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Alex Gooch sets up a stand alone shot of the film's main character.
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  • May 18, 2011
Filmmakers scramble in two-day competition

More than 160 teams from across the world spent the weekend writing, filming and editing short films for the 48 Hour Guerrilla Film Competition.

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"I've always found it hard to define my work," Brian Haverlock says. "Is it a drawing, a painting or a collage? We could have a philosophical discourse about it, but really, drawing is the meat and bones of it all."
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  • May 18, 2011
The draftsman

Brian Haverlock loves curious collages and small graphite drawings. Meet the artist ruled by a wild imagination and meticulous detail.

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Hershey Felder
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Scene & Heard

Felder brings his best Bernstein to Sarasota; Julie Rohr's 'Li'l Abner' is a family affair; and Hot Tickets.

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"It's been said before that if Shakespeare were alive today, he’d be rapping," says Matthew McLendon, pictured here in front of "king yo on the queen, yo!" by artist Iona Rozeal Brown.
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  • May 18, 2011
The 'bling' king

The Ringling Museum's associate curator of modern and contemporary art takes his love of hip-hop beyond 'bling.'

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Flora Major and Roxie Jerde
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Nice to meet you and you and you ... ; Cool dinners are a hot item; Heads up, Willard Scott; Asolo to revive 'Ragtime'; Daddies dearest ... ; and Tidbits.

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"I always felt I had one chance with an audience or one chance with a class," Elizabeth Weil Bergmann says. "If people don't walk away having had an 'a-ha' experience, then they're not going to come back."
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  • May 11, 2011
Mover and shaker

Retired Harvard dance Director Elizabeth Weil Bergmann brings her Ivy League moves to Sarasota's Carreño Dance Festival.

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Stephanie Peters is a Sarasota hairstylist and artist-about-town.
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  • May 11, 2011
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Perales places first at RCAD exhibit; 'Joint Collective' comes to State Street; CEO receives Broadway award; Ringling Museum flashes; and Hot Tickets.

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"I speak to a lot of community groups about the importance of education," Brian Hersh says. "That's the kind of performance I do. It comes from a sincere place, and it doesn't require a lot of effort."
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  • May 11, 2011
Tour guide

Asolo Rep Education and Outreach Director Brian Hersh isn't waiting for students to come to the theater. He's staging it on their turf.

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Susan and Lenny Landau
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  • May 11, 2011
Edibles: 'When it's pizza night at your house ...'

Today, pizza is everywhere and everything. Some fans stay close to the tried and true; others are more adventurous, exploring the likes of the Ritz-Carlton's cremini mushroom white pizza. But even the most devoted bec fin brings a pizza home once in a while. Here are some folks' choices across demography and geography.

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Sandrine Bonnaire stars in "Queen to Play."
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  • May 11, 2011
Film Review: 'Queen to Play'

Is playing chess sexy? In the new film, "Queen to Play," it is. Passion for the game and what it elicits from its participants is at the heart of this compellingly clever dramedy.

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Sarasota Orchestra's Leif Bjaland
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  • May 11, 2011
Music Review - Sarasota Orchestra: Inventing the American Sound

According to Leif Bjaland and the Sarasota Orchestra in their ingenious "Journeys to Genius" program, this country is a "musical melting pot," using the resources of its many immigrants and pooling its musical genes with native cultures.

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Tom Coundit, SYC Chef Jack Wenz and Lou Bevilacqua
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  • May 11, 2011
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Roasters toast at SYC; Living happily ever after ...; The best laid plans; tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

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Local Sarasota group Passerine brought its unique sound to the Gator Creek festival.
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  • May 8, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Gator Creek Bluegrass Festival

Bluegrass and gumbo fans flocked to the East County for Linger Lodge's first Gator Creek Bluegrass Festival May 7. The festival featured several bluegrass bands as well as samples of some of the best gumbo in the area.

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  • May 4, 2011
Dance Review: 'Spring Surprise'

Not all surprises are good surprises. That was the case for the final performance of the Sarasota Ballet's 20th anniversary season - unfortunate for such a celebratory year.

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"They tell stories," Dominic Avant says of painting his wife and children. "They bring beauty to ordinary things. It moves me as a father and as an artist."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 4, 2011
The human touch

Former Disney animator Dominic Avant explains why he now devotes his canvases to the real-life characters and scenes that fill his world.

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