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  • Katie Johns
  • January 10, 2017
Longboat Key Democratic Club hears from James Joseph

The meeting was also the last one for Murray Blueglass as club president.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 10, 2017
Bradenton Area EDC appoints new business director

The new hire formerly worked for Enterprise Florida.

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    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • January 9, 2017
Two art forms collide to create A Celebration of Two Worlds: Music and Dance

The unique event featured performers from American Ballet Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera on Jan. 8.

  • Black Tie
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 9, 2017
Ringling welcomes students and staff to new library

Ringling opens Alfred Goldstein Library by passing the last 200 books from Vernon Kimbrough Library to the new facility.

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  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 9, 2017
Runners race to honor former Riverview Student

Andrew Monroe died in 2011, but his legacy lives on in annual charity race.

  • Sarasota
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The final five name possibilities are Rowan, Scully, Oarson, Paddles and Skylar.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 9, 2017
World Rowing Championships mascot name list down to five

The final name will be decided by public voting.

  • East County
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Photo courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory
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  • Katie Johns
  • January 9, 2017
Mote scientist tests out "MythBusters: The Search"

Tracy Fanara, an environmental engineer at Mote, made her debut on The Science Channel Show on Jan. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A community vote will decide the name of the World Rowing Championships pelican mascot.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 9, 2017
Finalists announced for World Rowing Championship pelican naming contest

The community can vote for rowing-inspired monikers like Rowan, Oarson and Paddles as the name for the event’s pelican mascot.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 8, 2017
Polo season swings into action

Season opener celebrates national football championship.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 8, 2017
Film review: 'Hidden Figures'

Behind the space race, racial boundaries were being broken.

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Dustin Babin, Aleksandr Krapivkin and Wes Tolman in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory' s production of "A View from the Bridge." Photo by Frank Atura.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • January 8, 2017
Theater review: 'A View from the Bridge'

Doom comes to Brooklyn in Asolo Conservatory production of Arthur Miller classic.

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    By
  • Edward Alley
  • January 8, 2017
Music review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks 3

The Sarasota Orchestra's illustrates the beauty that made these Beethoven and Brahms pieces classics.

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    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • January 8, 2017
Artists travel from Italy to open the 2017 Basch Glass Exhibition

The exhibit opened with a private reception at The Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery on Jan. 7.

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  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 7, 2017
Orchid Society celebrates 60 years with A Symphony of Orchids

Sarasota Orchid Society celebrated their 60th anniversary with a orchid festival and sale.

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    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • January 7, 2017
Born to be Wild Party kicks off Thunder by the Bay

The annual event was held for the first time at Fête Ballroom on Jan. 6.

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