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"I've experienced odorous drinking water, and it doesn't seem to me we have a problem."

- Hagen Brody, Sarasota City Commissioner
 

[Government]  Sarasota to Study Water Quality
Jacob Ogles, jacob.ogles@srqme.com

Is Sarasota’s tap water up to snuff? A new study by University of Central Florida researchers will examine the water quality following a vote by Sarasota city commissioners to spend $197,265 on a study. But that price tag was hard to choke down for some city officials.

“I’ve experienced odorous drinking water, and it doesn’t seem to me we have a problem,” says City Commissioner Hagen Brody, who voted against the study. The 3-2 vote to hire UCF came after a contentious discussion about what warrants this level of analysis right now.

But City Manager Tom Barwin says quality drinking water should come before other financial concerns. He says that while fiscal responsibility would always be a vital demand on government, the core missions including a clean water supply, proper sewage treatment and public safety remain paramount. “If there is something that is more important to the city, I would like know what it is,” Barwin says.

Brody took umbrage at those remarks and noted there’s been no question raised about whether Sarasota’s drinking water remains clean and safe. The question should be whether the city needs to undergo this type of study right now.

The motion approved Monday makes a UCF team the sole researcher on drinking water quality, treatment and distribution system operations. A team of graduate students led by Dr. Steven Durance will focus on improving the reliability of the seawater recharge process, removal of sulfates from raw water supply and gaining a better understanding of microbiological activity in the city’s raw water.

City Commissioner Liz Alpert says she’s fine with the contract because a study will provide better information on whatever improvements may be required in the future. “A lot of decisions need to be made and what we do with utilities, and we don’t just do them,” she says. “We make sure to do the most cost-effective thing, and you do a study so you know you are not putting it in the wrong place.” She also disagreed with Brody about finding the current water quality in Sarasota to be acceptable.

Mayor Shelli Freeland Eddie joined with Brody in voting against the study, but said her greatest issue came from the process. While the city has a years-long relationship with UCF researchers, she believes the budget request looked “padded” and would probably come in lower if the city had a more competitive selection process. “The citizens would be well-served if we would give others an opportunity to bid,” she says. While Barwin sounded amenable to that, a majority of commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of hiring UCF. 

[Meet the ProjecTHINK Speakers]  Dr. Cyndi Burnett, International Center for Studies in Creativity

Dr. Cyndi Burnett is an Associate Professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, a Master of Science in Creativity, and a Doctorate of Education in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; all of which she uses to help ignite creativity around the world. Her research interests include: the use of creative models and techniques with children, creative thinking in higher education, and current trends in creativity.  Her work includes projects such as: working with educators to bring creative thinking into the classroom, connecting communities of creative thinkers via social media and designing and running a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Everyday Creativity. Dr. Burnett is devoted to creating engaging lessons in education.

An invigorating morning of innovative thinking and interactive collaboration await you at SRQ MEDIA'S inaugural projecTHINK Conference hosted at the Ringling College of Art and Design's award-winning Alfred R. Goldstein Library on Saturday February 10, from 8:30am-12:00pm.

Space is limited, purchase tickets online at srqprojecthink.com

ProjecTHINK Conference

[Good Bite]  A Recipe from Cake, I Love You
Brittany Mattie, brittany.mattie@srqme.com

One of SRQ Magazine's February 2018 Featured Cookbooks: Cake, I Love You, by Jill O’Connor is a love letter to a classic indulgence offering 60 divinely decadent recipes home bakers will want to make right away. Organized by flavor profile (banana, coconut, chocolate, caramel, spice, fruit) and level of difficulty, each chapter in this cookbook from baking master Jill O'Connor presents a wide range of sweet choices. With photos that will make readers want to reach out and swipe their fingers through the frosting, Cake, I Love You offers foolproof baking advice for beginners and master mixers alike.

Luscious Lemon Loaf: lemon zest, lemon juice, and lemon oil combine to give this simple cake real zing. Don’t be tempted to skip the lemon oil, as it adds a wonderful fragrance and intense lemon flavor that lemon extract can’t match.  Cold pressed from the zest of oranges, limes, or lemons, citrus oils are concentrated and fragile. They must be refrigerated once the bottle is open, but even then they don’t last forever.

Bread Recipe: Serves 6-8

1-1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar

2 large lemons

½ cup (120g) sour cream

1 tablespoon vanilla

1-1/4 teaspoon lemon oil

1-1/2 cups (245 g) all-purpose flour

1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon fine sea salt

½ cup (110g) unsalted butter, at room temperature

¼ cup (60 ml) canola oil

3 eggs, room temperature

Icing Recipe:

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/8 teaspoon lemon oil

½ to 2 cups (180g to 240g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted 

Recipe published with permission. Photo courtesy of Cake, I Love You.

[ShopTalk]  Hair Models: Come One, Come All
Brittany Mattie, brittany.mattie@srqme.com

Yellow Strawberry Hair Salons and the newly renovated Fashion Hair Academy are participating in one of the most prestigious styling conferences with former Vidal Sassoon education and Elevation H Creative Director Cole Thompson at the helm. The local team is getting ready to participate in a special stylingtraining. Queue in the call for models. The salon will be hosting a search for models to participate in a high-fashion training session. Candidates will be notified by Feb. 12 if they’ve been chosen. The selected models will go on to participate in a stylist-training program, Feb. 18 and 19 with Cole Thompson himself for an exclusive opportunity for a fresh, hi-end hairstyle.

If you’re a female, 16 years or older (anyone under 21 will require a parent’s consent) with chin length or shorter hair, willing to have their hair cut and styled based on their features using the latest geometric techniques, here’s your calling. Advance registration required by phoning Yellow Strawberry Hair Salon at 941-924-1311. The model auditions and photography sessions will take place on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the newly renovated Fashion Focus Hair Academy, co-owned by Yellow Strawberry Hair Salon partner Richard Weintraub, and his nephew Aaron Weintraub. 2184 Gulf Gate Dr. Sarasota, FL 34231 

Image provided by Imagica

Yellow Strawberry Hair Salon

[Synergy]  SNAC Accepting Applications for Nursing Scholarships

The Suncoast Nursing Action Coalition (SNAC) is offering $50,000 in scholarships to encourage more area nurses and prospective nursing students to earn their bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) and ensure safe, high quality nursing care in the Sarasota, Charlotte, Manatee and Desoto counties region. The deadline to apply for the scholarships is March 1, 2018. To be eligible, applicants must live or work at a medical facility within the SNAC region (Sarasota, Charlotte, Manatee and Desoto), or be a graduate of a high school from one of those counties. Applicants also must have submitted an application for acceptance to an accredited nursing bachelor’s program, plan to be a full or part-time student, demonstrate financial need and obtain at least one recommendation from an employer or faculty/instructor. The amounts awarded vary based on individual needs, with a minimum award of $2,500. Recipients are chosen by the SNAC Selection Committee; scholarships are approved and administered by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. SNAC has granted 36 scholarships totaling $140,000 since 2016. 

Suncoast Nursing Action Coalition

[Recognition]  FST Announces 2018 Spelman Award Winner

Florida Studio Theatre has announced the recipients of this year’s Spelman Award as Arnold Simonsen. Named in honor of FST’s founding artistic director, Jon Spelman, the theater presents the Spelman Award to an individual or corporate sponsor who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership by providing FST with spiritual, financial and/or in-kind support. The award will be presented during Florida Studio Theatre’s annual fundraiser Shakespeare’s Shindig: A Contemporary Renaissance, on February 26. Attendees are invited to break out their best poet shirts, bodices and feather caps for an evening filled with mischief and merriment. The celebration kicks off with a cocktail party featuring live performances by FST Improv, followed by an exclusive live performance by some of FST’s much-loved artists in the Gompertz Theatre. The night concludes with a dinner “fit for the gods” in the Court Cabaret. Tickets are $250 per person with proceeds supporting the FST’s Artist Housing Project.  

Florida Studio Theatre

[Opening]  Vitale Law Opens in Lakewood Ranch

Ben Vitale has announced the opening of Vitale Law, P.A. located at 9040 Town Center Parkway in Lakewood Ranch. Vitale has been practicing law for 12 years. Vitale Law focuses on representing clients in all aspects of the construction industry and commercial and business litigation. Vitale was most recently a partner at Gurley-Vitale in Sarasota, where he represented general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, developers and public and private owners in all aspects of construction projects and disputes and local and national businesses in the resolution of complex business and commercial litigation. Before being drawn to the Sarasota area, Vitale built his practice at an international law firm in Atlanta. 

Vitale Law



[TODAY]  GALLERY: Syd Solomon Exhibit , January 5 – February 10

This exhibit, curated by Mark Ormond, features 24 of Solomon's paintings spanning from 1976 to 1990. Solomon's paintings reveal a cosmopolitan sensibility and a profoundly educated eye. Solomon travelled and saw much of Europe during WWII and remained in Paris after the war, giving him the opportunity to join the tradition of American artists studying European masters. 

Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, 1288 North Palm Ave., Sarasota.

[TODAY]  GALLERY: Art Uptown at Bird Key Yacht Club , February 6 – March 5

You are invited to come experience the beautiful exhibits while you enjoy live piano music, cocktails and a stunning waterfront view. The next upcoming show is the Jill Krasner exhibit. Krasner is a Sarasota based painter who creates a wide variety of works such as whimisical portraits of women of a certain age and collage reminiscent of old ruins or secret passages. 

Bird Key Yacht Club, 301 Bird Key Dr., Sarasota.

[TODAY]  SEMINAR: SWAC Speaker Series , February 6, 6:30PM

Join the Sarasota World Affairs Council for a series of high–profile foreign affairs lectures covering current international issues ranging from foreign intelligence to peace negotiations to immigration and trade. This month, President and CEO of the Rachel Carson Foundation, Doctor Robert Musil will discuss the social responsibility of sustaining the planet for future generations and global climate change. Each lecture is followed by a wine and cheese reception for members. 

Mildred Sainer Pavillion, 5313 Bay Shore Rd Sarasota, FL 34243

[SOON]  THEATER: Shakespeare's Greatest Hits , February 7 – June 10, Varies by day

"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" with the best of the Bard. This tongue-in-cheek musical revue is a collection of songs inspired by the world's greatest playwright. From relevant to irreverent, from soulful to sinful, from "Get Thee To A Nunnery" and "Othello's Rap" to "What A Pieve of Work is Man" and "Tonight." 

Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Rhinoceros , February 7 – April 14

A biting absurdist satire from Eugene Ionesco, a seemingly normal man wakes up, goes to work, drinks too much and flirts with his coworker, when normalcy is shattered by the thundering arrival of a full-grown rhinoceros. As the townsfolk transform into horned beasts around him, this man must contemplate the temptation and tragedy of following the herd. Directed by the Tony Award-winning Frank Galati.

Asolo Repertory Theatre, 5555 North Tamiami Trl., Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Shirley Valentine , February 8 – February 18, 8pm

Shirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working-class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad. 

The Players Centre of Performing Arts, 838 North Tamiami Tr., Sarasota.

[SOON]  GALLERY: OPENING RECEPTION Heather Hutchison: Forever Changes , February 8, 5:30pm

This exhibition highlights Hutchison's trademark style, "more akin to the simplified beauty of James Turrell than the stark face of minimalism." (NY Arts Magazine) The comparison is important for anyone who has only experienced Hutchison’s art in reproductions. Viewers will see thin sheets of Plexiglas mounted on frames of birch plywood, their surfaces masked in duck tape or coated in beeswax. Moving closer-viewers are entranced by the rows of saturated color, glowing, inviting them to look, not at the artwork, but through it.

Alfstad& Contemporary, 1419 5th St., Sarasota.

[SOON]  GALLERY: Expanse: Linda Richichi , February 9 – February 20

Expanse is an in-depth look into the newest oil paintings of Richichi's. The exhibition will feature her plein air paintings of Sarasota's most awe inspiring spaces. Richichi's works draw from the energy, color and spirit of the landscape. While remaining representative, these works are abstracted and the focuses shifts to her brilliant eye for color, playful brushstrokes and texture from the palette knife.

530 Burns Gallery, 530 Burns Ct., Sarasota.

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: Shivoo Havana Fashion Show , February 9, 11am-2:30pm

Get your SHIVOO on and come enjoy a boisterous celebration at the Shivoo Havana Fashion Show hosted by the Sarasota Garden Club at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom. This energetic occasion features a raffle silent auction, live Cuban music and a photo flower wall. The raffle prize includes a gardening tour for two in sunny Cuba.

Hyatt Regency Sarasota , 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota, FL 34236

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: SRQ KidsFest , February 10, 12:00pm- 4:00pm

Launched as the brainchild of SRQ MEDIA President and CEO Lisl Liang as an experiential mosh-up of learning pathways, SRQ KidsFest deconstructs the whole mind ecosystem of creativity by curating an afternoon where curiosity, open-ended play, arts and design reign supreme. SRQ KidsFest is an experience designed to connect parents and kids with hands-on learning experiences, local engagement resources and opportunities in our region with a day teeming with exploration designed to deliver fun “a-ha” moments for the whole family.

In one afternoon program, SRQKidsFest will capture the power of imagination with interactive experiences with workshop such as letterpress, musical instruments, glass blowing, storytelling, architecture, arts and crafts and a variety of magical experiences designed to stir creativity.

Parents will be able to peruse booths showcasing the thoughtful programming, education and  family services available in our area from educational organizations to parenting resources, camps to sports and creative theatre to engineering.

Alfred R. Goldstein Library at Ringling College of Art and Design, 2700 Bradenton Rd, Sarasota, FL 34234

[SOON]  SEMINAR: SRQ ProjecTHINK Conference , February 10, 8:45am-12:00pm

PROJECTHINK is the ultimate exploration into the world of innovation and creativity in learning. Designed for educators, professionals and anyone interested in thinking outside of the box, PROJECTHINK will challenge perceptions and jumpstart creative sparks, from early education to lifetime learning. How is learning adaptive? What are the new perspectives on engaging minds creatively at every age? How can organizations cultivate innovation and creativity to solve challenges? These questions and more will be explored along with cutting edge concepts and research at this year's PROJECTHINK Conference.  

Ringling College's Alfred R. Goldstein Library, 2700 Bradenton Rd, Sarasota, FL 34234

[SOON]  FOOD: Eight Over Eighty , February 11, 10:30 AM

Eight Over 80 brings another highly anticipated and sold-out audience to Michael’s On East. Guests will enjoy a delightful brunch (not to mention mimosas), while hearing inspiring stories from this year’s eight worthy nominees. Join the Jewish Housing Council Foundation for a positive and emotionally charged event to begin the New Year with a fresh perspective. 

The Westin Sarasota, 1175 N Gulfstream Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236.

[SOON]  MUSIC: From Dallas with Love , February 11, 3pm

Audrey Lander’s accolades are numerous enough to fill an anthology, with prominent roles in “Dallas,” “Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” “The Dukes of Hazard,” “MacGyver,” “Hollywood Squares,” “$100,000 Pyramid” and “Password.” Lander will be joining The Pops Orchestra to perform her favorite songs from the Great American Songbook. Witness a bonafide star and Lifetime Achievement Award winner in her element.

Riverview Performing Arts Center, 1 Ram Way, Sarasota

[SOON]  BUSINESS: 2018 Best of SRQ Local Competition , February 12

The 10th annual “Best of SRQ Local” Readers’ Competition is officially open! It is time to sound the alarm, rally the troops, take to social media and VOTE for your favorite Sarasota establishments and causes to be recognized in one of our most popular editions of the year.

Readers can vote on local eats, shopping, arts, luminaries and hotspots culminating in the compendium published in the April 2018 edition of SRQ Magazine. We hope you’ll share your favorite local experiences—from stellar sushi, most memorable on-stage productions to best happy hour.

SRQ Magazine

[SOON]  GALLERY: American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition , February 13 – March 23

The American Watercolor Society celebrates 150 years of fine art with a traveling exhibit making a stop right in Bradenton. Featuring the work of near 150 artists, including Sarasota’s own Judy Saltzman, the show hangs in the Kellogg Gallery. In the Searle and Reid Hodges Galleries, the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Exhibit brings even more watercolor to a day at ArtCenter Manatee.

ArtCenter Manatee, 209 9th St. W., Bradenton

[SOON]  MUSIC: It's Been Reel , February 14 – February 17, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, and 8pm

Movies and their musical scores go hand in hand. Gone with the Wind, The King and I, and Raiders of the Lost Ark all are as memorable for their music as their lasting lines and compelling stories. We won't need a movie screen in this orchestral concert.

Holley Hall, 709 North Tamiami Trl., Sarasota

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: Thunder by the Bay , February 15 – February 18

The Annual Thunder By the Bay Motorcycle Festival continues to rev up a great time raising money for Suncoast Charities for Children. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year’s festival includes a Born To Be Wild Kickoff Party, Cruise for Cash Charity Motorcycle Ride, Bikes On Main Block Party, and a two day festival held at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds with a special musical performance by Vegas McGraw. 

[SOON]  THEATER: Hunchback of Notre Dame , February 15 – March 4

From the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.

Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 3rd Ave West., Bradenton.

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