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  1. Top Events for the Week of May 29-June 4
    Earlier today• Things To Do
    Kevin Hart brings his comedy to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa on Friday.
  2. Pride month events in Tampa Bay: parties, parades, concerts and more
    Earlier today• Life & Culture
    The quarter-mile-long rainbow flag being rolled up at the end of the Pride in Paradise Parade, with hundreds of people carrying the flag down the street in 2022.
  3. Netflix’s ‘MerPeople’ features Weeki Wachee Springs and Tampa Bay mermaids
    May 26• TV
    A still from "MerPeople," Netflix's four-part documentary series that revolves around mermaid culture. The series includes mermaids from Tampa Bay's own Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.
  5. Free beer is back at Busch Gardens this summer
    May 25• Life & Culture
    Busch Gardens is bringing back free beer. You can get a complimentary 7-ounce beer and Pass Members get two per visit. The offer ends July 20.
  6. Tampa park honors 7 brothers who served military from WWII to Desert Storm
    May 25• History
    Joe Vila, Willie Vila, Wilfred Vila, Hector Vila, Robert Vila, Denio Vila and Tony Vila at Vila Brothers Park in 2005. The brothers served in the military, spanning World War II to Operation Desert Storm.
  7. 25-ish Tampa Bay spots for breakups, hangovers and feeling alive
    May 25• Opinion
    Tampa Bay Times reporters Gabrielle Calise and Helen Freund feel alive at Lassing Park in St. Petersburg.
  8. Where to eat and drink in the Tampa Bay area for Memorial Day
    May 24• Things To Do
    Marine Corps Veteran Jack Strong plays 'Taps' during Remembrance Service. Here is a list of Tampa Bay area food and drink specials to help you mark the holiday.
  9. St. Pete Pride: Idina Menzel headlining Friday concert ahead of 2023 parade
    May 23• Entertainment
    Broadway star Idina Menzel will perform at the St. Pete Pride Friday night concert, the day before the big parade.
  10. 32 Memorial Day events in the Tampa Bay area
    May 23• Things To Do
    Memorial Day is May 29.
  11. Big hammock hangout returns to St. Pete Pier in June
    May 22• St. Petersburg
    In October, the St. Pete Pier event attempted to break the world record for the largest hammock hangout. The Hammock Festival returns June 10.
  12. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of May 22-28
    May 22• Things To Do
    Watch as area chefs attempt to build a world record-setting 280-foot-long Cuban sandwich at the annual Cuban Sandwich Festival in Ybor City on Sunday. The sandwich is expected to feed around 700 people experiencing homelessness.
  13. New dinosaur exhibit at Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum: Here’s your guide
    May 22• Visual Arts
    Madai Favaro, a museum educator with Tampa's Glazer Children's Museum, introduces Big John, the world’s largest documented fossilized triceratops skeleton, during a visit with kindergarten students from Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Tampa.
  14. Disney World is closing its Star Wars hotel that opened just last year
    May 19• Entertainment
    The first passengers experience the two-day Walt Disney World Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser back in March 2022.
  15. Tampa Pride cancels Pride on the River event due to political climate
    May 18• Things To Do
    A display of Pride flags wave in the air during the Tampa Pride Diversity Parade at Ybor City on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Tampa. Tampa's fall Pride on the River event has been canceled due to the the political climate in Florida.
  16. Post Malone announces Tampa concert
    May 16• Music News
    Post Malone accepts the award for favorite rap/hip-hop album for "Hollywood's Bleeding" at the American Music Awards on Nov. 24, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The singer is coming to Tampa in August.
  17. I slept at Jack Kerouac’s home in St. Petersburg. You can, too.
    May 16• History
    The Jack Kerouac House of St. Petersburg, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the writer's final home, is raising funds by welcoming fans into the house. A $250 donation and $100 cleaning fee gets you a night's stay.
  18. See the new Glazer Children’s Museum dinosaur exhibit opening in Tampa
    May 16• Life & Culture
    Booker T. Washington Elementary School student Zoey McCray, 6, gets a close look at Big John, the world’s largest documented fossilized triceratops skeleton, through a bubble dome at the Big John exhibit at the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa.
  19. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of May 15-21
    May 15• Things To Do
    Fairgrounds St. Pete’s new installation, "Shrimpfinity" by Milagros Collective includes a 6-foot tall shrimp cocktail sculpture, projections, a shrimp disco ball and a soundtrack. The exhibit remains open through May 29.
  20. Tampa Pig Jig will bring Brad Paisley and Riley Green as headliners
    May 15• Life & Culture
    The crowd at a previous Tampa Pig Jig, which featured headliner Darius Rucker.
  21. Midtown Tampa restaurant Ponte offers a $39 martini — and solid fine dining
    May 11• Food
    Chilean sea bass is served at Ponte Modern American in Midtown Tampa.
  22. What’s with the candlelight concerts around Tampa and St. Petersburg?
    May 9• Arts
    Pianist Sergei Kossenko and violinist Olga Ferroni perform as a duet during the Candlelight: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac concert on Friday, May 5, 2023, at First Baptist Church of St. Petersburg.
  23. Ringo Starr is coming to Clearwater — his only upcoming Florida show
    May 8• Music News
    Ringo Starr performs during the Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band concert at The Greek Theatre on Sept. 1, 2019, in Los Angeles. The group is coming to The Sound in Clearwater for a show this September.
  24. Disney World is making changes to its park reservation rules
    May 8• Entertainment
    The "Partners" statue, featuring Walt Disney holding the hand of Mickey Mouse, sits in front of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Disney World in Orlando. The copper statue was created by Blaine Gibson in 1993.
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