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2. Music in the Park(ing Lot) Pretty much guaranteed to lift your spirits, the brilliant Bradenton-based reggae band Jah Movement, led by co-lead singers Shantel Norman and Damie Caines, plays Realize Bradenton and the Manatee Performing Arts Center’s free concert series Music in the Park(ing Lot) this week. Fifty parking spaces are available, with four people allowed per space (along with their chairs). Reservations are required and can be made at manateeperformingartscenter.com. The show also will be livestreamed on Realize Bradenton’s Facebook page and website. It will be held i...

Carla wasn’t diagnosed with COVID-19, but she’d been recently hospitalized with deteriorating health issues related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes at Life Care Center of Sarasota. She passed away on Saturday morning. Inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame in 2018, the youngest child in the Karl Wallenda dynasty was born at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in 1936, eight years after John Ringling persuaded Karl to join his circus in Sarasota. Carla parlayed those entertainment genes into a career that spanned 78 years, which concluded three years ago after an appearance on...

The last surviving child of the Flying Wallendas’ founder, she was with the troupe for seven decades, performing heart-stopping aerial stunts into her 80s.

Wallenda began her lauded performances atop the high wire in 1951, four years after joining her family’s stunt shows as a child.

Arts news for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 31-Feb. 6 from Sarasota Ballet After more than 13 years with The Sarasota Ballet, Coryphee dancer Christine Windsor has announced her retirement from the stage. Windsor joined the company in 2007 and has since performed in a diverse array of works by such choreographers as Sir Frederick Ashton, Dame Ninette de Valois, Anthony Tudor, Ricardo Graziano and Christopher Wheeldon. In a statement, Windsor said that artistic director Iain Webb and assistant director Margaret Barbieri have enabled “me to have such a beautiful career, filled with incredible opport...