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"I always carry a notebook with me," says Jack Nolan. It takes him one vacation to fill a notebook, or about one year to fill a non-traveling notebook. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 16, 2013
Strokes of Life: Jack Nolan

Artist Jack Nolan doesn't need a camera to capture a thousand words; he'd rather have a pen and a notebook - or even the back of an envelope or page of a book.

  • Arts + Culture
Cynthia Sayer. Courtesy.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 16, 2013
Scene & Heard

Learning the trivia behind the musical; Jazzed about Cynthia Sayer album

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Courtesy
  • By Paula Atwell
  • January 16, 2013
Theater Review: 'The Aliens'

"The Aliens," by Obie Award-winning 31-year-old writer Annie Baker, is a play that insists on silence.

  • Arts + Culture
Jessica Chastain as CIA operative Maya in "Zero Dark Thrity."
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  • Pam Nadon
  • January 16, 2013
Film Review: 'Zero Dark Thirty'

The highly anticipated and already controversial film, "Zero Dark Thirty," is the ultimate chick flick. It's directed by Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow and stars Jessica Chastain as the CIA operative responsible for taking down Osama bin Laden.

  • Arts + Culture
Anu Tali. Courtesy.
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  • June LeBell
  • January 16, 2013
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks III: Anu Tali, conductor

Anu Tali, the Estonian conductor who took over the Sarasota Orchestra for its third Masterworks program of the season, also seems to have taken over the hearts and musical minds of this city.

  • Arts + Culture
The Blue Rooster. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
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  • June LeBell
  • January 16, 2013
TIDBITES

Openings and Celebrations; Darwin's on Fourth Celebrates One Year; The Ritz is Getting Dusty! Jack Dusty, that is; Eat Here is 'out there' on Siesta Key

  • Arts + Culture
Rachel S. O'Hara
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  • Molly Schechter
  • January 16, 2013
Social Studies: Lee Peterson

Lee Peterson's story could only have happened in Sarasota, where she moved with her husband, the late J. Robert Peterson, around 1993 ...

  • Arts + Culture
Victoria Hulland and Danielle Brown in front of Wolk's painting of them.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 16, 2013
Highlights: Painter William Wolk inspired by Sarasota Ballet dancers

Sarasota artist William Wolk first learned to paint at age 14 from nude figures. He was the youngest student in his adult class, at Miami Day Jr. College, in the 1960s.

  • Arts + Culture
Erin Murphy and Greg Bartnichak
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 16, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: End of the Dial Tone Retrospective Art Show

Local musicians and artists, who collaborate in experimental live performances, known as The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band, held a retrospective art show Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Clothesline Tees. The art show featured art, photography and video footage collected throughout live performances, as well as instruments and stage props used in the past.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Skylar Ead
  • January 14, 2013
The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

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  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • January 14, 2013
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy tickets to Asolo Rep

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy tickets to Asolo Rep

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Vivian Bomblat is a senior illustrator student of Ringling College of Art and Design.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 14, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: "Branching Out" Volunteers

North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty gives a few simple instructions before the volunteers help create his vision on the front lawn at the future home of Sarasota Museum of Art / SMOA, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. The outdoor installation will be taking shape for the next two weeks, but the structure could last from two to three years.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Skylar Ead
  • January 10, 2013
Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

  • Arts + Culture
Premier Sotheby's Realtor Debbie Rempert with Debbie Ainswort and Janice Trout
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Premier Sotheby's Grand Opening

Premier Sotheby's International Realty celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch Main Street office tonight.

  • Arts + Culture
Bryan Moon stands with his son, Christopher, holding a collection of 22 dog tags recovered from the remains of MIA airmen in Papua, New Guinea.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 10, 2013
No Man Left Behind

Two British-born Sarasota men are heading up the most successful civilian-led MIA recovery group in the country.

  • Arts + Culture
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