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Arts + Culture

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  • Molly Schechter
  • June 22, 2011
Bijou Cafe celebrates 25 years

In 1986, Ray and D'Arcy Arpke, the proprietors of Euphemia Haye on Longboat Key, told them about a little restaurant named Bijou Cafe that was for sale. It was located in a former Texaco gas station. When the Knaggses saw it, they said, "This is it ... this is perfect."

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 20, 2011
Sarasota Ballet forms Clearwater partnership

The Sarasota Ballet School has partnered with The Studio Dance Company, in Clearwater.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2011
Iain Webb renews contract with Sarasota Ballet

Iain Webb will remain with the company through the 2016-2017 season.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Recital Day

The Sarasota Ballet is holding two week-long mini-camps for children.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 15, 2011
Escape artist

You probably know Jorge Blanco for his smiling yellow sculptures along Tamiami Trail. But back in his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, Blanco is famous for his poetic caricature, 'The Castaway.'

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 15, 2011
Scene & Heard

Launch party chalks the lines for street fest; Booker Middle principal wins state arts leadership award; Jazz juvies to liven up Glenridge

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 15, 2011
Final fling

June 19 marks Larissa Carroll's closing performance with the Gulf Coast Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • June 15, 2011
Carmen Baskind: 'The Hungry Realtor'

It would not be unfair to say that Carmen Baskind cut her teeth on pasta.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 15, 2011
Film Review: 'Midnight in Paris'

One need not have majored in literature to love Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris,' but it couldn't hurt.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 15, 2011
Music Review: Overview of the Sarasota Music Festival

It's not easy. Putting together a music festival must be one of the hardest jobs there is, because you're not only trying to please an audience, you're also trying to teach students.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 8, 2011
Improv master

Florida Studio Theatre's managing director zips off to work to take care of the daily grind, but at the end of the day, it's all about making plays.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 8, 2011
Scene & Heard

Drag Queen Bingo makes debut in Venice; All hail the king; Booker grad gets 'cadaver' claim to fame

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 8, 2011
Film Review: 'In a Better World'

The brilliantly disturbing new film, "In a Better World," is an examination concerned with revenge vs. forgiveness. In it, two young boys' worlds are mirrored by their parents as they struggle with addressing brutality.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 8, 2011
Music Review: The Sarasota Music Festival

Driving home Friday, June 3, from the country's No. 1 beach, top down on my convertible, Sirius satellite radio was playing Schubert's "Trout" quintet in a knockout performance by the Takacs Quartet with pianist Andreas Haefliger and bassist Joseph Carver.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 3, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Dancing Through the Eyes of Women

Fuzion Dance Artists captivated the audience with their performance of "Dancing Through the Eyes of Women" Friday, at Art Center Sarasota.

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