Local Arts

Review: Stageworks’ ‘Our Town’ elevates a viewpoint that removes inherited blinders from our eyes

The production is in Tampa’s Channelside through May 12

By Jon Palmer Claridge

Early in the day of the opening night of Stageworks’ “Our Town,” a friend’s post on Facebook caught my eye. Next to beautiful closeups they had taken of a snail inching forward at full extension, and the stunning blooms of an African iris and a beach sunflower, was a simple reminder...

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Tampa Theatre’s new 43-seat screening room opens June 2

Even the ornate facade of the building fails to prepare visitors for the fantasy interior. Everyone who enters the Tampa Theatre for the…

By Linda Saul-Sena

Construction outside Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida
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Highly-anticipated new interactive kids area Castaway Falls opens at Tampa's Adventure Island

Splash Attack, the old rusty mouse trap-looking kids area at Adventure Island, is dead. Long live Castaway Falls. This morning, the local…

By Colin Wolf

Highly-anticipated new interactive kids area Castaway Falls opens at Tampa's Adventure Island
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Photos: All the beautiful plant people we saw at St. Pete’s Green Thumb Festival 2024

The weather’s been remarkably perfect lately, and last weekend in St. Petersburg people (and their pooches) got out of their gardens and…

By Ray Roa

Vendors at the Green Thumb Festival at Walter Fuller Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 28, 2024.
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USF Tampa’s ridiculously popular Spring Plant Festival returns this weekend

Spanning more than 16 acres, the University of South Florida’s Botanical Gardens is a gem of the city that prominently features native…

By Ray Roa

USF Tampa’s ridiculously popular Spring Plant Festival returns this weekend
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May 16, 2024

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