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  • January 8, 2020
Chasen Galleries presenting Peter Max retrospective

120 images provide full-color flashbacks from the '60s to the present

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Principal cellist Natalie Helm makes up one-fourth of the Sarasota String Quartet, along with Daniel Jordan, concertmaster; Christopher Takeda, associate concertmaster; and Rachel Halvorson, principal viola. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Edward Alley
  • January 5, 2020
Sarasota String Quartet covers 3 composers, 3 centuries in Chamber Soirées

Group performs pieces by Haydn, Webern and Beethoven in rare full concert

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As children, Kayleen (Anna Newbury) and Doug (Alex Rodriguez) forge a relationship written in blood — and it stays that way — in "Gruesome Playground Injuries." (Photo: Frank Atura)
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  • Marty Fugate
  • January 3, 2020
'Gruesome Playground Injuries' leaves a mark

Characters' journey funny and painful — and that's no accident

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(Courtesy: Sarasota Ballet) Sarasota Ballet will present Sir Frederick Ashton's "lost" ballet, "Dante Sonata" as part of its "Beyond Words" series.
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  • Klint Lowry
  • January 1, 2020
Looking ahead at Sarasota's arts and entertainment in 2020

From tried and true to totally new, or maybe it’s just new to you, this year’s entertainment options go on as far as the eye can see. Here are just a few.

  • Arts + Culture
Women dressed as suffragists get into the spirit before marching in the Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade, the first event on the Suffragist Project calendar.
    By
  • Klint Lowry
  • January 1, 2020
FST and The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the women's suffrage movement all year

A collaborative initiative, the Suffragist Project begins an eight-month centennial celebration of the 19th amendment.

  • Arts + Culture
"Gruesome Playground Injuries" is an unconventionally structured play that takes an unconventional perspective on what drives our actions and our relationships. (Courtesy Photos: Asolo Conservatory)
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • January 1, 2020
FSU/Asolo Conservatory shows how love hurts in its latest production

The director and cast explain how ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ is all about healing.

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  • Klint Lowry
  • January 1, 2020
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Adam Sandler as Howard, a small-time jeweler prone to making bad choices in his desire to get ahead.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 30, 2019
'Uncut Gems' a dazzling tale of deluded desperation

Adam Sandler brilliant as stridently self-defeating lead character

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Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in "Eyes Wide Shut." Photo source: Amazon.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • December 27, 2019
'Nog Blog: Have you a valediction, boy-o?

"Eyes Wide Shut" and "L.A. Confidential" are the final recommendations of 2019.

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  • Klint Lowry
  • December 25, 2019
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Shadow and substance coexist in Miwa Matrawek's "The World Made itself: Myth and Infrastructure."
    By
  • Klint Lowry
  • December 25, 2019
2019 A+ E Year in Review

Looking back, here are a few notable moments to get you started

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Charlize Theron, left, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie star in "Bombshell."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 22, 2019
'Bombshell' hits target with emotional impact

Theron, Kidman, Robbie give powerful performances in depiction of Fox News scandal

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  • December 18, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Dec. 19

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  • Klint Lowry
  • December 18, 2019
Sarasota Art Museum makes colorful entrance

Galleries devoted to contemporary art launch with 2 visually vivid exhibitions

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Bruce Rodgers, executive director of the Hermitage Artist retreat since its inception, feels the time is right for the retreat and for him to pass the torch. (Klint Lowry)
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  • Klint Lowry
  • December 18, 2019
Bruce Rodgers makes graceful retreat

After 15 years, Hermitage Artist Retreat's executive director stepping down

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