Carole Kleinberg talks family ghosts (VIDEO)
June 21, 2010
Carole Kleinberg, the Artistic Director of the Banyan Theater Company and this week’s A&E cover girl, takes us to the top of her widow’s walk on the historic Lido Key home that once belonged to her grandparents.
Percussionists roll into summertime
June 17, 2010
Percussionists from throughout Florida marched into the East County for Yamaha's Sounds of Summer percussion camp June 16-17 at Southeast High School. The camp featured renowned percussion instructor Ray Ulibarri, director and arranger of the Klein Forest Bands in Houston.
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival, part two
June 15, 2010
Sometimes we have to die a little before we can really live. That seems to be what's happened to the Sarasota Music Festival. It almost went under last year, but now it's back.
Painter takes on 'goodwill' mission
June 15, 2010
With little space left in her own home to hang art, Dorothy Sherwood began giving away her paintings to Goodwill.
Almost Famous
June 15, 2010
Austin Abrams is poised to make the jump from Sarasota thespian to A-list movie star, thanks to his latest project — an action flick starring Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr.
Film Review: 'Harry Brown'
June 15, 2010
The Observer's resident film critic reviews "Harry Brown," starring Michael Caine.
Strange Depictions
June 9, 2010
Sabrina Small, the lone female artist of Sarasota's s/ART/q group, invites us into her bayou bungalow to talk about wanderlust, human oddities and shoveling coal.
Sarasota 'nomad' publishes essay from the heart
June 9, 2010
Kim Bass, a technical writer by trade, got personal about her 2005 trip to Uganda in a story published this month in the Random House anthology, 'Female Nomad and Friends.'
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art
June 9, 2010
The Sarasota art gallery recently moved out of its home on Fifth Street in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District to a 3,000-square-foot space on North Palm Avenue.
Film Review: 'Splice'
June 9, 2010
The Observer's resident film critic reviews "Splice," starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.
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4 "Gloria Musicae Celebrates America"
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Sep
19 Steel Magnolias
7:30 pm - Nov
2 Fine Arts & Crafts Extravaganza
9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Jan
4 10th Anniversary Perlman Gala Concert
5:00 pm
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Manatee students capture F1 in Schools championship
06/13/13
Four students recently returned to Manatee County with bragging rights. -
OBITUARY: Randy Hedrick
06/13/13
East County residents are mourning the loss of local businessman and friend, Randy Hedrick, who died suddenly Tuesday, June 4, of a heart attack. -
National Champs: Sarasota Crew Men's Varsity 8+ team
06/12/13
The Sarasota Crew Men's Varsity 8+ team won the gold medal June 7-9, at the 2013 USRowing Youth National Championships.
