{"id":122003,"date":"2026-01-17T14:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122003\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:38:07","slug":"looking-for-local-entertainment-this-weekend-neighborhood-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122003\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking For Local Entertainment This Weekend? \u2014 Neighborhood News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1073\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chuck-and-Alexis-FB.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68018\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 17, 8 p.m.-11 p.m. \u2013 New Tampa Jazz Nights: Chuck Redd with La Lucha. At New Tampa Performing Arts Center (8550 Hunters Village Rd.). Catch world-renowned vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd, joined by \u201cBest of the Bay\u201d jazz trio La Lucha. Redd emerged on the jazz scene at 21 as the drummer for guitarist and bossa nova pioneer Charlie Byrd, and recorded and toured with notable artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Torme, and more. Tickets cost $10-$35 depending upon seat selection. For more info or to purchase tickets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/TampaJazzClub.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TampaJazzClub.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. \u2013 \u201cNew Tampa Unplugged: Alexis Carra.\u201d At New Tampa Performing Arts Center (8550 Hunters Village Rd.). Tampa native and musical theatre maven Alexis Carra returns to the \u201cNew Tampa Unplugged\u201d stage after earning glowing praise for her heartfelt hometown performance last season. Her entertainment career has spanned from the Broadway stage (\u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cSweet Charity\u201d &amp; more) to Hollywood (\u201cMixology,\u201d \u201cTwo &amp; A Half Men\u201d). Tickets $17.50-$25 depending on seat selection. Select tickets are available for $10 through NTPAC\u2019s Affordable Art commitment. For more info, call (813) 829-2760. Or, to purchase tickets visit <a href=\"http:\/\/NewTampaArtsCenter.org\/events\/new-tampa-unplugged-alexis-carra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewTampaArtsCenter.org\/events\/new-tampa-unplugged-alexis-carra<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, January 17, 8 p.m.-11 p.m. \u2013 New Tampa Jazz Nights: Chuck Redd with La Lucha. At New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-122003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}