SARASOTA — Arts Advocates has announced its schedule of 2021-22 programs and events, including a pop-up member show in the Arts Advocates Gallery.
ENGLEWOOD — The Gulf Coast Community Foundation has awarded the Hermitage Artist Retreat a $30,000 Arts Appreciation Grant, naming the Englewo…
NORTH PORT — Nestled in a riverbend at the base of the Myakka River bridge, the 25-year-old Myakka River Oyster Bar was arguably the last Flor…
NORTH PORT — A guitar prodigy who had taken instruction at a North Port music school performs in Arcadia next month.
ENGLEWOOD — The Hermitage Artist Retreat and the Aspen Music Festival and School jointly announce that David “Clay” Mettens has been awarded t…
The Women’s Sertoma Club of Venice easily wins the prize for knowing how to punt, pass and kick.
VENICE — Venice Theatre will kick-off the 2021-2022 season with “An Act of God,” starting Friday night.
Each summer, the Venice Theatre takes its show on the road to the Venice Yacht Club for an entertainment gala and to showcase its work.
VENICE — Uniquely designed seahorses and mermaids are scattered around Venice as the Venice Art Center released its FantaSea Venice project.
VENICE — Literacy Volunteers of South Sarasota County received $1,000 from a Venice-based business after receiving the most votes for July.
VENICE — The new Venice Nokomis Rotary Club 2021-22 President is Susan Hanks.
ENGLEWOOD — With all their might, members of the Englewood Fire District, firefighters and Sarasota County Commissioner Ron Cutsinger pushed a…
VENICE — Epiphany Cathedral parishioner Karen Hayes assumed responsibility of tending to the Memorial Garden at the entrance to the Cathedral …
SARASOTA — Barbara Sassen May with Michael Saunders & Company had one of her listings awarded the winner in the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt 2021.
VENICE — Every week, Our Town presents a variety of photos from organizations and individuals in the area.
Retail is so different these days.
Free Comic Book Day is returning, my friends.
NORTH PORT — With delays, a cement war and the coronavirus hopefully behind it, North Port’s centerpiece water park reported its first full se…
WELLEN PARK — As the pandemic continues, area food pantries are struggling with requests for food.
VENICE — Country Club Estates recently hosted a cleanup of its harbor just off the Intracoastal Waterway where it has 120 boats.
The Venice Art Center announced the winners of its Week 5 of the Online Student Exhibit and Contest.
VENICE — When she was born, World War I was underway, Woodrow Wilson was president and Sarasota County had just come into existence.
VENICE — What began as a tribute to three generations of women in her family turned into a journey of self-discovery for this Venice author.
VENICE — A “Baby Shower” of sorts was held by Sharing Talents and Resources Together for the Venice Area Pregnancy Care Center.
The Venice Police Department invited the community to a National Night Out and more than 500 men, women and children came. The mood was festiv…
SARASOTA — A rededication for the sculpture “Unconditional Surrender” is set for 11 a.m. Aug. 14 in Sarasota near Bayfront Drive/U.S. 41.
WELLEN PARK — Renaissance hosted a back-to-school pool party on Sunday with residents asked to bring school supplies or prepackaged snacks to …
Walt Disney World Resort opened Oct. 1, 1971, to guests. I was still living in Ohio. Daughter Heidi was 8 and my husband had recently finished…