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  • July 8, 2009
Profiles of summer: Body Language

Alyssa Mandel is a school librarian by day, belly dancer by night.

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  • July 1, 2009
Sarasota's school of rock

A high-end clothing salesman with an affinity for classic rock is opening a children's music school in downtown Sarasota.

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  • Michael Eng
  • July 1, 2009
Harvest praise band releases CD

The HY5 Praise Band released "Believe Belong Live Love Grow" in April.

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  • July 1, 2009
Film Review: 'My Sister's Keeper'

What if you could genetically engineer a sibling to save your dying child's life?

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  • July 1, 2009
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival

The best and the worst thing about live music-making is that it's transitory, and, unless there's a recording of the evening, what happens disappears the moment it's made.

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  • July 1, 2009
Profiles of Summer | The humble maestro

Pine View School's longtime orchestra director comes out of retirement to conduct the Venice Symphony.

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  • June 24, 2009
Dancers achieve platinum status

KC and the Sunshine Dancers completed its competition season last month, earning a double-platinum award for its jazz routine.

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  • June 17, 2009
Joy ... Beyond Freedom

Joy ... Beyond Freedom

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  • June 17, 2009
Collaborative cuisine at PG's

Pattigeorge's Tommy Klauber is conquering the world -- one interactive dinner at a time.

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  • June 17, 2009
Ring around the museum

You can learn a lot about the Ringling estate by riding shotgun with a tram driver.

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  • June 17, 2009
Musician accepted to Interlochen camp

Emily Blandon Kovar, 14, leaves for the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts this week.

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  • June 17, 2009
Film Review: 'The Merry Gentleman'

Film Review: 'The Merry Gentleman'

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  • June 17, 2009
Profiles of Summer | Swan Song

Longtime Sarasota Ballet dancers Adrian Ciobanu and Lauren Strongin are packing up their pointe shoes and heading to Houston. Says Ciobanu: 'We love the company and we love the city, but it's time to move on.'

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  • June 15, 2009
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival

June Lebell reviews Saturday's performance of the Sarasota Music Festival.

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  • June 11, 2009
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival

June Lebell reviews the first Saturday Night Symphony performance of this year's Sarasota Music Festival.

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