FAIRS & FESTS Florida Strawberry Festival: rides, games, arts and crafts, fair food, all things strawberry; opens 10 a.m. today ; $4 to $8 regular admission; Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, 2202 W. Reynolds St., Plant City; (813) 754-1996 ...more

March 8, 2009

Parent, church and school volunteers are busy rolling out the rides and readying the Big Top for the 39th annual Novemberfest, the key fundraiser for Nativity Catholic School and religious education programs at Nativity Catholic Church. Attendance at the carnival typically tops 100,000. ...more

November 5, 2008

TAMPA —Rapper Q-Tip will perform on Rock the Bells (www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells) hip-hop music tour which stops in Miami on Aug. 2. ...more

July 15, 2008

FAIRS & FESTS Today-Sunday Cotee River Seafood Festival and Boat Show features seafood, boats, arts and crafts fair, live entertainment, music, kid's activities, games, fishing and boating demonstrations, boat tours and more; 5 to 11 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday; $2 donation (prices vary for activities and food); U.S. 19 between Port Richey and Holiday, downtown New Port Richey; (727) 819-1665 ...more

May 9, 2008

Tattoo artist Bo Mencarelli chills out on a sidewalk chair near Duval Street's fish restaurants and beer-soaked bars, dragging on a cigarette and saying, 'What's up, brother,' to those who recognize the thin man with ink paintings on his arms. ...more

October 14, 2007