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Landon Jude Rosenberg
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 26, 2011
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
Larry Davenport took this photo of vultures coming to roost for the night at Jiggs Landing.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 26, 2011
Weekly Winner: Spooky Silhouette

Larry Davenport took this photo of vultures coming to roost for the night at Jiggs Landing.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"Sometimes we need to let go of things for things to happen," Michelle Phillips says of her rock-bottom days. "I'm prepared for anything now. I'm grateful for those days, even if I didn't know at the time that everything would work out."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 26, 2011
Michelle Phillips: A thing of beauty

Makeup artist Michelle Phillips is using her love of cosmetics to empower women. The publication of her first book proves the mission is much more than a vanity project.

  • Arts + Culture
Ryan Shaw. Courtesy Photos.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 26, 2011
Scene & Heard

Blues Fest rolls on, Strauss still rocking out; Wannabe TV scribes put on your thinking caps; Circus Sarasota expands its big top

  • Arts + Culture
Top fundraiser Scott Anderson receives well deserved applause. Peter Acker.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 26, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

They could have danced all night; Police tape and life jackets; Tidbits; Pink, pinker, pinkest; Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
Marie Féret stars as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's lesser-known sibling in "Mozart’s Sister." 2Courtesy photo
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 26, 2011
Film Review: 'Mozart's Sister'

Is genius genetic? It seems to be so in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's family.

  • Arts + Culture
"An actor's instrument is not only his body and voice," says Andrei Malaev-Babel, "It's his psychology and emotions — especially if he has to rise to the heights of creative passion needed to perform Dostoyevsky."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 26, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS:The master of adaptation

Andrei Malaev-Babel, director of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory's 'The Brothers Karamazov,' explains why you won't see him directing 'fluffy' plays any time soon.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • October 26, 2011
Music Review: The Ringling Festival: Brooklyn Rider and Piano Foursome

I've come to a conclusion. There are three important ingredients that can make or break a performance: personal touch, personality and program.

  • Arts + Culture
Holly Dennis' son's room includes a themed sample-room headboard decoration, an old copy of Boys' Life magazine and a chest of drawers with a secret agent theme.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 26, 2011
Home & Garden: Interior angles

Interior designers Holly Dennis and Carmen Christensen were two of eight local interior designers who opened their homes to the public Saturday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 23 as part of the Florida West Coast Chapter of ASID's 'Designer Digs' event to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 26, 2011
Hawaiian islands erupt onto Conde Nast rankings

The Conde Nast Traveler 2011 Readers' Choice Survey is on newsstands now.

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Linda Garcia and Jane Kirschner pose with a cutout of John Hamilton Gillespie.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 25, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Historical Buildings Tour and Back Porch Buffet

The Sarasota Historical Society and the Sara DeSoto DAR held a Historical Buildings Tour and Back Porch Buffet Tuesday, Oct. 25, as part of the Owen Burns Celebration Honoring John Hamilton Gillespie Week.

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  • Neighbors
SMR Vice President of Sales Jimmy Stewart says the program aims to improve customer service.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 25, 2011
SMR launches rental-assistance program

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch this week will launch a program to help visitors to Lakewood Ranch locate rental properties.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Missy is blind and got top-notch seating in a doggie stroller for the parade.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 25, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: All dolled up

Missy's owner shows her off to the crowd at Stoneybrook Golf and Country Club's Halloween Dog Parade.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This Madagascar hissing cockroach was brought to St. Boniface's Preschool as part of a lesson on insects.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 25, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Creepy Crawly

GWiz visited St. Boniface's preschoolers today and brought along a very special insect: a Madagascar hissing cockroach!

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Jennifer Holt hides behind a blank, bug face that the preschoolers at St. Boniface got to decorate.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 25, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: GWiz visits St. Boniface preschoolers

The preschoolers at St. Boniface got to enjoy a very creep, crawly presentation given by GWiz's Jennifer Holt, Tuesday, Oct. 25 at St. Boniface.

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  • Neighbors
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