Area performing arts organization takes over former restaurant space

Amid the chaos of the pandemic, Rise Above Performing Arts moved into a former Naples Flatbread location at an indoor shopping mall.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:30 p.m. November 25, 2020
Courtesy. Rise Above Performing Arts has a new home at the former Naples Flatbread restaurant space at Westfield Siesta Key, an indoor mall in Sarasota.
Courtesy. Rise Above Performing Arts has a new home at the former Naples Flatbread restaurant space at Westfield Siesta Key, an indoor mall in Sarasota.
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The pandemic hasn’t been especially kind to performing arts groups. Large-scale performances have been canceled for months, and to keep missions going, some organizations have turned to outdoor performances and streaming past performances online.  

 

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