Festival Diapente, the perfect fifth, was founded with the recognition that Sarasota, Manatee, and the entire West Coast of Florida has a rich cultural landscape primed for continued harvest. Our culturally rich region has expressed support and creation of a unified art festival that celebrates not only traditional arts but also the exploration of art “on the edge.” It’s a multi-day, multi tiered, and multi-dimensional festival embodying the spirit and energy of our community through the arts, from visual and performance to abstract and conceptual. It celebrates our five senses and reaffirms the notion that art has no boundaries. Celebrate architecture, music, movement, sound, science and the visual arts in a splendid evocation of our sub-tropical home. Fashion and human sensitivities erupt during this seven-day quixotic celebration. The Van Wezel will be collaborating with many local organizations throughout the week and taking the festival through the community. Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:55 PM Saks Fifth Avenue Festival Launch Party Destination Unknown: Saks Fifth Avenue cultivates an aura of abandon this season as the ethnic influence continues evolving with fashion inspired from around the globe. Celebrate Diapente with world music, exotic cuisine, and interactive sense-ual experiences and, of course, beautiful models grooving to a fierce runway pulse. Taste the color, feel the sound, touch the style. Tickets: $25 Sunday, April 9, 2006 10 AM Breakfast with the Arts: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Forsake the snooze button and join us for an alfresco breakfast on the grounds of the Ringling Museum. Guests can gaze at the dazzling bayfront and its iridescent morning waters; dine on delectable treats, while enjoying vignettes performed by local and international arts organizations. This collaborative event will celebrate the cultural richness of our community showcasing Festival Diapente, The Sarasota Film Festival, The Sarasota Jazz Festival, La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art among many others. Tickets: $75 12- 3 PM Family Fest on the Bay: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Celebrate the five senses with the whole family, this fun-for-all gives individuals and families the chance to experience the feel of the Festival Diapente energy. Enjoy movement, including Capoeira, martial arts, and sports. Plus instrument building with the musicians from Scrap Arts Music, puppet-making, magic, face-painting, community performances, and many other interactive activities – including refreshments – designed to tease your eyes, ears, nose, fingers and taste buds! FREE 12- 7 PM Giving Hunger the Blues - Hillview Street $5 donation 2 & 7 PM The Flip Side: Florida Studio Theater An evening dedicated to the comic genius of songsters Shel Silverstein, Ray Stevens, Monty Python and Barry Manilow (yes, Barry Manilow!) and many others. The Flip Side is a seriously funny evening of musical wordplay and lyrical lunacy. Sardonic, ironic and even histrionic, these witty tunes are full of moronic characters and sophisticated lyrics that reveal the present state of America: the good, the bad and the funny. Includes songs such as “Boa Constrictor,” “A Boy Named Sue,” and “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.” Tickets: $26, $29 6 PM Drums on the Beach: Siesta Key Drums On The Beach has become a Sunday, sunset tradition. The musicians from Scrap Arts Music will participate in the circle on Siesta Key’s public beach and give a little preview of their art form. FREE 7 PM The Chick Corea Trio: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Chick Corea's four-decade career is the stuff of jazz lore, an amalgamation of influential, limit-stretching musical experiences that encompasses straight-ahead, electronic, Latin jazz, classical performance and compositions. The National Endowment named Corea one of the 2005 Jazz Masters for the Arts; his many accomplishments have filled many a page in 20th century music history encyclopedias. Born Armando Anthony Corea in 1941, Chick was studying piano by age four. He enjoyed a childhood home filled with the sounds of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Lester Young and Horace Silver and eventually had the opportunity to perform with many of his early inspirations. Tickets: $40, $30 Monday, April 10 8 PM The Ten Tenors: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall One of Australia’s most musically exciting groups, The Ten Tenors returns to Sarasota. The performance will include songs from The Bee Gees, Queen, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Simon & Garfunkel, Cole Porter, Verdi and Puccini as well as their own originals. Tickets: $45, $40, $35 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3 & 8 PM Thoroughly Modern Millie: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Thoroughly Modern Millie is a high-spirited musical romp, based on the popular movie, that has all of New York dancing the Charleston with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate. Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment. Tickets: $65, $55, $45 5:55 PM Wine is Art at Towles Court And Art is Art too, at this fabulous event at the live and work art community of Towles Court. Featuring the artist, Clayton J. Beck III, whose work can be found in private collections around the world. But that is just where the party begins. It continues with live music, gallery tours, and free wine and tastings. Plus the artists from the I AM Center will be on hand to awaken and engage the individual, assisting them in finding a feeling of a sense of self, the world and of others. Activities include Aromatherapy, Intention Tuners Tuning Forks, Tarot, Dahnhak Movement, Yoga, Crystal Bowls, Heart Math, Reiki, Reconnection Healing, Soul Moves, Improv/Medicine Wheel, Card Readings and more. FREE 6 PM The Flip Side: Florida Studio Theater Tickets: $26, $24 8 PM La Musica International Chamber Music Festival: Sarasota Opera House MOZART, Flute Quartet SHOSTAKOVICH, String Quartet DVORAK, Piano Trio "Dumky" Tickets: $35 Wednesday April 12 5:30 PM Tasting Under The Banyans: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Relish the scents of our city in a tropical oasis on Sarasota bay. Savor mignons of wine and culinary delicacies presented by Whole Foods Market while inhaling the sweet fragrance of rare orchids and bromeliads in the world famous gardens and groove to the sounds of live world music down to the bayfront. Tickets: $25 7:30 PM The Flip Side: Florida Studio Theater Tickets: $26, $24 8 PM Laurie Anderson The End of the Moon: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall THE END OF THE MOON is the second in a series of Laurie Anderson's new solo works. Anderson's signature work combines stories, songs, and music in a low-tech setting to create an ambitiously large picture of contemporary American culture. Anecdotal, wide ranging and epic, THE END OF THE MOON also features her new music for violin and electronics. Since her pioneering multi media work United States Anderson's subject has been technology and culture. Of The End of the Moon she writes, "I find that the best way to look at our culture these days is not through a multi media show, but with the simpler and sharper tools of words.” As NASA's first artist-in-residence Anderson will draw on her recent research and travels. Part travelogue, part personal theories, history and dreams The End of the Moon looks at the relationships between war, esthetics, spirituality and consumerism. Tickets: $45 & $35 Student/Teacher $10 tickets are available now with valid ID 8 PM Around the World in 80 Days: Florida Studio Theatre A clever and new adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, Around the World in 80 Days is the original “Amazing Race.” When Phileas Fogg takes a bet that he can traverse the globe in 80 days, he never imagined he’d have to overcome so many obstacles. Stampeding elephants. Hurricanes. A flying locomotive. Damsels in distress. A bumbling British detective. A cast of thousands and exotic locales are brought vividly to life on the FST stage – with five actors and the help of your imagination! Tickets: $32 Contact Florida Studio Theatre at 366-9000 Thursday, April 13 5:55 PM 5+ 5 Artist Symposium at G.WIZ 5 Architects 5 slides 10 minutes Guest speakers will present a slideshow of their work and discuss what inspires them. Speakers include Dale Parks, AIA, - Designer of the G.WIZ Building. Tickets: G WIZ, $10 G.WIZ members/AIA members, $15 non-members, cost includes admission to G.WIZ. Call 309-4949 7:30 PM The Flip Side: Florida Studio Theater Tickets: $26, $24 8 PM Around the World in 80 Days: Florida Studio Theatre Tickets: $32 Friday, April 14 6 & 9 PM The Flip Side: Florida Studio Theater Tickets: $29, $27 8 PM Scrap Arts Music Mainstage Spectacular: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Scrap Arts Music is innovative percussion theatre featuring five hyper-kinetic performers who play amazing instruments skillfully crafted from salvaged and recycled junk. Gregory Kozak, multi-talented percussionist and founder of the company, takes surplus waste of North American industry and designs and builds articulated musical instruments from materials such as exhaust hose, artillery shells and broken monkey bars. Providing a groove-based fusion of world music traditions and 21st century pop, these industrial scraps become the basis for a dynamic, choreographed performance suitable for audiences of all ages. Tickets: $35, $30, $25 Student/Teacher Rush $10 tickets are available now with valid ID. 8 PM Around the World in 80 Days: Florida Studio Theatre Tickets: $32 10 PM Sixth Sense Late Night Party: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and G.WIZ Let us take you from zero to a hundred kilometers an hour and beyond at a late-night bacchanal celebrating our sixth sense. Groove to the sounds of live bands and renowned DJ’s. Join us for avant-garde performances also an interactive performance by I AM HEALING ARTS CENTER and a fireworks spectacular on the bayfront as we ride the paranormal escalator beyond the limits of our daily selves. The Sixth sense will span across to GWIZ this year where the Hands On Science Museum will offer interactive, over-the-top exhibits. Tickets: $50 Saturday, April 15 1 PM Building Blocks II: G.WIZ G.WIZ is a rich, sculptural wonder on the bayfront and this year, the setting for a regional architectural competition aptly named “Building Blocks.” From frozen shadows and simple circuits to echo tubes and whisper dishes, vibrant exhibits on light, sound, electricity, and magnetism provide the backdrop for the competition, which tempts the finest local and regional architects to revisit childhood and construct famous national landmarks in three hours using 200 Kapla wooden building blocks and no adhesive materials. The winning structure will be recreated by the team as a permanent exhibit in the G.WIZ children’s area. After the competition and judging, audience participation is encouraged. Event included in museum general admission: Adults $9, Children ages 6-21 $6, 3-5 $2, under 3 FREE, seniors $8 8 PM Around the World in 80 Days: Florida Studio Theatre Tickets: $32, $29 6 PM City Celebration, A Global Evening: Ritz Carlton Members Beach Club Relish the five senses at a tangy, exotic celebration teeming with savory global cuisine, exquisite wines, dynamic musical vibrations, and thrilling “sense-ual” surprises. This citywide event is hosted this year by the Ritz Carlton, Sarasota. Guests will dine within a giant sand sculpture at sunset on the Gulf of Mexico at the Members Beach Club. Dress is anything but black tie…think soft shapes, fluid fabrics, and natural elements. Tickets: $250 Limit 200 guests 6 & 9 PM The Flip Side: Florida Studio Theater Tickets: $29, $27 FESTIVAL DIAPENTE 2006: INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS Learning through all the senses – what better way to experience the world around us! That is what the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall strives to accomplish though its Education and Community Engagement Program. These workshops are designed, like all of our education programs – to introduce students of all ages to new ideas. Sunday, April 9TH 1:00-3:00 p.m., Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Found Sound Workshop For Middle and High School musicians and all teachers. This Found Sound workshop, led by Scrap Arts Music’s artistic director Gregory Kozak, gives a detailed overview of his instruments, as well as an introduction to making a few simple scrap instruments. Gregory will demonstrate how he incorporates an understanding of the physics of sound and music in pursuit in the creation of his scrap "orchestra.” He will also lead participants in the creation of a few easy instruments, while offering suggestions on how to compose with your own instruments. The size of the workshop will be limited to 25 participants. Materials for instrument making will be required. $15, Pre-registration required, call VWPAH Education 941-955-7676 ext 2245 Monday, April 10TH 5:30-7:30 p.m., South Florida Museum 201 Tenth Street W., Bradenton Rhythm and Movement Workshop Scrap Arts Music Artistic Director, Gregory Kozak, will lead two-hour workshops with the assistance of the members of the company. This workshop will explore: Drumming techniques and composition, A variety of drum patterns, The creation of a musical piece, Choreography using Scrap Arts Music instruments. The process of the workshop allows for an introduction to the players in the ensemble, an overview of the instruments, and insight into how Scrap Arts Music gets movement into their playing, performances from the Scrap Arts Music repertoire, experiential time with the instruments, instruction on key rhythm and choreography and more. Some experience with rhythm is recommended. Loose clothes, athletic shoes, earplugs and water also recommended. Up to 30 people per workshop. Pre-registration required, call VWPAH Education 941-955-7676 ext 2245, $15 Tuesday, April 11TH 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Found Sound Workshop For Adults Gregory Kozak, the artistic director, composer and instrument creator for Scrap Arts Music, will conduct a hands-on illustrated talk about "found sound" and the possibilities of creating musical instruments from recycled and salvaged materials. Using Scrap Arts Music's touring instrument set as a departure point for a "found sound" overview, Gregory will discuss the origins and evolutions of his mobile, kinetic instrument creations. He will discuss where to look for and assess materials with sonic potential, and how to develop that potential. He will also work with participants to organize found sounds into a sonic palette, while developing simple musical ideas as a finale to the workshop. Workshop Limit: 40 participants. Musical experience not required. Pre-registration required, call VWPAH Education 941-955-7676 ext 2245, $15 Tuesday, April 11th, 6:00 PM A “Tuesday Gourmet” Cooking Class “The Feast of Five Senses” Yves Vacheresse, Restaurant Chef, Vernona restaurant Chef Vacheresse is one of the city's top proponents of contemporary American cooking, and his menu is based on local, seasonal ingredients, organic whenever possible. To honor this city’s Festival Diapente celebration, join Chef Yves for a fun and fascinating cooking class where you’ll discover that food, experienced through the five senses can be more satisfying and meaningful. Step-by-step instruction, recipes and ample tastings are included. Space is limited to maintain an intimate and interactive atmosphere. Tickets: $40 Ritz Carlton Reservations: 941-309-2008 Wednesday April 12 5:45-7:15 p.m. all levels welcome Yoga on the Bayside Ride the wave of your breath as you enliven your senses with yoga by the Bay! Join the team of yoga instructors from Garden of the Heart Yoga Center to experience the Loops & Spirals of Anusara Yoga and the underlying Tantric philosophy of radical affirmation! This class will be invigorating, challenging, and safe! Please bring a yoga mat, blanket and any other props that you use in your practice. Pre-registration required, call VWPAH Education 941-955-7676 ext 2245, $15 Wednesday, April 12 5:30-7:00 pm G. Wiz Classroom 2 The Sounds and Vibrations of You with Ann Maxwell In this interactive workshop you will discover how dramatically sounds and vibrations can impact our lives. Experience how toning, chanting, mantras and more can open your heart, relieve stress and create positive changes in our energy and health. Friday April 14TH 9:30-11:00 am, all levels welcome Yoga on the Bayside [See Above] Pre-registration required, call VWPAH Education 941-955-7676 ext 2245, $15 Reservations for all other venues other than the Van Wezel need to be made through their respective Box Offices.