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JULY
Dabbert Gallery presents Summer Showcase
Through Sept. 29; times vary. 76 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Free. Featuring works by three
sculptors, one printmaker, 15 painters, one pastel artist and one photographer. Informa-
tion: 955-1315 or dabbertgallery.com.
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JULY
Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival
July 5-6, free events. July 5, Powerboats by the Bay, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Centennial Park,
10th Street and U.S. 41, Sarasota; Miss Super Boat Grand Prix Bikini Contest, 3-4 p.m.,
Centennial Park, 10th Street and U.S. 41, Sarasota. July 6, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Grand Prix
Boat Race, Lido Beach between New Pass and Big Pass. Information: suncoastoffshore.org.
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JULY
Bookstore1Sarasota presents Breakfast Serial Book Club
July 5 and each succeeding Saturday during the summer. From 10:30-11 a.m., staffers will
read to 3- to 6-year-olds; from 11:15-11:45 a.m., they will read to 7- to 9-year-olds. 1359
Main St., Sarasota. Information: bookstore1sarasota.com or 365-7900.
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JULY
Florida Studio Theatre presents Clearly Invisible, Magic Up Close
with Carl Seiger
July 8 through Aug. 3; times vary. John C. Court Cabaret, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota.
Tickets: $32 to $36. Information: 366-9000 or floridastudiotheatre.org.
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JULY
Florida Studio Theatre presents the Sixth Annual Improv Festival
July 11-12; times vary. 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Tickets: weekend passes, $59; for one
night of shows, $49; individual shows, $10 each; workshops, $29 per two-hour session.
Information: 366-9000 or floridastudiotheatre.org.
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JULY
Venice Community Center presents One Night Rodeo
July 12, 8-11 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Center located at 326 Nokomis Ave., Venice.
Tickets: $5. A Bradenton band, One Night Rodeo recently won the Great American Coun-
try and Music Nation's Next Star Competition. More information and tickets: 861-1380.
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JULY
ALSO Youth presents The Story of My Life
July 19, 7 p.m. Goldstein Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota.
Tickets $25; proceeds benefit ALSO Youth. The semi-autobiographical serio-comedy will
focus on the lives of Mark Bowers and Joey Panek. Information: 951-2576 or Alsoyouth.org.
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JULY
Florida Studio Theatre presents Taking Shakespeare
July 23 through Aug. 17; times vary. Gompertz Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota.
Tickets: $32 to $36. This will be the play's U.S. premiere. Information: 366-9000 or Flori-
daStudioTheatre.org.
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