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"I'm delighted with how Sarasota Metropolis FC brings together passion for the community as well as sporting ambition."

- Joel Nash, USL League 2
 

[Sports]  Sarasota-Bradenton Scores Its First Soccer Franchise
Brittany Mattie, brittany.mattie@srqme.com

Sarasota Metropolis FC (Football Club) is the region’s first minor league soccer franchise—one of the 72 teams currently competing in the USL League Two (USL2). The USL2 is unofficially considered to be the fourth tier of professional soccer, behind Major League Soccer, USL Championship and USL League One. Upon being founded January 2019, Metropolis FC conducted extensive research before selecting the Sarasota-Bradenton area. Factors included a strong soccer community of youth clubs, supporter groups and proficient facilities, contributing to a new home at the IMG Academy in Bradenton.

“Once we discovered the soccer community in the area, we decided to include Metropolis in our name because of our commitment to embrace and unify soccer fans in Sarasota and Manatee Counties,” says Victor Young, Club Founder and President. “A ‘metropolis’ was considered the mother city of a vast region in ancient Greece, so we thought it was fitting.” The Blue Dragon mascot was incorporated from legendary myths regarding fire-breathing protectors of said Grecian metropolis. Young has been a business leader in the area for over a decade, and is the co-owner of Lamborghini Sarasota. Determined to find a fun way to give back to the community and “leave a legacy of opportunity and unity, while promoting the sport of soccer in the Sarasota-Manatee Metro,” he used his own money, got a team together and convinced the United Soccer League to franchise Sarasota in League 2.

Tryouts were held through March, after which the team comprised a mix of top local talent and college recruits from around the world who play at D1 university programs. Nearly all have professional ambitions to work in the soccer industry. An individual who knows a little something about playing professionally is Massimo Marazzina, a retired footballer who played as a striker for Italy’s national team. “We felt like we won the lottery when we were able to land Massimo Marazzina, Italian soccer legend, as our Head Coach and Director of Soccer,” Assistant General Manager Jordyn Young says.

The USL2 has been dubbed the “path to pro” in the North American soccer industry, and important stepping-stone for 80% of Major League Soccer players throughout the world. “I’m delighted with how Sarasota Metropolis FC brings together passion for the community as well as sporting ambition," says USL2 Vice President Joel Nash. "We know that this team will give incredible opportunities for the local and regional player, since there is a real talent pool in the area.”

Metropolis’ inaugural game on May 8, had nearly 200 people show up to watch as they defeated the visiting Florida team Weston FC. They will continue to play their 2019 season home games at both Robert Taylor Sports Complex and IMG Academy, in order to serve fans in both counties. Root the Blue Dragons on at the next home game—this Wednesday, June 5 at 7pm, against the Treasure Coast Tritons. 

Photo courtesy of Sarasota Metropolis FC

[GoodBite]  40 Ounces to FREEdom
Brittany Mattie, brittany.mattie@srqme.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In lieu of Father’s Day this month, any patriarch who heads in to any Oak & Stone location from now until Saturday, June 15, will receive a “FREEdom Card” upon purchase of any food item. And there is no discrimminating either; the New American tavern is happy to honor all kinds of fatherly founders, including birth dads, stepdads, doggie dads, foster dads and granddads. When they bring the card back on Sunday June 16 (Father’s Day), they will be able to tap up to 40-ounces of beer (just about three pint glasses worth) for free from the self-pouring wall of 50 rotating craft beers, just for their paternal existence.

The offer is available at all Oak & Stones, including its first location at University Town Center, the second in Downtown St. Petersburg and its newest edition, on Clark Road in Sarasota. Taking over the previous Buffalo Wild Wings space, Oak & Stone on Clark opened its doors last week with a celebratory “Tap Pull” and is thirsty for patrons to head in and check out why third time’s a charm.

Photo from the May 30 "Tap Pull", courtesy of Oak & Stone. Local craft breweries from left to right: Justin Poppa- Big Storm Brewery, Matt Cornelius- Darwin Brewing, Mike Bisaha- Big Top Brewery, Brett Decklever- co-founder Oak & Stone, Ed Paulsen- Calusa Brewing 

  

[On Selby]  Sarasota Risks Losing Culture Downtown
J. Allison Archbold

City of Sarasota residents and business owners need to pay attention to a trend in the city. What attracted us, and continues to lure many tourists, to Sarasota is that it possesses many big city amenities (e.g., a museum, performing arts, an aquarium, a botanical garden) without the big city drive. Depending on where we live, we have the privilege of walking or biking to many of these attractions, and we rarely spend more than 20 minutes in the car, never on an interstate, when we have to drive to them.

Recently we have lost The Players Theatre and Mote Marine Aquarium; we may, and certainly deserve, to lose the Sarasota Orchestra; and, if Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ beauty was not so intrinsically linked to its location on the bayfront, based on lack of support from its neighbors, it would probably be in negotiations to sell to high-rise developers and to buy greater acreage in a more supportive community by now.

Over the last two years, Selby held over 15 meetings with its neighbors to solicit input regarding its master plan. In response to neighbors’ criticism of the original plan, it made numerous alterations to the plan, including maintaining an entrance and exit on U.S. 41 and reducing the size of the parking garage. These changes will result in $1.5 million in increased construction costs. Although $1.5 million is not a lot of money for many people in Sarasota, it is money that could have been spent funding science education programs and botanical research expeditions that would have benefited hundreds of people around the world as opposed to a few people down the block.

Despite these changes, some of Selby’s neighbors continue to oppose the master plan that is critical to Selby’s future. They want to deny Selby, a private landowner, the ability to provide sufficient parking on U.S. 41 for its visitors; adequately secure the second largest collection of preserved plant specimens in the world outside of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and a botany library with books dating back to the 1700s; and build a greenhouse complex strong enough to withstand a Category 5 hurricane and a restaurant that will provide an additional revenue stream making it less dependent on donations and grants.  

Selby does not aspire to become Disney World Sarasota; it simply wants to build infrastructure that will preserve Selby, both physically and financially, for generations of visitors. For the greater good, the City of Sarasota should ignore the protests of a selfish few. We cannot afford to lose another attraction.

J. Allison Archbold is a member of the Board of Trustees for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. 

[Education]  Manatee County Seniors Earn More than $19 Million in Scholarships

Graduating high school seniors from the School District of Manatee County earned more than $19 million in scholarships, not including Florida’s Bright Futures. Students from the Class of 2019 have been accepted into nearly 230 colleges and universities, along with all five branches of the armed forces, according to a survey conducted by the School District.

Colleges and universities across the U.S., which accepted Manatee District seniors include Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke University, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Rutgers, Stanford University, UNC-Chapel Hill, United States Military Academy at West Point, United States Naval Academy, Vanderbilt and Yale; as well as virtually every public and private college and university in the state of Florida including UCF, USF, UF, FSU, Ringling College, State College of Florida and Manatee Technical College. 

School District of Manatee County

[Business]  Cardenas and Woods Launch Advantage Business Partners

Advantage Business Partners officially launched for business yesterday by Carlos Cardenas and Rebecca Woods, SPHR, two veteran HR Outsourcing Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Executives. Cardenas and Woods will serve as senior partners of the organization, which focuses on providing consulting services and brokerage of integrated human capital management solutions for technology, payroll, benefits, human resources, risk management and workers’ compensation to small and medium size businesses.

Cardenas has more than 30 years of combined sales, marketing, strategy and operations experience, most recently serving as regional vice president for Oasis Outsourcing, the largest privately held PEO. Woods has more than 30 years combined experience in the areas of general management, human resources, operations and large client sales, most recently serving as vice president for the same organization. 

Advantage Business Partners

[Law]  Gurley & Associates Gains Partner, Becomes Gurley Herbert

Gurley & Associates—a Sarasota law firm specializing in construction law, surety law and commercial litigation—has changed its name to Gurley Herbert to reflect the new partnership of David E. Gurley, Esq. with Joseph M. Herbert, Esq.

Following a career in business management, Herbert obtained his Juris Doctorate with honors from Stetson University College of Law simultaneously with his Master of Business Administration with honors. He began practicing law in 2010 and focuses primarily in the areas of business, construction, real estate, and employment law. 

Gurley Herbert

[Law]  66 Shutts & Bowen Attorneys Named to Florida Super Lawyers

Shutts & Bowen LLP has announced that 66 partners and attorneys have been honored as 2019 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Super Lawyers, one of the country’s most widely distributed legal magazines, bestows these honors once a year. Candidates are screened through a multiphase process including nominations, independent research, peer evaluation and selection, with the final published list representing no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state.

Charla M. Burchett, a partner at Shutts & Bowen’s Sarasota office, is a member of the Private Client Services Practice Group and is a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Wills, Trusts and Estates. The 2019 Super Lawyers ranking makes this Charla’s fourth consecutive year to be included on the list. 

Shutts & Bowen

[Business]  Dignity Memorial Names Burns Area Sales Manager

Dignity Memorial providers of South Florida have announced the appointment of Cassandra Burns as area sales manager of prearranged funerals. Burns will guide families through the conversation of their final wishes and pre-planning process. She will oversee Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties, which include the Robert Toale & Sons Funeral Homes, Groover Funeral Home and Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Homes.

In addition to her professional role, Burns is active in the community and is the current chairman for the Manatee Chamber Young Professionals; she also serves on the Board of Directors for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Governors for Leadership Manatee and the Board of Directors for Manatee Tiger Bay. 

Dignity Memorial



[TODAY]  GALLERY: Fur, Feather, Flora & Fauna , May 21 – June 21

An all media, open exhibition throughout all galleries. Includes Art & Animals on June 1—a fun family day with animals and art, nonprofit organizations, information, activities and photo opportunities. Guests are invited to bring their leashed, well behaved pets.

ArtCenter Manatee, 209 9th St W., Bradenton

[TODAY]  GALLERY: Cycle 5 , May 30 – July 5

In Gallery 1, Monumental, a group show, features small-scale sculptures. Next door, local artist Keith Crowley will exhibit a recent series of his meticulously layered photographically-based oil and watercolor paintings in his first solo exhibition at Art Center Sarasota. In Gallery 3, and featuring incisive and satirical investigations of the ego, sexuality, and competitiveness found on full display at gyms, Caitlin Albritton’s paintings and drawings of contorted figures address questions of gender issues and body politics.

Art Center Sarasota, 707 North Tamiami Trl., Sarasota

[TODAY]  SCIENCE AND NATURE: Gauguin's Voyage to Paradise , February 10 – June 30

Just as Paul Gauguin left an indelible mark on the post-Impressionist art world, the deep impact of botanical imagery on his work cannot be denied. This exhibition will highlight the essential role of botanicals in achieving the artist’s vision of the savage, primitive and exotic. Together with lush displays of tropical plants in the conservatory and gardens, the show will feature dramatic woodcuts and rarely seen works in other mediums by the artist.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 900 South Palm Ave., Sarasota

[TODAY]  GALLERY: Myakka Light , May 25 – June 28

Frank Bibbins has used infrared and low color imagery to capture the evolving landscape of the Myakka River and State Park over the past decade. This photography exhibit not only presents an intimate look at the preserve but concentrates on conservation and preservation. A public reception will be held June 7, 6-9pm.

Art Uptown Gallery, 1367 Main St., Sarasota

[TODAY]  MUSEUM: Natasha Mazurka: Order Systems , March 17 – September 29

Mazurka’s work reflects the communicative potential of pattern by combining visual references to architecture, biology, data analytics and instructional code. From her intense research into pattern languages, Mazurka presents an art exhibition that flatters and disturbs concepts of certainty and stability residing within pattern systems existing all-around us.

The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota

[SOON]  MUSIC: Artist Showcase (AS1): Fairy tales and Fantasy , June 6

Embark on a fantastic journey to faraway places. Various artist will perform to evoke a world of childlike imagination. Also, experience the world premiere of Andrea Clearfield's Ha-Galgal (The Wheel), a prayerful work inspired by the sound of the shofar, for solo horn.

Holley Hall, 709 North Tamiami Trl., Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Around the World in 80 Days , June 7 – June 23

Eight actors, 109 characters, six trains, six boats, four flights, one storm, a circus act and an elephant take center stage in this play. When Phileas Fogg and servant Passepartout board the train in London in 1875, he has only 80 days to travel the world to win a wager with his fellow members at the Reform Club. An adventure lies ahead that includes romance, danger and surprises with Scotland Yard pursuing him at every turn.

 

Asolo Repertory Theatre, 5555 North Tamiami Trl., Sarasota

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: World Oceans Day Festival , June 8, 9am

Take part in a fun, family-friendly event celebrating our salty waters. A variety of ocean-themed activities will be available to learn about World Oceans Day. Even get the chance to dip nets into the water and discover the creatures beneath the waves! Learn amazing facts about our large wildlife—like sea turtles in Florida and explore the history of fishing in Manatee County.

Emerson Point Preserve, 5801 17th Street West, Palmetto.

[SOON]  MUSIC: Four, Two, One (Saturday Symphony) , June 8, 7:30pm

The depth of talent cultivated at the Sarasota Music Festival will be on display as four 2019 Violin Fellows join forces for Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso from L'estro Armonico. 2018 Festival alumni Katherine Arndt (violin) and Cassia Drake (viola) will share the stage for Mozart's beloved Sinfonia Concertante. Finally, pianist Jon Kimura Parker, world-renowned for his energy and onstage charisma, will bring his spirited personality to Beethoven's iconic Piano Concerto No. 4.

Sarasota Opera House, 709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota

[SOON]  BUSINESS: Summer Fest June 8th 2019, 11am-3pm , June 8, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Music Compound is excited to announce a partnership with Child Protection Center joining them in celebrating their 40th anniversary fund raising campaign, help us help them by attending our Summer Fest 2019. Enjoy live music, food trucks, bounce house, beer samples, silent auction and other area vendors. This is a family friendly event, everyone is welcome!

The Bazaar at Apricot and Lime, 821 Apricot Ave., Sarasota

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: 18th Annual St. Armands Circle Craft Festival , June 8 – June 9

Festival-goers will enjoy works from the state’s best talent of crafters and long-time festival favorites along with the newest names on the contemporary craft scene.  Come see some of America's best crafters displaying one of a kind jewelry, pottery, plant holders, soaps, and more. Also included will be an expansive green market.

St. Armands, 411 St. Armands Cir., Sarasota

[SOON]  DANCE: Happy Feet Dance Recital and Fundraiser , June 9, 4:00pm

Presented by Such-A-Diva & Dude! Theme: Bollywood Night! Preferred Attire: ‘That outfit you were wanting to wear for your red carpet appearance’. Celebrity guest: Punit J. Pathak. 100% of the profit from the tickets go to the Aga Khan Foundation.

Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Avenue West, Bradenton.

[SOON]  THEATER: Summer Circus Spectacular , June 11 – August 3

This family-friendly spectacular showcases some of the finest circus artists from around the world, performing acts to thrill audiences of all ages. Show times are 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets for preview shows, June 11-14, are just $12; for the remainder of the run tickets are $16/adults, $12/children 12 and under.

Historic Asolo Theatre, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Come Together: When the 60s met the 70s , June 11 – July 21

With music made famous by Cher, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and more, this rockin’ revue explores the changing musical landscape from 1965-1975. Come Together explores the musical soundtrack of one of the most exciting, controversial, and impactful decades our country has ever seen. Featuring hits like “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Come Together,” and “Killing Me Softly.”

Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N Palm Ave., Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Manatee Players' Production of Tony N' Tina's Wedding , June 12 – June 23

Attend this raucous Italian-American wedding experience, including the ceremony and ballroom wedding-reception buffet –– complete with wedding cake and dancing! Enjoy the performance alongside the improvisational cast of exaggerated, stereotypical characters. Tony n' Tina's Wedding premiered in New York and was the first immersive theater experience of its kind.

Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W

[SOON]  BUSINESS: SkillSHARE: Mentoring at the Speed of Life, June 13 , June 13, 5-7:30pm

Join us for an evening of deep-dive peer mentorship at the spring SkillSHARE: Mentorship at the Speed of Life on Thursday, June 13, 2019 at the SRQ Studios at 331 South Pineapple Avenue in Downtown Sarasota from 5-7:30pm. Register online by submitting questions from the areas in which you'd like to be paired with a peer mentor for the evening at SRQMAG.COM/SKILLSHARE. Light bites and wine. Registration closes on Friday, May 17, 2019; the registration fee is $25 per person. Limited to 16 mentees. For more information, contact SRQ MEDIA at 941-365-7702 x204.

SRQ Studios, 331 S. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236

[SOON]  MUSIC: Three Titans (Saturday Symphony) , June 15, 7:30pm

Spend an evening with three titans of the Classical Period of music history: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. “Papa” Haydn and Mozart were close friends; the young Beethoven studied with Haydn and played for Mozart. Together, these three giants form a family of classicists that transformed the history of Western music in the space of 75 years. The program opens with the young Beethoven’s Octet in E-flat Major for winds. Festival Faculty are joined by Fellows for this boisterous romp of youthful enthusiasm. The concert continues with Haydn’s Symphony No. 80, performed “classical style” without a conductor. The Festival Orchestra will be led by Dallas Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Alexander Kerr. 

Sarasota Opera House, 709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

[SOON]  MUSIC: Garden Music Series , June 16, 1pm

Join local band favorite, Ari and the Alibis, for an afternoon of Funk, Jazz, Samba, Blues, Rock and Soul infusion. Experience a taste of classical, modern and well-known hits while venturing on a relaxing stroll throughout Selby's lush greenery. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first served basis.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens , 900 South Palm Ave., Sarasota

[SOON]  BUSINESS: SB2 Transformation in Philanthropy Symposium- July 25; 11:30am-1pm , July 25, Registration 11am. Program 11:30am-1pm.

Join us for the SB2: Transformation in Philanthropy Luncheon on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota from 11:30am to 1pm. The topic of discussion will be creating bold and resonant impact through the nonprofit mission. Registration opens at 11am. Panelists include special guests: David Moore of Moore Strategic Consulting, Sabeen Perwaiz of the Florida Nonprofit Alliance and Lilly Weinberg of the Knight Foundation. Tickets: $55/person. Table Sponsorships Available. Purchase tickets online at SRQSB2.COM. 

Hyatt Regency Sarasota, 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota

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