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AI-Generated Art: Beautiful, Scary, or Both?

Where Innovation Meets Unease in the Age of Machine-Made Imagination

04/08/2025

The Big Question

Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

Here's what really happens after your recyclables are hauled away from the curb.

04/07/2025 By Stephanie Churn Lubow

What's in Store

Tyni Lazzaro’s Brooklyn Boutique Brings Big-City Fashion to Downtown Sarasota

The South Pineapple Avenue storefront sells women’s and men’s clothes and accessories, as well as home goods.

04/07/2025 By Elizabeth Djinis

Keeping Time

Nada Surf Drummer Ira Elliot Maintains a Low Profile Despite His Rock Star Bona Fides

"There’s a thriving music scene here, which I had not expected," Elliott, who moved to Sarasota in 2012, says. "I feel quite at home.”

04/07/2025 By John Thomason

Review

Asolo Rep's 'Good Night, Oscar' Introduces the Talented, Troubled Oscar Levant

Doug Wright's play presents a critical moment in the life of the musician, raconteur and pianist.

04/07/2025 By Kay Kipling

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Best Sites to Grow Your Instagram Followers

Strategic Follower Boosts That Enhance Visibility, Engagement, and Credibility

04/07/2025

Broadway, Here We Come

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Announces Its 2025-26 Broadway Season

Included are several Sarasota premieres, along with returning hits.

04/06/2025 By Kay Kipling

Tap Tap

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Pays Tribute to Tap with a Brand New Musical

The show is the brainchild of the troupe’s artistic director Nate Jacobs.

04/03/2025 By Kay Kipling

In Their Own Words

Former City Manager Marlon Brown on Public Service, His Biggest Accomplishments and His New Role with the Sarasota Chamber

"However many hours I ended up in the office, I didn’t care about anything else but just making sure that every day I saw people walking the street, enjoying the city and laughing.”

04/03/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Scent-Sational

A French Perfumer Is Inspired by the Many Fragrances of Florida

Paris-based Anastasia Sokolow has captured our state's unique essence in fragrance form.

04/03/2025 By Lauren Jackson

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Hexarelin Peptide: A Potential Tool for Cardiovascular and Metabolic

Investigations purport that Hexarelin might possess unique characteristics that extend beyond growth hormone secretion.

04/02/2025

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Sarasota’s Retirement Planning: Managing Finances for Your Golden Years

Secure Your Future and Savor the Lifestyle You’ve Worked For

04/02/2025

Showtime!

The Sarasota Players Announce 96th Season Lineup

From rock ballads to revolutionaries, the 2025-26 schedule brings passion, perseverance and powerhouse performances to the Crossings at Siesta Key stage.

04/02/2025 By Kim Doleatto