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Observe This: Today's Top Stories (for all you April fools)

Observe This: Today's Top Stories (for all you April fools)

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  • March 30, 2012
Kirsten's Weekend Preview!

Kirsten's Weekend Preview!

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  • March 30, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with ARCADIA director Olivia Silver!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with ARCADIA director Olivia Silver!

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  • By Dana Westmark and Donald Geikie
  • March 30, 2012
Real Estate Double Deal of the Week: Siesta Key's Sandy Cove

Real Estate Double Deal of the Week: Siesta Key's Sandy Cove

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  • By [email protected]
  • March 29, 2012
Observe This: Today's Top Stories

Observe This: Today's Top Stories

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  • By [email protected]
  • March 29, 2012
The Observer Group and TWIS Ink New Partnership

The Observer Group and TWIS Ink New Partnership

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  • March 29, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with PATCH TOWN director Craig Goodwill!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with PATCH TOWN director Craig Goodwill!

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  • March 29, 2012
Quiet Quality from Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi Grill

Quiet Quality from Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi Grill

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The Observer Group publishes six weekly newspapers in Florida.
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  • March 29, 2012
The Observer Group wins 17 awards in editorial contest

The Observer Group won 17 awards in the 2011 Local Media Association Editorial Contest. Diversions, The Observer's arts and entertainment section, won first place in its division for the second year.

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  • By The Insider
  • March 28, 2012
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with Ashley Bell from THE DAY!

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: Exclusive Interview with Ashley Bell from THE DAY!

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  • By Keely Carney
  • March 28, 2012
"Where's the Beach!?" - New Girl's Family Comes to Town

"Where's the Beach!?" - New Girl's Family Comes to Town

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  • March 28, 2012
VIDEO: ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

Blondie serenades Sarasota at the Forty Carrots Firefly Gala.

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"It's no simple task," says Sarasota Film Festival President Mark Famiglio of the job of director Tom Hall, above. "The sheer volume of movies you have to watch, oh my lord. It's so difficult. It's like an avalanche that rolls over you."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 28, 2012
Tom Hall: Independent Streak

Sure, Tom Hall gets to pick what you see at the Sarasota Film Festival, but that doesn't mean he watches movies and chats with stars all days. The SFF director paints us a (motion) picture of his job.

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“Where Do You Fit In?” by Ella Emmett, Dalton Jett, Sara Martin and Palmer Mays
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  • March 28, 2012
Art Scene & Heard

SeaFair art yacht drops anchor in Sarasota; Jersey Shore musician rocks on in Sarasota; New Opera House name a noted tribute; Downtown bayfront embraces diversity

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  • March 28, 2012
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