Jay Handelman

Since its opening in 1970, the purple, shell-shaped Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall helped build Sarasota's reputation as an arts community

Tarra Conner Jones, who has starred in numerous Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe shows, plays a band leader in national tour of ‘Some Like it Hot.’

Jennifer Mitchell is promoted to president as founders Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis stay involved in new roles with Sarasota's Circus Arts Conservatory

In less than a decade in Sarasota, Victor Lundy made his mark with several buildings now on Architecture Sarasota's 100 Moderns That Matter list

'59th Street Bridge' is intended to take audiences on a musical journey across the country to capture a sense of the 1960s and early 1970s.

Naomi Izuka, the author of more than two dozen plays and a writer on numerous TV series, has Hermitage Major Theater Award commission for new play.

The acclaimed author of more than a dozen books of fiction and non-fiction will speak at the annual Love Our Libraries luncheon Feb. 7.

The Broadway hit musical traces Carole King's life and career from her start as a 16-year-old songwriter to the beginnings of her solo career.

Architecture Sarasota had to alter its schedule of home and building tours after twin hurricanes. Now the focus is on helping property owners recover.

Westcoast Black Theatre founder Nate Jacobs has led the company from a bare-bones beginning to a $5 million operation of training and performances.