PROUD Tina: The Ultimate Tribute to Tina Turner starring Caroline Borole and featuring a special guest performance by Belinda Davids on Tuesday, March 22 at 8pm. Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina Turner, brimming with Tina hits from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s & ‘90s. The powerful, raspy vocals, high-intensity dancing and thrilling stage presence live on stage, plus band, brass section, backing vocalists and dancers, making this the definitive tribute and a fabulous night out. 

Join the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus for their 10th annual HospitaBull on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 6pm at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota. Enjoy a night of exquisite dining while supporting USF's Hospitality Management program. This sophisticated dining experience is organized and brought to you by USF Sarasota-Manatee campus students and faculty.

In both the life of the artist and of the college student, finding oneself becomes as vital as gaining skills and knowledge. Ringling College graduates Tom and Peggy Root managed to find both themselves and each other. After meeting at and graduating from Ringling College, the married pair went on to pursue their art in parallel careers, including continued study at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Connecticut. Peggy’s body of work picks up right where the original plein air painters left off, though she shies away from the label because of differences in practice and aesthetics. Tom’s paintings focus primarily on portraits and figures, with an exquisite understanding of the subject borne of his uniquely thorough process of observation. In-person viewings are free and open to the public Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm from January 8 to March 22, 2022. The Thompson Alumni + Skylight Gallery is located at 2621 Bradenton Road, on the first floor of the Keating Center. This exhibition was made possible by the Ringling College Library Association and in part, by WUSF 89.7, and paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues.

Attila by Giuseppe Verdi with words by Temistocle Solera. Attila the Hun has conquered most of Western Europe and is about to take Rome itself, but is brought to his knees by his love for a female warrior, Odabella. Attila will run from March 12 until March 22, 2022.

Join Round Pond Winery Estate Winemaker John Wilson and Chef Paul Mattison, owner of Mattison’s Restaurants and Catering for an immersive 5-course Wine Dinner. Chef Paul and his team of chefs have created a menu perfectly paired with the wines from the Round Pond portfolio. Price is $125 per person. The Round Pond Wine Dinner will take place at Mattison’s Forty-One private event space, the Galleria on March 24, 6:30pm. Reservations are required. Call 941-921-3400 to reserve a seat or table. Round Pond Estate, owned and operated today by the second generation of the MacDonnell Family, is a 468-acre Rutherford farm and winery that specializes in the creation of pure, expressive wines from the heart of Napa Valley. Sustainability, people, place, and purpose are at the forefront of their daily operations and creation of some of the finest wines in the world.  

After attending Ringling College in the late 60s, Zeck made a name for himself illustrating the horror stories of Charlton Comics before turning his talents in both illustration and storytelling into one of the most successful careers of The Bronze Age of comic books. His talents served him well for both Marvel and DC. Zeck is credited with creating the alternative black costume for Spider-Man that would eventually become the character Venom, and his work on Kraven’s Last Hunt is considered one of the best stories in the Spider-Man canon. In the DC universe, he helped modernize Batman into the flawed and dark knight he would become in the modern era. With “POW!,” Ringling College Galleries has compiled the best of The Costas Collection, featuring over 60 original illustrations of Zeck’s most iconic storylines and covers. This exhibition will be on view from October 18, 2021 – March 25, 2022. In-person viewings are free and open to the public Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm at The Lois and David Stulberg Gallery is located inside the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center on campus at Ringling College of Art and Design at 1188 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

Ringling College Galleries + Exhibitions presents A Few of Our Favorite Things, Pt. 2, the 13th annual curated exhibition of works from the world-class art glass collection of Richard and Barbara Basch, from January 10 until March 25, 2022 at the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery. This season’s not-to-be-missed exhibition features animal-themed works in “Animal Lovers’ Corner” and small-scale works in “Barbara’s Mini-Bar”. This exhibition features some of the most exceptional examples of art glass and brilliant one-of-a-kind commissions by the greatest masters of the medium from around the world: Lino Tagliapietra, Lucio Bubacco, Dale Chihuly, Laura Donefer, Baldwin and Guggisberg, Davide Salvadore, and many more. This exhibition is made possible, in part, with support from Community Foundation of Sarasota County, The Exchange, Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues , Sarasota Herald Tribune Media Group, and WUSF 89 .7. 

Celebrating its 12th year, Ringling Type Club presents Ligature XII: Foundations - a juried exhibition showcasing the typographic excellence of the Ringling College student body from January 21 to March 25, 2022 at the Willis Smith Construction Inc. Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center. This exhibition features works from every major in various categories such as Drop Cap, Type in Motion, Hand Lettering, and Books & Publication. Ligature XII: Foundations honors the founding of Type Club and gives thanks to the years of support granted to the exhibition’s pursuit of sharing beautiful design and typography with the community. Architectural themes have been a guiding muse for the look of past Ligature shows, and the tradition is continued this year with a twist. Instead of a specific style of architecture, this show is derived from concepts of structure and planning - for without a solid foundation, structures cannot be built, and progress cannot be made. Through this theme, the members of the Ringling Type Club and Ligature XII's participants express their thanks for the foundation built many years ago in order for the Ligature Exhibition to be where it is today. This year’s exhibition was produced by the Ringling Type Club and directed by Adam Myerscough, Arthur Morris, and Sean Clancy.

In March, Art Uptown Gallery artist Liz Cole will exhibit “Painted Words,” a colorful collection of acrylic and collage paperworks. Ms. Cole’s paintings are comprised of layers of color, patterns and markings that provide as rich a dialogue to the viewer as the written word. The “Painted Words” exhibit runs from Saturday, February 26 through Friday, March 25. The public is also invited to a reception on First Friday, March 4, from 6-9pm. Art Uptown Gallery welcomes you to the 1367 Main Street gallery, where the diverse art works of 29 local artists are shown seven days a week. 

REGIONAL PREMIERE. It’s the semifinals of the U.S. Open. Sergei Sergeyev, an up-and-coming Russian phenom, and Tim Porter, a great American superstar in the twilight of his career, go head-to-head under the lights of the tennis court. Journey into the minds of these two extraordinary players as they consider the shots they didn’t take, the sacrifices they made for success, and the legacy they may leave behind. By match point, much more has been won and lost than a game of tennis. The Last Match will show from March 2 t0 March 25, 2022.