Q: What event taking place this weekend can you share with up to 2.8 billion people in the Western Hemisphere, Europe, the western part of Africa and northern Russia?
The King’s Heralds Quartet will be at Harvest Chapel Sunday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m., and having them in Venice is absolutely one of the greatest programs we will be part of.
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) holds the popular Music Mondays series entitled, “Musical Conversations with Great Performers.”
If you love the strong contralto sound of Patsy Cline’s lyrics, you’re going to fully enjoy Alana Opie’s portrayal of the late songstress at Venice Theatre. Opening night of the new musical Jan. 11 brought the house down with the superb sounds of Opie’s voice on such melodies as “Crazy,” “Yo…
Working together, the Venice-Nokomis Rotary Club and the City of Venice might set attendance records Saturday, opening day of the 27th annual Rotary Art Festival.
Tomorrow evening I will be making Challah with many others at a huge Challah baking party and concert at the Chabad of Venice and North Port Education Center on Jacaranda Boulevard.
There’s a lesson to be learned in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the latest production of the Asolo Repertory Company.
If you like the sounds of barbershop quartets, you MUST see The Filharmonic — an a cappella group that will perform at the Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Ave, Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST)’s winter Improv season kicks off with FST “Improv Presents: When X Meets Y,” an improvised musical inspired by a location suggested by the audience and three random notes on the keyboard.
Artists Series Concerts of Sarasota launches its 2019 Venice series season with “Forbidden Broadway” Sunday, Jan. 27, 3p.m., at the Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Way, Venice.
If you’re a single senior and want to know where to go to meet new friends and share an activity or two, you might consider attending an event at the Venice Friendship Center at 2350 Scenic Drive in Venice.
For its third offering of the 2018-2019 mainstage season, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present James Baldwin’s play, “The Amen Corner.”
State College of Florida Collegiate School will host information sessions and begin accepting applications for the tuition-free charter school’s enrollment for Fall 2019.
The highly anticipated 2019 Forks & Corks Food & Wine Festival (Jan. 24-27), presented by the Sarasota-Manatee Originals, kicks off its 12th year of culinary adventures with a series of delectable winemaker dinners, Jan. 24-26.
“Welcome to the 1960s,” where Tracy Turnblad, a pleasantly plump teenager, dreams of fame and fights to racially integrate the Corny Collins Show on stage at The Players Center from Jan. 17 through Feb. 3.
As part of its 2018-2019 Winter Concert Series, First Baptist Church of Venice will present the Talley Family for a free musical concert this coming Sunday, Jan. 13 at 6 p.m.
In “See Rock City,” in the Pinkerton at Venice Theatre, we are reunited with May (Cheyanne Alford) and Raleigh (Jim Griesmeyer) who met on a train in “Last train to Nibroc,” which is part one of a trilogy by playwright Arlene Hutton.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) will produce the five-time Tony Award-winning play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Jan. 23 to March 23 in the theater’s Gompertz Theatre.
The Glenridge Performing Arts Center is a treasure trove of entertainment that fills a void between live theater and lectures. Located in Palmer Ranch, it also fills a void between Venice and downtown Sarasota.
“Always ... Patsy Cline” continues its run through Sunday, Feb. 3 on Venice Theater's MainStage, with Alana Opie in the title role.
There’s a lesson to be learned in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the latest production of the Asolo Repertory Company.
If you like the sounds of barbershop quartets, you MUST see The Filharmonic — an a cappella group that will perform at the Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Ave, Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST)’s winter Improv season kicks off with FST “Improv Presents: When X Meets Y,” an improvised musical inspired by a location suggested by the audience and three random notes on the keyboard.
Artists Series Concerts of Sarasota launches its 2019 Venice series season with “Forbidden Broadway” Sunday, Jan. 27, 3p.m., at the Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Way, Venice.
If you’re a single senior and want to know where to go to meet new friends and share an activity or two, you might consider attending an event at the Venice Friendship Center at 2350 Scenic Drive in Venice.
For its third offering of the 2018-2019 mainstage season, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present James Baldwin’s play, “The Amen Corner.”
State College of Florida Collegiate School will host information sessions and begin accepting applications for the tuition-free charter school’s enrollment for Fall 2019.
The highly anticipated 2019 Forks & Corks Food & Wine Festival (Jan. 24-27), presented by the Sarasota-Manatee Originals, kicks off its 12th year of culinary adventures with a series of delectable winemaker dinners, Jan. 24-26.
“Welcome to the 1960s,” where Tracy Turnblad, a pleasantly plump teenager, dreams of fame and fights to racially integrate the Corny Collins Show on stage at The Players Center from Jan. 17 through Feb. 3.
As part of its 2018-2019 Winter Concert Series, First Baptist Church of Venice will present the Talley Family for a free musical concert this coming Sunday, Jan. 13 at 6 p.m.
In “See Rock City,” in the Pinkerton at Venice Theatre, we are reunited with May (Cheyanne Alford) and Raleigh (Jim Griesmeyer) who met on a train in “Last train to Nibroc,” which is part one of a trilogy by playwright Arlene Hutton.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) will produce the five-time Tony Award-winning play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Jan. 23 to March 23 in the theater’s Gompertz Theatre.
The Glenridge Performing Arts Center is a treasure trove of entertainment that fills a void between live theater and lectures. Located in Palmer Ranch, it also fills a void between Venice and downtown Sarasota.
“Always ... Patsy Cline” continues its run through Sunday, Feb. 3 on Venice Theater's MainStage, with Alana Opie in the title role.
A series of lectures and multi-media presentations on the subject of American Racism will be presented by the Venice Interfaith Community Association (VICA) this winter.
If you saw Venice Theatre’s production of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” in December, perhaps you are thinking about how much fun it would be to be part of that wonderful production next year.
Prime rib meets prime entertainment at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers.
Venice Musicale will present “A Funny Thing Happened,” a delightful program of comical and light-hearted vocal and instrumental music at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 508 Riviera St., Venice.
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) highlighted Mike Le and Rob McKittrick, two SCF alumni and the college’s favorite screenwriters, in recognition of National Screenwriters Day Jan. 5.
Lemon Bay Playhouse will begin the new year with “Men Are Dogs,” written by Joe Simonelli and directed by Ric Goodwin. The show will run from Jan. 16 through Feb. 10.
