News & City Life

Listening to Black Voices

World Series Champ John 'T-Bone' Shelby on His Passion for Baseball and Never Giving Up

Shelby, who's now retired and lives in Sarasota, won two World Series championships with the Baltimore Orioles and the L.A. Dodgers, and coached for many years.

03/18/2024 By Heather Dunhill

Turtle Power

Mote Marine Laboratory Releases Clarice, a Rehabilitated Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Some good news for Monday.

03/18/2024 By Staff

Grand Opening

Project Pride's New Headquarters Provides a Gathering Place for Sarasota's LGBTQ+ Community

The new location “is about creating safe spaces while providing opportunities for marginalized groups within the community to meet and organize,” says Project Pride president Jason Champion.

03/15/2024 By Andrea González

In Bloom

Selby Gardens Ranks No. 3 on USA Today List of Best Botanical Gardens

The gardens recently completed Phase One of the expansion of its downtown campus, which includes the new Green Orchid restaurant.

03/13/2024 By Megan McDonald

Grant Report

Applications Open for Eleanor Merritt Fellowship at The Ringling

Plus, grants to Satchel's Last Resort, Florida Center for Early Childhood Education and more.

03/08/2024 By Staff

Q & A

A Conversation Between Pioneering Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Sarasota Magazine's Heather Dunhill

An intimate discussion that touches on race, friendship and Sarasota.

03/08/2024 By Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Fast Track

Barancik Foundation's Kelly Romanoff Named Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellow

Plus, Sarasota County Schools announces its School-Related Employee of the Year and more.

03/04/2024 By Staff

IYKYK

Siesta Key Beach Voted Best Beach in Florida by Tripadvisor

It was also recognized as the second-best beach in the United States and ranked in the top 10 for best in the world.

03/01/2024 By Megan McDonald

Happy Birthday

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Welcomes Record Number of Leap Day Babies (With More to Come)

The chances of a baby being born on Feb. 29 are 1 in 1,461.

02/29/2024 By Megan McDonald

Fast Track

DD Goerke Named President of Sarasota-Manatee Human Resources Association

Plus, new board members at the Barancik Foundation and more.

02/26/2024 By Staff

Q & A

Hosana Fieber Takes the Reins at Tervis

We talked to the popular drinkware company's new CEO about her history with Tervis, being a first-generation American and how she likes to spend her free time.

02/23/2024 By Elizabeth Djinis

Clang Clang Clang

The 76 Flyer Trolley Offers Easy Transportation From the Airport to Downtown Sarasota

Part of Sarasota County Transit's new Breeze rebrand, the trolley is quick, affordable and dare we say enjoyable?

02/20/2024 By Lauren Jackson

Grant Report

Barancik Foundation Awards $11.8 Million in Grants

Plus, Selby Gardens is the recipient of the inaugural Virginia B. Toulmin Leadership Scholarship, and more.

02/19/2024 By Staff

Listening to Black Voices

Dale Booker on the Experiences That Shaped Her and the Realities of Living in Florida as a Black Woman

"It’s disconcerting that many of Florida's transplants seem to have never been exposed to Blacks before."

02/19/2024 By Heather Dunhill

Ride Along

The Life of a Sarasota County Animal Services Officer Is Way More Complex Than You Might Think

We recently spent a day with animal services officer Jeffrey Henry to find out what it's like to corral critters for a living.

02/19/2024 By Sylvia Whitman

New Kid on the Point

A Swanky New American Bistro With a Major Whiskey Collection Is Headed to Five Points

Warren will open its third location in the 11,500-square-foot space that used to be Fit2Run in the heart of downtown Sarasota.

02/16/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Flashback

Did You Know That in the 1940s, Sarasota Had an Indoor Croquet Court?

This old-school Sarasota image by Joseph Janney Steinmetz set off a hunt to identify where it was taken.

02/15/2024 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Grant Report

Conservation Foundation Receives $20,000 Grant from REI Cooperative Action Fund

Plus, Coke Florida donates laptops to Visible Men Academy for Black History Month, and more.

02/12/2024 By Staff

Love Is in The Air

How We Say 'I Love You' in Sarasota

Forget chocolate and flowers. This is our love language.

02/12/2024

Q & A

Glenda Hatchett: 'Black History Is Not Just for Black People. It Is for All of Us.'

The judge, attorney and television star traveled to Sarasota last week for an event dedicated to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

02/12/2024 By Jessika Ward

Sarasota Magazine

News & City Life

World Series Champ John 'T-Bone' Shelby on His Passion for Baseball and Never Giving Up

Mote Marine Laboratory Releases Clarice, a Rehabilitated Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Project Pride's New Headquarters Provides a Gathering Place for Sarasota's LGBTQ+ Community

Selby Gardens Ranks No. 3 on USA Today List of Best Botanical Gardens

Applications Open for Eleanor Merritt Fellowship at The Ringling

A Conversation Between Pioneering Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Sarasota Magazine's Heather Dunhill

Barancik Foundation's Kelly Romanoff Named Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellow

Siesta Key Beach Voted Best Beach in Florida by Tripadvisor

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Welcomes Record Number of Leap Day Babies (With More to Come)

DD Goerke Named President of Sarasota-Manatee Human Resources Association

Hosana Fieber Takes the Reins at Tervis

The 76 Flyer Trolley Offers Easy Transportation From the Airport to Downtown Sarasota

Barancik Foundation Awards $11.8 Million in Grants

Dale Booker on the Experiences That Shaped Her and the Realities of Living in Florida as a Black Woman

The Life of a Sarasota County Animal Services Officer Is Way More Complex Than You Might Think

A Swanky New American Bistro With a Major Whiskey Collection Is Headed to Five Points

Did You Know That in the 1940s, Sarasota Had an Indoor Croquet Court?

Conservation Foundation Receives $20,000 Grant from REI Cooperative Action Fund

How We Say 'I Love You' in Sarasota

Glenda Hatchett: 'Black History Is Not Just for Black People. It Is for All of Us.'

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