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March 12 : 7 p.m.
Watch these guys, dribble, pass and dunk like never before. The legendary Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 85th consecutive season of tearing up the court with their magical 2011 "4 Times the Fun" World Tour that stops in Tampa at the St. Pete Times Forum on March 12, 2011. Don't miss your chance to watch two of their performaces that day. The first is at 2 p.m and the second is 7 p.m. More information can be found atwww.harlemglobetrotters.com.
Here's an interesting event for Tampa Bay for the month of March:
Free teacher with a guest every day in March to Dinosaur World. Valid teacher ID required. Click here to visit their website
TAMPA, FL - Ballroom and Latin dancers from around the country are gathering for the 10th Annual Florida Superstars Dancesport Championships, being held in Tampa next week. Wearing their most enchanting outfits, dancers hope to dazzle the judges as they compete for $85,000 in cash and prizes at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Downtown Tampa, where the ballroom will be decked out in a Venetian Masquerade theme. "This is an exciting and glamorous spectator sport where cheering for your favorite couples is all part of the fun," said Michael Chapman, event organizer. "You'll see amazing dancers of every age and skill level, from talented professionals and youths to dedicated students dancing with their teachers, just like on Dancing with the Stars. See them perform the Cha Cha, Rumba, Waltz, Quickstep, Jive and more. The competition runs morning to night, so you can come for a session or stay for the entire day." Click here to continue reading.
See this hot, controversial, meat-wearing pop sensation live at the Forum on April 16, 2011 at 8 p.m. Lady Gaga has captivated audiences around the globe with her stunning international smash, The Monster Ball tour, presented by Virgin Mobile. In 2010 the tour has taken her throughout Europe and North American, where she received rave reviews everywhere she stopped. With the majority of North American dates already sold out, Lady Gaga has announced she will be extending her North American 2011 tour, now including a stop at Tampa's St. Pete Times Forum on Saturday, April 16. The 2011 North American Monster Ball Tour, produced globally by Live Nation and presented by Virgin Mobile, will begin on February 19th, 2011 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, taking her spectacular show to top arenas and a host of new cities. Click here to continue reading.
Here's a great website to see what you and your love one can do for Valentine's Day in Tampa:
Ah, it's that time of year again - drugstore aisles are exploding with red confetti and singing teddy bears to let you know it's time to pay a little extra attention to your sweetie this Valentine's Day. Fear not, young lovers, you don't have to rely soley on cheesy gifts to show your heart's desire that you care. We've searched out the best romantic dinners, heart-filled events and just plain fun couple activities to make sure you're feeling the love this Valentine's Day! Click here to go to the website to see the events.All the best cupid-inspired events for you lovebirds out there this Valentine's Day
Tickets are on sale now for Florida's biggest event. The Florida State Fair is being held Feb.10-21 at the State Fairgrounds. This year's event features many of the attractions you've come to love and expect. There will be amusement rides galore, ongoing indoor and outdoor entertainment, food and merchant vendors and state competitions. Don't miss the shows and attractions at the Entertainment Hall or outdoor events such asCircus Hollywood and Willy Washboard’s Jamboree. Magic shows take place on the Children’s Stage. Catch the outdoor rodeo before hopping on the giant slide. This year’s fair boasts of 106 rides ranging from ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, bumper cars, tilt-a-whirls and roller coasters. In addition, for more than 100 years, the Florida State Fair has hosted competitions in a variety of areas. This year is no exception. People will be coming from all over the state to showcase their arts, crafts, produce and livestock. Competitions include baking, knitting, painting, horticulture, woodcarving and dance competitions.
Here's is an article that not many would have expected in Tampa: I congratulate Mayor Pam Iorio and the city of Tampa for their wonderful foresight with the Curtis Hixon Ice Rink. Who would have imagined that a temporary ice rink would draw over 22,000 ice skaters to downtown Tampa? Who would have envisioned that we would see children playing with snowballs adjacent to the Hillsborough River? And who would have dreamed that the city could arrange such a venue at virtually no cost to taxpayers? My family, like many others, enjoyed the ice rink numerous times during the holidays. We especially enjoyed the laughter, the nightlife and the enhanced ambiance at Curtis Hixon Park. We hope this new tradition continues in Tampa for many years! Rudy Fernandez Tampa Click here to learn more.
Do you like fondues? For this whole month of January 2011, The Melting Pot (in Tampa) is giving you Endless Fondue! Read below for details:
Our New Year's Gift to you - Endless Fondue is back for a limited time! $39 per person* January 3rd through January 31stJoin us at The Melting Pot to eat your heart out with endless fondue! Endless Fondue menu includes:Unlimited Cheese Fondue of your choiceUnlimited Salad of your choiceUnlimited Eat Your Heart Out entree includes:filet, shrimp, chicken, teriyaki sirloin and pastaUnlimited Chocolate Fondue of your choice Make your reservations today - Endless Fondue reservations don't last long!
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Here's some recent news about our beloved Bucs in Tampa Bay:
By IRA KAUFMAN TAMPA—The Carolina Panthers aren’t the only NFL team monitoring Andrew Luck’s future. The Panthers own the No. 1 overall pick in the April draft and they are hoping Luck, a redshirt sophomore quarterback, declares himself eligible by Jan. 15 instead of returning to Stanford. Luck has been labeled one of the premier quarterback prospects of the past 30 years and Carolina sorely needs a new face for a franchise that bottomed out at 2-14 in John Fox’s final year on the sidelines. NFC South rivals like the Buccaneers are also keenly interested in Luck’s decision. Tampa Bay’s defense already has to face a pair of Pro Bowl quarterbacks—Drew Brees of New Orleans and Atlanta’s Matt Ryan—twice every season. Ryan is only 25 and Brees turns 32 on Jan. 15, the same day that Luck must announce his intentions. Luck could defy conventional wisdom and return to Stanford, especially in the unliklely event that Coach Jim Harbaugh comes back. The NFL’s uncertain labor situation might persuade Luck to bypass the 2011 draft because of the fear a lockout could leave him idle this fall. Click here to continue reading.
For all fo you dodgeball fanatics out there, there is now a center where you can play dodgeball in a trampoline arena in Tampa. Read below to get more details about this place:
Boing! Jump Canter
welcomes all ages, beginners to professional athletes to defy gravity on our Giant Trampoline Arena! Whether you want to enjoy open jump, play dodgeball (BOING! style), host a party or event, or get a crazy workout doing BOINGRobics, BOING! Jump Center is the place for you! Located at 622-624 Ware Blvd, Tampa 33619, next to Brandon Crossroads Bowl Phone: 813-341-4897 Email: info@boingjumpcenter.com Click here to go to their website.
Remember the winner of America's Got Talent, Terry Fator. He won over America by his unique talent of ventriloquism. Now he is going to be preforming in Tampa Bay! Below is information on when, where and how to get tickets:
Progress Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater
400 First Street
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Published: November 17, 2010 BRANDON - Matt Joyce, one of thousands of kids who grew up playing baseball at North Brandon Little League, is returning to his old digs Dec. 4, this time as a big leaguer offering a hand to those who want to follow in his footsteps. The Tampa Bay Rays outfielder, who graduated from Armwood High in Seffner, has teamed up with the Greater Brandon Community Foundation to hold the Sweet Swingin' Baseball Camp at North Brandon Little League. He will be bringing an entourage of coaches and other pro players to teach ballplayers ages 9 to 15 the fundamentals of the game. He also will convey the importance of teamwork and the necessity of good grades. "I definitely want to be a role model," Joyce said. "I think there are a lot of guys nowadays that kids look up to. I just want to be a big part of that. That's where you grew up, that's your home ground. You have to pay respect to it and take care of it." Joyce said he never had a major league player come out to the Little League park and discuss what it takes to reach the pinnacle of the sport. Joyce will lead the camp's coaching staff, along with other Rays players and coaches. The camp, open to the first 100 kids who sign up, is $100 and runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost includes lunch. Click here to continue reading.
Here is an event for you and your family if you are looking to find something to do together:
The holidays are right around the corner and it’s time to jump aboard THE POLAR EXPRESS Experience at SeaWorld Orlando, starting this Friday, November 12. Click here to get more info.
Starting November 26, experience the joys of the season with all-new holiday festivities, including The Sea of Trees and The Christmas Market.
The Sea of Trees
Guests will discover 74 massive trees, each sparkling, lighted and choreographed to classic holiday tunes, making a dramatic display around SeaWorld’s center lake.The Christmas Market
Guests can shop for one-of-a-kind gifts and dine on scrumptious holiday delights.
Kids spend their day unearthing a Timucuan kitchen mound and learning about the special meal shared between Spanish explorers and Florida's first people. This event is part of Discovery Days and open to children in grades 3-5. Early drop-off and extended pick-up available for an additional fee.
801 Old Water St., Tampa FL 33602
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Here is an upcoming event happening in Tampa Bay:
Red Georgia clay, 15th century religious icons and digital images are some of the raw materials that make up the art in the new Faculty Show at The University of Tampa. Members of the fine arts faculty will show their new work at an exhibition starting Friday, Oct. 22 and running through Nov. 23. An opening reception will take place on Friday, Oct. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery on campus. The show will feature more than 30 major works of photography, painting, sculpture, digital images, drawings, installations and mixed media.
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St. Petersburg, FL (Nov. 4, 2010) – The Florida Holocaust Museum presents:
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
Tues., Nov. 30, 2010, 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: USF St. Petersburg“Genocide seems at once so familiar and so overwhelming that we don’t consider that if we change our thinking about the problem, then we can see the way to stopping the killing and do so relatively easily. . . . My work and my talk are devoted to making the phrase “never again” finally mean it for everyone.”
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is the author of #1 international bestseller Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust. The book, available in fifteen languages, was named by TIME as one of the two best non-fiction books of 1996 and Goldhagen won Germany’s prestigious triennial Democracy Prize in 1997 as its author.
Goldhagen, born in 1959, received a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Harvard University and was a professor in Harvard’s Government and Social Studies departments until he decided to devote himself full time to writing. He is a member of Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and on the board of directors of Humanity in Action.
Free to FHM members and college students with valid student ID; $9 for guests; please RSVP: (727) 820-0100, ext. 236. Guest admission may be applied to FHM membership.
Women of Ravensbrück: Portraits of CourageArtwork of Julia Terwilliger
Opening Sun., Nov. 14 through Tues., Feb. 15, 2011 This is an original Florida Holocaust Museum exhibition of memorial artwork by Julia Terwilliger. It tells the history of the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, the Nazi’s major concentration camp for women that brought fear and terror to its imprisoned, tortured victims. The art is coupled with text and seven, large wooden panels of mixed media and transfer images of Ravensbrück women, young and old, survivors and those who did not. The exhibition also includes rare original artifacts from the camp, including a handmade recipe book and gifts secretly exchanged by the women and 17 history panels and 14 biographical panels of individuals. In addition, the artist created a 10 foot memorial triangle and an artifacts installation created by the artist will be on view. An exhibition catalog for Women of Ravensbrück is available for purchase in the Museum Store. Media Sponsors: Bright House Networks and the St. Petersburg Times Curator’s Talk and Reception:Admission is free to active duty Military, FHM members and children 6 and under. Museum hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Mon. through Sun.; the last admission is 3:30 pm.
NEW HOURS: Through May 31, 2011, the FHM will be open Thurs. evenings until 8 p.m.; the last admission is 7 p.m. Please call (727) 820-0100, or visit the Museum’s web-site, www.flholocaustmuseum.org, for directions and further details including holiday closures.
The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust. The Museum is dedicated to teaching members of all races and cultures to recognize the inherent worth and dignity of human life in order to prevent future genocides. Please follow the Florida Holocaust Museum on Facebook and Twitter. It's back again, Howl-O-Scream is now at Busch Gardens. Read below to get more info and how to buy your tickets for this event in Tampa: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay officially kicks off it’s 11th season of gutwrenching scares with MORE haunted houses than ever before, ALL-NEW scare zones, Alone – a revolutionary idea in how guests experience haunted attractions – and a live concert each night of the event by the rock stars of horror – Sylvie and her killer band, My X. For select nights through October 31st, Howl-O-Scream 2010 will rock your world with seductive surprises and scares. The devious creatures that infest more haunted houses than ever before, all-new scare zones, thrilling shows and even the streets themselves will have guests watching their backs, and bone-chilling roller coasters keep the screams coming all night long. Howl-O-Scream is a separate ticketed event, and general admission is $74.95. Savings are available on advance ticket purchases at participating Publix Supermarkets and at MyXRocks.comm for Passport Members and Florida Residents. Discounts are also available with promotional codes from select Pepsi, Domino’s Pizza, Applebee’s, Smoothie King and Muvico theaters purchases statewide. Click here to read more and get your tickets.
There are a lot of up coming events as it gets into the fall season. Here is one that you may want to part take in:
One of the country's top art festivals, The 21st Annual Hyde Park Village Art Festival is coming to town! Located just outside Tampa, Hyde Park Village offers great shopping, fine dining and nightly entertainment. In October, the Village will welcome 150 exhibitors displaying a wide range of art's from life-size sculptures to photography to jewelry. Like all Howard Alan events, the 21st Annual Hyde Park Village Art Festival is a juried show, which means each participating artist is hand-selected from hundreds of applicants to ensure a first-class festival with only the highest quality, original artwork. All exhibiting artists are required to be at the festival the entire weekend. This gives you the unique opportunity to meet the creators of the art on display; commission a specific piece; ask questions about techniques; learn the sources of their inspirations; and purchase fine works of art at affordable prices. All of the work on display is available for purchase, and with prices ranging from $15 earrings to $50 prints to $20,000 sculptures, there is always something for everyone.
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