Jenna Bush Hager is Monday’s RCLA Platinum Dinner speaker
Guests at Monday night’s Ringling College Library Association Platinum Dinner might expect the daughter of a former president to talk politics. But Jenna Bush Hager instead is likely to focus on her passions, which are literature and literacy. Hager, one of the twin daughters of George W. and Laura Bush, has spent the years since […]
DARU’S NEW PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS UNVEILED AT NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
Latest High-Profile Works from Korean-Born Artist NEW YORK, NY – For New York based artist Daru (Jung Hyang Kim) two new public art commissions for NYU Langone Medical Center (NYU Langone) illuminate the healing connections between nature and culture. Her latest contemporary masterpiece, “Floating Bubbles and Whimsical Rays,” is a 12-by 20-foot glass artwork that […]
Former President George W. Bush to headline series (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
Former President George W. Bush will headline the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series in 2014. He is among five speakers in the series, announced to patrons today at the final lecture of the 2013 season. Bush was visiting a Sarasota elementary school on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade […]
Mark Kelly sees hope in solving gun violence issue
By CARL MARIO NUDI Bradenton Herald SARASOTA — Mark Kelly, retired NASA astronaut, Navy veteran and husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, spoke Monday about his efforts to control gun violence in America. At the press conference before his highly inspirational talk Monday in the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series, Kelly […]
Brides Against Breast Cancer
Making a Difference CBS Orlando WKMG-ORD (CBS) March 6, 2013 Click here to view.
The keys to creativity
By Susan Rife, Herald-Tribune Biographer Walter Isaacson has chronicled the lives of a diverse group of Americans, among them Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and, most recently, Steve Jobs. But what links them, and makes them of interest to Isaacson, is their creativity. That will provide the underlying theme for Isaacson’s two lectures to open the […]
Creativity Matters Twelve Hours of Ideas and Experiences Ignite at TEDx Sarasota Event
Sarasota, FL – What does an aerospace engineer; hoop dancer; record producer; tech innovator; design thinker; challenged athlete; transformer of urban schools and an American Buddhist monk all have in common? They will be part of a contagious, creative and idea-filled experience on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, during the first day-long session of TEDx Sarasota. […]
Movie tackles painful issue
By: Doug Fernandes Herald-Tribune SARASOTA – The images are jarring in their juxtaposition: a vibrant Kevin Turner, football tucked away, bulldozing opponents on the field; a post-40 Kevin Turner, struggling to insert pegs into a board, a therapist monitoring his progress. At one time, he was a punishing back for the University of Alabama, New […]
ARANTXA RUS TAKES SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AT THE $50,000 USTA PRO CIRCUIT EVENT AT THE OAKS CLUB
Osprey, FL, April 1 — Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands and her big ground stokes propelled her to victory today during the Singles Finals match at The Oaks Club. The 21 year-old remained steady and dug deep to pull out a tough match against Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-1. Both players broke each other’s […]
ROSKAMP INSTITUTE RESEARCH COULD HELP VETERANS
By Barbara Peters Smith, Herald-Tribune. Sarasota, FL. Anthony Driscoll, a Booker High graduate with 24 years in the military, including tours for Operation Desert Storm and Afghanistan, has a hard time sitting still. His foot jiggles constantly, he has trouble remembering things, and a sudden noise takes him right back into the moment of dodging […]
