Artistic Associate/Director/Actress/Flying Squirrel Kari Goetz received two Bay area honors this month.
First, an Up and Comers Award. This is a first-time award for the Tampa Bay Business Journal and replaces the former 30 under 30 (under which title myself and Shawn Paonessa have been honored in the past
Kari also has been named the Emerging Catalyst for the Creative Tampa Bay Creative Catalysts Awards. This first-time award recognizes 40 individuals in 30 categories. That event is Nov. 13 at the Grand Central on Kennedy. Emerging Catalyst is its own category and she is the only recipient.
You can also see Kari tonight on stage as she is part of the reading of The Ballad of Johnny 5 Star, in the Shimberg at 7:30pm tonight. Or wait to see her work on stage in 2009 as she directs Picasso at the Lapin Agile and is featured as Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.