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December 2007 Events	EVENT SEARCH BY CATEGORY » Art » Benefits » Comedy » Miscellaneous » Music » On Exhibit » Sponsored » Sports » Theater Picasso's The Painter, 1934. Courtesy the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
Designing Women Boutique Winter Salon Series 12/3/2007 to 5/29/2008 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota (941) 366-5293 http://www.designingwomenboutique.org You're invited to mini-lectures, luncheons and style shows on the final Thursday of each month, featuring New York designer and artist Michael Vollbracht (Dec. 3), Maestro Leif Bjaland (Dec. 7), J. David Holcomb, M.D. (Jan. 31); author Leslie Glass (Feb. 28), Sarasota Ballet of Florida artistic director Iain Webb (March 27), Diamond Vault's Michael Chokr (April 24) and author Karen Koenig (May 29). $12 per person per event. RSVP required. Petticoat Painters Exhibition 12/13/2007 to 1/5/2008 Art Center Manatee, 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton (941) 746-2862 Art Center Manatee will host an exhibit by the Petticoat Painters, one of the oldest continuously exhibiting women's art groups in the United States.