BESTBets
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is among Sarasota Opera productions for the
upcoming season with performances opening February 12th and continuing
Throwback Thursday at the
Dunedin Golf Club
The Dunedin Golf Club has a dining room open to
the public – a fact that is still a secret to most. The club
is hosting special dinners once a month on Thursday
evenings in the style of favorite iconic restaurants
of the past. The first dinner will be on October 28th,
featuring a Kapok Tree-style restaurant meal complete
with a relish tray, corn fritters and other memorable
food and drink selections. For reservations, call the
golf club at (727) 733-2134.
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through March 19th.
TBBCA’s Impact
Awards
Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture
& the Arts will hold its annual Impact
Awards reception and dinner at
Armature Works in Tampa on Thursday,
October 21st, beginning at 6 p.m. Award
winners will include Dr. Ronald and
Renée Vaughn as patrons of culture and
the arts; Bob Devin Jones for lifetime
artistic achievement; Christopher Still
for artistic achievement; Marshall
Rousseau for individual impact; and
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC for
business impact. Honorary chairs will be
Pete Zinober and Cynthia Gandee; and
Margaret Word Burnside and Aaron R.
Fodiman. For tickets, call (813) 221-2787
or visit tbbca.org/impacdtawards2021. 9
Clearwater Jazz
Holiday
The 42nd Clearwater Jazz
Holiday will be held at BayCare
Ballpark instead of Coachman Park
this year, as Clearwater builds its
new Imagine Clearwater facility.
The Clearwater Threshers/Phillies
Florida will transform the stadium
into a jazz fest party from October
14th through 17th. Musical stars
such as Kool & The Gang, Gloria
Gaynor, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,
Snarky Puppy and others will
perform all types of music from jazz
to funk. For tickets, or to become
a sponsor, call Clearwater Jazz
Holiday at (727) 461-5200, or visit
ClearwaterJazz.com.
The University of Tampa President Ronald
Vaughn and his wife Renée Vaughn will be
among those honored by the Tampa Bay
Businesses for Culture & the Arts.
Sarasota Opera season
The 40th season of Victor DeRenzi as artistic director
and principal conductor for the Sarasota Opera will
kick off this fall with The Silken Ladder on October
29th, 31st, November 3rd, 9th, 11th and 13th. The 2022
Winter Season will feature the four works originally
planned for 2021: Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, Gaetano
Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment, Georges
Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers and Giuseppe Verdi’s Attila.
For tickets, call (941) 328-1300 or visit sarasotaopera.org.
The Sarasota Opera House is located at 61 Pineapple
Ave. in Sarasota.
ROD MILLINGTON
Singer Gloria Gaynor is scheduled at Clearwater
Jazz Holiday on Saturday, October 16th.
COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA