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CONTENTS features
49 A TREAT FOR THE SENSES
Dreams of Nature opens
The Sarasota Ballet’s Spring Season
By Steven J. Smith
54 TOWN TALK WITH
DR. LARRY THOMPSON
By Ryan G. Van Cleave
56 SARASOTA OPERA’S
WINTER SEASON
By Steven J. Smith
62 CITY SCENES
City photo spread by
photographer John Revisky
96 POPS GOES THE ORCHESTRA
A look inside Sarasota Orchestra’s
Outdoor Pops concerts
By Steven J. Smith
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ON THE COVER
Photo by John Revisky of dancers from The
Sarasota Ballet’s “Still Life” at the Penguin Cafe,
one of two productions by the Ballet on March 2
and 3 at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
From left to right: Yuya Mizushima (Monkey),
Jonathan Leonard (Zebra), Evan Leigh Thornton
(Ram) and Zoe Cavedon (Great Auk)