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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • March 7, 2012
Bridge Bites: One finesse too many

It's great when our finesse works, but against a cunning opponent, when we try that same finesse a second time, we sometimes get an unpleasant surprise.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Louis Cabot submitted this sunset photo, taken on the northern tip of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Louis Cabot submitted this sunset photo, taken on the northern tip of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Josh Tuttle's parents introduced him to jazz when he was young. Now, he has completed his first album and already has plans for a second. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 7, 2012
Neighbors: Josh Tuttle

The Lakewood Ranch High School graduate now has his own radio show and will release his first album later this month.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home, which has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 4,304 square feet of living area, sold for $900,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 7, 2012
Lakewood Ranch Country Club home tops weekly sales

Two homes in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch top all transactions in this week's real estate. John and Joanne Zarrella sold their home at 13605 Legends Walk Terrace to Scott and Laura Richards, of Hinsdale, Ill., for $900,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Barbara Birkenberger took this sunset photo from her backyard in River Landings Bluff.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Barbara Birkenberger took this sunset photo from her backyard in River Landings Bluff.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"We're the kind of retired people who want to keep living it up," says Kay Siebold, right, with Barbara Bostic, left. "What else would we be doing during all day? Going out to eat? How many times can you go out to eat?"
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 7, 2012
Kay Siebold and Barbara Bostic: Folly Girls

Whether they're tap dancing in sequins or getting down to Lady Gaga, Kay Siebold and Barbara Bostic are proving the Sarasota Silver Stars are much too young at heart to be a senior theater troupe.

  • Arts + Culture
Tom Sherak
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 7, 2012
Scene & Heard

Ringling students grab Academy Award; Asolo Rep pledges to present all 'American' season; Ballet nabs second Kennedy Center gig

  • Arts + Culture
Leila Hatami and Peyman Moadi portray a married couple who want a divorce in "A Separation." Courtesy of Sony Classics.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • March 7, 2012
Film Review: 'A Separation'

This year's recipient of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was "A Separation."

  • Arts + Culture
Soprano Maria D’Amato, as Desdemona, and tenor Rafael Dávila, as Otello, in the Sarasota Opera’s “Otello.” Photo courtesy of Rod Millington.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • March 7, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Otello'

Esultate! Sarasota Opera can exult in its new production of "Otello."

  • Arts + Culture
"It's a good thing and a curse, too," says WBTT house manager Myllanna McKinnon of the troupe's close-knit vibe. "Sometimes you can get too comfortable. It's good for performers to go out and experience how other theaters are run."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 7, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Woman of the House

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's house manager may be easygoing and hospitable, but that doesn't mean she takes kindly to spilled wine and late arrivals.

  • Arts + Culture
The Giant Timber Bamboo is originally from China. Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara
  • By Rick Wielgorecki
  • March 7, 2012
Home & Garden: Don't get bamboozled

For a long time in my horticultural career, I avoided bamboo like the plague. All I knew about it was that it grew impossibly high and that it spread like wildfire.

  • Arts + Culture
Bright and colorful Lilly Pulitzer fabrics give the master suite a Caribbean feel.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 7, 2012
Interior designers race to showcase skills

The Sarasota Chapter of the Interior Design Society challenged its members to take a commercial space at 100 Central Ave. and, in less than four weeks, turn it into a move-in-ready, loft-style live/work space, featuring living and dining rooms, a master suite, art gallery, library and artist's studio.

  • Arts + Culture
Doreen Sutherland, Alex Garfield and Diana Napoliello
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • March 7, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Diamond anniversary; Never a dull moment; The luck of the draw; He's back

  • Arts + Culture
The king and queen of fresh: Ben and Shelby King
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 7, 2012
EDIBLES: The Royalty of Fresh

Beginner gardening books would have you believe that growing something involves little more than putting a seed in a piece of appropriate earth and giving it food and water.

  • Arts + Culture
Co-Chairs Peggy and Ken Abt
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 6, 2012
46th annual Dinner Celebration

46th annual Dinner Celebration

  • Black Tie
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