Warhol at the Selby Gardens: a new spin on an old name

According to Warhol’s landlord, the prominent Sarasota philanthropist Alfred J. Goldstein, the  “Factory” was having too many wild parties.     “We understand that they are generally large parties and are held after usual office hours,” a letter from Goldstein, who’s also the namesake for…

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Making Black Latinidad visible

(All photos by Bree Nieves/Tangent)   From New York to Mexico, from Kenya to the local Sarasota community, one can notice that the experience of blackness is transnational and diasporic in nature. With that being said, Black History Month celebrates the Black Latinidad experience with…

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Searching for the real “old Florida”

An old postcard from circa 1920 shows Mary’s chapel. (Photos courtesy of Gulf Coast Heritage Association)   The definition of “Old Florida” is more than what the magazines and newspapers describe. It’s not just quaint fishing towns and hole-in-the-wall seafood restaurants. It’s more than sepia-toned…

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Students measure value of cryptocurrencies

Open distributed ledger technology--or “cryptocurrencies”--global market capitalization exploded from $20 billion in February of last year to $850 billion at its peak in the beginning of January 2018, forcing the hand of governments, banks and folks around us to start talking about it. Federal Reserve…

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Dance Collective prepares for showcase during high energy rehearsal
Bocanumenth's choreographed dance to Demi Lovato's "Sorry Not Sorry" ends with dancers up in the air and landing onto the stage.

Dance Collective prepares for showcase during high energy rehearsal

  “One more time,” Matthew Bocanumenth shouted as Demi Lovato’s newest anthem, “Sorry Not Sorry,” blares through the fitness center. Now just over a week before the show, the dances for this semester’s Dance Collective are coming together. After months of planning and practicing, this…

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