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This stained-glass window lies behind the pulpit.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 18, 2012
Members of Christ Church attend official dedication of the new sanctuary

On. Jan. 14, Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, members attended the official dedication of the new sanctuary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pettingell
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
REAL ESTATE REPORTS

Pettingell tops $8 million in pending volume; Mitchell, Rodgers join Coldwell Banker LBK; SAR opens School of Real Estate

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • January 18, 2012
Bridge Bites: The power of tens

Put yourself in the South chair. Your partner opens a 15 to 17 1NT, and you have to decide whether to invite game, or whether to bid 3NT all by yourself.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ken Lang submitted this sunset photo, taken near Buttonwood Cove on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Ken Lang submitted this sunset photo, taken near Buttonwood Cove on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mastro
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Keller Williams' Mastro named Member of the Year

  • East County
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 18, 2012
The Furniture Warehouse partners with area food banks

From Friday, Jan. 20 to Monday, Jan. 23, the All Faiths Food Bank of Sarasota and Desoto Counties, along with the Manatee Food Bank and the Harry Chapin Food Bank are teaming up with The Furniture Warehouse to collect canned food.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This Edgewater home, which has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,696 square feet of living area, sold for $435,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 18, 2012
Edgewater home tops weekly sales

A home in Edgewater tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Meyer Grojean, trustee, of Leawood, Kan., sold the home at 6666 Windjammer Place to Alan Lampert and Lorraine, Henry-Lampert, of Northport, N.Y., for $435,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch resident Melissa Andersen took this photo Jan. 8, in downtown Sarasota.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lakewood Ranch resident Melissa Andersen took this photo Jan. 8, in downtown Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"Opera, to me, is the study of singing correctly," Joseph Ryan says. "I don't mean to negate the value of pop music or blues or jazz, (but) I'm an opera guy. It’s the main thing I aspire to do every day."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 18, 2012
Joseph Ryan: A Life out Loud

It's hard to believe Joseph Ryan used to be shy. The booming baritone cantors at three churches, sings with the Artist Series, Gloria Musicae and Key Chorale. He often sheds his good guy rep to play the villain in an opera.

  • Arts + Culture
James Woods
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 18, 2012
Scene & Heard

Woods works the crowd at RCAD; Jose Carreno pulls double duty as tour guide; Sarasota Film Fest flashes new logo

  • Arts + Culture
"The guys who buy my work know if it's not authentic," Steve Whitlock says. "You've got to talk fish and tackle. You've got to know the language, otherwise you're not going to get respect."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 18, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: An underwater treasure

Move over Guy Harvey - Steve Whitlock wants your job. The game-fish artist has files of navigational charts in his studio, an alligator hidden in his stockroom and skeletons in his closet.

  • Arts + Culture
Grant Llewellyn
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 18, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra - Masterworks Concert: Llewellyn and Levin

Robert Levin, a musician well-known to local audiences through his work with the Sarasota Music Festival and to worldwide listeners because of his pianism, personality and scholarship, appeared last week with the Sarasota Orchestra and guest conductor, Grant Llewellyn.

  • Arts + Culture
Meryl Streep embodies Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 18, 2012
Film Review: 'The Iron Lady'

Meryl Streep always takes acting to a higher plateau.

  • Arts + Culture
Darwin Santa Maria. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 18, 2012
KITCHEN CLASSICS: A chef comes home: Darwin's on Fourth

One of our favorite restaurants in Sarasota has been Selva Grill.

  • Arts + Culture
Jean Anne Frazier and Marsha Crawford.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 18, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Like mother, like daughter; Mirror image; A new way to bedazzle; New feature: 'Occasions'

  • Arts + Culture
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