South Tampa News and Events

(Devil) Rays

(Friday through Wednesday)
The (Devil) Rays have at home against Toronto. Friday is Dollar Dog Night with Hess giving away $5 gas cards to 1,000 fans. Saturday’s giveaway is a flashlight key chain and after the game is a concert by Hammer. Sunday is backpack day for the kids - Not sure how many.

Craft Beer Festival

(Saturday, July 19)
The Craft Beer Festival is this Saturday at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. Events include:

• Seminars - 1 to 6 p.m. (Included in admission)
• Cheese and Beer Garden - 1 to 4 p.m. ($25)
• Tasting - 4 to 8 p.m. ($25)
• Sam Adams Beer Dinner - 7 to 9:00 p.m. ($75)

Red Bull Flugtag

(Saturday, July 19)
The Red Bull Flugtag is Saturday, July 19, 2008 at City Park at Tampa Convention Center. Gates open at 11:00am and the first craft launches for flight at 1:00pm

Red Bull Flugtag will have nearly 40 crafts, ranging from giant footwear to supersized sea creatures, built by participants ranging from animators to biologists and college students to flight instructors.

MetroCon Anime Convention

(Friday - Sunday, July 18-20)
Nerd alert. MetroCon is being held all weekend beginning Friday at the Tampa Convention Center. So if you see some strangely dressed people, they’re probably just anime enthusiasts heading to or from the show. I don’t know much about anime other than watching Speed Racer as a kid, but there’s some interesting stuff being done. It’s a bit more mainstream, but I love Miyazaki’s films.

Creative Loafing is having a Beer Club event at Yoeman’s Pub on Davis islands tonight (July 17). It’s also a Flugtag Kick-Off Party. Yoeman’s is located at 236 E. Davis Blvd. The event is from 7 - 9 p.m. and admission is free.

The beers featured tonight are Kona Fire Rock, Kona Long Board, Red Hook Long Hammer IPA, Michelob Porter. Kona is another one of the craft breweries with distribution arrangements with Anheuser-Busch, who themselves are in the process of being bought by InBev.

Colombian Cultural Festival

Saturday, July 12
A Colombian Independence Day event from 12:00 - 6:00 PM at Al Lopez Park (4810 N. Himes Ave.). It will include art, music, dancing, vendors, and food. Admission is free; For more information call (813) 325-1852.

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Friday, July 11
The Tampa Museum of Art is having an opening for its new exhibit Friday from 7:00 until 9:00 PM. The event is free for members and $10 for guests; The interim location is 2306 N. Howard Ave. It’s Not Easy Being Green “showcases not only conceptual drawings and sketches, but actual artwork and design products that offer community members information, ideas, solutions, and motivation to live sustainably.” It runs from July 11 to September 28.

Second Annual Tampa Bay Ice Cream Eating Championship

Saturday, July 11
The event will include food, activities for kids, pony ride, food, goodie bags. Local celebrity judges are also promised. Wonder what counts as “local celebrity”. It takes place Saturday from 4:00 to 6:30 PM at Hammer Title parking lot (4006 S. MacDill Ave.).

The Hyde Park Historic District of Tampa is turning 20 and to celebrate the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association is having a birthday party dinner. The event will take place Saturday, July 25 from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Baily’s Restaurant in Hyde Park Village.

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Fireworks at Channelside

(July 4)

Here’s the schedule for the Channelside fireworks:

• 2pm: Family Fun
• 3pm-6:30pm: he Sensations
• 6pm-9p: Radio broadcast from 93.3FLZ
• 7pm-8pm: Radio Reset
• 8pm-9pm: Starfish & Coffee featuring Ross Childress (Collective Soul)
• 9pm: Fireworks

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Masks & Identity: Len Prince in the Collection of William K. Zewadski

Runs through August 2, 2008 at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. FMoPA has some nice shows and deserves a bigger audience. Here’s a description of the current exhibit from the site:

Len Prince arrived in New York in 1972 and built an impressive reputation for his photographs that have appeared in Vanity Fair, Interview and InStyle magazines as well as for his work for Estee Lauder and Cartier. He is especially recognized for his portraits of celebrities as seen in his 1997 book, About Glamour. Portrayed in the style of 1930s Hollywood publicity stills, Prince’s luminaries (Eartha Kitt, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Stewart and Kevin Spacey among others in the exhibition) wield the force of their fame through faces they have crafted and perfected.

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Run for Shelter in Ybor City

Friday, June 6

A 5K run hosted by the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser and the City of Tampa. It was rescheduled from it’s March date because of rain. The race begins at 7:00 pm at Centennial Park and registration will begin at 5:00pm at Centro Ybor. There will be an event after the run at Centro Ybor.

For more information about the event call (813) 874-7223 or visit www.hcpafl.org.

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Creative Loafing has what they call a “Beer Club” which seems more like a marketing vehicle but may turn out to be something worth while. The first one that I went to was at Fly downtown. They had a few beers that seemed like leftovers from a recent beer show but they did include some winter ales from Rogue and other craft brewers. The next Creative Loafing Beer Club event is Friday, June 13.

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The Hyde Park Village will begin its annual Live Music Series on May 28th with the band Shout performing. The concerts take place the last Wednesday of every month. The proceeds go to a different charitable organization, which hosts the event. The first concert benefits the Epilepsy Services, Inc.

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The Tampa Theatre will be showing The Wizard of Oz on Saturday, May 17 at Cotanchobee Park on the Hillsborough River. Gates open at 6:15 P.M. and the movie starts at 8:15. Popcorn, soft drinks, bottled water, candy, frisbees and picnic blankets will be on sale. (more…)