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Arts + Culture

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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 9, 2010
Strange Depictions

Sabrina Small, the lone female artist of Sarasota's s/ART/q group, invites us into her bayou bungalow to talk about wanderlust, human oddities and shoveling coal.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 9, 2010
Sarasota 'nomad' publishes essay from the heart

Kim Bass, a technical writer by trade, got personal about her 2005 trip to Uganda in a story published this month in the Random House anthology, 'Female Nomad and Friends.'

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 9, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art

The Sarasota art gallery recently moved out of its home on Fifth Street in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District to a 3,000-square-foot space on North Palm Avenue.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 9, 2010
Film Review: 'Splice'

The Observer's resident film critic reviews "Splice," starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 9, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival, part one

The Sarasota Music Festival is back, changed, spiffed up and considerably more exciting than it's been in many a year.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 8, 2010
Sabrina Small talks about inspiration (VIDEO)

This week's A&E cover girl, artist Sabrina Small, talks about how records play an important role in her creative process.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 2, 2010
Cultural remix

DJ Pram learned a long time ago that American dance tracks mixed with Bollywood beats keep parties hopping - no matter the crowd.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 2, 2010
Pattern perfect

Asolo costume draper Casey Costello explains what it was like to make 31 dresses for three women in one 1930s-era musical.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 2, 2010
Fishing shot lands Key photographer in magazine

Mary Lou Johnson's 'Morning Ritual' continues to make waves four years after it was snapped.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 2, 2010
Film Review: 'The Secret in Their Eyes'

"The Secret in Their Eyes" won the Oscar this year for Best Foreign Language Film.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 2, 2010
Music Review: Looking ahead

With masterworks such as "The Crucible" and "La Boheme" at the Sarasota Opera and guests such as Robert Ward, Dick Hyman, Jacques d'Amboise, Robert Sherman and Martin Bookspan at SILL, 2011 promises to be a blockbuster season in Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Vanessa Moody
  • June 2, 2010
Ranch thespian earns scholarship, admission into Cincinnati Conservatory

Lakewood Ranch High School senior Dane LaFemina began acting at age 5.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 1, 2010
Backstage Pass preview (VIDEO)

This week's Backstage Pass subject Casey Costello talks about creating the costumes for 'Backwards in High Heels: The Ginger Rogers Musical.'

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • May 26, 2010
Summer smashes

Summer is upon us, and there's nothing like beating the heat in a cool, dark, movie theater. Refreshing new releases in the upcoming months will, hopefully, be just what the doctor ordered for that annual affliction: post-Oscar disorder. The following films look as though they could provide that shot-in-the-arm we cinephiles so desperately crave this time of year.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 26, 2010
Acute accompanist

Sarasota Ballet pianist Zara Baroyan knows every dancer's steps and missteps.

  • Arts + Culture
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