Cliff Roles's Blog – April 2010 Archive (6)

Interview with Sarasota Youth Opera Director Martha Collins about “The Black Spider”

Here's the interview link - click to listen: The Black Spider

Creepy crawlies. Plague. Pestilence. Composer Judith Weir deftly weaves together a 15th-century story about an evil, venomous spider, and a 1983 newspaper account of a deadly virus that struck…

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Added by Cliff Roles on April 28, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

ABWA Fashion Show

To complement Michelle Donner's photos, here are a few of mine from the Fashion Show in a slide-show: ABWA Fashion Show

Added by Cliff Roles on April 27, 2010 at 10:20am — No Comments

Sister Cities Luncheon honoring Richard Storm

Cavallere Richard Storm (Executive Director Key Chorale and fine arts critic) was honored on April 21 at a Sarasota Sister Cities luncheon at Mattison’s 41 restaurant for his knighthood by the president of the Italian Republic.

Storm has been a pillar to the success of Sarasota’s sister city of Treviso, Italy, in his role as Honorary Vice-Consul of Italy for southwest. His service to…

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Added by Cliff Roles on April 22, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Interview with author James McGrath Morris on “Pulitzer – A Life In Politics, Print, and Power

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Added by Cliff Roles on April 15, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Interview with Larry Marshall (“Zeus”) from the musical “Xanadu”

Here's the interview link - click to listen! Xanadu

Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name which was, in turn,…

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Added by Cliff Roles on April 11, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments