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The Venice Institute for Performing Arts has a mission to sustain the local arts community and inspire Venice with first class entertainment.
Now in its 60th season, Asolo Repertory Theatre is recognized as one of the premier professional theatres in America and one of...
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida, Inc. (WBTT) was founded December 1999, by Nate Jacobs. It is the only professional black...
The Art & Antique Center is one of the most interesting and secure buildings in the state of Florida. This building was...
TOWLES COURT "Sarasota's Hidden Treasure"
Nestled at the edge of downtown Sarasota is a unique treasure of artistic and culinary talents....
![Downtown Sarasota - Opera House - The Sarasota Opera House (originally the Edwards Theatre) [2] is an historic theatre, now opera house, located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The vision of a local man, A. B. Edwards. It originally opened on April 10, 1926 with an elaborate three-story entrance containing "eight shops on the ground floor, 12 offices on the second floor, and 12 furnished apartments on the third, while the theatre's auditorium contained an orchestral pipe organ. As noted on the Sarasota Opera's website, the Sarasota Herald Tribune hailed Edwards for "having admitted Sarasota into a fairyland of costly decoration, rich furnishings and never to be forgotten artistry."
The building was designed by Roy A. Benjamin in the Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture[4] and constructed by the GA Miller Construction Company.
The theatre is now the home of the Sarasota Opera Association, Inc., which owns the building. The Association is the parent body which runs the Sarasota Opera. The house now seats 1,119.](https://www.visitsarasota.com/sites/default/master/files/styles/large/public/mmg_lfef_images/sarasota-walking-tours-2022-95e60c5c20b208950cbfe4b4126e6d23.jpg?itok=nS77pMd0 "Downtown Sarasota - Opera House - The Sarasota Opera House (originally the Edwards Theatre) [2] is an historic theatre, now opera house, located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The vision of a local man, A. B. Edwards. It originally opened on April 10, 1926 with an elaborate three-story entrance containing \"eight shops on the ground floor, 12 offices on the second floor, and 12 furnished apartments on the third, while the theatre's auditorium contained an orchestral pipe organ. As noted on the Sarasota Opera's website, the Sarasota Herald Tribune hailed Edwards for \"having admitted Sarasota into a fairyland of costly decoration, rich furnishings and never to be forgotten artistry.\"
The building was designed by Roy A. Benjamin in the Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture[4] and constructed by the GA Miller Construction Company.
The theatre is now the home of the Sarasota Opera Association, Inc., which owns the building. The Association is the parent body which runs the Sarasota Opera. The house now seats 1,119.")
TRAVEL back in time, walk in the present, and discover the future of one of America’s most interesting and historic cities, "Sarasota,...
Welcome to Sarasota's Newest..and Oldest Museum. The Historical Society is located in "Sarasota's Oldest House", which was moved along with the Crocker...
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Visual Arts Exhibitions in Sarasota 2016-17
