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Pulitzer-winning composer brings Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’ to Opera Tampa for one weekend only

Robert Wesley Mason as Jack Torrance (R) in 'The Shining.' Some years back, Paul Moravec got a call from the people at the Minnesota Opera. They wanted to ...
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Ortrotasce is Tampa Bay’s lord of analog darkwave

Ortrotasce plays Gasparilla Music Festival's Kiley Amphitheatre stage at Kiley Gardens in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2022.
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Tampa’s Social Wreckage blends indie-rock and punk to great effect

Social Wreckage Social Wreckage blends melodic vocals with heavier, hard-driving instrumentation, landing somewhere between ...
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Tampa band Sleeping Pills fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks

Sleeping Pills Sleeping Pills sounds like crawling out of a foggy beach town at midnight. Darker and more jagged than your ...
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Tampa’s Pusha Preme blends rap with electro-soul

Pusha Preme plays Gasparilla Music Festival at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 16, 2024. A Tampa-centric, self-proclaimed ...
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Jupiter Bloom is the indie-rock crew Tampa didn’t know it needed

Jupiter Bloom Fresh off a debut single, “Water Lilies,” which dropped last September, Jupiter Bloom is the indie-rock crew Tampa didn’t know it needed.
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Tampa’s Miller Lowlifes are the beer-sloshing uncle at the backyard barbecue of pop-punk

The Miller Low Lifes play Deviant Libation in Tampa, Florida on March 7, 2025. Miller Lowlifes is the beer-sloshing uncle at ...
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Business alliance posts legal challenge over meeting discussing South Tampa’s Howard Avenue flood relief project

Tampa City Council on Jan. 29, 2026. The City of Tampa is presenting an update to the South Howard Flood Relief Project right ...
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Seven emerging Tampa Bay artists to watch in 2026 and beyond

The Jan. 29, 2026 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay When former Creative Loafing Editor-in-Chief David Warner decided to feature up-and-coming Tampa bay ...
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Tampa artist Fary Charles channeled rage, disappointment, and a desire to prove himself into his latest solo show

Fary Charles (aka Junkyrd) at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Fary Charles emerged from financial hardship with his first ...
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Tatiana Mesa Paján was doing well as an artist in Cuba—and had to start over when she fled to Tampa

Tatiana Mesa Paján at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Tatiana Mesa Paján was an established artist in Cuba before ...
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Second-act Tampa artist Mary-Helen Horne discovers printmaking while planning her retirement

Mary-Helen Horne at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. In 2021, Mary-Helen Horne retired from her corporate job and moved ...