Hot tickets: Best bets of the month.MUSIC APRIL April: see month. 10, 13, 16, 19 AND 21 This year's La Musica International Chamber Music Festival offers, among other treats, a brand-new, commissioned piano sextet A piano sextet is a composition for piano and five other musical instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such works. There is no standard grouping of instruments with that name, and compared to the string quartet or piano quintet literature, relatively few such with jazz elements by part-time Venice resident Dick Hyman Dick Hyman (born March 8, 1927, New York City) is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer best known for his versatility with jazz piano styles. Over a 50 year career he has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and, increasingly, as composer. . Works by some other pretty good composers, such as Mozart, Brahms, Bruch, Beethoven and Dvorak, are also included in concerts April 10, 13, 16, 19 and 21 at the Opera House. Daily open rehearsals give audiences a chance to listen to festival favorites like Federico Agostini, Bruno Giuranna Bruno Giuranna (born in Milan) is an Italian violist. He began his solo career in 1954 when he performed the world premiere of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra with Herbert von Karajan conducting. and Derek Han pulling together to get a piece just right. For complete ticket info, call 366-8450. SPORTS APRIL 1-7 Welcome back, tennis pros! The 2002 Sarasota Open, North America's newest Sanex WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) Tour event, blows into Sarasota April 1-7, the first time in 25 years a tour event has been set here. Top female pros will compete for a $140,000 purse at The Meadows Country Club, kicking off the entire clay court A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam titles. season. For complete information on the tournament's match times and stars, call 955-7273. DANCE APRIL 19-22 The Sarasota Ballet winds up its season with a Spring Festival performance that promises an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary dance highlighting some of the company's best work--including "Hymn to Man," the uplifting piece the company performed at last fall's "United as One" benefit for the September 11th Fund The September 11th Fund was created by the New York Community Trust [1] and the United Way of New York City[2] in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. . At 8 p.m. April 19, and 2 and 8 p.m. April 20, 21 and 22 at the FSU FSU Florida State University FSU Former Soviet Union FSU Ferris State University FSU Fayetteville State University (North Carolina) FSU Frostburg State University FSU Finance Sector Union Center for the Performing Arts. Call 351-8000 for tickets. BOOKS APRIL 12-14 If you've got a thing for mysteries (and who doesn't?), then the first ever "Mystery: The Florida Connection" conference scheduled for April 12-14 at the Hyatt Sarasota is right up your dark, crime-ridden alley. Such Florida practitioners of the art as James Hall James Hall may refer to: In politics and government:
FESTIVALS APRIL 10-14 How "on the edge" can Sarasota art be? Find out for yourself when the first full On the Edge Festival takes place, April 10-14 at various venues around town. You can explore "The Digital Realm," enjoy "Examining Opera in America," follow the creation of choreography with Sarasota Ballet's Jim Buckley Jim Buckley (born November 27, 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL. Debuting with the Carlton Football Club in 1976, the 175cm man from Kyneton, Victoria went on to win the Robert Reynolds Trophy best and fairest award in 1982, and was a premiership , find literature and poetry on the cutting edge, and see "Tomorrow's Artists Today" at Selby Gallery, among other scheduled events during the week. Call the Arts Council An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad. at 365-5118 or visit www.ontheedgesarasota.org for complete details. ART Longboat Key Center for the Arts. New monotypes by Florence Putterman continue on view through April 9. Opening April 4 to run through April 28 (reception 5 to 7 p.m. April 6) is the Judges Invitational Exhibit. Also this month: Two performances in the Al Hixon Jazz Concert Series, "Bright, Bold & Brass," at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. April 9. Information: 383-2345. Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. . Continuing through April 14 at this St. Petersburg museum is "Preserved by Design: Ceramic Art This article is about artwork made out of clay. For ceramic materials and uses in general, see Ceramic. Ceramics and ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired into the hardened ceramic form. of the American Southwest." Through May 20: "Art of the Goldsmith: Masterworks from Buccellati." Information: (727) 896-2667. Galleria Silecchia. Continuing through April 30: an exhibition of glass works by Hiroshi Yamano. Information: 365-7414. Ringling Museum of Art. "Images from the World Between: The Circus in 20th-Century American Art American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, " continues on view through May 12, including works by Diane Arbus Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society. Early life Diane Nemerov , Walt Kuhn, Reginald Marsh and others. Also on exhibition: "Jon Corbino: Circus Paintings in Sarasota Collections." Information: 359-5700. Apple & Carpenter Galleries. Continuing through April 30: "Spring Exhibition: American and European Painters (1850-1950)." Information: 951-2314. Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art/Mira Mar Gallery. Recent work by Tom Judd fills the Palm Avenue space this month. Information: 366-2093. Palm Avenue Gallery. Paintings by Kurt Larisch are featured all this month in the gallery. Information: 953-5757. Santa Fe Trails Santa Fe Trails is the local transit agency in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe Trails operates eight bus routes which serve most areas of the city. Nearly all of the routes originate at the downtown Transit Center one block west of the Plaza. Gallery. Showing this month are acrylic originals and prints by Mary Ann Ginter and Deborah Hiatt. Information: 954-1972. Rosemary Court Artsy art·sy adj. art·si·er, art·si·est Informal Arty. Fartsy Art & Craft and Gallery Walk. From noon to 5 p.m. each Sunday this month in the Central Avenue area. Information: 365-5991. Missing Link Gallery. On view here: art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, as well as contemporary photography (Jerry Uelsman, Maggie Taylor, Heinz Lechner and Bill West) and Asian furniture. Information: 366-6600. Chasen Galleries. A "Figures from Around the World" show features works by Oleg Zhivetin, Hessam, Jurgen Gorg and others, April 1-May 1. Information: 366-4278. Venice Art Center. "Circus Art Treasures" from a private collection are on view here April 1-6. Coming up April 11-May 2 (reception April 12) is an open show, "Face and Figure." Information: 485-7136. Palm Avenue First Friday Walk. "An Affair to Remember" is the theme for this month's stroll, from 6 to 9 p.m. April 5 along the avenue. Information: 951-2314. Sonnet Gallery. "Act of Emotion" features works by painters Bernie Eisner and K. Bickman, April 5-30. Information: 955-6443. Selby Gallery. "Best of Ringling: Annual Ringling School Student Exhibition" features the works of upper-class students at the art school, April 5-23. On view April 26-May 3: a student exhibition of works from the first-year CORE Studios Program. Information: 359-7563. ArtCenter Sarasota. Opening April 6 to run through April 27 are two shows: a Spring Members Exhibition and one featuring botanical works by Bela Kalman. Information: 365-2032. Towles Court Third Friday Gallery Walk. From 6 to 10 p.m. April 19 at the artists' colony near downtown. Information: 362-0960. Tampa Museum of Art The Tampa Museum of Art is located in downtown Tampa, Florida. The museum exhibits 20th-century fine art, as well as Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. A large outdoor sculpture garden has also been added. The museum can be rented for parties with up to 600 guests. . "My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation," opens April 21 to run through June 23. Information: (813) 274-8130. COMEDY Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett. Burnett makes a conversational outing, at 8 p.m. April 10 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. McCurdy's Comedy Theater. Providing the laughs this month: Elayne Boosler, April 5-7; Allyn Ball, April 10-14; Cowboy Bill Martin, April 17-21; and Bobby Collins, April 26-28. For ticket info call 925-FUNY. DANCE Royal Winnipeg Ballet The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally. . The company of 30, accompanied by orchestra, performs "Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty sleeps for 100 years. [Fr. Fairy Tale, The Sleeping Beauty] See : Enchantment Sleeping Beauty enchanted heroine awakened from century of slumber by prince’s kiss. ," at 8 p.m. April 1 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. Stomp. At the Van Wezel at 8 p.m. April 23, 24 and 25. Information: 953-3368. FILM Burns Court Cinema. International first-run films shown daily downtown. Information: 955-FILM. MISCELLANEOUS Artifacts and Images: Florida's First Peoples. This exhibit featuring animal and human imagery relating to Florida's First Peoples continues through April 15 at the South Florida Museum The South Florida Museum, located in Bradenton, Florida, is a museum specializing in the natural and cultural history of Florida's gulf coast. The museum includes the Bishop Plantarium and Parker Manatee Aquarium, the home of Snooty the manatee. in Bradenton. Information: 746-4131. St. Armands Circle. Enjoy two events on the circle this month: the "Sip and Shop" that kicks off the Florida Winefest (noon to 4 p.m. April 1) and the Fourth Friday Sunset Stroll, at 6 p.m. April 26. Information: 388-1554. Florida Heritage Festival. Manatee County's annual big celebration of its history offers a number of events this month, including the DeSoto Seafood Fest, April 6 and 7; The Bottle Boat Regatta, April 13; a musical and fashion show, April 20; the DeSoto Ball, April 26; and the DeSoto Grand Parade, April 27. For a complete schedule and ticket info, call 747-1998. Sarasota Garden Club Flower Show. The club, which marks its 75th anniversary this year, plans a really big flower show, April 13 and 14 at the club quarters along Boulevard of the Arts. For information, call 955-0875. MUSIC Christopher Taylor. Pianist Taylor performs at 8 p.m. April 5 at Holley Hall, in a concert co-sponsored by the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. Florida West Coast Symphony Masterworks. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins the orchestra for an all-Brahms program, including the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 2. At 8 p.m. April 5 at Neel Auditorium; 2:30 and 8 p.m. April 6 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3434. Gloria Musicae. The choral ensemble's spring concert offers Stravinsky's "A Symphony of Psalms The Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky was written in 1930 and was commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ," along with Italian Renaissance music and more, at 4 p.m. April 7 at St. Boniface Boniface (bŏn`əfās), d. 432, Roman general. He defended (413) Marseilles against the Visigoths under Ataulf. Having supported Galla Placidia in her struggle with her brother, Emperor Honorius, Boniface fled to Africa in 422. Episcopal Church. Information: 351-8000 or 954-4223. On the Edge! Concert. A special Florida West Coast Symphony concert, part of Sarasota's On the Edge arts festival. At 8 p.m. April 12 at Holley Hall. Information: 953-3434. Venice Symphony. The symphony offers classical concerts at 8 p.m. April 12, and 4 and 8 p.m. April 13; and pops outings at 8 p.m. April 26 and 4 and 8 p.m. April 27. All are at the Church of the Nazarene Church of the Nazarene (năz'ərēn`), U.S. Protestant denomination established in 1908 through the union of the Church of the Nazarene, based in California; the Association of Pentecostal Churches, a New England group; and the Holiness in Venice. Information: 488-1010. Sarasota Concert Band. The band tells "The Sarasota Story" through song, dance and pictures in this revue of our history, at 8 p.m. April 12 at the Van Wezel. Information: 364-2263. Jazz Club Jams. From 2 to 5 p.m. April 13 and 27 at Holley Hall. Sponsored by the Jazz Club. Information: 366-1552. John Prine. The gravel-voiced Prine, as sharp a social commentator and wry a wit as ever, performs at 8 p.m. April 13 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. Florida Brass Quintet. In concert with works by Ewald, Koetsier and Boehme, featuring guest harpist Celia Chan Valerio. At 4 p.m. April 14 at Holley Hall. Information: 953-3434. An Evening with Jim Brickman. Pianist-songwriter Brickman performs at 8 p.m. April 18 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. Concert Lite/Enchanted Evening. Soprano Lisa Williamson is the guest for concerts offering "Great Songs from the Stage," at 5:30 p.m. April 19 and 8 p.m. April 20 at Holley Hall. Ari Pelto conducts. Information: 953-3434. Carman Car´man n. 1. A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. . The Christian music star makes his Van Wezel debut, at 8 p.m. April 26. Information: 953-3368. New Artists Piano Quartet. The quartet serves up a "Spanish Sandwich," with works by Mozart, Turina and Brahms tinged with a Spanish flavor. At 4 p.m. April 28 at Holley Hall. Information: 953-3434. Florida Wind Quintet. In concert at 7:30 p.m. April 30 at Holley Hall with works by Nielsen, Husa and more. Information: 953-3434. SPORTS Sarasota Red Sox. The Florida State League The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth step minor league baseball
Sarasota Ski-A-Rees. Displays of water skiing skill and showmanship continue through April 28 at City Island, with performances each Sunday at 1 and 2 p.m. Information: 388-1666. TALKS Museum of Asian Art Series. Scholar Shirley M. Mueller presents "China Export Porcelain Curiosities" at 5:30 p.m. April 4 in the Ringling's Circus Museum. Information: 954-7117. Palm Literary Society. Detective story writer Leslie Glass speaks at 11:30 a.m. April 8; Time magazine columnist Roger Rosenblatt at 11:30 a.m. April 29, both at Michael's on East. Tickets are $75 each; call 957-3660. Friends of Selby Library Books and Coffee. The Rev. Dr. Bennett Barnes reviews Thomas Cahill's "How the Irish Saved Civilization," at 10:30 a.m. April 9 in the library's auditorium. Information: 365-5228. Art and Wine. New wines and new art from Ringling School students are blended at 6 p.m. April 11 at the school's Selby Gallery. Information: 359-7562. Ringling Museum's ViewPoints Lecture Series. Dr. Philip Conisbee, senior curator of European Painting at the National Gallery, discusses 'Art for the Nation: Collecting for the National Gallery of Art," at 10:30 a.m. April 20 in the Museum of the Circus building. Information: 351-1660. THEATER Tru. Jay Presson Allen's play offering Truman Capote in conversation ends its run April 7 at Theatre Works. Information: 952-9170. See How They Run. An English farce including a drunken poetry reading and a chase scene, among other entertainments. Continuing through April 14 at the Venice Golden Apple Dinner Theatre. Information: 484-7711. Grease. Travel back in time to Rydell High and the Pink Ladies, through May 5 at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre. Information: 366-5454. Laughing Matters. An evening of songs and comedy sketches written by such locals as Larry Parr, Sylvia Reed and Jack Fournier, among others. Continues through May 18 at Florida Studio Theatre's Cabaret Club. Information: 366-9000. The Hollow. An Agatha Christie thriller with all the usual suspects, through May 25 on the Asolo mainstage. Information: 351-8000. Twelfth Night. The one with Viola and Orsino, Malvolio and Sir Toby Belch. Through May 25, also on the Asolo mainstage. Information: 351-8000. The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. Charles Busch's comedy hit about a middle-aged matron facing a breakdown continues through May 26 at the Asolo. Information: 351-8000. Smoke on the Mountain. An evening of that old-time gospel music, courtesy of the fictional Sanders Family, April 2-21 at Venice Little Theatre. Information: 488-1115. Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight Mark Twain Tonight! Is a one-man play devised by Hal Holbrook in which he depicts Mark Twain giving a concert recitation of his writings. Mark Twain Tonight!s genesis was a show that Holbrook performed with his first wife Ruby where she would interview him portraying ." Although Holbrook has been wearing the white mustache and Twain suit for more than 40 years, he and his audiences never seem to tire of the artistic Impersonation Impersonation Patroclus wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Prisoner of Zenda, The . At 8 p.m. April 5 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. The Odd Couple. Barbara Eden and Rita McKenzie are the neurotically neat Florence and the sloppy, sarcastic Olive, respectively, in this distaff version of the Neil Simon perennial. Onstage at 8 p.m. April 8 and 9 at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. Naked by the River. A world premiere springing from the Sarasota Festival of New Plays, this work by Michael T. Folie folie /fo·lie/ (fo-le´) [Fr.] psychosis; insanity. folie à deux (ah-ddbobr´ centers on a paralegal who's also a frustrated, unpublished author. It opens April 9 on Florida Studio Theatre's mainstage and continues through June 1. Information: 366-9000. The Way of the World. Congreve's delightful comedy of manners comedy of manners Witty, ironic form of drama that satirizes the manners and fashions of a particular social class or set. Comedies of manners were usually written by sophisticated authors for members of their own social class, and they typically are concerned with social brings to the stage once more the beautiful Millamant, the dashing Mirabell and the duplicitous Lady Wishfort, among other memorable characters. In the Asolo Conservatory's Jane B. Cook Theatre, April 10-28. Information: 351-8000. Medea. The classic Greek tragedy in the Robinson Jeffers adaptation, with contemporary trappings. Onstage at Venice Little Theatre's Stage II April 11-21. Information: 488-1115. Barefoot in the Park Barefoot in the Park is a play by Neil Simon. Its focus is on newlywed couple Corie and Paul Bratter, who are setting up house in a minuscule fifth-floor walkup apartment in a downtown-Manhattan brownstone. . A newlywed couple, a tiny New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of apartment, and snow in the park...Neil Simon's early hit runs April 17-May 18 at the Venice Golden Apple. Information: 484-7711. Red Wedding. Players of Sarasota artistic director Burton Wolf's own piece (with music) about a couple in love during the Tiananmen Square uprising in China. Onstage April 18-28. Information: 365-2494. Cookin' with Gus. A comedy about a female chef who's afraid to face the cameras for her own TV show. Onstage at Theatre Works April 19-May 12. Information: 952-9170. Ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand , the Musical. E.L. Doctorow's panoramic novel of early 20th-century America gets the musical treatment in this Tony Award winner, onstage at 8 p.m. April 19, 2 and 8 p.m. April 20, and 2 and 8 p.m. April 21, at the Van Wezel. Information: 953-3368. Mamma Mia! The Abba hit centering on a young girl about to be married and her mother about to confront the past, onstage April 30-May 12 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . The days of "Dancing Queen" return. Information: (800) 955-1045. |
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