Experience Sarasota County

September 2022
Revel in these cutting-edge galleries featuring various mixed mediums on display for the modern art-goer. Art enthusiast or...

July 2022
Art aficionados and creatives traveling Sarasota County will have their hands, and hearts, full with artful museums. See...

June 2022
Get more out of your beach vacation from Sarasota County’s world-class visual and performing arts. Known as Florida's...

April 2022
If you were going to choose a place to combine work and play, Sarasota would top almost everyone’s...

February 2022
In addition to its world-renowned shopping, dining, and beaches, modern St. Armands Circle is home to the Circus...

October 2021
Travis Ray of Dapper Bowtique and Asa Thomas of Art Ovation Hotel discuss their collaboration and what it...

October 2021
FantaSea Venice invites you to stroll among hand-painted mermaids and sea horses throughout downtown. Looking for a selfie...

August 2021
Here's a look at how some Sarasota County arts attractions are adding new sanitizing, social distancing and mask-wearing...

July 2021
Enjoying beauty and art requires brainpower and good food. Fortunately, Sarasota’s largest museums and attractions have got you...

July 2021
Clyde Butcher, a world-famous photographer, is one of Sarasota County’s most well-known residents. He’s a large man in...

March 2021
By Compass Rose History ExperiencesIn 1899, Cornelius Van Santvoord (C.V.S.) Wilson, the owner of the Manatee County Advocate...

March 2021
By Compass Rose History ExperiencesNearly four decades before Sarasota became a county, a group of Scottish immigrants landed...