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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
Seventeen-year-old Sirena Huang played with pianist Lee Dougherty Ross during a recent Artist Series concert. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 12, 2011
Music Review: Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota: Sirena Huang, violinist

What makes a career - I mean a major career - in music? We've all heard performers who seem to have less talent than others but, somehow, have made it into the stratospheric realm of superstardom.

  • Arts + Culture
Mayor Suzanne Atwell and honoree Donald Geike
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 12, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Equality Florida honors Donald Geike; A safe haven for Pongo; Black Tie Affair; Tidbits; Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble

  • Arts + Culture
A blooming orange bird of paradise
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 12, 2011
Home & Garden: Botanical Paradise

This residence, located on the south end of Siesta Key, is home to a variety of plants, including both green and white bamboo, a variety of different types of irises, crinum lillies, birds of paradise, corkscrew palms and a few coconut trees.

  • Arts + Culture
India Lambert and Seaman HR Clarence Cheaves, U.S. Navy at the NAACP Freedom Awards Dinner, October 6 at the Hyatt.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 10, 2011
Black Tie Standout of the Week

India Lambert and Seaman HR Clarence Cheaves, U.S. Navy at the NAACP Freedom Awards Dinner, October 6 at the Hyatt. Seaman Cheaves is stationed in Pensacola; "HR" stands for Hospitalman Recruit. His step father is Sarasota County Chapter NAACP president Trevor Harvey.

  • Arts + Culture
"It's less unusual than people would think," Dirk Meyer says of being a young conductor. "There seems to be a trend in the last couple years of putting younger people in this position. It helps attract young audiences."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 5, 2011
Dirk Meyer earns new title of associate conductor

As the Sarasota Orchestra begins its search for a new director, Maestro Dirk Meyer gets ready to start the season with a new title - associate conductor.

  • Arts + Culture
Dayle Hoffman and Jacqueline Serrano
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 5, 2011
Scene & Heard

Filmmakers shoot touching story in SRQ; s/ART/q's Sabrina Small needs your love

  • Arts + Culture
Daniel Okulitch, as Abdul, and Anna Christy, as Kitty, embrace on stage during the Sante Fe Opera’s performance of Menotti's "The Last Savage." Photo by Ken Howard.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 5, 2011
Summer Roundup: A Trip Around the United States in Music

We seemed to spend our summer holiday in the footsteps of dozens of Sarasota Orchestra musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
Liz Coursen has already received 12 autobiographies to edit since her workbook was published a year ago. “I’ve not read a dull story yet,” she says.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 5, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Tales from the script

Think your life doesn't warrant an autobiography? Sarasota writer Liz Coursen says it does - and she's got the tools to help you tell it.

  • Arts + Culture
Simple ingredients yield a marvelous result.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 5, 2011
Easy does it: cured salmon with herbs and cracked pepper

There are some dishes that make a cook look good with remarkably little effort and no special skills. This is one of them.

  • Arts + Culture
Ariane Dart and Minta Moncrief Getzen seek last-minute votes in the Forty Carrots lobby. Their event won for standout event. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 5, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Black Tie Bash ... inside stories; Looking ahead to the 2011-12 season; Tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
The Michel family at Black Tie Bash, September 29 at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. Left to right: Geoffrey, Sawyer (age 6), Ave (age 8) and Brenda. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 1, 2011
Black Tie Standout of the Week

The Michel family at Black Tie Bash, September 29 at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.

  • Arts + Culture
Read the top Cops Corner stories from all Observers.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 30, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy this week's top Cops Corner stories from all Observers.

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Janet Mishner, Gail Rubinfeld, Bettina Sego and Susan von Gries meet in Mishner's Lakewood Ranch studio. "We respect each other’s opinions," Rubinfeld says. "There aren’t many people I'd say that about."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 28, 2011
Members of artinsight-sarasota discuss fifth show, 'Y Not Women'

The members of artinsight-sarasota discuss their diverse work, inspiring friendships and fifth show, 'Y Not Women,' which opens next month on Anna Maria Island.

  • Arts + Culture
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