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'Boyhood'
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  • Pam Nadon
  • August 4, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Boyhood'

Director Richard Linklater's new film, 'Boyhood,' is a huge leap of faith that lands in all the right places.

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Darya Fedotova, Natalie Ogden, Holland Tyson, Trinity Feikert, Alexia King, Polina Muntzer and Katelyn Egan
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 3, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: School of Russian Ballet Summer Intensive

School of Russian Ballet hosts a summer intensive for 60 students. Students had the opportunity to learn from guest teacher, former principal dancer of Orlando ballet, Katia Garza.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 2, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Summer Social at Perq

PHOTO GALLERY: Summer Social at Perq

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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 1, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Aug. 1

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Aug. 1

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  • By Amanda Heisey
  • August 1, 2014
Curtain Call: Life lessons from performers

Curtain Call: Life lessons from performers

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Katya Prokopenko and Annie and Alex Breitinger enjoy drinks together.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 1, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Music on Main

Hundreds of East County residents and friends jammed to music by Kettle of Fish Aug. 1, during Lakewood Ranch Main Street's monthly Music on Main event.

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This week's FYI Friday features a story about snakes that might make your skin crawl.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 1, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

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Austin Bruce shows off his paper mache dragon
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 1, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Creative Kids Summer Camp

The Creative Kids weeklong camp sessions run from June 9 through Aug. 15 at Art Center Sarasota. The creative children explore art in various mediums every day. Every Friday, parents are invited to an "art opening" where campers could display their art proudly.

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    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • July 31, 2014
Artisan Cheese Company: Fine cheese with a side of knowledge

Artisan Cheese Company: Fine cheese with a side of knowledge

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Rafael Quenedit Castro
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 31, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Cuban Ballet School summer intensive

Sarasota Cuban Ballet School hosted a six-week summer intensive for students from around the world. A leader of classical dance training in Cuba, Ramona de Saa, visited as a guest teacher. The culmination of the weeks are a performance from its students visiting from the National Ballet School of Cuba Aug. 1.

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JoAnna Ursal
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 31, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Fuzion Dance Artists Summer Intensive

Fuzion Dance Artists hosted its first week-long summer intensive from July 27 through Aug. 3 at New College. The culmination of the week is the "In the Round" performance Aug. 2 and 3 at New College of Florida Black Box theater.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 30, 2014
Sarasota comic writer hopes to draw support at Comic Con

Sarasota comic writer hopes to draw support at Comic Con

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  • By Nicole Unger
  • July 30, 2014
Day Trippin' — Hunting for shark teeth at Caspersen Beach

Day Trippin' — Hunting for shark teeth at Caspersen Beach

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Howard Millman lounges on Banyan Theater Company's "The Sty of the Blind Pig" set in the Cook Theatre — a stage with which he's extremely familiar.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 30, 2014
Storied Turnaround

Director Howard Millman prepares to open Banyan Theater Company's 'Collected Stories.' The man who saved Asolo Repertory Theatre from closing twice has a few stories of his own.

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    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • July 30, 2014
Turquoise token on the bay

If you are lucky enough to have a home with water views, it would seem a unanimous want, but hard or impractical to accomplish, to have pristine and unobstructed views from all areas of your home.

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