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  1. ZooTampa to open new exhibits, experiences this spring
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    ZooTampa’s popular binturong family — named Sully, Melati, and baby Kartika — will be relocating from their behind-the-scenes living space to the Asia realm of the zoo. Also known as Asian bearcats, these animals have a distinctive scent, which is said to resemble buttered popcorn or corn chips.
  2. Deep-fried and strawberry goodies are coming to Florida Strawberry Festival
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Jolly Rancher Slush is debuting at the Florida Strawberry Festival in a commemorative cup with loads of sweet treats on top.
  3. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of March 1-7
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Nik Wallenda walks the high wire during his self produced Daredevil Rally. The socially distant drive-in stunt show once again takes place in Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park.
  5. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: March 1-7
    Feb. 26• Life & Culture
    Its stellar music lineup has been canceled, but the Plant City festival that celebrates strawberries will still go on from March 4-14 with a midway, animal shows, eating contests, racing pigs and, of course, lots of strawberry shortcake.
  6. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay concert series to open with Phillip Phillips, Parmalee
    Feb. 25• Life & Culture
    Platinum selling artist Phillip Phillips will kick off the concert series for the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival.
  7. St. Pete Beach named the nation’s best beach, fifth-best globally
    Feb. 23• St. Petersburg
    Beverly Ackah, 25, and Franklin Okomba, 31, both visiting from Seattle, enjoy a walk along St. Pete Beach on Tuesday.
  8. Tampa Riverfest canceled over coronavirus concerns
    Feb. 23• Things To Do
    On Friday and Saturday, the Tampa Riverwalk becomes even more of a gathering place for the community during Riverfest. [Times (2016)]
  9. First look: Busch Gardens Food & Wine Fest adds more plates
    Feb. 23• Life & Culture
    The Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival has returned for its sixth year, with COVID-19 protocols in place such as masks, temperature checks and advanced reservations required. The festival opens at noon Fridays through Sundays through April 25.
  10. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: Feb. 22-28
    Feb. 22• Life & Culture
    Nik Wallenda's Daredevil Rally is the creation of the high-wire star and Sarasota resident. The socially distant drive-in stunt show, which was a big hit in June, returns Feb. 26-28 and March 4-7 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
  11. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Feb. 22-28
    Feb. 22• Entertainment
    Bianca Del Rio serves as host for the Drive 'N Drag show. She joins with her super hero drag friends from RuPaul's Drag Race to save 2021.
  12. Tampa won’t dye Hillsborough River green this year
    Feb. 20• Tampa
    Dye fills the Hillsborough River during Mayor Bob Buckhorn's second annual Mayor's River O'Green on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa. The event celebrated St. Patrick's Day by dying the Hillsborough River kelly green using a potable water grade, non-toxic and biodegradable dye.
  13. For Disney World’s 50th, theme parks to get sparkly new look
    Feb. 20• Life & Culture
    This artist rendering shows how Cinderella Castle will become a "beacon of magic" starting Oct. 1 as part of Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary celebration.
  14. Reggae Rise Up Florida postpones St. Pete festival a third time
    Feb. 19• Music News
    Fans dance and cheer in the crowd as Zion I, The Grouch and Eligh perform on the main stage at the 2017 Reggae Rise Up Festival at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg.
  15. How to help people in Texas battered by winter storms
    Feb. 18• Life & Culture
    An HEB grocery store employee hands out flowers to customers waiting in line in the snow Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The store did not have any milk, eggs, meat or refrigerated items. Temperatures dropped into the single digits as snow shut down air travel and grocery stores.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
  16. High-wire star Nik Wallenda brings drive-in stunt show back to Sarasota
    Feb. 18• Life & Culture
    Nik Wallenda walks the high wire during his self produced Daredevil Rally last June. He is bringing the socially distant drive-in stunt show back to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
  17. Knight Parade, another Gasparilla event, also canceling this year
    Feb. 17• Life & Culture
    Every year, thousands of people line Seventh Avene in Ybor City Saturday for the annual Krewe of Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade. The krewe decided to cancel and the next one is planned for Feb. 12, 2022.
  18. Wesley Chapel gets high-end ‘movie theater of the future’
    Feb. 16• Movies
    The Grove Theater at Wesley Chapel, which opens to the public on Friday, will have 12 theaters, half of them offering in-moving dining. It will also have a Cycle Cinema spin room, a supervised kids’ playroom, a sushi bar and anhigh-end restaurant.
  19. Gasparilla be canceled: A letter from the dread pirate Jose Gaspar
    Feb. 16• Opinion
    Members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla arrive at the Tampa Convention Center on the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship during the 103nd Gasparilla Invasion and Parade of the Pirates on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Tampa.
  20. Gasparilla, children’s parade canceled over coronavirus concerns
    Feb. 16• Entertainment
    Floats make their way down the parade route during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 in Tampa.
  21. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: Feb. 15-21
    Feb. 15• Life & Culture
    You can save $5 off admission at the Imagine Museum on Sundays through April to see exhibits and its gift shop, which is filled with a variety of glass art.
  22. Top 10 events in the Tampa Bay area for the week of Feb. 15-21
    Feb. 15• Entertainment
    The annual Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival kicks off this weekend and runs through April 25.
  23. Be our Tampa Bae this Valentine’s Day
    Feb. 12• Life & Culture
    We're great apart, but together? Legendary. So, this Valentine's Day, be our Tampa Bae.
  24. Skyway 10K goes virtual this year, but there are perks for 2022
    Feb. 10• Health
    Runners head toward their final mile at the inaugural Skyway 10K race in 2018 across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The 10K is point-to-point from Manatee County to Pinellas County running northbound over bridge.

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