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  • Molly Schechter
  • December 12, 2012
Food & Cooking: Made by loving hands

Observer food editor Molly Schechter shares two cookie recipes just in time for the holidays.

  • Arts + Culture
"Be curious. Follow your instincts. Make mistakes. Learn from them. Try to laugh at yourself now and then," Nat Krate says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 12, 2012
A life fulfilled: Nat Krate

Nat Krate, a Sarasota artist known for his realist paintings of florals and nudes, bares it all.

  • Arts + Culture
Artist Patrick Dougherty needs a lot of sticks. Courtesy.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 12, 2012
Scene & Heard

Artist needs help picking up sticks; A&E votes Yea for '1776'; My flight into Veronese

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  • By Paula Atwell
  • December 12, 2012
Theater Review: 'Annie'

The Players' production of the ever-popular "Annie" lived up to the illustrious past of the beloved musical, winning the hearts of the audience with its fresh, heartwarming, sincere exuberance.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • December 12, 2012
Music Review: Curtis in Sarasota

It still amazes me that a lot of people don't know about the Curtis Institute of Music. In musical spheres, it's more illustrious than Juilliard because it takes only the top of the crème-de-la-crème of young musicians and they're all on scholarship!

  • Arts + Culture
"I get my ideas when I'm very calm sitting in the garden or before I go to sleep," Bob McComb says. "I have a pad by my bedside, and I'm usually sketching in the dark."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 12, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Let there be lights

Bob McComb sheds a little light on how his Christmas-loving crew turns Selby Gardens into a magical, glowing holiday display.

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Since Roger Capote moved away from home, he’s had a themed tree. But this year, his partner, Jim Wilson, wanted a colorful tree. Photos by Loren Mayo
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  • Loren Mayo
  • December 12, 2012
Home & Garden: Crazy 'Bout Christmas

To some, decorating for the holidays means climbing into the attic and passing down box after box of precious Christmas heirlooms carefully wrapped in tissue paper, then settling down to unpack them with hot apple cider.

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Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchock in "Hitchcock." Courtesy.
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  • Pam Nadon
  • December 12, 2012
Film Review: 'Hitchcock'

If you love movies and the filmmaking process, "Hitchcock" is a must-see. It tells the story behind the making of "Psycho" and while doing so, exposes the turbulent and loving relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma.

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  • December 12, 2012
Crafty Genes: Thank you cards

Join do-it-yourself editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they create personalized thank you cards.

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  • By Chef Judi Gallagher
  • December 11, 2012
TWIS = This Week Is Sweet

TWIS = This Week Is Sweet

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  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • December 11, 2012
"Can we all get along?" asks FST's latest production

"Can we all get along?" asks FST's latest production

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Join Emily Walsh for the Daily Headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • December 11, 2012
Dec. 11: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota names downtown economic steward; Proposed entertainment district discussed; Whitney Beach Plaza renovations begin and more!

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The Suzuki Violin Players perform Tuesday, Dec. 11, during the Christmas and Holiday Music Fest at Siesta Key Chapel.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • December 11, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA's Christmas and Holiday Music Fest

The Out-of-Door Academy's Suzuki Violin Players and the Kindergarten Chorus performed Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the Christmas and Holiday Music Fest at Siesta Key Chapel.

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In Greenville, Norman Gollub led an effort to move a loading zone and widen the sidewalk enabled restaurants to expand.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 11, 2012
Sarasota names downtown economic steward

At a previous post in Greenville, S.C., Norman Gollub spent six years working to reduce commercial vacancies and bring in private developments.

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Lester and Lorraine Ageloff
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • December 11, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Democratic Club Luncheon

The Longboat Key Democratic Club held its monthly luncheon Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. Speakers included former club president Marvin Morse and Dr. Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida and the state's most quoted political analyst.

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