Tuesday, September 29, 2026

DESTINATIONS

UC Berkely Botanical Gardens Vista

Oakland and Berkeley: Where California’s Art, Science and Restless Spirit Meet

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...
Escape to Sundial Beach Resort & Spa on Sanibel Island for Gulf beaches, shelling, a North Captiva cruise, spa treatments and fabulous dining.

Sundial Beach Resort & Spa Sanibel: Shells, Spa & Island Luxury

Sundial Beach Resort & Spa: Sanibel’s Effortlessly Glamorous Escape There is a moment, somewhere between crossing onto Sanibel Island and seeing the Gulf shimmer beyond the palms, when...

ART & THEATER

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

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...
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

Sarasota theater behaving itself? Absolutely not.
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WHERE TO GO

Boston’s North Shore to the City: The Ultimate Coastal Getaway

Coastal Nights then City Lights: Boston’s North Shore I’ve been to Boston—but never went out to the north shore....
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ENTERTAINMENT

Midnight Noon

You two have a pretty incredible story - How and where did you two meet each other? -God is so good. He tapped our mutual...
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