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"Of course there’s a learning curve," Lynn Rasys says. "I'm learning everything as fast as I can. It's going to be a challenging year, but it's going to be a good year."
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  • December 22, 2010
PMP development director hits the stage running

Lynn Rasys is using her marketing chops and people skills to propel the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast into 2011.

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Guest food editor Lois Scheyer and her famous seafood platters
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  • December 22, 2010
Love in the Kitchen

Guest food editor Lois Scheyer shares her favorite recipes and cooking tips.

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The American Spiritual Ensemble recently performed at the Sarasota Opera House.
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  • December 22, 2010
Music Review: The American Spiritual Ensemble: A true Christmas present

The American Spiritual Ensemble recently wowed the audience when they performed at The Sarasota Opera House.

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East County resident Lynn Rasys said she especially loves the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast’s educational programming.
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  • December 15, 2010
Perlman/Suncoast tunes up for season

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast named recently the East County's Lynn Rasys as its new development director.

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Pamela Sumner grew up spending her summers in Provincetown, Mass., surrounded by the studios of the most revered abstract expressionists, including Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline.
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  • December 15, 2010
Peace signs

Pamela Sumner grinds her own ink, lives in a funky Rosemary District studio and paints with rat whiskers. The Asian-inspired artist meditates on her Zen habits.

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"She's optimistic and open to new ideas," says Poppy Terris, left, of client Ada Leinwand. "She's like the poster child for how someone should live their life after they come out of a stroke."
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  • December 15, 2010
Therapeutic agent

Sarasota art therapist Poppy Terris demonstrates the mending methods of art therapy in a session with client Ada Leinwand.

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"I don't sit down and say, 'I'm going to write a song now,'" Olivia Little says. "I have a poem book I carry with me all the time, and I'll be walking to class and a lyric will hit me."
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  • December 15, 2010
Olivia Little makes her big country splash

The 13-year-old Sarasota singer is ready to release her new single, a love song she co-wrote this summer, in Nashville, with country star Jamie O'Neal.

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Top row: Anise Bogen, or "arches," Schokolade Busserln, or chocolate kisses, and Schokolade Macaronen, chocolate macaroons. Bottom: Zimtsterne, or cinnamon stars, Rumkugeln, or rum balls, and Vanilla Kipferl.
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  • December 15, 2010
Edibles: Waters is nuts about cookies

Baking enthusiast Elisabeth Waters shares exclusive tips and recipes for Observer readers.

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Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp star in “The Tourist.”
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  • December 15, 2010
Film Review: 'The Tourist'

Be sure to read the Observer's review before heading to see Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp's latest film.

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  • December 15, 2010
Music Review: The Artist Series of Sarasota: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway

This season, the Artist Series of Sarasota presented a weekend of favorites from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway in a format similar to New York City's long-running, successful series, "Lyrics and Lyricists" at the 92nd Street Y.

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  • December 15, 2010
Dance Review: 'The Nutcracker'

The Sarasota Ballet's Saturday evening production of Robert de Warren's "The Nutcracker" was an all-around excellent rendition of the classic.

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Kirsten Suss, Dan Hnidy, David Bouverat and Julie Riddell
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  • December 13, 2010
Colorful cast engages in murder mystery dinner

The Sarasota Orchestra Association held a 1920s style murder mystery dinner drama called "In Gold Blood" yesterday.

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  • December 8, 2010
Jan Van Wart plays an old tune (VIDEO)

Jan Van Wart's office at Neel Performing Arts Center is a virtual time capsule, filled with hundreds of old phonograph records from his personal collection.

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Stevie Lee Romero dazzled audiences during the opening week of 'Oliver!' Photo by Denny Miller.
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  • December 8, 2010
Willis Elementary student stars in Players production

Stevie Lee Romero, 10, takes the lead role in his Manatee Players debut.

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Playwright Lindsay Price addresses students in her play.
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  • December 8, 2010
Lakewood thespians welcome playwright

Playwright Lindsay Price watched Lakewood Ranch High School drama students perform her show, 'Somewhere, Nowhere.'

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