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The Blue Rooster. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 16, 2013
TIDBITES

Openings and Celebrations; Darwin's on Fourth Celebrates One Year; The Ritz is Getting Dusty! Jack Dusty, that is; Eat Here is 'out there' on Siesta Key

  • Arts + Culture
Rachel S. O'Hara
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 16, 2013
Social Studies: Lee Peterson

Lee Peterson's story could only have happened in Sarasota, where she moved with her husband, the late J. Robert Peterson, around 1993 ...

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Victoria Hulland and Danielle Brown in front of Wolk's painting of them.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 16, 2013
Highlights: Painter William Wolk inspired by Sarasota Ballet dancers

Sarasota artist William Wolk first learned to paint at age 14 from nude figures. He was the youngest student in his adult class, at Miami Day Jr. College, in the 1960s.

  • Arts + Culture
Erin Murphy and Greg Bartnichak
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 16, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: End of the Dial Tone Retrospective Art Show

Local musicians and artists, who collaborate in experimental live performances, known as The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band, held a retrospective art show Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Clothesline Tees. The art show featured art, photography and video footage collected throughout live performances, as well as instruments and stage props used in the past.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Joe Hendricks
  • January 14, 2013
Wal-Mart appeal headed to public hearing

Wal-Mart appeal headed to public hearing

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  • By Skylar Ead
  • January 14, 2013
The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • January 14, 2013
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy tickets to Asolo Rep

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy tickets to Asolo Rep

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher
  • January 14, 2013
TWIS = This Week Is Savory

TWIS = This Week Is Savory

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Vivian Bomblat is a senior illustrator student of Ringling College of Art and Design.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 14, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: "Branching Out" Volunteers

North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty gives a few simple instructions before the volunteers help create his vision on the front lawn at the future home of Sarasota Museum of Art / SMOA, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. The outdoor installation will be taking shape for the next two weeks, but the structure could last from two to three years.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Lisa Nisenson
  • January 11, 2013
Wal-Mart and more bad math

Wal-Mart and more bad math

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  • By John Ewing
  • January 10, 2013
Packing lunch with Whole Foods

Packing lunch with Whole Foods

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  • By Skylar Ead
  • January 10, 2013
Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher
  • January 10, 2013
VIDEO: Tour the Table Creekside with Chef Judi

VIDEO: Tour the Table Creekside with Chef Judi

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  • Eat + Drink
    By
  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • January 10, 2013
Casa Italia: A tale of ethnicity, authenticity and passion for food

Casa Italia: A tale of ethnicity, authenticity and passion for food

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Premier Sotheby's Realtor Debbie Rempert with Debbie Ainswort and Janice Trout
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Premier Sotheby's Grand Opening

Premier Sotheby's International Realty celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch Main Street office tonight.

  • Arts + Culture
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