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4th Annual Wine Walk. Friday, April 1st, from 6:00-10:00 pm experience the fourth annual Wine Walk to Ca’ d’Zan! Taste fine wine and delight in delicious food pairings as you stroll along the drive to the mansion. Wrap up the evening beside Ca’ d’Zan with live music and surprises. Learn more. Net proceeds support the Ca’ d’Zan Preservation Fund. Tickets $135 / $120 for Members / $200 for VIP Buy Tickets Online or Call 941-358-3180.
The Ultimate Street Party With Dinner. On Friday, March 18, 2016 starting at 6:30 pm, Sarasota Chefs will wine and dine guests at the ultimate street party closing down Lemon Street downtown. Tickets are available for you to participate in the always-sold-out BANQUET ON THE BLOCK. Sit outside enjoying a selection of wines and multiple courses featuring locally harvested seafood, meats and produce at the longest table in Sarasota. Tickets: FloridaWinefest.org. Florida Winefest & Auction. March 17-20. 941-952-1109 Photo by Rod Millington – Featured Sarasota Chefs LtR: David Curran – American Cheese Society CCP, Hitched and Honey; Chef Sam Ray […]
Cruise Features Narration By Local History Expert John McCarthy. Sea air, stories and sunshine: Nothin’s more fun than messin’ around on someone else’s boat, while learning history! Join the Historical Society of Sarasota County on Sunday, March 6, 2016, for the NEXT Historical Sarasota Bay Cruise! The current cruise features narration by John McCarthy, local history expert and raconteur extraordinaire. John has a way of making history come alive to make us feel like we’re in the coastal waters of old “Sara Sota”. Tickets are $40 per person. A VIP pass is also available for $50 which provides early boarding […]
Last Chance To Join The Sarasota Exotic Car Fest Kick Off Party! Get your tickets before they are gone! This Friday, February 19th join the Sarasota Exotic Car Fest at the Retrix Aerodome as they kick of this year’s event. The evening is filled with exotic cars, sophisticated jets, custom built motorcycles, entertainment, silent auction, great food, wine, and cocktails. Park your exotic on the tarmac of the airport with ticket purchase. For more information click HERE. For tickets click HERE.
The “Light Chasers” Plein Air Painters Return To Phillippi Estate Park. The Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters of the Sun Coast will make an artful splash at Phillippi Estate Park with several events to be held in the historic Edson Keith Mansion and surrounding 60-acre park. The Light Chasers Paint Sarasota! Paint Out kicks off the celebration with a week-long “Plein Air Paint Out” from Feb. 18 – 24, 2016. Plein Air is the French term for: painting outside. The Light Chaser’s Paint Sarasota! Paint Out is the largest in Florida, drawing nearly 100 artists from around the country. The […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day, also known as Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is a celebration observed on February 14th. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a public holiday in most of them. St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their […]
Sarasota Exotic Car Fest Slated To Kick Off! On Friday, February 19th join the Sarasota Exotic Car Fest at the Retrix Aerodome as they kick of this year’s event. The evening is filled with exotic cars, sophisticated jets, custom built motorcycles, entertainment, silent auction, great food, wine, and cocktails. Park your exotic on the tarmac of the airport with ticket purchase. For more information click HERE. For tickets click HERE.
Got Wrinkles? No More! A revolutionary treatment for aging skin, Thermage uses focused radio-frequency energy to strengthen collagen in your skin for a smooth, sleek look that can help you feel years younger. Thermage remodels the collagen in that pesky wrinkled skin. Join Estetika Skin and Laser Specialists on February 17th from 11am-1pm as they host a live lunch and learn demonstration of Thermage and Exilis. Learn more about the one and only non-invasive facelift and bodylift. There will be live demonstrations where you will see change unfold right in front of your eyes. RSVP at (941) 953-2210 or Grace@EstetikaSkin.com […]
Beneficial Bugs! Or Integrated Pest Management? On Friday, February 12th from 9am-12pm join The Ringling as they present Beneficial Bugs or Integrated Pest Management in the Education Center Classroom. All of us are looking for ways to introduce fewer chemicals into our environment. One of the leaders in this field, Dr. A.D. Ali, has been advising The Ringling in this process and will share his insights on pest control management for homeowners. Tickets are $20 or $10 for members. Click HERE for more information.
Anti-Semitism Essay Lands Adina Luft A Scholarship Award. Adina Luft, a fourth-year student at New College of Florida, is a winner of the Tampa Bay Consular Correspondent Corps’ scholarship contest for her essay on the reasons for the rise of anti-Semitism in societies. She will receive her $1,000 award from a representative of the Corps on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 1:00 p.m. in the offices of the New College Foundation, in the Keating Center, 5800 Bay Shore Road, in Sarasota. For more on the Corps and the scholarship program, see http://www.tampabayconsularcorps.org/scholarship-contest.html
The Great Developers, 1920s And Today. Join the Historical Society of Sarasota County as they present The Great Developers, 1920s and Today, Tuesday February 9th starting at 7pm at the Crocker Memorial Church, 1260 12th Street in Sarasota’s Pioneer Park. The event is free to Historical Society members and students and $10 for guests who may pay at the door. For more information click HERE. With Harold Bubil, Real Estate Editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune moderating the panel which includes Jay Tallman (Founders Club and several beachfront condominiums), Kevin Daves (Ritz Carlton Sarasota and The Concession) and Pat Neal (10,000 […]
Dinner To Benefit Girls Inc. Marmalade Salon and Boutique announces a locally collaborated farm-to-fork wine dinner at Sweetgrass Farms in Sarasota, Florida. The four course Farm to Fork dinner will pair locally sourced products with farm fresh produce, creating a menu guests will absolutely love! Each course will be paired with delicious wines hand selected by Chef Paul Mattison. Sponsors for the event include Mattison’s Catering, Hitched and Honey, Sweetgrass Farms, Republic National and more. Tickets are $115 pp. Click HERE for more information. Guests will be greeted with an Orange Marmalade Mint Martini and will have the opportunity to […]
Realtors, Do You Care About Your Safety? Are you actively selling real estate? Are you a broker who has real estate agents? Selling real estate for your brokerage? Are you a realtor board member? Then you need to attend this FREE safety training seminar, “SafeAgent” by Agents Armor! As Realtor’s, we all know that there are dangers that are inherent to the type of work that we do. In no other profession, is it a normal practice to meet complete strangers in a home, or other location, that is typically vacant. As such, it is imperative that you prepare yourself […]
Suncoast Charities For Children Needs YOUR Support! On February 1st at 6pm join those in support of continuing Thunder by the Bay at the scheduled Sarasota City Commission meeting at City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota. There is significant opposition to continuing the festival from the City. An informal, non-scientific, survey conducted after the festival by Downtown Economic Development Coordinator, Norm Gollub, paints a picture those opposing Thunder want to see. The total estimated economic impact of out-of-county attendees and donors to the 2016 Thunder by the Bay was $8,883,700. This was derived from a formal, scientific, survey the charity […]
First Celebrated in 2001. Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27th, is a national commemoration day in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of those who suffered in The Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. It was first held in January, 2001, and has been on the same date every year since. The date reflects the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Union in 1945, the date also chosen for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and some other national Holocaust Memorial Days.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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