Official Tampa Bay Lightning Watch Party 6pm to 11pm Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park Fans can watch Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final on three screens located at Curis Hixon Park. Food and beer trucks will be available. Lightning Watch Party
3rd Thursdays 6pm to 10pm 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
RBG (2018) 7:30pm to 9pm Tampa Theatre A pioneer for women in her career, a powerful voice for fairness in the workplace and in society as a whole, and a hero who, at the age of 85, has had a book published about her hardcore workout routine, RBG tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to tremendous influence and leadership while also transforming herself into an unexpected pop culture icon. RBG (2018)
1984 Begins 8pm Jobsite Theater This performance details the story of Winston Smith, a small cog in the giant machine-state of Oceania. Physically and mentally under the omnipresent eye of Big Brother, Winston has been caught struggling for scraps of love and freedom in a world awash with distrust and violence. With the brutal “help” of four Party Members, Winston is forced to confess his Thoughtcrimes before an unseen Inquisitor and the audience – who act as a silent witness. 1984
Latin Nights Begins 9pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts An exciting 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
Downtown’s Bike to Work Ride & Rally Begins 7am Several meet up points, rally at Lykes Gaslight Park Tighten your shoes, check your tires, and get ready to ride to work! Choose from seven different neighborhood meet-up locations for a guided ride with experienced cyclists. All will finish at Lykes Gaslight Square for food, music, information, and fun. Downtown’s Bike to Work Ride & Rally
2018 NCAA DII Women’s Lacrosse Championship Begins 11am University of Tampa – Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex The season has played out and the best teams have risen to the top of the heap. It’s time to find our championship team. See the best teams in DII Women’s Lacrosse battle it out in Downtown Tampa to see who will take home the title. 2018 NCAA DII Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Do the Local Motion: Walk on Water Begins Noon Sail Pavilion at the Tampa Convention Center Help close out the 10th season of Do the Local Motion with a tour of the Hillsborough River! Meet at the Sail Pavilion dock to catch the Pirate Water Taxi for a tour on the river. Drinks and snacks will be included. Do the Local Motion: Walk on Water
Movies @ the Library Begins 3pm John F. Germany Public Library Grab a seat at the library for a free showing of Victoria and Abdul. In this film from 2017, Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. Movies @ the Library
Best In Show (2000) 4pm to 5:30pm Tampa Theatre Following five dogs and their unbelievable owners as they make their way to the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, Best in Show is a loving and lighthearted take on how loving something so much can sometimes lead you to a really silly place. The film is presented as part of Tampa Theatre’s new CinemaSTEM series, which pairs popular movies with experts in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to lead a post-show talk and audience Q&A about a STEM-related aspect of the film. After the screening, Jay Stutz, Assistant Curator of Zoological Operations at Busch Gardens Tampa, will discuss the psychology of training “man’s best friend” and offer a few tips for coaching your canine friends at home. Best In Show (2000)
Art Meets Jazz Begins 6pm Barrymore Hotel Enjoy an evening of live smooth jazz saxophone music by professional musician Johnny Magnuson, a delicious dinner provided by WaterWorks Bar & Grill, and an art exhibition by local Tampa artists. Art Meets Jazz
The Florida Orchestra – Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Grab a seat and enjoy an evening of beautiful music from The Florida Orchestra. Javier Perianesd will showcase his talents with the piano and Michael Francis will conduct. The Florida Orchestra
The Book of Moron Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Robert Dubac’s newest Off-Broadway solo hit has been described as one of the most “hilarious,” “intelligent,” and “scorching” satirical attacks on idiocracy since Mark Twain. The Book of Moron
Endangered Species Day 9:30am to 5pm The Florida Aquarium The Aquarium will focus on educating its guests about animals that have been designated as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, how they are faring today, and what we can do together to help ensure others can enjoy these animals for generations to come. Throughout the Aquarium, staff will highlight some of its animals that are endangered and share ways that we can all make a positive difference. Endangered Species Day
Unveiling of Power to the People: The Bill of Rights Begins 10am Straz Center for the Performing Arts In celebration of Armed Forces Day, enjoy the opening of this visual exhibition of local veteran artists interpreting the first 10 articles in the Bill of Rights. A civic lesson within an art exhibit, the work contains ten pieces by Tampa Bay area veterans who served in the armed forces to protect these rights. Unveiling of Power to the People: The Bill of Rights
James and the Giant Peach Shows at 10:30am and 2pm Stageworks Theatre When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach… and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities. Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. James and the Giant Peach
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
Brunched Begins Noon Rialto Theatre Savor this unique opportunity to sample brunch bites from more than 10 Tampa Bay area restaurants while building your own Bloody Marys, sipping on mimosas, and enjoying an afternoon of fun inside of the beautiful historic theater. Brunched
Bubble Guppies Live! “Ready to Rock” Begins 2pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Put on your water-wings and dive in to a swimsational underwater musical adventure! The Bubble Guppies are getting ready to rock n’ roll with everyone’s favorite tunes, but when a special band member goes missing, the show can’t go on! With help from Mr. Grouper and giggly little fish, Molly, Gil, and the whole gang embark on a musical expedition as they search every corner of their bubbly world for their friend! Bubble Guppies Live! “Ready to Rock”
Halcyon Days by Mike King Art Reception Begins 2pm John F. Germany Public Library The Louise and Arnold Kotler Art Gallery presents figurative and abstract artist, Mike King, with the new exhibit Halcyon Days. A Tampa Bay local since 1973, King captures the memory of rural Florida alongside powerful, bold-colored abstract paintings. Halcyon Days, a collection inspired by the Walt Whitman poem, explores those idealistic happy days of the past. Meet the artist and talk with him about his work while enjoying light refreshments. Halcyon Days by Mike King Art Reception
RBG (2018) Shows at 2pm, 4:45pm, and 7:30pm Tampa Theatre A pioneer for women in her career, a powerful voice for fairness in the workplace and in society as a whole, and a hero who, at the age of 85, has had a book published about her hardcore workout routine, RBG tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to tremendous influence and leadership while also transforming herself into an unexpected pop culture icon. RBG (2018)
The Book of Moron Shows at 4pm and 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Robert Dubac’s newest Off-Broadway solo hit has been described as one of the most “hilarious,” “intelligent,” and “scorching” satirical attacks on idiocracy since Mark Twain. The Book of Moron
Travis Greene: Crossover Live Tour Vol. 2 Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Gospel powerhouse and two-time Grammy® nominee Travis Green’s reign at the top of the gospel charts is a testament to his life growing up with a mother who was a minister and choir director. Green honed his gift and took it into the world, winning seven major categories in the 2017 Stellar Gospel Music Awards, including Song of the Year, CD of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year. Travis Greene: Crossover Live Tour Vol. 2
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals – Game 5 Begins 8pm Amalie Arena The Bolts welcome the Washington Capitals for the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals. Find some tickets (if you can) and cheer on the Bolts in this battle for conference supremacy and a trip to the Finals. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals – Game 5
Unveiling of the Madame Fortune Taylor Bridge Begins 10am The Riverwalk Fortune Taylor, a former enslaved person and pioneer of Tampa is being honored with a historic marker erected by the Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council. Come celebrate “Tampa’s Good Fortune” through music, poetry, dance, and history just steps from the Fortune Taylor Bridge. Unveiling of the Madame Fortune Taylor Bridge
2018 NCAA DII Women’s Lacrosse Championship Begins Noon University of Tampa – Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex The season has played out and the best teams have risen to the top of the heap. It’s time to find our championship team. See the best teams in DII Women’s Lacrosse battle it out in Downtown Tampa to see who will take home the title. 2018 NCAA DII Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Museum Tour 12:30pm to 3pm Henry B. Plant Museum Enjoy a guided tour and 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
James and the Giant Peach Begins 2pm Stageworks Theatre When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach… and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities. Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. James and the Giant Peach
Angels in America Part II: Perestroika Begins 2pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts This acclaimed series brings filmed versions of great performances from Britain’s National Theatre to the high-definition movie screen in Ferguson Hall. Welcome to America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, a charismatic group of New Yorkers grapple with the conundrum of reality as the millennium approaches. Angels in America Part II: Perestroika
RBG (2018) Shows at 3pm and 4:45pm Tampa Theatre A pioneer for women in her career, a powerful voice for fairness in the workplace and in society as a whole, and a hero who, at the age of 85, has had a book published about her hardcore workout routine, RBG tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to tremendous influence and leadership while also transforming herself into an unexpected pop culture icon. RBG (2018)
1984 Begins 4pm Jobsite Theater This performance details the story of Winston Smith, a small cog in the giant machine-state of Oceania. Physically and mentally under the omnipresent eye of Big Brother, Winston has been caught struggling for scraps of love and freedom in a world awash with distrust and violence. With the brutal “help” of four Party Members, Winston is forced to confess his Thoughtcrimes before an unseen Inquisitor and the audience – who act as a silent witness. 1984
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 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals – Game 5 – May 21 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals – Game 7 (if necessary) – May 23 Shania Twain – June 2 Maroon 5 – June 16 Daryl Hall & John Oates and Train – June 22 HOT 101.5 Summer Jam 2018 – June 29 Sam Smith – July 13 The Smashing Pumpkins – July 25 WWE Smackdown Live – July 31 Panic! At the Disco – August 1 Kevin Hart – August 4 Journey & Def Leppard – August 18 Monster Jam – August 25 Paul Simon – September 7 Scorpions – September 14 15th Anniversary Freestyle Explosion Concert – September 15 Game of Thrones – September 21 Joyce Meyer Ministries 2018 Women’s Conference – October 25 to 27 Elton John – November 28 Fleetwood Mac – February 18, 2019
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Quest – Through May 31 Anonymous Women: Camouflage and Calamity – Through June 30 Minor League and Best Friends – Through June 30 Photography 101 – Through May 30 Iphoneography 101 – May 20 Applying the Language of Photography to Bookmaking – June 2 Photoshop for Beginners – June 4 to 25 Introduction to Smartphone Photography – June 7 Photography 101 Express – June 9 Design & Brand – June 10 Visual Story Telling through Fine Art Photography – July 29
Glazer Children’s Museum Make it Monday – Weekly Toddler Tuesday – Weekly Worldly Wednesday – Weekly Tinker and Tech Thursday – Weekly Fun Fridays – Weekly Going Global – Through May 31 Sunshine Sunday – May 27 Memorial Day: Active Military Members Play Free! – May 28 Check the Museum’s website for a full list of weekday programming.
Henry B. Plant Museum First Fridays – First Friday of the Month Blue Star Museums – May 27 to September 2 Imperial Designs – Through December 31
Jobsite Theater 1984 – Through 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 Movies @ the Library: Victoria and Abdul – May 18 Remembering the USCGC Tampa – May 19 Advanced Military Records for Genealogy – May 19 Sewing: Patchwork Wristlet – May 19 DIY Bath Bombs – May 20 Audio Recording with Audacity – May 22 ABCs and 123s of Yoga – May 23 All Day – Holiday Closing – May 28
Patel Conservatory 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 James and the Giant Peach – May 10 Jan Roberts in On the Road: A One Helluva Woman Show – May 18 and 19 The Got Jokes? Improv Experience – May 26 Blithe Spirit – June 1 to 16 Ugly Lies the Bone – August 9 to 19
Straz Center for the Performing Arts Latin Nights – May 17 The Florida Orchestra – Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony – May 18 The Book of Moron – May 18 and 19 Bubble Guppies Live ! “Ready to Rock” – May 19 Private Lessons Recitals – May 19 Travis Greene: Crossover Live Tour Vol. 2 – May 19 Angels in America Part II: Perestroika – May 20 Shannon McNally – May 21 Ballet Nacional de Cuba – May 23 The Florida Orchestra – Patriotic Salute – May 25 Victoria’s School of Dance 21st Annual Recital – May 27
Tampa Bay History Center Old Glory – Through July 2018 Walk Tampa – Tampa Bay Black History Tour – May 26 TBHC Book Group – The Talented Ribkins – May 17 Collectors Day – May 20 Walk Tampa – The Ybor City Story – June 9 Flag Day – June 14 Touchton Map Library Insiders Tour – July 18 Flag Exhibit Tour – July 20
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 Teacher Preview – May 17 Thirty on Thursday – May 24 Free High School Photography Workshop – May 30 to June 1 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Houses – May 30
Tampa Theatre RBG – Through May 21 Best in Show – May 18 The Longest Game – May 24 Mulholland Drive – May 25 Tampa Theatre’s Restoration Celebration – June 2 The Les Brown Experience – July 11 Kings Coast Roast of King Gothalion – July 12 The Perfect Storm – July 13 SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque – September 28
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