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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 23, 2013
Crafty Genes: DIY Pallet Bed Frame

Crafty Genes: DIY Pallet Bed Frame

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Crazy4WEB
  • By Kathryn Parks
  • October 23, 2013
30 Numbers from 'Crazy for You' that will blow your mind

30 Numbers from 'Crazy for You' that will blow your mind

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Alan Moore says there's an unprecedented occurrence in his 48 years in the industry. So far, this stone-crab season he’s pulled no medium claws — all large and jumbo.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 23, 2013
Sarasota gets crabby

If stone-crab season is like Florida's Christmas, then Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant is the North Pole.

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"I just do my life and somehow a paycheck comes to me," Ann Morrison says about her interesting and fulfilling life. "According to America's standards, I must be poor, but I think I'm very rich."
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 23, 2013
'Lead an interesting life'

Sarasota actress Ann Morrison is more 'Annie Get Your Gun' than the orphan Annie.

  • Arts + Culture
"Words are one of the layers — there are a lot of other layers," Eliza Ladd says. Here she works with students to free their instruments.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 23, 2013
Backstage Pass: Eliza Ladd helps students perform moving work

Movement and dance teacher Eliza Ladd works with FSU/Asolo Conservatory students on creating big characters for the upcoming "School For Lies" production.

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Moulin Rouge themed party. Courtesy photo.
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • October 23, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

Welcome to the Moulin Rouge; Getting close ...; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 23, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Arts and Cultural Alliance Annual Arts celebration

PHOTO GALLERY: Arts and Cultural Alliance Annual Arts celebration

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 22, 2013
Halloween round up

Halloween round up

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  • By Alicia King
  • October 22, 2013
Sweatshirt Chic

Sweatshirt Chic

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Fuzion Dance Artists
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 22, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Annual Arts Celebration, Pt. II

Graci McGillicuddy, patron of the arts and winner of the Arts Leadership Award, said it the best: "People come here for the beach and stay here for the arts." And that was clear at The Arts and Cultural Alliance Annual Arts celebration, which recognized Sarasota arts and its supporters on Monday, Oct. 21 at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Arts + Culture
Iain Webb dedicates his 2013 Arts Leadership Award to Ulla Searing’s memory
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 22, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Annual Arts Celebration, Pt. 1

Graci McGillicuddy, patron of the arts and winner of the Arts Leadership Award, said it the best: "People come here for the beach and stay here for the arts." And that was clear at The Arts and Cultural Alliance Annual Arts celebration, which recognized Sarasota arts and its supporters on Monday, Oct. 21 at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Arts + Culture
Garber performs "Birth of the Blues" with Sarasota Jazz Project in collaboration with Sarasota Jazz Club at the Oct. 21 Arts and Cultural Alliance Annual Arts Celebration.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 22, 2013
Vocalist June Garber takes on Sarasota's jazz scene

Famous Canadian jazz vocalist June Garber is a new Sarasota resident. She will perform in the the Sarasota Jazz Project Big Band concert this Friday.

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Stephanie Block. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 21, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: The Artist Series Concerts: Stephanie Block, viola, and Yi-Fang Huang, piano

There's no doubt about it - hearing chamber music in a chamber is the way to go.

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Tre Michel, Gary and Beth Spencer and David Steiner
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 21, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The Center for Architecture Sarasota Debut

Gary and Beth Spencer opened the doors to their home, which was designed by Guy Peterson, Saturday, Oct. 19, for the introduction of The Center for Architecture Sarasota.

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  • By Popcorn Bob
  • October 21, 2013
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's Movie Magic reviews.

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