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RIAF's opening-night festivities kick off with Asphalt Orchestra, a 12-piece New York City marching band.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2011
RIAF reels in fresh faces and edgy entertainment

The Ringling International Arts Festival announces its fall lineup, starting with eclectic acts that defy labels.

  • Arts + Culture
"The Crucible" runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera House.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 9, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: 'The Crucible'

'The Crucible' runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
Octavio Martin and Sara Sardelli perform in Sarasota Ballet's "The Lesson."
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • March 9, 2011
DANCE REVIEW: 'Out of Denmark'

Pairing Flemming Flindt's 20th-century, dark, dramatic ballet, "The Lesson," which centers on a plot of murder, with the delightful choreography created in the 1880s by August Bournonville wasn't exactly out of this world, but it definitely was "Out of Denmark."

  • Arts + Culture
Rows of hydroponic planters at O'Brien Family Farms.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 9, 2011
Strawberries, sweet strawberries

U-pick berries are sweeter, juicier and typically less expensive than the supermarket variety.

  • Arts + Culture
Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman star in "Barney's Version."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 9, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Barney's Version'

'Barney's Version' is based on a 1997 novel by Mordecai Richler and stars Paul Giamatti as a womanizing soap-opera producer.

  • Arts + Culture
Dallas Roberts with his dad, Goodwill CEO Rev. Don Roberts
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Scene & Heard

Sarasota High grad finds success after 'Rubicon'; Oceanic art-lovers get up close with Wyland; WBTT rings in our latest issue of SEASON

  • Arts + Culture
Key Chorale Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins, Executive Director Richard Storm, and Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis, co-founders of Circus Sarasota
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 2, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Cirque superbe; Major birthday for a major community supporter; Missing Mamaw; The other side of Van Wezel; Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
Lynda Lilley (aka Blossom The Clown)
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Blossom talks about saving face (VIDEO)

This week's Diversion's cover clown has never been one to follow beauty rules. Meet Sarasota Bozo-purist Lynda Lilley.

  • Arts + Culture
Lynda Lilley, aka Blossom, attracts a crowd outside the Ringling Museum. "I think people are too serious these days," she says. "It sounds corny, but to make somebody smile is so heartwarming."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Bozo behavior

Lynda Lilley has rocked white face paint and size 14 sneakers for three decades. The free-spirited "granny clown" explains why she'll never hang up her red nose.

  • Arts + Culture
Sayward Grindley's office is home to the Sarasota Ballet School's youngest pre-trainee: Grindley's 9-month-old daughter, Parker.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Foot notes

Sarasota Ballet's tireless education director explains how she juggles motherhood, teaching and running the company's new downtown dance studio.

  • Arts + Culture
"Personally, I love it because it's un-slick," Cynthia Sayer says of the banjo. "As a jazz musician, I think it's an amazing instrument. It's very articulate and it has a lot of power."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 2, 2011
Jazz musician returns to Sarasota with a twang

Gritty and virtuosic, Cynthia Sayer blows away every hillbilly stereotype with her rock 'n' roll command of the four-string jazz banjo.

  • Arts + Culture
Sam Davidson
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 2, 2011
The men tell their fish stories

The topic of this month's 'Favorite Restaurants' feature is 'Where do you want to go when you want a good piece of fresh fish?'

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Opera's "I Lombardi" runs through March 20, at the Sarasota Opera House.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 2, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Opera's 'I Lombardi'

Sarasota Opera's "I Lombardi" runs through March 20, at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 2, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny'

Director Richard Trank's latest film will thoroughly inspire audiences.

  • Arts + Culture
Bill Paxton
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 23, 2011
Scene & Heard

Paxton makes an unpretentious impression; Up next on the RCAD guest list: Martha Stewart; Sarasota throws struggling comic a funny bone

  • Arts + Culture
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