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Best of: French fries. Photos by Mary Ellen Mancini.
  • By Mary Ellen Mancini
  • November 5, 2014
Best of: French fries

Salted, seasoned, topped or dressed, there's just something downright appetizing and irresistible about French fries.

  • Arts + Culture
Asolo Rep board President Mary Lou Winnick and Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards. Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Some enchanted evening; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
Eileen Wallace
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • November 5, 2014
Hot Flash: A noteworthy campaign

Write-On Sarasota, a local stationery boutique, is celebrating 15 years in business this December. To celebrate the milestone, owner Eileen Wallace is launching the Grateful Campaign.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 4, 2014
Movie Review: Nightcrawler

Movie Review: Nightcrawler

  • Arts + Culture
Chris Osborne and Judy Fiala
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: AlumArt+ Celebration

Ringling College of Art and Design celebrated the re-opening of the "made by" student art gallery along with two other alumni art galleries with snacks, drinks and plenty of new art.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • By Amanda Heisey
  • November 3, 2014
Curtain Call: Getting made up for 'The Addams Family'

Curtain Call: Getting made up for 'The Addams Family'

  • Arts + Culture
"The Addams Family: A New Musical" runs through Nov. 16, at Players Theatre.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 3, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Addams Family: A New Musical'

Marty Fugate reviews "The Addams Family: A New Musical," which runs through Nov. 16, at Players Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • November 2, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Nightcrawler'

Jake Gyllenhaal delivers the performance of a lifetime in "Nightcrawler."

  • Arts + Culture
Melissa Robinette, Courtney Stokes, Liz Power and Jannie Jones perform in FST's "Dancin' In the Street." Photo by Maria Lyle.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 2, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Dancin' in the Street'

The greatest 1960s girl group that never was is hitting the stage again at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
Marco Nistico as Tonio, Veronica Mitina as Nedda and Michael Robert Hendrick as Canio in Sarasota Opera's 'Pagliacci.' Photo by Rod Millington.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 2, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Opera - Opening of Fall Season ('Pagliacci')

It was Halloween outside, but inside the Sarasota Opera House, a triumphant cast of singers and instrumentalists were recreating Ruggiero Leoncavallo's 122 year old classic, "Pagliacci."

  • Arts + Culture
Bella Vega, Zoe Bouck, Kiana Knuth and Kaila Fitzgerald, Sarasota High School performers
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 1, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Fright Night on St. Armands

On Oct. 31, kids and kids at heart celebrated their Halloween on St. Armands.

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The restoration volunteers and museum staff add final touches to the four banners.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 31, 2014
100-year-old circus banners ready for their debut

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is in its final stage of debuting four banners by Belgian designer Frans De Vos that have taken seven years and countless hours to restore.

  • Arts + Culture
Dr. Richard and Barbara Basch
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 31, 2014
Basches give gift of $3 million toward new visual arts center

The Ringling College of Art and Design receives a $3 million gift from Dr. Richard and Barbara Basch toward a new visual arts center slated for completion in late 2016.

  • Arts + Culture
Christine Meeker Lange
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • October 31, 2014
Christine Meeker Lange named COO of Suncoast Science Center

Formerly the special assistant to the Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry R. Thompson, Christine Meeker Lange is ready to enter the world of Sarasota science.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 30, 2014
Go behind the scenes with 'Inside Asolo Rep'

Go behind the scenes with 'Inside Asolo Rep'

  • Arts + Culture
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