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Deborah Bostock-Kelley

In addition to writing for 83 Degrees, Deborah Bostock-Kelley is a local Broadway World theatre reviewer, a reporter for several magazines and a theatre columnist. She is honored to be the marketing director for Powerstories Theatre.

She has run her award-winning creative services agency, The WriteOne Creative Services, since 2005, specializing in graphic design, web design, and PR copywriting. The author of a children's early reader and a teen YA fiction anthology, she is also a multi-award-winning playwright known for her powerful, socially-conscious one-act and full-length plays, seen across Tampa Bay stages. In her free time, she produces Life Amplified, a musical showcase with all proceeds benefiting local grassroots nonprofits. Deborah is a proud ally, wife, mom, past educator, Florida native and University of Tampa graduate. www.thewriteonecs.com

Deborah Bostock-Kelley's Latest Articles

Voice for the arts: St Pete Arts Alliance’s Helen French

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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Arts

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November 30, 2025

St Pete Arts Alliance's new Executive Director brings passion, experience to role.

The public art installations in Perry Harvey Sr. Park are part of the new Tampa Soulwalk art and heritage trail.

Still Thankful Festival celebrates community, service, gratitude

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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Entrepreneurship

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November 18, 2025

The Nov. 29th Still Thankful Festival celebrates giving back and giving thanks.

Season’s readings: Our Tampa Bay holiday guide

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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Neighborhoods

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November 18, 2025

Our epic guide to holiday events in Tampa Bay.

Survivor Ventures’ The Garden Within blooms in Tampa

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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For Good

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October 21, 2025

Survivor Ventures, a nonprofit for survivors of human trafficking, has opened its first Florida location in South Tampa.

Coastal Ballet of Florida takes the stage in Tampa Bay

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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Arts

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October 7, 2025

Co-founded by renowned dancer and educator Heather Ossola, Coastal Ballet of Florida offers Tampa Bay audiences a homegrown classical ballet company.

The Redefining Refuge team, with founder and Executive Director Natasha Nascimento in the center, during Operation Dragon Eye, a two-week missing child operation across Tampa Bay considered the most successful child recovery operation is U.S. history

Redefining Refuge: Natasha Nascimento’s mission of hope for exploited children

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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Talent

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September 3, 2025

Launched in 2010, Tampa Bay nonprofit Redefining Refuge has a vital, heart-wrenching role in providing care, support, and advocacy for children and youth recovered from exploitation and trafficking.

WUSF and WSMR "are examining every aspect of every project and ensuring that the things that we put the most effort into are the things that the most people are using,” General Manager JoAnn Urofsky says.

Before the signal fades: The unseen costs of defunding Florida’s public media

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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General

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August 13, 2025

Following the elimination of federal and state funding for public broadcasting, Tampa Bay area stations vow to continue community mission in face of uncertain future.

A rendering of the Tampa Arts Alliance's planned downtown arts center.

Tampa Arts Alliance plans arts center in heart of downtown

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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General

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July 31, 2025

The Tampa Arts Alliance plans to transform 5,000 square feet of donated ground-floor office space in a prime downtown location into an arts center. The arts nonprofit is working to raise $1.2 million for design and buildout and open the center next March.

Safe and Sound Hillsborough Executive Freddy Barton, "Connecting with Kim” host Kim Droege, and the TBAE team.

TBAE takes two Tellys for impactful community programming

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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General

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July 15, 2025

Tampa Bay Arts & Education Network (TBAE) recently earned two prestigious Telly Awards, national recognition for the nonprofit television station's meaningful, community-centered programming.

Nonprofit Tampa Bay Exceptional Women's Pop-Up & Power Up event in August showcases women-powered businesses and offers opportunities to connect and network.

Tampa Bay Exceptional Women launches “Pop-Up & Power Up”

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley

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General

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July 2, 2025

Nonprofit Tampa Bay Exceptional Women's Pop-Up & Power Up event in August showcases women-powered businesses and offers opportunities to connect and network.