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Arts + Culture

    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 13, 2010
Artistic integrity

After a successful and eccentric fall season, the Artist Series of Sarasota is rolling out a star-studded winter lineup.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 13, 2010
Film: 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'

Heath Ledger has a great line in his last film, one that eerily seems like an epitaph: "Don't believe what you read in the newspapers."

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 13, 2010
Music: Sarasota Orchestra: Masterworks 'Seeing Music on Tour'

The Sarasota Orchestra's Masterworks Series took us on a sonic tour of four scenic places: Cuba, Scotland, Czechoslovakia and Rome in "Seeing Music on Tour" this past weekend at the Van Wezel.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 13, 2010
Backstage Pass: The piano man

Florida Studio Theatre's longtime pianist sings us a song of a piano man.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 13, 2010
Lecture series offers engaging opportunities

The Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning has started broadcasting its lectures to seniors with limited mobility.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • January 13, 2010
Progressive dinner - St. Armands Circle

St. Armands Circle may be a top spot for tourists, but it also plays host to many gourmet restaurants and yummy dessert stops. On a recent chilly January evening, comfort food was the name of the game. Take this trip around the Circle and experience the culinary treats it has to offer.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 6, 2010
Figurative language

Sarasota artist Bill Buchman took a break last year from painting to write an art book so we could all render the human figure as naturally as he does.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 6, 2010
Film review: 'Up in the Air'

George Clooney's impeccable performance in the new film 'Up in the Air' has 'Oscar' written all over it and, boy, does he deserve it.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 6, 2010
Music review: The Perlman Music Program

The Perlman Music Program returned to Sarasota for its sixth annual winter residency and, Jan. 2, presented its Celebration Concert for an enthusiastic and packed audience at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 6, 2010
Music review: Hayes and Hyman

The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre has opened its new cabaret show, 'The Musical Magic of Hayes and Hyman,' and if you like nostalgia, schtick, great songs that bring back memories and some of the best pianism around, you've got to go!

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 6, 2010
Duly noted

Think your job is daunting? Try keeping track of every piece of sheet music that passes through the Sarasota Orchestra.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 6, 2010
Orchestra rings in 2010 with benefit concert

Grammy Award-winning violinist James Ehnes and Mozart pianist Robert Levin will headline the Jan. 16 Sarasota Orchestra show to benefit its musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • January 6, 2010
Andrea's intertwines the art of food and wine

What do you get when you marry an Italian man, a Dutch woman and a passion for food and wine? Andrea's Restaurant - and what a combination it creates. In August, Ismini and Andrea Bozzolo, former partners in Divino Restaurant, opened their dream restaurant on Siesta Drive.

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

It's hard not to be excited about a new year. Optimistic, positive, buoyant and hopeful. What better way to go forward?

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 31, 2009
Silver Screen Sensations

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and Tinsel Town always saves its best for last, hoping to knock your Christmas stockings off with bright stars and brilliant directors. The following films are at the top of my wish list this season - add them to yours.

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