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  • Nick Friedman
  • February 23, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 23

Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 23

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  • Nick Reichert
  • February 23, 2015
Ringling College alumni earn top animation honors at the Academy Awards

21 alumni from the Ringling College of Art & Design earned or contributed to the Academy Award-winning short "Feast" and feature film "Big Hero 6."

  • Arts + Culture
Marion Cotillard
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • February 23, 2015
Film Review 'Two Days, One Night'

This is a film review of "Two Days, One Night" starring Marion Cotillard.

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Carlos Miguel Prieto
    By
  • June LeBell
  • February 23, 2015
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks V

June LeBell reviews Sarasota Orchestra's Masterworks series in Sarasota, FL.

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"The Golden Cockerel" runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • February 23, 2015
OPERA REVIEW: 'The Golden Cockerel'

June LeBell reviews Rimsky-Korsakov's 'The Golden Cockerel,' which gets a rare performance in the U.S.

  • Arts + Culture
“[title of show]” runs through March 8, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • February 22, 2015
Theater Review: '[title of show]'

FSU Conservatory's ‘[title of show]’ takes audiences on a funhouse ride in Sarasota, FL.

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  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • February 21, 2015
Burns Court Café: More than meets the eye

Burns Court Café: More than meets the eye

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ringling bridge sunset
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  • Nick Friedman
  • February 20, 2015
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Feb. 20

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Feb. 20

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Jeremy-Joerger
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  • Nick Friedman
  • February 19, 2015
You Can't Fake Soul: JDub's celebrates first anniversary

You Can't Fake Soul: JDub's celebrates first anniversary

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Speaker Matthew Woodside and Historical Society President Pam Coleman
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 18, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Historical Society lecture

The Longboat Key Historical Society held its monthly lecture on Feb. 19. Matthew Woodside, chief curator and director of exhibitions of the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, spoke about the history of the Gulf Coast of Florida and how we got where we are today.

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Exhibitor Arlene Sjosten in front of her painting, “City Life”
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 17, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Art Exhibit Wednesday

Bird Key Yacht Club members showed off their many talents at its Art Exhibit Wednesday event on Feb. 18. Thirty-one yacht club members exhibited their works of art, from oils, watercolors, photographs, collages, jewelry, knitting and glasswork, among other mediums.

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Michael Kulaw, Kathy Jordan, Wyndi and David Teitelbaum
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • February 17, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: USF Sarasota-Manatee's "Taste of Israel"

The university's college of hospitality and technology leadership hosted their fifth annual HospitaBull Evening serving bountiful portions of Israeli food and drink.

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Iain Webb, director of the Sarasota Ballet, uses his massive and growing collection of ballet books and histories to program and revive rarely performed pieces.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • February 17, 2015
Leaping Off the Page

Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb uses his personal library to fuel the ballet's repertory and conserve rapidly disappearing ballet works.

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Carlos Prieto
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • February 17, 2015
Scene and Heard

Fantastique Voyage; Art of Giving; and Flora Focus.

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Grigory Soloviov, Timur Bekbosunov, and Alexandra Batsios in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Golden Cockerel."
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  • Nick Reichert
  • February 17, 2015
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Nick Reichert keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

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