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Arts + Culture

  • By Jessi Smith
  • October 9, 2012
TWIS Talks RIAF: RIAF Festival Films Create Moving Cinematic Experience

TWIS Talks RIAF: RIAF Festival Films Create Moving Cinematic Experience

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  • By Jessi Smith
  • October 8, 2012
TWIS Talks RIAF: Enchanting, Culturally-Rich Music to be Performed by Ensemble Basiani

TWIS Talks RIAF: Enchanting, Culturally-Rich Music to be Performed by Ensemble Basiani

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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 8, 2012
VIDEO: ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

Black Tie heads to St. Martha Catholic School's "Cooking for a Catholic Cause" for the first time.

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Lori George
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  • Nick Friedman
  • October 8, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Going Vertical Party

Artists and art enthusiasts roamed among the aisles of hidden treasures at Sarasota Architectural Salvage, Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Going Vertical party. The event, which featured live chalk artists, mimes and food and drink, raised funds for the upcoming Chalk Festival artists and supplies. Guests celebrated the Going Vertical program as well as the work of artist MTO, whose work adorns the outside of the building.

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Courtesy of BCDF Pictures.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 5, 2012
Film Review: 'Liberal Arts'

The new film, "Liberal Arts," cleverly suggests we're never too young, or too old, to learn a thing or two about ourselves.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 3, 2012
Key Player: Allison Silver Schwartz

Dr. Allison Silver Schwartz has been involved with local philanthropic events for nine years. The busy mother, wife and doctor finds time to co-chair the Key to the Cure event this month.

  • Arts + Culture
Steven High has grabbed the bull by the horns during his first year as executive director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 3, 2012
Swing into high gear

Ringling Museum's executive director, Steven High, has shed the new-guy persona and has a pocketful of initiatives to make the museum as relevant today as it will be in 200 years.

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Lillette Jenkins Wisner. Courtesy.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 3, 2012
Scene & Heard

Once upon a time, I tweeted during a show; All that jazz

  • Arts + Culture
"The Beatles are the one thing that everyone loves," Louise Harrison says, with Marty Scott. "It's a weird-enough thing that kids can like the same music as their parents and grandparents."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 3, 2012
Beatles' guitarist's legacy 'keeps music alive'

Music education is 'getting better' with a little help from Louise Harrison - and her friends.

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Leslie Gnaegy started with a power saw but found it easier to use a hand saw. Make sure to wear protective goggles, closed-toe shoes and gloves.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2012
Crafty Genes: Pallet Coffee Table

Join Do-it-yourself editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they create a coffee table from a wooden pallet.

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Billy Burke, Kristy Landers, Lindsey Landers, Judy Landers-Niedenfuer and Adam Evans. Courtesy photos.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 3, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Summer roundup; Landers says yes to dress; Close encounters of the surprise kind; QUADRUPLE the fun; Whoa, Sally, that girl!

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1541 Oak St., Unit 11. Photos courtesy of Detlev von Kessel
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  • Robert Plunket
  • October 3, 2012
3 Things: A house in town

In the past five years or so, a whole new lifestyle has blossomed in Sarasota: downtown living.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 3, 2012
Guest Fashion Editor: Jean Weidner-Goldstein

Jean Weidner-Goldstein's mother says she came out of the womb in high heels. "Dancers are sloppy, they work long hours, and they like comfortable clothes," she says. "I wore suits."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • October 2, 2012
TWIS Talks RIAF: Breaking News — Baryshnikov to Dance in Mark Morris' Newest Work at RIAF 2012

TWIS Talks RIAF: Breaking News — Baryshnikov to Dance in Mark Morris' Newest Work at RIAF 2012

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • October 2, 2012
TWIS Talks RIAF: Pure Sound, Harmonies of Ensemble Basiani

TWIS Talks RIAF: Pure Sound, Harmonies of Ensemble Basiani

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