SARASOTA — An evening of readings, anecdotes and music Thursday night at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens brought an exciting announcement: Patti Smith is the garden’s inaugural artist in residence.

A living wall grows behind an image of one of Mapplethorpe's orchids in “Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry and Light” at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in downtown Sarasota.

After performing at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in downtown Sarasota twice this year, iconic singer-songwriter, author and multidisciplinary artist Patti Smith will become the gardens' inaugural ...

Interim Chief Patti Jackson was sworn in as the new leader of the Tacoma Police Department Wednesday morning, marking a new chapter for the department. Jackson, who brings over 35 years of ...

Patti Jackson wants to use her decades of experience working in the Pierce County Jail and willingness to work with others to make the Sheriff’s Department a law enforcement agency that supports ...

Singer, songwriter, poet and punk rock legend Patti Smith will perform a concert in Sarasota in February to mark the opening of an exhibition of her poetry matched to photos by her one-time ...

On Monday, the Pierce County Correction Bureau Guild acknowledged it voted 150-14 in a show of no-confidence in Patti Jackson’s leadership. Jackson has been the chief of the department for eight ...

Patti Jackson, the current patrol chief with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, is a candidate for Pierce County sheriff. She is shown in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.