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Arts + Culture

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  • June LeBell
  • December 16, 2009
Music review: Letter to Santa

Dear Santa, Rather than ask for gifts specifically for me, I thought I'd ask for some things my adopted city of almost eight years needs really, really badly. Ready?

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • December 16, 2009
Cake shop whips up sugar magic

Cakes by Ron's new location sparkles like sugar on Fruitville Road -beckoning the sweet tooth in all of us. Although its cakes are still the heart of the business, owner Ron Zammit's son, Nathan, has whipped up cupcakes that are just as tasty. Nathan Zammit guides us through the process of making his popular chocolate cupcakes.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • December 16, 2009
CAMERA READY: Model Student

Nolan Middle sixth-grader Ally Rahn has been working with Ford Models for about a year.

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  • December 14, 2009
Pirate singers to present holiday concert

The Braden River High School Choral Department will present its annual Holiday Silent Auction and Choral Concert at 6 p.m., Dec. 15, at the school, 6545 S.R. 70 E.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 9, 2009
Juvenile Acts

Sarasota's youngest seasoned jazz band will perform this summer at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 9, 2009
Whimsical art museum colors North Trail

Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy, pink with colorful accents, will open in January in the old Serendipity gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 9, 2009
Film review: 'Brothers'

Director Jim Sheridan ('My Left Foot') brings the Afghanistan war home in his new film, 'Brothers.' Politics aside, this is a story about the open wounds, which have buried themselves deep inside of military combatants.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • June LeBell
  • December 9, 2009
Music reivew: Sarasota Orchestra: Masterworks 'Seeing Music in Fantasy'

The title of Sunday's Masterworks concert with the Sarasota Orchestra was 'Seeing Music in Fantasy.' And, although the title obviously referred to the fantastical, romantic music of Rachmaninoff (Piano Concerto No. 3) and Berlioz ('Symphonie fantastique'), the actual performance was more like 'Seeing Music in Perfection.'

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • December 9, 2009
Dance review: 'The Nutcracker'

Robert de Warren's version of 'The Nutcracker' is quite lovely, indeed, and kudos to the Sarasota Ballet for reviving the holiday classic this season. There's nothing quite like a growing Christmas tree to get you into the spirit.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 4, 2009
Orchestra, musicians reach agreement

The Sarasota Orchestra and the union representing its musicians ratified a two-year contract Friday, ending tense negotiations.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 2, 2009
Community quotations inspire documentary theater festival

Students at four high schools, including The Out-of-Door Academy and Lakewood Ranch, will be presenting documentary theater pieces Dec. 3-5.

  • East County
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 2, 2009
Stars of Bethlehem

The Ditchfield Family Singers are all grown up and celebrating their 10th anniversary Christmas concert next week at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 2, 2009
Smooth talker

Asolo Repertory Theatre's voice coach Patricia Delorey sure knows how to deliver a line.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • December 2, 2009
Music review: Key Chorale: 'Bach to Bach'

If Joseph Caulkins proved anything at the Key Chorale's recent 'Bach to Bach' concert at the Sarasota Opera House, it was that there are many ways to interpret Bach, whether it's Johann Sebastian or his outcast relative, P.D.Q.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Pam Nadon
  • December 2, 2009
Film review: 'A Serious Man'

The Coen brothers are ace architects of the absurd. In their new film, 'A Serious Man,' Ethan and Joel Coen kick it up a notch by assembling a kaleidoscope of kooks whose names are virtually unknown.

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