Playwright Neil Simon is known for making audiences laugh out loud. His first play, "Come Blow Your Horn," tells the story of two brothers who defy their father's wishes by deciding not to take over the family waxed fruit business. The play, set in 1961, features witty dialogue that captures the quirks of an American family. The show opens Friday at Masque Community Theatre. Veteran theater and television actor Joshua Sussman will direct. The cast includes Masque artistic director Bob Stanley as Alan Baker, Shane Burke as Buddy Baker, Itzy Friedman as the father and Lydia Massias as the mother. ...more

September 3, 2008

Ellen Snyder of High Point is tapped by the Brooksville Mural Society to paint a livery stable scene on a downtown antique store. ...more

July 12, 2008

Drew Burchenal and his dad, Bill, have been hunched over a conveyor for days, inspecting the fresh, hand-picked citrus from their 220-acre citrus farm in Odessa. ...more

December 19, 2007