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Top 10 arts events in Sarasota-Manatee: May 13-19
Sarasota Orchestra ends season, circus performers soar high and Westcoast troupe salutes female soul singers and more are among week s arts highlights.
Sailor Circus goes to the movies
If you missed the live performances of the Sarasota Sailor Circus’ “A Night at the Movies,” you still have a chance to experience some of the thrills and excitement from the comfort of your home. The production, which uses Hollywood for some inspiration, is available for home streaming beginning today. Long known as the Greatest “Little” Show on Earth, Sailor Circus features young performers performing on the flying trapeze, cloudswing, acrobatic roller skating, rolla bolla, Roman rings, high wire and more. “The show features a nice mixture of all of the traditional circus disciplines mixed with innovative and high-energy acts,” said head coach Miguel Vargas. Digital
Video views of art in the world
In conjunction with its current show, “Janaina Tschäpe: Between the Sky and the Water,” the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College is offering a video series tied to the career retrospective of the artist. On Saturday and Sunday, the museum will be showcasing some of Tschäpe’s video works that were created from 2000 to 2014 and touch on some of the painted and sculpted pieces featured in the exhibition. Showings start at the bottom of every hour and will be limited to 20 people on a first-come, first-served basis. The videos are included with museum admission. The exhibition continues through May 2 at 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information: 941-304-4300; sarasotaartmuseum.org
Shelter Island calendar of events April 8
Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable: Tuesday, 4 p.m., Library.
CoreSyn with Trent: Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 8 a.m. at Fiske Field basketball courts. In bad weather, at the Legion Hall.
English as a second language: Thursdays, 7 p.m. with Teri Piccozzi, Library.
Functional Fitness with Susan on Zoom: Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 9 a.m. Email [email protected] to sign up and receive zoom link.
Intermediate French Conversation: Thursdays, 4 p.m., Library, Zoom.
Music Trivia & Light Movement: Mondays, 11-11:45 a.m., Senior Center via Zoom, [email protected].
Out of school fun zone for grades pre-K to 4: Shelter Island Youth Center, from 2:45-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, $10 per child, per day. 631-749-0309.
Ucross Launches Annual Music Fellowships With Rice University
The exciting new partnership offers fellows from The Shepherd School of Music the gift of time and space at Ucross’s 20,000-acre Wyoming ranch.by BWW News Desk
Ucross has announced the establishment of a new partnership with Rice University s Shepherd School of Music. An annual fellowship will award four weeks of Ucross residency time to accomplished artists and/or scholars in the field of music. This year, the inaugural fellowship will be given to two composers, who will each receive two-week residencies at Ucross: composer and doctoral student, Nicky Sohn, and Assistant Professor of Musicology at Rice University, Danielle Ward-Griffin.
Tanjug, Sava Radovanović Your return is one of the best news for Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić wrote to us on the Buducnostsrbijeav account on Instagram. The star of the world classical music scene, violinist Stefan Milenković, said that after 30 years of international career, he continues his life in Serbia as a professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, thanks to the national platform Serbia Creates under the auspices of Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. Milenković is the creative ambassador of the national platform Serbia creates and his engagement in Serbia will be mostly related to Novi Sad. I will open a new concert hall in Novi Sad on January 13 with a streaming concert. I am happy for my pedagogical work with talented young people in Novi Sad. I will do my best to contribute as much as possible to the Novi Sad 2021 European Capital of Culture Foundation. I am also thrilled to be closer to Serbia with my wife and child , Milenković said last night in