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Jodi Emrick
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Sotheby's announces new two new leaders; Down south: Prolific builder expands his reach

  • East County
  • News
This River Club home, which has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,580 square feet of living area, sold for $547,300. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 1, 2012
River Club homes top weekly sales out east

Two homes in River Club South top all transactions in this week's real estate. John and Debora Lamanna sold their home at 9616 Royal Calcutta Place to Jerry and Lisle Ogle, Bradenton, for $547,300.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
East County resident Justin Severini submitted this photo, taken at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

East County resident Justin Severini submitted this photo, taken at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Unit 2E4 at Vizcaya, 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,990 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.1 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 1, 2012
Three-bedroom Vizcaya condo sells for $2.1 million

Glenn and Jacqueline Tilton, Chicago, sold their Unit 2E4 condominium at Vizcaya, 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Gavriel and Catherine Salvendy, Longboat Key, for $2.1 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
William Hall
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 1, 2012
SYC Minnows give new meaning to 'go fish'

It's 10 in the morning on a Sunday, and instead of sitting inside watching cartoons on TV, the Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows hit the docks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jared Falgowski, originally from Poland, has been dancing professionally for 35 years.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 1, 2012
Aerobic Grandma: Zumba zooms to the Key

There is a great experiment under way at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center. A new teacher is offering an array of dance classes at 5 p.m. every weekday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Warren Girle
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • February 1, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Warren Girle

Warren Girle has been a Longboat resident for 37 years. He came here from Australia at 19 to be a tennis pro at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. He was also the Cedars Tennis Resort tennis pro for 24 years and has been a charter boat captain and fishing guide for 16 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • February 1, 2012
Bridge Bites: It pays to count

Before seeing the auction, imagine that you are South, playing in 2â™ . Looking just at the N-S hands, how would you tackle the trump suit? The percentage play to avoid a second loser is to cash the Ace (a precaution against West having the singleton King), then cross to Dummy and lead toward the Queen.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mike Hassel submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Mike Hassel submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"I'm one of the luckiest people you'll ever meet," Chic Silber says of his long career in show business. "I've had a lot of strange and wonderful opportunities."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 1, 2012
Chic Silber: Broadway's stage sage

Far away from the lights of Broadway, Sarasota theater engineer Chic Silber builds special effects and intricate props for some of world's most famous stage productions.

  • Arts + Culture
Dr. Larry Thompson and Elijah Wood
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 1, 2012
Scene & Heard

Elijah Wood whips RCAD into hobbit frenzy; Sons of Hippies set to rock Ringling Museum; Ringling College alum nabs Oscar nomination

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • February 1, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra: Mendelssohn and Mahler with St. Clair and Hanslip

This Sunday will go down in my personal record book as one of the most exhausting, exhaustive and exhilarating in a long time.

  • Arts + Culture
"A Dangerous Method" explores the relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • February 1, 2012
Film Review: 'A Dangerous Method'

When David Cronenberg directs, audiences can expect elements of bizarre behavior.

  • Arts + Culture
Emily Dixon, Logan Learned and Sareen Tchekmedyian performed a pas de trois in Johan Kobborg's "Salute." Photo by Frank Atura.
    By
  • Anna Dearing
  • February 1, 2012
Dance Review: 'Made in America'

The Sarasota Ballet presented a flawless production this past weekend.

  • Arts + Culture
Zan Aufderheide
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 1, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Stand-up gal

Zan Aufderheide returns to her comedy roots with her one-woman show. The comic sounds off on her influences and strangely inspiring life on the road.

  • Arts + Culture
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