Grant Report

Barancik Foundation Approves More Than $4 Million in Grants

Plus, Bank of America awards $30,000 to All Faiths Food Bank and more.

11/24/2025 By Staff

Fast Track

Sarasota Paradise Sign First Professional Player

Plus, Visit Sarasota County honors seven hospitality professionals, and more.

11/24/2025 By Staff

Sponsored Content

Planned Parenthood of Florida: Six Decades of Care and Commitment

Celebrating nearly 60 years of accessible, compassionate health care for all.

11/24/2025

Heroes on the Half Shell

Mote Reports Record Sea Turtle Nesting Numbers for 2025

This year saw more 1,366 more sea turtle nests on local beaches than last year, including some incubating into November.

11/24/2025 By Staff

Gawkers Delight

Quick! Grab a Spot on Selby Gardens’ Boat Tour to Spanish Point

You’ll learn about water, nature, history and, of course, gawk at waterfront mansions.

11/24/2025 By Susan Burns

Sponsored Content

Mooney Students Lead With Heart Through Lifesaving Blood Donation Service 

For nearly twenty years, Cardinal Mooney students have built a lasting legacy of compassion and service through consistent and meaningful blood donation. 

11/24/2025

Preservation Nation

The 2025 'Six to Save' List Sounds the Alarm for Sarasota's Vulnerable Historic Buildings

The list reveals how quickly Sarasota’s historic fabric is thinning under the pace of today's redevelopment.

11/20/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Sponsored Content

OF FORM AND FUTILITY: Russ Noto’s Mythic Pastoral Between Andre the Giant and Samuel Beckett

A Centennial Exhibition at Art Center Sarasota

11/20/2025

Five Points Reset

Downtown Sarasota's Zenith Building to Be Replaced by Waldorf Astoria Residences

The project marks Waldorf Astoria’s first entry on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

11/19/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Grant Report

Pines of Sarasota Foundation Receives Property Donation Appraised at More Than $1 Million

Plus, Hugh Culverhouse Jr. donates $100,000 to All Faiths Food Bank, and more.

11/17/2025 By Staff

Review

'Come From Away' Opens the Asolo Rep Season with a Bang

Everyone's on their game with this musical about plane passengers and townsfolk on Sept. 11, 2001.

11/17/2025 By Kay Kipling

Sneak Peek

Selby Gardens Will Break Ground on Phase Two of Its Master Plan on Dec. 2

Phase Two includes a new conservatory complex, a learning pavilion and new landscaping features.

11/17/2025 By Staff

Tamiami Turn

A Stretch of South Tamiami Trail Draws a Major New Housing Investment

Arlington Properties and Battery Global Advisors paid $18.42 million for 18 acres west of Palmer Ranch, where a 325-unit apartment project and a 57-unit waterfront townhome community are taking shape.

11/17/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Mod Mod World

Sarasota MOD Weekend Honors a Century of Sarasota Architecture

This year's theme is "Moderns That Matter," and while a number of events are sold out, there's still plenty to see and do.

11/12/2025 By Megan McDonald

End of an Era

Good-Bye, Hart's Landing

Last year's hurricanes destroyed the iconic bait shop's docks. This week, the site was razed.

11/12/2025 By Megan McDonald

Q & A

Jessica Muroff Will Steward Sarasota’s Next Era of Giving

Muroff, the incoming president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, talks building trust, through listening blending data with empathy, and why leadership sometimes starts with a long hike uphill.

11/12/2025 By Kim Doleatto

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Updated: Warming Centers Are Opening in Sarasota and Manatee Counties

With forecasts still in the low 40s tonight, shelters will remain open for those seeking refuge from the cold.

11/11/2025 By Megan McDonald

Reel Education

​​Hollywood Producer Adam Hendricks Brings Lessons in Film to Sarasota Students

Hendricks—known for his partnership with horror movie whisperer Jason Blum and his breakout hit "M3GAN"—offered real-world advice to the next generation of creatives.

11/11/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Fast Track

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Names Jessica Muroff New President, CEO

Muroff was previously CEO of United Way Suncoast. She begins her tenure at the foundation on Jan. 20, 2026.

11/10/2025 By Staff

Review

FST's 'Lucky Stiff' Takes Audiences on a Romp to Monte Carlo

The show by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty offers energetic, freewheeling fun.

11/10/2025 By Kay Kipling