Over the last 20 years they have performed in England, Scotland, France, Austria, Canada, New York City and Washington, D.C. ...more

February 25, 2009

Faith Baptist Church To Host Gregor Breier In Concert Sunday Faith Baptist Church will host world-class concert pianist Gregor Breier at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at the church located at 175 Springtime St., Spring Hill. Everyone is invited. For more information, call the church at 352-686-5060. ...more

November 8, 2008

The elegant spires atop the University of Tampa were what drew Pat Kelly Waytovich to the Tampa area. The Brandon community is what keeps her engaged here, and she has been making a difference in one way or another since 1960. ...more

November 5, 2008

Congressional District 9 is a good example of a district drawn to suit politicians rather than serve voters. ...more

August 7, 2008

Two longtime friends of mine died last week. One was the renowned cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey. I first met him as a young reporter in Houston in the late '60s and we kept up over the years. He lobbied me to write about health issues and the importance of research. I occasionally asked him for medical advice, which he was always happy to give. A brilliant man with fingers so long he might have been a concert pianist, Dr. DeBakey invented many of the instruments now used in operating rooms and pioneered procedures that have extended human life. ...more

July 16, 2008

Orson Welles (May 6, 1915-Oct. 10, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American director, writer, actor, and film producer. His father was a well-to-do inventor. His mother was a beautiful concert pianist. Welles is perhaps best known for "The War of the Worlds." This was an episode of the American radio series, a drama series that was heard on Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween special on Oct. 30, 1938 on CBS Radio. ...more

July 7, 2008

Like a shrewd salesman who keeps his suitcase to the side, Thomas McCarthy's "The Visitor" doesn't immediately announce itself as a movie about immigration policy. ...more

May 11, 2008

Columbia Restaurant owner Richard Gonzmart thought he was blessed in 2006 when someone returned a stolen bronze bust of his mother about a month after it vanished from outside the landmark Ybor City restaurant. ...more

February 5, 2008

Saturday, an employee of the Columbia Restaurant discovered that the 80-pound hollow sculpture of Richard Gonzmart's mother, Adela Hernandez Gonzmart, was gone from its sidewalk pedestal. Someone had wrenched the likeness of the restaurant family's matriarch from the marble where it had been bolted and welded after another theft in December 2005. ...more

February 4, 2008

Uncle John's Band will be featured Sunday at the Music in the Gardens Series at the University of South Florida's Botanical Gardens. ...more

January 17, 2008