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Photo of the Week – A Nighttime Sun
By Taylor Meredith Have you ever seen the sun at night? Well now you have, with this gorgeous shot of fireworks on the beach. The effect is surreal, as the sparks light up the lifeguard chair as if it were daytime. Photo by Duane Schoon.
Read More >>The Second Annual 36-Hour Giving Challenge
Last year’s inaugural 36-Hour Giving Challenge set the bar pretty high–$1 million was raised in less than 20 minutes; at the end of the 36 hours, the total was more than $2.4 million. (Read more about that triumph in our Guide To Giving.) So this year’s event had a lot to live up [...]
Read More >>Astronaut Mark Kelly Visits Sarasota
By Beau Denton For the fourth date in this year’s Town Hall series, the Ringling College Library Association welcomed Captain Mark Kelly—astronaut, retired U.S. Navy captain, prostate cancer survivor and husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the victim of an assassination attempt in January 2011. Kelly’s life reads a like a well-written [...]
Read More >>What to Do in Sarasota This Weekend: March 7, 2013
This Week’s Top 5 1. Opening Saturday night, the Sarasota Opera’s American Classics series takes on John Steinbeck’s masterwork, Of Mice and Men, which was transformed into an opera in 1970 by composer Carlisle Floyd. It’s a new way of experiencing the poignant story of Depression-era farmhands George and Lennie. Bonus for Sarasota Magazine subscribers: [...]
Read More >>Photo of the Week: Dolphin Fins
By Taylor Meredith These dolphins are offering us just a sneak peak by allowing their fins to surface into view, but that’s all we need in order to appreciate their beauty as they glide through the Siesta Key water under a bright moon. Photo by Jimmy Scott Jr.
Read More >>Farm to Table Dining, Redefined
By Megan McDonald When we were invited to come out to Bradenton’s King Family Farm for an event called Table to Farm: Redefining Dining, our response was an immediate “Yes!” A collaboration between the farm and Anna Maria Island event-planning biz The Loft 5, these dinners are a local answer to popular national farm-to-table dinners [...]
Read More >>Photo of the Week: Beer Can Island
By Taylor Meredith James Livingston has achieved a neat, colorful perspective of these uprooted trees on the shore of “Beer Can Island” at Long Boat Key. We love the array of textures, highlighted by Livingston’s great composition and depth of field! Photo by James Livingston
Read More >>What To Do in Sarasota This Weekend, 2/22/2013
Your Weekend Top 5 1. At last, spring training starts this weekend, with the Baltimore Orioles squaring off against the Minnesota Twins Saturday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium, and the Pittsburgh Pirates facing the Atlanta Braves Sunday afternoon at newly renovated McKechnie Field. On Friday from 9:15 a.m. to noon, you can go out to Ed Smith and watch the [...]
Read More >>Photo of the Week: Let There Be Light!
By Taylor Meredith Downtown Sarasota has its obvious attractions, and then its more subtle gems that sometimes have to be pointed out. This lit roundabout fits in the latter category, captured by Mike Skelton and appropriately named, “Let There Be Light!” Photo by Mike Skelton
Read More >>Anne-Marie Slaughter on Women and the Workplace
By Megan McDonald Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter’s name catapulted to the forefront of dinner-table conversations everywhere last year thanks to her controversial article for The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” The former director of policy planning for the State Department, Slaughter was inspired to write the piece based on the reactions of her peers [...]
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