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  • July 20, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

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  • By Matt Orr
  • July 19, 2012
Matt's List: Five ways to get lucky

Matt's List: Five ways to get lucky

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  • By Amanda Landesberg
  • July 19, 2012
Getting to Know: the Sarasota Pops Wedding Contest

Getting to Know: the Sarasota Pops Wedding Contest

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  • By Jessi Smith
  • July 19, 2012
Venice Theatre posts call to actors for Rocky Horror fall run

Venice Theatre posts call to actors for Rocky Horror fall run

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  • By April Doner
  • July 19, 2012
Economy from within: Common Wealth Time Bank to launch in September

Economy from within: Common Wealth Time Bank to launch in September

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  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • July 19, 2012
Service with a smile at the Toasted Mango Cafe

Service with a smile at the Toasted Mango Cafe

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"A lot of people don't listen well," says Tim Beasley. "They are thinking of their next line or where they are going next in the scene, instead of letting a line fall naturally into place."
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 18, 2012
Under the Mic: Tim Beasley

By day, FST Improv founding member Tim Beasley is the witty one-line comedian prescribing giggles to his audience. By night, he's providing much needed laughter to patients as an ER nurse.

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"Hotel Transylvania" opens this fall. Courtesy photo.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 18, 2012
Scene & Heard

RCAD grad animates monstrous project; Still talking about it ...; Sarasota Opera seeks volunteers; The write play will be chosen

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This is the cover of the songbook for "Song of the Milky Way," artist unknown, 1931. Courtesy of the Levenson Collection.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 18, 2012
Highlights: Cultural Coalescence

Japanese culture and art deco seem like contradictory elements. When discussing '20s and '30s Japan, words such as conservative, traditional and militaristic might spring to mind.

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  • Molly Schechter
  • July 18, 2012
EDIBLES: The beauty and bounty of basil

If there's an herb more strongly associated with summer than basil, I don't know what it is.

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Nikki White and Logan O’Neill star in “All Shook Up” at PLATO @ The Golden Apple. Courtesy of PLATO @ The Golden Apple.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • July 18, 2012
Theater Review: 'All Shook Up'

Sorry folks, Elvis is not alive, but you can see his facsimile in the rock 'n' roll musical, 'All Shook Up,' now playing at PLATO @ The Golden Apple.

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  • By Lisa Nisenson
  • July 17, 2012
A campaign against the new economy --- you can’t make this stuff up

A campaign against the new economy --- you can’t make this stuff up

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  • By Amanda Landesberg
  • July 16, 2012
Ladies' Night at Darwin's on 4th

Ladies' Night at Darwin's on 4th

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  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • July 16, 2012
Notes from a Virgin Vegan: part two

Notes from a Virgin Vegan: part two

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  • By Jessi Smith
  • July 13, 2012
Sarasota Improv Fest brings 48 hours of laughs to the Florida Studio Theatre

Sarasota Improv Fest brings 48 hours of laughs to the Florida Studio Theatre

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