Hurricane Andrew, the category 5 storm that walloped Miami in 1992, convinced Dali Museum Director Marshall Rousseau the converted warehouse at 1000 Third St. S was not a proper home for the art collection, recalled Bill Heller, then the USF Bayboro chief executive. And USF St. Petersburg was looking to expand. “The interest has always
The Florida Holocaust Museum celebrated 20 years of life on Feb. 23 at the Mahaffey Theater, honoring Holocaust survivor, professor and author Elie Wiesel with its traditional Loebenberg Award. Sandy Mermelstein, daughter of the founder of the museum, stood to present Wiesel his award during the event. She shared how Wiesel’s book “Night” taught many
Nikeya Williams Editor-in-Chief The Mahaffey Theater was full with people sitting in every section. A few seats were open in each section, but not many. It seemed as though people from all over St. Petersburg and Tampa came to celebrate this special night with the Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra. This special night didn’t mean that