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Actors perform in FST’s production of The Velveteen Rabbit in 2016. Photo courtesy  Matthew Holler.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • November 4, 2020
Sarasota theaters partner to bring arts education to students

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and Florida Studio Theatre are bringing free arts programming to Sarasota County School students.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 19, 2009
Former SMR VP starts home inspection business

Ron Masseo hopes to tap into the foreclosure and resale markets with his business, Masseo Home Inspections.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 22, 2009
Emeralds cheer team shines in Manatee

Dynasty Elite formed its Emeralds special needs team last year. The 14-member squad will begin practicing for the upcoming season during the first week of August.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 6, 2010
Orchestra rings in 2010 with benefit concert

Grammy Award-winning violinist James Ehnes and Mozart pianist Robert Levin will headline the Jan. 16 Sarasota Orchestra show to benefit its musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 31, 2010
Sarasota Ballet prepares for Wheeldon dance

Margaret Barbieri will stage choreographer Christopher Wheldon's work this month at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 7, 2010
Cal Ripken All-Stars crowned champs

Manatee Cal Ripken Rookie Division's All-Star team competed in the state tourney in Palm Beach Gardens.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 25, 2012
Cancer organization changes name, expands reach

The Center for Building Hope, formerly the Cancer Support Community, has partnered with Massachusetts General Hospital and its Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine.

  • East County
  • News
The proposed $458,131,802 budget is $6,801,491 more than the fiscal year 2012 budget, because of an increase in the capital projects budget.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 6, 2012
County proposes no tax increases

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker plans to use reserves to offset budget deficits.

  • East County
  • News
"I've done my share of abstract art," Marty Hartman says. "I've won prizes for my mixed-media work, but I never claimed to be any 'ism.' I just did my own thing."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 11, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: True original

In the 1940s, painter Marty Hartman helped establish the former Sarasota Art Association. The 89-year-old is among a bevy of pioneering artists whose work is on display this month at Art Center Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 31, 2011
My View: Bachmann resonates at local visit

Sitting across the table from Michele Bachman, the first thing you notice is that she is not the wild-eyed nut job that she is portrayed as in the mainstream media.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The East Manatee Bulldog Junior Midget cheerleading squad has surpassed all of coach Jennifer Kirlangitis' expectations this season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 7, 2011
Bulldog cheerleaders rally to national championships

The East Manatee Bulldog Junior Midget cheerleading squad participated in the small novice division of the 2011 Pop Warner National Cheer & Dance Championships Dec. 7, at ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 27, 2011
Rule change brings in new family members

Earlier this spring, Windward Bay's board of directors voted to allow owners two small pets.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Banyan Opening Night Dinner Chairwoman Anne Howard, David Howard, Banyan Artistic Director Carol Kleinberg and Ted Shears
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter |
  • July 6, 2011
Scene & Heard

Longtime chef to produce theatrical parody; Comedy tonight; 'Operation Epsilon' offers up food for thought

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2011
News Briefs

2011 a banner year for two sea turtle species; Landfill closure, beach park work contracts OK'd

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Maria Wirries
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 4, 2011
Scene and Heard

Nobody packs a theater like Maria; Fab Lab debuts at G.WIZ; Sarasota dancer spreads fairy dust; Chalk it up to creative partnerships; and Hot Tickets.

  • Arts + Culture
"I like going out in the lobby after a show and hearing people say they loved the set," Matt Nitsch says. "I don't need to hear it to feel good about what I do, but if it happens, it always makes me happy."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 16, 2011
Technical prowess

Matt Nitsch arrived at The Players Theatre straight out of college. The technical director explains why, after a decade of musicals, he's never left for a nine-to-five job.

  • Arts + Culture
"Our festival provides a specific window into broad facets of Israeli life and experience in the past and present," Roz Goldberg says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 13, 2013
Roz Goldberg sets the reels in motion

Cinephile Roz Goldberg saw 33 films at Sarasota Film Festival and screened 30 films for the Israel Film Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
The Rev. Jason Smith, pastor of Good Life Church, is teaching a series called "Full" this month.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 5, 2012
East County couple launches new church

Good Life Church has started holding services, but officially launches Jan. 13.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Rick Herzog stands in the doorway of an unfinished "Iceberg Flotilla." It's been nine years in the making, and his next move is to make it livable.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 14, 2012
Man-made nature: Rick Herzog

The last time Rick Herzog was on a boat, he was 8 years old and he got seasick.

  • Arts + Culture
Mayor Jim Brown is still hopeful a community center can be built at Bayfront Park.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 6, 2013
Election: Brown wants rec center talks to evolve in third term

Comprehensive Plan changes and 'solving the Colony mess' top Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown's list should he get a third term as the town's District 4 commissioner.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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