Capturing the essence
Sarasota artist Corinne Jo Fallacaro, an internationally acclaimed pastelist, is the focus of an exhibit titled, "Visions," through March 30 at the Women’s Resource Center.
Fallacaro’s Impressionistic pastels depict radiant landscapes and gardens. "Through the use of sparkling color and texture, the artist captures the essence of her subjects brilliantly," says her website, www.CorinneJo.com.
Fallacaro is an illustrator, graphic designer and art director, the website notes.
"Fallacaro’s abstract expressionist style gradually evolved into her signature ‘handwriting’ of sparkling impressionism, intensified by her luminous vision of nature," the website adds. "She is concerned more with capturing the essence rather than the physical reality of a subject, primarily through the use of color and texture. Her brilliant pastels evoke the harmony and feeling she has for her work."
The Women’s Resource Center is located at 340 S. Tuttle Ave. For more information, call 366-1700.
"Through the Garden."
"Winter Pasture."
MUSIC
SARASOTA ORCHESTRA - March 19, 8 p.m., Pixel Pops: "The Dream of America, featuring photos and monologues about Ellis Island experiences, plus Stella Sung’s "Rockwell Reflections," with the artwork of Norman Rockwell. At Van Wezel. March 25-28, "Masterworks: In Myth," featuring Orff’s "Carmina burana" and Mozart’s "Symphony No. 40." Call 953-3434; visit www.sarasotaorchestra.org.
ARTIST SERIES OF SARASOTA - March 21 and 23, "Joie de Vivre," featuring pianist Ya Fei Chuang. Tickets: $35 and $40. At the Historic Asolo Theatre, Bay Shore Road. Call 388-1188 or go to artistseries.net.
BELLE CANTO - March 21, 2 p.m., concert featuring selections from Bach to Broadway. Ticket donations: $10. Located at First United Methodist Church, 104 S. Pineapple Ave. For details, call 966-5904.
BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL - March 19, 7:30 p.m., music department presents "Requiem" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and selections by Mozart and Beethoven. Tickets: $5; available at the door or by calling Judy Piercy, 355-2967. School located at 3201 N. Orange Ave.
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL - March 23, 7 p.m., Spring Band Concert. School located at 2250 Myrtle St.; 359-5824.
BROWN BAG CONCERTS - Noon, at the Gazebo in Phillippi Estate Park every Thursday during February and March. Bring brown bag lunch and a lawn chair and enjoy a different group each week; 861-5000.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER - 30-minute Lenten organ recitals at 12:10 p.m.: March 24, organist Carol Hawkinson and bass Richard Storm. Free; goodwill offerings accepted. March 18, 7 p.m., Dartmouth College Glee Club performing variety of music. Suggested donation: $20. Tickets available at the door or in advance by calling 329-6629. March 21, 5:15 p.m., soprano Adelaide Boedecker, bass Daniel Cartlidge and organist/choirmaster Dr. Ann Stephenson-Moe performing "Mourning Ode" by J.S. Bach and "Service in G Major" by C.V. Stanford, during Solemn Evensong. Free; goodwill offerings accepted. Located at 222 S. Palm Ave.; 955-4263; www.redeemersarasota.org.
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH - March 21, during the 9 a.m. service and at 3 p.m. during Vespers, guest singer Meredith Derr, retired Met Opera tenor. Also performing: Dr. Joseph Holt, pianist; Roger Roszell, organist; and the Scarano Family on flute, violin, cello and double bass. Vespers service free; goodwill offerings accepted. Located at 7750 Beneva Rd.; 924-4664; www.faithsarasota.com.
JAZZ AT TWO - Fridays, 2 p.m., in the Bayfront Community Center, 803 N. Tamiami Trail. March 19, Jim Wellen Quartet. Admission: $10; $5 for Jazz Club of Sarasota members. Call 366-1552 or visit www.jazzclubsarasota.org.
JAZZ CLUB OF SARASOTA - March 20, 7:30 p.m., Winter Concert with Chuck Redd, Holley Hall, 709 N. Tamiami Trail. Admission: $25;, members, $20. Call 366-1552 or visit www.jazzclubsarasota.org.
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY BENEFIT CONCERT - March 22, 7:30 p.m., with performers Connie and John Jordan; also a raffle and silent auction. Donation: $5 at the door. Reservations suggested: 926-1060. Located at the Irish Rover Pub in Gulf Gate, 6514 Gateway Ave.
OSCAR SCHERER STATE PARK - Every Thursday through March, 2 p.m., Music Jam Gathering for musicians and listeners. Park located at 1843 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. For information, call the Rosses: 865-963-5682.
PINE SHORES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - March 21, 5 p.m., concert by WoodWorks Marimba Quartet. Free. Church located at 6135 Beechwood Ave.; 922-1597; www.pineshorespres.org.
SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION - March 26, The Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra with selections by Beethoven and Mozart. At the Van Wezel, 777 N. Tamiami Trail. For tickets, call 955-0040 or visit www.sarasotaconcertassociation.org.
SARASOTA FOLK CLUB - Last Monday of the month. Open mic, 7:15 p.m.; concert, 8:30 p.m. Located at Sarasota Sailing Squadron, 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway, Suggested donation: $6. Call Jean Hewitt, 377-9256 or 320-4774; e-mail jvhewitt@pobox.com.
SARASOTA OPERA - Through March 21, "Cavalleria rusticana" and "Pagliacci"; and "The Magic Flute." March 19, "American Renaissance," a selection of pieces from American operas and songs of Americana, performed by the Apprentice Artists in the opera house lobby. Free. Through March 20, "Giovanna d’Arco." Located at 61 N. Pineapple Ave.; 366-8450; www.sarasotaopera.org.
SCHOLA CANTORUM SIESTA - March 21, 6 p.m., Evensong service featuring S.S. Wesley’’s "The Wilderness." Free. St. Boniface Episcopal Church, 5615 Midnight Pass Rd., Siesta Key; 349-5616; www.bonifacechurch.org.
SUNCOAST JAZZ AMBASSADORS - March 21, 7:30 p.m., an evening of Big Band and Dixieland music, "To the Ladies! Bless ‘Em All." Tickets: $5. In Payne Park auditorium, 2100 E. Laurel St.; 955-9452.
VAN WEZEL - March 20, 8 p.m., "Classic Albums Live: Pink Floyd’s The Wall." Tickets: $10-$40. March 21, 7 p.m., Band of the Irish Guards/Royal Regiment of Scotland. Tickets: $10-$50. March 23, 8 p.m., "Golden Boys: Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell. Tickets: $30-$80. Located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail; 953-3368; www.vanwezel.org.
THEATRE
ASOLO REP - Through April 3, "Unplugged," inaugural new play festival. All-access pass: $45; mini pass (includes one table reading and two staged readings), $20. Through April 1, "The Perfume Shop." Through April 11, "Hearts," a tribute to the legacy of World War II veterans. Through April 18, "Managing Maxine," a look at love in the "golden years." Located at 5555 N. Tamiami Trail. Call 351-8000; www.asolo.org.
FLORIDA STATE CONSERVATORY FOR ACTOR TRAINING - Through March 21, "Machinal." In the Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail. Call 351-8000; www.asolo.org.
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE - Through April 3, "Shear Madness." Through March 20, "Reflections," a cabaret featuring the sounds of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Through April 3, "Ruined," a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Lynn Nottage. Tickets: $26-$29. Every Tuesday night through April 6, 8:30 p.m., FST Improv in the Goldstein Cabaret. Tickets: $12. Located at 1241 N. Palm Ave. Call 366-9000; www.floridastudiotheatre.org.
GOLDEN APPLE DINNER THEATRE - Through April 4, "Li’l Abner." Tickets: $41-$43. Located at 25 N. Pineapple Ave.; 366-5454; www.thegoldenapple.com.
PLAYERS THEATRE - March 18-April 3, "Fiddler on the Roof." Tickets: $23; students, $12. March 21, "The Final Toast" by Stuart Kaminsky. Tickets: $15. Located at 838 N. Tamiami Trail; 365-2494.
VENICE THEATRE - Through April 11, "Rent." Through March 21, 18th Annual Follies with Venice Theatre’s Silver Foxes. March 20-21, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," performed by students of Epiphany Cathedral School. Tickets: $16, adults; $8, children. March 30-April 18, "Dearly Departed." Located at 140 W. Tampa Ave., Venice; www.venicestage.com; 488-1115.
WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE - March 19-April 4, "The Magnificent Mills Brothers." Shows at 8 p.m., Art Center Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail. Call 366-1505; e-mail wbtt@comcast.net.
COMEDY
KOMEDY 4 KIDS BY KIDS - Every Saturday, 11 a.m., Florida Studio Theatre in the Goldstein Cabaret. Tickets: $6; includes lunch. Located at 1241 N. Palm Ave. Call 366-9000; www.floridastudiotheatre.org.
PLAYERS THEATRE - March 22, 8 p.m., "Stand-Up Comedy of Carmen Ciricillo." Tickets: $15. Located at 838 N. Tamiami Trail; 365-2494.
DANCE
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH - March 25, 7 p.m., Resurrection Dance Theatre of Haiti, a troupe of "restavik," children forced into slave labor who have been rescued by the St. Joseph’s Homes for Boys in Port au Prince. Free; donations accepted. Seating first-come, first-served. Located at 7750 Beneva Rd.; 924-4664; www.faithsarasota.com; www.heartswithhaiti.org.
FUZION DANCE ARTISTS - March 27-28, Season Dance Concert, featuring choreography of Millicent Johnnie, Elizabeth Higgins and Pamelo Pietro. Tickets: $20-$25, adults; $15, students. Located at the Historic Asolo Theater, 5401 Bay Shore Rd.; 360-7399.
SARASOTA BALLET - April 2-3, "Triple Bill," featuring "Rococo Variations" by Renato Paroni, Christopher Wheeldon’s "There Where She Loved" and John Cranko’s "Pineapple Poll." Located at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.; 359-0099, ext. 102; www.SarasotaBallet.org.
FILM
MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES AT THE RINGLING - March 22, "Bullets Over Broadway," from 1994. 99 mins. Located at the Ringling Museum complex, 5401 Bay Shore Rd.; 360-7399; www.ringling.org.
TOUCHING TOMORROW - March 20, premieres of "The Film Forecast," with three new films and "Expecting Mary." Call 359-5700; e-mail filmforecasts@gmail.com. Located at the Historic Asolo Theater, Bay Shore Rd.
ART
RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART - Through April 4, "Gothic Art in the Gilded Age: Medieval and Renaissance Treasures in the Gavet-Vanderbilt-Ringling Collection." Through April 25, "In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America, featuring Rockwell paintings and photographs by Kevin Rivoli. March 18, 6-9 p.m., cocktails at the Cà d’Zan. Cover charge: $5; food vendors; cash bar. Tickets for the museum are $25, or $20 for seniors 65 and up; children ages 6-17, $10; children 5 and under, admitted free. Art museum free to all on Mondays. Located at 5401 Bay Shore Rd., 351-1660.
RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN - Through March 31, "Perestroika (n) Restructuring: The Glass Sculpture of Kathleen Mulcahy, Ron Desmett and Martin Prekop in Galleries I & II. Also, through March 19, exhibit of works by students at the College of Art and Design in Xiamen, Sarasota’s Chinese Sister City. On the second floor of the Academic Building, area No. 26. Galleries located one-half block east of 2700 N. Tamiami Trail on Dr. MLK Jr. Way. Call 359-7563; www.ringling.edu/selbygallery.
ALLYN GALLUP CONTEMPORARY ART - Through March 27, paintings by Luisa Basnuevo, "Synoptical Allusions," and collage paintings by Arless Day. Located at 1419 Fifth St.; 366-2093; www.allyngallup.com.
ART UPTOWN - Through April 2, "Pause for Pots and Paws," featuring works by clay artist Boots Culbertson. Artist reception, March 26, 6-8 p.m. Located at 1367 Main St.; www.artuptown.com; 955-5409.
CAMBRIDGE CHRISTNER FINE ART - Through March, works by Raul Torres Rojas, Fernand Leger, Paul Signac, Carlos Kis. Located at 415 S. Pineapple; 364-4300.
DABBERT GALLERY - Through April 30, "Paintings from a Sketchbook," solo show by Robert Baxter. Located at 76 S. Palm Ave.; 955-1315; www.dabbertgallery.com.
ELIZABETH STEVENS GALLERY - Through March, "Homage to Matisse," featuring works by Marge Bennett. March 19, a special showing of enameled jewelry by Melissa Searle and pottery by Jim Robinson. Located at 1945 Morrill St.; 365-4222; elizabethstevensgallery.net.
GALLERY AT TOWLES COURT - Through March, exhibit of prints by Steven Trefonides and sculpture by Anita Wexler. Located at 252 S. Links Ave.; 308-1986.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SARASOTA COUNTY - March 21, 1-5 p.m., art show and sale featuring local artists, in the Pioneer Park neighborhood at Crocker Memorial Church, 1260 12th St. Wine and cheese offered on the porch of the Bidwell House.
IMPERIAL FINE ART - Through March, exhibition of 29 paintings by Italian artist Alberto Mancini, inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson – only the second public exhibit ever of these works. Located at 1453 Main St.; 954-8901; www.imperial-fineart.com.
KATHARINE BUTLER GALLERY - Through April 10, Interior Designer Invitational. Located at 1943 Morrill St. in Towles Court. Call 955-4546 or log onto www.kbutlergallery.com.
LOCAL COFFEE & TEA - Through April 30, "Critters and Comforts," works of Gary Gorman. Located at 5138 Ocean Blvd. in Davidson’s Plaza on Siesta Key; 870-2671; www.localcoffee.com.
LONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Through March 19, Annual Members’ Exhibition. March 25-April 22, Florence Putterman’s "A Survey of Works: 1949-2009." Artist’s reception, March 25, 5-7 p.m. Located at 6860 Longboat Drive S., Longboat Key. Call 383-2345.
18TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF MEADOWS ART - March 20-21, at the Meadows Community Center, 2004 Longmeadow; enter off 17th St.; go to first stop sign; center is on the left; 377-2300.
MOTE MARINE - Through March 19, juried art show with spotlight on the sea. Located on Ken Thompson Parkway; www.mote.org/artexhibit2010.
PARADISE GALLERY - Through March 31, "Emotional Feelings," featuring sculptures by Don Frost. Located at 5760 Palmer Blvd.; 378-1234.
PARKLAND ART GALLERY - Through April 30, watercolors by Elaine Charney, paintings and brooches by Jill Krasner and jewelry by Ruth Mazin. Located at 506 S. Pineapple Ave. Parking in Historic Burns Square; 366-1649; ParklandArtGallery.FL@gmail.com.
SARASOTA INTERIOR DESIGN GROUP - March 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m., art show featuring works by Frank Creaturo, Scott Moore, Michael Panarella, Holly Dixon and others; 25 percent of sales donated to Haitian Relief Effort. Plus wine and sweets and live music. RSVP requested: 362-0803. Suggested donation at door: $10. Located at Sarasota Architectural Salvage, 1093 Central Ave.
SELBY GARDENS - Through April 16, "Rainforest Masks 2010 of the Borucan Indians of Costa Rica." Through March 28, the Sumi-e Society Exhibition in the Selby house. Located at 811 S. Palm Ave.; 366-5731 or www.selby.org.
SIMON’S COFFEE HOUSE - Through April 5, exhibit of art by Carole Kendal. Restaurant located at 5900 S. Tamiami Trail; 926-7151.
STATE OF THE ARTS GALLERY - Through April, "Joie de Vivre." Through May, "Locally Grown and Certified Organic," an exhibit by artists who have created works in Sarasota for as many as 50 years. Located at 1525 State St.; call 955-2787 or go to www.sarasotafineart.com.
STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, MANATEE SARASOTA - Through April 1, "Al Vesely and Patrick Lindhardt: Figure/Ground," featuring elegant female figures and stark Midwestern landscapes. At SCF Bradenton, 5840 26th St. W., in the Fine Art Gallery, building 11 North; 752-5225.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH - Through April 28, "Fancy Free," featuring collages by Lea Gitow. Located at 3975 Fruitville Rd.; 371-4974.
VICTORIA B. COOLEY STUDIO/GALLERY - "Comforts of Home," new works on exhibit. Located at 1920 Adams Lane, Towles Court.; 374-1988; www.BaileyCooley.com.
WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER - Through March 30, "Visions," solo shot by Sarasota pastelist Corinne Fallacaro. Located at 340 S. Tuttle Ave.; 366-1700.
WYLAND GALLERY - March 23-29, artist David Wight to debut his latest sculpted waves of glass. Located at 314 John Ringling Blvd. on St. Armands Circle; 388-5331; www.wylandkw.com.
ARTWALKS
FIRST FRIDAY WALKS - Downtown galleries of Burns Square, Pineapple Avenue, Palm Avenue and Main Street, from 6-9 p.m. featuring live music, refreshments and general merriment. Next: April 2.
TOWLES COURT GALLERY WALK - Art walks every third Friday of the month, from 6 p.m. Many galleries and restaurants are open for evening strolls and dining. Live music; 365-8683 for details. Parking on Adams Lane. Next: March 19.