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  • July 6, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Fourth of July in Sarasota

PHOTO GALLERY: Fourth of July in Sarasota

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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 6, 2015
Darwin's on 4th closes

Darwin's on 4th closes

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Due to rainy weather during its live music day, the Harvey Milk Festival is hosting a fundraiser July 11 at THROB Nightclub.
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  • July 6, 2015
Harvey Milk Festival hosting fundraiser on July 11

Due to rain at this year's live music event, the festival is holding an essential fundraiser at THROB Nightclub

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  • July 6, 2015
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens host 4th of July Family Bash

Food and fun were in plenty supply as Sarasota families spent all afternoon waiting for the 4th of July fireworks

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  • July 6, 2015
Music on Main 4th of July Weekend

Despite stormy forecasts, music and fair lovers came out to celebrate the holiday weekend in Lakewood Ranch

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Patrick Noonan, Michael Daly and Tom Patterson in "The Hounds of Baskerville." Courtesy photo.
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  • Marty Fugate
  • July 6, 2015
Theater Review: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

Theater Review: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

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  • July 2, 2015
BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, July 2

BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, July 2

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  • July 2, 2015
Pies and Pints participants share proceeds with All Faiths Food Bank

Pies and Pints participants share proceeds with All Faiths Food Bank

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Fiction author Chinelo Okparanta will be one of the featured speakers at Florida Studio Theatre on July 9
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  • Nick Reichert
  • July 2, 2015
Hermitage to present female writers summit at Florida Studio Theatre

Jackie Sibblies Drury, Camille Dungy and Chinelo Okparanta to speak at FST on July 9

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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 2, 2015
TWIS Asks: TapMap

TWIS Asks: TapMap

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Curator of exhibitions at Ringling College of Art and Design Mark Ormond hangs pieces for "Defining Abstraction," which opens July 10
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  • Nick Reichert
  • July 1, 2015
A Blank Space

For Mark Ormond, curating an exhibition is about more than art. It's about creating an experience.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 30, 2015
Do This: Fourth of July in Sarasota

Do This: Fourth of July in Sarasota

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Nancie Woods brings an extensive background in professional dance and teaching to lead the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
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  • Nick Reichert
  • June 30, 2015
Nancie Woods named principal for the Sarasota Ballet's Margaret Barbieri Conservatory

Woods, former artistic director of the BalletNova Center for Dance in Arlington, VA, will be the first full-time principal of the pre-professional dance program.

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  • June 30, 2015
'Thrillist' names Darwin's on 4th among Florida's best brewpubs

'Thrillist' names Darwin's on 4th among Florida's best brewpubs

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  • June 29, 2015
This week in Sarasota: Monday, June 29

This week in Sarasota: Monday, June 29

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