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Lorraine and Cory Collins share a passion for food and cooking.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 13, 2010
Main Street chefs dish out service

Cory and Lorraine Collins are cooks at competing restaurants on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • Arts + Culture
"I love the ugliness of Butoh," says Keren Shani-Lifrak says. "There are a lot of things we consider as ugly in mainstream society that I think are beautiful."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 13, 2010
Dance Rebel

Choreographer Keren Shani-Lifrak creeps outside the realm of traditional dance. The Ringling International Arts Fest 'sprouts' a strange new performance.

  • Arts + Culture
Ryan Reynolds stars in "Buried."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 13, 2010
Film Review: 'Buried'

Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes has conducted a bold experiment in his new film, "Buried." He shoots an entire film within a wooden box. He casts one actor. And he creates a terrifying masterpiece for a mere $3 million.

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"I've always been that person who loves to keep in touch," Jules Price says. "My maid of honor was my best friend in kindergarten. If that doesn't say it, I don't know what does."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 13, 2010
East County singer's star rises in new career

Jules Price always imagined she'd be famous for singing. A greeting-card company changed all that.

  • Arts + Culture
Chicken Marbella Pastor
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 13, 2010
Edibles: Guest food editor

The Entertainer: Sylvia Pastor

  • Arts + Culture
"Bonnie and Clyde" runs Nov. 16 through Dec. 19 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre's Mertz Theatre.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 13, 2010
Music Review: Season Preview

A snapshot of this season's upcoming performances from The Sarasota Opera, The Sarasota Orchestra, The Asolo Repertory Theatre and more.

  • Arts + Culture
Patrons of the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre have traditionally parked in the lot behind the business.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • October 6, 2010
Golden Apple requests more valet service

After outside funding for free valet service ends, the owners of the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre ask for an extension.

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"I don't know what it means to discuss our individual performances," says Francis Kelly, left. "It's as if we've always operated as a group. It feels like after this we should go sign a record deal."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 6, 2010
FST's 'Wanderers' flashback in song

Florida Studio Theatre opens the Goldstein Cabaret with three familiar faces and a host of familiar tunes.

  • Arts + Culture
Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chlo&euml Moretz star in "Let Me In."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 6, 2010
Film Review: 'Let Me In'

Every so often an American remake of an outstanding foreign film works. "Insomnia" and "The Vanishing" are two such films, as is the recently released "Let Me In."

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Aaron Muhl
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 6, 2010
On the catwalk with Aaron Muhl (VIDEO)

The technical director at the Historic Asolo Theater explains the beauty of lighting scrollers.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 6, 2010
Tour de Force

Harry and Victoria Leopold explain how ingenuity, gumption and reaching out to friends can create an arts movement.

  • Arts + Culture
"You just get up and go," Aaron Muhl says of the 16-hour days he spends working the Ringling International Arts Festival. "It feels like five minutes has passed from the time you fall asleep to the time your alarm goes off again."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 6, 2010
Backstage Pass: The Stage Master

Aaron Muhl, stage master for the Ringling International Arts Festival, takes a break from his whirlwind schedule to discuss how he will juggle 45 performances in five days.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 6, 2010
Edibles: Heirlooms you can eat

Tasty top tomatoes are in season and come in a variety of colors and sizes.

  • Arts + Culture
Principal bassoonist Fernando Traba performed at "Portraits in Passion."
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 6, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra:'Portraits in Passion'

The Sarasota Orchestra knows what good is, and on a recent Saturday night, it presented "A Thrilling Multi-Media Experience: Portraits in Passion," featuring four of its own in a quartet of showstoppers.

  • Arts + Culture
Patricia Gussin's fourth novel was released today.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 4, 2010
Suspense is over: Gussin releases fourth novel

'And Then There Was One' is available wherever fine books are sold.

  • Arts + Culture
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