On Friday, the Florida Studio Theatre will open the final production of its 2024 Winter Mainstage Series with the Florida premiere of Troubadour by Janece Shaffer, with original …
Novelist Thomas Wolfe once famously quipped that you can never go home. Clearly, he never met Melissa Etheridge, whose latest album, “One Way Out,” consists of seven songs she penned in …
Last month, Producing Artistic Director Rick Kerby announced the shows that the Manatee Players will perform for the 2024-2025 Mainstage Musical Series. This month, he is announcing …
It's another weekend, and you know what that means. If you guessed another great lineup of local, talented musicians in Manatee, Sarasota, and surrounding counties, you would be …
In search of a new restaurant near my girlfriend’s house in downtown St. Petersburg, I happened upon a tiny spot called Calida Kitchen & Wine. The discovery would prove quite invaluable ...
During the pandemic, Grace Potter and her husband (and producer) Eric Valentine, set about mapping out their future after what had been a roller coaster of experiences over the preceding years.
On Friday, Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Frederick Knott's 1952 classic, Dial M for Murder, opened at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Best known from Alfred Hitchcock’s …
It's another weekend, and you know what that means. If you guessed another great lineup of local, talented musicians in Manatee, Sarasota, and surrounding counties, you would be …
You’d be hard-pressed to find two musicians as intrinsically linked in the rock world as Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. The long-time friends have made significant marks on the music industry via …
On Tuesday, Gulf Coast entertainment company Independent Jones and Benjamin Productions announced the inaugural Lakewood Ranch Blues Festival, which will take place on December …
It's St. Patrick's Day weekend, and we hope you have a safe and fun time out at these local, amazing venues in the Manatee, Sarasota, and surrounding counties. As always, check out …
Hamilton is coming to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall this month, and tickets are in high demand. Producer Jeffrey Seller and the Van Wezel have announced that at every performance, there will be …
In many respects, Postmodern Jukebox could only exist today with a perfectly matched blend of elements coming into harmony over the past decade. The performers are at the heart of that, though quite …
It's another weekend, and you know what that means. If you guessed another great lineup of local, talented musicians in Manatee, Sarasota, and surrounding counties, you would be …
It’s been a cliché that we’re always changing as we age, but are the more important changes physical or psychological? Sure, physically, our bodies start weak, grow stronger, and …
On Friday, The Asolo Repertory Theatre opened Intimate Apparel, a pitch-perfect period piece by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. In a season that is …
Urbanite Theatre in downtown Sarasota will present the world premiere of Brenda Withers' Westminster on March 22. When Pia is gifted a surprise rescue dog by an old friend …
It's another weekend, and you know what that means. If you guessed another great lineup of local, talented musicians in Manatee, Sarasota, and surrounding counties, you would be …
When guitarists/singers Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald started Slightly Stoopid in 1994, they were out front of a second generation of bands that wanted to build on the reggae-rock sound that was …
A cramped apartment, a family struggling to escape the past, and a Gentleman Caller who brings the one thing they all desperately crave—hope. The Glass Menagerie …
