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  1. Torchy’s Tacos opens in St. Petersburg
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Texas-based taco chain Torchy's Tacos opened Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
  2. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum unboxes giant dinosaur skull for upcoming exhibit
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Fossil restorers Elia Smaniotto, of Trieste, Italy, left, and Tomas Stark, of Sezana, Slovenia, remove the skull of Big John from a crate on Wednesday at the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa. The complete triceratops skeleton will be the center of an exhibit opening Memorial Day weekend.
  3. Celebrate Black History Month with these Tampa Bay events
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Festivals, talks and other celebrations take place across the Tampa Bay area during February to honor Black History Month..
  5. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5
    Jan. 30• Things To Do
    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, pictured during a 2012 show in Tampa, will play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Wednesday.
  6. Gasparilla weather: Chilly morning leads to quick warmup
    Jan. 27• Local Weather
    Pirates with Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla disembark from the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship at the Tampa Convention Center to begin the Gasparilla invasion in January 2022. This year, early morning temperatures on Saturday will be in the upper 40s along the Gasparilla parade route but will climb to the 70s by the time the day's festivities kick off.
  7. Parents will have to accompany minors at Florida State Fair after 6 p.m.
    Jan. 27• Entertainment
    Patrons walk through the Midway during opening night at the Florida State Fair on Feb. 10, 2022, in Tampa.
  8. Times arts reporter Maggie Duffy wins MUSE Award
    Jan. 26• Arts
    Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times arts and music reporter, is shown here when she recently took part in the "Dream Tapestry" interactive experience at the Dali Museum. She won this year's MUSE Award for literary arts from the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance.
  9. Boulon Brasserie opens at Water Street Tampa
    Jan. 25• Food
    Boulon Brasserie, a new modern French American restaurant, opened Tuesday at Water Street Tampa.
  10. Busch Gardens says drop ride Falcon’s Fury will reopen this spring
    Jan. 25• Theme Parks
    The Falcon's Fury drop tower ride at Bush Gardens opened in 2014. It was closed "out of an abundance of caution" after a fatal accident on a similar ride in Orlando last March, and it hasn't reopened since.
  11. Can you complete our 2023 Gasparilla bingo card?
    Jan. 25• Life & Culture
    A pirate gives beads to partiers along Bayshore Boulevard during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.
  12. Gasparilla parade will have four generations of one family this year
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Four generations show what it's like to toss beads from the Royal Float of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. From left are Hudson Clarke (Bryan Clarke's 10-year-old son and a royal page), Richard S. Clarke Sr., 95, Richard S. Clarke Jr., 69, and Bryan T. Clarke, 38, a Tampa veterinarian. They will all participate in the Gasparilla parade Jan. 28.
  13. Shout woo! Ric Flair named the 2023 Gasparilla Pirate Fest grand marshal
    Jan. 23• Entertainment
    Ric Flair, a WWE Hall of Famer and 16-time heavyweight champion, will be this year's Gasparilla grand marshal.
  14. Clearwater aquarium ‘heartbroken’ over death of Hemingway the dolphin
    Jan. 23• Life & Culture
    Hemingway, a dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, was estimated to be about 37 years old. He was found stranded off Fiesta Key in July 2019.
  15. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Jan. 23-29
    Jan. 23• Things To Do
    Bounce the Mall, a tour of elaborate inflatables, will be setting up shop at Tyrone Square in St. Petersburg from Jan. 28-Feb. 19.
  16. An Airbnb for boats and 5 other ways to set sail around Tampa Bay
    Jan. 23• Outdoors
    Boat renters drive off with a boat owned by Rory Conforti at the Seminole Boat Ramp on Jan. 15, 2023, in Clearwater. Conforti owns several boats, which he rents through GetMyBoat, a boat rental and water experience marketplace similar to Airbnb.
  17. Florida Arbor Day? It’s in January, and here’s how to celebrate in Tampa Bay
    Jan. 18• Things To Do
    Area cities celebrate Mother Earth on the unofficial Florida Arbor Day in January. [LARA CERRI, Times] -- 2011
  18. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum to receive record-setting dinosaur skeleton for new display
    Jan. 17• Kids & Family
    The Glazer Children's Museum is getting a skeleton of the largest triceratops ever discovered for a new display that will open Memorial Day weekend. Nicknamed "Big John," the record-setter is nearly 26 feet long and 10 feet high.
  19. Aargh! A list of Gasparilla events in Tampa Bay
    Jan. 17• Things To Do
    Pirates with Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla blast cannons as they approach the Tampa Convention Center aboard the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship to begin the Gasparilla invasion Saturday in Tampa.
  20. Children’s Gasparilla Parade returns to Tampa: Here’s what to expect
    Jan. 17• Life & Culture
    From left, Sofia Rabelo, Emmy Auger and her sister Rylie Auger toss beads along with their shipmates from the Argh-Argh float during the 2020 Children's Gasparilla Parade in Tampa.
  21. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Jan. 16-22
    Jan. 16• Things To Do
    The national touring company of the hit musical "Hamilton" will end its run at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa on Jan. 22.
  22. MLK Day parades and festivals will be in St. Petersburg and Tampa on Monday
    Jan. 13• Life & Culture
    Parade goers gather for the start of the 34th annual MLK Dream Big Weekend Parade in 2020 along First Avenue S in downtown St. Petersburg.
  23. Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins revives NWA wrestling, once beloved in Tampa
    Jan. 13• Pro Wrestling
    The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, left, owns the National Wrestling Alliance, once the industry's premier organization. Pictured with him is the NWA's television announcer Kyle Davis.
  24. Sarasota’s Meliora is the best new restaurant of 2022
    Jan. 11• Food
    A make-your-own-bao dish with roasted duck is served at Sarasota's Meliora, our critic's pick for the best new restaurant to open in 2022.
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