Go to the World of Beer off University Parkway on Tuesday for $10 all you can eat wings made with beer from area breweries Coppertail, Angry Chair, Barley Mow, Tampa Bay Brewing and Sarasota’s own JDub’s. Stay for a performance by The Fermenters. The band features JDub’s head brewer Matt Tucker on lead guitar joined … MORE>>

Nate Quinn’s advocacy for transgender students, like himself, at Pine View School have taken Quinn from a quiet, confused teenager who longed to feel comfortable in his own skin to a vocal advocate for the transgender and queer communities. On Saturday, Quinn will be the keynote speaker at Sarasota’s Harvey Milk Festival, which celebrates the … MORE>>

Ben Folds will be visiting the Sunshine State on this next leg of his tour. Folds has not performed in Florida for a few years so many fans are excited to see that he will be coming back. His first Florida concert will be Wednesday, April 20 at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg followed … MORE>>

Gerard Jesse is the fresh, 29-year-old face of The Seafood Shack, a restaurant and marina in Cortez that had already achieved landmark status before its chef celebrated his first birthday. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, he studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, graduating in 2009. Chef Gerard continued his studies working in … MORE>>

Trouble seemed to have a way of finding Katy McBrayer. She transferred high schools, from Riverview High School’s international baccalaureate program, to Booker High School’s arts program. After high school, she lived in Austin for a while before returning to Florida to finish her bachelor’s degree with big plans to go to law school after … MORE>>

Eleni Kouvatsos believes in the power of networking. That is, after all, what helped her land a job in her hometown shortly after graduating. Kouvatsos , 22, is the public relations and communications manager at First Watch Restaurants, which is based right here in Southwest Florida. “I didn’t have a job lined up when graduation … MORE>>

Sarasota, Florida, 1970. A park called Floridaland lures tourists off Tamiami Trail with a promise of “Everything Under the Sun.” A young man named Malcolm gets a photography gig at the park. A female park worker courts him. He falls for her. In many ways, it’s a typical boy-meets-girl story … only, the girl isn’t human. Malcom Brenner has … MORE>>

It was nearly a year ago when Jayde Morgan and her daughter headed to Siesta Key Beach dressed as mermaids. Morgan’s daughter, who is now seven, had asked her mother for a mermaid costume. “I didn’t know where to buy one that wasn’t expensive, so I made one for her and one for me,” Morgan … MORE>>

Doughnuts. Everywhere. Have you noticed a significant uptick in the number of doughnut photos in your social media feeds lately? No, you’re not pregnant. Those delicious looking creations are probably from La Dona Donuts. Chelsea Elliott, 29, is the owner of the gourmet doughnut company that launched in January. La Dona Donuts doesn’t have a … MORE>>

Some may remember when Clothesline Tees was something more than a T-shirt company at Burns Court in downtown Sarasota. The screen printing company turned art gallery turned creative confab has taught 29-year-old owner and founder, Austin Kowal, a lot about what it means to be an entrepreneur. “Clothesline grew really, really fast. It turned into … MORE>>