Arts & Entertainment

Adding Splash to the Social Season

Social movers and shakers have some downright daring ideas to liven things up for the new season.
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Profile: Capt. Brien sets sail for Bonita Springs

Brien Spina's Off the Hook Comedy Club is relocating to Bonita Springs, where he has grand plans for creating a "high-end performing...
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Culture Watch: How About Some Quality Movies This Summer?

Theaters should do more than spruce up the accommodations.
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Culture Watch: At Last, a Curator

Frank Verpoorten steps into the long-vacant job at the Patty & Jay Baker Museum of Art with the challenge of defining a...
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Gulfshore Artisans: Jim Sprankle, woodcarver

After flaming out as a minor league pitcher, Jim Sprankle made his name carving wood.
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Culture Watch: ArtsNaples Returns

The second annual festival brings a Latin beat.
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Culture Watch

After years of construction, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is reopening with impressive new resources.
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Scene & Heard

Kellie Burns catches you up on the latest news, notes and gossip along the Gulfshore.
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Miami City Ballet Takes a Great Leap Forward

Miami City Ballet's new artistic leader Lourdes Lopez is eager to show cutting-edge works to audiences here-just as Executive Director Dan Hagerty...
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Change Artists

What compels artists to venture into new styles with their work? Four stars of the local art scene explain their moves.
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The Phil You Don't Know- But Should

Backstage and in the wings at Southwest Florida's premier arts complex.
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Culture Watch: Women Take Center Stage

Florida Rep has a run of female-dominated productions this season, reflecting their evolving roles in current society.
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Creating More Positives

Five local artists represent a movement to a more affirming vision of life.
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Hang Out on the Phil’s New ‘Front Porch’

A freed-up space offers the pleasure of the art less formally —and for free.
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Culture Watch: Finding the Summer Treasures

How to get your arts fix during the upcoming slow season.