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  1. Gasparilla Music Festival to return in 2026 at a new Tampa venue
    • Music News
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  2. Behind the scenes of The Nutcracker in Tampa
    • Arts
    A scenery piece is laid out by the stage crew as they prepare for The Nutcracker at the Straz Center on Monday in Tampa.
  3. Tarpon Springs wants your art — and will pay for it
    • Pinellas
    The Tarpon Springs Public Art Committee is seeking photographers to display work in illuminated art boxes, similar to this one, at the Sponge Docks. The committee is also looking for artists to paint murals on five storm drains throughout the city.
  5. Marco Rubio, have you considered Comic Sans? | Column
    • Viewpoints
    Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 7, 2025.
  6. Check out 19 new murals across St. Petersburg
    • Entertainment
    An aerial drone view as artist Taylor Smith, aka Dreamweaver, works on her mural as she paints the alley side of the Vernis Bowling building, 696 1st Ave N, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in St. Petersburg. The SHINE Mural Festival is celebrating its 11th year.
  7. St. Petersburg’s Discord Addams will compete on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
    • TV
    Discord Addams, a "high-fashion punk rock maximalist" from St. Petersburg, is heading to RuPaul's Drag Race for the show's 18th season. The Florida-based queen has performed at COCKtail St. Pete and will return for a premiere party.
  8. Florida fantasy reigns at Lucy Sparrow’s 13,000-item felt store in St. Pete
    • Visual Arts
    British artist Lucy Sparrow speaks to a reporter during a media event for Lucy Sparrow's Quick Shop, a 13,000-item installation inspired by Florida roadside attractions, citrus labels and produce, at FloridaRAMA on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in St. Petersburg.
  9. Inside the 12,000-photo quest to document Tampa’s last cigar factories
    • History
    Drew Newman, great-grandson of J.C. Newman Cigar Co.'s founder, on left, and Zack Wittman, journalist and documentary photographer, pictured with their new photo book at J.C. Newman Cigar Co. factory, 2701 N 16th St, on Friday, Nov. 14, in Tampa. The two were photographed in the American Room as cigar rolling was taking place.
  10. Creator of Tampa’s 50,000-item viral felt grocery store to return with new shop
    • Shopping
    British artist Lucy Sparrow poses for a portrait at "Tampa Fresh Foods" in Water Street Tampa on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The exhibition, presented by the Vinik Family Foundation and Art Production fund, was an immersive art experience of a grocery store made from felt. Sparrow returns to Tampa Bay this month with a new exhibit at FloridaRama in St. Petersburg.
  11. Creative Clay’s giant folk art festival will celebrate 30 years in St. Petersburg
    • Arts
    The exterior of Creative Clay, 1846 1st Ave S, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 in St. Petersburg.
  12. How St. Petersburg’s Old Northeast preps for over 4,000 trick-or-treaters
    • Entertainment
    A home is decorated with spiderwebs in the Historic Old Northeast neighborhood, which is known for its elaborate Halloween decor, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in St. Petersburg.
  13. In Tampa, Doechii turned her hometown concert into a hip-hop classroom
    • Music Reviews
    Grammy winning artist Doechii performs for her home town crowd at the Yuengling Center during her Live From the Swamp Tour on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 in Tampa.
  14. St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts unveils Baroque masterpieces
    • Things To Do
    Valentin de Boulogne’s "Denial of Peter" is among the Baroque masterpieces on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
  15. Creative Pinellas set to lose arts funding following county vote
    • Pinellas
    Guests visited The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, a day after Pinellas County commissioners in a preliminary vote defunded the arts agency.
  16. At this Dunedin event, the community becomes the canvas
    • Things To Do
    Brazilian fashion designer and mixed media artist Rogerio Martinn contributes distinctive works to this year's wearable ART, presented by the Dunedin Fine Art Center.
  17. Top things to do in Tampa Bay this week: Dog Swim Day, Gabriel Iglesias, Monster Jam
    • Life & Culture
    A dog climbs out of the water during Dog Swim Day at Fossil Park Pool in St. Petersburg in 2013. The event returns Aug. 16 with no humans allowed in the pool.
  18. Top things to do in Tampa Bay this week: Kesha, Fetish Con and ‘80s bands
    • Life & Culture
    Kesha, shown here at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa in 2018, is wrapping up her summer tour with the Scissor Sisters in Tampa on Aug. 10.
  19. NBC will air a special about Epic Universe theme park
    • Life & Culture
    An hourlong TV special about the making of Epic Universe theme park will air on NBC at 9 p.m. on Aug. 20.  The park opened to the public May 22, the first new theme park in Orlando in 25 years.
  20. Tampa Bay crosswalk murals under threat by transportation officials
    • Politics
    LGBTQ artists painted the Rainbow Progress Pride crosswalk mural in St. Petersburg's Grand Central District in 2020.
  21. Top things to do in Tampa Bay this week: Brad Paisley, Bolts Brew Fest
    • Life & Culture
    The Bolts Blue Crew gets the Tampa Bay Lightning fans pumped up before the first game of the season at Amalie Arena in 2023. The Bolts Brew Fest returns Aug. 1 at Amalie Arena.
  22. Guide to this year’s Tampa Bay Comic Convention, returning this weekend
    • Life & Culture
    One shopper dressed as Mario and another dressed as Donatello shop while attending Tampa Bay Comic Convention in 2014. The fan convention returns Aug. 1-3 with cosplay contests, celebrity appearances and an artist alley.
  23. Top things to do in Tampa Bay this week: 727 Day drone show, Jin from BTS
    • Life & Culture
    The St. Pete Pier will celebrate July 27 as 727 Day with a drone show that will light up the sky, like this one from 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  24. Top things to do in Tampa Bay this week: Ice Cream Fest, rodeo, Keyshia Cole
    • Life & Culture
    A customer holds a margarita from Tacos El Patrón Taquería in Wesley Chapel in 2024.
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