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Arts + Entertainment

  • By Kathryn Parks
  • September 23, 2013
Girls Inc. is changing the national dialogue, one frame at a time

Girls Inc. is changing the national dialogue, one frame at a time

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  • Things To Do
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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 23, 2013
TEDx comes to USF Sarasota-Manatee

TEDx comes to USF Sarasota-Manatee

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Blythe Gaissert-Levitt
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  • June LeBell
  • September 23, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra Song Fest Concerts

The programs Dirk Meyer and the Sarasota Orchestra presented last Thursday and Friday in Holley Hall followed the three "C's" to the letter.

  • Arts + Culture
An old photo of the Snyder brothers with their mother, Patricia Snyder. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 23, 2013
Standup comedy to help benefit Patricia Snyder Children's Fund

Brothers Dan and Rob Snyder will host a comedic fundraising event at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre for a foundation they created to continue their mother's legacy.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 21, 2013
This Week in Fantasy Football: Week three

This Week in Fantasy Football: Week three

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Elaine Charney and Brenda Hadjian represent Art Center Sarasota
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 21, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Florida Watercolor Society annual meeting

The Florida Watercolor Societies annual free trade show with demonstrations, award show and meeting is only in Sarasota every five years or so. For the Sarasota members, it was convenient to hold the festival at Hyatt Sarasota on Sept. 20 and 21, and it was exciting to bring some of the finest watercolor talent in the nation to our area.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 20, 2013
Weekend Best Bets: Friday, Sept. 20

Weekend Best Bets: Friday, Sept. 20

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The Half Shell Oyster Bar, which has made its home on Main Street and Links Avenue for a little more than a year, is moving.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • September 20, 2013
Tidbites

Rumors abound; Location, location, location; Carmel Cafe offers three-course prix-fixe; Perfectly picturesque; and Itsy-bitsy tidbites.

  • Arts + Culture
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    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • September 19, 2013
Nancy Krohngold: Food, fun, community and commitment

Nancy Krohngold: Food, fun, community and commitment

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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 19, 2013
Fingerpaint artist Mark Burdette finds beauty in flaws

Fingerpaint artist Mark Burdette finds beauty in flaws

  • Arts + Culture
Alana Opie and Brittney Klepper in "Always … Patsy Cline." Photo courtesy Manatee Players.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 19, 2013
Hot Tickets Roundup

Thursday, Sept. 19 is a day of show openings, concerts and art-related events. Here's a few events on the docket to get your weekend started early.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Culture Collective hopes to involve more young people in area arts.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 18, 2013
Readers Sound Off: Young People and the Arts

In keeping with this week's A&E feature on the Culture Collective, we wanted to hear why some of Observer Media Group's readers' and followers' opinions are on why a lot of young people aren't attending the arts. We asked, they answered, and here are the results:

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 18, 2013
It Takes A Village

Chef Jose Martinez of Maison Blanche serves an amuse-bouche about the French chef festival taking place in October in Sarasota, which is meant to inspire student proteges.

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The Sarasota Culture Collective includes seven community organizations
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 18, 2013
Arts organizations share collective vision

Seven arts organizations have partnered to debut a revamped Sarasota Culture Collective, an initiative to attract younger audience members to come to performances.

  • Arts + Culture
The former Old Ice House will become the recharged new The Ice House, an art gallery (sans the ice).
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 17, 2013
Contemporary art exhibition space opens in Rosemary District

The Ice House is the exhibition space for Alfstad& Productions, and plans to launch season of exhibitions and events beginning this November.

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