BRADENTON -- This weekend, Bradenton has art and theater, mixed with sun, seafood and beer. The De Soto Society's annual Seafood Festival returns to fill the streets with live music, thousands of festival goers and tasty local seafood. The Manatee Players bring back Kurt Sutton as Mark Twain and the Palmetto Art Center holds the last weekend of the exhibit ”Hocus Pocus.“ Get ready to jam, because it’s time for a Weekend Adventure in Bradenton!
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Beginning Friday the Desoto Historical Society is paring with sponsors to bring back the Desoto Heritage Seafood Festival. The event is one of the best downtown event Bradenton has to offer and is attended by thousands each year.
The event is three days long, free and family friendly. Great seafood and tastes from area restaurants are a main attraction along with music and local artists and craft vendors. Music is offered continuously from two stages.
The event will feature live music each night of the festival. The lineup includes country music superstar Clay Walker, One Night Rodeo, Kettle of Fish, Gladezmen, Steve Arvey, Soul-r-Coasters, Shotgun Justice and The Bone Shakers.
De Soto Society Seafood Festival
Friday 5-10PM
Saturday 11AM-11PM
Sunday Noon -6PM
Downtown Bradenton
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When you’re too tired and sunburnt from rocking out at the seafood fest head into the Manatee Players for a one-man show by Kurt Sutton. Sutton will perform his brand new one-man show based on Mark Twain’s book ”Roughing It.“
The show is a hilarious account of adventures in buffalo hunts, mining camps and on the lecture circuit. Sutton previously brought his acclaimed ”Afternoon with Mark Twain“ to the Manatee Players, selling out houses.
The curtain time is 2 pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 941-748-5875 or online. The Manatee Players are located at 102 Old Main Street in downtown Bradenton.
Kurt Sutton as Mark Twain in "Roughing It"
Saturday 2 pm
Manatee Players
Bradenton
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Hocus-Pocus, a show running through March, showcases the work of Anna Maria Islander Helen Romeike-Wisniewski. "Hocus-Pocus," is how Helen Romeike-Wisniewski describes her work. "Now you see it, now you don't."
Her exhibition spans six decades, exemplifying her journey to self-knowledge through painting. Romeike-Wisniewski received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in 1978. She has exhibited her work across the country; her work serves as an inspiration to both academic and local art circles familiar with its distinctive understandings, sensitivity and interpretations.
The exhibit opened March 3, but this weekend is the last to catch the show. The exhibit can be viewed at the Art Center through the March during regular gallery hours, Monday through Friday (excluding Wednesdays), noon to 2 pm.
Hocus Pocus Exhibition
Friday, 5 pm- 8 pm
Palmetto Art Center
Palmetto
The Manatee High School Culinary Arts Program is pleased to announce a special "one day" partnership with The Clam House restaurant in Palmetto this coming Sunday, April 1, 2012, from noon until 3:30 p.m.
During that time period, students from the Culinary Arts Program will be cooking and serving mouthwatering delights to Clam House customers. The Clam House is located at 304 7th St. W. in Palmetto (map).
In exchange for their hard work and efforts, The Clam House will donate 10 percent of all proceeds to the Manatee High Culinary Arts Program. The money raised will be used to help fund a trip for the students to compete in the Florida State Skills and Leadership Conference during the month of May.
Manatee Schools Culinary/Arts Clam House Event
Sunday, noon-3:30 p.m.
The Clam House
304 7th Street West
Palmetto
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