Community Calendar

Join us at Gulfport’s Brenda McMahon Gallery for a 2 month group exhibition where artists are expressing their view of what democracy looks like.

Work with clay on the potters' wheel. Beginners start with a hand-building project to get acquainted with the clay and then jump into learning how to throw their next ceramic adventure. Intermediate students can dive right into getting dirty and take inspiration from instructor-led projects. All experience levels are welcome!

Firing costs, essential tools, and glazes included.

Clay is available for purchase separately in the studio.

Powerstories Theatre believes that powerful connections begin with a story. Stories help others feel valued and validated. They help people feel alive and engaged in their communities. Our mission at Powerstories Theatre is to stage true stories of women and girls to open minds and hearts. The mission for this workshop is to help you realize the power of your story…and use it to thrive.

All workshops to be held on Zoom at 7 PM EST on June 11, June 18, June 25, July 9, July 16, and July 23.

This signature workshop has been taught to thousands of women since 2000. If you are a woman who wants to articulate who you are, what you stand for, and how you contribute to the world, this workshop is for you. It will support you in seeking to know and build your own story for personal, business, or entertainment reasons. Both beginner and experienced storytellers are welcome.

Identify your message of truth
Uncover work and life story topics
Realize the power of the personal story
Develop a five-minute story
Learn tips on crafting a story and techniques for sharing it
Your workshop includes the following:

Expert instruction by two experienced professionals
10 hours of online instruction (includes the optional 30-minute bonus)
A 45-minute private consultation
Free registration to a Powerstory Conference in Tampa March 2026
35-page workbook
Access to all recorded sessions
Lifetime access to all class recordings and online resources
Opportunity to present story to a Zoom audience
Opportunity to present story to a live audience at Voices of Women Theatre Festival
Cost is $495 (with scholarship available)

Participants will be emailed a Zoom link to join the private online workshop.

Dr. Zarillo is a professor at the College of Engineering and Science: Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology with more than 40 years of experience in coastal ocean processes, marine geology, and sedimentology. He has applied 3D process and environmental models to coastal and estuarine environments for more than 25 years. His current research is on adaptive management for coastal resiliency and coastal ocean sea-level processes.

Join us once again for an unforgettable evening with Carole J. Bufford. Too Darn Hot brings fresh life to classics by Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, and more. With songs like “Blame It on the Summer Night,” “Too Darn Hot,” and “Steppin’ Out with My Baby,” this steamy, refreshing night of music and storytelling will leave you longing for an endless summer.

When Motown Records burst onto the scene, it changed popular music forever. This show celebrates the iconic songs, stories, and surprising connections between Motown stars and music legends. With fresh takes on classics like “Tracks of My Tears,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” and “Stop in the Name of Love,” it explores Motown’s legacy—enriched by personal accounts of collaborations with Smokey Robinson, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, and James Taylor.

An unlikely friendship blossoms between a troubled teenager serving community service and a fiercely independent woman who introduces him to the transformative power of books. Through humor, vulnerability, and the magic of words, Dorothy’s Dictionary explores memory, identity, and the connections that change us. A heartwarming and deeply moving story about how language shapes our lives and brings us together.

Join us at Gulfport’s Brenda McMahon Gallery for a 2 month group exhibition where artists are expressing their view of what democracy looks like.

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.

Chris Friday is a multidisciplinary artist best known for her larger-than-life yet intimate figurative drawings, meticulously created in chalk on black paper. For her first solo museum exhibition, she explores the notion of “incorruptible environments.” These are the imagined sanctuaries we construct in our minds—our refuge from the harsh realities of the modern world—and the worlds we aspire to bring to life. Tradition, religion, and culture form the bedrock of these environments, while nostalgia and memory act as potent vessels, preserving ideas of self, community, and identity. Friday’s diverse works, ranging from large-scale drawings to textiles and sculptures, will serve as a contemplation of the “archive” and its potential role in (re)defining Blackness in media and popular culture.

Friday’s work has been showcased in numerous group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including Rest is Power curated by the Center for Black Visual Culture at New York University (2023), and The Cartography Project at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. (2022). Based in Miami, Friday has received numerous awards, fellowships, and grants, and in 2023, she was named the South Arts Southern Prize State Fellow for the State of Florida.

This exhibition is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design, curated by Rangsook Yoon, Ph.D., senior curator, Sarasota Art Museum.

Image credit: Chris Friday, Rest as Reparations Series: Untitled, Courtney, 2022. Chalk on black archival paper, approx. 70 x 108 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Amir Aghareb.