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Chinese takeout isn't your only alternative to a burned turkey, nor is only eating the side dishes, or eating it and and pretending it's good to appease the host.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 20, 2013
The procrastinator's and accident-prone's guide to Thanksgiving

Here's a little help for all you turkey-burning, dish-dropping, giblet-forgetting, salt-instead-of-sugar sprinkling, last-minute-planning types of people. Or for those who want to throw in the towel.

  • Arts + Culture
Principal Dancer Ricardo Graziano and Ellen Overstreet pose for a marketing photo. "I'm so thankful for everything that has happened to me," Overstreet says. "I never imagined I’d be here."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 20, 2013
Dancing in sin

Don't let Sarasota Ballet dancer Ellen Overstreet's sultry vixen character role fool you -- she's really the girl next door.

  • Arts + Culture
Retiring SPARCC board members Lisa Walsh, Jean Gay, Mary Ann Robinson and Derek Billib were honored at the Celebrating Legacies reception Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Mahoney Residence.
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 20, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

Celebrating legacies; Shoe divas; Tidbits and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Youth Opera presents Benjamin Britten's "The Little Sweep." Photo by Rod Millington.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 19, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: 'The Little Sweep'

Read June LeBell's review of the Sarasota Youth Opera's "The Little Sweep."

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Philip and Nancy Kotler
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Philip and Nancy Kotler Glass Exhibit Opening

Philip and Nancy Kotler along with nearly 150 guests attended the opening of the Philip and Nancy Kotler Glass Collection Nov. 18 at The John and Mable Ringling Museum.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • November 18, 2013
Watch: Sarasota Chalk Festival Time Lapse

Watch: Sarasota Chalk Festival Time Lapse

  • Arts + Culture
Patrick Noonan, Bruce Warren, Danny Bernardy and Gil Brady in "Spamalot." Photo by Maria Lyle.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 18, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'Spamalot'

Florida Studio Theatre is taking audiences back to the dark ages with its current production of 'Monty Python's Spamalot.'

  • Arts + Culture
Wine, Women and Shoes Co-Chairwomen Diana Kelly Buchanan and Emily Stroud
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • November 18, 2013
Black Tie Untied

Untied your weekend with Black Tie Untied, featuring Wine, Women and Shoes, Dream Maker's Ball and The Art of Caring gala.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • November 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Chalk Festival

PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Chalk Festival

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 17, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'Show Boat'

Read Marty Fugate's theater review of Asolo Repertory Theatre's 'Show Boat.'

  • Arts + Culture
“Oracle” by artist Hans Van de Bovenkamp
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Season of Sculpture

A celebration and launch of Season VII of Sarasota Season of Sculpture took place Nov. 16 at the bayfront.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 16, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: 'Show Boat'

Read June LeBell's musical review of 'Show Boat,' at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 15, 2013
Sarasota Designer creates costumes for NBC

Sarasota-based designer Alice Bee created 10 nun garments for NBC's "The Sound of Music" starring Carrie Underwood as Maria.

  • Arts + Culture
Michelle Sylvester, Sonya Goldwasser and Michele Dunbar
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • November 13, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Women's Association Fashion Show and Holiday Bazaar

The Bird Key Women's Association held a Fashion Show and Holiday Bazaar for members on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

  • Arts + Culture
Florida Studio Theatre's new property (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 13, 2013
Florida Studio Theatre buys $180,000 property

Florida Studio Theatre buys a new residential property to house its actors.

  • Arts + Culture
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