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Living spaces include ceilings up to 17 feet high with floor to ceiling windows.
  • By Eric Garwood
  • January 24, 2023
One-of-a-kind Lido Shores home on the market at $10 million
Kathleen Cravens is a student member of The Rocketry Club at Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab.
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • January 24, 2023
Fab Lab's Rocketry Club aims high — 15,000 feet, to be exact
Gisele Pintchuck and Edie Chaifetez attend Embracing Our Differences 20th Anniversary Grand Opening.
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • January 23, 2023
Bayfront art exhibit emphasizes our differences
Guests gathered in the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • January 22, 2023
Sarasota Opera continues Moonlight & Melodies dinner series
Lakewood Ranch's Martha Gaffney loves hearing the history and poetry of Robert Burns every year at the Burns Supper.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • January 21, 2023
St. Andrew Society of Sarasota hosts Burns Supper
Freedom Elementary School's Jenessa Bunker, Jakob Flemming, Camila Aviles-Pagan and Mya Barrett lead the Autrey All Stars onto the track.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • January 20, 2023
Olympian visits east Bradenton elementary during Fun Run
Bucky demonstrates how Newton's Laws work in Circus Arts Conservatory's Circus Machine.
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • January 20, 2023
Sailor Circus mixes science and whimsy
Waterside's Eugene Koshel and Sarasota's Dan Rutkowski converse during the Night Market on The Green at UTC.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • January 20, 2023
Hosting a market is an art form at UTC
Back row: Honorees Beth Duda, Amanda Horne, Jone Williams, Janet Kahn. Front row: Co-chairwoman Joan Bour, honoree Wendy Katz and co-chairwoman Joyce Hersch
  • By Harry Sayer
  • January 19, 2023
National Council of Jewish Women recognizes past and present honorees
Views of the water can be found throughout the home.
  • By Adam Hughes
  • January 19, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 2-6 for Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Nokomis, Osprey
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • January 19, 2023
Longboat church rolls up its sleeves to collect sweaters, coats
AJ Sanders participates in the Unity and Historical march with a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. flag that reads "I HAVE A DREAM"
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • January 16, 2023
Sarasota honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Andrew Vac and Cindy Jessup
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • January 16, 2023
Longboat Chamber's 'Off the Clock' goes off island
Dave Hughes serves to MaryAnn Miller and Deborah Richards
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • January 16, 2023
Pickleball tournaments start at Cedars
Dr. Andrea Clarkson, Doug and Hilory Seaton, Eve Kanoff,.Susan Hunter and Commodore Lisa Adams
  • By Tony Britt
  • January 16, 2023
Flappers, fedoras and fireworks
Michelle Butler and Stacey Corley
  • By Harry Sayer
  • January 15, 2023
Sunshine From Darkness brings broadway flair with Inspiring Hope Dinner
Veronica Brady, Keith Monda, Executive Director Virginia Shearer, Audrey and Walter Stewart
  • By Harry Sayer
  • January 15, 2023
Sarasota Art Museum takes donors on art tour at salon series
Parrish 3-year-old Harper Dillon and her mother Ashley Dillon enjoy a swinging Manatee County Fair.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • January 15, 2023
Manatee County Fair has the beef during annual auction
Kristen VanderVeen and Jasmijn race through the course at the TerraNova Equestrian Center during the $50,000 Grand Prix of Sarasota. Although that pair didn't make the final four, VanderVeen won the event aboard Jireh.
  • By Jay Heater
  • January 15, 2023
Grand Prix of Sarasota crowns champ at TerraNova
Lakewood Ranch's Stephanie Peabody, who is the founder of the Brian Health Initiative, and Lakewood Ranch's Heather Lyon have fun during the yoga class. Lyon says the class was excellent and rejuvenating.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • January 12, 2023
Sirius Day Spa of Lakewood Ranch rings in the year with fundraiser
Views across New Pass to the south end of Longboat Key.
  • By Adam Hughes
  • January 11, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Dec. 26-30 on Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key
The Hospital Gala made a royal return with its 2023 outing.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • January 8, 2023
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation's Hospital Gala makes in-person return
Laurie Scott and Danae Meijering
  • By Harry Sayer
  • January 8, 2023
Perlman Music Program Suncoast returns with Celebration Dinner
Rabbi Howard Simon, April Glasco and Rona Simon enjoy a bashert reunion at Shabbat service Friday night.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • January 8, 2023
Special guest surprises at TBI's Shabbat service
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Living spaces include ceilings up to 17 feet high with floor to ceiling windows.
  • January 24, 2023
One-of-a-kind Lido Shores home on the market at $10 million
2
Kathleen Cravens is a student member of The Rocketry Club at Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab.
  • January 24, 2023
Fab Lab's Rocketry Club aims high — 15,000 feet, to be exact
3
Gisele Pintchuck and Edie Chaifetez attend Embracing Our Differences 20th Anniversary Grand Opening.
  • January 23, 2023
Bayfront art exhibit emphasizes our differences
4
Guests gathered in the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard.
  • January 22, 2023
Sarasota Opera continues Moonlight & Melodies dinner series
5
Lakewood Ranch's Martha Gaffney loves hearing the history and poetry of Robert Burns every year at the Burns Supper.
  • January 21, 2023
St. Andrew Society of Sarasota hosts Burns Supper

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