Elling Eide Center News Today

/PRNewswire/ -- Harold Mitchell has announced his retirement, effective in June, as President and CEO of the Elling Eide Center. A cousin of the late...

Hurricane Ian hit Sarasota with a roundhouse right, but entertainment comes back with a flourish this week as the city begins to rebuild.

There are screen classics, poetry lectures, art exhibits and live theater all vying for Sarasota's attention.

It's more than 7,000 miles away from Beijing, but because of the passions of its former resident, a Sarasota research library and nature preserve has become a leader of China studies.

Dr. Matthew Wells is tasked with managing the center’s programming, organizing professional meetings, preparing for conferences and organizing speaker series

The Elling Eide Center, a private research archive and preserve, sits on 70 acres facing Little Sarasota Bay that has been owned by the Eide family since the 1930s. Located near U.S. 41, Palmer Ranch and several shopping centers between Sarasota and Venice, it was long sought by developers. Elling Eide resisted those efforts; he also had a big battle with Sarasota County over zoning, and even ran unsuccessfully for a County Commission seat. A noted Sinologist who died in 2012, Eide amassed what...