaborative 

partnership between Designing 

Women Boutique and 8 local nonprofit 

organizations, formed to create 

an additional revenue stream to 

strategically leverage the process 

of raising funds for education. GW 

focuses on the needs of those who 

are advancing educational goals 

and creating career paths. 

Participating organizations 

include Girls Inc., The Out-of-Door 

Academy, Ringling College of Art 

& Design, Marie Selby Botanical 

Gardens, the Roskamp Institute, 

Arts Advocates, Asolo Repertory 

Theatre and The Players Centre 

for Performing Arts. Each group 

receives a major split of proceeds 

from donated items to be used to 

fund their designated scholarships. 

Through their sale of consigned, 

donated and new merchandise as 

well as sponsorships, donations 

and other fundraising activities, 

DWB has granted over $4.0 million 

to more than 100 local recipients. 

DWB is located at 1226 N. 

Tamiami Tr. For information, 

call 941-366-5293 or Designing- 

WomenSRQ.org. 

■ Sarasota Memorial Healthcare 

Foundation recently awarded 

seven grants totaling more than 

$700,000 to Sarasota Memorial 

Hospital. The funds will be used 

to help enhance patient outcomes 

and physician satisfaction and 

provide resources to underserved 

members of the community. 

$449,344 helped purchase Urology 

Video Systems for the operating 

room. These video systems 

include high-definition equipment 

that provides better quality 

images and higher reliability, 

helping enhance patient outcomes 

in urological procedures. 

$98,543 granted will help 

purchase Devicor—NeoProbes. 

The Bluetooth probes will replace 

current probes used in breast 

biopsy procedures. 

$29,673 helped purchase 

Stryker Lifepak 20e Defibrillators 

and Monitors. These monitors are 

used to help treat patients with 

Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) and correct 

irregular heart rhythms. 

$27,401 will be used to purchase 

new equipment for outpatient 

rehabilitation services at 

SMH’s Rehabilitation Pavilion, 

thanks to a donation from the 

Hurlburt Foundation. 

$100,000 was provided to 

gastroenterology services at the 

new SMH Endoscopy Center at 

its Hillview facility. The funds 

will help purchase new patient 

monitoring equipment used at 

the bedside of patients undergoing 

endoscopy procedures. 

$15,000 was granted to the Florida 

Cancer Specialists Foundation 

to provide funds to help patients 

and their families with non-medical, 

essential daily-living expenses. 

$24,750 helped support the 

Early Cardiovascular Disease 

Prevention Program through the 

International Society of Cardiovascular 

Disease Prevention. 

Sarasota Memorial Healthcare 

Foundation is the philanthropic 

partner that helps Sarasota Memorial 

Health Care System. For 

more info, visit smhf.org. 

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