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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 20, 2014
TWIS Asks: Fabian Manzano of Boyce Avenue and These Quiet Sounds

TWIS Asks: Fabian Manzano of Boyce Avenue and These Quiet Sounds

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Volunteer coaches and athletes.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 5, 2021
Aptly named Tennis for Fun program starts at Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

Tennis for Fun program is part of the Special Olympics, and the Longboat site already has three athletes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
High school football roundup: Week 11
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 5, 2022
High school football roundup: Week 11

The arrival of November brought a rough week for East County teams, but a strong week for Sarasota teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
Elling Eide's former Sarasota estate has become a leading regional research library and capitol of Chinese studies. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Gamma)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • August 17, 2022
Elling Eide Center brings a unique focus on Chinese culture

It's more than 7,000 miles away from Beijing, but because of the passions of its former resident, a Sarasota research library and nature preserve has become a leader of China studies.

  • Arts + Culture
CEO and Board Chair Marc Schaefer said the new name encapsulates the group’s multifaceted community nonprofit mission.Â
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 30, 2021
Our Y changes name to CORE SRQ

Leaders say the new name better reflects the nonprofit's mission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Llywelyn Jones
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 28, 2016
First Draft: New Play Festival offers audience insight

The Players’ New Play Festival gives local playwrights the most valuable tool of their craft — feedback.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2013
Our View: The new normal: vigilance

It can happen here. It did happen here. Terrorists were here.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 24, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, July 25

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment calendar events taking place this week in Sarasota and Venice.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Justin Raye, MD |
  • April 25, 2019
Don't Let a Back Injury Ruin the Rhythm of your Game

Simply avoiding the exacerbating repetitive task may alleviate pain, however, giving up your golf game is not practical.

  • Health
Sponsored Content
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 23, 2019
Embracing Our Differences celebrates diversity at inspiring luncheon

The 16th annual luncheon was hosted Jan. 23 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
Cliff Roles
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • March 27, 2019
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training student gets engaged with an encore

Forty Carrots Family Center offers up front row parking, voting ends soon for Black Tie Standouts and more on the social scene.

  • Black Tie
Ivan Spitale, Daniel Pratt, Ricki Bertoni, & Lenin Valladares in Sir Matthew Bourne's "The Infernal Galop" (Photo by Matthew Holler)
  • By Sara Rachon |
  • January 4, 2021
Sarasota Ballet delights with varied virtual program

The ballet's Digital Program 3 rang in the new year with serious works and a splash of comedy.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
"Writing for grownups doesn’t appeal to me anymore,” says children's entertainer Mifflin Lowe says. "I'm through with the adult neuroses, the problems, the whining. I create what I like now: happy, fun stuff."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 4, 2012
Mifflin Lowe: Lone Star

Mifflin Lowe's story of an inner city kid who wants to be a cowboy has lassoed the attention of famous hip-hop artists, record executives and now the Sarasota County Film and Entertainment Office.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 21, 2010
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Luke Morris

The Observer spotlights Braden River Middle School eighth-grader Luke Morris.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 4, 2012
Mayor Brown talks priorities

Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown talks about the past year in the mayor's seat and where he hopes the town will go in the following year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mar Vista Dockside chef prepares his contribution to the Garden Club's Taste of the Keys presentation on video. Courtesy photo
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 12, 2021
Longboat Key Garden Club forges on

In lieu of gathering hundreds of people in one place, the club is turning to videography to keep their fundraising on track.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A Siesta Key parking lot completely full.
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • April 14, 2022
Siesta Key to see two new roundabouts, parking changes

Siesta Key residents aren't keen on the idea of county's plan for roundabouts in the island community.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
David Marshall, the principal of Gene Witt Elementary, will miss seeing and hearing the funny little things his students do every day when he retires at the end of the school year. Photo by Liz Ramos.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 26, 2022
Gene Witt Elementary principal retires after 39 years in education in Manatee County

David Marshall, the principal at Gene Witt Elementary School, says that special small moments kept him going 39 years.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 8, 2021
Junior League brings nighttime fashion show to Mote Marine Laboratory

The nonprofit held a reformatted fashion show at the aquarium on Oct. 8.

  • Black Tie
Scholarship Committee Chair Peggy Lammers with recipient Grace Lucas, recipient Samantha McLeod, Jeffrey Nunes and recipient Jessica Burdette (Photos by Lesley Dwyer)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 25, 2022
Longboat Island Chapel awards 10 scholarships to local students

The students each received $1,500 for tuition, boarding and books.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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