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Arts + Entertainment

  • By Popcorn Bob
  • July 10, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Paula Atwell
  • July 10, 2012
Theater Review: FST Improv

Rebecca Hopkins, managing director of Florida Studio Theatre, is the guiding light and chief instigator behind FST Improv.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Candice McElyea
  • July 7, 2012
Dog days of summer

Dog days of summer

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  • Things To Do
  • By Lisa Nisenson
  • July 6, 2012
SIM City SRQ – You plan Fruitville and Beneva

SIM City SRQ – You plan Fruitville and Beneva

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  • Things To Do
  • By Dana Westmark and Donald Geikie
  • July 6, 2012
Real Estate Deal of the Week: Condo on the Bay

Real Estate Deal of the Week: Condo on the Bay

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  • By Jessi Smith
  • July 6, 2012
Keeping up with the neighbors: Arts and Eats makes a home in Bradenton's Village of the Arts

Keeping up with the neighbors: Arts and Eats makes a home in Bradenton's Village of the Arts

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  • Pam Nadon
  • July 6, 2012
Film Review: 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'

The new film, "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," is exactly what the lengthy title implies.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Popcorn Bob
  • July 6, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Orr
  • July 5, 2012
Matt's List: Five Saracentric places to gain perspective

Matt's List: Five Saracentric places to gain perspective

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  • By Anthony Paull
  • July 5, 2012
SRQ Fashion Week shines spotlight on local designers

SRQ Fashion Week shines spotlight on local designers

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  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • July 4, 2012
Notes from a Virgin Vegan: a four-part series

Notes from a Virgin Vegan: a four-part series

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  • By Kaye Warr
  • July 3, 2012
Introducing: Carmel Café & Wine Bar

Introducing: Carmel Café & Wine Bar

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
"It all started at 8 o'clock on Feb. 16, 1964," Jimi Gee says of his love of music. "That was the night The Beatles came on TV. I saw boys with long hair and I thought, 'I can do that.'"
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • July 3, 2012
Guitar Hero: Jimi Gee

Thanks to a new gig, a new album and a new makeover, Sarasota's favorite gender-bending rock guitarist is more comfortable than ever in his own skin.

  • Arts + Culture
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is living large in Germany. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • July 3, 2012
Scene & Heard

WBTT's 'Crooners' woos crowd abroad; Givens brings joyful new play to Bradenton

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  • By Paula Atwell
  • July 3, 2012
Theater Review: 'A Lesson from Aloes'

South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose "A Lesson from Aloes" is set in 1963, could never have imagined that Nelson Mandela would finally be freed from prison and become the president.

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