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Robert Levin. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 24, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Music Festival - Week III

This past weekend, the Sarasota Music Festival stimulated our sensibilities in ways that made us appreciate this extraordinary teaching and performing organization in ways we've not experienced before.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Popcorn Bob
  • June 24, 2013
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's Movie Magic reviews.

  • Arts + Culture
"The East"
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 22, 2013
FILM REVIEW: 'The East'

The politically thrilling new film, "The East," is about gray areas.

  • Arts + Culture
Nik Wallenda crosses Highway 41 earlier this year. Photo by Nick Friedman.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 21, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Nik Wallenda crosses the Grand Canyon

Head to Mattison's Sunday evening for a live viewing of "The King of the High Wire" crossing the Grand Canyon

  • Arts + Culture
"I like people," Steven Kilndt says. "You have to — this job is all about people."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 19, 2013
Meet Gloria Musicae's new 'business-side guy'

Gloria Musicae's new executive director, Steven Klindt, has never seen the professional choral group perform in concert.

  • Arts + Culture
Kim Kashkashian. Courtesy photos
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 19, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: The Sarasota Music Festival

There was a lot of high-quality chamber-music making at the Sarasota Music Festival this past weekend - Thursday in Holley Hall and Friday at the Opera House. It was everything a great teaching festival should be: varied, innovative, exciting and colorful.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 19, 2013
Sarasota Orchestra has Anu director

Estonian Anu Tali, who co-founded the Nordic Symphony Orchestra, will become the music director of Sarasota Orchestra for at least three seasons.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kathryn Parks
  • June 18, 2013
"Vocal Vixens" deliver a divine evening

"Vocal Vixens" deliver a divine evening

  • Arts + Culture
"The Sunshine Boys" runs through June 30, at The Players Theatre.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • June 17, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Sunshine Boys'

The best thing about Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys" is the opportunity it creates to display the talents of actors of a certain age.

  • Arts + Culture
"Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's" is playing at Burns Court Cinemas
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 17, 2013
FILM REVIEW: 'Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's'

Will director Matthew Miele's fashion insider documentary, "Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's," lure the average movie goer into theaters? I think not. But, if you're a fashionista and into name dropping, this film is right up your alley.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Punsalan
  • June 14, 2013
The Ringling's "American Moderns" exhibit surveys expressive diversity

The Ringling's "American Moderns" exhibit surveys expressive diversity

  • Arts + Culture
  • By John Ewing
  • June 14, 2013
Ringling College graduates redefine
 animation industry at Moonbot Studios

Ringling College graduates redefine
 animation industry at Moonbot Studios

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • June 14, 2013
Getting to know Ransom Riggs

Getting to know Ransom Riggs

  • Arts + Culture
Though barely 30 feet wide, the Morris-Thomas townhouse makes a dramatic impression overlooking the greenery of Gillespie Park. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • June 12, 2013
Home of the Month: Gillespie turns a corner

An upscale renovation in Sarasota's most diverse neighborhood points to a new future.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Ballet dancers skate past the Washington Monument. Courtesy photos
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 12, 2013
Greetings from ... Washington, D.C.!

Follow Sarasota Ballet as it skates its way to the Kennedy Center where they were en pointe for having the most memorable performance.

  • Arts + Culture
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