Mark your calendar for these cultural happenings

VENUE CHANGE: 
Education Foundation’s The Bash: An Evening of Excellence Anew will now be held at The Westin Sarasota
February 23 | 6:00 p.m. | $250
Tickets: edfoundationsrq.org/bash

SCF to Celebrate Entrepreneurship

The event, which will feature student entrepreneurs, is designed to demonstrate the benefits of owning and managing a business.

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF)
11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Feb. 21
Student Union at SCF Bradenton, 5840 26th St. W.

Entrepreneurs will exhibit their products and services during National Entrepreneurship Week. The Entrepreneur Expo will include representatives from the Manatee Chamber of Commerce and its Better Business Council, CareerSource Suncoast, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), the USF Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Spark Growth and SCF’s Entrepreneurship Program. A DJ will provide music and there will be a food truck on site. Participating businesses will offer information, handouts and promotional items.

For more information or to participate, contact Kristey Richardson at RicharK@SCF.edu or 941-752-5290.

Conservation Foundation hosts discussion with visiting FSU/Asolo Conservatory director

Discussion with Ashley Teague, visiting director with the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
Wednesday, February 14
Bay Preserve, 400 Palmetto Avenue, Osprey
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Teague will explore the concept of theatre as an opportunity to be in conversation with an audience. Reserve online at www.conservationfoundation.com/teague or call (941) 918-2100 Seating is limited.

SaraSolo Festival back for 4th Season

January 27- February 4, 2018
The 2018 SaraSolo Festival returns to Sarasota over two weekends, January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4, 2018, showcasing an eclectic mix of 45-90-minute solo performances by 19 national and international artists – featuring music, dance, cabaret, comedy, magic, poetry, performance art, stand-up, storytelling and visual art creation as well as biographical, autobiographical and poetic plays. 
For tickets, complete schedule of performances, times and dates, workshop registration go to www.SaraSolo.org. Contact: sarasoloorg@gmail.com | 941-479-8084

Performances take place at Sarasota’s Pioneer Park historic site venue, Crocker Memorial Church, 1260 12th Street and The Starlite Room, 1001 Cocoanut Ave.

The Argus Foundation’s
3rd Annual Sporting Clays Competition

January 26 @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Knight’s Trail Park, 3445 Rustic Road, Nokomis

Mulligans, door prizes, 50/50 raffle tickets sold at registration. Guns will be provided at each stand on the blue (standard) course for those shooters who do not have one. Safety glasses and ear plugs will be provided. E-mail RSVP@argusfoundation.org to indicate black course preference. Trophies will be awarded for the highest individual man and highest men’s team for each course. Trophies will be awarded for highest overall individual woman and overall women’s team trophy.

2nd Annual Lido Beach
Winter Fine Art Festival

Discover original handmade art when the Festival returns for its second year on February 17-18, 2018 to Lido Beach

The event is hosted by the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association. Admission is free.

Artisans journey to Lido Beach from throughout Florida and across the United States to transform Lido Beach into an outdoor gallery of art. Their work is all handmade; enjoy the talents in such mediums as painting, sculpture, jewelry, glass and ceramics, photography, fiber and wearable art to mixed-media, metalwork, woodworking and more. All the artisans creating these works will be in attendance, many represented in the nation’s most prestigious private art collections and public art institutions.

Hours: 10 am – 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine.

Contact Bill Kinney, Festival Director for more information: admin@paragonartfest.com or (941) 487-8061.