Arts & Culture Stories
Ringling International Arts Festival
Visit Sarasota County, formerly known as the Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, is proud to support the annual Ringling International Arts Festival, a gathering of world-renowned artists, actors, dancers and musicians to be held Oct. 10-13, 2012. RIAF continues to "keep it new" with another...
Venice, Florida: An American Dream
By Heather Boynton
It's Saturday afternoon and I am about to "cross the bridge to yesteryear." On the other side of the Intracoastal Waterway lies historic Venice, Florida, and its charming MainStreet.Venice is not so much about traveling back in time, however, as it is about traveling to a place that might never have...
A Trip Down Dearborn Street
By Elana Galerman
What Main Street is to both Sarasota and Venice, Dearborn Street is to Englewood. As you roam down the road, you'll discover all sorts of places you might like to make your new haunts. Great food, shopping and fun hangouts await you down on Dearborn.Englewoods on Dearborn serves up an innovative...
Artists Of International Appeal
Artists from every realm will come together again this year for the annual Ringling International Arts Festival. Presented by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and the Baryshnikov Arts Center of New York, the festival will take place in October. Dancers, musicians, actors and visual artists...
Sarasota Summer Festivals
By Elana Galerman
Summer is a time for celebration. Schools let out, beautiful, sunny weather arrives (though it's the norm here) and art, music and food fests abound. Sarasota's summer festivals are free or cheap and sure to remind you why it's everyone's favorite season.
Springing for Art
By Amy Nance
Spring is a rebirth, even in temperate Florida. If the Fine Arts Society of Sarasota's Creators & Collectors Tour is any indication, our sunny coast can look forward to a season of renaissance.A high holiday on Sarasota's Arts calendar, this perennial event is a two-day festival held each March. You...
Over the (Big) Top
By Lisa Codianne Fowler
Founder of the Venice Circus Arts Foundation, The Flying Trapeze Academy and Circus Adventure Park, the legendary Tito Gaona is making giant strides in not only preserving circus history, but creating it.
Girls Rule!
By Kara Chalmers
Female leaders past and present helped shape the Sarasota you know and love
Fall in Love with Sarasota
By Elana Galerman
When fall arrives in Sarasota, temperatures may cool slightly, but autumn activities are sure to heat up. Beaching and boating are still in order, but our events calendar provides season-specific ways for you to fall in love with Sarasota. Fall Festivals and Fairs The Ringling International Arts...
