Sarasota is smack-dab in the middle of a cultural revolution. But it’s easy to miss. Out in the mainstream, the art scene still looks like the glossy brochures of our long-time arts institutions, showing classic ballerinas or blockbuster Broadway musicals. But off the radar and on the fringes, where fresh epiphanies and approaches spark word-of-mouth [...]

Dazed and confused about where to focus your charitable giving in a town with a dizzying array of worthy causes and parties galore to support them? If you’re like me, you get about 10 invitations a day. Not to worry, relief is here. When I started managing a small foundation 12 years ago, because I [...]

Marcel Proust would be proud. Driving north on South Orange Avenue the other day, I was struck by remembrances of times past: At “Little Five Points,” where Orange and Pineapple merge (a concept in itself), the triangular building housing the Citrus Cafe, shops and apartments, recently stripped of years of paint and plaster, glowed pink [...]