Van Wezel

Educators say that engaging students in lessons that incorporate their own culture is one way to improve educational outcomes for students of color.

With a 50-foot long L-shaped bar, weekly blues music nights and a Sunday gospel brunch, The Blue Rooster in Sarasota is the kind of place people come back…

The Sarasota Concert Association was launched in 1938 with a mission to bring affordable world-class musicians to Sarasota. This year, the long-running…

Sarasota is home to a longtime theater troupe that features African American actors and the work of black playwrights.On Monday, Westcoast Black Theatre…

Paula Poundstone has been finding the humor in everyday life at least since kindergarten. That's when her teacher Mrs. Bump noted in a summary letter sent…

Today, most kids may recognize the names Leonardo and Michelangelo from a group of turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles who take their names from the…