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  1. Free and cheap things to do in Tampa Bay: free USF performances, train rides, fossil museum
    Yesterday• Shopping
    The University of South Florida has announced that college of arts performances are now free. The USF Jazztet will perform Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Barness Recital Hall.
  2. Celebrate National Taco Day on Oct. 4 at these Tampa Bay restaurants
    Yesterday• Food News
    October 4 is National Taco Day. A number of Tampa Bay area businesses are offering deals and special menu items for the occasion.
  3. USF professor offers pandemic health advice for Halloween: ‘Treat it like the flu’
    Yesterday• Health
    Joan and Kevin DiMaggio dressed as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on Halloween in 2021.
  5. Where to donate or volunteer to help Hurricane Ian victims
    Sep. 29• Hurricane
    Disaster Program Manager Bill Egerton explains features including storage containing PPE and food distribution materials within their emergency response vehicle at the American Red Cross in Norfolk, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. This vehicle will be deployed to Florida on Monday to assist with Hurricane Ian relief efforts.
  6. Georgia theme park offers free admission for Hurricane Ian evacuees
    Sep. 28• Hurricane
    Wild Adventures Theme Park, shown here in Valdosta, Ga., is offering free admission to those displaced by Hurricane Ian this Saturday and Sunday.
  7. Updated: Hurricane Ian closes Busch Gardens, aquariums, zoo, cancels Tampa Bay area events
    Sep. 26• Hurricane
    The Florida Aquarium and its administrative offices will be closed effective at 3 p.m. Monday because of Hurricane Ian. Administrators have not decided when it will reopen.
  8. Meet Tampa’s new celebrity: a giant airport flamingo
    Sep. 25• Life & Culture
    Phil Garrett takes a photo of his girlfriend, Julie Marie Fischer, beside the new sculpture, "Home," by artist Matthew Mazzotta. The 21-foot floor-to-ceiling sculpture of a flamingo has been a popular stop for guests boarding and arriving at Tampa International Airport.
  9. Highlander’s Adrian Paul to teach swordplay in Tampa this weekend
    Sep. 21• Things To Do
    'Highlander' actor Adrian Paul, left, will be bringing his traveling swordplay course, 'The Sword Experience', right, to Tampa on Saturday.
  10. Florida’s ‘real’ tourist attraction is rocket launches
    Sep. 21• Narratives
    The Space Launch System rocket sits on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B as spectators wait across the water at Rotary Riverfront Park in Titusville, hoping to see NASA's Artemis I mission launch.
  11. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 19-25
    Sep. 19• Things To Do
    The Clearwater Offshore Nationals, pictured in 2009, returns to the Gulf of Mexico this weekend.
  12. ‘Avenue Q’ at Tampa’s Straz is not your kid’s puppet show
    Sep. 19• Stage
    From left to right, puppeteers, Ryan Sturm, Ashley Lord, Spencer Meyers and Julia Rifino, perform with their puppets during a rehearsal performance at the Jaeb Theater at The Straz on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Tampa. The adults-only musical features actors and puppets. It tells the story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment on Avenue Q.
  13. 35 ways to celebrate Oktoberfest in the Tampa Bay area
    Sep. 16• Things To Do
    Oktoberfest 2019 at the German American Club of the Palm Beaches. This year's Oktoberfest festivities start cranking up this week in the Tampa Bay area.
  14. Monday is Talk Like a Pirate Day, ye scurvy dogs
    Sep. 15• Things To Do
    Sept. 19 has for more than 20 years been declared Talk Like a Pirate Day, making it easy on David Jones of Tampa, shown in January's Gasparilla Parade of Pirates as part of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.
  15. Spice and smoke rule at Flaming Mountain, a new Chinese restaurant in Tampa
    Sep. 14• Food
    Mapo tofu is served at Flaming Mountain, a new Chinese restaurant and skewer bar in Tampa.
  16. Saturday is Free Museum Day at art, history spots across Tampa Bay
    Sep. 14• Kids & Family
    A Joseph Mozier marble statue on display during free museum day at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg was a part of the annual Arts Alive! event in St. Petersburg in 2013, which annually coincides with the Smithsonian's Free Museum Day. It will be held this year on Sept. 17.
  17. A look at the Halloween events, parties and haunted houses coming to Central Florida
    Sep. 14• Things To Do
    After a scary couple of years dealing with a pandemic, Central Florida is back in the horror business for the 2022 Halloween season.
  18. A quick guide to 2022 Halloween attractions coming to Tampa Bay
    Sep. 13• Things To Do
    Sir Henry himself, owner Zach Glaros, poses near one of his custom-made haunted houses in 2019. There are three outdoor haunted mazes to choose from at the Plant City attraction.
  19. Hispanic Heritage Month: Where to celebrate in Tampa Bay
    Sep. 13• News
    Flags representing man Hispanic countries fly above the field at The Lake House in Hernando County. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
  20. Inside the Weeknd haunted house at Universal Halloween Horror Nights
    Sep. 13• Things to Do
    The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare house features the music of the musician and goes inside his dark mind at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights.
  21. Tampa Bay’s most underrated item: the inflatable kayak
    Sep. 13• Outdoors
    Times staff writer Gabrielle Calise takes her inflatable kayak to the mangrove-lined waters of Upper Tampa Bay Park.
  22. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 12-18
    Sep. 12• Life & Culture
    Ringo Starr performs along with his All-Starr Band at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater.
  23. Busch Gardens adds new Spooktacular for kids, new scare zones for 2022 Howl-O-Scream
    Sep. 12• Theme Parks
    Howl-O-Scream opens at Busch Gardens Sept. 9 with five haunted houses and seven scare zones scattered throughout the Tampa park.
  24. Free cruise to the Bahamas for teachers, first responders, military
    Sep. 12• Travel
    Margaritaville at Sea cruise line's first ship, The Paradise, launched in May.
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