SRQ DAILY Jan 26, 2021
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"Our local economy and quality of life depend on clean, healthy waterways and vibrant sea life. This stunning piece of art will also teach vital lessons in conservation."
“A Bowl of Ramen”
A haiku by Andrew Fabian
A bowl of ramen
And within every spoonful
Sublime umami
If ramen noodle soups have not entirely taken over the American dining landscape, it is only because it takes a long time to make. Time ensures the stock cooks itself into a concentrate of silky, meaty, savory sublimation, and there does not exist a shortcut for time (yet). Few restaurants commit the resources to the endeavor and the ones that do know full well the gravity of the dish, the meticulous and exacting requirements in its preparation, the promise of greatness when the process is honored. Fushipoke is all in on its ramen.
The tonkotsu ramen noodles exemplify everything that ramen should be. Savory beyond comprehension, opaque with the mysteries of its spices, yet delicate and complex even in the long list of ingredients that float in its murky ether. Fushipoke’s tonkotsu maximizes its pork flavor by using the requisite pork bones in concocting the broth, then adding pulled pork to the dish itself. With the option of adding a roasted slice of pork belly, the bowl tastes more meaty than if you just ate a pork chop. Scallions, bean sprouts, garlic oil, corn and exquisitely al dente ramen noodles fill out the rest of the bowl, but the unsung hidden gem is the soy-poached egg. 
FushiPoke, 128 N Orange Avenue, 941-330-1795
An an effort to boost adoptions for pets with special needs, the Humane Society of Sarasota County (HSSC) announces its newest program: Tender Loving Care. The Tender Loving Care (TLC) program, backed by the HSSC, is an adoption program for pets with pre-existing conditions requiring lifelong, routine medical care after adoption. “We are excited to announce our newest program because we saw an opportunity to help our animals with long-term medical conditions, who are often overlooked and passed by. For those who wish to adopt them, but cannot take on the costs that can accompany an animal with pre-existing conditions, this program is the perfect opportunity to give our animals a chance to find their FUR-ever homes and give their humans the ability to love and care for them in the best way,” said Anna Gonce, executive director of the Humane Society of Sarasota County. “The animals in this program - your future family members! - still have so much love to give, and we are proud to partner with our clinic, our donors, our team and our community to share the gift of a loving pet this holiday season.”
The Founders Golf Club will be the host site for the inaugural Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate tournament Feb. 7 through 9. Fifteen women’s NCAA Division 1 golf teams from the Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and ACC Conferences will join for a 54-hole stroke play charity tournament benefiting the Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund. “It’s humbling to be a part of such a special and important cause that is focused on assisting those who have bravely fought on the front lines, as well as providing collegiate athletes with an opportunity to get back to competitive play that has been curbed over the last several months,” said Juliette Valin, general manager at The Founders Golf Club. “We’re very much looking forward to hosting this inaugural tournament on our course, in a safe and responsible way.”
The patient care team from 5 Waldemere Tower at Sarasota Memorial was the first group of front-line health care heroes to be invited by the NFL to Super Bowl LV. The team, who work on one of the busiest COVID-19 units, heard a few weeks ago that health care workers would be honored at the Super Bowl. They sent a video to the host committee asking for tickets and never knew if they’d hear back. This week they got on a Zoom call expecting to speak to President and CEO David Verinder and instead were surprised by a special interruption and invitation from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. All of the invited health care workers will have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at least two weeks before the game on February 7th.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the recipient of a Curatorial Research Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Research Fellowship, valued at $31,000 will help support curatorial activities, such as travel and scholarly research, associated with an upcoming exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art at the Museum in 2023.
An innovative and educational new turtle sculpture now greets beachgoers at Venice Beach. The public artwork—a gift to the City of Venice from Gulf Coast Community Foundation—was unveiled today by representatives from the City and the foundation at a small, socially distanced outdoor event. The larger-than-life aluminum turtle will double as a receptacle to display plastic and aluminum recyclables, helping to teach visitors about the dangers of plastic marine debris and the benefits of recycling.“We want to fill this turtle with plastic that might otherwise be left on the beach and end up in the Gulf of Mexico, so that real sea turtles and other wildlife out there don’t swallow it instead,” said Jon Thaxton, senior vice president for community investment at the foundation. “Our local economy and quality of life depend on clean, healthy waterways and vibrant sea life. This stunning piece of art will also teach vital lessons in conservation.”
The city of Sarasota will soon be home to a permanent, public artwork installation dedicated to celebrating the importance of diversity, inclusion, and equality. With the help of CODAWorx, an online resource to find and commission artists, the committee reviewed an extensive list of over 200 local, national, and international artists who expressed interest in the project. This list was eventually narrowed down to 55, then 15 artists were interviewed by the committee over Zoom. The final six artists chosen will travel to Sarasota next week to meet and learn about the community their potential artwork will represent. Sheila McKoy, the committee’s project manager and retired director for the New Jersey Transit Arts Program said, “It’s been wonderful to see the artistic interest this project has generated. It was a difficult decision process, but we [the committee] feel we have selected a very diverse, talented, and eclectic group of artists.”
Sarasota County is asking the community for naming submissions for the future Legacy Trail trailheads along the northern extension, which is currently under construction. Submissions are sought in the following categories: Geographic location, historical value, and individual or group. All submissions must be accompanied by information and any necessary documentation that explains how each name satisfies the submission category. The submissions are open to any Sarasota County resident or group. All submissions must be received by Wednesday, February 17.
The law firm of Icard Merrill has renewed its long-standing pro bono program for the 13th year, continuing the firm’s legacy of service by providing vital legal services to those in need. Program Coordinator Attorney Nicole Price was recognized for donating an astounding 100+ hours of pro bono work. She stated, “We are all committed to the success of this program and it’s not only part of our culture, but an integral part of our firm’s values, giving back and fulfilling community needs and expectations.”
In accordance with the Public Health Advisory issued by Florida’s Surgeon General Thursday, Jan. 21, DOH Sarasota will prioritize Floridians for 1st dose COVID-19 vaccinations. Individuals presenting for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine must be able to demonstrate residency in Florida. Please note, the above residency requirements do NOT apply to health care providers or individuals presenting for their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure - a new exhibit created by Minnesota Children's Museum and the creators of the top-rated PBS Kids TV series "Wild Kratts" - will open soon at Mote Aquarium. The exhibit focuses on building STEM-based skills for children ages 3 to 9. It will be at Mote from January 30 to June 6, 2021. Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure transports visitors to the Wild Kratts world, immersing them in whole body explorations of ocean habitats. Using Wild Kratts technology and the powers of science and teamwork, children and their families will join the Wild Kratts team to solve problems, help marine animals, and foil the villains' nefarious plans.
Claire Chase is a soloist, collaborative artist, curator and advocate for new and experimental music. Over the past decade she has given the world premieres of hundreds of new works for the flute in performances throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, and she has championed new music throughout the world by building organizations, forming alliances, pioneering commissioning initiatives and supporting educational programs that reach new audiences. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2012, and in 2017 was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize. In 2013 Chase launched Density 2036, a 23-year commissioning project to create an entirely new body of repertory for flute between 2014 and 2036, the centenary of Edgard Varèse’s groundbreaking 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5. This concert, at 8pm on January 30, 2021 will feature music by Suzanne Farrin, Du Yun, Mario Diaz de Leon, Felipe Lara, and others. Tickets: $15/ Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.
New College
Members’ Show: Contemporary Craft at its Finest is a juried exhibition of original art showcasing the best of handcrafted work by Florida CraftArt members. Forty-six artists created 79 pieces from intricate jewelry to glass sculptures. Visitors will have the opportunity to virtually meet the artists and the show’s judge Susana Weymouth at the virtual opening reception on Friday, January 29 at 6 p.m. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82206474125. The show runs through March 20 when the People’s Choice Award will be presented at the closing reception. People can vote for their favorite work of art in the Florida CraftArt Exhibition Gallery.
Join us for an online reading of Last Call at the Old Slave Quarters Lounge by playwright Kenneth Jones, a bold new work in progress set in a popular Mississippi restaurant steeped in unsettling history, on January 29 at 3pm. When long-buried secrets are unearthed, they challenge the status quo of three generations of a family of restaurateurs, revealing conflicting views on heritage, community and responsibility. Following the reading, stay for a chance to give feedback and ask questions of the playwright. FST is requesting a suggested donation of $10 to attend this event. Reservations are limited to one per order, per device. Attendees will need to download the Zoom mobile or desktop app to participate in this event.
This presentation precedes a reading of Kaczmarek’s play, Sam & Lizzie, which will be presented live on the Hermitage Beach on Saturday, February 13. Kaczmarek is a Hermitage Fellow and a rising star in film, theater, and television. The Hermitage Artist Retreat's 2021 winter season continues with "In Conversation with Emily Kaczmarek," a virtual conversation with playwright and recent Hermitage Fellow Emily Kaczmarek, Friday, January 29, 5pm, via Zoom. This presentation precedes a reading of Kaczmarek’s play, Sam & Lizzie, which will be presented live on the Hermitage Beach, in collaboration with Urbanite Theatre Company, on Saturday, February 13, with two presentations at 5pm and 7:30pm. To register for this Zoom event on January 29, visit HermitageArtistRetreat.org.
Key Chorale Chamber Singers, orchestra and soloists will come together virtually on January 29 for "Bach" Together Again. Originally scheduled as an in-person concert, this celebration of Baroque music, will be professionally recorded and made available online from the premiere on January 29 until February 21. Trumpet, timpani and jubilant choral writing are ever present in Bach's Magnificat, his first large-scale work composed for the churches in Leipzig. Vivaldi's spiritual magnificence and Italian mastery make his Gloria his greatest choral masterpiece. Soloists include tenor Matt Morgan, soprano Lorraine Murphy, bass Jamal Sarikoki, soprano Michelle Caulkins, and contralto Amy Connours. The concert will be recorded in the round at Church of the Redeemer, a church with seating for more than 400 people, with the performers spread throughout the entire venue. Tickets to watch the 75-minute streaming video are $30 per household; patrons will receive a viewing link that can be activated any time during the streaming run. To purchase, go to keychorale.org.
Following one of the most controversial presidential elections in U.S. history, the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building, and in the midst of the "dark winter" of the Covid-19 pandemic, Harvard-educated cultural historian and California Institute of Integral Studies professor of philosophy and psychology Dr. Richard Tarnas will speak on the topic of "Weathering the Storm in Our Unprecedented Times" during a live Zoom event airing Friday, January 29 from 7pm to 9pm. Presented by the C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota, this online presentation is open to the public, will include a question and answer period, and will also premiere an episode of Changing of the Gods, a 10-part documentary series to be released Spring/2021 based on Dr. Tarnas' 2006 award-winning book Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. Advance online registration is required.
Serious composers inevitably spend years developing their unique voice. This program, from January 28 until January 31, 2021, features music by three master composers from three different centuries, each of whom broke new musical ground. Arcangelo Corelli essentially invented the concerto grosso style, in which a small group of soloists are accompanied by a larger string group. His Concerto Grosso in F Major is the last in a group of 12 works that were influential when they were published in 1714. George Walker was the first African American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1996. His glorious Lyric for Strings was composed in honor of his grandmother who was born a slave. Beethoven himself titled his Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 “Quartetto Serioso”. Dedicated to a friend, he feared the work might be considered too intense and did not intend to publish it. Gustav Mahler thought otherwise and orchestrated the work for string orchestra in 1898. $10 Streaming Access from February 4 through 9.
Holley Hall, 709 North Tamiami Trail
If you love bugs then this is a perfect morning for you. We are learning about the creepy, crawly & cool bugs on Wednesday, January 27 from 11am to 11:30am & then it is off for our bug hunt. We have the cutest upcycled bug craft too. This is included in your garden's admission & free for members.
Code Name Hélène with best-selling historical fiction author Ariel Lawhon. A Zoom Author Visit on February 9 at 7pm. Based on a true story, the newest feat of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia tells the thrilling story of socialite spy Nancy Wake, one of the most decorated women in WWII. Ariel Lawhon is a critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been Library Reads, One Book One County, Indie Next, Costco, and Book of the Month Club selections. There is no charge for this event. There is the option of a $7 charge for this event to help defray the cost. Reservations required for Zoom link.
The Mysteries to Die For Zoom Book Club led by Elsie Souza. This month, on February 9 at 11am, we are discussing Murder in the Marais by Cara Black. A fee of $16 is required for participation. This includes a copy of Murder in the Marais to be picked up at Bookstore1 and the book club meeting. The fee is $21.50 to have the book shipped. Meet Aimee Leduc, the smart, stylish Parisian private investigator, in her bestselling first investigation. Aimee Leduc has always sworn she would stick to tech investigation - no criminal cases for her. Especially since her father, the late police detective, was killed in the line of duty. But when an elderly Jewish man approaches Aimee with a top-secret decoding job on behalf of a woman in his synagogue, Aimee unwittingly takes on more than she is expecting. Ticket purchase required for Zoom link.
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