Nonprofit organizations will be honored, with one named nonprofit organization of the year, at the fourth annual WEDU Be More awards event. ...more

January 7, 2009

TAMPA -- Several downtown buildings will be transformed into works of art this month. Beginning Saturday, the city's "Lights On Tampa" exhibit gets under way with installations that will remain up through Feb. 1, coinciding with the Super Bowl and Gasparilla events. ...more

January 5, 2009

The sale, named in honor of its founder, Steve Gluckman, will be held March 6 and 7 at the Seminole Heights United Methodist Church. ...more

December 31, 2008

A young girl with long, dark hair backs away from a closed door. Moments later, she curls into a ball at the foot of a bed as an adult enters, unrolling a belt like a strap. ...more

December 20, 2008

A young girl with long, dark hair backs away from a closed door. Moments later, she curls into a ball at the foot of a bed as an adult enters, unrolling a belt like a strap. The images appear on YouTube in the trailer of "Gisela's Closet," a new 25-minute film about child abuse developed by a local filmmaker and starring local actors. Inspired by news reports of child abuse and neglect, the film shows how the fictional Gisela finds refuge in a fantasy land in her closet. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA Seventh Avenue is no Bourbon Street. But the Ybor City thoroughfare has gained fame in its own right: It has been named to the top 10 list of "Great Streets in America" by the American Planning Association. ...more

November 12, 2008

I'm not sure how many millions we've spent designing, redesigning and finally building a new art museum. It's a bundle, maybe enough to buy a bank or two. ...more

October 12, 2008

One thing is true about residents of Tampa Bay - we love our area. New York City might be bigger, Los Angeles is more exciting and Ronda Storms might be viewed as a conformist in Washington, D.C., but most of us would not give up one Gasparilla bead to live in those cities. ...more

September 21, 2008

Now we've added "Flugtag" to the Tampa lexicon for that which is festive and funky and fun. Move over Gasparilla and Guavaween. Actually, the Red Bull Flugtag, a celebration of homemade "flying" machines that drew about 100,000 spectators and three dozen participating teams downtown recently, could carve out its own unique niche. ...more

July 30, 2008

Now we've added "Flugtag" to the Tampa lexicon for that which is festive and funky and fun. Move over Gasparilla and Guavaween. ...more

July 30, 2008