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Archives: February2010

  • Cafe has real Charisma

    Tucked in the art district of the Village of the Arts in Bradenton is a coffee & art shop. Walk toward the bright, spring- color painted structure and something draws you in. Maybe it’s the iron archway, maybe it’s the glass windows … but there’s something magnetic about Charisma Cafe and Art.

  • GPS Ready: Straz Center performance

    For the first time on stage, the equestrian arts are infused with unprecedented magic and emotion in Cavalia, an innovative theatrical extravaganza.
    Presented by the Straz Center at the Florida
    State Fairgrounds
    March 12-21
    Regularly priced tickets start at $44.50.
    Buy Cavalia tickets.
    “The greatest show I have ever seen!” – Larry King, CNN
    Seen by more than 2.5 million people worldwide, Cavalia [...]

  • GPS READY: Monday night Jazz

    USF to perform on Monday Night Jazz. Come out for an evening of big band jazz!
    Monday, March 1 at 8:00 p.m.
    Theatre 1
    $8 Students/Seniors, $12 Adults – Advance Sales
    $10 Students/Seniors, $15 Adults – Day of Performance Tickets

  • GPS READY: GIFTS OF LOVE CHARITY and SILENT AUCTION

    Kalesia Tea on Fowler is having GIFTS OF LOVE charity and silent auction again !! This time it supports Community Stepping Stones, a community of people, mentoring kids, teaching art, and helping Sulfer Springs!
    I went to this last year and it was AWESOME !!
    MARCH 20 6 to 10 pm!

  • GPS READY: More Music and Art at USF

    Monday, March 1, 2010 - 7 PM
    Architecture Lecture Series
    Jan Wampler
    Plaza Room 2708 – Marshall Student Center, USF – Free
    For additional information click here

    Monday, March 1, 2010 - 8 PM
    Monday Night Jazz

    Theatre 1, USF
    $8 students/seniors, $12 adults (Advance Sales)
    $10 students/seniors, $15 adults (Day of Performance)
    For additional information click here

    Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 8 PM
    USF Symphony Band

    Theatre 1, USF
    $8 students/seniors, [...]

  • Gps Ready: Events around Town

    15 minutes of Fame Rotating Exhibit
    15 minutes of Fame art show –if you are a museum member, you can have a 15 minute show and exhibit at the museum!
    This is for photography and you can share your inner shutterbug with your fellow photographers-you don’t have to be professional photographer to be in the show. [...]

  • GPS Ready: ART AFTER DARK

    Art After Dark
    February 19, 2010
    Press release from Tampa Museum of Art !
    Each month, the museum partners with area organizations, volunteers, and artists to present a new and exciting event that celebrates art, music, and entertainment. Admission is $10 per person, free for museum members, and includes a cash bar. Art After Dark will launch in [...]

  • Gps Ready: American Cancer Society Fundraiser

    On January 30,  Ybor Art Gallery held a Fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life featuring the Wimmin of the Pit-A Darker Veil- as well as local artists. I walked into the hubbub of people talking and looking at the various art: paintings,  sculpture, detailing, body paint, jewelry, wood carving, etc. As [...]

  • Gps Ready: Antonio “Tony” Caparello

    The Following show was put on by the O1 Organic Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations and Fine Arts Gallery.
    On February 05, I went to see the closing show of the late famous artist, Antonio “Tony” Caparello held at the  O1 Fine Arts Gallery by his wife, Heidi, and two daughters, Lisa and Katrina.  His work was [...]

  • Spend Feb. 27 in Gulfport, Fla.

    Resolutions Resolved & Get Rescued in Gulfport are all in one day!