1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (289+ words) With work on Phase 2 nearly completed and Phase 3 planning underway, The Bay Park Conservancy and Gulf Coast Community Foundation are partnering to help fund completion of The Bay park. The GCCF has launched a new $2 million challenge to encourage the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (934+ words) I am not sure why thinking "outside the box" is a phrase associated with ingenuity when often it refers to an idea that reflects common sense. The phrase also is used to define a thought that strays from established rules…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (508+ words) ‘The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition’4 p.m. at Cook Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail$15-$19Visit AsoloRep.org. Asolo Repertory Theatre continues its summer tradition of staging a family-oriented musical with “The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition.” Follow Dorothy, Toto, the Tin…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (594+ words) Summer Circus Spectacular11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Historic Asolo Theatre, 5401 Bay Shore Road$15-$20Visit Ringling.org. The Soundbox Fellowship Program teams up with Sarasota Music Archive for a lecture recital featuring Soundbox resident artists Sophia Szokolay (violin) and Baron Fenwick (piano). The two…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (794+ words) Just beyond the playground at Mixon Farms, there’s a wind turbine towering over what’s now an event lawn. Manatee County purchased the farm for $13.5 million in July 2025. While staff members are making upgrades to the property, they’re also preserving the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (779+ words) The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort introduced a sizable aquatic feature intended to highlight marine life unique to Southwest Florida nearly two years ago. The open-air tank is home to new life this week after the lagoon care team introduced…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1399+ words) Sharon Itts, a science teacher at Braden River High School, began her career not as an educator but as a scientist. She teaches marine biology and does as many hands-on activities with her students as she can in her classroom....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (927+ words) Palm Aire's Nick Barbi, who has a doctorate in material science, has three goals while working with students: do something charitable, introduce them to the business of scientific instruments, and give them the opportunity to understand the health of the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (515+ words) Summer Circus Spectacular11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Historic Asolo Theatre, 5401 Bay Shore Road$15-$20Visit Ringling.org. ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane’7 p.m. at Florida Studio Theatre’s Goldstein Cabaret, 1239 N. Palm Ave.$42Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org. Created by Aaron Gundy, “Leaving on a Jet Plane…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (207+ words) Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) will continue building a stronger, smarter and more storm-resilient electric grid in Sarasota County, Manatee County and Longboat Key in 2026, advancing its ongoing commitment to reduce outages and restore power faster following major storms[1]. What…...