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McKinlee Quinn Gilbert
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2012
East County Births

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births. The East County Observer will publish birth announcements each month. To have your listing included, please email your information to Managing Editor Michael Eng, [email protected].

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"Really, when I look back, I'm shocked by my energy," Pat Kaufman says of her vast body of work. "I seem to have had a lot of nervous energy."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 4, 2012
Pat Kaufman: Creative Empowerment

Pat Kaufman is as influenced by feminism as she is red high heels and babies. The prolific artist makes sense of her quirky influences and rich portfolio.

  • Arts + Culture
Rebecca Allan and Laura Kaminsky. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 4, 2012
Scene & Heard

Hermitage couple brings work to LBKCA; Boyhood band nerds star in FST show

  • Arts + Culture
"People don't realize what goes into finding the right costumes," Susan Angermann says. "We don't do a lot of big period stuff. Sometimes the simpler something is, the harder it is to do."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 4, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Clothes force

Susan Angermann learned to make clothes on her mother's push-pedal sewing machine. Now the manager of Florida Studio Theatre's costume shop, she has little time to sew for herself.

  • Arts + Culture
Chung-Yon Hong and Daniel Jordan share a plate of cottage cheese pancakes. Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 4, 2012
KITCHEN CLASSICS: Daniel Jordan & Chung-Yon Hong

Daniel Jordan and Chung-Yon Hong may be newlyweds, but they're hardly new faces to Sarasota Orchestra audiences.

  • Arts + Culture
Jim Lampl, Claudia Johnson and Gino Calleja
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 4, 2012
EDIBLES: Sarasota savors new supper option

Savory Street International Cafe and Bakery opened in the Rosemary District less than two years ago and quickly established itself as a top choice of locals for breakfast, brunch and lunch. It introduced Savory @ Night just last month.

  • Arts + Culture
Co-Chairwoman Kitty Cranor, special guest Cherie Blair and Co-Chairwoman Kathleen Weiner at last year’s Town Hall Platinum Dinner.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 4, 2012
12 events in 2012

Because Sarasota's social and charitable scene is jam-packed every week with fun parties and soirees benefiting notable causes, BT has compiled an abbreviated 2012 Black Tie social calendar featuring 12 don't-miss events that we're looking forward to this year.

  • Arts + Culture
Molly Schechter
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 4, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Turning the page; Looking back

  • Arts + Culture
Janice Behling with Carol and Kevin Sontheimer and Leigh Ellen Sontheimer
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 4, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS: Entranced by evening glow

Warning: If you've got ADD, this exhibit is probably not for you. But, if stretching out on a bench and staring up at the sky for 20 minutes while LED lights dance across the ceiling of an enchanting column-filled room sounds like your idea of a good time, get yourself to the new Skyspace exhibit.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 4, 2012
Music Review: The Perlman Music Program: Works in Progress

So, what makes a major career in music? Talent, charisma, energy, ambition, luck, drive, temperament and tenacity, guidance, contacts and connections, advocates, mentors and not just a little bit of luck.

  • Arts + Culture
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Alexander Fehling) falls in love with Lotte (Miriam Stein) in "Young Goethe in Love." Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 4, 2012
Film Review: 'Young Goethe in Love'

Was it unrequited love that launched Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's career as a celebrated poet and playwright? That is the implication in director Phillip Stolzl's new literary period piece, 'Young Goethe in Love.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kaye Warr
  • January 3, 2012
Canta Rana - Peruvian Fusion

Canta Rana - Peruvian Fusion

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
The Half Shell Oyster House, 1991 Main Street, will host its soft opening (dinner only) Monday, Jan. 9. The restaurant officially opens Jan. 10 with lunch and dinner service.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 3, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Aw, shucks!

Where can you find such delectable oyster decor in Sarasota? Why, a new restaurant on Main Street, of course.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 3, 2012
District 26 Umps opening up the cages

District 26 Little League umpires are opening up the cages at Braden River Little League from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 7.

  • East County
  • Sports
Joe Salvino and Tennis Pro David Sparks watch tennis matches from the sidelines at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 3, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Off the Court

Joe Salvino and Tennis Pro David Sparks watch tennis matches from the sidelines at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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