Thursday, February 15, 2007 6:00PM - 8:00PM Black Business Professional Network 3rd Thursday Networking Event

 

 

Location: Metro Cafe and Wine
711 South Osprey Ave.
Sarasota, Florida 34236
941.365.1800

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:00PM Watch Singing Sensation "YWADA" on BET's 106 & Park

Sarasota's own "YWADA" is once again in the spotlight. She will perform on the wildly popular Black Entertainment Television's 106 & Park, "Wild Out Wednesday" the show airs at 6:00PM est. Go online and vote. www.BET.com. Listen to the music before the show at www.myspace.com/ywada.

Wednesday, January 31- Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Pet Lovers Unite - Feed our Pets and Get a Free Lunch!

A special thank you for Humane Society of Sarasota County supporters!

Give HSSC a $15 donation and Stonewood Grill & Tavern will give you a free lunch! Come alone or come with friends. Enjoy a great lunch and learn more about HSSC.

Bosses – take your staff to lunch – your $15 donation is tax-deductible! Have kids? Lunch, activities and games will be available for them, too! Meet and Greet 10:30 a.m. Lunch 11 a.m. both locations! Wednesday Jan 31, Stonewood Grill at 1894 Stickney Point Road. Tuesday Feb 6, Stonewood Grill at 5415 University Parkway. Call 955-4131 ext 121 today for menu preference and reservation!
The shelter pets thank you!!

Weekly Starting Tuesday, February 6, 2007 5:30PM - 7:30PM Conversations On Art - with Gale Fulton Ross at Metro Cafe'

Calling all Artists, Writers, Performers, Collectors, Dealers, Curators, Art Patrons and general public interested in the art world

Artist, Gale Fulton Ross will host a weekly “round the table” dialogue with  artists, writers, performers, and those who are generally interested in art.  The conversations will focus on why artists do what they do and how their presence supports the community. 

Fulton Ross along with two weekly invited guests begin with discussion topics chosen from the Arts Section of the New York Times. This is not a lecture series; audience participation is required for rich dialogue to take place. Topics will change weekly and include current Sarasota exhibitions and artists.  Come, eat, drink, talk ….environment is informal, spontaneous, educational, interactive and fun.  It is all about enlightenment!

Held every Tuesday from 5:30PM - 7:30PM at Metro Café on Osprey Avenue. Price: $10 includes: lite meal/coffee/tea. RSVP necessary. Sign-up at Metro or call Fulton-Ross at: 941.320.2481. Space and seating limited to 30 people. www.fultonross.com or www.metro-coffee.com

Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:00AM - 12:00PM Lillette Jenkins-Wisner and Mozart - Free to Middle School Aged Children

Lillette and Asolo Repertory Theatre along with the Sarasota Youth Opera, Youth Symphony, Booker Middle School, and West Coast School welcome you to join this free program about Mozart for middle school aged children. Lillette will focus on Mozart’s life from the age of 4 until his death. She will be play pieces from his younger years, including a sonata and a rondo. She will demonstrate how music he created entertains us today. We hope to see a few of the children performing on stage.

Bring along your brown bag and enjoy lunch on the mezzanine with the children and Lillette after the program. Asolo Rep’s education director, Carrie Mills, will present a short workshop on themes from the play Amadeus. Children will then see the 2:00 p.m. matinee of the play Amadeus.

Adults are welcomed. If you are interested in attending the event with Lillette (no charge). To purchase tickets to Amadeus, please contact Jamie Schoenfeld to reserve your tickets. Pricing runs as follows:

• Orchestra/mezzanine I = $37.00
• Orchestra/mezzanine 2 = $34.00
• Balcony I = $20.00

Please R.S.V.P. to Jamie Schoenfeld at: 941.351-9010 ext. 4702 no later than February 5, 2007.

Free Job Skills Or Self Development Training Program
Passport To Economic Progress Program

Passport To Economic Progress Program is currently recruiting new participants and has space for 60 participants that are willing to committed to achieving personal, educational and employment goals that are necessary to obtain greater economic self-sufficiency.

To be eligible you must be employed a minimum of 32 hours per week, have dependent(s) under 19 years of age, meet income guidelines and reside in Sarasota or Manatee County.

Employers are encouraged to recommend workers, it’s a great way to help your employees gain new job skills, become more productive and increase their retention on the job.

To learn more about the Program contact Bernadine P Hines at Jobs ETC., Employment and Training Centers at, 941-358-4200 ext. 137 or email at BHines@swdb.org. JobsETC is an equal opportunity employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request by individuals with disabilities. TTY Dial 711

February 17, 2007 8:30AM Manatee NAACP Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Breakfast

Location: Palmetto Youth Center, 501 17th St W Palmetto, FL 34221
Speaker: The Honorable Frank Peterman
Table of 8: $160.00
Individual tickets: $20.00
Call for tickets: Edward Bailey 941.504.2421 direct

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RETRACTION

BBPN welcomes and tries to print news that is both valuable and important to the Black community. In our efforts to support the many sources from which we receive information from time to time we may make a mistake. In those cases we make every effort to correct it. In our 01-17-2007 newsletter we announced Research Volunteers Needed for a Study at Penn State University.

Unfortunately, data collection ceased for this study on January 15, 2007.  This was done to facilitate completion of the research dissertation by March 20, 2007.  Beginning late March, an executive summary of the study will be posted to Ms. Harvey's personal website www.personal.psu.edu/trh10/AAWLDstudy for a period of six months.  She encourages everyone to visit the site for the study results and recommendations.

empowered quote: For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
- Alice Walker

BLACK BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL NETWORK
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