Arts and Entertainment

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: ART AND OTHER ENTERTAINING EVENTS

Compiled by Kathy L. Collins, Arts and Entertainment Editor

If you are looking for something fun to do over the weekend, let this be your guide finding fun, creative and exciting things to do in the area. The Greater Brandon area and Tampa Bay have tons of activities going on every weekend. Get out and [...]

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: ART AND OTHER ENTERTAINING EVENTS

Compiled by Kathy L. Collins, Arts and Entertainment Editor

If you are looking for something fun to do over the weekend, let this be your guide finding fun, creative and exciting things to do in the area. The Greater Brandon area and Tampa Bay have tons of activities going on every weekend. Get out and [...]

Buckhorn Golf Club Avoids Foreclosure, Saved By Longtime Member

The golfing industry is not immune to the current economy; one only needs to visit some of the local clubs where the evidence of declining memberships and the obvious need to update upgrade, and revitalize.  Valrico’s Buckhorn Springs Golf & Country Club has also proved to be one of the facilities, teetering on the edge [...]

A Kid’s Place Welcome Buccaneer Running Back Tyrone McKenzie

 

Children playing football on a playground is a pretty common sight and can be found just about anywhere, unless the young players are joined by someone like former Patriots and recently drafted Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Tyrone McKenzie. Such was just the scene at A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay, during McKenzie’s recent [...]

County Sponsors Zumba Classes At Gardenville Recreation Center

There is very little doubt that for many, exercise is one most popular item on the New Year’s resolution roster. With such notion in mind, the Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department staff was pleased to announce the offering of Zumba classes at the county’s Gardenville Recreation Center. Beginning Tuesday, January 4 on Tuesday [...]

Cold Weather Attracts Manatees To Viewing Center For 25th Season

Temperatures have dropped several degrees this winter, not unheard of for the Tampa Bay area, but certainly unusual, to be concerned about wind chills, layering and red nose tips. Manatees couldn’t agree more. Once water temperature hits 68 degrees, what Wendy Anastasiou, manatee viewing center’s (MVC) environmental specialist, called the “magic temperature,” manatees search for [...]

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: ART AND OTHER ENTERTAINING EVENTS

 

Compiled by Kathy L. Collins, Arts and Entertainment Editor

If you are looking for something fun to do over the weekend, let this be your guide finding fun, creative and exciting things to do in the area. The Greater Brandon area and Tampa Bay have tons of activities going on every weekend. Get out [...]

Three Clients Join 100 Pound Club Losing 360 Pounds- Rob Z Fitness

At different junctures in their lives, Marie Gilmore, Jeff Hooks and Bob Hendryx, walked in to Rob Z Fitness with only a mere idea of a goal, they wanted to feel better by losing some weight. For Gilmore, it started off at 65 lbs, for Hooks it was 75 lbs and for Hendryx it [...]

Osprey Observer Plans Second Annual Bunco Benefiting Relay For Life

One of the Osprey Observer’s slogans is “in the community and in your mailbox, we’ll be there.” One more way the Osprey will be in your community is by participating in the annual Relay for Life for the third year in a row. Starting in 2008, the Osprey has participated at the Newsome and Bloomingdale [...]

Community Ready For 14th Annual FishHawk Ranch Road Race

The 14th Annual FishHawk Ranch Road Race is scheduled to be held on Saturday February 5, and, as it has been the case for the past 12 years, will begin at 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at Park Square, and will consist of a chip-timed 5K, 10K and a one-mile kid’s race.  “This will be [...]