Wondering what to do this weekend? Take a look at these local events and pick your favorites! See you around town, having some fun and supporting our local businesses!
~Heather
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DOG-GONE Egg Hunt
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
05:30 PM
Bring your furry friends and a basket to hunt together for treat-filled eggs! When your pup touches an egg with its nose, into your basket it goes! Open eggs for treats and other prizes for your dog. Bring your camera to snap a pic with the Bunny. All four-legged friends must be with owner, on a leash and have current vaccinations.
Location: Butler Park Pavilion
Butler Park, 6203 W. Price Blvd., North Port, FL, 34287
https://www.northportfl.gov/Event-Directory/DOG-GONE-Egg-Hunt
NPPD Annual Autism Awareness Event
Saturday, April 06, 2024
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
NPPD’s Autism Awareness Month Meet and Greet event is coming up. April is Autism Awareness Month, and the North Port Police Department would like to honor and recognize individuals and families with kids on the Autism spectrum. Join us on April 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Boundless Adventures Playground, which is located within the Garden of the Five Senses at 4299 Pan American Blvd.
We will have a tent set up with ice cream, t-shirts, and other fun giveaways. The goal is to provide the kids and families an opportunity to interact with a police officer in a positive, friendly environment. It’s important to show that it’s ok to go to an officer for help. See you there!
Location: Garde of Five Senses
Boundless Adventures Playground, 4299 Pan American Blvd., North Port, FL, 34286
https://www.northportfl.gov/Event-Directory/NPPD-Annual-Autism-Awareness-Event
Beauty And The Beast
Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/76209
Lemon Bay Performing Arts Center
2201 Placida Rd
Englewood, FL
34224
941-474-7702
lbhstheatre.net
Community Baby Shower & Pre-School Expo
Saturday, April 13, 2024
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Pregnant women, new moms and families with infants and young children up to age 4 are invited to the Community Baby Shower and Pre-School Expo!
Hosted by the Social Services Division, with support from North Port Kiwanis, this year’s event will be held on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at the George Mullen Activity Center (1602 Kramer Way).
The event will showcase area resources available to new mothers and parents of pre-school aged children. Along with a Diaper Derby race, there will be prizes raffled throughout the event with a grand prize raffle at the end.
George Mullen Activity Center, 1602 Kramer Way, North Port, FL, 34286
https://www.northportfl.gov/Event-Directory/Community-Baby-Shower-Pre-School-Expo
National Park RX Day
Saturday, April 20, 2024
09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
National Park RX Day supports a growing number of health professionals who are prescribing time in parks and nature to improve human health. Join us for a free yoga session in the great outdoors. All levels are welcome! Bring a friend and a water bottle while you discover the unique benefits of this outdoor experience.
Ages: 12+ Free
Garden of the Five Senses, 4299 Pan American Blvd., North Port, FL, 34287
Hurricane Expo 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
09:00 AM to 01:00 PM
Stop by this free event to learn how you can prepare for the 2024 Hurricane Season!
Still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Ian? Make sure to visit the Long-Term Recovery Group booth for information about Hurricane Ian recovery resources currently available to residents or listen to presentations about the upcoming hurricane season by the National Weather Service, meet the new Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief. Or learn about flooding from the City’s Storm Water Manager.
George Mullen Activity Center, 1602 Kramer Way, North Port, FL, 34286
https://www.northportfl.gov/Event-Directory/Hurricane-Expo-2024
https://www.northportartcenter.org/
Visani’s Theatre of Events
Delicious food combined with hysterical entertainment. Sounds like the perfect recipe for date night! - HEATHER’S PICK!!!
https://visanientertainmentinc.thundertix.com/
Spring Training Home of the Tampa Bay Rays
The Charlotte Sports Park is one of the showcase facilities within Charlotte County and a perfect location for special events, corporate functions, sports tournaments, 5K runs, and other recreation activities. This 82-acre park is the Spring Training Home of the Tampa Bay Rays.
This state-of-the-art facility features a 360 degree fan-friendly pedestrian concourse, a luxury hospitality suite level, two outfield berms, a children’s play area, an outfield bar, practice fields, batting cages, a covered pavilion, and meeting rooms. The stadium seating capacity is approximately 7,500.
The Charlotte Sports Park is also connected to Tippecanoe Environmental Park which features walking trails, a boardwalk, a canoe/kayak launch, and plenty of birding opportunities.
Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training Ticket Information
For more Tampa Bay Rays information, please contact a Rays representative at 727.825.3422, 888.FAN.RAYS (888.326.7297) or email [email protected].
Charlotte Sports Park
2300 El Jobean RoadPort Charlotte, FL 33948
Phone: 941.235.5010
Fax: 941.235.5019
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Barn Sale & Crafts Sale at GulfCove UMC
Fri, Apr 12 -Sat, Apr 13, 2024
8:00am - 2:00pm
Find your treasures at Gulf Cove United Methodist Church on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, from 8:00am to 2:00pm each day. There’s no telling what can be found at the Men’s Club Barn Sale. The Crafty Ladies will show off their handmade wares at the Crafts Sale in Oaks Cove. Gulf Cove UMC is located at 1100 S. McCall Road in Port Charlotte, just ¾ mile south of the Myakka River on State Road 776 in the Gulf Cove area. For more information, contact the church at (941) 697-1747 or [email protected].
Gulf Cove United Methodist Church
1100 S. McCall Road
Port Charlotte
https://www.englewoodchamber.com/events-news/events/2024-04-12-barn-sale-crafts-sale-at-gulf-cove-umc
Special Events
Save the date for these upcoming special events and click here for more details!
https://www.charlottecountyfl.gov/departments/community-services/recreation-pools/programs/
- Sam and Charlotte’s Super Safari - April 20, 2024
- Moonlight Movie - April 20, 2024
- Pitch, Hit & Run - May 18, 2024
- Moonlight Movie - May 25, 2024
- Moonlight Movie - Oct. 19, 2024
https://www.smore.com/n/3dntv-gardens-at-a-glance-april-news?ref=email
Mobile Food Pantry schedule
April 25, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Harry Chapin Mobile Food Pantry will continue to be in Punta Gorda on the 4th Thursday of each month until further notice, offering healthy foods for the needy.
The mobile pantry, assisted by volunteers from St. Vincent de Paul, Sacred Heart Conference, will be located in the Sacred Heart Church parking lot, 211 W. Charlotte Avenue, from approximately 10 a.m. to noon, or until the food runs out.
Fresh produce and other healthy foods will be distributed. Recipients are asked to bring a bag or box to carry their food.
The Harry Chapin Food Bank solicits, collects and stores quality food for distribution to families in need through a network of nonprofit agencies in Lee, Collier, Hendry, Charlotte and Glades counties. These agencies, including St. Vincent in Punta Gorda, provide food to thousands of people monthly.
St. Vincent is an international Catholic lay organization founded in 1833 to serve the poor, regardless of religious affiliation. It provides food, clothing, home furnishings, and financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Dance Fusion Class
In-person and by Zoom Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30 to 9:30 AM
If you have never experienced Dance Fusion with Carla Peralta, you are missing a great time. The music is fabulous, Carla’s energy is contagious and the participants are a dedicated, warm and welcoming group of individuals.
Dance Fusion happens at Punta Gorda Isles Association, 2001 Shreve St., Punta Gorda, FL and by Zoom on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
All workouts are $10 per session, pay when you arrive or register on-line to attend by Zoom.
Contact Carla with questions at email [email protected] or 941-276-1887
Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association, 2001 Shreve St., Punta Gorda, FL 33950 or by Zoom
Fees/Admission: $10.00
Wine-O Bingo
Every Friday night from 6-8pm!
https://www.coastal-expressions.com/events
Come in and enjoy wine-o bingo this Friday night!
We play a couple games of bingo with wine - get your seat before we fill up! You can win a bottle of wine if you have a winning board!
Coastal Expressions & Wine, LLC
1133 Bal Harbor, Suite 1135
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
Lori Sandage - (941)214-8599
Fees/Admission: $6 admission which gives you your wine-o bingo board for multiple games of bingo where you can potentially win a bottle of wine!
Learn how to dance Cha Cha Cha, Bachata, Lindy Hop, and Swing this month.
The Social Latin class is from 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM.
The All About Swing Class is from 6:45 PM to 7:30 PM.
Following these classes is 2 intermediate dance lessons.
The cost for classes: 1 class ($12) - 2 classes ($17) - 3 classes ($22) - 4 classes ($27)
Location:
Punta Gorda Woman’s Club
118 Sullivan Street
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Every Wednesday starting at 6:45 PM
To register for classes call Laura @ (330) 501-2366
Send an Email
Fees/Admission:
1 class ($12) - 2 classes ($17) - 3 classes ($22) - 4 classes ($27)
https://www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Harbor-Ballroom-Dance/photos/31770887/
History Park Sunday Market
Every Sunday Year Round from 9 AM - 1 PM, the best local food and artisans in our region gather at the History Park Sunday Market located in the heart of historic Punta Gorda, Florida.
It’s THE event of the week where you can shop for local fresh Florida produce directly from local farmers, select from bread & pastry bakers, taste home cooking from our food vendors, discover the amazing selection of flowers and plants, and of course enjoy the artisan products, music, and ambiance of a historic setting and market experience. It’s a great destination to meet your friends and neighbors, shop, and enjoy our fantastic Florida weather!
History Park opened in 1999 as an outdoor museum consisting of a collection of historical structures in a garden setting, and offers a beautiful backdrop to the market as well as an opportunity to explore history.
History Park, 501 Shreve Street, Punta Gorda FL, 33950
Punta Gorda Farmers Market
Every Saturday 8am-1pm October - April
May- September 8am - noon
Farmers’ Market with produce, seafood, meat, ethnic cuisine, arts, crafts, live music, working artists and much more.
Featuring over 70 vendors. Located in downtown beautiful Punta Gorda.
Every Saturday rain or shine (unless it falls on Christmas Day, an active Hurricane Warning day or other unforeseen event).
The Yoga Sanctuary
Check website for dates and times
http://www.theyogasanctuary.biz
No flexibility required—all ages and body types welcome! This six-week series, limited to eight students only, will walk you through the basics of yoga. Learn pose anatomy and alignment, the foundations of yoga philosophy, as well as ways to personalize your yoga practice for specific issues or injuries. Not only will you receive a copy of Yoga Fan: Practice Guide for Everyday, but you will also be given personalized guidance and support to help you to continue practicing yoga even after you finish the course.
Location:
The Yoga Sanctuary
112 Sullivan St, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Contact Information:
941-505-9642
Dance Classes - Intermediate Series
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EST
https://www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Harbor-Ballroom-Dance/photos/31770887/
Dance Lessons with USA Dance #6126
Learn how to dance Rumba, Quick Step, Cha Cha Cha, and Tango.
Intermediate classes start at 7:30 PM until 9:00 PM.
Each intermediate class is 45 minutes.
You do not have to take both classes.
The cost for classes: 1 class ($12) - 2 classes ($17) - 3 classes ($22) - 4 classes ($27)
To register for classes call Laura @ (330) 501-2366
Punta Gorda Woman’s Club
118 Sullivan Street
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Every Wednesday starting at 7:30 PM
Trivia Night @ Coastal Expressions & Wine!
Every Thursday Night
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
https://www.coastal-expressions.com/events
We are having some fun at Coastal Expressions with TRIVIA
Calling all of the smarty pants & gamers out there to come hangout with us every Thursday night from 6-8PM
Please just give us a call to make a reservation (941) 214-8599 or send us a message on Facebook!
We are located in PGI! Heres our address:
1133 Bal Harbor, Suite 1135
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
Contact:
Lori Sandage
*** Note: Do to increased costs to pay for our Trivia Host and the cost of prizes we will have to implement a $20.00 minimum spend on Trivia nights***
Ladies Dancing Class
Learn to dance without needing a partner. Each week you will learn a routine from latin, ballroom, and swing styles. (Salsa, Bachata, Charleston, Swing, Paso Doble, Fox Trot, Tango, Rumba, Cha Cha, Disco, Samba, and more!
Class is $10 for USA members and $12 for non-members.
Date/Time Information:
Every Wednesday night starting 6 PM at Woman’s Club Punta Gorda.
Every Thursday morning starting at 10:30 AM at PGICA Punta Gorda.
Every Thursday afternoon starting at 5:00 PM at Gran Paradiso - Resident and Guest.
Every Friday morning starting at 9:30 AM at Riverwood - Resident and Guest.
Contact Information:
Send an Email
The best way to apply moves, techniques and styles learned from dance lessons. A great way to meet make new friends.
Please call to book your spot.
Location:
Punta Gorda Woman’s Club
118 Sullivan Street
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Date/Time Information:
Social Dance Party every 4th Sunday of each month.
Lesson and Party from 2:00pm to 5pm.
Contact Information:
For more information call Laura @ (330) 501-2366
Send an Email
Fees/Admission:
$15 USA Dance Members per person
$25 USA Dance Members Couple
$17 Non-member per person
$30 Non-member couple
“Stage, Page, and Useful Rage”
with Hermitage Fellows Julia Jordan and Xochitl Gonzalez
Julia Jordan’s Hermitage Residency generously sponsored by Gerald & Sondra Biller.
Xochitl Gonzalez’s Hermitage Residency generously sponsored by Liz & Duncan Richardson.
Friday, April 5 at 6:30 pm
Hermitage Beach (entrance at 6660 Manasota Key Rd, Englewood, FL 34223)
Register here.
Registration is required. $5 per person.
Some artists adapt their art to get produced and noticed in the industry, but innovators like Hermitage Fellows Julia Jordan and Xochitl Gonzalez change the industry itself. Julia Jordan co-founded The Lilly’s, an organization dedicated to gender and racial parity in the American theater and served as its Executive President while creating such acclaimed theater works as Murder Ballad. Xochitl Gonzalez is a staff writer for The Atlantic, where she was honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2023, and author of The New York Times best-selling novel Olga Dies Dreaming. Through both the works they create themselves and their advocacy for fellow artists, these two women are shaping our future world through their art and their words.
Hermitage Fellow Julia Jordan’s credits include select musicals; Murder Ballad (Conceived by, Book and Lyrics – Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations) Sarah Plain and Tall (Book – Kleban Award, Jonathan Larson Award, ATandT Onstage Award) Select Plays; Boy (Susan Smith Blackburn Honorable Mention) Tatjana in Color (Francesca Primus Prize, Susan Smith Blackburn shortlist) DARK YELLOW (Susan Smith Blackburn shortlist) Film; The Hat (Sundance Film Festival, Bravo Channel) Dark Yellow (Best Short, Jackson Hole Film Fest.). Fellowships: Hermitage Artist Retreat, Lucille Lortel, Manhattan Theater Club, MacDowell, Juilliard Fellowships. Julia recently stepped down from her role as Executive Director of The Lilly Awards. She founded The Count, The Family Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative, Sculpture and Scholarship. She is the Former Treasurer of the Dramatists Guild and previously taught playwriting at Barnard College and NYU. Her work has been developed at Sundance, The O’Neill Playwrights Center, Ojai Playwrights Festival.
Hermitage Fellow Xochitl Gonzalez is a cultural critic, producer, screenwriter, and the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming. Named a “Best of 2022” by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR, Olga Dies Dreaming was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction and the New York City Book Awards. Her new novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, was just released by Flatiron Books. Gonzalez is a 2021 M.F.A. graduate from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her non-fiction work has been published in Elle Decor, Allure, Vogue, Real Simple, and The Cut. As a staff writer for The Atlantic, she was recognized as a 2023 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. Prior to her career as a writer, Gonzalez was an entrepreneur, fundraiser, and all-around hustler for nearly 20 years. She is a board member of the Lower East Side Girls Club and the Brooklyn Public Library, and a trustee of the corporation of Brown University, where she received her B.A. in Visual Art. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, she lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog, Hectah Lavoe.
“Hermitage Artists and Thinkers: South Asian Artists in America” with 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner Deepa Purohit and Hermitage Fellows Kavita Shah and Nandita Shenoy
Presented in partnership with the Greenfield Foundation and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Saturday, April 13 at 6:30pm
Hermitage Beach (entrance at 6660 Manasota Key Rd, Englewood, FL 34223)
Register here.
Registration is required. $5 per person.
Central to 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner Deepa Purohit’s commission are the lives of South Asian women. To uplift and contextualize those stories and in honor of the Hermitage’s mission to serve artists across multiple disciplines, several Hermitage Fellows are coming together for a panel conversation highlighting the impact of representation and the rich diversity of lived experience coming from that particular part of the world. Singer, composer, and educator Kavita Shah has been praised by NPR for her “amazing dexterity with musical languages,” and her unique talents have taken her to concert halls and communities around the world. Playwright and actor Nandita Shenoy’s work has been seen across the United States, and her work on the steering committee for the Asian-American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) was honored with a 2020 Obie Award for their advocacy in the field of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Join these three remarkable women to hear about their artistic practices as innovative South Asian artists making bold and original work in the United States. Moderated by Hermitage Artistic Director and CEO Andy Sandberg.
Deepa Purohit (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright. She made her Off-Broadway debut in the Atlantic Theater Company’s 2022-23 season with the world premiere of her play Elyria (2023 Drama League Award Nominee for Outstanding Production of a Play, 2017 NEA Commission, and 2019 Jerome Foundation support w/Ma-Yi Theater Company). She received the 2023 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for Excellence in Playwriting, and a 2022-23 Edgerton Foundation Award for Elyria. Plays: Crushed Earth with Sanjit De Silva (2017 People’s Light Theatre: New Play Frontiers Commission) – 2023 audio play debut with People’s Light, Theatre Horizon, and Hedgerow Theatre, The In Between, Mxx/perience, A Valentine (2016 Kilroys Honorable Mention), Bones (2017 Andrew Mellon Foundation Residency w/Ma-Yi Theater Company), Have Sari Will Travel! (Rising Circle Theater Collective), Flight, and Mothering: a collection of short form plays. Co-writing with Sanjit De Silva and Rising Circle Theater Collective: Pulling the Lever, American Family Project, Grace. Deepa is currently adapting Elyria into a TV series and working on a NYSCA new play commission from Atlantic Theater Company. She co-founded and ran Rising Circle Theater Collective (2000-2012), a theater company centered on the stories of people of color. A former Baltimore City middle school teacher and 1992 Teach For America alumna, Deepa has a BA in History from Northwestern University, Masters in Public Health from Columbia University, and an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College. She is currently the Director of New Works at People’s Light Theatre.
Hermitage Fellow Kavita Shah is an award-winning vocalist, composer, researcher, and educator who makes work in deep engagement with the jazz tradition, while also addressing and advancing its global sensibilities. A lifelong New Yorker of Indian origin hailed for possessing an “amazing dexterity for musical languages” (NPR), Shah incorporates her ethnographic research on Brazilian, West African, and Indian traditions into her original music. Notable projects include “Visions” (2014), co-produced by Lionel Loueke, “Folk Songs of Naboréa” (2017), presented at the Park Avenue Armory, and “Interplay” (2018) in duo with François Moutin, which was nominated for France’s Victoires de la Musique for Jazz Album of the Year. Shah regularly performs her music at major concert halls, festivals, and clubs on six continents. She holds a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Harvard and a Master’s in Jazz Voice from Manhattan School of Music.
Hermitage Fellow and theater artist Nandita Shenoy is a New York-based writer and actor. Her play The Future is Female was recently a Finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and her Rage Play was named to the 2020 Kilroys List. Her play Washer/Dryer has been produced multiple times nationally after its world premiere at LA’s East-West Players and an Off-Broadway production at Ma-Yi Theater, in which she also starred. Her first full-length play, Lyme Park: An Austonian Romance of an Indian Nature, was produced by the Hegira in Washington, DC. Her one-acts have been produced in New York City and regionally. Nandita won the 2014 Father Hamblin Award in Playwriting. Her acting credits range from dancing on national tours to Shakespeare festivals to world premieres of new plays by living playwrights. She is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity Association, and SAG/AFTRA. She also sits on the Steering Committee of the Asian-American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC), which won a 2020 Obie for their Advocacy in the Field of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Nandita holds a BA in English literature from Yale University. NanditaShenoy.com
“Azul Naranja Salado: Angélica Negrón’s Hermitage Greenfield Prize Premiere” with Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner Angélica Negrón
Please note this program is not part of the Hermitage’s traditional free programming. This event is presented in partnership with enSRQ as part of their season of work.
Made possible with generous support from the Greenfield Foundation.
Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Lead Community Sponsor.
Monday, April 15 at 7pm
Hermitage Beach (entrance at 6660 Manasota Key Rd, Englewood, FL 34223)
Click here for Tickets
Single Tickets are $25.
Angélica Negrón‘s commission seeks to engage the senses and encourage listeners to resist distractions. Her composition will be timed with the setting sun and inspired partly by the sun’s low-frequency sounds, as captured by scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency. The piece will feature slowly evolving musical textures, shifting patterns, natural sounds, and changes in scale and dimension that play with the unfolding gradations of light and color on the surrounding land, water, and sky. Composed for a unique ensemble of low strings, harps, percussion and electronics, Negrón hopes this site-specific work will serve as a gentle reminder to the audience to seek out and surrender to moments of inspiration.
Angélica Negrón is a Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist and the winner of the 2022 Hermitage Greenfield Prize. She writes music for voices, orchestras, and film as well as robots, toys, and plants. Angélica is known for playing with the unexpected intersection of classical and electronic music, unusual instruments, and found sounds. Residencies and commissions include WNYC’s The Greene Space (a 4-part variety show/multimedia exploration of sound and personal history), the NY Botanical Garden (an immersive site-specific work for electronics and 100 voices), and Opera Philadelphia (a drag opera film in collaboration with Mathew Placek and Sasha Velour). Her work has been commissioned by the LA Philharmonic, NY Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, and Roomful of Teeth. Angélica’s original scores for HBO include the docuseries Menudo: Forever Young and You Were My First Boyfriend directed by Cecilia Aldarondo. Recent premieres include works for Dallas Symphony Orchestra (featuring Lido Pimienta as a soloist), Santa Rosa Symphony & Eugene Symphony (First Symphony project), and her Carnegie Hall debut, commissioned and performed by Sō Percussion. As the recipient of the 2022 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, Angélica will compose a work synchronized to the setting sun, inspired by solar pulses captured by NASA, for EnsembleNewSRQ. Angélica regularly performs a solo show and is a founding member of the tropical electronic band Balún. Performances include the Big Ears Festival 2022 and various engagements in New York City, San Juan, and nationwide. Her musical education includes early studies at El Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico under Alfonso Fuentes—while making waves as a member of San Juan’s local DIY music scene—and later studies both at NYU under Pedro da Silva and The Graduate Center (CUNY) under Tania León. An educator herself, Angélica became a teaching artist with NY Phil’s Very Young Composers program (2013-2021) and with Lincoln Center Education (2014-2018), guiding young artists in creative composition projects. Angélica lives in Brooklyn, where she’s always looking for ways to incorporate her love of drag, comedy, and the natural world into her work.
The Englewood Turtle Trot is coming to Englewood Beach! We hope you will join us Saturday April 20th 2024 for a fantastic new 5K and 1 Mile race that will happen on the beautiful sandy beaches of Englewood Beach. This race will be a beach run on the sand and you will run north from Chadwick Park at Englewood Beach 1.55 miles down the beach and return to the start line. For this race all participants will receive a beautiful sea turtle beach towel and commemorative turtle finishers medal. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to get out early as the sun rises and participate in a beautiful beach run or walk.
Viva Divas Weekly Coffee Chat
Ladies are welcome to join our weekly coffee chat at Culture Coffee.
It’s a great way to meet other women in the community and learn more about the events held by the Viva Divas Sisterhood.
Free to join our group and optional events are held almost every day of the week.
10:00-2:00 pm
Culture Coffee
405 West Dearborn Street
Englewood Fl, 34223
Artists display, sell and create art at Pioneer Plaza
On the 1st and 3rd Wednesday from October-April.
Our Artist Colony Ensemble plays classical, opera, broadway and some favorites part of the day.
Profits support, art, music and the drama department at our schools.
Musicians and Artists can contact Sydney [email protected].
Location:
Pioneer Park
300 Dearbon Street
Englewood, Florida
Jazzercise
Classes are Mon-Sat 9-10am LO Strength Tues/Thurs 10:15-11am
Our classes incorporate dance cardio with strength training to sculpt and tone your muscles in the ultimate full – body workout. Whether you’re looking for physical results or a way to relieve stress and FEEL your best, our instructors will guide you every step of the way in your wellness journey!
Location:
Jazzercise Englewood
3069 S. McCall Rd.
Englewood FL, 34224
Manta Market Fine Arts, Crafts Artisanal Foods and More!
A Great Market to find unique gifts, Art for your home and body from over 80 talented vendors!!!
Come hungry! We have Shay’s Legendary BBQ, Empanadas, J. Wandrey’s Funnel Cakes, Donuts, Fresh Smoothies, coffee drinks, ice cream treats and other sweet treats to keep you replenished! Each Market is a little different, you will see your favorite vendors and always some new ones to check out!
We have it all from watercolors, acrylic paintings, prints, photography, pottery, jewelry, fused glass, stained glass, mixed media art, customizable gifts, wearable art, home decor, resin arts, mosaics, beauty and health goods, custom wood turned art, woodwork and carvings, garden sculpture, handmade furniture, plants and More!!!
TY for supporting our local and friendly artists!
Convenient parking and restrooms! Parking at either entrance.
Please share/follow our FB page to keep updated!
https://m.facebook.com/LBHSMantaMarket/
Location:
Lemon Bay High School
2201 Placida Rd
Englewood Florida, 34223
Discover Dearborn!
A way for business owners to stay open a little later and help gain the visibility of local folks that would have missed out on experiencing the street we all love!
It occurs on the 4th Tuesday of the month, always a Tuesday!
With Music, Raffles, Food, and Fun; you’re hard pressed to have a bad time! Come and enjoy that makes our street the eclectic hang out it truly is. Be apart of the growing community of those that Discover Dearborn!
Location:
450 West Dearbon Street
Englewood FL, 34223
Farmers Market
Join Us In The Garden For Food, Produce, Handmade Jewelry and Art, Music, and More
Location:
The Open Studio
380 Old Englewood Road
Englewood FL, 34223
Community Beach Yoga
EVERY DAY! All Year Round, all ages and abilities welcome! Certified husband and wife instructor and celebrating 15 years of yoga on Englewood Beach.
Yoga classes are designed for all abilities and ages. Visitors, locals and newcomers are equally welcome to our small Beach Yoga community. No previous Yoga experience is required.
Bring a blanket, a bottle of water and clothing that allows freedom of movement.
Morning classes to get the day started right.
Rain or Shine! Please make sure to dress warm enough on colder days, we will.
The teachers are certified. Plenty of Free parking is available.
The Yoga classes are supported by your donations.
Location is on the North End of Manasota Beach
Time: 8:30am-9:15am
8570 Manasota Key Road
Englewood FL, 34223
Cruisin’ on Dearborn
Hundreds of cars and thousands of car lovers converge on Dearborn Street for this car show.
Music to cruise by sponsored by Olde Englewood Village Association.
Free Admission!
Event takes place every 1st Saturday of the month from 2-8pm unless replaced by a street-closing event.
Location:
W Dearborn Street
Englewood, FL 34223
The Englewood Area Orchid Society is an organization of beginners at orchid culture, orchid hobbyists, master gardeners, and professional growers. Everyone is welcome.
EAOS meets at 6:30 pm on the 3rd Monday of every month except December and August
St. David’s Episcopal Church, 401 S. Broadway, Englewood, Florida.
Membership in our society is $15 per year per family.
Our monthly meeting program usually features an orchid expert as guest speaker. There is a plant table for those who want to show the plants that they are growing.
Our biggest event of the year is our annual orchid show in Englewood, where orchid clubs from places like Sarasota and Venice join us to display members’ orchids. Awards are given by American Orchid Society judges. Vendors are on hand with orchids and supplies, and growing tips.
BINGO NIGHT
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
GREAT PRIZES FOR EVERY ROUND
FOOD AVAILABLE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
DOORS OPEN AT 4PM
GAME STARTS AT 5:30 PM
CONTACT: CHRIS JAGELSKI 410-688- 0567
SCF Venice Presents – FILM FORMULAS SERIES – AMERICAN MOVIES OF THE 1950s
Join instructor Del Jacobs for this decade-long journey discussing the changing landscape of America as seen through the lens of classic film. Enjoy theatre-style presentations of these movies, along with thoughtful conversations regarding their cultural impact during this timeframe.
April 3 – Pillow Talk (1959)
A classic romantic comedy, this film stands squarely between the button-down world of the Fifties and the revolution that would mark the next decade.
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Hollywood movies from the 1950s were made during challenging times – the Cold War, expanded prosperity, the competition of television, an inquiry into political beliefs of many, and the stirrings of racial, sexual, and generational revolutions. We went to the movies for escape, but the musicals, westerns, crime stories, epics, and science-fiction films offered much more than that.
While many may view the films of the 1950s as formulaic, they were mostly produced by studios that were mindful of the changing nature of American society. They reflected the lived experiences of their audiences even as they offered “equipment for living”, literary theorist Kenneth Burke’s phrase for what stories and films provide with their symbols, characters, and action.
With the distance of several decades, these films provide a look at the way we were, and how they influenced the way we are…and these are moving pictures meant to be experienced on the BIG screen!
Wednesdays – February 28 – April 3, 2024
1pm – 4pm
Fee: $20 per class or $100 for the entire series
Register here – https://scf.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=16190&int_category_id=1&int_sub_category_id=225&int_catalog_id
“Annette Dignam State College of Florida Residency in Literature at the Hermitage: Writing for the Stage” with Hermitage Fellow Sarah Gancher
Presented in partnership with State College of Florida
Sarah Gancher’s Hermitage Artist Residency made possible by the Annette Dignam State College of Florida Residency in Literature at the Hermitage.
Wednesday, April 24 at 3:30pm
State College of Florida (entrance at 8000 S Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL 34293)
Register here.
Registration is required. $5 per person.
An Obie Award-winning playwright whose work has been produced at some of the country’s leading theaters, Hermitage Fellow Sarah Gancher is no stranger to writing for the stage. From works such as the recent Off-Broadway play Russian Troll Farm to collaborative musical projects like Hundred Days and The Lucky Ones with The Bengsons, Gancher has done it all. In this special program made possible by the support of the Dignam Family, Gancher will offer insight into how she approaches a range of projects, give updates on what is next for her, and share samples of her original works.
Hermitage Fellow Sarah Gancher is a Obie Award-winning playwright who loves epic stories, big ideas, and deep comedy. Her plays have been produced or developed at London’s National Theatre, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, The Public, New York Theater Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, The Vineyard, The Atlantic, Berkeley Rep, Steppenwolf, New York Stage and Film, Ars Nova, WP Theatre, The Flea, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Geva Theatre, Hartford Stage, and RoundHouse, among others. She has been a Time Warner Fellow at the WP Playwrights Lab, a member of P73’s writer’s group, a Playwrights’ Realm Writing Fellow, a member of the Orchard Project’s Greenhouse Lab, and a member of the Ars Nova Play Group. She is a resident at New Dramatists. Sarah is the winner of the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre, New York Stage and Film Founder’s Award, and the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Her play Russian Troll Farm won a special citation Obie Award, and was named one of the year’s ten best productions of 2020 by The New York Times. Sarah has written two musicals with rock band The Bengsons: The Lucky Ones, a commission for Ars Nova, and Hundred Days, which had its New York premiere at the 2017 Under the Radar festival at the Public and went on to rave reviews at New York Theatre Workshop and a national tour. Both The Lucky Ones and Hundred Days garnered a number of Lortel, Drama League, and Drama Desk nominations and wins. Sarah was the collaborating playwright on Mission Drift, a musical about capitalism and the myth of the frontier written with director Rachel Chavkin, composer Heather Christian, and The TEAM. It was included on The Guardian‘s Top 50 Shows of the 21st Century. Her latest musical in development, Eugene Onegin, was a 2024 finalist for the Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre. She currently teaches playwriting at NYU Tisch’s Department of Dramatic Writing and The New School’s MFA Playwriting program.
Venice Audubon Bird Walk at Grand Lake
The Venice Area Audubon Society is sponsoring a guided bird walk around the 2-mile path at Grand Lake for Audubon members as well as Wellen Park residents and visitors on Monday, April 22 beginning at 8:00 a.m. This is a free event for birders of all levels, as well as those who simply appreciate nature and want to get to know more about the wildlife in this scenic, bird-friendly environment. Bring binoculars, if you have them, and meet in front of Foxtail Coffee House at 8:00 a.m. sharp for a clockwise walk around the lake. Registration on the Audubon website calendar sign-up at www.veniceaudubon.org is encouraged, but not required.
Contact: Bob Clark at [email protected]
APRIL 22 from 8:00AM
Downtown Wellen Park
19745 Wellen Park Blvd,
Venice, FL 34293
VIRTUAL EARTH DAY EVENT
Talks from the Dock
April 22nd from 6:00PM
FREE via Zoom-Must be registered for another Mote event to receive link.
Go on a seashore safari without getting wet during our virtual excursion into Sarasota Bay. Live from atop our floating education platform, embark on a sightseeing adventure over mudflats, seagrass meadows, and mangrove trees. Uncover the challenges sea creatures face living between the tides and maybe wave to a scientist working alongside us on the docks. You never know what we will find when we explore the estuary together. From shark pups to grownups, this program is suitable for all ages.
Sponsored by Remake Learning Days
https://mote.org/events
Tai Chi – Downtown Wellen
WEDNESDAY’S FROM 9:00-10:00 AM
The Be Well Fitness Series brings you Tai Chi on The Great Lawn in Downtown Wellen every Wednesday starting November 1st.
Classes are complimentary (subject to change).
*Please bring a mat and a towel.
This will be an outdoor class. All ability levels are welcome.
RSVP to reserve your spot and sign your waiver.
Please note all participants are required to read and accept the fitness waiver, which is available when you reserve your spot.
Downtown Wellen Park
19745 Wellen Park Blvd,Venice, FL 34293
Wellen Wednesday’s Drop-In Cornhole
WEDNESDAY’S FROM 6:00 PM-10:00 PM
Join us for Wellen Wednesdays every Wednesday night in Downtown Wellen for drop-in cornhole!
Play a game or two with your fellow neighbors and enjoy the beautiful sights, sounds, and tastes of downtown Wellen Park.
Cornhole tournament draw time will be precisely at 6:30pm.
No outside food or alcoholic beverages is permitted during this event. To-go alcoholic beverages are sold by the restaurants and food containers.
Downtown Wellen Park
19745 Wellen Park Blvd,Venice, FL 34293
Dueling Pianos Playing Under The Heritage Tree
1st Thursday of the month from 6:00-10:00 pm
Enjoy the sight and sounds of Dueling Pianos playing under the Heritage Tree in Downtown Wellen Park on the first Thursday of the month as part of our Winter Music Series! These talented musicians will perform to the backdrop of beautiful Grand Lake.
No RSVP required to attend these events. No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted. To-go alcoholic beverages may be purchased from our restaurants.
Bring your lawn chair and blankets to sit on and join us for a night of Dueling Pianos in Downtown Wellen! We hope to see you there!
Rev up your engines!
Wellen Park and Co-Sponsors, Foxtail Coffee, and Antique Automobile Club of America-Venice Region, are excited to offer car enthusiasts of all ages the opportunity to come together for an informal early morning gathering to share their passion for all things automotive.
We welcome all makes and models to join us monthly on the first Saturday of the month from 7:30am-10:30am. Show cars will be in the parking lot behind the 2 story building downtown. Spots will be reserved for the show cars with blue cones. A directional parking attendant will be at the parking entrance off of Sunglow Blvd. We can’t wait to see you at the next gathering, and invite you to stick around afterwards for some shopping and dining in Downtown Wellen.
All attendees will receive 50% off of drip, iced, and cold brew coffee from 7-10 a.m. at Foxtail Coffee.
First Fridays NoFilter Concert!
NoFilter
#NoFilter is an explosive, concert-style, dance band featuring 5 Singer-Musicians, a State-of-the-Art Lighting & Video Package, and LED Drum Routines that are all perfectly synced to the music for the entire performance! From the chart-topping hits of today to the classics of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, #NoFilter brings a fast-paced, energetic performance that’s sure to keep you dancing, singing, and entertained all night!
6:00pm-7:00pm: Opening band
7:00pm-10:00pm: NoFilter
No RSVP required to attend these events. No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted. To-go alcoholic beverages may be purchased from our restaurants mobile bars.
Bring your lawn chair and blankets to sit on and join us for a night of music in Downtown Wellen! We hope to see you there!
Join us in Downtown Wellen for the Fresh Harvest Farmers Market every Sunday!
Shop fresh fruit, vegetables, plants, seafood, cut flowers and more!
Times: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location:
19745 Wellen Park Blvd.,
Venice, Florida 34293
In partnership with the Venice YMCA, you are invited to ‘shimmy’ the pounds away! A new year a new you. Join us in Downtown Wellen Park on the Great Lawn area for a ‘fabulous and fun’ Zumba class.
Meet on the Great Lawn at 9 a.m. on Mondays – Classes are complimentary (subject to change).
This will be an outdoor class. All ability levels are welcome for this class you just need to reserve your spot and fill out a waiver.
Please note all participants are required to complete a fitness waiver, which is available when you reserve your spot.
RSVP to reserve your spot!
The Be Well Fitness Series brings you Yoga on The Great Lawn in Downtown Wellen every Saturday.
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Classes are complimentary (subject to change).
*Please bring a mat and a towel.
This will be an outdoor class. All ability levels are welcome.
RSVP to reserve your spot!
Please note all participants are required to read and accept the fitness waiver, which is available when you reserve your spot.
It’s officially ‘season’ here in Wellen Park and we’re showcasing our Downtown Wellen Winter Music Series.
Join us for live music & entertainment as follows:
Dueling Pianos -The first Thursday of the month we’ll have Dueling Pianos performing under the Heritage Tree from 6-10PM
Friday Night Live – Band on Solis Hall stage from 6-10PM
Saturday Sounds – Live music under the Heritage Tree from 6-10PM (except 1/27, 2/17, 3/16, 4/20, 5/10 when we’ll have Outdoor Movie Night on the lawn)
Sunday Groove – Live music under Heritage Tree from 9am-1PM
No RSVP required to attend these events. No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted. To-go alcoholic beverages may be purchased from our restaurants.
Bring your lawn chair and blankets to sit on and join us for a night of music in Downtown Wellen! We hope to see you there!
Outdoor Movie Series
April 20th from Dusk.
Our outdoor movie series allows you to enjoy a monthly themed movie on the great lawn in front of Solis Hall! Gather your friends and family and bring your comfortable set up; lawn chairs, blankets, etc. Kick back with food & to-go alcoholic beverages from our downtown restaurants & food yard, and enjoy an outdoor movie on the Jumbo screen. Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs, but please leave coolers at home. Movie starts at dark.
Popcorn is available for purchase at PopDawgs food container in the food yard.
4/20 Movie: Earth Day Theme! Enjoy the movie The Biggest Little Farm and be sure to stop by our booth from 7pm-8pm and pick up a free tree sapling for planting in your yard! Additional saplings will be offered at the Wellen Park Welcome Center on Monday, April 22nd from 9am-5pm while supplies last.
Venice Symphony Community Chamber Concert
April 21st 3:30-5:00 pm
Sponsored by Capstan Financial, enjoy an afternoon of beautiful sounds as the Venice Symphony Community Chamber Concert performs on the stage of Solis Hall. Guests are welcome to bring chairs, but please leave coolers at home. You may purchase to go food & beverages from any one of our vendors in Downtown Wellen.
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Learn from a retired chiropractor, teaching Pilates 15 years. Bring your own Pilates mat, and water.
RSVP (space limited)
Dr. Francine 607-621-8285
Suggested donation $10
At: Cape Haze Clubhouse
180 Spyglass Alley
Placida FL, 33946
“The Truth of the Night Sky: A Hermitage Collaboration” featuring Hermitage Fellows Anne Patterson and Patrick Harlin
Presented in partnership with Sarasota Art Museum
Sunday, April 21st to Sunday, September 29th
Sarasota Art Museum (entrance at 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236)
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The Truth of the Night Sky, a Hermitage collaboration, is the second exhibition of Hermitage alumni premiering at Sarasota Art Museum this spring – opening on April 21, 2024 and remaining on display through September 29, 2024. After meeting while in residence at the Hermitage Artist Retreat ten years ago and building on their friendship and collaboration, multidisciplinary visual artist Anne Patterson and composer / soundscape artist Patrick Harlin have joined forces to develop this one-of-a-kind immersive experience. Patterson, who is familiar to Sarasota audiences from previous exhibitions at The Ringling Museum and whose “Divine Pathways” is currently represented in New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, is widely celebrated for her grand environments that immerse the viewer and surround the senses. A distinguished Hermitage alumna with an impressive background in immersive exhibitions and theatrical design, Anne Patterson has frequently collaborated with musicians, including fellow Hermitage alum Patrick Harlin, to design mesmerizing environments. For this collaborative project, Patterson and Harlin are expanding upon Harlin’s original composition Earthrise (2022), an orchestral piece inspired by the eponymous photograph (1968) taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders on humanity’s first-ever trip around the moon. The original composition by Patrick Harlin, who was also the very first recipient of the Hermitage Prize in Composition at the Aspen Music Festival, will play as visitors pass through the galleries. The exhibition will feature several works by Patterson, as well as a suspended tree and her signature satin ribbon installation work. With each step, visitors will travel imaginatively through space and time. Of their time at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, Patterson and Harlin are fond of saying that their experience was invaluable to their craft and their collaboration, allowing them to achieve new heights, find a unique environmental inspiration, and explore new possibilities in their work.
Hermitage alumna Anne Patterson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. She recently served as a juror for the 2023 Hermitage Greenfield Prize. Her body of work consists of paintings, sculptures, and large-scale multimedia installations that combine sculpture, architecture, lighting, video, music, and scent. Drawing from her background in theater and opera set design, she uses these modalities to create an artistic practice, hovering somewhere between the visual, experiential and immersive. Patterson’s large-scale installations have filled cathedrals, office buildings, and galleries across the country with miles of fabric, aluminum ribbon, and metal birds. Her most recent installation, “Divine Pathways” was created in concert with communities and organizations across the Morningside Heights neighborhood in New York City and is now on display at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. “Ascendant Light,” commissioned by Capital One as the centerpiece of their new corporate headquarters, is made of hundreds of hand plotted ribbons over six stories. Other recent commissions include “Art for Earth,” commissioned by the fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna, was made of thousands of lengths of fabric repurposed from Zegna fabrics. Anne has exhibited widely including solo exhibitions at The Ringling Museum and Alfstad & Contemporary. Her work has been shown at The Trapholt Museum, Denmark; Cristina Grajales, New York; Scope Art Fair, Miami; Aqua Art Fair, Miami; Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles; Valerie Dillon Gallery, New York; Denise Bibro, New York; Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI and One Twelve Gallery, Atlanta. Her paintings and sculptures are in private, public, and corporate collections across the USA (Tishman Speyer, Tribune Media, Nortek, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, Rhode Island Blue Cross) and in London. Anne’s theatrical and symphonic partnerships have included Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Arena Stage, The Wilma Theater, The Kennedy Center, Alliance Theater and prestigious symphonies throughout the country (San Francisco, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle). Patterson was the 2014 and 2016 CODAaward Winner for Liturgical Art and received a Creative Capital Award in 2008. She is a proud Fellow of the Hermitage Artist’s Retreat. In Sarasota, her work has been exhibited at The Ringling Museum and commissioned by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Patterson received her B.A. of Architecture from Yale University and her M.F.A. in Theater Design from The Slade School of Art, London UK.
Hermitage Fellow Patrick Harlin’s “aesthetics capture a sense of tradition and innovation” (The New York Times). He is the inaugural recipient of the Hermitage Prize in Composition at the Aspen Music Festival, which offered a residency at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Manasota Key, Florida. Harlin’s music is permeated by classical, jazz, and electronic music traditions, all underpinned with a love and respect for the great outdoors. His works have been performed on subscription series concerts by the St. Louis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, the Rochester and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestras, Collegium Cincinnati, and Calidore String Quartet, among others. CD recordings include Wilderness Anthology by the Kinetic Ensemble and American Rapture on the Grammy-nominated album by the Rochester Philharmonic. Patrick was the inaugural composer in residence with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra (2019-2023.) To date, he is the only artist-recipient of a DOW Sustainability Fellowship. While at the Hermitage, Harlin met visual artist Anne Patterson, and they have been collaborating since, including the work The Art of Flight with Anne’s art installation “Murmuration.” Patrick’s interdisciplinary research in soundscape ecology — a field that aims to better understand ecosystems through sound — has taken him to imperiled regions around the world, including the Amazon rainforest and the Book Cliffs of Utah. His baseline recordings for ecological impact studies are also the fodder for artistic inspiration. Patrick’s research on the importance of soundscapes has been supported by a Graham Sustainability Institute Doctoral Fellowship, Rackham Fellowship, Theodore Presser Award, and private support. The resulting works, the Wilderness Anthology draw parallels between the sounds of the natural world and those of the concert hall, seeking to bring awareness to the importance of sound in our environment. Patrick grew up in Seattle, holds a doctorate in music composition from the University of Michigan, and currently resides in Ann Arbor.
“A Conversation with 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner Deepa Purohit” with Playwright & 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner Deepa Purohit
Presented in partnership with the Greenfield Foundation, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, and Asolo Repertory Theatre
Saturday, April 13 at 3pm
Hermitage Great Lawn (entrance at 6660 Manasota Key Rd, Sarasota, FL 34223)
Register here.
Registration is required. $5 per person.
While we do not often discuss it directly, there is a question we all must encounter in our lives — how does one die with dignity? This question is at the heart of this year’s Hermitage Greenfield Prize winner Deepa Purohit’s new play commission. Further complicating this personal and profound theatrical exploration is a society that values a sophisticated medical system centered on a key tenet: to prolong life. Growing up with a father who immigrated to Ohio and built his career as a surgeon in the American medical system, and a mother who spent many years at the end of her life navigating the complex system as a patient, Purohit brings deep personal connections and insight to the creation of this new work of theater. Join the Hermitage for a candid conversation with this gifted playwright at the very beginning of this work’s journey, as well as her recent Off-Broadway debut at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Deepa Purohit (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright. She made her Off-Broadway debut in the Atlantic Theater Company’s 2022-23 season with the world premiere of her play Elyria (2023 Drama League Award Nominee for Outstanding Production of a Play, 2017 NEA Commission, and 2019 Jerome Foundation support w/Ma-Yi Theater Company). She received the 2023 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for Excellence in Playwriting, and a 2022-23 Edgerton Foundation Award for Elyria. Plays: Crushed Earth with Sanjit De Silva (2017 People’s Light Theatre: New Play Frontiers Commission) – 2023 audio play debut with People’s Light, Theatre Horizon, and Hedgerow Theatre, The In Between, Mxx/perience, A Valentine (2016 Kilroys Honorable Mention), Bones (2017 Andrew Mellon Foundation Residency w/Ma-Yi Theater Company), Have Sari Will Travel! (Rising Circle Theater Collective), Flight, and Mothering: a collection of short form plays. Co-writing with Sanjit De Silva and Rising Circle Theater Collective: Pulling the Lever, American Family Project, Grace. Deepa is currently adapting Elyria into a TV series and working on a NYSCA new play commission from Atlantic Theater Company. She co-founded and ran Rising Circle Theater Collective (2000-2012), a theater company centered on the stories of people of color. A former Baltimore City middle school teacher and 1992 Teach For America alumna, Deepa has a BA in History from Northwestern University, Masters in Public Health from Columbia University, and an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College. She is currently the Director of New Works at People’s Light Theatre.
“2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Dinner” Honoring the 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Recipient, Playwright Deepa Purohit
Presented in partnership with the Greenfield Foundation
With Lead Community Sponsorship from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Sunday, April 14 at 6pm
Michael’s on East (entrance at 1212 S East Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239)
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For sponsorship information, contact: Amy Wallace [email protected]
(941) 475-2098, Ext. 2.
Anchoring a series of events celebrating the prestigious Hermitage Greenfield Prize, this elegant dinner heralds the jury-selected prize recipient. The $35,000 Hermitage Greenfield Prize commission is awarded annually by the Hermitage Artist Retreat in partnership with the Greenfield Foundation, and rotates among music, theater, and visual art.
The 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize will be awarded in the discipline of theater, and the newly commissioned work will premiere in Sarasota in the spring of 2026.
Past recipients of the Hermitage Greenfield Prize include: Rennie Harris, choreographer (2023), Sandy Rodriguez, visual artist (2023), Angélica Negrón, composer/instrumentalist (2022); Aleshea Harris, playwright (2021); Helga Davis, composer/performer (2019); Martyna Majok, playwright (2018); David Burnett, photojournalist (2017); Coco Fusco, interdisciplinary artist (2016); Bobby Previte, composer/drummer (2015); Nilo Cruz, playwright (2014); Trenton Doyle Hancock, visual artist (2013); Vijay Iyer, composer/pianist (2012); John Guare, playwright (2011); Sanford Biggers, visual artist (2010); Craig Lucas, playwright (2009); and Eve Beglarian, composer (2009).
ROTONDA ELKS 2710 HOMESLESS COALITION INVITES YOU TO OUR 3rd ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
BENEFITTING Our Local Homeless Veterans!!!
Where: The Rotonda Palms
When: Friday April 19 @ 8:30am
Format: Shotgun Start – Scramble and Poker Run
Prizes: Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin, Hole in One, Cornhole and MUCH More
Prizes and Lunch at the Rotonda Elks Lodge Included
$75 per person
We have Teams and Individual Spots Open.
Call or send an email and you can pay at Check-in.
Cash or check Payable to Rotonda Elks
303 Rotonda Blvd East, Rotonda, Fl 33947
[email protected] 941 662-1656
Music, Raffles, 50/50 and Other Games!!!
Charity Golf Tournament
Friday, April 26th, 2024
Check in at 7:30am – Shotgun Start 8:30am
The Hills Course – 100 Rotonda Circle, Rotonda West
Win Prizes up to $10,000