"The International" is equal parts globe-trotting thriller and architecture porn, as perfectly crystallized by its mind-blowing central set piece: a seemingly endless shootout at the Guggenheim Museum. ...more

February 12, 2009

Two exhibits will open Friday in two studios in the building that houses the West Tampa Center for the Arts. ...more

January 7, 2009

"Just After Sunset," by Stephen King (Scribner, $28) ...more

November 30, 2008

"American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century," by Howard Blum (Crown, $24.95) ...more

September 21, 2008

To hear activists say it, their community is contaminated, saturated with sludge and overdue for a more modern sewage system. ...more

June 29, 2008

County administrator David Hamilton sees community up close during a walking tour Saturday. ...more

June 28, 2008

The United States, Europe and more than 60 other countries and international institutions offered about $20 billion in aid for Afghanistan as part of a big donors conference here Thursday. ...more

June 13, 2008

Teacher Marisol LaCosta read aloud to a group of kindergartners and first-graders Wednesday morning at Double Branch Elementary School. ...more

June 5, 2008

Gazing through rose-colored lenses, we should be basking in the glow of American democracy in action during this election season. We should revel in the diversity of the men and women seeking the presidency and marvel at the incredible foresight our founding fathers had so many years ago. We can still do that, of course, but we also must add that a lot of racist baloney is going on by bigots who hate the thought of a black presidential nominee. ...more

January 6, 2008

We should clear something up. While Barrett Ruud has hit a lot of things this season, "the wall" isn't one of them. ...more

January 3, 2008