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Ellen Overstreet (Photo by Barbara Banks, courtesy Sarasota Ballet)
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  • November 24, 2013
Iain Webb promotes Sarasota Ballet dancers to soloists

Artistic Director of Sarasota Ballet Iain Webb promotes three members of coryphee to soloists on stage Nov. 22.

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Ringling College of Art and Design photography students displayed their work Nov. 21. The fashion photography hung on The Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall walls where attendees could view their hard work. A fashion show featuring Molinari Models and Shore clothing followed the opening.

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ManaSota Film celebrated its first anniversary at its monthly meeting Nov. 21 at Lakewood Ranch Cinemas.

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Turn it up: Noise Ordinance 4 shines a light on local music

Turn it up: Noise Ordinance 4 shines a light on local music

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Richard Herzog's piece in Season of Sculpture Season VII called "It's All About Electricity"
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  • November 20, 2013
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Attendees of the Nov. 16 Season VII 'Shared Ground' celebration raised their glasses of champagne as booms sounded overhead. It was a surprise fireworks show to culminate the planning and installation of the biannual free outdoor art exhibition that decorates the bayfront.

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Chinese takeout isn't your only alternative to a burned turkey, nor is only eating the side dishes, or eating it and and pretending it's good to appease the host.
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  • November 20, 2013
The procrastinator's and accident-prone's guide to Thanksgiving

Here's a little help for all you turkey-burning, dish-dropping, giblet-forgetting, salt-instead-of-sugar sprinkling, last-minute-planning types of people. Or for those who want to throw in the towel.

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Principal Dancer Ricardo Graziano and Ellen Overstreet pose for a marketing photo. "I'm so thankful for everything that has happened to me," Overstreet says. "I never imagined I’d be here."
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  • November 20, 2013
Dancing in sin

Don't let Sarasota Ballet dancer Ellen Overstreet's sultry vixen character role fool you -- she's really the girl next door.

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Retiring SPARCC board members Lisa Walsh, Jean Gay, Mary Ann Robinson and Derek Billib were honored at the Celebrating Legacies reception Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Mahoney Residence.
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  • November 20, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

Celebrating legacies; Shoe divas; Tidbits and Black Tie Affair.

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  • November 19, 2013
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Sarasota Youth Opera presents Benjamin Britten's "The Little Sweep." Photo by Rod Millington.
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  • November 19, 2013
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Read June LeBell's review of the Sarasota Youth Opera's "The Little Sweep."

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  • November 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Philip and Nancy Kotler Glass Exhibit Opening

Philip and Nancy Kotler along with nearly 150 guests attended the opening of the Philip and Nancy Kotler Glass Collection Nov. 18 at The John and Mable Ringling Museum.

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