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Producer Ron Silver with New College students, friends and audience members performing Cornelius Cardew’s “The Great Learning, Paragraph 2” outdoors last season. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 15, 2017
New Music New College concert series explores new musical territory

Shows like “Dis/Embodied" use innovative approaches and offer a low ticket price to attract a wide variety of people.

  • Arts + Culture
Robyn Bell conducts The Pops Orchestra of Sarasota and Bradenton. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • November 8, 2017
Pops Orchestra to put on Season of Celebrities

The Pops Orchestra of Sarasota and Bradenton will feature a guest artist at each concert.

  • Arts + Culture
Lee Dougherty Ross and Joseph Holt will perform four hands piano in a tribute to composer Peter Schickele at "The Illegitimate Bach" concert and luncheon on Nov. 15 at Michael's On East.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 8, 2017
Artist Series Concerts will host new music festival

BachFest Sarasota explores the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach.

  • Arts + Culture
Pablo Gonzalez, Ashley Lewis, Tobias Wright and Dominique Cecchetti perform "Rootabaga Country." Courtesy photo
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • November 8, 2017
Youth Opera hits all the high notes

Sarasota Youth Opera productions such as “Rootabaga Country” teach valuable skills.

  • Arts + Culture
Andrew Hardaway plays the role of Oedipus, and Olivia Osol plays the role of his wife (who is also his mother and mother of his children). Courtesy photo
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • November 8, 2017
'Oedipus' offers a modern connection to a timeless tale

The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training shows how the message behind "Oedipus" is still relevant today.

  • Arts + Culture
Tim Seibert designed many “pavilion homes” like this on Siesta Key. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 8, 2017
SarasotaMOD Weekend will celebrate architect Tim Seibert

Sarasota Architecture Foundation honors the legacy of Edward J. “Tim” Seibert in its fourth annual festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns
  • November 2, 2017
Clyde Butcher opens St. Armands gallery

The St. Armands Circle gallery is the third for the landscape photographer.

  • Arts + Culture
Nikki Sedacca, Mary Lou and Ed Winnick and Ann Charters
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • November 1, 2017
Asolo Rep to start season on a high note with ‘Evita’

The theater company offered a sneak peek of the pop-opera serving as its season opener.

  • Arts + Culture
The renovations all started with the floor, which was previously a yellowing tile but is now made of polished concrete. Photo by Niki Kottmann
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • November 1, 2017
Alfstad& Contemporary will reopen as Sarasota's newest art space

The contemporary gallery reopens Nov. 3 with a renovated gallery, but the same goal.

  • Arts + Culture
Choral Artists of Sarasota will perform Handel’s “Messiah” at the Too Hot to Handel show on Dec. 10 at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
    By
  • Edward Alley
  • October 27, 2017
Sarasota's 2017-2018 music season offers exciting performances

The area’s music scene packs ample offerings in the coming months.

  • Arts + Culture
Community Foundation Board member Donna Koffman gets a first look at Anne Patterson's piece "Circle of Thirds."
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • October 27, 2017
Community Foundation reveals art installation

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County invited board members and donors for a first look at Anne Patterson’s newest piece — Circle of Thirds.

  • Arts + Culture
Anu Tali directs “Songs of Wars I Have Seen.” File photo
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • October 25, 2017
Anu Tali announces she will leave Sarasota Orchestra in 2019

Tali says she will step down as music director of the Sarasota Orchestra to focus on her international career.

  • Arts + Culture
The cast of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" rehearses at the Arnold Simonsen Players Studio.
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • October 25, 2017
The Players produces spooky 'Sleepy Hollow' production for the whole family

‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ will become the first outdoor theater experience offered in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Arts + Culture
It’s been three years since The Sarasota Ballet performed Will Tuckett’s production of “The Secret Garden.”
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • October 25, 2017
The Secret's Out: Will Tuckett's 'The Secret Garden' is back

Sarasota Ballet will perform ‘The Secret Garden’ three years after the last production.

  • Arts + Culture
Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s childhood stuffed rabbit is one of the only images he uses to market his play. Courtesy image
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • October 25, 2017
'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' forces actors to take a leap of faith

Urbanite Theatre is showing a play its actors have never read — until they perform it.

  • Arts + Culture
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