Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

January 28, 2009

The "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial more than 45 years ago continues to inspire people throughout the nation and the world. ...more

January 28, 2009

The drone of commercial vacuums drowned out the twittering songbirds in the oak trees as bands of Girl Scouts converged on Camp Dorothy Thomas to give it a good dusting. ...more

January 28, 2009

Students streamed in and out of the student services building Jan. 20, wearing their message of hope for a brighter future. ...more

January 28, 2009

The drone of commercial vacuums drowned out the twittering songbirds in the oak trees as bands of Girl Scouts converged on Camp Dorothy Thomas to give it a good dusting. ...more

January 27, 2009

PLANT CITY A mother and her two children managed to get out of their immobilized car just before it was hit by an Amtrak passenger train today. ...more

January 23, 2009

As Seffner and Mango residents celebrate the opening of their new branch library at 410 N. Kingsway Road in Seffner, they got some bad news about getting there. ...more

January 21, 2009

"I have a dream," the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in his most famous speech, "that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." ...more

January 20, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama may be making the rounds in Washington, but his face lined the route of Tampa's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday in College Hill. Standing along the street in a new Obama T-shirt, Arthur Chester was in a good place in more ways than one. He had a good view of the festivities and of the future. "I never thought I'd ever see it," he said. "This is a dream. This is a dream that is happening for all the right reasons." All along the route, thousands stood, in some places seven or eight deep, cheering every float, every marching band and every elected official. "Everyone's excited. Everyone has come together," Anita Sturks said. ...more

January 20, 2009

The 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in College Hill ...more

January 19, 2009