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"It's so consuming to me that if you took that identity away from me that I don’t know what I would be, what would be left of me," Rick Kerby says of musical theater.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 25, 2012
Rick Kerby: Bringing down the house

Producing artistic director for The Manatee Players, Rick Kerby, is in his ninth season playing just about every role at the company. With a new theater opening in March, the sky's the limit for Kerby and his players.

  • Arts + Culture
City Manager Tom Barwin attended his first City Commission meeting Tuesday on a day that started early and ran late.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • September 6, 2012
Barwin's Big Day

Computer-less and still unpacking, the new city manager takes the helm on his first day.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Elizabeth Goldstein prefers making simple, low-fat foods at home. Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 30, 2012
Kitchen Classics: Elizabeth Goldstein

Conductor, organist, choir director, dancer, singer and Broadway actress Elizabeth Goldstein loves eating and cooking, and it shows in every way from the parties she gives to the foods she craves - except one: her figure.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • June 11, 2012
Sarasota County takes proactive approach to painkiller abuse affecting newborns

Sarasota County takes proactive approach to painkiller abuse affecting newborns

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 14, 2012
City manager candidate: Jim Chisholm

The five city manager candidates the Sarasota city commissioners selected include three current Florida city managers. The Sarasota Observer will profile those three Florida candidates over the next three weeks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Full-time condo residents on the Key are fretful about a Citizens Property Insurance proposal that might scare away owners who rent out their units. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 22, 2011
Citizens' proposal alarms Key condominium owners

The Siesta Key Condominium Association assembled its annual team of judges Dec. 16, to pick the best condo decorations on the Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Joey Baar, 10, has been a source of inspiration for River Club resident Shari Medley, who attends Living Lord Lutheran Church with Joey, ever since he was diagnosed with leukemia in April 2008.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 20, 2011
Going the Distance

River Club resident Shari Medley will participate in the Scenic Shore 150 Bike Tour July 23-24, in Wisconsin, to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Medley will ride in honor of 10-year-old East County resident Joey Baar, who has been battling leukemia since April 2008.

  • East County
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"I love the ugliness of Butoh," says Keren Shani-Lifrak says. "There are a lot of things we consider as ugly in mainstream society that I think are beautiful."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 13, 2010
Dance Rebel

Choreographer Keren Shani-Lifrak creeps outside the realm of traditional dance. The Ringling International Arts Fest 'sprouts' a strange new performance.

  • Arts + Culture
"We're a very tight family," says Phil DeNiro, left, with his children, Tony and Teri. "When Brad Wages, the director, asked me to do this, I checked with the kids first."
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 20, 2011
Breakout performance

After a rocking karaoke session, Phil DeNiro was offered a lead role in Venice Theatre's production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' He will join his children on stage for the first time.

  • Arts + Culture
Tyler Schroer will play lacrosse for the University of Detroit.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 1, 2010
Athletes ink college choices

Lakewood Ranch's Tyler Schroer and Ashley Reid and Braden River's Kristin Swindell signed national letters-of-intent.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch sophomore Sierra Langston, right, watched the cow she's showing in the fair give birth to a calf Dec. 19. She named the calf, Colby. Langston and her friend Theresa Simunovic, left, will show the pair in the fair Jan. 21.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 12, 2011
County fair promises Manatee magic

This year's fair will run Jan. 13-23 and features musical performances by groups such as The Band Perry, Darryl Worley and Mike's Chair.

  • East County
  • News
"He's an exceptionally pure dancer," says American Ballet Theatre dancer Julie Kent of longtime partner José Manuel Carreño. "He has a real masculine, sophisticated charisma about him. There's really no one else like him." Photo by Fabrizio Ferri
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 8, 2010
Festival fever pitch

The Carreño Dance Festival's 'Holiday Spectacular' brings a star-studded lineup to Sarasota and a 'hometown' ballerina back to her roots.

  • Arts + Culture
School of Russian Ballet Artistic Director Sergiy Mykhaylov will perform as the Nutcracker Prince.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 1, 2010
Passion Plia

The East County's first ballet school, School of Russian Ballet, will ring in the Christmas season with its production of 'The Nucracker' this Saturday.

  • Arts + Culture
"I like being on stage in the spotlight," Holly Rizzo says. "I like everyone watching me. I can't really explain why. You're either that type of person or you're not."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 10, 2010
Gangster in Paradise

Holly Rizzo makes her Asolo Rep debut as Young Bonnie in 'Bonnie & Clyde.' The unlikely outlaw talks about auditions, career goals and criminal mischief.

  • Arts + Culture
Barbara Strauss, producer of the Sarasota Blues Festival, is busy preparing for the event's 20th anniversary.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 3, 2010
The stories of Blues Fests past

On the eve of the festival's 20th anniversary, the producer of the Sarasota Blues Festival, Barbara Strauss, shares some of her most memorable moments.

  • Arts + Culture
Spc. 4 Patrick Lay II graduated from Braden River High School in 2008 as part of the school’s first graduation class. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 17, 2011
Spc. 4 Patrick Lay II: Everyone's Hero

Against a sky painted in shades of blue, pink and orange, vehicles parked along a sidewalk lined with miniature American flags along 44th Drive East in the Wallingford subdivision.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
If all goes as planned, county staff should have a new bid for a vendor to handle the Village maintenance ready by Oct. 8, said Tom Maroney, general manager of business operations and public works for Sarasota County.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 29, 2011
Village maintenance vendor bid almost ready

A request for proposals for a new vendor to handle the upkeep in Siesta Village is awaiting final county approval before it is released. At the latest, a new vendor should be on board by early 2012. In the meantime, the county will continue the upkeep.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2011
News Briefs 04.14.11

Burglars target Mandalay vehicles; Director search narrowed to eight; Flyball tourney benefits Ranch Humane Society; East County returns salute to soldiers, families; U.S. Rep. Buchanan promotes youth art

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 20, 2011
Who are the Clearwater Chargers?

The anchor tenants of Lakewood Ranch's new Premier Sports Campus come to the East County with a rich tradition of cultivating soccer stars.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jerry Case shot this photo of a bobcat strolling by his pool cage Dec. 10. Photo by Jerry Casey.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 29, 2011
ISLAND BEAT: More bobcats roaming the Key, residents report

Palm Island resident Jerry Case called last week to report his first sighting of a bobcat on the Key, although he has had a home on the island for four years.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
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