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Daniel Volz, "Der Bachelor" 2018. Photo by MG RTL D/ Arya Shirazi
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 17, 2018
A different kind of paradise for German 'Bachelor'

Black Tie & Tales: Kayleigh Omang.

  • Black Tie
Josh Smithers watches over his Riverview High team at spring practice.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 3, 2018
Spring football practice is helpful for both old and new regimes

Spring games for area teams start next week.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Chance Sharbono.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 21, 2016
Braden River wrestler has one last chance to win state title

He finished third in the 138-pound class last season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Violet Link, 1, Sarah Link, 35, and Maxwell Link, 5, snuggle together during a Tot Shabbat event in Myakka City.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • December 10, 2016
A return to faith for East Manatee County woman

Temple Emanu-El provides a second home for mom.

  • East County
  • News
The 2015 Orchid Ball was themed "A Ruby Affair: A Night of a Thousand Blooms"
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • February 1, 2016
Social Calendar: February 2016

Black Tie Social Calendar: February 2016

  • Black Tie
Lakewood Ranch Country Club resident Ted Lindenberg hopes to inspire a new generation of bookworms. Lindenberg hopes his nonprofit group, Books for Kids Promoting Literacy, will help boost county students’ interest in reading and test scores.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 4, 2015
For the love of books

Lakewood Ranch Country Club resident Ted Lindenberg hopes story time will not only boost test scores but also help Manatee County students develop a lifelong love of reading.

  • East County
  • News
Carol Phillips and Cathy Cole. Photo by Molly Schechter.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2015
Black Tie & Tales

Backstage at the Asolo Gala …; A sister and a dog named Ava; and Tidbits

  • Black Tie
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 28, 2013
Sales-tax may yield new health-care model

In part II of our preview of a June 18 referendum on the half-cent sales tax increase in Manatee County, the East County Observer examines how new revenue would impact care in the community.

  • East County
  • News
"I'm primarily a children's librarian," said author Judith Leipold, a former media specialist at Braden River Elementary School. "This (project) was a total stretch for me."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 8, 2013
Larger than life: Rodeo legend Hub Hubbell

Former Braden River Elementary School media specialist Judith Leipold has written two books - one biography and one tall tale - based on the life of local East County rodeo legend Hub Hubbell, who died in 2012.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Rouchers' airy living room was the location of many great Jazz Club parties. A triptych by Syd Solomon, at right, adds color to the space. The painting at center is by David Shapiro.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • August 27, 2014
Home of the Month: The Music and the Memories

A Siesta Key home masterfully embodies the Sarasota art world.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 is striving to find out how similar efforts — such as Brooklyn Bridge Park — became reality. (Photo courtesy Julienne Schaer)
  • By David Conway |
  • June 12, 2014
Organizations seek guidance for Sarasota bayfront plan

The groups behind Bayfront 20:20, a master planning process for available bayfront land, attempt to learn how to win support for its efforts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Borris
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • April 17, 2014
VIDEO: Paws-ative Impact

Southeastern Guide Dogs has trained more than 2,800 guide-dog teams since its establishment in 1982.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
odums
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 11, 2014
TWIS Asks: Brandan Odums, visiting New Orleans street artist

TWIS Asks: Brandan Odums, visiting New Orleans street artist

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 24, 2014
Doing Business: Hintze Bros. Aerial Services

Nineteen-year-olds Micheal Shea and Ryan Hintze like to think of themselves as big-picture movers and shakers.

  • East County
  • News
File photo The 2013 Sarasota Chalk Festival, themed "Legacy of Valor," featured 500 artists.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 8, 2014
Chalk Festival founder explains relocation

Denise Kowal said moving the festival from Burns Square was a difficult decision, but her issues with the Sarasota City Commission led to her relocating the event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Fresco Circles 2013" by Andrea Dasha Reich
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 19, 2014
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 18, 2013
It Takes A Village

Chef Jose Martinez of Maison Blanche serves an amuse-bouche about the French chef festival taking place in October in Sarasota, which is meant to inspire student proteges.

  • Arts + Culture
"I found that people didn't know about batik (when I first started), and it was very interesting. It made it a different thing to do, and (it was easier for me) to be more distinguished in that area," Angela Maria Isaza says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 28, 2013
Batik Mystique

Artist Angela Maria Isaza waxes poetic about nature; fittingly, she also paints natural settings with wax.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 19, 2014
Key tourism: Brace for the storm

Frigid temperatures and snow storms up north continue to bring a flurry of tourists to hotel rooms on sunny Longboat Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The Broken Egg
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 13, 2013
Owner sells Broken Egg

For Bob Kirscher, the time was now to sell the Broken Egg, including its popular location in LWR.

  • East County
  • News
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