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Results for: Blue Guardian Coupon Code [ARCH30] - Get 30% off on all the Challenges

  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 11, 2014
Summer bucket list: Top nine things to do

If you're sticking out the summer showers and 90-degree temperatures, here are suggestions for the most dogged of days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2014
Our view

Make the most of rowing

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 18, 2012
Point Break: Juan Rodriguez and Jim Judsen

Although much has changed for Siesta surfers who embraced the lifestyle decades ago, they still find time to relive their days of catching waves.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2024
Woman caught skinny-dipping in homeowner's pool

Claiming to be with the CIA, a nude woman is removed from a homeowner's pool on St. Armands. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 5, 2018
Cringe Blog: Behold terrible wonders

"Penny Dreadful," starring Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett and Harry Treadaway; and "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil," starring Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden and Jesse Moss, are this week's recommendations.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Sammi Fisher |
  • May 30, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, May 31

A look at the Observer's favorite arts and entertainment events happening in Sarasota, Venice and Bradenton May 31-June 6.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • March 22, 2021
Longboat Key votes to extend mask policy

The town of Longboat Key's policy remains in effect until May 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 8, 2014
Issues to Watch 2014: ULI time for change

An Urban Land Institute panel urged residents to work together to plan for the future.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 25, 2017
'Mame' marches to a different drummer in Manatee Players production

Despite a rushed ending, "Mame" is a fun, lively show that will entertain with its flashy period costumes and old-school Broadway jazz tunes.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2015
2015: The Best of Cops Corner

2015: The Best of Cops Corner

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • December 8, 2020
School Board of Manatee County to host meeting on superintendent's contract

The School Board of Manatee County voted 3-2 to schedule a special meeting to discuss the superintendent's contract Dec. 17.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 19, 2010
Giant rat looms over commission hearing

A group suing the county over its spring-training negotiations speaks before a public workshop that the county attorney advised as a "legal strategy." The group's leader said: "We smell a rat."

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 6, 2010
Leatherback turtle arrives at Mote for treatment

The species is rarely found in Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast and is the most endangered of sea-turtle species.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 30, 2010
Golden Apple funding denied

Although the Downtown Improvement District turned down a request to give the dinner theater $144,000, board members said they would help in other ways.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 24, 2010
As rat race ends, insects could start to bug residents

The cold winter season has been tough on certain types of wildlife, resulting in fish kills, cold-stunned turtles and manatees with cold-stress syndrome. But the cold weather has brought other critters to the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 12, 2011
Save Our Seabirds donations reported stolen

The bird-rescue organization told police that $139 was taken Jan. 1 from its office.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 13, 2011
Community Foundation donors deliver smiles

Harry Leopold is attempting to sneak out of a group photograph. He's already in the elevator at the Community Foundation, heading upstairs, where he plans to watch 15 volunteers squeeze together and try not to block their faces with the tall blooming orchids they're about to deliver to local nonprofit organizations.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 1.31.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • June 26, 2019
Scene & Heard 06.27.19

This week on the A&E scene Marie Selby Botanical Gardens became a Smithsonian Affiliate, Ringling College of Art and Design won a national award and much more.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 8, 2018
Selby gives a sneak peek of its new Andy Warhol exhibit

“Warhol: Flowers in the Factory” opens Sunday, Feb. 11 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Arts + Culture
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