Stories
Get Out of the Box, Get Into the Circle!
St. Armands Circle continues to be one of Sarasota's most popular tourist destinations.
Wildlife Safety
Alligators Alligator season peaks in May. Alligators live in most of Florida's ponds, streams, lakes and rivers. The height of alligator mating season is in May, when mature male gators often find their way into residential pools in search of female gators. They're plentiful and feisty this time of...
Safety Tips
Safety At the Beach Rip tides are unusually strong currents that run perpendicular to the shore and can be very dangerous. If you're caught in one, don't panic or try to swim back to shore against the tide. Swim parallel to shore until you are out of the current or it has subsided, then...
Public Art a Native Treasure
As children frolic in the “splash-friendly” fountains on Sarasota’s Bayfront, they likely have no idea that the play area is more then a place to cool off and have fun -- it is actually public art. It is the work of artists Denielle Glaysher and Papo Cobian and is appropriately...
Sarasota Hosts The Perlman Music Program
The Perlman Music Program, a unique and internationally acclaimed program welcoming young musicians with rare and special talent into a richly supportive musical community, returns for its 6th Sarasota Winter Residency, December 20 through January 3. For two intense weeks of rehearsals, lessons,...
Sarasota Ballet's Giselle
Sarasota, considered the cultural gem, if not THE cultural capital of Florida, has many bragging rights when it comes to its performing arts, but this Thanksgiving weekend Sarasota can quite rightly place itself among the cultural capitals of the world with when The Sarasota Ballet opens its...
Tightening the Vacation Purse Strings Without Sacrifice
Despite the economic climate, summer is here. Many families still want and, in many respects, need a vacation. While everyone and anyone is tightening their belt on spending, the summer vacation trip need not be sacrificed. “Stay-cations” are the option of choice for most Floridians...
Around the World
In this roundup of Sarasota and Her Islands' international fare, the only passport you need is your appetite.
Artists Of International Appeal
More than 100 artists from around the world will come together under the artistic direction of New York’s Baryshnikov Arts Center to launch the first Ringling International Arts Festival, Oct. 7-11, 2009. The nine mainstage productions featuring dance, music and theater reflect the BAC’s...
