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"There’s a huge stigma against improv," Jeremy Lamb says. "Like it’s disposable, like it’s some dumb gimmick you’d see in a bar, which couldn’t be further from the truth."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 28, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Off the cuff

Florida Studio Theatre's newest long-form improviser likens performing on stage for hours to a unique form of storytelling.

  • Arts + Culture
Advertising coordinator Stephanie Hannum. Courtesy photos.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 28, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

A new page turns for Stephanie Hannum; A summer's worth of tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
Read the top stories from all Observers' Cops Corner.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 23, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner cases featured in all Observers.

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"Steven is a sincerely committed individual," says Ringling Museum trustee Cliff Walters, of Ringling Museum Executive Director Steven High, above. "He's someone who is going to dive deeply into strategic initiatives."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 21, 2011
Steven High brings contemporary art to Ringling

Three months into his post as director of the Ringling Museum, Steven High is overseeing an international arts festival and breaking ground on a $7.5 million project.

  • Arts + Culture
Lisa Berger speaks at the 2011 "iconcept" fashion show.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 21, 2011
Scene & Heard

Art Center bids farewell to 'iconcept' whiz; Asolo Rep cleans out its costume closet; New addition opens at Ringling's Museum; Local author walks the red carpet at Emmys

  • Arts + Culture
Matt Damon is mysteriously immune to the virus that wreaks havoc in "Contagion." Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • September 21, 2011
Film Review: 'Contagion'

Director Steven Soderbergh wastes a lot of talent in his new film, "Contagion."

  • Arts + Culture
Pecan Delight Pie was developed from a Derby Pie recipe.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 21, 2011
EDIBLES: Pecan pie is a delightful dessert

En garde, Chocolate Decadence. Your position as the gold standard of rich desserts is in danger.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarah Bradtmueller
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota's Got Talent auditions

"Sarasota's Got Talent" brought big voices to Plymouth Harbor. Some performers returned for the third year in a row to impress the judges.

  • Arts + Culture
Read the top stories from the Observer's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 16, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

A man on Longboat Key hears the voices of Jesus and the Boogeyman. A bulldog bites a woman in East County. A suspicious person leaves a dead parakeet on the doorstep of a Sarasota theater, and a Siesta Key woman reports movers stealing money, iPods and jewelry.

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"If you practice discipline and good manners in music class, you'll see it in everything else you do," Julia Rohr says.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 14, 2011
Julia Rohr: The music ma'am

The 94-year-old matriarch of Julie Rohr Academy proves she's still got what it takes to make kids sing.

  • Arts + Culture
On a walk with my little ham.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 14, 2011
Scene & Heard

Baby, I'm back!; DWB receives a whirlwind facelift; s/ART/q gets graphic with its tees; Golden Apple goes 'Butch' for buck

  • Arts + Culture
"The score is my bible," Michael Sebastian says. "If I can't translate what's in the hard copy of the score, I don't have the right to be a music director."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 14, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Score lore

Music Director Michael Sebastian returns to his Golden Apple stomping grounds with a feisty new musical about disgruntled Disney princesses.

  • Arts + Culture
Two out of three Jpan chefs: owner Daniel Dokko and Bao Kosai Tep
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 14, 2011
EDIBLES: Sushi emerges as a culinary art form

Forty years ago in this country, sushi was exotic - a rarity sought out and enjoyed by a culinary intelligentsia. Today, you can buy it in plastic containers at your local supermarket, and in some ways, that's good news.

  • Arts + Culture
Jessica Pinelli, Daniel Perales and Lively Pinelli
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 10, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: s/ART/q Print Party

For the third year in a row, the artists of s/ART/q prove if you ink it, they will come. The Rosemary District's HuB once again hosted the popular screen-printing party.

  • Arts + Culture
Read the top Cops Corner from all of Observers this week.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

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