Webinars

Manatee Community Foundation to Host Fundraising Webinar

The webinar will give examples of how board members can be more effective in their roles as doers, donors and door openers.

12/02/2020 By Staff

Awards

Manatee County Superintendent Receives Statewide Award

Cynthia Saunders was recognized by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations.

12/02/2020 By Staff

Philanthropy

Community Day School Receives $300,000 Gift for New Campus

The gift is designated for the gymnasium on the school’s new 8.8-acre campus.

12/02/2020 By Staff

Health News

Coastal Orthopedics Announces Plans for Future Expansion

The orthopedic practice plans to build a new 88,000-square-foot medical facility on State Road 64.

12/02/2020 By Staff

Philanthropy

Patterson Foundation Gifts $50,000 to Wreaths Across America at Sarasota National Cemetery

The one-time gift will provide ceremonial wreath donations for veteran gravesites this holiday season.

12/02/2020 By Staff

Outdoor Adventures

Let's Go to a Holiday Snow Park in Dade City

Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park is bringing the fun of a snowy mountainside to sunny Florida.

12/02/2020 By Allison Forsyth

Art of Glass

New Works Highlight the Collection at The Ringling’s Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion

Over the last decade or so, the popularity of glass as an art form has risen in Sarasota.

12/01/2020 By Kay Kipling

Things to Do

43 Socially Distant Ways to Have Fun in Sarasota—and Beyond

Our editors scanned the landscape to select some of their favorite things to do, see, eat and enjoy.

12/01/2020 By Sarasota Magazine Staff

Simply Fab

The Suncoast Science Center and Its Faulhaber Fab Lab Enliven the Study of Science

The science center is chockablock with 3D printers, mills for fine metal work and other gee-whiz machines.

12/01/2020 By Ilene Denton

Government

Selby Gardens Compromise Master Plan to Go Before City Commission

The meeting will take place Monday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m.

12/01/2020 By Staff

If These Walls Could Talk

The Secrets and Scandals Inside Sarasota's Famous Mansions

Let’s take a look at seven homes, each with a special place in the story of our town.

12/01/2020 By Robert Plunket

Rebrand

Bentley & Bruning Rebrands as Bentley Law

Founding partner Kevin Bruning has left the firm to take a seat on the 12th Judicial Circuit bench.

12/01/2020 By Staff

Philanthropy

Suncoast Charities for Children Announces Powerboat Grand Prix Leadership Transition

The decision is part of a restructuring strategy due to the pandemic.

12/01/2020 By Staff

The Flash

The Flash of Green at Sunset? It's Real

The brief phenomenon results from the refraction of sunlight.

12/01/2020 By Pam Daniel

What Your Money Can Buy

What $2 Million Will Buy You on Sarasota's Waterfront

Two St. Armands penthouses, a Golden Gate Point condo and a single-family home on Siesta Key.

12/01/2020 By Ilene Denton

Birds on the Beach

13 Birds You'll Spot on Local Beaches

Florida Audubon Society’s Kylie Wilson spots some shore-loving species.

12/01/2020 With Kylie Wilson

In Living Color

Florida's Flowering Trees Are a Splashy Sight to Behold

Who needs New England in October when you can enjoy a whole host of flowering trees that provide bright bursts of color year-round?

12/01/2020 By Ilene Denton

Pop Quiz

Are You a Real Sarasotan?

Prove your insider chops with our quiz.

12/01/2020 By Ilene Denton and Kay Kipling

Treasure Trove

Arts Groups Pick Some of Their Favorite Items from Their Collections

All of them serve as reminders of the breadth our arts groups have to offer.

12/01/2020 By Kay Kipling

Risky Business

In a Time of Uncertainty, a Number of Local Chefs Have Opened New Eateries

They include Chef Dave Shiplett's Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen in Bradenton's Village of the Arts.

12/01/2020 By Cooper Levey-Baker