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January 4, 2022 (Sarasota County, Florida) — Hermitage Fellow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, and American Theater Hall of Fame Honoree Paula Vogel will present a free community program: “Pen to Paper with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Paula Vogel” — on Friday, February 11th at 5pm ET, in…

It has been 13 years since the first Shamrock Shiver Charity Plunge. Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub is the organizer of this fabulous event. As so many of our Florida neighborhoods go through rough times, determined members of the Bradenton community are “taking the plunge” to help less fortuna…

Glenda Craddock moved from the Atlanta Georgia north metro area to Florida nearly three years ago to help with the care of her parents. In December of 2020, Glenda and her parents purchased and moved into a new home in Palmetto. Although she had friends and family in Pinellas County, she knew…

This year, the Sarasota Housing Authority will partner 150 local underprivileged children with local law enforcement to shop for holiday gifts at a local Walmart. The event will be held Saturday, December 11, 2021, from 6 a.m. until 8 a.m. at Walmart, 8320 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota “2021 w…

Please join us Sunday December 5th at the Swordfish Grill & Tiki for a fundraiser to support our beloved bartender, Susie! She is battling breast cancer, but we are not letting her do this alone. At the Swordfish we consider Susie to be family and we always take care of each other. She has…

The Manatee Genealogical Society will host a Virtual Seminar “Finding Your Elusive Ancestors” on Saturday, January 29, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Four nationally recognized genealogical speakers will deliver one-hour lectures that focus on the theme. For more information and to register fo…

Oh, what a year (and a half)! So much has gone on to change our lives, some good and some not so good. The team at the Suncoast Post has been choosing a “Person of the Year” for three years. The first person to receive the honor for 2018 was Betsy Halliwell Plante of the Blessing Bags Project. Ch…

Kicking off his tour of arenas around the country, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, 48 who hails from Chicago, starts in Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena. He knows the area since he has played “Sidesplitters” Comedy Club over the years. Dressed casually in a red, white and black leather jacket and ten…

Smiling faces! That’s the best way to describe the scene at the 9th Annual Cortez Stone Crab & Music Festival held on Saturday- Sunday, November 13 and 14 at the Swordfish Grill & Tiki in Cortez, Florida. It was a fabulous lovefest! The attendance was huge with thousands of folks comin…

The City of Sarasota, in conjunction with the Sarasota Patriotic Observance Committee, will co-host the annual Veterans Day Parade on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at 10 a.m. in downtown Sarasota.  There will be several road closures and vehicle tow-away zones for the parade beginning on Thur…