The late comedian George Jessel famously quipped that the human brain is a wonderful organ.
Abby Gage from Transition Venice invited Madeleine Zubyk’s Digital Design Honors class at Venice High to create a “Picture Legalized Sustainability” poster for this year’s Earth Day contest.
After a full month of hot tennis between 16 teams, each representing a different country, Team United States emerged the winner after defeating Team Russia in a match witnessed by over 200 spectators on Bird Bay Village’s tennis courts.
Most fashion shows leave the guests with a message. The Fashions in Lace fashion show and luncheon hosted by Our Lady of Lourdes Council of Catholic Women alerted the audience to “Think Pink.” It is the color for spring.
It was only yesterday that a dozen of us or so met in a conference room at Venice City Hall to discuss the possibility of hosting a reading/writing/book fair-type festival in Venice. Most of that tiny group are still involved.
This year the Eighth Annual Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival has a new home and room for more authors and publishers and others in the field.
Children First was honored to be recognized as the 2019 Nonprofit of the Year at the 14th annual WEDU Be More Awards.
VENICE — An estimated 10,000 people walked along W. Venice Avenue this past Saturday and Sunday during the 18th Annual March Art Classic, according to Venice MainStreet, Inc.
You don’t have to go very far to discover that there are many big-hearted people in Venice who enjoy supporting local charities and non-profit organizations that exist to help other people.
Sarasota and Venice together were home to The Greatest Show on Earth from 1927 to 1992. Ringling’s Clown College, which began in Venice in 1968, remained in operation until 1996.
Next time you are ordering wine at a restaurant or buying a bottle at the store, ask or look for a Grüner Veltliner. This is a white wine grape that is predominantly grown in Austria and is comparable to a Sauvignon Blanc, yet a little more interesting. It has crispness with green apple, cit…
The Englewood Toastmasters Club invites the public to enjoy its open house, either March 14 or March 28, at 6:30 p.m.
The Venice Area Historical Society hosted a free program about Native Americans in Florida known as the Calusa, Tuesday, Feb, 19.
Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation (VYCCF) members partnered with community sponsors and about 120 riders in their second annual benefit bike ride, “Ride for a Better Community,” Sunday, Feb. 24.
Grace Klutke, of Venice, Florida, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences.
One of the most anticipated events of the year, the Venice Area Garden Club’s 30th annual Home Tour takes place this Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Showcased will be five homes and gardens on Venice island.
While there are no historic homes on the Venice Area Garden Club’s 30th annual Home Tour, homes that have undergone renovations or that were built recently offer ideas for people who may be looking for inspiration.
One of the “greenest” events scheduled for St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17, might be pianist/entertainer Brian Gurl’s newest show, which will feature an Irish fiddler, Carlann Evans, a violinist with the Sarasota Symphony; singer Michelle Pruyn, music director of Bay Point Church; and th…
Snowbird season seems extra busy this year. In addition to all the extra cars and people, downtown Venice seems to have acquired a forest of gorgeous new palm trees in the West Venice Avenue median.
Daniel Olson spent much of his time outdoors along Sarasota Bay when he was a boy in Sarasota. The city was small and wild things were abundant.
Children First was honored to be recognized as the 2019 Nonprofit of the Year at the 14th annual WEDU Be More Awards.
VENICE — An estimated 10,000 people walked along W. Venice Avenue this past Saturday and Sunday during the 18th Annual March Art Classic, according to Venice MainStreet, Inc.
You don’t have to go very far to discover that there are many big-hearted people in Venice who enjoy supporting local charities and non-profit organizations that exist to help other people.
Sarasota and Venice together were home to The Greatest Show on Earth from 1927 to 1992. Ringling’s Clown College, which began in Venice in 1968, remained in operation until 1996.
Next time you are ordering wine at a restaurant or buying a bottle at the store, ask or look for a Grüner Veltliner. This is a white wine grape that is predominantly grown in Austria and is comparable to a Sauvignon Blanc, yet a little more interesting. It has crispness with green apple, cit…
The Englewood Toastmasters Club invites the public to enjoy its open house, either March 14 or March 28, at 6:30 p.m.
The Venice Area Historical Society hosted a free program about Native Americans in Florida known as the Calusa, Tuesday, Feb, 19.
Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation (VYCCF) members partnered with community sponsors and about 120 riders in their second annual benefit bike ride, “Ride for a Better Community,” Sunday, Feb. 24.
Grace Klutke, of Venice, Florida, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences.
One of the most anticipated events of the year, the Venice Area Garden Club’s 30th annual Home Tour takes place this Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Showcased will be five homes and gardens on Venice island.
While there are no historic homes on the Venice Area Garden Club’s 30th annual Home Tour, homes that have undergone renovations or that were built recently offer ideas for people who may be looking for inspiration.
One of the “greenest” events scheduled for St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17, might be pianist/entertainer Brian Gurl’s newest show, which will feature an Irish fiddler, Carlann Evans, a violinist with the Sarasota Symphony; singer Michelle Pruyn, music director of Bay Point Church; and th…
Snowbird season seems extra busy this year. In addition to all the extra cars and people, downtown Venice seems to have acquired a forest of gorgeous new palm trees in the West Venice Avenue median.
Daniel Olson spent much of his time outdoors along Sarasota Bay when he was a boy in Sarasota. The city was small and wild things were abundant.
Not long after Mary Anne Rhodes moved to Venice in 1985, she followed a piece of advice she read in a newspaper article.
During the early 2000s, Texas businesswoman Debbie Sardone owned a very successful cleaning company called Buckets & Bows Maid Service.
Jolene Huelsenbeck, 37, is the manager of Tuesday Morning at Jacaranda Crossings, along the South Tamiami Trail. She was referred to me by a co-worker for my column and we chatted over coffee in a local restaurant.
With a low draft number of 43, Robert Rodenhouse of Venice knew he was about to be drafted in 1970 during the middle of the Vietnam War. So he volunteered for the Army. After basic at Fort Knox, Ky., he decided there must be a better job in the Army than gun toter in Vietnam.
The Sarasota Ballet’s Program 6, “Poetry and Liberty,” features the Season’s most anticipated ballet, Sir Frederick Ashton’s “Apparitions,” and the return of George Balanchine’s patriotic tribute to the United States, “Stars and Stripes.”
Venice MainStreet Inc. is holding a contest for an interactive mural in Historic Downtown Venice. The mural will be located predominately downtown for hundreds of thousands of yearly visitors to see. Work must be completed by June 14. A Visit Florida grant will pay for a portion of this project.
