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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 2, 2009
Profiles of Summer: Leading Ladies

Sarasota Ballet's new principal dancers may share the same title, but it's the technical differences that will set them apart this season.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 2, 2009
Luis Garcia raises the roof at Circus Sarasota

Tent master Luis Garcia has been with Circus Sarasota from the start, and he's still on the top of his game.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 2, 2009
Folk singer performs satire at sunset

Ishmael Katz returned Monday, Aug. 31 to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron for an evening of political wisecracks and ballads.

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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 27, 2009
Sarasota 'Design Star' gets the boot

Jason Champion was eliminated Sunday night with only three shows remaining in the HGTV reality show.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • August 20, 2009
Film Review: 'In the loop'

Political satires are a tough sell on the big screen. Films such as 'Wag the Dog' and 'Primary Colors' never came close to the genius that fueled Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove' in 1964. But writer/director Armando Iannucci's first feature film, 'In the Loop,' is on the right track because it watches Washington spin and sell the insanities of war.

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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 19, 2009
Profiles of Summer: Leading by Example

Marshall Rousseau, the longest serving director of the Salvador Dalí Museum, will help guide the Ringling Museum through a sudden transition.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 19, 2009
Sarasota Ballet announces its 2009-10 season

The local company brings back old favorites, partners with the Asolo and furthers its reputation for dancing Sir Frederick Ashton's ballets.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • August 19, 2009
Big tastes make it easy on the wallet

On any given Thursday or Friday evening, the bar is packed and spills out onto the patio -- which must mean it's happy hour at Hyde Park Sarasota.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 18, 2009
Arts Council reorganizes its board

The Sarasota County Arts Council restructured its board of directors Tuesday, Aug. 18, by eliminating 10 members and paring down to four.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 12, 2009
Profiles of Summer: Paint by Nostalgia

Sarasota artist Joseph Patrick Arnegger lets his Long Island childhood mix his palette.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • August 12, 2009
Film Review: 'Julie and Julia'

When the incomparable Meryl Streep portrays the iconic Julia Child, whose curiosity would not be piqued? Satiate it by catching writer/director Nora Ephron's delicious new film, 'Julie and Julia.' But be warned: This movie is not to be viewed on an empty stomach.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 12, 2009
Keep it short and sweet

Sarasota motivational speaker Paul Gruber takes his Backroom Short Film Festival on the road.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 12, 2009
Stage might

Patty Snyder-Atkins, the longtime stage manager at The Players Theatre, explains how she earned her 'Git-R-Done' reputation.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 5, 2009
River Club resident pens thriller

Karen Rose released her 10th novel, "I Can See You," Aug. 5. She'll host her first book signing Saturday in Altamonte Springs.

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  • Stephanie Hannum
  • August 5, 2009
Progressive dinner

Take a trip around the world with the numerous eclectic and authentic restaurants in the Gulf Gate area.

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