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PHOTO GALLERY: Harvey Milk Music Festival

PHOTO GALLERY: Harvey Milk Music Festival

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  • May 18, 2015
Community AIDS Network hosts "Wizard of Oz" sing-a-long

The fundraiser featured costumes, drinks and a sing-a-long version of the movie classic.

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  • May 15, 2015
Summer movie preview: Flicks to top your list

The lazy days of summer are upon us, and where better to beat the heat than in an icy cool movie theater? It's that time of the year when studios inundate the lineup of new films with franchise faves.

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  • May 15, 2015
This weekend's best bets: Friday, May 15

This weekend's best bets: Friday, May 15

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  • May 14, 2015
BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, May 14

BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, May 14

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smokehouse
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  • May 14, 2015
Stottlemyer's Smokehouse: A taste of Old Florida

Stottlemyer's Smokehouse: A taste of Old Florida

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  • May 13, 2015
Theater Review: 'Miracle Worker'

'Miracle Worker' unlocks the world inside a word.

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wade
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  • May 13, 2015
TWIS Asks: Wade Gasque, director of 'Tiger Orange'

TWIS Asks: Wade Gasque, director of 'Tiger Orange'

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Jennifer Rominiecki is taking decades of experience she acquired at some of New York City’s most prestigious cultural institutions to lead the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens into into its fifth decade.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • May 13, 2015
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Jennifer Rominiecki is planting roots

Manhattan native Jennifer Rominiecki had a good job at an iconic New York City institution. Then she traded it all to come to Sarasota for a chance to make her mark.

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David Bromstad cultivated his own sense of style and color through trial and error and the lessons he learned while at Ringling College.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • May 13, 2015
50 Shades of Bromstad

David Bromstad, HGTV star and color master, returned to his alma mater, Ringling College of Art and Design, to give the commencement address May 7. He reminisced on his time here and how a 24-hour Denny’s got him through college.

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  • Nick Reichert
  • May 12, 2015
Kevin Dean Retrospective

The Alfstad& Contemporary Gallery hosted the exhibit "Kevin Dean: Extra Ordinary"

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jennifer McPheeters
  • May 12, 2015
Book Review: 'The Buried Giant' by Kazuo Ishiguro

Book Review: 'The Buried Giant' by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Roberta MacDonald Turoff, Sarasota's booming and influential leading lady, died of cancer earlier this afternoon.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • May 12, 2015
Roberta MacDonald Turoff, local theater performer and maven, dies.

Friends and theater collaborators recall fond memories and Turoff's impact

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Jonathan Herman, baritone, is ready to take the next step toward a musical career.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • May 12, 2015
Jonathan Herman takes the stage

The resourceful Sarasota vocalist will find any chance to express himself

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  • May 12, 2015
TWIS Asks: Natural Child

TWIS Asks: Natural Child

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