SRQ DAILY Mar 9, 2026
Monday Business Edition
"When I moved down here, it wasn't necessarily on my radar to open a studio, but I just decided that if I want this perfect studio, I'm going to have to create it myself."
Kimm Kerr has spent most of her career working full-time in business and finance—it wasn’t until she began teaching group fitness on the side that she found a love for Pilates. “I found a studio that I loved in Baltimore that taught Pilates. And after my first class there. I just absolutely fell in love with it,” she says.
After moving from Baltimore to Sarasota in 2022, Kerr began to envision a “perfect” Pilates studio, inspired by her years working at various gyms and studios. “When I moved down here, it wasn't necessarily on my radar to open a studio, but I just decided that if I want this perfect studio, I'm going to have to create it myself,” says Kerr. “It was one of those things that if I didn't do it now, I would regret it later in life.”
Ember Pilates, Kerr’s new studio set to open later this summer, is the manifestation of this ideal studio. The studio will feature two separate spaces, one dedicated to reformer Pilates with specialized machines and the other for mat Pilates, barre and yoga classes. With infrared heating in the latter space, Kerr plans to offer both heated and non-heated classes.
The studio space is also designed to feel luxurious and welcoming—Kerr has focused on neutral and light colors to complement the abundance of natural light the space features.
Kerr says her business background has helped her as she starts her first small business, although she has also found strong support among the local business community. “I've also really been pleasantly surprised by how supportive the other local business owners have been,” she says. “They've been so generous with their time, their advice and their expertise, and they've really been open to collaboration.”
Ember Pilates, 105 Links Avenue, Sarasota, emberpilatessrq.com 
Pictured: Kimm Kerr is hoping to share her love for teaching Pilates with the Sarasota community. Photo provided by Kimm Kerr.
Pulte Homes welcomes the public to the grand opening of Reagan Landing on Saturday, March 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A gated community of new-construction low-maintenance single-family homes and private resort-style amenities, Reagan Landing is located south of Manatee River on Rye Road in Bradenton near Lakewood Ranch and close to major traffic corridors.
The grand opening features food, music, prize giveaways and the opportunity to learn more about the 430-home neighborhood and quick move-in homes available now and in the coming months. Visitors can also tour Reagan Landing’s three professionally furnished model homes. For exclusive monthly updates as the community progresses, join the VIP Interest List for Reagan Landing by visiting www.Pulte.com/ReaganLanding or call and text 941-265-1122.
Advocate Radiation Oncology has opened a second cancer treatment center in Manatee County with the addition of a new location in Lakewood Ranch. The new center, which complements Advocate’s location in Bradenton, will expand Advocate’s ability to deliver powerful cancer treatment conveniently close to patients’ homes under the guidance of compassionate experts. Dr. My-Lien Truong and Dr. Dwight Fitch are now seeing Advocate patients in Lakewood Ranch. Advocate’s Lakewood Ranch cancer treatment center is located at 8946 77th Terrace East. For more information or to make an appointment, please visit AdvocateRO.com or call 941-907-9053.
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is pleased to announce that Sarasota-based Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists has joined the health system’s First Physicians Group (FPG) network. With more than 30 years of expertise in neurological surgery of the brain, spine, peripheral nerves and surrounding structures, the Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists team is transitioning the practice to FPG this week. The practice will now operate as First Physicians Group Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists. First Physicians Group Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists will remain at its current location at 5831 Bee Ridge Road, Suite 100, Sarasota, and will retain the same phone number: (941) 308-5700.
This dynamic mixed repertory program opens with George Balanchine’s electrifying Stars and Stripes, set to the rousing music of John Philip Sousa. Bursting with energy, precision, and joyful spectacle, this dazzling ballet is a vibrant tribute to American spirit and the country that welcomed Balanchine and his artistry.The program continues with Sir David Bintley’s imaginative Still Life at the Penguin Caf?, a charming yet thought-provoking work that brings a parade of animal characters to the stage. Beneath its playful charm lies a powerful message about conservation and the delicate balance of life on our planet. Performed with live music by the Sarasota Orchestra at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Life & Liberty promises an unforgettable evening of dance that inspires, entertains, and moves audiences. Don’t miss it—secure your tickets today!
Sarasota divorce attorney Peter J. Krotec has been named President of the law firm of Syprett Meshad. Mr. Krotec dedicates his practice to the law of domestic relations at the trial and appellate levels, and joined the firm in 1989. He was made a partner in 1994 and served as managing partner for several years. Joining Mr. Krotec in leading the firm are current Managing Partners Nancy E. Cason and Kenneth M. Poole, Jr. Mr. Krotec holds an AV Preeminent®AVE rating, the highest rating possible, from the Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory. A native Floridian born in Miami, he attended Florida State University, and received his Juris Doctorate from the Stetson University College of Law. The law firm of Syprett Meshad has served the greater Sarasota community for more than 50 years. Its attorneys provide legal representation in the areas of real estate transactions and litigation, personal injury, family law, commercial litigation, criminal defense, estate planning, and probate administration and litigation. To learn more, visit smrl.com or call 941.365.7171.
76 FENCE, one of the fastest-growing fencing franchise brands in the country, has announced its newest regional development in Florida with the addition of John and Kristen Campbell as Regional Developers and franchise owners serving Greater Tampa, Bradenton, and Sarasota. The Campbells’ launch represents another milestone in the brand’s accelerated national expansion and continued investment in high-growth residential and light industrial markets. For more information please visit www.76fence.com/sarasota.
Florida Penguin Productions proudly announces the 2nd Annual Bradenton Area Senior Expo, presented by Guardant Health coming to the Bradenton Area Convention Center on March 24, from 11am to 3pm. Get ready for a completelyfree community event designed to connect our vibrant senior population with the best local resources, activities, things to do, entertainment, living services, quality of life, and so much more available in Bradenton, Palmetto and surrounding areas. Learn more at www.floridapenguinproductions.com.
For more than 40 years now, Sarasota’s luxurious downtown waterfront is transformed to a boat lover’s haven when theSuncoast Boat Show arrives. This year’s event takes place again at Marina Jack’s Thursday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19, 2026, presenting an extraordinary array of sportfishing, power boats and motor yachts in water and on land. The Suncoast Boat Show is hosted by the U.S. Boat Show division of Informa Markets, the exhibitions organizer that owns and operates the world’s leading international boat and yacht events. Tickets for this year’s Suncoast Boat Show must be purchased in advance via the website https://www.suncoastboatshow.com Tickets are $21 per person and children ages 15 and under are free. Active military and veterans are eligible for complimentary one-day general admission. To avoid delays upon arrival, a complimentary military active duty or veteran ticket may be obtained in advance using this link: https://informamarkets.jotform.com/252513285345153 Friends and family are not eligible to redeem this offer.
The New College Foundation is proud to announce the appointment of two accomplished community leaders to its Board of Directors: Margie Genter, Vice President of Mission Services at Goodwill Industries-Manasota, and Keith Mercier, Partner and President of CBIZ Florida – West Coast. The New College Foundation supports New College of Florida through philanthropic investment that fuels scholarships, academic innovation, student experiences, and institutional growth. The addition of Genter and Mercier reflects the Foundation’s continued commitment to building a dynamic, forward-thinking board dedicated to advancing the College’s mission. For more information, please go to www.ncf.edu
The Manatee Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller invites Manatee County residents whose driver's licenses are suspended due to overdue traffic tickets, court fines or fees to save up to 30% on collection fees on Saturday, April 11, 2026, during Operation Green Light. This in-person event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Manatee Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's office located in downtown Bradenton at 1115 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34205. Call the Clerk's Traffic department at (941) 741-4060 or the Financial Recovery department at (941) 741-4067 with event questions, or visit www.ManateeClerk.com for more information.
The Manatee Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller is opening its Passport Division on Saturday, April 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon for its annual Passport Saturday event. Passport Saturday offers anyone with busy weekday schedules an opportunity to apply for a passport outside of regular business hours. The event welcomes first-time applicants, those renewing a child’s passport, and adults renewing a passport issued more than 15 years ago. To save time at the passport counter, the Passport Division recommends applicants fill out their passport application in advance. The application is available for download on the U.S. Department of State’s website at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/forms.html.
Who’s your Paddy? The Watershed Hospitality Concepts family of restaurants has you covered from the Rosemary District to Siesta Key Village for St. Paddy's Day. Cask & Ale will serve a St. Patrick's day Irish Platter and Shepherds Pie, prepared with traditional corned beef & cabbage. Cask will be open all day and serve specialty cocktails during the block party on the weekend before and the 17th. Lefty's Oyster & Seafood Bar will be serving Irish Point Oysters flown in fresh from the cold, nutrient-rich, tidal waters of Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Pie On Main and Blase Martini Bar in Siesta Key Village offers their Shamrock Expresso Martini for those who want to enjoy the luck o' the Irish.
Make your Saturday mornings even more fun! Check out the Backyard Science program for elementary-aged learners at The Bishop’s incredible indoor Mosaic Backyard Universe. This wildly popular learning program offers a wide range of activities, observations, and crafts that are sure to spark curiosity and ignite learning.
Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th Street West Bradenton FL 34205
Saturdays, 1pm. This tour led by circus historian Bob Collins explores the fascinating legacy of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus.
This historical group exhibition revisits the creative legacy of the Sarasota Artist Colony—a vibrant and visionary community of artists who helped shape the region’s post-war cultural identity and laid the groundwork for Sarasota’s emergence as a thriving arts destination. Drawn to the Gulf Coast for its climate, light and Ringling School of Art, these painters, printmakers, and educators established studios, taught classes, and exhibited widely, fostering a collaborative spirit that flourished between 1945 and 1965. Origins is a visual tribute to this remarkable era—highlighting the innovation, camaraderie, and enduring influence of the colony’s members.
Galleries of Ringling College of Art and Design, 2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234
As the New Year begins, Jack Dusty, the waterfront restaurant and bar at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, is bringing back its popular Sunday Brunch beginning January 11, inviting locals and hotel guests alike to ease into Sundays with live music, waterfront dining, and a menu designed for lingering. Designed as a leisurely afternoon experience, Jack Dusty’s Sunday Brunch runs from 11AM to 4PM with live entertainment throughout, creating an upbeat yet laid-back atmosphere perfect for enjoying delicious food and drink. The brunch menu blends elevated classics with seafood-driven specialties and indulgent favorites, including a Maine lobster roll on toasted butter brioche, crab and avocado benedict with yuzu hollandaise, sticky toffee griddlecakes, and a decadent truffled croque madame. Heartier offerings range from wagyu steak frites topped with a sunny-side egg to confit pork belly char siu with scallion pancakes, alongside a robust raw bar and sushi selection featuring oysters, stone crab, crudo, nigiri, and maki rolls.
The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, 1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive, Sarasota, FL 34236
BAM!Fest transforms the Riverwalk into a dynamic, diverse, immersive art and music experience from bridge to bridge.
Bradenton Riverwalk, 452 3rd Ave W, Bradenton, FL 34205
Le Cirque Kikasse is a breathtaking mobile acrobatic show that celebrates the undying innovation of the live Circus Arts. Circus acrobatics meet food truck fun where trampolines, balancing and juggling are the daily special. The Cirque Kikasse “truck” transforms into a beer garden, offering food, refreshments and circus entertainment.
Historic Asolo Theatre, 5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a gripping, cautionary tale of mass hysteria and the power of speaking truth to fear—proving that some voices, no matter how persecuted, cannot be silenced.
The Sarasota Players, 3501 S Tamiami Trl Suite 1130, Sarasota, FL 34239
Set sail on a journey of imagination in this cherished annual production featuring winning plays written by elementary students from around the world. From a pirate ship facing off with a sea monster to a forest full of unlikely heroes, these short plays are brought to life by professional actors.
Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N Palm Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236
The legendary Beaux Arts Ball is back! This Centennial revival will be a spectacular evening of creativity, performance, and celebration in an event worthy of 100 years.">
The legendary Beaux Arts Ball is back! This Centennial revival will be a spectacular evening of creativity, performance, and celebration in an event worthy of 100 years.
ArtCenter Sarasota, 707 N Tamiami Trl, Sarasota
Get ready to move this summer with Sarasota Contemporary Dance and guest teachers in sunny Sarasota for a week-long dance intensive, unlike any other! You have three weeks to choose from-or do all three!
Sarasota Contemporary Dance, 1400 Boulevard of the Arts Suite 300, Sarasota, FL 34236
Matthew Aucoin’s “Music for New Bodies,” created in collaboration with acclaimed director Peter Sellars, is a bold operatic meditation on humanity’s shifting place in the natural world. Premiered in 2024, this one-act visionary operetta fuses the poetic texts of Jorie Graham with visceral soundscapes for five singers, an 18-piece chamber orchestra, lighting, and electronics. Aucoin crafts a work that is at once urgent and transcendent, while Sellars’ visionary staging brings the music into striking visual focus. Presented in a historic collaboration with Artist Series Concerts, this Sarasota premiere at the Sarasota Opera House invites audiences to imagine new forms of life, connection, and transformation.
Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota
The sharp-witted, glamorous, incomparable Eartha Kitt commands the spotlight. But backstage in her dressing room, in the quiet between songs, she peels back the glitz to reveal Eartha Mae: a girl from the South Carolina cotton fields, orphaned by her mother until an audience adopted her. Told through both story and song, Urbanite Theatre’s first-ever musical production unearths the complex truth behind the icon.
Urbanite Theatre, 1487 2nd St, Sarasota, FL 34236
Two of Sarasota’s finest step into the spotlight with a program that basks in the magical sounds of their ancient instruments. Accompanied by strings and harpsichord, Sarasota Orchestra principal oboe Bobby Nunes and principal harp Phoebe Powell each perform a concerto for their instrument by baroque master G.F. Handel. The two also join forces for Debussy’s enchanting Album of Five Pieces for Oboe and Harp.
First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak Street, Sarasota FL 34237
Thursdays, 10am. Discover with our expert guide, Kendra Cross, why Sarasota is the only place in the world that the Amish and Mennonite communities come to vacation en masse. In Pinecraft, enjoy the tour stops at Alma Sue’s Quilt Shop, The Carlisle Inn and Der Dutchman Amish Kitchen Cooking Restaurant for shopping and a pie shooter sample of their delicious pie!
Stelliferous is your monthly guide to the night skies and the latest news from the world of astronomy. You can enjoy our upgraded Planetarium system and feel like an astronaut as you experience our 50-foot dome!
Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St W, Bradenton
This exhibition highlights contemporary Native design, craftwork, and art that employ the formal and aesthetic elements of abstraction as meaningful motifs and coded tools of Indigenous expression to communicate tribal cultures and histories, ancestral knowledge, and the lived experiences of the artists and their communities. Explored in a variety of media, including basket weaving, beadwork, collage, clay, textiles, photography, metalwork, and printmaking rooted in ancestral technologies, their work shares similar stylistic and social concerns, such as vibrant color, hard-edged geometries, curvilinear patterns, and bold mark-making, all infused with personal stories and those of their kin.
Ringling Museum, 5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243
This exhibition highlights contemporary Native design, craftwork, and art that employ the formal and aesthetic elements of abstraction as meaningful motifs and coded tools of Indigenous expression to communicate tribal cultures and histories, ancestral knowledge, and the lived experiences of the artists and their communities.
Ringling Museum, 5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243
Join us for a weekly guided tour of the night sky in our state-of-the-art planetarium. As Earth moves around the sun, different objects come into view. We'll not only discuss what you can see this season, we'll fly you there!
Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St W, Bradenton
Award-winning Hermitage Fellows offer a unique glimpse into their creative process, sharing original works in process with our Gulf Coast audiences. These free hour-long programs take the shape of musical performances, playreadings, concerts, visual art demonstrations, panel discussions, master classes, exhibitions, open studios,and more. The presentations are often works in process, giving Hermitage audiences a look into the creative process before these works go on to leading theaters, concert halls, and museums around the world.
Hermitage Artist Retreat, 6660 Manasota Key Rd, Englewood, FL 34223
Showcasing 100 rare posters along with sculptures, cocktail shakers, and furniture pieces, this exciting exhibition celebrates the centennial anniversary of Art Deco and the artistic significance it brought to the early 20th-century.
Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34236
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