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  1. 9 unexpected things to check out from Hillsborough and Pinellas libraries
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    You'll find more than books at the Clearwater Main Library. At the library's "Thingamabrary," people can check out board games, tools, telescopes, technical kits, art kits, jumper cables, video games and enjoy Wi-Fi hot spots.
  2. Tampa Pride parade and festival arrives Saturday in Ybor City
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Jahvier Prince, 5, and Rich Ham, both of Tampa, cheer during the Tampa Pride Parade last year.
  3. Plenty of Florida Book Awards for Tampa Bay
    Yesterday• Books
    "The Cuban Sandwich" by Andrew Huse, Barbara Cruz and Jeff Houck won the 2022 Florida Book Awards gold medal for cooking.
  5. This new play details historic Tampa lunch counter sit-ins
    Mar. 17• Stage
    Black high school and college students participate in a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Tampa on Feb. 29, 1960. Tampa's Stageworks Theatre presents a new play detailing this event, "When the Righteous Triumph," from March 17 to April 2.
  6. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg announces new executive director and CEO
    Mar. 17• Arts
    Anne-Marie Russell is The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg's interim executive director.
  7. ‘Spring Breakers’ movie turns 10. Here’s how Tampa Bay played a starring role.
    Mar. 16• Life & Culture
    Spring Breakers, written and directed by Harmony Korine and rated R, was largely filmed in Pinellas County.
  8. Book Talk: Bestselling poet Billy Collins to speak in St. Petersburg
    Mar. 16• Arts
    Poet Billy Collins will speak at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg on March 23.
  9. Rebecca Makkai keeps readers guessing in ‘I Have Some Questions for You’
    Mar. 16• Books
    Rebecca Makkai's new novel is "I Have Some Questions for You."
  10. This Tampa-centric whodunit comedy delights at The Straz Center
    Mar. 13• Stage
    "Shear Madness" is on at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa through April 8.
  11. Gasparilla Film Fest brings celebrities and movies to Tampa
    Mar. 13• Movies
    Actor Sung Kang at the premiere of "Fast and Furious 6" in 2013.
  12. At Tampa Bay museums, docents share what they know with the public
    Mar. 12• Bay Magazine
    Docent Janice Embrey Brown, who was "blown away" the first time she saw Salvador Dali's surrealistic artwork, wears a shoe-shaped hat like that designed by Dali's friend Elsa Schiaparelli.
  13. How and where to watch Sunday’s Oscars broadcast
    Mar. 11• TV
    This image released by A24 shows Michelle Yeoh in a scene from "Everything Everywhere All at Once." (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)
  14. ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Funny Girl’ among shows in Straz Center’s 2023-24 Broadway season
    Mar. 10• Stage
    "Les Miserables" is coming to the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa from June 11-16, 2024, as part of the Broadway series.
  15. Jennifer Egan talks about craft, the future and ‘The Candy House’
    Mar. 9• Books
    Jennifer Egan's new novel is "The Candy House."
  16. Book Talk: Joe Maddon talks about ‘The Book of Joe’ in Tampa
    Mar. 9• Books
    Former Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon's new book is “The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life."
  17. The Cure to play a Tampa show for the first time since 2008
    Mar. 9• Music News
    Robert Smith, singer for The Cure, looks to other band members during their 2004 concert at the then-Ford Amphitheatre.
  18. Tampa man with autism stars in Woody Harrelson movie about Special Olympics
    Mar. 8• Movies
    Alex Hintz, left, as Arthur, Casey Metcalfe as Marlon, Matthew von der Ahe as Craig, Ashton Gunning as Cody, Tom Sinclair as Blair, Joshua Felder as Darius, James Day Keith as Benny, Madison Tevlin as Cosentino, Kevin Iannucci as Johnathan and Bradley Edens as Showtime in director Bobby Farrelly's "Champions."
  19. New Clearwater music venue at Coachman Park gets a name and artist lineup
    Mar. 8• Life & Culture
    A recent aerial drone photo shows construction in progress on the site of Coachman Park in Clearwater. The amphitheater has been given a name, The Sound, and Kenny Loggins and Billy Currington are among the artists lined up to perform after it opens in June.
  20. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ show coming to Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall
    Mar. 7• Arts
    Vanessa Vanjie Mateo arrives at the red carpet in Los Angeles in 2019 for Season 11 of "RuPaul's Drag Race." Mateo is part of the lineup of RuPaul's Drag Race Werq the World tour, coming to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall on June 23.
  21. Book Talk: Launch for Sarah Penner’s ‘The London Seance Society’ at Oxford Exchange
    Mar. 7• Books
    Sarah Penner will launch her new novel, "The London Seance Society," at the Oxford Exchange in Tampa.
  22. Lynyrd Skynyrd show at Florida Strawberry Festival still on despite member’s death
    Mar. 6• Life & Culture
    Lynyrd Skynyrd, shown here with Gary Rossington in the center front, will perform at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on March 12. Rossington died on Sunday, but the show will go on.
  23. Pinellas gave $500,000 to a TV movie that has yet to air
    Mar. 6• Movies
    Actors Erin Cahill, left, Martin Kove and Susan Gallagher work on a scene during the production of the romance film "A Taste of Love" in July 2021 at Edgewater Park in Dunedin.
  24. Joe Testa-Secca spent decades making art in Tampa. Here’s where you can see it.
    Mar. 5• Life & Culture
    Joe Testa-Secca, pictured in the St. Petersburg Times in 1965, grew up in Tampa and returned to teach at the University of Tampa. He spent his career creating art for public and private clients.
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