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  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
SIDELINES

McDermott finishes third in FACA Senior All-Star Meet; Tabernacle girls team qualifies for nationals; ODA blanks rival Bradenton Christian

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Jessica Harrison
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
Observer Team Spotlight Q&A

Meet this week's Observer Team player, Jessica Harrison.

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"Teresa (Stanley) sees things differently than a lot of people I've worked with," says WBTT Artistic Director Nate Jacobs. "She ran all over town breathing this vision into existence and now she's been to the mountaintop."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 7, 2011
Teresa Stanley: Off Broadway

Four years ago, Teresa Stanley left the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe to perform in 'The Color Purple' on Broadway. This winter she's back to perform with the company that launched her career.

  • Arts + Culture
"Teresa (Stanley) sees things differently than a lot of people I've worked with," says WBTT Artistic Director Nate Jacobs. "She ran all over town breathing this vision into existence and now she's been to the mountaintop."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 7, 2011
Teresa Stanley: Off Broadway

Four years ago, Teresa Stanley left the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe to perform in 'The Color Purple' on Broadway. This winter she's back to perform with the company that launched her career.

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Steve Tatone. File photo.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 7, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Beautiful Noise' filmmaker shoots next project; Sarasota Film Fest names new director; Booker High tuxedo thief still on the lam

  • Arts + Culture
Logan Learned and Kate Honea will star as the Blue Boy and the Blue Girl, respectively, in Sir Frederick Ashton's "Les Patineurs."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • December 7, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS: Dancers skate through a winter wonderland

Every time Logan Learned has tried ice skating, he's wound up on his tush.

  • Arts + Culture
"I don't want it to get too big," Michael Bush says of his store's theater offerings. "At the end of the day, I'm still in the furniture business."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 7, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: The accidental set designer

Michael Bush has turned Home Resource into an unlikely stage for intimate theater. The contemporary furniture store has become one of Sarasota's best-kept theater secrets.

  • Arts + Culture
Palm trees. Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara.
  • By Bobby Hill
  • December 7, 2011
Home & Garden: Xeriscaping highlights best plants for the area

Pronounced as if it begins with a 'z,' the use of xeriscaping originated in 1981 with the Denver Water Department.

  • Arts + Culture
The color scheme in the guest bedroom is the reverse of the master bedroom, with a teal-colored bedspread and a textured woven upholstered headboard, which features teal and brick colors. Photos courtesy of The Greg Wilson Group.
  • By Jessica Luck
  • December 7, 2011
Decor: Transitional Space

Dick June, of Siesta Interiors Inc., has been designing spaces in Sarasota and Manatee counties for 26 years.

  • Arts + Culture
After 15 years, Leif Bjaland conducted one of his last performances at the helm of the Sarasota Orchestra. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • December 7, 2011
Music Review: Masterworks Concert with Leif Bjaland by the Sarasota Orchestra

Watching and listening to the Sarasota Orchestra this past weekend in its Masterworks concert of music by Hindemith and Brahms under the direction of Leif Bjaland, we couldn't help thinking, 'Ah, Daddy's home.'

  • Arts + Culture
Matt King (George Clooney) and his daughter Alex (Shailene Woodley) strengthen their relationship while searching for King’s wife’s lover.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 7, 2011
Film Review: 'The Descendants'

Is George Clooney for real? Does he not continuously prove one can improve upon perfection?

  • Arts + Culture
Toasted Mango Café owners Kimberly Duffy and Sandi Wagner
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 7, 2011
EDIBLES: Toasty takes Tamiami Trail

You have to admit, it's an attention-getter. Not every day do you encounter what appears to be a mango wearing sunglasses enjoying a cup of java while swinging in a hammock suspended between two palm trees on an island that's a fried egg - sunny side up.

  • Arts + Culture
Janet and John Hunter with Betty Schoenbaum
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 7, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Success stories; And success in the making; Sarasota choo-choo

  • Arts + Culture
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Petty penny theft

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Longboat Observer archives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
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    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • December 7, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Classy Reunion

The Sarasota High School class of 1946 gathered together for their 65th class reunion Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Marina Jack.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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