Lots of interesting people to see and learn about over the next several weeks, and this week’s Sense and the City column gives my top picks. From the Author’s Luncheon put on by the Literary Council of Sarasota to the Sarasota County Democratic Party’s annual Kennedy-King Dinner to learning about African-American Sarasotans … just click here to read Fascinating People of — and in — Sarasota

Dorothye Smith, the first African-American school principal in Sarasota County, and the first to be named Teacher of the Year (Photo courtesy of the City of Sarasota)