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  1. Opera Tampa announces return of shows at the Straz Center in 2022
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Opera Tampa, which presented "The Pirates of Penzance" in January of 2020, will bring the show back to the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in March of 2022.
  2. Delayed Florida State Fair opens Thursday: What to know before you go
    Apr. 21• Life & Culture
    Jason Beckstead, left, and Web Beckstead work to make a manual cross cut while Lee LeCaptain, center, uses a chainsaw during a log cutting exhibition, part of the lumberjack show, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.
  3. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: April 19-25
    Apr. 20• Life & Culture
    The Florida State Fair, pictured in February 2020, will kick off Thursday in Tampa.
  5. Top 9 Tampa Bay events for the week of April 19-25
    Apr. 20• Entertainment
    The Bay Area Renaissance Festival has moved from its usual location at MOSI to the Withlacoochee River Park in Dade City. The festival will be held weekends through May 23.
  6. Sunscreen Film Festival returns with celebrity talks, reduced capacity seating
    Apr. 20• Movies
    Celebrities and fans turned out by the dozens at the Palladium in St. Petersburg for the Sunscreen Film Festival in 2017. Kirstie Alley was among the actors who attended the event.
  7. Meet the creator of the pickle pizza, the talk of the Florida State Fair
    Apr. 19• Life & Culture
    This pickle pizza is one of the new offerings at the Florida State Fair this year.
  8. Busch Gardens to bring back indoor theater shows in May
    Apr. 19• Life & Culture
    Starting May 28, the new acrobatic show "Cirque Electric" will be open at Busch Gardens with modified operations in the park’s theaters.
  9. Bay Area Renaissance Festival opens in new Pasco County location on Saturday
    Apr. 16• 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.
  10. Honor the planet at these Tampa Bay area Earth Day events
    Apr. 15• Life & Culture
    Florida seen from the Space Shuttle. [NASA]
  11. 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.
  12. 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)]
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.

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