Do you remember when snake oil salesman used outlandish techniques to peddle their products in western movies? ...more

February 13, 2009

First Of Two Parts The story has become the stuff of legend. In the late 1970s, the Seminoles elected James Billie tribal chair. Billie, a Vietnam veteran, felt overwhelmed by the challenge. At the time, native Seminoles were mired in poverty. When he asked an elderly medicine man what he needed to do to earn the trust of the tribe, the shaman instructed him to first capture, kill and eat a Florida panther. ...more

November 9, 2008

Here is what has happened to some of the city's theaters: •The Capitol Theatre, which opened at Reynolds and Evers streets in the 1920s and closed in the 1960s, was remodeled into offices. ...more

June 28, 2008

Michael Sheehan graduated from law school at 24, traveled a bit and worked a smorgasbord of odd jobs, including nanny, usher at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and manager of the Joe Abrahams Fitness and Wellness Center at Ballast Point. ...more

January 10, 2008