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“You never stop learning to dance,” says José Carreño, pictured here leading an audition at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2012
Highlights: Locals audition for Dance Fest

Former American Ballet Theatre principal Jose Carreño leads another round of auditions for his Carreño Dance Festival's summer program.

  • Arts + Culture
"Rubens' expressive brushwork is at once a high degree of control and complete freedom," says Virginia Brilliant, associate curator of European Art at the Ringling Museum.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2012
Backstage Pass: Artistic Brilliance

The Ringling Museum's associate curator of European art teamed up with the Belgian city of Antwerp to pull together a fresh new exhibit on a revered old master.

  • Arts + Culture
Valerie Standor runs the front of the house while her husband, Viktor, runs the kitchen.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 22, 2012
EDIBLES: 'Z' is for Zwiwwel

When he was a young man growing up Germany, Viktor Standor was entranced by a restaurant named Zwiwwel in an old house just outside of Heidelberg, "Zwiwwel" being the German diminutive for "onion."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By April Doner
  • February 21, 2012
A Diptych, Adventures in Licensing, and "Mass Art" vs. Originality

A Diptych, Adventures in Licensing, and "Mass Art" vs. Originality

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 17, 2012
About Last Night ...

I realize it's been 10 days - an extremely BUSY 10 days, might I add - since I've updated you on Black Tie's whereabouts.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kaye Warr
  • February 16, 2012
Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Kathleen Kim

Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Kathleen Kim

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 15, 2012
Maestro Victor DeRenzi: Man of the opera

Maestro Victor DeRenzi wields more than just a baton - he wields power. For 30 years, the uncompromising artistic director has brought Verdi, verve and distinction to the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
John Shaw and Ann Fletcher in "Love Letters." Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 15, 2012
Scene & Heard

Boca Grande actors give WBTT some love; Hollywood choreographer scouts Sarasota for 'East Side Story'; Sarasota Opera Association hatches 'Pot of Gold' fundraiser

  • Arts + Culture
Leif Bjaland follows new recipes closely but likes to vary recipes that he knows well. Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • February 15, 2012
KITCHEN CLASSICS: Leif Bjaland

Artistic director of the Sarasota Orchestra.

  • Arts + Culture
Les McCurdy, Emily Walsh and Ken Sons. Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 15, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Will the real Christine please stand up?; Red hot!; A romantic dinner for ... 60!; Multiplier effect for Red Cross; The back story

  • Arts + Culture
Hadass (Gisela Chipe) and Avigdor (Andrew Carter) form a love triangle with Yentl. Courtesy photo.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • February 15, 2012
Theater Review: 'Yentil'

"If God chose us as his children, he should have chosen us all."

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo
  • By June LeBell
  • February 15, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Carmen'

The gypsy, Carmen, believes in fate. She sees her own death with every card she deals at the smugglers' rocky hideout and believes, because of an ominous confluence of circumstances, that she is doomed.

  • Arts + Culture
"I have a passion for it like nothing else," Gregg Senko says of Irish dancing. The Ohio native moved last summer to Sarasota to focus on the company he launched two years ago with fellow dancer Justin Boros.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 15, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Rhythm and moves

Eight years ago, Gregg Senko quit his training with the Secret Service to study Irish dancing. Now he's co-founded an Irish dance company.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • February 14, 2012
TWIS Behind the Scenes: The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band Promotional Video Shoot

TWIS Behind the Scenes: The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band Promotional Video Shoot

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • February 13, 2012
TWIS Interview: Jill Sobule

TWIS Interview: Jill Sobule

  • Arts + Culture
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