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Arts + Culture

Roberta MacDonald Turoff, Sarasota's booming and influential leading lady, died of cancer earlier this afternoon.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 12, 2015
Roberta MacDonald Turoff, local theater performer and maven, dies.

Friends and theater collaborators recall fond memories and Turoff's impact

  • Arts + Culture
Jonathan Herman, baritone, is ready to take the next step toward a musical career.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 12, 2015
Jonathan Herman takes the stage

The resourceful Sarasota vocalist will find any chance to express himself

  • Arts + Culture
NATURALCHILD
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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 12, 2015
TWIS Asks: Natural Child

TWIS Asks: Natural Child

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 12, 2015
LISTEN: Babyl at Mandeville Beer Garden

LISTEN: Babyl at Mandeville Beer Garden

  • Arts + Culture
Paul Caragiulo, Mark Caragiulo, Rob Caragiulo, John Caragiulo and Anthony Caragiulo at their Italian-American restaurant Caragiulos.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 11, 2015
Caragiulos to be featured on "Emeril's Florida"

Emeril Lagasse spotlights another Sarasota staple on his all-Florida Cooking Channel program

  • Arts + Culture
ultronweb
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  • Nick Reichert
  • May 8, 2015
Movie Review: 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'

Movie Review: 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'

  • Arts + Culture
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, after a record critical and box-office earning season, will receive three sizable grants.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 7, 2015
Van Wezel receives National Endowment for the Arts grant

In addition, the performing arts hall received two local grants from the Selby and Sudakoff Foundations.

  • Arts + Culture
The courtyard of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 6, 2015
Ringling Museum listed as one of the top 39 museums in the world

Buzzfeed selected the Sarasota institution among 39 of the best in the world.

  • Arts + Culture
Anthony Paull and Natalya Swanson
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 6, 2015
Art and Advocacy

Entering its sixth year, the Harvey Milk Festival strives to provide three days of art in various forms while promoting one message: equality.

  • Arts + Culture
Pat Thompson
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 6, 2015
Studio Space: Pat Thompson

The junior at Ringling College of Art and Design thrives in her natural state of sculpting new works. Her latest project features found pieces of wood.

  • Arts + Culture
Emily Mann, the artistic director of the McCarter Theatre Center, will head the Hermitage's national artist advisory committee.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 4, 2015
Emily Mann to lead the Hermitage's national artist advisory committee

Mann will replace founding committee head Joseph V. Melillo

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • May 1, 2015
Selby Gardens' 35th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

The botanical gardens present the awarded series of nature photography by local photographer.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • April 29, 2015
Sarasota Sculpture Center remembers John Chamberlain

Celebrating International Sculpture Day, the center held a exhibition of the late sculptor and his son Duncan Chamberlain's work

  • Arts + Culture
Jim Shirley, executive director of the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County, strives to bring back a large and inclusive arts and cultural festival to downtown Sarasota.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • April 29, 2015
Festival for All Seasons

The Arts and Cultural Alliance, library system and Sarasota County Schools collaborate to revive two long-dormant arts events with a reimagined InspireSarasota!

  • Arts + Culture
The Ballets Russes: A Tribute to Nijinsky
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • April 29, 2015
A&E Picks and Highlights 4.30.15

A&E Editor Nick Reichert picks out the top events to attend this week.

  • Arts + Culture
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