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35 

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MARCH 2023 

Angie 

Stringer 

President & CEO of 

Girls Inc. of Sarasota County 

Also in this issue: 

■ City of Sarasota’s 

Cultural Arts Exhibit 

■ EcoWalks Guided Tours 

■ Venice’s Urban Forest 

■ Through Women’s Eyes 

International Film 

Festival 

■ Music al Fresco with 

the Sarasota Orchestra

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Evelyn England 

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Venice’s Urban Forest 

Venice Area Beautification, Inc and hard-working 

volunteers are converting an old CSX railroad corridor 

and “reforesting” it with Florida native vegetation, 

creating a space for bikers, walkers to enjoy. 

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35 

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of publishing WCW! 

Exhibit celebrates 

the City of Sarasota’s 

cultural arts history 

If you’re a history or art buff - or 

maybe both - you’ll enjoy the exhibit 

now on display at Sarasota’s City Hall 

located at 1565 1st St., Sarasota. 

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Happening this month 

Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival 

runs March 9-13 and spotlights fresh voices and 

perspectives in films from around the world. 

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Why Mangroves Matter 

EcoWalks Guided Tours show the many ways these 

trees preserve and protect so many aspects of our 

ecosystem. Try a free guided walk and learn how. 

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departments 

4 editor’s letter 

7 Out & About: listings for things to do 

live and/or online 

11 focus on the arts: 

Sarasota Orchestra’s World Premiere 

14 focus on the arts: 

art exhibit in Sarasota’s City Hall 

16 west coast woman: Angie Stringer, 

Girls Inc. of Sarasota County 

18 focus on the arts: Artist Series Concerts 

21 feature: Venice’s Urban Forest 

22 focus on the arts: music al fresco 

with the Sarasota Orchestra 

24 focus on the arts: Creative Liberties has 

a second artists’ space 

25 happening this month: 

Unifem Film Festival is back 

27 feature: Why Mangroves Matter 

28 dining in: Meatless made easy 

30 What is Craniosacral Therapy? 

■ on the cover: Angie Stringer, President & CEO of Girls Inc. of Sarasota County. 

■ Image: Evelyn England. 

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just some 

thoughts 

Louise Bruderle 

Editor and Publisher 

West Coast Woman 

Angie Stringer 

Angie Stringer 

Photo by Evelyn England 

I’m proud to say we’ve profiled all the CEOs at Girls 

Inc. since WCW began publishing in 1989: Brenda 

Stegall, Alexis Upham, Stefania Feltz and Robin 

Rose. And of course, board member and dynamic, 

lifelong champion of girls, Sherry Watts. 

Angie is someone I’ve known since she was the 

marketing and communications point person at 

Girls Inc. before she left for Children First. But she’s 

back at Girls Inc and has been since 2015. As you’ll 

read, it’s been a challenging stretch, but one with 

ultimate rewards as Girls Inc. has grown and offers 

even more dynamic programming to meet the 

needs of girls and young women. 

Back in October, they were awarded the first ever “Pillar of Inspiration 

Award” from Girls Inc. National. This award celebrates excellence throughout 

the Girls Inc. network and is for an affiliate that is considered “an inspiring, 

supportive leader” within the network. Interestingly, Girls Inc. of Sarasota was 

nominated by several other Girls Inc. affiliates around the U.S. and Canada. 

So it’s perfect to highlight Angie and an organization committed to girls and 

young women during Women’s History Month and during WCW’s 35th anniversary 

month - wow! And speaking of anniversaries, Angie told me that Girls inc. opened 

its doors in 1974-75 meaning that they are now marking their 50th anniversary! 

Their Celebration Luncheon is on April 20 at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium 

girlsincsrq.org/celebration-luncheon/ which is always a wonderful event. 

Another Anniversary and a New Leader 

WCW profiled Lorry Eible 

many years ago and we met 

at her Siesta Key Foxy Lady 

location. I recently read that 

she has owned and operated 

Foxy Lady for 50 years 

now. You may have noticed 

that independent clothing 

stores have disappeared 

for the most part (but not 

completely), but Lorry’s 

stores (St. Armands Circle 

and Siesta Key) are going strong. 

What makes her and her business stand 

out is that she gives great customer service. 

She will “dress” you if you want that 

Lorry 

assistance and she has a great eye for who 

should wear what and how to look stylish. 

Congratulations, Lorry, on 50 years of 

making women look great! 

Cintia Elenstar has been promoted to executive director of UnidosNow, following 

the recent retirement of Luz Corcuera. Elenstar joined the organization in 

2019 and has been groomed for this leadership role over the past three years as 

part of a board-led succession plan. 

Since joining UnidosNow, which specializes in 

supporting Latino students on their path to earning 

a postsecondary credential, Elenstar has helped the 

nonprofit innovate and advance its mission. At the 

onset of the pandemic, she adapted the organization’s 

flagship program, the Future Leadership Academy, 

to a fully online format, ensuring that students’ 

progress toward achieving their academic dreams 

could continue. Elenstar also spearheaded Unidos- 

Now’s College Completion program, which supports 

Cintia Elenstar 

more than 100 first-generation, low-income students 

each year . In addition, she formalized the organization’s mentoring program 

and implemented a donor management system. 

“I am honored to have this opportunity to lead such a dedicated team, and to 

expand and enhance the impact of UnidosNow,” says Elenstar. “I look forward 

to continuing to serve and empower the fast-growing Hispanic/Latinx community 

in our region.” 

UnidosNow offers educational and professional outreach initiatives to the 

Hispanic and Latinx communities in Sarasota and Manatee counties so that 

they can create cycles of opportunity for generations to come. The organization 

achieves this through education initiatives, leadership training, community 

services, and civic engagement. Visit UnidosNow.org for more information 

Last call…love going to museums? 

You might like this class… 

We’re down to just two weeks away to when 

I’ll be lecturing at the Education Center at 

Temple Beth Israel, located at 567 Bay Isles 

Road, Longboat Key (tbi-lbk.org/education-center). 

Get me talking about art and art 

museums and I get all excited and I’m so glad 

I’ll get to share that with like-minded people. 

You can still join me on Tuesday, March 14, 

for “Best Art Exhibits Nationally, Statewide 

and Locally” (#LS10) Zoom is also available 

(#ZALS10). Description: Love to visit art 

museums? Want to know which exhibits are coming up that are “can’t miss?” 

This visual presentation offers a quick overview of upcoming exhibits across 

the U.S., and also in places like Miami and Orlando. Closer to home, we’ll look 

at exhibits in Naples, Tampa, Ft. Myers, and Sarasota. 

It’s a fun class where I have saved you the time of scouring museum sites all 

over the country to cherry pick the best and most unique. So, if you love going 

to museums you’ll enjoy this class. 

One of the pleasures of having done this before is that so many of the attendees 

have traveled to these exhibits already plus can recommend other exhibits. 

Contact the Education Center At Temple Beth Israel at 941-383-8222. 

In this Issue: Taking it Outdoors 

If last month’s WCW had a lot of art exhibits, this issue 

has a focus on the beauty and diversity of the outdoors. 

I did an EcoWalk at Lemon Bay Park recently and a day 

later received a personal tour and progress update on 

the Venice Area Urban Forrest in downtown Venice. 

Much is said these days about traffic, development, 

roundabouts, etc., in Sarasota County, so these two 

forays were a break from the stresses and strains of 

those realities. There’s no stopping the development 

going on,but there are people committed to preserving 

and beautifying open spaces, as well as those expanding 

our understanding of our environment as found in 

county parks. 

The origin of writing about outdoor spaces came 

about due to Covid and I wanted to report on parks 

that were available for people to have something to do that was safe. 

Lemon Bay Park, which I feature in this issue, originally had 48 acres that 

were acquired back in 1986 as part of a bond referendum (ok if you don’t remember 

voting for it) and with additional purchases, it’s now 210 acres 

This past December, Sarasota County acquired 25 acres along the Myakka 

River, near South River Road and South Tamiami Trail, adjacent to the Myakka 

State Forest. The county purchased this land through the Environmentally 

Sensitive Lands Protection Program (ESLPP), which was designed to acquire 

and protect environmental land - meaning no development. 

Coming up in WCW: April Travel Issue 

If you go by traffic at Sarasota International Airport, then 2022 was a very busy 

year. Having flown out in January 2023, I can attest that it’s also 

looking like a very busy start to 2023 as well. 

In 2022, a year marked by Hurricane Ian and 

a winter storm over the Christmas holidays that 

initially disrupted air travel, then fed into a cascade 

of cancellations by the airport’s top carrier, 3.87 

million passengers travelled through the airport— a 

21.6% increase over 2021’s record year of 3.16 

million passengers. 

We’re planning some interesting features 

and travel tips for April and there 

will be no delays or cancelations. 

Louise Bruderle | Editor and Publisher | 

westcoastwoman@comcast.net 

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

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


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out &about 

Special Events 

On April 19, Josh Provides will 

host its 5th annual Interactive 

Dinner & Auction at Michael’s On 

East. Guests can take part in silent 

and live auctions and cook their 

own gourmet meals, guided by 

Michael’s co-owner Phil Mancini 

and Michael’s chef, Jamil Pineda. For 

information, contact Andria Bilan at 

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Safe Children Coalition presents 

2023 Giving Breakfast on March 

23. The inaugural Giving Breakfast 

has four “Champions for Children” 

who will be honored for their contributions 

to caring for children. The 

2023 honorees are: Michele Grimes, 

attorney, Williams Parker Attorneys 

at Law; Rick Oswald, senior vice president, 

CMSA Architects; and Bobbie 

and Floyd Price, Guardian Angels 

of SW Florida. The event takes place 

from 8-9:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East. 

A practicing attorney by day, Grimes 

has spent many years supporting area 

nonprofits, especially those that help 

children. She has served on the boards 

of organizations including Boys & Girls 

Clubs of Sarasota County, the Service 

Club of Manatee County, the Greater 

Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, and 

the Sarasota Bar Association. She also 

chaired the board of the previous Sarasota 

Family YMCA and served as a trustee 

of the YMCA Foundation of Sarasota. 

Oswald has used his architectural 

skills and licensed contractors’ knowledge 

to support Safe Children Coalition 

through thick and thin. Oswald is 

involved in the upcoming Youth Shelter 

project, using his unique ability to 

craft ideas into reality for the benefit of 

homeless youth in our community. 

Bobbie and Floyd Price had a vision 

– along with other caring members of 

the community – to help large sibling 

groups of foster children in Circuit 12. 

That vision has resulted in the on-campus 

Foster Family Homes in Palmetto 

which, in partnership with the Florida 

Baptist Children’s Homes – One More 

Child, has provided loving physical, 

emotional and spiritual care for hundreds 

of foster children ages 0-19. 

Safe Children Coalition is the lead 

agency for community-based care 

for Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto 

counties (Circuit 12), providing foster 

care, adoption, and prevention and 

diversion programs; nearly 9,300 children 

received services last year. Funds 

raised at the event will support these 

programs as well as youth prevention 

services, Schoolhouse Link (for children 

who are homeless or unaccompanied), 

a Youth Shelter, and more. 

For more information, visit sccfl. 

org or contact Jacqueline House, Safe 

Children Coalition’s vice president 

of communications and community 

engagement: jhouse@sccfl.org or 941- 

225-6166. 

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Art in the Park returns for the 

23rd year. Hosted by the University 

Park Country Club, the show features 

over 150 works of art created by 

60 local artists. The pieces range from 

large and small scale original paintings, 

mixed media, photographs, 

sculptures, small prints and beautiful 

notecards. There truly is something 

to satisfy everyone’s taste and budget. 

This year’s show is open to the public 

on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, 

March 12, 10 am to 5 pm. The show is 

indoors and takes place rain or shine. 

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After visiting 

the show, a perfect 

place to have lunch, 

brunch or a glass 

of wine, is at the 

freshly renovated 

club restaurant in 

a beautiful setting 

overlooking the 

lake and championship 

golf course. 

The restaurant 

offers an extensive 

menu, including 

craft cocktails. 

Admission to the 

show is free and 

there is free parking 

at the club. More 

info at artinthe 

parkupcc.com. 

History 

Day in 

The Park 

Takes place 

March 25, 10-5 at 

Phillippi Estate 

Park 5500 S. Trail, 

Sarasota. A day 

for the whole family to raise funds 

for the Interpretive History Center 

which will be housed in the Keith 

Farmhouse, when the Farmhouse is 

fully restored. 

Enjoy the Mansion filled with 

antiques, antique toys and appraisals, 

antique dolls (harkening back to 

when Mae Prodie lived there, while 

she made a fortune designing Barbie 

Doll accessories), authors of Florida 

History in the Library 

Outside, enjoy a children’s circle, 

filled with fun activities for children, 

demos of historic activities by 

the various Historical Groups in the 

county and beyond, music, quilts, 

historic crafts and equipment displays, 

antique cars, plein air painters 

and more. Information: www.facebook.com/HistoryDayinthePark. 

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Circus Sarasota 

presents 25th 

anniversary show 

An international cast of worldclass 

circus artists will thrill audiences 

during Circus Sarasota 2023 show. 

From February 10-March 5, the 

Circus Arts Conservatory is proud 

to present “Circus Sarasota Legacy: 

25th Anniversary Show” under the 

Ulla Searing Big Top at Nathan Benderson 

Park. This celebratory production 

will feature outstanding circus 

artists from around the world as well 

as a couple of Sarasota natives/local 

favorites. The closing act is a duo 

from Ukraine: the CAC has joined 

other members of the Global Alliance 

of Circus Schools in supporting 

circus artists from Ukraine by sponsoring 

visas and providing performance 

opportunities as the war with 

Russia rages on. Visit CircusArts.org 

or call (941) 355-9335. 

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ArtCenter Manatee 

March brings the International 

Society of Watercolor Artists Florida 

USA and the Florida Suncoast 

Watercolor Society Annual Aqueous 

Exhibit on display through March 

21. Opening reception is on March 2, 

5-7pm. In the Kellogg Gallery. Admission: 

$5. 

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Art Uptown Gallery has “Maro Lorimer: Peace Time” through March 24. Art 

Uptown Gallery, 1367 Main Street gallery. www.artuptown.com 

For a complete list of exhibits, 

classes and events, visit ArtCenter- 

Manatee.org. 

Sarasota Jazz 

Festival 

This year’s festival runs March 

13-18 at Nathan Benderson Park. The 

venue, a big top tent, will be arranged 

to seat roughly 1,400 concertgoers. 

The main tent shows will feature an 

array of nationally recognized talent. 

First-time Program Director Terell 

Stafford, a successful trumpeter and 

bandleader, has crafted a formidable 

lineup that sees jazz through a 

wide-angle lens. This includes the 

long-time festival mainstay, world-acclaimed 

pianist and composer Dick 

Hyman, along with jazz-funk bassist 

Marcus Miller as well as the contemporary-minded 

vocalist Lizz Wright. 

Saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera covers 

the Latin side, and pianist Christian 

Sands represents a new era in an 

enduring jazz form: the piano trio. 

Sarasota Jazz Festival Lineup 

• March 14: Jazz Trolley Pub Crawl: 

10 locations, 10 bands, 5 trolleys. 

• March 15: Main Stage Concert: 

Christian Sands Trio (6 p.m.); Lizz 

Wright Band (8 p.m.). Nathan Benderson 

Park. 

• March 16: Jazz Film Series: “The 

Benny Goodman Story,” Burns Court 

Cinema 


Allen Carmen Project with Gumbi 

Ortiz (6 p.m.); Marcus Miller Band (8 

p.m.). Nathan Benderson Park. 

• March 17: Jazz Film Series: “Miles 

Davis: Birth of the Cool.” Burns 

Court Cinema. 

• March 17: Main Stage Concert: Dick 

Hyman & Diego Figueiredo (6 p.m.); 

Kurt Elling Superblue Band featuring 

Charlie Hunter (8 p.m.). Nathan 

Benderson Park. 

• March 17: Late Night Open Jam 

Session: La Lucha. Nathan Benderson 

Park 


Houston Person & Charlie Monaco 

(6 p.m.); Paquito D’Rivera (8 p.m.). 

Nathan Benderson Park. 

• March 18: Late Night Open Jam 

Session: Synia Carroll Band. Nathan 

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Benderson Park. 

Ticket and event 

information are 

available on SarasotaJazzFestival. 

com. 

Musica 

Sacra 

Next up is 

Magnificat by 

John Rutter and 

other smaller 

works. The concert 

is on April 

17 and conducted 

by Dr. 

Robert Parrish. 

Tickets and Info: 

www.musicasacrasarasota.org. 

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La 

Musica 

Coming up: 

Voices of the 

Americas on 

March 13, 7:30 

p.m. at Riverview 

Performing 

Arts Center. Directly from the Chamber 

Music Society of Lincoln Center 

stage, this program opens and closes 

with classics by Aaron Copland and 

George Gershwin. In between are 

short personal statements inspired 

by the composers’ relationship to 

religion, their interpretation to native 

folk music, and the deeply intimate 

reaction to the death of a friend. Take 

a trip in sound from the pulsating 

dance hall to the quieter prayer in this 

exploration of music from the Americas 

in the 20th century. 

Performers: Jessica Rivera, 

soprano; Michael Stephen Brown, 

Gilles Vonsattel, pianos; Nicholas 

Canellakis, cello; Ian David Rosenbaum, 

percussion. 

Music selections: Copland El Salón 

México for Piano and Percussion; Bernstein 

Three Meditations from Mass for 

Cello, Piano, and Percussion; Ginastera 

“Chacarera” from Cinco canciones 

populares argentinas for Voice and 

Piano, op. 10, Chávez: “North Carolina 

Blues” for Voice and Piano; Ginastera 

“Gato” from Cinco canciones 

populares argentinas for Voice and 

Piano, op. 10; Ponce “Estrellita” for 

Voice and Piano; Bernstein “I Feel 

Pretty” and “Somewhere” from West 

Side Story for Voice and Piano; Golijov 

Mariel for Cello and Marimba; Villa-Lobos 

“A maré encheu” and “O polichinelo” 

from Guia prático for Piano; 

Ginastera Pampeana no. 2, Rhapsody 

for Cello and Piano, op. 21; León “Oh 

Yemanja” from Scourge of Hyacinths 

for Soprano, Cello, and Piano 

Gershwin Cuban Overture for 

Piano, Four Hands, and Percussion 

https://www.lamusicafestival.org/ 

festival/concerts-events. 

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Venice Symphony 

Next up is A Celtic Celebration 

on March 17-18. The guest artist is 

vocalist and harpist Orla Fallon, 

an original member of the popular 

group Celtic Woman. Highlights 

include Percy Granger’s exuberant 

Molly on the Shore, music 

from Riverdance and Symphony No. 

3 in F Minor, known as the “Irish,” by 

Charles Villiers Stanford. 

Tickets: www.thevenicesymphony.org. 

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Ring Sarasota 

Ring Sarasota performs on 

March 12 at Bee Ridge Presbyterian 

Church, Sarasota and on March 19 

at Roser Memorial Church on Anna 

Maria Island. 

These musicians offer a combination 

of entertainment, education, and 

community engagement. Dedicated to 

enhancing handbell ringing as an art 

form, the Sarasota‐based group under 

the direction of former Navy bandleader 

Rick Holdsworth showcases 

over 200 individual handbells and 

handchimes rung by a large ensemble 

of ringers to create a symphony of 

sound with special effects mimicking 

the piccolo, percussion, trombone, 

and even the Tibetan singing bowl. 

Ring Sarasota attracts member ringers 

from as far north as Tampa Bay and as 

far south as Fort Myers. 

For more information about Ring 

Sarasota, visit RingSarasota.org. 

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Sarasota Ballet 

Program 6 runs March 24-25 at 

the Van Wezel for Johan Kobborg’s 

production of August Bournonville’s 

iconic full-length romantic ballet 

with La Sylphide. 

A crown jewel of Danish ballet, 

Bournonville’s La Sylphide recounts a 

narrative of a Scottish man, betrothed 

to a local woman, becoming entranced 

by the vision of a sylph, and the ensuing 

chaos as he is torn between two 

romances. Kobborg’s production preserves 

the source material’s dramatic 

potency while reinvigorating the choreography 

and designs and maintaining 

a thoroughly Danish flair. 

This production has become one of 

the preeminent versions of Bournonville’s 

ballet and has been performed 

by companies across the world including 

The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi 

Ballet. Tickets: www.SarasotaBallet. 

org or call 941-359-0099. 

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Artist Series 

Concerts of 

Sarasota 

Daniel Solowey, clarinet, and 

Milana Strezeva, piano, perform on 

March 5, 4 p.m. and March 6, at the 

Fischer/Weisenborne Residence. 

Solowey is the son of two Sarasota 

Orchestra musicians and was featured 

on NPR’s From the Top where he was 

a Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist award 

winner at age 17. He is currently a member 

of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. 

Michelle Cann, piano, performs on 

March 7 at the Historic Asolo Theater. 

Winner of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of 

Excellence recognizing extraordinary 

classical Black and Latinx musicians, 

Cann made her orchestral debut at age 

14 and has since performed as a soloist 

with numerous orchestras including 

The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland 

Orchestra, and The Cincinnati 

Symphony Orchestra. Her program 

includes repertoire by Florence Price, 

whose music Cann has championed. 

Samantha Bennett, violin, performs 

on March 23 at the Sarasota Yacht 

Club. Principal second violin of Sarasota 

Orchestra and co-artistic director 

of ensembleNEWSRQ, Bennett has become 

one of the most visible and versatile 

classical musicians in the community 

since arriving here in 2015. 

In this program of music that has 

inspired her career, she will perform 

works by Prokofiev and Berio, and the 

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out and about continued 

Chaconne of JS Bach. 

Lin Ye, piano, with principal string 

musicians from Sarasota Orchestra, 

will perform on March 26. It will have 

been three years since Lin Ye wowed 

Sarasota audiences in two sold out 

programs. Having performed in prestigious 

venues worldwide, the former 

Artist Series Concerts prizewinner 

returns to Sarasota with a program of 

piano concertos by Chopin, Mozart, 

and Bach. 

Feder Duo—Cheryl Losey Feder, 

harp, and Abraham Feder, cello, will 

perform on April 9, 4 p.m. at Temple 

Sinai, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, 

Sarasota. 

Losey and Feder began their orchestral 

careers on the same day in 2008 as 

they both assumed principal positions 

in the Sarasota Orchestra. He introduced 

himself as she was tuning her 

harp, and the rest is history. He is now 

assistant principal cellist of the Detroit 

Symphony and she a sought-after soloist, 

chamber musician and recording 

artist. They return to Sarasota for a 

program of music for harp and cello, 

including their own transcriptions of 

music by Bach and Johann Strauss, Jr. 

Visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org or 

call 941-306-1202. 

Choral Artists 

The Choral Artists of Sarasota 

has The Children’s March: An oratorio 

by Philadelphia composer Andrew 

Bleckner, which takes you on a journey 

to an historical event during the 

Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. Incorporating 

traditional African-American 

styles and spirituals, the work shows 

the incivility of segregation through 

the innocence and optimistic spirit 

of children. Guest artist: J. Warren 

Mitchell, tenor and Choral Artists 

soloists Maiya Stevenson, soprano; 

Amy Jo Connours, alto; Krista Laskowski, 

mezzo-soprano; Baron Garriott, 

tenor; John Whittlesey, baritone 

and Jesse Martin, baritone. Narrated 

by Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Held 

on March 5, 7 p.m., at Church of the 

Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. 

Next up is Bach Du Hirte Israel, 

höre (Shepherd of Israel, hear us) Cantata, 

BWV 104 and Mozart Requiem, 

K.626: Passages of life expressed 

through the beauty of majestic choral 

music: Bach’s pastoral setting of 

the Twenty-third Psalm paired with 

Mozart’s Requiem, a poignant and 

dramatic contemplation of eternity. 

Guest artists: Adelaide Boedecker, 

soprano; Laurel Semerdjian, alto; 

John Kaneklides, tenor; William 

Socolof, bass. Held on April 16, 7 

p.m., at Church of the Redeemer, 222 

S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota. 

For tickets, visit www.ChoralArtists 

Sarasota.org or call 941-387-4900. 

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The Sarasota 

Orchestra 

Great Escapes: American Vibes 

March 8-12 at Holley Hall with John 

Gennaro Devlin, conductor performing 

• Masterworks: Emperor. March 

16-19 has Paul Daniel, conductor 

with Behzod Abduraimov, piano 

performing Beethoven – Piano 

Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) Prokofiev – 

Symphony No. 5 

• Sphinx Virtuosi: Songs for Our 

Times is on March 26, Holley Hall 

Sphinx Virtuosi, guest artists. 

• Masterworks: A Hero’s Life March 

31-April 2 at the,Van WezelCarlos 

Miguel Prieto, conductor |Gil 

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Shaham, violin Sarah Gibson 

– Virginia B. Toulmin 

Foundation Commission; 

Korngold – Violin Concerto 

and R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben. 

For information, visit www. 

Sarasota Orchestra.org. 

Sarasota Orchestra’s 

Free Parks Concerts continues. 

Taking place in a variety 

of venues in Sarasota and 

Manatee counties, the series 

showcases musicians of the 

Orchestra in a chamber music 

setting. While all performances 

are family-friendly, the season 

includes two playground 

appearances geared toward 

the youngest of listeners 

Capacity at the outdoor 

venues is limited. Admission 

is free at all locations, but it’s 

recommended you register to 

reserve a space. Registration 

links can be found at Sarasota 

Orchestra.org. 

• Sarasota Orchestra’s Free 

Parks Concerts takes place in 

a variety of venues in Sarasota 

and Manatee counties. The series 

showcases musicians of the Orchestra 

in a chamber music setting. Capacity 

at the outdoor venues is limited. 

Admission is free, but register to 

reserve a space at SarasotaOrchestra. 

org. Next up: Nathan Benderson Park 

Pavilion, Sarasota Brass Quintet on 

March 26 at 2:30pm. Information: 

www.Sarasota 

Orchestra.org. 

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Sarasota Art 

Museum 

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling 

College presents Richard Benson: 

The World Is Smarter Than You Are, 

on view through May 7. Benson was 

an American photographer, printer, 

and educator. Organized by the Philadelphia 

Museum of Art, The World 

Is Smarter Than You Are is the first 

in-depth survey of Benson’s own 

photography. 

The exhibition includes approximately 

100 works that convey Benson’s 

pathfinding exploration of photographic 

processes, his embrace of 

technologies old and new, and his deep 

empathy for his human subjects as well 

as the objects and environments they 

have built. Including prints from the 

late 1960s until shortly before Benson’s 

death in 2017, the exhibition traces his 

ever-evolving quest for prints. 

Benson was a gifted and celebrated 

teacher, was also a beloved professor 

and dean at Yale University. The Sarasota 

presentation of the exhibition 

includes a selection of artworks on paper 

by 10 notable artists who studied 

and worked with him at Yale: Dawoud 

Bey, Lois Conner, Jen Davis, An-My 

Lê, John Lehr, Andrea Modica, Arthur 

Ou, John Pilson, Caitlin Teal Price, and 

Sarah Stolfa. 

Sarasota Art Museum is located at 

1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Information: 

SarasotaArtMuseum.org. 

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At The Hermitage 

Hermitage Major Theater Award 

Winner Madeleine George will speak 

with Hermitage audiences in “Comedy 

and Community” on March 10. 

Like her work on Hulu’s hit television 

series “Only Murders in the Building,” 

or her plays Hurricane Diane and the 

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Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has Lin Ye, piano, 

with principal string musicians from Sarasota 

Orchestra on perform on March 26 with a program of 

piano concertos by Chopin, Mozart, and Bach. 

ArtistSeriesConcerts.org 

Pulitzer Prize finalist The (Curious 

Case of the) Watson Intelligence, her 

commission-in-process promises to 

tackle cultural and systemic mores 

all in the high stakes world of amateur 

bowling. George will share prior 

work and discuss her goals for the new 

HMTA commission, as well as how she 

hopes it will help to build and enhance 

a sense of community. 

• Sofía Rocha, the 2022 recipient of 

the Hermitage Prize in Composition 

presented at the Aspen Music Festival 

and School, shares her original musical 

compositions as part of the Hermitage 

“Sunsets @ Selby Gardens” series in 

“Making Musical Waves.” Rocha grew 

up in Naples and has studied and presented 

work across the United States 

with noted ensembles such as JACK 

Quartet, DeCoda, loadbang, and Brentano 

String Quartet, among others. 

For this musical program on March 

16 at 6:30 pm, the Hermitage is partnering 

with the Venice Symphony 

and the Pops Orchestra to offer live 

performances of this next-generation 

composer’s nuanced and evocative 

work, all with unique insights from 

the creator, set against the backdrop 

of the botanical gardens. 

Nearly all Hermitage programs are 

free and open to the public (with a $5/ 

person registration fee). Due to capacity 

limitations and social distancing, 

registration is required. 

• The Hermitage is also having “HER- 

MITAGE TURNS 20: Andy Sandberg 

& Broadway Friends in Concert” on 

March 20 at the Van Wezel. Hermitage 

Artistic Director and CEO Andy 

Sandberg takes to the stage to sing 

a concert alongside Broadway guest 

stars to celebrate the Hermitage’s 

20th Anniversary Season and to raise 

funds for the Hermitage following the 

impact of Hurricane Ian. Sandberg 

will be accompanied by Hermitage 

Fellow and 2023 Grammy Award 

nominee Rona Siddiqui. 

Tickets: HermitageArtistRetreat.org. 

Sarasota Opera 

The 2023 Winter Opera Festival 

continues. 

• Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. 

A young geisha known affectionately 

as Madama Butterfly is 

swept off her feet by an American 

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Naval officer. Left with a 

promise that he would return 

one day, Butterfly waits faithfully 

for three years, but is 

met with heartbreak in one of 

opera’s most enduring tragedies. 

March 10, 15, 21(m), 

and 24. Madama Butterfly 

was last seen in 2017. 

• Don Giovanni by Wolfgang 

Amadeus Mozart. 

Mozart’s most famous opera 

is a comic and tragic masterpiece. 

Set in 17th century 

Spain, this tale of obsession, 

betrayal, crime, and retribution 

centers around the 

infamous lover Don Juan, 

who leaves a path of broken 

hearts wherever he goes. 

March 8, 12(m), 18, and 25. 

• Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi. 

The bandit Ernani has lost 

his land, wealth, and title, 

and faces competing suitors, 

including the king, as he 

pursues his true love, Elvira. 

One of the greatest of Verdi’s 

early works, Ernani encompasses 

love, honor, and tragedy 

with passionate choruses, 

emotional arias, and an exciting 

score. March 11, 14, 16, 18(m), 22, 

and 26(m). 

• Thérèse by Jules Massenet. A love 

triangle during the French Revolution 

is the setting for this rarely heard 

work. Thérèse is torn between love for 

her former lover and her affection and 

duty towards her husband. Moments 

of lyrical beauty are punctuated by 

the drama of the “Reign of Terror.” 

March 17, 19(m), 21, 23, and 25(m). 

For tickets, visit SarasotaOpera.org 

or call (941) 328-1300. 

Art Galleries 

Art Uptown Gallery has “Maro 

Lorimer: Peace Time” through 

March 24 . Experience paintings 

that sweep the viewer away from this 

world into a peaceful sense of floating 

above an unspoiled coastal environment. 

In addition to the artist’s 

signature serene horizon paintings, 

a new series of dynamic abstract curving 

shorelines will be presented. 

Meet the artist at the First Friday 

reception on March 3 from 6-9 p.m. 

Lorimer also will be at the gallery on 

March 4 from 11- 5, & March 10 from 6-9. 

Art Uptown Gallery: 1367 Main Street 

gallery. Info: www.artuptown.com 

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Ringling College Galleries 

presents Lost Summer; a collection 

of landscape paintings created 

by Ringling College Alumna, Lee 

Mayer (Commercial Art 72’). In this 

collection of small and mid-scale 

paintings, Mayer explores the light, 

nature, harmony, and color of the 

natural beauty of Canadian summers. 

Runs to March 17. 

Ringling College of Art + Design, 

Patricia Thompson Gallery is located 

on the first floor of the Keating Center, 

2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 

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Sarasota Orchestra’s Harmony 

Gallery has a Booker High School 

Exhibition. Booker VPA visual art 

students will present a collection of 

two-dimensional artwork from various 

genres. Runs through April 3. 

Public reception: March 22, 5-6:30 pm. 

The Harmony Gallery is at Beatrice 

Friedman Symphony Center at 709 

North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Exhibitions 

are free and open to the public. 

Visit www.sarasotaorchestra.org. 

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Island Gallery West presents 

“Serene Scapes” by featured artist for 

March Terri Westbrook. Westbrook 

is a painter whose style leans toward 

impressionism, working primarily in 

pastel media. She is inspired by the 

places she has traveled to and lived, 

including Charleston, SC, Anna Maria 

and the Florida Panhandle. 

Terri discovered late in life her 

love and talent for creating. She has 

learned the basic principles of art and 

the nuances of pastel art only in recent 

years from online and in-person 

instruction. The focus of her paintings 

is primarily scenes in nature, particularly 

landscapes and waterscapes, 

with surprising use of color. 

Art Walk reception is on Friday, 

March 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Meet 

Terri and other artist members, enjoy 

drinks and bites and live music. Terri 

will be raffling off one of her pastel 

paintings. 

Come in to meet the artist in person, 

Wednesday, March 25 from 11 

am to 2 pm. Terri will be in the gallery 

to answer questions and share 

her insights and inspirations for her 

Serene Scapes. 

Island West Gallery is located at 5368 

Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, Trolley 

Stop 15, on Anna Maria Island. Visit 

www.islandgallerywest.com or call 

941-778-6648. 

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Sarasota Concert 

Association 

English Chamber Orchestra performs 

on March 12. The most recorded 

chamber orchestra in the world, 

the London-based English Chamber 

Orchestra presents a program of Elgar, 

Mozart and Haydn. 

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 

with JoAnn Falletta, performs on 

March 27. Falletta leads the Grammy 

Award-winning orchestra in Dvořák’s 

Symphony No. 7, and Mendelssohn’s 

Violin Concerto featuring violinist 

Sandy Cameron. All concerts are at 

the Van Wezel. To purchase tickets, 

visit www.SCAsarasota.org. 

The Sarasota Concert Association 

also has its Music Matinees concert 

series. These free noon-time concerts 

showcase regional musicians performing 

a variety of musical styles, including 

classical and folk music. Next 

up: Hein Jung, soprano and Gregorios 

Zamparas, piano, on March 17, noon. 

Program includes Claude Debussy 

– Nuit d’etoiles; Reynaldo Hahn – A 

Chloris; Jae Min Jung – How sweet the 

Water Is; George Gershwin – Summertime 

from Porgy and Bess and 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – O zittre 

nicht from The Magic Flute. 

Pre-registration required at 

SCAsarasota.org. Performances are 

at David Cohen Hall in the Beatrice 

Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N. 

Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 

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Chamber Orchestra 

of Sarasota 

The Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota 

has its final concert of the season 

on March 23 at First Presbyterian 

Church. The program includes music 

by five Jewish composers in celebration 

of the 75th Anniversary of the 

founding of the State of Israel. 

Levenberg’s “Hasidic Scene” features 

concertmaster Christina Adams. 

Aslanyan’s “Trumpet Concertino” 

features trumpeter Robert Smith. 

Levenberg and Aslanyan are living 

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Theater... Music... Visual Art... Literature... Dance... 

where it all begins. 

941-306-1202 

ArtistSeriesConcerts.org 

Ever Onward Season 27 

MICHELLE CANN, piano 

March 7, 7:30 pm 

Historic Asolo Theater 

Winner of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of 

Excellence recognizing extraordinary 

classical Black and Latinx musicians, 

and the 2022 Andrew Wolf Chamber 

Music Award, Cann’s program includes 

repertoire by Florence Price, whose 

music she has championed. 

SAMANTHA BENNETT, violin 

March 23 

11 am performance followed by lunch 

Sarasota Yacht Club 

In this program of music that has 

inspired her career, Samantha Bennett 

leads us on a journey through the 

centuries, performing works by 

Prokofiev and Berio, as well as perhaps 

the most famous unaccompanied violin 

piece of all, the Chaconne of JS Bach. 

HERMITAGE TURNS 20: 

ANDY SANDBERG & Broadway Friends in CONCERT 

Monday, March 20 th 

7:30 pm 

at the Van Wezel 

A BENEFIT CONCERT 

FOR HERMITAGE HURRICANE REPAIRS 

Tickets start at just $25! 

To celebrate the 20 th Anniversary Season of this leading national 

arts incubator, Hermitage Artistic Director Andy Sandberg 

returns to his roots as a performer to sing a benefit concert to 

raise funds for the Hermitage Artist Retreat following the impact 

of Hurricane Ian. 

Sandberg – a director, writer, performer, and Tony Award-winning 

producer – will perform an evening of songs alongside 

celebrated Broadway stars with music direction by 

2023 Grammy nominee and Hermitage Fellow Rona Siddiqui. 

BROADWAY STARS COME TOGETHER IN SARASOTA 

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! 

This project is supported in part by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County; Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, 

the Florida Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida (Section 286.25 Florida Statutes); The Exchange; Gulf Coast Community Foundation; 

National Endowment for the Arts; the Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues; and the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. 

Love Going to Museums? 

Want to know which exhibits 

are “can’t miss?” 

Tony Award Nominee 

JEANNETTE 

BAYARDELLE 

Girl from the North Country, 

Hair, Shida 

Tony Award Nominee 

LAURA BELL 

BUNDY 

Legally Blonde, Hairspray, 

“Anger Management” 

Drama Desk Award Winner 

JAY ARMSTRONG 

JOHNSON 

Parade, On the Town, 

ABC’s “Quantico” 


Join me for a fun and fast-paced lecture at The Education Center 

at Temple Beth Israel on Longboat Key 

Date: Tuesday, March 14 

Lecture: “Best Art Exhibits Nationally, Statewide and Locally” 

(#LS10) Zoom is also available (#ZALS10) 

Description: Love to visit art museums? Want to know which 

exhibits are coming up that are “can’t miss?” This visual 

presentation offers a quick overview of upcoming exhibits across the 

U.S., and also in places like Miami and Orlando. Closer to home, we’ll 

look at exhibits in Naples, Tampa, Ft. Myers, and Sarasota. 

Lucille Lortel Award Winner 

LESLIE RODRIGUEZ 

KRITZER 

Beetlejuice, A Catered Affair, 

“Bridge and Tunnel” 

featuring Sarasota’s own 

ANN 

MORRISON 

Merrily We Roll Along, 

LoveMusik 

Grammy Award Nominee 

RONA 

SIDDIQUI 

Music Director for 

A Strange Loop 

A spring 

exhibition at the 

Metropolitan 

Museum of Art 

will focus on van 

Gogh’s fascination 

with the flamelike 

cypress trees, seen 

in “Wheat Field 

With Cypresses’’ 

(1889), during his 

years in the South 

of France. The 

Metropolitan 

Museum of Art, 

New York 

Education Center At Temple Beth Israel 

567 Bay Isles Rd., Longboat Key • 941-383-8222 

www.tbieducationcenter.org 

ANDY SANDBERG 

FOR TICKETS ($25, $50, $75, $250): 

Online: HermitageArtistRetreat.org 

Phone: (941) 263-6799 

In Person: Van Wezel Box Office, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 



Israeli composers. The program opens 

with Mendelssohn’s youthful String 

Sinfonia No. 10. Gershwin’s “Lullaby” 

rounds out the program. Bloch’s 

masterful “Concerto Grosso for String 

Orchestra and Piano Obbligato” with 

Ann Stephenson-Moe concludes the 

concert and the season. Chamber 

Orchestra to showcase pianist Joseph 

Kingma in Virtuoso Night. 

The Chamber Orchestra will conclude 

its 2022-2023 season on Thursday, 

March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at First 

Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St., 

Sarasota, with “Celebration.” The 

concert will feature the music of five 

Jewish composers, in honor of the 

75th anniversary of the founding of the 

State of Israel. The orchestra will perform 

compositions by Mendelssohn, 

Gershwin and Bloch, plus the U.S. premieres 

of works by Israeli composers 

Boris Levenberg and Noubar Aslanyan. 

For tickets, visit chamberorchestra 

sarasota.org/ or call 219-928-8665. 

At The Ringling 

The Ringling has June Clark: Harlem 

Quilt on view through March 26. 

June Clark’s solo exhibition at The 

Ringling marks the Harlem Quilt’s 

first presentation at a US museum 

since its unveiling at the Studio Museum 

in New York City in 1997. It is a 

re-introduction to this immersive 

installation, which consists of over 

three hundred individual pieces of 

fabric, each with a black-and-white 

photo transferred onto its surface. 

Clark left Harlem for Canada at the 

height of New York City’s riots and political 

unrest of the late 1960s. Once in 

Toronto, the artist began making photographs 

and co-founded the Women’s 

Photography Co-op in 1972. Her dedication 

to photography was recognized 

in an artistic residency at the Studio 

Museum in Harlem from 1996 –1997 

where Clark produced her seminal 

piece Harlem Quilt. In Harlem for the 

residency and coming to terms with 

being home, Clark made photographs 

of street scenes, building facades, people, 

and store windows in New York 

City neighborhoods between 110th and 

168th streets. Harlem Quilt expresses 

the artist’s deep love and sensibility for 

Harlem’s community through a unique 

method of quilt-making where a lightbulb 

above each image creates a sense 

of intimacy and commemoration. 

Works by Clark on canvas and paper 

ranging from 1994 to 2022 are also 

presented in this exhibition. They offer 

an engagement with issues affecting 

Black communities in Canada and 

the United States and allow a broader 

understanding of Clark’s oeuvre as a 

record of social history. 

• Also at The Ringling: Gods & Lovers: 

Paintings and Sculpture from India. 

On a smaller, much more intimate 

scale, The Ringling’s recently opened 

Gods & Lovers: Paintings and Sculpture 

from India in the Center for Asian 

Art’s Pavilion Gallery provided a rare 

opportunity to get up close to works 

from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries 

from a variety of cultures in 

India (along with a few much older 

pieces from John Ringling’s original 

collection). You do want to get close, 

to study the details of these “miniatures,” 

many originally intended for 

elite patrons to browse in privacy and 

designed as book leaves and such. On 

view through May, 2023. 

The John and Mable Ringling 

Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 

Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. 

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Theatre 

Sarasota Players has 

Godspell, March 9-19. 

Godspell touches on the 

parables and wisdom that 

grapple with maybe the 

most important mystery 

of all. It was the first major 

musical theatre offering 

from three-time Grammy 

and Academy Award 

winner, Stephen Schwartz 

(Wicked, Pippin, Children 

of Eden), and took the 

world by storm led by the 

international hit, “Day by 

Day.” Godspell features a 

parade of beloved songs, 

including “Prepare Ye the 

Way of the Lord,” “Learn 

Your Lessons Well,” “All 

for the Best,” “All Good 

Gifts,” “Turn Back, O Man” 

and “By My Side.” 

Held at Studio 1130, The Crossings 

at Siesta Key, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, 

Sarasota. Visit www.theplayers.org. 

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Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe 

has “Dreamgirls” which chronicles 

one fictional Motown group’s rise 

from obscurity to superstardom. 

Through gospel, R&B, smooth pop, 

disco and more, Dreamgirls explores 

themes of ambition, hope and betrayal, 

all set in the glamorous and competitive 

world of the music industry. 

Runs through April 9. 

Call the Box Office at 941-366-1505 or 

visit westcoastblacktheatre.org. 

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Asolo Rep has Ken Ludwig’s 

The Three Musketeers which runs 

through March 26. Ludwig’s adaptation 

of the novel by Alexandre Dumas 

tells the tale of a daring young man 

who finds himself in the company of 

the world’s greatest swordsmen, as 

well as some of the world’s most dangerous 

men and women. 

• Chicken & Biscuits runs through 

April 13. This new play introduces us 

to the Jenkins family, as they gather to 

celebrate the life of their beloved and 

recently deceased father and grandfather, 

the Revered Bernard Jenkins. 

When an unexpected guest reveals 

a secret, they all discover that nothing 

brings a family together like a big 

side of drama. This side-splitting new 

Broadway comedy explores the tenderness 

of family, the joy of reconciliation, 

and the nourishing power of love. 

• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual 

Help runs March 15-April 22. Take a 

trip back to 1973 with the Irish Catholic 

O’Shea family in this boisterous 

and moving new memory play introduces 

us to young Linda, as she recalls 

a week she’ll never forget. When Linda’s 

mother instructs her to tell her sister 

about the birds and the bees, things 

quickly snowball into a potential crisis 

after the conversation is overheard by 

the parish priest. Secrets are unintentionally 

revealed, and a quick-witted 

group of women realize what really 

matters as they work to protect their 

family reputation and each other. 

Tickets: asolorep.org. 

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Asolo Conservatory has an 

Inspector Calls through March 12. 

Nothing parallels the excitement of 

watching this suspenseful mystery 

drama. Set on the brink of WWI, this 

thriller has been gripping audiences 

for decades. The Birling family celebration 

is cut short by the arrival of 

the mysterious Inspector Goole. After 

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On March 21, New College of Florida has award-winning 

environmental author Cynthia Barnett who will explore the long, 

rich and surprisingly profound relationship between humans and 

seashells. Visit foundation@ncf.edu 

his scorching investigation, the family 

struggles to return to normal, as every 

corner of their souls has been exposed 

by the blinding light of truth. 

Tickets: asolorep.org. 

The FST Cabaret series has A 

Place in the Sun: A Tribute to Stevie 

Wonder by Jason Cannon, Richard 

Hopkins, and Sarah Durham. Runs 

through March 26 in FST’s Goldstein 

Cabaret. 

• Reel Music by Richard Hopkins, 

Rebecca Hopkins, and Sarah 

Durham runs through June 25. The 

Last Match by Anna Ziegler is a fastpaced 

play diving into the intense 

world of professional sports. Set 

during the semifinals of the U.S. 

Open, The Last Match follows Sergei 

Sergeyev, an up-and-coming Russian 

phenom, and Tim Porter, a great 

American superstar in the twilight 

of his career, during one of the most 

important matches of their careers. 

Plays in FST’s Bowne’s Lab. 

Visit www.floridastudiotheatre.org/ 

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At Venice Theatre: 

• A Showtime Benefit for Venice 

Theatre Rebuild is on March 5 at 

2 p.m., Venice Community Center. 

Enjoy an afternoon of song and 

dance with 100% of the proceeds 

going to help rebuild Venice Theatre. 

Singers from Players Centre 

and Venice Theatre, along with the 

Showtime Dancers and Silver Foxes 

Dancers, will entertain. 

• They also have Back Home Again, 

A Tribute to John Denver with Tom 

Becker, on March 12 at Pine View 

School. Becker, a former member of 

the New Christy Minstrels, recreates 

the style and sound of one of America’s 

best musical storytellers. Hear 

all your favorite John Denver songs. 

• The Brothers Doobie will perform on 

April 17 at 7:30 p.m., Venice Community 

Center. Inspired by the Doobie 

Brothers superior song writing, The 

Brothers Doobie delivers powerful 

harmonies and a fun-filled high-energy 

performance covering a catalog 

of Doobies hits spanning both the 

Johnston and McDonald eras. 

• 50 Years After: A Tribute to the 

Woodstock Generation is on April 

30 at Venice Community Center. 

Featuring South Dakota Rock and 

Roll Hall of Fame artists Uncle Zeek. 

With music by Jimi Hendrix, The 

Doors, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin 

and more. 

venicetheatre.org. 

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ensembleNewSRQ 

Next up in Vortex 

Temporum. enSRQ’s 

journey into the French 

spectral compositional 

movement comes full circle 

with this presentation 

of Gérard Grisey’s “Vortex 

Temporum,” featuring 

Van Cliburn semifinalist 

and frequent enSRQ pianist, 

Han Chen. 

Audiences will witness 

the completion of the arc 

drawn from last season’s 

works (Grisey’s “Stele, 

Périodes” and Philippe 

Hurel’s “Loops II”) with 

Hurel’s musical reflection 

on Grisey’s towering 

presence throughout 

20th-century composition, 

“Tombeau 

in Memoriam Gérard 

Grisey”, and a return 

of enSRQ friend, Nina C. Young’s, “À 

bout de souffle” for solo piano. Held 

March 28 at First Congregational 

Church 1031 S. Euclid Ave., Sarasota. 

For tickets, visit www.ensrq.org. 

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At The Van Wezel 

A sampling of upcoming shows: 

• Pilobolus 50th Anniversary is on 

March 7. The celebration includes 

signature works from vintage classics 

to their trendsetting innovative work 

in shadow. 

• The Mikado is on March 9. The history 

and inspiration for the writing of 

The Mikado is center stage as real-life 

characters of Victorian London’s D’Oyly 

Carte Opera Company combine 

with the imagined setting of Titipu, 

influenced by the art and architecture 

of Japan that had recently reached 

England in the late 19th century. 

• On Your Feet runs March 14-15. It’s 

about Gloria and Emilio Estefan with 

an all-new original musical. Features 

songs of the past quarter-century 

including “Rhythm is Gonna Get You,” 

“Conga,” “Get On Your Feet,” “Don’t 

Want To Lose You Now,” “1-2-3” and 

“Coming Out of the Dark.” 

• Mean Girls – April 11-16. It’s the musical 

from book writer Tina Fey, composer 

Jeff Richmond, lyricist Nell Benjamin 

and director Casey Nicholas. 

The story of a naïve newbie who falls 

prey to a trio of lionized frenemies. 

• Cats runs April 18-20. CATS tells the 

story of one magical night when an 

extraordinary tribe of cats gathers for 

its annual ball to rejoice and decide 

which cat will be reborn. Original 

score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, original 

scenic and costume design by 

John Napier, all-new lighting design 

by Natasha Katz, all-new sound 

design by Mick Potter and new choreography 

by Andy Blankenbuehler. 

Pre-show dining is available through 

Mattison’s at the Van Wezel which is 

located inside the theatre. Reservations 

can be made on VanWezel.org 

or through the box office. 

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New Music 

New College 

March 4 It’s Alive! A Monstrous 

Circus On Frankenstein is taking 

place outdoors on the Koski Plaza 

with performers in the plaza and on 

the balconies of the ACE Academic 

Center. This is a mash-up of John Cage 

and Mary Shelley, using the 1818 text 

of Frankenstein as a basis for Cage’s 

process turning it into a performance. 

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Performance is at 8 p.m. and will last 

about an hour, with no intermission, 

and include a free reception either after 

the concert (in the Sainer lobby) or free 

food during the concert (our outdoors 

events and the two in Club Sudakoff). 

Tickets are $15 to the general public. 

The Thursday before each concert they 

offer a free Artist Conversation, with a 

short performance excerpt followed by 

a general discussion about everyone’s 

reactions and responses. 

Tickets and details at www.newmusicnewcollege.org. 

Lectures 

New College of Florida has its 

New Topics season, with a lineup 

of dynamic regional and national 

speakers covering a broad range of 

topics. Hosted by the New College 

Foundation, the next topic is on 

March 21, The Sound of the Sea: 

Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans 

with Cynthia Barnett. 

Award-winning environmental 

author Cynthia Barnett explores the 

long, rich and surprisingly profound 

relationship between humans and 

seashells. Traveling from Florida to the 

Bahamas to the Maldives, West Africa, 

and beyond, Barnett uncovers the 

ancient history of shells as global currency, 

their use as religious and luxury 

objects, and the rarely appreciated but 

remarkable creatures that make them. 

While shells reveal how humans 

have altered the climate and the sea— 

down to its very chemistry—they are 

also sentinels of hope for coastal adaptation 

for climate change, alternative 

energy and other solutions that lie 

beneath the waves. 

All New Topics events are held at 

Sanier Pavilion on the New College 

campus at 5:30pm. For tickets, visit 

ncf.edu/new-topics. For questions, 

contact the New College Foundation at 

foundation@ncf.edu or 941-487-4800. 

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Sarasota Institute of Lifetime 

Learning’s (SILL) “Global Issues” 

series runs through March 31 

and features experts discussing a 

vast range of domestic and global 

issues. The lectures are presented 

on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and 

Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at the First 

United Methodist Church in Sarasota; 

Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. and Fridays 

at 10 a.m. at the Venice Community 

Center in Venice; and Thursdays at 

5 p.m. at the Cornerstone Church in 

Lakewood Ranch. Lectures will also 

be available for purchase on video. 

The 2023 season features the popular 

“Music Mondays” series, which 

presents performances and lively conversations 

with renowned and emerging 

performers, through March 27, 

on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. at Church 

of the Palms in Sarasota; and Mondays 

at 3 p.m. at Venice Presbyterian 

Church in Venice. 

On March 13, New York-based jazz 

trombonist Conrad Herwig, considered 

one of the world’s top jazz performing 

and composing musicians, 

will perform. To date, he has released 

20 recordings, and has contributed to 

nearly 200 other recording sessions 

with some of the most notable artists 

in jazz, including Miles Davis, Tito 

Puente, Frank Sinatra, Joe Lovano, 

Tom Harrell, among many others. 

March 20 features Catherine 

Wethington, a rising star of a new 

generation of American coloratura 

sopranos, who has dazzled audiences 

in North America and Europe 

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focus on the arts 

Sarah Gibson: 

“Your Voice Is Important” 

Sarasota Orchestra to Give World Premiere 

of Gibson’s New Work 

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Sarah Gibson 

Photo: 

Brandon Rolle 

On Friday, June 24, 2022, the 

day that the United States 

Supreme Court overturned 

Roe vs. Wade, composer 

Sarah Gibson was exploring 

a sculpture garden in her home state of California. 

A massive piece depicting a seated 

woman with windswept hair caught her eye. 

The work by French artist Aristide Maillol, 

titled La Montagne (“The Mountain”), would 

become the inspiration for Gibson’s latest 

work, to make this mountain taller. 

Sarasota Orchestra will debut the piece on 

its final Masterworks concert of the season, 

A Hero’s Life, which runs March 31 through 

April 2 at the Van Wezel. This world premiere 

is a result of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation 

Orchestral Commissions Program, a 

new initiative led by the League of American 

Orchestras, which aims to bring the work of 

women and nonbinary composers to orchestral 

stages across the country. 

“I am thrilled and honored to be a part of 

such a trailblazing commissioning project 

catapulting incredible female voices into the 

classical orchestral world,” says Gibson. “I 

felt instantly inspired to represent strong female 

voices in my piece. I see this piece as 

a journey where, despite being tested, our 

protagonist finds a way to persevere and 

embolden the next generation to continue to 

fight for what they believe in.” 

Gibson’s mother is a self-taught painter, 

and she recalls being surrounded by art and 

encouraged in her creative expression from 

a very early age. Her musical talent quickly 

became apparent once she started taking 

piano lessons at age seven, but her teacher 

noticed that she would often play her own 

music rather than what she was meant to be 

practicing. Gibson’s piano teacher and family 

members began documenting her music 

via tape recorder, which her teacher would 

help notate. Thus, the composer was born. 

Gibson points back to this early exposure to 

creativity and often draws inspiration from 

other artistic mediums in her work today. 

“I always say that whenever I start a piece, 

I want to go to a live concert or art museum, 

or both. I like to have a visual,” Gibson says. 

“I don’t always know exactly what’s going to 

happen, but I think seeing other art forms early 

on in the process gets me excited. I would 

say at least half of my pieces have other artistic 

mediums’ inspiration behind them.” 

to make this mountain taller explores 

the figurative mountains that so many have 

climbed to find success and acceptance, including 

women composers who, throughout 

history, have encountered considerably more 

roadblocks than their male counterparts. 

“I want the piece to feel hopeful, but I also 

want the piece to feel like ‘we’ve got work to 

do,’” the composer says of her latest work. 

“There are parts that feel a little mysterious 

and parts that feel introspective, and then 

there are other parts that can sort of feel like 

‘come on, let’s get the ball rolling,’ like a call 

to action in a way. The end of the piece is 

more of like a ‘we can do it, but we need to 

work’ sort of feel.” 

Gibson notes that, although she’s had incredible 

support throughout her career, in 

school she did not have any composition 

teachers who were women. She recalls one 

pivotal moment in meeting and working with 

renowned composer Jennifer Higdon when 

she was a member of the Atlanta Symphony’s 

Youth Orchestra. 

“I remember coming home bursting with 

excitement and telling my parents I want to 

major in composition,” Gibson says. “At that 

moment, I saw a confident, strong, very talented, 

and incredible female role model and 

thought, ‘I can do that too.’” 

The Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions 

Program paired six composers, 

including Gibson, with 30 orchestras across 

the country to ensure their work will be programmed 

and performed for several seasons 

to come. Throughout the commission process, 

the composers are also provided with 

opportunities to mentor young musicians 

and engage with the host orchestra’s local 

community. Gibson has one major piece of 

advice for other young women who want to 

write music: you have a voice. 

“Your voice is important. If you’re being 

genuine and true to yourself, it will speak,” 

she says. “If I’ve learned anything as a teacher 

and as a performer/composer, it’s that music 

that feels true to the composer is always 

the most clear and the most pure, and it’s 

the most believable. I would say try all the 

things. Push yourself. But if it doesn’t feel 

like you, don’t do it.” 

About the Concert: 

Masterworks 7: A Hero’s Life will be performed 

on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 pm at 

the Van Wezel, Saturday, April 1 at 7:30 

pm at theVan Wezel and Sunday, April 2 at 

2:30 pm at the Van Wezel. 

Tickets available online and through the 

Box Office. Call (941) 953-3434 

or visit SarasotaOrchestra.org 

— Contributor: Chelsey Norris 


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with her “sumptuous coloratura and 

otherworldly pianissimi” (Herald 

Tribune). 

On March 27: With his orchestral 

playing praised as “a rock-solid 

foundation” and his solo playing 

described as being “remarkable for 

both its solid power and its delicacy,” 

Aaron Tindall is the principal tubist 

of the Sarasota Orchestra and is a frequent 

soloist, guest artist/clinician, 

and orchestral tubist throughout the 

United States, Europe, and Asia. 

Visit SillSarasota.org or call 941- 

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Art Classes 

Registration continues for Art 

Center Sarasota’s 2023 adult education 

season, which runs through 

April and features more than 100 

classes, workshops, and open studio 

sessions. 

Classes are offered Monday through 

Saturday and cover a diversity of topics, 

including painting, photography, 

sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, 

and pastel and taught by more than 

25 art instructors. 

To register and for more information, 

visit www.artsarasota.org or call 941- 

365-2032. 

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Local History 

Manatee Village Historical Park 

has Living Off the Land: Florida’s 

Pioneering Efforts to Make a Living. 

The exhibit explores the various ways 

settlers in the mid-1800s through the 

early 1900s took advantage of readily 

available natural resources of the 

land and sea. 

As Manatee County developed 

during the Pioneering Period (1830- 

1918), a number of commercial activities 

grew out of the environmental 

realities people moving into the area 

built upon. One of the earliest brought 

fishermen who set up seasonal camps 

along our shores. These fishermen 

set up semi-permanent Fishing Ranchos 

where they caught and prepared 

schools of mullet and other fish for 

Cuban markets. 

In the 1840s, when the first waves 

of American expansion into the area 

started, sugar production became a 

major economic engine. At its peak, 

there were over a dozen sugarcane 

plantations established within the 

Manatee River area. By the mid-1800s 

and early 1900s, Florida’s population 

was growing along with its economic 

prosperity. With the development of 

steamship lines, connected to the first 

railroads, local businesses began to 

send products to ports and destinations 

around the nation and throughout 

the world. 

Living Off the Land: Florida’s 

Pioneering Efforts to Make a Living 

will be available on-site at Manatee 

Village Historical Park through 

November, 2024. 

Manatee Village Historical Park is 

located at 1404 Manatee Avenue East 

(SR64) in Bradenton, Florida. For more 

information, call 941-749-7165, or 

visit www.manateevillage.org. 

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Art Around 

the State 

At The Dali: the shape of dreams 

through April 30. The Shape of 

Dreams explores 500 years of 

dream-inspired paintings from the 

16th to 20th century, demonstrating 

how artists throughout time have 

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depicted a profound 

yet universal phenomenon 

of human 

experience — the 

dream. The exhibition 

will examine 

how Western artists 

have depicted 

dreams for very 

different audiences 

throughout time, 

exploring the continuity 

and disconnections 

between 

the past and present. 

The exhibition 

features a selection 

of art on loan from 

American institutions, 

including the 

National Gallery of 

Art, Detroit Institute 

of Arts, The New 

Orleans Museum of 

Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, Hirshhorn 

Museum & Sculpture Garden, 

Chicago Art Institute and Metropolitan 

Museum of Art. Several works 

from The Dalí’s permanent collection 

are placed in dialog with these works. 

The exhibition includes some reproductions 

to ensure visitors can experience 

the essential images to our curated 

story of dreams. 

Drawing on the irony that dreams 

are an intense visual sensation most 

often taking place when the eyes are 

closed, the exhibition inspires questions 

about the very nature of reality 

and encourages viewers to examine 

dreams through different lenses — 

psychological, religious and metaphysical. 

Works by Frida Kahlo, Paul 

Delvaux, Pat Steir, Philip Guston, Max 

Beckmann, Lodovico Carracci and 

Odilon Redon, many of which are 

monumental canvases, address manners 

of representation and consider 

how the waking world influences the 

dream. The exhibition seeks to understand 

how these artistic expressions 

shape the imagination. 

Information: thedali.org. 

The Museum of Fine Arts has 

True Nature Rodin And The Age Of 

Impressionism through March 26. 

True Nature presents works by one of 

the most celebrated sculptors of all 

time, side by side with paintings by 

his contemporaries. 

Rodin (1840-1917) created dramatic 

works that are instantly recognizable, 

and pervade our collective 

cultural consciousness. This exhibition 

includes nearly 40 of his masterpieces, 

ranging from intimately 

scaled marble statues to monumental 

bronzes. It offers a remarkably comprehensive 

look at Rodin, placing him 

within the context of the profound 

artistic, cultural, and social changes 

occurring at the end of the nineteenth 

century in France. True Nature also 

explores Rodin’s desire for academic 

recognition, even as he remained at 

the forefront of the avant-garde alongside 

the Impressionists. 

Featuring examples of the artist’s 

most eminent works, such as Saint John 

the Baptist Preaching (1878), and Jean 

d’Aire (1886), this exhibition looks 

beyond Rodin’s popular persona as the 

tormented Romantic genius, revealing 

his extraordinary powers of observation 

and ability to capture emotion and 

movement. True Nature also includes 

major paintings such as Claude Monet’s 

Nympheas (circa 1897-1898), Paul 

Cézanne’s Still Life with Cherries 

and Peaches (1885-1887), and Edgar 

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Degas’s The Bellelli Sisters (1865-1866). 

Consummate photographs, drawings, 

and sculptures by other masters of the 

period also join the exhibition.https:// 

mfastpete.org/exh/rodin-and-the-impressionists/ 

The MFA is at 255 Beach Dr., NE, St. 

Petersburg. Visit mfastpete.org. 

Selby Gardens 

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 

has Seeing the Invisible at its Historic 

Spanish Point campus. The most 

ambitious and expansive show to date 

of contemporary artworks created 

with augmented-reality (AR) technology, 

the exhibition launched last 

year at 12 botanical gardens around 

the world. Selby Gardens is one of 

four inaugural sites that will continue 

to host the show for a second year, 

through September 2023. Six new 

garden and museum sites will join the 

global exhibition in October. 

Seeing the Invisible features works 

by more than a dozen internationally 

acclaimed artists, including Ai Weiwei 

of China, El Anatsui of Ghana, Isaac 

Julien CBE RA of the United Kingdom, 

and Sarah Meyohas of the United 

States. At Selby Gardens’ Historic 

Spanish Point campus, the show’s 13 

AR works are installed in carefully curated 

locations throughout the 30-acre 

preserve. Visitors engage with the art 

through an app that can be downloaded 

to a smartphone or tablet. 

Seeing the Invisible is the first exhibition 

of its kind to be developed 

as a collaboration among botanical 

gardens around the world. The same 

commissioned artworks are placed in 

outdoor settings at the participating 

institutions, creating parallels and 

contrasts between them. The AR nature 

of the exhibition has allowed for 

the creation of expansive, immersive 

works that engage with existing features 

of the natural landscape, going 

beyond the limitations of what is possible 

with physical artworks. 

For more information visit www. 

selby.org. 

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The Venice 

Farmers Market 

Runs October – March: Saturdays 

from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and April 

– September: Saturdays from 8 a.m. 

to Noon 

Fresh Florida-grown produce, delicious 

baked items, wild-caught seafood, 

artisan handmade food items, 

homemade pickles, kettle corn, local 

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honey, gourmet prepared 

food to eat, 

and don’t miss our 

wide array of green 

space vendors offering 

tropical plants, 

potted herbs, citrus 

trees and fresh-cut 

flowers, creative 

art and crafts, live 

music and much 

much more. 

The Venice Farmers 

Market at City 

Hall, 401 W. Venice 

Avenue, is one 

of four non-profit 

community markets 

under the Friends 

of Sarasota County 

Parks donates proceeds 

after operating 

costs back to the 

local community. 

www.thevenicefarmersmarket.org/. 

Circus Sarasota’s 

25th anniversary 

show continues 

with an international 

cast of world-class 

circus 

artists 

through 

March 5. 

CircusArts.org 

At Bookstore1 

Sarasota 

PoetryLife brings the world’s best 

poets come to Sarasota to engage with 

the community through open discussion 

and readings. This year PoetryLife’s 

featured events will be held at 

Florida Studio Theatre. 

Afternoon Conversation & Coffee 

with award-winning poets is on 

March 13 at 3 pm in FST’s Court Cabaret 

featuring Martín Espada and Patricia 

Jabbeh Wesley. The theme is “Celebrating 

Heritage” and the discussion 

will focus on the richness brought to 

poetry by poets from different ethnic 

backgrounds. 

Evening reading by award-winning 

poets is on March 13 at 7 pm in FST’s 

Keating Theatre. Featuring Martín 

Espada and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, 

with special guest appearance by 

Sarasota’s First Youth Poet Laureate, 

Hayley Peace 

Each ticket includes a book by each 

featured poet (different titles than 

those included with the afternoon 

event). Tickets are available through 

FST’s box office at 941-366-9000. 

Their book clubs meet in person in 

the loft at Bookstore1 at The Mark, 117 

South Pineapple Ave. 

Register for all book clubs at www.sarasotabooks.com, 

or call 941-365-7900. 

Book Club Meetings: 

March 14 at 11 a.m. The Mysteries to 

Die For Book Club Vintage Edition led 

by Elsie Souza. This monthly book club 

is dedicated to reading vintage mystery 

novels. March’s pick is The Son by 

Jo Nesbø, a tale of vengeance set amid 

Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption. 

About The Son: Sonny Lofthus has 

been in prison for almost half his life: 

serving time for crimes he didn’t commit. 

In exchange, he gets an uninterrupted 

supply of heroin--and a stream 

of fellow prisoners seeking his Buddha-like 

absolution. Years earlier Sonny’s 

father, a corrupt cop, took his own 

life rather than face exposure. When 

Sonny discovers a shocking truth 

about his father’s suicide, he makes a 

brilliant escape and begins hunting 

down the people responsible. But he’s 

also being hunted--by enemies too 

numerous to count. 

A fee of $18 is required for participation. 

This includes a copy of The Son 

to be picked up at Bookstore1 and the 

book club meeting. 

March 15 at 11 a.m. The Short and 

Satisfying Book Club led by Georgia 

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Court. The Short and Satisfying Book 

Club is for those looking for a shorter 

read that is ripe for discussion. March’s 

pick is Claire Keegan’s beautiful new 

novella, Foster, a heartbreaking story 

of childhood, loss, and love. 

About Foster: It is a hot summer in 

rural Ireland. A child is taken by her 

father to live with relatives on a farm, 

not knowing when or if she will be 

brought home again. In the Kinsellas’ 

house, she finds an affection and 

warmth she has not known and slowly, 

in their care, begins to blossom. But 

there is something unspoken in this 

new household—where everything is 

so well tended to—and this summer 

must soon come to an end. 

Winner of the prestigious Davy 

Byrnes Award and published in an 

abridged version in the New Yorker, 

this internationally bestselling contemporary 

classic is now available 

for the first time in the US in a full, 

standalone edition. A story of astonishing 

emotional depth, Foster showcases 

Claire Keegan’s great talent and 

secures her reputation as one of our 

most important storytellers. 


This includes a copy of Foster 

to be picked up at Bookstore1 and the 


March 21 at 11 a.m. The Banned 

Book Club led by Bryn Durgin. In this 

monthly book club dedicated to reading 

and protecting the most important 

and threatened books for our generation 

March’s pick is I Know Why the 

Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou’s 

debut memoir, a modern American 

classic beloved worldwide. 

About I Know Why the Caged Bird 

Sings: Here is a book as joyous and 

painful, as mysterious and memorable, 

as childhood itself. I Know Why the 

Caged Bird Sings captures the longing 

of lonely children, the brute insult of 

bigotry, and the wonder of words that 

can make the world right. Poetic and 

powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird 

Sings will touch hearts and change 

minds for as long as people read. Maya 

Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern 

American classic beloved worldwide. 


This includes a copy of I 

Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to 

be picked up at Bookstore1 and the 


The Florida Waters 

Stewardship 

Program 2023 

The UF/IFAS Extension Services 

in Manatee and Sarasota County are 

co-hosting an educational program 

about water conservation and stewardship 

from March 8-April 19. 

To make a difference for water in our 

community, we must understand the 

various ways in which we interact with 

water. This program will use expert 

presentations, experiential learning, 

field experience in watershed science, 

and communication skills training to 

foster a greater understanding of these 

interactions and provide the tools 

necessary to become stewards of our 

water resources. 

During this seven-session course, 

stewards will travel to locations 

across Sarasota and Manatee County 

to learn about emerging water 

issues, meet with local experts, and 

explore the natural beauty found in 

these areas. 

Registration link: bit.ly/FWSP23 

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Exhibit celebrates the 

City of Sarasota’s cultural arts history 

On display at no charge in the City Hall lobby 

Painting by William Hartman. Circus 

Wagon/landscape. 1948 

Elephant and boy at the circus 

Robert Chase. Bird Feeder. 2005 

If you’re a history or art buff – or maybe a 

combination of both - you’ll enjoy the exhibit 

now on display at Sarasota’s City Hall located at 

1565 1st St., Sarasota. 

The exhibit shares Sarasota’s rich cultural arts 

history through dozens of photographs and paintings 

by local mid-century local artists. The pieces include 

landscapes, portraits and Ringling Brothers and Barnum 

& Bailey images, which are shown in partnership 

with the Arts Advocates, Circus Arts Conservatory 

and Sarasota County History Center. 

The exhibition, conceptualized and overseen by 

the Office of Public Art and Historic Preservation Division, 

highlights Sarasota’s cultural arts legacy connected 

to the circus, architecture, tourism and more. The 

artwork focuses on the visual arts and historical documentation 

including paintings and photographs. 

“Our goal is to educate residents and visitors about the 

wonderfully rich cultural heritage of our city,” said Mary 

Davis Wallace, Senior Planner and Office of Public Art 

lead. “We have deep roots with the circus dating back 

to when Sarasota was the winter home for the Ringling 

Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the Sarasota 

School of Architecture and Major League Baseball spring 

training with legend Babe Ruth and the Tin Can Tourists. 

The exhibit is an opportunity for anyone to experience 

quality art that is precious to our Sarasota history.” 

Over three dozen pieces by local mid-century artists 

are on display by the Arts Advocates, Circus Arts Conservatory 

and Sarasota County History Center collection. 

The exhibit will be on display at City Hall for one 

year with a six month rotation for new pieces. 

At the opening back in January, Sean Cloughery, also 

known as the “Human Cannonball,” and whose likeness 

is in the City Hall exhibit, discussed how he became the 

“Human Cannonball” and how he would perform the act 

during his circus career. “I started with Clyde Beatty Cole 

Brothers Circus in 1991,” he said. “I ran into a gentleman 

who used to do the cannon for Ringling Brothers. I was 

cleaning his pool – I was 21 or 22 – and he asked me if I’d 

Two posters that reflect 

Sarasota’s history 

be interested. So I started practicing, got the job, and it 

went on for 12 years.” 

These days Sean works for the city of Sarasota maintaining 

City Hall: turning on lights, checking for any plumbing 

or electrical issues, and ensuring everything is ready for 

another day’s business. His talk added to the enjoyment 

of the exhibit. 

For more info, visit www.SarasotaFL.gov/Cultural- 

Exhibit. 

ABOUT the participating 

organizations: 

Arts Advocates 

Arts Advocates was founded in 1969 as The Fine Arts 

Society of Sarasota, Inc. They have the foremost collection 

of works by Sarasota Art Colony artists on public 

exhibition anywhere. The organization awards scholarships 

to local students pursuing careers in the arts, and 

offers arts-related luncheons, workshops, educational 

tours, public art tours, and visits to private collections. 

Circus Arts Conservatory 

The Circus Arts Conservatory’s mission is to engage 

and educate students using unique and innovative learning 

programs; to measurably improve the quality of life 

Human Cannonball Sean Thomas 

for individuals in care communities; and to advance the 

extraordinary legacy and heritage of the circus. 

Sarasota County History Center 

Sarasota County History Center is home to the 

county’s historic preservation programs, as well as an 

extensive collection of artifacts, archival records, and 

other resources for historical research. A growing selection 

of these items are now available for viewing in 

the Center’s Digital Collections. The full collection is 

available to researchers at the county’s public facility. 

To learn more about the City of Sarasota Public Art 

program visit www.SarasotaFL.gov/Our-City/Public-Art. 

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Angie 

Stringer 

t the helm since August, 2015, she’s seen the 

organization through a challenging stretch, but 

nonetheless Girls Inc. is stronger and bolder with 

new programs and renewed energy. ABottom row on floor: Mary Kate, Essence, Journee, Lily. Second row back with Angie: Stephanie, Angie Stringer, Shelby, Bentley. 

Third row behind Angie: Aylah, Ashley, Azalea. Last Row behind Angie: Gabby, Sarriyah, Lyric 


It’s a sprawling epicenter of girl 

energy. Three o’clock and they 

start to arrive and the place vibrates 

with the sounds of girls 

moving about, headed to classes 

or to join activities. There’s the 

refurbished gym that’s offering 

jump rope classes. In another room, girls 

are having afternoon snacks. A yoga instructor 

is setting up for a lesson. An art 

class is starting soon. 

At the helm is Angie Stringer who has 

been President and CEO of Girls Inc. of 

Sarasota County since August, 2015. She 

previously worked for Girls Inc. as the Director 

of Communication and Agency Resources, 

from 2004-2007. It was a sad day for 

her many fans when she left, but she went 

on to do great things, spending eight years 

as Director of Major Gifts at Children First. 

When CEO Robin Rose left, Girls Inc. 

sought Angie out and the time was right 

for her to come back. Once on board, Angie 

looked at Girls Inc.’s programming. 

“From day one, I knew what I wanted to 

change,” and that meant moving away 

from national programs and creating 

new ones. Thus came Dream Harbor, an 

after-school program, “where girls aged 

5–14 have jobs, earn wages called Dream 

Dollars, pay taxes, and work together to 

build a thriving community… girls develop, 

market, and sell products and services 

that are sold at a monthly Market Day,” 

according to their website. 

They also created a Family Strengthening 

program and hired case managers and 

therapists - 6 in total. The program, Angie 

points out, “supports the whole family” 

and was funded by the Barancik Foundation. 

It’s a program Angie is particularly 

proud of and it’s now the model for other 

Girls Inc. affiliates. 

The program was created to “meet the basic 

needs of girls” using, according to Angie, 

a “trauma-based approach” designed to deal 

with mental health issues, adding, “Most 

girls have trauma in their lives.” All staff 

have been trained in the program as well. 

Others began to take notice of Girls Inc.’s 

innovative programming. Last year, Girls 

Inc. was awarded the first ever Pillar of 

Inspiration Award from Girls Inc. National. 

The award is for an affiliate that is considered, 

“an inspiring, supportive leader 

within the network and highlights Girls 

Inc. of Sarasota’s ongoing leadership efforts 

and ability to learn, adapt, implement new 

programs, while serving as an educational 

model for Girls Inc. affiliates across the nation.” 

In 2019, Girls Inc. was named affiliate 

of the year (there are 78 affiliates across the 

U.S. and Canada). 

And of course, there was Covid, which 

forced a major change in operations starting 

in March, 2020. “Staff switched all programming 

to virtual,” Angie explains. Staff 

stood outside and gave out food to families. 

Case managers and therapists would also 

stand outside to be available for families 

needing emotional support. 

They closed for a few months and, following 

CDC guidelines, limited capacity to only 

a quarter of their usual. And they charged 

no fees. In addition, “Some parents didn’t 

want their kids in school, but couldn’t care 

for them at home so they went to school 

here - about 50 girls.” 

Once back open, Angie and her staff 

found an unexpected outcome after Covid: 

behavior issues. The cause, Angie explains, 

was the result of the girls “not being socialized…they 

didn’t know how to be with other 

children. Things like standing in line would 

cause fights. It took a year to get these girls 

settled,” Angie explains. 

There was also needed work to be done 

on their building which opened in 1974-75. 

With 900 girls ages 5-18 in their programs, 

the signs are there that they need a bigger 

building. 

In 2017, Girls In. began an outreach program 

in 20 schools (at no cost to families). 

Instructors would go into schools teaching 

life skills, media literacy, project bold, a 

self-defense class and drug and alcohol prevention. 

Angie points out they want to do 

more on the topic of anti-bullying, adding 

that bullying and social media are the biggest 

issues young girls face. 

Add to the list of programs they created at 

Girls Inc. is Project Accelerate, their newest 

program, which is all about college and 

career readiness which makes it easy to see 

why they won that award for their innovative 

programming. 

Along with her career-long experience 

working exclusively with nonprofits, Angie 

honed her leadership skills like so many 

other women leaders in Sarasota, through 

her participation in the Junior League of 

Sarasota and has been a member since 2007 

and is also a past president. 

Angie moved to Sarasota from North 

Carolina over 20 years ago after college. She 

worked at the then Sarasota Y where she 

also met her husband. 

A first during Angie’s tenure is the addition 

of male volunteers and male staff and 

one of their program directors is a man. 

There are 52 on staff with 10 being full time. 

Their mission at Girls inc. is simple, but 

vital: focus on the development of the whole 

girl. If you have any doubt as to why these 

programs are needed, consider a report 

that come out this Feb. 13. Around 1 in 3 

high school girls in the U.S. have seriously 

considered attempting suicide, according to 

new results from a Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention survey from 2021, up 

from less than a fifth of teen girls in 2011. 

And more than half of teen girls, 57%, reported 

feeling "persistently sad or hopeless" 

— a record high number. The statistics are 

among several mental health trends in high 

schoolers that have worsened most among 

girls over the past decade, according to data 

from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 

Overall, 22% of high schoolers said they 

have considered suicide. That is somewhat 

better than the 29% when the CDC first 

began its biennial survey in the 1990s, but 

is an increase from the record low 13.8% 

tallied in 2009 according to Kathleen Ethier, 

director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent 

and School Health. 

As for goals, Angie has a lot: expand outreach, 

get into south county, build more 

community partners, get more into north 

country, a higher tech building and a teaching 

kitchen. Thinking boldly, she wants to 

add a new building to replace the current 

one opened in 1974-75. 

And if that’s not a tall enough order, Angie’s 

goal is to make all programming free. Of 

her job she says, “I love it” and adds, “We’ve 

put together an amazing team,” and that 

bodes well for the future for Girls Inc. and 

all the girls and young women they serve. 

For more information, visit www. 

GirlsIncSRQ.org. 

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Artist Series Concerts of 

Sarasota Focuses on Featured 

Young Artists in March 

Samantha 

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Artist Series Concerts 

of Sarasota presents 

three featured young artists 

in March: Sarasota 

native Daniel Solowey, 

clarinet, with Milana Strezeva, piano, at the 

Fischer/Weisenborne residence on March 5 

and 6; Sphinx Medal of Excellence winner 

Michelle Cann, piano, March 7 at the Historic 

Asolo Theater; and violinist Samantha 

Bennett on March 23 at the Sarasota Yacht 

Club. For more information and tickets, 

visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org or call (941) 

306-1202. 

The Sarasota area has 

produced many accomplished 

performing artists 

including clarinetist Daniel 

Solowey, the son of two 

Sarasota Orchestra musicians. 

He was featured 

on NPR’s From the Top 

where he was a Jack Kent 

Cooke Young Artist award 

winner at age 17. Solowey 

is currently a member 

of the Civic Orchestra 

of Chicago. Artist Series 

Concerts brings this rising 

star home to Sarasota for 

two performances at the 

Fischer/Weisenborne residence: 

March 5 at 4:00 p.m. 

and March 6 at 7:30 p.m. 

Solowey will be accompanied 

by Milana Strezeva 

on piano. Refreshments 

are served following each 

performance. 

Pianist Michelle Cann, 

winner of the 2022 Sphinx 

Medal of Excellence recognizing 

extraordinary classical 

Black and Latinx musicians, 

performs on March 7, 7:30 p.m. 

at the Historic Asolo Theater. 

Cann made her orchestral 

debut at age 14. She is the 

recipient of the 2022 Andrew 

Wolf Chamber 

Music Award, and her 

2022-23 season includes 

her debut at 

Carnegie Hall with 

the New York Youth 

Symphony. Cann’s 

program includes 

repertoire by 

Florence Price, 

whose music 

she has championed. 

Michelle 

Cann appears by 

arrangement with 

the Curtis Institute 

of Music. 

Former principal 

second violin of 

Sarasota Orchestra, 

Samantha Bennett, 

now with the Dallas 

Opera orchestra, will 

present a program of music 

that has inspired her career. She will 

perform works by Prokofiev and Berio, as 

well as perhaps the most famous unaccompanied 

violin piece of all, the Chaconne of 

JS Bach. Bennett performs at the Sarasota 

Yacht Club on March 23; the 11:00 a.m. performance 

is followed by lunch. 

For tickets and more information, visit 

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Daniel 

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Artist Series 

Concerts of 

Sarasota Remaining 

2022-2023 Season 

• Daniel Solowey, clarinet, 

and Milana Strezeva, piano on 

Sunday, March 5, 4 p.m. and 

Monday, March 6, 7:30 p.m. 

at the Fischer/Weisenborne 

Residence 

Featured Young Artist 

• Michelle Cann, piano on 

Tuesday, March 7, 7:30 p.m. 

at the Historic Asolo Theater, 

5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota 

• Samantha Bennett, violin, 

on Thursday, March 23, 

11:00 a.m. performance, 12:15 

p.m. luncheon. Sarasota Yacht 

Club, 1100 John Ringling Boulevard, 

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• Feder Duo - Cheryl Losey 

Feder, harp, and Abraham 

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• JIJI, guitar on Thursday, April 20, 5:30 

p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 

Downtown Campus, 1534 Mound Street, 

Sarasota 

• Cameron Crozman, cello, and 

Meagan Milatz, piano on Thursday, 

April 27, 11 a.m. performance, 

12:15 p.m. luncheon at Sarasota 

Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Boulevard, 

Sarasota 

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Avenue, Sarasota 

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Paul and Steven Laraia, 

violas on Sunday, May 14, 4 

p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 

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Venice’s Urban Forest 

Adding beauty to downtown Venice 

Blooming plants, shrubs and trees 

will help to block out the 

Urban Forest’s industrial “neighbors” 

You have to admire the 

dedication of volunteers 

who are willing to work 

year round, including 

during the summer heat, 

to turn a long, narrow strip 

of land into a canopy of trees and native 

plants that attract birds, butterflies 

and more. 

Then Hurricane Ian hits and wipes out 

a good bit of their hard work, toppling 

valuable trees and yet, they’re out 

there working again. So it’s a labor of 

love and definitely a work in progress 

as plants, trees, soil and mulch all have 

to be brought to an area that, charitably, 

was not a lot to look at before 

Venice Area Beautification, Inc. (VABI) 

took on what is now called The Venice 

Urban Forest (VUF). 

Visionaries back in 2018 saw potential 

in what was once an old CSX railroad 

corridor and decided to “reforest” it 

with only Florida native vegetation 

which would in turn, create a space 

for bikers, walkers and the like, to enjoy 

and, become a haven for wildlife 

and nurturer of native plants. Those 

volunteers then banded together, put 

on their gardening gloves, picked up 

shovels, and got to work. 

First, the location. It’s in downtown 

Venice along the canal. Heading 

south, you leave 41, turn right, head 

over the bridge, and you see the landmark 

Venice Theatre on the right, but 

instead you turn left and go over another 

bridge. The urban forest is visible 

to your right. The railroad that once 

ran through this corridor made it an 

industrial area and explains the nature 

of the businesses along its path - car 

dealerships, storage lots for campers, 

auto body shops and the like. 

But VABI saw its potential. Long story 

short, they began the project in 

phases, with 

Gulf Coast Community 

Foundation 

providing 

over $1.5 million 

dollars as part 

of their partnership 

with VABI. 

But the idea was 

not a park, but 

an urban forest. 

The urban forest is an 

The distinction 

is important. all-volunteer project 

A park can mean benches, 

picnic tables and the like. It 

can also mean signage, possibly 

restrooms, even doggy 

bags. This location has none 

of that. There aren’t even any 

signs except for one at the 

entrance. That’s also part of 

the plan. 

The Venice Urban Forest is 

about two miles long and is 

undergoing lots of planting and replanting 

and starting to take shape. I 

met with Mary Schwass, VABI Office 

Coordinator, and Phil Ellis, Venice Urban 

Forest Field Supervisor. Both are 

deeply involved in bringing the project 

through its final, third phase. While 

we walk along on the shell path where 

the plants are being installed, cyclists, 

walkers and others with baby strollers 

or a leashed dog are on the paved path 

called the Venetian Waterway Park, a 

10-mile trail along the Intracoastal Waterway 

that now connects to the Legacy 

Trail at the nearby Historic Venice 

Train Depot. 

According to Phil, “We want it to look 

natural,” and the goal in keeping with 

the “natural look” is to have no mowing. 

They both agree the project is 

about making Venice a better place to 

live with more urban green space to 

improve the quality of life for citizens. 

Phil Ellis, Venice 

Urban Forest 

Field Supervisor 

The Urban Forest is about 

two miles long and 

is undergoing lots of planting 

and replanting and 

starting to take shape 

Just think of what 

the High Line Park, 

another converted 

rail line, did for New 

York City. 

You can see parts of 

the tracks here and 

there. Amazingly, 

when they started 

to work they didn’t 

find too much debris 

or junk, just 

bits of broken concrete 

that’s being 

incorporated into making 

rock gardens to border 

plants. 

Funding will cover the cost for native trees 

to be bought and planted, including 

400 slash pines, 200 red cedars, 

and 10 longleaf pine 

Aside from the priceless value the 

Urban Forest will add to the public’s 

enjoyment, it will attract birds. Plants 

will attract pollinators. Plants will buffer 

winds and absorb rain and can also 

act as a windbreak. When the trees 

develop, they’ll create a cooling effect 

and will eventually conceal the heavy 

industry just over the chain link fence 

that abuts the Urban Forest. 

With $100,000 in funding, also by the 

Gulf Coast Community Foundation, 

Phase 3 is the final phase of the Urban 

Forest and focuses on installation 

of additional irrigation piping to 

irrigate all the new trees and understory 

plants. The grant will cover the 

cost for native trees to be bought and 

planted, including 400 slash pines, 

200 red cedars, and 10 longleaf pines. 

The Urban Forest is home to over 90 

different species of birds. The grant is 

especially timely after the Urban Forest 

suffered damage from Hurricane 

Ian, losing approximately 125 trees. 

For now, in another show of dedication 

by VABI and its volunteers, plants 

have been watered by hand. 

“The Venice Urban Forest, powered in 

part by funding from Gulf Coast, is an 

environmental safe haven for wildlife, 

clean water, and a place of natural respite 

for residents and visitors,” said 

Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s 

Senior Vice President of Community 

Leadership Jon Thaxton. “The secret 

sauce in the success of this project 

has been the hardworking volunteers 

of VABI who have not been deterred 

by rain, heat, or hurricanes in their 

mission to create an accessible 

and beautiful walking 

trail forest for all.” 

According to the Venice 

Urban Forrest website, 

“The Venice Urban Forest 

has been created to provide 

habitat for birds and 

animals, cooling and much 

needed carbon sequestration, 

oxygen generation 

and storm water absorption,” 

thus illustrating that 

it’s a lot more than a mere 

beautification project and 

that a lot of thought as well 

as effort went into making 

this Urban Forest. 

WHAT IS AN 

URBAN FOREST? 

An urban forest is a forest, 

or a collection of trees, that 

grow within a city, town or 

a suburb. In a wider sense, 

it may include any kind of 

woody plant vegetation 

growing in and around 

human settlements. As 

opposed to a forest park, 

whose ecosystems are also 

inherited from wilderness leftovers, 

urban forests often lack amenities 

like public bathrooms, paved paths, 

or sometimes clear borders which are 

distinct features of parks. 

Urban forests play an important role 

in ecology of human habitats in many 

ways. Aside from the beautification 

of the urban environment, they offer 

many benefits like impacting climate 

and the economy while providing 

shelter to wildlife and recreational 

area for city dwellers. 

(Source: Wikipedia) 

For more information, make a 

donation, or volunteer, visit 

www.vabi.org or call 941-207-8224 

For information on the 

Venice Urban Forest, 

visit veniceurbanforest.com 


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Music al Fresco with 

the Sarasota Orchestra 

Parks & Partners offers concerts 

in various parks 

Combine beautiful 

weather 

and an outdoor 

concert of classical 

music; add 

coffee and bagels; mix in your 

dog and kids and you have 

the perfect Sunday morning 

brought to you by the Sarasota 

Orchestra. 

The Orchestra has been 

offering its Parks & Partners 

concerts since January. This is 

their third season of the fully 

titled “On the Road with SO: 

Parks and Partners” series. 

These outdoor performances 

are free and feature either 

the Sarasota Brass Quintet or 

the Sarasota Wind Quintet in 

public parks and partner venues 

in Sarasota and Manatee 

counties. 

I had a chance to experience 

the Brass Quintet at Waterside 

at Lakewood Ranch in the 

heart of their Farmer’s Market. 

The 10 a.m. concert meant 

cool morning air and lots of 

room. By the time the concert was 

underway, the market was getting 

quite full and, at a vendor selling 

bagels, the line was 50 deep. 

But there are plenty of food 

options, lots of comfy seating 

and your pet can sit and 

enjoy the classics as there 

were many dogs there. 

Afterwards shop and feel 

the total bliss! I highly 

recommend 

this experience 

and the 

performance 

was top notch by 

the Brass Quintet. 

Admission is free 

at all locations, but 

registration is recommended 

to reserve 

a space. Registration 

opens one month prior to each 

concert. Additional information about the 

event venues, parking, and safety procedures 

are on the registration page for each concert. 

It’s recommended that you bring a chair 

or outdoor blanket, sunscreen, bug spray, 

and something cool to drink (non-alcoholic 

beverages, only). Experience chamber music 

from Sarasota Orchestra in a casual, open-air 

setting! www.sarasotaorchestra.org 

Coming up: 

■ Nathan Benderson Park Playground 

on March 26 

The Sarasota Brass Quintet will entertain 

in this one-hour program of favorites 

at the Nathan Benderson Park Pavilion 

(just behind the playground). 

Aaron Romm, co-principal trumpet, is the master of 

ceremonies for the concert 

Current ensemble members include: 

Gianluca Farina (principal 

trumpet), Aaron Romm (coprincipal 

trumpet), Andrew 

Warfield (co-principal horn), 

Brad Williams (principal trombone), 

Aaron Tindall (principal tuba) 

■ G.T. Bray Park Amphitheater 

on April 30 

The Sarasota Brass Quintet will entertain 

in this one-hour program of favorites under 

the oaks at the G.T. Bray Park Amphitheater 

(just behind the Happy Tails 

Dog Park). 

About the SARASOTA 

BRASS QUINTET 

Founded in 1986, the Sarasota Brass 

Quintet (formerly the Florida Brass 

Quintet) has established itself as one of 

Sarasota Orchestra’s best-known ensembles. 

The Quintet performs chamber music 

on the orchestras Chamber Music Series in 

Holley Hall at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony 

Center in Sarasota, and has performed 

throughout Florida, from the Panhandle to 

the Keys. The group also performs in and 

works with students from schools throughout 

Sarasota and Manatee Counties. 

Their concerts include a mix of standard 

quintet literature and pops selections and 

take the listener on a different musical tour 

at each concert. From the clarion sounds of 

the Baroque to contemporary jazz, the Sarasota 

Brass Quintet offers entertaining programs 

of great variety. 

Current ensemble members include: 

Gianluca Farina (principal trumpet), Aaron 

Romm (co-principal trumpet), Andrew 

Warfield (co-principal horn), Brad Williams 

(principal trombone), Aaron Tindall (principal 

tuba). 

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Creative Liberties opens a second studio 

space in the Limelight District 

More studio spaces for 10 artists, plus more display walls and a classroom 

Last month, we wrote 

about Kim Alexander 

Livengood and her Bazaar 

on Apricot and Lime, 

part of the burgeoning 

Limelight District. But there’s even 

more exciting news going just 

across the street from Kim’s Bazaar 

and that’s at Creative Liberties. 

Barbara Gerdeman and Elizabeth 

Goodwill, two artists and art educators, 

opened their Artist Studios 

and Gallery in November 2021. 

Elizabeth Goodwill and Barbara Gerdeman 

Now they’re opening a second 

location across and up the street a bit with 11 more 

studio spaces that will be occupied by 10 artists, 

more display walls and a classroom. Next door to 

that will be another local artist who will have his 

studio and studios for five additional artists. 

The Limelight District, according to Elizabeth, 

“is going to be an arts destination in Sarasota,” 

and Creative Liberties will be leading the way. 

She explains that they launched this venture “to 

empower regional artists with a variety of business 

services and studio and exhibition opportunities.” 

Creative Liberties is a collective, communal space 

that provides work and display space for local 

artists. There are also display walls available for 

non-studio artists to rent. 

The Second Creative Liberties is at 927 N Lime 

Avenue, Sarasota. After you’ve enjoyed some art, 

save room for shopping at The Bazaar on Apricot 

and Lime at 821 Apricot Ave in Sarasota and a bit to 

eat at Hamlet’s eatery. 

For more information visit 

www.creativeliberties.net and 

www.BazaaronApricotandLime.com 

The Limelight District 

The Limelight District is an area that consists of 

businesses north of Fruitville down Lime Avenue 

through 12th street. Included in the district are Music 

Compound, Brant’s Bookshop, Burgess Signs, Ed 

Smith Stadium, The Humane Society, Jon F. Swift 

Construction, and Speed Pro Imaging. Lime Avenue 

is the center of the district. 

Gary LaParl Jeff Wasserman Sandra Wix 


happening this month 

Through Women’s 

Eyes International Film 

Festival March 9-13 

Spotlighting fresh voices and perspectives 

in films from around the world 

The Through 

Women’s 

Eyes International 

Film Festival 

will host the first 

in-person North American 

screening of the 

documentary Shirin 

Ebadi: Until We are 

Free, featuring Nobel 

Peace Prize winner 

Shirin Ebadi, at its 

opening celebration at 

Ringling College of Art 

and Design. Following 

the screening, festival 

organizers will present a program on the 

current state of the uprisings and struggle 

for human rights in Iran. 

Now in its 24th year, the Through Women’s 

Eyes International Film Festival will 

spotlight fresh voices and perspectives in 

films from around the world March 9-13. 

The Sarasota-based festival will feature 

virtual screenings and an in-person awards 

event with established and emerging filmmakers. 

Organizers will host the opening red 

carpet celebration and film premiere on Friday, 

March 10, at Ringling College of Art and 

Design in the Larry R. Thompson Academic 

Center, Morganroth Auditorium. 

“We are delighted that the Through Women’s 

Eyes International Film Festival will return 

this year with both in-person and virtual 

events that allow a global audience to access 

these phenomenal films from anywhere,” 

said Scott Osborne, festival chair. “We offer 

a carefully curated selection of films unlike 

what viewers see anywhere else.” 

This year’s selections include 7 features, 

21 shorts, and 10 Emerging Filmmaker 

films. They represent China, Ireland, Russia, 

Ukraine, England, Canada, Germany, South 

Africa, Belgium, the Philippines, UAE, and 

the USA. After receiving over 325 submissions 

from 43 countries, the selection committee 

chose 38 films that reflect a diverse 

array of experiences by and about global 

women and the LGBTQ+ community. Many 

of the independent filmmakers are expected 

to attend the festival and meet with audiences 

to share what inspires them and how they 

created their films. 

The festival will once again celebrate 

excellence with an awards ceremony, this 

year on Saturday, March 11 from 1-4 

p.m. at Fogartyville Community Media and 

Arts Center in Sarasota. Awards include 

Best Feature, Best Narrative Short, and 

Best Documentary Short; local secondary 

students from the New Gate Montessori IB 

Global Program also participate in judging 

and presenting an Impact Award. 

Tickets and event passes are now available 

at the film festival website. 

Select films highlight the quality and 

diversity of stories and perspectives. 

■ Shirin Ebadi: Until We 

are Free Iranian-born Shirin 

Ebadi, the first Muslim woman 

to ever win the Nobel Peace 

Prize (2003,) has been fighting 

for justice all her life. This gripping 

story shows how fragile 

democracy and human rights can 

be, and it is a tale of one woman’s 

struggle to restore the rights 

that women - and men - are losing. 

In-person viewing followed 

by audience discussion. 

■ The Bond is sixteen short 

minutes which pack a phenomenal 

emotional punch. 

What happens when a woman 

gives birth while incarcerated? This true 

life tale is inspired by the birth experience 

of director Jahmil Eady, an associate 

producer on documentary projects 

for the Oprah Winfrey Network. 

■ Take the Ice follows behind the scenes 

with the founder and commissioner of the 

first professional women’s hockey league 

and the athletes competing to win its inaugural 

championship. As the commissioner 

struggles to keep the league afloat, the 

players must come together in the wake of 

an on-ice accident that leaves a teammate 

paralyzed. “Take the Ice” is a moving look at 

elite athletes making strides for recognition 

and equality within their sport, and in the 

process, making history. 

■ Klondike offers us a vision of war 

in Ukraine, but through a woman’s 

eyes. We meet a family living on the border 

of Ukraine and Russia during the start of the 

war in the Donbas and discover that pregnant 

Irka refuses to leave her house even 

as the village is captured by armed forces. 

They soon find themselves at the center of 

an international air crash catastrophe and a 

family divided in its loyalties. 

■ Intentionally Erased, directed by victim’s 

rights advocate and domestic violence 

survivor Kimya Motley, explores what 

happens when Black men and Black trans 

women talk about manhood, acceptance, 

violence, the South and so much more. 

■ Searchlight, Two Kinds of Water, and Salt 

Lines: A Water Triptych is a series of three 

short films about the lives of people who live 

and work around water. With photography 

from Senegal, Scotland, and Maine, filmmaker 

Dan McDougall sheds light on work of 

lobstermen and women, search and rescue 

teams, how women and men navigate a life 

on the sea, and the pull of the ocean that is 

passed down from generation to generation. 

Through Women’s Eyes is a 501c3 advocacy 

organization dedicated to women’s 

rights and gender equality. Learn more 

at throughwomenseyes.org. Net festival 

proceeds support women’s rights and gender 

equality programs. 

F I L M 

March 9 

through 

March 13, 

2023 

38 films from 13 countries 

Independent films by and about women 

Virtual on-demand screenings 

In-person opening celebration and 

awards event 

Single tickets $18 

Five-film pass $75 

All-festival pass $299 

Through 

Women’s 

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F E S T I V A L 

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twe2023.eventive.org 

Join our opening night celebration 

and film screening! 

Shirin Ebadi: Until We Are Free 

Human Rights: A Nobel Laureate’s Story 

Friday, March 10th, 5 - 9 PM 

Ringling College of Art and Design 

“An engaging and accomplished work...we’re left in awe 

of a woman who has, quite literally, risked everything 

she has including her life in the name of justice.” 

The Independent Film Critic 

Meet and greet filmmakers at 

our awards ceremony! 

Time to Choose: Four Short Films 

with filmmaker conversations & awards ceremony 

Saturday, March 11th, 1 - 4 PM 

Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center 

twe2023.eventive.org 

Through Women’s Eyes is an all-volunteer, 501c3 non-profit 

organization dedicated to gender equality and women’s rights. 

throughwomenseyes.org 

All net proceeds from the festival support gender equality organizations. 

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Why Mangroves Matter 

EcoWalks Guided Tours show the many ways 

What I noticed 

first was the contrast 

from driving 

on I-75 heading 

south—what is referred 

to as a “moving 

parking lot”—to a gradual drop 

off in congestion to a quieter and 

less frenetic drive ending at peaceful 

and tranquil Lemon Bay Park. 

Approaching the park, which sits 

astride Lemon Bay, is a step back in 

time to the Florida of the ‘60s with 

shell roads and small ranch houses. 

Once inside the park, you’ll find 

classrooms and an information center. 

It’s here you’ll also meet your 

guide for EcoWalks: Mangroves, a 

two-hour walk that is mostly on the 

water’s edge and surrounded by 

mangroves. The tours are offered 

by University of Florida/IFAS Extension 

Sarasota County and Sarasota 

County Parks, Recreation, and Natural 

Resources. 

“Mangroves are tropical plants that 

are adapted to loose, wet soils, salt 

water and being periodically submerged 

by tides,” according to the 

Florida Department of Environmental 

Protection, which also describes 

what we begin to see on our walk. 

Mangroves exist around the world, 

but there are three species that are 

native to Florida: red mangrove (Rhizophora 

mangle), black mangrove 

(Avicennia germinans) and white 

mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) 

which our guide, Dr. Armando 

Ubeda, a county extension agent, 

showed us how to differentiate. 

Along the way, he began to explain 

how mangroves are a vital part of the 

greater ecosystem in Florida. 

Mangroves can be 60-80 feet tall 

which is surprising since we don’t 

see them that way. Why? Because 

what we see are mangroves that are often 

severely cut back. Regulations now 

set specific limits for trimming or removal 

of mangroves on private property 

—for the most part. But if their full value 

to the ecosystem were understood, they 

would never be cut back. And that’s 

what you’ll learn by taking this EcoWalk. 

In fact, Dr. Ubeda explains they they’re 

the best form of storm protection because 

they absorb energy. During 

storms and hurricanes they slow down 

water, helping to hold on to soil while 

lessening erosion. But there’s so much 

more. They produce oxygen. Birds nest 

and seek shelter in them. They capture 

carbon dioxide. He also told us that 80 

per cent of seafood comes from mangroves 

having started as small fish. 

Those fish grow and find safety among 

mangroves until they are large enough 

to move out into open water thus contributing 

to keeping fish populations up. 

On a bright and cool Saturday morning, 

the EcoWalk begins. 

A tunnel of mangroves 

showing how tall they can grow. 

You can actually walk through mangroves 

like a forest which is what we did. 

The red mangrove is easily identified by 

its tangled, reddish roots called “proproots.” 

These roots have earned mangroves 

the title of “walking trees.” By the 

end of the walk you’ll be able to differentiate 

which type of mangrove you’re 

seeing, and what makes it unique. 

All kinds of animals have been spotted 

in the park from gopher tortoises who 

burrow in the sand to bats who reside 

in their own bat house before heading 

out at night. Bats love mosquitoes BTW. 

You may also see iguanas but they’re 

an invasive species. Also seen are raccoons, 

coyotes, nonvenomous snakes 

and crabs. 

According to Dr. Katherine Clements, 

Ecology and Natural Resources Educator, 

who coordinates the EcoWalks, 

“We offer these walks specifically on 

unique and often environmentally sensitive 

Sarasota County park and preserve 

lands which have been in part purchased 

Our guide for the walk is Dr. Armando Ubeda, 

a county extension agent, 

who explains the value of the mangroves. 

A red mangrove, 

identified by its tangled, 

reddish roots called prop-roots. 

through funding from Florida Communities 

Trust grants. The FCT grants often 

require an educational component, and 

we work with County Park staff to determine 

topics and sites with the most 

need. We offer about 30 EcoWalks to the 

public at various sites with a variety of 

themes throughout the year.” 

There’s also something to be said 

about being with other people—and 

not online. People were talking to each 

other, sharing stories and asking where 

you’re from. 

EcoWalks fill up fast, so sign up right 

away. Register for EcoWalks here: 

www.eventbrite.com/cc/ecowalks. 

STORY and IMAGES: Louise Bruderle 

ABOUT LEMON BAY 

Lemon Bay is a long, narrow and shallow 

body of water covering 8,000 acres 

in Charlotte County, and Sarasota County. 

It is protected as the Lemon Bay 

Aquatic Preserve, designated in 1986. It 

is one of five Charlotte Harbor Aquatic 

Preserves. The bay is fed by one Gulf 

pass, Stump Pass, and seven tributaries 

and includes areas of mangrove, marsh 

grass, and seagrass. It provides habitat 

for bird, invertebrate and fish species 

and offers fishing, kayaking, birding, 

wading and beachcombing. 

ABOUT 

LEMON BAY 

PARK 

The Lemon Bay 

Park and Environmental 

Center is 

a 210-acre natural 

county park 

in Englewood. It 

includes black 

mangrove forest, 

mangrove fringe 

along the shoreline, 

and pine and 

scrubby flatwoods. 

Educational classes, 

guided nature 

and bird walks are 

offered at the site. 

The park has 1.7 

miles of shoreline on the Lemon Bay 

Aquatic Preserve. The park includes a 

butterfly garden, canoe/ kayak launch, 

and interpretive nature trail. The park is 

located at 570 Bay Park Boulevard. 

Educational classes, guided nature 

and bird walks and a variety of other 

nature-based programs are offered 

throughout the year. 

Upcoming EcoWalks: 

■ EcoWalk: Mangroves—March 

28, 8:30-10:30 a.m. (this is the same 

walk as described above) 

Lemon Bay Park, 570 Bay Park Blvd., 

Englewood 

■ EcoWalk: Family Sunset Adventures—March 

31, 7-8:15 p.m. 

Explore the mysteries of the setting 

sun for an engaging family-friendly 

moonlight walk. 

Lemon Bay Park, 570 Bay Park Blvd., 

Englewood 

■ EcoWalk: Meditation in the Parks - 

Red Bug Slough—April 12, 9-10 a.m. 

Also offered on May 22. 9-10 a.m. 

This offers an exploration of finding 

peace within nature along a mostly 

silent walk. 

Red Bug Slough Preserve, 

5200 South Beneva Road, Sarasota 

■ EcoWalk: Unique Preserves of 

Sarasota County - Curry Creek East 

—April 18, 9-11 a.m. 

Learn more about unique Florida 

ecosystems. 

Curry Creek Preserve East, 

1500 Pinebrook Road, Venice 

■ EcoWalk: Unique Preserves of 

Sarasota County - Sleeping Turtles 

South—May 9, 9-11 a.m. 

Learn more about unique Florida 

ecosystems. 

Sleeping Turtles Preserve South, 

2800 N. River Road, Venice 

University of Florida/IFAS 

Extension Sarasota County 

6700 Clark Road, Sarasota. 

Information: 

sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu and scgov.net 


dining in 

INGREDIENTS: 

F Easy Vegan Shepherd’s Pie 

2 tbsp. olive oil 

1 large sweet onion, diced 

3 stalks celery, chopped 

2 medium carrots, peeled and 

chopped 

16 oz. fresh mixed mushrooms, 

chopped 

Fresh chopped herbs to taste (1 

spring each of rosemary, thyme, 

and sage or other herbs of choice) 

2 tbsp. gluten-free flour 

1 tbsp. smoked paprika 

3 tbsp. tomato paste 

1/2 cup red wine 

2 cups veggie broth 

Sea salt and pepper, to taste 

2 cups frozen peas 

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F 

Easy Vegan Shepherd’s Pie T 

Shepherd’s pie may just be the ultimate 

comfort food. This plantbased 

version uses a pound of mixed 

mushrooms to recreate the earthy 

flavor of lamb or beef. A topping of 

creamy mashed potatoes is the proper 

foil to the rich filling. You can also 

make it ahead of time, or in an Instant 

Pot for maximum convenience. 

2. Place the chopped potatoes in a large pot and fill it with water enough to cover 

them. Place the pot on the stovetop over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook until 

fork-tender, then drain. 

3. Add in the vegan butter and using a potato masher, mash until fluffy. Season with 

sea salt and pepper, to your taste. Put the lid back on to keep the mashed potatoes 

warm until ready to use. 

4. Heat oil in a large oven-safe pot over medium heat. Add onions, celery, carrots, 

and sauté until softened, about 5-6 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring 

occasionally, for about 5 more minutes. 

5. Stir in the flour, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, and tomato paste. 

6. Pour in the wine and using a silicone spatula, scrape any brown bits from the bottom 

of the pan. Bring to a boil and cook until the wine is reduced by half. 

7. Add in broth and mix well to dissolve the flour and to start forming the gravy. 

8. Add in herbs and lower the heat to a simmer. Continue to simmer until the sauce thickens. 

9. Add in frozen peas and season with salt and pepper to taste. 

10. Turn the heat off and spread the mashed potatoes evenly on top of the stew. Transfer 

the pot to the oven and bake for about 10 minutes, until bubbly, then broil for 2-3 

minutes until nice and golden on top. 

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes 

Full of color, texture, and other goodies, this stuffed 

hummus pita can be customized based on your favorite 

ingredients (or whatever’s in the refrigerator). Roast the 

veggies and set aside before assembling the ultimate pita 

pocket sandwich, using lemon zest, herbs, pine nuts, and 

hummus. 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 (4-inch) piece English cucumber, 

cut into 9 or 10 slices 

10 grape tomatoes, various colors, 

halved lengthwise 

6 small or 3 large cauliflower florets, 

ideally purple 

1 1/2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 

1/8 teaspoon sea salt 

1/8 teaspoon sumac or paprika 

1/3 cup hummus of choice 

1 (4-ounce) fluffy whole grain pita, 

split into 2 rounds, or 2 pieces 

(2 ounces each) whole grain naan 

Meatless made easy 

1 Tbsp. vegan Worcestershire sauce 

FOR THE MASHED POTATOES: 

6 (about 2 lbs.) Yukon gold potatoes, 

peeled and chopped 

3.5 fl. oz. non-dairy milk of choice 

1/4 cup vegan butter 

This vegan chorizo 

quesadilla shows 

the power of plantbased 

cooking. 

Adding smoky spices 

like chile powder 

and cumin elevates 

the flavor of premade 

vegan chorizo 

to new heights. 

INGREDIENTS: 

F Vegan Chorizo Quesadillas 

Vegan Chorizo Quesadillas T 

This quick and easy 

recipe makes a perfect 

snack, lunch or 

dinner. Use your favorite 

vegan cheese, 

whether that’s vegan 

shredded mozzarella, 

a Mexican 

blend, pepper jack, 

Monterey jack, cheddar, or your favorite melting cheese. 

1 tablespoon olive oil 

1 cup bell pepper diced (colors of 

choice) 

1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and 

drained 

1/2 cup corn (canned, frozen or fresh) 

1/2 cup onion, diced 

2 cloves garlic, minced or crushed 

1/2 cup cooked vegan chorizo of 

choice 

1 teaspoon cumin 

1 teaspoon chili powder 

Tastic spice to taste 

1/4 cup chopped cilantro 

4 medium flour tortillas 

2 cups shredded vegan cheese 

1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add the oil, bell 

peppers, black beans, corn, onion, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper. Season with 

Tastic spice and cook for 3-4 minutes or until the bell peppers and onions of softened. 

Turn off heat and stir in the cilantro. 

2. In a clean skillet over medium heat, add a flour tortilla. Top with cheese, cooked 

veggies mixture, chorizo and another layer of cheese. Place another tortilla on top 

and cook, flipping once, until golden on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Repeat 

with remaining ingredients. 

3. To make the sour cream cilantro sauce, whisk all ingredients together in a medium 

bowl until combined. 

SOURCE: Chef Jumoke Jackson 

F Toasted Stuffed Hummus and Roasted Cucumber Pita Sandwich 

Toasted Stuffed Hummus and Roasted Cucumber Pita Sandwich T 

1/2 teaspoon 

grated 

lemon zest 

2 tablespoons 

chopped 

fresh herb 

mixture, 

such as mint 

and basil 

2 teaspoons 

pine nuts, 

ideally pantoasted 

1 1/2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 

1/3 cup fresh microgreens of choice 

1. Make the roasted veggies: Preheat the oven to 450°F. Brush or toss 

cucumbers, tomatoes, and cauliflower with the olive oil. Roast until 

browned, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and sumac. Set aside. 

2. Make the hummus sandwich: Spread hummus onto cut sides 

(insides) of both pita rounds. Top one round with lemon zest, 

herbs, pine nuts, and roasted veggies. (Note: Cut cauliflower into 

smaller pieces, if need be.) Press remaining pita round, hummus 

side down, on top to form a sandwich. 

3. Fully preheat a cast iron or other stick-resistant skillet over medium-high 

heat. Brush skillet with half of the oil (3/4 teaspoon), place 

pita sandwich into the skillet, and brush remaining half of oil (3/4 

teaspoon) on pita top. Pan-cook until crisp and toasted as desired, 

about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes per side. Flip sandwich during cooking by 

transferring it with a pancake turner/large spatula to a plate, place 

another plate on top, flip over, then transfer back into skillet. 

4. Stuff with the microgreens, cut in half with a bread knife, and 

enjoy warm. 

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves 1 

FOR THE SOUR CREAM CILANTRO SAUCE: 

1/2 cup vegan sour cream 

1/4 cup vegan mayo or replace 

with vegan sour cream or vegan 

unsweetened yogurt 

1/4 cup cilantro, minced 

Juice of 1/2 lime 

1 tsp olive oil 

Tastic spice to taste 

OPTIONAL TOPPINGS/ADD-INS: 

Mashed avocado 

Chopped tomatoes 

Chopped sautéed mushrooms 

SOURCE: Jackie Newgent, RDN, CDN 


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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 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 the dural tube 

that encases the spinal cord into the lower 

and upper back, the neck, the cranium and 

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 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 

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. 

Babies and Children can benefit 

■ Our little boy Leo, four years of age, had a 

difficult birth and at 7 months was put on antibiotics 

for an ear infection and as a result developed 

c-diff. His development came to a stop. 

At 3 years, with the help of an OT, he started 

to walk and talk. In spite of the improvements, 

he was unable to answer questions and his 

communication skills were very poor. Leo 

had very poor muscle tone, a lot of stress in 

his body and physical activities such walking, 

jumping and climbing were difficult for him. 

Beginning with the first session with Terry, 

he began showing improvement and with each 

following session. Everyone from his teachers 

to his grandparents noticed an increase in his 

■ “I was in awful pain and the 

MRI showed 2 pinched nerves 

and stenosis. I scheduled surgery. 

My daughter suggested Craniosacral therapy. 

After only 2 visits the pain was reduced to 

advanced craniosacral about 80% and therapy I canceled the surgery. I went 

for a 3rd visit and I am about 90% better.” 

■ “Simply Amazing! One visit was all it took for 

Terry to relieve 85% of my year long, nagging 

(sometimes severe) neck/shoulder tightness/ 

pain!! My breathing improved tremendously.” 

physical strength, as well as improvements in 

comprehension, speech and communication 

skills. For the first time, he started participating 

in class lessons and interacting with his 

classmates. Terry has made a huge impact on 

getting Leo to a place a little boy should be at 

age four. We cannot thank Terry enough. 

■ Terry’s treatment helped our 6 week old 

baby boy from recent hospitalization into 

the first series of healthy bowel movements 

when seemingly nothing could help. Our son 

was able to latch onto the breast and for the 

first time completed his feeding. He was much 

calmer after working with Terry. 

■ “He was able to relieve tension that I have 

been carrying around for 15 years or more. 

I left his office table with more energy than I 

have had in years.” 

■ “I began working with him because I was 

dealing with anxieties, depression and lots of 

emotional pain inside and out. You don’t realized 

how much stress can cause damage to 

your body, mind and soul. I can say Terry was 

a big help.” 

Terrence Grywinski 

of Advanced 

Craniosacral Therapy, 

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

Testimonials from Clients 

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, 

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Therapy. 

■ “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 

advanced craniosacral therapy 

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.” 

■ “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.” 

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