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SRQ DAILY Oct 14, 2016

Friday Weekend Edition

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Friday Weekend Edition

"This year's festival continues to demonstrate The Ringling's commitment to engaging with the international community and presenting work of the highest caliber in contemporary art across all genres. The performances selected will inspire and captivate our audiences."

- Steven High, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
 

[Performance]  Dispatches from RIAF Part 1: An Explosive Start
Philip Lederer, Phil.Lederer@srqme.com

It’s that time of year again—when performers from around the world sing, swing and whirl their way to Sarasota for the Ringling International Arts Festival and a weekend of jaw-dropping feats and heart-moving productions. Opening last night with performances from doug elkins choreography, etc, Eighth Blackbird and Australian acrobat troupe Gravity and Other Myths and culminating in a courtyard celebration with decadent bites, local craft beer and a dance floor powered by the Afro-Brazilian beats of Dende & Band, the noise of the fireworks was rivaled only by the thundering applause.

At the Mertz Theatre crowds awaited the dancers of doug elkins and in the Historic Asolo Theatre the musicians of Eighth Blackbird paused in the wings before taking the stage. In the Circus Museum, past the gilded wagons and surrounding an unadorned dais little more than a 20 foot by 20 foot black mat illuminated by glaring arrays of light, the crowd sat in silence. When the acrobats of Gravity and Other Myths does arrive, similarly unadorned in muted T-shirts and tank tops, khaki shorts and capris, the silence hangs heavy and abruptly explodes.

Frenetic rhythms pour from the speakers like some slick and groovy mash-up of swing and circus or something from a Guy Ritchie flick and the performers burst from the line in a chaotic criss-cross of the tiny space. They clamber and climb over and across each other and occasionally stiffen and yell, “Falling!” inciting the others to rush in an attempt to catch their capsizing comrade—not always successfully. They continue—faster and faster, pushing their limits—until one begins pounding out island rhythms on the digital drumkit and the performance takes a sinuous turn with acrobats rising and falling in controlled tumbles and twists like waves of grass as the bass increases and so does the risk and they climb higher and higher threatening to disappear into the darkness of the vaulted ceiling.

To go any further would be to ruin the surprise—and surprises are in store. It’s a clever and daring performance, where there’s always room for humor and everything is a competition.

The Ringling International Arts Festival continues through the weekend with doug elkins choreography, Eighth Blackbird and Gravity and Other Myths returning to the stage amid performances from theater artist Thaddeus Phillips, the French satirical choreographers of LMn03, the musical stylings of cello virtuoso Matt Haimovitz and a collaboration between the Finnish circus Circo Aereo and New Zealander comedian Thomas Monckton. With final performances on Sunday, October 16, follow the link below for showtimes, locations and tickets. 

Ringling International Arts Festival

[Good Bite]  All About the Butternut
Aviel Kanter, aviel.kanter@srqme.com

The wonders contained within the walls of our own Morton's Market have been extolled many times over by locals and snowbirds alike, from the extensive prepared hot and cold bars, small-batch condiments and hand-baked pastries. And yet, we must take a moment to appreciate an unassuming dish found behind the glass that often goes unnoticed by the untrained eye. Not always on the day's menu, the roasted butternut squash salad often gets snatched up by people in-the-know early in the day, before the after-work shoppers make their rounds. Diced cubes of tender butternut squash are roasted to gooey, melt-in-your-mouth buttery-ness with just a hint of olive oil. The heads of dark green sautéed spinach and dried cranberries pop out from among the golden vegetable, adding elements of bitter and saccharine sweetness to the naturally mild squash. Heat up for a quick light lunch, top off some olive oil-coated pasta or use as a cold dip for crusty bread. The moral of the story: when you see it—don't hesitate! 

Photo courtesy of Morton's Market.

Morton's Gourmet Market, 1924 South Osprey Ave., Sarasota, 941-955-9856.

[Recipe]  Leanin' Tower of Tuna
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Fresh ahi tuna gets tossed with sriracha and layered with wasabi asian slaw, thin cucumber slices, onions, fresh avocado, diced mangos and a crunchy seaweed salad, all topped with soy caramel sauce. Here, Chef Shane Dabney from Marina Jack Restaurant shares the recipe for his Spicy Tuna Stack, all at once crispy, delicate and refreshing with an added kick from the sriracha.

Soy caramel sauce ingredients: 2 cups water; 2 cups sugar; 1⅛ cups soy sauce; 1 garlic cloves smashed; 2 tsp. Dijon mustard; 2 oz. pickled ginger or fresh ginger; 2 Tbsp. mirin.

Bring water and sugar to a boil in sauce pan. Reduce heat and stir until sugar melts. Add soy sauce, garlic, ginger, dijon and mirin, and return to a boil. Reduce heat to medium/medium-low so that the sauce can reduce. Continue to reduce for 45 minutes (set a timer). When the timer goes off, turn off sauce and strain out the garlic and ginger and throw away. Place sauce in a measuring cup. The sauce needs to reduce until you have 3½ cups of sauce. If there is more than 3½ cups, place sauce back on stove and reduce for 10 minutes and measure the sauce again to see if you have 3½ cups. Repeat this as many times as needed until you are able to measure 3½ cups of reduced sauce. When ready transfer to a metal ⅙ pan and leave out to cool. Refrigerating overnight will help sauce thicken up.

Spicy tuna stack ingredients: 1 oz. thin cucumber slices; ⅛ oz. Napa cabbage chopped finely; ⅛ oz. green cabbage chopped finely; ⅛ oz. red cabbage chopped finely; ⅛ oz. red onion diced fine; ⅛ oz. baby arugula chopped fine; ¼ oz. wasabi aioli; 3 oz. fresh ahi tuna diced ¼ inch; ¼ oz. sriracha hot sauce; ½ fresh avocado diced ¼ inch; ¼ oz. wasabi aioli; ½ oz. seaweed salad; pinch of micro greens; ¼ oz. soy caramel sauce; 1 oz. fresh mango diced

Place round metal mold on square salad plate towards one corner. Mix raw tuna with sriracha hot sauce and set aside. Chop asian slaw, red onion, baby arugula and place in a bowl. Mix with wasabi aioli and set aside. Fill mold in this order from bottom to top: cucumber slices, ½ of the tuna, diced mango, asian slaw, remaining tuna, diced avocado, seaweed salad. Top with remaining wasabi aioli and garnish top with microgreens. Dip a spoon into soy caramel and drizzle sauce in a circle around the mold. Make sure to lightly pack mold as you place ingredients into it so they do not fall apart when you lift the mold off. Remove mold and serve.
 

Marina Jack Restaurant, 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota, 941-365-4232.

[Exec Moves]  Strickland named Sarasota Financial Administration Director

Kelly Strickland has been promoted to financial administration director for the City of Sarasota, becoming the first woman to fill that role in the city's 100+ year history. Strickland has served as deputy finance director since 2009 and replaces John Lege who was recently tapped to be the assistant city manager. Prior to working for the City of Sarasota, Strickland served as the interim finance director and accounting supervisor for the Martin County School Board in Stuart, FL. She also was the assistant finance director for the Alachua County Clerk of Courts. Strickland earned a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from the University of West Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Florida Certified Government Financial Officer. 

City of Sarasota

[Exec Moves]  Slenn Joins Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick

David J. Slenn has joined the full-service business law firm Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP as an estate planning, business planning and tax attorney. Slenn is currently serving a three-year term as chair of American Bar Association’s (ABA) Captive Insurance Committee and is a former chair of the ABA’s Asset Protection Planning Committee from 2010–13. He was appointed as an ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee for the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (formerly, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act), which has been enacted in nine states so far. At Shumaker, Slenn’s practice will focus on estate and business planning and tax law. 

Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick

[Exec Moves]  Christenson, Beach Join Halfacre Construction

Halfacre Construction Company has hired Mark Christenson and Holly Beach as a project manager and a project superintendent, respectively. Christenson comes in after serving as a project manager for a Florida civil construction contractor where he was responsible for construction operations and equipment as well as the scheduling of all in-house crews and subcontractors. Beach worked as a superintendent for a commercial construction company in Fort Myers. Prior to joining Halfacre Construction, Beach coordinated projects between subcontractors, engineers, inspectors and owners. He also scheduled projects, reviewed blueprints and managed construction jobs from start to finish. 

Halfacre Construction

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