Six of Santa's reindeer have begun their journey to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo for Wild Wonderland, the Zoo's 10th annual nighttime festival of lights and seasonal celebrations, presented by Publix Super Market Charities. The Zoo has launched a Wild Wonderland Web site at www.lowryparkzoo.com/wildwonderland where families can track the reindeer and read postcards from their travels, play reindeer games, have some holiday fun and preview the event which opens Dec. 4-5. ...more

November 27, 2009

These days, when people think of Florida, they're more likely to see mouse ears than cattle horns. ...more

November 21, 2009

The holiday season is around the corner and there are a variety of spectacular events taking place on the Fairgrounds property adjacent to Interstate 4 and U.S. 301 in eastern Hillsborough County. ...more

November 13, 2009

It will be cows, not pirates, invading Tampa's streets later this month. ...more

November 12, 2009

Busch Entertainment Corp. on Monday will raise admission prices at its Tampa and Orlando theme parks, but Florida residents booking online can get 2010 year-long passes at the same price as 2009, which will be $5 less than the new general admission for a day. ...more

October 31, 2009

What better place to observe Halloween than some woods in the dead of night, state park leaders figured. ...more

October 23, 2009

Performances of "Damien," Aldyth Morris' award-winning play, which were scheduled for this weekend at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School at the Eleanor Dempsey Performing Arts Center, have been postponed. The school closed Wednesday because of student absences due to the flu. The rescheduled performances are 8 p.m. Oct. 9 and 3 p.m. Oct. 10. ...more

October 1, 2009

More than 1,000 people are expected to converge on the Independent International Showmen's Association club to take part in a favorite South Shore tradition. ...more

April 2, 2009

The Audubon Society's Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries will celebrate 75 years with an art exhibit featuring historical bird artwork by John James Audubon and modern large-scale water bird etchings of Tampa artist John Costin. ...more

April 1, 2009

The Pioneer Florida Museum & Village hosted its second Model Train Show on Saturday and featured model train layouts, railroad memorabilia and hobby shop vendors. The show was in the Mabel Jordan Barn, which has a 12,000-square-foot showroom. ...more

April 1, 2009