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  • April 26, 2016
Theater Review: ‘Driving Miss Daisy’

Theater Review: ‘Driving Miss Daisy’

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  • April 24, 2016
Music review: 'Cello Time'

Sarasota Orchestra's 'Cello Time' spanned four centuries and more cellos than you can shake a bow at.

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  • April 24, 2016
Film review: 'Elvis and Nixon'

Brilliant performances by two unlikely actors bring to life an even more unlikely meeting.

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  • April 24, 2016
Theater review: 'The Drowning Girls'

Urbanite Theatre's new production is a haunting exploration of exploitation and manipulation.

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Philip and Nancy Kotler and Warren and Margot Coville break ground on the new center.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • April 20, 2016
The Ringling breaks ground on Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion

The 5,500 square-foot center will house studio glass and serve as the formal entrance to the Historic Asolo Theater.

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  • April 20, 2016
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Joey James leads rehearsals of one of the group's new songs.
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  • April 20, 2016
Millenial Fresh: Sarasota's new sketch-comedy troupe

A new sketch-comedy group cracks wise at the oft-criticized lives of millennials.

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  • Marty Fugate
  • April 18, 2016
Voices of Tomorrow: The National Competition for Voice

Artist Series Concerts awards seven young vocalists.

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Kevin Costello
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  • April 18, 2016
Art as Philosophy

Kevin Costello's new installation, "Sojourn into the Anthropocene," explores global warming.

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Brooke and Brittany Graeff are Good Graeff
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  • Nick Friedman
  • April 18, 2016
Good Graeff song featured on HBO's 'Girls'

The Sarasota-formed band's single, "I Want That," played on the show's season finale.

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  • April 17, 2016
Music review: Curtis Institute of Music

A beautiful performance, but lacking in emotion.

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Rob Glauz and Jessie Taylor in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory's production of "Nora." Photo by Frank Atura.
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  • April 17, 2016
Theater review: 'Nora'

This dreamy production strips convention and boils storytelling down to its essence.

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  • April 17, 2016
Film review: 'Dough'

An unlikely friendship stirs the pot in this film about acceptance.

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  • April 15, 2016
Faces of Change

Asolo Rep's documentary theater project explores faith and religion in Sarasota.

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  • April 13, 2016
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, April 14

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