PHOTO GALLERY: SYC Charitable Foundation Rock & Roll Gala
March 3, 2013
The Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation raised held a Rock & Roll Gala Saturday, March 2. The event, which featured the band Stormbringer, raised funds for scholarships for local students pursuing studies in marine science, marine engineering, marine biology and seamanship.
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Wildlife Arts Festival
March 3, 2013
The Sarasota Wildlife Arts Festival featured a juried art competition and environmental speakers Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3 at Ken Thompson Park on City Island. The event benefitted Save Our Seabirds and the Sarasota Rotary Club.
PHOTO GALLERY: Home and Garden Club Kickoff Party
March 3, 2013
Longboat Key Garden Club members Susan and Lenny Landau hosted a potluck dinner Friday, March 1, for homeowners featured in the club's Home and Garden Tour and other volunteers.
PHOTO GALLERY: Beachplace Golf Party
March 3, 2013
Forty Beachplace residents competed in their 7th annual golf tournament Friday, March 1. Afterward, 80 friends gathered in the clubhouse for a dinner party.
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary Royal Rummage Sale
March 1, 2013
St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church opened its annual Royal Rummage Sale at noon Friday, March 1. The sale, which donates proceeds to Sarasota Catholic schools and local charities, continues Saturday, March 2.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Style Show
March 1, 2013
The ladies of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed a style show featuring fashions from The Met Thursday, Feb. 28.
PHOTO GALLERY: Christ Church Dinner
February 28, 2013
Christ Church of Longboat Key held its semimonthly dinner Wednesday, Feb. 27. Parishioners enjoyed a lasagna dinner followed by a presentation titled, "My life in the theater: From ingenue to character woman," starring Carolyn Michel, an actress with the Asolo Repertory Theatre.
PHOTO GALLERY: All Angels Fashion Show
February 27, 2013
The ladies of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church held a fashion show to benefit several local charities Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Sarasota Yacht Club.
PHOTO GALLERY: Opera Night at Temple Beth Israel
February 27, 2013
The Temple Beth Israel's men's organization hosted studio artists of the Sarasota Opera Association Tuesday, Feb. 27.
PHOTO GALLERY: Garden Club Meeting
February 27, 2013
Longboat Key contractor Rusty Chinnis spoke to members of the Longboat Key Garden Club about the Sister Key Conservancy, the Sarasota Bay Watch and scallop restoration during the club's monthly meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Windward Bay.
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Hat's off to Dee Pelton, volunteers
05/15/13
Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top. -
Youth sailors descend on City Island
05/15/13
Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing's biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition — Optimus, 420, Laser and Multi-hull — and a barbecue feast. -
Book club sunsets for the season
05/15/13
The Sunset Beach Book Club, in its 10th year, ended this season with a luncheon and discussion of the book “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn, April 18, at Lazy Lobster. Discussion moderator was Ricki Carroll. Together, the group read five books this season.
