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The cast of "The Hip Hop Nutcracker" comes to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Dec. 10.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • December 2, 2022
Sarasota can't get enough of 'The Nutcracker'

It's a holiday tradition that seems to have no saturation point. "The Nutcracker" graces several stages in town this season.

  • Arts + Culture
Circus Arts Conservatory's talented Sailor Circus will bring you incredible skills from precocious young artists.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 30, 2022
Sailor Circus turns precocious kids into polished performers

The circus might seem like an irregular extracurricular activity, but at Sarasota's Circus Arts Conservatory, it's molding a generation of talented and flexible humans.

  • Arts + Culture
Monessa Salley lifts Jessica Obiedzinski as part of a duet in the upcoming Sarasota Contemporary Dance collaboration with enSRQ.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 28, 2022
SCD, enSRQ find eclectic music to dance to

One group makes its mission playing interesting music. And the other finds fulfillment in contemporary dance. So it's only fitting that they work together.

  • Arts + Culture
Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble founder and conductor Joe Miller will lead the group into its Thanksgiving Concert on Nov. 27 at Peace Presbyterian in Lakewood Ranch. (File photo)
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 21, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble begins its concert season

Peace Presbyterian will host the ensemble's Thanksgiving Concert on Nov. 27.

  • Arts + Culture
Embracing Our Differences brings students together through creating art with messages of acceptance and love. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 16, 2022
Embracing Our Differences returns for another year of artful empathy

The scope of the project has expanded over the years, but the 20th edition of Embracing Our Differences is all about kindness.

  • Arts + Culture
James Turrel's Skyspace exhibit entitled Joseph's Coat at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. (Courtesy photo by Giovanni Lunardi)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 16, 2022
A 'Decade of Collecting' brings Ringling acquisitions to the public eye

For many years, the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art was out of the acquisition business. But the past 10 years have brought a change in direction.

  • Arts + Culture
Joseph Caulkins and Arcadian Broad are feted in a prior edition of Key Chorale and the Sarasota Ballet Studio Company's partnership .(Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 15, 2022
Key Chorale sings to irregular rhythms for 'Mystics and Kings'

Key Chorale and the Sarasota Ballet Studio Company chose some inventive selections for their imaginative pairing of talents this year.

  • Arts + Culture
Second Nature Band rehearses for the Rock the Preserve event. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Dariela Delgado
  • November 11, 2022
Rock the Preserve to jam out at the Bay Preserve on Sunday

This music fundraiser honors Mary Terese Finnegan, a supporter of the Conservation Foundation who died in December 2021.

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The watercolor paintings of Stacey Lipton will be featured at the Creative Arts Association of Lakewood Ranch's 20th annual Fall Show and Sale on Nov. 19 at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall. (Photo by Jay Heater)
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 10, 2022
Lakewood Ranch artist hopes to draw crowds to Fall Show and Sale

Painter Stacey Lipton will be featured during the Creative Arts Association of Lakewood Ranch event Nov. 19.

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The Nassoons practice for a concert at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church on Saturday. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • November 9, 2022
The Nassoons: A cappella for the ages

At 90 years old, Jeremiah Ford is the longest traveling and singing of the Princeton group, which is performing Saturday at a Longboat Key church.

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Iris Beaumier and Lincoln Clauss star in the Asolo Repertory Theatre's production of "Cabaret." (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 9, 2022
Asolo Rep Director Josh Rhodes brings new take to 'Cabaret'

It's a Broadway staple that has been done and done again, revived and reimagined. And now "Cabaret" is coming to the Asolo Repertory Theatre for a six-week run this winter.

  • Arts + Culture
Dominique Jenkins, Daniel Pratt, Anna Pellegrino, Richard House and Lauren Ostrander dance in Ashton's Dante Sonata. (Courtesy photo by Frank Atura)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 8, 2022
Sarasota Ballet enlists Royal conductor for Ashton and MacMillan

The works of Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton will be brought to Sarasota Ballet by a man who worked with and knew them, longtime Royal Ballet conductor Barry Wordsworth.

  • Arts + Culture
Strandhus, a modern Lido Shores estate, will be one of the homes discussed during MOD Week. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 7, 2022
MOD Weekend celebrates architects at work in the tropics and beyond

Architects and scholars will tour local Sarasota homes and talk about what homes in tropical climates around the world have in common.

  • Arts + Culture
Poly is among the public art sculptures that will be considered for relocation by the Public Art Committee.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • November 3, 2022
Accord with state allows roundabout art installation on Tamiami

An agreement between the city of Sarasota and FDOT will permit the installation on roundabouts at U.S. 41 at 10th and 14th streets and sets the policy for future Art in the Roundabouts projects.

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The newest members of the Sarasota Orchestra — Gianluca Farina, Hannah Cope and Marcelina Suchocka — are ready to take on the Masterworks. (Photo by Harry Sayer)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • November 2, 2022
Trio takes long, winding road to principal positions with Sarasota Orchestra

They've spent much of their lives mastering their instruments. But Gianluca Farina, Marcelina Suchocka and Hannah Cope have arrived as principal players.

  • Arts + Culture
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