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This home at 606 Owl Way on Bird Key has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,475 square feet of living area. It sold for $760,000. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 23, 2013
Two-bedroom Sanctuary condo sells for $780,000

A condominium in Sanctuary IV at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Cathy Cartier submitted this sunset photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Cathy Cartier submitted this sunset photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Michael Rego
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Neal Communities clears 100 sales in new communities; Realtor honored for sales performance; Michael Rego joins John Neal Homes

  • East County
  • News
This home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch, which has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,734 square feet of living area, sold for $854,000. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 23, 2013
Home in Country Club Village sells for $854,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Greg Mitton, of New Brunswick, Canada, sold his home at 6814 Dominion Lane to Brian and Julie Lawson, of Lakewood Ranch, for $854,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Anita Cox submitted this photo of a boy catching some rays on the beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Anita Cox submitted this photo of a boy catching some rays on the beach.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Olivia Thomas, chairwoman of 2010; Kristine Nickel, chairwoman of 2012; current Town Hall Chairwoman Stephanie Grosskreutz; and 2011 Chairwoman Kathleen Weiner dish on the scoop.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Chairing it All: Town Hall Lecture Series

Town Hall Lecture Series organizers give the scoop on stories from ice-cream vending machines to 'oh-no!' moments.

  • Arts + Culture
"I love it. It's my passion," Erendira Wallenda says. "Think of anything you love doing (the most), and that's what we get. That's where I feel most alive."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Princess of the High Wire: Erendira Wallenda

Erendira Wallenda's life is a balancing act between her responsibilities as a mother and walking the tightrope - sans safety net.

  • Arts + Culture
LEO by Circle of Eleven can be seen Feb. 21 to Feb. 23, at Historic Asolo Theater. Courtesy of Ringling Museum.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Scene & Heard

Art of Our Time gets moving; Awarding brownie points; Journalist is on the receiving end of questions

  • Arts + Culture
Whether it's premiering Tony Award-winning productions in London and New York, donating to Asolo Repertory Theatre or attending a community theater production, Bob and Beverly Bartner have always been supporters of the arts.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
BACKSTAGE PASS: The Producers

Asolo Repertory Theatre board members and Sarasota residents Bob and Beverly Bartner have produced so many Tony award-winning productions, they can't remember which shows received what awards.

  • Arts + Culture
Don Laurin Johnson and Andrew Drake in WBTT's "Jitney." Courtesy
  • By Paula Atwell
  • January 23, 2013
Theater Review: 'Jitney'

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe does sincere justice to the great August Wilson's "Jitney," which was written in 1979 and became part of what's now known as his "Ten Play Cycle," chronicling the lives of Black Americans through each decade of the 20th century.

  • Arts + Culture
Logan O'Neill as Joe Gillis and Jeanne Larranga as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" Courtesy.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • January 23, 2013
Theater Review: 'Sunset Boulevard'

The Players Theatre has "revived" "Sunset Boulevard" in many ways.

  • Arts + Culture
Russell Crowe and Mark Whalberg in "Broken City." Courtesy.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 23, 2013
Film Review: 'Broken City'

"Broken City" should have been a great flick but, it fails miserably to deliver on so many levels. Talented actors disappoint; lame scripting annoys; and mediocre directing bores in this short-on-thrills thriller.

  • Arts + Culture
Jeremy Denk. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 23, 2013
Music Review: SCA's great performers: Tokyo String Quartet with Jeremy Denk

It was a historic moment last week when the Tokyo String Quartet and Jeremy Denk got together at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Arts + Culture
William Woodward's mural, "The Greatest Show On Earth" Photo courtesy Giovanni Lunardi.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2013
Circus mural and executive come to town

For 22 years, the lobby at the Feld Entertainment corporate headquarters, in Vienna, Va., hosted a two-story, 22-foot-by-42-foot mural featuring iconic Sarasota Ringling Circus performers from the 1970s to 1980s.

  • Arts + Culture
Morris house, 361 S. Blvd. of the Presidents. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 23, 2013
Home & Garden: Jewels on the Bay

Two beautiful homes on Lido Key are being featured as the designer showhouses for the 18th annual Jewels on the Bay.

  • Arts + Culture
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