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Sarasota Orchestra's Leif Bjaland
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 1, 2011
Life Without Leif

Leif Bjaland is leaving. The announcement that the Sarasota Orchestra's artistic director and conductor was departing sent shockwaves around the city, but when you think about it for a bit, it really doesn't come as that much of a surprise.

  • Arts + Culture
KC and the Sunshine Band at the Firefly Gala
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 25, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

"At the end of all our wanderings, we return to the place of our very beginning, and see it, as if for the first time," T.S. Eliot. Once again, a season has flown by. Here is what many of you remember ...

  • Arts + Culture
"We're not exactly Palm Avenue,” says Stephanie Broche, pictured with Rocky Bentley, right, and Midgeann Schotsch, left. "You don't have to have a large pocketbook to walk into our gallery."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 25, 2011
Friends with vision

The Five Points Collective is redefining what it means to be artists and gallery owners in downtown Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Jackie Evancho
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 25, 2011
Scene & Heard

Evancho tapes solo concert at Ringling Museum; Frary closes Rosemary District gallery; and Oh baby, the places you've been!

  • Arts + Culture
"I felt like I had barnacles on me that were beginning to break off," Beverly A. Smith says of her first attempt at painting. "The creativity was fighting to get out."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 25, 2011
Primal colors

Abstract painter Beverly A. Smith peels away layers of paint to reveal what lies behind her uninhibited brushstrokes.

  • Arts + Culture
Cantaloupe and prosciutto salad with a rustic crouton and goat cheese
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 25, 2011
Florida fresh produce hits the spot

What comes after strawberries in the way of widely available, locally grown produce? According to Dale Rodgers, produce manager of the Publix store on Longboat Key, it's quite a list.

  • Arts + Culture
Brad Pitt
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • May 25, 2011
Summer Movie Preview

Beat the heat, grab a seat and chill out at your favorite movie theater. Hot sequels and superheroes aside, I'm opting for substance and style with this year's summer picks.

  • Arts + Culture
Alex Gooch sets up a stand alone shot of the film's main character.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2011
Filmmakers scramble in two-day competition

More than 160 teams from across the world spent the weekend writing, filming and editing short films for the 48 Hour Guerrilla Film Competition.

  • Arts + Culture
"I've always found it hard to define my work," Brian Haverlock says. "Is it a drawing, a painting or a collage? We could have a philosophical discourse about it, but really, drawing is the meat and bones of it all."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 18, 2011
The draftsman

Brian Haverlock loves curious collages and small graphite drawings. Meet the artist ruled by a wild imagination and meticulous detail.

  • Arts + Culture
Hershey Felder
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 18, 2011
Scene & Heard

Felder brings his best Bernstein to Sarasota; Julie Rohr's 'Li'l Abner' is a family affair; and Hot Tickets.

  • Arts + Culture
"It's been said before that if Shakespeare were alive today, he’d be rapping," says Matthew McLendon, pictured here in front of "king yo on the queen, yo!" by artist Iona Rozeal Brown.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 18, 2011
The 'bling' king

The Ringling Museum's associate curator of modern and contemporary art takes his love of hip-hop beyond 'bling.'

  • Arts + Culture
Flora Major and Roxie Jerde
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 18, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Nice to meet you and you and you ... ; Cool dinners are a hot item; Heads up, Willard Scott; Asolo to revive 'Ragtime'; Daddies dearest ... ; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
"I always felt I had one chance with an audience or one chance with a class," Elizabeth Weil Bergmann says. "If people don't walk away having had an 'a-ha' experience, then they're not going to come back."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 11, 2011
Mover and shaker

Retired Harvard dance Director Elizabeth Weil Bergmann brings her Ivy League moves to Sarasota's Carreño Dance Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Stephanie Peters is a Sarasota hairstylist and artist-about-town.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 11, 2011
Scene & Heard

Perales places first at RCAD exhibit; 'Joint Collective' comes to State Street; CEO receives Broadway award; Ringling Museum flashes; and Hot Tickets.

  • Arts + Culture
"I speak to a lot of community groups about the importance of education," Brian Hersh says. "That's the kind of performance I do. It comes from a sincere place, and it doesn't require a lot of effort."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 11, 2011
Tour guide

Asolo Rep Education and Outreach Director Brian Hersh isn't waiting for students to come to the theater. He's staging it on their turf.

  • Arts + Culture
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