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EnsembleNEWSRQ co-founders Samantha Bennett and George Nickson continue to carve their unique niche with their sincere, playful creative style.
  • By Edward Alley |
  • January 23, 2020
ensembleNEWSRQ 's 'Fire and Light' burns bright with innovative sounds

Guest violist Jessica Meyer contributes a fascinating trio of compositions

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
General admission to Winterfest costs $25 in advance and $40 at the door — cash payments only.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • March 28, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Winterfest

The Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch will host Winterfest, a new daylong music festival, Saturday, March 29.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 21, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Feb. 21

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Feb. 21

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 4, 2009
VFW picks poppies to celebrate veterans

Braden River Post 12055 will distribute the symbolic flowers at three local Publix locations on Nov. 7.

  • East County
  • News
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Oct. 17
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 17, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Oct. 17

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Oct. 17

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Residents of Hudson Bayou and Gulfview Drive expressed concerns with the traffic light being removed at Orange Avenue and Gulfview Drive. Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2011
Residents happy city sees the light

After Sarasota residents expressed concern with the potential removal of a neighborhood traffic light, city staff made a recommendation to keep the light.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Nov. 21
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 22, 2013
Weekend best bets: Friday, Nov. 22

Weekend best bets: Friday, Nov. 22

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Mark Sherin and Cihan Cobanoglu, dean of USF School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2024
Hospitabull serves up best from USF’s hospitality school

Students delighted guests with a top-notch dining experience at the annual fundraiser.

  • Black Tie
Paul Caragiulo, Mark Caragiulo, Rob Caragiulo, John Caragiulo and Anthony Caragiulo at their Italian-American restaurant Caragiulos.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • May 11, 2015
Caragiulos to be featured on "Emeril's Florida"

Emeril Lagasse spotlights another Sarasota staple on his all-Florida Cooking Channel program

  • Arts + Culture
Bob Switzer
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 23, 2011
Scene & Heard

Switzer blows his horn for banjo groupies; Puppet show has strings attached; Dance magazine editor to visit Sarasota; Greenfield Prize awarded to NYC scribe; Hot exhibits

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 6, 2010
Community Golf Scores 06.17.10 to 06.29.10

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
Art Venti's "Human Briar" hand-drawn piece won first place.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 12, 2020
Art Center Sarasota unveils Big Show exhibit

The national exhibition debuts July 16.

  • Arts + Culture
Tube Dudes find a new home on Main Street
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 25, 2013
Jan. 25: Daily Headlines Video

SCAT needs $1.8 million for Siesta Key route; Proposed gun club in Lakewood Ranch put on pause; Tube Dudes find a new home on Main Street; East County schools celebrate winter

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 26, 2009
Deputies seek home invasion suspect

Detectives have not ruled out a connection to the Siesta Key home invasion to a recent rash of home invasions in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The DME Academy National boys select team played in the Northern Ireland Super Cup in 2024, one of three trips DME Academy players in Sarasota have had the chance to take in the past year.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 30, 2025
DME Academy takes soccer seriously

The Sarasota soccer club takes trips abroad and plans for a soccer school.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Pauline Kozuch may not have built bombers during World War II, but she still felt compelled to “do her part.”Â
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 28, 2017
The Home Front: Rosie the Riveters and plenty of other women were essential during war

Like her peers, Tara resident pitched in any way she could.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Daran Lovell submitted this photo, taken on Greer Island (aka Beer Can Island) on the northern tip of Longboat Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc. Submit your local weather photos for a chance to have your photo published in the paper! See all of the winning photos each week by visiting The Observer's Facebook page.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Producer Laura Daniel Gale, aka Lady LaLa; original dame Mariel Purdon, aka Mademoiselle Rowdy Pants; Boylesque performer David Charlton, aka Top Hat Dave; and founding dame Virginia Hughes, aka Miss Petite Coquette. File photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 19, 2012
Scene & Heard

Get 'em while they're hot; Eviction may have been a drag, but have no fear; Young boy enjoys first museum visit; We've got talent, yes we do

  • Arts + Culture
The Mira Mar building, plagued with safety concerns, won't be sold to local developer who was looking to build condos in its place. (File photo)
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 23, 2022
Deal to sell Mira Mar is off, but plans to demolish it are not

The Mira Mar building in downtown Sarasota, plagued with safety concerns, won’t be sold to local developer who was looking to build condos in its place.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2013
Community Golf Scores

Results submitted by East County golf courses

  • East County
  • Sports
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