Selby celebrates Mother’s Day with brunch
May 9, 2010
Selby Gardens hosted its fifth annual Mother’s Day Brunch and its Garden Music Concert Series Sunday, May 9, featuring music by The Venturas. Everyone found a comfortable spot beneath the shade to lounge on lawn chairs and blankets and enjoyed the day with family and friends.
Pups prance through Downtown Farmers Market
May 8, 2010
Poodles, Newfoundlands, Chihuahuas and golden retrievers frolicked around downtown Sarasota for the first Sarasota Farmers Market spring “Parade of Pups” Saturday, May 8.
Kiwanis Club barbecue gets a little saucy
May 8, 2010
The Kiwanis Club of Sarasota held its first “Downtown Kiwanis Club Bar-B-Que 2010” Saturday, May 8, at the Historical Society of Sarasota.
WEEKEND BEST BET: Kiwanis Club Barbecue
May 7, 2010
The Kiwanis Club of Sarasota will host a barbecue May 8 at the Historical Society of Sarasota.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Chugga chugga choo-choo
May 7, 2010
The Observer spotted this choo-choo train today during an exploratory trip to Westfield Sarasota Square. The train arrived one week ago and picks up shoppers at various locations throughout the mall.
Siesta Key crime down this year
May 7, 2010
Calls for service on the Key fell about 25% year-to-year, partially due to the cold winter and spring.
Sea turtle nests spotted in Sarasota County
May 6, 2010
Mote Marine Sea Turtle Patrol found the first two sea turtle nests in Sarasota County this week.
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Imagine School at Palmer Ranch
May 6, 2010
Sixth-grade students at Imagine School are studying utopian societies through literary works such as 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell, 'The Veldt' by Ray Bradbury and 'Harrison Bergeron' by Kurt Vonnegut.
Workers ask county to save their jobs
May 6, 2010
The McLeod family has been involved in a decade-long dispute with the county about its business operations on Clark Road.
Paid parking reconsidered
May 6, 2010
City commissioners are asking downtown groups for their opinions on supporting parking operations with ad valorem taxes or paid parking.
- May
21 Cat Depot: Volunteer Orientation and Cat Socialization Level 1 Training
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - May
21 3-4-5 Happy Hour
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - May
22 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
22 Rhonda Riley: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope
7:00 pm
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Culinary roots
05/16/13
Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant." -
Bright lights
05/16/13
Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground." -
Key to the city
05/02/13
More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.
