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New York City-based sextet chamber ensemble yMusic debuted “Luminous Bodies,” a piece commissioned for the group and the festival by composer Robert Sirota, at the final concert of the festival. Courtesy photo
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  • Edward Alley
  • June 25, 2018
Talented young musicians close 2018 Sarasota Music Festival

The Sarasota Music Festival ended with yet another string of impressive concerts, including the world premiere of "Luminous Bodies" performed by yMusic.

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  • Shane Donglasan
  • June 24, 2018
Weekend warriors take over Friday Fest

Reggae band Jah Movement kicks off the Van Wezel's Friday Fest series.

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    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • June 24, 2018
Siesta Key Chamber members find their rhythm at business card exchange

Sand, sounds and socializing made up the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce's monthly networking event on June 21.

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  • Katie Johns
  • June 23, 2018
Bird Key members take the stage

Members enjoyed a karaoke night on June 23.

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  • Katie Johns
  • June 23, 2018
Christ Church gathers for summer service

Church members gathered June 23 for dinner and a sunset service on the beach.

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The Bay Sarasota is developing a plan for more than 50-acres of city-owned land around the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
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  • David Conway
  • June 22, 2018
Bayfront group sets public presentations

The Bay Sarasota will unveil the latest version of its proposed master plan for city-owned bayfront land next week.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • June 22, 2018
Estate in Longboat Key's Lighthouse Point marketed at nearly $10 million

View from 15 Lighthouse Point Drive includes New Pass and Sarasota Bay.

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Image source: "The Staircase."
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • June 22, 2018
Binge Blog: A staircase and a ghost

The first edition of Binge Blog recommends watching "The Staircase," a crime-doc mini series, on Netflix, and "A Ghost Story," a beautiful film about many things, on Amazon Prime Video.

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  • June 22, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 21

Jane Novacek photographed this great blue heron by a pier on Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 22, 2018
East County weather page photo: June 21

Joseph McAuliffe captured this sunset from Gosport Cove in Lakewood Ranch’s Del Webb neighborhood.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 22, 2018
Sarasota weather page photo: June 21

Tom McGee photographed these juvenile night herons in south Sarasota.

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"Incognito" is a web of three interlocking narratives using four actors. Photo by Dylan Jon Wade Cox
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • June 21, 2018
'Incognito' investigates the mystery of the mind at Urbanite Theatre

Playwright Nick Payne wrote this mind-bending play, 'Incognito,' in the form of three case studies.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 21, 2018
Campers are feelin' peachy in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch acting camp serves James his giant peach.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2018
Campers paddle through Sarasota Bay

The Marine Explorers and Waterman’s Camp take kids on adventures around various barrier-island marine environments.

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The high school Pivotal Directions group, spearheaded by Isabella McDevitt, pose on their 2018 trip. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • June 21, 2018
Cardinal Mooney soccer grad spearheads Jamaica service trip

Cardinal Mooney High graduate and soccer player Isabella McDevitt gathered 24 high school students from the area to go to Kingston, Jamaica, on a service trip through Pivotal Directions.

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