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3 things: Great Enough for Gatsby

Jay Gatsby would feel right at home in Sarasota. With our wealthy newcomers and lavish social life, it's the perfect place for a glamorous multimillionaire with a mysterious past.

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Social Studies: Dawn Epstein

One of the Y Angels and equally as dedicated to Children First and The V Foundation, Dawn Epstein makes a difference in the Sarasota community -- in a quiet, but impactful way.

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  • May 27, 2013
Farmers Market Field Trip: Peperonata Pasta

Farmers Market Field Trip: Peperonata Pasta

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  • May 27, 2013
Racey's "Pulse" is riveting from start to finish

Racey's "Pulse" is riveting from start to finish

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  • May 23, 2013
Louies Modern: Setting a Sarasota standard for mod cuisine

Louies Modern: Setting a Sarasota standard for mod cuisine

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  • May 23, 2013
The obstacles facing an independent filmmaker: An opportunity for Sarasota?

The obstacles facing an independent filmmaker: An opportunity for Sarasota?

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  • May 22, 2013
Patron Saints: Dennis and Graci McGillicuddy

If you haven't started watching The Observer's online video series "Patron Saints," now's your chance. It focuses on the people who make Sarasota the arts community that it is - the patrons. Each video spotlights a patron and a different performing-arts venue.

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"I love doing this. I love being a part of the community. I love a business challenge and marketing challenges. I love putting things together," Pam McCurdy says with a proud shrug. "I love projects!"
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  • May 22, 2013
No Laughing Matter: Pam McCurdy

Pam McCurdy is the set-up to Les McCurdy's punchline -- she's the reason that McCurdy's Comedy Theatre will celebrate 25 years of laughs. The McCurdys tell the story of how they met and opened a comedy club.

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Maurice Richards and Jack Kesler. Courtesy.
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  • May 22, 2013
Scene & Heard

Richards and Kesler start their next act

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  • May 22, 2013
Office Space: 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Since 1990, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive has been the home of the Longboat Observer. As the Observer Media Group grew, so did the staff.

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Nouveau nachos: seared, sesame-crusted yellowfin tuna and seaweed salad on a crispy wonton wrapper at Gecko's. Cliff Roles.
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  • May 22, 2013
Foodie feasts in Southside Village II

Southside Village - located on Hillview from Tamiami Trail to Osprey and on Osprey from Hyde Park to Arlington - may well be the friendliest, "foodiest" neighborhood in town.

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  • By Popcorn Bob
  • May 22, 2013
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's Movie Magic reviews.

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  • By Kathryn Parks
  • May 21, 2013
Local celebrities perform at Players Theatre fundraiser

Local celebrities perform at Players Theatre fundraiser

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  • By Chef Judi Gallagher
  • May 21, 2013
TWISS = This Week is Sweet on St. Armands

TWISS = This Week is Sweet on St. Armands

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"How to Eat Like a Child" runs through May 26, at Venice Theatre. For more information, call 488-1115.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • May 20, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'How to Eat Like a Child'

A charmingly irreverent and sweetly nostalgic stroll through childhood dilemmas of the 1970s, 'How to Eat Like a Child - And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up,' is now playing at Venice Theatre.

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