Rays, Holocaust Museum celebrate Auschwitz survivor’s centennial

The first pitch at Tropicana Field carried no meaning at Friday night's game; however, that didn't detract from its overwhelming symbolism for a sizable contingent there to celebrate an unlikely centennial.

Helen Kahan was born May 5, 1923, in Rozavlea, Romania. She arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp on her 20th birthday.

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Coastal leaders face ‘a tough reality’

Rising seas and increased flooding present a conundrum for Florida's coastal mayors, who must balance a city’s quality of life and sustainability with its economic lifeline - waterfront tourism and development.

The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council brought city leaders from Key West to Dunedin together Thursday to discuss how they walk that tightrope. The spirited discussion concluded the first day of the 2023 Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Leadership Summit at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort.

Arts Alive! podcast: Actress Kathi Grau

For just about the entire 30 year run of Guavaween, Ybor City’s legendary all-hell Halloween party, Kathi Grau was the figurehead, the dealer in debauchery, the Grand Mistress of the bacchanalian 7th Avenue parade. She was Mama Guava, queen bee of the so-called “Mama Guava Stumble,” once labeled by a local reporter as “the sheer joy of cocktail-fueled exhibitionism.”