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Dont forget that Febuarary is Black History Month

Barnie's Coffee & Wine Bar, 2127 Cortez Road West, Bradenton (across from Home Depot). Tel. (941) 756-1405.

MUSIC HOURS: 7 - 9 pm every Saturday evening

Feb. 2 - Rayzor [Ray DeArcangelis] (original folk music – Dylanesque stylings)
Feb. 9 - Maple Mountain Music [Jim & Carolyn Dunn with Brian Symonds] (bluegrass, folk, soft rock)
Feb. 16 - John Friday (island music - Buffet and more)
Feb. 23 - Ishmael Katz (original folk, ragtime, country blues)
Mar. 1 - MYAKKA [Brad & Lisa Fitzgerald] (bluegrass, folk, rock)

Contact/Booking: Brad Fitzgerald 342-6419

Sarasota, FL-January 28, 2008 Traditional circus marches, called "screamers" are fun to play and musicians of all types can dream of "running away" to play in a circus band. Leif Bjaland, artistic director and conductor of the Florida West Coast Symphony, along with musicians from that orchestra, Sarasota Concert Band, Venice Symphony and Sarasota Pops among others, have all volunteered their time to create one magical night of live circus music with a traditional Ring Concert under the Big Top at Circus Sarasota on Wednesday, February 6 with music starting at 6:30 pm.

February 7th - March 1st New exhibition at ArtCenter Manatee "Daring Color" featuring the watercolors of Anne Abgott in the Searle Gallery at ArtCenter Manatee. The public is invited to attend the opening reception for this outstanding collection by this local artist on Friday, February 8th from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Anne will be signing her new book, Daring Color at the reception. Book price is $29.99. Opening receptions are always free & open to the public with hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. 209 9th St. W. in downtown Bradenton.


For complete information on exhibitions, classes & workshops, visit www.ArtCenterManatee.org or call 746-2862.

February Dance Events: Dates and contact info only
Sat. Feb. 2, 2008 at 1:45PM - Fuzión Dance Artists Performing excerpts from our community project SalOm - Stepping Toward Peace Women's Event at the United Methodist Church on Main St. in downtown Sarasota, located at 104 So. Pineapple Avenue. in the Fellowship Hall at the back of the church. This Fellowship Hall is on the corner of MiraMar and McAnsch Square.
$7.00 Suggested Donation
For information: Jean Luker at jkluker_1@msn.com for more information about this event.
Sat. Feb. 2 2008 at 3:00PM - Fuzión Dance Artists Saturday Community Dance Class taught by: Ashley Hassler Franklin G. Berlin YMCA, 1075 South Euclid Avenue in Sarasota.
$7.00 Suggested Donation - Free to YMCA members
Sat. Feb. 2, 2008 at 6:30PM - Fuzión Dance Artist Performing Jest Girls and Peripatetic Feet at Chillounge Night event in downtown Sarasota located on S. Palm Avenue. Palm Ave will transform into one magnificent outdoor lounge. To benefit the Sarasota Conservation Foundation. A Brazilian samba parade, fashion show, tango, opera, Fuzión Dance, and smooth jazz. Cash Bars, Fine cuisine, Win an Audi Convertible for a weekend and an Helicopter Ride.
Complimentary Valet parking.
$ 15 at the Door or Online. - For Information:
http://www.blogger.com/www.chilloungenight.com or 941.448.0995
Sat. Feb. 9, 2008 at 12:45PM - Fuzión Dance Artists assisted by Fuzion 2 Teaching at a DANCE - A- THON being held at the Franklin G. Berlin YMCA, 1075 South Euclid Avenue Sarasota, as part of the 2008 Caring Campaign. This is a Community Event for participate of ages 12 & up, and no previous dance experience necessary. Fuzión will kick off the event with a Modern Dance Class. Other classes being offered are Ballroom, Belly Dance, Danzarobicx (Laitn), and Line Dancing.
DONATION for this event is $25.00. All proceeds go to provide SCHOLARSHIPS for the Youth, Families & Seniors at the Berlin Branch.
Sat. Feb. 9 - 2008 at 2:45PM - Fuzion Dance Artists and Fuzion 2 Performing excerpts from there 2008 repertory at OVATIONS - Lakewood Ranch Arts Day Celebration on Main St. in Lakewood Ranch. *FREE EVENT Performance Time: 2:45PM - 3:05pm for Fuzion Dance Artists
3:05PM - 3:15PM for Fuzion 2, Pre-professional student base company
Sat. Feb. 16 - 2:00PM - Fuzion Dance Artists Performing "When movement meets music" performed/choreographed by Leymis Bolaños Wilmott and percussionist Orton Graves as part of the 2nd Annual Black History Celebration at the Village of the Arts in Bradenton. *FREE EVENT *Stages are located 10th Ave W. across the street from Carisma Cafe 1004 10th Ave W.
and another stage will be set up at corner of 11th Ave and 12th St W.
ON GOING CLASSES -
Intermediate - Modern Dance Class
Taught by Fuziòn Dance Artists - Sarasota's 1st Contemporary Dance Company Mondays, 5:00PM – 6:15PM at New College Florida Fitness Center 5700 N Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL, 34243 Class Fee $8.00 for NCF students, $15.00 for non-students or 5 classes for $60.00
* The fitness center is located on the East side of the campus, next to the physical plant.
Intermediate - Advance Modern Dance Class Taught by Fuziòn Dance Artists - Sarasota's 1st Contemporary Dance Company Wednesday, 5:45PM - 7:00PM at West Coast Civic Ballet
525 North Lemon Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 Class Fee: $15.00 or 5 classes for $60.00
Community Dance Class (no experience necessary) Taught by Fuziòn Dance Artists - Sarasota's 1st Contemporary Dance Company Saturdays once a month, 3:00PM - 4:15PM Feb. 2, March 1, and April 5.
Franklin G. Berlin YMCA
1075 South Euclid Avenue Sarasota, FL 34237 Free for YMCA members/ $7 for non-members
For more information about classes or performance please contact: 941-345-5755.
BUY YOUR TICKET NOW!
Voices of Fuzión: An evening of Contemporary Dance Fuzión Dance Artists - Sarasota 1st Contemporary Dance Company Season Concert
When: March 7 & 8, 2008
Where: the Historic Asolo Theater at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Evening Performances: 8:00PM, Friday & Saturday
Tickets: $25-35 adults, $15 students
Matinee: 2:00pm, Saturday
Tickets: $20-$30 adults, $15 students
All tickets are reserved and can be purchased at the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office: 941.360.7399 For more information please visit: http://www.blogger.com/www.fuziondance.com

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
Co-Founder/Artistic Director
Fuziòn Dance Artists
http://www.blogger.com/www.fuziondance.com
fuziondance@gmail.com
941-345-5755

Snakes & Darlings - Kaos Gallery Feb 1 - Pat Kaufman

Public Welcome - Free Event

The Village Bookshop will host the Florida Bibliophile Society on Sunday, February 17 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Doug Knowlton will make a brief presentation on the history of poetry publishing in the United States. Please R.S.V.P to thevillagebookshop@tampabay.rr.com or 720-2775.

Big Art Blowout - Huge Art Sale. Two Days Only!
Saturday, February 2nd, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM and
Sunday, February 3rd, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Tickets Now on Sale
for ArtCenter Manatee 16th Annual Jazzy Ladies Wearable Art Fashion Show and Luncheon.

JEAN BLACKBURN
"Myakka Series: New Works"
Photography and Paintings
You are Invited to Attend the Artist's Opening Reception
Sunday, January 27, 2008
4-7 pm
Gallery Talk 5:30 pm

Join Jean Blackburn as She Talks About Her Work and Lifelong Relationship With the Myakka River
at
Rhea Chiles's
Studio at Gulf and Pine
10101 Gulf Drive - Anna Maria Island
778-1906

The Dancing Crane Gallery, Beverly Kershaw - Owner/Curator

941.744.1333 / dancingcranegallery@yahoo.com

1019 10th Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205

Gallery Events not to be missed:

February 1st from 6 to 8 PM: You are invited to The Dancing Crane Gallery for an exceptional exhibition of "Goddesses and Nudes". Artists from Sarasota, Venice, Bradenton and St. Pete present a dazzling display of fine art. Show opens to the public on Friday, February 1st from with a reception from 6 to 8 PM. Come to meet the following artists and more: Joanna Coke, Daniel Petrov, Martin F. Hennigan, Barbara Schicitano, Wil Dawson, Zard, Nancy Heart, Carol Doenecke, Lea Gitow, Alice Benjamin, Lolly Owens, Bonnie Stoddard and Marianthe Pastore. Exhibition runs through March.

March 1st from 6 to 8 PM: The Gallery will host a second reception for "Goddesses and Nudes".

April 4th will shine the spotlight on artist Martin F. Hennigan, featured artist of the month. Meet the artist at the opening reception for his show from 6 to 8 PM. Artist's statement: It is no accident or fluke that these paintings were produced by me. Each painting represents a victory of spirit and imagination over the mind numbing mediocrity so constant in the influences of my early life.



For future & further info & directions, please visit www.dancing-crane.com. Gallery Hours are Thurs- Sat 11-4 and First Fridays 6-9:30

The Southern Atelier
Official Opening!

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Sat. Jan. 26 - MYAKKA (Brad & Lisa Fitzgerald) from 7-9 pm at Barnie's Coffee & Wine Bar, 2127 Cortez Road West, Bradenton (across from Home Depot). Tel. 756-1405

Sat. Feb. 2 – MYAKKA (Brad & Lisa Fitzgerald) from 7-9 pm at Barnie's Coffee & Wine Bar, 2127 Cortez Road West, Bradenton (across from Home Depot). Tel. 756-1405

Please download this pdf for listings of events at the Ringling Museum.

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Here is a Schedule of upcoming events for the village book store. Please download this PDF for times.

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Dear Manatee Arts Council,
This e-mail is to let you know that the american/folk/roots performing group, Tammerlin, is available for educational programming and concerts with financial support from the Florida State Touring Program Roster.

Tammerlin's educational program encourages students to explore the culture and traditions that are a part of their lives and express those stories through their own creativity. Tammerlin's concert performance features original and traditionl songs in the Americana/folk vein with outstanding musicianship to accompany them. Tammerlin has performed all over the US and beyond, including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and the Smithsonian Instutute.

More information about Tammerlin is available at www.tammerlin.com. Please contact me if your organization is interested in booking Tammerlin for a program in your county. I am happy to help you through the simple application process and work with you to find the program best suited for your county and your mission. I look forward to having an opportunity to work with you.

Kind regards,
Lee Hunter

Tammerlin-Lee Hunter & Arvid Smith
4531 Kerle Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205
904-389-5254/888-389-5254
leearvid@bellsouth.net
www.tammerlin.com

Jewtopia: An FST Mainstage Comedy
Hilarious Play by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson Opens January 30th.

(Sarasota, Florida) - Florida Studio Theatre presents Jewtopia, by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson, a comedy of a Jewish guy and his gentile counterpart. The longest running original comedy in the history of Los Angeles Theater opened Off-Broadway on October 21, 2004 to sold-out houses. Jewtopia at FST will open with the largest advance of the 2007 – 2008 Season!

“Jewtopia,” referring to the world of Jewish singles on the World Wide Web JDate.com tells the hysterical story of Chris, a gentile, who wants to marry a Jewish girl so he’ll never have to make another decision. Adam, a Jew, wants to marry a Jewish girl to please his family but can’t get a date to save his life. Chris promises he will help Adam find the Jewish girl of his dreams if Adam will help Chris shed his gentile-ness. Stereotypes collide, cultures clash and chaos ensues. Audience Talkbacks will take place after most performances.

Bringing this amusing and feel-good play to the stage will be Brandon Beiles (Adam) will make his professional theatrical debut. He has performed in several Improv groups throughout New York and has been involved in voiceovers, commercials and film in New York City. Patrick Noonan (Chris) was last seen at The GEVA Theatre Center playing Howie Newsome in Our Town. Starring in the “longest running play in America,” Shear Madness, Noonan has numerous TV/film credits including the soon to be released feature film Frame of Mind.
The ensemble cast includes Bonnie Black as Arlene Marcy; Jon Kohler as Dennis Lipshitz/Party Guy; Peter Levine as Rabbi/Irving; Jessica Smolins as Crazy Jewish Girls and Leanne Cabrera as Rachel.
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Jewtopia will be directed by Jay Berkow, co-author and director of the Off-Broadway hit Jolson & CO. As a playwright Berkow is involved in the creation of numerous original works including The Cure for Love, that will premiere at the Barter Theatre in Virginia this season, The Right to Privacy at Ensemble Studio Theatre and Sherwood Forest, a musical based on Robin Hood. His work What a Glorious Feeling opened at the Mason Street Warehouse Theatre and was selected for presentation by the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The production design team includes FST staff member Marcella Beckwith (Costume Design) and Nayna Ramey (Set Design) and Marty Vreeland (Lighting Design).

The antics of Jewtopia begin January 30 – March 28, 2008 at the Keating Mainstage. Tickets are $19 - $32 and may be purchased from the FST Box Office in person, by phone (941) 366 – 9000 or online at www.floridastudiotheatre.org !

Known as Sarasota’s Contemporary Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre was founded in 1973 by Jon Spelman. Starting out as a small touring company, FST traveled to places such as migrant camps and prisons. The company eventually settled down into a permanent home, acquiring the former Woman’s Club building – now renamed the Keating Theatre. In the years that followed, Florida Studio Theatre established itself as a major force in American Theatre, presenting contemporary theatre in its three theatre venues: the Keating Theatre, the Goldstein Cabaret and its newest space, the Gompertz Theatre.

Even with its growth, Florida Studio Theatre remains firmly committed to making the arts accessible and affordable to a broad-based audience. Under Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director and CEO, FST develops theatre that speaks to our living, evolving, and dynamically changing world. As FST grows and expands, it continues to provide audiences with challenging, contemporary drama and innovative programs.

Florida Studio Theatre is grateful to Dennis and Graci McGillicuddy for underwriting the 2007 - 2008 Mainstage Season; Co-Producer’s Dale Berkowitz, Dorothy Waldron, Don and Jan Hevey, Jane Baisley and to the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.


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Dear Friends,

We're in the last stages of production with Johnson Printing Company on the book Thirteen Pair of Spiral Stairs. This book will be on sale at TVB for $8.95. The profits from Thirteen Pair will go toward a publishing project even closer to my heart: The Native Hue of Resolution. Native Hue will contain the revised versions of two previously published books, Anything Else Ever . . . and Ash Scattering, the first editions of which some of you all ready have an advanced copy. Native Hue, will, in addition, include selected new poems from 2005-2007.

If you wish to reserve a copy of Thirteen Pair please reply via email.

Thank you for your kind support, and especially to those who have supplied feedback and encouragement around the development of each of these books.

Doug Knowlton


The Village Bookshop
1006 11th Ave West
Bradenton, Florida 34205
941-750-9141
941-720-2775

(Sarasota, Florida) - Florida Studio Theatre's Stage III Season is ready to challenge your mind and entertain with a docu-drama, a magical adventure and an a cappella phenomenon! This year the plays discover and theatrical styles bringing audiences a well-balanced theatrical experience.

Kicking off the 2008 season is the alarming docu-drama In the Belly of the Beast, by Jack Henry Abbott, material originally arranged and edited by Adrian Hall, further arranged and adapted by Robert Falls.

In the Belly of the Beast explores the criminal mind. A delinquent foster child, Jack Henry Abbott was imprisoned at a young age. He was robbed of nurturing, cut off from any human contact for more than twenty years. Knowing only primal survival instincts, he lived a constant struggle to remain human, like a solitary light bulb flickering in and out of Sanity. Once released into the world, the ravishing beast inside took over any human spirit he had left.

Directed by Debra Whitfield, the show was called "awesome, brilliant, perversely ingenuous" by The New York Times. The cast will include David Sitler as Abbott, Patrick Jones and Douglas Coler.

In the Belly of the Beast begins February 6 and runs through February 24, 2008.

Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel explores the myth of the "Wandering Jew" and will be the second play presented in the 2008 Stage III Season. Winner of the 2001 Ovation Award for "Best Play," it was hailed by The New York Times as "A gripping production... a Da Vinci Code maze of clues and speculations."

A small town civil servant, in a socialistic society, unlocks an ancient myth embarking on a quest to find who anonymously returned a book, 113 years overdue. A clue scribbled in the margin and an unclaimed dry-cleaning ticket takes us on a magical adventure that spans the globe and the ages.

Directed by Kate Alexander and starring, in the one man show, Richard McWilliams who is currently playing the Colonel in the Mainstage production of Carlyle Brown’s Pure Confidence.

Underneath the Lintel begins March 5 and runs through March 23, 2008.
FST ends this year’s Stage III Season with the Grammy nominated a cappella phenomenon Toxic Audio. Five Voices...No Instruments. Never Underestimate the Power of the Human Voice. Toxic Audio, explores the boundaries of the human voice. Winner of the 2004 Drama Desk Award for "Unique Theatrical Experience," they were rated Number One in the WALL STREET JOURNAL/ZAGAT THEATER SURVEY surpassing The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.

Toxic Audio begins April 15 and runs through May 4, 2008.

Stage III debuted in January 2005 to answer an increasing demand from local audiences for edgier works that showed the uncommon human experience and challenged previously held beliefs and values. Featuring plays that challenge with as much gusto as they entertain, FST Stage III pushes the envelope of contemporary theatre and brings fresh, edgy works to the Sarasota theatrical landscape. Singular in taste, fresh in approach, FST's Stage III offers the adventurous theatergoer the opportunity to see plays that both challenge and entertain. In its first two seasons, FST Stage III has attracted more than 3000 subscribers and continues to grow.

Because of its challenging nature, the Stage III series may include plays with language and/or situations that are uncomfortable or offensive to some audience members. Viewer discretion is advised.

All three shows in the Stage III Season - In the Belly of the Beast, Underneath the Lintel and Toxic Audio - will be presented at FST's Gompertz Theatre. Single tickets range from $19 for previews to $29-32 for regular performances. A subscription to all 3 shows ranges from $39-52. Both subscription tickets and single tickets may be purchased from the FST Box Office in person, by phone (941) 366-9000 or online at

http://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/

Known as Sarasota's Contemporary Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre was founded in 1973 by Jon Spelman. Starting out as a small touring company, FST traveled to places such as migrant camps and prisons. The company eventually settled down into a permanent home, acquiring the former Woman's Club building - now renamed the Keating Theatre. In the years that followed, Florida Studio Theatre established itself as a major force in American Theatre, presenting contemporary theatre in its three theatre venues: the Keating Theatre, the Goldstein Cabaret and its newest space, the Gompertz Theatre.

Even with its growth, Florida Studio Theatre remains firmly committed to making the arts accessible and affordable to a broad-based audience. Under Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director and CEO, FST develops theatre that speaks to our living, evolving, and dynamically changing world. As FST grows and expands, it continues to provide audiences with challenging, contemporary drama and innovative programs.

Download Show Times for In the Belly of the Beast
Download Show Times for Underneath the Lintel
Download Show Times for Toxic Audio

Hello Fellow Dance Supporters,
Fuzisn Dance Artists will be performing this Sunday at Arts Day in downtown Sarasota.
Performance time on the Dance Stage is 2:45PM - 3:15PM. The dance stage is located on Lemon and State, State is one street south of Main St behind the Gator Club (different location then last years).

Please come our and support the various arts organization in our community.

Blessings,
Leymis Bolaqos Wilmott

Pre-Reading Readiness Through the Arts, Open to all teaching artists, early childhood educators, staff and administrators, Optional lunch to follow end of session-Fee $5.00, For further information contact: Marilyn Farber, Professional Development Coordinator
Email: mfarber@coedu.usf.edu
813-558-1144
http://www.vsafl.org/
Please submit registration form by January 28th, 2008

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