APRIL 2006

1: Sarasota Pops performs Pipes & Pops III at Van Wezel. 351-8000.

3: Van Wezel presents An Evening with Jane Fonda. 953-3368.

5-19: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival offers concerts at the Opera House April 5, 8, 11, 17 and 19, with other events as well. 366-8450, option 3.

6-9: Sarasota Jazz Festival presents concerts at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

6-23: Manatee Players and Westcoast Black Theatre present Dreamgirls. 748-5875.

7-8: Venice Symphony presents Classical Concerts. 488-1010.

8: Duke Ellington Orchestra performs at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

8: Dick Hyman & Friends perform at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

9: Gloria Musicae presents Messiah, Parts II and III at St. Boniface Church. 954-4223.

9-15: Festival Diapente takes place at Van Wezel and other locations. 953-3368.

10: The Ten Tenors perform at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

11: Thoroughly Modern Millie onstage at the Van Wezel. 953-3368.

12-June 10: Florida Studio Theatre presents Around the World in 80 Days. 366-9000.

13-30: Venice Little Theatre's Stage II presents The Vagina Monologues. 488-1115.

14-May 6: Best of Ringling Juried Student Exhibition on view at Selby Gallery. 359-7563.

18-23: Van Wezel presents Steve Solomon's My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy at the Players Theatre. 953-3368.

19-May 7: FSU/Asolo Conservatory presents Pericles. 351-8000.

20-21: David Copperfield performs at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

20, 22: Florida West Coast Symphony presents A Day in the Life of Mozart concerts. 953-3434.

21-23: Sarasota Ballet presents its season festival finale at FSU Center. 552-1032.

22: Nana Mouskouri performs at Van Wezel. 953-3368.

23: Key Chorale performs John Rutter's Mass of the Children with the Pine View School chorus at St. Boniface Church, along with other works. 921-4845.

25-30: Van Wezel presents Sex and the Second City at the Players Theatre. 953-3368.

28-29: Venice Symphony presents Pops Concerts. 488-1010.

MAY 2006

TBA: Florida Studio Theatre presents its Festival of New Plays. 366-9000.

2-14: Venice Little Theatre presents Little Women. 488-1115.

11-28: Manatee Players present Follies. 748-5875.

12-June 6: Selby Gallery hosts exhibitions featuring Women Contemporary Artists and paintings by Leona Sherwood. 359-7563.

12-June 18: Asolo Theatre presents Rounding Third and String of Pearls in rotating repertory. 351-8000.

13-June 11: Asolo Theatre presents Crowns. 351-8000.

20: Florida West Coast Symphonic Pops with Cherish the Ladies Celtic band. 953-3434.

29-June 17: Sarasota Music Festival takes places, with classes, rehearsals and concerts at Holley Hall. 953-3434.

30-July 23: Golden Apple Dinner Theatre presents the musical Big. 366-5454.

JUNE 2006

TBA: Banyan Theater Company presents its summer season. 358-5330.

TBA: Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Festival begins. 371-8820.

JULY 2006

4: Fireworks light up the downtown bayfront, Siesta Key Beach and other venues.

25-Sept. 3. Golden Apple Dinner Theatre presents Golddiggers of 1633. 366-5454.

OCTOBER 2006

TBA: Stone Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival takes place at The Colony on Longboat Key. 383-6464.

TBA: Sarasota Bluesfest takes place.

NOVEMBER 2006

TBA: Sarasota Reading Festival takes place downtown. 906-1733.

TBA: Cine-World Film Festival presents international movies at Burns Court Cinema. 955-FILM.