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Rebecca Hopkins, Jocelyn Stevens, Andrew Stevens and Beth Duda. Photo by FST.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 22, 2012
Scene & Heard

Eighth-grader donates bar mitzvah money; Here's a Little more news; Calling all singers, actors and dancers; Hitting the pavement

  • Arts + Culture
"I actually got the bicycle at Home Goods. I didn't buy it when I first saw it, but when I woke up the next morning, I thought, 'If that's still there, it’s mine!'"
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 22, 2012
Home & Garden: Vintage Charm

Veiled by majestic trees on quiet Wisconsin Lane is Ronelle Ashby's 1920s abode.

  • Arts + Culture
For the past 100 years, campaign buttons have been used to endorse candidates. Humor and smear attacks are used for modern-day election buttons.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 22, 2012
Highlights: 'Vote for Me! Vote for Me!'

It's that time of year again when our televisions become flooded with commercials, our phones with ring with endorsement calls, our yards are staked with red or blue signs and our dinner tables are filled with political conversation.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Paula Atwell
  • August 22, 2012
Theater Review: 'Legally Blonde: The Musical'

The Manatee Players boasts a seriously enthusiastic homegrown audience that smiled, cheered and laughed continuously throughout its highly energetic opening-night production of "Legally Blonde."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • August 20, 2012
Jose Carreño makes an indelible impression on Sarasota's arts scene

Jose Carreño makes an indelible impression on Sarasota's arts scene

  • Arts + Culture
  • By April Doner
  • August 20, 2012
Bee Ridge Park Jam: 15 years of bluegrass, country and gospel

Bee Ridge Park Jam: 15 years of bluegrass, country and gospel

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • August 16, 2012
TWIS Talks RIAF: Dance Sage's Homage to Classical Indian Dance Tradition

TWIS Talks RIAF: Dance Sage's Homage to Classical Indian Dance Tradition

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  • By Popcorn Bob
  • August 16, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

  • Arts + Culture
"I'm not an activist. I just feel it's important for people to understand that it's all right to be different," Magida Diouri says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 15, 2012
Magida Diouri: Coming Attraction

Fabulous Independent Film Festival founder Magida Diouri's "reel" world revolves around her worklife. Diouri's goal is to enrich Sarasota by promoting indie films that may otherwise go unseen.

  • Arts + Culture
The old Gompertz space, which is next door to the new space, will be rented out for storefronts.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 15, 2012
Scene & Heard

If you build it, they shall come; Cat is out of the bag

  • Arts + Culture
Lucy Lavely as Babe and Kelly Campbell as Meg in "Crimes of the Heart." Photo courtesy of Don Walker.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • August 15, 2012
Theater Review: 'Crimes of the Heart'

Set in the Deep South, but inspired by Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters," "Crimes of the Heart," is an utterly charming play about three sisters who reunite at a crucial intersection of their lives.

  • Arts + Culture
Daniel Auteuil and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey in "The Well-Digger's Daughter." Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • August 15, 2012
Film Review: 'The Well-Digger's Daughter'

Not a single super hero, explosion, CGI or murder inhabit this lovely piece of French filmmaking.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • August 15, 2012
EDIBLES: Family recipes and family memories

Growing up in the Hazan household must have been, well, delicious. Giuliano's parents are Marcella and Victor Hazan, who reside on Longboat Key.

  • Arts + Culture
Loipa Araújo works with the The Carreño Dance Festival Summer Intensive students. “The most important thing for us is to feel that when they finish (this) stage, they are better dancers,” says Araújo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 15, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Loipa Araújo

Loipa Araújo joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955, and became a principal dancer 10 years later. Currently, the Havana-born 71-year-old has been guest teaching ballets around the world.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • August 13, 2012
Behind-the-scenes burlesque with Mademoiselle Rowdy Pants and Maid Mosephine

Behind-the-scenes burlesque with Mademoiselle Rowdy Pants and Maid Mosephine

  • Arts + Culture
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