Emmy award-winning documentarian Lynn Marvin Dingfelder has produced a new work titled La Gaceta: The Documentary, and it premiered Friday night at the Cuban Club. The nation’s only tri-lingual newspaper recently celebrated its centennial. Dingfelder rounded up a dream team cast, including current and former politicians, journalists, and some of Tampa’s top-notch historians, to document the paper’s journey.

I got to see a bittersweet concert last night with Ronny Elliot and friends playing at the New World Brewery Music Hall in Tampa. Bitter because it was one of Elliot’s last concerts here as a resident as he prepares to move to England. After a long career of playing

Life at times is just too noisy. I needed a break and headed out to the country for the Hillsborough County Fair for a taste of home town love. Located in East Hillsborough County, there’s lots going on here but it just seems less frenetic.

Tampa celebrated it’s inaugural Pride on the River celebration with a Drag brunch, a diversity boat parade, and a riverside festival at Armature Works in Tampa. Following the success (and well attended) boat parades this years following the Tampa Bay Lightening, Tampa Bay Rays, and The Super Bowl winning Tampa Bay Bucs championship wins, it seemed like a good theme to follow

The 72-year-old Seminole Heights Baptist Church is coming down. In 2020 the church saw permission to tear down the building and it was granted. The biggest concern from the community was for the City Fire

As part of the huge Encore mixed use development project, bordering east downtown Tampa and Ybor City, Meachum Urban Farm planted it’s roots in a back corner lot. After three years of planning and construction the farm store is now

Michele Stone, curator for the Carrollwood Cultural Center, spent months in roundtable discussions with stakeholders in the Black art community focusing on developing an curating the Black Matters: Past Present and Future exhibit for the center that opened on Friday. The exhibit features 50 works from 27 different artists,

The Burgert Brothers are a celebrated commercial photography company who made their home in Tampa, Florida. From the late 1800s through the mid 1960s their collection records a remarkable visual history of people, places, and events in the city and beyond. This book features over 150 photographs of seeing Tampa then and now

In what was billed as the Grand Finale weekend, thousands of people flooded Derby Lane racetrack to catch a glimpse of the final performances of the athletic canines that have performed there for the last 95 years

It sat on my shelf for 20 years, and has been a family relic for as long as I can remember. Surrounded by a dozen other cameras, it never occurred to me to try it. After all, they don’t make 620 film anymore and the shutter never seemed to work years ago when I tried it. Here’s what happened.

Temperatures in the high 90s and oppressive humidity didn’t slow artists and volunteers from participating in the Art on the Block Mural Day happening in five intersections across the city of Tampa on Saturday. Rollers rolled and brushes brushed transforming normally black asphalt into works of art. The city commissioned local artists to come up with work that promoted unity and inclusiveness for this one-day project.

Demonstrations continued for a second day following a night of violence and destruction in the University Square Mall area. Several businesses were destroyed and looted after the first day of protests..

Several hundred people gather at the corner corner of 56 Street and Fowler Avenue to protest the deaths of black African-Americans, most recently George Floyd who died on May 25 in Minnesota.

Carnival rides and funky fried food seem to get the majority of the press when the annual Florida State Fair comes to town. But if you are willing to do a little digging (research entertainment schedules online) you will see some thrilling acts and lively entertainment. While some are tucked in to the back crevasses of the fairgrounds, they are worth finding.

While many folks were celebrating at the Gasparilla Children’s Parade on Bayshore, bikers communed in Gibsonton at the 4th annual Gibtown Bike Fest. Motorcycle enthusiasts came from all over the state to ride, party, and be entertained.

Jazz is my favorite genre of music, not only to play, but also to experience. And, the Palladium in downtown St Petersburg is the quintessential venue for it. Saturday night they hosted the Jazz Awards celebrating jazz photographer Herb Snitzer, pianist Kitty Daniels, and drummer Majid Shabazz.  

Tampa’s inaugural New Year’s Eve Booty Drop took place in downtown Tampa at Curtis Hixon Park on December 31.

I feel so fortunate to have been allowed to photograph inside Derby Lane a few weeks ago. Being a documentary photographer, I seek out places that have historical meaning to the bay area. Derby Lane and dog racing has been a staple in the community since 1925, but the last race is scheduled for December of 2020. I was granted permission to bring cameras and record a typical day at the races. I had never been inside the gates. It was fantastic.

A street party broke out in downtown St. Petersburg at 7th Street and Central, part of the Morean Arts Center Burn event. Tropical storm Nestor, threatening the area all day, couldn’t extinguish this fire party! The celebration was part of the week-long SHINE Mural Festival happening all over the city.

Be honest. You are curious about the world of kink. After all you are reading this intro after seeing that pic! . That's okay, no judgment here. Come take a look inside. Metro Inclusive Health sponsored the inaugural KINK - An Art Affair Saturday. Here’s the deets!