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Mural Artistry in Tampa | Greater Public Studio

Discover the captivating world of mural artistry in Tampa with Greater Public Studio. Explore our stunning portfolio of handcrafted masterpieces, expertly designed to add a touch of magic to any space. Experience the transformative power of art and elevate your surroundings with the unrivaled expertise of Greater Public Studio.

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The 2024 Monarch Butterfly Festival Promises Free Family Fun Oct. 26 in Dade City, Florida

The Dade City Garden Club and The City of Dade City are proud to present the 2024 Monarch Butterfly Festival on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10 am to 4 pm in the newly renovated Touchton Park. Bigger and better than ever, this community celebration is back with festivities flowing out from the park into the gardens of the Dade City Garden Club! More good news is that the Jolley Trolley is coming back to town! Visitors will be able to park downtown and hop on the FREE trolley to the Festival from 9:30 am to 4 pm, thanks to the generous support of Community Foundation Tampa Bay. One pick-up/drop-off location will be adjacent to the Robert B. Sumner Judicial Center at 38033 Live Oak Avenue and the other location at the Dade City Heritage Museum and Welcome Center at 37800 Church Avenue. Parking is available in City and county-owned lots and many other areas around the downtown. Free Family Fun at the Dade City Monarch Butterfly Festival Oct. 26 A variety of free family fun is planned throughout the day. The Festival will feature a stunning plant sale and an eclectic vendor market that will satisfy any shopper’s taste. Image courtesy of Dade City Garden Club. Created in 2019 as a celebration of the City’s commitment to becoming a Monarch City USA, the Festival will feature a stunning plant sale and an eclectic vendor market that will satisfy any shopper’s taste; environmental educators, informational booths, and presentations to inspire and motivate; and an interactive Kids’ Zone with arts and crafts and games presented in cooperation with Pasco County Hugh Embry Library. Also in the Kids’ Zone located on garden club grounds will be the Monarch Marvels, this year’s newly launched youth program taking center stage as Ambassadors of the Monarch Project, along with strolling entertainment and face painting by GiGi and Friends and Sky High Stilt Walking with Rebecca.  Visitors will be able to view live displays of butterflies, caterpillars, and chrysalis while learning about the life cycle of the butterfly, presented by the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation. Art is Part of the 2024 Monarch Butterfly Festival - NatureCoaster.com and Traveling Art Parties offer Mini Butterfly Painting Activity For 2024's Festival, Traveling Art Parties is joining NatureCoaster.com to offer mini canvas painting. Image by Dennis Bedard. A colorful feature at the Festival will be the opportunity for visitors to take a hand at painting a mini canvas offered by our media sponsor, NatureCoaster.com and Traveling Art Parties. A new feature honoring the inauguration of the new Touchton Park will be a glimpse of art popping up in unexpected places throughout the Festival as artists paint under the trees or bring a Monarch to life by creating a mural while festival goers watch, all courtesy of Dade City Center for the Arts. Visitors won’t want to miss taking advantage of great photo shoot opportunities at the Monarch Butterfly Festival Photo Booth, a popular tradition of the Festival since 2019. And no one will want to miss the delicious treats offered along the way. Photo ops abound at the Dade City Monarch Butterfly Festival. Learn About Pollinators, Butterfly Conservation, and Much More Mini-presentations scheduled throughout the day will be held in the Garden Club's air-conditioned building and will include talks about “Native Bees vs. Honeybees”; “Butterfly Conservation”; “Landscaping for Birds” and “The Wonders of His Creations”, a fun-fact photo presentation of birds, butterflies, dragonflies.   Community booths staffed by Pasco County Florida Friendly Landscaping, Pasco County Master Gardeners, Pasco County Animal Services, and Pasco County Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources will be on hand to meet with the public and share information, resources, and opportunities to enhance their quality of life. And of course, the highlight of the day—a live butterfly display presented by Anita Camacho and the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation will be located near the butterfly garden at the garden club. Anita will release all the beautiful butterflies into the gardens at the end of the day. Get Tickets for the Opportunity Drawing to Win a Beautiful Monarch Butterfly Stained Glass Panel The Festival Committee has chosen an exquisite prize for this year's Festival Opportunity Drawing. A Monarch Butterfly stained glass panel was custom designed and handcrafted by Patti Wieclaw, a popular local Dade City artist. Look for more of Patti's beautiful work at the Festival itself, as she is one of the Market’s featured vendors. The price is $2 per ticket or 6 tickets for $10. Proceeds from the drawing help fund the Monarch Butterfly Festival and the educational and environmental mission of the Dade City Monarch Project. Tickets will be on sale at the Festival or before the event by contacting dcgcmonarch@gmail.com. The winner need not be present at the Festival to win. Entertainment and face painting with Gigi and Friends. Image courtesy of the Dade City Garden Club. The Dade City Garden Club and the City of Dade City are grateful for the support of their awesome sponsors:  MONARCH LEVEL—Lanky Lassie Shortbread, The Canadian Medstore, San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union, Humana, and Thomas J. Touchton; CHRYSALIS LEVEL— Rocycle and TECO Tampa Electric; CATERPILLAR LEVEL—Jarrett Ford, Meridian Title and Publix; EGG LEVEL—Mona and Dave Goossens, Becky Wolf. Our media sponsors are The Laker News/Lutz and NatureCoaster.com. A very special shout out to our Monarch Butterfly Festival Partner Community Foundation Tampa Bay for their generous grant in support of the Festival. It is because of their grant we were able to bring the Trolley back and launch our new Youth Leadership Program, the Monarch Marvels. For more information, contact dcgcmonarch@gmail.com or visit www.dadecitygardenclub.com. Read the full article

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Pep Rally Studios™ for Blind Tiger Soho

10′x 35′ Interior Mural 

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SPERICAL CHANDELIER

A spherical chandelier and a repurposed, towering bookcase are highlights of a Tampa, Florida, home designed by Nate Berkus.

GILDED CHANDELIER

A sculpture by Louise Bourgeois overlooks a bathroom in French architect Jacques Grange's Paris apartment. The chandelier is 19th-century; the bathtub, sink, and faucet are by L'Epi d'Or and the inlaid marble floor relies on a design that is Byzantine.

COPPER CHANDELIER

For a San Francisco family, designer Ken Fulk revived a faded 19th-century milestone, transforming it into a multifunctional 21st-century home without losing any of its time drama. The marble tub in the toilet of the wife is by Urban Archaeology, the wallcovering is hand-painted, and the floor is by Fox Marble.

DRIPPING CHANDELIER

Monique Lhuillier's bathroom in Bel Air showcases a custom-made lighting fixture by Foundry, white-oak cabinetry, and a photograph by George Hoyningen-Huene.

CANDLE SCONCES

From the guest bath of this Los Angeles farmhouse, a chair is upholstered in the California state flag, the sink and fittings are by Waterworks, the custom wallcovering is by Nathalie Lété, and the door is painted in Farrow & Ball's Studio Green.

GOLDEN SCONCES

The powder room in this Hudson River rancher mural is by Shantell Martin and the wainscoting is painted in Benjamin Moore's Midnight.

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North of Atlanta, the ‘School Bus Graveyard’ is a wonderland of public art

A hummingbird feeding, circa 2019, by a.7.r.7.m.

What started as a means to thwart thieves has evolved into a bizarre, beautiful mecca for art enthusiasts around the world

“We’re not trying to make money,” says Walter Wade. “We just want people to have a good time and enjoy this art.”

Wade is co-owner of Alonzo Wade Used Cars and Auto Parts, a business his father started in 1959 about an hour northeast of downtown Atlanta, in Habersham County’s North Georgia Mountains foothills. And that statement sums up Wade’s hugely hospitable mantra—so long as you’re not a knucklehead, or a thief—when it comes to the massive security measure in his backyard that’s become a public art mecca for tourists and muralists around the globe.

Around the border of Wade’s five-acre junkyard is a collection of urban-style murals like you might find along Atlanta’s Wylie Street, but on a most unusual canvass: the carcasses of decommissioned school buses, RVs, and tractor-trailers, all lined up along a scenic, rural highway.

The School Bus Graveyard overlooks Ga. Highway 23, which Interstate 985 becomes north of Gainesville. Visitors can park along Crane Mill Road. (Remember to oblige social distancing guidelines.)

More than 120 buses line the perimeter of Wade’s business and home property, where he lives with his wife, Deb.

Wade is a school bus driver when not selling junked cars piecemeal, and the business has long sold used buses. Just prior to the Great Recession, when prices for scrap metal had skyrocketed, rampant thieves picked apart many of Wade’s offerings, with a special appetite for bus radiators. In hopes of thwarting them from entering the junkyard, he forged an imposing fence out of the depleted vehicles.

One day, Wade noticed a strange addition: a graffiti tag of a ghost, with a curt message: “Sorry About The Bus.” The culprit turned out to be one of his bus riders.

“It was good. I liked it. I really liked it!” says Wade. “It took me a while to find him, to ask if he wanted to come back and do some more.”

Around 2010, those first pieces on so many old buses caught the attention of a local artist who has worked on murals in multiple cities. (That artist declined an interview and asked not to be named.) He sought Wade’s permission to paint large-scale pieces, which was granted, on two conditions: All artwork had to be family-friendly, and no climbing anything.

Wade advises visitors to pretend the vehicles are their own backyard fence (they are his) and treat them accordingly.

The rules, spelled out.

That artist has helped organize art festivals to attract more muralists. Webpages about the “School Bus Graveyard” popped up.

Before long, Wade’s 50-year-old business was better known for whimsical street art than its huge cache of rare auto parts.

“One lady, when they had the art festival in August, she came on vacation from Ireland and wanted to paint, and she went at it with the artists,” says Wade with a laugh. “We’ve had artists from Quebec, San Diego, Los Angeles, Colorado, Las Vegas, Tampa, one or two from Atlanta.”

But art enthusiasts have come from farther.

Wade estimates tens of thousands of people have stopped by over the years, and off the top of his head he recalls meeting some from Ethiopia, Japan, Iran, and Norway.

One time, he left a space for people to sign their names and note where they’re from. In just three weekends, 42 U.S. states were represented.

Wade and his family donate cars for elementary and middle school kids to paint. Ditto for college students learning photography and their instructors—free access to vehicles with a half-century of rust patina, which make for gorgeous photos.

Lauren Hudson of Decatur snaps photos of the murals earlier this month.

As a roadside attraction, Wade points out, the artwork has cross-cultural appeal.

“Hispanic girls have their [quinceañera] here at age 15; busloads from Atlanta park at our neighbors’, and they take the boys in the suits and girls in pretty dresses, and they’ll come with a band, have a big cookout,” says Wade. “It’s amazing some of the stuff they’ve done. We’ve had two or three movies shot down there. I don’t know how many drones. My granddaughter about got hit Saturday by somebody flying their drone over the house!”

Some in the local community have grumbled about the School Bus Graveyard’s popularity, but Wade estimates they’re outnumbered up to 30 to 1. A handful of Atlanta lawyers, in fact, have offered pro bono assistance if anyone should ever try to shut visitors out.

“There’s nothing dirty about it, nothing illegal about it—it’s just unique,” says Wade. “It’s a never-ending story because there’s always something different. It’s always evolving.”

Find the School Bus Graveyard by traveling about an hour northeast of downtown Atlanta, up Interstate 85 and then I-285 (Ga. Highway 365; or U.S. 23) to the Crane Mill Road exit in Alto. As the novel coronavirus persists, it’s of course paramount for visitors to practice social distancing.

source https://atlanta.curbed.com/2020/3/20/21184269/school-bus-graveyard-georgia-atlanta-art-graffiti-alto

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Hispanic Heritage Month, established in 1988, runs from September 15 through October 15. It recognizes and celebrates the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans have made to the United States. Florida in particular has a strong Hispanic background including the oldest inhabited city in the U.S., St. Augustine, which was founded in 1565 by the Spanish.

Join the UCF Libraries as we celebrate our favorite Hispanic authors and subjects with these 20 suggestions. Click on the Keep Reading link below to see the full list of books along with their descriptions and catalog links.

PS. The free museum day hosted by the Smithsonian is on Saturday, September 23 this year, and includes admission to the Tampa Bay History Center which is currently featuring Gateways to the Caribbean: Mapping the Florida-Cuba Connection. Get a free ticket to visit here.

For a full list of participating Florida Museums, click here.

Agua Santa = Holy Water by Pat Mora Drawing on oral and lyrical traditions, this book honors the grace and spirit of mothers, daughters, lovers, and goddesses. From a tribute to Frida Kahlo to advice from an Aztec goddess, the poems explore the intimate and sacred spaces of borderlands through many voices: a revolutionary, a domestic worker, a widow. Suggested by Andrew Hackler, Circulation

Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges "The Aleph" is a short story by the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. First published in September 1945, it was reprinted in the short story collection, The Aleph and Other Stories, in 1949, and revised by the author in 1974. Suggested by Christina Wray, Digital Learning & Engagement Librarian

Aloud: voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café edited by Miguel Algarín and Bob Holman Compiled by poets who have been at the center of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City, Aloud! showcases the work of the most innovative and accomplished word artists from around America. Suggested by Christina Wray, Digital Learning & Engagement Librarian

Chol (Mayan) folktales: a collection of stories from the modern Maya of Southern Mexico by Nicholas A. Hopkins and J. Kathryn Josserand Chol (Mayan) Folktales deftly combines high-quality and thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation and narrative analysis, documenting and analyzing a trove of Chol folklore. The work provides a look into the folktale culture of the contemporary Maya presented with a rare and innovative theoretical framework. The rich Chol oral narrative tradition is represented by eleven stories, each printed in the original language of the storytellers with parallel English translations and accompanied by a brief introduction that provides the relevant cultural and mythological background. Included with eight of the stories is a link to an audio clip of the tale told aloud in the Chol language. In addition, Chol (Mayan) Folktales introduces a model for the analysis of narratives that can be used to demonstrate the existence of a tradition of storytelling applicable to other Maya lore, including Classic period hieroglyphic texts. Suggested by Adriana Neese, Circulation

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her hard-won destiny in a new country. Suggested by Andrew Hackler, Circulation

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muoz Ryan Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it. Suggested by Peggy Nuhn, Regional Campuses

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Gabi Hernandez chronicles her last year in high school in her diary: college applications, Cindy's pregnancy, Sebastian's coming out, the cute boys, her father's meth habit, and the food she craves. And best of all, the poetry that helps forge her identity. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Subject Librarian

How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capó Crucet Coming to us from the predominantly Hispanic working-class neighborhoods of Hialeah, the voices of this steamy section of Miami shout out to us from rowdy all-night funerals and kitchens full of plátanos and croquetas and lechón ribs, from domino tables and cigar factories, glitter-purple Buicks and handed-down Mom Rides, private homes of santeras and fights on front lawns. Calling to us from crowded expressways and canals underneath abandoned overpasses shading a city’s secrets, these voices are the heart of Miami, and in this award-winning collection Jennine Capó Crucet makes them sing. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Subject Librarian

La Perdida by Jessica Abel Jessica Abel’s evocative black–and–white drawings and creative mix of English and Spanish bring Mexico City’s past and present to life, unfurling Carla’s dark history against the legacies of Burroughs and Kahlo. A story about the youthful desire to live an authentic life and the consequences of trusting easy answers, La Perdida–at once grounded in the particulars of life in Mexico and resonantly universal–is a story about finding oneself by getting lost. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

Mexican Phoenix: Our Lady of Guadalupe: image and tradition across five centuries by D.A. Brading In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe a patron saint of the Americas. According to oral tradition and historical documents, in 1531 Mary appeared as a beautiful Aztec princess to Juan Diego, a poor Indian. Speaking to him in his own language, she asked him to tell the bishop her name was La Virgen de Guadalupe and that she wanted a church built on the mountain. During a second visit, the image of the Virgin miraculously appeared on his cape. Through the centuries, the enigmatic power of this image has aroused such fervent devotion in Mexico that it has served as the banner of the rebellion against Spanish rule and, despite skepticism and anticlericalism, still remains a potent symbol of the modern nation. In Mexican Phoenix, David Brading traces the intellectual origins, the sudden efflorescence, and the theology that has sustained the tradition of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  Suggested by Adriana Neese, Circulation

Night Prayers by Santiago Gamboa A thrilling literary novel about crime and corruption in Latin America told in alternating voices and perspectives, Night Prayers is the story of Manuel, a Colombian philosophy student arrested in Bangkok and accused of drug trafficking. Unless he enters a guilty plea he will almost certainly be sentenced to death. But it is not his own death that weighs most heavily on him but a tender longing for his sister, Juana, whom he hasn't seen for years. Before he dies he wants nothing more than to be reunited with her. Fans of both Roberto Bolaño and Gabriel García Márquez will find much to admire in this story about the mean streets of Bogotá, the sordid bordellos of Thailand, and a love between siblings that knows no end.  Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings translated by Dennis Tedlock Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a primeval sea and ends with the radiant splendor of the Mayan lords who founded the Quiché kingdom in the Guatemalan highlands. Originally written in Mayan hieroglyphs, it was transcribed into the Roman alphabet in the sixteenth century. This new edition of Dennis Tedlock's unabridged, widely praised translation includes new notes and commentary, newly translated passages, newly deciphered hieroglyphs, and over forty new illustrations. Suggested by Tim Walker, LibTech

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging out with her friends. But then a corpse crashes their first party. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. And when the murals in her neighborhood begin to weep tears... Well, something more sinister than the usual Brooklyn ruckus is going on. With the help of a fellow artist named Robbie, Sierra discovers shadowshaping, a magic that infuses ancestral spirits into paintings, music, and stories. But someone is killing the shadowshapers one by one. Now Sierra must unravel her family's past, take down the killer in the present, and save the future of shadowshaping for generations to come. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

Stories from Spain = Hisorias de Espana by Genevieve Barlow and William N. Stivers In Stories from Spain/Historias de Espana, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side--lado a lado--so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Read as much as you can understand, and then look to the facing page for help if necessary. As you read, you can check your comprehension by comparing the two versions of the story. You'll also find a bilingual vocabulary list at the end of the book, so you'll have a handy reference for new words. Suggested by Adriana Neese, Circulation

The contemporary Spanish-American novel: Bolaño and after edited by Will H. Corral, Juan E. De Castro, Nicholas Birns The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel provides an accessible introduction to an important World literature. While many of the authors covered―Aira, Bolaño, Castellanos Moya, Vásquez―are gaining an increasing readership in English and are frequently taught, there is sparse criticism in English beyond book reviews. This book provides the guidance necessary for a more sophisticated and contextualized understanding of these authors and their works. Underestimated or unfamiliar Spanish American novels and novelists are introduced through conceptually rigorous essays. Suggested by Adriana Neese, Circulation

The Hispanic Condition: The Power of a People by Ilan Stavans In The Hispanic Condition, Ilan Stavans offers a subtle and insightful meditation on Hispanic society in the United States. A native of Mexico, Stavans has emerged as one of the most distinguished Latin American writers of our time, an award-winning novelist and critic praised by scholars and beloved by readers. In this pioneering psycho-historical profile, he delves into the cultural differences and similarities among the five major Hispanic groups: Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Central and South Americans, and Spaniards. Suggested by Megan Haught, Teaching & Engagement/Research & Information Services

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers. Suggested by Peggy Nuhn, Regional Campuses

The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende A saga of one man’s search for love and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect, The Infinite Plan is Isabel Allende’s first novel to be set in the United States and to portray American characters. Suggested by Andrew Hackler, Circulation

The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. “Libraries,” he says, “have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I’ve been seduced by their labyrinthine logic.” In this personal, deliberately unsystematic, and wide-ranging book, he offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. Suggested by Christina Wray, Digital Learning & Engagement Librarian

The Story of my Teeth by Valeria Luiselli Highway is a late-in-life world traveler, yarn spinner, collector, and legendary auctioneer. His most precious possessions are the teeth of the "notorious infamous" like Plato, Petrarch, and Virginia Woolf. Written in collaboration with the workers at a Jumex juice factory, Teeth is an elegant, witty, exhilarating romp through the industrial suburbs of Mexico City and Luiselli's own literary influences. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

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What To Do in Tampa If You're Not a Beach Person

Mural in Tampa, Fla. Courtesy of Visit Tampa. Miami and Orlando may be the tourist destinations that come to mind when travelers think of Florida, but Tampa is becoming a rival. It's also a popular convention destination, so you may find yourself there on business. If that's the case, and you don't have the time or the inclination to make it to the beaches that the area is known for, you aren't out of options: The city has its own appeal beyond water activities, with Cuban cuisine, craft beer, sports and a laid-back culture that celebrates pirates and cigars. "Business travelers are the bread and butter of Tampa Bay's visitation," said Santiago Corrada, president and CEO of Visit Tampa Bay, adding that "they'll find the city designed to please and easy to explore." Anchored by a riverfront convention center and the 2.6-mile-long Riverwalk, Tampa's downtown district and surrounding neighborhoods offer people plenty of ways to spend free time outside a business meeting. Here are some ideas to help you make the most of a few extra hours in Cigar City.

Where to go

Start the day with a walk or run on the Riverwalk, a 2.6-mile-long pedestrian trail along the Hillsborough River. The bronze and marble busts you'll pass are part of the Historical Monument Trail, which honors 30 people who played an important role in the city's history. Riverwalk trail in Tampa, Fla. Courtesy of Visit Tampa. Say yes to a breakfast meeting at Oxford Exchange, housed in a restored 1891 building near the downtown University of Tampa campus. This hip, club-inspired space houses a bookstore, a champagne bar, coffee and tea bars, a coworking space and a restaurant that has an art-filled main dining room, a conservatory with a retractable roof and a menu that includes everything from healthy kale scrambles to sinful Nutella babkas. The University of Tampa, across the street, has two attractions worth a visit: A plaque honors Babe Ruth's longest home run (587 feet), hit on April 4, 1919 at what was then Plant Field, during a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants. The Henry B. Plant Museum is here, too, housed in the former south wing of the opulent 511-room Tampa Bay Hotel, built in the early 1880s. Now a National Historic Landmark, the museum offers a glimpse at the hotel's original furnishings that wealthy guests were able to enjoy before the hotel closed in the early 1930s. For more art and history, stop at the Tampa Bay History Center or the Tampa Museum of Art. Both are easily accessible from the Riverwalk. The history museum closes daily at 5 p.m., but the onsite Columbia Café, an informal outpost of the iconic Ybor City restaurant, stays open much later. The art museum stays open until 8 p.m. on Thursday evenings, when admission is "pay-as-you-will."

Cuban sandwiches, cigars and chickens

If you have a few hours in the afternoon, explore the compact and historic Ybor City neighborhood, northeast of downtown Tampa. Get there by Uber or the free TECO Line Streetcar. Stop at the Visitor Information Center to get a map, make way for the community's free ranging chickens and "be sure to see the iconic Cuban Club, one of the social clubs that provided aid, comfort, recreation and health care to the Cuban population," says Lonnie Herman, owner of Ybor City History Walking Tours. Jose Marti Park, on the only Cuban-owned land in the United States, is a must-see stop as well, says Herman, as is Tabanero Cigars, "where you can get a Cuban coffee and see cigars being hand-rolled." Ybor City Cigars Courtesy: Visit Tampa Better yet, join one of Herman's scheduled tours. He's got the keys and the behind-the-scenes stories for many of Ybor City's historic buildings. Before leaving Ybor City, stop for lunch at Columbia, the iconic Spanish and Cuban restaurant that first opened in 1905 and is well-known for its traditional take on the cuban sandwich it calls "The Mixto." What started as a 60-seat café is now a block-long destination with 15 dining rooms, seating for 1,700 and a flamenco dancing show every night except Sunday.

Other places to eat and drink

Tampa is well known for craft beers made by Cigar City Brewing, Coppertail Brewing and others. Stop by their respective taprooms or try one of the 34 rotating beer selections on tap at the outdoor Fermented Reality Biergarten at Sparkman Wharf. In addition to dining and retail outlets in colorfully painted shipping containers this area is home to Splitsville, an upscale restaurant and gaming center with ping pong, billiards, foosball, darts and shuffleboard. And for a unique, luxe, old-world dining experience, be sure to make a reservation way in advance at Bern's Steak House, across the street from the Epicurean hotel. The eight-dining-room, 350-seat food palace has a world-famous wine cellar and an entire floor just for desserts and after-dinner drinks. Sparkman Wharf in Tampa, Fla. Courtesy of Visit Tampa

Where to Stay

Convention and business travelers may land in a big downtown hotel, such as the 260-room Embassy Suites Tampa Downtown; the 520-room Hilton Tampa Downtown, or the 727-room Tampa Marriott Water Street, home to the Anchor and Brine bar and restaurant which has both lobby seating and terrace dining on the Riverwalk. New hotels, such as the 519-room J.W. Marriott, are being readied in advance of Super Bowl LV, which Tampa will host in 2021. Tampa's list of boutique hotels is growing, too. A century old former federal courthouse now houses Le Méridien Tampa. And there are two Autograph Collection hotels: the Current, with panoramic Tampa Bay views and a rooftop bar; and the food-and-wine-themed Epicurean, in the Hyde Park district, which boasts a rooftop bar, a culinary classroom and the elegant Élevage restaurant. In the lobby bar, guests may order a Dram 'n Shine, consisting of Glenfiddich 12-year Scotch, a craft ice cube and a complimentary shoeshine. Read the full article

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Once-sleepy St. Petersburg, Fla., awakens with vibrant arts and nightlife scenes

Paul Abercrombie

Sizing up the triangular downcourt target, I wonder if my wife and teenage son realize what an only-in-Florida scene we make.

Not only are we playing shuffleboard. We’re doing so in downtown St. Petersburg, as card-carrying members of the seaside city’s historic shuffleboard club, the largest in the world. You really can’t get more Sunshine State than this.

While older folks are shoving pucks on this Friday afternoon, most players are far younger, many in their early 20s and hoisting cans of beer. The club and city, it seems, have experienced quite a revival.

Like most of our friends, when we moved to neighboring Tampa nearly three decades ago, my then-girlfriend, now-wife, Gail, and I regarded the half-hour drive across the bay to St. Pete as about as fun as a trip to the DMV. Derelict buildings seemed to outnumber retirees in a town long derided as "God’s Waiting Room."

My. How times have changed.

Today, St. Pete’s arts and nightlife scenes are palpably more vibrant and hipper than Tampa’s, as a result of the young people and entrepreneurial small businesses that have enlivened its walkable downtown. On weekends — and many weekdays – waterfront cafes, restaurants and bars are packed. Hotels grand and small have been refurbished and are newly popular. Fellow Tampans, you’ll hate me for saying this, but you know it’s true: St. Pete is cooler than Tampa.

Hankering to experience more of St. Pete than we’ve been able to on day trips and occasional overnight visits, the three of us decided to stay for a proper weekend. Besides revisiting some favorite places, we’d check out some newer spots we’d heard good things about.

We drop our bags at the city’s iconic pink confection of a hotel, the Vinoy, a Mediterranean Revival-style historic landmark near the bay. Then my wife and I walk with our 15-year-old, Ewan, several blocks southwest to Il Ritorno, a newish restaurant whose riffs on traditional Italian dishes have been getting raves from friends. As spirited as our shuffleboard game earlier in the day, it couldn’t account for how avidly we tuck into a dinner of pan-roasted branzino and rib-eye steak. A shared plate of lovely taleggio-filled agnolotti, flecked with crispy bits of fried lamb belly and charred leeks, is surprisingly light.

A post-dinner stroll along Beach Drive to our hotel takes us through a lively crowd of genial revelers old and young, dressed up and down and everything in between. The strumming of the handful of guitar-playing buskers we pass is pleasant enough, but it’s the dapper older guy seated at a table covered with several dozen wine glasses of various sizes that compels us to stop. Above the vessels, half-filled with water, his hands whirl, fingers tracing the rims, producing a spot-on musical sampling of everything from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to the "Star Wars" theme song. Awed, we linger to listen and to chat. He tells us his name (James Turner), and about the art of playing the glass harp, which he says he has done on big-time TV shows in the United States and abroad. We agree this was yet another reason to stay the night.

The next morning, we drink coffee on our hotel balcony, admiring how eclectic the town has become. In the pool below, a half-dozen aging athletes move more or less in unison to the commands of a much younger water aerobics instructor. Across the street, in the bay, an armada of toylike sailboats navigates around sleek motor-powered yachts. About a mile farther south, propeller planes take off and land from the city’s tiny bayside airport, just beyond where, a little more than a century ago, the world’s first commercial passenger flight took place — a small, wooden seaplane that went to Tampa. To the south, the landmark St. Pete Pier awaits its snazzy redevelopment. To the west, the first of a dozen-odd planned new buildings, some of which will be high-rise condos and apartments, soars above downtown St. Pete’s once-modest skyline. But I’m pleased to know the city’s quirky neighborhoods remain intact.

By the time the seniors cede the pool to young kids and their parents, we remember we have an appointment to keep. Hoofing it several blocks southwest, we meet St. Pete-born muralist Derek Donnelly in an alley off Central Avenue. It’s in these back streets that he and a few other artistically inclined teens began experimenting with cans of spray paint. A decade later, his formerly "semi-legal" public art career has gone legit. Today, he juggles commissioned painting gigs with the city-sanctioned tours he leads of St. Pete’s outdoor mural scene.

Through once-seedy downtown passageways, we stroll as if through an open-air art gallery with our amiable, tattooed docent. Derek points out examples of his own work, but seems most enthusiastic talking about murals done by the growing number of fellow hometown artists, as well as national and international ones. No two murals seem similar. And none is blessedly of the "beaches and margaritas" Florida genre Derek says some tourists expect. We pass ’60s icon Twiggy, painted by local artist Chad Mize, gazing dreamily from an alley wall, and Los Angeles graffiti artist Shark Toof’s fearsome red and black shark splashed across the backside of the State Theatre.

As if on cue, a city bus pulls up to a stop nearby. It’s wrapped with an image of the same swirly, multicolored mural that covers a wall of a three-story building in front of us.

"This mural stuff is contagious," Derek says with a laugh.

At lunch on the covered outdoor patio at nearby FarmTable Cucina, we compare photos of murals and marvel at the food. We take turns trying to describe the fried cauliflower’s flavors, which seem to outnumber its ingredients, including finger lime, golden raisins, guanciale and sea urchin aioli.

"Don’t you feel like we’re not even in the same state anymore?" Gail asks. To which we all agree.

If I hadn’t recently visited — and very much enjoyed — the city’s Morean Arts Center collection of fantastical glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly, I might stupidly have begged we skip the mile-plus-long amble up Central Avenue to the just-opened Imagine Museum, which showcases studio glass artworks. Over the hour we spend browsing the museum’s collection, I lose count of how many times we say "That’s cool" and "That’s amazing." Among our favorites are the rumpled vessels fashioned from glass threads by Toots Zynsky and the sea-creature-like sculptures of William LeQuier.

Wandering back down Central Avenue, we pass shops and restaurants old and new as if time-traveling every few paces.

Several bayside blocks from our hotel, we pop into the fittingly odd-looking Salvador Dalí Museum, packed with more of the mustachioed artist’s works than anywhere outside of Spain. Though it’s among our favorites, we’re feeling a little museumed-out, so we cut short our visit to seek out an encore performance by our glass harpist pal on the way back to our room.

Having been content to explore the compact downtown by foot, we agree with some reluctance to drive six miles west to the Reading Room for dinner. The new restaurant, which says it strives for "a modern approach at nostalgic tastes," has been gushily praised by friends and media getting gushy praise from friends and media alike.

I can’t remember a dinner conversation focused so much on what’s on our plates and in our glasses. Gail says her sgroppino cocktail, garnished with a mint leaf affixed to the rim with a tiny clothespin, is better than any she has had in the drink’s Italian hometown of Venice. We debate whether the quirky and delicious beets and berries dish would work as well for breakfast as it does for dinner. Yes, we decide. We concur at first bite that the browned butter and persimmon cake, topped with a scoop of delicately funky La Tur cheese, is among the best desserts we’ve ever tasted.

Sunday morning brings fresh balcony-side theater. Below, hotel staff scatter and hide hundreds of multicolored plastic Easter eggs in preparation for kids to hunt. A gaggle of millennials arrives at the downstairs restaurant, their laughter and casual dress signaling that they’re in search of a post-night-on-the-town brunch and Bloody Marys. Skyward, we spy an osprey that has swung by for breakfast and is flying northeast with a freshly nabbed fish in its talons. It reminds me of the places we didn’t get to on this trip: the white sugar-sand beaches and the mangrove-lined waterways that can be explored by kayak. We’ll be back; after all, they, too, are only a short drive from home.

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IF YOU GO:

WHERE TO STAY

– The Cordova Inn

253 Second Ave. N

727-822-7500

Refurbished, homey, 1920s-era hotel with 32 rooms, which start at around $110. Complimentary breakfast includes fresh pastries from nearby Locale Market.

– The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club

501 Fifth Ave. NE

727-894-1000

Landmark historic waterfront hotel that appears to be made from pink meringue. Amenities include a day spa and five restaurants. Rooms start at around $200.

– Avalon Hotel

443 Fourth Ave. N

727-317-5508

Despite its South Beach-like art deco decor (plus a bunch of other styles), it’s cozy and laid-back. Guests are welcome to use the pool and other amenities of its sister Hollander Hotel next door. Rooms start at around $100.

WHERE TO EAT

– Il Ritorno

449 Central Ave.

727-897-5900

Updated takes on traditional Italian fare, served by friendly staff in spare-but-not-austere digs. Open Monday through Thursday, 5 to 9:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 5 to 10:30 p.m. Entrees start at around $19. A five-course tasting menu costs $75.

– FarmTable Cucina

179 2nd Ave. N

727-523-6297

Casual, Italian-inspired restaurant located on the second floor of Locale Market. Its expansive and comfy outdoor patio seating is ideal for dining or drinking from the restaurant’s impressive cocktail and wine lists. Open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Entrees start at around $21.

– Reading Room

6001 Central Ave.

727-343-0052

Eclectic dishes emphasizing local ingredients, many of which are grown on the restaurant’s property. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 5 p.m. till late. Small plates start at $15, entrees $27.

– Paul’s Landing

501 Fifth Ave. NE

727-824-8072

Casual and family-friendly, this newest restaurant at the Vinoy is no mere hotel brunch spot. Great bayside views aren’t wasted on a menu that includes inventive riffs on old Florida cuisine. Open Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Smoked fish spread with crunchy, pickled veggies and grilled bread ($14) and grilled rock shrimp, served with avocado and pickled onion atop toasted slices of bread ($12) are especially tasty.

– Bodega

1120 Central Ave.

727-623-0942

Casual, Latin American-inspired restaurant with a deservedly cultlike local following. Open Monday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Popular dishes include the Lechon platter, slow-roasted mojo pork with grilled onions ($9.25), grilled tempeh with sweet and spicy slaw ($9.50) and maduros (fried sweet plantains, $4).

WHAT TO DO

– St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club

559 Mirror Lake Dr. N

727-822-2083

Founded in 1924, the oldest and largest shuffleboard club in the world has, in recent years, experienced a renaissance (and inspired a copycat club in Brooklyn). Open to nonmembers Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m. ($5 per person), and Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. (Admission is free, although a donation of $2 per person is suggested.) Alcoholic beverages aren’t sold, but visitors are free to BYOB.

– St. Pete Cultural Tours

727-212-7280

Local artist-led guided walking tours of the city’s several dozen outdoor murals. Regular tours run Saturday and Sunday mornings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. $20 for adults, $5 for children 5 to 18 and free for younger kids. Private and group tours can be arranged for other days and times.

– Imagine Museum

1901 Central Ave.

727-300-1700

New museum showcasing contemporary American studio glass, with (so far) more than 500 artworks by more than 55 artists. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission: $15 for adults, $10 for children 7 to 18 and free for children 6 and younger.

– The Salvador Dalí Museum

1 Dali Blvd.

727-823-3767

Home to the largest collection of artist Salvador Dalí’s works outside Europe, the bayside museum also hosts visiting exhibits of various artists, often contemporaries of Dali. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Thursdays, when it’s open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission: $24 for adults, $17 for students 13 and older, $10 for children 6 to 12 and free for children 5 and younger.

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Abercrombie is a writer based in Tampa. His website is paulabercrombie.com; find him on Twitter: @paulabercrombie.

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correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of artist Chad Mize. It is Chad Mize, not Chaz Mize. The story has been updated.

The St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, the largest in the world, attracts players of all ages. (VisitStPeteClearwater.com)

Sizing up the triangular downcourt target, I wonder if my wife and teenage son realize what an only-in-Florida scene we make.

Not only are we playing shuffleboard. We’re doing so in downtown St. Petersburg, as card-carrying members of the seaside city’s historic shuffleboard club, the largest in the world. You really can’t get more Sunshine State than this.

While older folks are shoving pucks on this Friday afternoon, most players are far younger, many in their early 20s and hoisting cans of beer. The club and city, it seems, have experienced quite a revival.

Like most of our friends, when we moved to neighboring Tampa nearly three decades ago, my then-girlfriend, now-wife, Gail, and I regarded the half-hour drive across the bay to St. Pete as about as fun as a trip to the DMV. Derelict buildings seemed to outnumber retirees in a town long derided as “God’s Waiting Room.”

My. How times have changed.

Today, St. Pete’s arts and nightlife scenes are palpably more vibrant and hipper than Tampa’s, as a result of the young people and entrepreneurial small businesses that have enlivened its walkable downtown. On weekends — and many weekdays — waterfront cafes, restaurants and bars are packed. Hotels grand and small have been refurbished and are newly popular. Fellow Tampans, you’ll hate me for saying this, but you know it’s true: St. Pete is cooler than Tampa.

Hankering to experience more of St. Pete than we’ve been able to on day trips and occasional overnight visits, the three of us decided to stay for a proper weekend. Besides revisiting some favorite places, we’d check out some newer spots we’d heard good things about.

The exterior of the Vinoy Renaissance Resort, a Mediterranean Revival-style hotel. (Monica Herndon/For The Washington Post) The lobby of the Vinoy. The hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places. (VisitStPeteClearwater.com)

We drop our bags at the city’s iconic pink confection of a hotel, the Vinoy, a Mediterranean Revival-style historic landmark near the bay. Then my wife and I walk with our 15-year-old, Ewan, several blocks southwest to Il Ritorno, a newish restaurant whose riffs on traditional Italian dishes have been getting raves from friends. As spirited as our shuffleboard game earlier in the day, it couldn’t account for how avidly we tuck into a dinner of pan-roasted branzino and rib-eye steak. A shared plate of lovely taleggio-filled agnolotti, flecked with crispy bits of fried lamb belly and charred leeks, is surprisingly light.

A post-dinner stroll along Beach Drive to our hotel takes us through a lively crowd of genial revelers old and young, dressed up and down and everything in between. The strumming of the handful of guitar-playing buskers we pass is pleasant enough, but it’s the dapper older guy seated at a table covered with several dozen wine glasses of various sizes that compels us to stop. Above the vessels, half-filled with water, his hands whirl, fingers tracing the rims, producing a spot-on musical sampling of everything from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to the “Star Wars” theme song. Awed, we linger to listen and to chat. He tells us his name (James Turner), and about the art of playing the glass harp, which he says he has done on big-time TV shows in the United States and abroad. We agree this was yet another reason to stay the night.

The next morning, we drink coffee on our hotel balcony, admiring how eclectic the town has become. In the pool below, a half-dozen aging athletes move more or less in unison to the commands of a much younger water aerobics instructor. Across the street, in the bay, an armada of toylike sailboats navigates around sleek motor-powered yachts. About a mile farther south, propeller planes take off and land from the city’s tiny bayside airport, just beyond where, a little more than a century ago, the world’s first commercial passenger flight took place — a small, wooden seaplane that went to Tampa. To the south, the landmark St. Pete Pier awaits its snazzy redevelopment. To the west, the first of a dozen-odd planned new buildings, some of which will be high-rise condos and apartments, soars above downtown St. Pete’s once-modest skyline. But I’m pleased to know the city’s quirky neighborhoods remain intact.

Boats moored at the Vinoy Yacht Club, with the changing St. Petersburg skyline behind them. (Monica Herndon/For The Washington Post)

By the time the seniors cede the pool to young kids and their parents, we remember we have an appointment to keep. Hoofing it several blocks southwest, we meet St. Pete-born muralist Derek Donnelly in an alley off Central Avenue. It’s in these back streets that he and a few other artistically inclined teens began experimenting with cans of spray paint. A decade later, his formerly “semi-legal” public art career has gone legit. Today, he juggles commissioned painting gigs with the city-sanctioned tours he leads of St. Pete’s outdoor mural scene.

Through once-seedy downtown passageways, we stroll as if through an open-air art gallery with our amiable, tattooed docent. Derek points out examples of his own work, but seems most enthusiastic talking about murals done by the growing number of fellow hometown artists, as well as national and international ones. No two murals seem similar. And none is blessedly of the “beaches and margaritas” Florida genre Derek says some tourists expect. We pass ’60s icon Twiggy, painted by local artist Chad Mize, gazing dreamily from an alley wall, and Los Angeles graffiti artist Shark Toof’s fearsome red and black shark splashed across the backside of the State Theatre.

As if on cue, a city bus pulls up to a stop nearby. It’s wrapped with an image of the same swirly, multicolored mural that covers a wall of a three-story building in front of us.

“This mural stuff is contagious,” Derek says with a laugh.

At lunch on the covered outdoor patio at nearby FarmTable Cucina, we compare photos of murals and marvel at the food. We take turns trying to describe the fried cauliflower’s flavors, which seem to outnumber its ingredients, including finger lime, golden raisins, guanciale and sea urchin aioli.

“Don’t you feel like we’re not even in the same state anymore?” Gail asks. To which we all agree.

A mural by artist Shark Toof on the back of the State Theatre. (Monica Herndon/For The Washington Post) Artist Richard Jolley’s “Cosmic Square” at the Imagine Museum. (VisitStPeteClearwater.com)

If I hadn’t recently visited — and very much enjoyed — the city’s Morean Arts Center collection of fantastical glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly, I might stupidly have begged we skip the mile-plus-long amble up Central Avenue to the just-opened Imagine Museum, which showcases studio glass artworks. Over the hour we spend browsing the museum’s collection, I lose count of how many times we say “That’s cool” and “That’s amazing.” Among our favorites are the rumpled vessels fashioned from glass threads by Toots Zynsky and the sea-creature-like sculptures of William LeQuier.

Wandering back down Central Avenue, we pass shops and restaurants old and new as if time-traveling every few paces.

Several bayside blocks from our hotel, we pop into the fittingly odd-looking Salvador Dalí Museum, packed with more of the mustachioed artist’s works than anywhere outside of Spain. Though it’s among our favorites, we’re feeling a little museumed-out, so we cut short our visit to seek out an encore performance by our glass harpist pal on the way back to our room.

Having been content to explore the compact downtown by foot, we agree with some reluctance to drive six miles west to the Reading Room for dinner. The new restaurant, which says it strives for “a modern approach at nostalgic tastes,” has been gushily praised by friends and media getting gushy praise from friends and media alike.

I can’t remember a dinner conversation focused so much on what’s on our plates and in our glasses. Gail says her sgroppino cocktail, garnished with a mint leaf affixed to the rim with a tiny clothespin, is better than any she has had in the drink’s Italian hometown of Venice. We debate whether the quirky and delicious beets and berries dish would work as well for breakfast as it does for dinner. Yes, we decide. We concur at first bite that the browned butter and persimmon cake, topped with a scoop of delicately funky La Tur cheese, is among the best desserts we’ve ever tasted.

Sunday morning brings fresh balcony-side theater. Below, hotel staff scatter and hide hundreds of multicolored plastic Easter eggs in preparation for kids to hunt. A gaggle of millennials arrives at the downstairs restaurant, their laughter and casual dress signaling that they’re in search of a post-night-on-the-town brunch and Bloody Marys. Skyward, we spy an osprey that has swung by for breakfast and is flying northeast with a freshly nabbed fish in its talons. It reminds me of the places we didn’t get to on this trip: the white sugar-sand beaches and the mangrove-lined waterways that can be explored by kayak. We’ll be back; after all, they, too, are only a short drive from home.

Abercrombie is a writer based in Tampa. His website is paulabercrombie.com; find him on Twitter: @paulabercrombie.

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New world news from Time: This Iraqi Doctor Says He Has the Rope That Hanged Saddam Hussein. Here’s Why He’s Keeping It

In the corner of a Baghdad living room sits an unusual piece of decor—a sizable bust of Saddam Hussein’s head, staring implacably out with a military beret on his head. Its owner, politician Mowaffak al-Rubaie, has placed a length of rope around its neck. It’s the same rope that was used to hang Saddam on Dec. 30, 2006, according to al-Rubaie, who claims that he was charged with pulling the lever that night.

There’s no way to verify his story. Other accounts have a guard pulling the lever, and it’s impossible to prove this is the rope that hanged the dictator. Nonetheless, al-Rubaie—a neurologist and surgeon who had been imprisoned and tortured three times under the dictator who ruled Iraq for 24 years—knew how he wanted to display it. “It seemed the best place to put the rope was around his neck,” he says.

Al-Rubaie was in exile in London until shortly after March 20, 2003, the date exactly 15 years ago when U.S. aircraft pummeled Baghdad, marking the first moments of the Iraq War. Within weeks, Saddam Hussein’s 24-year dictatorship collapsed, and the U.S. military occupied the country, beginning what would be America’s deadliest intervention since the Vietnam War. Nearly 4,500 Americans have died in Iraq in the years since, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives have been lost.

Something else was lost in the chaotic war: The countless statues, murals, paintings, mosaics and artifacts that featured Saddam, whose image had for years peered down from every office wall, building, and town square across Iraq, reminding citizens not to dare challenge his iron rule. Within days of the U.S. invasion, Iraqis had smashed and sliced those statues and paintings, in an explosion of fury against the ruthless autocrat. When U.S. Marines reached central Baghdad on April 9, 2003, they toppled the giant Saddam statue in the city’s Firdos Square.

Vivienne WaltA now-destroyed tile mural showing Saddam Hussein, a Sunni who treated Shi’ites brutally and was despised by Karbala’s residents, praying in a military uniform, in the holy Shi’ite city of Karbala.

I was deeply familiar with those Saddam paintings, having reported in Iraq several times during his suffocating presidency. Perhaps sensing that the dictatorship was heading for collapse, I snapped dozens of photos of Saddam. Among them are artworks that are now destroyed, including a giant tiled mural of a smiling, waving Saddam in his home town of Tikrit, on the day he won 100% approval in a bogus referendum in October, 2002. Another scene shows the marble entryway of the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, which until the U.S. invasion in 2003 featured former U.S. President George H.W. Bush with the words “Bush is criminal;” visitors would wipe their feet on his face.

It was simply impossible to destroy all the Saddam paintings, however. And amid the chaos, both U.S. soldiers and Iraqis squirreled away Saddam statues and paintings—some for possible monetary gain, and others as war souvenirs or as historical artifacts.

Patrick Baz—AFP/Getty ImagesIraqis watch a statue of Saddam Hussein falling in Baghdad on April 9, 20013. The ousted dictator was hanged in December 2006.

As U.S. forces rolled into Iraq and Saddam’s forces collapsed, I drove into Iraq from Jordan, and found in the trashed VIP lounge of the border post an oil painting lying amid the detritus on the floor, showing Saddam, resplendent in desert robes; I pried it off its frame, and stuck the rolled up canvas in my bag—an act, I thought, of saving history from being entirely obliterated.

Al-Rubaie, who today has become a high-ranking politician in Baghdad, is doing much the same thing in Iraq. He began his collection, which includes one of Saddam’s gold-plated Kalashnikov rifles, soon after the invasion, when a high-ranking U.S. military officer called him from the U.S. base in Kuwait with news that a bust of Saddam from a giant statue in a Baghdad square was being loaded on to a C-130 transport plane. It had been smuggled out of Iraq by an American soldier and was now bound for the U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida. “He asked me, ‘would you clear it?'” al-Rubaie says. “I said ‘no, we want it back. It belongs to Iraq.'” The bust, which weighs about 200 pounds, was flown back to Baghdad, where it was stored in the fortified Green Zone for two years, before al-Rubaie brought it home.

After Saddam’s execution in 2006, al-Rubaie added the length of rope around the bust’s neck—a stark reminder of a night in which he says he played a key role. The hanging took place just a few blocks from al-Rubaie’s home in the Baghdad neighborhood of Khadamiyah.

Al-Rubaie says he hoped to detect some remorse from Saddam, who was handed a Koran minutes before dying, but he remained outwardly unmoved. Al-Rubaie says he still has complicated feelings about that night. “Imagine me, a doctor since 1971,” he says. “I took the Hippocratic oath to save lives.”

Not even Al-Rubaie can be sure his rope is the one used to hang Saddam that night; he says he had asked for a length of the rope to be brought to him after the event. Nevertheless, he estimates it could be worth millions. In 2015, the al-Araby al-Jadeed news site said al-Rubaie had received offers of up to $7 million for the rope.

Al-Rubaie says he has other plans in mind. “One of my missions is to establish a museum of everything from that era,” he says, adding that he believes it is necessary to preserve the history of Saddam for future generations as a lesson in how the Iraqis lived under dictatorship. “I want to keep all things relating to Saddam,” he says. “They are all over.”

In fact, during the years after the U.S. invasion, displaying Saddam—even in jest—was a risky act. One day in 2003, an enterprising Iraqi began selling Saddam dolls in full military uniform, which danced to pop music when switched on. I bought two for $20 each, before the man was warned by locals that he could be targeted by Saddam loyalists if he failed to destroy his supply. The dolls now sit in my office in Paris, along with a supply of Iraqi dinars with Saddam’s face on them.

And somewhere in Baghdad sits the oil painting I lifted from the VIP lounge on the Jordanian border in March, 2003, during the U.S. invasion. Not knowing what to do with it, I left the painting for safekeeping in the home of an Iraqi friend, who subsequently moved to the U.S. as a refugee. That painting, along with many others hidden in corners of Iraq and abroad, might be displayed publicly again in the future—if al-Rubaie manages to someday open his museum.

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Brooksville, Florida

Quick Brooksville, Florida History Brooksville, Florida was originally known as Melendez and then Benton. Incorporated in 1856, it is a wonderful city featuring a hilly terrain that ranges in elevation from 175 to 274 feet. There is a long history of successful planters, growers, and cattlemen in and around Brooksville. Its southern background is reflected in its name, honoring South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks who is best noted for hitting abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner on the head with his cane. Brooksville's downtown area features the iconic Hernando Courthouse, along with great shopping in unique stores featuring everything from antiques, outfits, high-end resale, stationery, flowers and bric-a-brac to formal gowns – and stationery. Some streets still show the Augusta bricks laid by hand. Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation mural painted by Justin Alsedek is on Brooksville's City Hall building, which houses a free art gallery upstairs. Things to Do in Brooksville, Florida There are several downtown restaurants and coffee shops, along with legal and banking offices, a library, and more than one park. Brooksville has been working hard to revive its downtown to attract more visitors and became a Florida Main Street community in 2016. For those looking for things to do in Brooksville, the Main Street organization holds several events in Brooksville's downtown area as well as farmers and artist markets, and a simply magical holiday celebration of all things Christmas during December with everything from musical trees to performing artists, decorations galore and horse-drawn carriage rides.  Local art is displayed in several downtown businesses and buildings, as well as murals painted throughout the downtown area. A walking tour map of the downtown murals may be found here. The Brooksville City Hall building houses a changing art exhibit in Gallery 201, and all are welcome. There is no charge. The architecture is interesting in several buildings and when looking for things to do in Brooksville, Florida, a wonderful historic walking tour can be had for the simple act of following the map here. If you would like more information about each building on the historic tour, download the complete guide here. (Please note that the Hernando Chamber of Commerce has moved to Brooksville's Tampa Bay Regional Airport. The guide is dated, but the history and map are accurate.) Historic homes are throughout the downtown area and a tour has been mapped out. There are two B & Bs, including this one, known as the Mirador. Another popular thing to do in Brooksville, Florida, is to visit the May Stringer Museum, located at 600 West Jefferson. Housed in the 1850 Stringer House, a Queen Anne masterpiece with a four-story tower, this historic building is reputed to be haunted. There are daily tours Tuesday - Saturday led by docents and the price of admission is only $10 for adults, $5 for children, free for those under 6 years of age, but the exhibits seem more adult-friendly. F. L. Stringer was a State Senator and judge. With thousands of historic artifacts and regular tours, it commemorates the Civil War era and provides a glimpse at the lifestyle and relics of a gone but not forgotten segment of American history. Ghost tours are held on Friday and Saturday nights by reservation. The May Stringer House houses a historical museum that is well worth a tour in Brooksville. It is said to be haunted. In addition to the May Stringer house there is a historic train depot to visit. Next to the historic train depot museum is a one-room schoolhouse to visit on Russell Street. Both of these museums are adjacent to Russell Street Park which has the Good Neighbor Trail running through it. The Good Neighbor Trail is a paved, multiuse trail that runs about 10.3 miles to connect with the Withlacoochee State Trail. Continue east to find another wonderful shopping area, featuring the Hawkins House and the Florida Cracker Trading Company and Tap Room. There is even an old-fashioned Coney Island where it is rumored that Elvis Presley may have eaten many years ago with an ice cream shop in front. The Florida Mermaid Trail In 2020, a Mermaid Trail was created in downtown Brooksville, which is part treasure hunt and part walking tour. It is an easy activity for one or more to get out and enjoy the historic brick streets and well-kept homes and businesses. Each February, a Mermaid Festival is held in Hernando Park, where residents and visitors compete for the best-dressed mermaids, with and without their pets, and meet the real mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. The maps for the Mermaid Trail can be found at Florida's Adventure Coast Visitor Center, adjacent to the park. Expanding Beyond Brooksville’s City Limits You may want to travel north on US 41 to visit the historic Chinsegut Hill Historic Site and rediscover the magic that caused its last private owners to name it Chinsegut, meaning, “a place where lost things are found.” Learn their story of courage and civil rights for all, as well as a historic timeline of occupation during significant national events. And it's beautiful and somewhat magical. *Please note that Chinsegut Hill Museum is managed by the Tampa Bay History Center and is open on weekends for tours, as well as some outdoor events on select weekdays. An Emancipation Celebration is held in May. Originally constructed in the early 1800s, and then added onto by subsequent owners, the Chinsegut Manor House was renovated in 2013-2014 and has been restored to the splendor of its glory days. Image by Diane Bedard. Don't forget the Ice Cream Head back south on U.S. 41 and then travel east on S.R. 50/U.S. 98. Make a right on Spring Lake Highway (541) and follow it to the top of the hill. On the right is Boyett’s Grove Citrus and Timeless Attraction. Here you will find a wonderful animal park where you can feed the animals, a dinosaur cave, taxidermy museum, birds, snakes, an alligator named, "Elvis", and more. A putt-putt golf course winds through part of this fun-filled tourist trap. There’s even a snack bar, ice cream parlor, and an old-fashioned Florida gift shop! It’s one of my favorite places on the Nature Coast. Read the full article

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Best of 2017: The Best Painted + Patterned Walls

We love a good patterned wall here at Design*Sponge. Whether it's wallpaper, a mural, hand-painted styles or another unexpected material used to create something unique, we can't get enough of interiors that embrace pattern. Today I'm sharing 15 of our favorite home tours from 2017 that use pattern and painted walls to create amazing spaces. Enjoy! –xo, Grace

Image above: This Austin, TX home uses a sophisticated patterned wallpaper to create a black and white mural-feel in the master bedroom.

The cheerful tree wallpaper in this Portland home tour really helped to add color and warmth to the kitchen.

We loved the polka-dot wallpaper in this Portland bungalow's dining room.

This amazing home in Mexico uses palm frond wallpaper not only on the walls, but as an accent on the dresser, too!

This incredible painted headboard makes for a dramatic statement.

We love the patterned cactus wallpaper in this Tampa, Florida home.

Flamingos and swans had a real moment this year, and this dining room nook makeover highlighted painted birds in a bold way.

This Ohio rental's bathroom really shines because of hand-painted floral wallpaper.

This London home uses botanical wallpaper to accent a sweet guest bedroom.

This Colorado home used folklore-inspired wallpaper to decorate its entryway.

This Cleveland home needed a little oomph, so the homeowner's friend painted a floral mural on top of the existing wallpaper!

This Atwater Los Angeles home belongs to two photographers who embraced flamingo wallpaper and a warm peach color palette.

This Los Angeles rehab used accent walls of amazing floral wallpaper in several rooms.

This Southwestern home uses chalkboard paint to allow for constantly changing custom murals in the master bedroom.

Last but not least, this Mississippi home uses gold and white floral wallpaper to accent a beautiful bedroom alcove with vaulted ceilings.

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