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  1. Tampa’s Busch Gardens is opening a new swinging family ride
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Busch Gardens announced a new ride is coming next spring called “Phoenix Rising” that will take riders on a soaring journey above the park’s Serengeti Plain.
  2. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Oct. 2-8
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Ken Jeong performs Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa.
  3. Here are the best Tampa Bay Halloween events, from fun to frights
    Sept. 27• Life & Culture
    A punk vampire at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights in 2018 is the kind of roving scare actor that draws thousands of Halloween fans to the Orlando theme park every fall.
  5. Rays fans, here’s where to get parties and yard signs in Tampa Bay this weekend
    Sept. 26• Entertainment
    Raymond waves a flag after the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Sept. 6. The team will be giving out yard signs and car flags and other swag this weekend to gear up for the post season.
  6. Some Tampa Bay fall festivals canceled due to labor, migrant worker shortage
    Sept. 26• Entertainment
    Rides light up the night at the 2012 festival at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. The festival has been going on for more than 40 years but had to cancel this year.
  7. Howl-O-Scream returns to Busch Gardens, this time with creepy clowns
    Sept. 25• Life & Culture
    Scare actors roam the grounds of Busch Gardens in Tampa during the 2017 Howl-O-Scream event. There are five haunted houses this year, including a new one called D.H. Baggum’s Circus of Fear with creepy clowns and a menacing midway.
  8. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1
    Sept. 25• Things To Do
    Jerry Seinfeld brings his snarky comedy to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Thursday. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
  9. South Tampa guide: How to explore this swanky neighborhood on any budget
    Sept. 25• Guides
    Bianco di Ampeleia, 2017, from Tuscany in Italy, is pure into a glass at Cru Cellars on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 in Tampa.
  10. Tampa Bay’s top Halloween and fall events, from festivals to ghost tours
    Sept. 23• Things To Do
    Halloween is just around the corner as evidenced by this array of carved pumpkins displayed in the front yard of a Tampa area home .
  11. Looking for weird Tampa lore? Depths of Wikipedia to uncover local oddities
    Sept. 21• Entertainment
    Depths of Wikipedia founder Annie Rauwerda photographed by David Kaminsky in 2023 in Brooklyn, New York
  12. Dunedin guide: Explore the Pinellas Trail and beyond, by bike or on foot
    Sept. 21• Life & Culture
    Canadian Maurice Harquail of Ottawa gets a couple of pecks on his cheeks from friends Heidi Watson, left, and Kerry Kinsalla, both of Port Richey, while attending Flanagan's Irish Pub's 2015 St. Patrick's Day Street Festival on Tuesday in downtown Dunedin. The annual party is celebrated with live music, bagpipers, Irish step dancers, traditional Irish food and beer.
  13. Free movie nights are coming to Clearwater’s Coachman Park
    Sept. 20• Life & Culture
    People stream into Clearwater's revamped Coachman Park in June.
  14. In remote Tampa Bay spots, Scream-A-Geddon and Sir Richard’s offer scares
    Sept. 20• Entertainment
    Scream-A-Geddon is back for a ninth season. Spread across 60 acres in remote Pasco County, the terror park has haunted houses, a zombie paintball fight and monsters who can kidnap you, with permission.
  15. 5 kid-friendly Halloween attractions in Central Florida
    Sept. 20• Kids & Family
    Kandy, a friendly witch in training, is the star of Busch Gardens' kid-friendly Halloween event Spooktacular. It is included with admission.
  16. How a Florida punk rocker inspired her mom to get back onstage
    Sept. 19• Music
    Lead singer Soleil Sarcinello (left) and Summer Strickland (right) of Spoiled Rat at their show on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023 at The Bends in St. Petersburg.
  17. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 18-24
    Sept. 19• Things To Do
    Indulge your sweet tooth at Dessert Wars.
  18. Tampa Bay Lightning season to kick off with free Big Boi concert
    Sept. 18• Lightning
    Outkast, featuring Andre 300, left, and Big Boi, right, perform at the 2014 Big Guava Music Festival in Tampa. Big Boi will have a free show on Oct. 10 as part of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s pregame party.
  19. Ybor City guide: From vintage shops and Tampa history to food and frights
    Sept. 14• Guides
    A chicken crosses 7th Avenue in Ybor City on Friday, May 19, 2023.
  20. 22 ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the Tampa Bay area
    Sept. 13• Things To Do
    Noemia Pabon of Tampa participates in a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the Town ’N Country Senior Center in Tampa in 2022. Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off Friday.
  21. What to know about the St. Pete Pier concert series, from lineup to tickets
    Sept. 12• Music News
    The folks behind St. Petersburg's Reggae Rise Up music festival are bringing a concert series to the St. Pete Pier.
  22. Tampa radio station 101.5 has changed from Top 40 to R&B format
    Sept. 11• TV
    After a day of playing a loop of Mary J. Blige, shown here at the 2022 Super Bowl, Tampa radio station 101.5-FM switched from a Top 40 format to R&B.
  23. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Sept. 11-17
    Sept. 11• Things To Do
    Cats are the stars in a short video festival at Green Light Cinema in St. Petersburg this week.
  24. Seminole Heights guide: Favorite hidden gems in this hip Tampa neighborhood
    Sept. 11• Guides
    Morgan Zuch mixes up a cocktail at Mandarin Heights in Tampa.
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