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Arts + Entertainment

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

Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Mercer Magic

  • Arts + Culture
S'macks is open for business at 2407 Bee Ridge Road (courtesy photo).
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 6, 2013
S'macks Burgers & Shakes now open

If you lived in Sarasota during the 1940s and '50s, you might remember The Smack, a beloved burger drive-in. S'macks is intended to have the reincarnated feel of that place, albeit with a new name and legacy all of its own -- starting with opening day, Wednesday, Aug. 7.

  • Arts + Culture
Designing Women Boutique's art exhibition and summer sale runs through Aug. 17.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 6, 2013
DWB summer art sale extended

Designing Women Boutique's art exhibition and summer sale runs through Aug. 17.

  • Arts + Culture
Kyle Turoff shows Beth Duda the new theatre space
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: PLATO fundraising event

August 5 was a packed house at Jager Taven & Grill, where patrons of PLATO gathered to raise funds for a $70,000 new theater space a few buildings down.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • August 5, 2013
FILM REVIEW: 'Unfinished Song'

The latest gem on the growing list of films about aging couples is the endearing 'Unfinished Song.'

  • Arts + Culture
 Jeffrey Plunkett and Larissa Klinger. Photo by Brian Braun.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • August 2, 2013
REVIEW: 'South Beach Babylon'

Contemporary, award-winning playwright Michael McKeever's play, 'South Beach Babylon,' is about the age-old conflict between art and commerce.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 1, 2013
BEERASOTA: KBBA and Sam Smith Organic Lager

BEERASOTA: KBBA and Sam Smith Organic Lager

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Sfincione
    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • August 1, 2013
Supernova Café Shines Brightly for Casual Italian Dining

Supernova Café Shines Brightly for Casual Italian Dining

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • August 1, 2013
Supernova Café Shines Brightly for Casual Italian Dining

Supernova Café Shines Brightly for Casual Italian Dining

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Taelor Scheuer
  • August 1, 2013
Get the Look! How to Make Smoky Eyes

Get the Look! How to Make Smoky Eyes

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Amanda Heisey
  • August 1, 2013
Cheers: The Manhattan

Cheers: The Manhattan

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
"You know what you said, but you don't know what they heard," newest member of Sarasota Ballet, Ian Tanzer, says of what it's like to see himself on episodes of CW's "Breaking Pointe."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 1, 2013
Reality TV star joins Sarasota Ballet

CW's 'Breaking Pointe' lead character, Ian Tanzer, leaves Utah's Ballet West to join the Sarasota Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
Seventeen-year-old Travis Taaffe will row in the Men’s Varsity 8+ boat at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships, following in the footsteps of his older brother, Alex, who rowed in the same event four years ago. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 1, 2013
Nations Elite

Senior Travis Taaffe will travel to Trakai, Lithuania, for the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships Aug. 7.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 31, 2013
Gettin' Fresh: Grown adult grilled cheese

Gettin' Fresh: Grown adult grilled cheese

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • July 31, 2013
South Beach Babylon -- where art and commerce collide

South Beach Babylon -- where art and commerce collide

  • Arts + Culture
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