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10 SARASOTA SCENE | JANUARY 2018
CONTENTS departments
Be Informed
Be Entertained
Be SCENE
scenesarasota.com
SOCIAL SCENE
20 THE LIST
January Events Calendar
PARTY PICS
28 Sarasota Garden Club
Anniversary Party
Wit & Wisdom of Aging Luncheon
30 Callaghan Tire Charity Pro-Am
31 La Musica’s Sonata a Due
32 JFED’s Women’s Day Luncheon
SCENE TOGETHER
Couples on their wedding day
By Jacqueline Miller
89 Rachel Palladino & Shawn Sanders
92 Gabriele Vest & Justin Harris
INSIDER
39 THE FIND
Products and services for your health
and wellness
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PHILANTHROPY
44 PRESERVING A HERITAGE
Simone & Robert Knego dedicate
themselves to JFED’s Young
Leadership Cabinet
By Steven J. Smith
94 THE “TAKE A LOOK – BUY A BOOK
– DONATE” CAMPAIGN
Sheila Birnbaum’s new initiative to
promote literacy
By Ryan Van Cleave
ON THE TOWN
103 EDUCATION MATTERS
Students at USFSM make the most
of internships
By Ryan G. Van Cleave
97 SCENES FROM AN INTERVIEW
Sarasota Mayor
Shelli Freeland Eddie
By Gus Mollasis
105 EAT & DRINK
Delicious dishes and drinks and
the perfect places to partake
By Rick Dakan
ART & CULTURE
112 BEST SEATS
Performing Arts Calendar
117 GET INSPIRED
Cultural happenings brought to
you by the Arts & Cultural Alliance
of Sarasota County
121 LITERARY SCENE
Ryan G. Van Cleave reviews three
new page-turners
109 LAUGHING MATTERS
Ryan Van Cleave on life, liberty and
the pursuit of laughs