Freelance Reporter
Freelance Reporter
I highlighted community voices, neighborhood issues, and the people driving change across Tampa Bay. Here are some of my articles:
Marvel artist brings comic book workshop to Pasco County
Marvel illustrator Jerry DeCaire, whose credits include Wolverine, Deadpool and Thor, is bringing his comic workshop to Pasco County libraries. The sessions mix live drawing, storytelling, and hands-on lessons, giving kids and adults a chance to learn how superheroes come to life on the page.
St. Pete Opera to join New Tampa festival
For 20 years, St. Pete Opera has staged its productions in downtown St. Petersburg. Now, for the first time, the company is stepping onto a new stage: the New Tampa Performing Arts Center.
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Tampa council member pushes to support Tampa’s special needs caregivers
On Aug. 23, the group will meet in person over coffee at CUP, a café that employs people with intellectual disabilities. Then on Sept. 8, they’ll gather online again. The goal is monthly meetings accessible to both those who prefer face-to-face interaction and those who need to join from home.
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Residents rally to save grand oak outside courthouse
Nearly 100 Dade City residents gathered on July 30 beneath the wide arms of a centuries-old grand oak — a tree slated for removal and replacement by sabal palms outside the historic Pasco County Courthouse.
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Everyone is a star when it comes to Buddy Baseball
Baseball has long served as a living metaphor for poets and philosophers who’ve found depth in its elegant simplicity. Walt Whitman called it “the most perfect game ever invented,” – a slow ritual that teaches, connects and quietly binds one soul to another.
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