On Friday, a new, jam-packed, more colorful Ticket -- the Herald-Tribune's weekly guide to entertainment and leisure -- showed up in your newspaper. Months in the making, the new Ticket is your complete guide to fun in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. We write the sports section for sports fans and the Sunday arts section for people who love the arts.
The new Ticket is for people who like to go out on the town. Colorful and quick. The new Ticket has color, color, color and a fast-pace designed for busy readers.
The stories are shorter, and the section is full of quick items, lists and Best Bets. All-new dining guide. In every issue, Ticket will give you capsule reviews of scores of area restaurants, plus a weekly restaurant review and highlights of new places to go.
More and better listings. No one will list more events, activities, places to go and things to do than Ticket. To make the listings even more useful, we include more information -- a quick line on what a bar or club is like, what kind of music a band plays, the atmosphere at restaurants.
Easy to find events near you. The new Ticket groups listings by geography. You no longer have to wade through far-away listings to find fun near you.
Liquid Love. For those interested in refreshments, the new Ticket highlights a drink of the week. Cheap Thrills.
The first thing you see in the new Ticket? Best bets under $10. DVD reviews.
Does your idea of a great weekend mean staying at home? The new Ticket has DVD reviews and top music downloads. Personal technology.
Staying at home doesn't just mean watching DVDs. In Nerd Notes, the new Ticket checks out video games, gadgets and other tech stuff. Family friendly.
In every department, the new Ticket highlights a family-friendly event or outing. In movies, the new Ticket has expanded family-friendly reviews. Even more on the Web.
For all the great stuff in the new Ticket, there is even more on the Web at . Let us know what you think of the new Ticket. Write the reader advocate at or send me a note at .
Mike Connelly is executive editor of the Herald-Tribune, SNN News 6 and HeraldTribune.com. He can be reached at 361-4990 or .
Last modified: October 29.
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