Tara Calligan is a versatile journalist working as a Producer, Reporter, and Social Media Manager for WGCU Public Media, affiliated with the University of South Florida. With a focus on local news in Sarasota, Florida, Tara covers a wide range of topics including health, arts and culture, community events, and human interest stories. Her work aims to inform and engage the local community while highlighting the unique stories and individuals that make Sarasota special.
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Tara Calligan focuses on local coverage, particularly in the Sarasota area of Florida. She covers a wide range of topics such as theater, healthcare, arts, community events and environmental issues. If you have insights or expertise related to these local themes and can provide data-driven analysis or commentary on ongoing events or government announcements in the Sarasota area, Tara would likely be interested in your input.
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By: Tom Hall, Tara Calligan
On stage at the Laboratory Theater of Florida is the regional premiere of Yippee Ki-Yay Merry Christmas! A Die Hard Musical Parody. The musical resurrects the decades-long controversy about whether Die Hard is or is not a Christmas movie.
TechSpark Immokalee aims to revolutionize education, bridging digital skills with real-world opportunities for students in Immokalee, Florida.
By: Tara Calligan, Tom Hall
In David Auburn's proof, sisterly bonds and romantic relationships are put to the test when a female college drop-out authors a groundbreaking mathematical discovery that everyone ascribes to her recently-deceased father.
By: Tara Calligan, Tom Hall
The play Silent Sky describes how Henrietta Swan Leavitt's passion for discovery enabled astronomy to map the sky and, in the process, determine our exact place in the universe. Silent Sky is on stage at the FGCU TheatreLab through February 25, 2024.
By: Tom Hall, Tara Calligan
Nicoletta Pavarotti's presence in Southwest Florida for Opera Naples 2024 Festival Under the Stars is more than a tribute to her late husband; it's part of an ambitious project to build an opera museum and theater in Naples.
By: Tom Hall, Tara Calligan
Pop icon Carole King's highly introspective and self-deprecating character arc makes Beautiful The Carole King Musical great theater. Broadway Palm's production of the show is even more special because lead actor, Isabella Andrews, plays all the songs live.
In episode two of “Forgotten Park," dive deep into the traditions rooted in Glades County's annual Cane Grinding Festival, and uncover the legacy of Larry R. Luckey and the surprising archaeological revelations tied to Ortona Indian Mound Park.
By: Tara Calligan
"Forgotten Park" explores the unexpected role a Glades County sugarcane grinding festival plays in preserving one of Florida's most important archaeological sites while honoring early agricultural traditions.
By: Tom Hall, Tara Calligan
Stephen King's Carrie turns 50 this year. To celebrate the occasion, TheatreZone in Naples is producing Carrie: The Musical from April 25 through May 5, 2024. It's a timeless story of a toxic mother-daughter relationship and high school bullying gone horribly wrong.
Golisano Children's Hospital unveiled its new sensory-friendly ambulance on April 26, 2024. Alyssa Bostwick, Golisano chief nurse and operations executive, said the ambulance is equipped, "specifically with therapeutic sensory devices all designed to address a patient's needs and mitigate the impact of the already stressful situation of arriving in an ambulance."
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