A brutally hot day didn't deter hundreds of art lovers from turning out to the Big Draw-In Oct. 10. And the crowd included more than just Ruskin residents. ...more

October 21, 2009

As the new Tampa Museum of Art treated early risers to a spectacular light show Friday morning, other Bay area museums were preparing to shed a little light of their own. As part of Smithsonian Magazine's annual Museum Day, the cultural institutions are offering free admission today to encourage residents to dive into the arts. You can download a Museum Day admission card at the magazine's Web site at microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html. ...more

September 26, 2009

City funding for nonprofit organizations will be cut next fiscal year. ...more

April 14, 2009

As the last frost warning leaves our state, high school arts programs are entering the spring season of ultimate rewards. ...more

March 25, 2009

Thousands of people streamed through downtown this weekend for the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. ...more

March 8, 2009

If fashion, not football, is your idea of a super event then head to Hyde Park Village. ...more

January 26, 2009

A proposal for a Riverwalk in downtown Tampa has been around in some form or another since the 1970s. And, through the years, some folks have ridiculed it as a pipe dream, a boondoggle and a waste. ...more

January 17, 2009

Two exhibits will open Friday in two studios in the building that houses the West Tampa Center for the Arts. ...more

January 7, 2009

It's New Year's Eve, and there is a dance at the West Tampa Convention Center designed to take partygoers back in time. ...more

December 31, 2008

Regarding "Overhaul Zoo's Board, But Don't Toss It To Wolves": ...more

December 29, 2008