An estimated 7,000 protesters congregated at Bayfront Park on March 24, 2018 to listen to the children of the Sarasota-Manatee county speak on gun control. On Sept. 20, a 14-year-old student was arrested for bringing a loaded pistol to Lincoln Memorial Academy, a middle school…
One of the most disputed aspects of the Selby Botanical Gardens’ Master Plan is “the Sky Garden,” or “the parking garage with a restaurant on top of it,” which will be on the corner of US 41 and S. Orange Avenue. The building will be…
As Sarasota’s one and only LGBTQ+ film fest, the Fabulous Independent Film Festival, kicking off Sept. 25, has big plans for its ninth recurring year. Harvey Milk Festival’s Founder and Executive Director, Shannon Fortner, alongside Fabulous Independent Film Festival’s Founder and Programmer, Magida Diouri, are…
Chris stares wide eyed at a point off camera: the lighting draws shadows on his face and the effect is especially striking. Photo is cropped from original format shown in entirety at the end of the article. All photos courtesy of Allan Mestel Dominique is…
Graphic courtesy of Sarasota Students 4 Climate Ella Mirman, a junior at Booker High School, is the lead organizer for Sarasota Students 4 Climate, an organization pushing for climate action and hosting the Sarasota Climate Strike on Sept. 20. Mirman started the group last year…
People lined up at the doors of the Manatee Performing Arts Center for an hour and a half before they opened. There was an excited buzz in the air, as it was one of the rare town hall meetings that Vern Buchanan, U.S. Congressional Representative…
Hurricanes: great beasts of wind and rain that beat down on unlucky cities in their path. As a community situated so close to the Gulf of Mexico, New College students, staff and faculty wondered if the raging winds of Dorian would cancel classes, break windows…
New College is still standing in one piece at the end of the first couple weeks of classes after Hurricane Dorian threatened the new semester with force gusts, torrential rains and flooding while migrating up the east coast. The storm that devastated the Bahamas skirted…
photo courtesy of Shivani BathijaMembers of the Sarasota community listen to student speakers at the BLM rally. On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 1, community members gathered in Scott Plaza of Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) for a Black Lives Matter rally. Shivani…
photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsPresidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Progressive Sarasota, a coalition of progressive Sarasotans, has officially announced their endorsement of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. The organization was founded in July 2015, growing out of the “Sarasota/Manatee for Bernie”…
