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  1. Bay Area Renaissance Festival opens in new Pasco County location on Saturday
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Crystal Fox of Tampa, who plays Lady Catherine, fences with Ryan Jones of Detroit, who plays Chippy, during the Trial by Combat Fight Show on Sunday at the 36th annual Bay Area Renaissance Festival at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa.
  2. Honor the planet at these Tampa Bay area Earth Day events
    Apr. 15• Life & Culture
    Florida seen from the Space Shuttle. [NASA]
  3. Pickle pizza, Cheetos funnel cake and 5 other odd foods at Florida State Fair
    Apr. 13• Life & Culture
    This pickle pizza is one of the new offerings at the Florida State Fair this year. From Angela's Pizza, it has a white garlic sauce base, topped with mozzarella cheese and dill pickles. Garnished with ranch and dill seasoning after it comes out of the oven.
  5. St. Pete Pride back on in 2021 after COVID cancellation last year
    Apr. 12• St. Petersburg
    After a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic, St. Pete Pride is back this summer, albeit without its signature parade. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times (2018)]
  6. Country star Brad Paisley to bring outdoor show tour to Tampa in July
    Apr. 12• Music News
    Brad Paisley, shown performing at his 2011 H20 Tour in Tampa, returns to the bay area in July for three outdoor shows in Florida that month.
  7. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of April 12-18
    Apr. 12• Entertainment
    Dressed in full uniform, firefighters are pictured after a previous American Lung Association Fight for Air stair climb. This year, the climb moves to the open air stairwells of Raymond James Stadium.
  8. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: April 12-18
    Apr. 12• Life & Culture
    A royal joust performance will be among the features of the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. The popular medieval festival is moving this year from its longtime home at MOSI in Tampa to Withlacoochee River Park in Dade City. It runs weekends through May 23.
  9. With bird’s-eye view
    Apr. 10• Life & Culture
    Ron Smith has sighted more than 700 bird species out of an estimated 850 found in North America.
  10. Avengers Campus opening in California, but no Marvel park for Florida’s Disney
    Apr. 9• Life & Culture
    Disneyland's new Avengers Campus will debut on June 4, nearly a year after originally planned.
  11. Want to meet people in Tampa Bay? This friendship coach has 5 tips.
    Apr. 9• Life & Culture
    Danielle Bayard Jackson is a PR agency owner, licensed educator, author and certified friendship coach.
  12. Tickets are disappearing fast for Dali Museum’s van Gogh exhibit
    Apr. 8• Life & Culture
    Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Nights" becomes a multimedia experience in scenes from "Van Gogh Alive" at the Dali Museum. The museum was first North American stop on this international touring exhibition, and it's been a big hit. Few spots are left before it ends on June 13.
  13. Universal will open Jurassic World VelociCoaster in June
    Apr. 7• Life & Culture
    Jurassic World Velocicoaster, the new attraction in Jurassic Park at Islands of Adventure, will open June 10.
  14. Disney says it’s okay to take a mask-free selfie again
    Apr. 6• Life & Culture
    Epcot reopened on Wednesday as Walt Disney World continued its phased reopening. Masks are required for all and visitors had to make a reservation in advance to visit the park to enable limitations on crowd capacity. Photo courtesy Walt Disney World
  15. USF student recounts ‘shopping while Black’ at Disney World
    Apr. 6• Life & Culture
    Jaalin Harvey, 24, at Walt Disney World. He's been an annual passholder since he was in seventh grade.
  16. As theme parks hit capacity and add festivals, a return to normal predicted
    Apr. 6• Life & Culture
    SeaWorld’s Aquatica opened Riptide Race April 3, a ride billed as the world’s largest dueling raft water slide.
  17. Mom and daughter walked 150 St. Petersburg parks
    Apr. 6• Life & Culture
    Amy George, 63, and her daughter Rachel Crozier, 36, along with Wilson, Crozier's dog, are pictured at Dell Holmes Park on 22nd Street S in St. Petersburg. “We were determined to hit all 150 parks,” George said. They spent the past year walking the parks in St. Petersburg.
  18. Upscale Italian style popup bar coming to Tampa’s Armature Works
    Apr. 5• Bars & Breweries
    Amaro Montenegro brings a traveling Italian popup bar truck to Tampa Heights.
  19. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of April 5-11
    Apr. 5• Entertainment
    Catch heavy slamming WWE action as WrestleMania comes to Raymond James Stadium this Saturday and Sunday.
  20. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: April 5-11
    Apr. 5• Life & Culture
    Wish Farms in Plant City has opened up its fields every Saturday for berry picking through May 1.
  21. Wrestling fans emerging from pandemic bubble for WrestleMania 37
    Apr. 5• Pro Wrestling
    A photo of the sold-out crowd in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, which hosted 2019's WrestleMania. Tampa is set to host WrestleMania at Raymond James Stadium on April 10 and 11.
  22. Independent wrestling, hanging on in pandemic, comes to Tampa before WrestleMania 37
    Apr. 1• Pro Wrestling
    "Thee Technical Alchemist" David Mercury, top, wrestles with Boots during a Generation Championship Wrestling match at Carrollwood Cultural Center in Tampa in February 2020.
  23. Pinellas seniors will get Grad Nite at Busch Gardens after all
    Mar. 31• Life & Culture
    Pinellas County seniors will get Busch Gardens to themselves on May 7 for a special Grad Nite arranged for them.
  24. Jobsite in Tampa offers a new take on Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’
    Mar. 30• Stage
    Jobsite, the independent resident theater company at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, opens on April 9 with Shakespeare’s "Henry V" in the Jaeb Theater.

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