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  • By June LeBell
  • February 15, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Carmen'

The gypsy, Carmen, believes in fate. She sees her own death with every card she deals at the smugglers' rocky hideout and believes, because of an ominous confluence of circumstances, that she is doomed.

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"I have a passion for it like nothing else," Gregg Senko says of Irish dancing. The Ohio native moved last summer to Sarasota to focus on the company he launched two years ago with fellow dancer Justin Boros.
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 15, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Rhythm and moves

Eight years ago, Gregg Senko quit his training with the Secret Service to study Irish dancing. Now he's co-founded an Irish dance company.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith
  • February 14, 2012
TWIS Behind the Scenes: The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band Promotional Video Shoot

TWIS Behind the Scenes: The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band Promotional Video Shoot

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Sara Moone
  • February 14, 2012
Last Weekend In Sarasota: Candy Kisses and the Milkshake

Last Weekend In Sarasota: Candy Kisses and the Milkshake

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kimberly Braun
  • February 14, 2012
Reflex, Reveal, Restore

Reflex, Reveal, Restore

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By John Ewing
  • February 14, 2012
A Preview of Darwin's On 4th Brewery

A Preview of Darwin's On 4th Brewery

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By April Doner
  • February 14, 2012
Neighborhood Love Letter: "Dear Gillespie Park"

Neighborhood Love Letter: "Dear Gillespie Park"

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  • Things To Do
  • By John Ewing
  • February 13, 2012
A Love Letter to Sarasota - by Pamela Beck

A Love Letter to Sarasota - by Pamela Beck

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Amanda Landesberg
  • February 13, 2012
A Love Letter to Hive Creations

A Love Letter to Hive Creations

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jessi Smith
  • February 13, 2012
TWIS Interview: Jill Sobule

TWIS Interview: Jill Sobule

  • Arts + Culture
Marcy Downey
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  • Loren Mayo
  • February 13, 2012
VIDEO: SPARCC Second Hand Rose Fashion Show serenade

Hear Marcy Downey serenade guests at SPARCC's Second Hand Rose Fashion Show.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By John Ewing
  • February 12, 2012
Fourteen Restaurants for Valentine's Day Dining

Fourteen Restaurants for Valentine's Day Dining

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Sydney Deal, Matt Robertson and Treyvon Thomas
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 12, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Booker High School's All in the Timing

Booker High School students had audiences in stitches during their performance of one-act comedies written by David Ives. The students explored the boundaries of time in a series of eight vignettes, including a sketch in which three captive primates tested the theory that monkeys with typewriters could eventually produce Shakespearean works.

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  • By Kaye Warr
  • February 10, 2012
A Love Letter to Sarasota and to Brendan Carroll

A Love Letter to Sarasota and to Brendan Carroll

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  • By John Ewing
  • February 10, 2012
This Weekend With Kirsten + Last Weekend's Video Recap

This Weekend With Kirsten + Last Weekend's Video Recap

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