Things to Do is a list of interesting upcoming events. Today Kreischer will crack you up ...more

December 9, 2009

John Durkin flew F/A-18 Hornets for most of 30 years, much of the last 20 while commanding a Marine Corps Reserve flight squadron based near Atlanta. ...more

November 6, 2009

Nazdar, The First Baptist Church of Masaryktown welcomes back a longtime and well-known singer, Eddie Piper of Pennsylvania. He has been performing here for some 30 years. He has hosted his own radio program for 13-plus years and has sung with many well-known evangelists. The concert will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19 at the church. Everyone is welcome. ...more

January 4, 2009

A banyan tree and a boat ride vied for the favorite part of a recent Freedom Plaza excursion to Ft. Myers. They both had stiff competition from the other attractions: a sumptuous meal on the Seminole Gulf Coast dinner train; the delicious dessert bar at Broadway Palms Dinner theater and an excellent staging of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas." But Mother Nature's influence tipped the scales. ...more

December 24, 2008

For the past two decades, holiday singalongs have broken out in downtown Tampa as Christmas approaches. ...more

December 19, 2008

Does it strike anyone else as ironic that so often "going green" requires just the opposite of a gardener? ...more

December 7, 2008

Turkeys are not the only things getting stuffed at this time of year. Stockings are waiting to be filled with those singular, unexpected treats that, somehow, make this bright season even brighter. At Freedom Plaza we call those stocking stuffers "holiday entertainment specials" and our communal Christmas stocking is brimming with them. ...more

December 3, 2008

Twenty-five years is a long time to be playing music. An extensive catalogue also comes with those 25 years. ...more

December 1, 2008

The ancient carols stand unrivaled in true Christmas spirit by anything penned in contemporary history. The popular Christmas hymnal beloved today was pretty much complete before the first strings of Christmas lights were mass produced in 1890. ...more

December 25, 2007

I don't have to tell you what today is except that you'd better watch out, and you'd better not cry cause time is running out. If that's not bad enough, the mail today is going to remind you even more that once again you are late getting out those holiday cards ... and after all those promises you made last year. ...more

December 12, 2007