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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.

  • Arts + Culture
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.

  • Arts + Culture
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.

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

Fantastique Voyage; Art of Giving; and Flora Focus.

  • Arts + Culture
Grigory Soloviov, Timur Bekbosunov, and Alexandra Batsios in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Golden Cockerel."
    By
  • 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.

  • Arts + Culture
Landscape artist Jacobina Trump and Suzanne Gregory of the Conservation Foundation are combining art and environmental activism to help protect Florida's gulf coast.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • February 17, 2015
Art and Nature

The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast collaborates with artists to save natural treasures.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • February 17, 2015
A Brand New Beat

Nate Jacobs creates in the moment with the cast of the world premiere production of 'Jazz Hot Mamas.'

  • Arts + Culture
"American Sniper"
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • February 17, 2015
Countdown to the Oscars

With all of the controversy surrounding this year's Academy Award nominations, let's get real. We love to watch. It's an innate guilty pleasure. Stars strutting their stuff, directors squirming and the occasional faux pas draw us into the celebration of films and those who make them count. The envelopes, please ...

  • Arts + Culture
Betty Schoenbaum was working at the 2014 Renaissance Luncheon; this year, she is its first "Renaissance Woman of the Year" honoree. Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • February 17, 2015
Black Tie & Tales

Renaissance Luncheon Breaks New Ground at 35 and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
Liebe Gamble
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • February 17, 2015
Orchid Ball: A Night of a Thousand Fashion Standouts

Valentine's Day is always a formal affair, so with the most talked about event of the season taking place Feb. 14, Black Tie had a hard time keeping tabs on all of the fashions seen throughout the evening.

  • Arts + Culture
Jen Rust
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • February 17, 2015
People with Purpose: Jen Rust

Growing up in a philanthropy-focused family, Jen Rust was bound to incorporate volunteering in her life at some point.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 17, 2015
LISTEN: Keeping it simple with Los Demolirs

LISTEN: Keeping it simple with Los Demolirs

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • February 16, 2015
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe announces 2015/2016 season

The WBTT 16th anniversary season includes productions of the musical "The Color Purple," August Wilson's "Ma Rainy's Black Bottom" and two world premieres.

  • Arts + Culture
jdubs
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 16, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

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