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The Times, Tribune and Business Journal each covered different aspects of the Forum. To read more, please click on the following links:
Hillsborough County will hold a series of public meetings as well as a meeting for local non-profit organizations to ask residents and service groups how they think money should be spent on affordable housing, public service, homeless, and community redevelopment projects. The County will use this information to create a 5-year Consolidated Plan Document that will guide how it spends approximately $10 million it receives annually from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. At the meetings, county staff will be asking the public’s opinion on these issues, and answering any questions that attendees have. Meetings will be held in various locations throughout the county from March 27 – April 24. For a meeting date, time, and location near you, Contact Marci Irwin at 813-274-6678.
Please join us for a very memorable morning on Friday, March 17, from 7:30 – 9 AM at the University Club on the 38th Floor of One Tampa City Center in downtown Tampa. The fee is $15 and includes breakfast. Cash or checks made payable to CreativeTampaBay, Inc. should be brought to the door. Registration is required and seats are going fast – please RSVP to Michelle Bauer at mbauer@smgflorida.com.
The trip started out on a fairly auspicious note when I boarded the plane. As I’m settling in, I notice Iceland’s most famous pop star, Bjork, nestle into the seat across from me with her daughter. When I mentioned this to the Iceland Tourist Board rep at a cocktail party later on that day, she said that she knew Bjork and that her sister and the star were classmates. Small world, you think – but then you realize that the entire country of Iceland has only 300,000 people, 2/3 of whom reside in Reykjavik and its su burbs. The City of St. Petersburg has more folks. Iceland is right up there as one of the most adventurous destinations in the world. The home of geysers, active volcanoes, and bubbling geothermally heated pools, its otherworldliness attracted NASA astronauts in the 1960’s for moonwalk training. In fact, NASA is still sending researchers to study the dynamics of water and rock formations to better interpret whether water might still exist in ice form on Mars. Adventure travelers can get their kicks snowmobiling on glaciers, rock climbing, skiing, or playing golf at midnight during the Arctic Open, played on the world’s northernmost golf course in June when the sun is out 22 hours a day.
Night of One-Acts by Christopher Durang
Lights On Tampa
No Man’s Land at the Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts
Giorgio Di Cicco, Poet Laureate of Toronto, Speaks in Dunedin
Keith Haring: Art & Commerce, A Tribute to the Pop Shop
Alexandria Gallery Artist Co-op This new artist collective will exhibit member works with a silent auction of donated art offered to benefit the American Cancer Society at the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. Bidding sheets will be available at the gallery’s booth at the expo and online at http://www.alexandriaartgallery.com/. The auction closes April 28th. The gallery is located at 2149 Collier Parkway in Land O’Lakes. For more information call Genia Ward at 813-948-4447. Afternoon with a Flute
Women of Jazz: Phase One Enjoy a hot night of cool jazz as Rose Bilal brings together the internationally acclaimed Lynne Arriale Trio, Lorri Hafer, Katt Hefner, Diane Linscott, Denise Moore and Belinda Womack. The concert takes place at the Palladium Theatre, 253 5th Ave. N., St. Pete. Tickets are $20 and $15 for students. Visit www.mypalladium.com for more information. Creating a Community Cultural Plan – a Public Forum The Tampa City Council and the Hillsborough County Bo ard of Commissioners have funded a study of the cultural needs of county and city residents regarding the quality of life and the role cultural industries play in making this a great place to live, work, and visit. They define arts and culture broadly to include the visual and performing arts, craft, literature, historic preservation, festivals, and the look of the community. Questions for discussion include: What represents the best of Hillsborough County’s culture? What about our arts, culture, and heritage need improvement? The Arts Council of Hillsborough County will bring the pizza and chocolate! Because of space limitations, attendance is limited to 200. Please RSVP to Toni Beddingfield at 813-276-8250 or toni@tampaarts.org. Capitol Steps
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise Author Michael Grunwald will discuss and sign his book. A prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post, Grunwald has written a gripping narrative of ambition and greed that is being called a classic to stand next to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas’ The Everglades: River of Grass. Inkwood Books is located at 216 S. Armenia Ave. in Tampa. For more information, visit www.inkwoodbooks.com or call 813-253-2638. 50/50: USF and Science Fiction and Fantasy – Past/Present/Future USF presents three acclaimed science fiction writers at the Sam and Martha Gibbons Alumni Center. In celebration of the university’s 50th anniversary, the noted panel will look at the past 50 years and predict the future for the next 50 years of both the university and the science fiction and fantasy genre. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Barbara Perkins at 813-974-4563. Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Waathai Speaks
Signs of Life Art Exhibition One of Tampa’s oldest buildings, the former Santaella Cigar Factory, will provide space for this opening reception of an exhibit of Tampa’s talented artists. Hot Jazz Trio will play as art lovers mingle and enjoy the ambiance of old West Tampa. Suggested donation is $2 at the door. Contact Maida Millan at 813-390-3422 for more information. Video Basics for Business and Pleasure Craig Neuman teaches this introductory class at The Education Channel, 703 N. Willow Ave., in Tampa. Learn the 3 P’s to making great video and tips on lighting, sound, and composition. Neuman has over 15 years experience in audio/video/film production. An award-winning producer, he has produced music videos, TV and radio commercials, infomercials and over 1,000 TV shows for Community Information Television and Talk TV of Tampa. Class size is limited. You must be 16 or over to register. The $30 registration fee must be received in advance in order to hold your seat. Call 813-254-2253 ext. 206 for details. Uncle Earl, Adrienne Young and Little Sadie, The Biscuit Burners
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March 13, 2006
Several hundred people turned up at the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s 10th annual downtown development forum last Friday at the Convention Center to discuss important issues such as attainable housing, transportation, retail, and amenities in the urban core. Former Pittsburgh Mayor Thomas J. Murphy, the keynote speaker, urged city leaders to exercise a great deal of political will and perseverance to realize their vision. Murphy oversaw the transformation of Pittsburgh’s downtown over the past 12 years, leveraging strong public/private partnerships to encourage more than $4.5 billion of economic development there. 
The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County (EDC) is bringing Jobs Revolution: Changing How America Works co-author Steve Gunderson to speak in Sarasota on April 28 at 11:30 AM at Michael’s on East. Gunderson, who is also a former U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin, will share compelling challenges and opportunities facing America’s workforce in the emerging global economy. Copies of the author’s book will be available for purchase at the event, courtesy of Sarasota News & Books. For more information, contact 941-309-1200, ext. 203 or 
Pier Giorgio di Cicco, celebrated Poet Laureate of the City of Toronto, will be in Tampa to speak on the topic of arts and culture’s role in defining the soul of a city. CreativeTampaBay is collaborating with the Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts and the Tampa Downtown Partnership to host this very special event, which is graciously underwritten by the law firm of Schumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLC. 
Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city, is the new darling on the international new music and art scenes as well as a hot destination for adventure and eco-tourists. I had the privilege of visiting this incredibly surreal and gorgeous place earlier this month, and found much going on in this small but very creative city.
Hat Trick Productions invites all area artists to pay what you can for this one evening of Durang one-acts. All performances are at the Silver Meteor Gallery, 2213 E. 6th Ave. in Tampa. 
Tampa artist Jeff Whipple will transform the façade and the courtyard of the Tampa Museum of Art with two of works. Long Time No See is an exterior video and sound installation projected on to the museum’s north wall. Illuminations of Ruminations is a 300foot illuminated hand-painted mural to be viewed in the museum courtyard. The installation will continue on Fridays and Saturdays 7-11:00 PM through Apr. 15. 
No Man’s Land is the title of this new exhibit featuring the works of Lynne Cohen, winner of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General’s Award for Visual Arts. The Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts is located at 1628 W. Snow Circle in Old Hyde Park Village. Admission is free. 
In conjunction with The Toronto Blue Jays, the City of Dunedin and CreativeTampaBay, the Dunedin Fine Art Center invites you to an evening with Giorgio Di Cicco, the celebrated Poet Laureate of the City of Toronto. Di Cicco has extended the role of Poet Laureate beyond the area of arts advocacy in Toronto and into the realm of “civic aesthetic,” a term coined to define the building of a city by citizenship, civic ethics and urban psychology. Giorgio’s reading will be followed by a conversation with guests. Admission is free. The Dunedin Fine Art Center is located at 1143 Michigan Blvd.
The Tampa Museum of Art presents this tribute to the artist’s Pop Shop, a retail space in New York’s SOHO district that closed its doors in 2005. Keith Haring opened the Pop Shop in 1986 and sold inexpensive clothing and gift items that featured his unique designs. The museum will transform its Bank of America Gallery to recreate the Pop Shop environment for visitors to enjoy as well as gain a sense of what the shop was all about. Critics viewed the Pop Shop as crassly commercial, yet the artist’s vision always was more about art than commerce. Today, perceptions have changed and Haring’s work serves as an important model for a new generation of entrepreneurial art producers. The exhibition will showcase more than 100 objects, some never exhibited before, including works on paper, ephemera and discontinued Pop Shop products that spanned the artist’s career. 
The Chamber Orchestra of Florida takes advantage of Sunday being a day off for some of the region’s best professional symphony players. Once a month they gather at the acoustically delightful Musicale and Federated Clubs Building and play to a devoted audience. During intermission, COOF volunteers serve champagne.
Capitol Steps, a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers, monitors events and personalities on Capitol Hill, in the Oval Office and in other centers of power to create a humorous look at serious issues. The performance takes place at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. 
The Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions at USF, the USF University Lecture Series, and Earth Charter Communities USA invite you to a lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai. Dr. Maathai will be speaking on “Grassroots Environmental Activism,” the topic that won her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Almost 30 years ago, Dr. Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots organization that has helped women plant more than 20 million trees on farms, at schools, and at churches in Kenya. Other African countries have since adopted this initiative and it has served as a model for other countries around the word. Admission is free. The conversation takes place in the USF Special Events Center in Tampa.
Check out this WMNF-produced triple bill of women-led acoustic string bands taking place at Skippers’ Smokehouse. One of the most exciting recent developments in music is young bands rediscovering and celebrating traditional and old-time music, making it fresh and new. Uncle Earl, an all girl string band hammers out traditional southern Appalachian string band music. The Biscuit Burners with their heartfelt vocals and beautiful harmonies bring in elements of hard-driving bluegrass. 
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