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"I don't think it's one of those things a parent will take a kid to and just sleep through," says Eli Schildkraut. "'How I Became a Pirate' is fun for everyone."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 14, 2014
Backstage Pass: Sarasota teen to become next Sondheim

Eli Schildkraut, 15, is musical director for "How I Became a Pirate," which runs through May 25, at Venice Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
The view from The Sanderling Club
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 14, 2014
Gulf-front living: The Sanderling Club

Located just south of Point of Rocks, on Siesta Key, The Sanderling Club is one of Sarasota's most unique collections of homes.

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Pique Nique was mentioned as a standout event this year in our look back of the 2013-2014 season.
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • May 14, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Highlights from the 2013-2014 season; Tidbits; and the calendar calls.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Barbara Banks Photography
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • May 14, 2014
Just Married: Gregory Cohen and Lauren Turner

Gregory Cohen and Lauren Turner were married March 29, at First Presbyterian Church.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Emarie and Petr Marcan
  • May 13, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Bradenton Arts Movieville Film Festival Opening

PHOTO GALLERY: Bradenton Arts Movieville Film Festival Opening

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Chroma Quartet
    By
  • June LeBell
  • May 13, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: The Musical Abundance of Sarasota

I double dare anyone to say Sarasota isn't one of the most musically abundant cities in the country.

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Molly Cherryholmes
    By
  • June LeBell
  • May 12, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra goes to the ball game

Sarasota Orchestra, under the direction of Andrew Lane, played at Ed Smith Stadium May 10.

  • Arts + Culture
Sybarite5
    By
  • June LeBell
  • May 11, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: Forward Fest with Sybarite5 and friends

Sybarite5 is the young, effusive music group that founded Forward Fest and brought it to Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 8, 2014
Free birds: Passerine's Americana tradition

Free birds: Passerine's Americana tradition

  • Arts + Culture
Travis Kruger, Michael Lunn, Chef Darwin Santa Maria, Jorge Rosabal and Matt Cornelius
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 8, 2014
Darwin's Beer Dinner

Darwin's hosted Cigar City Brewing for its 5th Beer Dinner Wednesday, May 7, at Darwin's On 4th. More than 95 guests attended the sold out dinner.

  • Arts + Culture
"The Elephant Man" runs through May 11, at Venice Theatre.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • May 8, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Elephant Man'

Bernard Pomerance's 'The Elephant Man' at Venice Theatre introduces us to John Merrick, a deformed man whose very existence challenged late Victorian society to its core.

  • Arts + Culture
Home of the Month: The Perfect Setting
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • May 7, 2014
Home of the Month: The Perfect Setting

A stylish St. Armands home showcases a lifetime of collecting fine art and design.

  • Arts + Culture
"My whole life has been involved in art — teaching art, making art, being an artist," Eleanor Merritt says. "It's my life, and that's just the way it's been."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 7, 2014
Girl Power

In her work as an experimental contemporary artist, Eleanor Merritt focuses on the matriarch.

  • Arts + Culture
Molly Cherryholmes
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 7, 2014
Backstage Pass: Orchestra's Pops series ends with a bang

The Saturday, May 10 Pops concert is special, because for the first time in Sarasota Orchestra's 65-year history it will perform at Ed Smith Stadium.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 7, 2014
Pasta La Vista

We've found some of the guys (and gal) in Sarasota who make pasta by hand in-house.

  • Arts + Culture
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