Opera Tampa brings ‘The Shining’ this weekend
This weekend, Opera Tampa is giving the Florida premiere of “The Shining,” composed by Paul Moravec, with lyrics…
Store owners urging Tampa’s pirates to wear layers ahead of cold invasion
The Brief A colder weekend forecast is changing what shoppers buy before Gasparilla. Pirate Fashions and South Tampa…
Hillsborough teacher receives life-saving kidney transplant thanks to fellow teacher: ‘We’re kidney sisters’
Teacher donates kidney to another teacher A Hillsborough County teacher started the new year with a renewed sense…
FL’s Best Doughnut Found Here: New Ranking
TAMPA, FL — The doughnut has been part of American culture since Dutch settlers introduced “olykoeks” — oily…
Tampa Bay Lightning F Brayden Point on track to play for Canada at Olympics
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brayden Point is progressing well from his lower-body injury and is still in play…
New work from Tampa artist Patrick Carew explores what it means to experience HIV in the post-prep era
Patrick Carew at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker /…
Stadium Series rink build getting huge boost from cool Florida weather, structure
TAMPA — The crew building the ice rink for the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union Stadium Series feels…
Tampa’s Miller Lowlifes are the beer-sloshing uncle at the backyard barbecue of pop-punk
The Miller Low Lifes play Deviant Libation in Tampa, Florida on March 7, 2025. Credit: Dave Decker /…
Lightning ‘can’t wait’ for Stadium Series amid red-hot stretch
TAMPA — Jon Cooper called this upcoming weekend Tampa’s miniature version of Mardi Gras. And right now, his…
Tampa’s Social Wreckage blends indie-rock and punk to great effect
Social Wreckage Credit: Nate Young / nobladesnobows/Instagram Social Wreckage blends melodic vocals with heavier, hard-driving instrumentation, landing somewhere…
Ortrotasce is Tampa Bay’s lord of analog darkwave
Ortrotasce plays Gasparilla Music Festival’s Kiley Amphitheatre stage at Kiley Gardens in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2022.…
Tampa band Sleeping Pills fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks
Sleeping Pills Credit: Courtesy Sleeping Pills sounds like crawling out of a foggy beach town at midnight. Darker…