The Suncoast Singers and Tarpon Springs Rotary Club will join forces in a fundraiser to provide scholarships for Tarpon Springs High School students. ...more

March 21, 2009

When the Hollywood writers union first went on strike, we hardly noticed because our favorite shows all had several weeks of episodes already "in the can," as they say in the entertainment industry. When those episodes ran out we watched reruns for a while, but that got old in a hurry. So, eventually, we shut the TV off after the evening news and made an amazing discovery … there is life without television. We read books, played cards, listened to classical music, and called our families out-of-state who were suddenly free to talk because now our calls were not interrupting new episodes of their favorite shows. It's not easy to admit it, but I realized I knew more about what was going on in the lives of characters on "House" and "Gray's Anatomy" than in the lives of my brother and niece. ...more

February 3, 2008

SARASOTA - Most people have to see Nick Pitera sing in person before they really believe it is his voice. That is because Pitera's speaking voice has the low tone of any other 21-year-old man. But when he sings "Part of Your World," his high pitch sounds like that of a woman. ...more

December 10, 2007

ENCHANTED *** Surely this was inevitable. After years of watching the monstrously successful "Shrek" franchise parody everything beloved about those classic animated Disney movies, Disney is showing a sense of humor and making fun of itself. ...more

November 23, 2007