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  1. Tampa Bay is bonkers over pickleball (move aside, tennis)
    41 minutes ago• Tampa
    The courts are filled as pickleball games get underway during the City of St. Pete Parks & Rec mixed doubles recreational league at Crescent Lake Park on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
  2. South St. Petersburg lights up with annual Oakdale Christmas Spectacular
    Nov. 23• Things To Do
    Tens of thousands of lights are on display at the Oakdale Christmas house in St. Petersburg, pictured in 2021.
  3. How Tropicana Field turns into a giant Christmas light maze in St. Petersburg
    Nov. 21• 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.
  5. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Nov. 21-27
    Nov. 21• Things To Do
    The two-day Shopapalooza Festival features more than 350 vendors and is expected to attract thousands to Vinoy Park this weekend.
  6. Mark your calendar: The best shows and holiday events coming to Tampa Bay area
    Nov. 21• Life & Culture
    Christmas Town at Busch Gardens in Tampa a variety of colorful elements.
  7. New in downtown Tampa’s Winter Village: curling
    Nov. 18• Life & Culture
    The downtown Tampa Winter Village has added a new “street curling” attraction that is free to play any time the holiday district is open in Curtis Hixon Park. They will even have a new curling league that is signing up teams now.
  8. It’s the most wonderful time of the year at Tampa Theatre
    Nov. 18• Entertainment
    The 1947 classic "Miracle on 34th Street," with Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood, will be among the holiday movies presented at Tampa Theatre. In addition to holiday movies, there will be an in-theater sock ball fight.
  9. Clearwater aquarium says sea turtle nests are up, but lights from humans are a danger
    Nov. 18• Life & Culture
    A biologist from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium helps a recently hatched sea turtle find its way from the beach to the water. While sea turtle nests are up this year, the aquarium reported an alarming number of times the hatchlings were confused by artificial lights and headed to hotels and garages instead of the ocean.
  10. 7 ways to entertain Thanksgiving visitors in the Tampa Bay area
    Nov. 17• Life & Culture
    In this 2018 photo, a bonnethead shark swims in a tank at the Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota. The aquarium houses manatees, sharks, sea turtles and otters. Visitors can explore touch pools, hands-on exhibits and windows into the real research being done by scientists in the Mote Marine Laboratory.
  11. Disney World hikes ticket prices, will vary by park
    Nov. 15• Life & Culture
    On Tuesday morning, Disney announced new park-specific prices that are set to go into effect Dec. 8.
  12. Tampa’s Yacht Starship starting a new jet boat thrill ride
    Nov. 15• Entertainment
    Bay Rocket blasts off on 45- to 55-minute thrill rides on Tampa Bay beginning Friday.
  13. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Nov. 14-20
    Nov. 14• Things To Do
    Nate Najar will perform at the 32nd annual Suncoast Jazz Festival, Nov. 18-20 in Sand Key in Clearwater Beach.
  14. More than 40 Tampa Bay restaurants and bars offering Thanksgiving specials
    Nov. 14• Food
    More than 50 area restaurants and bars are offering specials to help you celebrate Thanksgiving.
  15. How to help this Thanksgiving in the Tampa Bay area
    Nov. 14• Hurricane
    A volunteer in 2020 takes turkeys and other meats from the freezer to distribute during the food drive and food distribution operation at Metropolitan Ministries' holiday tent in Tampa.
  16. Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more coming to Strawberry Festival in Plant City
    Nov. 14• Life & Culture
    Willie Nelson will perform March 3 at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City.
  17. Tampa car collector had dozens of classics. Now they’re being auctioned.
    Nov. 14• History
    Classic cars owned by Leroy Gonzalez, a real estate developer and classic car enthusiast who died in January at the age of 84, are parked at his office in Seffner. More than two dozen cars in this classic car collection will be auctioned on Dec. 3.
  18. La Setima, a new natural wine bar, coming soon to Ybor City
    Nov. 10• Life & Culture
    Ryan Fouche, Aaron Schaub and Coral Carrasquillo will soon open La Setima, a new natural wine bar on the corner of E Seventh and Nebraska avenues in Ybor City.
  19. Imagine Clearwater inches closer to completion as amphitheater is installed
    Nov. 9• Entertainment
    Recently poured concrete forms the shape for the North Bluff Walk, in foreground, as seen from the third floor of the Clearwater Main Library on Monday, Nov 7, 2022, which will provide access to Imagine Clearwater’s new 4,000-seat covered bandshell, in background, at Coachman Park.
  20. Shop at these 45 Tampa Bay holiday markets
    Nov. 9• Things To Do
    Shop local as holiday markets are popping up everywhere across the Tampa Bay area.
  21. 51 Veterans Day tributes and events in the Tampa Bay area
    Nov. 8• Life & Culture
    Chaplain Charles Andriolo, of VFW Post 1617, salutes during a Veterans Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
  22. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Nov. 7-13
    Nov. 7• Things To Do
    Some of the best skateboarders in the world will make their way to the Skatepark of Tampa this weekend for Tampa AM, one of skateboarding's top annual contests.
  23. How to swim with the manatees of Crystal River
    Nov. 6• Travel
    A manatee rises to the surface for air while people on a manatee tour float nearby in Crystal River.
  24. Florida’s largest India festival comes to Tampa
    Nov. 3• Photos
    From left, Swapna Chackravarthy, 48, Koruna Pathak, 60, Sapana Amin, 43, Toshina Sethi, 49, and Rama Subramanian, 47, with Academy of Odissi Dance, perform at One Tampa City Center's courtyard in front of Unlock Tampa Bay Visitors Center in Tampa on Thursday. The dancers gave a sample of the performances that will be showcased during the 33rd annual India Festival on Saturday.
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