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Thursday

Swamp Fever
seven:30 p.m. at SCF Recital Hall, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton
$fifteen
Visit SCFMusic.info/Events.

Come down and get your Florida on with the SCF Guitar Ensemble. These students will put down their all-time licks on original music commissioned for this ensemble, and it'due south a Florida-themed vibe they'll be strumming.

An Evening with Chris Botti
8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 Due north. Tamiami Trail
$47-$82
Visit VanWezel.org.

He'south 1 of the world'southward nigh prominent artists on the trumpet. And he'southward in Sarasota for one night. Chris Botti, winner of a Grammy honour, has held the No. 1 place on the Billboard jazz album nautical chart multiple times. Botti has played around the world and with a litany of prominent artists including Sting, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra and Yo-Yo Ma, among others.

A Place in the Sunday
6-8 p.m. at Art Centre Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail
Free
Visit ArtSarasota.org.

Information technology's the changing of the art at Art Center Sarasota. Iii new exhibits — "The Bounding main is Alive in Me" past Osa Atoe, "Signs & Wonders" by Philomena Marano and "A Identify in the Sunday" by Susan Sidebottom — will have their opening on Thursday, and the gallery will also be showing the Annual Members Juried Show. These exhibits will exist on brandish through Apr xxx

Godfather Expressions
v-viii p.one thousand. at Ligon Fine Arts Gallery, 1570 Blvd. of the Arts
Free
Visit LigonFineArt.com

The Ligon Fine Arts Gallery is making you an offer you can't refuse. It'south a Godfather-themed art opening at Ligon, an event that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Francis Ford Coppola classic. Peruse the art and come up dressed every bit your favorite character; the best costume will win an original cartoon inspired past the Godfather. The showroom will run through April x.

Cirque de Voix is back afterward a two-yr absenteeism due to the COVID pandemic. (Courtesy photo)

Friday

Cirque des Voix: The Adjacent Decade of Wonder

One of Sarasota'southward signature events is back.

Cirque des Voix has been canceled for two directly years, but now the Circus Arts Solarium is teaming up again with Key Chorale.

You'll encounter both incredible entertainers testing the boundaries of gravity and residue, and yous'll hear the 100-plus voices of Key Chorale backed by the consummate skill of the Cirque Orchestra.

Aerialists, jugglers and a fire twirler will compete for your attending under Circus Sarasota'due south European-style big top.

When: 7:30 p.m. March 18; ii p.m. March 19; 1 p.grand. March 20
Where: Circus Sarasota, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle
Tickets: $30-$60
Info: CircusArts.org.

Upsetting the Classical Tradition: Beethoven and the Adjacent 100 Years
10:xxx a.m. at Start Presbyterian Church of Sarasota, 2050 Oak St.
Free
Visit SarasotaMusicClub.org

The jocular and affable pianist Alan Wasserman is upsetting the classical tradition. Wasserman will talk about Beethoven and how his compositional style changed the orchestral world, and he'll besides play and talk over Chopin, Joplin and more.

Shelly Berg and Tierney Sutton
Jazz Gild of Sarasota
half-dozen:thirty p.m. at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle
$45-$120
Visit JazzClubSarasota.org.

All that jazz. The Sarasota Jazz Festival continues with this pairing of voice and pianoforte. Pianist Shelly Berg and vocalist Tierney Sutton will headline the outdoor effect, and they'll be preceded by Russell Malone and Friends.

Orny Adams
vi:thirty p.thou. and 8:fifty p.1000. at McCurdy's One-act Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd.
$31
Visit McCurdysComedy.com.

Put me in, Coach. Orny Adams, who played Coach Bobby Finstock in the Telly adaptation of "Teen Wolf," will bring his unique sensibility to McCurdy's for a pair of shows on Friday and Saturday night.

FST Improv Presents: Tournament of Fools
7:30 p.m. at FST's Bowne's Lab, 1265 1st St.
$15
Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.

It'southward a one-act competition at FST. The members of FST's Improv troupe will appeal straight to the audience in crowning a "Champion of the Fools," and they'll match up caput-to-caput in a series of improvisational scenes, songs and games.

Game of Romes
seven:30 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Ave., Edifice 5, Venice
$31-$56
Visit VenicePerformingArtsCenter.org.

The Venice Symphony will play the familiar strains of the score to "Ben Hur," at this prove, and they'll also work their way through intermezzos by Puccini and Mascagni. There will be an encore operation on Saturday at 3:xxx p.yard.

The touring company of Anastasia is coming to give you a Broadway fix. (Courtesy photo)

'Anastasia'
It's a Broadway touring company featuring a familiar face.

Sarasota native Lauren Teyke, a graduate of Pino View School and an alumnus of the Ovation School of Musical Theatre run past her mom Michelle McCord, will be back in the same building that hosted her loftier school graduation when she performs in "Anastasia."

"Anastasia," based on the 1997 Disney picture show of the same name, was nominated for two Tony Awards during its Broadway run.

When: 7:thirty p.m. March 18; 2 and 7:30 p.m. March 19; 6:30 p.m. March 20

Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 7777 N. Tamiami Trail
Tickets:$42-$97
Info: VanWezel.org.

Saturday

'Ocean Trunk' with Helga Davis
6 p.thousand. at Hermitage Palm House Studio, 6660 Manasota Key Road, Englewood
$25; virtual $five
Visit HermitageArtistRetreat.org.

Here's your chance to see this art before the rest of the world. Helga Davis, winner of the 2019 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, will premiere her new commissioned work Bounding main Body, a multi-screen moving-picture show and music installation.

Arturo Sandoval at the Sarasota Jazz Festival
6:30 p.one thousand. at Nathan Benderson Park
$45 -$120
Visit JazzClubSarasota.org.

The Sarasota Jazz Festival will go along on swinging with Cuban-American jazz trumpet master Arturo Sandoval and visitor. Sandoval, a winner of 2 Grammy Awards, has performed in the White House and at the Super Bowl during his distinguished career.

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Spring Is Here
iii p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3131 61st St.
$5
Visit SunCoastConcertBand.org.

Brand way for the Suncoast Concert Ring heralding the vernal equinox. The agenda will officially move into bound just earlier noon on Sun, and the Concert Band will warm your soul with sounds of renewal and rebirth.

The Anthems: The Music of Whitney Houston
vii:30 p.m. at Jervey Theatre, 140 W. Tampa Ave., Venice
$40
Visit VeniceTheatre.org

Didn't nosotros almost have information technology all? This tribute human activity consisting of velvet voices Jade and Samuel E. will run through the expressive pop canon of pop superstar Whitney Houston. There will as well be 2 additional shows on Monday, ane at 2 p.g. and the other at 7:30 p.grand.

Monday

Scotty Wright
7:30 p.m. at FST's John C. Court Cabaret, 1265 1st St.
$35-$39
Visit JazzClubSarasota.org.

The Monday Nighttime Jazz Cabaret volition feature the Scotty Wright Quintet, who play original music and volition also have on the venerable piece of work of artists as varied as Gershwin and Porter. The band will as well play jazz standards by Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.

'My Mother'southward Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy'
8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 7777 N. Tamiami Trail
$17-$52
Visit VanWezel.org.

Steve Solomon isn't afraid to air his dirty laundry. Solomon'due south exterior monologue was a long-running bout de strength on Broadway, and he'll bring his family peccadillos and signature punchlines to Van Wezel for your amusement.

Tuesday

PROUD Tina: The Ultimate Tribute to Tina Turner
8 p.g. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 7777 N. Tamiami Trail
$27-$72
Visit VanWezel.org.

Big bike go along on turning. Proud Mary keep on burning. It'due south the Sarasota debut of a tribute to the hardest working lady in show business. Tina Turner, dubbed by many as "The Queen of Rock and Whorl," will get a run for her money from tribute creative person Caroline Borole, and the event will be punctuated by an appearance by special guest Belinda Davids.

Wed

Lenten Organ Recital with Sam Nelson
Church of the Redeemer
12:15 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer, 222 South. Palm Ave.
Free
Visit RedeemerSarasota.org.

Sarasota stalwart Dr. Ann Stephenson-Moe was scheduled to play a Lenten Organ Recital at Church building of the Redeemer, but she will perform in early Apr. Sam Nelson volition play on Wednesday, and he will play for approximately a half-hour.

BoyGirlBoyGirl
6 p.m. at Plantation Golf game & Country Club, 500 Rockley Blvd., Venice
$58
Visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org.

It's a good repast and a good time. BoyGirlBoyGirl, a Milwaukee-based jazz quartet, will sing famous jazz standards and former radio classics, and Joseph Holt will provide piano accompaniment. Pasta and chicken breast are on the menu for this Dinner Series show.

The Neutral Ground
vii p.chiliad. at Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court
Free
Visit WSLR.org/Fogartyville.

Come screen this documentary centered on the push to remove monuments to fallen Confederates in New Orleans, and stick around for a word with producer Darcy McKinnon to hear more about the creative process behind it.

Beethoven: Kingma Returns
7:30 p.thousand. at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, 5616 Midnight Pass Road
$thirty
Visit ChamberOrchestraSarasota.org.

The Bedroom Orchestra of Sarasota is playing their get-go show at St. Boniface, and pianist Joseph Kingma is returning to Sarasota to play Beethoven'due south Piano Concerto No. iv. It'south the third and final concert of the flavor for the Chamber Orchestra.

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