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Local chefs compete in charity cookoff

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Peer and Otmar Simon at the Taste Dining & Travel Magazine's recent Chef's Competition.

Taste Dining & Travel Magazine’s recent Chef’s Competition was a great success with eight restaurants and their respective chefs competing in a friendly event to determine who had the best entree.

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Sarasota Orchestra announces this year’s debutantes

With photo gallery. The Debutante Program supports the Sarasota Orchestra, Inc., which embraces a dual commitment to both performance and education.

68 days ago
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Cirque des Femmes a great start to season

Organizers of the Women’s Resource Center’s annual Cirque des Femmes party didn’t let a little rain stop the fun. The Oct. 28 fundraiser held at the beautiful Palmetto Riverside Bed and Breakfast featured talented performers from Circus Sarasota. Jugglers, magicians, clowns ...

111 days ago
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Women’s club holds end-of-year luncheon

On June 15, the University Park Women’s Club ended its year with lunch and a meeting at The Founders Club.

230 days ago
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My crazy Facebook ‘friends’

Like most journalists, I use Facebook primarily to promote my stories, network with fellow scribes and look at pictures.

270 days ago
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If you go: Party on the Plaza

What: Party on the Plaza When: 7-11 p.m. Saturday Where: Plaza of First Bank, 1301 Sixth Ave. W., Bradenton Tickets: $20 (advance), $25 (at the event), $85 (VIP) Information: (941) 681-0708 or www.realizebradenton.com

281 days ago
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324 days ago
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Couture in the Courtyard benefits South Florida Museum

Local fashionistas had the opportunity to satisfy their cravings for the hottest trends in fashion at the second annual “Couture in the Courtyard” luncheon and fashion show, held March 21. The event which benefits the South Florida Museum was presented by Whitney Bank and Saks Fifth...

335 days ago
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DOWNTOWN DIVA DERBY

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355 days ago
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Women’s Resource Center celebrates 20th anniversary

Almost 200 Women’s Resource Center’s fans filled the ballroom at Renaissance on Ninth in Bradenton for the organization’s 20th anniversary celebration Nov. 10.

453 days ago
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Cirque des Femmes supports Women’s Resource Center

Beneath a starlit sky, it was an evening of a death-defying circus aerialist, amazing contortion acrobatics, dining, dancing and more indoors and outdoors at the sprawling Parrish home of Mike and Jaymie Carter. The occasion was the recent Cirque des Femmes benefit in support of the Women’...

503 days ago