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Arts + Culture

Yoko Ono in 2009. (Photo by Charlotte Muhl and Sean Lennon)
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
Ten minutes with Yoko Ono

The always- eccentric Ms. Ono phones in from New York to discuss this weekend's John Lennon exhibit on St. Armands Circle, the joys of motherhood and why she rarely gets nostalgic.

  • Arts + Culture
Horticulturist Addie Worth
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
What is a Tillandsia Tapestry? (VIDEO)

Selby Gardens horticulturist Addie Worth shows off the "living wall" she helped design during last month's Plant & Garden Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Carroll Barnhill enjoys sharing his poems with the people who inspired them.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 9, 2011
Rhyme 'n' Reason

East County resident Carroll Barnhill grew up on a farm and raises race horses for a living. But at 77 years old, he's also become quite the wordsmith, recently self-publishing a collection of poems about his friends and family.

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"I haven't figured out exactly what it is I possess," Will Little says of his acting. "I'm in it, so I can't see it."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
Little big star

Third-year conservatory student Will Little sizzles as an African dwarf in love with a married queen in the Asolo Rep's 'Las Meninas.'

  • Arts + Culture
"My yard is an arid sandpit," jokes Addie Worth (pictured here in Selby's bromeliad garden). "I spend all my time working in other people's yards that I never have time to take care of my own."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
Grassroots effort

Addie Worth gets paid to play in dirt. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens horticulturist loves her job.

  • Arts + Culture
RIAF's opening-night festivities kick off with Asphalt Orchestra, a 12-piece New York City marching band.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
RIAF reels in fresh faces and edgy entertainment

The Ringling International Arts Festival announces its fall lineup, starting with eclectic acts that defy labels.

  • Arts + Culture
"The Crucible" runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera House.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 9, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: 'The Crucible'

'The Crucible' runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
Octavio Martin and Sara Sardelli perform in Sarasota Ballet's "The Lesson."
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • March 9, 2011
DANCE REVIEW: 'Out of Denmark'

Pairing Flemming Flindt's 20th-century, dark, dramatic ballet, "The Lesson," which centers on a plot of murder, with the delightful choreography created in the 1880s by August Bournonville wasn't exactly out of this world, but it definitely was "Out of Denmark."

  • Arts + Culture
Rows of hydroponic planters at O'Brien Family Farms.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 9, 2011
Strawberries, sweet strawberries

U-pick berries are sweeter, juicier and typically less expensive than the supermarket variety.

  • Arts + Culture
Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman star in "Barney's Version."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 9, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Barney's Version'

'Barney's Version' is based on a 1997 novel by Mordecai Richler and stars Paul Giamatti as a womanizing soap-opera producer.

  • Arts + Culture
Dallas Roberts with his dad, Goodwill CEO Rev. Don Roberts
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Scene & Heard

Sarasota High grad finds success after 'Rubicon'; Oceanic art-lovers get up close with Wyland; WBTT rings in our latest issue of SEASON

  • Arts + Culture
Key Chorale Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins, Executive Director Richard Storm, and Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis, co-founders of Circus Sarasota
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 2, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Cirque superbe; Major birthday for a major community supporter; Missing Mamaw; The other side of Van Wezel; Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
Lynda Lilley (aka Blossom The Clown)
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Blossom talks about saving face (VIDEO)

This week's Diversion's cover clown has never been one to follow beauty rules. Meet Sarasota Bozo-purist Lynda Lilley.

  • Arts + Culture
Lynda Lilley, aka Blossom, attracts a crowd outside the Ringling Museum. "I think people are too serious these days," she says. "It sounds corny, but to make somebody smile is so heartwarming."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Bozo behavior

Lynda Lilley has rocked white face paint and size 14 sneakers for three decades. The free-spirited "granny clown" explains why she'll never hang up her red nose.

  • Arts + Culture
Sayward Grindley's office is home to the Sarasota Ballet School's youngest pre-trainee: Grindley's 9-month-old daughter, Parker.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Foot notes

Sarasota Ballet's tireless education director explains how she juggles motherhood, teaching and running the company's new downtown dance studio.

  • Arts + Culture
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