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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
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Clyde Butcher’s latest photography exhibit aims to show why local land deserves to be saved.
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‘Nabucco’
The chorus stands out in Sarasota Opera’s third production of the winter festival season. PAGE 12
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Other than his St. Armands Gallery, Clyde Butcher owns galleries in Venice (237 Warfield Ave.) and in Ochopee (52388 Tamiami Trail).
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It’s hard to find people as passionate about saving the environment as nature photographer Clyde Butcher. “Global warming doesn’t have any border,” he says “You can’t put a fence up against global warming.”
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530 Burns Gallery
Female artists are always celebrated at this Burns Court space, but there are two with notable work currently on display. PAGE 8