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Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards announces Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2014-15 season.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 18, 2014
Asolo Repertory Theatre announces 2014-15 season

Asolo Rep will perform eight mainstage productions in the 2014-15 season in the same format of its current season.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 1, 2015
FILM REVIEW: 'Big Eyes'

The new film, "Big Eyes," is a true story based on a big lie.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
News Briefs

Town of Longboat Key supports WCIND sand trap; Study shows manatees are touchy-feely

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 1, 2021
Longboat all in Sarasota?

It makes sense. But two things are missing: a champion to pull it off and citizens who want it.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • May 14, 2022
Heroes come to life at Free Comic Book Day

Costumes range from simple to extravagant at annual event designed to connect readers with a classic art form.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
"Gruesome Playground Injuries" is an unconventionally structured play that takes an unconventional perspective on what drives our actions and our relationships. (Courtesy Photos: Asolo Conservatory)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 1, 2020
FSU/Asolo Conservatory shows how love hurts in its latest production

The director and cast explain how ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ is all about healing.

  • Arts + Culture
A structure atop 585 Halyard Lane prompted residents to get involved in discussion of exceptions to the town's height limit.
  • By John McGuire |
  • June 16, 2017
Longboat P&Z board to discuss height restrictions, sign regulations

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 20, at 9 a.m.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rebecca Blitz, who became SMART’s executive director in April, says restricted funding is currently one of the nonprofit’s biggest challenges.
  • By Randi Donahue |
  • August 20, 2020
Charity Snapshot: Bridling the Challenge

SMART’s new executive director took the reins with a clear plan for the organization. Then the pandemic hit.

  • LWR Life
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 6, 2022
Guide Dogs Walkathon draws a thousand supporters to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota

Southeastern Guide Dogs hosts major fundraiser at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 6, 2018
Unicorp plans to begin demolishing Colony buildings this week

Demolition of the buildings at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort is scheduled to begin Thursday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The committee spends almost a year deciding on the gardens.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • March 18, 2022
Sarasota Garden Club to host annual tour

The eighth annual Gardens In Paradise tour will be held March 26.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Critics of downtown paid parking are worried potential visitors are staying away, but city officials say there are conveniently located free alternatives for those uninterested in paying.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 12, 2019
Downtown paid parking draws mixed feedback

How is downtown Sarasota adapting to the recent installation of parking meters? Depends on who you ask.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beach walkers have few options to circumvent the Ohana house seawall, which juts into the water.
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • June 9, 2022
Longboat Key seeks path around troublesome seawalls

Pedestrian access to the beach has been compromised in areas of Longboat Key, and there doesn't seem to be a simple solution.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 26, 2014
Pension costs rise to $3.26 million

Taxpayer costs for three frozen pension plans could rise from $2.76 million to $3.26 million if pension boards lower rates of return to appease Tallahassee pension officials.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 17, 2017
Players kicks off ‘Big Fish’ with opening night party

The opening night for the center’s newest production began with a VIP reception on Feb. 16.

  • Black Tie
Businesses that ask for the full sum of a grant up-front will have to provide the personal and business tax returns of the principal applicant.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 25, 2015
County considers stronger incentive grant guidelines

Sarasota County staff are working to amend the economic development incentive grant guidelines and tighten up the responsibility of the recipients.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 29, 2013
Lore: Book called Longboat 'an island without soul'

It's safe to say a pair of Rolling Stone writers didn't get the key to Longboat after their 1999 book, 'Florida Beaches.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2020
Manatee County Commission District 5: Vanessa Baugh

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2010
Cops Corner 07.15.10

A woman told police a man selling steaks door-to-door approached her home. His sales pitch was aggressive.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 18, 2021
Free Bird

East County birder Margi Haas found her search for meaning in the sky — and when the pandemic hit two years ago, so did everyone else.

  • LWR Life
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