FMoPA World Photography Day special events
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts celebrates World Photography Day with a week of events.
Ybor City
Perhaps Tampa’s best-known neighborhood, Ybor City chronicles the history of Tampa’s (and arguable Florida’s) immigrant experience and the local journey along the country’s economic roller coaster ride. “Founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Ybor City became ‘the cigar capital of the world’ by 1900,’’ boasts the City of Tampa’s website. A thriving hub of tobacco manufacturing, it soon became home to a growing working class of immigrants from Spain and Cuba and Italy, as well as from Germany, Eastern Europe and China as entrepreneurs, restauranteurs and shopkeepers arrived to meet a growing community’s needs. That thriving pool of diverse talent created a living environment rich with an abundance of talent and innovation in architecture, dining, entertainment, social and civic organizations, housing and health care. It’s that image of American success and not the ups and downs in between that developers see today in their vision for the future of Ybor City as an attractive hub of live, work, play and stay spaces for creatives, artists, techies, foodies, designers, educators and innovators connecting Tampa’s Downtown, Port Tampa Bay and neighborhoods to the north and east.
Before the signal fades: The unseen costs of defunding Florida’s public media
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.
Creative sanctuary The Studio launching pop-up in heart of Ybor City
The Studio, a creative space and sanctuary planned in Ybor City, is launching a Kickstarter campaign for a four-weekend pop-up that will hopefully lead to a permanent space.
Tampa Pickleball Crew takes the court for Ybor revival
Breathing new life into a former industrial building on Adamo Drive, Tampa Pickleball Crew is part of a re-energized Ybor City's revitalization.
Tampa Pickleball Crew takes the court for Ybor revival
Breathing new life into a former industrial building on Adamo Drive, Tampa Pickleball Crew is part of a re-energized Ybor City's revitalization
August arts: Countdown Improv, “Sacred Pilgrimage,” much more
Our August - and august - arts roundup has the Countdown Improv Festival in Ybor, "Sacred Pilgrimage: Gaudí and Galban” at The Portico in downtown Tampa, "In a New Light" at the Tampa Museum of Art, and more.
Tampa Arts Alliance plans arts center in heart of downtown
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.
Restoring Ybor City history at Sanchez y Haya, Centro Asturiano
Two fixtures of Ybor City history -- the 1910 Sanchez y Haya building and the statue of Queen Isabella of Spain commissioned by Vicente Martinez-Ybor in the late 19th century -- are returning to their former glory.
Tampa fine dining legend Mise en Place gets in on Ybor with move to Casa Gomez
In 39 years of business, Tampa fine dining institution Mise en Place has been a pioneer business on Platt Street and then Kennedy Boulevard. Now, the iconic restaurant joins Darryl Shaw's Ybor revitalization with a move to Casa Gomez.
WMNF “Protect Public Radio” on-air fundraising drive this Saturday
Tampa community radio station WMNF 88.5 FM has a one-day, on-air fundraising drive Saturday, July 19th, following the loss of a combined $230,000 in state and federal funding.
