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  • By Jessi Smith
  • January 24, 2012
First Student-Only Show at Ringling's madeby gallery a Success

First Student-Only Show at Ringling's madeby gallery a Success

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  • By Kaye Warr
  • January 24, 2012
Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Fredrika Brillembourg

Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Fredrika Brillembourg

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 23, 2012
About Last Night ...

Black Tie discovers fabulous shoes at every turn and has time to hit a 'totally tubular' '80s party in downtown Sarasota.

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  • By Keely Carney
  • January 20, 2012
Places: Yume Sushi

Places: Yume Sushi

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  • By Kimberly Braun
  • January 20, 2012
Stoke, An Insightful Look

Stoke, An Insightful Look

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  • By Jessica Luck
  • January 20, 2012
Vijay Iyer named winner of 2012 Greenfield Prize

The 2012 Greenfield Prize, given by the Hermitage Artists Retreat and the Greenfield Foundation, was awarded in the field of music this year.

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  • By Kristen Pace
  • January 19, 2012
Dinner at Bijou Café: A Tale of Tears, a Horse, and True Love

Dinner at Bijou Café: A Tale of Tears, a Horse, and True Love

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  • By Candice McElyea
  • January 19, 2012
New Taylor Morrison Active Lifestyle Community Opens in Lakewood Ranch

New Taylor Morrison Active Lifestyle Community Opens in Lakewood Ranch

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Event Co-Chairwoman Emily Walsh and Susan Jones at the Sunshine From Darkness Gala Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 18, 2012
VIDEO: Sunshine From Darkness Gala

What happened at the Sunshine From Darkness Gala over the weekend? Watch the video to find out!

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"Opera, to me, is the study of singing correctly," Joseph Ryan says. "I don't mean to negate the value of pop music or blues or jazz, (but) I'm an opera guy. It’s the main thing I aspire to do every day."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 18, 2012
Joseph Ryan: A Life out Loud

It's hard to believe Joseph Ryan used to be shy. The booming baritone cantors at three churches, sings with the Artist Series, Gloria Musicae and Key Chorale. He often sheds his good guy rep to play the villain in an opera.

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James Woods
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 18, 2012
Scene & Heard

Woods works the crowd at RCAD; Jose Carreno pulls double duty as tour guide; Sarasota Film Fest flashes new logo

  • Arts + Culture
"The guys who buy my work know if it's not authentic," Steve Whitlock says. "You've got to talk fish and tackle. You've got to know the language, otherwise you're not going to get respect."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 18, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: An underwater treasure

Move over Guy Harvey - Steve Whitlock wants your job. The game-fish artist has files of navigational charts in his studio, an alligator hidden in his stockroom and skeletons in his closet.

  • Arts + Culture
Grant Llewellyn
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 18, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra - Masterworks Concert: Llewellyn and Levin

Robert Levin, a musician well-known to local audiences through his work with the Sarasota Music Festival and to worldwide listeners because of his pianism, personality and scholarship, appeared last week with the Sarasota Orchestra and guest conductor, Grant Llewellyn.

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Meryl Streep embodies Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 18, 2012
Film Review: 'The Iron Lady'

Meryl Streep always takes acting to a higher plateau.

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Darwin Santa Maria. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • June LeBell
  • January 18, 2012
KITCHEN CLASSICS: A chef comes home: Darwin's on Fourth

One of our favorite restaurants in Sarasota has been Selva Grill.

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