Five Things: Sax Man, Artist Walk and Turtles

1. Don't give money to strangers. The Sheriff's Office sent out an alert telling people to be aware during the holidays of some typical scams. In the most recent scheme, well-dressed young men posing as students are knocking on doors to ask homeowners to contribute to a fraudulent fundraiser. The men falsely claim they attend a nearby university and ask for money to pay for a school trip.

2. Sax man Kenny G stops in at Van Wezel on Saturday, and tickets are still available. For the younger audience here, and I'm talking much younger than my 27-year-old self, Kenny G played the role of "Uncle Kenny" in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" music video. You may not have recognized him, because he was playing a tenor sax instead of his usual soprano sax. You're welcome.

3. The  as the organization tries to deliver baskets to 1,600 families in Sarasota. The baskets are filled with holiday meals and toys and books. Volunteers can show up at 9 a.m., Dec. 17, at the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota, 3100 Fruitville Road, to help wrap baskets and deliver them to families in need. To volunteer and/or to donate, call 343-8023.

4. Two loggerhead sea turtles stranded in Englewood and Osprey and rehabilitated at Mote Marine Laboratory will return to the sea this morning from Lido Beach. The turtles, nicknamed Faith and Felicity, were brought to Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital "malnourished and sluggish, suffering from lethargic loggerhead syndrome — an illness of uncertain origin that can immobilize loggerhead sea turtles, a threatened species protected by federal law," according to the aquarium. 

5. The Towles Court Artist Community hosts its  from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight. The walk starts at Adams Lane and South Links Avenue; it  features music, refreshments and admission is free.