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out and about continued Choreographed during the opening stages of the Second World War, Ashton’s Dante Sonata continues the theme of war in Program Two. A synthesis of wartime symbolism and his reflections upon experiencing Franz Liszt’s piano piece of the same name—the work enraptured Sarasota audiences during it’s Company Premiere this past Season. The triple bill closes with Paul Taylor’s Company B, framing the turbulent era of World War 2 through the songs of the Andrews Sisters. Combining moments of joy and hilarity with the heavy reality of war, Taylor creates a remarkable piece that perfectly exemplifies the duality of America in the 1940s. At the Sarasota Opera House. Tickets: www.sarasotaballet.org Sarasota Concert Association Sarasota Concert Association has Canadian Brass Holiday Concert on December 4 at the Sarasota Opera House. Celebrating 50 years of making spirits bright, the world’s most famous brass quintet performs festive holiday favorites, from Carol of the Bells, to A Charlie Brown Christmas, swinging Glenn Miller tunes and more. Tickets: www.SCAsarasota.org. ▼ At the Van Wezel Coming up (partial list): • Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock & Roll - November 10 • Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - November 19 • Rumours of Fleetwood Mac - November 25 • Johnny Cash: The Official Concert Experience - November 26 • Pretty Woman: The Musical - November 27-28 • Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour - November 29 • Sweet Caroline Tour: A Neil Diamond Christmas - December 4 • Daniel O’Donnell - December 15 Pre-show dining for both shows 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. Tickets: www.VanWezel.org ▼ Bishop Museum of Science and Nature The Bishop has SHE ENGINEERS through December 31, 2023. SHE ENGINEERS is a bilingual (English and Spanish) poster exhibition highlighting eight women in various engineering fields. In their own words, the women share their passion and what inspired them to become engineers. The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Information: bishopscience.org. ▼ Sarasota Art Museum Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College has: • Contemporary/Traditional: Selections from the Basch Glass Collection through Feb. 11, 2024. Drawn from the Richard and Barbara Basch ▼ Collection, Contemporary/Traditional gives a glimpse into the dynamic world of international contemporary glass art of the late 20th and 21st centuries. This exhibition showcases a range of glasswork styles, from delicate figural sculptures to powerful abstract shapes. • Juana Valdés: Embodied Memories, Ancestral Histories through Feb. 11, 2024. This is Valdés’ first solo exhibition at a museum. It will showcase a range of works drawn from her three-decadelong career. Valdés’ work, anchored in history and narratives related to her Afro-Cuban heritage, addresses colonization’s history and migration’s impact, as well as the issues of gender, race, and the representation of the female body. • Judy Pfaff: Picking up the Pieces runs November 19-March 24, 2024. Pfaff, widely regarded as a pioneer of installation art, has created work that spans disciplines from painting to printmaking and sculpture to installation, eschewing definition. Pfaff ingeniously transmutes and transforms materials, including natural objects from her garden, hand-painted and digitally manipulated images, welded steel, aluminum, wood, expanded foam, melted plastic, blown glass, neon, and LED lights. Visit sarasotaartmuseum.org to learn more. Sarasota Art Museum is located at 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. The Hermitage The Hermitage Cross Arts Collaborative, now in its second season, is a new annual residency program focused on supporting the talent of performing artists frequently featured on Sarasota stages. This year the program is represented by musician and composer Lizzie Hagstedt, whose work has been developed with Asolo Rep, and Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company member Jessica Obiedzinski. After two weeks on the Hermitage’s historic beachfront campus, these two creators will reunite to share selections of their new works and talk about how they utilized their residency time as the sun sets at The Bay on November 14. On December 14, Hermitage Fellow Cleyvis Natera reads from and offers insight into her “refreshingly direct and declarative” (NY Times) debut novel, Neruda on the Park, and shares a glimpse into her writing process at the Johann Fust Community Library in Boca Grande. All events at: hermitageartistretreat.org. ▼ At The Ringling The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art has Mountains of the Mind: Scholars’ Rocks from China and Beyond which runs through June ▼ 23, 2024 in The Ringling’s Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Art. The exhibit features a selection of scholars’ rocks and related paintings and prints, including rocks recently donated from the extensive collection of Nancy and Stan Kaplan, a new acquisition funded by Lucia and Steve Almquist and paintings on loan from the Dongguan Lou Collection. Scholars’ rocks are collected from remote geographic locations, where they have been formed by natural elements over millions of years. The stones may then be carved, polished and inscribed before being displayed in a custom-made stand to enhance their visual appeal. Scholars’ rocks are both natural objects and products of human creativity. Mountains of the Mind will feature a wide array of scholars’ rocks in various shapes, textures and geological properties. The rocks are further contextualized by paintings, prints and texts that illuminate their cultural importance for scholars across the centuries. The stones have been appreciated and admired in China for more than a thousand years; historically, connoisseurs displayed their stones in their studios alongside paintings and other treasures, where they served as a focus for meditation or creative contemplation. On view through March 3 is Working Conditions. Explore labor through The Ringling’s Photography Collection. The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries radically changed the nature of human labor. Photography was itself introduced to the public in 1839. The subsequent development of photographic media has thus been intertwined with the culture of labor ever since. In addition to the camera’s technical use as an instrument to record, photographers have also created images over the decades that have helped shape how we think about work and the politics of labor. This exhibition explores the myriad ways in which photographs have communicated ideas about labor since the nineteenth century through examples from The Ringling’s photography permanent collection. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org. Theatre Urbanite Theatre has THE SOUND INSIDE running through December 3. This is a story about the ▼ On December 5 enjoy an evening with Carl Hiaasen, Florida’s most savagely funny, riotous, and cathartic storyteller. It’s an irreverent evening of Florida Stories recounting Floridians’ relationship with our enchantingly wild lands, waters, and creatures. unlikely friendship between creative writing professor Bella and her enigmatic student Christopher. Written by Adam Rapp, this six-time Tony-nominated play explores the limits of human connection and leaves audiences questioning what one person can ask of another. www.urbanite theatre.com Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe open its season with “Once On This Island.” Set on a verdant Caribbean island, this Tony Award-winning musical tells the coming-of-age story of a peasant girl searching for love and her place in the world, while dealing with complicated social issues of race, class and affairs of the heart. Based on the novel “My Love, My Love” by Rosa Guy, this production showcases Afro-Caribbean rhythms and instruments, with music and lyrics by the Tony Award-winning musical team behind “Ragtime” (lyrics and book by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty). The show runs through November 19. Location: WBTT’s Donelly Theatre (1012 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota). Tickets: westcoastblacktheatre.org ▼ ▼ The Players Sarasota has Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu on November 10-12 and 17-19. Pass Over reimagines Beckett’s Waiting for Godot through the eyes of two innercity Black men. Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner – passing the time and hoping that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans. Emotional and lyrical, Pass Over crafts everyday profanities into poetic and humorous riffs, exposing the unquestionable human spirit of young men stuck in a cycle just looking for a way out. Held at The Players Studio Black Box, 1400 Blvd. of the Arts, Suite 200, Sarasota. Tickets: theplayers.org ▼ Learn more at http://ecosummit.org. Manatee Performing Arts Center has: • Peace of Woodstock — go on a musical journey from the acoustic opening act of the Woodstock experience, Richie Havens, through the closing moments of the festival with the electric sounds of Jimi Hendrix. Also featured are songs from Crosby, Stills, Nash, The Who, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Santana, the Jefferson Airplane, and others. Held on November 11. • Elvis On Tour: The Elvis Presley Experience — In the spring of 1972, Elvis Presley embarked on a fifteen-day, fifteen-city tour across America! Performing in his prime. Matt Stone, a nationally-acclaimed Elvis Tribute Artist, who was named by Graceland as one of the top performers on the planet, is bak to recreate these performances. Held on November 18. • She Loves Me— In this case of mistaken identity and letter writing, two feuding perfume clerks have no idea that they are in love. Considered by many to be the most charming musicals ever written, She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy. Dates: November 30-December 10. Box Office: 941-748-5878. Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Avenue W, Bradenton. Venice Theatre has Pickleball through November 19. Pickleball is a quippy screwball comedy about the predominant mania of our time. Goofy, lightning-fast, and slightly naughty, it’s a “pwocking” good time that will “pickle” your funny bone. ▼ • In the Raymond Center (Venice Theatre’s 130-seat temporary stage in the Raymond Center directly behind the main building) running October 13-November 12 is The Addams Family. Music by Andrew Lippa; Lyrics by Andrew Lippa, Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Based on the comic strip The Addams Family by Charles Addams. Now see Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Lurch live in the Broadway musical hit. Info: venice theatre.org/ Asolo Rep has Crazy For you November 18-January 4, 2024. Put on your dancing shoes as you are transported back to the Roaring Twenties by this Tony Award-winning, romantic musical comedy. Featuring iconic Gershwin songs such as “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I Got Rhythm,” and “Embraceable You,” Crazy For You delivers comic high jinks, spectacular dance numbers, and fun for the entire family. ▼ Visit asolorep.org to learn more info. FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training’s has Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters running through November 19 and showcasing the talents of second-year Conservatory actors. Experience the heart-wrenching tale of the Prozorov sisters, whose dreams of returning to Moscow are shattered in a provincial Russian swamp. Discover the secrets that have made audiences weep for over a century and delve into the mystery of why Chekhov protested dramatic interpretations of The Three Sisters. For information, visit asolorep.org/ conservatory ▼ Florida Studio Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors starting November 15. A hapless flower shop assistant, Seymour stumbles across a new breed of plant, which he names ‘Audrey II’ after his coworker crush. The saucy, R&B-singing carnivore promises Seymour unending fame and fortune with one condition: he must keep feeding it blood. Seymour soon discovers Audrey II’s out-ofthis-world origins and its man-eating appetite for global domination. ▼ Carole Kleinberg, artistic director of Sarasota Jewish Theatre , said, “Because we sold out and turned away so many people for ‘Bashert – Some Things are Meant to Be’ last season, we ▼ continued on page 10 8 WEST COAST WOMAN NOVEMBER 2023
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