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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2018
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VAN WEZEL
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Bravura performances bring Nick Payne’s threedimensional characters to life at Urbanite Theatre. PAGE 7
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Music festival close The final week of the Sarasota Music Festival featured an impressive world premiere. PAGE 9 File photo
Area architects consider the fate of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the surrounding bayfront site.
MARTY FUGATE CONTRIBUTOR
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ow can Sarasota reinvent its future without destroying its past? The
question is more than academic. It’s at the heart of the current debate over the fate of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the city of Sarasota’s 52-acre bayfront site. The question is as complex as a Rubik’s Cube. There are no simple answers. As it stands, an independent
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planning group is considering building a new performance venue, leaving the fate of the Van Wezel uncertain. The Observer has covered these proposals at length. For this article, we reached out to a crosssection of area architects for their opinions. Although many are leaders and members of architectural and civic organizations, their viewpoints are their own. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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