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Arts + Culture

Fiction author Chinelo Okparanta will be one of the featured speakers at Florida Studio Theatre on July 9
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • July 2, 2015
Hermitage to present female writers summit at Florida Studio Theatre

Jackie Sibblies Drury, Camille Dungy and Chinelo Okparanta to speak at FST on July 9

  • Arts + Culture
Curator of exhibitions at Ringling College of Art and Design Mark Ormond hangs pieces for "Defining Abstraction," which opens July 10
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • July 1, 2015
A Blank Space

For Mark Ormond, curating an exhibition is about more than art. It's about creating an experience.

  • Arts + Culture
Nancie Woods brings an extensive background in professional dance and teaching to lead the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
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  • Nick Reichert
  • June 30, 2015
Nancie Woods named principal for the Sarasota Ballet's Margaret Barbieri Conservatory

Woods, former artistic director of the BalletNova Center for Dance in Arlington, VA, will be the first full-time principal of the pre-professional dance program.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 29, 2015
New summer offerings at Table Creekside and Phillippi Creek Village Restaurant & Oyster Bar

New cocktails, appetizers and Brazilian meats are added to the two sister restaurants' menus

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 28, 2015
Art Center Sarasota celebrates Mashterpiece

To celebrate the closing of the Mashterpiece exhibit collaboration between Art Center Sarasota and Manasota Goodwill

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 26, 2015
LISTEN: Wild Root

LISTEN: Wild Root

  • Arts + Culture
Dolly Jacobs and Bailey Sloan have worked together at the Circus Arts Conservatory for the last eight years. Backstage the two swap stories and help each other get ready.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 24, 2015
A New Circus Chapter

Bailey Sloan and Dolly Jacobs, a ringmistress and aerialist in the Sailor Circus’ Summer Circus Spectacular, help each other face two different challenges in their varied careers: going to college and grant from the National Endowment for the Arts grant

  • Arts + Culture
Brian Gurl and Katherine Alexandra bring their two very different but very seasoned piano experience to the show "Four Hands...One Piano" at the Manatee Performing Arts Center
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 23, 2015
Four Hands, One Piano and Two Minds

Brian Gurl and Katherine Alexandra bring their two different piano backgrounds to their show "Four Hands...One Piano."

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 22, 2015
An Opera Camper for a Day

A backstage look into the day to day lessons taught to the young students at the Youth Opera Summer Camp at the Sarasota Opera

  • Arts + Culture
Sam Alfstad in his new gallery goes the extra mile to fit artists' work, big or small, into his gallery
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 21, 2015
Breaking the Ice

After a closing the unwieldy yet creative hub of the Ice House last year, founder and art lover Sam Alfstad is looking to change the art to consumer dynamic at the Alfstad& Contemporary Gallery in the Rosemary District.

  • Arts + Culture
The new Asian Art Center designed by Machado Silvetti is a fresh architectural break from the rest of the museum and is scheduled to open around February 2016
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 17, 2015
Selby Foundation gives $250,000 toward Ringling Museum's future Asian Art Center

The formal entrance to the Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt Gallery will be named in the foundation's honor.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 17, 2015
Will Luera wants to improve Sarasota's improv scene

After 25 years pioneering Boston’s improv comedy scene, Will Luera is ready to revolutionize Sarasota’s improv community at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
Kathy Wright with her rescue dog Noodle in the spacious Central Avenue art studio.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 17, 2015
Studio Space: Kathy Wright

After studying architecture at Georgia Tech and Harvard University, Kathy Wright moved to Sarasota and discovered her calling: landscape art.

  • Arts + Culture
Festival co-chairs Mikki Rose and Joe Takai said, "Out of almost 500 submissions in 2015, this work stood out for its artistry, heartwarming story, and obvious attention to detail in execution. Our jury absolutely loved this piece, as do we."
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 16, 2015
Ringling College grads earn best animated short honors

Michelle Kwon and Michael Bidinger (Class of 2014) earned best animated short honors for their senior thesis short "Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou" at the SIGGRAPH 42nd Annual Computer Animation Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
John Cleese and Eric Idle, one-third of Monty Python and comedy legends, will perform at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on October 2.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • June 15, 2015
John Cleese and Eric Idle coming to the Van Wezel on Oct. 2

Monty Python founders and living comedy legends will bring their sublime brand of comedy to Sarasota

  • Arts + Culture
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