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  1. 2 hours ago• Life & Culture
    At the 2009 Monster Jam in Tampa, driver Dennis Anderson leaps over a junk car in the fan-favorite Grave Digger monster truck. The monster trucks return to Raymond James Stadium March 12-14 for a show that will look a little different this year with masks, social distancing and reduced crowd capacity.
  2. Raymond James Stadium is showing signs of preparation on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, by the Tampa Sports Authority for Super Bowl LV, the 55th Super Bowl, scheduled to be played on February 7, 2021. This will be the fifth Super Bowl hosted by the Tampa area and the third held at Raymond James Stadium. The game will be televised nationally by CBS.
  3. SCOTT KEELER   |   Times
Fisherman Al Henrichon, Millbury Mass., tries his luck on a jetty at Sunset Beach, Treasure Island, 3/12/18, as storm clouds roll in form the Gulf. Henrichon who is visiting the area on vacation said he caught some sea trout and a few sharks.
  4. Dips and pizzas and foods that don't require shared serving spoons are good options for a Super Bowl watch party in the coronavirus era.
  5. A rack of ribs from Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que.
  6. A new traveling interactive exhibit at the Glazer Children's Museum is based on the wildly popular PBS Kids series "Wild Kratts." Kids get to explore four animal habitats and the creatures within them. The exhibit was created by the Minnesota Children’s Museum.
  7. The Super Bowl Experience, the NFL's interactive football theme park, is seen at sunset ahead of Super Bowl 55 at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park.
  8. Tim Tebow is set to deliver a message of hope at the St. Petersburg Pier on Friday.
  9. A display of helmets seen at the entrance to the gallery of The Super Bowl Experience, the NFL's interactive football theme park, ahead of Super Bowl 55 at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.
  10. Smoke billows off the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship as it carries members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla along Seddon Channel en route to the Tampa Convention Center during the 103nd Gasparilla Invasion and Parade of the Pirates in 2020. It joins the celebration of Super Bowl 55 by hosting a laser light show this weekend and Feb. 5-6.
  11. People walk along food booths at the Florida State Fair on Feb. 13, 2020 in Tampa. The fair had a strong run last year with 455,851 visiting over two weeks. The fair will now be held April 22-May 2, with masks required and indoor spaces reworked to allow for social distancing.
  12. Shopapalooza, which took place in Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg in November 2019, above, was canceled in 2020. Instead, a smaller shopping experience with about 100 vendors set up tables 10 feet apart on the streets of Gulfport on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
  13. Floats make their way down the parade route during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates last year in Tampa.
  14. A socially distanced Florida Orchestra celebrates 250 years of Beethoven's music at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on Saturday and Sunday.
  15. The Super Bowl Experience, the NFL's interactive football theme park, is seen from the Tampa Riverwalk ahead of Super Bowl 55 in downtown on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.
  16. Raymond James Stadium on Jan. 20, 2021. Super Bowl 55 is scheduled to be played there on February 7, 2021. It will be the fifth Super Bowl in Tampa area and the third held at Raymond James Stadium. The game will be televised nationally by CBS.
  17. A new glass-bottom boat designed for wheelchair users at Silver Springs is under construction at St. John's Shipbuilding in Palatka.
  18. Starkey farm in Trinity, typically known as a blueberry farm, is offering strawberry picking.
  19. Flags are placed on the National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol behind them, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
  20. Workers transform Tampa's Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park into the Super Bowl Experience, the NFL's interactive football theme park, for Super Bowl 55.
  21. Did you know ancient sharks that could grow up to 60 feet long swam in Florida waters, or that giant rhinos roamed the state millions of years ago? "Tusk to Tails," the latest exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center, unearths Florida’s fossil finds. The year-long exhibit opens Jan. 20.
  22. At Epcot International Festival of the Arts, guests can become one with famous works of art thanks to a photo backdrop.
  23. The still-closed Disneyland theme park in California has announced it is canceling its annual pass program. The Walt Disney World theme parks in Florida are allowing current passholders to renew them, but they are no longer selling new annual passes.

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