3rd Thursdays Begins 6pm Grand Central at Kennedy Enjoy some gourmet food truck fun paired with Independent short flicks and live music! Pour House and City Dog Cantina provide micro brews and tasty cocktails. 10-15 gourmet food trucks will offer everything from burgers to vegetarian bites. 3rd Thursdays
Women Who Make Movies Begins 6pm Stageworks Theatre Network with filmmakers, editors and digital marketers, plus get inspired by local, female-led, production success stories. Attendees will learn tips and get resources to begin producing their videos or movie ideas. This is a can’t miss for film fans! Women Who Make Movies
Isle of Dogs (2018) Shows at 7:30pm and 10:15pm Tampa Theatre Twenty years into the future, Japan is beset by the most adorable plague on record – there’s just too many dogs. But an outbreak of dog flu gives the anti-dog mayor an opening, and all dogs are ordered quarantined to a freestanding landfill off the coast where they’re left to fend for themselves. But one young man refuses to let go of his lost, beloved pet and makes a pilgrimage to the new Isle of Dogs. Can he fight the power of an entire government to reunite with his friend? Isle of Dogs (2018)
Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts As seen on Comedy Central’s The Jeselnik Offensive and the network’s infamous roasts of Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen, stand-up comedian and writer Anthony Jeselnik is known for his deadpan delivery of deeply ironic, amoral stances. His 2015 Netflix special, Thoughts and Prayers, won critical acclaim for Jeselnik’s dark, provocative, nothing’s-off-limits take on stand-up shtick. Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games
UT Spring Musical: Stardust Begins 8pm University of Tampa – Falk Theatre Great songs never die, and this musical revue is a montage of some of the greatest songs ever written. What makes these song so distinct is the lyrics, all by the talented Mitchell Parish. UT Spring Musical: Stardust
Latin Nights Begins 9pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts An evening of food and dancing. Meet new friends, experience Latin-inspired tapas and drink specials and dance to the thrilling rhythms of a live salsa band and DJ. Latin Nights
Movies at the Library Begins 3pm John F. Germany Public Library Head to the library for a free afternoon movie! This week’s feature is Only the Brave. Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters risks everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. Movies at the Library
Scholar’s Symposium: Aisha Durham Begins 4pm University of Tampa – Vaughn Center Hip hop feminism is a cultural, intellectual, and political project that extends the artistic, analytical, and advocacy-oriented work by girls and women of color from the “post” generations. Mining memory, Durham recalls her southern roots to narrate her hip hop becoming. This event is free and open to the public. Scholar’s Symposium: Aisha Durham
Fiesta By The Bay For Autism Begins 6pm Glazer Children’s Museum Party it up for a great cause in Downtown Tampa! The Fiesta will include a dinner buffet, access to the Glazer Children’s Museum exhibits, and plenty of fun. Plus, there will be activities for kids, dancing, a cash bar, and a silent auction! A portion of ticket sales and money raised from the auction will go to the Autism Services Fund. Fiesta By The Bay For Autism
98ROCKFEST Begins 6pm Amalie Arena Tampa Bay’s Rock Station puts on a hard-rockin’ show in Downtown Tampa. The festivities for this 10th annual rock festival will kick-off with a free pre-show on Ford Thunder Alley. The pre-show event will be headlined by 10 Years and include performances by Skratch ‘N Sniff and more. The main show will feature Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Seether, and more rock bands. 98ROCKFEST
UT Softball vs. Saint Leo Begins 6pm University of Tampa – Naimoli Family Softball Complex The Spartans hit the diamond to defend their turf against the visiting Saint Leo Lions. This event is free and open to the public, so grab a seat and catch some college softball action! UT Softball vs. Saint Leo
Friday Concerts in the Park Begins 7pm Water Works Park The return of spring means the return of Tampa’s longest running concert series. Celebrating 31 years of high-quality entertainment, the eight-week series highlights music of different genres to satisfy all tastes in a fun, family-friendly way. Local food trucks and vendors will also be available onsite. Friday Concerts in the Park
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 7:30pm to 9pm Tampa Theatre When Nazi U-Boats torpedo a ship carrying 83 school children during World War II, Hollywood movie star Hedy Lamarr decides to exact revenge. At night, after shooting her scenes on set, she works on a secret radio system that will allow the Allies to direct their torpedoes with deadly accuracy; the secret communication system she creates is groundbreaking and eventually changes the course of history. All this would make a terrific fictional film, but it happens to be true! Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
The Florida Orchestra – Verdi’s Requiem Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Grab a seat and enjoy an evening of beautiful music from The Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis will conduct the performance by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. The Florida Orchestra – Verdi’s Requiem
In the Time of the Butterflies Begins 8pm Stageworks Theatre Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, this is a fictionalized account of the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic. With immersive video and animation dispersed across the stage, the piece paints a visual dreamscape of the interior lives of the activist sisters, the beauty and ferocity of the natural world, and the music heard on the radio of the time. In the Time of the Butterflies
Reefer Madness (1936) 10:30pm to 11:45pm Tampa Theatre Tampa Theatre (on 4/20 for no particular reason) will be screening Reefer Madness in the hopes of educating a whole new generation of at-risk youth about the myriad ways weed and jazz music can destroy their lives. The screening will include an assortment of classic anti-drug PSAs and public-domain cartoons before the show. Reefer Madness (1936)
Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival Begins 11am Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park This will be an exciting weekend of delicious foods and live musical performances. Enjoy freshly-cooked seafood, meats, and vegetarian dishes, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and a diversity of sides and desserts. A talented lineup of performers will take the stage to provide live music. Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival
Art Spot 11am to 2pm Tampa Museum of Art Let your imagination run free as the Museum’s art facilitators introduce exhibition-specific methods of art making filled with fun and creativity for you and yours. Art Spot
UT Softball vs. Saint Leo Doubleheader Begins 1pm University of Tampa – Naimoli Family Softball Complex The Spartans hit the diamond for two games against the visiting Saint Leo Lions. This event is free and open to the public, so grab a seat and double up on the college softball action! UT Softball vs. Saint Leo Doubleheader
UT Women’s Lacrosse vs Embry Riddle Begins 3pm University of Tampa – Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex The Spartans take to the field for a game against the visitors from Embry Riddle. Tickets are perfectly priced for a fun day at the field, so grab a seat for some top notch lacrosse competition! UT Women’s Lacrosse vs Embry Riddle
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New Jersey Devils – Game 5 Begins 3pm Amalie Arena It’s playoff time in Tampa and the Lightning have a chance to exorcise the Devils. Downtown will be abuzz with postseason energy for this crucial game. Find some tickets (if you can) and cheer the Bolts on to victory! Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New Jersey Devils – Game 5
In the Time of the Butterflies Shows at 3pm and 8pm Stageworks Theatre Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, this is a fictionalized account of the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic. With immersive video and animation dispersed across the stage, the piece paints a visual dreamscape of the interior lives of the activist sisters, the beauty and ferocity of the natural world, and the music heard on the radio of the time. In the Time of the Butterflies
Best of Tampa Bay Begins 7pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts This all-you-can-eat food and drink extravaganza boasts more than 50 participants including Tampa Bay’s finest restaurants and caterers, as well as wine, liquor, and craft beer tastings. Also, enjoy full open bars and five live bands! Since its inception 33 years ago, this signature fundraising event has generated more than $2.5 million for arts education programs. Best of Tampa Bay
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox Begins 8pm Tampa Theatre This multi-talented collective reimagines contemporary hits in various styles, from swing to doo-wop, ragtime to Motown, and more. The songs are rendered by a rotating cast of musicians and singers in fashions that date back to a time of street corner harmonies, torch singers, and golden-voiced crooners. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox
Earth Day 9:30am to 5pm The Florida Aquarium The Aquarium will focus on educating guests to raise awareness about conservation, sustainable living and protecting our Earth and its inhabitants for future generations. Throughout the Aquarium there will be fun animal and Earth Day facts along the exhibit pathway, special Earth Day-themed trail talks, and the Aquarium staff will highlight some of its animals that are endangered and in need of your help. Earth Day
Museum Tour Begins 12:30pm Henry B. Plant Museum Enjoy a guided tour and Upstairs Downstairs theater performances featuring ASL interpretation. These tours and performances are open to the public. Upstairs Downstairs is an award-winning living history program consists of 8 single-character 30-minute monologues. The vignettes reveal American Gilded Age culture at the Hotel as experienced by the wealthy guests and working class employees. Museum Tour
UT Spring Musical: Stardust Begins 2pm University of Tampa – Falk Theatre Great songs never die, and this musical revue is a montage of some of the greatest songs ever written. What makes these song so distinct is the lyrics, all by the talented Mitchell Parish. UT Spring Musical: Stardust
Tea for Tots Begins 2pm Oxford Exchange Join Oxford Exchange for a read along of a popular children’s book. Tea and light food options will be available for parents and little ones. Tea for Tots
In the Time of the Butterflies Begins at 3pm Stageworks Theatre Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, this is a fictionalized account of the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic. With immersive video and animation dispersed across the stage, the piece paints a visual dreamscape of the interior lives of the activist sisters, the beauty and ferocity of the natural world, and the music heard on the radio of the time. In the Time of the Butterflies
Flipper 3pm to 4:30pm Tampa Theatre Filmed in the Keys and other Florida locations, Flipper is the story of Sandy, a boy who nurses an injured dolphin back to health against the wishes of his fisherman father who sees dolphins as competition for dwindling fish stocks. The two come to share a powerful friendship that can still teach us all something about the intelligence and affection of animals. Flipper
Megan Hilty Begins 4pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Take a heavy serving of Marilyn Monroe, mix it with a dollop of Dolly Parton and Christina Applegate then add a dash of Kristin Chenoweth and you’ll have the extraordinary stage presence of Broadway musical star Megan Hilty. The rightful heir to the legendary line of explosive blonde superstars, Hilty appears for an intimate evening of song. Megan Hilty
Itzhak (2018) 5:45pm to 7:15pm Tampa Theatre Alison Chernick’s enchanting documentary looks beyond the sublime musician to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, and the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. Itzhak himself is funny, irreverent and self-deprecating, and his life story unspools in conversations with masterful musicians, family and friends, and most endearingly his devoted wife of 50 years, Toby. Itzhak (2018)
Yoga in the Park Begins 6pm Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park In operation since 2010, Yoga in the Park is a free riverside yoga session led by an instructor from Yoga Downtown Tampa. Yoga in the Park
Amalie Arena 98ROCKFEST – April 20 Jeff Dunham – April 29 James Taylor – May 12 Justin Timberlake – May 15 Shania Twain – June 2 Maroon 5 – June 16 Daryl Hall & John Oates and Train – June 22 Sam Smith – July 13 The Smashing Pumpkins – July 25 Kevin Hart – August 4 Journey & Def Leppard – August 18 Game of Thrones – September 21 Joyce Meyer Ministries 2018 Women’s Conference – October 25 to 27 Elton John – November 28
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Q and A’s Photogrpahy Workshop – April 22 Aesthetics and Perception of Advanced Digital Collage – April 28 and May 5 Forever Young 2018 – Through April 30 Anonymous Women: Camouflage and Calamity – Through June 30 Minor League and Best Friends – Through June 30 Introduction to Smartphone Photography – April 12 Andrea Modica: Artist Lecture – April 13 Q and A’s Photography Workshop – April 22 Hamburger Mary’s Bingo – April 25 Aesthetics and Perception of Advanced Digital Collage – April 28 Iphoneography 101 – May 20
Glazer Children’s Museum Make it Monday – Weekly Toddler Tuesday – Weekly Worldly Wednesday – Weekly Tinker and Tech Thursday – Weekly Fun Fridays – Weekly Member Morning – April 8 Developmental Checkups – April 10 Mindfulness with Evolve: Family Yoga – April 14 Week of the Young Child – April 16 to April 20 New! Exercise with iStroll – April 18 Science-tastic Day: Be a Citizen Scientist – April 21 Earth Day: Rain Barrel Workshop – April 22 Grown Up Night (+21) – April 27 Check the Museum’s website for a full list of weekday programming.
Henry B. Plant Museum First Fridays – First Friday of the Month Give Day Tampa Bay – May 1 Blue Star Museums – May 27 to September 2 Imperial Designs – Through December 31
Jobsite Theater 1984 – April 27 to May 20 Dancing at Lughnasa – June 15 to July 8
The John F. Germany Public Library Tai Chi with Bonnie Birdsall – Tuesdays Walk-In Tech Help – Wednesdays Toddler Time – Wednesdays Crafternoon – Thursdays Baby Sign – Thursdays Of the Wild Art by Kelly Quinn – Through April 30 Outside the Lines – Coloring for Adults – April 6 Rex Manning Day Book and Record Swap – April 7 Story Time – April 11 Movies @ the Library – The Searchers – April 13 Movies @ the Library – Only the Brave – April 20 Floral Findings: A History of the Florida Botanical Gardens – April 21 DIY Crafting: Graduation announcements & invitations – April 22 Personal Finance 101: Learn the Lingo – April 28
Patel Conservatory Rock School Blowout – April 22 Peter Pan, Jr. – April 26 to 29 Breakin’ Out – April 28 Spring Into Dance – April 28 Spring Music Spectacular: Around the World in 90 Minutes – May 8 Evening of Dance – May 11 Beginning Dance 1 Recitals – May 12 End-of-Year Celebration – May 17 Private Lesson Recitals – May 19 Choral and Chamber Music Intensive Concert – June 8 The Wizard of OZ – June 14 to 17 Shakespeare Intensive – June 14 Summer Jazz Intensive – July 20 End-of-Summer Music Blowout – August 1 Showstoppers: Broadway Intensive – August 3 to 5 Summer Evening of Dance – August 10
Stageworks Theatre The Speak! Tank: Spoken Word Sundays – First Sunday of every month Christ Fellowship – Wednesdays In the Time of the Butterflies – April 12 to 28 Blithe Spirit – June 1 to 16
Straz Center for the Performing Arts Open Rehearsal – Verdi’s Macbeth – Through April 5 Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – Through April 5 The Florida Orchestra – Fiesta! – April 5 mad Theatre presents Green Day’s American Idiot – April 5 to 15 The Florida Orchestra – R&B Legends with Michael Lynche – April 6 Opera Gala 2018 – April 7 Sons of Serendip – April 12 Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth – April 13 and 15 Randy Rainbow – April 13 Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches – April 14 Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games – April 19 Latin Nights – April 19 The Florida Orchestra – Verdi’s Requiem – April 20 Best of Tampa Bay – April 21 Megan Hilty – April 22 Rock School Blowout – April 22 Rhiannon Giddens with Special Guest Dead Horses – April 23 Waitress – April 24 to 29 1984 – April 25 to May 20 The Florida Orchestra – 50! – April 26 The Florida Orchestra – Celebrate Broadway – April 27 Little Black Dress – April 27 Breakin’ Out – April 28 Tampa Bay Symphony “A Tour of the Symphony” – April 29 The Florida Orchestra – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 – May 4 Next Generation Ballet’s Cinderella – May 5
Tampa Bay History Center Old Glory – February to July 2018 Florida Conversations – Finding Our Fabric: Old Glory – April 11 Walk Tampa – The Ybor City Story – April 14 and May 12 TBHC Book Group – Brutal Journey – April 19 A.P. Trivia Review – April 21 My Doll and Me – April 21 Sangria and Stories – April 25 Walk Tampa – Tampa Bay Black History Tour – April 28 and May 26 TBHC Book Group – The Talented Ribkins – May 17
Tampa Museum of Art The Classical World: Selections from the Permanent Collection – Ongoing The Classical World in Focus: Animals in Ancient Art – Ongoing Monday Meditation at the Museum – Mondays Art on the House – Fridays Art Spot – Saturdays “Be the Change” Spoken Word Open Mic Night – April 6 Open Drawing Studio – Through April 22 Connections Open Session for Memory Care – April 10 Pride and Passion – April 14 Tampa Collects – April 18 Thirty on Thursday – April 26 Isthmian Games Family Day – April 28 14th Congress District and Next Generation High School Art Competition – April 29 Run for the Roses – May 5
Tampa Theatre Cool Runnings – April 15 Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – April 21 Flipper – April 22 The Dark Crystal – April 29 Sing-Along The Little Mermaid – May 6 The Longest Game – May 24
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