Fast Track

Concession Golf Club Hires Jeffrey Parsons as General Manager

Most recently, Parsons served as general manager for IMG Sports Academy’s golf club.

12/05/2019 By Staff

Weekend Planner

Your Top 6 Things to Do: Dec. 5-11

The big downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade, Holiday Splendor at The Ringling and more.

12/05/2019 By Ilene Denton

Limelight

Neurochallenge Cause for Fashion

Sarasota Magazine publisher Kelley Lavin and Mary Kenealy-Barbetta chaired this 11th annual inspirational event, which features models who have Parkinson's Disease.

12/05/2019 Photography by Lori Sax

Copy and paste

Selva to Add Second Location Near University Town Center Mall

After 15 years in business, the ever-popular Sarasota restaurant Selva is expanding.

12/05/2019 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Insider's Guide

The Ultimate Guide to What to Eat, See, Do and Enjoy in Sarasota and Beyond

There’s always something new for you to experience. Let us be your guide to the fun.

12/04/2019 By Ilene Denton

Awards

Sarasota Lawyer Receives Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Award

Jesse R. Butler is a partner with Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A.

12/04/2019 By Staff

Business

Sarasota Chamber Advocates on Federal, State Levels for Local Business Community

The chamber’s 2020 legislative priorities include transportation, water quality, education and economic development.

12/04/2019 By Staff

Let's Cruise

Cruise Car Wins National U.S. Veterans Administration Contract

The $430,000 contract is the most recent of several that Cruise Car has been awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs for facilities around the nation.

12/04/2019 By Staff

Fast Track

The Hermitage Artist Retreat Names New Artistic Director and CEO

Andy Sandberg replaces retiring executive director Bruce Rodgers.

12/04/2019 By Staff

Fast Track

Cumberland Advisors Names Regional Director of Investments

Engelhardt will provide investment advice to individuals, institutions, retirement plans and government entities throughout Southwest Florida.

12/04/2019 By Staff

Page Turner

Sarasota's 2020 One Book Selection Covers a Dark Chapter of American History

Kate Moore, the author of The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women, will speak in North Port and in Sarasota next month.

12/04/2019 By Shelby Schwartz

Marine corps

Mote Summit Aims to Encourage (and Fund) Innovative Youth Conservation Projects

Over the last nine years, the Youth Ocean Conservation Summit has awarded 140 mini-grants to help young people start environmental initiatives.

12/04/2019 By Shelby Schwartz

Weekly Planner

A Seafood Festival, a Food Truck Rally and More of This Week's Best Food and Drink Events

Also on the menu: a walking food and history tour and a mermaid festival.

12/04/2019 By Sarafina Murphy-Gibson

Film

New College to Host 'Visions of the Black Experience' Film Series

The series will celebrate, study and explore various aspects of black life.

12/03/2019 By Staff

Art

The Ringling Receives Significant Gift From Stanton and Nancy Kaplan

The Kaplans' gift includes a major photography collection, a scholars' rock collection, and funds to endow a curatorial position and programming.

12/03/2019 By Staff

Grants

Literacy Program Receives $100,000 Grant From Manatee Community Foundation

The grant will support the school district in providing opportunities such as free family nights and summer programs for pre-K students.

12/03/2019

Preview

The Suffragist Project Marches On

Florida Studio Theatre has announced the full event calendar for a year celebrating women's right to vote.

12/03/2019 By Kay Kipling

Sponsored Content

Something Fresh (and French!) Has Come to St. Armands Circle

Karma Luna Salon, Boutique & Spa celebrates its grand opening this week after its business in St. Martin was destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.

12/03/2019

Top Sale

A Casey Key Estate Sells for $8.75 Million

It’s the highest-priced sale on Casey Key in 10 years.

12/03/2019 By Ilene Denton

Shade-y Spot

Only in Sarasota: The Shrine to Lost Sunglasses

A rusty chain-link barrier held a row of sunglasses—perhaps washed ashore by the waves and assembled by an artistic beachgoer

12/03/2019 Illustrations by John Pirman