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Lakewood Ranch resident Darlene Stewart will have her work exhibited for the first time during the Lakewood Ranch Art Club's group exhibit at ArtCenter Manatee.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 16, 2011
Ranch Art Club debuts exhibit

More than a dozen members of the Lakewood Ranch Art Club will have their work displayed at ArtCenter Manatee.

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"Jean has an aura around her," says Iain Webb. "When I first got here, I attended a luncheon and all you could hear were people whispering Jean's name, and then suddenly the doors opened and there she was. She has that charisma."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Prima on a pedestal

On the eve of the Sarasota Ballet's 20th anniversary gala, founder Jean Weidner gets ready for her standing ovation.

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"I like going out in the lobby after a show and hearing people say they loved the set," Matt Nitsch says. "I don't need to hear it to feel good about what I do, but if it happens, it always makes me happy."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Technical prowess

Matt Nitsch arrived at The Players Theatre straight out of college. The technical director explains why, after a decade of musicals, he's never left for a nine-to-five job.

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"Water bottles were the easiest material and the most obvious reminder that we need to do more to recycle," Andrea Mihalyffy says.
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Local artist finds beauty in waste

Andrea Mihalyffy's 'waste chimes' will change the way you see plastic water bottles. Meet the artist making a statement.

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Sauteed broccoli rabe, roasted potatoes and Rack of Veal Rees
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  • March 16, 2011
Dennis Rees: 'Food Just Cooked'

This week's guest food editor Dennis Rees shares exclusive tip and recipe for Observer readers.

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"There are as many lousy Hollywood movies as there are lousy independent movies," Nick Tierce says. "You really have to dig to find the good ones, which I find rapturous."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Aspiring filmmaker says it's 'noir' or never

Nick Tierce is using Internet tools and his Asolo Rep connections to help get his first film produced.

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Isabelle Huppert stars in "White Material."
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  • Pam Nadon
  • March 16, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'White Material'

In director Claire Denis' new movie, 'White Material,' she tackles the philosophical and psychological impact of the colonization by whites in Africa.

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Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin
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  • June LeBell
  • March 16, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra-All-Beethoven Masterworks Concert

The Sarasota Orchestra presented an all-Beethoven Masterworks Concert this past weekend at the Van Wezel.

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Red tide is not currently detected on Longboat Key and Sarasota beaches.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 15, 2011
Alabama film festival to feature Mote research

'Red Tide Research in Paradise' documents an annual Mote study about the impacts of red tide.

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Hollywood writer-turned-playwright Liz Brixius
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
Scene & Heard

Asolo Rep reveals its 2011-2012 lineup; Author paints town green, white and red; HOT TICKETS

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Mark Ladwig and Amanda Evora
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  • Molly Schechter
  • March 9, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Skater send-off; Good news, bad news for the ACS; A hard act to follow?; Tidbits; Black Tie Affair

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Yoko Ono in 2009. (Photo by Charlotte Muhl and Sean Lennon)
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
Ten minutes with Yoko Ono

The always- eccentric Ms. Ono phones in from New York to discuss this weekend's John Lennon exhibit on St. Armands Circle, the joys of motherhood and why she rarely gets nostalgic.

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Horticulturist Addie Worth
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
What is a Tillandsia Tapestry? (VIDEO)

Selby Gardens horticulturist Addie Worth shows off the "living wall" she helped design during last month's Plant & Garden Festival.

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Carroll Barnhill enjoys sharing his poems with the people who inspired them.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 9, 2011
Rhyme 'n' Reason

East County resident Carroll Barnhill grew up on a farm and raises race horses for a living. But at 77 years old, he's also become quite the wordsmith, recently self-publishing a collection of poems about his friends and family.

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"I haven't figured out exactly what it is I possess," Will Little says of his acting. "I'm in it, so I can't see it."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
Little big star

Third-year conservatory student Will Little sizzles as an African dwarf in love with a married queen in the Asolo Rep's 'Las Meninas.'

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