E A R T O T A M P A B A Y
Amy Connors of Dunedin surprised her
husband Gary with a 50th birthday party
of food, drinks, and dancing in the Safety
Harbor Community Center’s gymnasium.
High School Show Choir...Robin Stamper,
managing director of Opera Tampa, and
Philip Neal, the new Dance Department
chair for the Straz Center in Tampa, were
introduced during a reception held there
to commemorate the Center’s fourth
collaboration with the National Sculpture
Society to present the Performance in
Sculpture presentation...Mallory Lykes
Dimmitt of Tampa gave a presentation
on the Florida Wildlife Corridor at the
Dunedin Fine Art Center...Margaret
Miller, director of the USF Institute for
Research in Art, shared insights into the
role of a university press during a USF
Contemporary Art Museum Director’s
Circle Event hosted by Allison and Robby
Adams at The Oxford Exchange in Tampa...
Gary Hallas welcomed members of
Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s The High Note
Society to a reception at the Sundial’s Sea
Salt in St. Petersburg...Michael Francis,
The Florida Orchestra’s new music director,
was honored with champagne receptions
before he conducted the Orchestra’s
Dan Shouvlin of Clearwater, CEO of
Frenchy’s restaurants, was given a birthday
party buffet and roast, complete with
entertainment by Johnny B, at 313 in Ozona
by Nancy McKibbon of Palm Harbor.
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Puccini’s
OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Puccini’s most popular masterpiece
returns to Sarasota Opera.
Sung in Italian with English translations
projected above the stage.
Seats start at just $19—
Subscribe to all 5 operas for as little as $86
La bohème | Aida | Così fan tutte | Fidelio | The Battle of Legnano
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Development Tax revenues. Sponsored in
part by the State of Florida, Department of
State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the
Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
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