Cultural Calendar
ONGOING
Suncoast Watercolor Society exhibition, through Nov. 5, Venice Art Center
Red Hot Operetta, through Nov. 8, Players Theatre
La traviata, through Nov. 11, Sarasota Opera
The Mystery Plays, through Nov. 15 in FSU/Asolo Conservatory production, Cook Theatre
November, through Nov. 15 at Venice Theatre’s Stage II
Nunsense, through Nov. 15, Manatee Players
* Contact, through Nov. 22
at Asolo Rep’s Mertz Theatre
Run for Your Wife (through Nov. 27) and Caught in the Net (through Nov. 29), Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
Aging in America: The Years Ahead, photo exhibition through Dec. 3, Longboat Key Center for the Arts
That’s Life, through Jan. 2 at Florida Studio Theatre Goldstein Cabaret
Venice in the Age of Canaletto, through Jan. 10, Ringling Museum of Art
November 2009
* 1 through May 31 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, along Sarasota bayfront
4 Singer-songwriter Jewel,
Van Wezel
6 Vocal ensemble Ten Tenors, Van Wezel
6 through Dec. 9 Annual Ringling College Faculty and Staff Exhibitions
* 6-12 Cine-World Film Festival, Burns Court Cinema
8 Sarasota Pops: “Oscar Meets the Pops,” Church of the Palms
8, 10 Singer Rosena Hill, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
* 10 through Dec. 6 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at Venice Theatre
12 Sarasota Orchestra Chamber Soiree, Holley Hall
13-15 New Music New College Series: Living and Dead: The Gettysburg Project
13 through Dec. 5 Members Only Portrait & Figure Show, Venice Art Center.
15 New Shanghai Circus, Van Wezel
16 Writer Stephen King, Van Wezel
17 through Jan. 9 6th Annual Florida Photography Open Juried Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota
* 18 Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, Van Wezel
18-21 Sarasota Orchestra Great Escapes, Holley Hall
* 18 through Jan. 15 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Florida Studio Theatre
19-21 FDR starring Ed Asner, Historic Asolo Theater
20 Musical duo The Bacon Brothers, Van Wezel
22 Key Chorale, “Bach to Bach,” Sarasota Opera House
* 27-29 Sarasota Ballet: Giselle, at the Sarasota Opera House
28 Dave Koz: A Smooth Jazz Christmas 2009, Van Wezel
29 Camelot, Van Wezel
30 Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano, Van Wezel
December 2009
1 Sister’s Christmas Catechism, Golden Apple
2 Comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, Van Wezel
3-13 A Christmas Carol, Players Theatre
3-13 The Education of Angels, Island Players
3-20 Annie, Manatee Players
4, 5 Sarasota Ballet: The Nutcracker, Sarasota Opera House
4-6 Sarasota Craft Show, featuring 150 fine crafts artists, Sarasota Bradenton International Convention Center
4-6 Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks: In Fantasy, Joyce Yang, piano
4-20 The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Venice Theatre
4 through April 1 The Perfume Shop, Asolo Rep
5 Handel’s Messiah, Sarasota Choral Society, Pine Shores Presbyterian Church
6, 8 Singers Richard White/Susan Powell, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
7 Gloria Musicae, “A Glorious Christmas,” St. Boniface Episcopal Church
9 Linda Eder: The Holiday Show, Van Wezel
* 10, 11 Avenue Q, Van Wezel
10 Sarasota Orchestra Chamber Soiree, Holley Hall
11 through Jan. 7 Black & White Plus One Color exhibition, Venice Art Center
11 through Feb. 23 Life of Galileo, Asolo Rep
12 That’s Amore: Dean Martin and Friends Holiday Special, Van Wezel
13 Sarasota Pops: “Cine-mental Holiday,” Church of the Palms
13 Sandi Patty’s Yuletide, Van Wezel
16-19 Sarasota Orchestra Great Escapes, Holley Hall
* 16 through Feb. 13 Florida Studio Theatre presents Bridge and Tunnel, at Gompertz Theatre
* 16 through April 4 Gothic Art in the Gilded Age, Ringling Museum of Art
18, 19 Holiday Concerts, Venice Symphony, Church of the Nazarene
18-20 “The Sounds of Christmas,” Artist Series of Sarasota, Historic Asolo Theater
18-20 A Christmas Carol, Venice Theatre
18 through Feb. 25 Searching for Eden: The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Asolo Rep
* 20 through Jan. 2 Perlman Music Program Winter Residency, with Celebration Concert Jan. 2 at the Sarasota Opera House
22 A Christmas Carol, Van Wezel
29 Moscow Ballet, Great Russian Nutcracker, Van Wezel
29 through Jan. 10 The Musical Magic of Hayes and Hyman (Bill Hayes, Dick Hyman), Golden Apple
30 Bowfire: Holiday Heart Strings, Van Wezel
30, 31 Red, Hot, and Blue!, Venice Theatre
January 2010
1 Salute to Vienna, Van Wezel
3 Singer-actress Bernadette Peters, Van Wezel
3, 5 Amernet String Quartet, Artist Series, at Historic Asolo Theater
* 5 Singer Tony Bennett, Van Wezel 40th anniversary show
5 through March 20 Reflections, soul/pop musical revue, Florida Studio Theatre cabaret stage
6 Bobby Vee Family & Friends, Van Wezel
6-24 Blue/Orange, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Cook Theatre
7-24 I Am My Own Wife, Venice Theatre’s Stage II
7-24 Sugar Babies, Manatee Players
8-10 Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks: On Tour, Daniel Jordan, violin
10 Ringling Town Hall, speaker Fareed Zakaria
12 Sarasota Concert Association: musician Peng Peng, at Van Wezel
12-31 Sly Fox at Venice Theatre
12 Sarasota Orchestra Chamber Soiree, Holley Hall
12 through Feb. 21 The Marvelous Wonderettes, Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
13 Comedian Jackie Mason, Van Wezel
14-16 “The Best of Broadway” pops concerts, Venice Symphony, Church of the Nazarene
14-24 Some Enchanted Evening, Players Theatre
14 Defending the Caveman, Van Wezel
15, 16 New Music New College: JACK Quartet
15, 16 Three Men…and a Baby Grand, Artist Series, Holley Hall
15-28 3-D exhibition at Venice Art Center
15 through Feb. 11 Making Waves, sculptures by Malcolm Robertson, Longboat Key Center for the Arts
* 15 through Feb. 16 REAL(ists) exhibition, Selby Gallery
16 Ultimate Doo-Wop Show, Van Wezel.
17 Temptations & Four Tops, Van Wezel
18 George Stephanopoulos, Ringling Town Hall Platinum Dinner speaker
19 Glenn Miller Orchestra, Van Wezel
* 20 Chita Rivera:
My Broadway, Van Wezel
21 Natalie McMaster/Donnell Leahy: Master of the Fiddle, Van Wezel
21 Self Help, Island Players
* 21 through Feb. 28 The Last Five Years, Asolo Rep, at Historic Asolo Theater
22 Classical musicians the Ahn Trio, Van Wezel
22 through April 11: Hearts, Asolo Rep
23 Sarasota Orchestra Pixel Pops, “Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies,” at Van Wezel
23 Guitar Sarasota: Gabriel Blanco, St. Paul Lutheran Church
24 The Wedding Singer, Van Wezel
24, 26 Violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
25 Ringling Town Hall: speaker Peggy Noonan
26 Comedy troupe The Capitol Steps, Van Wezel
27 Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Van Wezel
29 Country singer Vince Gill, Van Wezel
29-31 Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks: In Nature
29-31 Sarasota Ballet: Triple Bill with Les Rendezvous, Othello and Matthew Bourne’s Boutique, FSU Center
29 through Feb. 28 Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical, Venice Theatre
31 Sarasota Pops: “Days of Glory: The Music of World War II,” Church of the Palms
February
1 Girls Night: The Musical, Van Wezel
2 Dance-theater company The Aluminum Show, Van Wezel
* 3 Martha Graham Dance Company, Van Wezel
3-6 Sarasota Orchestra Great Escapes, Holley Hall
* 3 through April 13 Pulitzer Prize winner Ruined at Florida Studio Theatre
4 Big Band swing with Diane Schuur and Bobby Caldwell, Van Wezel
4-6 Ringling College International Design Conference, on campus
5 Comedian Tim Conway and Friends, Van Wezel
5, 6 Classical Concerts, Venice Symphony, Church of the Nazarene
5-21 The Motown ’60s Revue, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Art Center Sarasota
6 Blue Suede Shoes (The Ultimate Elvis Bash), Van Wezel
6-8 Second Annual Sarasota Open Ballroom Dance Competition, Hyatt Regency Sarasota
* 6 through March 21 Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci, Sarasota Opera
8 Ringling Town Hall: speaker Condoleezza Rice
9 Hairspray, Van Wezel
10 Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, Van Wezel
11 Israel Ballet, Van Wezel
11-21 Lend Me a Tenor, Players Theatre
12 Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Van Wezel
* 12-28 Circus Sarasota performs, location TBA
13 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Van Wezel
* 13 through March 21 The Magic Flute, Sarasota Opera
13 through April 25 In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America, Ringling Museum of Art
14 Van Wezel Foundation Gala: Gladys Knight, Van Wezel
14, 16 Soprano Hanan Alattar, Artist Series, Asolo Theater
15 Sarasota Concert Association: classical musicians the Eroica Trio, at Van Wezel
16 Comedienne Joan Rivers with special guest James Naughton, Van Wezel
16 through March 14 Annie at Venice Theatre
18 The Irish Rovers, Van Wezel
18 through March 1 Shear Madness, FST's Gompertz Theatre
* 18 through March 7 Curtains, Manatee Players
* 19 Singer-actress Patti Lupone: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda!, Van Wezel
19-21 Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks: In Youth, Elena Urioste, violin
19-21 Sarasota Ballet: Triple Bill with Vespri, Divertissements and I Napoletani, FSU Center
19 through March 19 Annual Members’ Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts
21, 23 The Amelia Trio, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
23-28 Mamma Mia!, Van Wezel
23 through TBA L’il Abner, Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
26 New Music New College: Crossroads 2
26, 27 Classical Concerts, Venice Symphony, Church of the Nazarene
26 through March 31 Perestroika (n) Restructuring: The Glass Sculpture of Kathleen Mulcahy, Ron Desmett and Martin Prekop at Selby Gallery
27 Guitar Sarasota: duo Pablo Gonzales Jazey and Thomas Koch, at St. Paul Lutheran Church
27 through March 13 Hansel and Gretel, Sarasota Opera
28 Sarasota Orchestra Chamber Soiree, Holley Hall
28 through March 6
Sarasota Jazz Festival, locations including Phillippi Estate Park and Players Theatre
March
1 Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Van Wezel
1-18 Paint Out in Paradise exhibition, Venice Art Center
2 Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, Van Wezel
3-21 Machinal, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Cook Theatre
4-7 Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks: Through Life, Andreas Haefliger, piano
5 Sarasota Concert Association: Russian National Orchestra, at Van Wezel
6 The Musicians from Marlboro, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
6-20 Giovanna d’Arco, Sarasota Opera
7 Sarasota Pops: “Reel Classics,” Church of the Palms
* 8 Joffrey Ballet, Van Wezel
9 The Irish Tenors, Van Wezel
10 Ringling Town Hall: speaker Pervez Musharraf
10-13 Sarasota Orchestra Great Escapes, Holley Hall
* 11 through April 11 Rent at Venice Theatre’s Stage II
12 Shirley Jones: A Night at the Oscars, Van Wezel
12 through April 17 Managing Maxine, Asolo Rep
14 European-style circus Cirque Le Masque, Van Wezel
15 The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess 75th Anniversary World Tour, Van Wezel
16 Sarasota Concert Association: Buffalo Philharmonic, at Van Wezel
17 Singer Liza Minnelli, Van Wezel
18 Sarasota Orchestra Pixel Pops: Ellis Island, at Van Wezel
18-28 Fiddler on the Roof, Players Theatre
18 through April 4 Catch Me If You Can, Island Players
19 Classic Albums Live Present: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Van Wezel
19 through April 4 The Magnificent Mills Brothers, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Art Center Sarasota
21 Band of Irish Guard & Pipes of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Van Wezel
21, 23 Pianist Ya Fei Chuang, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
23 Dick Fox’s Golden Boys: Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell, Van Wezel
23 through June 5 Night Train to Memphis world premiere, Florida Studio Theatre cabaret stage
24 through April 18
New Play Festival, Asolo Rep in the Cook Theatre
* 25-28 Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks (with Key Chorale): Carmina Burana
25 through April 11 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Manatee Players
25 through April 22 A Survey of Works, artist Florence Putterman, Longboat Key Center for the Arts
* 26 Sarasota Concert Association: pianist Lang Lang, conductor Christopher von Eschenbach, at Van Wezel
26, 27 Classical Concerts, Venice Symphony, Church of the Nazarene
26 through April 15 Members Only Landscape/Seascape exhibition, Venice Art Center
25 Guitar Sarasota Denis Azabagic, St. Paul Lutheran Church
30 Lang Lang, Christopher von Eschenbach: Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Van Wezel
30 through April 19 Dearly Departed, Venice Theatre
* 31 Ringling Town Hall: speaker Phillippe de Montebello
April
1 One Night of Queen, Van Wezel (performed by Gary Mullen & The Works)
2 In the Mood: A 1940s Musical, Van Wezel
2, 3 Sarasota Ballet Triple Bill
with Christopher Wheeldon’s There Where She Loved, Rococo Variations, Pineapple Poll, Opera House
3 Country-rock group Lonestar, Van Wezel
* 5 Gloria Musicae,
Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Opera House
6 The Beach Boys, Van Wezel
6 through May 23 (tentative): The Andrews Brothers, Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
7 Neil Berg’s 102 Years of Broadway, Van Wezel
7-10 Sarasota Orchestra Great Escapes, Holley Hall
7 through May 29: National New Play Network world premiere of Shotgun, Florida Studio Theatre
* 9-18 Sarasota Film Festival, Hollywood 20
* 9-21 La Musica International
Chamber Music Festival
9-26 Best of Ringling: Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Selby Gallery
11 Sarasota Pops: “Broadway to Hollywood,” Church of the Palms
11 Barbra & Frank: The Show That Never Was, Van Wezel
14 Irish music and dance ensemble Celtic Crossroads,
Van Wezel
15 Swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with a tribute to Cab Calloway, Van Wezel
15 through May 3 The Game of Love and Chance, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Historic Asolo Theater
15 through May 2 Beast on the Moon at Venice Theatre’s Stage II
16 Sarasota Orchestra Pixel Pops: City Lights, Van Wezel
17-29 South Sarasota County Schools Spring Art exhibition, Venice Art Center
19 Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, Van Wezel
20, 21 Xanadu, Van Wezel
* 22 through May 2 The Who’s Tommy, Players Theatre
23 Music and more with the Mystical Arts of Tibet, Van Wezel
23, 24 Spring Pops Concert, Venice Symphony. Church of the Nazarene
23-25 Sarasota Ballet Triple Bill with Donizetti Variations, Infernal Galop and a world premiere by Sarasota Ballet dancers, FSU Center
* 23 through May 9 Jar the Floor, Westcoast
Black Theatre Troupe, Art Center Sarasota
24 New Music New College: Victoria Bass, cello
24 Guitar Sarasota Showcase Concert, St. Paul Lutheran Church
25 Key Chorale 25th Anniversary Concert, Opera House
29 Sarasota Orchestra Journeys to Genius: Beethoven, the Angry Revolutionary
30 Ringling College Senior Thesis Exhibitions, Selby Gallery
3- through May 27 Your Point of View, juried photo exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts
May
4-23 Doubt, Venice Theatre
5-8 Sarasota Orchestra Great Escapes, Holley Hall
6-23 Gypsy, Manatee Players
7-27 Absolute Abstract exhibition, Venice Art Center.
* 7-30 Dancing Backwards in High Heels: The Ginger Musical, Asolo Rep
9, 11 Liebeslieder Waltzes, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
13 Sarasota Orchestra Chamber Soiree, Holley Hall
13-23 Honk! at Venice Theatre
13-23 The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Island Players
14-28 Community Exhibitions at Selby Gallery: Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society; Robert Hodgell
16, 18 Italian Saxophone Quartet, Artist Series, Historic Asolo Theater
28 through June 13 Married Alive! at Venice Theatre
June
6, 8 Pianists Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Anderson, Artist Series, Sarasota
11-24 Found Objects exhibition, Venice Art Center
TBA Banyan Theater Company summer season
22-27 International Amateur Theater Festival, Venice Theatre
* 25 through July 28
David Budd: A 40-Year Retrospective, Selby Gallery
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Banyan Theater Company: (941) 358-5330; box office, (941) 552-1032
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Island Players: (941) 778-5755
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