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Call to Artists $2,000 in Cash plus Prizes - 2nd Annual Ybor Arts in the Park
Please review the event guidelines below, then click here to register a student art entry. ELIGIBILITY All Hamilton County and area Private Schools – Grades 6 – 12. FORMS OF ART Art forms include paintings, drawings, wood art, stone art, pottery, metal art, leather art, photography, beadwork, glass art, basketry, pet art, recycled art, mixed media art, and computer art.  All art submittals will be family-friendly.  Artwork will be suitable for public display. ART DEVELOPMENT   Art must have been developed during the same calendar year as the festival.  Items must be handmade.   The handcrafted component must dominate the commercial component, and the commercial components must be transformed in a way that makes the work unique.  Items must be of original, unique work or design.  The starting material must be significantly altered and enhanced by the artisan. ART SUBMITTAL Student or Teacher will submit the application form supplied online prior to Festival date.  Student artwork will be physically submitted on the morning of Festival; Monday, September 5th no later than 8am for set-up. The Festival will provide tents, tables and metal screens for all students’ artwork.  Please follow these requirements for submittal: • “S” hooks will be provided for artwork to be hung on wire screens.  Artwork should be strung with wire on the back or in a manner that accepts an “S” hook for hanging. • Tables will be provided for sculpture or other displays not hang-able.  Art submissions may include table stands, easels or other art support devices to display student artwork. Easels (not supplied) are encouraged for table top pieces or those which are not strung with wire.   • Each piece of art should be labelled for display with: Title of artwork (optional), Artist name, School, Grade when completed.  The festival will also provide art identification labels if needed.   ART JUDGING The judges for the event will be comprised of local art professionals from the Association for Visual Arts.   Judging will be based on originality, composition and style, with the winning art work reflecting the best overall art talent for each grade. A first place, second place, and third place ribbon will be awarded to artwork for each grade.  Schools will receive $100 for each first place winning entry.  Cash prize awarded to the art program of winning schools. ART PICK-UP Judging will take place by 3&#160;pm on the day of the festival (September 5th), with an awards ceremony taking place at 4pm.  School artwork will remain at the festival until 6&#160;pm when they can be picked up by schools or art students.  The festival is not responsible for artwork left after the festival closes at dusk. QUESTIONS? Contact The Chattanooga Market at 423.648.2496 or email <a href=help@chattanoogamarket.org [Click here to register a student art entry]" /> 

 
August 1, 2011 - The City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department invites artists to participate in our 2nd Annual Ybor Arts in the Park event on Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Centennial Park, located at 1800 E. 8th Avenue. 

This will be a day long event giving artists the opportunity to showcase and sell their artwork in a festival atmosphere in Ybor City, Tampa’s National Historic Landmark District. The event will also include live music, a fresh market, and other holiday events planned for the weekend.

Pre-selected artwork will be formally judged during the event in the morning and winners will be announced for First, Second, Third and Best of Show categories. Cash prizes will be awarded for all four categories. The categories are two dimensional and three dimensional art in any media. The focus is on quality craftsmanship and bringing fine artists together to promote Ybor City as a fine arts destination.

Artists should submit a resume, with phone number, and up to five pieces artwork in a digital to yborartstudio@tampagov.net. Please include the title of the piece, the media that was used, and dimensions of the piece. If the work is three dimensional, please submit multiple views. If there is more than one person per booth please let us know. There will be a $25.00 booth fee for those selected for the show, booth sites will be selected by a random lottery. 

The deadline for submission is Wednesday, November 10, 2011.

This event is sponsored by the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department, Ybor City Development Corporation, Ybor City Saturday Market and Florida Entertainment Group. For more information, please contact Brent Thorlton, Ybor Art Studio, and City of Tampa at yborartstudio@tampagov.netor (813) 242-5370. 
 

Dr.Oz Show Taping in Tampa

THE DR. OZ SHOW IS COMING TO YOUR CITY!

 

 

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Come dump the toxic item Dr. Oz wants out of your home.

You may appear on the Dr. Oz show!

 

WHEN: Wednesday, August 17, between 11am - 1pm

*Come at 10:15 to be a part of our special video message to Dr. Oz!

 

WHERE: Curtis Hixon Park- 400 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL

 

WHAT TO BRING: Expired Medications!

*Bring any expired medication – prescription, over-the-counter, vitamins or supplements.

 

 

*If you'd like to be featured on camera please email DrOzInYourCity@zoco.com for more information.

 

*Wear bright, solid colors with no labels or logos

*Tell your friends!

 

 

More Info:
  • The Dr. Oz Show will be here to tape our community getting rid of toxic items in medicine cabinets. Dr. Oz will not physically be here but the taping will be shown on his nationally syndicated talk show.
  • Many of you shared that you were not able to open the attachment from the Dr. Oz Show, please see below. 
  • As for tickets to the show, I do not have any tickets nor do I have access to Dr. Oz but thank you for giving me way more credit than I deserve! I am simply the messenger.
  • If you have any specific questions for the show, please e-mail them to DrOzInYourCity@zoco.com.
  • Reminder that if you come early at 10:15 am, you will have the chance to tape a message to Dr. Oz that possibly could be aired on the show. The Dr. Oz Show also mentioned that a lot of the local media are participating as well.
 

Note: August CSX Road Closures in Tampa
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We have been dealing with the CSX railroad recently regarding road closures they are causing, throughout the City, for the purpose of maintaining and upgrading their rail at those crossings. CSX has not been very cooperative and they have not provided any notice to the motoring public.
 
As it turns out CSX,  has easements across our rights-of-way and are exercising their right to do work in our rights-of-way. Unfortunately they need a complete closure of the road at each crossing in order to complete their intended work. They have a contractor on board and have begun work at some locations with little or no notice to us or the public.
 
We have been trying to work with them through FDOT, since some of the roads are FDOT roads, but have not yet been able to have a meeting with someone responsible in the CSX organization. We are trying to organize a meeting with such a person this week. 
 
If there is good news, they are only able to work on two closures at a time, and the work generally takes about four working days from start to finish, weather providing.
 
We have obtained their current schedule of planned work and closings. I wanted to provide that to you because I believe we (Council and the Administration) will be receiving calls about these closures. Please know that we are doing all that we can to get this information out to the motoring public.
 
The current schedule of road closures:
 
August 1-4:
 
Cleveland St.   between Willow and Oregon.
 
Mississippi Ave.  between Howard and Georgia.
 
August 8-11:
 
Nebraska Ave.  between Zack St. and Nuccio Pkwy.
 
Platt St.   at Dakota Ave.
 
August 15-18:
 
Dale Mabry  between Gandy Blvd and Fair Oaks.  (This is going to be a major undertaking. FYI the entrance to the Selmon Expressway on Dale Mabry will continue to be open and will operate throughout the closure.)
 
Howard Ave. between Watrous and Morrison.
 
August 22-25:
 
21st St. between 5th Ave. and 7th Ave.  (This is a major one-way truck route. We are working to get the info out to the Port etc.)
 
S. MacDill Ave.   at Santiago St. (This is just south of the MacDill/Bay-to-Bay intersection)
 
August 29-September 1:
 
Euclid Ave. between Himes Ave. and Lynwood Ave.
 
Doyle Carlton Dr. between Cass St. and Polk St.
 
 
We have not seen a schedule from CSX for any work they plan in September but I do suspect there will be some planned. As soon as we meet with them and we find out about additional work in September we will let you know. We are keeping an eye on the Platt St. Bridge closure planned for October and will work to ensure that we do not have a CSX closure during the Platt St. Bridge closure, that negatively impacts our proposed detours and alternate routes.
 
Please send any questions, concerns or citizen inquiries to Debbie Herrington at 813.274.8333.
 

 

Want to Volunteer on August 9th to Help Children Design the Playground of Their Dreams?

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It may have monkey bars, swings, slides, tetherball, and a rock-climbing wall -- whatever it ends up with it will be the playground of their dreams and it will begin on Tuesday, August 9 at 5 p.m. with the children from the neighborhood surrounding Cuscaden Park, located at 2900 N. 15th Street. 

A professional playground designer from KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to create great playspaces through the participation and leadership of communities, will meet with the children to help them design their own play space. Parent are also encouraged to attend and give input beginning at 6 p.m.

Once the plans are finalized, the community playground build day will take place on Saturday, October 22. In less than eight hours, the playground that these children dreamed about on August 9, will become a reality as 200 or so volunteers build the playground from scratch.  The project is funded in part by the Friends of Tampa Recreation, Inc., a not for profit organization that raises funds to support the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department's programs and activities.

This is the fourth time the City of Tampa has teamed with the national playground builder KaBOOM! to create a new play space in Tampa. The first community playground build took place in 2007 at Highland Pines Park. Other builds took place in 2009 at Wellswood Park and in 2010 at the NFL Yet at Jackson Heights.

For more information or to volunteer on build day please call 274-8714.

 

Gibbs Junior College Alumni Golf Fundraiser

For More Information: Kim V. Jackson (813) 987-9083 / cell: (813) 335-9887 kvjinc@yahoo.com / www.kvjincpr.com

 

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Family Support & Resource Centers UPCOMING EVENTS MAY 2011 (Tampa Proper)

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CENTRAL TAMPA

Mother's Day Celebration

Mothers, join us for a evening of food, fun and pampering.

May 5 from 6 - 7:30pm. Registration is required.

 

Little Amigos
 This 6-week fun playgroup introduces children (ages 24 to 48 months) to the Spanish language through play, crafts and fun activities.

Mondays from 10 - 11am. Registration is required.

 

Central Tampa

1002 E. Palm Ave.
Tampa, FL 33605
813.204.1741

NORTH TAMPA 

New Parents Networks


Join us for a free networking group of parents and caregivers with newborns up to crawling stage. This is a great opportunity to ask questions, share joys, ideas and resources. Group meets every Friday at 1pm.

No registration is required.

 

Mother's Day Tea Party!

Please join us celebrating Mother's Day! Meet other Moms in your community and take a little for yourself with games, light refreshments and more! Saturday, May 14 at 11am. No registration is required.

 

North Tampa
1401 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33612
813.558.1877
For more information on all 5 FSRC Locations 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 30, 2011

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As part of our ongoing effort to crack down on illegal pill mills and prevent prescription drug abuse, we are taking part in the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On April 30th, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Tampa Police Department, will collect unused or expired prescription medications from citizens to prevent potentially dangerous drugs from getting into the wrong hands. The unused prescription drugs will be collected at four Sweetbay locations on April 30th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Citizens will be able to drop off any prescription medications they no longer use and can remain anonymous, with no questions asked.

Attorney General Pam Bondi will be at the Sweetbay location in Valrico at 10:00 am speaking about how important this initiative is and the dangers of keeping prescription drugs in the home. “Often the family medicine cabinet is where the prescription drug abuse problem begins. By participating in this national event, parents and families can help protect their loved ones by providing a safer home environment,” stated Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance supports this take back initiative and will provide volunteers and educational materials at the collection sites.

Collection sites in Hillsborough County:
Sponsored by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
Sweetbay Supermarket
5320 Ehrlich Road
Tampa, FL 33624

Sweetbay Supermarket
2535 State Road 60 East
Valrico, FL 33594

Sponsored by Tampa Police Department:
Sweetbay Supermarket
2525 North Dale Mabry Hwy
Tampa, FL 33607

Sweetbay Supermarket
2100 West Swann Avenue
Tampa, FL 33606

 

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