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The Tampa Museum of Science and Industry's new Digital Dome Theatre and Saunders Planetarium is the country's second-largest planetarium

April arts: MOSI’s planetarium, Ybor events, Mainsail, Tampa Bay Design Week

A busy April on the Tampa Bay arts scene offers MOSI's new planetarium, a slew of events and exhibits at the Kress Contemporary in Ybor, the 50th Mainsail Art Festival, Tampa Bay Design Week, and much more.

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The opening reception for "The Essence of Spring," the Clearwater Arts Alliance's latest exhibition in the Clearwater Main Library, is 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 28th.
Opening reception for “The Essence of Spring” at Clearwater Main Library

The opening reception for “The Essence of Spring,” the Clearwater Arts Alliance’s new exhibition in the first-floor gallery of the Clearwater Main Library, is 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 28th.

The Clearwater City Council’s “Reimagine Clearwater Main Library: A Cultural Destination” plan seeks to activate the downtown library building, an underused asset in a prime location adjacent to Coachman Park, as an arts or cultural destination.
Clearwater reimagines downtown library as arts, cultural destination

Clearwater's "Reimagine Clearwater Main Library: A Cultural Destination" invites museums, planetariums, and performing arts organizations to submit concepts for activating the downtown library as an arts or culture destination.

The Gasparilla International Film Festival opens March 25th at the Tampa Theatre
March arts: Gasparilla International Film Fest, Ouroboros, much more

Tampa Bay's March arts scene has the Gasparilla International Film Festival, Nejla Yatkin’s Ouroboros at Stageworks, the Tampa Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival, and exhibits aplenty. 

An aerial view of the Midtown East office tower in January 2025
10 projects to watch in (the rest of) 2025 (and beyond)

A look at 10 noteworthy Tampa Bay development and construction projects in various stages of progress.

Volunteers of America of Florida's Innovare affordable housing community in St. Pete focuses on housing individuals and families who have experienced homelessness and severe financial hardship.
St. Pete’s Innovare affordable housing community celebrates one year of changing lives

Volunteers of America of Florida's Innovare apartment community in St. Pete provides needed housing to individuals and families with very low incomes, including those who've experienced homelessness and severe financial hardship.

HCC Art Galleries second "Now on View" festival features artists like Emma Quintana, who created this installation for the inaugural festival last year.
February arts: HCC “Now on View” festival, Black History Month events

HCC Galleries' one-day art festival "Now on View" returns to Ybor City in February, while events across the Tampa Bay area celebrate Black History Month.

The swimming pool and tiki bar at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Clearwater Beach are open as the hotel finishes its final hurricane renovations and repairs and looks ahead to the spring tourism season
Clearwater Beach businesses put storms in past, focus on future

In the new year, Clearwater Beach businesses want to put Helene and Milton in the rearview and look to the future, particularly the upcoming spring tourism season.

"The Sacred Arts Tour" returns to Florida CraftArt in St. Petersburg in January.
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.

Cleveland Street Market is one ol nine businesses that opened in Clearwater's Downtown Community Redevelopment Area during 2024.
Open for business: Clearwater CRA steps up downtown revitalization efforts

Under Executive Director Jesus Nino, the Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency's focus on bringing businesses downtown is producing results.

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