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"I really believe in coexistence," Jeffery Cornwell says. "I really do believe in that message: working together with people no matter how different they are."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 19, 2014
Backstage Pass: Jeffery Cornwell's students dig deep to illustrate coexistence

Acceptance is an idea the students in Jeffery Cornwell's 10th-grade Booker High School art class understand.

  • Arts + Culture
'Emmeline'
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
Classroom Critic

Classroom Critic is a program for middle school students, in which they learn to appreciate the art of film and analyze it critically.

  • Arts + Culture
"You can see all of these [fish] at the bottom of the sea, but I like them in my kitchen," says Terri Klauber.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 19, 2014
Showpiece aquariums in Sarasota

For some Sarasota residents, living near the water isn't enough - we talked to a few homeowners who have taken their love of the water (and what lives underneath) inside the home.

  • Arts + Culture
Steamed mussels at MoZaic
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 19, 2014
Tidbites

Verdi's 'Jerusalem' meets MoZaic; The Honey Tree Cafe offers dining all day; and The Serving Spoon owner earns his angel wings.

  • Arts + Culture
A flash mob appeared on stage and in the audience to celebrate Barbara Zdravecky’s 20th anniversary with Planned Parenthood
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 19, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Celebrating 'Celebrate'; "Creativity at its finest; Sex and then some ...; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
Dr. Laurey Stryker
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 19, 2014
Social Studies: Dr. Laurey Stryker

Walking through Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Dr. Laurey Stryker discusses her lifelong passion for education and her enthusiasm for hiking.

  • Arts + Culture
Ashley Guttridge and Eduardo Anaya at Coterie Market in New York City.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 18, 2014
Hot Flash: Fresh Salon Spa Style buys for Fall #FollowtheBuyer

This might come as a shock to those of you who are still trying to figure out what styles you like for spring, but the buying for fall has begun. Buyers headed to New York the week after Fashion Week to get a hold of the best styles for their stores.

  • Arts + Culture
Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards announces Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2014-15 season.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 18, 2014
Asolo Repertory Theatre announces 2014-15 season

Asolo Rep will perform eight mainstage productions in the 2014-15 season in the same format of its current season.

  • Arts + Culture
Drunken Poet Cafe is located on Main Street in Sarasota and serves daily signature sushi specials and fresh, authentic Thai cuisine.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Drunken Poet Cafe

This week we went in the kitchen at Drunken Poet Cafe with owner and chef Oy Punyahotra as she prepares homemade green curry. Watch a video of the preparation.

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 17, 2014
Harvey Milk Festival reveals 2014 lineup

Harvey Milk Festival reveals 2014 lineup

  • Arts + Culture
Donna D'Agostno and Dina Lobes
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 17, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Friends of Sarasota Ballet

The Friends of Sarasota Ballet met Monday, March 17 for a green luncheon. A few Sarasota Ballet dancers spoke about what it's like to walk a day in their pointe shoes.

  • Arts + Culture
'Caturday Night Fever' Chairwoman Deborah and Rod Vaughan
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 17, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untie the weekend with Black Tie Untied, featuring Cat Depot's "Caturday Night Fever," ODA's Banyan Bash and Eight Over Eighty.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • March 16, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Freud's Last Session'

Debate is now in session at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • March 16, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Grapes of Wrath'

Frank Galati's adaptation of 'The Grapes of Wrath' is now playing in an Asolo Rep production.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 16, 2014
MUSICREVIEW: The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell

The world-renowned Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, a chamber orchestra founded almost 60 years ago by Sir Neville Marriner, is known as one of the finest "conductorless" orchestras in the world.

  • Arts + Culture
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