Auditions for the musical, "Meshuggah Nuns" will be held at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill, on Saturday, May 2 at 10 a.m., and Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. ...more

May 1, 2009

The Tanglewood Actors Guild (TAG) certainly appreciated the story about "Nunsense" by Joe Seelig in Highlands Today. The following did stellar work on "Nunsense:" director Joe Morano, musical director Ruth Ann Esseltine and choreographer Margaret Updike. The nuns: Barb Snyder, Suzanne Schilffarth, Sandy Radawiec, Erma Anderson and Carol Amrein worked countless hours to master the singing, dance steps and acting requirements of this challenging musical. Again this year, our patrons enjoyed dessert at intermission, thanks to our sponsors Turner Furniture, Florida Hospital Heartland Division, Edward Jones-Alan J. Holmes and Heartland National Bank. ...more

March 10, 2009

As a forensic investigator with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, Pete Bihorel's job includes identifying remains. ...more

February 24, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A Rocky Creek man wants to have a film he regards as pornographic removed from the shelves of the Town 'N Country Regional Public Library. ...more

December 25, 2008

A Rocky Creek man wants to have a film he regards as pornographic removed from the shelves of the Town 'N Country Regional Public Library. Frank DeAngelis, a former police officer and retired sociology professor, said he didn't know what to expect when he checked out "The Films of James Broughton." DeAngelis said he was shocked to see naked men engaging in various sexual acts. In one the collection's films, "Devotions," two men dress up like nuns and embrace and kiss. ...more

December 23, 2008

Here's the schedule for the 2008-09 opera season at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...more

December 4, 2008

An Italian priest backtracked from his idea to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns, saying Tuesday that he had been misunderstood and incurred the protests of the faithful and local religious authorities. ...more

August 27, 2008

On Aug. 18, the new school year opens not only for all public schools in Highlands County, but also for the students attending the first Catholic school in the county. ...more

August 15, 2008

It's not self-mythologizing if it really happened. Alejandro Escovedo may have been alternative rock's Zelig for years, barely noticed as he morphed from punk to alt-cowboy to college rock road dog. ...more

July 31, 2008

Sister Claire LeBoeuf has immersed herself in the lives of children since the day she took vows with the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1962. ...more

June 28, 2008