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The Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo: Side by Side multimedia event will continue its North American tour at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota on Saturday, April 19, tour organizers have announced. Mark Rodgers, the creator and host of the event, developed the show as a way to com pare and contrast the two geniuses. The idea came to him while he was curating a DaVinci and Michelangelo exhibition in Denver, CO, a news release explains. "I realized you can't talk about DaVinci without Michelangelo," says Rodgers in the release. "They were contemporaries, and many people don't know that." The multimedia event has evolved over the last couple of years, the release continues. What began as a tour focused on DaVinci came to incorporate an examination of Michelangelo as well, the release adds. The show features remarks by Rodgers and a PowerPoint presentation that includes movies; 3D animations of machines and inventions; and images of codices, paintings and sculptures, the release points out. Tickets for reserved seats are $10 to $30. They may be purchased at the Van Wezel box office, located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota; by phone at 9533368; or online at vanwezel. org. Before the show and during intermission, local artist Charles Miano will perform an art demonstration, the release adds. DISCOVER DAVINCI & MICHELANGELO COMING TO THE VAN WEZEL The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 119