This Week in Sarasota: Monday, July 13

By Nick Friedman
| 4:34 p.m. July 13, 2015

Arts + Entertainment
Things To Do

MONDAY, JULY 13

+ Summer Chef Jam — takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Shamrock Pub, 2257 Ringling Blvd. $25.

The Summer Chef Jam series, presented by Edible Sarasota and Chefs2U, continues at the Shamrock Pub.

This week’s featured restaurant is Mattison's Forty-One, which will serve Mediteranean ceviche
paired with Big Top Trapeze Monk Blegian style wi; roast duck confit flatbread paired with Big Top Key Lime wheat; and local pork short ribs with parsnip mash paired with Darwin's Llama Mama sweet milk stout.

TUESDAY, JULY 14

+ Summer Beach Run No. 6 — takes place at 6:30 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach. Free.

There's no use fighting it. Just embrace the heat, lace up your athletic shoes and hit the beach for this continuing summer series.

This week's theme is a two-mile race and pace. A pacer leads the pack for the first mile, and runners can't pass him or her until after the halfway point. Make your own peanut butter and jelly sandwich after the race.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15

+ The Customer is Always Right — takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Starlite Room, 1001 Cocoanut Ave. $16.50.

The newly formed Starlite Players presents this evening of comedy shorts upstairs at the Starlite Room.

The production, which runs through July 18, will feature "A Line of Malarkey," by Larry Parr, "Customer Service," by Phil Hall, "Penitents," by Jack Gilhooly, "Thanks for the Memories," by Marvin Albert and "No Sugar," by Phil Hall.

THURSDAY, JULY 16

+ Cotton Club Cabaret — takes place at 8 p.m. at the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe, 1646 10th Way. $29.50 or $16.50 for students.

The West Coast Black Theatre reprises its debut show from 2000, the "Cotton Club Cabaret."

This high spirited musical revue features favorite songs from the Harlem Renaissance era, by entertainers such as Fats Waller, Ethel Waters, Cab Calloway, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne.

FRIDAY, JULY 17

+ Ben Bailey — takes place at 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. $29.

Acclaimed standup comedian Ben Bailey is the most desired cabbie in New York. Host of the highly successful shows "Cash Cab" and "Cash Cab: After Dark" on the Discovery Channel, he's been featured in publications such as Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine and the New York Post.

Now, catch him out of the cab and onstage at McCurdy's in Sarasota.

SATURDAY, JULY 18

+ Mandeville Summer Event Series — takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. at Mandeville Beer Garden, 428 N. Lemon Ave.

Join Mandeville Beer Garden staff for an evening of barrel-aged beers, barbecue and cigars.

The beer garden will have flights of barrel-aged beers, barbecue pork sliders and cigars available to purchase and pair with your beers.

SUNDAY, JULY 19

+ I Hate Hamlet — takes place at 2 p.m. at the Players Theatre, 838 N. Tamiami Trail. $18.

A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment.

With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there’s one problem: He hates Hamlet. Catch this performance at the Players and end your weekend with a bit of culture.