Reading and Roaming
ON STAGE—Always…Patsy Cline Florida Studio Theatre’s production of Always…Patsy Cline was a wonderful immersion in Cline’s most famous hits. This is a play, rather than a cabaret performance, although Patsy is mostly just singing. The context and glue are provided by the connection and friendship that developed between Houston fan Louise Seger and Cline. …
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DINING FIND Thanks to our friend Sue, we finally tried Bridge Street Bistro in Bradenton Beach. If you just walk by, you’ll see and probably hear a noisy set of diners on the ground floor. But, if like us, you prefer quiet and a more elegant dining room, then head up to the 3rd floor. …
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CULTURE NOTES Over its three-week run, the Sarasota Music Festival brings rising young musicians to town and pairs them with faculty from the orchestra and various conservatories for a series of chamber and full orchestra concerts. Friday night’s concert included an exquisite performance of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. This is a piece we know very …
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VISITING OLD HAUNTS This week we are returning to the scene of past crimes—no, not crimes—just past lives. Coming to Bethlehem for an event at Lehigh University let us re-explore Bethlehem’s Main Street and its burgeoning dining scene. New restaurants midst old familiar ones (such as Edge, still excellent) and lots of sidewalk seating. On …
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