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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, No. 702
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • January 23, 2013
3 Things: A Nest for the winter

Snowbirds have been flocking to Sarasota for more than 100 years and no town in the country caters to them quite as well as we do.

  • Arts + Culture
Kay Mathers, Lisa Walsh and Susan Jones. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

She Knows Where She's Going!; Hannum's at the helm!; Big Apple surprise

  • Arts + Culture
Artists Josefina Filotas, Debbie Dannheisser and Janice Schmidt
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 22, 2013
Art & Soul II

Art & Soul II

  • Black Tie
  • By Anthony Paull
  • January 22, 2013
One105 launches first in concert series

One105 launches first in concert series

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Skylar Ead
  • January 22, 2013
January's New Topic: Positive aging and community innovation

January's New Topic: Positive aging and community innovation

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  • January 22, 2013
Obituary: Phyllis T. Turner

Phyllis T. Turner, 95, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 8, in her birthplace of Tampa.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2013
Obituary: Manuel 'Manny' Sturges

Manuel "Manny" Sturges, 90, died Jan. 16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2013
Obituary: Blanche Miller

Blanche Miller, 96, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 19.

  • Longboat Key
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  • January 22, 2013
Obituary: William F. Farmer

William F. Farmer, 71, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 18.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • January 22, 2013
City hires utilities director

Tidwell has been utilities director for the city of Daytona Beach since 2005.

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