This Week in Sarasota.com - Sarasota's Community Events Calendar - Today Sarasota, Florida » This Week in Sarasota – Sarasota’s Community Calendar – Today Sarasota http://www.thisweekinsarasota.com Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Ringling Underground: Hip Hop http://www.thisweekinsarasota.com/event/ringling-underground-hip-hop/ http://www.thisweekinsarasota.com/event/ringling-underground-hip-hop/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 The John and Mable Ringling Museum http://www.thisweekinsarasota.com/event/ringling-underground-hip-hop/

Live music, art, and pop culture in a block-party atmosphere

Live Music

-Geno n’ Skunk Boogie:
When describing the group’s sound Geno says, 
“It has a Southern twist to it but it also has a message. It’s not your everyday, common hip-hop,” 

-Big Blu House featuring Sota & Yungn:
“Modern Hip Hop with old school sensibility” 

Live Art

Art and Exhibitions
-Joseph’s Coat by James Turrell
-Luminosity
-Peter Paul Rubens: Impressions of a Master
-John Ringling Collects: Asian and Cypriot Art

Cash Food and Drink

Free for Students from FSU, NCF, RCAD, SCF and USF w/ ID
$5 other College Students w/ ID & ages 6-17
$10 Adults

Sponsored by: 
-The Museum Store Cafe
-Sarasota Day
http://www.sarasotaday.com/

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Blues Concert and Dinner at Ortygia Restaurant featuring the RJ Howson Band and other musical guests.  Special menu and blues harmonica by Ortygia’s Chef Gaetano.

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SCF Lakewood Ranch will host information sessions about its Alternative Certification Program (ACP). The program is for people who have at least a bachelor’s degree with a noneducation major, or teachers with temporary certificates who need professional course work.

 

The information session will be held Wed., April 4. The cost for the program is approximately $2,000.

 

For more information, call 941-363-7274 or email sheffis@scf.edu. Maps and directions are online at scf.edu/maps.

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Casual attire fundraiser for Mote Marine Laboratory’s hospitals for dolphins, whales and sea turtles.

Cost is $75 per person.

Info, reservations & event sponsorships: Contact Stacy Alexander at 941-388-4441, ext. 509 or stacyalexander@mote.org

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Annual run/walk on Siesta Public Beach benefiting sea turtle research and conservation at Mote Marine Laboratory.

Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. The 1-mile fun walk/run starts at 7:30 and the 5K begins at 8.  End time: 10 a.m.

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Join Sarasota Architectural Salvage for a “Nautical Night at the Salvage Yard” benefiting Mote Marine Laboratory’s hospitals for dolphins, whales and sea turtles. Enjoy light bites and beverages among nautical architectural salvage.

Tickets: www.sarasotasalvage.com

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Mote’s 2012 Special Lecture Series will showcase world-famous speakers discussing marine-related topics.

 www.mote.org/lecture

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The Ditchfield Family Singers Concert at Trinity United Methodist Church, Sunday, March 4th at 3 pm.  An afternoon with The Ditchfield Family is family entertainment at its best!  They perform everything from the popular music of the ’30′s, ’40′s, and ’50′s, to Broadway show stoppers, to the best loved traditional and inspirational standards of our time.

 

 

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Mote’s 2012 Special Lecture Series will showcase world-famous speakers discussing marine-related topics.

$15 (per ticket per lecture); $12 (per ticket per lecture) for Mote Members. Tickets must be purchased in advance at www.mote.org/lecture.

A small number of tickets may be available on lecture night, but are not guaranteed. Discount available for students and teachers.

 

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Photo of Villanova Junction by Raylon Smith.

Kirsten and Blonde Out of Water drop in at MarkAngel Salon to show a peek of the royal treatment they received there on Valentine’s Day, then Kirsten shows us the sights and sounds of Saturday’s show at the Cock & Bull Pub with Room Full of Strangers, Villanova Junction, Physical Plant and Buffalo Wizards. Finally she takes us to a lush luau at Blue Que Island Grill.

Where will she go next? Check in Friday to find out.

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