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Heavy tropical rains are expected to bring relief from the sweltering heat in the Sunshine State, but too much of a good thing is also increasing the flooding risk through the weekend.

This week, only Sarasota Opera House is conducting performances. It is staging eight performances of five separate operas between Tuesday and Sunday afternoon.

Introducing kids to theater at a young age can make them lifelong theater lovers, if not performers and playwrights. At least that’s the experience of Danica Murray, who’s directing “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” at Broadway Palm.

On a verdant 9-acre wetland preserve in Sarasota is a school and professional company that attracts ballet talent from around the globe. Dancers come to learn the Cuban technique that founders Ariel Serrano and Wilmian Hernandez studied at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana. Thirteen years after they opened, Sarasota Cuban Ballet is one of the few Cuban technique training centers in the United States.

The Sarasota Ballet will present “Written Motion” November 21 & 22. The program features three ballets, including a world premiere by choreographer Ashley Page.

Sarasota Cuban Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” at the Sarasota Opera House on Friday. That performance will obviously feature classic choreography and the beauty of Tchaikovsky’s score. But as Administrative Director Barbara Worth explains, there’s more to this production.

Her monumental netted sculptures have redefined public spaces around the world. Now an exhibition opening November 16th at Sarasota Art Museum will showcase Janet Echelman’s evolution into one of the leading public artists on the planet.

The Sarasota Art Museum has just opened Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration in concert with the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Art St. Petersburg and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. The works on display at SAM are as compelling as they are diverse.

Soprano Raquel González stars in Sarasota Opera House’s production of “The Merry Widow.” The operetta explores themes of love, loyalty, and the comedic chaos that ensues when societal expectations clash with personal desires.

The Climate Adaptation Center will host its first-ever Florida Climate Forecast Conference. Focusing on Florida’s west coast, the CAC will forecast what our climate could look like in 2030, 2040 and 2050.