Ear to Tampa Bay
JULY/AUGUST 2019 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 85
Mary Ellen Owen of Belleair Bluffs
was given a birthday high tea party at
William Dean Chocolates in Belleair Bluffs
by Clearwater Beach residents
Deborah Nader and Judith Haimes.
gallery talk on “Theo Wujcik: Cantos
Brings to Life Epic Literary Work,”
the exhibit featuring larger-than-life
paintings inspired by Dante’s Inferno
at the museum in St. Petersburg as a
prequel to its “Theo’s Inferno” Dance
Party Fundraiser that recreated the
music, foods and vibe of Wujcik’s
beloved 1980s era Ybor City.....
Robin Stamper, managing director
of Opera Tampa, and members of
the cast from La Bohème mingled
with donors during Opera Tampa
League’s post-performance cocktail
appreciation reception in Maestro’s
Restaurant at the Straz Performing
Arts Center in Tampa.....Maestro
Mark Sforzini, cast members
from Madama Butterfly and more
presented St. Petersburg Opera
Company’s Broadway Cabaret! at the
group’s Opera Central headquarters
in St. Petersburg.....London Bates,
board president of the Dunedin Fine
Art Center, Linda Hamilton, its
retiring development director, and
John Freeborn, its planned giving
committee chair, welcomed guests
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