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Read the top Cops Corner from all of Observers this week.
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  • September 9, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner stories that ran this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 7, 2011
VIDEO: Amy Williamson Miller: Confectionery Queen

When Amy Williamson Miller entered the world of life-sized confectionery art, she didn't search art stores for tools to put on the finishing touches - she built her own.

  • Arts + Culture
Dirk Meyer. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 7, 2011
Scene & Heard

Show your talent; Sarasota Chorus of the Keys seeks vocal men; Animation students win Independents' Film Festival; Dirk Meyer named associate conductor

  • Arts + Culture
In “Sarah’s Key,” Kristin Scott Thomas plays Julia, who traces her family’s involvement in the Vel d’Hiv Roundup that resulted in the arrests of 13,000 Jewish people who were dispatched to Auschwitz. Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • September 7, 2011
Film Review: 'Sarah's Key'

How we process guilt is such an individual endeavor. In the context of the Holocaust, it's sometimes collective but also extremely personal. In the new film "Sarah's Key," it's both.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 7, 2011
Recipe: Linguine with a pink shrimp sauce

From the soon-to-be-released CulinApp featuring Giuliano Hazan.

  • Arts + Culture
CulinApp partners Bob Huntley, left, and Geof Drummond, right, with Giuliano Hazan.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 7, 2011
Culinary iPad app brings electronics to chef's table

Culinary apps were among the first developed for tablet computers, and most are recipe collections and cookbooks - existing content repurposed for the new platform, sometimes successfully.

  • Arts + Culture
Goodbye Eddie performed at Music on Main in January.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 2, 2011
Monthly concert hits Ranch Main Street

Lakewood Ranch Main Street's monthly Music on Main concert series will run from 6-9 p.m. tonight.

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Don Bruns, Ward Larsen and H. Terrell Griffin joke around at the Mystery Mingle.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 31, 2011
Mystery writers sit down to share words of creative wisdom

When it comes to writing a mystery novel, several local authors, who attended the Mystery Florida Conference last weekend, admitted they draw most of their ideas from everyday life.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 30, 2011
VIDEO: Sage Hall puts 'I do' into cinematic films

Wedding videographers may need to step up their game. This behind-the-camera wonder woman is turning those magical 'I do' moments into epic cinematic films.

  • Arts + Culture
Brenda and Danny Chin and their daughter, student dancer Katie. Photo by Molly Schechter.
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • August 30, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Festival of Stars' stars the students; Art Center Sarasota hits a triple; Couture your closet with costumes; Ringling Museum circles the wagons

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has been operating the circus since 2004.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 27, 2011
Sarasota circuses to talk about merger

PAL Sailor Circus and Circus Sarasota will meet to discus a merge operation.

  • Arts + Culture
"Dynamic Duets of the ’70s" features Tsadok Porter, Wells Fordham, Mikeyy Mendez and Alyssa White.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • August 26, 2011
WBBT troupe belts out 'Dynamic Duets'

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's "Dynamic Duets of the '70s" is a blast from the past you won't want to miss.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner stories that ran this week.

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"I've done 'Hello Dolly' five times," Roberta MacDonald says. "Playing it with my husband, Bob Turoff, was one of the greatest thrills I’ve ever had. I played that woman for about a year, and I could play her for the rest of my life."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 24, 2011
VIDEO: Roberta MacDonald: The golden lady

During Saturday's performance, Roberta MacDonald took the audience on a journey through her life in the theater, getting fired from 'The Today Show' and even showed clips of her serenading a monkey.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Youth Opera singers perform in a fully staged production of Judith Weir’s "The Black Spider." Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 24, 2011
Scene & Heard

Future opera stars wanted; Key Chorale casting seasoned singers; Golden Apple submits nonprofit application; Players Theatre names festival winner

  • Arts + Culture
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