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On exhibit at the Sarasota Art Museum is a body of work that examines memory, childhood and the notion of archive through large-scale chalk drawings and handmade ceramic sculptures. Titled “Where We Never Grow Old,” it features work by Chris Friday. Executive Director Virginia Shearer says that Friday is an artist whose career is ascending.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is changing how it enforces political rules for churches, creating discussion among Southwest Florida religious leaders.

The immediate concern this weekend will be the heat, which is expected to be oppressive, intense, and dangerous. Afternoon showers are not expected Saturday due to a “sprawling plume of Saharan dust” blanketing South Florida.

Attorneys for the state Friday opposed an effort by the Miccosukee Tribe to join a lawsuit challenging an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The tribe on July 14 filed a motion seeking to intervene in the lawsuit filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, which allege that state and federal officials did not comply with a law requiring that an environmental impact study be performed before developing the detention center.

Three of the biggest stars of Broadway Palm’s “Annie” are making their theatrical debuts. Their names are Casey, Gritty and Teegan and they take turns playing the stray Annie rescues after she escapes from the orphanage.

“Vice & Virtue” fills all four galleries at Art Center Sarasota with two and 3D pieces that delve into the dualities of the human condition. Some shock. Some bemuse. All challenge viewers to reassess the shifting boundaries between moral, amoral and immoral in contemporary society.

Much of Florida takes a break from the storms, and Saharan dust takes over, making the temperatures soar.

Hurricane Ian slammed Lee County with treacherous storm surge, damaging nearly 50,000 homes, killing 150 people and causing a record $112 billion in property damage after making landfall on Sept. 28, 2022.Some of the victims got hit by more than just the storm.In early 2023, as lawsuits against a company that helped clean up the damage were piling up in Lee County, Gov. DeSantis began doling out massive contracts to the Canadian-owned company based in Texas, putting the company accused of ripping off hurricane victims in charge of some of the state’s hurricane relief efforts. In total, the governor’s office has awarded that company $200 million in state contracts and purchase orders with little oversight, competitive bids, or other safeguards in place.

Outside of The Sunshine State, The Crypto Crisis has drawn the attention of the cyber security teams at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.