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Dec

Mon

Celebrating Bruce! @ FSU Center for the Performing Arts

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Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm

Join us in a very special, fun celebration for Bruce Rodgers as he retires after 15 years as executive director of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, now an internationally acclaimed center where the nation’s best artists create the exciting art of now and the future.

Online ticketing is closed. Tickets can be purchased at the door; please bring check or cash, and join us Monday evening. Everyone is welcome to bring a written note or card for Bruce to the event and place it in the card box which will be in the lobby.

The Evening’s Schedule
6:30 p.m. – Doors Open
7:00 p.m. – Program Begins
Celebrate Bruce Rodgers’ extraordinary career as a leader of the Hermitage Artist Retreat and a longtime advocate for the arts in our region.
8:00 p.m. – Dessert Reception catered by Morton’s Gourmet Market

Be a sponsor and help create the Bruce E. Rodgers Artist Residency
To honor Bruce, we are creating a residency in his name. For every $5000 raised, there will be another year when an artist will receive this special residency named for the first executive director.

Sponsors
$5,000    Platinum sponsor
$2,500    Gold sponsor
$1,000    Silver sponsor

Patrons
$100, $250, and $500

General Admission
$25

Celebrating Bruce! Committee
Charlotte Perret, Chair
Ellen Berman, Patricia Caswell, Jan Chester, Ilene Denton, Linda DiGabriele, Sara Krusenstjerna, Carolyn Michel, Nancy Roucher, Lisa Rubinstein, Karen Solem, Mary Lou Winnick

Platinum Sponsors
Steve and Dale Adler
Larry Bold and Carol White Bold
Alexandra Jupin and John Bean
The Bulrush Foundation
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County
The Greenfield Foundation
Nelda Thompson

Gold Sponsors
Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman
George and Sarah Pappas
Flori Roberts

Silver Sponsors
Anonymous
Bender, Bender & Chandler, P.A.
Jim and Terry Chandler
Murray Bring and Kay Delaney
Bill and Debra (Jacobs) Buttaggi
Georgia Court
ETHEL
Lisa Rubinstein
Harvey Small and Susan Morin
Mary Lou and Ed Winnick
Past presidents Leslie Edwards, Debbi Benedict, Ilene Denton, Larry Bold, Caroline Andrus, Jett Thompson

Dec

Fri

Poem, Play and Novel: Three Readings @ Hermitage Artist Retreat beach

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Dec 13 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

“Poem, Play and Novel: Three Readings,” with poet Greg Wrenn, playwright Sharyn Rothstein, and novelist Sugi Ganeshananthan, is Friday, December 13, 4:30 p.m., on the beach at the Hermitage. Greg, a lifelong scuba diver, will give a reading from his eco memoir centered around the ocean. Sharyn, a playwright and television writer, will read from one of her many works. Sugi will read from her novel in progress, Movement, which tracks a medic-turned-doctor during and after the Sri Lankan civil war. Audience members are welcome to bring blankets and chairs; in case of rain, the event will be moved inside.

Registration is required; click here to reserve your seats.

Thank you for your interest in our community programs! Though Hermitage programs are free, there are costs associated with presenting them, including the sound system so you can hear well, marketing so you know about the programs, staff to create the programs for you, performance facilities, and artist housing. When you register, please give generously to these educational, entertaining, touching, and often inaugural performances.

Dec

Fri

Freestyle Composition Artist Mazz Swift @ Hermitage Artist Retreat Palm House

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Dec 20 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Violinist and freestyle composition artist Mazz Swift will perform an informal concert on Friday, December 20, 4:30 p.m., in the Palm House at the Hermitage. She’ll play works in progress, songs of resistance, spirituals, modern day protest music, and share her thoughts on the Ghanaian concept of “Sankofa,” or looking back to learn how to move forward. This will be followed by an opt-in group exploration of conduction (conducted improvisation). No musical, improvisational, or conduction experience is necessary for participation. Musicians are welcome to bring their instruments.

Registration is required; click here to reserve your seats.

Dec

Sat

Hermitage North: Open Class with Mime Artist Bill Bowers @ Jane B. Cook Theatre

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Dec 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Hermitage North returns featuring an open class with mime artist Bill Bowers, Saturday, December 21, 11 a.m., in the Jane B. Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for Performing Arts. Hailed by critics as the most accomplished and renowned mime of his generation, Bowers performs and teaches the art of physical storytelling throughout the world. He is also an award-winning actor and has appeared on the stages of Broadway, The Kennedy Center, The White House, La MaMa, the New York International Fringe Festival and many other venues. In this program, Bowers will demonstrate basic pantomime technique and perform selections from his solo plays. FSU students who have been studying with Bowers will share work from their week-long residency with him.

Reservations can be made by calling the FSU Center box office at 941-351-8000.

Dec

Fri

Fridays @ Five: Let’s Talk Opera @ Hermitage Artist Retreat Palm House

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Dec 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

“Let’s Talk Opera” is Friday, December 27, 5 p.m., in the Palm House. Engage in conversation with contemporary opera creators Laura Kaminsky, composer, and Kimberly Reed, librettist and filmmaker. They wrote the opera, “As One,” with Hermitage Fellow Mark Campbell. “As One” is the most-produced modern opera in America. Video opera scenes will bookend the discussion.

Reservations are required and can be made here.

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Palm House Administrative office 6630 Manasota Key Road, Englewood, FL 34223

941-475-2098 Email The Hermitage

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