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Gala chairs Julie A. Harris and Lauren Walsh with COO Jennifer Mitchell, center
  • By Janet Combs
  • February 4, 2024
Circus Gala gives guests the royal treatment
Out-of-door students and staff wear bell bottoms, head bands and John Lennon's signature sunglasses to stay on theme with the 1960s music.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • February 3, 2024
Out-of-Door Academy raises money for Manasota BUDS
Lakewood Ranch 6-year-old Aurlyn Esler holds on as tight as she can to see how long she can last on the bull.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • February 3, 2024
Music on Main provides entertainment for all ages in Lakewood Ranch
17-month-old Jayvyn DeVore, while visiting Sarasota from New Jersey, had the chance to enjoy playing with the streams of water on the splash pad.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • February 1, 2024
Bayfront Park's new splash pad and playground officially open
Dawn Sakes, executive director, Dr. Brook Bello, founder of More Too Life, and Rayman Bechard, board member
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2024
More Too Life’s Masquerade Ball takes the mask off sex trafficking
Alyssa Martin, Jenny Townsend and Kara Nally
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2024
Attendees toast to successful Forks & Corks
Board President Jeff Birnbach, Treasurer Areaka Jewell, Directors Libby Soderberg, Andrea Capek, Director and Secretary Sean Murphy and Director Pete Abbott.
  • By Janet Combs
  • January 29, 2024
Sarasota Police Foundation holds annual SRQ Blue & White Gala
Diane McCathy, Mary Ann Tomlinson, Linda Olsen and Marilyn Davol
  • By Petra Rivera
  • January 28, 2024
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Women’s Guild welcomes new members
Australia's Rowan Willis soars over a jump on Wellington Grey Goose to win the jump-off of the $100,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix event at TerraNova Equestrian Center in Myakka City Jan. 27. He timed 46.86 to win the $29,250 first-place prize.
  • By Jay Heater
  • January 28, 2024
World-class jumpers compete in Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix at TerraNova
Anne Folsom Smith, Mary Hoffman and Angela Vinnistka
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2024
Guest conductor enlightens orchestra patrons at Masterworks 4 Dinner
First grader Penelope Seguin, who loves horses, takes her time petting Sugar, a mini horse, after reading "Pete the Cat Goes to the Doctor."
  • By Liz Ramos
  • January 26, 2024
Myakka City Elementary gallops into reading
Officers of the St. Andrew Society of Sarasota are "piped in" by William Howard.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • January 26, 2024
Saint Andrew Society of Sarasota hosts annual Burns Supper
Jessie Ochsendorf, a 7th grader at Pine View School and winner of Best In Show Quotation, and artist Michael White
  • By Ian Swaby
  • January 22, 2024
Sarasota welcomes Embracing Our Differences art exhibit
Gosia and Joe Pilch
  • By Petra Rivera
  • January 22, 2024
Tennis players serve up success at 2024 Observer Challenge
When Lakewood Ranch 7-year-old Tatum Schaper struggled during a sleeping bag sack race during halftime at the Sarasota Polo Club, her dad, Shawn Schaper, rushed forward to give her a hand. The result — a lot of fun.
  • By Jay Heater
  • January 21, 2024
Polo back in action on a windy day in Lakewood Ranch
Spanish Main Yacht Club hosts their third annual Soup and Chili dinner.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • January 21, 2024
Spanish Main Yacht Club cozies up with chili smorgasbord
Samantha, Josh and Layla Goldman attend Temple Emanu-El's Strawberry Fields Shabbat at Hunsader Farms on Jan. 20.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • January 20, 2024
Special Shabbat celebrates the trees in east Bradenton
Co-owner Adam Myara serves up a smashburger to the wait staff in the Ed's Tavern kitchen. The new Ed's Tavern had a soft opening for its second Lakewood Ranch location on Friday.
  • By Jay Heater
  • January 19, 2024
Ed's Tavern opens its second Lakewood Ranch restaurant
Audrey Stewart and Debbie Rosenberg
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2024
Sarasota Art Museum luncheon gives attendees a fresh perspective
Jodi Sobol, owner of Miss Jodi's School of Dance, gets children energized to dance.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • January 17, 2024
Cold temperature keeps children moving at Kids Club at UTC
Tutti Del Monte and speaker Krystel Beall
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2024
Resilient Repartee speaker turns trauma into triumph
Ozzy Pirner, 2, discovers the wonders of snow in Florida.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • January 15, 2024
Sarasota sees snow day at First Sarasota Baptist Church
Booker High School cheerleaders bring their enthusiasm to the walk.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • January 15, 2024
Celebrations span Sarasota for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Roger Kabler as Robin Williams
  • By Petra Rivera
  • January 15, 2024
Robin Williams impersonator shares his story at TBI comedy show
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Gala chairs Julie A. Harris and Lauren Walsh with COO Jennifer Mitchell, center
  • February 4, 2024
Circus Gala gives guests the royal treatment
2
Out-of-door students and staff wear bell bottoms, head bands and John Lennon's signature sunglasses to stay on theme with the 1960s music.
  • February 3, 2024
Out-of-Door Academy raises money for Manasota BUDS
3
Lakewood Ranch 6-year-old Aurlyn Esler holds on as tight as she can to see how long she can last on the bull.
  • February 3, 2024
Music on Main provides entertainment for all ages in Lakewood Ranch
4
17-month-old Jayvyn DeVore, while visiting Sarasota from New Jersey, had the chance to enjoy playing with the streams of water on the splash pad.
  • February 1, 2024
Bayfront Park's new splash pad and playground officially open
5
Dawn Sakes, executive director, Dr. Brook Bello, founder of More Too Life, and Rayman Bechard, board member
  • January 29, 2024
More Too Life’s Masquerade Ball takes the mask off sex trafficking

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