A&E Picks and Highlights

Visual Arts
The Art of the Violin Benefit Auction Reception
Private residence
6 p.m. Feb. 19
Tickets: $75
Call 350-2338.

Performing Arts
‘Never Marry a Girl With Cold Feet’
Florida Studio Theatre, John C. Court Cabaret
7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 20, 22 and 25; 6 p.m. Feb. 21 and 24; 9 p.m. Feb. 21; 2 p.m. Feb. 22
Runs through June 7.
Tickets: $18 to $36
Call 366-9000.

Garrison Keillor
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 p.m. Feb. 19
Tickets: $55
Call 953-3368.

Comedy in Motion with Dan Kamin
The Glenridge Performing Arts Center
2 p.m. Feb. 22
Tickets: $20 and $15 GPAC Family
Call 552-5325.

‘Jazz Hot Mamas’
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
8 p.m. Feb. 25
Runs through April 4.
Tickets: $29.50 for adults; $16.50 for students
Call 366-1505.

Music
‘ETHEL’s Documerica’
Historic Asolo Theater
7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 21
Tickets: $20 to $30
Call 360-7399.

Masterworks Series: ‘Fantastique’
Sarasota Orchestra, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 p.m. Feb. 20 and 21; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 22
Tickets: $30 to $83
Call 953-3434.

The Sarasota Chorus of the Keys’ Through the Years
Riverview High School Performing Arts Center
2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 21
Tickets: $20 to $35
Call 484-7589.

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 p.m. Feb. 24
Tickets: $280
Call 953-3368.

Still Playing
‘Violet’
Players Theatre
7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 and 21; 2 p.m. Feb. 21 and 22; 8 p.m. Feb. 20
Runs through March 1.
Tickets: $25 to $30
Call 365-2494.

‘Both Your Houses’
Asolo Repertory Theatre, Mertz Theatre
8 p.m. Feb. 19 and 25
Runs through April 12.
Tickets: $30 to $75
Call 351-8000.

‘Fly’
Florida Studio Theatre, Gompertz Theatre
8 p.m. Feb. 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
and 25; 3 p.m. Feb. 21, 22
Runs through April 4.
Tickets: $18 to $39
Call 366-9000.

‘The Marriage of Figaro’
Sarasota Opera
1:30 p.m. Feb. 22;
7:30 p.m. Feb. 25
Runs through March 27
Tickets: $55 to $135
Call 366-8450.

Nick’s Picks

‘The Golden Cockerel’
Sarasota has six chances to catch the rare Russian operatic import of “The Golden Cockerel.” Written by composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the three-act opera is based on Russia’s modern poet laureate Alexander Pushkin’s poem “The Tale of the Golden Cockerel.” The opera has been rarely performed in the United States after World War II, but it is a morality tale on the ills of political and personal paranoia when a king fears being attacked by a neighboring state and seeks the advice of a supernatural rooster: the titular golden cockerel. The opera will give audiences a taste of the colorful and exotic world of Rimksy-Korsakov’s vision, the romantic composer’s last opera.

Where: Sarasota Opera
When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 24; Runs through March 19.
Tickets: $19 to $125
Info: Call 366-8450.

Re:Purposed
William Shakespeare wrote in “The Tempest,” “We are such stuff as dreams are made on,” and the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s newest exhibition Re:Purposed is made on the millions of objects that get cast off every year. Composed of 10 American and international artists, the works are constructed entirely out of repurposed detritus and garbage. These orphans of the material world are given new lives by artists such as Nick Cave, who creates colorful and vibrant suits, and Jill Sigman, who creates an ongoing hut series made out of trash and objects found in Sarasota.

Where: The Ringling
When: Runs through May 17.
Tickets: $25 for adults; $23 for 65 plus; and $5 for children 6 to 17 and college students with ID
Info: Call 359-5700.