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Call to artists! The Englewood 2012 Winter Fine Arts Festival will be presented by Olde Englewood Village Association (OEVA) with the assistance of Janet Landis. The event will be held on December 1st and 2nd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This annual event is attended by seasonal residents, permanent residents and vacationers in the Englewood area. In addition, shoppers from the nearby communities of Venice, North Port, Port Charlotte, Boca Grande, Punta Gorda and Sarasota enjoy the opportunity to spend a relaxing day exploring the unique shps and restaurants in the Olde Englewood Village when West Dearborn Street becomes a pedestrian-only exhibit area.
For more information and to apply to exhibit at this premier fine arts festival: Please see the attached and submit your application:
page1app2012.pdf 2012ARTISTpage 2.pdf 2012ARTISTpage 3.pdfOver 100 artists will participate bringing you beautiful works in seven different mediums including jewelry, painting, sculpture, photography, glass, mixed media and pottery/ceramics. We hope to see you in December.
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2012 Winning Sea Wall - by Diane Davidson "Crab"Royal Palm Marina will hold their 2nd Memorial Day Seawall Art Competition. This will be their 2nd. In 2010, the competition proved to be a great success. Diane Davidson took the top prize with her trompe l'oeil creation entitled, "Crab". Be sure to stop at the marina and view all of the 2010 entries before they prep the walls for this year's competition.
Registration has been extended. They have 16 spaces open this year (since the winning artwork stays each year.) 12 of the available spaces have been filled so far. The participating artists so far are: John Maglio, Kelly Reark-Borza, Shelly Lochli, Ceclilia Lewis, Joanne Stramara, Stefanie Mead, Debra Rhoads, Susan Gardner, Maria Bone, Lisa Lynn, Cathy Robinson, and Nancy Henslerf.
The winner of this contest will take home a Grand Prize of $1,000. The contest starts on Memorial Day (May 28th) with the final judging to be done on July 8th at 3PM. Artwork MUST be finished by 10am on July 8th-this includes any and ALL touch up needed.
For all contest details - Click Here
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“Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Englewood goes walking. And when she passes, each one she passes goes ah….”Englewood Jazz.”
When Antonio Carlos Jobim composed this song in Portuguese in 1962 he may have been watching the girl from Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, but had he been in Florida it could as easily have been the girl from Englewood. You can almost see Stan Getz playing the saxophone on Englewood Beach while the sun is setting.
Jazz as a musical genre has always been hard to define. Jazz is a mixture of European, African and American music cultures. Jazz is liked by everyone…and jazz is coming to Englewood.
On Saturday, May 19th the first FREE jazz concert will be held on Dearborn Street in the park adjacent to Mango Bistro. The concert will take place from 4 to 6 PM with smooth jazz from “Swingtide Combo. This popular jazz group plays all the jazz standards and jazz classics as well as Latin sambas.
The concert is sponsored by OEVA, Key Agency and a number of merchants on Dearborn Street. OEVA, who also organized this program, said the goal of the free concert is to encourage Englewood residents and people from surrounding areas, to come to Dearborn Street and enjoy quality entertainment and discover the shops and restaurants. Like the Farmer’s Market, OEVA hopes that this type of even will bring the community together.
If this event is successful, OEVA plans on presenting more “free music in the afternoon concerts” with a variety of music themes. So mark your calendars Englewood, and come down to Dearborn for some cool Jazz. Bring a chair or a blanket, but no coolers please.
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Tommy D plays Vino Loco Saturday, May 26th from 7 - 10 p.m.
Friday May 19th
From 6:45pm to 9:45pm (or later)
Make your reservetions early as space on the porch is limited.
Join them for a great evening of Latin, Cuban, Spanish & Caribbean music... Come and experience this duo's chemistry that will make you want ot get up and DANCE!!! And if not dancing, you will definitely tap your feet to their "MUSICA CALIENTE!!".
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Join the children of TerraNichol Academy of the Arts for an artistic adventure at Lemon Bay Playhouse.Date: Friday May 25th
Time: Start at 6pm
Location:Lemon Bay Playhouse, 96 West Dearborn St, Englewood
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Kristin Hurst presents Hurstie and Companie, a puppet company newly installed in Sarasota.They will be presenting an all original poetic and fun for all ages puppet show at the Lemon Bay Playhouse in Englewood
“Tricolo, the Magical Mosaic Fish: A Puppets and Person Show” will be presented at 2 p.m. May 26 at the Lemon Bay Playhouse by Hurstie and Company.
"Meet Gabriel and Murphy, two fisher-dogs from the sunny village of Uvola on the shores of the Dimensionless Sea. They spend their days in search of Tricolo- a legendary multi-colored magical fish.
One day Uvola’s sunshine disappears under the paw of a mad cat. The village is enveloped in darkness and depression.
But Gabriel and Murphy don’t give up their search. Through their perseverance, the two fisher-dogs discover some legends are real, and are able to bring light into the world once again."
