Masthead gallery: Gasparilla 2025
A photo gallery as Gasparilla 2025 invades Tampa.
Tampa
Perhaps best known for hosting Super Bowls and Gasparilla parades, housing MacDill Air Force Base and being home to professional sports teams and high profile athletes – the crown jewel of the Tampa Bay region is oh-so-much more. Tampa is on the verge of achieving many long-planned ambitions. Downtown redevelopment, the expansion of the city’s port and airport, a planned Interstate 4 Green Tech corridor and a substantial increase in research activities at the University of South Florida fuel its progress.
Abe Brown Ministries wins national grant to expand reentry housing program
Hillsborough County nonprofit Abe Brown Ministries is one of six organizations in the country to win grant funding through a new initiative focused on reentry housing programs.
The Commodore: Ybor’s risk-taking, scene-making improv venue
Ybor City improv venue The Commodore brings a risk-taking creative energy to Tampa's comedy scene.
Tampa City Council member Luis Viera: We must promote apprenticeships, skilled trades
In this guest column, Tampa City Council member Luis Viera says local government must promote apprenticeships and the skilled trades.
January arts: John Lennon photos at Tempus Projects, Sacred Arts Tour at Florida CraftArt, much more
Start the New Year with candid photos of John Lennon at Tempus Projects, The Sacred Arts Tour at Florida CraftArt, a happening month of improv at The Commodore, and several new exhibits across Tampa Bay.
HART Route 1 fare-free for year under Tampa pilot program
The Hillsborough Regional Transit Authority's busy Route 1 is fare-free for a year thanks to a pilot program the Tampa City Council is funding.
Dance Tampa Bay seeks dancers for film project
Dance Tampa Bay is seeking dancers who would like to submit performance clips for the second part of its four-part film project, "Dance Rising Tampa Bay." The deadline to register is extended to January 10th, with film submissions due February 7th.
Reflecting on life, legacy of Nikki Giovanni
The late poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni had a profound influence on art, culture, and society and a very personal impact on USF Professor of Communication Aisha Durham.
Joshua’s Way of Hope empowers youth, families
Kayetrenia Nichols founded Joshua's Way of Hope to empower underserved and at-risk children and youth, naming the nonprofit in honor of her oldest son, who died from a car crash at age 24.
Masthead gallery: Midtown Tampa
A photo tour of Midtown Tampa, a model for the vibrant mixed-use urban redevelopment transforming the Westshore District.
