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  1. Look inside Tampa’s new REI store, Midtown’s first in a rush of retail openings
    3 hours ago• Business
    From left: Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers, Craig Richard from the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor tour the new REI Co-op store on March 4 at Midtown Tampa. The store is an anchor tenant at the development, which offers retail, residential, hotel and office buildings on a campus of 11 buildings.
  2. The Nest, new cocktail lounge from Caracara team, to open in Dunedin
    Earlier today• Food
    The Nest at Caracara, a new cocktail bar and lounge, will open later this month in downtown Dunedin.
  3. Hillsborough wants a “large-scale” film studio to lure blockbusters
    Earlier today• Movies
    Diamond View studios CEO Tim Moore poses with the screen at Vu, a virtual production studio at Rithm at Uptown, former University Mall. The studio is a "wonderful asset," Hillsborough film commissioner Tyler Martinolich said, but the area still needs a large studio for traditional physical sets.
  5. Michael Koryta’s ‘Never Far Away’ is a dark thriller about a hunted family
    Earlier today• Books
    Michael Koryta's latest thriller is "Never Far Away."
  6. Masks, cardboard fans, constant ennui: Things that were odd a year ago
    Earlier today• Opinion
    A mask discarded on the sand at Clearwater Beach last month.
  7. Tampa Bay’s first REI store opening Friday at Midtown Tampa
    Yesterday• Business
    Outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open its first Tampa store on March 5, 2021 in the Midtown Tampa development. Shown here is a rendering of the project from 2019.
  8. Bosch is back: a new Michael Connelly TV series in the works
    Yesterday• Books
    Titus Welliver will return as Harry Bosch in a new, as yet-untitled series on Amazon's IMDB TV.
  9. St. Pete Pride to host reimagined Taste of Pride event
    Yesterday• Food News
    Taste of Pride returns to St. Petersburg on March 12. This year's event will span three days and take place at over 20 restaurants, bars and breweries.
  10. Tampa Bay area pets looking for new families
    Yesterday• Pets
    Brooks and Bucco Bruce are two of many animals looking for loving homes.
  11. Tampa Bay is rich with art, theater events in March
    Yesterday• Arts
    Leonard Baskin's "Chief American Horse - Oglala Sioux" is included in the "Leonard Baskin: Native American Portraits" exhibition at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs through May 20.
  12. Tampa’s Nojaks has closed (but don’t worry, it’s coming back)
    Yesterday• Food
    Downtown takeout restaurant Nojaks has temporarily closed. The owners will open Supernatural Food & Winem a sandwich and natural wine shop, later this month.
  13. Miss Universe competition to air live from Florida in May
    Yesterday• Florida
    Catriona Gray of the Philippines, left, reacts as she is crowned the new Miss Universe 2018. After a year and a half, the Miss Universe competition will return with a live telecast on May 16. The 69th Miss Universe will be crowned at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
  14. Meet some of the longtime staffers who brought you the Tampa Bay Times
    Yesterday• Narratives
    In 2006, the year of record revenue for the then-St. Petersburg Times, the press runs were unbelievable. Some days were grueling. Some were beautiful. Joe Figiel liked the challenge.
  15. The end of an era as Tampa Bay Times plant prints its final papers
    Yesterday• Narratives
    Presses run at the Tampa Bay Times printing plant in St. Petersburg.
  16. ‘Van Gogh Alive’ extended at St. Petersburg’s Dali Museum
    Mar. 2• Visual Arts
    Scenes from "Van Gogh Alive" during a media preview as the exhibit opens Nov. 21 at The Dali Museum, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 in St. Petersburg. "Van Gogh Alive," a multimedia exhibition of Vincent van Gogh's beloved works that have been projected on large screens and on the floor, giving the viewer the feeling of being "inside" the paintings. The images are synchronized to a classical score and include bits of animation. The Dali is the first North American stop on this international touring exhibition.
  17. A year after furloughing most workers, Columbia Restaurant is hosting a job fair
    Mar. 2• Business
    Columbia Restaurant bartenders Dave Cunca, left, and Savana Schilling did extra cleaning as they prepared for an extended shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 20, 2020. For the first time since laying off 90 percent of its staff during the pandemic, the Columbia and its affiliated restaurants will host a job fair on March 4, hiring dozens of workers statewide.
  18. New St. Petersburg radio station features local musicians at 96.7 FM
    Mar. 2• Music
    Sunshine 96.7 FM features the music of nearly 400 local musicians.
  19. Art auction helps St. Petersburg college students
    Mar. 2• Arts
    Jane Bunker, a local artist and founder of the Woodson Warriors Scholarship, poses with her painting that will be auctioned off to benefit the scholarship.
  20. Hillsborough County singer with ‘epic mullet’ impresses on ‘The Voice’
    Mar. 2• Music
    Kenzie Wheeler performs on the March 1, 2021 episode of "The Voice" on NBC.
  21. In ‘The Office’ play, the Scranton Strangler is loose in Clearwater
    Mar. 2• Stage
    Jim Sorensen plays Dwight Schrute in the Capitol Theatre's outdoor walking tour of The Office! A Murder Mystery Parody: Who Is The Scranton Strangler?
  22. Chicken Yoga comes to Ybor City, and of course the chickens wear diapers
    Mar. 2• Life & Culture
    Charlotte the chicken and yoga instructor Alexandra Tamborello pose for a photograph at Union Three Studio, which hosts Chicken Yoga at Hotel Haya in Tampa's Ybor City.
  23. Whole Foods grocery store ‘in development’ in St. Petersburg
    Mar. 1• Business
    Customers shop at a Whole Foods Market in Tampa in 2018.
  24. ZooTampa to open new exhibits, experiences this spring
    Mar. 1• Life & Culture
    ZooTampa’s popular binturong family — named Sully, Melati, and baby Kartika — will be relocating from their behind-the-scenes living space to the Asia realm of the zoo. Also known as Asian bearcats, these animals have a distinctive scent, which is said to resemble buttered popcorn or corn chips.
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