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Joji Angeline and Katrina Yamani
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 9, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Selby Gallery 'Words/Images'

Selby Gallery's backroom flooded due to rain, but as the water was shop vacuumed up, people slowly started trickling in for the Aug. 9 opening of Words/Images. The exhibit that featured traveling exhibition 'Illustrators 55' in Gallery I and 'Letterpress Projects' in Gallery II. The exhibits will be on display through Sept. 11.

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SmellBahnMI
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  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • August 8, 2013
Smell the Bread Café, A Healthy Option

Smell the Bread Café, A Healthy Option

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    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • August 8, 2013
Smell the Bread Café, A Healthy Option

Smell the Bread Café, A Healthy Option

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  • Eat + Drink
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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 8, 2013
Cabana Inn aims to lose bad rap, plug into music scene

Cabana Inn aims to lose bad rap, plug into music scene

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  • By Amanda Heisey
  • August 8, 2013
Cheers: The Red Dream

Cheers: The Red Dream

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  • By Kathryn Parks
  • August 7, 2013
'Live, Laugh & Love' at the Venice Theatre Summer Cabaret Festival

'Live, Laugh & Love' at the Venice Theatre Summer Cabaret Festival

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kathryn Parks
  • August 7, 2013
'Live, Laugh & Love' at the Venice Theatre Summer Cabaret Festival

'Live, Laugh & Love' at the Venice Theatre Summer Cabaret Festival

  • Arts + Culture
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's "Soul Crooners" was the talk of the town at last week's National Black Theatre Festival. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 7, 2013
Scene and Heard: WBTT sells out national performance

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe just returned home from performing four sold-out productions of "Soul Crooners" at the National Black Theatre Festival.

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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 7, 2013
Destination: Historic Arcadia

Historic downtown Arcadia is a gem for antique shopping - its main draw. If you've been saving it for a rainy day, now's your time to mosey to this charming, sleepy town.

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The interior of Crab & Fin will receive a total transformation during two-and-a-half weeks of renovations in September. Robin Hartill
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 7, 2013
Crab & Fin seeks to raise the bar with renovations

The St. Armands Circle restaurant will close for two-and-a-half weeks in September for major renovations, including a reconfigured bar area.

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Chase Jones took the Sunrise Cube to ArtCenter Manatee July 27 and will bring it to the Longboat Key Center for the Arts in August.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 7, 2013
Artist enlightens the community on project

Chase Jones, from Lakewood Ranch, is a multimedia artist going on tour with his project, called the Sunrise Cube. He hopes to shed light on the project and in the community.

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Designed in the storybook style, this Indian Beach home looks like the setting for a fairy tale come to life. Photos courtesy of Michael Saunders and Co.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • August 7, 2013
Home of the Month: Enchanted Cottage

A mysterious past adds romance to a famous Sarasota home.

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'A normal person doesn’t understand why you would take two months of your life to put on a show,' David Walker says. 'They just don’t get it, and if they don't get it, then they really aren't going to get me.'
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 7, 2013
'Master of the House'

Even if it feels like Manatee Players' 'Les Miserables' costume designer David Walker will never get there, the sew must go on.

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'I hate to admit it, but I have a deep-seated desire for everyone to like me,' Mary Tischbein says. 'But that's something I'm almost over.'
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 7, 2013
For Tischbein, laughter is the best medicine

Comedian 'Long Island Mary' hopes to remind the audience of their crazy aunt or funny co-worker.

  • Arts + Culture
Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Mercer Magic
  • By Kathryn Parks
  • August 6, 2013
Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Mercer Magic

Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Mercer Magic

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