A look at flooding caused by #HurricaneIdalia in downtown Sarasota this morning, Aug. 30, 2023. The water is expected to rise another two feet at high tide, which takes place at 12:15 p.m. in Sarasota Bay. Bridges and roads are closed throughout the region—please use extreme caution. #idalia #hurricane #sarasota #flooding #storm 🎥: Dan Starostecki
From the owners of @statestreetsrq comes Beso, a new tapas restaurant featuring sangria, amaro-forward cocktails and plenty of delicious food. It opens June 10; read more at the link in bio and in Stories.
The Summer Circus Spectacular! The Sarasota Music Festival! Silver Pride! Big Gay Beach Day Party! The Sarasota Paradise vs. Miami AC soccer game! USRowing’s National Youth Championships!
There’s so much to do this weekend. Find it all at sarasotamagazine.com/events
Drumroll, please: in our May/June issue, we share the #BestofSarasota2023, including our editors’ picks for the best of what’s new and the results of our annual reader’s poll. See them all at sarasotamagazine.com
Our May/June issue is here—and in it, you’ll find the #BestofSarasota2023, our readers’ and editors’ picks for the best local dining, arts, experiences and more.
Plus, read about the life and times of Randy “Macho Man” Savage, whose legendary career was bookended by his time in Sarasota, and discover our 2023 Top Doctors.
Read it all and more at sarasotamagazine.com
The Sarasota Film Festival continues! Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s 35th Sailfest! Music! Dance! Theater! Food! There’s so much to do this weekend—see it all at the link in bio and in Stories.
Block parties! March Madness! @theringling’s new Native American art exhibition! The Veg Head music and wine festival! Dance! Theater! Film! There’s so much to do this weekend—find it all at sarasotamagazine.com/events, or tap the link in bio or in Stories.
In a region where Latin flavors dominate the culinary scene thanks to a plethora of talented chefs and restaurateurs, Mexican food reigns supreme, with a long list of excellent sit-down restaurants, quick-service establishments, bodegas, bakeries, food trucks and more. Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants enrich our community in so many ways, and their influence can be seen in the restaurants that punctuate nearly every neighborhood in town. We searched high and low for our favorites. See them all at the link in bio and Stories.
The late Sarasota-based artist, activist and educator John Sims was remembered through songs, videos and personal tributes at a memorial held Monday, Feb. 13, at @theringling’s Historic Asolo Theater—the date that would have been his birthday, and one which he often marked around Valentine’s Day with events centered on the “square root of love.”
Read more at the link in bio and in Stories.
@selbygardens’ new exhibit, “Tiffany: The Pursuit of Beauty in Nature,” is on display through Sunday, June 25, with works by Louis Comfort Tiffany on view and living displays featuring hundreds of bromeliads and butterfly plants. Here’s a peek.
“The people we serve are hardworking and want to be successful and stable. They just don’t get paid enough to match the cost of living here,” says Jennifer Fagenbaum, one of our 2023 Unity Award winners. Through @familypromisesarasota, she helps keep families at risk of homelessness together.
Read more at the link in bio and in Stories.
“It is extremely important that we develop the cultural competence needed to better understand individuals from different backgrounds and cultures,” says @usouthflorida interim director of diversity, equity and inclusion Darren Gambrell. Read more about Gambrell—one of our 2023 Unity Award winners—at the link in bio and in Stories.
For Doricha Sales, the new program director for @sarasotaballet’s Dance for All initiative and one of our 2023 Unity Award winners, teaching is way more than just time spent in a classroom. “I think my profession can help more people see that dance is accessible to them,” she says.
Read more at the link in bio or in Stories.
We recently released raccoons that were orphaned by Hurrican Ian back into the wild. Here’s what it was like. 🦝
Read more at the link in bio and in Stories.
When Megan Howell worked as a waitress at Patricks 1481 in downtown Sarasota, homeless people she befriended used to make sure she made it to her car safely at the end of each long shift. Today, Howell is returning that kindness as the founder and executive director of @secondhearthomes, a nonprofit that specifically works with homeless people living with mental illness in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Read more at the link in bio or in Stories.
If you were awake in the middle of the night at some point in the last few years, worrying about the Covid-19 pandemic, you weren’t alone. Dr. Manuel Gordillo, Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, was probably awake, too. We know this because you could see him sharing updates on Facebook and responding directly to people’s questions about how to stay safe, the efficacy of masks and vaccines and more—at all hours. Read more about Gordillo, one of our 2023 Unity Award winners, at the link in bio and in Stories.
🖊️: @cooperleveybaker
📸: @alancresto
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At a time when so many people feel angry, threatened and pitted against one another, the idea of bringing people together can seem like wishful thinking. But for our 2023 Unity Award winners (our 13th class of honorees), bridging gaps between people and communities is anything but a fantasy. It’s what they do day in, day out, with little expectation of reward or recognition. Whether it’s steering a frightened populace through a pandemic, helping people with mental illnesses find a place to live or teaching kids to thrive through the art of ballet, this year’s winners are leading all of us toward a more hopeful future.
Read more at the link in bio or in Stories.
Bryan Hannan, an attorney with Sarasota’s Dolman Law Group, is able to afford his dream wardrobe now—but growing up in Chicago with a single mother, that wasn’t always the case. “I dreamed about having an Armani suit,” he recalls. “Now I have custom Armani suits with my name in them.”
In addition to Armani, in Hannan’s closet you’ll find limited-edition Louis Vuittons, Rolex watches and other high end items that are unique, custom and different. Here’s a peek inside.
🖊️: @jessikawardtv
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Happy New Year to you and yours from all of us at Sarasota Magazine!
Dead fish, scratchy throats and unpleasant smells have been reported at Sarasota County beaches—and this staggering footage, shared with us by @miles.skeens, shows why.
Read more about what’s going on with red tide—and where it’s safe to swim—at the link in bio.
