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  1. Tampa’s Gasparilla Festival of the Arts goes virtual
    8 minutes ago• Visual Arts
    Ummarid Eitharong of Orlando whose painting titled "Cosmic Moment" won the Raymond James Financial Best of Show Award at the 49th Annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in 2019. The festival will move online for its 51st year on March 6-7, 2021, but will continue to award prize money.
  2. All hail Dolly Parton: Two new books offer insight into the icon
    8 minutes ago• Books
    Dolly Parton performs at the 2019 Country Music Association Awards in Nashville. Her new book is "Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics."
  3. Artist chosen for Courageous 12 memorial in St. Petersburg
    4 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    "Badge of Justice," a concept from local artist Ya La'Ford, who was chosen by a committee to create artwork at the site of the old St. Petersburg police headquarters to honor the Courageous 12.
  5. Finding the humor at the end of the world
    4 hours ago• Opinion
    Eric Rodriguez, co-owner of Disinfectant Firm, disinfects a map of Florida at The Galley in St. Petersburg on June 24, 2020.
  6. Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, dies
    Earlier today• Life & Culture
    Jeremy Bulloch speaks in front of the costume he wore while playing Boba Fett in "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" and "Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi" at the Star Wars Identities exhibition in London on July 26, 2017. Bulloch, the English actor who played Boba Fett in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, has died.
  7. Submit a Virtual Holiday Card video for Pinellas health care workers
    Yesterday• Bright Spots
    Health care workers at a COVID-19 testing site at the Ruth Eckerd Hall in August.
  8. Top 9 Tampa Bay events for the week of Dec. 14-20
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Put on a sweater like Chihuahua Chuy's and get ready for Ugly Sweaters Under the Sea.
  9. Tampa artist’s work collected by the Library of Congress
    Yesterday• Visual Arts
    "Masked Crusader" by Leon Bedore, known as Tes One, was collected by the Library of Congress and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  10. 16 Tampa Bay restaurants offering Christmas dinner specials to-go
    Yesterday• Food
    You can order a holiday meal to-go from the Capital Grille.
  11. Tampa Bay area pets looking for loving homes
    Yesterday• Pets
    Brammie and Imogen are two of many area pets looking for good homes.
  12. See the trailer for the Katherine Heigl movie shot in Tampa Bay
    Yesterday• Movies
    Katherine Heigl and Harry Connick Jr. star in the movie filmed in Tampa in 2019.
  13. In 1989, it snowed in St. Petersburg. It led to a family reunion.
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    A hamster similar to this one made a great escape in 1989.
  14. Concerts return to Tampa Bay as struggling venues await government relief
    Yesterday• Music
    Ybor City's famed chickens strut down a nearly empty Seventh Avenue sidewalk outside the Ritz Ybor in Tampa on May 5, 2020. The Ritz hasn't hosted a concert since March. As the coronavirus pandemic stretches into summer, it's unclear when the venue will be open for business again.
  15. Tampa production studio boasts ‘Mandalorian’ technology
    Yesterday• Movies
    Diamond View studios CEO Tim Moore poses with the LED Volume screen at Vu, a production studio at Rithm at Uptown.
  16. Tom Cruise explodes on ‘Mission Impossible 7’ set due to coronavirus violations
    Yesterday• Movies
    Actor and noted Scientologist Tom Cruise.
  17. Florida’s Legoland theme park plans expansion, new rides
    Dec. 16• Theme Parks
    The Legoland theme park near Winter Haven is planning an expansion next year, including new rides, according to plans filed with the city.
  18. Before the coronavirus, here’s how Tampa Bay fought polio with vaccines
    Dec. 16• History
    Dixie Lee Heckel, then 3, receives her polio shot at the Leon County Health Unit in Tallahassee, Florida, on June 23, 1957.
  19. Oyster harvest in Apalachicola Bay may end through 2025 with vote today
    Dec. 16• Environment
    The work day begins early for oyster harvesters in the Florida panhandle's Apalachicola Bay. Because of a dwindling oyster population, a Florida agency is expected to shut down oyster harvesting in Apalachicola Bay through the end of 2025.
  20. ‘Smile with your eyes’: Tampa Santa still brings cheer, even with mask
    Dec. 16• Life & Culture
    Jack Welsh, 4, shares a moment with Wesley Cull, 67, who is dressed as Santa, during a photography session with his brothers at E&E Family Farm in Seffner on Dec. 12.
  21. We tasted a bunch of holiday foods you can order online
    Dec. 16• Food
    The Furlough Cheesecake
  22. Wash your hands anyway! Things worth doing after the coronavirus.
    Dec. 16• Opinion
    The CDC recommends washing hands for at least 20 seconds, and we see no reason to ever stop.
  23. Fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Canada on sex charges
    Dec. 15• Nation & World
    Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was arrested on charges alleging he sexually abused women and girls after luring them into his orbit with opportunities in fashion and modeling over the last 25 years.
  24. Does Electoral College end election for conservative media?
    Dec. 15• Nation & World
    Sean Hannity of Fox News is among those in conservative media still questioning election results.
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