• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Arts + Entertainment | Trending

    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 17, 2010
'Skywalker' author gets ready for film fest close-up

When Bill Walker walked the entire Appalachian Trail in 2005, he published a memoir about the experience. Now he's filming a documentary for the Sarasota Fringe Film Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 17, 2010
Music Review: It's just one person's opinion

Next time you read a review that makes you wonder if you and the critic attended the same performance, trust your instincts.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • March 17, 2010
Weekly Dish

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

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 12, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Clarinetist Paul Green

The concert will take place Sunday at Temple Beth Israel.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 11, 2010
Van Wezel Foundation names new CEO

Nonprofit consultant Norman Olshansky will lead the 22-year-old performing arts foundation.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • March 10, 2010
Weekly Dish

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

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 10, 2010
Creative baggage

Longboat Key bag lady June Ansorge thinks every woman should own a Gucci handbag - molded out of clay, of course.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 10, 2010
For Sarasota muses, art imitating life is personal

Ann Z. Leventhal and Jon Newman open up about love after 70 and how it feels to see their romance played out on stage.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 10, 2010
The prop shopper

Marlene Whitney keeps the Asolo Repertory Theatre's props authentic and under budget.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 10, 2010
Sarasota Opera: 'Giovanna d'Arco'

Once again, the orchestra surpassed itself, and under the electrifying baton of Victor DeRenzi - who seemed exceedingly at home in this opera - they almost seemed to fly out of the pit.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 10, 2010
Film Review: 'The White Ribbon'

'The White Ribbon' has already won the Golden Palm at Cannes last year, a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film this year and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 9, 2010
Asolo Rep will kick off 2010-2011 season with 'Bonnie & Clyde'

"Bonnie & Clyde" will open Nov. 19 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Casting is slated for April.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 5, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: 2010 Sarasota Folk Festival

The seventh annual Sarasota Folk Festival strums into town this weekend at Oscar Scherer State Park.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • March 3, 2010
Mattison's conjures up classic cooking

On a recent afternoon at Mattison's Forty-One, Chef Paul Mattison hosted 'Affordable Gourmet,' a lunchtime cooking class with a focus on affordable, but also substantial, ingredients and meals.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 3, 2010
Oscar Mania: And the winner is...

Records stand to be broken at this year's Academy Awards, and producers are hoping it will be viewer numbers. The big lures are Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin co-hosting the event (their promos are hilarious) and the fact that the 'Best Picture' category has been super-sized from five to 10 nominations. But fear not, it's being billed as the shortest ceremony ever. So, place your bets, root for your faves and sit back and enjoy the show.

  • Arts + Culture
« 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
Julia Groom, Elizabeth Moore and Jennifer Masters
  • April 12, 2026
Gymnast Emily Meinke shares message of hope at Blue Ties & Butterflies
2
Alisa Pettingell, Eileen Curd and Graci McGillicuddy
  • April 12, 2026
Moffitt's Mission Possible luncheon supports new treatments in cancer
3
Longboat Key firefighter paramedics used the Hurst Jaws of Life ram to push the dashboard of a Ford Focus away from the passenger seat.
  • April 12, 2026
Fire Department turns Ford Focus into convertible for training
4
County Administrator Charlie Bishop is typically seated at the dais with commissioners during meetings, but he was absent during the discussion about his contract April 7.
  • April 12, 2026
Manatee County Administrator Charlie Bishop's contract up for renewal
5
Overall female winner Vicky Romocki poses with Shelley.
  • April 11, 2026
Over 1,000 turn out to Siesta Key Beach for Run for the Turtles

App

Download the Your Observer app

Stay in the know with the latest local news. Any device, anytime, anywhere.

DOWNLOAD NOW

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free