UT students rehearsing a play.

UT will stream spring play online for free to public

The University of Tampa will offer a free, virtual production of Molière's Les Femmes Savantes (The Learnéd Ladies), a staged reading performed remotely by the students from their computers and streamed live through Zoom conferencing software on opening night.

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Tampa Theatre launches ticketed streaming, exclusive content during COVID-19

Historic Tampa Theatre launches new "virtual'' ticketed streaming service that features exclusive content, new and popular movies unavailable elsewhere. First up? Saint Frances and Fantastic Fungi.

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Where to get takeout? Tampa Bay Area restaurants keep kitchens open, people working

As a public service and to support local workers, the duPont Registry is starting a new daily Top Ten column listing restaurants that are keeping their kitchens open and offering takeout meals during the time of coronavirus.

Video: Tampa organist records Brahms, Bach to help promote calm amid coronavirus chaos

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus and the temporary suspending of public gatherings in Florida, including church services, Organist Haig Mardirosian has started recording pieces and posting them to YouTube for the enjoyment of members of the congregation and others looking for a bit of respite from the chaos.

Lauren Wong's view outside back home in Chicago.
University of Tampa senior pivots in the face of coronavirus

For high school and college seniors about to graduate with the Class of 2020, life as they anticipated it is forever changed in ways they still can’t fathom. Read about 83 Degrees Media student intern Lauren Wong.

Palladium Executive Director Paul Wilborn works from home during the coronavirus outbreak.
Honey-do lists and other highlights of life in the time of coronavirus

Inside the St. Petersburg home of Paul Wilborn and Eugenie Bondurant: Read the hour-by-hour experience of one day in the life of one well-known local couple coping in the time of coronavirus.

Presenters at a recent 1 Million Cups forum with Greenhouse staff members.
St. Pete 1 Million Cups goes virtual

The Greenhouse has teamed up with St. Pete-based tech company Lunchpool to go virtual with 1 Million Cups St. Pete for the first time in response to safety concerns about the spread of COVID-19.

Joey deVilla leading neighborhood sing-along in Tampa.
Accordion player leads social distancing sing-along in Tampa

Italians singing from their balconies inspired Seminole Heights neighbors in Tampa to do something similar. Read how you can participate.

COVID-19 update: Solutions designed to help bridge Tampa Bay through this crisis

COVID-19 got you down? Need food? Access to medicine? Coronavirus testing? A business loan? In an effort to use our solutions journalism media platform to help communicate and inform, 83 Degrees has compiled the following information based on expert advice, news releases, and social media.

Tampa Bay Times offers free access to coronavirus stories.
Free content: Breaking news plus latest coronavirus stories in Florida #covid19

In an effort to help better inform the public about the spread of coronavirus, the Tampa Bay Times has temporarily lifted its paywall so that anyone can access stories about COVID-19 in Florida for free.

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