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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 1, 2014
SOURCE Productions promotes AIDS awareness with 'When the Party Ends'

SOURCE Productions promotes AIDS awareness with 'When the Party Ends'

  • Arts + Culture
Rachel Lee Priday, violin. (Photo by Joel Benjamin)
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 30, 2014
'Hear & Now' concert series presents classical music's newest generation of talent

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast's concert series opens with performances by violinist Rachel Lee Priday and pianist David Kaplan

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • November 30, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Force Majeure'

"Force majeure" is a French term defined as a "superior or irresistible force." It is also the title of the new film which examines the will to live vs. that of protecting others.

  • Arts + Culture
The Jacobites Pipe & Drum Band rehearse for their St. Andrew’s Day concert
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 28, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Jacobites Pipe & Drum Band

The Jacobites Pipe & Drum Band rehearsing for their St. Andrew's Day concert at the St. Andrews United Church of Christ

  • Arts + Culture
Home of the Month: Great beginnings
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • November 24, 2014
Home of the Month: Great beginnings

An early Guy Peterson house on Longboat Key is as stylish now as when it was built.

  • Arts + Culture
Erin Fletcher, Leymis Bolaños Wilmott, Melissa Coleman and JoAnna Ursal dance by the movement of the now.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 24, 2014
Sign of the times

Fuzión Dance Artists stay centered in the present.

  • Arts + Culture
AJC honorees Phil Mancini and Michael Klauber. Photo by Cliff Roles.
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 24, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Everyone loves Michael and Phil; Tidbits, Over the river and through the woods ...; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Nick Reichert
  • November 24, 2014
Movie Review: Rosewater

Movie Review: Rosewater

  • Arts + Culture
Ruthie Stephens, actress and aerialist, flies herself into the new musical theater collaboration "Descent." (Photo courtesy of Hermitage Artist Retreat)
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 23, 2014
Hermitage artists fly high into 'Descent'

A team of artists currently in residence at the Hermitage Artist Retreat showcase their new musical, 'Descent,' at the Circus Arts Conservatory.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • November 23, 2014
DANCE REVIEW: Balanchine, Tuckett, Bruce

Once again, Director Iain Webb proved to be a master repertoire setter by creating a show which featured diverse styles of dance.

  • Arts + Culture
Meggie Cansler and Ryan Cavanaugh
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: "South Pacific" Music Video

"South Pacific" cast members Meggie Cansler and Ryan Cavanaugh led a motley crew of theater lovers through a remixed rendition of "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" for Asolo Repertory Theatre's family day

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • November 22, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'The Theory of Everything'

Imagine living a life in which your mind is the only properly functioning part of your body. That is theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking's world.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Orchestra's "Songs of Wars I Have Seen"
    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 22, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: 'Songs of Wars I Have Seen'

'Songs of Wars I Have Seen' is a thought-provoking piece filled with unearthly, enigmatic sounds that, somehow, tie together the vignettes of wartime Gertrude Stein wrote about.

  • Arts + Culture
Adam Garrison, local stand-up comedian and actor, has created a new space for every kind of performer to express themselves.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 20, 2014
'Adam's Night Out' creates an inclusive night of comedy and entertainment

Local comedian Adam Garrison starts first comedy revue at the Players Theatre for local entertainers to scratch their artistic itch.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • November 20, 2014
Adrian Grenier on storytelling, postmodernism and the world's loneliest whale

Adrian Grenier on storytelling, postmodernism and the world's loneliest whale

  • Arts + Culture
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