Ashanti is going down the Yellow Brick Road to Oz. ...more

April 29, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS Florida Strawberry Festival: features rides, games, arts and crafts, fair food, all things strawberry and a nightly lineup of live concerts; opens at 10 a.m. today and every day through March 8; $4 to $8 regular admission, $10 to $35 for concerts; Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, 2202 W. Reynolds St., Plant City; (813) 754-1996 ...more

March 1, 2009

Rays manager Joe Maddon considered playing Rocco Baldelli in Games 5 and 6 of the American League Championship Series, but he opted to save him for Game 7. ...more

October 20, 2008

FAIRS & FESTS Today Rock, Rib & Ride Festival features food, rides and games, live music, hands-on activities, rib-tasting competition, charity poker run, celebrity fashion show, and a wine and food gala; 10 a.m. today; Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. 301 N., Tampa; (813) 689-6889. ...more

October 19, 2008

Welcome to Munchkinland. ...more

September 4, 2008

That yellow brick road leading to the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is paved with Broadway gold. ...more

February 17, 2008

Forget Judy Garland going over the rainbow and dancing with Munchkins. In the latest film version of L. Frank Baum's classic fable, Dorothy Gale, played by Zooey Deschanel, is a motorcycle-riding waitress in a black leather jacket ...more

December 2, 2007

Republican Sam Brownback abandoned his 2008 presidential bid Friday, his White House aspirations dashed by a lack of support and money. ...more

October 20, 2007