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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018
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Fall Film Picks Awards season is right around the corner, and the fall film lineup is looking promising. PAGE 6
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‘Passion and Travel’ Sarasota Orchestra’s Discoveries concert series opened with the talented Katherine Siochi. PAGE 10
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Urbanite Theatre’s inaugural Modern Works Festival will include play readings by actor Brooke Tyler Benson and several others.
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ON THE BLOCK Urbanite Theatre is helping women playwrights develop new plays through its inaugural Modern Works Festival.
good writer knows the first draft is always complete crap. And the next one. And often the one after that. But getting a fresh look from a second pair of eyes can completely transform a piece of writing. Getting someone with authority to take your work seriously, however, is an additional struggle that many female writers face. That’s why Urbanite Theatre created the Modern Works Festival. SEE WRITE ON, PAGE 2
Pine View Changes
Carl Abbott designed Pine View School after Jefferson’s Academical Village. Did a fence ruin it? PAGE 8