May 12 Sunday
Treat the Mothers in your life to the Tampa Oratorio Singers’ Spring Concert and Reception featuring music by composers Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. Choral favorites from West Side Story, a piano duet of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts” will be featured. Professional soloists Eric Ferring, Susie Hellman and Todd Donovan will perform Gershwin standards and favorites from the musical Porgy & Bess. This fundraising concert supports TOS’ concert season and its mission to uplift, inspire and enrich our diverse Tampa Bay community through the power of enduring choral classics.
Life is strange, and the people around us are even stranger. Sardonic, ironic, and even histrionic, these witty tunes are full of moronic characters and sophisticated lyrics that reveal the present state of our world—the good, the bad, and the funny. With songs like “I’m My Own Grandpa,” “The Ballad of Sigmund Freud,” “Still Gonna Die,” “Killed by a Coconut,” and others, this offbeat Cabaret pays tribute to some of the best comic songwriters of the 20th Century.
“The Immigrant” by Mark HarelickPreview: May 1, 1:30 p.m.Performances: May 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 at 7:30 p.m.; May 3, 5, 12 at 1:30 p.m.Presented by Sarasota Jewish Theatre at The Players Centre Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239 Tickets: https://tickets.theplayers.org/TheatreManager/1/login?event=0Directed by Gus Kaikkonen, “The Immigrant” is the heartwarming true story of a life fulfilled in the “Golden Land.” In rural central Texas, 1909, a young Russian-Jewish immigrant has sought refuge in the land of the free. He arrives in America through the port of Galveston and encounters a world of unknowns. He discovers bananas and sells them door to door, eventually managing to buy a cart. Life changes when he pulls his banana cart into the village of Hamilton. Able to speak only Yiddish, alone amid a staunchly Christian community, he begs for shelter. Miracles continue to unfold over the next 30 year as religion meets religion, culture meets culture, and humanity triumphs over fear.
“Oliver! The Musical” brings Charles Dickens’ beloved novel to life. Set in Victorian-era London, it follows young orphan Oliver Twist as he navigates the city’s underworld of theft and violence, seeking a home, family, and love. The charismatic Fagin leads a gang of child pickpockets, while Oliver’s fate intertwines with the kind gentleman who rescues him. With spirited songs like “Food, Glorious Food” and “Consider Yourself,” Oliver! captures the human yearning for love, hope, and the indomitable human spirit. Showtimes: May 3&4, 8pm. May 5, 2pm. May 10&11, 8pm. May 12, 2pm.
May 13 Monday
Go nose to nose with Big John, the World’s Largest Triceratops, in an immersive and playful dinosaur exhibit at the Glazer Children’s Museum in Downtown Tampa. Whether you have a child at home or not, all are welcome to visit this colossal exhibit, 66 million years in the making.
Scientex Conferences has the honour of inviting you to take part in the "2nd International Conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics" with the ongoing theme of " Global approach in Gynecology towards women's healthcare” on May 13-14, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. It serves as a live platform for presenters to share their insightful research and knowledge from the field of gynecology and obstetrics.The conference aims to educate the delegates from a global perspective through these various collaborations, focusing on trending topics and significant challenges faced by obstetricians and gynecologists including updates on Women's Health Issues, Clinical Obstetrics, Reproductive Medicine, and Gynecologic Oncology.We hope to see you at the 2nd International Conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics (Gynaecology 2024) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Scientex Conferences takes immense pleasure to invite all the researchers and scientists from all over the world to join “2nd International Conference on Pediatrics and Healthcare" which is going to be held from May 13-14, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The global congress will be based on the theme "The Universal Approach for the Excellence in Pediatric Research" which aims to learn more about pediatrics, healthcare and related research. It's a great opportunity for specialists in child development and other fields to connect with one another, highlight latest findings, and provide treatments for various ailments affecting children. We are delighted to get to know each other and look forward to the great Pediatrics 2024, which can be attended remotely or in Bangkok, Thailand.
Exhibition: April 13 – June 27Opening Reception: April 13, 5-8pm
The Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg, FL, invited emerging artists currently residing in Florida to submit entries for possible exhibition in the eighth annual Fresh Squeezed: Emerging Artists in Florida. The exhibition will be held at the Morean Arts Center April 13 – June 27, 2024. The purpose of this exhibition is to nurture and advance the careers of emerging visual artists while also giving our community the opportunity to discover exciting new art being made in our region.
The Morean Galleries will be divided into six spaces for the purposes of this show, giving each selected artist what will essentially be a solo exhibition. Our Fresh Squeezed program aims to provide emerging artists with resources needed to develop a sustainable artistic practice.
Multimedia artist Anne Patterson and composer Patrick Harlin, explorer of soundscape ecologies, collaborate to create an awe-inspiring immersive installation for Sarasota Art Museum. Patterson, a synesthete who sees color and shape when hearing music, has frequently collaborated with musicians, including Harlin, to design mesmerizing environments. Patterson and Harlin met at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in 2014 and recognized in each other a similar artistic affinity for drawing inspiration from nature.
For this collaborative project, they are expanding upon Harlin’s original composition Earthrise (2022), an orchestral piece inspired by the eponymous photograph of the earth taken from Apollo 8 by William Anders, in 1968. This iconic photograph not only shifted humanity’s perspective, but also encapsulated the environmental movement’s call to care for the earth, provoking a kind of “collective epiphany.” Harlin’s composition will be the processional that plays as visitors pass through the galleries, so that the ambiance evokes a lunar voyage.
Does art play an active role in identifying and revealing the realities of contemporary life? Conversely, how do present-day challenges in the world affect the choices that artists make in their studios? While these questions have no clear or easy answers, the exhibition Impact: Contemporary Artists at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, presented at Sarasota Art Museum, hopes to expand upon conventional ideas of art’s impact on our daily lives through the presentation of recent works made by 10 U.S.-based artists: Diana Al-Hadid, Sanford Biggers, Chitra Ganesh, Todd Gray, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Michelle Lopez, Ted Riederer, John Sims, Kukuli Velarde, and William Villalongo.