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  • December 17, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

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  • December 14, 2012
Stop the world: (the) Umbrella Cult's got a new CD

Stop the world: (the) Umbrella Cult's got a new CD

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  • By John Ewing
  • December 14, 2012
Welcome to Wal-Mart: bringing planned obsolescence to downtown Sarasota

Welcome to Wal-Mart: bringing planned obsolescence to downtown Sarasota

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  • December 14, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

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  • December 13, 2012
Sarasota's Official Shopping Guide for Him

Sarasota's Official Shopping Guide for Him

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  • December 13, 2012
Citizens' Input gives residents a say in city government

Citizens' Input gives residents a say in city government

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  • By Matt Orr
  • December 13, 2012
Start the holiday arts season with a classic---well, sorta

Start the holiday arts season with a classic---well, sorta

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  • December 13, 2012
How to make conch salad

How to make conch salad

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  • December 13, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

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  • December 12, 2012
New gift store opens just in time for holiday shoppers

New gift store opens just in time for holiday shoppers

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  • December 12, 2012
Food & Cooking: Made by loving hands

Observer food editor Molly Schechter shares two cookie recipes just in time for the holidays.

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"Be curious. Follow your instincts. Make mistakes. Learn from them. Try to laugh at yourself now and then," Nat Krate says.
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  • December 12, 2012
A life fulfilled: Nat Krate

Nat Krate, a Sarasota artist known for his realist paintings of florals and nudes, bares it all.

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Artist Patrick Dougherty needs a lot of sticks. Courtesy.
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  • December 12, 2012
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Artist needs help picking up sticks; A&E votes Yea for '1776'; My flight into Veronese

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  • By Paula Atwell
  • December 12, 2012
Theater Review: 'Annie'

The Players' production of the ever-popular "Annie" lived up to the illustrious past of the beloved musical, winning the hearts of the audience with its fresh, heartwarming, sincere exuberance.

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  • December 12, 2012
Music Review: Curtis in Sarasota

It still amazes me that a lot of people don't know about the Curtis Institute of Music. In musical spheres, it's more illustrious than Juilliard because it takes only the top of the crème-de-la-crème of young musicians and they're all on scholarship!

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