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  • July 25, 2017
Film review: 'Dunkirk'

In 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan highlights human compassion in dire circumstances.

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Phillip Broomhead works with Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive students. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 23, 2017
Phillip Broomhead joins guest faculty at Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive

The former Royal Ballet principal shares his approach to teaching young dancers.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 19, 2017
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, July 20

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FST breaks ground on Kretzmer Artist Housing in the Rosemary District.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 19, 2017
Ed and Susan Maier pledge $500,000 matching gift challenge toward FST Kretzmer Artist Housing Project

The fund will match all donations made before the end of the year.

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Steve Phelps, chef / owner of Indigenous restaurant, hopes the annual dinner will get local chefs thinking of ways to change their menus year round.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 19, 2017
Fourth Annual Sustainable Seafood Dinner promotes responsible dining

In its fourth year, the Sustainable Seafood Dinner is throwing out its ‘Trash Fish’ branding. But its focus on sustainability is as fresh as ever.

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Taylor Phillips, Danny Lewis, Zach Bennett and Kendrick Rivera rehearse a routine at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School summer intensive on July 10 at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Photo by Niki Kottmann
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  • Niki Kottmann
  • July 19, 2017
Local ballet school fosters a universal language of expression

Dancers from all over the world learn and train together at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School's summer intensive.

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Cast members and "recurring characters" Alex Kompothecras, Juliette Porter, Pauly Apostolides, Madisson Hausburg, Chloe Trautman, Garrett Miller, Kelsey Owens and Brandon Gomes — Photo by Niki Kottmann
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • July 19, 2017
'Siesta Key' cast responds to critics of new MTV show

The seven cast members aren't worried about an influx of negative feedback since the show was announced.

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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.

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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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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