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Drawn by urban authenticity and cheap rents, they created a surreal, chaotic, arts scene set against the backdrop of the empty cigar factories and shotgun shacks of tampas immigrant past. Events archive fmopa florida museum of photographic. Catch the latenight taxi back to paris in the 1920s. These individuals collectively are associated with 7 companies in cleveland oh, lampasas tx, st. The florida book awards, coordinated by the florida state university libraries, is the nations most comprehensive state book awards program. Cigar city book by paul wilborn, paul wilborn author st. Tampa bay businesses for culture and the arts tbbca is a nonprofit organization that unites area businesses to champion arts and culture for a prosperous community through innovative partnerships and sustainable programs. Petersburg with his wife, actor eugenie bondurant, and has a great day job as executive director of the palladium, owned by st. In cigar city, paul wilborn brings ybor city in the 80s back to life the 1980s in ybor city are the stuff of legend. Through connected short stories, tampa native paul wilborn explores the lives of young writers, musicians and other artists who developed ybor citys surreal art scene in the 1980s.
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