A MAGAZINE OF THE TAMPA BAY TIMES
FEBRUARY 2019
A TIME FOR LOVE
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February WELCOME TO THE LOVE ISSUE
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The Belleview Inn provides an exquisite backdrop for a joyous celebration. Page 36.
At love, that is. Three couples tell us how they did it.
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16 OF COURSE YOU MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE It’s an aphrodisiac. It’s a treat. It’s an all-time Valentine favorite.
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE?
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The Tampa Museum of Art’s Seth Pevnick says goodbye, with love, to Tampa.
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St. Petersburg Debutante Club 81st Debutante Ball The Poynter Institute Bowtie Ball A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay “Home Is Where the Heart Is” Holiday Stroll Ryan Nece Foundation Perks for Power of Giving St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation Georgette’s Holiday Fashion Show Friends of Joshua House Foundation Bow Ties & Clutches
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LOVE ISN’T ANY ONE THING, IS IT?
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It can be a walk through the grounds of the Belleview Inn on a breezy, sun-drenched day. A morsel of chocolate from Schakolad Chocolate Factory melting in your mouth. The way a necklace from Arthur Yates and Son feels when someone special slips it around your neck. It can be physical, of course. It can be brain activity, contracted blood vessels, the things we teach you about in our interview with Tampa Bay physicians looking to unlock love’s mysteries. Love can be unexpected and precious. In this issue, we tell stories of second chances, people who were at the end of their romantic ropes, heading for lives very different from the ones they wanted. Then — boom — love came again. You can love a place, even when you’re leaving it behind. Tampa Museum of Art’s Seth Pevnick
looks back fondly over his career in Tampa as he readies for a new one. But not before he goes in depth with us about the goddess of love, Aphrodite. Love, too, is found on the other side of loss. We felt that recently when our dear friend and colleague, Bay editor Katherine Snow Smith, moved on to a new career. That’s why I’m here writing to you this month. We’re at the tail end of a search for a new editor, for the person who will do these pages justice, who knows the people, places and things you care about in all corners of Tampa Bay. We needed someone with impeccable style and grace, plus the journalistic chops to match. Sometimes, love can feel like a big payoff. That’s how it feels to officially announce Bay’s new editor to you today.
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Welcome, Kathy Saunders. Readers of Bay will recognize Kathy as a regular contributor in these pages. She’s with us again this month, telling a story about proper wedding invitation etiquette. It’s illustrated by stunning examples she collected from local purveyors. You might also recognize Kathy from the social scene, where she already is a frequent guest at the events Bay covers. Some of us in the office recognize her from years ago, when she worked as a reporter at the Tampa Bay Times covering local news in North Pinellas. Truth is, she never really left our family, and we love that. I’ll let her tell you more about herself in our March issue. You’re going to love her. — Stephanie Hayes
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CHOCOLATE COORDINATION BY WHITNEY COHEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY PATTY YABLONSKI
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ocoa bean has historically been considered a special treat. It was said to be valuable as early as 350 B.C.,
and even used as currency by ancient Aztecs. Chocolate is also an aphrodisiac. Today, chocolate takes shape in an assortment of ways, from the traditional hot cocoa drink to the heart-shaped box of chocolates to sauces and cocktails and bacon (yes, chocolate-covered bacon). We explored some Tampa Bay area chocolate shops to see what lovely concoctions are being served. Treat that special someone,
or yourself, this Valentine’s Day. SCHAKOLAD CHOCOLATE FACTORY 401 Central Ave. St. Petersburg (727) 892-2400 schakolad.com (pronounced shaq-oh-LAD) Specialized chocolates are made fresh on the premises using a third-generation European family recipe.
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hen Jordan Falcusan was planning her 2017 wedding, she envisioned a cere-
mony that included her fiance’s Finnish heritage and their combined personal styles. Soosie Lazenby, owner of URBANcoast stationery studio in Belleair Bluffs, took it from there. She helped Falcusan and professional hockey player Valtteri Filppula design invitations that set the tone for the black-tie affair at the former Versace mansion in Miami.
Lazenby used the lions from the Finnish coat of arms along with flowers and palm trees “to represent their love of Florida” to create a special theme for the couple. “What we do is essentially create a branded platform for our clients,” said Lazenby. “Invitations are really meaningful because they create a legacy for people. It was really neat to bring her vision to life and collaborate.” In these days of online ordering and instant printing, Lazenby and other area invitation designers say the art of the formal invitation is still very much alive. For Falcusan and Filppula, the former Lightning player now with the New York Islanders, their floral crest in lavender and gold hues was carried throughout the printed materials of the wedding. The couple ordered invitations, inserts, programs, welcome packets for out-of-town guests, books of matches and logo-wrapped cigars. The theme continued on menus for the rehearsal dinner and wedding. She printed matching “Do Not Disturb” signs for the doorknobs of hotel guests who partied late with the newlyweds. The wedding flowers and greens matched the printed keepsakes.
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A floral crest in lavender and gold was featured on all of the wedding materials in this set.
And, at the reception, guests could find their names and seating assignments painted on a 36-inch gold-framed mirror. The wedding motif gave guests a glimpse into the couple and their future together, said Lazenby. This is important for other couples in their quest to create a memorable experience. Lazenby, 52, provides new clients with printed materials that include directions on proper wording for invitations from formal to fun, as well as information on addressing guest envelopes and step-by-step instructions to assemble the inserts in the invitations. “Proper” wording depends on who is hosting the event. Hosts are named first. For traditional, formal weddings, wording should be in the third person, according to the most recent edition of Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette. For church weddings, brides should request from their guests the “honor,” or the British spelling “honour,” of their presence instead of “the pleasure of your company,” as is acceptable for civil or nonreligious ceremonies. Punctuation is used only for abbreviations and abbreviations are only used for social titles. Middle names should be spelled out, unless they are too long to fit on the invitation. In that case, it’s best to eliminate the middle names rather than use an initial, according to the Post etiquette standards.
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hen Karen Hart, 51, started working on wedding invitations, she began her own education in proper etiquette. The owner of Karen’s Paperie in St. Petersburg, Hart said requests for formal, engraved invitations have been gradually increasing the past year, although she continues to design plenty of invitations using letterpress, thermography, lithography, laser printing and embossed type. “Everything goes these days,” she said. “It’s whatever you want — there’s no right or wrong way to do things, it just depends on the person.” Lazenby had 12 brides order engraved invitations last year, compared to one the year before. When a mother or grandmother tells a modern bride she needs to use traditional wording on the invitations, Hart and Lazenby said they generally side with the traditionalists. “I am 100 percent okay with sharing my opinion and my expertise and taste because these are the things people are coming to me for,” said Lazenby. “They want someone to guide them — it’s like an interior designer.” A former sports marketing professional, Lazenby said she also is used to protecting her clients from social and etiquette blunders. She does the same with the couples who seek her wedding invitation advice. For high-profile clients, she includes a note on the bottom of the response card saying, “Our guest list is by invitation
only and attendance is limited to only those addressed on the envelope.” That’s a way to discourage guests from bringing plus-ones or family members not on the invitation. Hart said she also cautions couples about using language like “no gifts please” on the invitation, saying, “You should never assume you are getting a gift.”
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atie Hardy, owner of KT Janes in Tampa, has been seeing more letterpress invitations with multicolored inks. Bright colors for ink and envelope liners are trendy for informal invitations, say all three of the stationery designers. Bespoke fonts created to reflect a couple’s personal style are another big trend. Lazenby’s favorite was for a wedding planner who married on the steps of an old courthouse. “The font just feels like that scene,” she said. Rose gold is another fashionable color for modern brides. That’s the accent color selected by Tampa Bay Rays centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier and his wife Marisa for their 2017 wedding invitations. Lazenby used rose gold lettering on the invitations along with a matching sash and glittery, rose gold lining in the envelopes. Hart is especially fond of an invitation she created for a beach-themed ceremony that was mailed to guests in a ribboned box. Each invitation was embellished with a jeweled starfish brooch. Hardy, 41, said her brides tend to be a bit less formal these days and less willing to spend as much on invitations as their mothers and grandmothers. But, when she designed her own wedding invitation last year, she had each one written by hand — the most personal and formal of all invitation styles. She worked with local calligrapher Kirby Wilson to do the lettering on all 23 of her invitations to family and friends for her intimate wedding in her mother’s Tampa home. “I loved it — I wouldn’t have had it any other way,” she said. “I saw it in an old Emily Post book and I wanted it immediately. I wanted old school and I am an old soul.” Lazenby loves the traditional invitations but is always open to a whimsical design. She particularly enjoyed working with her graphic designer, Joshua Barber, to create a Mario Bros. arcade game-themed invitation for professional wrestler-actor Dave Bautista from the Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Infinity War movies. Costs for printed invitations are wide ranging. Lazenby can design a logo starting at $300 and she has had clients spend upward of $30,000 on invitations. Prices depend on the quality and quantity of the products. Hart said she has samples starting at $3.25 per invitation and others priced at $25 per piece. Both agreed the average wedding size is between 100 and 125 guests.
Rose gold was chosen as the color of the font used on the wedding invitation of Marisa and Kevin Kiermaier. The envelope featured a glittery rose gold interior.
A ribboned box held this unique wedding invitation, which featured a starfish brooch.
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“Everything goes these days. It’s whatever you want — there’s no right or wrong way to do things, it just depends on the person.” KAREN HART, owner of Karen’s Paperie in St. Petersburg
Wrestler-actor Dave Bautista from Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Infinity War chose a Mario Bros. arcade game-themed invitation.
All of the invitation retailers say six months of advance time is preferable for printed wedding invitations. That’s longer production time than most online companies, but worth it, the local stationery designers say. They understand why couples choose online ordering for financial and convenience reasons. “But your customization options are very limited to ink, color and font,” said Lazenby, who has had to reprint invitations for brides who discovered their online invitations were identical to ones purchased by another local bride. Another of Lazenby’s couples ordered all of their paper and card stock and then had to postpone the wedding when the groom underwent cancer treatment. Lazenby kept the materials in her studio for a year and printed everything when he was recovered and the wedding was rescheduled. “You don’t get that with online businesses,” she said. Hart used to have a storefront for her studio but closed the business in 2017. She now makes personal appoint-
ments and meets privately with her clients. “I will never get a feel for their vision if somebody just starts picking stuff off my website,” she said. “I think that people still like the personal touch with stationery and invitations. And I still have people who want beautiful invitations with beautiful paper.”
Wedding invitations are as individualized and personalized as the couples themselves.
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istory is full of love stories that capture our imagination, from Paris and Helen to Harry and Meghan. Some are tortured, some are joyous, some are tragic, some touch us deeply with their love and devotion. Some leave us yearning for Academy Award-winning screenwriters to pen lines for us, such as in 1995’s Sense and Sensibility when Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) says to Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson): “I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.” It’s a line not in Jane Austen’s novel but written by Thompson for the movie. And some love stories have yet to be written in full. Modern lovers looking for a historic backdrop for a big chapter in theirs can look to the Belleview Inn, the restored landmark hotel in Belleair that serves as the backdrop for our wedding story with fashions that put modern spins on the classic event. The mother of the bride, not wanting to overshadow, strikes a subtly elegant tone with this blush gown that comes with its own accessory — the tulle half skirt. For those who find the tulle a bit much, it’s detachable via the bowed belt, taking nothing away from the impact the dress delivers with its pearl-like embellishments and cutout design.
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Lace- and bead-embellished gown with tulle skirt, Lara, $670. Rose gold bracelets, $75. Karâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tel Boutique, International Plaza, Tampa.
LITTLE BLACK MAGIC For a bachelorette party that can take any turn, the little black dress gets an extra shot of sexiness with sequins and mesh panels. The bows on the sandals raise the sparkle level even higher to keep the bride-to-be at the center of her party. It’s off to the reception after the bride changes into to a sleek gown that allows for easier movement — greeting guests, dancing — and a more relaxed feel. The groom catches the eye with a navy tux that is a perfect pop of color.
Black sequin dress, Merabi, $260. Kar’tel Boutique, International Plaza, Tampa. Satin-bow dress sandals, Kate Spade, $268. Dillard’s, International Plaza.
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Navy Tuxedo and shoes, rental for $229.99. All Brides 2 Be, Clearwater. Embellished silver crystal gown, Glow, $545. Kar’tel Boutique. Rhinestone statement earrings, Cezanne, $34. Dillard’s, International Plaza. Below, rhinestone silver heels, Steve Madden, $99. Dillard’s.
NEW TAKES ON TRADITIONS Left: Those who don’t want a traditional wedding gown but still want statement polish can choose a traditional color tone. The silver drop earrings extend the column of color without overwhelming anything and keep the eye from focusing only on the dress. A jacket or wrap can be added for more coverage or to protect against the elements. Right: A fresh take on rehearsaldinner chic: a jumpsuit in a bold color, a tasteful statement necklace and a hint of whimsy with the choice of purse.
Red Jumpsuit with sheer overlay, Antonio Melani, $179. Pave Navette teardrop necklace, Gemma Layne, $38. Pave pear stretch bracelet, Gemma Layne, $38. Black satin strappy sandals, Vince Camuto, $99. All from Dillard’s, International Plaza.
At far left, embellished silver-crystal gown, Glow, $545. Kar’tel Boutique, International Plaza. Rhinestone statement earrings, Cezanne, $34. At left, Pave Navette teardrop Belgium crystal-eye clutch, $400. Kar’tel Boutique. FEBRUARY 2019
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THE BELLEVIEW INN at Belleair opened in December after years of starts, stops and wrangling over what to do with the hotel. It was born in 1897 as the Belleview Hotel, built by Henry Plant to lure tourists to Florida’s west coast. And lure it did. The celebrity guests included Vanderbilts and DuPonts, Thomas Edison, Marilyn Monroe, U.S. presidents, royalty and Bob Dylan, who in 1976 rehearsed for his Rolling Thunder Review tour at what was then called the Belleview Biltmore. The chapter that resulted in the inn, a 35-room boutique hotel reimagined and restored from the original 400-plus-room structure, began in 2015, when developer JMC Communities bought the resort for $6 million. The hotel had been closed for nine years at the time, and the original structure, at one time the largest occupied wooden structure in the world, was thought to be beyond saving. JMC tore down most of it but preserved about 38,000 square feet of the west wing, including the original lobby. The developer spent $13 million renovating the hotel. The building was turned 90 degrees and moved 300 feet on computerized carts to its new location at the head of Belleview Boulevard. The lobby was restored, and many of the hotel’s interior features were salvaged, including a Tiffanyera glass ceiling that is part of the inn’s Tiffany room. A history room is full of artifacts that tell the hotel’s story. The inn is the centerpiece of JMC’s 132-residence Belleview Place, a condo and townhome community that has among its amenities the Belleair Golf and Country Club. For information about the Belleview Inn: thebelleviewinn.com; toll-free 1-877-905-4496. For information about Belleview Place: belleviewplace.com; (727) 469-7070.
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Ivory lace-embellished bridal gown, Allure Couture, $2,999. Embellished crown, $90. Both from All Brides 2 Be, Clearwater.
FOR HER: DRAMA FOR HIM: DOWNTIME The right kind of weddingdress drama: The traditional white backless gown has lace and netting, jeweled accents across the bodice and a mermaid-style train. There’s no veil to compete with anything. The tiara accents the dress and doesn’t hide the bride. The groom trades his tux for a stylish suit-and-tie combo and takes a moment to relax after a hectic day.
Plaid suit, Ted Baker, $795. Gray stripe shirt, Gold Label, $65. Black silk tie with silver circles, Roundtree & Yorke, $39. All from Dillard’s, International Plaza, Tampa.
STORES REPRESENTED: All Brides 2 Be Tuxedo, Formalwear, Fashion Styling 760 Belcher Road Clearwater allbrides2be.com Dillard’s 2223 N West Shore Blvd. Tampa dillards.com Kar’tel Boutique 2223 N West Shore Blvd. Tampa instagram.com/kartelboutique
FASHION STYLIST: Sandra Davila MAKEUP AND HAIR: Monique McLaughlin MODELS: Melissa Vogt Hana Young Josh Solomon PHOTOGRAPHED AT: THE BELLEVIEW INN 25 Belleview Blvd. Belleair (727) 441-1774 thebelleviewinn.com
Ivory lace-embellished bridal gown, Allure Couture, $2,999. Embellished crown, $90. Both from All Brides 2 Be, Clearwater.
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Above, custom-designed gold heart necklace, price available upon request. At right, heart bracelet in 14-karat gold, $1,100. Evander Preston Contemporary Jewelry Design 106 Eighth Ave., St. Pete Beach (727) 367-7894
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Open heart on tourmalines, silver necklace, $218. Craftsman House Gallery 2955 Central Ave., St. Petersburg (727) 323-2787 craftsmanhousegallery.com
Below, heart-shaped diamond ring, 2.3 carats, with diamond baguettes set in platinum, $9,500. Arthur Yates & Son Jewelers 1708 S Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa (813) 253-2164 arthuryatesjewelers.com
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in our body. When all are spinning in harmony, we achieve balance. At the center of the seven chakras is the heart chakra. It is responsible for compassion, acceptance, forgiveness and unconditional love. Wrap yourself in hearts around your neck or wrist or finger. It’s all about love.
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Blue sapphire heart pendant surrounded by round and baguette diamonds, $21,899. Gold & Diamond Source 3800 Ulmerton Road Clearwater Toll-free 1-800-494-4940 (727) 573-9351 goldanddiamondsource.com
“Madame Butterfly” brooch pin necklace in blue topaz, rose gold, $12,000. Statue, “The Protective Angel,” porcelain, Lladro, $1,000. Bernie’s & Son Jewelers 154 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg (727) 823-2000 berniesandsonjeweler.com
Link necklace, 18-karat gold, 184 diamonds, 3.5 carats, $19,000. Statue, “The Protective Angel,” porcelain, Lladro, $1,000. Bernie’s & Son Jewelers 154 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg (727) 823-2000 berniesandsonjeweler.com
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XO cuff in 14-karat gold, $2,500. Evander Preston Contemporary Jewelry Design 106 Eighth Ave., St. Pete Beach (727) 367-7894 “Return to Tiffany” etched heart and arrow tag charm in 18-karat rose gold, $1,200. Tiffany & Co. International Plaza, Tampa Photograph courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
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At left, two open hearts, silver necklace, $78. Below left, open heart with tourmaline beads, silver earrings, $218. Craftsman House Gallery 2955 Central Ave., St. Petersburg (727) 323-2787 craftsmanhousegallery.com
Elsa Peretti open heart earrings in 18-karat rose gold, $750. Tiffany & Co. International Plaza, Tampa Photograph courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
Vintage heart necklace with pink tourmaline set in 14-karat white gold, price available upon request. Arthur Yates & Son Jewelers 1708 S Dale Mabry Highway Tampa (813) 253-2164 arthuryatesjewelers.com
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Juleve necklace featuring a 3.71-carat heart-shaped diamond surrounded by natural pink diamonds and white baguette diamonds, $139,999. Gold & Diamond Source 3800 Ulmerton Road Clearwater Toll-free 1-800-494-4940 (727) 573-9351 goldanddiamondsource.com
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Drawn to Beauty leadership support provided by The Gerard B. Lambert Foundation. Drawn to Beauty is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg. Jean Schlumberger, Butterflies, 1956, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, Photo: Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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or the past ten years, Seth Pevnick has used his expertise in antiquities to serve as the Tampa Museum of Art’s Richard E. Perry curator of Greek and Roman art. He holds a Ph.D in archaeology from the University of California, Los Angeles. He came to the museum in 2009 from the prestigious J. Paul Getty Museum in L.A., where he was the curatorial assistant in the department of antiquities. Pevnick eventually went on to become the museum’s chief curator, a job in which he strove to connect the museum’s collection of antiquities with its modern and contemporary art.
Pevnick recently accepted a position as the curator of Greek and Roman art at the renowned Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, so he’ll be leaving Tampa in March. During his time at the Tampa museum, he’s overseen the acquisition of countless works of art and curated numerous exhibitions, including 2018’s “Patricia Cronin, Aphrodite and the Lure of Antiquity: Conversations with the Collection.” For that exhibit, Cronin created a monumental sculpture of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, inspired by a torso of Aphrodite from the museum’s collection. The museum has acquired Aphrodite Reimagined, so Pevnick’s legacy will live on That exhibition was part of a trio in the museum’s “Season of Love,” which includes one of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms, “Love is Calling” and a retrospective of work by LOVE sculptor Robert Indiana. Before Pevnick says goodbye to Tampa, we picked his scholarly brain about the exhibition, Aphrodite and expressions of love.
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Seth Pevnick, the Richard E. Perry curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Tampa Museum of Art. He leaves Tampa in March.
When did you first discover your love for art? I’ve loved art since I was a little kid. I remember making a lot of art throughout preschool and elementary school, and then taking many different studio-art classes in high school. I did pretty well in those classes, and I thought about going to art school, but I wasn’t ready to commit to pursuing a career related to art. In college, I took a wide range of courses, and ended up teaching elementary school after I graduated, but found myself returning as much as I could to museums and to learning about ancient art and ancient civilizations. I’ve been really fortunate to be able to follow my passions and find myself in this position.
The Head of Aphrodite in the Patricia Cronin, Aphrodite and the Lure of Antiquity: Conversations with the Collection exhibit.
What is it about Greek and Roman antiquities that made you want to spend your life studying and discovering them? I’ve always seen the Greeks and Romans as our cultural forebears, and even though their language and religion may seem foreign to many people today, I find it fascinating — and in certain ways comforting — that there are so many similarities between them and us. When I spend time looking closely at an ancient artwork, I feel myself becoming closer in a certain way to the people who made it, used it, and cared for it centuries or millennia ago.
The Torso of Aphrodite/Venus in the Patricia Cronin, Aphorodite and the Lure of Antiquity: Conversations with the Collection exhibit.
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All of the exhibitions in the museum right now have to do with love. Was that a coincidence or planned? That was a happy coincidence. It wasn’t totally unplanned, but (the curatorial staff) had been talking for some time about doing this Conversations with the Collection, in which we would invite a living artist to reflect on a work in our collection. With Patricia Cronin, it was her choice to focus on Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
When that decision was made, we were already talking about the Robert Indiana show, and he’s most famous for Love, so there was a clear connection there, and then when we had the opportunity to present “Yayoi Kusama, Love is Calling,” we said this makes perfect sense, it all works together. We’re always trying to find ways to connect, especially the antiquities to modern and contemporary because sometimes it doesn’t seem like a clear connection. The opportunity to tie it all together through love was really phenomenal.
How did you find Patricia Cronin? To be honest, I did not know of Patricia Cronin. Joanna Robotham, our curator of modern and contemporary art, suggested that she might be a good fit for us. And right away I learned about (Cronin’s sculpture) Memorial to a Marriage and I thought, that makes sense. In a way, it’s more neo-classical than classical, but as someone who has studied ancient art, I saw a lot of clear classical references. And when we reached out to her and started taking, I said how much it reminds me of Etruscan funerary art. There’s a famous life-sized sarcophagus in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that shows a couple in bed. It’s not two women, like in Memorial to a Marriage, but it’s a couple in bed. She knew exactly what I was talking about.
Memorial to a Marriage depicts Cronin and her now wife embracing, and it will be their actual grave marker. At the time it was created in 2002, was it controversial? Memorial to a Marriage was revolutionary in its day. It represents love in the form of two women. And at the time that it was made, marriage between two women or two men wasn’t legal in this country. Which is kind of hard to believe, because the sculpture is not that old, but 15 years ago it was illegal. So to call a sculpture Memorial to a Marriage was really a political message ... because it was a memorial to a marriage that our legal system wouldn’t recognize. But in Patricia Cronin’s mind, and in many other people’s minds, it is a marriage, because it’s two people in love.
Seth Pevnick on the museum’s recent exhibits: “The opportunity to tie it all together through love was really phenomenal.”
When she came to select the piece from the collection, did she instantly gravitate toward the Aphrodite torso? She did. The Aphrodite torso was close to the front of the gallery and she was struck by it, which didn’t surprise me.
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and Aphrodite said, ‘It’s mine,’ and Athena said, ‘It’s mine,’ and Hera said, ‘It’s mine,’ And Zeus and Hermes said, ‘We need someone to decide this.’ So Hermes takes the apple to Paris, the trojan prince, to make the decision. Talk about a no-win situation. Each of the goddesses offered a bribe and Aphrodite says, ‘If you choose me, I’ll make the most beautiful woman in the world your wife.’ So he chooses her and then Paris takes Helen, the most beautiful in the world, as his wife. But this is a major problem ... because Helen was already married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta. He takes Helen from Sparta to Troy, and this is what launches the Trojan war. And all of that comes, in a sense, from Aphrodite.
LOVE by Robert Indiana. Below, Love is Calling by Yayoi Kusama. Photographs courtesy of the Tampa Museum of Art
How has Aphrodite been used to symbolize love? Over the course of ancient art, there are a lot of monumental sculptures, like the one that we have. The Aphrodite of Knidos is the very famous sculpture by Praxiteles, which no longer survives. In antiquity, it was emulated by many other artists. She also appears on coins, small terracottas and Greek vases, all sorts of different media. She is a goddess who is connected particularly with love and beauty, but also with the sea. She was famously born from the sea, there’s the famous Botticelli painting (The Birth of Venus) of her rising from the sea. There were lots of temples and sanctuaries dedicated to Aphrodite in antiquity.
Would they be things about with love, specifically? Sometimes. She is connected to love and marriage, but also to procreation. So she’s holding a pomegranate in the sculpture that Patricia Cronin created. The pomegranate is often thought to be connected to fertility, which goes back goes to ancient times.
Is there a particular story in mythology that connects Aphrodite to the act of love? The most famous one is the story of the judgment of Paris. ... Peleus and Thetis were getting married and all of the gods and goddesses were invited except for Eros, the goddess of discord. She showed up anyway and tossed into the wedding party the golden apple, which was inscribed for the most beautiful. She knew this was going to cause a problem,
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The exhibition will end, but since the museum acquired Aphrodite Reimagined, she will stay. Can we call Aphrodite Reimagined the Tampa Aphrodite? Well, I do call our torso the Tampa Aphrodite, which is probably a little presumptuous. But (Aphrodite Reimagined) is the most important Aphrodite in Tampa! And there is the painting that (Cronin) made of our sculpture and that is called Aphrodite, Tampa Museum.
You’ll be leaving the museum in March for the Cleveland Museum of Art. In living here these past ten years, what do you love about Tampa? I love the Tampa Museum of Art, in particular the Greek and Roman art collection. I love the community, I’ve gotten to known so many wonderful people here. I love the Riverwalk, I love the park. I love how friendly people are. It’s not a gigantic city, but it’s a major metropolitan area, and it feels like a small town. I run into people wherever I go and they’re usually happy to see me. I have a wife and two kids, ages 6 and 10, and they’ve been really happy here. We’ll miss Tampa.
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flat tire and lack of a map rerouted Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow’s lives 30 years ago, veering off from a potentially miserable straight life to become equal-rights reformers and England’s first gay fathers through surrogacy. Tony Barlow had stopped at a Manchester gas station for directions to the New Scientist magazine award ceremony where the British dermatologist was to be honored for his cancer-drug research.
Barrie, left, and Tony Drewitt-Barlow with son Aspen.
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Barrie Drewitt overheard his inquiry and jumped into Tony’s Jaguar, spouting that he was stuck with a flat and would gladly lead the way for a lift. “I would never do anything so cheeky nowadays,” said Barrie, “but changing a tire would have been way beyond me.” The year was 1987 and Tony was to wed the heiress he’d dated for four years. “Being out and proud was not a thing yet,” Barrie said. “We got to chatting and stopped off for a pint. Before we knew it, it was 1 o’clock in the morning.” Tony recalled the furor when the marriage was called off and the men made plans to move in together. “I was two weeks from getting married,” he said, “but the moment I met Barrie, I knew that my life was going to change forever and getting married to a woman was NOT what I wanted to do.” The couple have been inseparable since. “England is a very antiquated, insular island,” added Barrie. “For the first four or five years of our relationship, Tony introduced me as his brother. We lived two different lives, work and private.”
Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow and their children. “We are the poster boys of same-sex parenting,” Barrie said.
The couple gradually became more open when they moved to London in 1990 and Barrie earned a master’s degree in social work. Competing in poodle shows, taking expensive holidays and collecting Faberge eggs kept the pair happy and busy. Tony, 55, founded a consumer cosmetics-testing company that has grown to five locations: Manchester, London, Princeton, Winnipeg and St. Petersburg. Two years ago, they moved into a Bayshore Boulevard mansion in South Tampa and recently bought a 10-acre estate in Lithia. The men had everything but the family they dreamed of. “As a doctor and a social worker, we could work in child services — I had the power to remove children from a difficult situation — but the law said we could not parent,” said Barrie, 50. A decade-long legal battle for gay and lesbians rights they helped launch was ultimately successful and, since 2005, the United Kingdom is one of only 14 countries where same-sex couples can legally adopt children. Meanwhile, as the case slowly wound through the courts, Barrie learned about assisted reproductive
technology, an emerging procedure to create an embryo in a lab. A Beverly Hills physician helped them find an egg donor and a surrogate carrier. After six failed in vitro fertilization attempts, twins Saffron and Aspen, now 19, were born in 1999. “We are the poster boys of same-sex parenting,” said Barrie. Two other surrogates birthed Orlando, 15, and twin sons Jasper and Dallas, now 8, to complete the family. The two dads, who never reveal which children they fathered, continued their equal-rights advocacy in the U.K. until Parliament passed marriage equality legislation and the age of consent for gay relationships was lowered. “If I had not met Barrie that night, I would have married like I was expected to and had a miserable life pretending to be someone I wasn’t,” Tony said. “Samesex parenting would not have progressed at the time it did and thousands would most certainly not have been given the opportunities that they now have.” — Amy Scherzer
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At left, Sandra Cross and Sandy MacKinnnon on their wedding day. Both had lost spouses. “We both had good marriages and wanted that again,” MacKinnnon said. “We realize each other’s triggers — birthdays and anniversaries — and never feel a moment of jealousy.”
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andra Cross didn’t witness the accident that took her husband’s life, but she never stopped visualizing the horrific scene. She’d been bicycling with a group of friends in Banner Elk, N.C., that summer day in 2012 and was out of cell-phone range when the sheriff called. A semitrailer truck hauling two cars down Beech Mountain lost its brakes. Both vehicles broke loose and one landed on top of Glen Cross’ jeep.
“The shock of it never left me,” Sandra said, “but the comfort was that he did not suffer and went instantly.” As president of Shimberg Cross Co., Glen developed thousands of homes in Carrollwood, Town ’N Country, Temple Terrace and Fishhawk. Sandra handled sales and marketing for the southern Hillsborough properties. About 15 months later, Alexander “Sandy” MacKinnon’s loss also made headlines. His late wife, Dottie Berger MacKinnon, a wellknown Hillsborough County commissioner and children’s advocate, fought cancer for 10 years — “really from the moment we started dating,” he said. Sandra was one of the many friends visiting Dottie in her final days. The MacKinnons and the Crosses knew
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each other for decades as part of a circle of Brandon friends. The two men served on the board of the Bank of Tampa together, and Sandra and Glenn supported Dottie’s election and her advocacy work for abused and neglected children. MacKinnon is known as a “fixer” for starting and growing five constructionequipment dealerships into multimillion dollar successes. His civic service is just as respected, including as chairman of the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, trustee of the University of Tampa and Florida State Fair board member. He is a past president of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the Tampa Sports Authority. Among the motivational tools MacKinnon finds useful are a collection of inspirational quotes. He
shares them unabashedly and often. “I asked Sandra to lunch and handed her an envelope with sayings that I found thought-provoking,” he said. Sandra’s take: Corny, but kind. “Kind of like him,” she said. Life’s randomness is never far from mind as they discover they have more in common than their names and having been at the funerals of each other’s spouses. “We talked about which is worse — the fact that you can be killed instantly in an auto accident or having to say goodbye to all your loved ones,” MacKinnon recalled. “We both had good marriages and wanted that again,” he continued. “We realize each other’s triggers — birthdays and anniversaries — and never feel a moment of jealousy.” Last month, the Davis Islands residents marked their fourth wedding anniversary, celebrated by her daughter, his three children and 20 grandkids. “At some point I had to make a conscious decision to try to put my past behind so I could go forward,” Sandra said. “I felt like he was holding my hand and guiding me to great joy and happiness.” Like the song says, agreed MacKinnon: “Love really is lovelier the second time around.” — Amy Scherzer
TERRY AND TOM BURSINI
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erry Williams was looking for a venue for her daughter Nicole’s sixteenth birthday party. Someone she knew suggested the Clearwater Yacht Club. They told her to ask for Tom Brusini. It was 2003. Brusini had been the general manager there for a year. Club members had come to know his quick wit and penchant for making jokes.
He cracked a few on Terry when she came to look at the space. There was a spark. Terry booked the club and even became a member. Terry was ten years out of a marriage so bad, she said, she’d vowed never to marry again. Tom was also divorced. They both had teenage daughters, only six months apart in age. Nothing happened between them
Terry and Tom got engaged on Valentine’s Day, 2015.
at first, but they flirted with each other when Terry would visit the club. He thought she was gorgeous, friendly, smart and successful. She also found him attractive, and admired how good he was at his job. And he always kept her laughing. Years went by. Tom had a girlfriend, but that relationship didn’t work out. Terry remained happily single. Then one Sunday in 2006, Terry and her daughter came to the club for brunch before going to a Buccaneers game. Tom was regaling them with his online dating horror stories. Terry looked at him. “Why don’t you ever ask me out?” she said. “Would you go out with me?” he said. “I might!” They had their first lunch date at Guppy’s on Indian Rocks Beach. As they got to know each other, they realized how much they had in common. They were both Air Force brats and moved a lot as kids. They loved travel, boating, theme parties and dressing up in elaborate costumes. As things got more serious, they tested the waters, quite literally. They brought their two 21-yearold daughters, Nicole and Theryn, on a Carnival cruise and put them in the same cabin. As Terry puts it, the girls “fell in love with each other” and have remained close. Terry and Tom were married in 2016 on Sand Key with a reception Things did get rocky for Tom and
Photographs courtesy of Tom and Terry Bursini
Terry, and they were off and on for a few years. But by 2013, they were ready to live together, so they bought a home in Seminole moved in March of 2014. They talked about getting married. After all their time spent together, Terry felt ready to take the leap again. On Valentine’s Day of 2015, Tom was working the yacht club’s big party. Terry was there, too, enjoying the band. Next thing she knew, Tom had the microphone. He called her to the dance floor, got on his knee and mumbled, “Will you marry me?” Terry was so shocked she didn’t answer. “Answer quicker, please,” Tom said. He was so nervous he put the ring back in his pocket. She hugged him. “Can I have the ring?” The wedding happened in 2016 on Sand Key with a reception at the yacht club. They were married by another club member. Almost 300 people attended. Tom works long hours at the club, and Terry keeps busy as a Realtor and in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, but they find time to have fun. Sundays they go boating on their Boston Whaler, T and T, or their deck boat, Porpoiseful Life. Sunday nights are spent at home, cooking and enjoying their pool. The Brusinis have built a life and together that they see as everlasting. “We always say, if this had been our first marriage, we would have never gotten divorced,” Terry said. — Maggie Duffy
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being there, doing that St. Petersburg Debutante Club 81st Debutante Ball The St. Petersburg Debutante Club presented 16 young women at its 81st Debutante Ball at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg on Dec. 28. Former St. Petersburg Mayor Bob Ulrich was a robust and charming emcee for the occasion. The women, who are sophomores in college, volunteered for the Kind Mouse several times throughout the summer. They sold raffle tickets and gave out information at a fundraiser on Beach Drive, collected food and sorted food for the organization, which gives backpacks of healthy snacks to Pinellas County students who have little to eat at home on the weekends.
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The 2018 debutantes of the St. Petersburg Debutante Club.
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Lester Holt plays the bass during the Bowtie Ball at the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach on Dec. 8. Holt, who is the anchor for Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt, was honored with the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism.
former Philadelphia Inquirer publisher Brian Tierney. Sulzberger succeeded his father as publisher of the New York Times from 1992 to 2017, transforming the newspaper into a digital-first organization with millions of paid online subscribers around the world. Sulzberger talked about the importance of expanding and supporting journalism at a local level, and how media organizations can be more transparent in their work. Poynter president Neil Brown asked Sulzberger if he knew which member of President Trump’s administration wrote the now-famous anonymous essay in the New York Times claiming to be part of a resistance effort from within the White House. Four or five people know for sure, he said. Not him. “I literally do not know,” he said. “That’s one of the joys of my position now.”
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being there, doing that St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation Georgette’s Holiday Fashion Show Cheers to 30 years of Georgette’s Holiday Fashion Show, the glamorous labor of love produced by the Tampa boutique that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation. Television newscasters and other models zipped in and out of glitzy gowns, ripped jeans and prom and pageant dresses at the sold-out luncheon Dec. 7. Colleen Orender’s voice, Betsy Isaak’s violin and Event Show Production’s dancers ratcheted up the runway dazzle at the Hilton Downtown Tampa, raising $200,000 to buy ultrasound equipment for the hospital. Actor Kristen Renton and radiologist Tracy Halme.
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Georgette’s Holiday Fashion Show co-chairs Priscilla Castellano, left, and Brenda Sproat with event sponsor Jason Avery.
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being there, doing that A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay “Home Is Where the Heart Is” Holiday Stroll What’s the next best thing to visiting Derek Jeter’s house? Appetizers next door at the Davis Islands home of Monica and Brad Culpepper, one of three stops on A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay’s annual “Home Is Where the Heart Is” Holiday Stroll. Guests strolled, golfcarted or boated to each of the lavishly and lovingly Christmas-adorned homes Dec. 7. Mindy and Randy Ogden served short ribs and mashed potatoes on the festive waterfront. Around the corner, crepes and s’mores awaited poolside amid Cynthia and Todd Alley’s countless seasonal collectibles. With 175 guests, the portable party raised $35,000 for the 60-bed residence built to keep siblings in foster care together.
Hosts Todd and Cynthia Alley, and Randy and Mindy Ogden.
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being there, doing that Friends of Joshua House Foundation Bow Ties & Clutches At the Fashion Movement’s annual Bow Ties & Clutches, a festive night for charity and making connections hosted by brothers Lacey and Tony Smith, Germaine Levy, Curtis Clarke and deejay David Luckain, fashionistas kept heads turning all night Dec. 7. “Two guys out of about 300 guests didn’t wear bow ties and I had to call them out,” said Lacey Smith. Luckain and saxophonist Jay Singleton entertained inside and out at Red Door No. 5, a renovated Tampa Heights fire station. Artist Megan Golden exhibited her work and donated a piece to the table full of clutches and gifts raffled to benefit the Friends of Joshua House Foundation. “The guys make a difference in the children’s lives and make their holidays brighter,” said DeDe Grundel, executive director of the therapeutic foster-home auxiliary.
DeDe Grundel, executive director of Friends of Joshua House Foundation, and Christina Cruz.
Keary Simms, Tony Smith and Lacey B. Smith.
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ON VIEW FEB 3 – APR 21 Through more than one hundred rare objects—including full suits of armor, mounted equestrian figures, helmets, swords, and other weaponry— this exhibition will tell the tale of the European knight from the medieval and Renaissance periods through to the Medieval Revival of the 19th century.
AMISH GALLERY Suit of Armor, Italian, 1540–1550 Steel, leather, fabric, wood; 74 13/16 × 29 1/2 × 19 11/16 in. On loan from Museo Stibbert, Firenze, Inv. no. 3959
Superbly Crafted, Surprisingly Affordable, Amish Furniture Meets Coastal Design
This exhibition was organized by Contemporanea Progetti in collaboration with the Museo Stibbert, Florence, Italy. Support for this exhibition was generously provided, in part, by the Arthur F. and Ulla R. Searing Endowment, the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Endowment, and the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation. Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues.
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fashion show & luncheon to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Join us at Bon Appetit Restaurant for a wonderful afternoon! Friday, March 1st, 11:30am • Price is $39.50 (Includes salad, entree, dessert, coffee or tea, a glass of wine and a donation. Select Chicken Piccata or Salmon with Dill Sauce at time of reservation.) Raffles, Doorprizes and Discounts, too! Please RSVP to Mirabella Fashions at 727-288-2999 by February 20, 2019. Your payment will hold your spot! We appreciate your support of Leukemia and Lymphoma Research, in honor of a dear friend of ours at Mirabella, Betsy Naveaux.
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GO RED FOR WOMEN LUNCHEON: American Heart Association event. 10:30 a.m. Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel, 4200 Jim Walter Blvd. $150. (727) 563-8106. tampabaygoredluncheon.heart.org.
GOLDEN BATON: Awards dinner sponsored by the Florida Orchestra Guild. Thomas and Barbara Farquhar will be honored. 6 to 9 p.m. Vinoy Golf Club, 600 Snell Isle Blvd. NE, St. Petersburg. $100. (727) 527-0035. fogsp.org.
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FOSTERING HOPE: “Night in Paris” black-tie gala benefits A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay. 7 p.m. Tampa Museum of Art, 120 Gasparilla Plaza. $300. (813) 381-3839. akidsplacetb.org.
ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AWARDS: 5:30 p.m. Hyatt Place St. Petersburg, 25 Second St. N. $50. (727) 825-1086. stanthonysfoundation.org.
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CATTLE BARON’S BALL: Benefits American Cancer Society. 6 p.m. Armature Works, 1910 N Ola Ave., Tampa. $1,000 per couple. (813) 319-5906. cattlebaronsballtampa.org. EQUALITY FLORIDA TAMPA GALA: 7:30 p.m. TPepin’s Hospitality Centre, 4121 N 50th St., Tampa. $125. (407) 462-9692. eqfl.org/tampagala.
QUEEN OF HEARTS BALL: Benefits the Kind Mouse Productions and Great Explorations Children’s Museum. 6 p.m. Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, 333 First St. S. $135. (727) 385-4209. queenofheartsball.org.
2.24 HOLLYWOOD AWARDS NIGHT: The red-carpet reception and live telecast benefit Tampa Theatre. 7 p.m. Tampa Theatre, 711 N Franklin St. $20-$150. (813) 274-8286. tampatheatre.org.
3.7 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION/WOMAN OF PROMISE: Luncheon benefits Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. Noon. Hilton Tampa Downtown, 211 N Tampa St. $75. (813) 262-1688. gswcf.org/wod. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HALL OF FAME DINNER: 6:30 p.m. Busch Gardens, Dragon Fire Grill. $500 and up. (813) 631-1410, ext. 244. jatampabay.org. AN EVENING OF CHAMPIONS: Benefits Academy Prep Center of Tampa Student Scholarship Fund. 6 p.m. Academy Prep Center of Tampa, 1407 E Columbus Drive. $300, or $500 per couple. (813) 248-5600, ext. 1130. academyprep.org/tampa.
3.9 NIGHT OF A THOUSAND THIEVES: Gala auction party benefits DACCO Behavioral Health. 6:30 p.m. River Center, Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, 1001 N Boulevard, Tampa. $125. (813) 384-4214. nightofathousandthieves.com.
3.15 THE CHISELERS MARKET AUCTION PREVIEW PARTY: 6:30 p.m. Plant Hall, University of Tampa, 401 W Kennedy Blvd. $75. (813) 254-2530. chiselersinc.org. The Chiselers market at historic Plant Hall at the University of Tampa.
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The PGA TOUR® rolls into Tampa Bay March 18–24, 2019! Come see the best PGA TOUR golfers in the world right here in Tampa Bay! Enjoy premium, on-course food and drink experiences, and fun the whole family can enjoy, like: • Hooters Owl’s Nest
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Exhibition Dates: January 25 - March 2 Jewelry artist demonstration: February 13, 1 p.m. Artists: Matlock, Oye, Verrastro
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TRAVELS, TRANSCENDENCE With spring on the horizon, we look ahead to the renewal in spirit that comes from travel. Our March 17 issue will take you on a cruise down the Douro River in Portugal all the way to the Spanish border. We’ll visit the oldest wine-growing region in the world and see terraces tumbling with grapevines, grand churches and sprawling estates. By the way, the Douro River is also known as the River of Gold. It’s easy to see why in the evening, the sun sinking and casting everything in a stunning hue. Aren’t you ready to get away? Stephanie Hayes
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