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Brasserie Belge defines Belgian cuisine

Brasserie Belge defines Belgian cuisine

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Get to know Team REDS and the Suncoast Superboat Grand Prix

Get to know Team REDS and the Suncoast Superboat Grand Prix

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Emily Stroud: Bright new start

With her new line of sailcloth totes, Emily Stroud is hoping to change the way women go to the beach. The up-and-coming designer explains why she bagged her job in the name of fashion.

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The Garbage-Men plan to rock New York City with trash jams; Rocker's memoir is a love letter to automobiles

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  • June 20, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota's Big League Festival

Just as Nik Wallenda was prepping for his breathtaking tightrope walk across Niagra Falls, the Sarasota Music Festival was wowing the audience in the Opera House with an equally exhilarating program of chamber music.

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Phallen Coyne and Matt Foley with one of several shellfish paintings Coyne created for her family's new Sarasota restaurant.
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  • June 20, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Raw talent

Husband-and-wife artists Matt Foley and Phallen Coyne have stirred up a groovy seaside vibe at their family's new restaurant in South Sarasota.

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  • June 20, 2012
Flim Review: 'Hysteria'

Whimsy and logic collide in the wonderful new film, "Hysteria." In this different kettle-of-fish British romp, based on true events, the vibrator is inadvertently invented in 1880s Victorian England.

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Joshua Carter and Billie Wildrick performed "Das Barbecü" at Seattle's ACT Theatre and are now starring in Florida Studio Theatre’s production. Photo by Chris Bennion.
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  • June 20, 2012
Theater Review: Das Barbec

Florida Studio Theatre's "Das Barbecü" is a campy, energetic parody of Wagner's epic opera, "Ring Cycle."

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  • June 19, 2012
Upward Mobility

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  • June 18, 2012
Get to know Canta Rana Peruvian Fusion Cuisine

Get to know Canta Rana Peruvian Fusion Cuisine

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Pride: A Deeper Love

Pride: A Deeper Love

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Neighbor Tango: world-class dancer Albert Rombold teaches me "flow"

Neighbor Tango: world-class dancer Albert Rombold teaches me "flow"

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  • June 18, 2012
Observe This: Computer investigation discussed today at City Hall

Observe This: Computer investigation discussed today at City Hall

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  • June 18, 2012
Tequila Cantina: the name says it all!

Tequila Cantina: the name says it all!

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Bard and Mustache take experimental strokes on new EP

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