Transition Sarasota’s Eat Local Week is an annual celebration of the best local food and farming in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Each year, partners come together to offer events, including farm and garden tours, farm-to-fork dinners, workshops, educational programs, community discussions, and hands-on activities. Eat Local Week exists to spark dialogue, build community, and showcase the fabulous work done locally!…
If you’ve been craving the taste of home, Big Mama’s Festival is the event for you! Join us on Saturday, October 15, at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex for a day of fun with family, friends, and the best collard greens around! The 2021 Big Mama’s Collard Greens Cook-Off winner, Yolanda Kearney, will be on-site to show you how…
Newtown Nation president, Valerie Buchand, was awarded the 2022 Betty Bruquetas — Celebration of Service Award by the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Gulf Coast Florida (RPCVGCFL) on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library.
Public Charter School of Multiple Intelligences • K-5th Grade • Now Enrolling Free before and aftercare: 7 – 8:30 am and 3:45 – 6 pm After school enrichment: Drumline, Dance, Sports In school enrichment programs: Thinking maps, math and movement, accelerated reader, I-READY, reading recovery
For those who are looking for fresh produce, head to the Sarasota Newtown Farmers Market! That’s right, Saturdays from 10 am- 5 pm at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park is the perfect location for you to get all of your market needs met! Visit us today and see!
Are You Ready to Explore Your Creativity? Are You Ready to Explore Your Emotions? Are You Ready for an Afternoon of Free Food and Art Education Activities?!
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Join us on June 21 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Jeton’s, 2741 N. Osprey Ave., Sarasota, to meet Candidate for Sarasota County Commissioner Fredd Atkins and Candidate Dawnyelle Singleton for School Board! Live saxophone music by Duane Freeman and light refreshments will be provided. Minimum $25 contribution suggested.
The free “We Are One” Multicultural Festival, hosted by Newtown Nation, will showcase sights, sounds and flavors from around the world. Proceeds will go to a new program for incarcerated folks re-entering society.
By Allison Forsyth, Sarasota Magazine
“We Are One” Multicultural Family Weekend (May 6-8) Will bring together citizens from all ethnic backgrounds to come out and showcase their cultures’ talents. So, we’re looking forward to building genuine relationships united. We believe that Community comes together in unity. Proceeds will go towards structures for the Newtown Nation/Newtown’s Farmers Market to implement a miracle of new community programs for 2022…