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  • How and Why Sarasota Became a Place for Jazz

    Jazz history expert and two musicians tell the tale in words and jazz tunes In our March 10 Conversation at the Crocker, you’ll hear, in words and music, the reasons why there are upwards of 200 active professional jazz musicians living in the Manatee-Sarasota area. Did you know this area supports more than a dozen… Read more

  • Exploring Sarasota County History

    It’s the perfect time of year, here in Sarasota, to venture forth and see some of the sights in our county that you have always meant to visit. The History & Preservation Coalition has, for your print-out-and-take-with pleasure, a colorful PDF map of what THEY call Historical Resources and what WE call cool spots to… Read more

  • County Park, food, art, and jazz. What more could we want?

    The Historical Society loves how everything in the county is intertwined. Some of our volunteers are volunteers elsewhere. Perhaps members of the Wood family, who lived in the Bidwell-Wood House from 1896 until the 1960’s, visited the Keiths or the Prodies at the Keith Mansion. So we are proud to help our current-day peers preserve… Read more