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  1. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum unboxes giant dinosaur skull for upcoming exhibit
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Fossil restorers Elia Smaniotto, of Trieste, Italy, left, and Tomas Stark, of Sezana, Slovenia, remove the skull of Big John from a crate on Wednesday at the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa. The complete triceratops skeleton will be the center of an exhibit opening Memorial Day weekend.
  2. At a gallery in Largo, artificial intelligence helps create images of Blackness
    Yesterday• Visual Arts
    “Family Trinity” is displayed in the “Imagine Blackness” exhibition by artist McArthur Freeman II and sociologist Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman at Creative Pinellas on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Largo.
  3. Times arts reporter Maggie Duffy wins MUSE Award
    Jan. 26• Arts
    Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times arts and music reporter, is shown here when she recently took part in the "Dream Tapestry" interactive experience at the Dali Museum. She won this year's MUSE Award for literary arts from the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance.
  5. Gasparilla parade will have four generations of one family this year
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Four generations show what it's like to toss beads from the Royal Float of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. From left are Hudson Clarke (Bryan Clarke's 10-year-old son and a royal page), Richard S. Clarke Sr., 95, Richard S. Clarke Jr., 69, and Bryan T. Clarke, 38, a Tampa veterinarian. They will all participate in the Gasparilla parade Jan. 28.
  6. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum to receive record-setting dinosaur skeleton for new display
    Jan. 17• Kids & Family
    The Glazer Children's Museum is getting a skeleton of the largest triceratops ever discovered for a new display that will open Memorial Day weekend. Nicknamed "Big John," the record-setter is nearly 26 feet long and 10 feet high.
  7. Photographer Herb Snitzer captured jazz legends and his St. Petersburg neighbors
    Jan. 15• Life & Culture
    Photographer Herb Snitzer is pictured here in 2015 by photographer Brian James for a show entitled "Exposure: The Intimacy of Art."
  8. MLK Day parades and festivals will be in St. Petersburg and Tampa on Monday
    Jan. 13• Life & Culture
    Parade goers gather for the start of the 34th annual MLK Dream Big Weekend Parade in 2020 along First Avenue S in downtown St. Petersburg.
  9. Festival of tall ships coming to St. Petersburg waterfront this spring
    Dec. 19, 2022• Life & Culture
    Nao Trinidad from Spain, a replica of the iconic Santa Maria used by Christopher Columbus, will be among the ships coming to St. Petersburg for the Tall Ships America festival March 30-April 2.
  10. Holiday Cosplay adds a winter twist to Tampa comic convention
    Dec. 6, 2022• Life & Culture
    Professional cosplayers like Ginoza Costuming, a pro cosplayer who has twice represented the U.S. in international cosplay competitions, will be at the Holiday Cosplay convention at the Tampa Convention Center Dec. 10-11.
  11. 3 DIY Christmas gifts you can make at home
    Nov. 29, 2022• Food
    Layer dry ingredients for soup in a jar for a simple, affordable DIY gift.
  12. How Tropicana Field turns into a giant Christmas light maze in St. Petersburg
    Nov. 21, 2022• Life & Culture
    Jo Dyke tests the lights on the branch of a cherry blossom tree. The LED lights can be programmed to display different colors. The cherry blossom trees will be pink.
  13. At Tampa’s CASS Contemporary, Tristan Eaton explores gun violence
    Nov. 16, 2022• Visual Arts
    Tristan Eaton's art print collection "Doves of War" is on display at Tampa's CASS Contemporary through Dec. 10.
  14. New Banksy artwork appears amid Ukraine war wreckage near Kiev
    Nov. 13, 2022• Nation & World
    An artwork by British street artist Banksy is seen on a destroyed by fightings building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine on Sunday.
  15. The Tampa Bay universe, according to They Hate Change
    Nov. 11, 2022• Music
    Experimental hip-hop duo They Hate Change hail from the Tampa Bay area, which they frequently reference in their music. Landmarks in recent music videos include Marko's Meat & Deli, The Bends, Planet Retro, the Tampa Theatre and Dairy Kurl.
  16. Chad Mize to close his St. Petersburg gallery at the end of the year
    Oct. 31, 2022• Visual Arts
    Artist Chad Mize poses at his St. Petersburg gallery in 2020. Mize Gallery will close after Dec. 23, 2022.
  17. Morean Workshop Space opens in St. Petersburg
    Oct. 28, 2022• Visual Arts
    The new Morean Workshop Space is open in St. Petersburg's Warehouse Arts District.
  18. Tampa Museum of Art gets $1 million donation, large collection of Haitian art
    Oct. 26, 2022• Visual Arts
    Wilson Bigaud (Haitian, 1931-2010), "Wedding Scene," 1973. The painting is included in the collection of Haitian art donated to the Tampa Museum of Art by the Arthur R. Albrecht Revocable Trust.
  19. Haunted Largo car wash to spook customers this weekend
    Oct. 25, 2022• Things To Do
    The company, which has 130 locations, is converting many of them to haunts across the country, but this is the only one in the Tampa Bay area.
  20. The history of Black pioneers told through quilts at The James Museum in St. Petersburg
    Oct. 25, 2022• Visual Arts
    "Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West," an exhibition of pictorial quilts that explore Black history in the West, is at The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art in St. Petersburg. Members of the Women of Color Quilters Network created the quilts especially for this exhibition.
  21. Clearwater teen drew through despair: ‘I wanted to be seen’
    Oct. 25, 2022• Narratives
    While Julia Becerra’s mom was in Mexico, trying to get a green card to come home to her family in Clearwater, the 14-year-old had to take care of her younger siblings. Julia felt like she was letting everyone down, and fell into depression. "The figure in the middle symbolizes the mother trying to satisfy her children," said Julia, who painted through her pain. “But no matter how much they receive, they're still thirsty." She calls this painting "Projection."
  22. Photos: Peek backstage at ‘The Addams Family’ in St. Petersburg for spooky season
    Oct. 17, 2022• Arts
    Stage manager Kari Kennedy prepares to pull the curtain to open the show for "The Addams Family" musical during a live-audience dress rehearsal Thursday at the St. Pete City Theatre in St. Petersburg. Lurking in the background is Jeff Morris, who plays Lurch.
  23. Photos: St. Petersburg’s Shine Mural Festival kicks off with Carmada Street Carnival
    Oct. 15, 2022• Arts
    Bailee Thornton, 7, works to paint on the Nomad Art Bus at the Carmada Street Carnival during the Shine Mural Festival’s official kickoff celebration in Childs Park at 4300 11th Avenue S on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 in St. Petersburg. In background is Trace Bruner, 12.
  24. Carmada brings artistically painted cars to the Shine Mural Festival in St. Petersburg
    Oct. 11, 2022• Visual Arts
    Leo Gomez paints a car as part of Carmada at the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in Tampa in 2022. The Carmada Street Carnival happens as part of the Shine Mural Festival in St. Petersburg on Oct. 15.
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