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Marina Jack Bayfront Facilty Looking SE toward Downtown with Ritz Carlton Hotel in center of background.

designed by Eugene Aubry and built in 1998 with 73,000 square feet of space the Selby Public Library is located in the heart of downtown next to Five Points Park.

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Giselle April 27-28, 2019 - photo courtesy of the Sarasota Ballet

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Looking East toward the infamous Dolphin Tower from Marina Jack.

The Sarasota Woman’s Club was designed by architect H.N. Hall and built by contractor George Lysat and was designed in the Tudor revival Style which is uncommon in Florida. Built for the Sarasota Woman’s Club it’s now home to Florida Studio Theater’s, Keating Theater. Florida Studio Theater is a wonderful small venue comprised of 5 different stages so a has a vast array of great theater & concerts.

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The land was purchased by John Ringling as the focal point for his Ringling Isles development and the causeway was completed in 1925. Unfortunatly the Florida land boom ended in 1926 then the Great Depression set in a few years later, so Ringlings Grand plans were never achieved until many years after his passing. The center of circular key now houses over 140 Shops and Restaurants and is a prime Sarasota tourist destination while the perimeter of the island is composed of luxury waterfront homes. The Photo courtesy St Armands Circle Association

5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34234

The Theater was built in 1798 in Asolo, Italy by Italian impresario Antonio Locatelli. It was dimaneled in 1930 and put in storge. In 1949 the Director of the Ringling Museum encouraged the State of Florida to purchase it and it shipped over from Italy and installed at the Ringling Museum. The Asolo opened for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail presented by the New York Opera in 1952. It’s clocated in the VIsitors Center of the Ringling Museum where the Asolo Repertory Company holds a few performances a year and classic films are also shown.

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Les and Linda McCurdy run one of the top Comedy Theaters in the Country. photo courtesy McCurdy's Comedy Theater

Dwight James Baum Architect designed Ca' d'Zan, the Winter Residence for John & Mable Ringling photo courtesy of the Ringling Museum

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The Scott Building, 1960 was designed in 1960 by Sarasota School of Architecture practitioners William Rupp and Joe Farrell and restored two years ago by Guy Peterson and contractor Michael Walker. Now the home of The Center for Architecture Sarasota - photo courtesy Center for Architecture Sarasota

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Naugnty but ohhhh so nice . . . photo courtesy Black Diamond Burlesque

designed by Roy A. Benjamin in the Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture and built by the GA Miller Construction Company for the A.B. Edwards Theater in 1926. In 1979 the building was purchased by the Sarasota Opera and rennovationed from 1982 to 1984.

The second major rennovation was completed in 2008 at a cost of $20 million and the Sarasota Opera reopened with Verdi's Rigoletto. See Wikipedia for more info.

The Historic Burns Court Cinema is an small independant Art film house with 3 screens and home to Sarasota Film Society which even serves wine with your film for those so incliined. They also have a 2nd theater in Lakewood Ranch. If your tired of the sad programming at big box movie theaters this is the place for you.

Sarasota Golf Courses - Photo courtesy Visit Sarasota

777 N. Tamaimi Tr, Sarasota, FL 34236

The hall was designed by William Wesley Peters, of Taliesin Associated Architects, who used seashells as inspiration for the design. Currently under risk of being torn down for bayfront redevelopment.

Located opm Sanibel Island, FL

designed by Paul Ruldolph of the Sarasota School of architecture and is located on Sanibel Island, FL. A replica was recenly costructed and on display at the Ringling Museum. Additional info at sarasotaarchitecturalfoundation.org

2075 Bahia Vista St, Sarasota, FL 34239

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Sarasota Orchestra

Sarasota Orchestra SRQ Flash Mob Performance

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

1012 N. Orange Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236

West Coast Black Theater Troupe

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photo courtesy Longboat Key Club & Resort

5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34236

designed by Dwight James Baum the Ringling Museum was built by John & Mable Ringling to house their extensive art collection next to their winter home, Ca' d'Zan. It was bequeathed to the sate of FLorida after John Ringling’s death on December 2, 1936. it is now the State Art Musem of Florida. Additional info on John Ringling

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photo courtesy Sarasota Magazine

Located on S Palm Avenue the Mira Mar Apartments were built by Scottish Industrialist Andrew McAnch and constructed by the W.R. Carving Co from Tampa in just 60 days. The Mira Mar Apartments were built just before the adjacent Mira Mar Hotel which was torn down in 1982 to create a parking garage. The apartments were converted to shops, restaurants and offices upstairs. Now heart of Palm Avenue shopping district.

Florida Studio Theater

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Most of the bungalows were designed by Thomas Reed Martin for developer Owen Burns in 1924-25 and several business are located in block as well as a few private residences. Burns Court Cinema is out of frame and home to the Sarasota FIlm Society which plays foreign & independant films. See Sarasota History Alive for more info.

Temporary Annual Exhibit at Sarasota Bayfront,

2019 Best in Show adult winner “One World - One Heart” by Anna Zigel (Boyarka, Ukraine). Embracing Our Differences

Photo courtesy Visit Sarasota

Most building designs by Thomas Reed Martin

Burns Court Historic District -See Wikepedia for additional info.

photo courtesy Sarasota Airport(SRQ)

Sarasota Orchestra SRQ Flash Mob Performance

Sarasota City Pier Postcard c.1925 - Construction was begun in 1885 and it was extened in 1915 - photo courtesy of Sarasota History Alive - the best website on the history of Sarasota.

Historic Palm Avenue

A wealth of information on Sarasota and area.

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Mangrove Tunnel Kayak Tours photo courtesy of I Kayak Sarasota

photo courtesy Ringling College of Art & Design - Wikipedia

Sarasota Manatee Campus

photo courtesy University of South Florida

photo courtesy Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

photo courtesy SRQ Magazine

photo courtesy Sarasota Film Festival

Photo courtesy Sarasota Chalk Festival

photo courtesy Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce

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A world class shopping and dining destination with over 150 shops and restaurants. photo courtesy UTC Town Center

photo courtesy Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Agilent Air announces 9 new destinations from SRQ. Departures to Baltimore and Asheville, N.C., are the first of nine new Allegiant routes to begin operation at the local airport. Coming in April 2019: Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Mich., Harrisburg, Pa., Columbus, Ohio, Nashville, Richmond and Syracuse.

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photo courtesy of the Sarasota Ballet

photo courtesy of New College of Florida