Arts + Culture

Mallory Gnaegy
January 16, 2013

Highlights: Painter William Wolk inspired by Sarasota Ballet dancers

Sarasota artist William Wolk first learned to paint at age 14 from nude figures. He was the youngest student in his adult class, at Miami Day Jr. College, in the 1960s.

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Nick Friedman
January 16, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: End of the Dial Tone Retrospective Art Show

Local musicians and artists, who collaborate in experimental live performances, known as The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band, held a retrospective art show Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Clothesline Tees. The art show featured art, photography and video footage collected throughout live performances, as well as instruments and stage props used in the past.

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By Skylar Ead
January 14, 2013

The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

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By Bonnie Silvestri
January 14, 2013

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy tickets to Asolo Rep

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Mallory Gnaegy
January 14, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: "Branching Out" Volunteers

North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty gives a few simple instructions before the volunteers help create his vision on the front lawn at the future home of Sarasota Museum of Art / SMOA, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. The outdoor installation will be taking shape for the next two weeks, but the structure could last from two to three years.

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By Skylar Ead
January 10, 2013

Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

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Pam Eubanks
January 10, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: Premier Sotheby's Grand Opening

Premier Sotheby's International Realty celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch Main Street office tonight.

Arts + Culture

Nick Friedman
January 10, 2013

No Man Left Behind

Two British-born Sarasota men are heading up the most successful civilian-led MIA recovery group in the country.

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Mallory Gnaegy
January 9, 2013

Day 3: Installation erected outside future home of Sarasota Museum of Art

Patrick Doughtery and his team of volunteers have begun the first week of construction of the outdoor art installation titled 'Branching Out.'

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Observer Staff
January 9, 2013

Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

Arts + Culture

Mallory Gnaegy
January 9, 2013

House of Glass: The Basch's glass collection

Dr. Richard and Barbara Basch's glass collection spans two decades and features more than 250 works of contemporary artists from the 20th-and-21st centuries.

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Mallory Gnaegy
January 9, 2013

Scene & Heard

Explore The Players' 84th season; You can take it with you (to San Francisco); Volunteers branch out; Judge Barbieri gives her marks

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By Paula Atwell
January 9, 2013

Theater: 'You Can't Take it with You'

Asolo Rep continues its 2012/13 theme of "The American Character Project," which began with "1776," with yet, another spectacularly relevant production of a great American classic, "You Can't Take it with You."

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Mallory Gnaegy
January 9, 2013

Spotlight: From 'Viagra Falls' to Betty White, Lou Cut-ells it to the chase

Most people recognize Lou Cutell because of his many memorable cameos in television and movies: from "Mary Tyler Moore" and "The Golden Girls," to "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

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Rachel S. OHara
January 9, 2013

Highlights: Sarasota Ballet conservatory students compete

The Sarasota Ballet School's Margaret Barbieri Conservatory of Dance had 12 students compete starting at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, in the Youth America Grand Prix, at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.

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