Puppetry expresses the human condition with a kind of visual magic. It can be as powerful to the eye as music is to the ear. ...more

December 28, 2008

The Florida Orchestra will celebrate celestial bodies this month with "Holst: The Planets," part of the Progress Energy Masterworks series. Under the direction of Stefan Sanderling, the orchestra's music director and conductor, the show will also feature the Women's Chorus of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. ...more

November 2, 2008

Classical music is so called because it has worldwide, timeless appeal. For opening night, which is part of the Progress Energy Masterworks series, The Florida Orchestra celebrates the opuses of musical geniuses born centuries ago. ...more

October 19, 2008

Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold? ...more

August 29, 2008

The final checkered flag waved Saturday night at USA International Speedway. ...more

August 5, 2008

Canadian road racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to victory Saturday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early. ...more

August 3, 2008

LAKELAND Jeff Choquette won the rain-delayed NOS Energy Drink 200 presented by Goodyear and was crowned 2008 Speedfest champion at USA International Speedway on Sunday. ...more

January 28, 2008

O.J. Simpson and several other men, including two who had guns, broke into a hotel room and stole hundreds of pieces of memorabilia, a sports dealer testified Thursday at the start of the hearing that will determine whether the former football star will have to go through another celebrated trial. ...more

November 9, 2007