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Arts + Culture

  • By The Insider
  • March 30, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with ARCADIA director Olivia Silver!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with ARCADIA director Olivia Silver!

  • Arts + Culture
  • By The Insider
  • March 29, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with PATCH TOWN director Craig Goodwill!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with PATCH TOWN director Craig Goodwill!

  • Arts + Culture
The Observer Group publishes six weekly newspapers in Florida.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2012
The Observer Group wins 17 awards in editorial contest

The Observer Group won 17 awards in the 2011 Local Media Association Editorial Contest. Diversions, The Observer's arts and entertainment section, won first place in its division for the second year.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By The Insider
  • March 28, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with Ashley Bell from THE DAY!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with Ashley Bell from THE DAY!

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 28, 2012
VIDEO: ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

Blondie serenades Sarasota at the Forty Carrots Firefly Gala.

  • Arts + Culture
"It's no simple task," says Sarasota Film Festival President Mark Famiglio of the job of director Tom Hall, above. "The sheer volume of movies you have to watch, oh my lord. It's so difficult. It's like an avalanche that rolls over you."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 28, 2012
Tom Hall: Independent Streak

Sure, Tom Hall gets to pick what you see at the Sarasota Film Festival, but that doesn't mean he watches movies and chats with stars all days. The SFF director paints us a (motion) picture of his job.

  • Arts + Culture
“Where Do You Fit In?” by Ella Emmett, Dalton Jett, Sara Martin and Palmer Mays
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 28, 2012
Art Scene & Heard

SeaFair art yacht drops anchor in Sarasota; Jersey Shore musician rocks on in Sarasota; New Opera House name a noted tribute; Downtown bayfront embraces diversity

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy Photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
OCCASIONS

ENGAGEMENTS + WEDDINGS

  • Arts + Culture
Diana Kelly and Stephanie Hannum. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Baxter.
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • March 28, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

The perfect fit; Ohhh, Sandy!; A year of firsts ...

  • Arts + Culture
"Joseph's Coat" is artist James Turrell's first and only Florida Skyspace exhibit. It’s also his largest. Photo by Giovanni Lunardi, courtesy of James Turrell.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 28, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Sky-high Worship

In an effort to find a little peace and quiet, my husband and I hit up the Ringling Museum's new Skyspace exhibit. What we found was more peace and quiet than two antsy people could handle.

  • Arts + Culture
Tilda Swinton gives a powerful performance as the mother of boy who becomes a mass murderer. Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 28, 2012
Film Review: 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

I was literally shaking upon exiting the theater after having seen "We Need to Talk About Kevin."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Paula Atwell
  • March 28, 2012
Theater: 'Hamlet Prince of Cuba'

Michael Donald Edwards' brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare's familiar "Hamlet" succeeds at sparking an almost edge-of-your-seat renewal of appreciation of the Bard's genius.

  • Arts + Culture
Kara Shay Thomson stars as the title character in "Vanessa," playing now at the Sarasota Opera House. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 28, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Vanessa'

Waiting. That's the theme of Samuel Barber's "Vanessa," a melodramatic soap-opera-of-an-opera, with a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti that touches on our deepest vulnerabilities, anxieties and insecurities.

  • Arts + Culture
Joseph Holt. Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 28, 2012
Kitchen Classics: Joseph Holt

Joseph Holt, artistic director for Gloria Musicae shares his Wild Mushroom Risotto recipe.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By The Insider
  • March 27, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Join us IN CONVERSATION with Frank Langella and Todd Solondz!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Join us IN CONVERSATION with Frank Langella and Todd Solondz!

  • Arts + Entertainment
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