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Sarasota Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Summer Showcase. Join the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce as they present the 2019 Sarasota Summer Showcase on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, from 5:00-7:00PM. COMPLIMENTARY EVENT, NO NEED TO PRE-REGISTER! Join the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce for the Sarasota Summer Showcase! They are SOLD OUT of booths, but encourage you to attend this event where you’ll have the opportunity to network with hundreds of Chamber members, meet new business customers, enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres provided by 5 Chamber member restaurants, a cash bar and more! Summer Showcase takes place at: GROVE Restaurant • Patio • Ballroom […]
Support Suncoast Charities For Children As The Present The 2019 Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix. FORE! 4th Annual Bob Rizi Memorial Golf Classic. Click HERE for more information and/or tickets. 4th Annual Bob Rizi Memorial Golf Classic The Meadows Country Golf Club 3101 Longmeadow, Sarasota, Florida 34235 7:00 a.m. Registration/ 8:30 a.m.Start Foursome & Hole Sponsorship – $650 Foursome – $500 / $125 Per Player
Asolo Repertory Theatre Presents Around the World in 80 Days. Around the World in 80 Days By JULES VERNE | Adapted by LAURA EASON | Directed by THERESA HESKINS Click HERE for more information and/or to buy tickets. “A feast for the eyes, ears and brain.” – West End Wilma Eight actors, 109 characters, six trains, six boats, four flights, one storm, a circus act and an elephant take center stage when Asolo Rep partners once again with UK’s Kenny Wax Family Entertainment (Hetty Feather) to bring Around the World in 80 Days to Sarasota. When the mysterious and fabulously […]
Vote for The Amelia as the “Best Car Show”. The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was nominated by a panel of distinguished judges in the USA TODAY 10Best Reader’s Choice 2019 travel award contest! Please show your support for The Amelia by voting for “Best Car Show” in North America now and once a day until Monday, July 15, 2019. Winners will be announced on 10Best on Friday, July 26th, then later on USA TODAY. Voting is easy and does not require any personal information. Simply click HERE and follow the instructions. You can vote once a day from each device/computer. […]
Manatee Performing Arts Center Features A Kidz Camp Production. Join the Manatee Performing Arts Center as Junie B. starts her first day of first grade, where she encounters many changes. Her best friend finds new best friends. She makes friends with Herb, the new kid. She has problems reading the blackboard in Mr. Scary’s class. Include the friendly cafeteria lady, a kickball tournament, and a “Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal,” First grade has never been more exciting! A Kidz Camp production. Click HERE for more information and/or tickets. Manatee Performing Arts Center The Manatee Players, Inc. 502 Third Avenue West Bradenton, […]
Take A Step On World Refugee Day. In a world where violence forces thousands of families to flee for their lives each day, the time is now to show that the global public stands with refugees. 2019 Theme: #StepWithRefugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day Around the world, communities, schools, businesses, faith groups and people from all walks of life are taking big and small steps in solidarity with refugees. This World Refugee Day, the United Nations challenges everyone to join together and take a step with refugees. Click HERE to join the movement.
Van Wezel Kicks Off 2019 Friday Fest. Sarasota’s favorite free outdoor concert series, FRIDAY FEST, returns this summer! Kicking off Friday Fest 2019 is Big Night Out – a grooving six-piece dance band performing Latin, R&B and Island dance music! A powerful horn section and Latin percussion add to the commanding vocals of Frank Alverez. Dance the night away with a perfect view of the Sarasota sunset as Big Night Out kicks off the annual summer concert series! Van Wezel’s Friday Fest is June 21, 2019 and the event runs from 5-9pm. Friday Fest is located on the Bayside Lawn […]
Join The Ringling For A Screening Of Ai Weiwei’s Film Human Flow. Join The Ringling for a film screening of Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow followed by an informal topical discussion. Click HERE for more information and/or tickets. Last year, The Ringling hosted Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s 12 monumental bronze sculptures, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads. Please join them this World Refugee Day to see one of Ai’s latest projects: a film documenting the plight of refugees world-wide. The film, Human Flow, is an epic journey that gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the […]
Give The Gift Of Sushi! June 18th is International Sushi Day, and the first year it was celebrated was in 2009. International Sushi Day was created for one simple reason – to encourage all around the world to eat and love more sushi. Fun fact: Southeast Asians developed the original type of sushi, which consisted of fish wrapped in souring, fermenting rice. The dish then spread to southern China before reaching Japan.
Jazz Club Of Sarasota Presents The Danny Sinoff Trio. On June 17th at 7:30pm join the Jazz Club of Sarasota as they present the Danny Sinoff Trio. For information and/or tickets click HERE. Danny Sinoff is a huge talent yet to be discovered. His voice has an uncanny likeness to a young Sinatra, a vibrant influence of Harry Connick, Jr., but Danny comes into his own with a style that is both swinging and emotionally heartfelt. As a pianist he is exciting and dynamic, encompassing the styles of Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, Mulgrew Miller and Brad Mehldau. He […]
Ed Sr. – 89 And Not Stopping! Happy Father’s Day Dad! Love You! Father’s Day The holiday was first introduced to Congress in 1913 but didn’t gain recognition until 1966 when Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers. It became a permanent national holiday six years later when President Richard Nixon signed it into law.
Sarasota’s Bayfront Park, Deja Vu Miami’s Bayfront Park Project? On Wednesday, June 19th at 11:00 am, there will be a FREE screening of Producer, Carlos Pagan’s documentary, Voyage To A Dream, which took over 12 years in the making. The documentary is about Miami’s Bayfront Park Project, very similar in scope to our own Bayfront Project here in Sarasota. Reserve your seat at the Elling Eide Research Library, by email at: info@ellingoeide.org by phone at: (941) 893-4708 or click HERE for tickets. Elling Eide Research Library 8000 S. Trail Sarasota, FL 34231
Celebrate America’s Native Spirit – National Bourbon Day! There is something about bourbon that’s captured our global attention. In North America sales have soared and in the U.S., where bourbon originates, one of the nation’s most popular whiskey makers reversed a decision to water down its recipe in an effort to meet worldwide demand. Some say the rise in bourbon sales is due to the growth of small batch and single barrel bourbon in the 1990s, while others say it has to do with the resurgence in popularity of hard-liquor swilling characters and settings on television shows such as Mad […]
On This Day In 1777. In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on this day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted “the American continental army” after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14th as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an […]
Ungala Returns. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art announced the return of a much-loved signature event, UnGala 2019; The Evolution. The Evolution will be held in the Museum of Art Courtyard Oct. 19, 2019. Evolution was chosen as the theme for UnGala 2019 to celebrate the return of this iconic affair’s 35th anniversary of the original UnGala. Invitations will be mailed in early August and online ticket sales will begin shortly thereafter. For more information or to place your reservation for tickets click HERE.
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Sunday, June 23, 2019
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