While I continue to deny it to myself, it’s looking less and less likely that I will ever fulfill my childhood dreams of owning my own dinosaur or robot. But I can still buy a fire engine of my very own some day. There are people who have done exactly that and they’re in Tampa [...]
The Clearwater Jazz Holiday has become Clearwater's biggest annual event. And it's FREE!
Between the decline in popularity of traditional so-called “terrestrial” radio stations, the abundant availability of music online, and changes in the public’s individual tastes, the recording industry as we know it is quickly becoming extinct. Understandably, many people within that industry – artists as well as executives – are very nervous while they wait to [...]
Lights on Tampa 2009 opens this evening at 5:30. The display includes five public art installations created by major contemporary artists. There will also be live music near some of the venues. In addition, “Satellites” opens in the Channel District to take advantage of LOT visitors. All the events are FREE and should be pretty [...]
BlogOrlando 2008 is set for September 25-27 at Rollins College in Winter Park. Voce Communications, in partnership with Rollins College will host the third edition of this FREE event that was open to bloggers and non-bloggers alike from Florida and anywhere else. We bring together a good cross-section of folks to discuss blogging, podcasting, public relations, [...]
I took off from work to spend a couple days with the soon-to-be 3rd grader. Having exhausted my patience with crafts, games, Barbie, and SpongeBob on day one, I thought we should get out of the house for a second day of fun. I didn’t have a spare hundred bucks laying around for a theme park, [...]
The Red Bull Flugtag was presented here on Saturday, for the first time in Tampa Bay, and I attended with a group of friends along with another 110,000 people or so. The arrow in the photo indicates roughly where I was. See me? I’m jumping up and down and waving! Hello! In case you’re not familiar [...]
Th Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offers free gator-hunting classes: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering alligator hunters no-cost, three-hour classes to help them prepare for the Aug. 15 – Nov. 1 statewide alligator harvest. Reservations are not required to attend a class. Attendance is not mandatory for licensed hunters, but [...]
Mark your calendars! Deep Carnivale:A Celebration of Words is now scheduled for Saturday, September 27, 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. Here’s a partial event description from the Deep Carnivale website: This literary festival aspires to bring Florida authors, writers and poets and related vendors together to share in a celebration of literature and writing with the Tampa [...]
