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  • May 6, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Big Guava Music Festival

PHOTO GALLERY: Big Guava Music Festival

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Find your mom the perfect gift for Mother's Day, which is Sunday, May 11.
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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 6, 2014
The perfect 'gift-ables' for Mother's Day

Moms are the most deserving of appreciation and pampering - so what are you doing for her this Mother's Day (May 11)?

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Ingredients
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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 5, 2014
Cinco de Margaritas

Cinco de Margaritas

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  • May 5, 2014
Let's Talk Locks: How low can you go?

Let's Talk Locks: How low can you go?

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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 5, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: A Fashionable Gala: Southern Charm

PHOTO GALLERY: A Fashionable Gala: Southern Charm

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CONTRIBUTED Sam Woolf will appear on the "American Idol" finale May 19 and May 20.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 5, 2014
Sam Woolf makes talk show appearance, prepares for 'American Idol' finale

After his elimination from "American Idol" May 1, Braden River High student Sam Woolf appeared on "Live! With Kelly and Michael" May 5, and talks life after "Idol."

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  • Pam Nadon
  • May 5, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Joe'

Nicolas Cage is back on top of his game in the new film, 'Joe.'

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"Hero: The Musical" runs through June 1, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
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  • Marty Fugate
  • May 5, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Hero'

'Hero: The Musical,' the latest Asolo Rep production, centers on the struggles of one mere mortal to let his creativity and love life take flight.

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Going for the Gold: 'The Golden Lotus' Co-Chairs Merrill Bonder and Pat Martin
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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • May 5, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untie the weekend with Black Tie Untied featuring Designing Daughter's A Fashionable Gala: Southern Charm, YMCA's Going for the Gold: 'The Golden Lotus', Asolo Rep's Men Who Cook and more.

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Logan Learned in Ashton's "Les Patineurs." Photo by Frank Atura.
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • May 4, 2014
DANCE REVIEW: Sir Frederick Ashton Festival - 'Illuminations,' 'Divertissements' and 'Les Patineurs'

The final evening of Sir Frederick Ashton Festival featured 'Illuminations,' 'Divertissements' and 'Les Patineurs.'

  • Arts + Culture
Kate Honea, Victoria Hulland and Danielle Brown in Ashton's "Birthday Offering." Photo by Frank Atura
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  • Anna Dearing
  • May 3, 2014
Sir Frederick Ashton Festival - 'Birthday Offering,' 'Valses Nobles et Sentimentales' and 'Sinfonietta'

The third evening of the Sir Frederick Ashton Festival again opened with "Birthday Offering."

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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 2, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: YPG After Hours at Darwin's

PHOTO GALLERY: YPG After Hours at Darwin's

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  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • May 2, 2014
Mother's Day dining

Mother's Day dining

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Ricardo Rhodes in "Les Rendezvous." Photo by Frank Atura
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  • Anna Dearing
  • May 2, 2014
Sir Frederick Ashton Festival - 'Les Rendezvous,' 'Monotones I & II' and 'Façade'

Night two of the Sir Frederick Ashton Festival was even better than the first. The dancers seemed even more confident after their successful opening evening, offering a hint of the nights to come.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 1, 2014
Strumming up history: Steve Cinnamon's cigar box guitars

Strumming up history: Steve Cinnamon's cigar box guitars

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