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The Sarasota Film Festival featured 168 films from 30 countries and fabulous events. Check out The Observer's complete coverage.

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Sarasota Film Festival Cinema Tropicale Celebration

Stars of "The Hooping Life" performed for hundreds at Sarasota Film Festival's Cinema Tropicale Celebration, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

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The palm reader

Pine View senior Lauren Valentine never imagined her AP art assignment would end up as a billboard in downtown Sarasota.

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  • April 14, 2010
A ballet of their own

Sarasota Ballet dancers Kate Walsh Honea, Octavio Martin and Jamie Carter ditch their pointe shoes to give choreography a whirl for the company's final performance of the season.

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  • April 14, 2010
Film Review: '11/04/08'

A review of the Jeff Deutchman film '11/04/08,' which debuted at the Sarasota Film Festival and chronicles the the 2008 American Presidential Election Day.

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  • April 13, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Michael's On East

Michael's On East Executive Chef Al Massa shares an exclusive recipe for YourObserver.com readers.

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  • April 7, 2010
Weekly Dish

The weekly dish features restaurant tidbits and our pick for the dish of the week.

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  • April 7, 2010
Dance Review: 'Rococo Variations,' 'There Where She Loved' and 'Pineapple Poll'

Christopher Wheeldon's "There Where She Loved" is truly one of the best pieces the Sarasota Ballet has performed all season.

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  • April 7, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks

The final Masterworks concert of Sarasota Orchestra's season was titled "Seeing Music in Myth."

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  • April 7, 2010
Lights! Camera! Action!

The 12th annual Sarasota Film Festival has it all, and the lineup looks downright dazzling.

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  • April 7, 2010
The etch-a-sketcher

Venice-based artist Andrew Kiss obtains all the inspiration he needs from area beach boardwalks at the height of spring break.

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  • April 7, 2010
La Musica festival adds folksy to its repertoire

The festival kicks off its 24th season with a regional premiere by a contemporary composer with a flair for fairy tales.

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  • April 7, 2010
Film festival moves into classrooms

This week, two students from The Out of Door Academy and Booker Middle School review "Alma."

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  • March 31, 2010
Sarasota Ballet prepares for Wheeldon dance

Margaret Barbieri will stage choreographer Christopher Wheldon's work this month at the Sarasota Opera House.

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  • March 31, 2010
Iconic encore

Local artists let their creativity do the walking March 26, at Art Center Sarasota's second 'iconcept' runway show.

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