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The University of South Florida has entered into a partnership with Apple Computer, Inc., making iTunes U available to students later this fall. The free, hosted service gives students easy 24-hour-a-day access to educational content. It will enhance the high-tech teaching and learning initiatives already in place at USF. Stanford University, UC Berkeley and MIT are among the other universities that have employed the iTunes U platform for distributing audio and video among students, faculty and other users. A group of about 80 USF faculty members recently saw a demonstration of iTunes U, and all were excited by the possibilities, said Diane Williams, director of the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence in the USF College of Education. Since 2005, the Center has offered podcasting. “We already have the resources to be on the cutting edge of instructional technology,” Williams said. “We use it every day.”
Two recent announcements further cemented St. Petersburg’s position as a cultural hub in Florida. The Arts Center revealed that it will become home to the first museum dedicated to glass artist Dale Chihuly. Then, the Mahaffey Theater announced a 10-year deal with PTG Florida to bring major Broadway shows to the renovated gem along downtown St. Petersburg’s waterfront.
This event is a milestone and very significant for Tampa for many reasons. The NAOPS is a group of exceptional artists from all over the nation. We are hosting its Signature Artist Invitational, a group within the society that is especially celebrated because of the numerous awards and accolades their work has earned. In other words, we are talking the elite, the crème de la crème of artists’ works from all over the United States and they will be concentrated in Tampa for this event only. Joyce Lazzara is a long time south Tampa resident who is a Signature Artist in the NOAPS. [read more] Feast of the Dark
Exhale – An Evening of Dance and Voice
Red Eye Cinema Series
Rocky Horror Picture Show Bash Come do the "Time Warp Again!" with other Transylvanians as the Historic Cuban Club hosts the 1st Annual Rocky Horror Picture Show Bash. The event is for ages 18 years and older (proper ID required). Gates open at 7 PM for pre-party live music and light finger foods. A cash bar will be available and no outside beverages allowed. Rocky Horror Picture Show screens at midnight. Costumed characters are encouraged. The Historic Cuban Club is located at 2010 Avenida Republica de Cuba on the corner of 14th Ave. and Palm Ave. across from HCC Ybor City Campus. For more information, call 813-248-2954. Sunday Sessions with USF
Carnival of Disguise
2006 Annual Workforce Conference
African Solidarity Day
Designs in Copper
Annual Fine Art Auction
Four Seasons Author Series Luncheon The next Four Seasons Author Series luncheon will take place at the University Club of Tampa. The guest author will be Charles J. Sheilds who wrote Mockingbird. In his book, Shields’ research has brought to life, Harper Lee, who gave us To Kill a Mockingbird, and who contributed to her lifelong friend Truman Capote’s masterpiece, In Cold Blood. Listen to the challenges Shields encountered (including Miss Lee dissuading her friends from speaking to him); and the surprises that turned up about her life. Reservations required. For more information call 273-3616 or sarens@hillsboroughcounty.org Festival of Reading The 14th Annual St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading will be held at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. The event will feature more than 60 celebrated authors including Arianna Huffington, Andy Borowitz, Jonathan Alter, Zane, Meg Tilly, Lynn Sherr, Howell Raines and Martina Navratilova. The free festival attracts thousands of book lovers each year. For a list of author appearances or more information, call 727-892-2358 or visit www.FestivalofReading.com. Second Annual “Working It Out” Advertising Expo
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10.23.06
CreativeTampaBay.com 10.22.06 - by admin
Are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? Mama Guava takes the ‘bore’ out of Ybor City with her annual Halloween Happening – now designed for kids and adults alike. The Guavaween Family FunFest, Sat., Oct. 28 from 10 AM to 3 PM, offers safe trick-or-treating, Spooky Story Time, a scavenger hunt, amusement rides, arts and crafts, entertainment, and the ever popular Children’s Costume Parade & Contest. Then the adult fun begins in Tampa’s historic district and its 29 blocks of attractions, boutiques, clubs, galleries, coffee mills, cigar factories, restaurants, bars and theatres rich with culture. The Guavaween Night of Costumed Revelry offers live music on multiple stages featuring national and local artists, ‘Features’ Costume Contest, ‘Guava Love It!’ Cooking Contest and the not to be missed Mama Guava Stumble Parade. For all the details on this extravaganza unique to Tampa Bay, go to 
Two of Tampa’s fine art galleries – Michael Murphy Gallery M and Blue Acier – have collaborated to bring nationally acclaimed artist Edna Hibel to the area. Considered one of America’s best loved and most versatile artists, Hibel is often referred to as the “female Norman Rockwell” of our time. She is widely respected for her innovation and prolific production in stone lithography and porcelain. Hibel’s work has been exhibited in prestigious museums and galleries in more than 20 countries on four continents, and her images are widely recognized and understood. Gallery M will host the opening reception of the painting, drawing and printing exhibition on Fri., Oct. 27, 6:30 to 9 PM and a stone lithograph drawing demonstration on Sat., Oct. 28 from 2 to 4 PM. Bleu Acier will host a demonstration of printing on stone the same day from 5 to 7 PM. Edna Hibel has never done a public lithography demonstration which makes this a rare opportunity to see a world-renowned artist compose her image on a stone and then see her collaborating side by side with master printer Erika Schneider of Blue Acier. For more information, go to 
The University of South Florida’s College of Business Administration’s Executive MBA program was ranked #10 in the country for Hispanics, according to Hispanic Trends Magazine. Results were based on job placement, results from the Graduate Management Admissions Council test, Hispanic and minority student enrollment, proportion of students who hold the position of chairman, CEO or president, and the average base salaries and work experience of new entrants. Other schools listed were Columbia University, Northwestern University and Notre Dame. USF’s program was founded in 1981 and has produced over 900 graduates. Benefits to the program are its flexibility and comparatively low cost. For more information about the program, visit 
The Lyssa Morgan Gallery (LMG), together with Tampa artist Joyce Lazzara, will host Florida’s first ever National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society Signature Artist Invitational. LMG will have over 100 new works of art from artists representing 38 different states. The show runs through Dec. 16 at south Tampa’s LMG. 
Come out to Gasper’s Grotto for this year’s Feast of the Dark. The event includes music, food, a costume contest, roving pirates and wenches…plus a silent auction. And best of all it benefits a good cause – The Tampa Historical Society. 
The USF School of Theatre and Dance launches its 2006-07 dance season with Exhale – An Evening of Dance and Voice. The concert will be presented in Theatre 2, USF Tampa Campus. The evening opens with USF guest faculty member and choreographer Julio Montano’s Sense, a piece inspired by the strength and feeling of the exquisite voice of Maria del Mar Bonet. 
Flight 19 Gallery and Experimental Skeleton announce the first ever film event under the new Red Eye Cinema Series. Red Eye is curated by Brian Taylor who has brought many strange and wonderful films to Tampa under various incarnations of his renowned Sleep of Reason Cinema Series. Red Eye is specifically designed to investigate obscure art films along with a splash of trash. The screening will be held at Flight 19 Gallery in the Union Train Station Baggage Claim Building. 
Join the Tampa Museum of Art for a special dance performance by acclaimed University of South Florida choreographer Michael Foley. Foley has been involved in the world of professional dance for more than 15 years. He has performed internationally in the companies of over two dozen choreographers. He has taught workshops and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean, and has served on numerous faculties nationally and internationally. He formed his own company, Mike Foley Dance, in 1994 and toured the U.S. and Europe. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at USF and continues to work globally. 
What could be better than an afternoon of enchanting music, performed by FloriMezzo musicians in disguise at the Palladium Theater? After the concert, enjoy Halloween treats and a costume contest. The program will feature such selections as Ride of the Valkries by Wagner, March to the Scaffold by Berlioz and Clair de Lune by Debussy. Special guest Davy Jones will play his famous organ piece from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.
Since 2000, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce has presented an annual Workforce Conference, bringing together key business, educators and community leaders to address our most important challenges. This year’s conference will explore “Making Your Company an Award Winning Workplace.” Speakers will examine the changing nature of employment and learn what it means to offer the best workplace environment that ensures the right job for everyone who needs one and the right employee for every job that’s created. 
The Studio@620 presents African People’s Solidarity Day, a teach-in and benefit for African-led development projects and liberation movements. Hear speakers and watch video from throughout the African world. Learn about the relationship of American wealth to African poverty. Get involved in solutions. African People’s Solidarity Day is being held in cities across the U.S. to raise support and funds. 
Designs in Copper will open at the Don Vista Cultural Arts Center in St. Petersburg Beach. Nature’s animal, vegetable and mineral elements are elevated to a new art form in the hands of artist Jack Lebowitz. Using such elements as limed wax, organic copper salts, metal leafing powders and enamel pigments, Lebowitz finds the essence of a substance and shows the viewer the high art of our planet’s natural resources. He coaxes common elements to an otherworldly extreme. Even his titles will cause you to examine more closely the statement these materials make under an artist’s manipulation. 
The Brad Cooper Gallery annual auction includes gallery artists, regional, national and international artists, with proceeds supporting exhibition programs. More than 75 pieces of art will be auctioned live. Some of the artists include Yacaay Agam, Bernard Buffet, Salivador Dali, Brad Cooper and many more. 
Advertising professionals, business owners and students are invited to attend the Second Annual “Working It Out” Advertising Expo at the Art Institute of Tampa. The event is being presented by the Tampa Bay Advertising Federation. It includes seminars, breakout sessions and exhibits to enhance advertising and marketing strategies. The Expo will also feature print vendors, software developers, publications, ad agencies, creative staffing recruiters, giveaways, prizes and more. RSS feed for comments on this post.
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