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  • March 7, 2012
Asolo Repertory Theatre Announces its 2012-2013 Season

Asolo Repertory Theatre Announces its 2012-2013 Season

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"We're the kind of retired people who want to keep living it up," says Kay Siebold, right, with Barbara Bostic, left. "What else would we be doing during all day? Going out to eat? How many times can you go out to eat?"
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 7, 2012
Kay Siebold and Barbara Bostic: Folly Girls

Whether they're tap dancing in sequins or getting down to Lady Gaga, Kay Siebold and Barbara Bostic are proving the Sarasota Silver Stars are much too young at heart to be a senior theater troupe.

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  • March 7, 2012
Scene & Heard

Ringling students grab Academy Award; Asolo Rep pledges to present all 'American' season; Ballet nabs second Kennedy Center gig

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Leila Hatami and Peyman Moadi portray a married couple who want a divorce in "A Separation." Courtesy of Sony Classics.
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  • Pam Nadon
  • March 7, 2012
Film Review: 'A Separation'

This year's recipient of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was "A Separation."

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Soprano Maria D’Amato, as Desdemona, and tenor Rafael Dávila, as Otello, in the Sarasota Opera’s “Otello.”  Photo courtesy of Rod Millington.
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  • June LeBell
  • March 7, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Otello'

Esultate! Sarasota Opera can exult in its new production of "Otello."

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"It's a good thing and a curse, too," says WBTT house manager Myllanna McKinnon of the troupe's close-knit vibe. "Sometimes you can get too comfortable. It's good for performers to go out and experience how other theaters are run."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 7, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Woman of the House

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's house manager may be easygoing and hospitable, but that doesn't mean she takes kindly to spilled wine and late arrivals.

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The Giant Timber Bamboo is originally from China. Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara
  • By Rick Wielgorecki
  • March 7, 2012
Home & Garden: Don't get bamboozled

For a long time in my horticultural career, I avoided bamboo like the plague. All I knew about it was that it grew impossibly high and that it spread like wildfire.

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Bright and colorful Lilly Pulitzer fabrics give the master suite a Caribbean feel.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 7, 2012
Interior designers race to showcase skills

The Sarasota Chapter of the Interior Design Society challenged its members to take a commercial space at 100 Central Ave. and, in less than four weeks, turn it into a move-in-ready, loft-style live/work space, featuring living and dining rooms, a master suite, art gallery, library and artist's studio.

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Doreen Sutherland, Alex Garfield and Diana Napoliello
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • March 7, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Diamond anniversary; Never a dull moment; The luck of the draw; He's back

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The king and queen of fresh: Ben and Shelby King
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  • March 7, 2012
EDIBLES: The Royalty of Fresh

Beginner gardening books would have you believe that growing something involves little more than putting a seed in a piece of appropriate earth and giving it food and water.

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  • By Candice McElyea
  • March 6, 2012
Stomping the Divots

Stomping the Divots

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  • By John Ewing
  • March 5, 2012
Inside the Creative Mind Soiree

Inside the Creative Mind Soiree

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  • By John Ewing
  • March 2, 2012
This Weekend in Sarasota with Kirsten

This Weekend in Sarasota with Kirsten

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  • By Candice McElyea
  • March 2, 2012
Country Star Back in Town to Support Lakewood Ranch Charity

Country Star Back in Town to Support Lakewood Ranch Charity

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  • By Uriel Quiles
  • March 2, 2012
Are Your Running Shoes Ready for Some Action?

Are Your Running Shoes Ready for Some Action?

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