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Arts + Culture

  • By Kathryn Parks
  • January 23, 2013
Backstage Blogger - A Sarasota actress shines the spotlight behind the curtain

Backstage Blogger - A Sarasota actress shines the spotlight behind the curtain

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Diversions eEdition 01.24.13

Enjoy a eEdition of the Jan. 24, 2013 edition of Diversions.

  • Arts + Culture
Olivia Thomas, chairwoman of 2010; Kristine Nickel, chairwoman of 2012; current Town Hall Chairwoman Stephanie Grosskreutz; and 2011 Chairwoman Kathleen Weiner dish on the scoop.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Chairing it All: Town Hall Lecture Series

Town Hall Lecture Series organizers give the scoop on stories from ice-cream vending machines to 'oh-no!' moments.

  • Arts + Culture
"I love it. It's my passion," Erendira Wallenda says. "Think of anything you love doing (the most), and that's what we get. That's where I feel most alive."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Princess of the High Wire: Erendira Wallenda

Erendira Wallenda's life is a balancing act between her responsibilities as a mother and walking the tightrope - sans safety net.

  • Arts + Culture
LEO by Circle of Eleven can be seen Feb. 21 to Feb. 23, at Historic Asolo Theater. Courtesy of Ringling Museum.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Scene & Heard

Art of Our Time gets moving; Awarding brownie points; Journalist is on the receiving end of questions

  • Arts + Culture
Whether it's premiering Tony Award-winning productions in London and New York, donating to Asolo Repertory Theatre or attending a community theater production, Bob and Beverly Bartner have always been supporters of the arts.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
BACKSTAGE PASS: The Producers

Asolo Repertory Theatre board members and Sarasota residents Bob and Beverly Bartner have produced so many Tony award-winning productions, they can't remember which shows received what awards.

  • Arts + Culture
Don Laurin Johnson and Andrew Drake in WBTT's "Jitney." Courtesy
  • By Paula Atwell
  • January 23, 2013
Theater Review: 'Jitney'

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe does sincere justice to the great August Wilson's "Jitney," which was written in 1979 and became part of what's now known as his "Ten Play Cycle," chronicling the lives of Black Americans through each decade of the 20th century.

  • Arts + Culture
Logan O'Neill as Joe Gillis and Jeanne Larranga as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" Courtesy.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • January 23, 2013
Theater Review: 'Sunset Boulevard'

The Players Theatre has "revived" "Sunset Boulevard" in many ways.

  • Arts + Culture
Russell Crowe and Mark Whalberg in "Broken City." Courtesy.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 23, 2013
Film Review: 'Broken City'

"Broken City" should have been a great flick but, it fails miserably to deliver on so many levels. Talented actors disappoint; lame scripting annoys; and mediocre directing bores in this short-on-thrills thriller.

  • Arts + Culture
Jeremy Denk. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 23, 2013
Music Review: SCA's great performers: Tokyo String Quartet with Jeremy Denk

It was a historic moment last week when the Tokyo String Quartet and Jeremy Denk got together at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Arts + Culture
William Woodward's mural, "The Greatest Show On Earth"  Photo courtesy Giovanni Lunardi.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Circus mural and executive come to town

For 22 years, the lobby at the Feld Entertainment corporate headquarters, in Vienna, Va., hosted a two-story, 22-foot-by-42-foot mural featuring iconic Sarasota Ringling Circus performers from the 1970s to 1980s.

  • Arts + Culture
Morris house, 361 S. Blvd. of the Presidents. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 23, 2013
Home & Garden: Jewels on the Bay

Two beautiful homes on Lido Key are being featured as the designer showhouses for the 18th annual Jewels on the Bay.

  • Arts + Culture
1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, No. 702
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • January 23, 2013
3 Things: A Nest for the winter

Snowbirds have been flocking to Sarasota for more than 100 years and no town in the country caters to them quite as well as we do.

  • Arts + Culture
Kay Mathers, Lisa Walsh and Susan Jones. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

She Knows Where She's Going!; Hannum's at the helm!; Big Apple surprise

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anthony Paull
  • January 22, 2013
One105 launches first in concert series

One105 launches first in concert series

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