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  1. Tampa Bay excited at first Comic Convention since pandemic
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Roxanne Weir and Harold Weir, of Utah, greet Brooke, 22, and David Broxterman, 62, of Lakeland, while dressed as characters from “Star Trek: The Original Series” at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention at the Tampa Covention Center on Saturday, July 31, 2021. “Thank you commander,” the Weirs’ told her.
  2. Walt Disney World will require most of its employees to get coronavirus vaccine
    Yesterday• Health
    Walt Disney World is now requiring that its employees get vaccinated.
  3. Back-to-school events in Tampa Bay: free health screenings, supplies, more
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Classroom supplies will be distributed as part of several local back-to-school events in preparation for the 2021-22 school year.
  5. Producers of St. Pete Pier lighted drone show talk challenges of high-tech display
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    A drone show element called a "light ribbon" was part of a recent show by Firefly Drone Shows, a Detroit-based company that puts on dozens of drone light shows all over the U.S. They are producing a show for the first anniversary of the St. Pete Pier that will put 300 drones in the sky July 31.
  6. Disney will require face masks indoors and on transportation again starting Friday
    Jul. 29• Theme Parks
    A family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom in 2020.
  7. 18 air-conditioned places to escape the Tampa Bay heat
    Jul. 29• Kids & Family
    This exterior image of the Tampa Theatre shows how the owners pushed the fact that the theater was air-conditioned -- a rarity in 1942.
  8. Busch Gardens, Disney, Universal debut Halloween haunts earlier than ever
    Jul. 28• Theme Parks
    Busch Gardens will bring back Howl-O-Scream earlier than ever, starting Sept. 10, and unlike last year's open-air scares, there will be haunted houses and scare zones scattered around the park.
  9. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of July 26-Aug. 1
    Jul. 26• Entertainment
    Dave Matthews plays guitar during a concert at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa in July 2013. The Dave Matthews Band returns to the venue Wednesday.
  10. Top things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: July 26-Aug. 1
    Jul. 26• Kids & Family
    Kaisen Henry puts on the costume of Tigertastic Car at the Glazer Children’s Museum’s visiting exhibition "Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood." The Tampa museum offers free admission the first Tuesday of every month.
  11. From the archives: Internet was once sure St. Pete Pier was site of UFO landing
    Jul. 22• History
    A photograph from a 1976 Tampa Bay Times story detailing how a St. Petersburg Pier laser art installation did not go as planned.
  12. Red Tide adds urgency to Clearwater Marine Aquarium manatee rehab center
    Jul. 21• Environment
    A large rehabilitation pool at Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s Fred Howard Park facility in Tarpon Springs. The aquarium announced Wednesday that they are speeding up their efforts to get the facility ready to rehabilitate manatees.
  13. WWE’s Titus O’Neil will bring Flo Rida to Back to School Bash in Tampa
    Jul. 21• Kids & Family
    WWE star Titus O'Neil, right, talks to students at Sligh Middle School, one of the many schools his charitable Bullard Foundation supports. They are hosting a Back to School Bash Aug. 7 with an appearance by rapper Flo Rida and will give away 30,000 backpacks stocked with school supplies.
  14. Tampa’s Gasparilla parades will sail on in 2022
    Jul. 20• Kids & Family
    Smoke billows off the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship as it carries members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla along Seddon Channel for the 2020 parade in Tampa. After canceling Tampa’s signature event this year because of COVID-19 concerns, the Gasparilla parades will sail on in January of 2022, with advance tickets going on sale this week.
  15. Get answers to child tax credit questions this weekend at Tampa sessions
    Jul. 20• Kids & Family
    President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington. It includes soft infrastructure items like investments in child care, family tax credits and other domestic programs.
  16. Reservations no longer needed to visit Busch Gardens or SeaWorld
    Jul. 19• Theme Parks
    Parkgoers are seen riding Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The theme park has dropped its reservation requirement that was put in place to limit crowd sizes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  17. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: July 19-25
    Jul. 19• Kids & Family
    Fans at the 2016 Metrocon pose for a photo at the Tampa Convention Center. The convention for anime fans was canceled last year but returns July 23-25.
  18. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of July 19-25
    Jul. 19• Entertainment
    REO Speedwagon will perform at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Wednesday.
  19. A touristy Tampa Bay dolphin tour through dead fish, Red Tide
    Jul. 15• Environment
    The Burson family of Ohio looks at some of the hundreds of dead fish floating in the water as a result of Red Tide as tourists search for dolphins and other wildlife during the Pier Dolphin Cruise on Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
  20. The Florida Holocaust Museum expands hours and opens a new exhibit
    Jul. 15• Visual Arts
    The Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St. Petersburg will expand its operating hours beginning July 28.
  21. Snowcat Ridge to reopen in November with ice rink, igloo rentals
    Jul. 14• Entertainment
    Visitors slide down the snowy slopes at Snowcat Ridge, Florida's first snow park, near Dade City on Nov. 20, 2020.
  22. Shut up and dance: Walk the Moon is coming to Jannus Live in St. Petersburg
    Jul. 12• Music News
    Lead singer Nicholas Petricca and the Ohio alt-pop band Walk the Moon perform at the State Theatre in St. Petersburg in May 2014.
  23. Creator of ‘Free-Range Kids’ updates call to give kids more independence
    Jul. 12• Kids & Family
    Author Lenore Skenazy created the book, blog and movement called Free Range Kids that urges parents to give kids more independence, similar to what they had as kids. She has updated her book in the wake of three states passing laws to protect parents from legal issues.
  24. Epcot Food and Wine Fest returns earlier and lasts longer than usual for 2021
    Jul. 12• Theme Parks
    The Alps, a marketplace coming Oct. 1 at this year's Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, will feature a gooey hunk of warm raclette Swiss cheese.

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