Last spring, the cigar industry fretted that the federal government might tax so-called "little cigars" into oblivion. ...more

November 4, 2009

In January 1898, The Tampa Tribune noted that the battleship USS Maine had docked in Key West. Sailors enjoyed the tropical winter weather, swimming off the Fort Taylor pier and playing baseball against cigar factory teams. ...more

October 25, 2009

The Henry B. Plant Museum will have two special events within the next two weeks. ...more

October 21, 2009

Clayton Galleries is hosting an exhibit called "Found Works" by local artist Stacy Rosende. The title refers to the fact that more than 80 percent of the pieces in the show are prints made from found objects, mainly paper and wood. But there's also some cardboard. ...more

March 4, 2009

Christmas 1941 was special. The 18 days between Pearl Harbor and Dec. 25 marked a time of tenderness and coarseness, hope and anxiety. ...more

December 21, 2008

Harris Mullen was a visionary. The description is apt for someone who started a magazine named Florida Trend in 1958 and turned it into the region's award-winning gold standard for business journalism before selling it two decades later. ...more

December 12, 2008

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County recently unveiled a mural called "Our Community - Our History." ...more

December 10, 2008

He has arrived. Now who is "he"? Todd Smith, 43, the new executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art, says he already is pretty comfortable with Tampa and his new job, even though he has been here only about a month. ...more

November 16, 2008

ctober is not Women's History Month, which is all the more reason to introduce readers to three underappreciated women and an inspiring 10-year-old girl who made history in Tampa. ...more

October 26, 2008

Let's just be honest about this. Philadelphia can throw a lot of stuff the sprawling mish-mash known as Tampa Bay can't match and shouldn't try. ...more

October 25, 2008