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FEBRUARY 2021 

Linda 

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Executive Director, 

Sarasota Concert 

Association 

Also in this issue: 

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Our Differences 

Outdoor Exhibit 

■ Travel: Amtrak 

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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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happening this month 

Enjoy art in the great outdoors and check out 

Embracing Our Differences 

which runs to April 1 in Bayfront Park 

They received 15,912 entries 

from 128 countries and 48 states in 

submissions for the 18th annual outdoor art 

exhibit celebrating diversity. Details on 

p19 

out & about 

Our calendar of events 

has a variety of things to 

do - indoors, online and 

outdoors such as the 

Sarasota Orchestra which 

has its outdoor concert 

series. And there’s always 

the Farmer’s Markets. 

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focus on the arts 

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota 

has its 2021 Winter-Spring Season 

and they’ve taken to the great 

outdoors, performing at there 

different venues. Enjoy! 

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4 editor’s letter 

7 Out & About: listing for things 

to do live and/or online 

11 women’s health: Urology Treatment Center 

12 health feature: get to know Craniosacral 

Therapy 

14 happening this month: 

Longboat Key Education Center 

on the cover: WCW photo of Linda Moxley at her home. 

16 west coast woman: 

Linda Moxley, ED at 

Sarasota Concert Association 

19 happening this month: 

Embracing our Differences Exhibit 

20 travel feature: NYC gets a new 

Amtrak station 

22 dining in: Homemade Soup 

• Photo by Evelyn England 

23 wcw foodie: your source 

for restaurant news and events 

26 focus on the arts: 

at Tampa Museum of Art: 

The Highwaymen 

27 focus on the arts: Sarasota 

Concert Association’s season 

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just some 

thoughts 

Louise Bruderle 

Editor and Publisher 

West Coast Woman 

Linda Moxley 

Linda Moxley certainly knows how to market 

and promote arts organizations. The new 

Executive Director of Sarasota Concert 

Association has over 30 years of experience 

with a diverse group of arts organizations in 

markets around the country such as Atlanta, 

San Francisco and Baltimore. 

SCA is fortunate to hire someone with so 

Linda Moxley 

Photo: Evelyn England 

much experience, but I still had to ask, “What 

could ever prepare you for a pandemic?” And 

her answer at first seemed surprising, but 

makes sense. I’m paraphrasing a bit, but she told me that people 

in the creative fields had to…get creative. And it’s a skillset they 

already have, they just needed to apply it in new ways. 

And, indeed arts organization here and around the country did 

just that with online concerts, archived performances, re-imagined 

concerts and shows — all while testing the waters as to how much 

patrons would be willing to take on and pay for. 

From my perch, it’s been clearly trial and sometimes error. Sadly, 

Circus Arts Conservatory released their reimagined season and 

launched an ad campaign and PR push. Then they quickly had to 

shut down due to poor ticket sales. But, they are now reimagining 

(we’re all using that word a lot these days) an online season. 

The Asolo tested the waters with an outdoor Christmas show. 

It was very successful and now they have an abbreviated outdoor 

season of performances utilizing what would have been the area 

leading up to their entrance. 

SCA by comparison, had to cancel their Great Performances 

series sadly, but you’ll read how this new executive director got 

creative and reimagined their season. 

Through Women’s Eyes 

International Film Festival 

The Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival (TWE) is 

back. If you’re not familiar, TWE presents the best in films by or 

about women from around the world. Their 2021 TWE Film Festival 

runs March 5, 6 and 7. 

You not only get great films, but your support helps GCC and 

UN Women make cities more livable, encourage women to achieve 

economic freedom, build political leadership skills, and end 

violence against women and 

girls. Here’s what’s coming up 

soon. Can’t make it? No problem. 

Many livestreams will be available 

for on-demand viewing as well. 

Buy or gift your films now, but note 

that showings are between March 

5 and March 8 only. 

They have 34 films this year, 

including 12 features, 22 shorts, 

and 7 from emerging filmmakers. 

Their live awards ceremony on 

Monday, March 8 at 5 p.m., is included with all ticket passes. 

There are 17 blocks of films to choose from. Q and As with 

filmmakers are included after each film block. Join live audience 

discussion sessions on Sunday and Monday. The festival is a 

fundraiser for the global gender equity programs of UN Women. 

Kudos to E Scott Osborne, Festival Chair, and Debbie Vale, Festival 

Director. More info is at: https://twe2021.eventive.org/films. 

Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club 

Donates Over $65,000 

Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club (LWRWC) donated $65,100 in cash 

and in-kind to their four adopted charities at their January meeting 

via Zoom. Donations went to HOPE Family Services, SOLVE Maternity 

Homes, SMART (Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding 

Therapy), and Children’s Guardian Fund (CGF). 

The donations marked the culmination of an innovative year in 

charity fundraising led by LWRWC Philanthropy Co-chairs, Eileen 

Buzzard and 

Trish Newman. 

In addition to 

significant cash 

donations from 

no-contact 

fundraisers and 

a successful 

Fashion Show 

Fundraiser held 

early in 2020, 

in-kind donation 

vehicles included 

a Smart 

Barn Drive, a 

school supplies 

Backpack 

Eileen Buzzard, LWRWC Philanthropy Co-Chair. On Jan. 14, 2021, 

Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club celebrated donating $65,100 in 

cash and in-kind to their four adopted charities. 

Challenge, and 

a virtual Baby 

Shower. LWR- 

WC also donated 

clothing, toys, handmade blankets sewn by LWRWC Blankets for 

Babies, and 3500 hand-sewn masks by the LWRWC Sewing Angels. 

For more information about LWRWC, or to join, visit www.lwrwc.org. 

A Big Anniversary 

Plans are moving ahead with a big reason to celebrate - Sarasota 

County is marking its 100th anniversary in 2021. Friends of Osprey 

Junction Trailhead and Sarasota County Centennial 2021 are 

partnering to present a free webinar celebrating Sarasota County’s 

100th anniversary. The online presentation, “The History of 

Sarasota County”, is scheduled for Thursday, February 11 at 11am. 

Attendance is free, but you must register to attend. 

Discover the intrigue, drama, and perseverance that sparked 

Sarasota District civic leaders in 1921 to break from Manatee County 

to create Florida’s 62nd County. Come listen to Dr. Frank Cassell, 

a nationally-known historian, and author of the book “Creating 

Sarasota County” as he recounts all this and more in a thought-fascinating 

presentation. Be sure to register: https://www.sarasotalibraryfoundation.org/love-our-libraries. 

For the Love of Books 

Staying in and staying safe, maybe you’ve been reading lots of 

books - either online or with an actual book. There’s a virtual event 

coming up, celebrating all the ways Sarasota’s local library system 

has helped the community over the past year. 

The Library Foundation for Sarasota County is offering tickets 

for “Love Our Libraries” with Susan Orlean as their special 

guest. She’ll discuss “The Library Book.” Alongside Orlean, Love 

Our Libraries will feature former journalist Charlie Huisking, a 

Sarasota native and retired journalist from the Sarasota Herald- 

Tribune, as well as a founding board member of the Library 

Foundation for Sarasota County. 

This virtual event is on February 9 at 1pm, and just like Sarasota 

County’s public libraries, it’s open to everyone. “Our organization 

was founded on the belief that great communities deserve 

great libraries,” says Alisa Mitchell, Executive Director, Library 

Foundation for Sarasota County. “This event is a chance to show 

love and appreciation for Sarasota County Libraries, along with 

everyone who works to support them.” 

For more information about the event or to get tickets: https://www. 

sarasotalibraryfoundation.org/love-our-libraries. 

Louise Bruderle | Editor and Publisher | 

westcoastwoman@comcast.net 

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out& about 

At The Ringling 

On exhibit: 

• The 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 

Van Gogh Alive runs through April 11, 2021 at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. 

their career. Their well-traveled 

lifestyles and exposures 

which will showcase the work of virtual event in response to the state 

to a diverse population of performers 

provided circus women with 

various artists. For Real This Time of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

features video-based works that examine 

the current state of American in its entirety via livestreaming. Key- 

Participants can enjoy the program 

broad knowledge not only of various 

cultures, but also on legal matters 

society and pose uncomfortable yet note speaker is Lorna Luft. A healthcare 

advocate, Broadway star, noted 

that impacted their profession. 

vital questions about personal and 

collective attitudes toward issues of author and daughter of the legendary 

race and inequality. 

actress, Judy Garland, Lorna talks 

The exhibition is presented in a sequence 

of individual screenings. Each minal illness and the power of hospice 

candidly about the challenges of ter- 

work brings to light narratives of systematic 

racism and offers a unique in- 

patients and families. 

care, and the positive impact it has for 

quiry that evokes historical exchange A link to watch the program will be 

to illustrate the expansiveness of the emailed along with detailed instructions 

several days prior to the event. 

issues affecting Black, Indigenous and 

People of Color (BIPOC) today. 

Virtual experience tickets are $200. 

The schedule includes: 

Tickets: ESThttps://www.eventbrite. 

• to Feb. 18, John Sims Recoloration com/e/12th-annual-signature-lun- 

Proclamation, 2020 

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• Feb. 19 - March 11, Cauleen Smith 

Egungun: Ancestor Can’t Find Me, 2017 

• March 12 – April 1, Martine Syms 

New College of Florida will cele- 

Lessons I-XXX, 2014 

• April 2 – April 22, Kara Walker 

National Archives Microfilm Publication 

M999 Roll 34: Bureau of 

Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned 

Lands: Six Miles from Springfield on 

the Franklin Road, 2009 

• April 23 – May 16, Bear Witness. 

Woodcarver, 2011. 

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• 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 great American abstract painter 

Sam Gilliam is also included in the 

grant. Known for his experimentation 

with materials and constant invention, 

Gilliam first received critical attention 

in the 1960s as a later member 

of the Washington Color School. He 

quickly expanded beyond the Color 

School tradition with his experimentation 

in the use of color and materials. 

This exhibition brings together 

nearly 20 unique works and limited 

edition prints by the artist from the 

early 1970s to 2010 drawn primarily 

from local collections. The exhibition 

runs Feb. 21 – Aug. 15, 2021. 

• The Ringling also has a new video 

exhibition called For Real This Time 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 

Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. 

Fun Raisers 

Are you a nature lover? Do you 

enjoy hearing from brilliant, inspiring 

women? Would you like to learn how 

we can make the world a better place? 

If so, you won’t want to miss Gulfciast 

Chapter of UNIFEM’s annual luncheon 

on February 13 on Zoom. The 

theme is “Climate Change is a Women’s 

Issue,” and you’ll have the opportunity 

to engage with experts like author, 

treetop explorer, and scientist Dr. Meg 

Lowman (aka Canopy Meg) as well 

as Dr. Heather O’Leary, Assistant Professor 

of Anthropology at USF. 

They’ll also be honoring longtime 

GCC member Carol B. Green, hosting 

a virtual raffle and auction (where 

you can bid on prints by MaryAnn 

Vitiello Photography), and previewing 

films from the upcoming 2021 

Through Women’s Eyes International 

Film Festival. 

For nformation, visit www.32auctions.com/GCCAnnualLunch. 

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can also find them on Facebook, Instagram, 

and Twitter. Tickets are $100 

and include one UN Women membership 

and one raffle ticket. 

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Tidewell Foundation, Inc. has its 

12th Annual Signature Luncheon 

at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 5, as an entirely 

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brate 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 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 info, call 941-487-4800. 

Service Club of Manatee is a 

94-year-old all women organization 

that has been providing support to 

non-profit children’s organizations. 

This year, the Club has planned a For 

the Love of Children Gala to be held 

virtually on March 20. 

The Club provides support to local 

children in need of food, shelter, 

clothing, health services, or educational 

services. Even in the unprecedented 

times of March 2020 through 

sponsorships and donations, awards 

were granted totaling $106,000 to 34 

local non-profit children’s organizations. 

Service Club is committed to 

continued support to Manatee County’s 

children. Join them in making a 

difference in these difficult times by 

being a sponsor, providing a general 

or matching tax-deductible donation, 

and participating in their gala live and 

silent auction. More information is 

available at out website, https://www. 

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Music Compound’s 

5th Anniversary 

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Nearly five years ago, Sarasota 

businesswoman/entrepreneur Jenny 

Townsend founded Music Compound, 

a music school that works 

to engage, encourage and nurture 

musicians and performers of all ages 

and skill levels. Five years later, Music 

Compound is approaching 400 members, 

has two locations, has given back 

extensively to the community and 

created a music community where a 

lifelong love of music is fostered and 

professional players, teachers and 

students all grow in their craft. 

Music Compound will celebrate its 

five-year anniversary with an event 

featuring - no surprise - lots of live music, 

dancing, food and refreshments, 

testimonials, and an interactive maze 

that showcases the history of the business. 

The event takes place on Friday, 

February 5, 6-9 p.m. at Robarts Arena 

at the Sarasota Fairgrounds. The event 

will follow CDC guidelines, with attendance 

limited based on venue size, 

temperature checks, masks and more. 

Attendees will be required to sign a 

COVID-19 waiver. This event is open to 

the public but free or reduced entry is 

extended to current and past members 

and staff. 

Sarasota Opera 

Single tickets for the four 60-90 

minute, fully staged and socially 

distanced live performances, as well 

as streaming performances with subtitles, 

are on sale. The Winter Opera 

Festival includes The Happy Deception 

(L’inganno felice) by Gioachino 

Rossini, and Maid to Mistress (La 

serva padrona) by Giovanni Battista 

Pergolesi, with performances February 

12-March 4. The Spring Opera 

Festival includes Il signor Bruschino 

by Gioachino Rossini, and Dido 

and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, with 

performances April 9-25. 

Discounted four-opera subscriptions 

are available. For information, 

visit SarasotaOpera.org, or contact the 

Box Office at (941) 328-1300. The Box 

Office is currently closed to walk-ins. 

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Sarasota 

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Sarasota Orchestra has its outdoor 

concert series, On the Road with 

SO: Parks & Partners performing outdoor 

concerts for the community. The 

concerts of chamber music showcases 

musicians of the Orchestra in public 

park and partner venues across Sarasota 

and Manatee counties. Bring a 

blanket, a chair and enjoy the outdoor 

weather. 

The concert series allows Sarasota 

Orchestra’s winds and brass musicians 

to safely shine in some 

of the Sarasota-Manatee area’s 

most beautiful outdoor settings. 

Capacity will be limited 

to permit proper social distancing. 

Admission is free for 

all locations except for Marie 

Selby Botanical Gardens and 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, which charge 

entry fees for their grounds. 

Attendees are required to 

register to hold a space at performances. 

Schedule by Venue: 

• Nathan Benderson Park— 

Sunday, March 21 at 2:30 pm. 

• Conservation Foundation of 

the Gulf Coast/Bay Preserve 

at Osprey—February 21 at 2:30 

pm and April 25 at 2:30 pm 

• G.T. Bray Park—March 21 at 

2:30 pm 

• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens— 

February 7 at 2:30 pm 

• The John and Mable Ringling Museum 

of Art —February 2 at 2:30 pm 

Registration will open online on 

Eventbrite.com one month prior to 

each concert. The Parks & Partners 

concert information is available 

online at www.sarasotaorchestra.org. 

Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens 

Roy Lichtenstein: Monet’s Garden 

Goes Pop! Runs February 13 to June 

27, 2021. This exhibition showcases 

the legendary Pop artist’s screen 

prints based on Monet’s world-famous 

paintings of waterlilies and 

haystacks. Lichtenstein’s rarely seen 

Water Lilies and Haystacks provide 

an unexpected homage to a staple of 

the public imagination — Monet’s 

paintings of his garden and home at 

Giverny that inspired them. 

The display of Lichtenstein’s art in 

the midst of a horticultural evocation 

of Giverny creates a unique experience 

for more than 100,000 garden 

visitors. Selby Gardens, transformed 

into Monet’s famed gardens at Giverny 

through the Pop Art lens of Roy 

Lichtenstein, includes iconic elements 

of Monet’s garden such as the green 

Japanese bridge, trellises, and benches. 

This conjuring of Lichtenstein’s 

world also serves as the dynamic backdrop 

to the lush plantings and mixed 

borders for which Monet’s paintings 

were renowned. An avid gardener, 

Monet once said, “My garden is my 

most beautiful masterpiece.” For more 

information, visit www.selby.org. 

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Lectures, Classes 

and Meetings 

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. 

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 

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out and about continued 

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. 

• The Venice Area Women’s College 

Club invites you to a noon lunch on 

February 9 at the Plantation Golf & 

Country Club, 500 Rockley Blvd, Venice. 

The program will be the Venice 

Area Toastmasters Club presented by 

Bernard Doogue, Distinguished Toastmaster. 

The College Club is seeking 

new members and meets the second 

Tuesday of months Oct - May. Call 941- 

202-4034 for membership information 

and/or lunch ($22) reservations. 

• Programs at The Paradise Center 

Mondays: 

• Hula Dance—Hula dancing has 

many health benefits, such as weight 

loss and increased energy. With its 

slow and relaxing nature, hula is a 

low-to-medium impact exercise, easing 

the strain on the joints. It is also 

good for your abs, back and hips and 

helps tone and strengthen your legs. 

Debbie White, originally from Honolulu, 

shares her Hawaiian hula dance 

skills in this class that is guaranteed 

fun for all fitness levels. Held outdoors 

with social distancing. Walk-Ins Welcome. 

$10/person. Offered 1-3 p.m. 

• Thinking Out Loud: Timely Topics 

Discussion Group—Mike Karp moderates 

this lively group discussion each 

week. The topics vary (announced 

ahead of time) and may include world 

affairs, U.S. current events, popular 

culture and topics relevant to seniors. 

Bring your questions, your convictions, 

and your open mind! (Held outdoors 

with social distancing or indoors 

with social distancing and face masks 

required.) RSVP: DonnaSharpBlaney@ 

TheParadiseCenter.org or call 941- 

383-6493. $10. 

More offerings at https://theparadisecenter.org. 

Choral Artists 

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Their Marching to Freedom Concert 

is on February 3 at 7 p.m. and 

is available on demand February 14 

- March 14. Performances are at the 

PointMarie Selby Botanical Gardens’ 

Historic Spanish Point Campus, 337 

N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey 

From slavery to the Civil War, Reconstruction 

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. Gospel 

and spiritual pieces and art songs 

composed by Black Americans paint a 

picture of the struggle for freedom. 

Includes Choral Artists Chamber 

Chorus; Michael Stewart, piano; Joseph 

Holt, piano and conductor. 

Program includes: Walk Together 

Children, Bound for the Promised 

Land, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve 

Seen, Balm in Gilead, Ain’t-a that Good 

News, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless 

Child, Keep Your Lamps Trimmed 

and Burning, All My Trials, Tate Soon 

Ah Will Be Done, Every Time I Feel the 

Spirit 

Deep River, There’s Room 

for Many-a More, Dreams, Shine a Little 

Light, Free at Last and When the Saints 

Go Marching In. 

Tickets for the LIVE performance 

are available on the Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens website, selby. 

org. For virtual concert replay: February 

14 – March 14, visit https:// 

choralartistssarasota.org/schedule/ 

marching-to-freedom-2/. For information 

and tickets, 

visit www.ChoralArtistsSarasota. 

org or call 941-387- 

4900. 

At Book 

store1 

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. 

• Try Your Hand at Poetry a Writing 

Workshop led by Doug Knowlton. 

Four Zoom sessions: Tuesdays at 6 

pm: Feb. 16, Feb. 23, March 2, March 

9. Have you always wanted to write 

poetry, but thought the genre was just 

too difficult? This is your chance to 

give it a try using Mary Oliver’s A Poetry 

Handbook as a guide. 

With passion, wit, and good common 

sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver 

tells of the basic ways a poem is built- 

-meter and rhyme, form and diction, 

sound, and sense. She talks of iambs 

and trochees, couplets, and sonnets, 

and how and why this should matter to 

anyone writing or reading poetry. 

Doug’s been writing poems and 

lyrics since the 1960s. He emceed the 

open mic at Java N’Jive Coffee House 

in Palmetto, 2002-2003. He was a regular 

at the Fogartyville Café Open Mic 

(Bradenton) 2002-2005 and hosted the 

Village Bookshop Poets and Writers 

from 2006-2011. Doug finds it especially 

fulfilling to encounter readers 

and listeners who are awakening to 

poetry’s vast potential. 

A fee of $21 is required for participation. 

This includes a copy of A Poetry 

Handbook and all four sessions. 

The book can be picked up curbside or 

at the store. 

More event info and registration 

at https://www.sarasotabooks.com/ 

events or 941-365-7900. 

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Lifelong Learning 

Institute 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 

at Ringling College (OLLI) has its 

winter semester through 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, 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. 

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• Highlights of the winter semester: 

• 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 

Major League Baseball is back. The Orioles will report to Sarasota on Feb. 

16 with a first full-squad workout set for Feb. 22. 

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. 

he 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 last film is on Feb. 16 

(“Jim Allison: Breakthrough”) from 

2:30-4:30 p.m. 

At the Libraries 

February 18 —Virtual Betty J. 

Johnson North Sarasota Book Club: 

“Becoming” (Live) 6-7 p.m. 

Registration is open to February 18. 

They’ll be discussing “Becoming” 

by Michelle Obama in this virtual 

edition of the Betty J. Johnson North 

Sarasota Public Library’s book club. 

Copies of the book will be available 

for pickup at the Library. This virtual 

program will be hosted in Zoom. 

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• February 25—Virtual Shannon 

Staub Book Club (Live) 6-7 p.m. This 

month we will be reading and discussing 

“Between the World and Me” by 

Ta-Nehisi Coates.In a profound work 

that pivots from the biggest questions 

about American history and ideals to 

the most intimate concerns of a father 

for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a 

powerful new framework for understanding 

our nation’s history and current 

crisis. 

Americans have built an empire on 

the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages 

us all but falls most heavily on the 

bodies of black women and men—bodies 

exploited through slavery and segregation, 

and, today, threatened, locked 

up, and murdered out of all proportion. 

What is it like to inhabit a black body 

and find a way to live within it? And 

how can we all honestly reckon with 

this fraught history and free ourselves 

from its burden?.This virtual program 

will be hosted in Zoom. 

• The Genealogical 

Society of Sarasota 

will continue 

to host its programs 

in an online environment 

until they 

can safely return 

to the Geldbart 

Auditorium. Participants 

can expect 

expert information 

on a variety of genealogy 

subjects. 

visit https://gssfl. 

com/index.php to 

find links to the 

webinars. 

Next meetings: 

• Saturday, February 

13, TBA 

• Saturday, 

March 13, Maureen 

Taylor: Google 

Images & Beyond - Learn Basic 

Search Techniques 

• Saturday, April 10, TBA. 

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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Dabbert Gallery has Inspired to 

Imagineer through February 28. 

Fine Art engages our imagination to 

dream or see beyond our current reality, 

to be inspired. Dabbert Gallery, 46 

South Palm Avenue, Sarasota. 

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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 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. 

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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 

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our understanding of the world-atlarge 

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. 

Theatre 

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. 

• 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. 

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Urbanite Theatre is back. Here’s 

what they have in February. 

• Sam & Lizzie by Emily Kaczmerak. 

Directed by Summer Dawn Wallace. 

February 13 at 5pm and 7:30pm 

at Hermitage Artist Retreat and February 

14 at 6pm: Marie Selby Botanical 

Gardens, Downtown Campus 

Classmates Sam and Lizzie have 

their first playdate on 9/11, co-creating 

an imaginary, fanciful queendom 

in order to make sense of the day. 

Over the next twenty years, the game 

recurs at startling intervals as the two 

women navigate their fierce, fraught, 

electric friendship. In collaboration 

with the Hermitage Artist Retreat. 

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Gabrielle Lennon, author of 

“Touch Me Real and Other Stories” 

and “After Midnight: A Book of Poetry.,” 

has Touch Me Real, Via Zoom 

for those who miss live theater. After 

the play, there will be talk back with 

writer/actor Gabrielle Lennon. This 

one-woman show is a coming-ofage 

story of best friends. This is not a 

reading — it’s a fully-produced show. 

Info: www.lennonbooks.com or www. 

gabriellelennon.com. Tickets: https:// 

buytickets.at/movingrealproductions. 

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Manatee Performing Arts Center 

has a special Valentine’s weekend 

lineup. See some of your favorite performers 

as they set the mood for this 

romantic holiday with renditions of 

some of Hollywood and Broadway’s 

favorite love songs paired with a spectacular 

multimedia presentation. 

In-person performances in Stone 

Hall are $15; outdoor cinema is $25 

per car. Dates: Friday, February 12 in 

Stone Hall at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 

February 14 also in Stone Hall at 2 

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p.m. Stone Hall at the Manatee Performing 

Arts Center is located at 502 

Third Avenue West, Bradenton. 

The outdoor cinema dates are Saturday, 

February 13 at 6:30 p.m. and 

Sunday, February 14 at 6:30 p.m. 

Outdoor Cinema is across from the 

Manatee Performing Arts Center at 

401 7th Street West Bradenton. 

Tickets can be purchased at Manatee 

Performing Arts Center by phone 

(941) 748-5875 or at www.ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com. 

Key Chorale 

Key Chorale has “Bach” Together 

Again, Bach & Vivald to 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 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 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. 

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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 

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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. 

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, 

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. 

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The Newtown Farmer’s Market is 

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

Friday and Saturday. The market is 

located at Dr. Martin Luther King 

Jr. Park, at the corner of Cocoanut 

Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King 

Jr. Way. Vendors and shoppers are 

expected to follow Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention safety guidelines 

and wear a mask. 

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Bradenton Farmer’s Market offers 

fresh produce, local art, music, demos 

by local chefs, and family activities. 

Parking is free on weekends, and dogs 

on leashes are welcome. Held every 

Saturday through May, from 9am – 

2pm, on Old Main Street in downtown 

Bradenton, 400 12th St. W. Bradenton. 

Old Main Street is a tree-lined retail 

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Sarasota Orchestra has its outdoor concert series, On the Road with SO: Parks & Partners performing outdoor concerts 

for the community. The concerts of chamber music showcases musicians of the Orchestra in public park and partner 

venues across Sarasota and Manatee counties. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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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: 

The 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: 


projected for 3/18/22–3/20/22 

• South Pacific—Original dates: 


projected for April 2022 

• Blue Man Group—Scheduled 

dates: 4/12/21–4/13/21. New dates: 

Tentatively projected for 2/1/22– 

2/2/22 

• 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: 


• 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: 


• 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: 

• 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. Rescheduled 

to November 21, 2021. 

• An Evening with Chris Botti 

– March 14, 2021 has been 

rescheduled to March 17, 2022. 

• Engelbert Humperdinck: Reflections 

Tour – March 18, 2021. Rescheduled 

to February 28, 2022. 

• 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 has been rescheduled 

to April 10, 2022. 

• Mansion of Dreams starring Illusionist 

Rick Thomas – April 8, 2021 

• Johnny Mathis 65 Years of 

Romance – April 14, 2021 

• Sweet Caroline – April 21, 2021 

• RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles – 

May 9, 2021 

• One Night of Queen performed by 

Gary Mullen and the Works – May 

15, 2021 

• Maks & Val LIVE: Motion Pictures 

Tour featuring special guests Jenna 

Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd – July 


• An Evening with Bruce Hornsby – 

November 11, 2021 

• Celtic Thunder: Ireland – November 


• Come From Away – November 23- 


• The Temptations and the Four 

Tops – December 2, 2021 

• Sarah Brightman – December 14, 2021 

Tickets: www.VanWezel.org, or call 

the box office at 941-263-6799. 

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 


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women’s health 

Women’s Wellness 

Is a 12 Month Commitment 

The new year serves as a 

reminder to women to make 

their health a priority and 

build positive health habits 

for life. As women we should 

be thinking about our health 365 days 

a year. Intimate issues such as urinary 

incontinence, sexual dysfunction and 

pelvic pain can be hard to discuss. 

I want to remind you that no issue is 

too little or too big to talk about when 

it is bothersome to you. As women, we 

often compare ourselves to a friend, a 

neighbor or a family member and forget 

that we are all unique, we all individuals 

and it’s personal. Your health is a lifelong 

journey. It’s not always easy to take 

steps to discuss intimate health issues. 

Every woman needs to focus on her 

own approach. Every woman needs a 

purpose and to find her own motivation. 

If you, like many other women, 

have difficulty with urinary incontinence, 

sexual dysfunction and/or pelvic 

pain or if you want to learn more, see 

me, Casie Wodzien, Nurse Practitioner, 

at the Urology Treatment Center. 

I specialize in the treatment of women’s 

urological health issues and would 

be happy to help you at our Sarasota 

or Lakewood Ranch office. When you 

think about pink, remember you are 

unique and your health matters every 

single day of the year. Your urological 

issues are not too little or too big to discuss. 

Women’s wellness and awareness 

always work together. 

Many people are surprised to learn 

that urology covers a wide range of 

conditions for both men and women. In 

addition to treating the male reproductive 

system, urologists treat diseases and 

conditions in the kidneys, bladder, and 

urinary tract – all of which affect both 

genders in all stages of life. 

Women may experience urological 

health issues that are unique to their 

anatomy. While numerous urological 

conditions can affect women of all 

ages for a variety of reasons, childbirth, 

menopause or a hysterectomy can alter 

the body in ways that could lead to conditions 

including pelvic floor weakness, 

overactive bladder or inflammation of 

the bladder wall (interstitial cystitis). 

Fortunately, most conditions are highly 

treatable, especially when caught early. 

• Urinary Tract Infections/Bladder 

Infections – Most women will 

develop a urinary tract infection (UTI) 

at some point in their lives. The infection 

develops when bacteria enter the 

urinary tract. Women with a UTI may 

have pain or burning when they urinate. 

They may also feel a sudden urge 

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UTIs can be serious, 

but they also can be treated 

with antibiotics. 

• Overactive Bladder 

(OAB) – OAB is a condition 

recognized by symptoms 

including urinary urgency, 

frequent urination, waking 

up at least twice a night 

to urinate or urge incontinence 

(leakage of urine). 

Treatments range from 

medication or nerve stimulation to Botox 

injections or surgery. At least 30 million 

Americans suffer from overactive bladder. 

• Urinary Leakage/Incontinence – 

Millions of women experience involuntary 

loss of urine, called urinary incontinence. 

The condition affects all ages and 

women of every social and economic 

level, though urinary incontinence 

occurs more often in older women than 

in young women. The condition can 

be driven by stress or by a weakness in 

bladder or pelvic floor muscles and can 

be treated with a variety of approaches, 

depending on severity. 

• Pelvic Floor Weakness/Vaginal 

Prolapse/”Dropped Bladder” – Pelvic 

floor prolapse occurs when the upper 

portion of the vagina loses its normal 

shape and sags or drops down into the 

vaginal canal or even outside of the vaginal 

opening. There are several types of 

pelvic floor prolapse including bladder, 

rectum, small bowel and uterus. It’s wise 

not to let the condition go on too long, 

as most worsening pelvic floor prolapses 

can only be fully corrected with surgery. 

• Pelvic Pain/Interstitial Cystitis – 

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a long-term 

inflammation of the bladder wall, also 

called painful bladder syndrome. Its 

symptoms are very similar to a urinary 

tract infection, such as urinary urgency 

and/or pelvic pain, but lack an identifiable 

cause such as bacterial infection. 

In the past, IC was believed to be a 

relatively uncommon problem, but now 

it is thought to affect up to 12 percent 

of women. 

Though women can be reluctant to 

talk about these sensitive issues, it is 

important to share details with and 

seek treatment from 

a certified urologist. 

Not doing so not only 

diminishes your quality 

of life, but can put 

you at serious risk. 

SOURCE: 

Casie Wodzien, 

MS, APRN, 

ANP-BC, Urology 

Treatment Center. 

Casie Wodzien, 

MSN, APRN, ANP-BC 

Urology Treatment Center 

PART OF THE GENESISCARE NETWORK 

• SARASOTA • 

3325 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 200 


Urology Treatment Center 

PART OF THE GENESISCARE NETWORK 

• LAKEWOOD RANCH • 

6310 Health Parkway, Suite 210 

Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 

Phone: (941) 917-8488 


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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. 

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 

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● 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 

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 

advanced craniosacral therapy 

■ 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 

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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 

W. Gasparilla Plaza. Tampa. 

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. 

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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 USF Contemporary Art Museum, 

part of the USF Institute for 

Research in Art in the College of The 

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Arts, has Still 

Here: The Griffith 

J. Davis 

Photographs 

and Archives in 

Context. Griffith 

J. Davis (1923- 

1993) was an 

artist acclaimed 

for “painting” 

memorable masterpieces. 

His 

preferred media 

for creating his 

imageries were 

the camera, the 

pen and typewriter 

rather 

than a paint 

brush and canvas. 

A pioneer 

international 

photographer, 

journalist, U.S. 

Senior Foreign 

Service Officer, 

and photo-documentarian, Davis’ artistic 

and iconic photographs capture 

historical moments and figures, lifestyles, 

personalities and people across 

a spectrum of political, socio-economic 

and artistic sectors at the vortex of 

the Civil Rights Movement and the 

Independence Movement of Africa. 

His rarely seen 1939 to 1988 era photographic 

imagery of his groundbreaking 

life and photographic practice will be 

fully placed in context with thematically 

complementary contemporary 

artworks by artists Romare Bearden, 

Emory Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Deana 

Lawson, Zanele Muholi, and Hank 

Willis Thomas. 

The exhibition will be on view 

through March 6, 2021. Reservations 

will be required to visit USFCAM; 

masks and social distancing are required 

on campus. Check cam.usf. 

edu for reservation information and 

opening status. The exhibition can be 

viewed online at cam.usf.edu. 

The Society of the Four Arts has 

Charles and Jackson Pollock running 

through 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. 

The exhibition is The Esther B. 

O’Keeffe Gallery: North, Main 

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Music Compound will celebrate its five-year anniversary with a lots of live music, 

dancing, food and refreshments, testimonials, and more on February 5. 

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-a-beach. 

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 

to March 10, 2021 at the Lighthouse 

ArtCenter Gallery and School of Art. 

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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. 

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. 

The exhibition features more than 

3,000 Van Gogh images at enormous 

scale, viewed through high-definition 

projectors and synchronized to a powerful 

classical score. Cinema-quality 

surround-sound amplifies the emotion 

generated by the works themselves. 

In addition to the iconic works 

featured, visitors can examine Van 

Gogh’s inspiration via photographs 

and video displayed alongside them. 

The Dalí is the first North American 

venue to host this version of Van Gogh 

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

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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 

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. 

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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 to March 30 and 2021 “Music 

Mondays” series to 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. 

To learn more, visit www.sillsarasota.org 

or call 941-365-6404. 

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Coming Up and 

Not to be Missed 

Stock up on your favorite snacks 

and prepare to get cozy on your couch 

this March for the Through Women’s 

Eyes International Film Festival 

virtual March 5-8. Over 360 films 

have been submitted. Tickets will go 

on sale in the new year; stay tuned for 

updates in our January newsletter! If 

you have questions about Through 

Women’s Eyes or would like to learn 

how you can get involved, contact: 

TWE Director Debbie Vale: debbievaletwe@gmail.com. 

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Celebrates its 

35 TH ANNIVERSARY 

This not-for-profit, educational organization offers 

more than 175 non-credit courses and programs 

to adults. To mark its anniversary, celebrations 

are set for February and March including the 

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe who will celebrate 

in a performance on March 12 

FOR 35 YEARS, area visitors and 

residents have cultivated their passion 

for learning at the Longboat 

Key Education Center. The Center 

offers a rich range of programs, including 

lecture series, performing arts series, film 

festivals, book clubs, concerts, theatrical 

performances, and more. It’s open from 

mid-October to mid-April and features fall, 

winter and spring terms. 

These programs are presented by some 

of the region’s most accomplished academics, 

entrepreneurs, inventors, and authors 

from nearly every field of interest. 

“We tap the extraordinary expertise of 

the residents who live in the area,” says 

Susan Goldfarb, the center’s executive director. 

“We’re surrounded by world-class talent 

and many choose to share their knowledge 

to enrich the lives of our students.” 

Goldfarb has led the organization for 

the last 25 years, growing it to 175 classes 

taught by more than 135 teachers, performers, 

and lecturers. More than 500 members 

support the organization, and that 

support has never been more essential 

than during the yearlong pandemic. 

“We had to move quickly, and we did,” 

says Goldfarb. “We now offer 95 percent 

of our classes online. It was an enormous 

and expensive endeavor, but we made it 

happen with the support of our membership 

and funding from the CARES Act. Our 

devoted students count on us every year— 

and they were always our first priority. 

While we miss the in-person camaraderie 

(we would see 500 students a day in season 

before the pandemic), we don’t let that 

discourage us. We know these restrictions 

are only temporary, and still plan to celebrate 

our 35th anniversary in high style!” 

Although the pandemic significantly 

impacted The Center’s program delivery, 

it didn’t diminish the longstanding quality 

of its courses and events. Its 2021 winter 

lecture series still features intellectually 

compelling explorations of politics, sociological 

phenomenon, history, culture, 

religion, and philosophy. Winter offerings 

include “The 2020s — The Most Disruptive 

Decade in History,” “Presidential Abuse of 

Power is Not New,” “Intelligence and the 

Presidency,” and “Mark Twain’s Pandemics 

and Politics.” Explorations into the 

human condition include “How We Think: 

Exploring the Mechanisms of the Mind,” 

the Biblical Experience of Sickness and 

Healing,” and “What Makes Us Human?” 

“Friday at 5,” “ In the Spotlight,” 

and “Theatre Showcase,” the 

Center’s popular performing arts 

series, showcases intimate performances 

by regionally based 

musicians, actors, playwrights, and 

entertainers, including Thomas 

Carabasi (“Samba Meets Jazz” on 

February 19); and David Polansky 

(“Fifty+ Years of Broadway” on 

March 5) and Katherine Michelle 

Tanner (“Shakespeare’s Lovers” 

on February 5). 

In celebration of its 35th anniversary, 

the Center is presenting 

two special performances. “Romance 

on the Riviera,” on Friday, February 

12, showcases soprano Joy Leitner and 

tenor Robert Lischetti performing some of 

the world’s most romantic music by Puccini, 

Faure, Debussy, Verdi, and other great 

composers. The Westcoast Black Theatre 

Troupe (WBTT) will present a custom performance 

written and directed by WBTT 

founder and artistic director Nate Jacobs 

on Friday, March 12. Tickets per event 

range from $20 for members and $30 for 

non-members. These programs will be 

offered both via Zoom and in-person with 

limited attendance and strict adherence 

to pandemic protocol. Register online at 

www.lbkeducationcenter.org; email info@ 

lbkeducationcenter.org; or 

call (941) 383-8811. 

The Center’s winter courses continue 

through April and program registration 

is ongoing. 

The Longboat Key Education Center, 

5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212 at The 

Centre Shops in Longboat Key. For more 

information, visit www.lbkeducationcenter. 

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MENTAL WORKOUTS: 

The True 

Fountain of Youth 

Active aging means far more than physical 

activity. You also need to exercise your 

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was that adult brains couldn’t generate 

any new brain cells. You just use what 

you were born with,” says Dr. Amar Sahay, 

a neuroscientist with Harvard-affiliated 

Massachusetts General Hospital, in a recent 

The Science Times article. “But the 

reality is that everyone has the capacity to 

Susan 

Goldfarb, 

executive 

director 

develop new cells that can help enhance 

cognitive functions.” The best way to do 

that? “Anything that makes you focus your 

attention,” said Dr. Sahay. “Having engaging 

conversations or learning new topics promotes 

neuronal growth.” 

The importance of lifelong mental engagement 

led Laura and Frank Taubes to 

establish The Longboat Key Education 

Center in 1985. The Taubes were part-time 

residents of Longboat Key at the time. 

According to Goldfarb, “Laura fervently 

believed that ongoing education keeps the 

mind active and the spirit young.” She adds 

that the couple bought and renovated the 

building that now houses The Longboat 

Observer. “The Taubes moved to the Centre 

Shops of Longboat Key in the early 1990s 

because it offered more square footage, 

parking and an elevator, which they wanted 

to provide for handicapped students.” 

In 1986, Goldfarb began part-time work 

for The Center, and managed its marketing 

and public relations activities. After 

several years, she left to pursue full-time 

employment as pr and marketing director 

of the Sarasota Ballet and Michael Saunders 

& Company, continuing to refine her 

marketing expertise. In 1997, Laura Taubes 

approached Goldfarb with the proposal 

of appointing her executive director of 

the Center. “I loved The Center with the 

same passion that Laura and Frank had 

when they founded it,” says Goldfarb. “It’s 

been my distinct pleasure to steward and 

grow the organization in a way that I hope 

would make them proud.” 

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Education Center 

The Longboat Key 

Education Center provides 

education and recreation 

to residents of and winter visitors to 

Longboat Key, and neighboring areas 

in Sarasota and Manatee counties. It 

offers more than 175 programs divided 

into three terms: Fall (Oct/Nov/Dec), 

Winter ( Jan/Feb), and Spring (March/ 

April). Classes meet once a week for 

two, four or eight weeks, depending 

on the course. There is also a lecture 

series and a performing arts series that 

can be attended on a one-time basis, 

Saturday workshops and guided daylong 

trips to points of interest throughout 

Southwest Florida (popular field 

trips and daytrips have been suspended 

for 2021 due to the pandemic). 

The center is in operation from 

mid-October to mid-April. Its courses 

and other programs appeal to many 

diverse interests and range from yoga, 

Qigong, and bridge to opera, foreign 

affairs, film festivals and book clubs. All 

courses are non-credit, and there are 

no prerequisites for admission. 

For more information, visit 

www.lbkeducationcenter.org. 

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Moxley 

It’s always a big step when a 

nonprofit hires its first-ever executive director. 

But then, Sarasota Concert Association (SCA), a 76-year-old 

nonprofit in Sarasota, has delivered top notch orchestras, vocalists 

and pianists for decades without one. So this is a big first. In October they 

hired this veteran marketing, administrative and PR pro who most recently 

worked with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, but also has been with 

the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Atlanta Symphony and the 

San Francisco Symphony. And she’s launching SCA’s 2021 

online season this month and already planning 

SCA’s 2022 season. 


Love is in the air. 

How is your relationship with money? 

It’s always a big step when a 

nonprofit hires its first-ever 

executive director. But then, 

Sarasota Concert Association 

(SCA), a 76-year-old nonprofit 

in Sarasota, has delivered top 

notch orchestras, vocalists 

and pianists for decades without one. So 

this is a big first. 

Linda was hired in October. Previously, 

she was vice president of marketing and 

communications for the Baltimore Symphony 

Orchestra. Her career of 30 plus 

years shows solid chops in the areas of 

marketing, PR and arts administration. 

Before her job with the Baltimore Symphony 

Orchestra, Linda was executive director 

of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. 

Prior to that she was the marketing and 

public relations director with the Atlanta 

Symphony; and before that, associate director 

of marketing and public relations, 

and Pops coordinator with the San Francisco 

Symphony. 

For a good part of her career she’s also 

been president of Moxley Communications, 

providing marketing, fundraising, 

and PR consultation to regional and national 

clients, including performing arts 

organizations, museums, and universities 

including the Historic Ships of Baltimore, 

University of Maryland, Baltimore Clayworks, 

the Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore 

Office of Promotion and the Arts, the 

League of American Orchestras, and the 

Federation of Russian Orchestras. Taking 

a deep dive into her accomplishments, 

many were in the all-too-critical area of 

increasing ticket sales. 

Sadly, the pandemic hit just as SCA 

was marking its 75th anniversary in 2020, 

but they were able to complete most of 

their season, only having to cancel March 

concerts. In a non-pandemic year, SCA 

would typically offer classical music from 

December to April including their Great 

Performers Series, which brings orchestras 

and chamber groups to the Van Wezel and 

Riverview Performing Arts Center while 

their Music Matinee Series features regional 

artists in free community concerts 

at Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center 

and other venues. 

But it was not to be for their 2021season 

which has been altered due to COVID-19. 

Both their 2021 Great Performers Series 

and Music Matinees have been canceled. 

However, their season hasn’t been 

entirely canceled. 

Linda and her board have reimagined 

their season and launched it as “Musically 

Speaking” which will be a free virtual 

concert and conversation series on three 

dates: February 25, March 11 and March 

25. The virtual series features performances 

by and conversations with pianists 

Garrick Ohlsson and Kirill Gerstein; violinist 

Samantha Bennett and percussionist 

George Nickson; and the Academy of St. 

Martin in the Fields. Yes, it’s free, but you 

need to register (www.SCAsarasota.org). 

SCA has carved out a unique niche in 

classical music-rich Sarasota. They don’t 

have their own orchestra, choral or vocal 

group or even performers, for that matter. 

Instead, they have consistently brought 

top notch artists and orchestras that give 

them the right to name-drop: pianists like 

Emanuel Ax, Rudolf Serkin, Andre Watts 

and Lang Lang; vocalists such as Deborah 

Voigt, Cecilia Bartoli, Lily Pons, Richard 

Tucker, Jerome Hines, Simon Estes, Samuel 

Ramey, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price; 

orchestras including the Philadelphia 

Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, BBC 

Symphony, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra 

and The Cleveland Orchestra have 

all come to Sarasota through SCA. 

Did she know about this unique arts 

organization with the blue chip resumé 

beforehand? Turns out yes, she did. Linda 

has been visiting Sarasota as a vacationer 

for the past seven years and first visited 

some 30 years ago. When she worked at the 

Atlanta Symphony she would often book 

them at the Van Wezel. 

Sarasota impressed Linda with its “depth 

of cultural opportunities,” adding, “It captivated 

me right away,” and also adds she 

appreciates its beauty. She describes Sarasota 

as a “vibrant and creative arts community.” 

Baltimore’s population (city) is 

over 600,000. The metro Baltimore area has 

2.8 million people. (Sarasota, by comparison, 

has 720,000 in its metro area and the 

city of Sarasota has 57,000 while Sarasota 

County has 434,000 people). Baltimore also 

has the distinction as well as challenge of 

being so close to DC with its theaters and 

especially the Kennedy Center, and further 

north there’s New York City with its plethora 

of offerings. So it had to be a challenge to 

book talent and sell tickets—which she did. 

Linda grew up in Long Island which gave 

her a love for being near the water. She has 

a bachelor’s degree in music education and 

piano from the State University of New 

York at Fredonia. While she admits to having 

loved teaching, she was more drawn 

to “the business side of the arts.” Thus she 

pursued a Master’s in Arts Management 

from the University of Cincinnati. 

Her interest in music goes back to age 7 

when she first started to play piano. Her 

father played trumpet and had his own 

band in Brooklyn. “Music was always a 

part of growing up. Our home was filled 

with music.” Her brother studied trumpet 

and accordion. The one exception was 

her mother who wryly stated she “played 

dishwasher.” 

“This job pulled together so many of 

my skills,” she explains. Typical of the 

times we are living in, she has only met a 

few board members and all business has 

been done via Zoom. Her trusty piano has 

traveled with her, east and west, north and 

south to all the places she has lived and 

now sits in her Palmer Ranch home. She’s 

“thrilled” to be here, having moved in October 

and has professed to enjoying hiking 

and kayaking which have perhaps given 

Linda her calm and poised demeanor. 

With her veteran experience it seems a 

good question to ask: how do you run an 

arts organization during a pandemic? In 

March, 2020 Linda was still working in Baltimore 

when the pandemic had gone full 

throttle. “We were doing 8 million in ticket 

sales [annually] —every weekend we had 3 

to 4 concerts in two different venues,” she 

recalls. “March 14 we [the organization as 

a whole] said we have a responsibility; we 

have to cancel.” It was then that her organization 

“pivoted quickly.” They launched 

a new website and made major changes 

with musicians performing from home, for 

example. Concerts were moved online only. 

“We had to go from a performing organization 

to a production organization,” she says. 

Fast forward to Sarasota and she had 

to do similar things though on a smaller 

scale. Performances were canceled and, 

after discussions with her board, the decision 

was made to offer a digital series of 

concerts - some utilizing local artists. 

It may sound easy, but in a typical season, 

SCA brings in entire orchestras. So 

yeah, you can perform outdoors - which 

many local arts organizations are doing 

to maintain some semblance of a season - 

but, you can’t bring artists here. 

Linda extends a thank you to the community 

for their support — especially 

those who turned back their tickets (versus 

getting a refund). She stays in touch and 

compares notes with arts organization 

colleagues across the country. None can 

get attendance above 20-25% which isn’t 

viable. On the bright side, Linda relays that 

she is hopeful the pandemic will end, but 

like all of us, she’s not sure when. Nonetheless, 

she is now booking SCA’s 2022 season 

which they’ll announce in March. Which 

means she’s hopeful. 

For more information about SCA, visit 

www.scasarasota.org. 

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Embracing Our Differences Exhibit runs to April 1 in Bayfront Park 

Embracing Our Differences 

has announced its 2021 outdoor 

art exhibit and top winners. The 

organization received 15,912 

entries from 128 countries and 

48 states in submissions for the 

18th annual outdoor art exhibit 

celebrating diversity. 

The Best-in- Show Adult artwork 

award went to Arya Badiyan 

from Lake Oswego, Oregon. 

Emily Norris, a 7th grade student 

from Sarasota Middle School, won 

the Best-in-Show Student award. 

SINCE 2004, Embracing 

Our Differences has used 

the power of art and prose to 

promote diversity. One way it 

accomplishes this is through 

its annual, juried international outdoor 

art exhibition consisting of 50 billboard-sized 

works of art, each accompanied 

by an inspirational quote. 

The response to the call for artwork 

and inspirational quotes brought 15,912 

entries pouring in from 128 countries 

and 48 states. Students from 412 schools 

around the world submitted artwork or 

quotes to the juried exhibit. The winning 

quotes and art will be showcased in the 

18th annual exhibit, running through 

April 1, in Sarasota’s Bayfront Park. 

Sarah Wertheimer, Embracing Our 

Differences’ executive director, says 

she and EOD’s art selection committee 

were inspired by the substantial number 

of works they received this year. 

“Embracing our Differences exists 

to proclaim the values of inclusion, 

kindness and respect and 

we were moved to see that thousands 

of people around the world 

share these values,” says Wertheimer. 

“More than ever, their art 

and words confirm that we need 

to replace hostility and division 

with a respect for diversity. We 

need to honor the things that 

make us different and celebrate 

the things we have in common.” 

Wertheimer explains that the selection 

committee considers how well the core 

idea of the work is expressed and how 

the piece will work when blown up to the 

size of a billboard. “It needs to make an 

immediate impact,” she says. “Does the 

message encourage me to think? Does it 

inspire me to see something from a new 

perspective? Does the art itself stop me in 

my path? These are some of the reactions 

we’re hoping to inspire in the viewer.” 

Awards are given for “Best-in-Show 

EOD 2021: Best in Show, Adult: “Liberty Enlightening the World” by Arya Badiyan. 

EOD 2021: Best in Show, Student: “Small Struggles” by Emily Norris, 

a 7th grade student at Sarasota Middle School. 

EOD 2021: “Different Shades” 

by Clifford McDonald 

Adult,” “Best-in-Show Student,” and 

“People’s Choice” categories, with the 

last chosen by visitors to the exhibit. 

Adult art winners each receive $1,000; 

students receive $1,000, which they split 

with their school’s art program. The 

person who pens the winning quote is 

awarded $1,000 and if that winner is a 

student, the award is split evenly with 

their school’s language arts program. 

EOD 2021: “Colors of Change” 

by Meg Seymour 

2021 

ART WINNERS 

The Best-in-Show Adult winner for 

art is for “Liberty Enlightening the 

World” by Arya Badiyan, an artist, 

poet, writer, community builder and entrepreneur 

from Lake Oswego, Oregon. 

In this bold and striking work, the artist 

explains that “Lady Liberty is a Black 

woman who stands before the millions 

of Black lives that have been 

lost to slavery and injustice in this 

country. She is lighting the way and 

leading us forward.” Badiyan will 

receive $1,000 for her work. 

Emily Norris, a 7th grade student 

from Sarasota Middle School, won 

the Best-in-Show Student award 

for “Small Struggles,” a work depicting 

a girl of color standing in front 

of an aisle of dolls that are white with 

blonde hair. “To me, the concept of 

‘embracing our differences’ means 

showing off what’s unique about 

yourself,” says Norris. “Through my 

work, I attempt to highlight the little 

struggles people of color go through 

every day.” Norris will split the $1,000 

award with her school’s art program. 


QUOTE WINNER 

The award for the Best-in-Show inspirational 

quote was given to Temilola 

Aderemi from Ibafo, Nigeria, for: “If 

we were to exchange shoes, would 

you be willing to wear mine?” 

Wertheimer stresses the importance 

of the statements accompanying each 

artwork. “Every quote opens a window 

into our common humanity,” she says. 

“They touch us with their wit, insight, 

and empathy.” 

Embracing Our Differences’ annual 

outdoor exhibits are the heart of a yearround 

program of activities designed to 

use art as a catalyst to create awareness 

and promote diversity. 

For more information about Embracing 

Our Differences, call 941-404-5710 or 

visit www.embracingourdifferences.org. 

About Embracing 

Our Differences 

Embracing Our Differences is 

a not-for-profit organization that 

uses the transformational power 

of art and education to celebrate 

and promote the diversity of the 

human family. It accomplishes 

this through an annual, largescale 

outdoor juried art exhibition 

and a comprehensive series 

of educational initiatives, programs 

and resources designed for 

teachers and students. 

For more information about 

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Differences, call 941-404-5710 or 

visit www.embracingourdifferences. 

org. A gallery of all the winning 

artwork and quotes can be viewed at 

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travel news 

Amtrak New York City (finally) gets a new home 

The Moynihan Train Hall opened January 1 

Put this on your travel radar for when 

it’s safe to travel again. There’s a new, 

modern experience for the busiest train 

station in the western hemisphere, 

Penn Station. And if you still have 

trauma from past experiences there, 

this may help you feel better. 

First, some background. If you ever 

needed to take a train into or out of 

New York City via Amtrak, you remember 

the cramped, low-ceilinged cluster 

mess that was the train station there. It 

wreaked of out of date design and was 

generally miserable to use. 

If you did use it and your train was 

announced, you joined a massive crush 

of humanity to a solo escalator down 

to the track and the train, swearing 

Avenue in the historic James A. Farley 

Post Office Building. Amtrak partnered 

with Empire State Development (State 

of New York), to expand its services 

into the new Moynihan Train Hall to 

improve passenger comfort and security. 

Amenities have greatly improved 

on the prior space’s shortcomings and 

include a spacious train hall featuring a 

sky lit atrium. There are also dedicated 

customer waiting areas, a combined 

ticketing and baggage area, better security, 

accessibility for customers with 

disabilities and complimentary WiFi in 

all customer spaces. 

The Moynihan Train Hall has a Metropolitan 

Lounge (formerly ClubAcela), 

a premium lounge space providing 

you’d never go through this harrowing 

and miserable experience again. And 

forget about using the bathrooms. I’ll 

just leave that there, not wanting to 

stir up any more bad experiences. 

First, here’s a short summary for 

those maybe not that familiar with 

why a city like New York has a train 

station that looks like a bus station 

designed by the folks who created the 

ugly scene of Times Square in the seventies 

(think “Midnight Cowboy”). 

The current facility is the remodeled 

underground remnant of the original 

Pennsylvania Station, also known 

as New York Penn Station or simply 

Penn Station, is the main intercity 

railroad station in New York 

City and the busiest in the Western 

Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 

passengers per weekday as of 2019. 

It’s located in Midtown Manhattan, 

beneath Madison Square Garden in the 

block bounded by Seventh and Eighth avenues, 

and 31st and 33rd streets, with 

additional exits to nearby streets. It’s 

near Herald Square, the Empire State 

Building and Macy’s Herald Square. 

Penn Station has 21 tracks fed by 

seven tunnels (the two North River Tunnels, 

the four East River Tunnels, and 

the single Empire Connection tunnel). 

It is at the center of the Northeast Corridor, 

a passenger rail line that connects 

Pennsylvania Station, an ornate building 

designed by McKim, Mead, and 

White and considered a masterpiece of 

the Beaux-Arts style 

Completed in 1910, it enabled direct 

rail access to New York City from the 

south for the first time. The above 

ground station was torn down in 1963, 

something preservationists still lament. 

The rest of the station was rebuilt in 

the following six years, while retaining 

most of the rail infrastructure from the 

original station. 

Not to be confused with the much 

larger and more ornate Grand Central 

Terminal, The New York Times, in a 

November 2007 editorial supporting 

development of an enlarged terminal, 

said that “Amtrak’s beleaguered customers...scurry 

through underground 

rooms bereft of light or character,” 

and Times transit reporter Michael 

M. Grynbaum called Penn Station “the 

ugly stepchild of the city’s two great 

rail terminals.” 

The new and now open Moynihan 

Train Hall is located directly across 

from New York Penn Station at 8th 

About Penn Station 

New York City with Boston, Philadelphia, 

Washington, D.C., and intermediate 

points. Intercity trains are operated 

by Amtrak, which owns the station, 

while commuter rail services are operated 

by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) 

travelers with perks including: priority 

boarding, expanded food and beverage 

offerings, family waiting area, 

dedicated customer service agents and 

private restrooms. 

Moynihan Train Hall is open to the 

public daily from 5 a.m. through 1 a.m. 

Between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., all Amtrak 

operations will be handled at New York 

Penn Station, including baggage, Red 

Cap services, access and egress to platform 

in case you’re wandering about 

at that hour. Find out more at https:// 

www.amtrak.com/home. 

and NJ Transit (NJT). Connections 

are available within the complex to 

the New York City Subway, and buses. 

Penn Station is named for the Pennsylvania 

Railroad (PRR), its builder and 

original owner, and shares its name with 

several stations in other cities. A new direct 

entrance from 33rd Street to the LIRR 

concourse opened in December 2020, 

and Moynihan Train Hall, an expansion 

of Penn Station into a mixed-use redevelopment 

of the adjacent Farley Post Office 

building, opened in January 2021. 

Future plans for Penn Station include 

the construction of additional railway 

platforms in a new southern annex to 

accommodate two proposed Gateway 

Program tunnels across the Hudson 

River, as well as further expansion of 

the LIRR concourse. 



ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS OF SARASOTA’s 

2021 WINTER-SPRING SEASON 

They’ve taken to the great outdoors, performing at there different venues 

Artist Series Concerts has taken to 

the great outdoors, crafting a new 

revamped outdoor performance 

season that capitalizes on the area’s 

favorable climate, safe, beautiful outdoor 

settings, and vast array of talented artists. 

ARTIST SERIES CON- 

CERTS OF SARASOTA 

has a revised Outdoor 

Performance Season for 

Winter-Spring 2021. The concert 

series will feature many of the 

same artists that had been planned 

for the 2020-21 season, as well as 

some new ones, including a return 

engagement by hometown singing 

sensation Maria Wirries. 

All concerts will be performed 

outdoors at either Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens (1534 Mound 

Street, Sarasota), Nathan Benderson 

Park (5851 Nathan Benderson 

Circle, Sarasota), or Plantation 

Golf & Country Club (500 Rockley 

Blvd., Venice). Social distancing, 

mask requirements and other 

safety protocols will be in place 

at all venues. Performances at the 

Plantation Golf & Country Club 

will also include a sit-down dinner 

following the concert. 

While the pandemic has upended 

the performance seasons 

of countless performing arts organizations 

and artists, for many it 

has also brought out a newfound 

creativity and agility, resulting in 

the discovery of new ways to keep 

the music playing. For Artist Series 

Concerts, it was literally the open 

air. “Oddly enough, it took COVID-19 

and the closing of indoor venues to 

push us to present the first outdoor 

concerts ever in our 25 years,” says 

executive director Marcy Miller. 

The forced experiment was a 

notable success, with the organization’s 

first three outdoor concerts 

last fall selling out and leaving 

audiences begging for more. “It 

was clear after our third openair 

concert that outside was the 

way to go right now,” says Miller. 

“We’re so grateful for the venues, 

patrons, artists and climate that 

have enabled us to put this revised 

outdoor season together.” 

Fortunately, and thanks to this 

area’s vast assortment of musical 

talent, filling in dates for the revamped 

season was a relatively 

smooth task. “For most of this 

‘new’ season, we’ve actually been 

able to retain several of the artists 

who were already in the area and 

on the roster for this winter and 

spring, and who were able to adjust 

their schedules to the various 

changes in ours,” says Joseph Holt, 

director of artist programs. 

“One challenge to putting this 

revised season together was maintaining 

an interesting variety of 

musical styles and genres,” says 

Holt, who worked with all of the 

artists to put the new lineup together. 

“I think once again, we’ve 

succeeded in offering something 

for everyone – opera, pops, classical, 

and a world of jazz!” 

Upcoming Performances: 

AMORE – THE GREATEST 

LOVE SONGS with vocalist Anthony 

Nunziata and pianist Bobby 

Peaco: Songwriter, recording 

artist and “romantic singing sensation” 

Anthony Nunziata returns 

with a new show highlighting some 

of music’s greatest odes to love. 

Joined by award-winning pianist 

and arranger Bobby Peaco, Nunziata 

performs his soulful takes on 

classics as “Can’t Take My Eyes Off 

You,” “The Very Thought of You,” 

“Unchained Melody,” “O Sole Mio,” 

and more. 

Anthony Nunziata 

Details: February 10; 4 p.m. performance, 

5 p.m. dinner 

Location: Outdoors at Plantation 

Golf & Country Club, 500 Rockley 

Blvd., Venice 

WOMEN OF NOTE: A Celebration 

of Female Voices and Female 

Composers with Jenny Kim-Godfrey, 

soprano; Robyn Rocklein, 

mezzo-soprano; Joseph Holt, 

piano; and narration by Marcy 

Miller, executive director of Artist 

Series Concerts: In the classical 

music world, the last names Mendelssohn 

and Schumann usually 

evoke the first names Felix and 

Robert, two great composers of the 

19th century. 

But Felix Mendelssohn’s older 

sister, Fanny Mendelssohn, and 

Robert Schumann’s wife, Clara 

Schumann, were each brilliant musicians 

and composers in their own 

right. “Women of Note” showcases 

works by them plus two other formidable 

but often overlooked female 

talents, Amy Beach, the first 

composer to have a symphony 

performed by a major orchestra, in 

Jenny Kim-Godfrey 

Robyn Rocklein 

1896, and Marion Bauer, a contemporary 

of Aaron Copland and a key 

figure in the shaping of 20th-century 

American music. 

Area sopranos Jenny Kim-Godfrey 

and Robyn Rocklein are joined by pianist 

Joseph Holt and narrator Marcy 

Miller as they reprise their roles 

in a live performance of the program 

that they recorded on video in summer 

of 2020 as part of Florida Studio 

Theatre’s Suffragist Project. 

Details: February 18, 5:30 p.m. 

Location: Outdoors at Marie Selby 

Botanical Gardens, 1534 Mound 

Street, Sarasota 

THE GLENN MILLER SOUND 

with RICK COSTA’S JAZZ SEXTET, 

featuring vocalist WALT AN- 

DRUS (with Lew Del Gatto, sax; 

Dan Miller, trumpet; Don Mopsick, 

bass; Rick Costa, percussion; 

pianist to be announced): 

Music during World War II had an 

unprecedented impact on America, 

both on the home front and on 

troops serving overseas. In December 

1941, virtually every American 

household owned radios. Americans 

were tuning in by the millions 

and the name Glenn Miller became 

synonymous with the 1940s Swing 

era tunes that stormed the airwaves 

and permeated clubs and 

dance halls across the country. 

Take a trip back in time and get 

“In the Mood” with an afternoon of 

the best of Glenn Miller and 

the Swing era. An ensemble 

of six top area jazz musicians, 

including Tommy 

Dorsey Orchestra vocalist 

Walt Andrus, pays musical 

tribute to the swinging 

sounds of the 40s. 

Details: March 7, 3 p.m. 

Location: Outdoors at Nathan 

Benderson Park, 5851 

Nathan Benderson Circle, 

Sarasota 

WORLD OF JAZZ with 

BILL BUCHMAN’S ART 

OF JAZZ QUINTET: Pianist Bill 

Buchman has toured extensively 

throughout the U.S. and Europe 

and has worked with jazz legends 

as Jo Jones, Bobby Hackett, John 

LaPorta, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, and 

others. In “World of Jazz,” Buchman’s 

quintet, featuring Buchman 

on piano, Rick Aaron on flute and 

Bennet Capoverde on conga, presents 

a program of exotic melodies 

and rhythms from the diverse musical 

cultures of the jazz world. 

Bill Buchman 

Details: March 10, 4 p.m. performance; 

5 p.m. dinner 


Golf & Country Club 

VENTURES IN BRASS with the 

Venice Symphony Brass Quintet 

(Aaron Romm and Derek Blankenship, 

trumpet; Robert Moore, horn; 

Joe Offner, trombone; Joseph Alvarez, 

tuba): The Venice Symphony 

Brass Quintet offers a musical smorgasbord 

covering everything from 

jazz and standard brass quintet literature, 

to Bach and Broadway. 

Aaron Romm 

Details: March 28, 3 p.m. 


Benderson Park 

HEAT LATIN JAZZ BAND: Heat 

Latin Jazz Band is a vibrant seven-piece 

salsa/Latin Jazz group featuring 

students from Florida Gulf 

Coast University and Florida 

Southwestern State College in Fort 

Heat Latin Jazz Band 

Myers, Florida. Their music covers 

a wide variety of traditional Latin 

music, ranging from salsa classics, 

Latin jazz and original compositions. 

The iconic classics of Celia 

Cruz, Oscar D’León, Joe Arroyo, El 

Gran Combo, Hector Lavoe and 

many others grace their repertoire. 

Heat’s musicians also share a wide 

variety of cultural backgrounds 

including Argentine, Cuban, Ecuadorian, 

Puerto Rican, Trinidadian 

and Venezuelan. 

Details: April 18, 3 p.m. 


Benderson Park 

MARIA WIRRIES with ALAN J. 

COREY, piano: Emerging Broadway 

artist and local singing sensation 

Maria Wirries makes a return home 

with her longtime voice coach Alan 

Jay Corey on piano, performing a selection 

of favorite and familiar tunes 

from Broadway and Jazz. 

Maria Wirries 

Maria has been charming area audiences 

with her wide-ranging voice 

and effervescent personality since 

she was 11 years old. She last performed 

for Artist Series Concerts 

in 2017, alongside her colleagues 

from Penn State’s Musical Theatre 

program, in a production of “Hot n’ 

Cole.” Since then, Maria has graduated 

and almost immediately began 

touring with the Tony Award-winning 

show “Dear Evan Hansen.” 

In October 2020, she released 

her debut CD, “Just Keep Singing,” 

featuring Maria performing eight 

of her own compositions, reflecting 

her many influences that extend 

from Broadway to jazz, classical to 

country, and gospel to Americana. 

Details: April 21, 4 p.m. performance; 

5 p.m. dinner 


Golf & Country Club 

Tickets: 

Tickets are $35 for the Selby 

and Benderson concerts; 

$57 for the performances at 

Plantation Golf & Country 

Club. Tickets are available 

online at ArtistSeries 

Concerts.org or by calling 

(941) 306-1202. 

For information, visit www. 

ArtistSeriesConcerts.org. 


FEBRUARY 2021 WEST COAST WOMAN 21

dining in 

February 4 is National Homemade Soup Day 

In every cuisine, soup provides a rich basis of flavor and history 

Before the era of modern transportation, soup was a product of regionally 

available foods. For this reason, there are thousands of soup recipes 

available today. 

Many soups also offer medicinal properties. What was once 

considered a wive’s tale, chicken soup now has the backing of the scientific 

community. Yes, chicken soup helps relieve the symptoms of the 

common cold. How? Well, scientists believe that a bowl of the soup may 

reduce inflammation of the lungs. It is thought that chicken soup slows 

down the activity of white blood cells that can cause inflammation. 

Just what is soup? Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm 

or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients 

of meat or vegetables with stock, or water. Hot soups are additionally 

characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until 

the flavors are extracted, forming a broth. Soups are similar to stews, and in some 

cases there may not be a clear distinction between the two; however, soups generally 

have more liquid (broth) than stews. 

Other types of soup include fruit soups, dessert soups, pulse soups like split pea, 

cold soups and other styles.Soup is a savoury liquid food that is made by combining 

ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and/or legumes in hot stock or water, 

until the flavor is extracted. 

Traditionally, soups are classified into two broad groups: clear soups and thick 

soups. The established French classifications of clear soups are bouillon and consommé. 

Thick soups are classified depending upon the type of thickening agent 

used: purées are vegetable soups thickened with starch; bisques are made from 

puréed shellfish thickened with cream; cream soups are thickened with béchamel 

sauce; and veloutés are thickened with eggs, butter and cream. Other ingredients 

commonly used to thicken soups and broths include rice, flour, and grain. 

HISTORY 

The word soup originates from “sop”, a dish originally consisting of a soup or 

thick stew which was soaked up with pieces of bread. The modern meaning of 

sop has been limited to just the bread intended to be dipped. 

Boiling was not a common cooking technique until the invention of waterproof 

containers (which probably came in the form of pouches made of clay or animal 

skin) about 5,000 years ago (possibly longer), so soups presumably were little-known 

before that time. 

This soup is full of deep 

orange carrots and 

bright red apples and 

both both foods contain 

cancer-fighting fiber and 

other potent protective 

compounds like beta-carotene 

(carrots) and quercetin 

(apples). A blender or 

food processor makes this 

dish decadent and creamy 

without a lot of calories. 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 Tbsp. canola oil 

1 medium onion, chopped 

F Carrot and Apple Soup 

1 medium leek, white part only, rinsed 

well and chopped 

1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into 

1/2- inch slides 

Carrot and Apple Soup T 

1 tart apple, peeled, cored and chopped 

3 cups fat-free, reduced-sodium 

chicken broth 

Salt and freshly ground black 

pepper, to taste 

3 Tbsp. minced fresh mint leaves, 

for garnish 

In Dutch oven or large pan, heat canola oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add the 

onion and leek and sauté for about 4 minutes, until the onion is translucent. 

Mix in carrots and apple. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook for 5 minutes, 

stirring often. 

Add broth, cover, and bring to a boil over high heat. Then reduce heat to low and 

simmer for about 30 minutes, until carrots are soft. Remove pot from heat and set 

soup aside to cool slightly. 

In a blender or food processor, purée soup in batches until smooth. Return soup to 

pan and heat before serving. If soup is too thick, add more broth. Season with salt 

and pepper. Serve immediately; garnish with mint. 

Makes 6 servings (about 1 cup per serving). Per serving: 80 calories, 2.5 g total 

fat (0 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 15 g carbohydrates, 2 g 

protein, 3 g dietary fiber, 240 mg sodium, 9 g sugar, 0 g added sugar. 

F Lime and Chicken Soup with Avocado 

INGREDIENTS: 

Lime and Chicken Soup with Avocado T 

2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 

1 large yellow onion, chopped 

3 stalks celery, thinly sliced 

1 medium jalapeño pepper, 

seeded, diced 

5 cloves garlic, minced 

This recipe features a medley of colorful 

veggies, Italian herbs and juicy citrus. 

Limes are an excellent source of vitamin C. 

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast 

1 cup frozen corn 

1 can (14.5 oz.) no salt added diced 

tomatoes 

6 cups fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken 

broth 

1 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning 

1 tsp. oregano 

1/4 tsp. cumin 

3 medium limes, 2 cut in half, 1 cut into 6 

wedges for garnish 

1/2 bunch cilantro, rinsed, chopped 

1 medium avocado, cut into ½ -inch cube 

In soup pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Sauté onion, celery, jalapeño and garlic 

for 6 minutes or until tender. 

Add whole chicken breast, corn, tomatoes, broth, Italian seasoning, oregano and 

cumin to pot. Stir to mix ingredients. 

Over high heat bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 55 minutes. 

Remove chicken breast to large platter and shred using two folks. Return chicken to soup. 

Over strainer to catch seeds, squeeze juice of 2 limes into soup. Add cilantro and gently 

stir. Ladle soup into bowls and top with avocado, garnish with lime wedge and serve. 

Makes 6 servings (about 2 cups per serving). Per serving: 280 calories, 12 g total 

fat (2.5 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat), 65 mg cholesterol, 20 g carbohydrates, 26 

g protein, 5 g dietary fiber, 450 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 0 g added sugar. 

F Mushroom Barley Soup T 

This combination of mushrooms, barley 

and carrots makes for a soup packed high 

in vitamin B6 and packed with fiber. 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 Tbsp. canola oil, divided 

1 medium onion, chopped 

2 celery ribs, chopped 

1/2 cup pearl barley, rinsed and 

drained 

6 cups reduced-sodium vegetable 

broth, divided 

5 cups (about 3/4 pound) chopped 

mushrooms 

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 

3 medium carrots, peeled and diced 

Salt and freshly ground black pepper 

Cayenne pepper to taste 

In a large soup pot, heat 1/2 tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Add onion and 

celery; sauté for 3 minutes. Add barley and stir constantly for 2 minutes. Add 4 cups 

of broth; bring mixture to boil. 

Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 40 minutes. 

Meanwhile, in nonstick pan, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms 

and sauté for 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until mushrooms are tender. Add 

Worcestershire sauce and stir for 1 minute. Remove mushrooms from heat. Stir in 

carrots and set aside. 

After barley has simmered for 40 minutes, add mushroom and carrot mixture and 

remaining 2 cups of broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, 

for 30 minutes, until vegetables and barley are very tender. Season to taste with 

salt, black pepper and cayenne. Serve immediately. 

Makes 6 servings (1 serving = 1 ¾ cups). Per serving: 140 calories, 2.5 g total 

fat (0 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 25 g carbohydrates, 4 g 

protein, 5 g dietary fiber, 200 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 0 g added sugar. 


Please be sure to call 

or visit websites for the 

most up-to-date info 

Restaurant 

News, 

Openings and 

Specials 

• Chef Gino Calleja, executive chef 

and proprietor of Reyna’s Taqueria 

has Super Bowl specials for February 

7, available for pre-orders now and 

pick-up on Super Bowl Sunday from 

10 a.m.- 3 p.m. 

The Super Bowl Specials include: 

Ranchera Wings Platter with 10 jumbo 

chicken drummetes, flash fried and 

tossed in Reyna’s Taqueria’s housemade 

salsa raja, with cotija cheese, 

and served with an avocado ranch 

dip for $10. 

Reyna’s Taqueria 

Taco Platter serves four people and 

includes chips and guacamole as 

an appetizer, 12 house-made Tacos 

(chicken, carnitas, pastor, piccadillo), 

and 4 Churros for dessert and is $55. 

The Quesadilla Platter serves 5-6 

people and includes Reyna’s Taqueria’s 

house-made flour tortilla Quesadillas 

with choice of steak, chicken, 

pastor, barbacoa, or carnitas tacos 

served with pico de gallo, cream, 

Oaxaca cheese, onions, cilantro, and 

choice of salsa for 

In addition, Reyna’s Taqueria offers a 

gluten-free and corn-free burrito bowl 

on Super Bowl, along with the current 

menu and Sunday Brunch. Reyna’s 

Taqueria is open for outdoor and limited 

indoor dining from 10am-3pm. 

■ Reynas Taqueria is located at 

The Commons Shopping Center, 935 

N. Beneva Road, Suite 701, Sarasota. 

Call 941-260-8343. Open seven days 

a week. Reyna’s Taqueria strictly 

complying with CDC Guidelines. 

Reyna’s Taqueria also offers curbside 

to go and delivery. 

• Mattison’s Forty-One has a 

new look and feel Executive Chef 

Mattison’s Forty-One 

updated both the inside dining room 

and expanded seating to include outdoor 

dining. The dining room renovations 

created a more open atmosphere 

throughout the restaurant. 

In addition to opening up the dining 

room, new seating options with 

booths, and high-top tables were 

added. The bar has a swanky feel 

with cool, blue lighting welcoming 

guests to Mattison’s award winning 

Happy Hour. The on-site private event 

space, The Galleria, also received 

some updates and improvements. 

Chef Paul wanted to provide 

more outdoor dining in addition to 

improving the inside. Al fresco dining 

is now available on two outside 

patios, one on the south side of the 

restaurant and one on the north side. 

Along with the restaurant’s new look, 

Chef Paul and his culinary team have 

added a few new menu items. 

Mattison’s Forty-One offers all 

natural, healthy, as well as delicious 

menu choices in addition to a full bar 

and plenty of parking. Curbside pickup 

is also still available. Come Dine 

with Mattison’s Forty-One —inside, 

outside or curbside. 

• Coming soon: Tripletail Seafood 

& Spirits Fresh, offering seafood from 

seas, bays, ocean and shore with a 

cocktail lounge within the restaurant 

serving the classics and craft libations 

at The Landings in Sarasota. 

Coming soon! 

Tripletail Seafood is part of the 

Gecko’s family of restaurants. The 

space will provide socially distanced 

dining for approximately 150 guests. 

Outside, greenery privacy walls and 

a 10-foot waterfall feature will create 

a private retreat on the patio, and 

inside there will be a nautical theme 

throughout. 

Since 1992, Mike Gowan and Mike 

Quillen have held 

a presence at The 

Landings. Their 

flagship restaurant, 

Gecko’s Grill 

& Pub relocated 

to Stickney Point 

in 2017 and in 

2021 the Gecko’s 

Hospitality Group 

founders will return 

with the opening of 

their contemporary 

venture, Tripletail 

Seafood & Spirits. 

Tripletail’s spirits-forward cocktail 

lounge within the restaurant will serve 

the classics as well as entice the 

adventurous libations lover with craft 

and signature cocktails program, prepared 

under the direction of cocktail 

connoisseur and COO of Gecko’s 

Hospitality Group, Fiona Farrell. Chef 

is Trae Peavey and the restaurant is 

managed by Meagan Smith, a veteran 

Dry Dock manager. Location: 4870 

S. Tamiani Tr., Sarasota. 

■ Location: 4870 S. Tamiani Tr., 

Sarasota. 

Tommy Bahama’s Triple Chocolate Cake 

Entrées include Ribeye “Filet” for 

Two - Sherry Demi-Glace, Garlic 

Butter with Twice Baked Potato, Aged 

White Cheddar, Pecan Smoked Bacon 

and Chives; Grilled Asparagus; Marinated 

King Trumpet Mushrooms; and 

for Dessert: Triple Chocolate Cake 

- Four Layers, Chocolate Ganache, 

Mocha Mousse. Valentine’s Weekend 

Pre-Fix Dinner costs $125 and serves 

2. Available at Tommy Bahama 

Restaurant & Bar Thursday, February 

11-Sunday, February 14. 

■ For more information, visit Tommybahama.com. 

Waters Edge 

Winery Sarasota 

• Waters Edge Winery Sarasota is 

in the former space of Social Eatery 

restaurant on First Street. Business 

partners are Michael Hayja and Sean 

Castellucci, as well as Rich Knowles, 

who also will serve as culinary director 

and was chef/owner of Bradenton 

fine-dining establishment EnRich 

Bistro which closed earlier this year. 

Waters Edge Sarasota doesn’t 

produce wine onsite like other 

franchise locations, but it plans to 

offer lunch, dinner and Saturday 

and Sunday brunch. The menu will 

have a global cuisine feel, heavy on 

tapas and small plates, with signature 

items such as New Zealand red deer 

chateaubriand, Cornish game hen, 

spicy tuna poke and braised lamb 

shoulder tostada. 

Waters Edge will renovate the 

former space and will keep the 

outdoor area that was one of 

Social Eatery & Bar’s most popular 

components. The plan is to have 

around 150 seats in total, about 90 

outdoors and 60 indoors. 

■ For more information, visit https:// 

watersedgewineries.com/ 

wewsarasotasocial/. Location: 1219 

First St., Sarasota 

• The Chart House on Longboat 

Key offers weekend grilling kits to 

go. Choose from three kits: Salmon, 

New York Strip & Salmon combo, 

or Filet Mignon. Each comes with a 

paired side to create a meal at home. 

Each kit serves 2 people and they’re 

available Friday-Sunday. 

• Tommy Bahama is celebrating 

Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s 

Day with special meals and signature 

cocktails. 

Tommy Bahama offers a takeout Super 

Bowl Pack available at all Tommy 

Bahama Restaurant & Bar and Tommy 

Bahama Marlin Bar locations. 

The Super Bowl Pack is available 

through online ordering for pick-up 

or delivery and includes: Duo of Dips 

- Fire Roasted Salsa, Guacamole, 

House-Made Chips; Hurricane Tots 

- Hurikake, Soy Glaze, Sriracha Aïoli; 

All-American Cheesburger/Kahula Pork 

Sliders - Hawaiian Rolls, Garlic Aïoli, 

House-Made Dill Pickles, LTO; Mango 

Habanero Chicken Lollipops - Herb 

Buttermilk Dressing, Cucumber Batons; 

Cajun Panko Crusted Mac-N-Cheese; 

Island Slaw and Key Lime Tarts - Macadamia 

Nut Shortbread Crust, Lime Zest 

The Super Bowl Pack 

costs $99 and serves 4 to 

6. Orders must be placed 

by February 4. Pick-up on 

Saturday, February 6 11am- 

3pm or Sunday, February 

7, 11am to two hours prior 

to start of game. 

For Valentine’s Day, kick 

off the romance with a Valentine’s 

Weekend Pre-Fix 

Menu available at all Tommy 

Bahama Restaurant & 

Bar locations and includes: Starters: 

Choice of (1) Island Shrimp & 

Crab Cocktail - Spicy Tomato Broth, 

Avocado, Tajin, House-Made Chips 

or Roasted Beet Salad - Local Baby 

Greens, Candied Walnuts, Mandarin 

Oranges, Local Honey, Goat Cheese, 

Citrus Mango Vinaigrette or world 

famous Coconut Shrimp - Papa- 

and Owner Paul Mattison recently ya-Mango Chutney 

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foodie events continued 

The Chart House on Longboat Key 

Hamlet’s is open Thursday-Saturday 

11-4pm. Outside dining or take it to go. 

■ Hamlet’s is located at 821 Apricot 

Ave, Sarasota. Visit https://www. 

bazaaronapricotandlime.com. 

The Salmon Kit costs $40 and 

includes (2) 7 oz fillets, (2) Idaho potatoes 

with toppings, asparagus and 

field greens salad ingredients. The 

New York Strip & Salmon Kit costs $55 

and includes (1) 14 oz NY strip with 

seasoning one 7 oz salmon fillet, two 

Idaho potatoes with toppings, asparagus 

and field greens salad ingredients. 

The Filet Mignon Kit for $50 includes 

two 7 oz filets with seasoning, 

two Idaho Potatoes with toppings, 

asparagus and field Greens Salad 

ingredients. 

■ Location: 201 Gulf of Mexico Dr, 

Longboat Key. Call (941) 383-5593. 

• Mellow Mushroom is offering the 

use of their patio for parties and gatherings. 

The patio can host 90 guests. 

Call 941-388-7504 for rates. Located 

near the Ringling Museum and 

the Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast 

Sanctuary, they offer pizza, beer, 

craft cocktails, a unique atmosphere. 

Plentiful free parking available on-site. 

Join them for weekly trivia nights, 

daily specials, and daily social hours. 

Patio Parties at Mellow Mushroom 

Have your meal delivered right to your 

door. Location: 6727 S Tamiami Trail, 

Sarasota. https://mellowmushroom. 

com/sarasota-fl/. 

• 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. 

On Feb.14 you can enjoy Love Songs 

with Nancy Pastrone at their Jazz 

and Blues Brunch. 

They serve Lelu’s Cold Brew Coffee 

and Vegan Cinnamon Rolls as well as 

fresh, local organic produce. 

• Food Truck Rally, Bands and 

Brew on February 27, noon to 7:30 

p.m. offering family friendly food and 

music. Location: 7410 Fruitville rd. 

Sarasota. Bring the entire family for 

lunch or dinner to the outdoor pavilion 

area. Live music, DJs and over 20 

food trucks to select from as well as 

handmade local vendors. 

Food Truck Rally, Bands and Brew 

Food Festivals 

• A culinary and beverage celebration 

will take place on Florida’s 

Historic Coast, May 6-9, at the World 

Golf Hall of Fame. The St. Augustine 

Food + Wine Festival will be 

a showcase of culinary, beverage 

and culture that highlights celebrity 

guest chefs, local chefs, celebrity 

winemakers/proprietors, artisans, 

farmers, local craft spirits and beers, 

along with renowned 

wine, spirits and beer 

brands from around 

the globe. The inaugural 

festival offers a 

wide variety of events 

for all tastebuds and 

budgets, from wine 

dinners and tasting 

events, to master 

classes and more. 

The World Golf 

Hall of Fame and the 

World Golf Village 

Renaissance Resort, 

St. Augustine are the host location 

sites for the 2021 festival, located 20 

minutes north of historic downtown 

St. Augustine and the beaches. 

Early Bird advance discount tickets 

are on sale now, with up to 33% 

savings on some festival events, with 

limited ticket availability for a limited 

time. The festival will partner with 

several local, non-profit organizations 

on various events. The World 

Golf Hall of Fame and Jan Stephenson’s 

Crossroads Foundation are the 

festival’s two primary charity partners, 

with 100% of the live and silent 

auction proceeds from the festival 

benefiting the charities. 

Mardi Gras in New Orleans 

The St. Augustine Food + Wine 

Festival is a four-day food and drink 

festival with most events taking place 

at the host location 

sites, the World Golf 

Hall of Fame and 

the Official Hotel 

partner, World Golf 

Village Renaissance 

St. Augustine 

Resort. There 

are three off-site 

Epicurean Master 

Classes on Friday, 

May 7, taking place 

at St. Augustine 

Distillery, Dog Rose 

Brewing and The Legends Restaurant 

& Grille at Slammer & Squire. 

Highlights include a May 6 “World 

Golf Hall of Fame Winemaker’s Dinner” 

dinner at St. Johns County Convention 

Center with a six-course dinner, 

featuring three guest celebrity/ 

James Beard Foundation award-winning 

chefs, including Maneet Chauhan, 

television personality and 

award-winning chef and author. 

Three local chefs, including Brian 

Whittington of Preserved Restaurant 

in St. Augustine and Michael 

Lugo of Michael’s St. Augustine, will 

each prepare a course as well. Each 

course will be paired with a guest 

golf celebrity’s wine – from celebrities 

such as Morgan Norman of Greg 

Norman Estates and LPGA Hall of 

Famer, Jan Stephenson. Dinner will 

include a Live Auction Fundraiser for 

World Golf Hall of Fame and Jan Stephenson’s 

Crossroads Foundation. 

■ Info: https://staugustinefoodand 

winefestival.com/ 

• Mardi Gras in New Orleans typically 

means dancing in the streets, 

standing shoulder to shoulder with 

strangers and watching one parade 

after another roll by while slowly 

becoming a human bead tree. But 

Mardi Gras 2021 will be different. 

Parades won’t roll. There will be no 

large crowds or events. The health 

and safety of our community is a 

priority, but that doesn’t mean Mardi 

Gras is canceled. In the days leading 

up to February 16, expect the 

king cakes to flow in abundance and 

krewes to find new ways to keep the 

Mardi Gras spirit alive. 

If you find yourself in New Orleans, 

mask up and remain mindful of the 

Phased Reopening guidelines the city 

is under, but remember that no one 

does Mardi Gras like New Orleans. 

Here’s how to celebrate. Attend 

a cocktail tasting, museum or event. 

Sazerac House: Get into the Mardi 

Gras spirit with festive events from 

Sazerac House. Throughout February, 

both in-person and virtual 

workshops will be taking place. Drink 

and learn about Carnival traditions, 

participate in a mask-making workshop 

or watch a cocktail demonstration 

from home. 

Mardi Gras World: Stop by Mardi 

Gras World to get a behind-thescenes 

look at float building and 

decorating process that brings much 

of the season to life. Open daily for 

tours, this should top your list of 

things to do during the season. 

Backstreet Cultural Museum: To 

learn about the Mardi Gras Indian 

tradition, visit the Backstreet Cultural 

Museum. Rich with artifacts, including 

hand-beaded suits and photography, 

this off-the-beaten-path museum 

is worth the visit. 

Enjoy Mardi Gras festivities from the 

comfort and safety of your home with 

a virtual cooking class from New 

Orleans School of Cooking. New 

this year is Gracious Bakery’s King 

Cake Kit, which provides a dry mix 

for you to bake a king cake in your 

own home. And finally, be sure to tune 

into “Mardi Gras for Y’all,” a threenight, 

four-and-a-half-hour spectacle 

featuring celebrity interviews, musical 

performances and narratives on the 

history of Mardi Gras. 

February 

Food Holidays 

• Feb. 9 National Pizza Day 

• Feb. 13 National Italian Food Day 

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AT THE 

Tampa Museum of Art: 

The Highwaymen, who painted the rich colors of Florida’s natural scenes 

The Tampa Museum of Art (TMA) 

celebrates the richness and complexity 

of Florida’s cultural tapestry 

with its current exhibition, Living 

Color: The Art of the Highwaymen. On view 

through March 28, 2021, Living Color brings 

together 60 paintings from five outstanding 

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. 

The Highwaymen produced artwork from 

the 1950s to the 1980s. Artists including Al 

Black, Mary Ann Carroll, Willie Daniels, 

Johnny Daniels, James Gibson, Alfred Hair, 

Roy McLendon, Harold Newton, Sam Newton, 

Willie Reagan, and Livingston Roberts, painted 

as a means to making a living, and many 

were quite successful, especially Alfred Hair 

and Harold 

Al Black Untitled. [Indian River view, with foreground palm] no date 

Newton. 

Facing 

limitations 

imposed by 

the racial 

prejudice of 

their time, 

Highwaymen 

artists had little 

or no formal 

training 

or access to 

conventional 

art markets. 

To overcome 

these obstacles, 

they produced 

large 

numbers of 

works that 

could be sold 

at affordable 

Mary Ann Carroll Untitled [Backcountry twilight] no date 

Harold Newton Untitled [1950’s life along Avenue D in Fort Pierce] no date 

prices, often door-to-door and sometimes from their 

cars’ trunks along such thoroughfares as Route 1. 

“This exhibition speaks to the resourcefulness and 

resilience of this group of artists. The Highwaymen, 

based in and around Ft. Pierce, developed their own 

creative community during a time in Florida’s history 

that coincided with an economic boom in the state 

and African Americans fighting for equal rights,” said 

Joanna Robotham, Curator of Modern and Contemporary 

Art at the Tampa Museum of Art. 

Groups of four or more can schedule a private 

virtual tour, and groups of 10 or more can schedule 

an in-person tour of Living Color and any exhibition at 

TMA by visiting TampaMuseum.org/Adult-Tours/. 

General Hours and 

Information 

Tampa Museum of 

Art is located at 120 

W. Gasparilla Plaza in 

downtown Tampa. 

The Tampa Museum of Art is open seven days a 

week, Monday-Sunday 10 am-5 pm and Thursdays 

from 10 am-8 pm. Visit TampaMuseum.org. 

Livingston Roberts Untitled [Backcountry hammock framed by oak and palm] No date 


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Violinist Samantha Bennett 

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Thursday, March 11 | 7 pm 

Violinist Samantha Bennett and percussionist George Nickson present a program 

of works that showcase their versatile approach to contemporary music. 

Academy of St Martin in the Fields 

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S R SOT CONCERT SSOCI TION Announces 

“MUSICALLY SPEAKING” 

A Free Virtual Concert and Conversation Series February 25, March 11, March 25 

The virtual S R series SOT features CONCERT performances SSOCI TION by and 

conversations with pianists Garrick Ohlsson 

and Kirill Gerstein; violinist Samantha Bennett 

and percussionist George Nickson; and the 

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. 

Garrick 

Ohlsson 

Kirill 

Gerstein 

Academy of 

St. Martin 

in the Fields 

Photo by Dario Acosta 

Photo by Marco Borggreve 

The Sarasota Concert Association 

(SCA) has announced 

“Musically Speaking,” a free, 

three-concert virtual series 

featuring preeminent classical 

musicians in unique performances, 

highlighted by informal conversations 

with the artists. World-acclaimed pianists 

Garrick Ohlsson and Kirill Gerstein 

launch the series with a duo piano performance 

and conversation on Thursday, 

February 25, at 7 p.m. 

Violinist Samantha Bennett and 

percussionist George Nickson will share 

their unique artistry on Thursday, March 

11, at 7 p.m. The world-renowned chamber 

orchestra, Academy of St. Martin 

in the Fields, concludes the series on 

Thursday, March 25, at 7 p.m. Conducting 

the conversations with the artists is 

Charles Turon, a musician, educator, and 

SCA board member. 

The series is free, but registration is 

required. Each link will be viewable for 

seven days. Before the full scope of the 

pandemic was known, SCA’s 2021 Great 

Performers Series season featured six 

concerts. As a result of the pandemic, the 

Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, The 

Cleveland Orchestra, and Bach Collegium 

Japan concerts were cancelled in 

November. Sarasota Concert Association 

recently made the decision to also cancel 

the remaining three concerts of the season, 

including the Takács Quartet with 

pianist Joyce Yang; violinist Benjamin 

Beilman with pianist Yekwon Sunwoo; 

and pianist Emanuel Ax. 

Linda Moxley, SCA’s newly appointed 

executive director, said, “We 

are certainly disappointed that we 

had to cancel our 2021 concert 

season, but it was the decision 

we needed to make as we considered 

the health and safety of 

our audiences.” Moxley continued, 

“We are pleased to offer this 

exciting, free, new virtual series, 

‘Musically Speaking’, as a thank 

you to those who continue to 

support great music in our 

region.” She adds that each of 

the concerts in this series can 

be enjoyed at home and will be 

available for seven days after 

the initial broadcast date. 

■ Thursday, February 25, 

2021, at 7 p.m. 

■ Pianists Garrick Ohlsson 

and Kirill Gerstein 

These internationally renowned 

pianists team up to perform 

two-piano arrangements of beloved orchestral 

works, including Rachmaninoff’s 

Symphonic Dances, and Ravel’s La Valse. 

■ Thursday, March 11, 2021, at 7 p.m. 

■ Violinist Samantha Bennett and 

Percussionist George Nickson 

Samantha Bennett, principal second violin 

with the Sarasota Orchestra, and George 

Nickson, principal percussion with the 

Dallas Symphony (also co-directors of 

ensembleNEWSRQ), present a program of 

wide-ranging works that showcases their 

versatile approach to contemporary music. 

■ Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7 p.m. 

■ Academy of St Martin in the Fields 

This world-renowned chamber orchestra 

presents “Overcoming Distance,” a program 

highlighting soloists from within the 

orchestra in works by Bach, Messiaen, and 

MacMillan, as well as the entire ensemble 

performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto 

No. 4, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 29. 

The series is free, but registration is 

required. Each link will be viewable for 

Samantha Bennett 

& George Nickson 

Photo by Matthew Holler 

seven days. For more information and 

to register for the “Musically Speaking” 

program, visit www.SCAsarasota.org/ 

MusicallySpeaking. 

■ ABOUT THE ■ 

S R SOT CONCERT SSOCI TION 

The Sarasota Concert Association 

(SCA) is a nonprofit organization 

that fosters greater appreciation 

for world-class classical music by 

offering the community two engaging 

programs from December to 

April. The Great Performers Series, 

in its 76th season, brings world-renowned 

orchestras and chamber 

groups to the Van Wezel Performing 

Arts Hall and the Riverview 

Performing Arts Center. The Music 

Matinee Series features outstanding 

regional artists in free community 

concerts at Beatrice Friedman Symphony 

Center and other venues. For 

more information about SCA, visit 

www.scasarasota.org. 



you’re news 

Accolades 

■ Rabbi Samantha Kahn participated 

in The Clergy Leadership 

Incubator (CLI), a two-year program 

to support 

and encourage 

rabbis serving 

congregations 

in the areas 

of innovative 

thinking, 

change management 

and 

institutional 

transformation. 

Samantha Kahn 

Rabbi Sid Schwarz, CLI Project 

Director, stated “your selection 

represents our assessment that 

you are among the most talented 

rabbis in the field.” As part of her 

work with the CLI Fellowship 

program, Rabbi Kahn wrote a 

vision statement that included in 

part, “I strive to transform Jewish 

values into meaningful existence 

by connecting with people whoever 

and wherever they are on 

their life’s journey – and offering 

traditions, values and community 

to enrich their voyage.” 

CLI Fellows are supported by 

both a member of the CLI national 

mentor team and by a peer. Key 

elements of the program include: 

two-year syllabus with monthly 

readings; monthly participation 

in a Community of Practice of 

rabbinic peers; monthly consultation 

with a rabbinic mentor; 

three retreats; coaching and 

training from nationally prominent 

practitioners. 

■ Maia Morrison, a Broker-Associate 

in the RE/MAX Platinum 

Realty Venice office, has received 

the 2020 “Seven Star” Certificate 

of Excellence in 

Real Estate from 

Broker-Agent 

Advisor. A longtime 

Venice area 

resident, Morrison 

has received 

the Lifetime 

Achievement 

Award from the 

Venice Area 

Maia Morrison 

Board of Realtors (VABR), where 

she served as a past President, 

six years as Treasurer, and on 

numerous committees. She was 

awarded VABR Realtor of the Year 

in 1988 and 2015. 

Her certifications and designations 

include Certified Residential 

Specialist (CRS), Certified 

Real Estate Brokerage Manager 

(CRB), Short Sales and Foreclosure 

Resource (SFR) and Seniors 

Real Estate Specialist (SRES). 

Morrison can be reached at 

(941) 266-2049 at RE/MAX Platinum 

Realty’s Venice office at 307 

West Venice Avenue, Venice. 

■ Muninder “MJ” Singh has 

joined MAX Platinum Realty 

as a Realtor in 

the Lakewood 

Ranch office. A 

Florida resident 

since 1996, 

Singh has a 

background 

in the medical 

and business 

industries along 

Muninder Singh with expertise 

in trading stocks and futures. 

Born in Chandigarh, India, 

and raised in Vancouver, British 

Columbia, Canada, she has 

resided in Lakewood Ranch 

since 2001. The Lakewood Ranch 

office is located at 8215 Nature’s 

Way. Singh can be reached 

at (941) 807-1918. 

■ Ana Varone of leading luxury 

Gulf Coast brokerage Michael 

Saunders & Company was recently 

awarded the Graduate, REAL- 

TOR Institute (GRI) designation, 

Seller Representative Specialist 

(SRS) designation, Real Estate 

Negotiations Expert (RENE) designation, 

and Seniors Real Estate 

Specialist (SRES) designation. 

Varone is based out of the Michael 

Saunders & Company Siesta 

Key office at 5100 Ocean Blvd. She 

can be reached at 941-504-8083. 

■ The Florida Public Relations 

Association’s Central West Coast 

Chapter has announced that 

Elise Ramer, APR has earned her 

Certified Public Relations Counselor 

(CPRC) credential. 

Ramer, MBA, 

APR, CPRC, is the 

Senior Director of 

Public Relations 

for Premier Sotheby’s 

International 

Realty and 

oversees public 

relations efforts 

for the company’s 

40 offices and 

Elise Ramer 

1,400 associates throughout Florida 

and North Carolina. 

Ramer’s public relations career 

spans almost 20 years and her 

scope of experience includes 

commercial construction, 

consumer electronics, food and 

beverage, home services, luxury 

brands, residential and commercial 

real estate. She earned her 

accreditation in public relations 

(APR) in 2019.Ramer has been an 

FPRA member since 2008 and is a 

past president of the Central West 

Coast chapter and served five 

consecutive terms as the chapter’s 

Director of Image Awards. 

The Central West Coast Chapter 

of the Florida Public Relations Association 

meets monthly for professional 

development luncheons 

and networking. Visit www.cwcfpra.com 

for more information. 

Appointments 

■ At the Sarasota County 

Sheriff’s Dept., Corrections 

Deputy Jennifer Shaddix-Barker 

was promoted to Corrections 

Sergeant. Shaddix-Barker was 

hired by the sheriff’s office as a 

booking technician in 2007. Over 

the course of her career, Shaddix-Baker 

has been nominated 

for Employee of the Month nine 

separate times. In 2017, she was 

also nominated for Courts and 

Corrections Deputy of the Year. 

Corrections Deputy Stephanie 

Knapek was promoted to the 

rank of Corrections Sergeant. 

She was hired by the sheriff’s 

office as a booking technician in 

2010 and earned her certification 

in 2016. She was nominated for 

Courts and Corrections Employee 

of the Month in February 2019. 

From left: Corrections Sergeants Stephanie 

Knapek and Jennifer Shaddix-Baker, Emergency 

Operations Manager Jared Winch, Emergency 

Operations Supervisor Cindy Bresse, 

and Sheriff Tom Knight. 

Communication Operator I 

Cindy Bresse was promoted to 

Emergency Operations Supervisor. 

Bresse joined the Sheriff’s Office 

in 2014 as a Communications 

Operator III. After successfully 

completing her training, Bresse 

moved on to become a Communications 

Operator II, and eventually 

a Communications Operator I. 

Emergency Operations Supervisor 

Jared Winch was promoted to 

Emergency Operations Manager. 

Winch joined the sheriff’s office 

in 2004 as a Communications Operator 

III. After one year, he was 

upgraded to a Communications 

Operator II. In 2010, he was promoted 

to Emergency Operations 

Shift Supervisor and in 2014. 

■ Michael Saunders & Company 

has added Jill Kawecki to its 

Bradenton office. Jill grew up in 

a handful of towns along the NJ/ 

NY border, including Oakland 

NJ, Warwick NY, Tuxedo Park NY, 

and Bedford NY. Wanting to escape 

winters up north, Jill moved 

to Bradenton in 2017. Jill can be 

reached at 914-629-0516. 

■ Tanya Orr, Regional Development 

Director for the Boys 

& Girls Clubs of Sarasota and 

DeSoto Counties, was selected 

for the Leadership North Port 

Class of 2020-2021 by the North 

Port Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Orr joined the Boys & Girls 

Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto 

Counties in 2017 as the organization’s 

Community Engagement 

Manager and transitioned into 

the role as Regional Development 

Director in 2019. 

She will join 16 other local 

professionals to examine how 

leadership in the historical, 

geographical, educational, economic, 

government and cultural 

segments work together to perpetuate 

and advance the North 

Port community. 

■ La Musica International Chamber 

Music Festival has announced 

that Joan L. Sussman is its new 

executive director. Sussman is 

an arts marketing 

professional with 

multi-discipline 

experience, extensive 

knowledge of 

the performing 

arts, and a successful 

fundraising 

record. 

Sally Faron, 

Joan L. Sussman president of La 

Musica, stated, “Our friends at The 

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln 

Center recommended 

we speak with Joan 

Sussman. WuHan and 

David Finckel have 

worked with her for 

many years in their annual 

residency at the 

Saratoga Performing 

Arts Center in upper 

New York State. Bruno 

Giuranna, Derek Han 

and I find Joan’s abilities 

and experience 

in the performing arts 

fit our needs perfectly 

and we welcome her 

with great pleasure.” 

Most recently, 

Sussman held the position of 

house manager for Opera Saratoga 

and The Chamber Music Society 

of Lincoln Center. She was 

the vice president of marketing 

for Orlando Ballet, vice president 

of marketing and public relations 

for Charlotte Symphony, director 

of marketing for The Phoenix 

Symphony, and director of marketing 

and public relations for 

New Haven Symphony Orchestra. 

La Musica’s 35th festival season 

will take place in April. For 

more information, visit LaMusicaFestival.org. 

■ All Faiths Food Bank has 

announced its 2021 board of 

directors. The 2021 officers are: 

Ben Hanan, chair; Terri Vitale, 

vice chair; Paul Cantor, treasurer; 

Patricia Courtois, secretary; 

and Nelle Miller, immediate past 

chair. Members are: Tom Bernstein, 

Tomas Dinverno, Dennis 

Doughty, Lisa Keverian-Press, 

Barton Lowther, Keith Monda, 

Hal Munter, Neal Vorchheimer 

and Elton White. 

All Faiths Food Bank Chair of the 

Board Ben Hanan (left) and new 

All Faiths Food Bank Board Member 

Lisa Keverian-Press 

New to the board this year is 

Keverian-Press, a CERTIFIED 

FINANCIAL PLANNER who 

serves as a Senior Investment 

Consultant for Baird. For more, 

visit allfaithsfoodbank.org or call 

941-379-6333. 

Board News 

■ Hershorin Schiff Community 

Day School has announced its 

2020-2021 board of trustees. Cochairs 

of the board are Mitch Blumenthal 

and Rachel Saltzberg, 

Robert Landman is Treasurer, 

and Stacey Edelman is Secretary. 

Trustees are David Chessler, Andrew 

Cohen, Gregory Farrington, 

Ph.D, Rev. Kelly Fitzgerald, Rabbi 

Elaine Glickman, Wilma Hamilton, 

Dr. Wendy Katz, Lillian 

Lincoln Lambert, and Betty 

Rosenthal. Richard Hershorin is 

a Lifetime Member. 

New to the board this year is 

Barbara Rodkin. Barbara and 

her husband, Gary, became 

Community Day School Head of 

School Dan Ceaser (left) with board 

Co-Chairs Rachel Saltzberg and 

Mitch Blumenthal 

visionary donors to Community 

Day School’s “Owning Our 

Future” campaign, in support of 

the move to its new campus for 

the 2021-2022 school year as well 

as annual needs over the coming 

five years. Rodkin worked with 

children and their families in 

both clinical and educational settings 

in the many cities she and 

her family have lived. The Rodkins 

contribute significantly to 

Rutgers as well as support causes 

including Feeding America and 

its local affiliate, All Faiths Food 

Bank, the Sarasota Memorial 

Hospital Foundation, and the 

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Specialty 

Clinic. 

For more about Community 

Day School, visit communityday. 

org or call 941-552-2770. 

■ There’s a new slate of officers 

and directors on the board of The 

Jewish Federation of Sarasota- 

Manatee. As of January 1, 2021, 

new members include Mary 

Collier, Julie Wright Halbert, 

Jaime Marco and Aaron Ruben. 

Anne Spindel was re-elected as 

a director. Board promotions 

include Bruce Udell who will now 

serve as president-elect and succeed 

President Randon Carvel in 

January 2022, and Mark Smotkin 

and Mel Taub as Vice Presidents. 

Cycling off the board are Sepi 

Ackerman, Marsha Eisenberg, 

Linda Lipson and Bunny Skirboll. 

Those officers and directors 

who have been previously elected 

and will continue their Board 

service in 2021 include: Barbara 

Ackerman, Alan Ades, Tom Bernstein, 

Ian Black, Randon Carvel, 

David Chaifetz, Leonard Drexler, 

Lauren Fineman, Roz Goldberg, 

Mary Greenspon, Lewis Hanan, 

Stacy Hanan, Bob Israeloff, David 

Millstone, Michelle Mitchell, 

Joel Morganroth, Michael Ritter, 

Wayne Ruben, Alan Silverglat, 

Lois Stulberg, Peter Wells, Patti 

Wertheimer, Merrill Wynne and 

Larry Zaslavsky. 

For more information, call 941- 

371-4546 or visit www.jfedsrq.org. 

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