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  1. Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is live again, sort of
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    The Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival returns as a hybrid for 2021.
  2. Weezer, Twenty One Pilots, Bastille coming to Next Big Thing show in Tampa
    Yesterday• Music News
    Weezer will headline 97X Next Big Thing on Dec. 4 at Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. The two-day alt-rock music festival was canceled in 2020 because COVID-19.
  3. Have tickets to a show in Tampa Bay? Better check COVID requirements.
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Concert-goers had to adhere to new vaccination rules for a Maroon 5 concert in Ohio in August. When the band performs in Tampa Sept. 24, fans must bring a printed copy of a negative test result or proof of their COVID-19 vaccination.
  5. On St. Petersburg’s Beach Drive, big changes for three popular restaurants
    Sep. 16• Food
    The menu at 400 Beach Seafood & Tap House has been completely overhauled and includes new dishes like shrimp and grits, pictured here. The restaurant, along with nearby spots Annata Restaurant & Wine Bar and Alto Mare Fish Bar, were recently purchased by new hospitality group Volet Hospitality, which has big plans for the Beach Drive NE restaurants.
  6. Oktoberfest season has arrived in the Tampa Bay area
    Sep. 16• Things To Do
    Oktoberfest celebrations start this week in the Tampa Bay area.
  7. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 13-19
    Sep. 15• Things To Do
    Tampa Bay Lightning forwards Alex Killorn, left, and Pat Maroon, right, hoist the Stanley Cup after the Game 5 win over Montreal in the final at Amalie Arena. The three-time Stanley Cup champs will hold Launch Weekend events this weekend.
  8. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: Sept. 13-19
    Sep. 13• Kids & Family
    For free Museum Day on Saturday, the turn-of-the-20th century Cracker Country in Tampa will be open for free, and you can see actors demonstrate how pioneers carved materials, churned butter and did their chores.
  9. What to expect at Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens this year
    Sep. 9• Theme Parks
    A performer is seen inside of new Howl-O-Scream haunted house The Forgotten during dress rehearsal night on Wednesday in Tampa.
  10. At Tampa’s Bayou Bodega, wash down a po’boy with some natural wine
    Sep. 9• Food
    Jambalaya is served at Bayou Bodega, a new Davis Islands restaurant in Tampa with a focus on natural wine and Creole and Caribbean fare.
  11. Tour some of Pinellas County’s public and private gardens
    Sep. 9• Life & Culture
    A black swallowtail butterfly lands on the branch of a bougainvillea bush at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo.
  12. Clearwater aquarium will add manatee rehab pools and exhibit amid year of record deaths
    Sep. 7• Clearwater
    From left, Hannah Rogers, associate biologist with Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s rescue team, Jordan Wolfred, rescue team intern, and Cam Fredecker, associate biologist stand near a statue of a manatee near what will be the Manatee Springs Rehabilitation Center. The CMA exhibit will take $10 million and two to three years to complete.
  13. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 6-12
    Sep. 6• Life & Culture
    Ed Sheeran, pictured in 2019, will help kick off the NFL season opener with a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in Tampa. (Joel C. Ryan | Invision/AP, file)
  14. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: Sept. 6-12
    Sep. 6• Kids & Family
    The Harvest Jam amateur competition at Skatepark of Tampa this weekend will have divisions starting at 8 and younger, and up to 30 and older, with prizes awarded to the top five finishers in each division.
  15. What’s next for the Beach Theatre? New owner wants your input.
    Sep. 4• Business
    Hendrik Bisanz (right) CEO and broker at Seasalt Properties and Christopher Scott, new owner of the Beach Theatre, pose for a portrait together in front of the property, which has been closed since 2012. Scott will hold a public meeting later in the month to get the community’s vision for the future of the building.
  16. Here they go again: ABBA to release first new album in 40 years
    Sep. 3• Music News
    The members of ABBA, from left Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Foltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson, announced they will release a new album in November, their first since 1981. Virtual versions of themselves will be used for a live show using technology from George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic.
  17. PAW Patrol Live postpones Tampa show over coronavirus concerns
    Sep. 2• Kids & Family
    The heroic pups from the animated Nickelodeon preschool TV series "PAW Patrol" have postponed the planned live show coming to Tampa's Yuengling Center Sept. 18-19. Tickets will be honored at the rescheduled date, which hasn't yet been announced.
  18. How Tampa Bay’s street poet for hire makes art in minutes
    Sep. 2• Life & Culture
    Poet-for-hire Giovanni Cerro of St. Petersburg writes poetry for passing guests for free thanks to a sponsorship by Katee Tully of Smith and Associates during the St. Pete Pride celebration on Beach Drive in June in St. Petersburg.
  19. Treasure hunt from 1982 might lead to St. Petersburg
    Sep. 1• History
    A view of the Crescent Lake water tower overlooking the Huggins-Stengel Baseball Field in St. Petersburg. Nearly 40 years ago, eccentric New York author Byron Priess published "The Secret," a book of fairy tale-like cryptic paintings and correlating verses that double as clues in a treasure hunt he created for 12 jewels. So far, only three have been unearthed and the author died without providing more clues. But a Nashville father and daughter believe clues point to one being buried near Crescent Lake Park's Huggins-Stengel Field.
  20. How to help Hurricane Ida victims
    Aug. 30• Hurricane
    Rescue personnel with a boat help LaPlace, La., residents out of their flooded homes. The way people can most help from afar is sending money, advocates say.
  21. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: Aug. 30-Sept. 5
    Aug. 30• Kids & Family
    Passengers board the train during the Largo Train Weekend at the Largo Central Railroad in Largo. The first Saturday of every month brings free train rides for families.
  22. Top 11 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5
    Aug. 30• Things To Do
    People gather around the table as they assemble a large Cuban sandwich during the Cuban Sandwich Festival in 2019.
  23. BellaBrava opens in Midtown Tampa
    Aug. 27• Food
    Italian restaurant BellaBrava is now open at Midtown Tampa.
  24. St. Anthony’s cancels triathlon because of continued pandemic
    Aug. 27• Health
    Benjamin Kanute of Phoenix won the St. Anthony's Triathlon in St. Petersburg in 2019, the last time the event was held. COVID-19 and safety concerns have canceled the event two years in a row.

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