Circus fans of all ages, from near and far, can beat the heat at reasonable prices while experiencing the best of the circus arts. Some of the circus world’s most exciting acts have signed on for the annual show - a longtime partnership of the Circus Arts Academy and The Ringling - with performances presented Read More >
It’s time to go back to school! Uproarious characters and memorable plot twists will arise as the audience provides suggestions that the FST Improv cast will improvise into a John Hughes Back to School-style epic. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a teen, or a younger brother or sister, everyone can identify with the Read More >
The tour features paintings and sculptures from the Arts Advocates’ Sarasota Art Colony collection as well as artworks by noted Florida artists, including Robert Chase, William Hartman, Eugene White, Ben Stahl, Julio de Diego, Thornton Utz, Frank Colson, and Dean Mitchell. The experience will also feature a behind-the-scenes tour of the Van Wezel. Guests will Read More >
In a world where blockbusters come and go, FST Improv entertains with an unforgettable, original, and fully improvised motion picture! The cast of We’re Doomed will perform an improvised horror movie based on a title provided by the audience! We’ll leave the fancy equipment behind as we use unique staging, special effects and onstage acrobatics to recreate Read More >
Art Talk - A Week in the Life of a Curator August 18, 4-6 pm Arts Advocates Gallery, The Crossings at Siesta Key, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239 $10 for members, $12 for non-members – register at ArtsAdvocates.org. With over 25 years of experience in the art world, Mark Ormond has organized dozens Read More >
Join Strings Con Brio, Sarasota's only community string orchestra, as we take you on a musical journey from the stately cathedrals to the ornate palaces of the European Baroque. The first part of our journey will include the sublime music of Johann Sebastian Bach, George Friedrich Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi. Then we will take the Read More >
“Hermitage Sunsets @ Selby Gardens: The Latest from Terry Guest,” Friday, August 19 @ 6:30pm: Hermitage Fellow Terry Guest, playwright of Urbanite Theatre’s recent acclaimed production of “At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen,” returns to Sarasota to share his latest work. This funny, vital, and raucous new work is a “pageant on white Read More >
“Music’s Masterpieces,” Friday, August 26 @ 6pm: Hermitage Fellow Hilan Warshaw's films explore the lives and minds of great composers, delving into the often-controversial passions and experiences that informed some of music's most influential masterpieces. Blending documentary, narrative film techniques, and his own musical background as a violinist and conductor, Warshaw’s internationally broadcast films shine Read More >
Cora Marshall: “In and Out of Time” September 3, 10, 17, 24 2:00-4:00 p.m. Arts Advocates Gallery, The Crossings at Siesta Key mall, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239 “In and Out of Time” by artist and educator Cora Marshall is a special exhibit in the Arts Advocates Gallery, presented in collaboration with The Read More >