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Christian and Justin Long discuss their upcoming travel/comedy web series that will focus on Sarasota and have Ringling College film students produce nearly everything behind the camera.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 22, 2015
Justin and Christian Long launch web series at Ringling College

Actor, writer and producers Justin Long and brother Christian Long begin their collaboration with Ringling College of Art and Design film students on an eight episode, Sarasota-based travel/comedy show.

  • Arts + Culture
Francis X. "Chip" Flaherty started Walden Media with his brother out of his apartment in 2000 and the company's films have gone on to gross over $3.3 billion worldwide.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 21, 2015
Chip Flaherty talks the big impact of family films

Francis X. "Chip" Flaherty, Jr. stopped by Ringling College of Art and Design Tuesday night to discuss filmmaking and creating cutting-edge, family friendly entertainment.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 21, 2015
Much Ado about Nothing: A new venue for Sarasota

Nothing Arts Center is cranking up Sarasota’s underground music scene, with a focus on inclusivity

  • Arts + Culture
Andrew Deep and Rumplestiltskin pester director Jason Cannon at Florida Studio Theatre.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 21, 2015
No Strings Attached at Florida Studio Theatre

Actor and drummer Andrew Deeb returns to Sarasota to try his hand at puppetry.

  • Arts + Culture
Apphia Campbell returns to her hometown of Sarasota after a nearly a decade on the road.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 21, 2015
Stagedoor: Apphia Campbell

After six years of living abroad, Apphia Campbell comes home for a role she’s wanted for years: Celie in ‘The Color Purple.’

  • Arts + Culture
"Picasso used to say that his paintings were his diary. These days, I’m more attracted to that. I want people to remember me for my works.”
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 21, 2015
Studio Space: Javier Rodriguez

Working in a new Longboat Key studio space, Javier Rodriguez is exploring new styles and taking risks with his artwork.

  • Arts + Culture
This is the scale model that Hancock presented to the city commission for the new roundabout installation.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 20, 2015
City approves sculpture at Orange Avenue roundabout

A new 20-feet-tall sculpture by Arizona artist H. Blessing Hancock will be erected in the roundabout.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Reichert
  • October 19, 2015
Veni, Verdi, Vici: The Sarasota Opera conquers the Verdi Cycle

This month, the Sarasota Opera kicks off the final season of its Verdi Cycle, a project nearly 30 years in the making — and something that’s never been done in the history of opera.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 14, 2015
Phare: The Cambodian Circus meets Sailor Circus Academy

Phare, Cambodia's premiere circus school and performance troupe, stopped by the Sailor Circus Academy a few days before the Ringling International Arts Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
The famous Act IV quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto." Photo by Rod Millington.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 14, 2015
Veni, Verdi, Vici: The Sarasota Opera conquers the Verdi Cycle

This month, the Sarasota Opera kicks off the final season of its Verdi Cycle, a project nearly 30 years in the making — and something that’s never been done in the history of opera.

  • Arts + Culture
Ellie McCaw and Summer Wallace go through their lines during a rehearsal of "Freak," the theater's second collaboration with Anna Jordan, which opens on Oct. 23.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 14, 2015
Found in Translation: The Urbanite and Anna Jordan

Urbanite Theatre collaborates with British playwright Anna Jordan for the second time to open its second season.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 14, 2015
Appetite for Creation

Sarasota’s culinary and performing arts communities come together for the Art of Food Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Running throughout the season every Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and select Fridays in the Bowne's Lab Theatre with new shows and sketch comedy for the very first time.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 13, 2015
FST Improv returns with a comedic twist

Florida Studio Theatre's longtime improv troupe returns for the fall and winter seasons starting weekly at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays on Oct. 17 armed with a new comedic weapon: sketch comedy.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 8, 2015
Ringling previews exhibit "Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China"

Board members, donors and friends got a sneak peek at the new exhibit (Oct. 9 - Jan. 10) featuring 150 pieces from Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644).

  • Arts + Culture
Smith helped lift the ballet's spirits during the early years of Iain Webb as director.
  • By Nick Reichert
  • October 7, 2015
Jeanne Beates Smith, former managing director of the Sarasota Ballet, dies

Smith, age 54, was a positive force of energy in the Sarasota community and made an impact during the early years of Iain Webb and Margaret Barbieri's tenure at the Sarasota Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
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