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With the passing of the storm and cleanup underway, our community breathes a collective sigh of relief as most have come through relatively unscathed. There was destruction and flooding, people were out of work for some time, businesses and families suffered losses, and kids found themselves on an extended school break, but we were all prepared for a much different outcome.
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Ladies and gentlemen, mark your calendars because Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announced the schedule for its 2017-18 season. Chock-full of Broadway hits, big name bands, dance troupes, tribute acts, and belting starlets, this year’s lineup has something for everyone.
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The Pleas Formula, the mother-daughter team behind Cutting Loose Salons, Coral and Taelor Pleas recently presented their award-winning training approach alongside industry experts at Paul Mitchell’s Education Show In Las Vegas, Nevada. New to Paul Mitchell’s educational lineup this year helping build business “Sharper than your shears!”, The Pleas Formla participated in the business rEvolution bringing together salon owners and stylists to talk exclusively about business and development.
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With four-years as a successful online ladies apparel store under its belt, locally owned and operated Bows and Arrows Boutique will open the company’s first brick and mortar location this Saturday. Located in the the Market at UTC, the store’s grand opening event will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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With 113 days until Nathan Benderson Park welcomes 1,700 elite rowers from around the world, the 2017 World Rowing Championships Host Committee announced today that single-day tickets are now available for purchase. The announcement came during an event at The Mall at University Town Center (UTC) in Sarasota County, Florida. Since September 23rd of last year, only multi-day packages have been available for General Admission, Grandstand seating, Beach Seats and the Pavilion.
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Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival runs every year from March through Memorial Day Weekend! Part of the festival includes the “Garden Rocks Concert Series”. Different national acts every weekend. Blood Sweat and Tears with Bo Bice were performing on the weekend of our visit. Bo has gone through many changes since his Idol days. Gone is the long hair.
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Spring has sprung. The bees are buzzing, flowers blooming and it’s a time when re-creation is at its peak. It may be a good time to re-create your home right now, while the weather is still fabulous and most of the holiday and seasonal visitors have gone away.
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It was a time of drive-in movies. Juke boxes. Black and white t.v. with five channels. Guys with slicked-back hair and girls dressed sensibly in polka-dot, swirly skirts and tight angora sweaters. Root beer floats and fries at the Diner.
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Her real name is Vivian Kehrer, but to most she’s known as Sarasota Sally. If she’s not dining at the dozen or more restaurants she helps to promote, she’s posting about restaurants on FB or going to the next locally owned restaurant to see if she can help them. And when she’s not doing that, she’s organizing food events or promoting celebrities like Mrs. Florida.
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YO! Sushi is a popular eatery in The Mall at University Town Center. UTC is known for having upscale restaurants, and although YO! Sushi is one of the smaller storefronts, its flavors are big. YO! Sushi is nestled in the center of the mall on the ground floor and is most noticeable because of its conveyor belts. Launching its first restaurant in 1997, YO! Sushi brought the conveyor belt sushi, kaiten sushi in Japanese, internationally to London. Since then, it has opened more than 90 restaurants all over the globe with only 2 in Florida.
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For the past 10 years Ruth Eckerd Hall has been presenting the Rays Summer Concert Series with such artists as Hall & Oates, Miranda Lambert, Goo Goo Dolls and others. Saturday night it was rocker Bret Michaels turn up to bat.