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Sip the Sunshine to showcase Florida craft beer

The inaugural beer festival highlights Florida brews, live music and food.

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  • October 18, 2016
Review: '17 Border Crossings' at RIAF

Thaddeus Phillips' considers world travel in a collection of honest vignettes.

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  • October 18, 2016
Music review: 'The Pianist' at RIAF

Thomas Monckton’s “The Pianist” strikes a comic note at RIAF.

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  • October 18, 2016
Theater review: 'The Wiz'

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe offers some fresh steps on the well-traveled Yellow Brick Road.

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  • October 17, 2016
Born to Sing; The Ditchfield Family Singers

For the Ditchfied Family Singers, love of music is a family affair

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  • October 17, 2016
Music Review: Eighth Blackbird at Ringling International Arts Festival

RIAF flies with Eighth Blackbird.

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  • October 16, 2016
Film review: 'The Accountant'

Affleck is at the top of his game as an unsuspecting accountant harboring violent tendencies and a heart of gold.

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  • October 14, 2016
Ringling International Arts Festival kicks off with courtyard celebration

The performing-arts festival opened with an evening of Brazilian flair.

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A wooden model depicts Dan Johnson's symphony hall design, “Discovery." Photo by Niki Kottmann.
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  • October 12, 2016
CityLab Sarasota students design a new future for the bayfront

The Center for Architecture Sarasota exhibit showcases visions for a bayfront cultural district.

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  • October 12, 2016
FST's Patrick A. Jackson on his love of storytelling

For Patrick A. Jackson, theater is about more than big stages and a spot in the limelight — it’s about having an impact through storytelling.

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  • October 12, 2016
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Oct. 13

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  • October 11, 2016
Film review: 'The Girl on the Train'

'The Girl on the Train' is a tangled web of deceit.

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  • October 9, 2016
Five grand pianos equal crowd pleaser

The Artist Series Concerts' Piano Grand! delights audience both musically and emotionally.

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  • October 5, 2016
Film review: 'Deepwater Horizon'

Peter Berg's harrowing film focuses on the lives affected by the disaster, rather than its environmental effects.

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