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Top 10 arts events for Sarasota-Manatee: June 3-9 Improvising post-COVID laughs After more than a year of lockdowns and quarantines, we probably all could use some laughs, like the ones promised in “Life’s a Beach,” which marks the return to live performances by FST Improv. The company is back on the stage of Bowne’s Lab, taking audience suggestions and turning them into scenes and musical numbers that celebrate and satirize life in Sarasota. The production will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays beginning this weekend. Improv director Will Luera said it’s a good time to revisit the show as Sarasota “is starting to poke its head out of its shell after the pandemic and we can all benefit from coming together and laughing at the ridiculous things we’ve all experienced since last spring.” Luera is joined by troupe members Kevin Allen, Sarah Durham and Kyle Van Frank and musical improvisers Sergei Glushonkov and Michelle Neal. For ticket information: 941-366 ....
Top 10 arts events for Sarasota-Manatee: May 27-June 2 Our weekly guide to the best in Sarasota-Manatee performing and visual arts events. Art matters at Sarasota Art Museum Saturday marks the opening day of the first comprehensive retrospective of the painter Robert Colescott with the exhibition “Art and Race matters: The Career of Robert Colescott.” On display through Oct. 21, the exhibit features 53 works produced during 50 years of a prolific career. His colorful and lively paintings tinged with satire have confronted a variety of issues related to race, gender, identity and the challenges of living in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. The exhibition was curated by Lowery Stokes Sims and organized by Raphaela Platow and originated at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Stokes is the recipient of the Sarasota Art Museum’s first Cura Award, recognizing significant achievements in art curation. The museum is at 1001 S. Tamiami Tr ....
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Arts news for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 17-23 play reading series Florida Studio Theatre is giving audiences a chance to see five new plays that are in development and support its Playwright Collective initiative. The theater has been working dozens of writers during the pandemic to prepare new plays for future full productions. The readings will be presented online and each will be followed by a discussion and feedback session. The series opens at 3 p.m. Jan. 29 with “Last Call at the Old Slave Quarters Lounge,” a new play by Kenneth Jones, author of “Alabama Story.” It is set in a popular Mississippi restaurant where some old secrets are finally revealed, altering the lives of a family of restaurateurs. ....