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Sayward Grindley's office is home to the Sarasota Ballet School's youngest pre-trainee: Grindley's 9-month-old daughter, Parker.
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Foot notes

Sarasota Ballet's tireless education director explains how she juggles motherhood, teaching and running the company's new downtown dance studio.

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"Personally, I love it because it's un-slick," Cynthia Sayer says of the banjo. "As a jazz musician, I think it's an amazing instrument. It's very articulate and it has a lot of power."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Jazz musician returns to Sarasota with a twang

Gritty and virtuosic, Cynthia Sayer blows away every hillbilly stereotype with her rock 'n' roll command of the four-string jazz banjo.

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Sam Davidson
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 2, 2011
The men tell their fish stories

The topic of this month's 'Favorite Restaurants' feature is 'Where do you want to go when you want a good piece of fresh fish?'

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Opera's "I Lombardi" runs through March 20, at the Sarasota Opera House.
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  • June LeBell
  • March 2, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Opera's 'I Lombardi'

Sarasota Opera's "I Lombardi" runs through March 20, at the Sarasota Opera House.

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain
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  • Pam Nadon
  • March 2, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny'

Director Richard Trank's latest film will thoroughly inspire audiences.

  • Arts + Culture
Bill Paxton
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 23, 2011
Scene & Heard

Paxton makes an unpretentious impression; Up next on the RCAD guest list: Martha Stewart; Sarasota throws struggling comic a funny bone

  • Arts + Culture
Phil and Kim Mancini with Stephanie and Joseph Coccia
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  • Molly Schechter
  • February 23, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

A big anniversary ...; And a small one ...; Black Tie Affair; Tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
Fab Lab foreman Eric McGrath
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 23, 2011
A sneak peak at G.WIZ's Fab Lab (VIDEO)

Eric McGrath, G.WIZ's Fab Lab foreman, gives us a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum's new Faulhauber Fab Lab.

  • Arts + Culture
Senior Carly Bayer is performing for the first time on the winter guard.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 23, 2011
ON GUARD

Lakewood Ranch High School's winter guard made final preparations on Feb. 17 for the a color guard competition at Plant City High School Feb. 19. The group's competition show is themed, "Mirrors ... Reflections of the Soul."

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"My classmates don't get it. They think I’m standing up there with horns on my head," says Alex Koutelias, far left, with Hercules Della Rocca, Steve Dickman and Harvey Hoglund in the Sarasota Opera House courtyard.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 23, 2011
Super naturals

They may not sing, but they sure can talk. The Sarasota Opera performers you don't hear on stage sound off on their favorite hobby.

  • Arts + Culture
"I wanted to be a machinist so I could make my own stuff," says Eric McGrath, pictured here in G.WIZ's Fab Lab, which is currently under construction in the front wing of the museum.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 23, 2011
The Fab factor

Eric McGrath landed the creative foreman's dream job. The machinist explains how G.WIZ's new Fab Lab gives local inventors a high-tech advantage.

  • Arts + Culture
Bruce Jordan will occasionally perform in "Shear Madness." The last five times the director showed up on stage it was as snooty society doyenne Mrs. Shubert.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 23, 2011
'Mad' gabber returns to FST

The quirky co-creator of one of the longest-running nonmusical plays in the world returns to Sarasota for a second stab at 'Shear Madness.'

  • Arts + Culture
Brasserie Belge restaurant Manager Mirco Chiodi
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 23, 2011
Sarasota gets its first brasserie

Sarasota's first brasserie, Brasserie Belge, is located at 1990 Main St.

  • Arts + Culture
Natalie Portman is nominated for Best Actress for her performance in "Black Swan."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • February 23, 2011
FILM: And the nominees are ...

Get ready for the glitz, glamour and always highly anticipated gaffs. It's the 83rd annual Academy Awards ceremony, and this year looks like an unusually heated race.

  • Arts + Culture
Arnaud Sussmann
    By
  • June LeBell
  • February 23, 2011
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Presented by Sarasota Concert Association

A review of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's recent performance at the Van Wezel.

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