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"I practiced (when I first started playing) as I do now — every day," Dick Hyman says of his 60-plus year career.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 22, 2012
Dick Hyman: Mr. Piano Man

The keys of a piano may be black and white, but jazz pianist Dick Hyman's career is extremely colorful. Hyman arranges, composes and conducts pieces in many genres and continues his eclectic career playing shows around the country.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Van Jazmin |
  • May 14, 2013
Local filmmakers blend fact and fiction in tragic fairytale

Local filmmakers blend fact and fiction in tragic fairytale

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 17, 2010
SMR considers sports complex

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch may build an amateur complex with as many as two dozen soccer fields near the Lakewood Ranch post office.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kaye Warr |
  • May 13, 2012
Mother Knows Best: Local Moms Cooking for Their Kids

Mother Knows Best: Local Moms Cooking for Their Kids

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
"My yard is an arid sandpit," jokes Addie Worth (pictured here in Selby's bromeliad garden). "I spend all my time working in other people's yards that I never have time to take care of my own."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 9, 2011
Grassroots effort

Addie Worth gets paid to play in dirt. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens horticulturist loves her job.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By John Ewing |
  • May 10, 2012
Mother's Day Heartstrings

Mother's Day Heartstrings

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2013
Our View: Fruity idea for Fruitville

Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder often reminds us of that saying about kids: They say the darnedest things.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Octavio Martin
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 9, 2012
Scene & Heard

Ballet principal takes his final bow; New gallery opens in the Rosemary District; RCAD hosts Florida Artist Group symposium; Sarasota filmmaker takes horror flick overseas

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 25, 2009
Symbolic chain to return home to Braden River

The Braden River High Athletic Booster Club will formally dedicate a memorial tribute in honor of coach Doug Garrity at 7 p.m. tonight prior to the Pirates' district game versus Bayshore. Additionally, Garrity's parents, John and Dehlia, will present a wooden plaque to the school in memory of their son.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 12, 2012
Bartolotta has support to stay put

Three out of five commissioners believe the city manager should not be fired or suspended.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Band members Justin Whitmer, Jesse Spiegel and Mikal Mancini have recorded three demo tracks.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 18, 2010
Young band thinks outside of the box (WITH VIDEO)

A trio of Pine View high-school students is representing the state in the School Jam USA contest. Online voting ends Nov. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 28, 2010
School employee questioned for sending doctored e-mail

A Sarasota middle-school receptionist changed a news story to make it appear a former ABC 7 news anchor made a bomb threat to his old TV station.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 27, 2010
Key Club reviews its options

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials will review alternatives proposed for its $400 million Islandside project this week, including a compromise offered by Key resident and commission candidate Phillip Younger.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 14, 2010
Opposition continues battle over Tara project

The 12 Oaks Advisory Committee contacted Walgreens executives to discourage them from building a new location on the site.

  • East County
  • News
"It takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work to create what the audience sees happen on stage," says Steven Lemke.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 10, 2010
Sound Buff

Steven Lemke has listened to more Sarasota Orchestra concerts than most die-hard classical music patrons.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By June LeBell |
  • September 16, 2009
Music Review: 'Portraits in Passion'

The Sarasota Orchestra began its 'Portraits in Passion' series Saturday evening with what looked like a sold-out audience at the Sarasota Opera House, which proves that if you've got the goods - even in early September - you'll draw a crowd.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 7, 2010
Benderson brightens retirement community

The Manatee Jewish Housing Council is renaming its Honore Avenue campus as Benderson Village.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • July 7, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: State of the Arts Gallery

'We are proud our gathering of artists is comprised entirely of local artists,' says gallery co-owner David Steiner.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 17, 2010
Home Depot employee constructs lesson

Mark Campbell giving East County kids a chance to learn as they build.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 13, 2010
Black belt trains for U.S. National Team

Braden River High School sophomore Paige Oswald received her second-degree black belt in martial arts at the end of this past year.

  • East County
  • Sports
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