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Results for: XM Partner Code "4BW9T" Get 20% Off on Trading Fees

  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 20, 2015
Theater review: 'The Color Purple'

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's production stands tall

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 12, 2011
GALLERY: Sarasota Firefighters Rib Cook-Off Festival

The Sarasota Firemen's Benevolent Fund hosted the eighth annual Rib Cook-Off at Phillippi Estate Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 16, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Firefighters Rib Cook Off

PHOTO GALLERY: Firefighters Rib Cook Off

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • December 11, 2024
Boat lift restrictions under review after residents experience losses

Longboat Key residents spoke up about how boat lifts under current restrictions didn’t stand a chance with the storm surge from Hurricane Helene.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2011
7 in 11: Ed Chiles

The longtime Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key restaurant owner thinks a pro-business attitude will bring a sense of community to the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 9, 2023
Campus courts give Mooney beach volleyball a lift

The Cougars believe the courts will give the program an advantage and promote growth.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 20, 2011
Island Beat: Tushes slowly make progress on service station plans

The Tush family, owners of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Stickney Point Road, slowly are making progress on their plans for the former BP station just to the west of their store.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 22, 2010
Film Review: 'The Town'

In "The Town," Affleck positions himself in front of as well as behind the camera and elevates himself to true auteur status.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 4, 2026
What should St. Armands Circle look like in 20 years?

Some 160 stakeholders and others participate in the first of two visioning sessions for the future of St. Armands Circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 11, 2009
SOUND OFF: Will you vaccinate your child for H1N1?

The East County Observer asked parents at Freedom and Braden River elementary schools whether they planned to have their child get the H1N1 vaccine.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 24, 2012
Bay Haven students head to Odyssey of the Mind

The motto of one of the fifth-grade teams at Bay Haven School of Basics-Plus competing in the Odyssey of the Mind competition is apparent.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 1, 2011
Neighbors: Nicoleen de Klerk

From South Africa, this childcare specialist hands out hugs and kisses like they're going out of style.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 30, 2010
Sweet home Sarasota

Veronica Bergamini could only choose the country where she wanted to study when she signed up to participate in the World Heritage International Student Exchange, and she found out in June that she would be spending the following year in Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • February 13, 2013
Film: 'Side Effects'

All is not as it seems in director Steven Soderbergh's new film, "Side Effects." It's an intelligent, twisty murder mystery that plays games with your brain. So pay attention. This film is not for slackers.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 14, 2016
Speed test

Riverview sophomore Aliyah Cunningham gains speed as she races toward the finish line.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 20, 2025
The Observer's theater critic's picks for 2025

Sarasota's live theater companies share the human stories that often remain untold.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 20, 2024
Leaderboard takes shape heading into final day of LECOM Suncoast Classic

Patrick Cover leads at 18 under par, and a Lakewood Ranch High alumnus is in the top 10.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 7, 2011
BOXCAR BATTLE

Fearing they're an invitation for trouble, residents are trying to get a railroad company to move about two-dozen railcars that have been parked in between two Sarasota communities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 7, 2011
BOXCAR BATTLE

Fearing they're an invitation for trouble, residents are trying to get a railroad company to move about two-dozen railcars that have been parked in between two Sarasota communities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 17, 2019
Longboat collector teams up with author on Apollo 11 book

JL Pickering has been collecting spaceflight images for a "lifetime."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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