Sharon Preston-Folta grew up as the unknown daughter of Louis Armstrong. She will share her story with us and talk about her documentary film, “Little Satchmo,” playing at film festivals around the world this year. Preston-Folta was born in 1955. Her mother, Lucille “Sweets” Preston, was a performer from Harlem, New York, and was romantically [...]

Marie Selby’s Historic Spanish Point Vice President John McCarthy will talk about this beautiful location that shows visitors how people lived and celebrated in earlier times. John is a native Floridian who attended Pine View School in Sarasota, received his BS from Goshen College (Indiana), and worked with the Sarasota County Government for 32 years [...]

A surprise treasure just three miles from Turtle Rock is the 72 acre estate of the late (2012) Elling O. Eide. Mr. Eide, a world class collector of books and art on Chinese and Asian history and culture, turned his estate into a beautiful, tranquil place for visiting scholars who shared his passion. Once only [...]