With no arts group stepping up to assume operating the Van Wezel, the Purple Ribbon Committee recommends making it last five ...

For Moskalenko, the contrast with other major cultural projects is stark. Mote Marine, Selby Gardens and Sarasota Orchestra ...

With no arts group stepping up to assume operating the Van Wezel, the Purple Ribbon Committee recommends making it last five ...

A Sarasota city committee has recommended both refurbishments to the Van Wezel and an "accelerated" process for a new arts center.

The Purple Ribbon Committee told commissioners the days of the Van Wezel as the city’s premier arts venue since 1970 are ...

Last year when we last met up with Mary Benzel, Executive Director at Van Wezel, Sarasota had just gone through a couple of ...

Jeff LaHurd, who moved as a child to Sarasota in 1950, has been studying the important people and places that have made it a paradise to so many.

Sarasota's common good is not served by the preservation of the longtime Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

At 99 years old, Dick Van Dyke missed his scheduled Vandy Camp comedy fundraiser due to illness. The actor's wife, Arlene Silver, hosted in his absence.

Kicking off their respective Premier League campaigns, Nottingham Forest and Brentford will get the 2025-26 season under way on Sunday, when they meet at the City Ground. Both clubs have some ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota has been through many hurricanes, but nothing quite like Hurricane Milton. “We ended up with about four feet of storm ...

The fate of the Van Wezel, a new downtown master plan and a new city manager are among the issues that will fall to the next Sarasota commission.