The Pigeon Comes to Tampa!: A Mo Willems Exhibit will be at GCM January 19-May 12. Visit the whimsical world of Mo Willems and his cast of lovable characters, including best friend duo Elephant and Piggie, faithful companion Knuffle Bunny, and The Pigeon, the wily city bird best known for his antics in Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Here, simple stories inspire hours of play and reveal the rich emotional lives of Mo’s characters. The challenges of growing up, like learning to make yourself understood, or figuring out what it means to be a good friend, are gentle themes throughout. Along the way, children get to make their own art, surprises abound, and every exploration ends in fits of laughter!

Presented by City of Tampa Parks and Recreation at Water Works Park, Tampa FL

The original Movies in the Park returns Saturdays in April at Water Works Park!

Free, family movies in the park. Every Saturday in April and October. Popcorn, candy and cold drinks will be available to purchase from the City of Tampa Parks & Recreation’s Teens Leading Change (TLC) Program. Before the movie starts, grab some food from our amazing, local food trucks on-site and explore the park, and meet our vendors and sponsors.

Check the Friends of Tampa Recreation Facebook page for weather-related cancellations.

#moviesinthepark

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

🐰 Celebrate Easter with our Italian-Inspired Buffet BRUNCH! 🍳🥂
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🍹 ALSO, Complete our downtown trifecta and enjoy BOTH…
a complimentary Frosé or Margarita at Mole Y Abuela & a celebratory shot at The Franklin Manor! Simply show your Osteria brunch receipt to your bartender or server.
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🍽 Here’s the details on our delicious Easter Brunch:
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🔹Buffet Style Service
🔹Complimentary Unlimited Champagne
🔹$25 Upgrade for Unlimited Vueve Champagne
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☑ This is Amazing Brunch is Only $49 per person!
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Reserve your table for our 4/21 Easter Sunday Brunch 📲 bit.ly/OsteriaTampa!!

Presented by Henry B. Plant Museum at Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa FL

Live performances that bring hotel staff and guests to life.

Step back in time and enjoy the single-character performances that bring turn-of–the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life. Each character is based wholly or in part on actual hotel staff and guests. Based on original research conducted by the Henry Plant Museum, these characters recreate the attitudes and mores of a bygone time, along with the sorrows and joys of their existence. Catch a glimpse of life at the Hotel through the eyes of each individual character. From the reminiscences of Henry Plant himself on what led him to build such a palace, to the letters home written by a Spanish-American War soldier, you will learn more about the time period through each character’s particular vantage point. Performances are 30 minutes and are included with admission to the Museum. Arrive early as limited seating is available on a first-come first-served basis.
Upstairs/Downstairs is graciously underwritten by Mosaic and the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The characters are performed in rotation-one each Sunday.
All performances are open to the public with museum admission.

Step back in time and enjoy the single-character performances that bring turn-of–the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life. Each character is based wholly or in part on actual hotel staff and guests. Based on original research conducted by the Henry Plant Museum, these characters recreate the attitudes and mores of a bygone time, along with the sorrows and joys of their existence. Catch a glimpse of life at the Hotel through the eyes of each individual character. From the reminiscences of Henry Plant himself on what led him to build such a palace, to the letters home written by a Spanish-American War soldier, you will learn more about the time period through each character’s particular vantage point. Performances are 30 minutes and are included with admission to the Museum. This season will begin on September 3rd. Arrive early as limited seating is available on a first-come first-served basis.

How many Floridians haven’t heard this story already? Get ready to have those heart-strings tugged. Inspired by the real life of Winter, celebrity dolphin and de facto mascot of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Dolphin Tale tells the story of Sawyer, a boy who happens to help rescue a dolphin tangled in the line of a crab trap and badly injured. Though most of Winter’s tail has to be amputated, she is given an innovative prosthetic tail that allows her to survive and thrive, and Sawyer’s commitment to help her changes his life forever for the better. Filmed mostly in Pinellas County, Dolphin Tale is a homespun and uplifting story of how you can help yourself by making room in your life to help someone else, too, even if “someone else” is a large-brained mammal of a slightly different type.

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Presented by Oxford Design Studio and Wendover Art Group

Nathan Turner’s style is synonymous with the easy glam of California living. His first book introduced readers to his casual American style and chic design sense. Now, he has written a love letter to his home state in I Love California. This book is a journey up and down Highway 1 that takes readers from the redwoods of northern San Francisco, to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada, to the beaches of Southern California. Simple recipes and tips for entertaining are featured alongside never-before-seen interiors. Lavish photographs capture the homes, people, and food of each unique location in glorious, sun-drenched detail.

More than just a design book, I Love California will appeal to all readers—whether they’re entertaining friends and dining with family, or just wishing to visit the sun-dappled coast. As Nathan says, “The recipes and decor here are inspired by my home state, but really it’s a state of mind.” Now, you can create this dreamy California lifestyle anywhere.

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Make 2 organic free-form vessels based on works at the Tampa Museum of Art

Learn to make an organic free form shaped polymer clay vase. Students will use households items to build a substrate for a vase inspired by the fluted vase on view at the Tampa Museum of Art.

Students will also make a second polymer clay vase. The technique for the second vase is based on the glass making technique known as millefiori. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words \”mille\” (thousand) and \”fiori\” (flowers). Millefiori can be traced to Ancient Roman, Phoenician and Alexandrian times. By substituting polymer clay for the glass one can make similar torch fired millefiori designs that have the appearance of the original glass technique, but can be made in your home oven.

Instructor: Velina Glass
3 Thursdays, 6:00p-8:00p

$75 for Members
$85 for Not-Yet Members

Students also receive one free admission pass to visit the Museum.

Ages 16+

Pre-registration required. To register online visit tampamuseum.org/tmastudio
Or call: 813-421-6631

Learn to make an organic free form shaped polymer clay vase. Students will use households items to build a substrate for a vase inspired by the fluted vase on view at the Tampa Museum of Art.

Students will make a second polymer clay vase. The technique for the second vase is based on the glass making technique known as millefiori. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words “mille” (thousand) and “fiori” (flowers). Millefiori can be traced to Ancient Roman, Phoenician and Alexandrian times. By substituting polymer clay for the glass one can make similar torch fired millefiori designs that have the appearance of the original glass technique but can be made in your home oven.

Cost:
$75 members
$85 not-yet members

Register Here

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Come partake of the festivities of the 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival at Curtis-Hixon Park in Tampa, Florida.  Dates of the event are April 26-28, 2019.  Festivities begin Friday from 4pm – 10pm and continue Saturday 11am – 10pm and Sunday 11am – 6pm.

A monthly celebration of Tampa’s rich arts and culture scene! An evening of special offerings and programs by cultural venues, restaurants & more!

Fourth Friday participants can pick up a wristband at any of the participating cultural venues during event hours and plan their route with the schedule and suggested itineraries online at FourthFridayTPA.com. Then, just park once and let Downtown’s many alternative transportation options do the rest. Take a complimentary ride on the TECO Line Streetcar, stroll along The Tampa Riverwalk, cruise the Hillsborough on the Pirate Water Taxi, hail the FREE Downtowner ride service with an app on your smartphone, or saunter along 7th Avenue in Ybor, Tampa’s only Historic District. Participants also get a FREE hour of Coast Bike rental with a promo code (visit FourthFridayTPA.com  or the Facebook page for details).

Presented by City of Tampa Parks and Recreation at Water Works Park, Tampa FL

Free concerts every Friday in April (except Good Friday) and May from 7-9 p.m. Food trucks onsite. Bring your blankets and low back chair and enjoy concerts along Tampa’s waterfront.

April concerts are at Water Works Park, 1710 N. Highland Ave. May concerts are at River Tower Park, 401 E. Bird St.
The City of Tampa Parks & Recreation Department has partnered with the Friends of Tampa Recreation to host the seven-week Friday Concerts in the Park this spring.

With a full schedule of live music planned, concert-goers can enjoy a weekly variety of music to satisfy all tastes from pop to jazz to blues to classic rock. The family-friendly, concerts are now in its 32nd year and boasts it’s Tampa’s longest running concert series, always local and always free. Concerts are held every Friday in April, except Good Friday, (April 19, 2019), at Water Works Park, and in May at Historic River Tower Park.

Concert-goers should bring low-back lawn chairs and/or blankets for seating. Picnics (no glass, please) and leashed, well-behaved dogs are welcome. Local food trucks will also be onsite.

All concerts start at 7 p.m. Thanks to our sponsors, the concerts are FREE. For concert updates/weather-related cancellations, follow Friends of Tampa Recreation on Facebook.
2019 Friday Extra Concert Series Line-up

April 5
Eastern Hillsborough Community Band (Pop)
Water Works Park, 1710 N. Highland Ave.

April 12
Austin Miller & Friends (Folk/Americana)
Water Works Park, 1710 N. Highland Ave.

April 26
Late Night Brass (Pop)
Water Works Park, 1710 N. Highland Ave.

May 3
Omari on Violin (Jazz/R&B)
River Tower Park, 401 E. Bird Street

May 10
Ari & the Alibis (Blues/Rock)
River Tower Park,401 E. Bird Street

May 17
Mighty Good & Strong (R&B/Motown)
River Tower Park, 401 E. Bird Street

May 24
Buzz Factor (Rock)
River Tower Park, 401 E. Bird Street
Friday Concerts in the Park is produced the City Tampa Parks & Recreation Department and the Friends of Tampa Recreation, Inc. Event sponsors include Tampa Bay Times, WFLA News Channel 8 and Clear Channel Outdoor.

A writer. An artist. A philosopher. A musician. Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece about struggling bohemians in Paris defined a love-and-friendship genre that paved the way for RENT, Friends, The Breakfast Club and more. Scrambling to make ends meet, the friends and their lovers must resort to wits to get the resources they need to survive, haplessly falling in love along the way. Change comes, like the inevitability of winter, and forces the friends to find out what matters to them most. Get your hanky ready for this all-time favorite full of gorgeous duets and ensemble arias about simple people living the epic adventure of life.

La Bohème will be sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage. Anthony Barrese will lead an international cast along with the Opera Tampa Orchestra and Chorus.

We are excited to announce that the Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Race has officially taken on the title of festival! For the first time since its inception in 2003, the 2019 race will be called the Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Festival, boasting a day of entertainment and activities for both racers and spectators alike.

As The Junior League of Tampa’s newest signature fundraiser, the Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Festival aims to drive community awareness, engagement and involvement, and to promote health and wellness across the Bay.

On Saturday, April 27, 2019, downtown Tampa’s Garrison Channel will come alive with community, corporate and professional paddlers racing to the finish. On land at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park along the beautiful Riverwalk, people of all ages can enjoy food trucks, live music, entertainment, local merchants and fun activities.

This event presents great opportunities for community and family enjoyment, sponsorship, volunteering, along promotion and sales of goods and services. In 2018, this event saw 5,000 attendees from inside and outside Tampa Bay; in 2019 we expect even more! With the help of the Tampa Bay community, we hope to make this one of the most well-known and well-attended events in the area!

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Come partake of the festivities of the 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival at Curtis-Hixon Park in Tampa, Florida.  Dates of the event are April 26-28, 2019.  Festivities begin Friday from 4pm – 10pm and continue Saturday 11am – 10pm and Sunday 11am – 6pm.

Step back in time and enjoy the single-character performances that bring turn-of–the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life. Each character is based wholly or in part on actual hotel staff and guests. Based on original research conducted by the Henry Plant Museum, these characters recreate the attitudes and mores of a bygone time, along with the sorrows and joys of their existence. Catch a glimpse of life at the Hotel through the eyes of each individual character. From the reminiscences of Henry Plant himself on what led him to build such a palace, to the letters home written by a Spanish-American War soldier, you will learn more about the time period through each character’s particular vantage point. Performances are 30 minutes and are included with admission to the Museum. This season will begin on September 3rd. Arrive early as limited seating is available on a first-come first-served basis.

Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution, Selections from the Haskell Collection, presents twenty-five works from the Haskell Collection indicative of Abstract Expressionism as a unifying direction in Post-World War II art.

The exhibition highlights artists associated with the influential first and second generations of Abstract Expressionist painters including Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Morris Louis, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Mark Rothko, and Theodoros Stamos. Later works by Gerhard Richter, Jack Goldstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella respond or reflect on the lasting legacy of Abstract Expressionism in both the US and abroad.

Members: Free
Adults: $15
Seniors 65+: $7.50
Military & Florida Educators: $7.50
Students: $5
College Students with ID: Free
Children 6 & Under: Free

Presenting Sponsors: Maureen and Doug Cohn
Catalogue Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Isbell

Come partake of the festivities of the 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival at Curtis-Hixon Park in Tampa, Florida.  Dates of the event are April 26-28, 2019.  Festivities begin Friday from 4pm – 10pm and continue Saturday 11am – 10pm and Sunday 11am – 6pm.

Presented by Henry B. Plant Museum at Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa FL

Live performances that bring hotel staff and guests to life.

Step back in time and enjoy the single-character performances that bring turn-of–the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life. Each character is based wholly or in part on actual hotel staff and guests. Based on original research conducted by the Henry Plant Museum, these characters recreate the attitudes and mores of a bygone time, along with the sorrows and joys of their existence. Catch a glimpse of life at the Hotel through the eyes of each individual character. From the reminiscences of Henry Plant himself on what led him to build such a palace, to the letters home written by a Spanish-American War soldier, you will learn more about the time period through each character’s particular vantage point. Performances are 30 minutes and are included with admission to the Museum. Arrive early as limited seating is available on a first-come first-served basis.
Upstairs/Downstairs is graciously underwritten by Mosaic and the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The characters are performed in rotation-one each Sunday.
All performances are open to the public with museum admission.