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  • Nick Reichert
  • November 17, 2014
Movie Reviews: 'Interstellar' and 'Big Hero 6'

Movie Reviews: 'Interstellar' and 'Big Hero 6'

  • Arts + Culture
Architectural rendering of the Sarasota Museum of Art/SMOA, a division of the Ringling College of Art and Design.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 16, 2014
Ringling College begins major construction on new art museum

Today the Ringling College of Art and Design began major renovations on the Sarasota Museum of Art/SMOA as announcing a party and a national search for a new executive director

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Li Wei meets and talks with his team before going up in the air.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 16, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Li Wei takes flight at the Ca' d'Zan

Chinese performance artist Li Wei visited Sarasota Monday to perform his personal brand of flight photography. Through the help of cranes, Wei levitated above of the Cá d'Zan and imitated the motion of a traditional dragon kite.

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Kelly Felthous and Ben Davis in Asolo Rep's production of "South Pacific." Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • November 16, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'South Pacific'

Marty Fugate reviews Asolo Rep's 'South Pacific.'

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • November 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Crystal Classic

PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Crystal Classic

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    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 15, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: 'South Pacific'

If ever there were a musical that represented what Michael Donald Edwards has been striving for in the past few years, it has got to be Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific."

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • November 15, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Rosewater'

Jon Stewart, who has changed the nature of political satire since 1999, has written and directed his first film.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • November 14, 2014
Clayton's Siesta Grill: A consistent, casual, island-style bistro

Clayton's Siesta Grill: A consistent, casual, island-style bistro

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    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 14, 2014
The Ringling adopts National Theatre Live screenings

In an attempt to expand their live performance repertoire, the Ringling brings in Britain's premiere, star-studded theater to the Historic Asolo Theater.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • November 13, 2014
Shamrock revives Summer Chef Jam for special 'thank you' event

Shamrock revives Summer Chef Jam for special 'thank you' event

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BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, March 12
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  • Nick Friedman
  • November 13, 2014
BUSTED: This week in police reports — Thursday, Nov. 13

BUSTED: This week in police reports — Thursday, Nov. 13

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Robert Carter, Sally and Carmen Valenti
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 13, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: 4th Annual Taste of Friendship

The Friendship Centers hosted their annual dinner at the Edson Keith Mansion located within the Phillippi Estate Park. Proceeds raised at the dinner benefited the Friendship Centers' Health Services in Sarasota and Venice.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • November 12, 2014
Event Preview: Sarasota Chalk Festival

Event Preview: Sarasota Chalk Festival

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Cheeko Matsusaka and RoseAnne McCabe rehearse for "Songs of Wars I Have Seen."
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 12, 2014
Sarasota Orchestra: The new wave

With her first full season at the Sarasota Orchestra underway, Anu Tali searches for fresh experiences in Heiner Goebbels' immersive 'Songs of Wars I Have Seen.'

  • Arts + Culture
New College of Florida Spanish-speaking docents Sarah Scully and Yates Gibson describe a large portrait in the "Behind Closed Doors" exhibit at the Ringling Museum of Art.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • November 12, 2014
Ringling Museum speaks language of exhibition

'Behind Closed Doors' offers an intimate peek into the lives of Spanish-American colonists - including how they spoke.

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