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  • Pam Nadon
  • December 6, 2015
Film review: 'Room'

'Room' explores the depths of our psyches and the realities we create.

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Photo by Cliff Roles
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  • Marty Fugate
  • December 6, 2015
Theater review: "Lungs"

Duncan Macmillan's minimalistic play asks the tough questions.

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Guest conductor Perry So.
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  • June LeBell
  • December 6, 2015
Music review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks II

A world premiere at the Sarasota Orchestra

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Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • December 6, 2015
Music review: Gloria Musicae

Gloria Musicae Singers Present a Glorious Christmas

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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 4, 2015
Artists and craftsmen shine at 7th Annual Sarasota Craft Show

Over 100 of the nation's best artisans and artists set up shop in Robarts Arena for the seventh annual arts and craft show (Dec. 4-6).

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Photo by Eoin Carey.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • December 2, 2015
Hidden in Plain Sight: "If These Spasms Could Speak" at Florida Studio Theatre

With his one-man play, Robert Softley Gale explores what it means to live with a disability

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Sarasota Contemporary Dance rehearses for its 3rd annual Voices of Fuzion performance.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 2, 2015
The Final Fuzión: Sarasota Contemporary Dance enters a new chapter

In its second performance under its new name, Sarasota Contemporary Dance creates space for growth.

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Celia Garcia Nogales, Irene Garibay, Nancy Markle and Jeff Schwartz stand next to a one-eighth model for Nogales and Garibay's winning statue design, which will be erected southwest of the college's new library in the summer of 2016.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 1, 2015
Ringling College unveils new public statue for new library

Conceived by students Irene Garibay and Celia Garcia Nogales, the proposed 11-feet tall public statue will be erected in the summer of 2016.

  • Arts + Culture
Solomon Shenker has dreamed of opening his own Jewish deli since he was 18 years old. This week, those dreams came true.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 1, 2015
Deli Diehards: Sol Meyer NY Delicatessen opens

With his new Jewish deli, Sol Meyer NY Delicatessen, Solomon Shenker is bringing a taste of the Northeast to Main Street.

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    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 30, 2015
Director's Take Luncheon at Asolo Rep

Theater lovers got a sneak peek into the director's process with a lecture and luncheon with a panel of Asolo Repertory Theatre's featured directors.

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Chung-Yon Hong. Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 30, 2015
Music review: Key Chorale

Key Chorale Serves a Banquet of Voices

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Victoria Hulland and Ricardo Graziano in Sir Frederick Ashton's "Marguerite and Armand" (Photo Credit: Frank Atura)
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  • Anna Dearing
  • November 24, 2015
Dance review: Sarasota Ballet performs MacMillan, Wright and Ashton

Three new pieces were added to Sarasota Ballet’s repertoire when the ballet performed the works of three great knights — Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s “Concerto,” Sir Peter Wright’s “Summertide” and Sir Frederick Ashton’s “Marguerite and Armand."

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Jerry Bilik will spend hours writing and arranging scores at his keyboard piano in his and his wife Helga's living room in Pelican Cove.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • November 24, 2015
Jerry Bilik says if it ain't Baroque, fix it

Composer Jerry Bilik is on a mission to put classical music back in the mainstream by appealing to listeners — not musicians.

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  • Pam Nadon
  • November 23, 2015
Holiday film picks

Take a look at the best films being released this holiday season.

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Photo by Matthew Holler
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  • Marty Fugate
  • November 23, 2015
Theater review: 'One Man, Two Guvnors'

A crowd-pleasing presentation with everything short of the kitchen sink

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