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  1. Top 10 Tampa Bay events for the week of March 22-28
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    The St. Petersburg Opera Company presents POPera at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Opera Central in St. Petersburg.
  2. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: March 22-28
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    At a summer camp expo on Saturday at the Shops at Wiregrass, parents can meet with more than 40 local, virtual, overnight, special-needs camps, health resources and local family-friendly businesses.
  3. The mermaids return as Weeki Wachee reopens to visitors
    Mar. 19• Things To Do
    Mermaid Whitney blows a bubble-filled kiss to the audience during a 2016 performance at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.
  5. Disneyland will reopen in California on April 30
    Mar. 17• Theme Parks
    Two visitors enter Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Disneyland announced Wednesday that Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will reopen on April 30 with limited capacity.
  6. Homebrewing away the pandemic days with kombucha
    Mar. 17• Food
    Kombucha brewed by Times reporter Gabrielle Calise and Anthony Coustillac.
  7. Busch Gardens, SeaWorld bring back Grad Nite for seniors in April
    Mar. 16• Life & Culture
    Cheetah Hunt and other coasters at Busch Gardens, will be open for Grad Nite for high school seniors to ride in the dark for two dates in April. The park used to host Grad Nite events for eighth graders and seniors but stopped after 2016.
  8. Florida theme parks, beaches bulge with spring break crowds
    Mar. 16• Life & Culture
    Park goers wait at a tram stop near the parking lot of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay on Monday. Nearly half a million public school students in the Tampa Bay area are out for spring break and the crowds at theme parks and beaches are showing it.
  9. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: March 15-21
    Mar. 15• Life & Culture
    A new exhibit about a Booker T. Washington speech delivered in Tampa in 1912 is the subject of an exhibit at the Henry B. Plant Museum about an overlooked chapter in Tampa history.
  10. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of March 15-21
    Mar. 15• Things To Do
    Toronto Raptors guard Terence Davis shoots over Boston Celtics center Robert Williams III during the first half of an NBA basketball game. The Raptors open Tampa's Amalie Arena to live fans for the first time Friday.
  11. Gasparilla Music Festival will take place in October 2021
    Mar. 11• Music
    Ashley Smith and the Random Occurrence perform at the Gasparilla Music Festival on March 7, 2020.
  12. Tampa’s MLK parade was postponed, now canceled
    Mar. 10• Life & Culture
    The city of Tampa Department of Solid Waste and Environmental Program Management float sports a banner with one of Martin Luther King's quote during the 2018 MLK Day parade in Tampa. The two-mile parade route started at Cuscaden Park and ended at Middleton High School. This year's parade has been canceled and will resume in 2022.
  13. Disney World is sold out for spring break
    Mar. 9• Florida
    Crowds line Main Street USA, with Cinderella Castle on the horizon, to watch characters parade at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
  14. Disney World is still tinkering with how it operates during COVID-19
    Mar. 9• Theme Parks
    A masked family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Disney's Florida parks are currently operating at 35 percent capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  15. St. Petersburg’s State Theatre is back as Floridian Social Club
    Mar. 9• Things To Do
    Kevin Chadwick, owner of the newly renovated Floridian Social Club in St. Petersburg, formerly the State Theatre, poses for a portrait at the main staircase inside the venue. The wallpaper, lighting fixtures and interior designs are all new, but harken back to the art deco style of the 1920s.
  16. WrestleMania tickets go on sale March 16
    Mar. 9• Pro Wrestling
    The logo for Wrestlemania 37, which will be held at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on April 10-11.
  17. Radio star ‘Kane’ Deibler, who started in Tampa, dies at 43
    Mar. 8• Life & Culture
    Radio star Pete “Kane” Deibler has died at age 43. He was best known for working at HOT 99.5 in Washington, D.C. as host of “The Kane Show” morning program that was nationally syndicated on iHeartRadio. He moved to Tampa in 1998 to join 93.3 WFLZ, and hosted “The Extreme Show,” which aired in multiple markets across the country.
  18. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of March 8-14
    Mar. 8• Life & Culture
    The Tampa Theatre went dark due to the coronavirus in March 2020. The historic theater reopens its doors this week with a screening of "The Father."
  19. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: March 8-14
    Mar. 8• Things To Do
    Enormous monster trucks, including Grave Digger, shown here in 2009, and Max-D and Scooby-Doo, are coming to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium March 12-14.
  20. Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival returns with new look, new food, new name
    Mar. 8• Theme Parks
    The Taste of Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival has opened at Walt Disney World. The springtime festival runs through July 5 with creative Disney character topiaries, lush gardens and Outdoor Kitchens.
  21. As Tampa Bay events return, here’s how organizers plan to keep people safe
    Mar. 5• Entertainment
    A socially distanced crowd of fans gathered on opening day of the Super Bowl Experience on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 in Tampa.
  22. ZooTampa to open new exhibits, experiences this spring
    Mar. 1• 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.
  23. Deep-fried and strawberry goodies are coming to Florida Strawberry Festival
    Mar. 1• Life & Culture
    Jolly Rancher Slush is debuting at the Florida Strawberry Festival in a commemorative cup with loads of sweet treats on top.
  24. Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of March 1-7
    Mar. 1• 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.

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