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Trees, Please

City of Sarasota Will Give Away 200 Trees on April 18

04/04/2026 By Megan McDonald

Suncoast Searchlight

Red Tide Turning Point? New Research, Policy Shifts Offer Hope

11:39am By Josh Dunbar/Suncoast Searchlight

Share Your Thoughts 💭

What Are Your Hopes for the Future of the United States?

04/16/2026

Hej Sarasota!

IKEA Is Coming to Sarasota This Summer

04/10/2026 By Kim Doleatto

In Memoriam

Remembering Chef Judi Gallagher

04/13/2026

Unity Awards

Nominate Someone Amazing for the 2026 Unity Awards!

04/07/2026

Just Published

Suncoast Searchlight

Red Tide Turning Point? New Research, Policy Shifts Offer Hope

At Mote Marine Laboratory, researchers are testing treatments that have shown promise in reducing algae levels without harming marine life.

11:39am By Josh Dunbar/Suncoast Searchlight

Philanthropy

Giving Challenge Brings in $16.7 Million as 751 Nonprofits Draw Broad Support Across the Region

The biennial event ended Thursday at noon after drawing 50,904 donors, 87,814 gifts and a record 751 participating nonprofits, with this year’s total coming in just below the $17.2 million raised in 2024.

04/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Share Your Thoughts 💭

What Are Your Hopes for the Future of the United States?

What do you want the nation to look like for those who will inherit the county next? This is your chance to put it in writing.

04/16/2026

Things to Do

What to Do in Sarasota and Manatee Counties This Week

Cocktails, comedy, chamber music, a tree giveaway, horses, an art festival and a little dockside wandering.

04/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Sponsored Content

Leave Them Wanting More 

Giancarlo Guerrero closes his first full season at the helm of Sarasota Orchestra with a surprise ending.

04/15/2026

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One Light, Many Voices:
A Festival of the Human Spirit and Sacred Song

An uplifting celebration of unity, faith, and the human spirit

04/15/2026

Popular Content

    IKEA Is Coming to Sarasota This Summer

    The Ritz Carlton's Lido Key Tiki Bar Has Reopened

    A Luxury Pop-Up Is Testing Sarasota’s High-End Retail Appeal

    Sarasota’s Historic Pearsall House Lists for Just Under $4 Million

    Remembering Chef Judi Gallagher

    1000 North Sarasota, the Michael Jordan-Backed Private Club, Plans to Get Bigger Before It Even Opens

Eat & Drink

Hooray!

The Ritz Carlton's Lido Key Tiki Bar Has Reopened

04/13/2026 By Lauren Jackson

In Memoriam

Remembering Chef Judi Gallagher

04/13/2026

Things to Do

What to Do in Sarasota and Manatee Counties This Week

04/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Let's Sushi

Hanami Sushi Is Open in the Rosemary District

04/10/2026 By Staff

Bigger Splash

1000 North Sarasota, the Michael Jordan-Backed Private Club, Plans to Get Bigger Before It Even Opens

04/07/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Past Perfect

For Dimitri Syros, Helping Reopen Two Beloved Local Restaurants Is About More Than a Bottom Line

04/07/2026 By Megan McDonald

Arts & Entertainment

Just Keep Swimming

Renny Harlin and Gene Simmons Bring Their Action Flick 'Deep Water' to the Sarasota Film Festival

04/14/2026 By Kendall Southworth

Lost Shaker of Salt

Norbert Putnam Produced Six Jimmy Buffett Albums. Catch Him in a Sarasota Film Festival Documentary Next Week.

04/09/2026 By Lauren Jackson

Things to Do

What to Do in Sarasota and Manatee Counties This Week

04/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

ArtsBeat

FSU/Asolo Conservatory Casts a Spell With ‘Midsummer Night's Dream’

04/15/2026 By Jay Handelman/ArtsBeat.org

Lectures

Ringling College Announces 2027 Town Hall Speakers

04/14/2026 By Staff

Review

WBTT's 'Lies, Spells & Old Wives' Tales' Leans into Ancestral Wisdom

04/13/2026 By Kay Kipling

Fashion & Shopping

Home View

Elevate Your Patio With These Six Chic Local Finds

04/01/2026 By Megan McDonald

Tea-Riffic

Tuck Into the Perfect Cup of Tea From the Rosemary District’s TeBella Tea Company

04/01/2026 By Lauren Jackson

Hej Sarasota!

IKEA Is Coming to Sarasota This Summer

04/10/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Pop and shop

A Luxury Pop-Up Is Testing Sarasota’s High-End Retail Appeal

04/10/2026 By Kim Doleatto

What's in Store

Whimsy Meets the Shore at the Original Sand Dollar Boutique on Holmes Beach

03/01/2026 By Lauren Jackson

The New Bride's Checklist

Getting Married This Year? Here’s What You Need to Know.

02/07/2026 By Megan McDonald

Home & Real Estate

Spend a Night in Florida History

Triangle Ranch Preserves Florida Cracker History

04/01/2026 By Lauren Jackson

Suncoast Searchlight

Sarasota County Blocks ‘Live Local’ Law, Risking Clash With Developers

04/13/2026 By Derek Gilliam/Suncoast Searchlight and Michael Barfield/Florida Trident

Gillespie Park Neighborhood

A Proposed 324-Unit Apartment Development Raises Questions in Gillespie Park

04/15/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Old Soul

Sarasota’s Historic Pearsall House Lists for Just Under $4 Million

04/10/2026 By Kim Doleatto

April Fools' Day

A Global Developer Wants to Take Luxury Living Underwater

04/01/2026 By Kim Doleatto

A Native Worth Noticing

The Passionflower, Sarasota’s Most Striking Plant, Is More Than Just a Pretty Face

04/01/2026 By Kendall Southworth

News & City Life

For Land's Sake

A Sarasota Environmental Program Has Saved Miles of Open Space From Bulldozers

04/01/2026 By Brad Edmondson

Unity Awards

Nominate Someone Amazing for the 2026 Unity Awards!

04/07/2026

Suncoast Searchlight

Red Tide Turning Point? New Research, Policy Shifts Offer Hope

11:39am By Josh Dunbar/Suncoast Searchlight

Philanthropy

Giving Challenge Brings in $16.7 Million as 751 Nonprofits Draw Broad Support Across the Region

04/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Share Your Thoughts 💭

What Are Your Hopes for the Future of the United States?

04/16/2026

Gillespie Park Neighborhood

A Proposed 324-Unit Apartment Development Raises Questions in Gillespie Park

04/15/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Travel & Outdoors

Spend a Night in Florida History

Triangle Ranch Preserves Florida Cracker History

04/01/2026 By Lauren Jackson

Neighborhood in Bloom

Spend a Day Touring Gillespie Park and Its Cottage Gardens

03/01/2026 By Marsha Fottler

In Full Flower

Selby Gardens Botanist Discovers Three New Plant Species

04/08/2026 By Megan McDonald

Trees, Please

City of Sarasota Will Give Away 200 Trees on April 18

04/04/2026 By Megan McDonald

For Land's Sake

A Sarasota Environmental Program Has Saved Miles of Open Space From Bulldozers

04/01/2026 By Brad Edmondson

The Rundown

Venice Is the Shark Tooth Capital of the World

04/01/2026 By Lauren Jackson

Health & Fitness

Care by Numbers

The Case for Keeping Seniors at Home, in Dollars and Cents

02/09/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Smoke Signals

Florida's Cannabis Landscape Is Growing Like a Weed

02/07/2026 By Kim Doleatto

🤧🤧🤧

Sarasota Is the 28th Worst City in America for Allergies

03/25/2026 By Isaac Eger

Outbreak Warning

Measles Cases Rise in Florida as Vaccination Rates Remain Low in Sarasota

02/11/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Falling Short

Sarasota’s Kindergarten Vaccination Rate Is Among the Lowest in the State

01/02/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Nip/Tuck

Mar-a-Lago Face? Not in Sarasota.

01/02/2026 By Hannah Wallace

In Their Own Words

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In Their Own Words

Harvest Church Pastor and Harvest House CEO Dan Minor on Building Community

04/01/2026 By Kim Doleatto

In Their Own Words

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Julian Phillips on Media, Food and Conversation

03/02/2026 By Kim Doleatto

In Their Own Words

Attorney Janella Leibovitz Gives Foster Kids a Voice in Court

02/03/2026 By Megan McDonald

In Their Own Words

Maribel 'Belle' Stikeleather Helps Neurodivergent People Find Community

01/02/2026 By Stephanie Churn Lubow

In Their Own Words

Lifelong Newtown Resident and Organizer Valerie Buchand on Perseverance and Hope

12/01/2025 By Kim Doleatto

In Their Own Words

Public Media Host Dalia Colón Is Always Hungry for Stories

11/03/2025 By Lauren Jackson

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