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Arts + Culture

  • By Amanda Heisey
  • September 3, 2014
Curtain Call: The power of live performance

Curtain Call: The power of live performance

  • Arts + Culture
"Every time I go away and I think I'm not going to come back, when I round the marina and see the bayfront, I feel like I'm home," Su Byron says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 3, 2014
Su Byron: Mark Her Words

Su Byron, the pixie-cut bohemian arts leader and freelance writer responsible for everyone else's stories, says her own story isn't worth telling. She's wrong.

  • Arts + Culture
"Lucky Us" by Amy Bloom
  • By Jennifer McPheeters
  • September 3, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: 'Lucky Us' by Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom has crafted a novel that is highly amusing, frequently heartwarming and unabashedly off-kilter.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 3, 2014
Backstage Pass: Heidi Taylor's mission - to preserve and protect

Go behind the scenes with the woman who has seen the country's finest museum loading docks.

  • Arts + Culture
"A Five Star Life"
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • August 31, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'A Five Star Life'

"A Five Star Life" is a globetrotting film that never really goes anywhere.

  • Arts + Culture
Gianni Damaia and Eve Caballero in The Players' "That Wasn't Me," which runs through Aug. 31. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • August 29, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'That Wasn't Me'

Llywelyn Jones' "That Wasn't Me" is having its premiere at The Players Theatre. You have until this Sunday to see it, but be warned, this review contains spoilers.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 29, 2014
Resourceful dwelling on display at State of the Arts Gallery

The prototype of a patent-pending multi-use portable dwelling is on display at State of the Arts Gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • August 28, 2014
Club shred: Guitarists tune up for 'Night of the Axes II'

Club shred: Guitarists tune up for 'Night of the Axes II'

  • Arts + Culture
The Rouchers' airy living room was the location of many great Jazz Club parties. A triptych by Syd Solomon, at right, adds color to the space. The painting at center is by David Shapiro.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • August 27, 2014
Home of the Month: The Music and the Memories

A Siesta Key home masterfully embodies the Sarasota art world.

  • Arts + Culture
Kennedy Center teaching artist Karen Erickson leads the children in an arts integrated lesson while teachers observe from library stacks. Courtesy photos.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 27, 2014
Spotlight: Any Given Child paints a bright future for students

This year, the Sarasota County Schools system is fostering creativity even more.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 27, 2014
Beyond the Business: Asparagus

Since her days working in an antique store on Park Avenue in Orlando, Elizabeth Bentley has had a dream to own a store. In January 2013, she opened Asparagus in Towles Court.

  • Arts + Culture
Sally Pettibon’s ‘Flying a Sign’ exhibition at Two Columns Gallery features photographs of unique signs from people asking for money on the side of the street.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 25, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sally Pettibon's 'Flying a Sign' Exhibition

Sally Pettibon's photography exhibition 'Flying a Sign' opened Friday, Aug. 22, at Two Columns Gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • August 21, 2014
Vocal Vixens warm up for cabaret performances

Vocal Vixens warm up for cabaret performances

  • Arts + Culture
Purging a basket of newly harvested clams. Photo courtesy of Sam Farkas.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN - Local Field Trip: Two Docks Shellfish

Join chef Tommy Klauber on a field trip to harvest fresh local clams with family owned Two Docks Shellfish. Then go in the kitchen at the USF Culinary Innovation Lab as chef Klauber prepares a lemongrass clam pan roast with green curry.

  • Arts + Culture
"It's hard because you have to think backward and save all the lights," Rita Rust says. "With other mediums you can just add them on at some point."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 20, 2014
'Guiding Light'

As a part of the Light Chasers plein air painters, watercolorist Rita Rust always looks for the light. She strives for simplicity in her strokes.

  • Arts + Culture
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