My Downtown Tampa

[ January 10, 2009 to February 2, 2009. ] Lights on Tampa is a critically acclaimed and award winning program whose mission is to bring free access to artistic excellence. Its emphasis is on new media technologies and education. Lights On Tampa is informed by successful international models including BEAP (Biennial Electronic Art in Perth), and Lights of Turin.

From an international call to artists, [...]

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Lights On Tampa is a public/private partnership that bridges Tampa’s commitment to the arts, technology, and education and offers free access to artistic excellence. It is a cultural and aesthetic event designed to engage, entertain, and educate Tampa’s visitors and diverse community. Lights On Tampa is a biennial program that brings major contemporary artists to [...]

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After getting $83,700 in renovations, Herman Massey Park has been reopened.
The small park at Tyler and Franklin Streets (map) was shut down for nearby construction and then the renovations of the park.
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Press Release from Martin Communications:
Downtown Tampa ’s first and only luxury high-rise apartments
For the first time, an urban lifestyle in an elegant, downtown apartment high-rise building will be available to Tampa residents.
Element, downtown Tampa’s high-rise luxury community, announced today that it will open a leasing center on Monday, November 17, with an open house and [...]

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Last month we told you that Five Guys and Jasmine Thai were coming to SkyPoint, and that there were rumors of a couple other restaurants.
Now Realtor Lenny Gurvich confirms that in addition to burgers and beers, you will soon be able to get sushi and Mexican there:
RAWbar
James Devito (owner of Taps) will open 2600 sqft [...]

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Taps is known for their extensive list of beers, but they have food too. The St. Pete Times food critic Laura Reilly recently visited, and gave the restaurant an overall 2.5 stars out of 4.
Food (2/4): The food, in a mostly supporting role, is very competent, sometimes tipping into squarely delicious.
Service (2/4):  Taps can be [...]

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The Tampa Museum of Art recently hired Todd Smith away from the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC.  In the latest issue of that city’s “alternative weekly,” writer John Stoehr laments the loss of Todd Smith to Tampa’s Museum of Art:
Tampa is thinking big. Charleston isn’t. Smith was thinking big. His board wasn’t. So [...]

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[ October 3, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Tru Loved
October 3, 2008
Tampa Theatre
Price: $9
About Friends of the Festival, Inc. and Clip!

In 1988 Tampa’s GLBT film festival was originally named the Pride Film Festival, then later in the 1990’s became known as the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF). When Friends of the Festival, Inc. was formed as a legal 501(c)3 non-profit [...]

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[ October 10, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Scene on the Green (Free)
Young Frankenstein
October 10, 2008
TBPAC Riverwalk
Price: Free!
ABOUT THE SHOW

The 1974 comedy classic directed by Mel Brooks stars Gene Wilder as the title character, backed up by an all-star cast – Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Felman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn and Gene Hackman. This hilarious film is an affectionate parody of [...]

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[ October 5, 2008; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] James and the Giant Peach
October 5, 2008
Ferguson Hall
Price: Regularly priced tickets start at $8.50.
ABOUT THE SHOW

When a mysterious man gives him the gift of a life-changing, magical peach, James embarks on an exciting adventure (with larger-than-life insects!) inside the biggest peach the world has ever seen!

This presentation of the Roald Dahl classic is unique [...]

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