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Fernando and Betsy Traba are poised to play as part of the Sarasota Orchestra's "Be Mine" program.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • February 4, 2022
Trabas build life out of love for music and each other

Forget love at first sight. For Sarasota Orchestra couple Betsy and Fernando Traba, it was more like love at first sound.

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Peter Van Wagner, John Rapson, Dayne Lee Palya, Suzanne Grodner and Zachary Prince star in Asolo Rep's production of Grand Horizons. (Photo courtesy of Cliff Roles)
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • February 3, 2022
'Grand Horizons' meets great expectations

The Asolo Rep’s production of “Grand Horizons” is seriously funny. And, sometimes, just plain serious.

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Sharing is located at the corner of Second Street and Pineapple Avenue.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 3, 2022
City's public art master plan looks ahead to an even more creative city

Sarasota works its way toward a master plan for public art, setting guiding principles for a lot more than roundabouts.

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The work will go on right to the opening of the circus and beyond for the workers who toil behind the scenes.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • February 2, 2022
Big top takes big effort to assemble

Before the animals, the clowns or the performers arrive, the hard work at Circus Sarasota lies in putting the tent together.

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    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • February 1, 2022
This Week in A+E: Feb. 3-9

Charity dinners, festivals and fundraisers will share the scene with great music, art and theater offerings this week in Sarasota.

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Albert Castiglia, a blues guitarist, will be a headliner at Giving Hunger the Blues. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 31, 2022
Giving Hunger the Blues concert returns to Nathan Benderson Park

The Jazz Club of Sarasota presents the 24th annual Giving Hunger the Blues at Nathan Benderson Park.

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Rocco Mangel is set to open Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar at University Town Center by December. It will be his ninth location in Florida. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Scott Lockwood
  • January 30, 2022
Rocco's Tacos owner aims for Dec. 1 opening at UTC

University Town Center in Sarasota will be Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar's ninth location in Florida.

  • East County
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The Newsies panel included Travis Ray of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Richard Russell of Sarasota Opera, Iain Webb of Sarasota Ballet and William Skaggs of The Players Centre for Performing Arts. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 28, 2022
Entertainment execs chat in front of Newsies panel

The Observer brought together four local arts and entertainment executives to discuss how their organizations have fared during the pandemic and beyond.

  • Arts + Culture
A bar serves as the backdrop for Tim Finnegan's tale in "The Smuggler." (Courtesy photo: Dylan Jon Wade Cox)
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • January 28, 2022
The road to hell is paved with eloquent rationalizations in 'The Smuggler' at Urbanite

Ronán Noone’s one-man play takes audiences on an entertaining ride on one immigrant's hell-bound train of snatch-and-grab.

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The Sarasota Opera apprentices of 2022. (Courtesy photo: Rod Millington)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 28, 2022
Sarasota Opera celebrates 40th year of apprentice program

An opera singer's career can take decades to flourish, and the Sarasota Opera has been providing apprentices with a springboard for 40 years.

  • Arts + Culture
Sunjin Lim's Dwell.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 27, 2022
Art advisory board selects Dwell for Fruitville Road roundabout

Artwork was among three finalists considered for City Commission action.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Café L'Europe opened in 1973. Submitted
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 27, 2022
Café L’Europe announces new ownership

Ron and Julie Milton have agreed to sell Café L’Europe to John and Amanda Horne.

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    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 27, 2022
Sarasota's public art legacy now curated on walking tour

Arts Advocates has developed a series of walking tours that educate people about the history of public art in Sarasota — and the stories behind them.

  • Arts + Culture
The Van Wezel Foundation has announced next steps in it plan to build a performing arts center to replace the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 25, 2022
Funding push begins anew for Sarasota performing arts center project

If everything goes according to plan, the new Sarasota performing arts center could be completed in about six years.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 25, 2022
This Week in A+E: Jan. 27 to Feb. 2

Ballet, theater, concerts and comedy flood Sarasota this week, bringing a wide array of entertainment options.

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Circus Sarasota runs from Feb. 14 through March 8 at the Big Top in Nathan Benderson Park.
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LaMichael Leonard Jr.'s dance career has taken him to New York and Paris and back to Sarasota.
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Puerto Rican singer and rapper Bad Bunny poses with Sarasota Orchestra maestro Giancarlo Guerrero and Guerrero's wife, Shirley, before Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.
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"Baby Wings" and other glass art by Tom Marosz will be on display at Chasen Galleries' International Weekend of Glass from Feb. 13-15.
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