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FWC officers are investigating the incident, and they believe the mothballs were placed intentionally to disrupt shorebird nesting.

Every culture has sayings, spells and superstitions. Artistic Director Nate Jacobs has woven many into a new musical comedy inspired by his mother and grandmother.

The Sarasota chamber group is celebrating many milestones with this performance Friday, not the least of which is composer Steve Reich's 90th birthday.

As part of Classical WSMR's occasional series, WSMR Garth Family Intern Sean McBride interviewed his USF clarinet professor, Calvin Falwell.

Each year, school districts across the state team up with Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota for its "Write a Play" program.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," Albert Whitted Airport Manager Richard J. Lesniak discusses what electric air taxis could mean for public transportation and more.

The first-ever Bay Area Book Crawl is in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day on April 25. Here's how to get your "passport" to possibly win a prize.

Spanish Moss is familiar to anyone who has visited Florida. It can appear anywhere as a result of the wind dispersing its seeds as it does the seeds of dandelions. But development of the draping clusters of Spanish Moss depends on the seed landing in the right place – on a horizontal limb of a rough-barked tree near water or in a very humid environment. Most Spanish Moss plants only grow to a bit over a foot long, but as they reproduce, one plant becomes many plants linked together by their limb-like scaly-surfaced leaves.There is safety and a future for the plants in such a mass. The cluster of plants holds moisture in – allowing them to survive dry times and also facilitating pollination as insects move from a flower on one plant to a flower on another in the cluster. A mass of Spanish Moss plants appears gray during dry times as the plant shrinks, but is green in appearance as rains allow the plant to swell with water and expose bare areas between the scales.

The next performance of Impact Theatre is Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at The Ora, Morganroth Event Center, at the Jewish Federation in Sarasota on 580 McIntosh Road.

At the University of Miami, medical students are using virtual reality to examine paintings up close as part of a study on how visual arts training can improve clinical skills. The project explores whether analyzing and interpreting art using VR can strengthen observation and communication skills among health care providers.