“…Just walking distance from Bradenton, Florida’s downtown district, in a quaint artist community called The Village of the Arts, Kaos Gallery and the arts studios of Miki Boni and Tom Paulsin sits among a gathering of 1920’s style cottages and bungalows.
“In 2001, Miki Boni and Tom Paulsin bought a house in the newly [...]

A brief tour of The Village Bookshop given by owner Doug Knowlton. He carries fiction (including science fiction and mysteries), poetry, books about art, architecture, new age healing, photography, and many other topics, plus a smattering of used and collectible material. Located in Bradenton’s Village of the Arts.
The Village Bookshop, Bradenton, FloridaUploaded by roblimo

Singer and songwriter John Stewart has always been best-known in his native California. Aside from his time in the Kingston Trio, his performing career has been relatively low-key. He’s written plenty of hit songs, though, and he has a hard-core following of devoted fans — mostly California-born types like, well…. me.
Anyway, one of Stewart’s songs [...]

Debbie’s Art Garage opened today. It’s the newest and farthest-south gallery in Bradenton’s growing Village of the Arts. I love this place — and not just because owner Debbie Miller is my wife. She has impeccable taste (except, obviously, in husbands), and is an ace, number-one bargain shopper, so her merchandise is not only lovely [...]

This is an unrehearsed, impromptu video of Manatee County Commision candidate Sarah C. Meaker speaking to a group of ordinary Manatee County citizens gathered on the outdoor deck of the Snook River Grill on Route 64 (hence the traffic noise in the background), not a consultant-designed TV spot that cost thousands of dollars to make. [...]

Local jewelry designer and graphic artist Vicki Rollo has opened a new boutique/gallery named Hearts Desire in Bradenton’s Village of the Arts. The gallery features Rollo’s eclectic jewelry created with semi-precious stones, fresh water pearls, Bali silver and beads from around the world. (This is part of my “Cool Bradenton stuff” informal video series. See [...]

I’m attending the 2006 Online News Association annual conference. I came a day early to catch an all-day pre-conference session called CRAFTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT: A hands-on workshop in storytelling. These two videos — one containing a few words of wisdom from the session itself, the other a glimpse of our (included) tour of the WashingtonPost.com [...]