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In Town

Geena Davis Is On a Mission for Gender Equality in the Media

In Sarasota, the Academy Award-winning actor talks movies, politics and even archery.

02/13/2017 By Ilene Denton

In Town

Talking Comedy with Steve Martin and Martin Short

The duo will appear at the Van Wezel on Feb. 10 for "An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life."

02/01/2017 By Kay Kipling

Victory of the Violins

"Violins of Hope" Comes to the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

Sixteen violins, played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, will be on display from Feb. 1-16 for public concerts, talks, exhibition and more.

01/26/2017 By Kay Kipling

A Peek Inside

New Ringling College of Art and Design Library Celebrates Opening

The 46,000-square-foot building houses everything from books to films and video games.

01/26/2017 By Kay Kipling

New Era

In Sarasota, Dick Cheney Talks Trump, Iraq, Women's March

"I think what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. I still believe that."

01/23/2017 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Together at Last

Two Sarasota Legends Come Together at Designing Women Boutique's Salon Series Next Week

Comedy legend Dick Smothers will give a talk and our Bob Plunket will sell his jewelry at Designing Women Boutique for a Salon Series event.

01/20/2017 By Staff

Everyday Disrupter

"Creative Trespasser" Tania Katan is Next in Sarasota Museum of Art's "Artist Talks" Series

Katan will talk about her career path, activism and her viral #ItWasNeveraDress campaign.

11/18/2016 By Riley Board

Pop Culture Picks

Watch/Listen/Love: Halloween Edition

Here are the Halloween movies, books and more our editors love.

10/27/2016 By Sarasota Magazine Staff

How Easy is That?

Talking to Celebrated Chef and Author Ina Garten

The Barefoot Contessa will be at Tampa's Straz Center next week to talk about her long career and her 10th cookbook, Cooking for Jeffrey.

10/26/2016 By Megan McDonald

Peculiar Child

How an Englewood Kid Dreamed Up the New Tim Burton Movie

Author Ransom Riggs says his Englewood childhood “fueled his imagination” and helped inspire his first novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

08/31/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Popular Content

    'Long Island Medium' Theresa Caputo Talks Life, Death and the In-Between

    As Summer Heat Bears Down Outside, Head Indoors With These Great Local Book Clubs

    What We're Reading This Summer

    Black Stallion Author Walter Farley Built a Vibrant Life in Venice

    The Literary World Is Finally Embracing Robert Plunket. Sarasota Has Known He's a Genius for Decades.

    The Elling Eide Center Is One of Sarasota's Hidden Treasures

Oh, Florida!

Award-Winning Writer Craig Pittman on Sarasota, the Environment and His New Book

Writer and frequent Sarasota contributor Craig Pittman on his new book, Oh, Florida!, which was just released to glowing reviews.

07/28/2016 By Pam Daniel

Bonnet Rippers

Amish Romance Novels Are a Booming Literary Genre

Sarasota’s Pinecraft stars in an unlikely genre: Amish romance novels.

05/02/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Meat Me

Renowned Cookbook Author Visits Sarasota

Love cured meat and literary fiction? Michael Ruhlman's talk Friday evening at Bookstore 1 is for you.

04/05/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Town Hall

Retired Four-Star Gen. David Petraeus Speaks in Sarasota

The former commander in Iraq and Afghanistan talks geopolitics.

03/16/2016 By Ilene Denton

Economic Outlook

Fed Reserve's Loretta J. Mester Predicts Slow and Steady Growth

Mester spoke to FPA of the Suncoast at the Sarasota Yacht Club Friday morning.

02/19/2016 By Pam Daniel

Creativity Matters

Sir Ken Robinson Speaks at Ringling College Library Association Town Hall

Sir Ken Robinson, the most-watched speaker in the TED Talk video series, spoke at the Van Wezel on Feb. 16.

02/18/2016 By Isaac Eger

Election Fever

Republican Karl Rove and Democrat Jim Messina on the 2016 Presidential Election

Karl Rove and Jim Messina headline Ringling College Library Association's Town Hall.

02/04/2016 By Pam Daniel

Article

Elizabeth Smart Visits Sarasota

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart visited Sarasota this week to give a talk presented by Designing Women Boutique and Selah Freedom.

10/16/2015 By Megan McDonald

Article

Seafood Shack Hosts Coastal Collaboration Dinner on Sept. 2

The dinner will feature a four-course meal by Manatee County chefs and a reading and Q&A, moderated by Sarasota Magazine web editor Megan McDonald, with author Vanessa LaFaye on the 80th anniversary of the Labor Day hurricane of 1935.

08/25/2015 By Megan McDonald

Article

Sarasota Hot Spot: Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

In our second Sarasota Hot Spot installment, we revisit a great Sarasota resource: Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

06/16/2015 By Chelsey Lucas

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