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By Jane Bartnett The fifth-annual Siesta Beach Seafood & Music Festival will return to the Siesta Beach Pavilion at noon on Friday, Dec. 3, with the gulf as its scenic backdrop. The three-day event will run through 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. Admission is free. Eleven popular musical groups have been lined up, and some […]
By Rodger Skidmore When pigs fly We’ve all heard that expression, representing something that can’t happen. The equivalent in France is, “When chicken get teeth.” In Russia, it’s, “When the crayfish will whistle on the top of the hill” — that one’s a bit cumbersome, and might lead one to believe that crayfish can whistle, […]
By Rodger Skidmore Way too much music The pianist and composer Eubie Blake wrote more than 1,000 songs (well, he did live a long time). However, Sarasota’s Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will not be playing and singing all of them during any of their performances of the Broadway musical Eubie! It is limiting that number […]
By Rodger Skidmore How to (not) waste your time America’s, and the world’s, fascination with found objects did not start with the Broadway musical Stomp, that show about such items as broom handles, innertubes and garbage cans: The entire field of archeology is nothing but the sifting through of detritus left by the “us” of […]
Coastal Flow, located at 7216 S. Tamiami Tr., is hosting an acrylic pour class for those looking to learn how to decorate a glass vase or a canvas. It is being held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 25 and costs $45 per person. Local artist Jenni Chase will lead the class. Register by texting […]
By Rodger Skidmore The 3-Ring Circus was a big deal 50 years ago. There were so many acts that John Ringling’s circus had three different performances going on at the same time in order to fit everything in before you left the tent. In New York’s Madison Square Garden, the tent was actually large tent-shaped […]
By Rodger Skidmore Sounds of summer That’s a good question — what are the sounds of summer? It used to be, up north or in the Midwest, crickets. This year, while many would say cicadas, others might just say millions of sighs of relief. Since individual sighs are kind of short and summer, especially in […]
Back by popular demand, the month of June is back Do you remember what you did last year during the month of June? No? You say you draw a complete blank? Well, that’s quite natural as nobody remembers what they did last June — because nobody did anything. It’s like you did something wrong […]
The first moving pictures were actually taken with still cameras — a series of them were lined up along a race track. When the horses charged by, the lead horse broke threads attached to the camera’s shutters. The resulting photographs were then printed on individual cards and, when rapidly viewed one after another (flipped), the […]
By Rodger Skidmore Opposites attract COVID-19 is still here, and so are you. This means that you’ve not yet been to France this spring and probably won’t get to see Monet’s garden at all this year. Too bad. Those that have been to his garden absolutely loved being there. But admit it, when you were […]