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Sarasota News Leader January 24, 2014 Now in the height of its concert and special events season, Venice Theatre presents shows most Sunday nights, Monday afternoons and Monday evenings, the release continues. Coming in February are The Sounds of Harry James and the Andrews Sisters for one performance on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m.; Tony and Emmy Award winner Ben Vereen on Feb. 7 and 8; and folksters The Kingston Trio on Feb. 23 and 24. In March, the theatre will welcome, for the first time, celebrity impersonator Rich Little; he will appear on March 2 and 3. The Frankie Valli tribute act Let's Hang On will take the stage on March 9 and 10; and Rave On (a Page 118 tribute to Buddy Holly) is scheduled on March 16 and 17. The concert and special events series will conclude in April with Monday, Monday (a tribute to The Mamas and the Papas) on April 6 and 7, and The Baby Boomer Comedy Show on April 13 and 14. Tickets for all Venice Theatre shows through June are available at the box office at 488-1115 or online at www.venicestage.com. Venice Theatre is located at 140 W. Tampa Ave. on the island in Venice. Box office hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before show time. SARASOTA POET ORGERA TO READ FROM HER NEWEST COLLECTION Bookstore1Sarasota will present a program with poet Alexis Orgera of Sarasota at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, the downtown Sarasota shop has announced. Orgera will read and sign her newest collection, Dust Jacket, which won the Coconut Books' Braddock Prize, a news release says. She is also the author of the poetry collection How Like Foreign Objects. Her poems, essays and reviews can be found in Another Chicago Magazine, Black Warrior Review, Drunken Boat, Forklift Ohio, Green Mountains Review, Gulf Coast, H_ngm_n, HTMLGiant, The Journal, jubilat, Memorious, Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, Sixth Finch and storySouth, among others, the release notes. Alexis Orgera/Contributed photo Bookstore1Sarasota is located at 1359 Main She lives in Sarasota, where she has taught St. For more information on this and other writing at New College and Ringling College events at the shop, visit www.bookstore1sarasota.com or call 365-7900. of Art and Design.