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Arts + Culture

“Black Fin Tuna” by Rush Bowles will be on display at the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast through November.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Rush Bowles "Seas of Change"

There was a large showing at the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast's art opening for artist Rush Bowles; 'Seas of Change' exhibit Thursday, Sept. 26. The exhibit runs through November and can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 400 Palmetto Avenue, Osprey.

  • Arts + Culture
The Ringling Museum of Art Courtyard. Photo courtesy the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the state art museum of Florida.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 27, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Smithsonian day at The Ringling

There are more than 1,500 museums across the country participating in Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live, a day of free admission Saturday, Sept. 28.

  • Arts + Culture
Vijay Iyer in his recent Hermitage Artist Retreat residency this summer. (Courtesy Hermitage Artist Retreat)
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 26, 2013
Hermitage fellow Vijay Iyer receives MacArthur Fellow

New York City-based Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer is a Greenfield Prize winner and Hermitage Artist Retreat fellow, and he just received a MacArthur Fellow.

  • Arts + Culture
Left: Margaret Barbieri dances Sir Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal Gardeé" for The Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 25, 2013
Following in his footsteps

Sarasota Ballet announces its Sir Frederick Ashton Festival. For Iain Webb and Margaret Barbieri, it's a way to feel connected to the choreographer and the legacy he created.

  • Arts + Culture
1744 South Drive
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • September 25, 2013
Three Things: Home Sweet Home

The ideal family home has a variety of living areas, bedrooms for everybody and that indefinable feeling of comfort and security. In Sarasota, with so many retirees and empty nesters, a house that a family can really spread out in and make their own can be hard to find.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Popcorn Bob
  • September 24, 2013
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's Movie Magic reviews.

  • Arts + Culture
Blythe Gaissert-Levitt
    By
  • June LeBell
  • September 23, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra Song Fest Concerts

The programs Dirk Meyer and the Sarasota Orchestra presented last Thursday and Friday in Holley Hall followed the three "C's" to the letter.

  • Arts + Culture
An old photo of the Snyder brothers with their mother, Patricia Snyder. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 23, 2013
Standup comedy to help benefit Patricia Snyder Children's Fund

Brothers Dan and Rob Snyder will host a comedic fundraising event at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre for a foundation they created to continue their mother's legacy.

  • Arts + Culture
Elaine Charney and Brenda Hadjian represent Art Center Sarasota
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 21, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Florida Watercolor Society annual meeting

The Florida Watercolor Societies annual free trade show with demonstrations, award show and meeting is only in Sarasota every five years or so. For the Sarasota members, it was convenient to hold the festival at Hyatt Sarasota on Sept. 20 and 21, and it was exciting to bring some of the finest watercolor talent in the nation to our area.

  • Arts + Culture
The Half Shell Oyster Bar, which has made its home on Main Street and Links Avenue for a little more than a year, is moving.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • September 20, 2013
Tidbites

Rumors abound; Location, location, location; Carmel Cafe offers three-course prix-fixe; Perfectly picturesque; and Itsy-bitsy tidbites.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 19, 2013
Fingerpaint artist Mark Burdette finds beauty in flaws

Fingerpaint artist Mark Burdette finds beauty in flaws

  • Arts + Culture
Alana Opie and Brittney Klepper in "Always … Patsy Cline." Photo courtesy Manatee Players.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 19, 2013
Hot Tickets Roundup

Thursday, Sept. 19 is a day of show openings, concerts and art-related events. Here's a few events on the docket to get your weekend started early.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Culture Collective hopes to involve more young people in area arts.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 18, 2013
Readers Sound Off: Young People and the Arts

In keeping with this week's A&E feature on the Culture Collective, we wanted to hear why some of Observer Media Group's readers' and followers' opinions are on why a lot of young people aren't attending the arts. We asked, they answered, and here are the results:

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 18, 2013
It Takes A Village

Chef Jose Martinez of Maison Blanche serves an amuse-bouche about the French chef festival taking place in October in Sarasota, which is meant to inspire student proteges.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Culture Collective includes seven community organizations
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 18, 2013
Arts organizations share collective vision

Seven arts organizations have partnered to debut a revamped Sarasota Culture Collective, an initiative to attract younger audience members to come to performances.

  • Arts + Culture
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