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Italy in Three Chapters: A Journey Through Beauty, Culture and Discovery

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Italy—in three different chapters I’m a big fan of stay-cations…long weekends…or when I’m really feeling irresponsible, maybe seven-days away. That’s why I was uneasy when my wife suggested we...
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Oakland and Berkeley: Where California’s Art, Science and Restless Spirit Meet

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Oakland and Berkeley: Where Art, Science and California’s Restless Spirit Meet I traveled to Oakland for the 2026 Western Arts Alliance conference expecting several days centered on the...
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Florida Studio Theatre brings smooth 1970s and ’80s favorites to Sarasota with Sailing: Yacht Rock and Beyond, a witty, nostalgic cabaret packed with harmony, humor and coastal cool.

Smooth Sailing in Sarasota: Florida Studio Theatre Takes Yacht Rock for a Spin

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There are certain things Sarasota understands instinctively: sunshine, waterfront living, a well-timed dinner reservation and music that sounds infinitely better when accompanied by the fantasy that somewhere nearby, someone is backing a...
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Sarasota theater behaving itself? Absolutely not. 🎭 Urbanite Theatre’s **Modern Works Festival** is where new plays get to be bold, messy, funny, uncomfortable and wonderfully unfinished. At the Sept. 26 reading of ***Conversations by the Beach* by Mantra Radhakrishnan**, three women — a mother and her two daughters — move through 20 years, five beaches and the complicated aftermath of losing the family patriarch. And this is not tidy grief. It is funny, tense, emotional, liberating and layered with all the things families say, don’t say and carry for years. The use of Bharatanatyam-inspired movement adds another dimension, giving the story a sense of memory and emotion that goes beyond dialogue. That is what made the reading so compelling: no giant set, no theatrical smoke and mirrors, just strong writing, talented actors and a family story with plenty of emotional sand between its toes. Urbanite’s Modern Works Festival reminds us that some of the most exciting theater happens before everything is polished. A little messy. A little unpredictable. And much more interesting. #UrbaniteTheatre #ModernWorksFestival #ConversationsByTheBeach #SarasotaArts #SarasotaTheatre #NewPlays #WomenInTheatre #FamilyBeautiful #SarasotaCulture

Urbanite’s Modern Works Festival Is Theater Before It Learns to Behave

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Sarasota theater behaving itself? Absolutely not.
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Most “Instagram-able” National Parks

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Ever wondered which famous National Park around the world is the most popular on Instagram, by pulling the number of times each...

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A Murder Most Stylish: Asolo Rep Cracks Open a Christie Classic

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A Glamorous Murder with Perfectly Pressed Secrets Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d at Asolo Repertory Theatre
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