Mayor’s Food Truck Fiesta Featured EventsPartnership EventsSpecial Event 01 February Featuring tasty treats from a variety of local vendors, the Mayor’s Food Truck Fiesta occurs the first Wednesday of every month in The Square at Lykes Gaslight Park from 11am to 2pm. Participating food trucks Lykes Gaslight Square Park
Black Love Classic Movies Series – The Wiz Arts + CultureFilmSpecial Event 05 February WEDU and the Tampa Theatre invites guests to donate a copy of their favorite children’s book to benefit young readers in our community and dress as their favorite storybook characters to participate in fun photo ops and a pre-film costume parade after Mayor Jane Castor welcomes the crowd and officially kicks off the Black Love Classics Series.
Downtown Debriefing Series: The Florida Aquarium Featured EventsPartnership EventsSpecial Event 08 February Join us for the February Downtown Debriefing Breakfast! Breakfast and Networking from 8:30am-9:00am; program from 9:00am-10:00am. This month we will hear from Roger Germann, President & CEO of the Florida Aquarium. Florida Aquarium
Black Love Classic Movies Series – To Sleep With Anger Arts + CultureFilmSpecial Event 12 February A slow-burning masterwork of the early 1990s, writer/director Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger is a singular piece of American mythmaking. In a towering performance, Danny Glover plays the enigmatic Southern drifter Harry, a devilish charmer who turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry’s presence seems to cast a chaotic spell on what appeared to be a peaceful household, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation.
Urban Excellence Awards BusinessFeatured EventsPartnership EventsSpecial Event 15 February The Urban Excellence Awards celebrates businesses, organizations, individuals, events and projects that have made significant contributions toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse downtown environment – and have made a lasting, positive impact on Downtown Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Black Love Classic Movies Series – Coming To America Arts + CultureFilmSpecial Event 19 February Guests attending Black Love Classics Series films are invited to raise a glass for good, courtesy of series sponsor Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. The company – which is founded, owned and led by a Black woman, and is named after the first known African American master distiller, Nearest Green – will donate a dollar for each Old Fashioned cocktail sold in a pledge to raise up to $1 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (For more information on the nationwide Uncle Nearest HBCU Old Fashioned Challenge, visit www.OldFashionedCocktail.com)
Tampa’s Downtown Ambassador & Maintenance Hiring Event Featured EventsPartnership EventsSpecial Event 25 February We are hiring for both Ambassador and Maintenance staff members! Come swing by our new office at 1415 N Ashley Drive and learn about the Partnership – who we are, what we do, who 1415 N Ashley Drive
Tampa’s Downtown Ambassador & Maintenance Hiring Event Featured EventsPartnership EventsSpecial Event 28 February We are hiring for both Ambassador and Maintenance staff members! Come swing by our new office at 1415 N Ashley Drive and learn about the Partnership – who we are, what we do, who 1415 N Ashley Drive
HITS The Musical ConcertsSpecial Event 02 April Hits! The Musical is a high energy musical production featuring America's best young superstars. The national tour of approximately 50 cities has been booked from March 1-May 8, 2023. The cast of 30 members will consist of the country's most talented singers and dancers, ages 10-22. The show will take audiences on a musical journey through the decades; highlighting the biggest hits of all time in Pop, Rock and Broadway and the most iconic songs from the 1960's to present day. It will incorporate fast-paced production medleys, dazzling costumes, and is sure to thrill audiences young and old!