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Picasso's The Painter, 1934. Courtesy the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
Venice Art Center
6/11/2008 to 10/4/2008
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Artists John and Suzie Seerey Lester, Jack and Mary Jo Perkins, Maureen and Chuck Snyder and Dr. Robert Woefel are highlighted here through Aug. 15. Coming up next: Landscapes & Seascapes, running Sept. 12 through Oct. 4.

Ringling Museum of Art
7/12/2008 to 11/30/2008
359-5700
Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence continues here through Aug. 10, while Ringling Retro, offering modern and contemporary art from the permanent collection, is on view through Sept. 7. You can also enjoy Focus on Asian Art: 20th-Century Japanese Prints, July 12 through Nov. 30.

Selby Gallery.
7/25/2008 to 10/11/2008
359-7563
Continuing on view here through July 25 is Threads, a fiber arts show. Up next: a show of digital work, Aug. 8 through Sept. 13, followed by Part I of the annual Ringling College faculty show, opening Sept. 19 and running through Oct. 11.

Galleria Silecchia
7/30/2008 to 10/3/2008
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Continuing on view at the Palm Avenue space through July 30: works by sculptor Glenna Goodacre and mixed media painter Cary Henrie. Also on view this summer: new works by Ulla Darni, July 3 through Aug. 2; and art by glass artist Hiroshi Yamano and oils by Homero Aguilar, Aug. 3 through Oct. 3.

Abstraction: New and Review at Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art
8/15/2008 to 11/1/2008
1419 Fifth St., Sarasota
(941) 366-2093
http://www.allyngallup.com
"Abstraction: New and Review" will open at Allyn Gallup on Aug. 15. "Abstraction: Part 2" will run Sept. 24-Nov. 1

Art Center Sarasota
9/2/2008 to 10/25/2008
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Continuing through July 26: Humanity in Black and White, the 5th Annual Florida Photography Juried Exhibition; A Newtown: Photographs by Steven Katzman; and etchings and aquatints by Elizabeth Stevens. Coming up Sept. 2 through Oct. 25: Too Precious to Sell (or is it?), a juried members' exhibition.

Company
9/25/2008 to 10/5/2008
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One of composer Stephen Sondheim's earlier works, centering on a young bachelor whose friends are all married…for better or for worse…and his own fears of commitment. Playing Sept. 25 through Oct. 5 at the Players Theatre.

Steel Magnolias
9/25/2008 to 10/12/2008
748-5875
Playwright Robert Harling's comedy-drama about the ladies in a small-town Southern beauty parlor takes to the stage Sept. 25 through Oct. 12 at the Manatee Players.

Steel Magnolias
9/30/2008 to 10/19/2008
488-1115
No, it's not déjà vu…this Southern-fried weeper is actually onstage at Venice Little Theatre as well, Sept. 30 through Oct. 19.

Domestic Violence Vigil Event
10/2/2008 to 10/2/2008
4940 Pan American, North Port
This year's Domestic Violence Candelight Vigil Event will be held in North Port's Community Educational Center/North Port Senior Center.

Munchtime Musicales
10/15/2008 to 10/15/2008
David Cohen Hall, Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
(941) 925-7811
A free presentation of wind quintet music performed by the resident woodwind quintet of the Florida West Coast Symphony. Coffee and tea will be served; admission is free.