Eight musicians improvise pounding, thumping patterns on bongo drums. The drummers encircle a few women who sway to the music. Other people kick a Hacky Sack around or mingle and smoke cigarettes in ...

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – A few hours before sunset, a circle of people begins taking shape around a stick spiked into the sand. It’s a fringe gathering on the fringe of the state, just before the ...