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  • June LeBell
  • January 27, 2010
Music: Sarasota Orchestra Benefit Concert

After all the sturm and drang the Sarasota Orchestra's musicians and management have put themselves through recently, it was good to see Joseph McKenna, the president and CEO of the orchestra, and concertmaster Daniel Jordan on the Sarasota Opera House stage together, healing old wounds and addressing the sold-out audience as friends and not adversaries.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 27, 2010
Film: 'The Maid'

The Chilean drama, "The Maid," scored prizes for Best Foreign Feature and Actress at Sundance last year.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 25, 2010
Lakewood theater group earns 'superior' ratings

The Lakewood Ranch High School Drama Department earned accolades for its one-act play, '(Ab)Normal' during the International Thespian Society District 6 competition.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 22, 2010
East County youth sing in 'Death by Chocolate'

The jazz performance will be held Jan. 22 and Jan. 23.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 20, 2010
Windsor to host annual art show

The Windsor of Lakewood Ranch will host its Third Annual Invitational Art Show Jan. 22-30.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 20, 2010
Film Review: 'A Single Man'

Every so often a career-defining performance by an actor is an unforgettable experience. Think Dustin Hoffman in 'The Graduate' or Robert De Niro in 'Taxi Driver.' In the new film, 'A Single Man,' think Colin Firth.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 20, 2010
Reality check

Forty artists get real (and surreal) in the latest exhibit to grace the walls of Ringling College's Selby Gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 20, 2010
Sarasota Concert Association: Chee-Yun and Jeewon Park

The Sarasota Concert Association's first performer of the season called in sick a couple of months ago, so violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Jeewon Park rode in on their white horses to save the day.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2010
Inside the artist's studio

Teams of local artists took over Art Center Sarasota's gallery for its third Artists at Work fundraiser.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • January 20, 2010
A feast for the senses at annual Forks and Corks

In its third year, Forks and Corks food, wine and beer festival is upping the stakes with an impressive lineup of participating wineries and restaurants.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 20, 2010
Local performer inducted into Circus Ring of Fame

Tino Wallenda, of The Flying Wallendas, was honored during the Jan. 17 ceremony at St. Armands Circle.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 13, 2010
Artistic integrity

After a successful and eccentric fall season, the Artist Series of Sarasota is rolling out a star-studded winter lineup.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 13, 2010
Film: 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'

Heath Ledger has a great line in his last film, one that eerily seems like an epitaph: "Don't believe what you read in the newspapers."

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 13, 2010
Music: Sarasota Orchestra: Masterworks 'Seeing Music on Tour'

The Sarasota Orchestra's Masterworks Series took us on a sonic tour of four scenic places: Cuba, Scotland, Czechoslovakia and Rome in "Seeing Music on Tour" this past weekend at the Van Wezel.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 13, 2010
Backstage Pass: The piano man

Florida Studio Theatre's longtime pianist sings us a song of a piano man.

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