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Ricardo Graziano, Matthew Hart and Kate Honea dive into the colorful costumes in preparation for “John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker.”
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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 16, 2015
Cracking Open "The Nutcracker"

The Sarasota Ballet infuses its bold reinvention of a holiday classic with the magic of the circus.

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Roselyn Peachey works part time with her cousin and Amish Baking Co. owner, Sadie Peachey.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 16, 2015
A Sweet Tradition at Amish Baking Company

Sadie Peachey is taking her family doughnut recipe on the road with her food truck, The Amish Baking Co.

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Jess Sturtevant and Ashley Rogers
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 16, 2015
Thrill of the Hunt: Canned Ham's vintage finds

With their new joint venture, Canned Ham Vintage, two antiquers are rolling back the clock on Sarasota's fashion scene.

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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 13, 2015
Sarasota Ballet hosts bountiful Breakfast with Clara

The cast and creative team behind the Sarasota Ballet's "John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker" had breakfast with ballet families and friends at the Selby Gardens.

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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 11, 2015
Selby Gallery celebrates one last time

Sarasota artists, and Ringling College students and faculty reminisced inside the Selby Gallery Wednesday night just before its slated demolition in January.

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Pomona's sister restaurant Lila will be almost be its complete opposite. Affordable, organic vegetable-based menu items with an open kitchen design so guests can view the chefs and staff prepare their food.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 11, 2015
Pomona owners go green in former Bullet Hole space

Pomona owners Ryan Boeve and Arthur Lopes will open Lila, an affordable, organic and vegetable-focused restaurant, in late spring 2016.

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The play follows the journey of the eponymous Hetty Feather, a feisty, redheaded orphan in 19th-century England, who joins the circus to search for her real family (photo by Donald Cooper).
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 11, 2015
Asolo Rep runs away to the circus in Hetty Feather

The popular 2014 London family-friendly, circus adventure will receive its American premiere in Sarasota in June.

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Starting with its 55 seats, the Urbanite Theatre hopes to extend its naming fundraising drive to the bricks and graffiti mural outside the lobby.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 10, 2015
Urbanite Theatre announces seat-naming drive

For $500, theater fans can have their name permanently affixed to one of the Urbanite's 55 seats.

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • December 10, 2015
This Week in Sarasota: Wednesday, Dec. 16

A look at our favorite events this week

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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota honors the Sarasota Opera

The arts advocacy group honored maestro Victor DeRenzi and the Sarasota Opera with its 4th Annual Luminaire Award.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • December 9, 2015
Theater review: 'She Loves Me'

'She Loves Me' is a sweet sampler of a musical.

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With on floor housing the future Sarasota Museum of Art (SMOA), another floor of the renovated Historic Sarasota High School will house the Lifelong Learning Academy and its growing 2,000 student body.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
Lifelong Learning Academy joins Ringling College

In need of more space and resources for its expanding student body, the adult education organization will be housed in the Historic Sarasota High School.

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Composed of more than 40 members, including professional and amateur musicans, The Pops Orchestra is innovating its concert format with “A Christmas Carol: The Concert.”
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
Community Carol at the Pops Orchestra

The Pops Orchestra combines music and theater for the first time.

  • Arts + Culture
Hugh Davies plays and experiments with the power and texture of color and space in his garage art studio.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
Studio Space: Hugh Davies

A professional artist in his native England, Davies celebrates 10 years of creating in Sarasota.

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Zach Shotwell, originally from Colorado, never thought he'd spend so much time in Florida, but happily returns to his theatrical family at FST.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 9, 2015
Stagedoor: Zach Shotwell

Once a Florida Studio Theatre apprentice, Shotwell is back for a shot at the main stage.

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