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Featured Artist
Jorge Blanco
Local Contemporary Sculptor
Jorge Blanco’s work can be seen around Sarasota,
throughout the United States and soon at the
Third Beijing International Biennale at the National
Art Museum of China. Jorge is one of ten artists from
the U.S. participating in the event.
He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and received a degree
in Industrial Design from the Neumann Institute of
Design, in Caracas, and studied at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Rome, Italy. Jorge has lived and worked in
Sarasota since 1999.
As it says on his website, “Jorge Blanco is a creator
whose work surprises us, transforms us and after
contemplating it, we are not the same, we take with us a
fresh vision of the world. Jorge’s sculptures invite us
to enter into a dialogue without limits because they are
works that aspire to be in open spaces… unlimited
spaces, where we share the feeling that we are all one
on this planet. His works are a combination of precision
and exaltation, of discipline and liberty.”
“Blanco has directed his efforts to the creation of
public art, convinced that through works that are
vibrant and full of optimism he can contribute to the
cultural development of our communities. He has
successfully installed large scale and medium size works
in different public and private sites.”
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[ sarasota videos ]
Déjà vu, dude? Nope, just another video episode of
Sarasota
History Alive here on
AnythingArts.com!
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Wednesdays & Thursdays
[ something different ]
The Village Bookstore,
in Bradenton’s Village of the Arts, hosts a variety of events including Annette
Baumgarden’s Writing Class every Wednesday from 7:30-9:00 pm and the Thursday
night Poets & Writers Group at 7:00 pm. Make sure you confirm the happening
prior at 941-750-9141. Watch a little video about The Village Bookshop by
clicking
here.
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Saturdays
[ medical alert, medical alert ]
The U.S. Surgeon General issued a statement today that it is critical to human
health to laugh, laugh hard and laugh often. The recommended weekly dosage is
now attainable through
FST's
fabulous Improv Comedy Troupe. Improv every Saturday night at 8:30 pm. Hurry,
your life may depend on it! Call the
Florida Studio Theatre Box
Office for tickets at 941-366-9000. (Warning: excessive laughing may cause
weight loss as you laugh your arse off.) |
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[ red tide, baby ]
Most of us just complain about red tide and applaud when it moves off-shore to
bother some other locale without figuring out what it is or whether, perhaps,
our human behavior is contributing to it- just maybe. Well, three guys from
Siesta Key had enough and decided to do something pro-active. The result was a
line of clothing called “Red Tide Wear” that’s intended to help fund red tide
research. Digital Alchemy, a
local graphic design and web company, just completed
Red Tide Wear’s
new website. Check it out here
and be sure to read more about red tide. (Oh, if you are a tourist reading
this…um… what’s red tide?) |
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August 9
[ duck and roll ]
Remember practicing for a nuclear attack by climbing under your
puny first grade desk? As if that was going to protect you!
The Peace Education
and Action Center is screening Stanley Kubrick’s classic
dark-comedy film, “Dr.
Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”
at the Fruitville Public Library (100 Coburn Road, Sarasota).
The event is free and open to the public from 1:15 – 4:45 p.m.
and includes light refreshments and a facilitated discussion
after. For more information call 941-929-0000. |
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Through August 9
[ special art exhibit ]
Art Center Manatee,
in collaboration with
Manasota ARC
(Association of Retarded Citizens) and
Artistic Realization
Technologies, presents a special exhibit of art by some
challenged and talented people. Sometimes painting with a
“tracker,” the artist tells the tracker what colors to use and
what to do, because they can’t physically do it themselves.
Sometimes they use a light beam on their head as a pointer to
guide the brush strokes. Either way, this method gives
non-verbally communicative or disabled people an expressive
outlet and the result is not art therapy – it is ART. Read more
about by clicking the links in this story and then make a point
of visiting Art Center Manatee and see it for yourself. |
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A bunch of days
[ clean house ]
The Banyan
Theater season is running full speed ahead, to the delight
of audiences. You have through August 3 to catch “True West”.
Then August 7- 24, it’s “The
Clean House,” by Sarah Ruhl. A finalist for the 2004
Pulitzer Prize, The Clean House is a quirky and unexpectedly
moving comedy about love, loss and the power of a good joke.
Order tickets today at 941-552-1032.
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Now
[ dabbert gallery ]
The Dabbert Gallery’s "Summer
Showcase" features the expressionism of Craig Rubadoux, abstract nature by
Barbara Krupp, figurative paintings by Robert Baxter, William Suys, Daniel
Bilodeau, William Jerdon, Kathrin Longhurst and American Portrait Society
Grand Prize winner Yuqi Wang. Also the collectable art of Ben Stahl, mesh
sculpture by Eric Boyer, landscapes by David Bottini, Tom Swimm and others
through Sept. 30th. (photo: “Selby Courtyard Gardens"
by Daniel Bottini) |
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Now through August 10
[ florida studio theatre ]
“Southern
Comforts,” by Kathleen Clark, just opened in the Keating Theatre of
FST. About the play, “A
late-in-life love story about a caustic old widower warmed back to life by a
merry widow with a honeyed accent. Their funny, awkward, and enchanting
romance is filled with sweet surprises and unpredictable tribulation. Told
with warmth and perceptive humor, this Off-Broadway success is an affecting
journey of compromise and rejuvenation, of personal risk and the rewards of
change.” Call 941-366-9000 for
tickets and
info. |
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July 25, 26 & August 1
[ lake osprey cabaret ].
The Lake Osprey Cabaret (formerly the Backlot's East Village) has
re-opened and is enjoying sell out performances with audiences dancing and
enjoying a variety of music. On Friday, July 25, The Jimmy Jay Duo
entertains with the sounds of Elvis, Roy Orbison, Neil Sedaka and more. On
Saturday, July 26, Eddy Martinetto brings the best of Tony Bennett and
Sinatra to the stage. Then, on August 1,
Melanie Massell returns to
Lake Osprey with her "Hot Item Band" and everything from the Beatles to
Dianna Krall to Aretha. All of the shows start at 8:00 pm and cost $15. Call
941-907-9252 for info and
buy tickets online at SRQBoxOffice.com. |
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July 27
[ siesta key concert ]
The Hyatt Siesta Key Beach presents “Soundwaves
on Siesta” – a concert series. Next up is
Michael Andrew &
Swingerhead. Andrew is a Big Band era crooner and was once heralded for his
great voice by Merv Griffin. He was also the bandleader and singer at NYC’s
renowned Rainbow Room and is currently working with Jerry Lewis on a
Broadway production of “The Nutty Professor.” Tickets for the concert are
free but you have to get them through the
Hyatt's Soundwaves website here. |
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July 28 & August 4
[ monday movies ]
The Historic Asolo
Theatre continues its Monday Movies with
Moulin Rouge
on July 28 and West Side Story
on August 4. All movies start at 7:00 pm and cost $7. Call 941-360-7399 for
more information. |
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July 29
[ stars at museum ]
The South
Florida Museum in
downtown Bradenton is screening a movie at 5:15 pm. Explore space at the
Bishop Planetarium through “Seeing
in the Dark,” a film about amateur astronomers discovering the night
skies, followed by exciting space related activities for everyone to enjoy.
$7 per person for this unique opportunity, members are free. Call
941-746-4131. |
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July 31 – August 9
[ okie play ]
OKLAHOMA!
Open soon at Venice Theatre (formerly the Venice Little Theatre) and tickets
are on sale now on-line and through the Box Office. The Rogers & Hammerstein
classic is sure to entertain. Did you know that Oklahoma is based on a play
called “Green
Grow the Lilacs”? Call 941-488-1115 for details. |
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August 8
[ opening reception ]
The Selby
Gallery, on the Ringling
College of Art & Design campus, opens a new exhibition of
cutting edge computer generated artwork and design called “Digital
Is.” You’ll be amazed at just what digital is, as you experience
what computers can do when in the right hands. The public is invited
to the reception form 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Call 941-359-7563 for
information. The exhibit runs through September 13. |
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August 8 – 9
[ kaleidoscope ]
At the Asolo Repertory Theatre,
Kaleidoscope presents “Dream Out Loud!” Kaleidoscope is an innovative
musical theatre workshop that provides teens and adults with developmental
disabilities an opportunity to perform an original play and become part of a
year-round touring company. Developed in partnership between the Asolo
Repertory Theatre and Children's Haven
and Adult Community Services Inc. “It has broken new ground in using art
to build life-skills, raise self-esteem and achieve clinical goals with
amazing results.” |
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August 8 – 10
[ play at the players ]
Bernie Yanelli’s play, “Casting Shadows,” was a winner at last year’s “The
Play’s The Thing” at The Players Theatre.
So, Bernie gets a production of the play as his prize! The powerful drama is
an exploration of a man’s journey from his days as a college philosophy
student, through a successful high powered life as an ad man to where he
ends up; physically, emotionally and spiritually. Tickets available at The
Players. Call 941-365-2494 for information. |
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Unless I’m on a plane, I don’t read just one book at a time. It’s usually
eight or nine. Some mornings I wake up with books lying all around me—their
creased pages evidence of what happens on sleepless nights when the clock
strikes 3 a.m. Here are a few of the books I’ve shared my bed with these
days. I know Oliver Sacks from his musings on the outer limits of
neurological experience, but his Oaxaca Journal is
about, well, ferns. If you, too, are a fern fan, his botanical drawings
alone are worth the read. I heard about the Irish journalist, TV producer,
and author, Nuala O’Faolain, on a brutally candid interview she gave on an
Irish public radio station a few weeks before she died of cancer at 68 this
year. I happened to find her two memoirs, Are You Somebody?
and Almost There; The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman,
at a used bookstore in Vermont this summer. Some call her a feminist Frank
McCourt, but I love her writing for her unsentimental exploration of what’s
it like to be a lone wolf of a woman past a certain age. Sad report but
still fascinating to this wolf of a certain age. I picked up David Sedaris’s
new book, When You are Engulfed in Flames—for a
45-minute plane trek to Palm Beach—and I timed it just right. His sixth book
of “realish” insights regarding important stuff like mortality, smoking and
spiders, is worth every airborne moment (especially his piece on a hostile
airplane seatmate). There’s always some poetry by Charles Simic near my bed;
this time it’s, appropriately, The Voice at 3 a.m.
Here’s one poem, entitled “Evening Chess”: The Black Queen raised high/in my
father’s hand.” I like short poems. On top of Simic is a slim volume of
The Book of Psalms. King Solomon is almost as
cynical as Sedaris—but a lot easier to dance to. There’s also a copy of
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi about a
group of women meeting clandestinely to discuss books during the rise of the
Islamic Republic in Iran. There are always collections of short stories;
this time, it’s the 2006 edition of New Stories from the South
and the 2008 O. Henry Prize Stories. Finally,
beneath the whole pile, acting as its sturdy base, is Paul Theroux’s
The Old Patagonian Express, a book that never fails to
make me wanna buy a ticket outa here. |
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WEB DESIGNER WANTED
Sarasota-based integrated marketing communications agency seeks established,
independent web designer to share office space and collaborate on existing
clients and new business. Convenient location with a private office and
conference space. Excellent opportunity to stop working from bedroom #3 and
start officing with a grown-up agency and built-in clients. E-mail your
resume or letter of interest to
info@smithadvertising.net. |
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[ adult dancing ]
The new dance session for
That's Dancing! Dance
Education for Adults begins August 11 - 12. Registrations are currently
being accepted for adult students interested in learning tap (3 levels
available) Broadway style Jazz, and "Just the Basics" Social dance. Classes
are taught by award-winning choreographer
Bonnie Gray, That's Dancing! is the
home of the Starfire Dancers, winner of the 2008 Starpower National Talent
Championships at Disney world. Call 941-741-8131 for more information. |
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Director of Sales & Marketing:
The Players Theatre, Sarasota, is
searching for an individual to develop marketing strategies for the theatre,
studio and related fundraising activities. Write press releases, newsletter
and advertising content. Develop and maintain relationship with media.
Create marketing/advertising calendar, organize strategic placement of
advertising, responsible for submission deadlines. Supervise box office
operations. Schedule time in box office, oversee staffing and training,
develop customer service standards. Monitor ticket sellers for accuracy,
reliability and thoroughness. Develop outreach activities to include group
sales, networking opportunities and telesales protocols. Data base
management, target market research and monthly reports for benchmarking.
Highly preferred: candidate with graphic design, strategic branding
experience. Send resume to
exec@theplayers.org. For information, contact Darlene Sparks, Executive
Director 941-365-2494
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August 9
WE improv’s Corporate Improv Workshop
Do you feel your clients and co-workers just don’t hear you? Do you feel
like your presentations are bland? Do you ever feel like you need to “get
out of the box," but are afraid you can’t or don’t know how? Do you love to
have fun? Well now is your opportunity...
WE improv’s Corporate
improvisational workshop demonstrates through active participation how the
basic concepts of improvisation, when applied, can be valuable skills in the
business world. Call 941-539-7961 or
email now to sign up. Fee:
$100 Date: August 9, 11:00 - 3:00 pm at
Booth Studio, Inc. Class
size is limited to guarantee personal attention. No previous acting or
improvisation experience necessary. Private workshops available for
companies. |
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[ auditions ]
The Manatee Players hold
auditions for “Steel Magnolias” on August 3 and 4, at 7:00 pm each night.
Run dates are September 25 - October 12, 2008. Call Rick Kerby at
941-748-0111 for more information. |
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August 6, 7-9 pm
[ ggSpritzer! ]
Meet The gg Monologues cast, win
door prizes (gg merchandise unavailable elsewhere), eat cake, and mingle
with friends. In the bar,
Mattison's Forty One
7275 S. Tamiami Trail or call 941-921-3400. |
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[ auditions ]
The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
will be holding
auditions for its 2008 – 2009 Season. The shows will be: THE GOLDDIGGERS
OF 1633, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, SUGAR: THE SOME LIKE IT HOT MUSICAL and
PHANTOM. Auditions will be held Monday, August 11 at the Golden Apple Dinner
Theatre between 10:00 and 4:00 pm. They are seeking Equity and Non-Equity
actors / singers / dancers. Call 941-366-2646 for appointments and more
information.
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[ house for rent ]
Zan
Aufderheide is leaving town to go on tour and has to rent out her house.
Darling 1954 house close to downtown. 2br/1bath, fenced in yard,
$1,000.00/mo to rent.
Click this
craigslist link to see pics and get more detail. |
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Coming Soon
[ eco-art ]
It’s never too soon to make plans, especially when you have to make
something. Right? Well, Efest is November 15 & 16 and will be having a
contest and exhibition of art made from recycled materials – it’s a Trash to
Treasures Eco Art Contest! The deadline is October 15th. So, start thinking
of what you want to make and let us know if your school, studio, civic org
or artists’ group wants to participate. We’d really like to see a lot of
entries and really show the world how one person’s trash can end up an
artful expression. Click here to see last year’s winner and for more
information. |
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Imperial Fine Art
Imperial Fine Art is
currently exhibiting new works by internationally renowned artist's Luigi
Rocca, Salvador Caballero, Alfredo Navarro, Joan Colomer, and Wili Mamani.
Enjoy their Summer Sale 10 - 20% off all inventory. Hours: Mon - Sat 11:00 -
6:00 pm 1453 Main Street Downtown Sarasota. Phone: 941- 954-8901. |
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Auditions
[ pick me, no me ]Be sure to check the audition pages of local
theaters to make sure you don’t miss anything (click the theater name):
Venice Theatre •
Florida Studio Theatre
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The Banyan
Theater •
The Players Theatre of Sarasota
• Manatee Players
• The Golden Apple
• Island Players |
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