Sarasota News Events: (OurTownSarasota has supported the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program with PSA’s for the past seven years.) Report by the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Sarasota Bay Waters Improve We, SBEP, went out to the bay to do a final verification of the 2024 seagrass maps, produced by our friends and colleagues with SWFWMD. In […]
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Teens Rescued in Gulf of Mexico
through the waters and chilly temperatures off Florida’s Gulf Coast just after sunrise early Tuesday, a trio of fishermen aboard a small boat experienced the catch of a lifetime: Two 16-year-old friends who had spent the night adrift on a paddleboard waving down their rescuers from atop an oyster bar miles from shore. The teens, […]
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota news events After more than 150 electrifying performances, Florida Studio Theatre’s (FST) Winter Cabaret Series hit Off the Charts is back for a limited engagement. Called “off the wall with great music” and a “timeless tribute” by the Venice Gondolier Sun, this high-energy musical revue takes audiences on a journey through the biggest pop […]
A history of Phillippi Creek flooding casts shadow over Sarasota’s current stormwater woes
A history of Phillippi Creek flooding casts shadow over Sarasota’s current stormwater woes Last Updated: March 7, 2025 By: Josh Salman | Suncoast Searchlight More than three decades ago, residents who lived along Phillippi Creek donned matching T-shirts that read “I survived the Sarasota flood of ‘92” as they packed themselves into the Sarasota County […]
Sarasota Opera 2025-2026
Sarasota Opera announces 2025-2026 season in celebration of 100th anniversary of historic opera house There’s much to celebrate next season at Sarasota Opera. After a two-year hiatus, the company is bringing back its Fall opera in October 2025, which will be Così fan tutte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, followed by Sarasota Youth Opera’s production of […]
Asolo 2025-2026 Performances
Sarasota News Events Announcing Asolo Rep’s 2025-2026 season! Get ready for a thrilling lineup packed with Hope, Heart & Rock ‘N’ Roll. From the electrifying dance of Movin’ Out to the timeless tradition of Fiddler on the Roof, to gripping dramas and laugh-out-loud comedies, these stories will move, inspire, and entertain like never before. With […]
Asolo, Movin Out, Billy Joel songs
Sarasota News Events: TWYLA THARP AND BILLY JOEL’S BOLDLY REIMAGINED BROADWAY HIT MOVIN’ OUT PREMIERES AT ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BILLY JOEL CONCEIVED, DIRECTED, AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY TWYLA THARP (Sarasota, FL) – Asolo Repertory Theatre, is pleased to announce the reimagining of the groundbreaking Broadway hit MOVIN’ OUT, with acclaimed Tony Award-winning […]
Siesta High Rises Proposed
Sarasota News Events Siesta Key Update from https://www.protectsiestakey.org/ Do you want Siesta Key to look like the Miami Skyline? Recent County Workshop on Voluntary Condo Rebuilds The recent county workshop regarding the voluntary condo rebuilds has raised significant alarms with the board of Protect Siesta Key. County Commissioners made comments at this meeting that could […]
Treatment Saves Lives of SMH Heart Patients
Sarasota News Events Innovative Aneurysm Treatment Saves Lives and Valves of SMH Heart Patients Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s cardiac surgeons are helping patients save their aortic valves, and ultimately their lives, utilizing the Florida Sleeve, a procedure designed to offer a faster, safer treatment option for potentially deadly aortic valve disorders and aortic root […]
SMH Honors Pioneering Newtown Nurses
Sarasota News Events SMH Honors Pioneering Newtown Nurses “For almost a third of Newtown’s 100-year history, the African American community supplied most of their own medical care using cobwebs, cotton balls, turpentine, and castor oil as internal and external cure-alls. Midwives helped pregnant women to give birth.” — Newtown Historic Marker In recognition of Black […]