Filmmaker Steven Spielberg will be awarded Philadelphia's 2009 Liberty Medal for his artistic and humanitarian achievements. ...more

August 4, 2009

Friday night, the Coleman Middle School orchestra discovered the way out of its fundraising slump. ...more

March 21, 2009

Friday night, the Coleman Middle School orchestra discovered the way out of its fundraising slump. ...more

March 20, 2009

TAMPA Jobsite Theatre could not have picked a finer show than "Embedded" to close out the 2007-2008 season. Written by Tim Robbins, this was, by far, Jobsite's best production of the year. ...more

August 20, 2008

Ralph Scott, who survived some of World War II's most ferocious battles, died Aug. 4 at age 85. ...more

August 20, 2008

Jobsite Theatre could not have picked a finer show than "Embedded" to close out the 2007-08 season. Written by Tim Robbins, this was, by far, Jobsite's best production. ...more

August 19, 2008

After waking up Thanksgiving morning and getting my 26-pound turkey stuffed and in the oven, I took the rare opportunity to sit down with my lovely new bride, Michele, and peruse that morning's Tampa Tribune over a cup of strong coffee. As Michele enthusiastically plunged into the pile of post-Thanksgiving sales ads, I made my way through the sports, national and local news and eventually to the obituaries, which I check with regularity to make sure I'm not listed. ...more

December 3, 2007

An infantryman charges a pillbox in the face of enemy fire. A firefighter rushes up the stairwell of a burning skyscraper as office workers flee. A teacher shields her student from a schoolyard gunman with her body. ...more

November 11, 2007