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  • June 7, 2018
American Institute of Architects Florida Gulf Coast displays award-winning designs

The Chapter Exhibition Opening was hosted June 6 at the Center for Architecture Sarasota.

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  • June 6, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, June 14

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Meredith Jones and Susan Greenhill star in "Always...Patsy Cline." Photo by Matthew Holler
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  • Marty Fugate
  • June 4, 2018
FST's 'Always … Patsy Cline' celebrates the iconic singer and her biggest fan

The recently extended jukebox musical, "Always...Patsy Cline" at Florida Studio Theatre's Gompertz Theatre evokes Patsy Cline’s warmth and grit in a celebration of her unique friendship with fan Louise Seger.

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The live premiere of Robert Sirota’s “Luminous Bodies” with yMusic takes place June 23. Courtesy photo
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  • Marty Fugate
  • June 1, 2018
Sarasota Music Festival electrifies

The power of classical music whips up a feast for audiences at the 2018 Sarasota Music Festival.

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Shore Chef Dylan Elhajoui’s favorite dish is his Sichuan pepper seared white Pekin duck breast.
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  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 31, 2018
Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week brings new flavors to locals and tourists alike

Three chefs — from Shore, C'est La Vie University Park and The Table Creekside — participating in Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week share the highlights of their menu for the two-week event.

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The Choral Artists of Sarasota successfully repeated last season’s hit performance of “Too Hot to Handel" this year. Courtesy photo
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  • Edward Alley
  • May 30, 2018
A look back on the 2017-2018 Sarasota music season

This past season brought several firsts, grand finales and high expectations for next season’s music offerings in Sarasota.

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  • Sammi Fisher
  • May 30, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, June 7

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  • May 30, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, May 31

A look at the Observer's favorite arts and entertainment events happening in Sarasota, Venice and Bradenton May 31-June 6.

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  • Marty Fugate
  • May 25, 2018
Downtown Sarasota's walk in the park offers unique live music experience

The feast is both edible and aural at Café in the Park restaurant with several live music performances in Downtown Sarasota.

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Ben Waechter's Garden House is one example of his bold yet simple design style. Courtesy photo
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  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 24, 2018
Sarasota Architecture Week kicks off in style

The inaugural The American Institute of Architects Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Sarasota Architecture Week is an event series that will feature an exhibit at the Center for Architecture Sarasota June 6 through 22.

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Michelle and Robert Casarietti channel their mutual passion for creating art and their unconditional love for each other into painting abstract pieces on the same canvas for every work they create. Photo by Niki Kottmann
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  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 23, 2018
Abstract artists Michelle and Robert Casarietti create collaborative canvases

Michelle and Robert Casarietti are new painters/sculptors on the Sarasota arts scene who create all of their abstract artwork together in their home studio in Park East.

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“Butler” is one of 19 Florida Studio Theatre productions for which Moriah and Isabel Curley-Clay will have designed sets by the end of summer. Courtesy photo
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  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 23, 2018
The faces behind Florida Studio Theatre share common passion for dramatic art

It takes many types of people to run Florida Studio Theatre, and they have one thing in common: they can't get enough.

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Scott Ehrenpreis, Eldred Brown and Jennifer Kwiatkowski will perform in “The Long Reunion” at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Photo courtesy Dan Austin
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  • Marty Fugate
  • May 23, 2018
'The Long Reunion' sinks its teeth into climate change with Manatee Players

Jack Gilhooley’s darkly comic play “The Long Reunion” confronts climate change in a world premiere at Manatee Performing Arts Center.

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  • Niki Kottmann
  • May 23, 2018
Sarasota Concert Band remembers fallen soldiers with Memorial Day performance

Sarasota Concert Band's Memorial Day concert uses patriotic and popular music to honor Americans who lost their lives in the military.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in "Come Sunday." Photo courtesy Netflix
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  • Pam Nadon
  • May 22, 2018
'Come Sunday' tells a powerful and loving story that challenges viewers' beliefs

The Joshua Marston-directed Netflix film "Come Sunday" sends the message that religion does not have to condone sin.

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