Arts & Entertainment
Get Out: Weekend Events Preview Jan. 27-29
Would you believe there's a fair amount of fun stuff to do this weekend besides Gasparilla? Opera, ballet, concerts, and even an Italian happy hour are part of the lineup.
Where/When: The Ritz Ybor, 1503 E 7th Ave, today, all day
Why go: Proceeds from the multi-day festival benefit Metro Wellness & Community Centers, St. Pete Pride and GaYBOR District Coalition. Held at various venues, including The Ritz YBOR and Amphitheatre.
Price: $31-$118.50
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Where/When: 120 W Gasparilla Plz, downtown, today, 4 p.m.
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Why go: The Tampa Museum of Art presents free admission on Fridays from 4pm to 8pm.
Price: FREE
Where/When: Italian Club, 1731 E 7th Ave, Ybor City, today, 5 p.m., today, 5 p.m.
Why go: Come join us in the Cantina for happy hour with great drink prices and a terrific buffet for $10 set up by Wayl of a Time Catering. Follow the link for this week's menu: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pCgs6YOurraFVG1-6xDYJDn-_gDGMKKDQLWMOInG0lU
Price: $10 for buffet, $5 10 and under
Where/When: Glazer Children's Museum, 110 W Gasparilla Plz, today, 5:30 p.m.
Why go: This event features local vendors with plenty of ideas to help brides-to-be.Although the event is free, an RSVP is requested by Jan. 12. Please call 813-443-3809.
Price: FREE
Where/When: David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N W C Macinnes Pl, today, 7:30 p.m.
Why go: The Straz Center presents two one-act operas. Set in Sicily, “Cavalleria Rusticana” tells the tale of a soldier who returns from war to find that he has lost his fiancée to another man and seduces her, ending in a confrontation.
"I Pagliacci" is a tragedy about a small village where the townfolk are excited about a clown troupe's arrival, but an undercurrent of jealousy, lust and revenge tear people apart.
Price: $29
Where/When: Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Rd, today 8 p.m.
Why go: Skipper’s Smokehouse local jamband Cope with the funk-rock mix of the Bird Street Players.
Price: $10 advance, $13 at the door.
Where/When: David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N W C Macinnes Pl, today, 8 p.m.
Why go: Jobsite Theater presents "The 39 Steps" by Patrick Barlow, based on the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock.
Directed by Katrina Stevenson and winner of two Tony Awards and two Drama Desk Awards in 2008, as well as the 2007 Olivier Award. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have this fast-paced whodunit packed with laughs, more than 150 zany characters, an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance.
Price: $24.50
Where/When: , 602 E Palm Ave, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
Why go: The former Faith Temple Baptist Church and future community center continues to be transformed with the help of volunteers. If you can use a paintbrush and have old rags to spare, please e-mail the address below to confirm your attendance.
Call Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association President Lena Young-Green at (813) 407-2376 for more information.
Price: FREE
Where/When: Tampa Convention Center, 333 S Franklin St, Saturday, 10 a.m.
Why go: Attendees of this colorful brunch can enjoy live entertainment and a great view of the annual invasion of the pirate ship Jose Gasparilla and Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.
The menu includes assorted danishes and bagels, imported and domestic sliced cheeses, seasonal fruit, scrambled eggs, link sausage, bacon, french toast, a carving station with Mustard-Rubbed Baron of Beef and Cider-Baked Boneless Ham, coffee, tea, spring water, juices, and a cash bar with Anheuser-Busch and Captain Morgan products.
NOTE: Parking garages and lots throughout downtown Tampa and Ybor City will have a one-time special-event parking rate. Some suggest parking in Ybor City and taking the TECO Line Streetcar, which runs continuously from 9am to 1:30am, to downtown Tampa. For more parking and transit information, click here.
Price: $68
Where/When: 600 N Ashley Dr, downtown, Saturday, 10 a.m.
Why go: Downtown Tampa once again hosts this festival of live entertainment and food along Ashley Drive, from Kennedy Boulevard to Cass Street.
At the Gasparilla Invasion Stage at MacDill Park (at Ashley Drive and Whiting Street), Danny Lozada y el Latin Band will perform from 11am to 3pm.
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park will host three musical acts after the Parade of the Pirates as follows:
5pm to 6:30pm: C'NERGY
6:45pm to 8pm: Daniel B. Marshall
8:30pm to 10pm: Skycoasters
NOTE: Parking garages and lots throughout downtown Tampa and Ybor City will have a one-time special-event parking rate. Some suggest parking in Ybor City and taking the TECO Line Streetcar, which runs continuously from 9am to 1:30am, to downtown Tampa. For more parking and transit information, click here.
Price: FREE
Where/When: Tampa Convention Center, 333 S Franklin St, Saturday, 11:30 a.m.
Why go: Cannons booming, the world's only fully-rigged pirate ship, the Jose Gasparilla, sets sail across Hillsborough Bay and into Seddon Channel today as part of the annual Gasparilla tradition. Other boats intent on defending the city from the invading pirates of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla will sail to meet the ship before joining it on its journey to the Tampa Convention Center.
There, the mayor typically surrenders the key to the city about 1pm, signalling the parade along Bayshore Boulevard to begin.
NOTE: Parking garages and lots throughout downtown Tampa and Ybor City will have a one-time special-event parking rate. Some suggest parking in Ybor City and taking the TECO Line Streetcar, which runs continuously from 9am to 1:30am, to downtown Tampa. For more parking and transit information, click here.
Price: FREE
Where/When: Bayshore Boulevard at Bay to Bay Boulevard, to Ashley Drive at Cass Street, Saturday, 2 p.m.
Why go: Try to catch beads, "doubloons" and other pirate treasures tossed from the floats of this Mardi Gras-style parade spanning 3.8 miles along Bayshore Boulevard.
An annual tradition, this year's parade features more than 90 floats, 14 marching bands and more than 50 krewes, including those behind the city's pirate invasion, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.
The parade begins at Bayshore and Bay to Bay Boulevard. It continues north on Bayshore to Brorein, then onto Ashley Drive, where it ends at Cass Street.
Viewing is free, although there is reserved bleacher seating available for $30.
NOTE: Parking garages and lots throughout downtown Tampa and Ybor City will have a one-time special-event parking rate. Some suggest parking in Ybor City and taking the TECO Line Streetcar, which runs continuously from 9am to 1:30am, to downtown Tampa. For more parking and transit information, click here.
Price: FREE
Where/When: King Corona Cigars, 1523 E 7th Ave., Ybor City, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
Why go: Scott M. Deitche, author of Cigar City Mafia and The Silent Don: The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr., leads a two hour walking tour to old gambling palaces, street corners where some mobsters met their demise, and restaurants where wise guys held court. Tickets must be purchased by January 26.
Price: $20
Where/When: , 5020 N Florida Ave, Saturday, 8 p.m.
Why go: Lucy Tight & Wayne Waxing are “Hymn For Her”, a band that hails from anywhere they can park their trailer.
H4H live, tour and record in their 16 foot, 1961 Bambi Airstream (comes with dog and baby). Their new release, ‘Lucy & Wayne and THE AMAIRICAN STREAM’ was entirely recorded in their classic trailer on a coast to coast U.S tour. They stopped at various campgrounds and friends driveways between shows, set up their gear in their Bambi/home recording studio, rolled tape and rocked out. Armed with 2 bullet mics, a three-stringed broom handle/cigar box, banjo, dobro, bass drum, hi-hat, and harp, this ‘lil duo causes massive earthquakes wherever they play.
Price: FREE
Where/When: Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 200 N Tampa St, Sunday, 11 a.m.
Why go: Picking up where the "Part I" workshop ended, this workshop emphasizes photographic composition and introduces more technical skills.
Participants should bring prints of their favorite images made since the last class, their camera, camera manual, material to take notes, and lunch. Drinks will be provided.
Price: $55, $35 members
Where/When: David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N W C Macinnes Pl, Sunday, 1 p.m.
Why go: This original, full-length classical ballet tells the swashbuckling tale of José Gaspar, Tampa's most famous pirate, complete with heroes, villains and undaunted love.
Proceeds benefit the Tampa Bay chapter of the American Red Cross, the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg, and Drew's Shoes, a charity that provides dance shoes to underprivileged children.
Price: $19