Performers in today's Spotlight on Talent include: The finalists in Act I: Category 1, ages 8 through 10: Owen Clanahan, piano; Emilee DeShong, tap dance; Brielle Downing, piano; Courtney Graham, vocal/dance; Rachel Graham, acrobatics; Clare Hernandez, piano; Victoria Neukom, acro/jazz dance; Minerva Nong, piano; Lauren Pashley, vocal; Ashley Raymond, tap dance; Ingrid Richter, violin; Gabriela Shephard, vocal; and Maria Zoller, vocal. ...more

March 28, 2009

The recent Heartland Association of Realtors fashion show raised more than $15,000 for cancer research, according to organizers. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Pelican Players will celebrate their 25th Birthday Bash at the annual Follies - The Calendar at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 1:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Borini Theatre, 1900 Clubhouse Drive. ...more

March 4, 2009

You mustn't let anyone trample on your dreams. You can learn a lot from people who are different from you. Those are two of many lessons in store for tweens in Nickelodeon's new musical film "Spectacular!" It premieres tonight at 8. ...more

February 16, 2009

Before a crowd of 187 members and guests, the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce recently honored its own. The cause for celebration was the chamber's 2008 annual Membership & Awards Dinner at the International Independent Showmen's Association. ...more

February 11, 2009

The annual Stars and Candlelight concert performed by the Brandon High School choral department, directed by Marilyn Rose Nicholson, will take place at 7 p.m. Friday in the school theater, 1101 Victoria Street. ...more

December 10, 2008

The Sebring High School Choral Department will present its Winter Concert at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the South Florida Community College Auditorium. ...more

December 7, 2008

For years, Lisa Purton ferried daughter Samantha to Tampa to the only local children's choir group she could find. When Purton heard about a new choir forming in Brandon, it was music to her ears. ...more

October 15, 2008

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, 705 Ninth Ave. S.W., will play host to a gospel and jazz festival featuring the church's Redemption Band at 4 p.m. Aug. 24. ...more

August 13, 2008

Four students earned scholarships from the community theater group Pelican Players to study their favorite art forms at their choice of colleges - Cassandra Holbrook and Courtney Driggers of East Bay High School and Angelica Corbett and Alexander Eugene Crenshaw of Riverview High School. ...more

June 4, 2008