The Tampa Museum of Art is a metal box filled with wonder boasting a new car smell. It's hard to take it all in – but try.
And when you visit, these are the five things you shouldn't miss:
"Les Trois Barres," hanging in the Frank and Carol Morsani Atrium, is a sculptured mobile by famed artist Alexander Calder. Made of balanced geometric paddles of various sizes and colors, it seems to move with each visitor's breath.
Taking three gallery spaces, "A Celebration of Henri Matisse: Master of Line and Light" deserves most of your time. Many of the exhibit's drawings, lithographs, pen and ink and oil on canvas pieces are part of his famous Odalisque series.
Particularly stunning are the English aquatints of women's faces that fill one of the gallery walls. Made toward the end of Matisse's life, they show the strength of the artist's line in printmaking.
"The Hidden City" exhibit, exploring what makes a city in the 21st century, includes several standout works. Among them, Doug Aitken's "Plateau 2002," an illuminated birdhouse city made of FedEx boxes, featuring feathered friends perched atop their particular home. Also, "Subway with Silver Girders, 1981-82" by American artist Donna Dennis, which recalls a dank New York City with its wires, tunnels, gates and lights.
Get a glance at a stunning niche of American culture at "Life Captured: Garry Winogrand's Women Are Beautiful" exhibit with its 85 unpretentious photographs capturing women walking on a city street, lighting a cigarette, sunbathing, talking to friends, scowling, smiling and laughing.
The Nutella and banana Panini on the children's menu at the SoNo Café, operated by Marty Blitz and Maryann Ferenc of Mise en Place. The speck ham, arugula, fig, bleu cheese and onion Panini also is fabulous.
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Charlie Crist Opposes DADT Repeal
Florida Gov. Charlie "Closet Case" Crist doesn't want DADT repealed. Neither does his GOP primary opponent for the U.S. Senate, former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio. 
Priscilla Queen of the Desert to Broadway
The tale of two ABBA-loving Aussie drag queens and their curmudgeonly transgender pal who take their show on the road through the Australian outback is headed to North America.

How Mullen Arrived at DADT Opinion
The New York Times profiles Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and how he arrived at his statement on Tuesday that “allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.” Many factors came into play, not including his experience as the son of a Hollywood press agent.
Kellan Strips Down to His Calvins
Following in the footsteps of Mark Wahlberg, Twilight star Kellan Lutz has stripped down for a new Calvin Klein underwear campaign. Wahlberg's campaign, shot by famed gay photographer Herb Ritts, made him an overnight gay icon.

REVERSAL: Colin Powell Joins Call For Repeal Of DADT
In a major reversal, Gen. Colin Powell, who opposed Bill Clinton's attempt to allow gay soldiers to serve openly, has joined the call to repeal DADT.

British investigative reporter Patrick Strudwick, an out gay man, went undercover in the UK's network of "ex-gay" outfits to see how they pretend to pray the gay away. Here's how just one of the "therapists" worked. She begins her wound hunt by asking about my family. I tell her that I have a close relationship with my parents and that they always gave me huge amounts of love, so I didn't understand why Nicolosi says that homosexuality is caused by inadequate parenting. "Well, there was something happening within your family dynamics that led to your depression," she says. Lynne explains that people only identify as gay when they are already depressed. "There's a confusion, there's an anxiety, there's a lot of pain," she says. "Often the thought can be, 'Oh I'm confused about my sexuality so I must be gay'." She says that at the heart of homosexuality is a "deep isolation", which is, she says, "where God needs to be". "Did you have a difficult birth?" she asks. No, I say. Why? "It's just something I have noticed. Often [with homosexuality] it is quite traumatic, the baby was put into intensive care and because of the separation from the mother there can be that lack of attachment." She moves on. "Any Freemasonry in the family?" No, I say, again asking her to elaborate. "Because that often encourages it as well. It has a spiritual effect on males and it often comes out as SSA."

American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer has called for sending homosexuals to prison for forced reparative therapy, a move he says is sanctioned by the Bible. Below, he responds to an email from a complaining listener. Born-Again Baldwin Against Gay Marriage
Born-again actor Stephen Baldwin tells The Guardian he doesn't support same-sex marriage, he has respect for anyone who rejects the gay lifestyle, and that he'd beat his daughter if she ever became a stripper.

Question to Obama
University of Tampa senior Hector Flores says it was nerve-wracking asking the president at a town hall meeting what he was doing to advance equality for same-sex couples... but it was something he had to do.


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We already know that Whole Foods CEO John Mackey thinks that global warming is a hoax and that Americans have no inherent right to health care. The latest bit of crazy from crazy Mackey's crazy mind is a new employee discount policy. If you have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and a lower BMI (Body Mass Index), you get a bigger discount. Aside from the fact that those three factors, while important, are not necessarily predictive of good health, there's Mackey's "fatties shouldn't work here" message. The planned in-house screenings should be a riot. Participation is voluntary, just in case you don't want corporate all up in your business. But then you don't get the steeper discount on that $2 banana.
Jarrett: Obama Will Move on DADT "Right Away"
White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday and said that President Barack Obama would begin to move “right away” on his pledge to work to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
HRC Plans Campaign Against Military Ban
In response to President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address to end “don’t ask, don’t tell," the Human Rights Campaign Wednesday night announced a campaign targeting the antigay policy.

Ted Haggard: I Am Cured Of The Gay
Ted Haggard and his wife appeared on Oprah's tribute show to cheated upon wives yesterday. According to Ted, he now lets his wife check in on his whereabouts via Facebook and Twitter so that she always knows he doesn't have a cock in his mouth. Because you can only use the internet in the presence of heterosexuals. Gayle Haggard explains why she is confident that her husband is now completely heterosexual. She says that she does believe that homosexuality is a sin, but tap dances around the question as to whether she agrees with that pesky abomination thingy. But: "Honestly, I don't feel that the government should be in the marriage business. I feel as though the government should provide equality under the law and it should deal with civil unions. And in our communities of faith, we should give the definition of marriage."

Chase Gives Shepard Found. $37K
Chase Community Giving, the online philanthropic partnership between Chase and Facebook, will give $37,000 to the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the charity announced Monday.

Cop Sues for Being Fired Over Porn
A former police officer's short pornography career is keeping him from staying in law enforcement, he told TheMiami Herald in an interview published Tuesday.
FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED FOR EXPOSURE OF HIV
JRLChartsOnline reports: "Former U.S. Olympic equestrian rider and part-time Ocala resident Darren Chiacchia, was arrested last Wednesday for violating state law that required him to disclose he was HIV positive to his one-time sexual partner. 45-year old Chiacchia is also known to be a Florida Horse Park Board Member, a 2003 Pan American gold medallist and a distinguished activist for the country's equestrian community. Darren Chiacchia also is known for his farm that teaches students how to ride horses." Horses and each other. The District Attorney wants to elevate the charge from a third-degree to a first-degree felony.
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Gawker reports today that John "Baby Daddy" Edwards made a sex tape with his German filmmaker mistress. According to those that have seen the video, Edwards is rocking a monster.Bono Mack and Pougnet for ENDA
Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (pictured), the Republican representative for California’s 45th district, and her leading Democratic challenger, gay Palm Springs mayor Steven Pougnet, agree that Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Former USMC Sgt. Charles Dyer is the organizer of a Tea Party offshoot called the Oath Keepers, a group dedicated to recruiting military personnel into the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Dyer works as a liaison between militia groups and the Tea Party and last year spoke at a Tea Party rally in Oklahoma. On Tuesday, Dyer was arrested for the rape of a 7 year-old girl. During his arrest, police found a grenade launcher in his home. 
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The exhibit, "A Celebration of Henri Matisse," we feature a double set of works on loan from The Baltimore Museum of Art plus the "Matisse as Printmaker" touring exhibit by the American Federation of Arts.The "A Celebration of Henri Matisse" exhibit will be on display in Tampa Feb. 5 through April 18. It is the largest collection of works by Matisse, known for his use of color and his influence on contemporary art, to come to the Tampa Bay area.
"He's one of those artists that when you open the text book there he is," Smith said. "Almost every major movement in contemporary art can be linked back to Matisse or Picasso."
The AFA exhibition is the first to be drawn from the Pierre and Tana Matisse foundation, which includes works bequeathed from Matisse to his son Pierre.
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The authors of the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration, which calls for the disobedience of any laws granting LGBT rights, want to increase its number of signatories from 370,000 to one million. Working to help them reach that noble goal are Catholic archbishops. Via press release: Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia (right), Archbishop Wuerl of Washington, DC (left), Archbishop Dolan of New York and Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville reached out to all of their brother Catholic bishops asking them to spread this document throughout their dioceses and encourage their clergy and faithful to study it and join as signatories.The Archbishop of Detroit has planned a grassroots effort throughout his archdiocese. The Bishop of Phoenix has already organized a grassroots effort there. We are also receiving many reports of evangelical gatherings in a number of areas - and many evangelical pastors referring to the Manhattan Declaration in their sermons. This bold and exciting movement needs to reach 100 or 200 cities in America. Why not? Can you help? We are urging you to encourage your pastors and community leaders to do what these other cities are doing. Organize ecumenical meetings organized around the Manhattan Declaration; get other concerned citizens to join the effort. Get on the internet or phone and ask friends to join you.

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Outgames Posts $234K Profit
The 2009 Copenhagen Outgames reportedly raked in a $234,000 profit, a stark contrast to the problematic 2006 Montreal games. The 2009 Copenhagen event was one of the largest and best-attended international sporting competitions to be held in Denmark, organizers said in a statement.
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Since 1990, gay and lesbian couples have been provided an unintentional outlet to categorize their relationship, by self-identifying as married or unmarried partners. Even though the results aren’t officially reported, the raw numbers reveal that 145,000 same-sex couples identified as married or “unmarried partners” in 1990 (before any legal recognition in the U.S. even existed) and close to 600,000 same-sex couples self-reported in 2000. The Obama administration has reversed a Bush-era policy, so in the 2010 Census, a report will be released that outlines official information about same-sex couples. Here are some quick instructions on how to make sure your family is reported correctly.
What Box Do You Check?
If you are in a relationship and you live together, you have two choices. First, one of you will be designated as “Person 1.” If there is no clear favorite for who should be the head of household, perhaps you could flip a coin, wrestle for it or hold a lip-synching competition. Whoever doesn’t win will be designated as “Person 2.” This person is asked how they are related to Person 1. There are 16 choices, but the two that concern you are “husband or wife” and “unmarried partner.”
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