Feeling ambitious? One could zigzag the Bay area this weekend and keep plenty busy having fun. ...more

February 23, 2008

Jan Nelson didn't so much volunteer to organize an art festival as much as she was drafted into it. ...more

February 20, 2008

This time of year, this city hops. Winter residents pack local restaurants, and cash registers hum with sales. ...more

January 21, 2008

Children's Parade 4 p.m., Bayshore Boulevard Shape Up Or Ship Out Put away that seafaring garb and get out the running shorts for the 5K, 15K, half-marathon, marathon and relay races. ...more

January 14, 2008

A recent letter to the editor describing some inexcusable acts of disrespect to the flag at the Highlands County Art Festival motivated me to reread a recent book titled "Flags of our Fathers," which was written about the raising of our flag during the battle for Iwo Jima, by five Marines and a sailor –– an event which is memorialized by the Marine Corps Memorial in Washington D.C. Iwo Jima is a small island in the Pacific, whose war time importance was its small airstrip, which the military desired to assist in our air attacks against Japan. The military desired it, the Marines took it, took it with a loss of 6,825 Marines killed. ...more

December 10, 2007

Slurping down an Italian ice under Saturday afternoon's hot sun, photographer Louis Cantillo fielded questions from onlookers perusing his enormous, vibrant prints on canvas. The nature shots and the cityscapes popped with lush tones that looked three-dimensional. ...more

September 30, 2007

TAMPA - Slurping down an Italian ice under Saturday afternoon's hot sun, photographer Louis Cantillo fielded questions from onlookers perusing his enormous, vibrant prints on canvas. The nature shots and the cityscapes popped with lush tones that looked three-dimensional. ...more

September 29, 2007

SPIN ON OVER: The Fire and Ice Dance Spectacular brings dancing stars to town for a one-day competition at 8 tonight at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $40. Call (813) 229-7827. ...more

September 29, 2007

The 18th annual Hyde Park Village Art Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 29-30 in the village, between Swann and Dakota avenues. ...more

September 22, 2007