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This Week in Sarasota: Monday, Nov. 2

A look at our favorite events this week


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  • | 6:00 a.m. November 1, 2015
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MONDAY, NOV. 2

Film Series: "Margot Fonteyn"

6 p.m. at Studio 1, FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

$15

Call 359-0099

The Sarasota Ballet begins its season of film and lecture series with a screening of a documentary on the life and career of Dame Margot Fonteyn, one of the most accomplished ballerinas of the 20th century. A lecture will follow.

 

TUESDAY, NOV. 3

“The Actor’s Nightmare & The Real Inspector Hound”

7:30 p.m. at FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

$27 to $29

Call 351-8000

The second-year FSU/Asolo Rep students open their season with a double feature of absurdist theater comedy. Enjoy Christopher Durang’s “The Actor’s Nightmare” followed by Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Inspector Hound,” which both examine the hilarious circumstances of the theater and murder mysteries.

 

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4

SarasotaMOD Weekend Preview and Dinner

5:30 p.m. at The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Rd.

$85

Call 359-5700 ext. 5821

Enjoy a preview tour and introduction to the Sarasota Architectural Foundation’s annual SarasotaMOD Weekend with a preview of this year’s centerpiece: the Walker Guest House replica, based on the house designed by Paul Rudolph.

 

THURSDAY, NOV. 5

YPG After Hours

5:30 p.m. at The Blue Rooster, 1525 4th St. 

$10, or free for members

Email Mimi Fleck at [email protected]

Join the Sarasota Young Professionals Group for its regular after-hours networking event. This month's after-hours takes place at Blue Rooster.

 

Ringling Underground

8 p.m. at The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road

$10, or free with college student ID

Call 359-5700

The final Underground of 2015 continues the event’s tradition of featuring the best local and regional music and art, including blues-rock band Amythyst Kiah & Her Chest of Glass, Gainesville folk collective Wax Wings and singer/songwriters Justin Layman and Sara Nelms. Visual art work by Tempus Projects.

 

Rob Tarbell: Smoke Screens

5:30 p.m. at Alfstad& Contemporary, 1419 5th St.

Free

Call 366-6400

Rob Tarbell creates his unique smoke screen works and prints by burning credit cards, photos and 35 millimeter slides. Tarbell’s unique process captures the smoke from the burning materials to create a singular images and portraits. Runs through Dec. 4.

 

Punk Sho!!

7:30 p.m. at Nothing Arts Center, 3910 Goodrich Ave. 

$5

Visit facebook.com/nothingartscenter

Sarasota's newest all-ages safer-space venue, Nothing Arts Center, presents this punk-rock showcase featuring Ghosts of Senior Class, Rational Anthem and The Frenzied Passions.

 

FRIDAY, NOV. 6

Alex Ketley, The Foundry: Deep South

7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 and 7 at Historic Asolo Theater, 5401 Bay Shore Road

$25 to $30

Call 359-5700

Dancer and choreographer Alex Ketley returns to Sarasota for the world premiere of “Deep South.” After traveling throughout the rural regions of the South, Ketley used interviews with strangers about their relationship to dance to create this live dance installation and documentary video that examines what dance means to the American South.

 

Geri-X and All Hail the Queen

9 p.m. at Cabana Live, 2525 S. Tamiami Trail

Free

Call 955-0195

Tampa-area rocker, Geri-X takes the stage at Cabana Live for this free show, featuring special guest All Hail the Queen.

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 7

Law Abiding Jameson, Free the People and The Filthy Deniro's

9 p.m. at Growler's Pub, 2831 N. Tamiami Trail

Free

Call 487-7373

Enjoy a Florida music showcase featuring Law Abiding Jameson, from Orlando, Free the People, also from Orlando, and The Filthy Deniro's, from Bradenton. Ages 21 and over. 

 

SUNDAY, NOV. 8

Sarasota Medieval Fair

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Ringling Blvd.

$8.94 to $17.95

Call 1-888-303-3247

The Sarasota Medieval Fair returns this year for three weekends of costumed celebration, jousting and courtly merriment. Running each weekend through Nov. 22, the theme to this year’s fair is the real-life battle between England and Scotland during the war in 1314.

 

Giving Hunger the Blues

11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Hillview Street

$10

Visit givinghungertheblues.org

This annual charity concert and block party is back, featuring two stages of live music, food, drink and other demonstrations. Proceeds benefit the Mayor's Feed the Hungry Program and the Women's Resource Center.

 

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