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Arts + Culture

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  • Pam Nadon
  • June 22, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Chinese Puzzle'

'Chinese Puzzle' is the third installment in director Cedric Klapisch's trilogy about a man navigating life amid its innumerable complications.

  • Arts + Culture
Noah Bendix-Balgley
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 22, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Music Festival - Final Weekend

The Sarasota Music Festival closed its 50th anniversary season over the weekend with simply stunning music-making by international performers from teenaged prodigies to world-renowned artists.

  • Arts + Culture
Larry Thompson, Amara Merritt and Michelle Redwine
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 21, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Newtown Art Celebration

"Newtown Art Celebration: Celebrating Newtown Art for 100 Years" opened June 20 at Selby Gallery. Every artist featured has a connection to Newtown.

  • Arts + Culture
#summerinlilly
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 20, 2014
Hot Flash: National Wear Your Lilly Day

Saturday, June 21 marks the first day of summer - or as some of us know it, National Wear Your Lilly Day.

  • Arts + Culture
"I like to hope for the best and expect the worst. If you work hard at something hard enough, eventually you'll be rewarded," Christian Stoinev says. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 20, 2014
Christian Stoinev finds balance in Sarasota

Christian Stoinev is performing in The Ringling and The Circus Arts Conservatory's Summer Circus Spectacular. And recently, his talent was recognized nationally when he competed on NBC's "America's Got Talent."

  • Arts + Culture
Hot Flash: Take on rainy days in style
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 19, 2014
Hot Flash: Take on rainy days in style

How does one dress appropriately for rainy summer days? BT picks top rainy day essentials.

  • Arts + Culture
"I've always said, 'Someday, I'd like to create something that beautiful,'" Parker Converse says of the first time he encountered a sculptural rocking chair.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 18, 2014
Parker Converse: Playing First Chair

Some people are content with a $135 birch rocking chair from IKEA, while others prefer a $35,000 sculpted amboyna burl rocking chair. Woodworker Parker Converse pleases the latter.

  • Arts + Culture
"As ringmistress, looking at everyone is more exhilarating than being on a flying trapeze or high wire. Everyone's attention is on you," Bailey Sloan says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 18, 2014
Bailey Sloan Steps Right Up

This year, 16-year-old Sailor Circus performer Bailey Sloan will be ringmistress of the Summer Circus Spectacular.

  • Arts + Culture
636 Beach Road, Siesta Key
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 18, 2014
Staycation Living on Siesta Key

Within walking distance of both the Siesta Key Public Beach and Siesta Key Village, the beachfront home located at 636 Beach Road on almost two acres of land overlooking the Gulf of Mexico is a great place to live to feel as though you're on vacation.

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Mel and Jan Goldsmith
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 18, 2014
Social Studies: Mel and Jan Goldsmith

Mel and Jan Goldsmith have been real estate agents in Sarasota for 17 years, but, before that, they were globetrotting partners in the fashion industry.

  • Arts + Culture
The chamber group rehearses for the tour (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 17, 2014
Sarasota Young Voices heading to Paris

Sarasota Young Voices' fifteen members are heading to France June 22.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 15, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'The German Doctor'

'The German Doctor' is a semi-fictionalized story about the elusive Dr. Josef Mengele.

  • Arts + Culture
Elena Urioste
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 15, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Music Festival - Saturday Symphony 2

There was an electricity pulsing through the Opera House Saturday evening for the Sarasota Music Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
"The Dixie Swim Club" runs through June 22, at The Players Theatre.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • June 13, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Dixie Swim Club'

'The Dixie Swim Club' is making a big splash this month at The Players.

  • Arts + Culture
2010 Italy and America collaboration (courtesy Venice Theatre)
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 12, 2014
aactWorldFest 2014 brings $1 million impact

Beginning Monday, June 16 Venice Theatre will host a week-long international community theater festival dubbed aactWorldFest 2014.

  • Arts + Culture
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