The Museum of Fine Arts is hosting an evening of gratitude and grasshoppers when noted chef Joseph Yoon of Brooklyn Bugs serves up the future of food — insects. Yoon will present a tasting menu of 10 dishes where insects will be cooked into a dish, featured as the main ingredient or applied in a (more…)

The American Lung Association in Florida: Tampa Bay presents Lip Sync For Lungs, a LUNG FORCE event, on Friday, November 15, 2019. Our 4th annual fundraising event will feature local community leaders performing a live lip sync battle showcasing their talents and creativity in order to capture the coveted Lip Sync for Lungs trophy. Join (more…)

Leif Nissen Social Justice Lecture Series presents: Michael Mann, PhD., Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Penn State University He will speak on climate change and its impact on Florida. Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently the Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Meteorology at Penn State University and the Director of (more…)

Healthcare.gov Navigators will be helping residents sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, and every Saturday during Open Enrollment. The Open Enrollment Period ends on Sunday, December 15, 2019. Dozens of navigators will be on hand to help residents sign up. No (more…)

The Sarasota Fall Fine Art Festival will return to downtown Sarasota on November 16-17.  Artisans from throughout Florida and across America will showcase their artwork:  painting, sculpture, jewelry, photography, glass and ceramics, mixed media, metalwork, graphics and more in a diversity of styles, techniques and materials. The Humane Society of Sarasota County (HSSC) will be (more…)

Jennifer Angus is a professor of textile design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, yet as an artist her medium is insects. She composes patterns using thousands of insects, placing them in arrangements that suggest wallpaper and textiles. Angus is interested in the way pattern functions as a kind of language. Without written word, a pattern (more…)

Lourdes Rosas-Rasdall works in watermedia, two-dimensional mixed media and kiln-formed glass. No matter the medium, her signature is a vibrant and bold palette, representative of the world around her. “Fragile” pays homage to the fragility of nature. Things with wings, petals and leaves make up most of this body of work, calling attention to the (more…)

The Plant Headz Market features vegan food, apparel, and art as well as edible and decorative plants, a music show for kids, a vegan cooking demonstration, and a live music performance. Schedule 10:00 a.m. Music show for kids with Mr. Brad 11:00 a.m. Cooking demonstration from the Vegabond Chef 12:00 p.m. Live music performance by (more…)

The Safety Harbor Public Library is hosting a memory café for individuals with memory loss and their caregivers to get together in a supportive and engaging environment. Harbor Memory Café will run from November through December 2019, on the first and third Mondays monthly, in the Library’s meeting room. Guests will have the opportunity to (more…)