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Emily Mann, the artistic director of the McCarter Theatre Center, will head the Hermitage's national artist advisory committee.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • May 4, 2015
Emily Mann to lead the Hermitage's national artist advisory committee

Mann will replace founding committee head Joseph V. Melillo

  • Arts + Culture
The Jack Dowd-designed sculpture, called “Royal St. Andrews — Father of Golf (The Duffer),” overlooks the fountain at Links Plaza.  Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • May 7, 2015
City restores Links Plaza statue, removes trees downtown

Two weekends ago city staff discovered a missing element at Links Plaza: a 600-pound bronze statue. Where did it go?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Roberta MacDonald Turoff, Sarasota's booming and influential leading lady, died of cancer earlier this afternoon.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • May 12, 2015
Roberta MacDonald Turoff, local theater performer and maven, dies.

Friends and theater collaborators recall fond memories and Turoff's impact

  • Arts + Culture
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 13, 2015
TWIS Asks: Wade Gasque, director of 'Tiger Orange'

TWIS Asks: Wade Gasque, director of 'Tiger Orange'

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Merchants await opening of State Street garage

As the city delays the opening of the State Street parking garage until the end of May, businesses are continuing to weather the impact of construction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2015
OUR VIEW | Change and hope

The election of Liz Alpert and Shelli Freeland Eddie (surprise: two Democrats) to the Sarasota City Commission makes the statement voters no longer want the anti-everything status quo.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Beginning this month, Darwin's on 4th owner Darwin Santa Maria, right, has paid homeless individuals camped on nearby Kumquat Court to assist him with jobs in and around his restaurant. Courtesy photo
  • By David Conway |
  • January 14, 2015
Rosemary stakeholders search for solutions

As issues stemming from a growing homeless population have worsened, people in the Rosemary District are addressing the problems themselves.

  • Sarasota
  • News
East County resident Bob Rosinsky sees his role as president and CEO of Goodwill Manasota an extension of his passion for educating people.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 4, 2015
Q&A: with Bob Rosinsky

Learn more about Goodwill Manasota's CEO and president.

  • East County
  • News
The planned 18-story condominium at 33 S. Palm Ave. is required to preserve the facade of the historic DeMarcay Hotel building. Rendering courtesy of Premier Sotheby's International Realty
  • By David Conway |
  • November 6, 2014
Residents make noise about condo

A number of groups have issues with the construction of a proposed Palm Avenue high-rise.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Blue Rooster co-owner Bill Cornelius worries about how businesses in the Rosemary District are being affected by an influx of homeless individuals in the area. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • November 13, 2014
WELCOME BACK: Addressing the homeless

A joint city and county effort to build a homeless shelter ended, and the growing population of homeless people has affected several areas in the city of Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 580 Putting Green Lane has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,586 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.1 million. Photo by Kristen Herhold
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 27, 2015
Country Club Shores home sells for $2.1 million

The sale of a home in Country Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2015
Codes dictate how city staff must respond

All tenants are entitled to occupy structures that have had life-safety type of work done by licensed contractors pursuant to properly issued permits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2015
What's happening: Week of Feb. 5, 2015

Ringling seeks library donations to complete library funding; Sarasota's nerds get their revenge; SOSS2 prepares for legal action

  • Sarasota
  • News
About 35 acres of undeveloped land sits behind the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee campus on McIntosh Road, but a pack of coyotes has claimed it for their home. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 19, 2014
McIntosh residents witness call of the wild

Despite residents' concerns about a coyote pack living in a nearby vacant lot, authorities say there's nothing they can do about them.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 24, 2014
Districts partner for water solution

Lakewood Ranch CDDs 2 and 6 will collaborate for a utilities turnover.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 560 Harbor Point Road, which has four bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath, a pool and 5,041 square feet of living area, sold for $4.75 million. Courtesy of Premier Sotheby's International Realty
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2013
Home in Bay Isles sells for $4.75 million

A home in Bay Isles tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Timothy Clarke, trustee, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 560 Harbor Point Road to Sara Connor, trustee, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for $4.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Longboat Key resident Harold Ronson and Thomas Savage, founder of the Sarasota Public Art Fund. Photo by Yara Klimchak
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 30, 2013
Iwo Jima veteran envisions statue next to Unconditional Surrender

Iwo Jima Navy veteran Harold Ronson envisions the famous 1945 monument sitting next to Unconditional Surrender.

  • Sarasota
  • News
University of Central Florida junior Joey Pascuzzi has three years of eligibility left, after joining the Knights’ rugby team last spring.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 5, 2013
National Champ: Joey Pascuzzi

Former Lakewood Ranch High tight end Joey Pascuzzi transitioned from football to rugby last spring. Last month he helped lead the University of Central Florida to its first national title.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sarasota Ballet dancers skate past the Washington Monument. Courtesy photos
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 12, 2013
Greetings from ... Washington, D.C.!

Follow Sarasota Ballet as it skates its way to the Kennedy Center where they were en pointe for having the most memorable performance.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • April 26, 2013
City Attorney Bob Fournier comments on panhandling ordinance

City Attorney Bob Fournier comments on panhandling ordinance

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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