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Black Tie Editor Loren Mayo shares snippets from the Sunshine from Darkness Gala.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 16, 2012
Black Tie: About Last Night ...

Black Tie Editor Loren Mayo shares tidbits from the Sunshine From Darkness Gala Jan. 14, at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Briana Calderon
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  • Nick Friedman
  • January 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Evening of Excellence Art Show at Ringling College

The Education Foundation of Sarasota County hosted a juried art show at Ringling College Saturday, Jan.14 and Sunday, Jan. 15, to show off some of the best artwork from local high school students. The 25 highest rated works were awarded a ribbon and presented at a reception ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Local galleries and framers volunteered their services, and the winning pieces will be put up for auction in February. A portion of the money is returned to the artist, and the rest is donated to the Education Foundation.

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  • By Keely Carney
  • January 15, 2012
Places: Pastry Art

Places: Pastry Art

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  • By Keely Carney
  • January 15, 2012
Live from Sarasota

Live from Sarasota

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 13, 2012
Who, What, Wear: Charlie Ann Syprett

Black Tie noticed Charlie Ann Syprett from a mile away during the Ringling College Library's Town Hall Lecture Series with former first lady Laura Bush Wednesday, Jan. 9, at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Arts + Culture
Carol Baker sketches out a drawing of her painting in a notebook before applying the sketch to the canvas.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: In Plein Sight

The members of Plein Air Sun Coast got together Thursday, Jan. 12, to enjoy the beautiful weather and paint different plants, buildings and scenes in Towles Court.

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Former first lady Laura Bush was everything I thought she would be — a sweet, charming, cute and nice Southern belle. She was chattier than I expected and quite funny, too!
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 12, 2012
About Last Night ...

Black Tie Editor Loren Mayo had the pleasure of meeting former first lady Laura Bush.

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  • By Uriel Quiles
  • January 11, 2012
Sarasota Half Marathon

Sarasota Half Marathon

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  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • January 11, 2012
Burns Square: Historic Buildings, Galleries, Shops, and Restaurants Too!

Burns Square: Historic Buildings, Galleries, Shops, and Restaurants Too!

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 11, 2012
VIDEO: Perlman and Pearls Gala

The eighth annual Perlman and Pearls Gala culminated with some fabulous voices.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Paula Atwell
  • January 11, 2012
Theater Review: 'The Last Romance' at Florida Studio Theatre

'The Last Romance' is aptly titled, as it is a light look at last-chance love.

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"You don't get into this field thinking about what kind of skin you'll have," Jane Hoffman says of her sensitive personality. "You get into it because you like playing music."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 11, 2012
Jane Hoffman: The Merry Piper

Jane Hoffman has played the flute at weddings, dinners, galas and major pop concerts. As she prepares for her next performance, the musician explains how she's managed to gig for her supper for so long.

  • Arts + Culture
Art Center renovation: Architecture students at USF Tampa were responsible for renovating portions of Art Center Sarasota.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 11, 2012
Scene & Heard

Construction crews bode well for art scene; Clear your calendars for 'Cirque des Voix'; The Woman's Exchange offers grants to student artists

  • Arts + Culture
"I've done my share of abstract art," Marty Hartman says. "I've won prizes for my mixed-media work, but I never claimed to be any 'ism.' I just did my own thing."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 11, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: True original

In the 1940s, painter Marty Hartman helped establish the former Sarasota Art Association. The 89-year-old is among a bevy of pioneering artists whose work is on display this month at Art Center Sarasota.

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  • June LeBell
  • January 11, 2012
Music Review: The Perlman Music Program: Celebration Concert

Something magical happened Saturday at the Sarasota Opera House when an ensemble of talented teens gathered on stage under the direction of their mentor, Itzhak Perlman, to demonstrate what great string playing sounds like.

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