Best Eats

Good Day Mates, we bring you some of the best dishes served in our area. We set the bar high and see what restaurants can meet them with one or more of their dishes. We…

Beach Boys Coming to Town

THE BEACH BOYS RETURN TO THE VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL Tickets On Sale Friday, December 2 at 10 a.m.   Sarasota, FL (November 29) – The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is excited to…

WCBTT- Black Nativity

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe – once again – invites the community to celebrate the holiday season with “Black Nativity,” an inspirational gospel musical originally penned by poet/playwright Langston Hughes that retells the biblical Nativity story.…

Venice Theatre Happenings

Mark your December calendars! 12/6 - Tuesday with Benny & Friends This Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Raymond Center Photo credit: Barbara Banks Photography Join our continuing monthly in-person First Tuesday conversations with Artistic Director…

Venice Holiday Boat Parade 2022

The 34th Annual Venice Christmas Boat Parade sets sail on Saturday, Dec. 3 in the Intracoastal Waterway. Boats get underway at 6 p.m. The parade starts just north of the Albee Road bridge. There are…

Wintergreen Weekend Spanish Point

Wintergreen Weekend Celebrates Holiday Traditions December 3-4 at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point Campus – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens offers a festive way to kick off the holiday season at its second annual “Wintergreen Weekend.”…

Florida $13.5 Billion Surplus

From FloridaTaxWatch.org Budget Watch – How Will the 2023 Legislature Handle a Record $13.5 Billion Budget Surplus? As Florida TaxWatch has been detailing in our Budget Watch series, the state’s fiscal circumstances have been steadily improving…