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Arts + Entertainment

"I've fallen in love with every single production I've worked on," Chris Van Alstyne says.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 19, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Crew chief

Chris Van Alstyne brings a carpenter's touch, a Yale education and two years of experience with Cirque du Soleil to the Sarasota Opera.

  • Arts + Culture
As press secretary Stephen Myers, Ryan Gosling discovers a potential political scandal that threatens Mike Morris' (George Clooney) shot at the presidency in "The Ides of March."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 19, 2011
Film Review: 'The Ides of March'

Backstabbing in the intimate backrooms of politics is a given. In George Clooney's new film, 'The Ides of March,' he elevates it to an art-form, applying gloss to a filthy business.

  • Arts + Culture
Alex Torres, as Sleeping Beauty, Jennifer Baker, as Snow White, and Mari Bryan, as Cinderella, in the Golden Apple's production of "Disenchanted."
  • By Paula Atwell
  • October 19, 2011
Theater Review: 'Disenchanted' at the Golden Apple

Finally, years after the ERA has been passed, the women of Disney have revolted!

  • Arts + Culture
Edward Elgar wrote a myriad of chamber works, symphonies, concertos, songs, choral works and marches. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 19, 2011
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra's Journeys to Genius: 'Solving Elgar's Enigma'

The English composer Edward Elgar, who straddled the 19th and 20th centuries, wrote symphonies, myriad chamber works, concertos, songs, choral works and many marches, of which his 'Pomp and Circumstance' pieces brought him international acclaim.

  • Arts + Culture
Chef/proprietor Steve Phelps sears meat in the kitchen at Indigenous.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 19, 2011
EDIBLES: Passion in the kitchen translates to the table

Indigenous starts from its name. The food is as local and native as realistically possible in Florida, not just in the interest of freshness and taste but in using resources wisely and supporting the local community.

  • Arts + Culture
Mary Swartz and Karen Sluman of Addison-Craig. Photo by Molly Schechter.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 19, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

The red shirts ...; More than a luncheon; Black Tie Affair; Honors month in Sarasota

  • Arts + Culture
Dancers exit a limo and make their way up the red carpeted stairs to meet with the rest of their company, Monday, Oct. 17 at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Welcome home, Sarasota Ballet!

Friends of the Sarasota Ballet hosted a welcome home event Monday, Oct. 17 at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts to toast the dancers of the Sarasota Ballet who danced with the Suzanne Farrell ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Long-time Ringling Museum supporter Tana Sandefur and her daughter Jane Taylor at the Ringling International Arts Festival Block Party -- the kickoff to the very successful third year of this world class event.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 17, 2011
Black Tie Stand-Out of the Week

Long-time Ringling Museum supporter Tana Sandefur and her daughter Jane Taylor at the Ringling International Arts Festival Block Party -- the kickoff to the very successful third year of this world class event. Get the full story in the October 20 edition of Diversions, which comes with the Longboat Observer, the Sarasota Observer and the Pelican Press.

  • Arts + Culture
Read the top Cops Corner stories from all Observers.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner stories from all Observers.

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  • October 12, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Arts + Culture
"Jini is one of the most interesting women I've ever met," says Jini Mount's gallery roommate, Beverly A. Smith. "She's not sleepy. She knows what's going on at all times. She's very, very clever."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 12, 2011
Jini Mount: Painter, sculptor, ice skater and actress

Jini Mount is a painter, sculptor, ice skater and now an actress. Is there anything this 84-year-old Renaissance woman can't do? The Celery Barn proprietress invites us into her colorful world.

  • Arts + Culture
Actress Anna Paquin. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 12, 2011
Scene & Heard

Anna Paquin indie slated to shoot in Sarasota; 'Whimsical' demolition under way on the North Trail; One man's dead palm is another man's tiki pole; Blanco's 'Zephyrus' makes waves in South Carolina

  • Arts + Culture
"I love to be surrounded by artists," Michael Kohlmann says. "They always find a way to do what they love, and they always reinvent themselves so nothing is ever the same."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 12, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: The people pleaser

The Historic Asolo Theater's guest artist manager shares his secrets to keeping calm under pressure during the Ringling Museum's busiest week of the year.

  • Arts + Culture
Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill team up in "Moneyball" to compile a team of baseball misfits that ends up setting a world record. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 12, 2011
Film Review: 'Moneyball'

Too much hype can be a bad thing. Sometimes it raises expectations to unattainable levels. The usually elusive Brad Pitt is everywhere promoting his new film, "Moneyball." And that costs lots of money.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Paula Atwell
  • October 12, 2011
Theater Review: 'Just Desserts'

What would you do to win a luscious cupcake the size of a baby's head? Break-dance for 30 seconds? Spit on a gerbil? Lick a gravestone?

  • Arts + Culture
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