Neighborhood news

Lakewood Ranch
+ Coffee hour
The Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club hosted 38 new members at a sip-and-mingle coffee event Nov. 10, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

Guests enjoyed a selection of treats, including homemade pastries, fruit, deviled eggs and other foods, which board members made.

Board members introduced themselves before new members followed suit and shared their reasons for joining the club.

The club now has reached 302 members — a membership record.

For more information, visit lwrwc.org.

University Park
+ Welcome back women
The University Park Women’s Club welcomed more than 50 members to a private tour at the South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium last month, for the club’s Welcome Back Social.

Directors from the museum provided information about the museum’s history and exhibits. Members also enjoyed a presentation on the wonders of the universe during a planetarium’s demonstration and a visit with Snooty, the manatee.

Palm-Aire
+ Circus time celebration
The Art Association of Palm-Aire opened its 32nd season with a circus-themed Champagne luncheon Nov. 5, at the Palm-Aire Country Club.

Members made circus-themed decorations for the tables and enjoyed a menu that featured Champagne in each dish.

Famed aerialist Dolly Jacobs and her husband, Pedro Reis, spoke to attendees about their life in the circus. Jacobs also shared anecdotes about her father, Lou Jacobs, renowned as one of the foremost professional clowns in the world. His star was installed on the Circus Ring of Fame at St. Armands Circle in 1988.

Lou Jacobs was known as King of the Clowns, while Dolly Jacobs is Queen of the Air. Her many accolades include her own star on the Circus Ring of Fame, awarded in 1997. But Dolly Jacobs did not speak of these; she and Reis, who met on a circus tour, now share their passion for circus arts as founders of The Circus Arts Conservatory in Sarasota. They developed and manage Circus Sarasota.
— Charleen Gorbet

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