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  • Marty Fugate
  • July 18, 2017
Review: 2017 Sarasota Improv Festival

Sarasota Improv Festival explores an evolving art form at Florida Studio Theatre.

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Wyatt C. McNeil, Kelly Elizabeth Smith, and David Kortemeier. Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • July 18, 2017
Theater review: 'Relatively Speaking'

 'Relatively Speaking' plays the pronoun game in Dog Days production.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • Pam Nadon
  • July 18, 2017
Film review: 'The Big Sick'

Comedy cuts through serious issues in this unique love story.

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“The Marvelous Wonderettes” takes a lighthearted look at girl groups of the ’50s and ’60s. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • July 17, 2017
Theater review: 'The Marvelous Wonderettes'

'The Marvelous Wonderettes' spins the girl group golden oldies at The Players

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 12, 2017
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, July 13

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

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The earliest bronze items in the exhibition are vessels, used both to serve and store food and wine and make offerings to ancestors.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 12, 2017
'Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes' opens at The Ringling

The Ringling’s bronze exhibition offers a rare glimpse at ceremony, power dynamics and spirituality in ancient China.

  • Arts + Culture
Nick Friedman Chef, brewer and restaurateur Darwin Santa Maria says he enjoys self reinvention. His newest restaurant, Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine, embodies this outlook.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 11, 2017
Darwin Santa Maria opens Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine

Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine offers Amazonian dishes and an intimate, family-run atmosphere.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Mark Wemple. Bradley Battersby, department head of Ringling College of Art and Design’s film program, came to the school when the program was two years old.
    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • July 11, 2017
Ringling College's Bradley Battersby named Variety magazine's Mentor of the Year

The department head of the college's film program says earning the award felt incredible. Even better? Seeing his students succeed.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • July 10, 2017
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe breaks ground on improvements

The theater kicked off the first phase of its two-phase capital improvement plan.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • July 10, 2017
Film Review: 'Hero'

Sam Elliott shines in this touching film.

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In “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,” Jeffrey Plunkett morphs and mutates into nearly a dozen characters, both male and female.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • July 10, 2017
Theater review: 'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey'

Jeffrey Plunkett shines in one-man performance at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Michael Raimondi and Jean Rhoades are part of a loyal following at White Buffalo’s weekly line-dancing classes. Photo by Niki Kottmann
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • July 6, 2017
White Buffalo Saloon attracts the do-si-do devoted weekly

The saloon's line-dancing classes offer all ages and ability levels a boot-scootin’ form of entertainment.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Edward Alley
  • July 6, 2017
Music review: 'Voices of Freedom'

Choral Artists of Sarasota's annual Fourth of July concert shines brighter than just patriotic fanfare.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • July 5, 2017
Film review: 'Baby Driver'

'Baby Driver' is a visually stunning masterpiece that offers unexpected thrills at every turn.

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Youth Artists Network Ambassador Teithis Miller with Founder and Artistic Director Maureik Robison — Photo by Niki Kottmann
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • July 5, 2017
An Outlet for Expression: New arts organization focuses on Newtown youth

Youth Artists Network will give youth of color a platform for learning about and showcasing art.

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Gary Love of Gary Love Photography shows an art festival-goer how the various places the light hits the shell-covered beach give the up-close image depth. He was one of several new artists featured at the Feb. 21-22 art festival on Longboat Key.
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The Sarasota Ballet will perform George Balanchine's "Stars and Stripes" in its "Life and Liberty" program March 27-28.
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Co-owner Chris Carter works with a barista behind the counter of the second location of Sips, which opened at 3172 Gulf of Mexico Drive this month.
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Speaks Clam Bar, pictured after its 2018 opening, closed on St. Armands Key earlier this month.
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"A Beautiful Noise," a musical that tells the story of Neil Diamond's life through therapy sessions, comes to the Van Wezel from March 31 to April 4.
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