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  1. Name the giant flamingo at Tampa International Airport to win free flights
    Nov. 29• Travel
    "Home," by artist Matthew Mazzotta, a 21-foot floor-to-ceiling sculpture of a flamingo, has been a popular stop at Tampa International Airport. Mazzotta and the airport agreed that the character itself could use a nickname.
  2. How Tropicana Field turns into a giant Christmas light maze in St. Petersburg
    Nov. 21• Life & Culture
    Jo Dyke tests the lights on the branch of a cherry blossom tree. The LED lights can be programmed to display different colors. The cherry blossom trees will be pink.
  3. Mark your calendar: The best shows and holiday events coming to Tampa Bay area
    Nov. 21• Life & Culture
    Christmas Town at Busch Gardens in Tampa a variety of colorful elements.
  5. New in downtown Tampa’s Winter Village: curling
    Nov. 18• Life & Culture
    The downtown Tampa Winter Village has added a new “street curling” attraction that is free to play any time the holiday district is open in Curtis Hixon Park. They will even have a new curling league that is signing up teams now.
  6. Clearwater aquarium says sea turtle nests are up, but lights from humans are a danger
    Nov. 18• Life & Culture
    A biologist from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium helps a recently hatched sea turtle find its way from the beach to the water. While sea turtle nests are up this year, the aquarium reported an alarming number of times the hatchlings were confused by artificial lights and headed to hotels and garages instead of the ocean.
  7. 7 ways to entertain Thanksgiving visitors in the Tampa Bay area
    Nov. 17• Life & Culture
    In this 2018 photo, a bonnethead shark swims in a tank at the Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota. The aquarium houses manatees, sharks, sea turtles and otters. Visitors can explore touch pools, hands-on exhibits and windows into the real research being done by scientists in the Mote Marine Laboratory.
  8. Disney World hikes ticket prices, will vary by park
    Nov. 15• Life & Culture
    On Tuesday morning, Disney announced new park-specific prices that are set to go into effect Dec. 8.
  9. Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more coming to Strawberry Festival in Plant City
    Nov. 14• Life & Culture
    Willie Nelson will perform March 3 at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City.
  10. Sonic boom rips across Florida as Space Force plane X-37B returns
    Nov. 13• Florida
    The X-37B orbital test vehicle concluded its sixth successful mission early Saturday.
  11. Miami Beach hotel where Beatles recorded for ‘Ed Sullivan’ imploded
    Nov. 13• Florida
    Miami Beach's 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort implodes on Sunday, sending dust full of debris into the oceanside luxury buildings.
  12. How to swim with the manatees of Crystal River
    Nov. 6• Travel
    A manatee rises to the surface for air while people on a manatee tour float nearby in Crystal River.
  13. Florida’s largest India festival comes to Tampa
    Nov. 3• Photos
    From left, Swapna Chackravarthy, 48, Koruna Pathak, 60, Sapana Amin, 43, Toshina Sethi, 49, and Rama Subramanian, 47, with Academy of Odissi Dance, perform at One Tampa City Center's courtyard in front of Unlock Tampa Bay Visitors Center in Tampa on Thursday. The dancers gave a sample of the performances that will be showcased during the 33rd annual India Festival on Saturday.
  14. Tampa airport celebrates launch of new London flight
    Nov. 2• Transportation
    Virgin Atlantic founder and president Sir Richard Branson greets the crowd, after an airplane lands at Tampa International Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Tampa.
  15. Snowcat Ridge snow park in Dade City will return for third year
    Oct. 25• Life & Culture
    Broc Turner of Tampa slides down a single lane of the Snowy Slopes attraction with his cousin, Bishop Griffin, 4, of Jacksonville while visiting the Snowcat Ridge alpine snow park in November 2021. The snow park will reopen Nov. 11 in Dade City.
  16. Five-star luxury hits Tampa as Edition hotel makes splashy debut
    Oct. 22• Business
    Guests check in at The Tampa Edition hotel on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Tampa.
  17. Grammy winner Darius Rucker to headline concert for Valspar PGA tournament
    Oct. 19• Life & Culture
    Darius Rucker, shown here in 2015 at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, will headline the Valspar Championship concert series in Palm Harbor in March.
  18. Theme park attendance rose in 2021, with Universal surpassing Disney parks, Busch Gardens climbing
    Oct. 18• Life & Culture
    Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse wave to the crowd during the Hollywood Studios 30th anniversary parade in 2019 at Disney World. The Magic Kingdom kept its status as the most-visited park in the world with an estimated 12.7 million visitors, an increase of 83%. That still lags 2019, when it had an estimated 21 million visitors.
  19. Tampa friends created Pig Jig and a potential cure for a rare disease
    Oct. 18• Life & Culture
    Last year's Tampa Pig Jig, which featured headliner Darius Rucker, sold out in a record 13 days.
  20. Registration opens Oct. 24 for popular Skyway 10K bridge run
    Oct. 17• Life & Culture
    Runners move across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during the 2019 Skyway 10K race. Registration opens Oct. 24-31 for the 2023 race in March.
  21. Winter Park is an all-season gem just hours from Tampa Bay
    Oct. 14• Bay Magazine
    Children play in a fountain in Central Park in Winter Park.
  22. America’s largest dessert festival is coming to Tampa
    Oct. 12• Food
    Shonnika Denise, 35, was the winner of last year's Dessert Wars competition in Tampa. She now operates Synergy Sweets out of her home in Tampa.
  23. Wild new Busch Gardens attraction will swing riders at more than 60 miles per hour
    Oct. 11• Life & Culture
    Workers tend to frame construction on the operator’s building for the Serengeti Flyer, in the background, on Tuesday at Busch Gardens in Tampa. The 135-foot-tall attraction, expected to open in spring 2023, will feature two pendulumlike arms, seating 40 riders that fly progressively higher with each swing, providing sweeping views of the park's Serengeti Plain and downtown Tampa.
  24. Dinosaur exhibit at Largo Central Park postponed due to hurricane’s soaking
    Oct. 10• Life & Culture
    Jurassic Encounter, shown here at a recent display in Virginia, was supposed to have been set up this weekend, but the heavy rains from Hurricane Ian made the area too soggy for setup.
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