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7 The Beachmaker

An Exclusive Opportunity

Own a piece of the new Marriott Autograph Collection Resort in Madeira Beach BY JEFF BEGGINS

12 The Edge District: From blight to all right in a decade

Ten years ago, The Edge District was considered a blighted area. Not anymore. BY PETER ROOS

13 Understanding Senior Care Terms Information, insight, and support when caring for an aging loved one. BY ELLI BALDWIN, CPT

14 Choose Mediation The Smart Path to Child Custody BY JAKE HORNSTEIN

20 Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival

Ambassador Concerts start June 27, Dali Museum at 6pm BY PETER ROOS

21 St. Petersburg is Proud Kick-off party 6/1, 7-10pm. Pride month events are detailed here. BY BUDDY BAKER

22 Safe Boating

Pinellas has the most boats in the U.S. Learn the rules and how to be safe. BY KAELEY DAWSON

30 Homerun Hometown

The History of Baseball in St. Petersburg Baseball helped St. Pete survive the depression and helped desegregate St. Petersburg. BY CLAIRE BRINSDEN JORDAN

47 Women’s Golf

Florida’s Trailblazing Women Golfers

It’s Women’s Golf Month and the Sunshine State has the fairways. BY JANET NUMMI

51 Hurricane Prep –Part 2: A Busy Storm Season is Predicted

It is too late to shop when the storm is heading for us. Be prepared. BY STEVE TRAIMAN 47

Private, Peaceful, Protected

Discover Marina Bay in St. Petersburg, a hidden gem tucked away on Boca Ciega Bay, where 60 acres of lush tropical landscaping, lakes with dramatic water features and abundant wildlife blend to form this vibrant community. Just seven minutes to downtown and seven minutes to St Pete Beach, the new Villas, Estate Homes and Condominiums of Marina Bay redefine luxury and provide resilience by building to Fortified Standards. Visit Marina Bay, next to Eckerd College, to tour our new models

• FORTIFIED™ Construction for the utmost protection against hurricanes and extreme weather

• Featuring unparalleled design and construction that far exceeds building code requirements.

• Concrete block construction all floors

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• Two pools, day dock, fishing pier, fitness room

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Paradise NEWS

Volume 30 Number 6 • June/July 2024

PUBLISHERS

Welcome to the 30th June/July edition of Paradise News, the first of our two bimonthly summer editions. August-September deadlines July 10. Florida tourism is still on the rise. Our white “sugar-sand” beaches, the usually relatively placid Gulf of Mexico and frequent spectacular sunsets are a big part of what attracts tourists and residents to our area. Storms impact the sand on some of our beaches, so they have to be periodically replenished. The sand naturally migrates and has to be vacuumed up and piped back. There is no good time to do this, as it closes parts of the beach while the work is done. It is past time for Pass-a-Grille Beach to be replenished, and this project will be ongoing all summer with any luck, but, will only impact a part of the beach at a time starting in the south. The Pass-a-Grille pier will be closed from June 4 until fall due to the pipeline bringing sand from Tierra Verde’s Grand Channel and Pass-a-Grille channel dredging. All businesses in Pass-a-Grille will be open and fighting to survive the long hot summer, so it’s a great time to try out the Wharf, Sea Horse, Hurricane, Dewey, Brass Monkey or one of the great art shops and boutiques on Eighth Ave. The Gulf Beaches Historical Museum on 10th Ave. is a fun way to get out of the sun for a couple hours. It is open Fri. 10am-4pm, Sat. 10am-1pm, & Sun. 1-4pm. Madeira Beach is working to replenish the rock groins that have helped stabilize sand there since the 1950s, but construction impact is pretty localized. Most residents know and visitors learn to avoid swimming off the beach that has formed under the north side of the John’s Pass Bridge, which is awaiting a go-ahead for dredging. Tide changes bring dangerous rip currents there without warning twice daily.

We are lucky enough to have plenty of local arts and leisure activities including competitive professional sports teams like the Bucs, Rays, Lightning and Rowdies, world class museums like the only Salvador Dali Museum outside of Spain; Great Explorations, Tampa Bay’s pre-eminent children’s museum; the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art; the Chihuly, an amazing exhibit showcasing the masters art; the Imagine Museum, and many more. A plethora of art galleries are scattered from the beaches to Gulfport and downtown St. Petersburg. Look at the back half of your Paradise News for updated Arts & Leisure opportunities and events throughout the Tampa Bay area. Feel free to use the QR codes provided throughout. Online, at www.paradisenewsfl.com all the links are active.

One of our destination’s competitive advantages is a growing public and private transportation system, capable of whisking visitors from the beach hotels to many area attractions without a car. Our trolleys take us from Dolphin Village Shopping Center north up the beach as far as the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and to downtown St. Petersburg. Last year the SunRunner buses were added, with limited stops between the beach and the ballpark, the attractions of downtown including a plethora of fine restaurants, the Mahaffey Performing Arts Center, the Palladium, or connect with the Cross Bay Ferry to downtown Tampa. In St. Pete Beach there are FreeBee golf carts on steroids and Teslas, which are summoned by an app that will take you to in-town destinations. There are also Free Beach ride vans adorned by local wraps that take you places on the island or beyond, just for tips.

June is the official start of hurricane season here, although traditionally threats do not start in earnest until the Gulf waters heat up, usually in August or September. This year, however, they are already warmer than usual, so make a plan and be ready. Our dedicated team works hard to make Paradise News indispensable to locals and visitors alike. We appreciate our readers and the vetted advertisers that continue to fund its existence. Have an awesome summer and thanks for enjoying the news from Paradise.

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INTRODUCING

The Beachmaker

The Beachmaker Hotel brings all the imagery, beauty and spirit of your favorite beach town into one experience at Madeira Beach. It’s a landing for comfort-seeking sand slingers who want to vacation without feeling like a tourist. As an owner, you get to provide your guest with an experience like no other. All without lifting a finger.

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Exclusive

Opportunity

to Own a Piece of the New Marriott Autograph Collection Resort in Madeira Beach

The Madeira Beach area is rapidly emerging as the premier destination for rejuvenation and opulence. At its heart lies the Beachmaker Resort, poised to be the crown jewel of the middle Gulf Beaches and the Madeira Beach Town Center. This upscale resort, known as The Beachmaker Hotel, which has the prestigious honor of being selected as an upscale Marriott Autograph Hotel, like the Vinoy in Downtown St. Petersburg, boasts over 25,000 square feet of upscale retail on the ground level, featuring boutique shops, gourmet restaurants, and chic bars. On level 4, an indoor and outdoor banquet and wedding facility awaits, along with two pools, and multiple restaurants offering breathtaking views of the beach, sunset, and the Intracoastal waterway.

A state-of-the-art skybridge ensures a safe, short, and seamless journey from the glistening sands of Madeira Beach to the upscale enclave of the Beachmaker Resort. With 161 condo hotel units spanning floors 4 to 7, owners can relish 90 days of personal use, augmented by the Marriott reservation system,

which effortlessly manages bookings and revenue sharing during periods of absence. Every unit within the Resort boasts balconies overlooking the water, ensuring a constant connection to the scenic island and beach surroundings.

Preconstruction pricing ranges from the $700Ks to $1.9M, requiring only a 20% down payment placed into escrow until completion. For those seeking the pinnacle of luxury, 10 distinctive penthouse residences on level 8 offer access to exclusive amenities, including concierge and room service. Preconstruction pricing for these residences ranges from the $3.2M’s to $4.8M’s, with early buyer incentives available for those ready to seize this extraordinary opportunity.

Jeff Beggins, alongside partners Bill Karns, Marcus Winters, Tom Frederick, and others, spearheads sales for this visionary project. Exclusively handled by CENTURY 21 Beggins Enterprises in Madeira Beach, sales efforts are underway. The Beachmaker Resort website, www.TheBeachmakerResort.com, provides

comprehensive information, including a 39-minute deep dive video, renderings, floor plans, and pricing. Open your camera over the QR code to take you directly to the landing page.

Interested parties can connect directly with Jeff Beggins for personalized assistance in selecting the perfect unit, location, and floor plan.

“The best opportunities for ownership often lie in a project’s inception,” Beggins notes, highlighting the incentives available to early buyers.“We’re nearing development commencement, creating the need to move quickly to become among the first owners to enjoy the early benefits.”

TIDBITS

The New York Times bestselling author Randy Wayne White is visiting all four Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille locations in June to sign copies of his newest book in the beloved Doc Ford series. Two dates in St. Petersburg are even prior to the official June 4 release of “One Deadly Eye,” the 27th mystery-thriller following the escapades of marine biologist – and possible super-secret covert government agent – Doc Ford and friends on Sanibel Island.

White, who co-founded the restaurants with HM Restaurant Group, will also talk about his writing process at each stop. He kicks off his Doc Ford’s book tour Saturday, June 2, in St. Petersburg at the Jungle Terrace location, 8790 Bay Pines Blvd., from noon to 3pm, followed by the downtown

St. Petersburg Pier location, 610 Second Ave. NE, Sunday, June 3, from noon to 3pm.

White will stop by the Doc Ford’s at 708 Fisherman’s Wharf, Fort Myers Beach, Saturday, June 8, from noon to 3pm, and the Sanibel location at 2500 Island Inn Road Saturday, June 15, from noon to 3pm. Copies of “One Deadly Eye” will be available for purchase at each location.

“It’s always an honor to host Randy’s book signings,” said Joe Harrity, a partner with HM Restaurant Group, the parent company of Doc Ford’s and Dixie Fish Company. “Fans love the ambiance of Doc Ford’s and feel a real connection with the book and the author whenever Randy visits. It’s like stepping into one of his novels.”

Known for its sauces, spices, passion and signature Yucatan shrimp served daily, Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille is a perennial Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice winner. The St. Petersburg Pier restaurant was named the Best of the Best Restaurants for Everyday Eats in 2023. It has been TripAdvisor’s #2 out of 500+ St. Petersburg restaurants since January. Its Jungle Terrace sister has been #1 since it appeared on the cover of Paradise News that month.

Mention Paradise News there and get a FREE mojito with entrée purchase all year.

Tampa Bay has Florida’s most lightning and Florida is known as the lightning capital of the United States. At any given moment, especially during the summer, life-threatening conditions can arise along the Gulf Coast and pose a dangerous threat to any outdoor activity. To ensure safety of beachgoers, the city of Clearwater has installed a system capable of providing timely warnings to beachgoers when lightning is detected within a 5-mile radius on Clearwater Beach.

Self-service sandbags always available for free Egan Park year-round. All residents are encouraged to plan ahead and pick up sandbags in advance of forecasted storm schedules to avoid waiting in long lines. Post-storm evacuation re-entry tags are always available at City Hall, Fire Station 22, and Fire Station 23. Prior year’s tags are valid for 2024 and will be necessary for re-entry to the beach.

By Peter Roos

June, between 10,000 and 15,000 cubic yards of sand from the Grand Canal project will be placed between Ninth Ave. and First Ave. Click here for more information. All Pass-a-Grille businesses will remain open and accessible during the project.

Fourth of July Celebration! St. Pete Beach fireworks will take place on Thursday July 4th with watch party viewing areas from Corey Avenue and Horan Park. Horan Park will host a concert with the Smokin

CASINO CASINO

Pinellas County is planning a full re-nourishment of Pass-A-Grille beach performed in two phases. During the first phase which begins in early

EVENT TICKETS

The Treasure Island & Madeira Beach Chamber presents its 10th Anniversary Monte Carlo Casino Night on August 24, 2024 6-10pm at the West Events Center in Mad Beach, an evening of

Bayfront Health is now Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital.

choose well. A new name, for a new century of care. Three years ago, we welcomed Bayfront Health into the Orlando Health family of hospitals. Since that time, we’ve been making steady investments in Bayfront Health and the St. Petersburg community to improve the quality of care and your patient experience, with expanded services and access to more top specialists. And we are proud to add our name. Stay tuned for even more good news to come. OrlandoHealth.com/Bayfront

TIDBITS

Indulge in thrilling casino games, live entertainment, and gourmet appetizers and refreshments, all while supporting local businesses and community initiatives. Mingle with fellow philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and community leaders while making a positive impact. Secure your tickets, including an open bar all night, ($100 each now, $125 after Aug.1) for a night of excitement and generosity you won’t soon forget!. www.timbchamber.org/ monte-carlo-casino-night

There is new life at Dolphin Village Shopping Center. Starbucks is already old news, and you have likely seen the golf carts, but have you tried the new Indian restaurant, or Playa Bowls, in the courtyard? There are new stores in the courtyard also: jewelry, fashion, candy, and motorbikes. Blue Fugu upstairs is still serving a delectable variety of Japanese fare at dinner time. Also in the Dolphin Village Courtyard As Above, So Below, the metaphysical store that moved from Corey Ave., is offering classes.

• New Moon Paint & Sip6/5 6-8pm $40pp.

• Intro to Your Chakras: 6/12 6pm $40pp

• Create a Vision Board6/20 6-8pm $20pp

• Crystal Bingo Night 6/26 6-8pm - $20pp

Register and check for future classes online at www.AsAboveSoBelow.com or call 727-289-1199.

Summer fun at Suntan Art Center! Art classes are offered during the day to get you out of the heat, in the evenings for those who are busy and for the kids! Suntan Art Center typically packages classes in sets of four, but individual class sign-ups are available too. Visit www.suntanart.org/ art-classes for details.

Treasure Island Art Guild is back with their weekly portrait workshops June through August! In July, there are two days of jewelry making classes and this fall Eric Jacobsen will offer his three-day workshop, Painting Expressive Landscapes. Visit www.suntanart.org/ art-workshops

Tropical Art Chick Susan Coulis loves the tropical lifestyle. She moved to Anna Maria Island from Vermont in 1978, planning to stay for just one winter, but after 46 years she is still here.

“The beautiful colors and nature of the Gulf Coast, Everglades & Keys have been the inspiration for my bright, whimsical artwork. What started as a hobby and creative outlet has turned into a successful business offering collections to enhance coastal décor,” Susan said.

In addition to selling online and participating in local craft shows, she offers wholesale consignment pricing to retail stores, gift shops, boutiques, souvenir and artisan markets. The most popular collection, “Salty Sayings,” was created from her love of tropical things and the joy she gets from a “beachy” saying. Some are

silly, some sage, some sassy, some sweet but all a bit salty! “Beach Town Salty Sayings” started with the Anna Maria Island print. The “Tropical Prints” collection comes from Susan’s work in acrylics. She has painted on all kinds of surfaces including palm frond shucks, crab buoys, wall murals, furniture and more. These framed prints come matted with an off-white, distressed wood frame. You can see her stuff online and buy directly at www.tropicalartchick.com, or look for her art in your favorite beachy or resort gift shop. Prospective retailers can reach out to Susan Coulis, info@tropicalartchick.com, 941-350-5484.

The Treasure Islettes, the women’s club in Treasure Island, has announced the recipients of their 202425 scholarship program. They are: James Alton, University of South Florida; Isabella Pichardo, Tallahassee Community College; Andrew Tallman, Tallahassee Community College; Enzo Biagi, Georgia College & State University; Benjamin Hartmann, Florida State University; Isobel Keyser, St. Petersburg College; and Ryan Wingard, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. Each student has met the academic requirements, is sponsored by a club member, and will receive a $4,000 award for the academic year.

The scholarship program is funded in part by Bingo, which is held every Thursday at the Treasure Island Community Center, 154 106 Ave. (behind Walgreens). The public is welcome with doors opening at 5:30pm, early birds beginning at

6:30pm and the regular games at 7:30pm. Other fundraising efforts include a yearly luncheon and craft show and participation in citysponsored events.

Founded in 1955, the Treasure Islettes is open to all women who are interested in the promotion of civic, social and community assistance work, primarily in Treasure Island and surrounding communities. Meetings are held September through May on the fourth Monday, 7pm, at the Treasure Island Community Center. More info visit www.treasure islettes.weebly.com.

Caladesi Island State Park in Dunedin has been named in the Top 10 Beaches List of 2024 by Dr. Beach! Dr. Stephen Leatherman, renowned for his expertise in beach evaluations, has recognized this stunning location as one of the top beaches in the United States.

Boogie WoogieBlues Piano Stomp

Saturday, July 13, 8pm $18-$45

Two grand pianos, five great boogie & blues artists in an award-winning lineup:

• Indiana’s best boogie-woogie pianist, Craig Brenner,

• Former St. Pete Pianimal, Key West legend Barry Cuda,

By Peter Roos

• France, UK and now Austin, Texas, phenom Henri Herbert,

• St. Pete’s premier piano & guitar duo, Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues.

Tickets available only from the Palladium box office or their website. The Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg, 727-822-3590.

Warehouse Arts District Association (WADA) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit designed to create sustainability by subsidizing studio spaces in the arts community. Their mission has evolved to includenot only the provision of studio spaces but also the offering of educational resources to studio and member artists, as well as creating community-minded events and retail opportunities for artists. The ArtsXchange campus now boasts a unique blend of visual and performing artists and arts organizations, enriching the cultural landscape of the entire city. They have 17 board members with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, all of which are highly valued. Notably, three of the board members, as well as the executive director, are actively working artists. Their board chair is Mark Aeling. To join WADA and stay up to date on events, please visit their website www.warehouseartsdistrict.org

Beachy eats

Indulge your taste buds in one of our three restaurants just steps away from St. Pete Beach!

The EDGE Business District Association is an award-winning nonprofit organization that plans, promotes, and advocates to sustain an eclectic, vibrant EDGE District community while preserving the district’s unique historic character.

Seven blocks long from Martin Luther King Junior Blvd. (Ninth Street) west to 16th Street and three blocks wide between First Ave. North and South, downtown St. Petersburg’s historic EDGE District is a global destination and ideal urban living place.

Rooted in a rich history of pioneering and industry, the district features restored buildings, landscaped corridors with majestic palms, public art, and eclectic shopping, dining, and cultural experiences. The district’s authentic, safe and beautiful environment promotes a connected, active community. Work focuses on organization, design, economic vitality, and promotion,

and they work closely with the community and local government.

Projects further the mission and EDGE District Master Plan. They include public art, streetscape enhancements, landscaping, business assistance and networking, district branding, marketing and promotions, free community wifi, development review, history preservation, and community clean-ups.

Throughout their foundational years from 2014-2022, they were honored as a Main Street America™ and Florida Main Street. They received 15 Outstanding Main Street Awards from the Florida Secretary of State for projects, community partnerships, and strong community supporters.

The EDGE Business District Association is comprised of businesses, residents, property owners, and friends that work together to support and sustain a vibrant district economy and strong community.

ENTERTAINMENT

Enigma Bar & Lounge

Ferg’s Sports Bar

Green Bench Brewing

Steve’s Tavern

Tampa Bay Rays

The Bends

The Wayward Goose

Zubrick

Magic Theatre

DINING

Bavaro’s Pizza

Bodega

Brooklyn South

Buya

Cecilia’s Sweets

Chai Mixology

COPA

EDGE Eatery

Engine No. 9

Ferg’s Sports Bar

German Knödle

Grassroots Kava

Hawkers Asian

Street Fare

EBDA membership provides the framework for our support and the core funding for its programs. Members help with important district improvement projects, events, and community building, and enjoy many benefits including networking, business assistance, and focused promotions and marketing.

The district was blighted in 2014 but is now thriving. Its 1,520-resident count may rise to over 2,500 by 2025. Over 150 businesses currently employ 1,760 people. This district is also adjacent to Tropicana Field, and the site of the most aggressive proposed development in the city over the next 20-30 years.

You can join on their website www.edgedistrict.org/join. Annual dues range from $50 for individual friends to $125-$5,000 for businesses and sponsors. Roger B. Curlin, Esq., is executive director of the EDGE Business District Association. www.edgedistrict.org

Intermezzo Café

No Vacancy

Nomi Nori

Pin on Cafe Plant + Love

Ice Cream

Poppo’s Taqueria

Red Mesa Mercado

Shiso Crispy

Sourdough Co.

TeBella Tea

GALLERIES & SHOPS

1st Ave. Liquors

Ashe

Couture Boutique

Atlas Body + Home

Big Frog

Custom T-Shirts

The Candle Pour

CASA Thrift

CellarMasters

Emoto

The Fashion Spot

The Hemp Spot

Kalamazoo Olive Co.

Matter of Fact

MÜV Dispensary

Saltwash Boutique

Sans Market

ET CETERA

930 Central Flats

1010 Central HOA

Belpointe Towers

Big John’s

Brake & Alignment

Cappa Law

Classic Tattoos

EDGE

Animal Hospital

EDGE Collective

Electric Gold Tattoos

ExpediaCruises

The Falcon Group

Flagship Bank

Free Leadership, Inc.

Fusion 1560

Invigorate IV

(on MLK)

The Lighthouse

Companies

Machine Shop

Barber Co.

Mint House St. Pete

Moxy Med Spa

Rare Body Studio

(on MLK)

Salon Sequence

Skyway Media

St. Pete

Massage Therapy

Storyn Studio

Suncoast

Credit Union

The Central

HISTORIC POINTS

Booker Creek

Railway Cooper’s Quarters

Baum Avenue

900 Block

Industry on Railway

CAREGIVER CORNER

Senior Care Terms to Know ... Information, insight, and support when caring for an aging loved one

Senior Care Terms to Know My dad’s Case Manager recommends “a short-term rehab stay to help my dad to be able to master ADLs, and then transitioning into a continuing care community that can allow for my dad to age in place, or an independent living community that also offers assisted living.” Caring for an aging loved one is difficult but often feels more complex when talking to healthcare professionals. It can feel like the first time you entered a Starbucks and ordered a drink – a Venti? Grande? JUST GIVE ME A SMALL!

We understand, and we have been there. So, we’ve created a list of commonly used senior care terms and their meaning below.

Case Manager – Case managers provide their patients with the necessary assistance to be discharged from the healthcare facility and function in society, referring them to the right services to ensure this happens.

ADLs – This term stands for Activities of Daily Living. The activities of daily living are those skills required to manage one’s basic physical needs, including personal hygiene or grooming, dressing, toileting, transferring or ambulating, and eating.

Short-term Rehab – Short-term rehab is a type of inpatient care that provides 24/7 medical supervision and therapy for patients who need to recover from an illness, injury, or surgery. Doctors usually recommend this type of care when patients have been hospitalized due to a serious condition like a stroke or heart attack. They may also recommend this type of care if the patient has recently undergone a joint replacement or cardiac bypass surgery.

CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) – A continuing care retirement community (CCRC) is a senior living option that allows seniors to “age in place” or live in one location for as long as needed. These communities typically offer independent and assisted living options, on-site healthcare services, and 24/7 access to doctors and nurses. A significant investment is required to be a part of a CCRC. Usually (not always) a significant entrance fee is required.

Age In Place: According to the National Institute on Aging, “Many people want the same things as they get older: to stay in their own homes, to maintain independence for as long as possible, and to turn to family and friends for help when needed.” “Aging in place” is a term used to describe the desire to have as few moves as possible during the aging process...whether that be aging in place at home or in one senior living community that allows different levels of care to provide what is needed.

Independent Living Community: Independent Living Communities are best for individuals who still have physical ability but enjoy having

access to assistance when needed. They provide residents with convenient access to dining, entertainment, and more. The independent living lifestyle offers residents a safe living environment, but is not licensed for personal or medical care.

Assisted Living Community: Assisted living is for people who need help with daily personal care, but not as much help as a rehab or a skilled nursing facility provides. Assisted living facilities offer various services, including meals, housekeeping, and social activities, and are licensed for personal care services like medication management and hands on assistance with ADLs (see term above).

Skilled Nursing Facility (pronounced SNIFF): These facilities are considered traditional “nursing homes.” Similar to a hospital setting, round-the-clock nursing care is accessible. The main focus is health care, not quality of life or amenities. Rooms are usually shared or semi-private. Most SNFs offer two types of care: Long-Term Care or Short Term Rehabilitation.

Assisted Living with Memory Care (MC): This type of care feels like assisted living but is specifically for memory care needs –dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. It is a secure unit designed to avoid wandering or elopement and is safe for exit-seeking residents. Activities and programming are specific to memory care, meals, laundry, housekeeping, and transportation. The pricing is usually “all-inclusive” to include care. These environments often feel like assisted living, not skilled nursing.

Palliative Care: Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Patients in palliative care may receive medical care for their symptoms and treatment to cure their serious illness. Palliative care is meant to enhance a person’s current care by focusing on the quality of life for them and their family.

Hospice Care: Hospice care focuses on the care, comfort, and quality of life of a person with a severe illness approaching the end of life. Like palliative care, hospice provides comprehensive comfort care as well as support for the family, but in hospice, attempts to cure the person’s illness are no longer given.

This list is not exhaustive…there are many more terms that are thrown around in the senior healthcare world. Check out our Sunways Blog – we have free downloads and resources! www.sunwaysseniorliving.com

Always remember, you don’t have to walk this journey alone. Because our services are free to our clients, please contact me anytime to discuss your unique situation and see how we can support you.

“See” you next month! If you have any specific topics or questions you would love for me to cover, please contact info@sunwaysseniorliving.com or call 727-314-6415.

Sunways Senior Living Concierge www.sunwaysseniorliving.com info@sunwaysseniorliving.com 727-314-6415

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By Jake Hornstein, Our Children Have Rights.Org (OCHR)

Why is MEDIATION the Smart Path to RESOLUTION?

Mediation is an increasingly popular method when resolving child custody disputes. When cases involve domestic violence, child abuse, or child neglect, mediation is generally not appropriate. Absent those circumstances, mediation is widely used when resolving disputes for unmarried or divorcing parents navigating child custody. At OCHR, we focus on better educating and equipping parents to make informed decisions, while avoiding major mistakes. Here are some reasons why mediation, instead of litigation, is the smart path to resolution.

Less Expensive: One of the most expensive aspects of any legal proceeding is spent on attorneys going to court and preparing for court. Obtaining a chunk of undivided court time can be difficult. Cases are frequently prolonged for further proceedings. More court visits equal more money spent on fees. In mediation, the cost of one mediator is generally shared, usually on a flat fee basis. Approximate Total Cost of Mediation: $500.00 - $2,500.00. Approximate Total Cost of Litigation: $32,700.00+.

Quicker Resolution: In some cases, mediation can be resolved in one or two days! Litigation can take months, even years, depending on the issues at hand, and the usually jam-packed court calendar.

Collaborative & Cooperation: Defining the process with this mindset can be helpful as it may allow both parties to be more receptive to listening and considering each other’s opinions. Litigation is contentious and puts people on the defensive. Mediation helps refocus on the issues and remove hostility.

Education & Enlightenment: Mediation helps educate both sides on the issues the other finds important. Mediation helps bring the conversation to the forefront, making this the focus to help move things forward. Mediation can be utilized for the entirety of the dissolution matter. Or it can be a great option for narrowing the issues while creating a parenting plan that works for both sides.

We’re fortunate to have relationships with reputable certified mediators that we trust referring parents to. In Florida, we recommend Clearwater-based Jill St. Louis, founder of

Successful Solution. To learn more about Jill, or to schedule a free consultation, visit www.successfulsolution.com

OCHR is a Pinellas based nonprofit that helps parents more seamlessly navigate their child custody and co-parenting journeys, at no cost to the family. We were recently recognized with the AMPLIFY Clearwater “Community Spirit Award.” Support of our mission is vital, and we kindly ask our community to consider a financial contribution to our mission.

Most importantly, if you, or someone you know, needs our assistance, we’re here for you. We’re on a mission… A mission to protect the rights of children to have access to both responsible parents by providing education, resources, and support services for successful co-parenting. Why? Because Our Children Have Rights. Contact Jake at JakeHornstein@OurChildrenHaveRights.com or www.OCHR.Org To donate: www.ourchildrenhaverights.org/donate

Florida Statewide certified mediator and divorce coach, Jill St. Louis, leverages her personal and professional experiences to help parents successfully mediate and avoid destructive litigation.

Reduce stress, save time and money. Mediation…. The choice for a healthy divorce.

Successful Solution Mediation is here to help:

• individuals and businesses deal with conflict

• improve communication, solve problems, and

• reach agreements on legal and non-legal issues

Email successfulsolutionfl@gmail.com or visit www.successfulsolution.com

DINING

Summer is upon us. And if you’re craving a healthy – but still super tasty – salad, give one of these terrific St. Pete spots a try!

ODI’S MEDITERRANEAN KITCHEN

Odise “Odi” Armata is the owner and chef of Odi’s Mediterranean Kitchen, a hidden gem in St. Pete Beach. Born in Albania, he learned to cook from his grandmother. After training in restaurants in Greece, he relocated to St. Pete Beach in 2000 and fell in love with the area. His produce shop eventually became Odi’s Mediterranean Kitchen. At Odi’s, they strive to bring the beloved and authentic taste of the Mediterranean to the community. To ensure this, they use only the freshest and healthiest ingredients. A few of the most requested menu items are the mouth-watering gyros

and best-around Greek salads. Their homemade house dressing is made fresh every day! The Greek salad features romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumber, peppers, pepperoncini, olives, feta and a delicious potato salad. They offer several other excellent salads, including the Chef Salad, Odise Salad, Grilled Veggie Salad, and Village Salad – and grilled chicken or gyro meat can be added to any selection. Their subs and wraps are also popular. If you’re having a gathering, don’t forget about their party platters. And be sure to save room for their fantastic baklava or one of their many other delectable desserts. www.OdisKitchen.com

Mon.-Wed. 11am-6pm. Thurs.-Sat. 11am-8pm. Closed Sundays.

CALI Though they have four locations in the Tampa Bay Area, Cali is not a chain. Their restaurants are, in their words, “bound by a purpose – to create a menu that is both nourishing to our people and the planet.” Sitting on the corner of one of Northeast’s shopping centers is the St. Pete location of Cali – a haven for those seeking fresh, quick and healthy cuisine. Started by patriarch Francesco in San Francisco, the restaurant brings the Lanza family’s 100+ years of seeking out and then providing local nutritious ingredients into a tasty menu. With a sizable patio for outdoor dining, a swift take-out service and a relaxed, west coast feeling indoor area, Cali provides every opportunity to savor the stimulating fare; many health-centered bowls and wraps, freshly made pizzas plus an array of appetizers. Among these, Cali also offers two tasty salads you can begin with or enjoy all on their own. The chopped house salad isn’t just a sizable portion of greens, red onion, red cabbage, tomatoes, carrot and ripe avocado but also offers one of Cali’s secret weapons, their Lime Caesar dressing. It will perk your taste buds up in the most enjoyable way. If you’re feeling a little more adventurous, try the sumptuous Asian Salad, a concoction of greens, cabbage, mango & carrots with the unique salad flavors of Udon noodles, jicama, and

cashews all drizzled with a truly mouth-watering Thai vinaigrette. No matter where your taste buds take you within Cali, I’ll bet you’ll travel back for more. www.eatatcali.com

Mon.-Thurs. 11am-9pm. Fri. 11am-9:30pm. Sat. 10am-9:30pm. Sun. 10am-9pm.

JAY LUIGI “Quality Without Compromise” is the motto at Jay Luigi. Owner Jay Brunetti opened his restaurant in January 2022 and has developed a following with neighborhood regulars and Ciccio Restaurant Group fans. They have a welcoming vibe and a menu inspired by creative Italian cooking. The restaurant has a fast casual model –guests order and pay upon entering and seat themselves. There is a lovely bar and couches outside as well. Jay Luigi is known for their thin crust pizzas, a yummy hybrid of

New York style and Neapolitan pies. And Brunetti knows pizza: he’s the co-founder of Forbici in Tampa’s Hyde Park and owns Brunetti Pizza, with locations in New York City’s West Village and the Hamptons. The menu has plentiful gluten-free options and even offers “impossible” meatballs for folks who prefer plant-based foods. The fresh pastas, sandwiches, and cauliflower rice bowls are all great options, but we’re here for salads, right? The “Luca” is a favorite: kale, romaine, Marcona almond, dried cherry, and cashews, with a balsamic herb vinaigrette. May we suggest adding the crispy Milanese chicken? www.Jayluigi.com

Mon.-Thurs. 11:30am-9pm. Fri. 11:30am10pm. Sat. 11am-10pm. Sun. 11am-9pm.

By Kelly Rouse

THE BIER BOUTIQUE

At the Bier Boutique, they bring the best of the Midwest with scratch made food, a celebration of craft beer, and a passion for top notch service. Tucked away in a neighborhood not far north of downtown, their casual lakeside patio is pup-friendly, and they offer good happy hour specials. The house salad here is scrumptious (all of their greens are locally sourced from Brick Street Farms). TBB’s house salad is mixed greens, onion, tomato, bacon, feta cheese, sunflower seeds and chow mein noodles and for dressing you can choose from ranch, blue cheese, or honey peppercorn vinaigrette (the last is a creamy delight, which they have available by the bottle at their restaurant under the label “First & Flagler”). The steak and apple wedge salad is a standout, too. Not in the mood for a salad? Try one of their fantastic bison bacon burgers or indulge in a perfectly made four-cheese grilled cheese. And be sure to check out their world-famous fish fry on Fridays. Sign up on their website to become a VIP and you will receive updates on events, secret menus, loyalty rewards and more!

www.thebierboutiquestpete.com Mon.-Sat. 11am-10pm. Closed Sundays.

COOKING CORNER

By Janet Nummi

No-bake or “icebox” pies are among my favorite simple desserts for summer! This patriotic rendition is perfect for your sweet tooth and July Fourth gatherings. This healthy recipe calls for just a few ingredients and can be prepared in advance, and feel free to let your creativity shine with the fruit decorations! Happy summer and July Fourth!

Ingredients: Crust - graham cracker crust; Filling: Cool Whip, yogurt or ice cream; Topping - fresh berries

Whether enjoyed poolside, beachfront, or at a lively rooftop soirée, National Mojito Day, is a spirited occasion that embodies the joy of relaxation and camaraderie. Cheers to the Mojito, a classic cocktail that never goes out of style! Check out specials at local restaurants and bars. Doc Ford’s at their Jungle Terrace location is offering a FREE mojito with the purchase of an entree if you mention Paradise News.

Ingredients: 4 mint leaves, 1/2 ounce simple syrup, 2 oz white rum, 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice, club soda (to top), 2 mint leaves, for garnish

Instructions: In a cocktail shaker, lightly muddle mint with simple syrup. Add ice, lime juice, and the rum and briefly shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with the soda. Garnish with mint sprig.

REBECCA PENNEYS

By Peter Roos

Learn about RPPF: Who we are & What we do!

Rebecca Penneys has been a world class concert pianist and teacher for a lifetime. Retired from the Eastman School in upstate NY, where she held such a festival at Chautauqua, NY, for decades, she is now an island neighbor and a friend. Celebrated worldwide, the tuition-free Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival RPPF is held annually at the University of South Florida (USF) School of Music in Tampa. Every year RPPF runs from June 27 to July 17 at USF.

Rebecca continues to share her talents and connections with aspiring students. RPPF brings together 40 of the most talented collegiate pianists from around the globe, selected from over 250 applicants each year.

These prize-winning pianists are joined by 25 internationally renowned artist teachers in an inspiring and intense 3-week program. RPPF is supported entirely by private donations. Satellite Concerts feature RPPF participants, the concert pianists of tomorrow, in performances throughout Tampa Bay and the United States. There is no charge to attend, but donations are appreciated. Put one or more of these concerts on your calendar.

The Dali Museum 1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg | June 27 at 6pm

Steinway Piano Gallery 5990 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater June 29 at 3pm | July 13 at 3pm

WUSF Radio - Live July 5 at 11am | July 10 at 1pm

New Tampa Performing Arts Center 8550 Hunters Village Road, Tampa | July 6 at 3pm

Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church (pianists featured during regular worship service) 3501 W San Jose St., Tampa | July 14 at 11am

Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church 110 S Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater | July 14 at 3pm

Piano Extravaganza - 2 Piano 8 Hands

What Pianos and Pianists Do For Fun! Barness Hall, 3755 USF Holly Drive, Tampa | July 14 at 7pm

RPPF Grand Finale Student Showcase Concert

Featuring All 40 Participants! Barness Hall, 3755 USF Holly Drive, Tampa | July 16 at 12 Noon

If it’s June, it’s time for Pride! It’s celebrated all month and all around St. Petersburg, with events designed to satisfy every preference and gender. Below is a list of events planned by St. Pete Pride, which has been commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community for more than 20 years. The Gay Pride Parade, this year on June 22, is the biggest in Florida, last year drawing a crowd of more than 348,000. A number of this year’s events are free; should you attend any of those, please think about making a donation to help St. Pride continue to keep its events accessible to the LGBTQIA+ community.

6/1 – Kickoff Block Party

Free, 7-10pm, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Central Avenue. Dance in the street while enjoying live entertainment and celebrating in a way that only the LGBTQIA+ community can! Featuring DJ Ace Vedo, a giant Red Bull truck, local LGBTQIA+ performers, corn hole, and a few surprises! Presented by COCKtail.

6/6 – Stonewall Reception

$75, 6-9pm, The James Museum, 150 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. The annual Stonewall Reception is the opportunity to show support for St Pete Pride and the LGBTQIA+ community in and around St. Petersburg. With guest speakers, open bar, and special treats. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/44xb42r8 Presented by Arner Luxury Group and U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management.

6/8 – Youth and Family Day Free, 10am-2pm, North Straub Park, downtown St. Pete. Guests will enjoy family-focused activities, vendors, and main stage performances.

6/13 – Latin Night: “Rhythms of Pride” Free, 7-10pm, Wet Spot, 2355 Central Ave., St. Pete. Get ready for a night filled with vibrant music, dazzling drag performances, and captivating arts from south of the border. Experience Latin spirit and culture with dance, laughter, and celebration. DJ Ace Vedo will be spinning the hottest beats to keep the energy high all night long.

6/14-15 – Shades of Pride Free, Fri. 5:30pm-3am/Sat. 1pm-3am, The Factory, St. Pete, 2606 Fairfield Ave. S. St Pete Pride’s Shades of Pride Juneteenth is a two-day art and music festival that showcases the Black and Brown experience of the LGBTQIA+ community in the Tampa Bay region through art, culture, music, and panel discussions. VIP Seating: $50/$75 multi-day https://tinyurl.com/e38ru48k Presented by Metro Inclusive Health.

6/21 – Friday Night Concert featuring Sasha Colby $25, 6-10pm, Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N, St. Pete. Meet Sasha Colby, season 15 winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Sasha is a drag performer, actress, dancer, trans advocate and activist. More than 20 local performers will also walk the Jannus Live Stage. Ticket purchase enters you into a raffle to win a Meet & Greet with Sasha before her performance. Twenty-five winners will be notified via email on 6/17. An 18+ event only. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/6f7xra5x

6/22 – St. Pete Pride Parade Festival Free, 2-10pm, North and South Straub Parks, downtown St. Pete. Kicked off by the sixth annual Trans March, is the largest Pride Day Festival to date. The festival will feature main stage headliner, rapper, reality show star, and recording artist Saucy Santana and host a variety of local vendors and food trucks. The parade, stepping off at 6pm, will run from Albert Whitted Park to Vinoy Park along Bayshore Drive. The Trans Parade will precede the main parade at 5:30pm. Reserved “glamstand” seating is $75: https://tinyurl.com/2v8fyn4a

Festival presented by CAN Community Health; parade presented by Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.

6/22 – Get Nude III: Nothing But Your Flag $15, 9pm-1am, Nova 535, 535 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Ninth) St. Join the beautiful ladies of Tampa Bay Black Lesbians for the St. Pete Pride party of the year. This year’s theme, “Nothing But Your Flag” pays homage to Caribbean Carnival, a celebration of freedom and culture throughout the entire Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora across the world. Indoor and outdoor spaces, two bars, food trucks. DJ Donnie Luv will play your favorite Soca, Afrobeats, Reggae, Hip-Hop and R&B. Attire is upscale. Tickets will be available first come, first serve at the door. This is an 18-plus event.

6/23 – Grand Central Street Fair

Free, Noon-5pm, 2000-3100 blocks of Central Avenue. Enjoy block after block of entertainment, vendors, food, community partners, and a new Family Fun Zone. Street performers, inflatables, and hundreds of participating businesses and organizations.

6/28 – Transtastic

$10, 6-9pm, Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE. Celebrate the trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender-diverse community. Transtastic aims to uplift and center the experiences of individuals within the community through a celebration of music, art, and social gathering. Takes place both indoors and outdoors. Lite bites and cash bar. Tickets: https://buytickets.at/stpetepride/1248959 Presented By Love the Golden Rule, Inc.

It’s the law! In Florida, anyone born on or after January 1, 1988, must have a Boating Safety Education Identification Card to operate a vessel with a 10-horsepower engine or more. It can save you money too! Many insurance companies offer discounts on boat insurance premiums for individuals who have completed a boating safety course.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary: The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 11-1, based in Clearwater, offers several courses throughout the year. Their “About Boating Safely” course is a one-day program covering all the basics, from boat types and required equipment to navigation rules and trailering. Successful completion of this course provides the Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card.

U.S. Power Squadrons: The Clearwater and St. Petersburg Power Squadrons offer extensive boating education programs. Their “America’s Boating Course” includes classroom instruction and hands-on practice. Topics covered include basic seamanship, navigation, and engine maintenance. Advanced courses are available for those looking to deepen their knowledge.

America’s Boating Club – St. Petersburg: America’s Boating Club, also known as the St. Petersburg Sail & Power Squadron, offers an array of boating courses. Their popular “America’s Boating Course” covers everything from the basics of boating to advanced navigation techniques. Classes are usually held on Saturdays, running from 8am to 5pm. While the course instruction is free, materials cost about $70, with an extra $35 for family-shared materials (Boating St. Pete). www.boating-stpete.org

Gulfport USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 7-16: This auxiliary provides two courses monthly. The “Suddenly in Command” course is free and focuses on emergency preparedness, while the “Recreational Boating Safety” course, costing $40, covers comprehensive boating safety and results in Florida Boating Safety certification. These courses are practical and hands-on, preparing boaters for real-world situations www.wow.uscgaux. info/content.php?unit=070-07-16

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 78: U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 78 offers a 12-week Safe Boating Program, which you can join at any point in the cycle. Classes are held every Tuesday from 7-9pm at the Warren Webster Building on 1500 Pass-a-Grille Way. The cost is $60

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per person, with discounts available for additional people sharing materials. This comprehensive course covers everything from basic seamanship to handling emergencies and using marine radios. www.wow.uscgaux.info/content. php?unit=070-07-08&category=1332286807

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC): The FWC provides an online boating safety course that is recognized statewide. This option is perfect for those who prefer the flexibility of online learning. The course is comprehensive and interactive, covering all necessary safety and legal information.

Local Marine Stores and Marinas: Many marine supply stores and marinas in Pinellas County partner with organizations to offer safety courses. These are often more informal and may cover specific topics such as GPS navigation, fishing regulations, or boat maintenance.

More Safe Boating Programs:

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office –www.pcsoweb.com/operationkid-floatPinellas County Marine Safety Unit Pinellas County Marine Safety Unit www.pinellas.gov/marine-safety

Estate Planning, Elder Law & Real Estate Attorney

WHAT IS A GUARDIANSHIP OR CONSERVATORSHIP?

A guardianship is a legal relationship between a guardian and a ward, who is a person the court has declared incapacitated and has had some or all of their rights removed by the court and delegated to the guardian. While guardianships are an extremely effective tool, they should be the last resort and sought only when there are no lesser restrictive alternatives, such as a Durable Power of Attorney.

People who may need a guardianship include those with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, a developmental disability, chronic illness, or another condition that limits their activity. Before a guardianship is established, the court must determine whether the alleged incapacitated person lacks capacity.

The first step in a guardianship is filing a petition to determine whether a person has capacity. Anyone with knowledge of the circumstances can file a petition asking the court to determine whether someone lacks capacity. The court then appoints an examining committee consisting of three professionals to evaluate the alleged incapacitated person. The examining committee is comprised of professionals such as licensed physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, gerontologists, registered

nurses, nurse practitioners, and licensed social workers.

The next step is for the court to hold a hearing to review the examining committee’s reports and other evidence and hear testimony as to why a guardianship is needed. The court also appoints an attorney to advocate for and represent the interests of the alleged incapacitated person.

If the court finds that the alleged incapacitated person still has their wits about them, then no guardian is appointed. However, if the court finds that the alleged incapacitated person lacks capacity, then the court appoints a guardian for the ward. Depending on the facts and circumstances, the court may appoint a guardian of the person, a guardian of the property, or a guardian of both the person and property of the ward.

A guardian has the authority to exercise the rights that have been removed from the ward such as the right to contract, to apply for government benefits, to sue and defend lawsuits, to manage property or to gift or dispose of property, to determine the ward’s residence, to consent to medical or mental health treatment, and to make decisions concerning the ward’s social environment.

The initiation of a guardianship case can be costly because there is a filing fee, the courtappointed attorney’s fees, and fees charged by the examining committee. If the ward has assets, these fees may be paid from

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the ward’s assets. However, the state may cover these costs if the ward is indigent. Florida law requires that every guardian be represented by an attorney. There will also be additional fees when the guardianship is established, such as the guardian’s fees and the guardian’s attorney’s fees, which can add up.

Anyone may serve as the guardian of a ward as long as they meet certain qualifications, such as not having a felony conviction and not having committed abuse, abandonment, or neglect against a child. Sometimes, a family member or close friend may serve as guardian. Often, the court appoints a professional guardian to handle the ward’s affairs, especially if there is bickering and animosity among the ward’s family members.

A guardian must submit reports to the court, such as Annual Plans and Annual Accountings, to ensure that the court is supervising the ward’s affairs and monitoring the guardian’s actions. I recommend you contact an elder law attorney if you know someone who may need a guardianship or to discuss a lesser restrictive alternative such as a Durable Power of Attorney.

Anthony A. Velardi, Esq. AV Law PLLC Treasure Island, FL 33706 727-641-4110 anthony@avlawpllc.com

HEALTH & WELLNESS

TRAVEL TOUGH

Helpful Tips for Healthful Trips

If you’re traveling this summer, keeping your mind and body healthy can make or break your long-awaited vacation. We have all heard about or experienced travel horror stories – like catching a debilitating respiratory virus on the way to Europe, picking up a nasty stomach bug during college visits, or getting food poisoning after eating a hamburger on a Caribbean Island – all of which have happened to my family.

From changes in environment and routine, to exposure to lots of different people and their germs, your immune system takes a beating when you travel. With a little knowledge, preparation, and planning there are ways to avoid these travel woes and enjoy the trip of a lifetime.

LOWER PRE-TRAVEL STRESS Healthy travel starts in the days and weeks prior to your trip by preparing to mitigate stress. Stress negatively affects your immune system, which needs to be in top form prior to travel. Make sure passports are current, get vaccinations necessary for the trip, and

have medications refilled in plenty of time. Confirm bookings and start packing early. Understand, however, that changes and delays do occur, so pack your headphones and download a meditation app to prepare for these stressors.

SLEEP There is nothing more important to the proper functioning of the immune system than sleep. Before and during your trip, be sure to get 7-9 hours of sleep every night. It’s best to avoid “Red-Eye” flights that deprive you of a good night’s sleep at the start of your trip. If you are changing time zones, start shifting your sleep and wake times a week in advance to help with the transition. Getting out into the sun in the morning can help with jetlag. Pack ear plugs and an eye mask to block out noise and light while sleeping in a new environment. Bring a roll of black electrical tape to cover blinking lights in your room. Pack your favorite pillow cover for comfort and familiarity. Most importantly, avoid using devices like phones and computers 1-2 hours before sleep, and limit caffeine intake after 2pm.

HYGIENE While you may prefer the aisle seat for ease of getting up on the plane, studies show that these seats also subject you to the most germs. Regardless of

where you sit on the plane, bring a travel size pack of disinfecting wipes, and wipe down arm rests, buttons, and the tray table at your plane seat, as well as door handles, light switches, and the remote when you arrive at your hotel room. Always keep a travel size hand sanitizer with you and use it before you touch food. When travelling, you should wash your hands frequently with soap and water, especially before eating, and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.

NUTRITION It’s tempting while on vacation to over-indulge on food and drink, especially the unhealthy kind like sweets and alcohol. While it is fine to treat yourself occasionally, your immune system needs proper nutrition to function at its highest level. Pack healthy snacks like nuts, dark chocolate, and dried fruit for the plane journey and day trips.

Eat plenty of fruits high in vitamin C, and take extra Vitamin D3, as well as a probiotic. If you are visiting less-developed countries, avoid food that has not been stored or prepared properly, especially meat, dairy, and raw vegetables. You should skip street food and raw food just to be safe.

HYDRATION Plane air is very dry with humidity levels of only 10-20%, so it’s important to drink plenty of water and clear liquids. Also remember to pack lip balm, saline nasal spray, and travel size body lotion. Wear glasses instead of contacts to avoid dry eyes while on the plane. Pack a small water bottle in your carry-on that you can refill while travelling. Bring it everywhere with you to remind you to keep drinking. Bring some electrolyte packs to add to your water bottle with each refill. When visiting less-developed countries, do not drink tap water and use factory-sealed

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bottled water instead. Avoid ice, which may be frozen tap water. A water purifier bottle is a good investment if you don’t want to buy water in plastic bottles.

MOVEMENT It’s very important to stay active while travelling. Stretch before and after your plane flight. Look for fun activities that involve exercise, try to walk as much as you can, take the stairs, and visit the hotel gym or pool. Pack a jump rope and resistance bands, or do exercises that don’t involve equipment like yoga, squats, lunges, push-ups, and planks. To avoid blood clots in the legs on long flights, don’t cross your legs while sitting, do ankle circles regularly, and get up and walk around hourly.

The key to a healthful trip is helping your immune system do its job. It’s also a good idea to pack a small first-aid kit with cleansing wipes, antibacterial ointment, bandages, and acetaminophen (called “paracetamol” in other countries). You should also pack sunscreen to avoid painful sunburns, and insect repellent for outdoor excursions. Putting in the effort to do a few simple things can make your vacation memorable for all the right reasons. Bon Voyage!

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PET HEALTH

CBD IS GAINING RESPECT AMONG VETERINARIANS

CBD has been around for a long time. Its effectiveness throughout its many applications has been questioned and touted, shunned and heralded. With the increased acceptance of medical uses of marijuana, CBD is losing whatever stigma it was haunted by in the past. There are many types of CBD and sources for it but when it comes to medical usage, hemp-derived CBD has become the standard for medical applications due to its lack of THC.

Veterinary medicine has become more accepting of the use primarily due to its safety. Few side effects and a wide range of dosing makes for a very comfortable

margin of safety. Anecdotal evidence through client/patient experience used to drive the willingness to encourage its use. We now have scientific studies proving its effectiveness as well as proven extraction processes that verify concentration and potency of CBD, thanks in part to ElleVet.

ElleVet has been on the mission in recent years to bring potency and effectiveness standards to the CBD industry for pets for a wide range of treatments. Backed by peer reviewed studies conducted by veterinarians, they have standardized dosing for arthritis pain, stress, anxiety, behavioral disorders and even atopic dermatitis (skin) in our canine and feline companions. With their precise extraction process and verifying multiple times that each batch has the same

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HANGING AROUND

By Caron Schwartz

Saturday Afternoon Sally

“What are you doing?” asked Lenny, my other half, as I sat at my desk typing madly. “Working on Hanging Around,” I explained. “It’s about shopping for flooring with snacks along the way.” “You can’t bore everyone with that!

Let’s go DO something.” He suggested the Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, one of our faves. But I thought the St. Pete History Museum, easily accessible by Sunrunner, sounded more fun.

We parked in a top-secret spot near a Sunrunner stop and were downtown in no time. The walk to the Pier was enhanced by traipsing through the last minutes of the St. Pete Saturday Market at Al Lang Stadium. At the Pier we relaxed on a concrete bench, watching the world go by. “Caron, I have a feeling we’re not in Gulfport anymore,” Lenny whispered as parents pushed strollers holding babies, not dogs, like at home.

Inside the museum, the Benoist airboat hovering above the lobby caught our attention. The replica commemorates the first commercial flight from St. Pete to Tampa on Jan. 1, 1914.

Lenny’s fascination with baseball found an outlet in Schrader’s Little Cooperstown, a Guinness World Record worth of 5,000+ signed baseballs. I wandered through Meddling: The Women Who Built St. Pete. The exhibit’s hundreds of photos and text spotlight Sarah Williams Armistead, who founded the First Congregational Church and negotiated to bring the railroad to St. Pete; educator Johnnie Ruth Clark; activist Mary Wyatt Allen; Museum of Fine Arts founder Margaret Acheson Stuart; and more.

We enjoyed a stroll along a hall lined with paintings by the Highwaymen, 20th-century Black artists who sold their artwork along Florida roadways because Jim Crow laws kept them out of galleries and museums.

Next we retreated to Mio’s on Second St. N for a Turkish spread including red lentil soup, hummus with crudites and pita, falafel, and amazing Anatolian wine. Then back to the Sunrunner and home.

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George Roberts

Was the Best Guide Ever!

George Roberts was a famous fishing guide with roots in Pinellas Point, Gulfport, Pass-a-Grille and Madeira Beach. He lived in the area between 1893 and 1928. His native stepmother said “Roberts was a born angler who learned to fish by the time he could sit up.” He lived to fish and fished to live. He was only 12 when he took his first client, H. O. Armour, of The Armour Meat Company in a rowboat for tarpon off Pinellas Point. Roberts was a colorful showman as well as a great guide. “He could tell funny stories, and he made fishing a great adventure.”

As Pass-A-Grille started to develop as a fishing destination, at age 20 he rowed from Maximo Point to Pass-A-Grille and begged George Lizotte for a job. Lizotte, owner of the famed Bonhomie Hotel, hired Roberts to be their exclusive fishing guide. “He became a wonderful guide and never failed to supply me with fish and stone crabs,” Lizotte said.

In 1907, a group of well-heeled locals formed the St. Petersburg Tarpon Club and the Bonhomie Hotel became the club’s official home. Tarpon caught by Roberts and his clients were often mounted by a local

taxidermist and shipped by H. Walter Fuller to places up north to attract northerners to this part of Pinellas County. His work was seen all over the US, Canada, Europe, and in other distant places.

Many rich or famous people would come to Pinellas County and ask specifically for Roberts to be their guide, including baseball’s Babe Ruth. The way Roberts did it seemed easy. He went after silver kings barefoot, in a rowboat and pulled them in with a hand line. Roberts once said he had caught over 7,500 tarpon in his career.

In January 1918, the Philadelphia Enquirer published a note by retail giant John Wanamaker about Roberts, “who, while he was baiting the lines on our little boat, pulled in a 3.5 foot kingfish on a little silk thread with an ordinary hook. By patience and care he let the fish take all the time it wanted and gently led him to the boat, to catch hold of him with his hands and lift him into the barrel. It was all done in fifteen minutes.”

According to the tale in Frank Hurley’s local history books, Roberts also played a major role in Pass-a-Grille’s first Christmas celebration. Not only had he rowed to Disston City (Gulfport since 1910) for candy, gifts and brought some local children back for the island celebration, but he also dressed up and played Santa. Roberts later moved to Mud Key (now Vina

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del Mar, off Pass-a-Grille) with his first wife, Laura Harrod. He lived there in an 8’x10’ shack with a sand floor he called “Haven of Rest.” But the mosquitoes were so voracious that they soon moved.

OLIVE ISLAND In 1912, Roberts moved north and homesteaded the south bank of Johns Pass. He took title to 138 acres and named his new home “Olive Island.” He did not know this, but this was the beginning of Madeira Beach’s economic development. It was actually an island because there was a shallow pass located approximately one mile north at today’s 140th Avenue that was created by the hurricane of 1848. Roberts constructed a dock there for charter boats, added picnic tables, and a flimsy structure with two or three sleeping rooms and a kitchen. Roberts insisted that it was a hotel. And for a short time, it may have been the only building between Indian Pass (Indian Shores today) and Johns Pass. Roberts did not stay long. Noel Mitchell, St. Petersburg real estate agent (known for the Green Benches of downtown St. Petersburg), bought Olive Island in 1913 (supposedly paying $60,000) and renamed that end of the beach “Mitchell’s Beach.”

CABBAGE KEY He later married his second wife, Elda May, and lived once again in Pass-A-Grille. He later moved into Silas Dent’s hut on Cabbage Key, between today’s Tierra Verde and Ft. DeSoto. They lived through several hurricanes in the 20’s. The big one of 1921 wrecked most of his fishing boats and there was little business to be had. He took up wrecking and salvaging. Many of the boats he salvaged he kept as his own.

When the real estate bubble burst in about 1926, Roberts’ local career as a guide also came to an end. In 1928, he moved to Port Aransas, Texas, and died in 1960 at the age of 78.

The Stubborn Fisherman by wife Elda Mae Roberts (1970) Surf, Sand & Post Card Sunsets by Frank Hurley, Jr (1977) St Petersburg, And It’s People by Walter Fuller, (1972).

Baseball History in St. Petersburg

While our beloved Tampa Bay Rays may be one of the three newest teams in Major League Baseball, St. Petersburg has a long history as a baseball town. For over 135 years, MLB teams have held their spring training in Florida, and the cities that have hosted the most years are Tampa and St. Petersburg. In fact, since 1914 more Major League spring training games have been played in St. Petersburg than in any other city.

In 1913, city leaders founded the St. Petersburg Major League and Amusement Company with the hopes of attracting an MLB team for spring training. Albert Fielding Lang, known locally as “Al Lang,” was one of these leaders, and

served as mayor from 1916-1920. Lang was a baseball fanatic, having grown up a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, and he believed that St. Pete, with its warm spring weather, palm trees, and ocean views, offered the perfect venue for spring training. He also believed that baseball would bring much needed tourism to St. Pete, so he cleaned up the city and then worked tirelessly to convince MLB team owners to come for spring training. Pittsburg Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss wrote back, “You must think I’m a damn fool to train in a whistle stop little one tank town.”

Fortunately, persistence paid off and in 1914 the St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) signed a one-year contract to come to St. Pete for spring training. They were lured with financial incentives to help offset expenses for rooms and meals for players and team reporters. St. Pete’s first ballpark was Coffee Pot Bayou Park, officially named “Sunshine Park,” which doesn’t exist

anymore. There is speculation about its exact location, but some believe it was in the Grenada Terrace neighborhood on Coffee Pot Bayou, near Grenada Terrace Park. Despite the great weather in the spring of 1914, the Browns only stayed one year, moving to Houston the next year, where they had terrible weather. The Phillies, who had trained in Wilmington, N.C., in 1914, in poor weather conditions, came to St. Pete for spring training in 1915 and went on to win their first National League pennant that year. They stayed through 1918. Al Lang offered to sell Coffee Pot Park to the Phillies for the tiny sum of $17,500 to keep the team in St. Pete, but they declined. Just six years later the property was valued at $500,000.

For players from big cities in the north, St. Pete was a tad dull, the food was unappetizing, and their lodgings at the Fifth Avenue Hotel were somewhat rundown. In 1916 the Phillies switched to the more upscale Edgewater Inn on Beach Drive. Their days began with a 2 mile walk from the hotel to the ballpark as part of their physical conditioning. During breaks in practice at Sunshine Park, players would often fish in Coffee Pot Bayou. In their off hours, players enjoyed the beach, and dances were scheduled at the hotel.

St. Pete was a dry city at that time, so alcohol was prohibited, although easy to procure from rumrunners. When players started gambling late into the night, that was ended by their team manager. Still, the players found ways to entertain themselves with plenty of adventures and sometimes misadventures. Steamers would bring fans to Coffee Pot Bayou from Tampa to ensure plenty of spectators for spring training games.

In 1922 city leaders wanted to expand the baseball footprint to lure another team and built Waterfront Park just north of the site of Al Lang Stadium, which could hold 5,000 fans. The home plate of Waterfront Park was in the middle of the current parking lot at Al Lang Stadium. The Boston Braves arrived that year and returned to St. Pete every spring until 1937. In 1925 the New York Yankees also came to St. Pete for spring training, including their star player, Babe Ruth. It is rumored that Ruth hit a ball

Schrader’s Little Cooperstown is a gallery of 5,000+ signed baseballs. This exhibit takes visitors on a journey through our rich history with stories and artifacts of MLB baseball legends, as well as the Women’s Professional Baseball League, Negro Leagues, celebrities, presidents, and American heroes. It’s impressive and informative.

from Waterfront Park to the West Coast Inn, now site of the Hilton Hotel – a distance of 624 feet! The Yankees came back every year through 1961, except during the four years of World War II when teams were not allowed to travel. After the Boston Braves left in 1937, the St. Louis Cardinals trained in St. Pete from 1938 until 1997.

At first the Yankees used Miller Huggins Field, near Crescent Lake, but moved downtown permanently in 1947 when Waterfront Park was demolished and replaced by Al Lang Field just a block away. In 1955 the movie Strategic Air Command, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, was filmed at Al Lang Field. Some of the most famous sluggers who played on St. Pete’s waterfront include Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, and Hank Aaron. A total of 193 Hall of Famers played or managed on St. Pete’s waterfront. During spring training, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig lived in penthouse units of the Flori-de-Leon apartment building on Fourth Ave. N.

In the1960’s, baseball played a role in the desegregation of St. Petersburg. Florida State Law, even in the early 1960s, held that players of color could not stay in the same hotel as white players. Local African American doctors Ralph Wimbish and Robert Swain found homes for African American players with local families, and they later became leaders for the desegregation of baseball players. In 1962,

the Yankees left St. Pete because of these laws that did not allow all their players to stay together. The threat of more MLB teams leaving Florida prompted a change to these laws, and by 1964 all the MLB teams in Florida had desegregated the living arrangements for their players.

From 1976-1977 Al Lang Field was demolished and replaced by Al Lang Stadium. During this time teams played at Campbell Park on 14th Street S. In the 1980’s city leaders wanted to lure a Major League Baseball team to make St. Petersburg its permanent home, so they decided to build a new stadium. They demolished the gas plant neighborhood beginning in 1984, and soon encountered environmental contamination from the site’s former occupants. The Florida Suncoast Dome cost $138 million to build, and opened on February 28, 1990, without a baseball team. For the next few years, the dome hosted concerts, football, tennis, and even the Tampa Bay Lightning. In fact, from 1993-1996 it was called the “Thunderdome.” St. Pete lost out on getting a team in the 1993 MLB expansion but triumphed in 1995 when they secured the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 1996 the dome closed for 17 months to undergo $85 million in renovations. That same year Tropicana purchased the naming rights; hence it became known as “The Trop.” In 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays held their first home opener, and to promote it a baseball was passed along a human chain from City Hall to Tropicana Field. In October 2008 the first World Series game was played at Tropicana

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Field between the Rays and the Phillies. The Tropicana Field lease ends in 2027, and a redevelopment plan, known as the Rays/Hines partnership, is in the works for a new stadium to be constructed by 2028 just to the east of the Trop.

On March 28, 2008, the last spring training baseball game was played at Al Lang Stadium. In 2016 Al Lang Stadium was re-designed for soccer as the home of our Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Rays currently train 80 miles south of St. Pete in Port Charlotte. Fifteen of the MLB teams hold spring training in Florida, several within a two-hour drive of St. Pete, and are known as the “Grapefruit League.” The other teams train in Arizona and are known as the “Cactus League.”

For a more in-depth look at the history of baseball in St. Petersburg, read Rick Vaughn’s book, 100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg’s Waterfront: How the Game Helped Shape a City. You can also check out The St. Petersburg Museum of History, home to “Schrader’s Little Cooperstown” which is the largest collection of autographed baseballs (certified by Guinness World Records). The exhibit includes stories and artifacts of baseball legends like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson and more. www.spmoh.com/explore-exhibits

GULFPORT MATTERS

As we grappled with the communication disruptions of the geomagnetic storm NOAA called an unusual event that seemed to be associated with a sunspot 16 times the diameter of Earth, our terrestrial Camelot was undeterred. Gulfport continued on its path of vitality and innovation, and I continued my adventure of discovering what is new in Gulfport.

THE ICEHOUSE

During a recent Fusion 49th District meeting, I had the opportunity to meet Tim, the passionate proprietor of the Icehouse and asked to meet. Having driven by it, I was curious about the name and interested in the wording on the building. In addition to The Icehouse, it says “Musicians & Makers Studios & Spaces.”

The Icehouse is on 49th St. S at 8th Ave. It is easy to spot as it is next to the Trail, has brilliantly colored rotating murals on the walls of the building and a sizable “Welcome to Gulfport” sign is in the right-of-way. If you are like me, my first question was why it is called The Icehouse. Tim shared the storied past, explaining that it was an ice cream distributor. As one can imagine,

the two-foot-thick freezer walls serve as excellent sound barriers.

Within its frosty facade lies seven music studios pulsating with creative energy and musicians, professional well equipped practice rooms which are available at $50 for a two-hour session and recording spaces beckoning new musical and artistic history. But perhaps what makes The Icehouse even more welcome in Gulfport and 49th St. S is its unwavering commitment to community. Through connections with organizations like Creative Clay and initiatives supporting under-resourced youths, Tim ensures that music and art are accessible to all, transcending barriers and growing connections. With plans for a stage to host events, a bicycle rack to serve those traveling on the Trail, and other exciting ideas, The Icehouse will continue to evolve and contribute to the great things happening on 49th St. S. ice49.com

2 BIRDS EVENTS

As I bid farewell to the Icehouse, my curiosity led me down 8th Ave. S where I stumbled upon 2 BIRDS EVENTS. Intrigued, I parked and stepped inside.

To my delight, I discovered that it is where floral fantasies come to life and events are transformed into unforgettable experiences. It is more than just a floral and event design company; it is a curator of dreams specializing in crafting bespoke florals and décor that elevate weddings, gatherings, and special occasions to new heights.

In Gulfport’s aura of creativity, it is clear that there is always more to discover. I could not help but marvel at what other unexpected discoveries and experiences await us in our charming community. 2birdsevents.com

ISLAND FLAVORS AND TINGS

Award-winning Jamaican chef Helena Josephs provides the traditional island flavors of the Caribbean and Jamaican cuisine. The cuisine is proclaimed to be the “Best Jamaican Food in the Area.”

Stepping into Island Flavor and Tings is an experience. Capture the spirit of the islands and indulge your senses with the aromatic spices and flavors from mouthwatering jerk chicken to savory dishes. Browse the shelves that are lined with teas, spices, sauces, seasonings, gift items and accessories. If you are thirsty, you can be

transported to paradise while sipping on tropical juices and punch. And let’s not forget about dessert. Treat yourself to the time-honored classics that embody the sweet essence of the tropics. Helena’s mango bread, rum cakes. rum balls and tropical dessert boards and bowls may not be new, but she has recently unveiled a new counter to accommodate these delights. islandflavorsandtings.com

PETE’S BAGELS

Nestled on the bustling thoroughfare of 49th St. S, located on the same block and just steps away from Island Flavors and Tings, Pete’s Bagels is another recent opening to hit Gulfport’s scene. Reports are that Pete’s Bagels is a hit. Step up to the walk-up window and prepare to be greeted by the tantalizing aroma of freshly baked bagels, steaming cups of coffee or lattes, matcha and chai. petesbagels.com

1 CHICK – 1 BRO, A VENEZUELAN CAFÉ

Prepare to embark on a culinary voyage to Venezuela with 1 Chick – 1 Bro, a Venezuelan Café, also on the thoroughfare of 49th St. S, mere steps away from Island Flavors and Tings. This café is a testament to the diverse culinary tapestry of Gulfport. Helmed by a dynamic brother and sister duo, 1 Chick – 1 Bro invites you to savor the flavors and welcomes you with a friendly atmosphere. So, whether you are

a seasoned connoisseur of Venezuelan cuisine or looking for a culinary adventure, they invite you to pull up a chair, indulge your senses, and join in the celebration of flavors and friendship that defines Gulfport’s vibrant community. www.facebook.com/ profile.php?id=61556710201112

BRENDA MCMAHON GALLERY

During the First Friday Art Walk in May, we stepped into the world of artistry and celebration at the Brenda McMahon Gallery, a cornerstone of creativity and fine art along the charming Beach Blvd. Brenda welcomed visitors to celebrate her five-year milestone and the stunning expansion into the adjacent space.

Guests poured in and the gallery buzzed with excitement. Brenda’s initial concern over too much cake quickly gave way to delight. Music by Dean Johanesen was the perfect accompaniment and enhanced the celebration.

Brenda remains steadfast in her commitment to nurturing Gulfport’s vibrant artistic community and will continue to showcase local established and emerging artists as well. brendamcmahongallery.com

DEVINE WINE AND GOURMET FOOD GOURMET MARKET IS COMING

Prepare your taste buds for the arrival of a new gourmet market located between

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Stella’s breakfast hotspot and Stella’s Sundries. Devine Wine and Gourmet Food specialty gourmet market is poised to become a must-visit destination in town.

With the impending closure of the Red Hot Tiki, Barbara Banno, the visionary proprietor, saw an opportunity to fill a void and elevate Gulfport’s culinary landscape. Inspired by the town’s spirit for celebration, Barbara envisions a space where gastronomic delights and convivial gatherings intersect.

Mike McCue, the mastermind behind Stella’s Sundries, is carefully curating artisanal cheeses, charcuteries, exquisite wines and specialty food items. As preparations unfold behind the scenes, anticipation mounts for the grand unveiling. While the official name and opening date remains a mystery, Barbara and Mike’s expertise promises a delightful experience for all who venture through the door. stellasingulfport.com

AN INVITATION

As the sun sets on another day in Gulfport, it is clear that the spirit of innovation and community is alive. From tantalizing flavors to artistic brilliance, each corner of our beloved town holds a treasure waiting to be discovered. Take time to enjoy the magic of Gulfport, for in this eclectic enclave, every day brings friendship and new possibilities. Join us as we celebrate the past, embrace the present and anticipate what great things tomorrow will bring.

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ART NEWS

Tampa International Airport is collaborating with Fairgrounds St. Pete to feature local artist Jabari Reed (aka iBOMS) in a new popup art installation, “Joy For All.” On display through Sept.

Backyard bonanza

A geography teacher found a 1,600-year-old rock inscribed with early Irish writing while gardening at home in Coventry, England. The rare artifact offers insight into the Medieval Irish language. It is believed the 4-inch, half-pound stone is inscribed with a person’s name, along with information about where that individual came from.

Most Fascinating Museums, Bob Eckstein’s most recent book. MoM is one of 85 places including the Natural History Museum in NY and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

You thought Gulfport was weird Have a “close encounter” at MULTIVERSELAND, an intergalactic mini theme park, in St. Pete. Florida’s newest zany roadside attraction includes 10 immersive, interactive magical “alternate worlds” filled with otherworldly affirmations. www.multiverseland.space

PRIDE month Not only is June Pride Month, it also signifies Juneteenth. The federal holiday commemorates 6/19/1865, the date Black citizens of Galveston, Texas, learned they were no longer enslaved, a full two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Events:

The PWRTRC (The Phyllis Wheatley Rise to Read Campaign) Juneteenth Music Festival, 4-9pm 6/15 at Albert Whitted Park. https://bit.ly/ tampa-juneteenth Black and Gold – Happy Juneteenth! BYO adult beverages to enjoy while painting Juneteenth-themed artwork. South Tampa Painting with a Twist, 6/19 7-9pm. https://bit.ly/black-gold-2024

The third annual Juneteenth Cultural Celebration at the Tampa Museum of Art. 6/14 10am-5pm. Free admission to its family-friendly programs and the new Vinik Family Education Center.

https://bit.ly/tampa-juneteenth USF’s Juneteenth! 6/16 11:30am-1:30pm, Yuengling Center in Tampa. Join students for food, entertainment, education and celebration.

https://bit.ly/usf-juneteenth

THE SHOUT! 6/19 6-8pm at the ArtsXchange, a dynamic, immersive introduction to the art, history, and soul of Gospel music. This workshop offers a deep dive into the vibrant traditions and profound expressions that define this powerful genre.

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The Florida Holocaust Museum presents I Say the World Should See Them: The Liberation of Ohrdruf and Buchenwald See items from the collection of Dr. Rowland Wood, a St. Petersburg native who

served in the 168th Medical Battalion of Patton’s Third Army and bore witness to the liberation of Ohrdruf and Buchenwald in April 1945. Now through 7/31. https://bit.ly/see-them-fhm

Tattoo me & you Ink Mania Tattoo & Art Expo inks up 6/24 1-11pm at The Coliseum in St. Pete. Open to newbies and veterans, the convention includes seminars, DJ Battle, performances, an art fusion wall, a graffiti wall, tattoo contests and awards, special guests, and more! www.inkmaniaexpo.com

Get your glitter on Taylor Shines – The Laser Spectacular, sparkles into the Mahaffey 7/20, 7:30pm. Sing along during two hours of non-stop Taylor Swift hits seamlessly blended with the world-famous touring Laser Spectacular & Light show.

https://bit.ly/see-them-fhm

SXSP? Cathie Wood envisions a St. Pete version of Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW).

MoMa mia! The Museum of Motherhood in St. Pete is listed in Footnotes from the

The seasoned investor and founder of the ARK Innovation Center in St. Pete’s Innovation District is in talks with the Rays to bring a similar creativesfocused festival to the new Historic Gas Plant District stadium during the off-season.

https://bit.ly/tampa-innovation

Flower power Reimagining Nature: Dalí’s Floral Fantasies presents Salvador Dalí’s best-loved botanical print suites featuring three rarely displayed suites he created between 1968 and 1972. At the Dalí Museum through 10/20.

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Their song The St. Pete Museum of Fine Arts presents Never the Same Song, an exhibition of the works of Lizzi Bougatsos and Lonnie Holley. The exhibit spans artworks from the 1990s to the present, including works made by the artists in March at Holley’s studio in Atlanta. Open through 9/15.

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American Stage’s 47th season lineup is here. It kicks off with Ring of Fire (9/25–10/20) a musical set to Johnny Cash’s greatest hits, followed by The Mountaintop (11/6-24) focused on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. Other productions include This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing, Hair, and Fat Ham. www.americanstage.org

ARTIST OPPs The Bennett Prize awards $50,000 to a woman artist to create a solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which then travels the country. In 2018, the inaugural year of The Prize, there were 647 entries. In 2020 and 2022, the number of entries continued to grow. Apply through 10/4. www.thebennettprize.org

Last year’s West St. Pete CommUNITY Picnic is returning as the West St. Pete CommUNITY Festival on 9/28. They’re adding live music, beer and wine, craft vendors, and are looking for local artists to do live painting and sell their art! Interested? Reach out to arongbryce@gmail.com Deadline 7/2.

Flora & Fauna, a juried art show at Art Center Sarasota, invites artists to celebrate the natural world, both real and imagined, living and extinct, peaceful and poisonous. David Berry, curator of Selby Gardens, serves as juror.

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Exhibition dates 8/15-9-28. Submission deadline 7/14. https://bit.ly/flora-fauna-sarasota

Flora & Fauna for the rest of us Celebrate the magic of nature at Creative Pinellas’s Flora & Fauna. This exhibition of local artists offers a profound and immersive experience, granting visitors the opportunity to marvel at the wonders of flora and fauna while encouraging them to embrace a sense of responsibility for the preservation of our planet’s biodiversity. On display through 7/7. https://bit.ly/florafauna-pinellas

PHOTO

FINISHES The USF Contemporary Art Museum will offer Breaking Barriers 2024, a six-week cellphone photography workshop series for military veterans and their families. Breaking Barriers is an initiative to expand access to the arts for military personnel, veterans, and their families. Online 7/12–8/16. Register by 6/25. https://bit.ly/flora-fauna-pinellas

The Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement (MAACM) in St. Pete recently acquired Alfred Stieglitz’s 1894 carbon print, The Net Mender, a signature image from the artist’s

early career. In a carbon print, the image consists of pigmented gelatin, rather than silver or another metal like typical black-and-white prints. www.museumaacm.org

Ybor City’s Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA) presents an exhibition chronicling the evolution of Ybor City from its founding in 1886 to the present day. Founded and populated by immigrants from Spain, Cuba, and Italy, this Historic Landmark, has undergone many transformations over the years. 7/18-11/17. www.fmopa.org/ybor-cityphotography-exhibition-fmopa

On the job Jobsite, the Straz’s resident theater company, launches another season of shows from wild comedies to dark delights. The 2024-2025 season opens with POTUS Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive 9/4-29, continues with Gorey Stories 10/23-11/17, and winds down with Puffs 7/9-8/3/2025. www.jobsitetheater.org/ 2024-25-season

ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT

Harvard Grad is Having a BALL as a Well-Known Photographer

J.R. St. Jean has smarts for sure, having graduated cum laude in 1999 from Harvard University with a degree in biology and anthropology. But true smarts come from embracing what it is in the world you truly want to do and pursuing the dream. St. Jean did just that, and he’s a happy guy indeed, living in St. Petersburg and channeling “Norman Rockwell” in his photographs.

To understand him is to revert back to his early days when he first worked with Boston’s Museum of Science photographing fossils. “It got old, literally,” says St. Jean, who then migrated south to Orlando to work for Disney in the Fine Arts Dept. He worked in creatives, specially designing backdrops and lighting. Using the skills he learned while working at Florida’s No. 1 tourist destination, he began to incorporate these skills into family portraits, weddings, and created photos that people wanted to use as wall art. Using special effects, he digitally edits his photos and creates a style closer to the Norman Rockwell style.

Sixty-year-old St. Jean says his prized work is a public art piece in Orlando that was commissioned by the City of Orlando: a 6-foot-long photograph called, “Many Journeys, Many Destinations.” The photograph depicts a transportation theme, with Orlando as a key tourist destination that has all different modes of transportation to get to Orlando. St. Jean’s first show in May at the Hickman Theatre in Gulfport. Anecdotal information: St. Jean is listed in the Professional Photographers of America, certified as a photographer, and loves to ballroom dance – a passion he’s followed for years while living in Boston and now Florida. He is a professional square dance caller (45 years of square dancing)! jr@jrstjean.com, www.stjeancreative.com

Susan Hess: A unique art form that will “melt your heart” Madeira Beach resident Susan Hess is indeed talented, but her art form is an ancient process known as “Encaustic painting” – or “hot wax painting” – a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. The technique was used by Greeks around the 5th century BC and the Romans. Since it’s heated and the artist uses it to build up layers and color it, it’s durable and doesn’t fade or mildew. The most famous examples from this era are the Fayum mummy portraits from Egypt, which showcase the use of encaustic for funerary art in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. These portraits illustrate the incredible durability of encaustic art; they still retain their vivid color today. Since the 1990s, encaustic has seen a resurgence in popularity among contemporary artists drawn to its textural and luminous qualities.

By Andrea Martone

From “Doodle Queen” to Harvard Educated, Peruvian Immigrant Hypnotized by Design, Dr. Corinne Varon is undoubtedly well educated. Born in Lima, Peru, she immigrated to Boston 40 years ago and attended prestigious schools (Brandeis University: Fine Arts, Leslie University, master’s in education & Expressive Therapies, and Harvard where she received a doctorate in art and cognition and “The Psychology of Art”). With a wide range of degrees to use, she chose to work in Cambridge, Boston, as an elementary school teacher and administrator for 39 years before retiring in 2013.

“Always a visual artist since I was 15. I loved to doodle a lot. I drew in between classes while waiting for the next class (geometric shapes).” I was inspired by my father who was a textile engineer. I grew up thinking that’s what I would do (love the patterns and the nature of geometric design).”

Varon was hypnotized by design. Fast forward, she began to use her art skills extensively after retirement, living on the ocean full time in Clearwater. She never married but raised her one daughter solo. Her daughter is now 38 and living as a writer in Chicago. Varon’s next exhibit, part of “100 Women Artists: Now and Then,” is at Dunedin Fine Art Center from June 7 to Sept. 1. Reception date: June 14, 6-7pm, Location: Dunedin Fine Art Center, 143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin

Website: www.corinnevaron.com

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ varonfinearts/?etsrc=sdt

Hess has been using this method for 30 years as an artist living in Madeira Beach. She must be reincarnated from the early Greek empire, since she tells me she was “always fascinated with melting crayons together when I was a young girl.” She went on to study interior design and fine art in college and worked in interior design before morphing into being “just an artist.” Hess says, “For many years I painted watercolors, but I became enamored with Encaustics.” Most of Hess’s paintings are sized at 30x30 and include both realistic and abstract designs. Like many other area artists, she rents space at ArtLofts (2nd floor). There, she gives classes to people who want to learn the process themselves. “I love to share the process and that’s why I love to teach others about this technique.” For more information about Susan Hess, visit her website at: www.susanhessartist.com

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ART CENTERS/CLASSES

ART – GALLERIES

ARTS – PERFORMING MUSEUMS

MUSIC OPERA

FILM

ECO GARDENS FERRIES

LIBRARIES MARKETS

SPIRITUAL ZOOS/AQUARIUMS

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THRIFT SHOPS

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(Events are subject to change. Please visit website or call to confirm.)

ART CENTERS/CLASSES

Beach Art Center

1515 Bay Palm Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach

727-596-4331 beachartcenter.org

Heart of Pinellas

Decorative Artists

Pinellas Park Art Center, Roe’s Deli, 5851 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park. Local chapter of National Society of Decorative Painters

727-244-4321 hpdafl.com

Morean Arts Center

719 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-822-7872

moreanartscenter.org

Contemporary art gallery. Art classes year-round.

Buddy Baker | Events, Arts & Leisure Coordinator Arts & Leisure

Morean Center for Clay

420 22nd St. S, St. Pete 727-821-7162 ext 2311

moreanartscenter.org

Largest pottery in the Southeast

Morean Glass Studio

714 First Ave. N, St. Pete 727-822-7872

moreanartscenter.org

Daily demonstrations every hour noon to 4pm. Classes available.

Pinellas Arts Village

5663 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park

• Studios @ 5663

Fourth Saturday block party and indoor market. facebook.com/Pav727/

Pinellas Park Art Society

Park Station Building 5851 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park

Members’ work shown at Pinellas Park Library and Pinellas Park City Hall 727-360-4406

Meet third Saturday, 11am-noon pinellasparkartsociety.org

Suntan Art Center at Don Vista Arts Center 3300 Gulf Blvd., suntanart.org Classes, Art Mart every weekend 6/2-30 – June Members Show

The Clay Co-Op

(formerly Charlie Parker Pottery) 2724 Sixth Ave. S, St. Petersburg 727-321-2071 claycoopstpete.com

The Hive

559 49th St. S, St Pete 727-290-6515 thehivestpete.com

Classes, open studio, pottery, jewelry sales

Treasure Island Art Guild treasureislandartguild.org

Painting workshops weekly

Veterans Art Center

6798 Crosswinds Dr. N, St. Pete 813-504-3092 vactb.org

Opportunities for military and veterans to develop and showcase arts.

Zen Glass Studio & Gallery

600 27th St. S, St. Pete 727-323-3141 zenglass.com Classes and workshops.

ART GALLERIES

Art at 400 Studios

400 23rd St. S, St. Pete art-at-400.com By appointment, Art Walk

ARTicles/Leslie Curran Gallery

1234 Dr. MLK Jr St. N, St. Pete 727-898-6061 articlesstpete.com

Artists of Elements

4746 22nd Ave. S, St. Petersburg 727-420-7438 artistsofelements.com

ArtLofts (second floor)

Florida CraftArt Gallery 10 Fifth St. N, St. Pete 727-504-8788 theartlofts.com

Open ArtWalk or by appointment

ARTpool Gallery

2030 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-324-3878 artpoolrules.com Open Wed.-Sun., noon-5pm

ArtsXchange

515 22nd St. S, St. Pete Open Fri.-Sat., 11am-5pm warehouseartsdistrict.org

Atelier de SoSi

2380 Sixth Ave. S, St. Pete 727-370-4192 atelierdesosi.com

Brenda McMahon Gallery

2901 Beach Blvd. S #104 Gulfport 518-692-7742 brendamcmahongallery.com

Bula Barua

2534 Terminal Drive S, St. Pete 727-900-1063 bulagallery.com Blown glass on canvas

Chasen Galleries

1830 S Osprey Ave., Sarasota 941-260-5787 chasengalleries.com/sarasota

Chihuly Collection

720 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-822-7872 ext 5102 moreanartscenter.org

Clyde Butcher Galleries clydebutcher.com/galleries

Venice Gallery & Studio

237 Warfield Ave. S, Venice

Big Cypress Gallery 52388 Tamiami Trail, Ochopee

Cobb Gallery

Eckerd College, Library Circle, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Pete eckerd.edu/visualarts/program

Collectors Exchange Gallery 1234 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N, St. Pete articlestpete.com Open Sat. 11am-5pm

Craftsman House 2955 Central Ave., St. Pete craftsmanhousegallery.com Gallery-Café-Pottery Studio

Creative Clay Cultural Arts Center

1846 First Ave. S, St. Pete 727-825-0515 creativeclay.org

6/8 – June Artwalk

Creative Pinellas 12211 Walsingham Rd., Largo 727-460-5477

Gallery noon-5pm Wed-Sun creativepinellas.org

6/4 – Fresh Ink 7/16 – Fresh Ink

Crossroads Gallery

St. Petersburg College, 2464 Drew St., Clearwater spcollege.edu/friends-partners/ community-resources

Custom House Décor

2901 Beach Blvd., Gulfport 727-317-5936 customhousedecor.com

D Gallerie

1234 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N, Unit C, St. Pete d-gallerie.com

ARTS & LEISURE EVENTS

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RECURRING EVENTS

First Fridays • 10am-2pm, Creative Clay Outdoor

Art Market, 1846 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg • 5-9pm, First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Gulfport • 6-9pm, Concert in front of Studio Movie Grill, Seminole City Center, 11201 Park Blvd. N, Seminole

Last Friday • 6-9pm, live music at the John’s Pass Bell Tower, John’s Pass Boardwalk and Shopping Village, 12902 Village Blvd., Madeira Beach

1st Saturday • 8am Beach Cleanup, Archibald Park, 15100 Gulf Blvd. Mad. Beach.

2nd Saturday • 8:30am, Beach Cleanup. Municipal Pavilion, 11260 Gulf Blvd., Treasure Island, 11185 Gulf Blvd. •

The Market Marie,10am-3pm, Coachman Park, 300 Cleveland St., Clearwater • 5-9pm, St. Pete Artwalk. Artists and gallery owners from 40 studios and galleries in five arts districts show off their latest works. Take the trolley, drive or park and walk. stpeteartsalliance.org/artwalk

3rd Saturday • 10am-2pm, Crossroads Market, Crossroads Christian Church, 1645 Seminole Blvd., Largo • 10am-5pm, Creative Pinellas at Pinewood, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo • 5-9pm, Indie Faire, Beach Blvd., Gulfport. Outdoor, socially distanced event in Gulfport features local art, handmade crafts, jewelry, and pottery to locally sourced botanicals.

4th Saturday • Pinellas Arts Walk 4-8pm, Pinellas Arts Village Walk, 5600-5800 Park Blvd. (north side), Pinellas Park. Pinellas Park Art Society, Donnelly COVE, Complete Sweet Shoppe, Pompei Factory, Studios @5663, Painting with a Twist, Bottles Pub, and Swartz Gallery.

DRV Fine Art Studios & Gallery 5401 Gulfport Blvd. S, Gulfport drvgallery.com

Duncan McClellan Gallery 2342 Emerson Ave. S, St. Pete 813-760-6600 dmglass.com Through 6/24 – Ross Richmond Through 7/31 –Raven Skyriver & Kelly O’Dell Through 7/31 –Charlyn Reynolds Exhibition Through 7/31 – DMG denizens/staff/resident show 6/8-8/31 – It Figures: Body of Work

Dunedin Fine Art Center 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin 727-298-3322 dfac.org

Ekeko Gallery

290 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr St. N, St. Pete 727-685-5577 facebook.com/Ekeko-Gallery

Factory St. Pete

2622 Fairfield Ave. S, St. Pete thefactorystpete.com

6/1 – Freakin’ Warehouse Party feat. Andre Silva 6/7 – MIZE at The Factory: BLISS 6/14-15 – Shades of Pride: LGBTQ + Juneteenth Festival 6/15 – St. Pete Pride: The Honors Ball

Fairgrounds St. Pete 800 28th St. S, St. Pete Works by more than 60 local and international artists fairgrounds.art

Five Deuces Gallerie 2101 Third Ave. S, St. Pete Open by appointment & Art Walk Facebook.com/five22222

Florida CraftArt Gallery 501 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-821-7391 floridacraftart.org Sat. Mural Walk Through 7/6 – Crafting Play

Galvez-Woodfield Fine Art Gallery 2323 Central Ave., St. Pete 248-759-7203 g-w-fineart.com

Gulf Coast Artists Alliance

St. Pete ArtWorks, 2604 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-738-8010 gcaa-fl.org

Heiress

2622 Fairfield Ave S, Bldg. 7, Studio A, St. Pete heiressgallery.com Through 6/14 – Heaven’s Night: Caitlin Nobile & Kyra Connolly

Luis Sottil Studios

400 Beach Drive NE, Suite 150, St. Pete 727-220-1567 facebook.com/luissottilstpete

Mirella Cimato Art Gallery

2145 First Ave. S, St. Pete (inside St. Petersburg Opera) 727-543-9190 facebook.com/MirellaCimatoGallery 7/1-8/31 – Arte Italiana

Nielsen Center for Visual Arts Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Pete 800-454-9009 eckerd.edu/visualarts/program

Red Cloud Indian Arts

214 Beach Dr. NE, St. Pete 727-821-5824

redcloudindianarts.com Representing authentic Native American arts.

Soft Water Gallery

515 22nd St. S, St. Pete 727-327-3473

softwatergallery.com Through 6/1 – Topos Through 7/6 – Homecoming: New Work by John Hosford

SPACE

855 28th St. S, St. Pete Warehouse Arts District facebook.com/spacestpete

Stirling Art Studios & Gallery 730 Broadway (second floor) Studio 12, Dunedin 800-325-2050 facebook.com/StirlingArtDunedin Open Thurs-Sun, Second Saturdays

Syd Entel Galleries

247 Main St., Safety Harbor 727-725-1808 sydentelgalleries.com

The Domingo Studio

2620 Beach Blvd. S, Gulfport 727-821-2315 facebook.com/The-Domingo-Studio

The Werk

2210 First Ave. S., St. Pete 727-289-8685 thewerk.gallery

Uniquely Original Art Studio

915 24th St. S, St. Pete 727-239-3696 https://tinyurl.com/mrx4c253 Original Afrocentric art, open by appointment and during Art Walk

Vince Anthony Fine Art Gallery 10611 Bay Pines Blvd. #5, St. Pete 727-401-2886 fineartamerica.com/art/ vince+anthony

Wild Space Gallery

The Factory St. Pete, Bldg. 8 2606 Fairfield Ave. S, St. Pete floridawildlifecorridor.org/ wild-space-gallery/

6/8-8/23 – Wildpath: Connect and Protect

ARTS PERFORMING

Amalie Arena

401 Channelside Drive, Tampa 813-301-2500 amaliearena.com

6/4 – Luis Miguel

6/6 – Grupo Firme

6/8 – Megan Thee Stallion

6/14 – Justin Timberlake

6/16 – Santana and Counting Crows

6/18 – Melanie Martinez

6/21 – Peso Pluma

7/24 – Missy Elliott

7/27 – Fuerza Regida

8/9 – Bolts Brew Fest

8/10 – Freestyle Explosion Throwback Jam

8/11 – $uicideboy$

American Stage

Raymond James Theatre

163 Third St. N, St. Pete 727-823-7529 americanstage.org

Through 6/16 – Hedwig and The Angry Inch (6/13-16 at Jannus Landing)

7/10-8/4 – The Figs Fresh Ink

Bite size pieces of new work, 7pm, at Creative Pinellas

6/4 – Pride Play, by Jayne Deely 7/16 – Hippopotomon strosesquippedaliophobia, by Dawn Branch

Asolo Repertory Theatre

5555 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota

800-361-8388 asolorep.org

Through 6/9 – 12 Angry Men: A New Musical

Bilheimer Capitol Theatre

405 Cleveland St., Clearwater

727-791-7400 rutheckerdhall.com

6/2 – Mr. Big

6/9 – Steve Earle (solo) 6/14 – John Hiatt

Bininger Theater for Performing Arts

Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Pete 727-867-1166 eckerd.edu/theatre

Catherine Hickman Theater 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport 727-893-1070 mygulfport.us

Central Park Performing Arts Center

105 Central Park Dr., Largo 727-587-6793 largoarts.com

6/6 – Deana Carter

6/14 – Jen Kober

6/30 – Larry Carlton

7/21 – Mimosa Fest

7/21 – Down South Ultimate Country Dance Party

8/9-18 – [title of show]

Early Bird Dinner Theater

13355 49th St. N, Clearwater

727-446-5898

earlybirddinnertheater.com/site

Through 6/16 – Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten

Eckerd College International Film Series

Free, 7pm, Miller Auditorium, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Pete 727-867-1166 eckerd.edu/ international-cinema

Eight O’Clock Theatre

105 Central Park Dr., Largo

727-587-6793

eightoclocktheatre.com

8/9-18– [title of show]

Floridian Social 687 Central Ave., St. Pete

727-322-4600 www.thefloridiansocial.com

6/1 – St. Pete Indie Night

6/7 – New Dawn Fades + Ordinary Boys

6/13-14 – Pride: Emerald Rabbit Cabaret

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ARTS & LEISURE EVENTS

ONGOING

Through 6/23 – Live Conservation of 17th Century Spanish Tabernacle

Free with museum admission $12-$22, 10am-2pm, Tues.-Fri., Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE, downtown St. Pete. This small, intensive exhibition focuses on the conservation of a gilded, painted, and carved tabernacle made in Northern Spain during the mid-1600s. The object preserves most of its original surface. Over time, woodworms, daily use, and even changes in humidity and temperature have damaged the work. Conservationist Luis Seixas from Lisbon is undertaking the cleaning, consolidating, and restoring this precious artifact live within the Miriam Acheson Gallery. Special Saturday session 6/1,10am-noon.

Through 7/21 – 2024 Emerging Artist Exhibition

Free, Wed-Sun, 10am-5pm, The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. This eighth annual exhibition features 10 up-and-coming artists whose talents range from the realms of visual arts, performance and literature. At scheduled Artist Talks, the artists will speak about their art practice and exhibition collection. Pinellas.org/2024EAE.

UPCOMING

6/1 – 8th Annual Lemonade Stand Fundraiser

10am-1:30pm, 6312 Dartmouth Ave. N, St. Pete. Caroline Gallagher’s C&C Lemonade Factory’s eighth annual Lemonade Stand Fundraiser coincides with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s Lemonade Days nationwide event. Activities include face painting, balloon animals, cotton candy and popcorn, and a donor raffle. One hundred percent of all donations support childhood cancer with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.

6/1 – Gulfport Pride

Free admission and parking. 10am-8pm, downtown Gulfport Waterfront District. In addition to 130-plus local makers and small businesses, many businesses along Beach and Shore boulevards are planning live music, “fun-raisers,” and more fun and games. There’s even a local business décor contest! Plus, two main stages, parade, and a marching band.

6/1 – Opera Tampa’s OUTLoud $25 and up, 8pm, Straz Center, Tampa. Come as you are to Ot’s Bar for an outlandishly good time, as Opera Tampa celebrates Pride with selections from opera, Broadway and beyond. This performance may prompt you to sing OUTLOUD. Intended only for audiences 18+. strazcenter.org/events/2324-season/opera/outloud/

6/15 – The Resolvers w/ The Dub Collectors

6/21 – The Black Honkeys

6/27 – Luxe: A Latin Night at the Floridian Social

7/6 – The Heavy Pets + Guavatron

7/20 – T.L. Jentgens

7/25 – Luxe: A Latin Night

Francis Wilson Playhouse 302 Seminole St., Clearwater 727-446-1360 franciswilsonplayhouse.org

freeFall Theatre Company 6099 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-498-5205 freefalltheatre.com

6/6-16 – You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

6/29 – Sophisticated Swing

8/9-9/8 – Fable

Gulfport Casino 5500 Shore Blvd. S, Gulfport 813-840-3715 mygulfport.us/recreation/casino Weekly dancing/instruction

Gulfport Community Players Back Door Theater

1619 49th St. S, Gulfport gulfportcommunityplayers.org

6/6-16 – And Baby Makes Seven (at Hickman Theatre)

Jannus Live 200 First Ave. N, St. Pete 727-565-0550 jannuslive.com

6/6 – Hunxko

6/8 – Collie Buddz w/ Kash’d Out & Cloud 9 Vibes

6/13-16 – Hedwig & The Angry Inch

6/17 – Silverson Pickups

6/18 – Frank Turner & The Sleeping Pills

6/21 – Pride Friday Night Concert w/ Sasha Colby

6/29 – The Taylor Party

7/1 – Pvris w/ Pale Waves

7/10 – Ken Carson

7/13 – Ballyhoo! & Bumpin Uglies w/ Joe Samba

7/18 – Steel Pulse w/ Jesse Royal

7/19 – GZA + Kota the Friend

7/21 – Idobi Summer School Tour

7/31 – As I Lay Dying w/ Chelsea Grin & Entheos

8/2 – The Head & The Heart w/ Phosphorescent

8/3 – Taking Back Sunday w/ Citizen

LAB Theater Project

812 E. Henderson Ave., Tampa 813-586-4272 labtheaterproject.com

Produces only works from emerging playwrights. 7/11-21 – Lab Laughs: An Evening of Comedic Shorts

M.A.D. Theatre of Tampa (Music Acting Dance Theatre of Tampa) @ The Straz Center, 1010 N W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa 813-229-7827 madtheatre.com

6/14-29 – Urinetown: The Musical

Manatee Performing Arts Center

502 Third Ave. W, Bradenton 941-748-5875 manateeperformingartscenter.com Through 6/2 –Voces de la Maternidad 6/13-23 – Royal James Theater presents “Murder by the Book”

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union –Amphitheatre

Florida State Fairgrounds 4802 US Hwy. 301 N, Tampa 813-740-2446

midflorida.com/amphitheatre 6/5 – Tyler Childers

6/14 – 21 Savage 6/19 – Alanis Morissette 6/21 – Red Hot Chili Peppers w/ Ice Cube & Irontom

7/2 – Barbie the Movie: In Concert 7/11 – The Doobie Brothers w/The Robert Cray Band

7/13 – The Queens of R&B: Xscape & SWV

7/14 – Sammy Hagar w/ Loverboy 7/16 – Janet Jackson w/ Nelly

7/19 – New Kids on the Block

7/20 – Styx & Foreigner w/ John Waite & Juke Box Heroes

7/25 – Third Eye Blind w/ Yellowcard & Arizona

8/1 – Halestorm & I Prevail

8/7 – Loserville: Limp Bizkit, Bones, N8NOFACE, Corey Feldman, Riff Raff

National Theatre Live Eckerd College, Miller Auditorium

4200 54th Ave. S, St. Pete

Performances in HD http://tinyurl.com/y5fxrtc3

New Tampa Performing Arts Center

8550 Hunters Village Road, Tampa 813-829-2760 newtampaartscenter.org

6/13 – Hollywood Hillsborough Film Series: Edward Scissorhands

7/11 – Hollywood Hillsborough Film Series: Live By Night

7/19-28 – New Tampa Players presents Singin’ in the Rain

Patel Conservatory

1010 N W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa, Dance / Theater / Music / Adult Classes 813-222-1002 patelconservatory.org

6/21-22 – The SpongeBob Musical

7/18-21 – Shrek the Musical Jr.

Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center

4951 78th Ave. N, Pinellas Park 727-369-5746 pinellas-park.com/161/ Performing-Arts-Center.com

Raymond James Stadium

4201 N Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa 813-350-6500 raymondjamesstadium.com

6/15 – Roc The Block Inc.: Juneteenth

7/11-12 – Morgan Wallen 8/14 – Zach Bryan

Riverwalk Tampa thetampariverwalk.com Latin Thursdays

Second Sundays – 11am-3pm:

Market + Art Walk, Armature Works

7/4 – July 4th Boat Parade (Convention Center to Sparkman Wharf)

Ruth Eckerd Hall

1111 N McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater 727-791-7400 rutheckerdhall.com

6/1 – Hauser

6/2 – Happy Together Tour: The Turtles, Jay & The Americans, The Association, Badfinger, The Vogues & The Cowsills

6/7 – Foghat, Cactus & Pat Travers Band

6/14-15 – Clearwater

Smooth Jazz Jam

6/22 – Abducted by the ‘80s: Wang Chung, Men Without Hats, The Motels, and Naked Eyes

Safety Harbor

Art & Music Center

706 Second St. N, Safety Harbor

727-725-4018

safetyharborartand musiccenter.com

Seminole Hard Rock

Hotel and Casino 5223 Orient Rd., Tampa 813-627-6649

seminolehardrocktampa.com

6/2 – Wayne Newton

6/12-13 – My Big Gay

Italian Wedding

6/20 – Heather McDonald

6/30 – Walker Hayes

7/7 – KC & the Sunshine Band

7/18 – Jorge Celedon

7/22 – Asia

7/25 – Donny Osmond

7/31 – Jonas Brothers

8/1 – Russell Peters

8/15 –Deep Purple

Skipper’s Smokehouse

910 Skipper Rd., Tampa 813-971-0668

skipperssmokehouse.com

6/14 – Sunny Sweeney

Sparkman Wharf

615 Channelside Drive, Tampa

• Burger Fi

• Jotoro

• LightHaus

• Noblerice

• Splitsville

• Shortwave Coffee

* Whatever Pops sparkmanwharf.com

St. Petersburg City Theatre 4025 31st St. S, 727-866-1973 spcitytheatre.org

Stageworks Theater

1120 E Kennedy Blvd., West Bldg., #151, Tampa 813-374-2416

stageworkstheatre.org

6/7-23 – Falsettos

Straz Center for the Performing Arts

1010 N W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa 813-229-7827 strazcenter.org

Through 6/2– Clue

Through 6/9 – The Smuggler: A Thriller in Verse

6/1 – Opera Tampa’s OUTLoud

6/8-9 – Bluey’s Big Play

6/11-16 – Les Misérables

6/14-29 – Urinetown

6/17 – Arts Legacy REMIX: Fourth Annual Juneteenth Commemoration

6/21-22 – The SpongeBob Musical

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ARTS & LEISURE EVENTS

6/1 – 22nd Annual Puppy Love Benefit

$125, 6-10pm. Celebrate Pet Pal Animal Shelter’s triumphs in saving animals’ lives during a tropical gala at the Tradewinds Island Grand Beach Resort. The evening will include dinner, puppies, live and silent auctions, puppies, entertainment, and puppies! https://tinyurl.com/mr4ymtbn

6/1-23 – Sarasota Music Festival

Prices vary by concert and venue, at Holley Hall and Sarasota Opera House. The 2024 festival celebrates six decades of bringing some of the world’s greatest musicians and teachers together with younger colleagues, to share their wisdom and experience in an intensive three weeks of non-stop learning and music-making. Tickets at sarasotaorchestra.org/festival

6/7 – Tampa Bay Watch Tarpon Rodeo

$1,500-$10,000 (four tickets), 6am-3pm, Fort DeSoto Boat Ramp. A catch-and-release tournament, this year, the Inshore Slam Division has been added, where anglers vie to catch the Big Three: snook, trout and redfish. Funds raised directly benefit Tampa Bay Watch’s scientific volunteer projects and educational initiatives. Five sponsorship levels. https://tinyurl.com/y3v2z4nc

6/8 – Skyway Marina District Summer Bash

Free admission, 2-8pm, St. Petersburg City Theatre, 4025 31st St. S, St Petersburg. This annual community event returns after a hiatus, with local business vendors, kids’ zone, food trucks, live music, beer/wine truck and tent, pet cooling zone and fun to be had!

6/13-16 – Hedwig and the Angry Inch

$30/$35 (bleachers), 8pm, Jannus Landing, downtown St. Pete. This darkly humorous self-love story, powered by a live band, epic rock music and hard-hitting lyrics, explores gender identity, acceptance and the freedom to be whoever you want to be. This multi-Tony award winning show will leave you begging for more. Age 18+ only. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/2ypzzk7d

6/17 – Arts Legacy REMIX:

Fourth Annual Juneteenth Commemoration

Free, 7:30-9pm, Straz Center, Tampa. June 19, 1865, is the date when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been set free. The commemoration will be comprised of spoken remembrance’s, writings of historical importance and an original performance of music, poetry, and dance created especially for this event.

“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” –Debasish Mridha, Sweet Rhymes from Sweet Hearts

7/3 – A.C.E. 7/10-8/4 – The Rocky Horror Show

7/18-21 – Shrek the Musical Jr. 8/14-25 – Thrice to Mine Riverwalk Stage (6-9pm, free)

6/1 – Live and Local w/ Rev RC 6/6 – Latin Nights w/ Metro Latino 6/12 – Adam Ezra Group 6/14 – Live and Local w/Shevonne 6/15 – Live and Local w/ Fabiola Rivera

Studio Grand Central 2260 First Ave. S, St. Pete 727-202-7019 theoffcentral.com

Sunshine City Comedy Club 5501 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach 727-435-0327 sunshinecitycomedyclub.com

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St. Tampa tampatheatre.org 813-274-8286

One of America’s most elaborate movie palaces

6/2 – Thelma & Louise (film)

6/8 – Ali Siddiq

6/9 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (film) 6/16 – Notorious (film)

6/22 – Leo Skepi 6/23 – Sunset Blvd. (film) 6/30 – The Godfather Part II (film) 7/7 – Apollo 13 (film)

7/14 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (film) 7/21 – The Wizard of Oz (film)

7/28 – Do the Right Thing (film) 8/4 – The Princess Bride (film) 8/11 – Chinatown (film)

Tarpon Springs Cultural Center 101 S Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs 727-942-5605 tarponarts.org

6/21-30 – I Hate Hamlet: A Comedy by Paul Rudnick

7/19-28 – Love Letters: A Romantic Play by A.R. Gurney

Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center

324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs 727-942-5605 tarponarts.org

6/1 – Six One Five Collective 6/8 – Cathy Ladman

6/15 – The Edge Effect

The Mahaffey Theater

400 First St. S, St. Pete

727-300-2000 themahaffey.com

6/1 – Jeanne Lynn Dance Studio

6/2 – A&G Dance Academy

6/9 – K&D North/South 6/14 – Brucie Klay’s Dance Center

6/16 – Fifth Dimension Dance Center

7/3-7 – Bert Kreischer 7/20 – Taylor Shines: The Laser Spectacular

8/3-4 – Paw Patrol Live! Heroes Unite

The Palladium

253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Pete

727-822-3590 mypalladium.org

6/7, 9, 11 – St. Pete Opera: Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor

6/20 – Larue Nickelson

6/29 – Jeremy Carter: Pure Imagination

7/12 – Faithfully Rocks the Palladium

7/26 – Zachary Bartholomew: Balancing Act!

The Baycare Sound Coachman Park

301 Drew St., Clearwater 727-791-7400 rutheckerdhall.com

7/6 – 20 Years of Tears

7/27 – Sad Summer Fest

7/31 – Lindsey Stirling

8/2 – Blue October, Switchfoot & Matt Nathanson 8/3 – Dirty Heads & Slightly Stoopid 8/4 – Straight No Chaser w/ Chris Kirkpatrick & O-Town 8/8 – UB40 w/The English Beat & Maxi Priest 8/10 – Slash

S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival

The Studio@620

620 First Ave. S, St. Pete 727-895-6620 thestudioat620.org Masks requested while in building 6/1 – Resilient Reflections Opening Celebration

6/7 – Stand Up Comedy Night

6/10 – June Yoga Flow

6/11 – Blah Blah Blah

Literary Open Mic

6/26 – Poetry Open Mic

6/27 – Green Book

Business Owner Mixer

6/30 – Celebrating the legend and the legacy of Bob Devin Jones

USF Yuengling Center

12499 USF Bull Run Drive, Tampa

813-974-3111 yuenglingcenter.com

6/9 – The Kid Lardi

6/16 The Bryson Tiller Tour

6/22 – Big3

7/6 – Fourth of July Weekend Bash

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 941-953-3368 vanwezel.org

6/2 – Celtic Throne

6/21 – Friday Fest: Kettle of Fish

West Coast Players

21905 US 19 N, Clearwater 727-437-2363 wcplayers.com

6/7-23 – Love/Sick

Zubrick Magic Theatre

1211 First Ave N, Suite 101, St. Pete. Thur.-Sat. 7pm; Sun. 2pm 866-ZUBRICK (866-982-7425) zubrickmagic.com

MUSEUMS

Florida Holocaust Museum

55 Fifth St. S, St. Pete 727-820-0100 flholocaustmuseum.org

Through 7/1 – We Share the Same Sky (extended)

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

1630 E 7th Ave., Ybor City, Tampa 813-221-2222 fmopa.org

Through 6/16 – Hillel Academy

First Annual Student Photography Contest Through 7/7 – Joel Meyerowitz: Confluence, 1964-1984

6/18-8-4 – Thomas Sayers Ellis: Paradise/Paradise Layered 7/18-11/17 – Photo Ybor

Glazer Children’s Museum

110 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa 813-443-3851 glazermuseum.org

Created specifically for children 10 and under.

Great Explorations

Children’s Museum

1925 Fourth St. N, St. Pete 727-821-8992 greatex.org

First Sun. of month open special hours for special needs families. Families with a SNAP, EBT, or WIC card get in free every Tues. Limited hours.

Gulf Beaches Historical Museum

115 10th Ave., St. Pete Beach

727-552-1610 gulfbeachesmuseum.com

Gulfport History Museum

5301 28th Ave. S, Gulfport

727-201-8687 gulfporthistoricalsociety.org

Henry Plant Museum

401 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa

813-254-1891 plantmuseum.com

Live classical music performances every third Thur.

Most Sundays – Upstairs/ Downstairs at the Tampa Bay Hotel Through 12/23 – Imperfect Harmony: Man, Machine, and Music at the Tampa Bay Hotel

Heritage Museum

100 Beekman Lane, Tarpon Springs 727-942-5605 tarponarts.org

History and culture of the Greek community

Imagine Museum

1901 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-300-1700 imaginemuseum.com

Contemporary American Studio Glass Thur. $5 after 5pm

John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art 5401 Bay Shore Road., Sarasota 941-359-5700 ringling.org

Mon. – Free admission all day Thurs. – Art After 5

Through 6/2 – Michele Oka Doner: The True Story of Eve Through 6/23 – Mountains of the Mind: Scholar’s Rocks from China & Beyond Through 6/27 – Joseph’s Coat: A Skyscape by James Turrell Through 8/25 –On The Road: Photographs of the Traveling Circus Through 1/5/25 –

Shinique Smith: Parade Through 9/21/25 –

Embodied: Highlights from The Ringling Collection 6/7 – Ringling WONDERground

Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art

600 E Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs 727-712-5762 leeparattner.org

Through 8/4 – Interwoven Legacies: 25 Years of the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild

EVENTS

7/4 – The 4th at St. Pete Pier

Free, 4-9:30pm.The celebration begins at 4pm, with a fireworks show at 9pm. Primary location is Spa Beach Park and Family Park on the St. Pete Pier, but fireworks should be visible from the entire downtown waterfront. Sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg.

7/4 – St. Pete Pier Run

$60, 6:30am (first wave), 7:45am (second wave), St. Pete Pier/Spa Beach. The 4-mile Run or Walk begins and ends at The Pier; the course runs along the waterfront. Registration is limited to 1,200 runners per wave; course is closed to traffic. The 2X4 Challenge is at 6:30am (first wave) and 7:45am (second wave) with a total course length of 8 miles. Other events include a costume contest, with a pie-eating contest at 8am (20-person limit). Charity partner is St. Pete Youth Farm. Race registration: https://tinyurl.com/34xxx9bs

7/4 – City of Largo Independence Day Celebration

Free, 6-9pm, Largo Central Park. Live music from the 727s Band, food from local food vendors and trucks, shopping from local market vendors, activities and of course, fireworks after dark! Limited on-site parking available for $10, only credit cards accepted. Parking available off-site at Largo Middle School (free) and Largo High School ($5).

7/13-14 – Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks

Art & Craft Festival

Free admission, 10am-7pm Sat./10am-5pm Sun., 735 Dodecanese Blvd., Tarpon Springs. The show lines the docks of this historic Greek town filled with thousands of creative creations from local and visiting fine artists and crafters. One-of-a-kind restaurants, bakeries, boutiques and shops will ensure a full day of discovery and creativity for visitors of all ages.

7/20 – Taylor Shines: The Laser Spectacular

$33, 7:30pm, The Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. Two hours of non-stop Taylor Swift hits seamlessly blended with the world-famous touring Laser Spectacular & Light show! The show also features large-screen video projection, 3-D glasses, and all the mind-bending effects the Laser Spectacular is famous for. DJ Tiff’s on-stage presence, joined by DJ DC, will have the Swifties singing along with their favorite hits. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/yrx63z59

7/21 – Third Annual Tampa Bay Ice Cream Festival

Free admission, 11am-8pm, Spa Beach Park on the St. Pete Pier. More than 25 vendors from across the state will offer unique and classic ice cream flavors, enjoy music, and participate in family-friendly activities. Vote for your favorite ice cream scooper to win the “Best Ice Cream” awards.

ARTS & LEISURE

Museum of the American Arts And Crafts Movement

355 Fourth St. N, St. Pete 727-440-4859 museumaacm.org. Sun. Film Series – 12:30/2pm Daily Arts and Crafts-inspired films Through 6/2 – Masterpieces: Extraordinary Works from the Two Roses Foundation

Museum of Fine Arts

255 Beach Dr. NE, St. Pete 727-894-4368 mfastpete.org

Thur. $10 after 5pm Through 6/23 – Live Conservation: Restoring a 17th century Spanish Tabernacle Through 6/30 – Claudia Pena Salinas: Ahua Can Through 9/15 – Lizzi Bougatsos & Lonnie Holley: Never the Same Song 6/1-9/12 – True to the Tint: The Quest for Color Photography 7/13-11/4 – Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration Registration for summer camps now open Summer Camps: — 7/8-12 – Art & Archaeology (grades 1-5) — 7/15-19 – Art and Nature (grades 1-5) — 7/22-26 – Art Lab (grades 6-8)

Palm Harbor Museum

2043 Curlew Road, Palm Harbor 727-724-3054 palmharbormuseum.com Thur.-Sat. 10am-2pm 8/3 – Family Intergenerational Discovery Day

Safford House Museum 23 Parkin Court, Tarpon Springs 727-942-5805 tarponarts.org Restored 1883 Victorian home

St. Petersburg Museum of History 335 Second Ave. NE 727-894-1052 spmoh.com Happy Hour with the Historian 6/13 – Dr. David Head: Britain’s Colonies Lost – The Revolution in Florida 7/11 – Jeff Berardelli: Hurricanes: 100 Years of Close Calls 8/8 – Peter A. Clark/Rui Farias/ Leah Biery: Turning Liquid into Land – The Consequences of Building our Waterfront

Sarasota Art Museum 1001 S Tamiami Trail, 941-309-4300 sarasotaartmuseum.org Through 7/7 – Contemporary Artists of the Hermitage Artist Retreat Through 9/29 – The Truth of the Night Sky: Anne Patterson & Patrick Harlin Through 4/26/26 –Molly Hatch: Amalgam

Tampa Bay Automobile Museum 3301 Gateway Centre, Pinellas Park. 727-579-8226 tbauto.org

Tampa Bay History Center 801 Old Water St., Tampa 813-226-0097 tampabayhistorycenter.org Walking tours of Tampa neighborhoods Through 7/14 – Sharps & Marks in Paradise: Selling Florida in the 1920s 6/19 – Fabric of Freedom: Juneteenth Fashion Show

Tampa Museum of Art 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa 813-259-1720 tampamuseum.org Thur. 4-8pm: pay-as-you-will admission. Enrollment open for summer camps Through 6/23 –Reframing Haitian Art Through 7/28 – Works from the collection of Norma Canelas Roth and William Roth Through 9/1 – The Last Picture Show: Paintings by Rod Penner

Tarpon Springs Railroad Depot Historical Museum Free. 160 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs 727-943-4624 tarponspringsarea historicalsociety.org

The Dalí Museum One Dali Blvd., St. Pete 727-823-3767 thedali.org Thur. and Fri. reduced admission after 5pm Advanced-purchase timed tickets recommended

The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art

150 Central Ave., St. Pete 727-892-4200 thejamesmuseum.org Tues. $10 all day

USF Contemporary Art Museum Institute for Research in Art 3821 USF Holly Drive, Tampa 813-974-3503 ira.usf.edu

USF Graphicstudio

3702 Spectrum Blvd., Ste 100, Tampa 813-974-3503, free admission graphicstudio.usf.edu/GS/ gs_about.html

Woodson African American Museum of Florida

2240 Ninth Ave. S, St. Pete 727-323-1104 woodsonmuseum.org One City Chorus – Mon. 7pm

MUSIC

Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association

Jazz Jam, Mon., 7-9pm, Hangar Restaurant, 540 First St. SE, St. Pete, aldowningjazz.com

New Horizons Band of Gulfport Gulfport Senior Center 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport 727-345-0285 newhorizonsbandgulfport.org Novice, intermediate musicians

School of Rock St. Petersburg 2401 Central Ave., 727-871-7625 schoolofrock.com Guitar, drum, singing, keyboard/piano lessons

South Pasadena Community Band 727-515-5407 southpasadenaband.com All-volunteer band

St. Petersburg College Gibbs Campus Music Center 6605 Fifth Ave. N, 727-341-4360 spcollege.edu/events

Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society Cove Cay Golf Club 2612 Cove Cay Drive, Clearwater sdjs2022.org

6/23 – Jay Muellers Dixieland Six 7/21 – Dick Maley WYSIWYG

Tampa Bay Symphony

Performances in various locations

727-827-8087 tampabaysymphony.org

TomKats Jazz Orchestra

The Blue Parrot

Mon. 7-9:30pm

85 Corey Circle, St. Pete Beach tomkatsjazzorchestra.com

OPERA

Opera Tampa at Straz Center, 1010 N W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa 813-229-7827 strazcenter.org

Sarasota Opera House 61 N Pineapple Ave., 941-328-1300 sarasotaopera.org

6/9 – Faust: Opera Film

6/23 – Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Film

6/28 – Meet Me in St. Louis: Film

7/5 – On The Waterfront: Film

7/7 – The Sleeping Beauty: Ballet Film

7/19 – American Graffiti: Film

7/23 – I Puritani: Opera Film

8/2 – A Star is Born: Film

8/4 – Il Trovatore: Opera Film

St. Pete Opera

2145 First Ave. S, 727-823-2040 stpeteopera.org

Various performance locations 6/7-11 – Lucia Di Lammermoor (Palladium)

St. Petersburg Opera Guild stpeteoperaguild.org

The Pinellas Opera League Thur.: Opera at the Dali pinellasoperaleague.com

ECO

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Pete 727-893-7326 stpeteparksrec.org/ boydhillpreserve Closed Mon.

Environmental education center, Terry Tomalin Campground, Pinellas Pioneer Settlement

Brooker Creek Preserve 3940 Keystone Rd., Tarpon Springs 727-453-6800 brookercreekpreserve.org Tram Tours Sat.

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ARTS & LEISURE EVENTS

7/27 – Danny Go! Live!

7/27 – Sad Summer Fest

$54.50/$60 day of, 2pm, The Baycare Sound, Coachman Park, Clearwater. This year’s lineup includes Mayday Parade, The Maine, The Wonder Years, We the Kings, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Hot Milk, Daisy Grenade, and Diva Bleach. Presented By Journeys and Converse. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/ b553cmyj

$39 and up, 5pm, Straz Center, Tampa. This live-action educational children’s show is filled with music, movement and silliness. Created in 2019 by three childhood friends in Charlotte, N.C., the show inspires learning and off-the-couch exercise for kids ages 3 to 7. Danny Go! is shown in public schools across the nation, including the New York City public school system, and on tour across North America. Originally scheduled for Tampa Theater. strazcenter.org 813-229-7827

8/8 – UB40, English Beat & Maxi Priest

$49.50-$79.50, 6pm, The Baycare Sound, Coachman Park, Clearwater. Reggae stars UB40 return to Clearwater with special guests The English Beat & Maxi Priest. UB40 is known for hit singles such as Kingston Town and Red, Red Wine. This group of young friends from Birmingham transcended their working-class origins to become the world’s most successful reggae band, selling over 100 million records and spending over a combined 11 years in the UK album charts. rutheckerdhall.com/events/detail/ub40

8/10 – Slash

S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival

$40-$126, 6:30pm, The Baycare Sound, Coachman Park, Clearwater. Slash headlines the festival, which features Larkin Poe, ZZ Ward & Robert Randolph. Slash, the GRAMMY®-winning, worldrenowned rock guitarist, has played in Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe are sisters creating their own brand of Roots Blues Rock. ZZ Ward is an edgy, blues-inspired artist who infuses the genre with hip-hop, pop, R&B, neo-soul, and rock, while pedal steel guitar virtuoso Robert Randolph has four GRAMMY® nominations, multiple Blues Music Awards and a BMI award. $1 of each ticket supports organizations dedicated to advancing justice, equity, and the well-being of communities around the world. Get tickets: rutheckerdhall.com/events/detail/slash-serpent-festival

Fort De Soto Park

3500 Pinellas Bayway S, Tierra Verde 727-552-1862 pinellascounty.org/park Campgrounds, ferry services to Egmont and Shell Keys.

Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center

700 Second Ave. NE, at The St. Pete Pier 727-291-4103 tbwdiscoverycenter.org Daily boat tours of Tampa Bay ecosystem

Weedon Island Preserve 1800 Weedon Dr. NE, St. Pete 727-453-6500 weedonislandpreserve.org Guided hikes, birding, and photography tours. Archaeology lectures, classes and webinars.

GARDENS

Florida West Coast Orchid Society Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 10891 102nd Ave. N, Seminole 727-420-7230 fwcos.org

Garden Club of St. Petersburg 500 Sunset Dr. S, 727-381-8920 gardenclubstpetersburg.org

Ikebana International 500 Sunset Drive, St. Pete (Garden Club building) ikebanastpetersburg.com

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 1534 Mound St., Sarasota 941-366-5731 selby.org Through 6/30 – Yayoi Kusuma: A Letter to Georgia O’Keeffe Through 8/31 – Clyde Butcher: Nature Through The Lens

Pinewood Cultural Park 12520 Ulmerton Road, and 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo Heritage Village pinellas.gov/parks/heritage-village Creative Pinellas –creativepinellas.org

Florida Botanical Gardens – Free 100-acre park flbg.org

Third Saturday – Gardens open 7am-5pm; Creative Pinellas open noon-5pm; Heritage Village open 10am-4pm

Sunken Gardens

1825 Fourth St. N, St. Pete Adult and child classes sunkengardens.orgjhyy6

FERRIES

Crossbay Ferry

Connecting Downtown Tampa to Downtown St. Pete Wed.-Sun. through May 727-273-5932 thecrossbayferry.com

Egmont Key Ferry Fort De Soto Boat Ramp 727-398-6577 hubbardsmarina.com

Shell Key Ferry Fort De Soto Boat Ramp 727-398-6577

hubbardsmarina.com

See website for overnight camping.

LIBRARIES

Gulf Beaches Public Library 200 Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach 727-391-2828 gulfbeacheslibrary.org

Gulfport Public Library 5501 28th Ave. S, Gulfport 727-893-1074 mygulfport.us/gpl

St. Pete Beach Public Library 365 73rd Ave., St. Pete Beach 727-363-9238 Mon/Wed 10-8

Tues/Thurs/Fri 10-6 Sat 10-2; Sun closed See spblibrary.com for daily events. Library closed: 6/19 – Juneteenth 7/4 – Independence Day

President Barack Obama Main Library 3745 Ninth Ave. N, St. Pete 727-893-7724 splibraries.org Closed for renovation.

SPIRITUAL

Sacred Lands

1700 Park St. N, St. Pete

727-347-0354

sacredlandspreservation.org

Drum circle first Fri.; Sun. tours, meditations, special events

Soothe Our Souls (S.O.S.)

4737 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach 727-360-7411 sootheoursouls.org

Provides complimentary sailing for seriously health-challenged people and their support groups

Spiritual Conditioning Program

153 107th Ave., Treasure Island Pat Jano at 727-324-9222 Small group Bible study

ZOOS/AQUARIUMS

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

249 Windward Passage, Clearwater 727-441-1790 cmaquarium.org Rescue, rehab and release Home of Winter and Hope, stars of Dolphin Tale I & II

Florida Aquarium

701 Channelside Drive, Tampa 813-273-4000 flaquarium.org

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota 941-388-4441 mote.org

Seaside Seabird Sanctuary

18328 Gulf Blvd., Indian Shores 727-391-6211

seasideseabirdsanctuary.org Free. Donations accepted. Tours.

ZooTampa at Lowry Park 1101 W Sligh Ave., Tampa 813-935-8552 zootampa.org

CLUBS-SERVICE/SOCIAL

Gulfport Lions Club

Second and fourth Tues. 6:30pm Gulfport Lions Clubhouse 4630 Tifton Dr. S, Gulfport 727-709-6694 facebook.com/Gulfport-Lions-Club

Pass-A-Grille Shuffleboard

January through March

Tues./Thurs./Sat., 10am–noon

Pass-A-Grille Park, Ninth & 10th Ave.

Member $20/yr., open to public.

Preserve The ‘Burg 727-824-7802 preservetheburg.org

Rotary Club of Gulf Beaches

Tues., Noon. VFW, 12901 Gulf Blvd., Madeira Beach facebook.com/RotaryGulfBeaches

Second Saturday Singers

Second Sat. 9am–noon, Oct-April Pasadena Community Church, 227 70th St. S, St. Pete bobd@pccumc.org

St. Petersburg Audubon Society 727-753-9731 stpeteaudubon.org

St. Petersburg Chess Club

540 Fourth Ave. N, St. Pete Open every Fri. for members 6-11pm; Sun. 2-4pm group lessons and friendly games. chessclubjoy.webs.com

St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club

559 Mirror Lake Drive N, St. Pete Fri., 7-10pm, Free. stpeteshuffle.com

Suncoast Bonsai Society

Seminole Recreation Center 9100 113th St. Third Sat. 10am suncoastbonsaisociety.org

Suncoast Quilting Circle

Works to preserve and promote the art of quilt making. suncoastquiltingcircle.org

Swiss Club St. Petersburg Welcomes new members. Inquire via website: SwissClubStPetersburg.com

Tampa Bay Surface Guild

Good Samaritan Church 6085 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park. Second Mon., 6:30-8:30pm Coloring, patterning, structuring and transformation of fabric, fiber, and other materials surfacedesignguild.com

WOMEN’S GOLF

By Janet Nummi

Swinging into Women’s Golf Month: Celebrating Florida’s Trailblazing Women Golfers

On the sunshine-drenched fairways of Florida, where the palms sway and the alligators lurk, June brings with it a celebration of talent, tenacity, and tee-offs – it’s Women’s Golf Month. Across the state, from the manicured greens of Miami to the sprawling courses of Orlando, women golfers are taking center stage, showcasing their skills and leaving their mark on the sport.

In a sport historically dominated by men, Florida has produced its fair share of trailblazing women golfers who have shattered stereotypes and set records along the way. Among them stands Patty Berg, a Florida native whose legendary career includes 15 major championships and a legacy that continues to inspire generations of female golfers.

No discussion of women’s golf in Florida would be complete without mentioning Annika Sorenstam. Hailing from Sweden but making Florida her home, Sorenstam’s illustrious career boasts 10 major championships and a reputation as one of the greatest golfers – male or female – of all time. Her impact on the sport transcends the fairways, as she continues to inspire women and girls around the world to pursue their dreams with passion and determination.

The legacy of Florida’s trailblazing women golfers continues to inspire and empower. From Patty Berg to Annika Sorenstam and beyond, their achievements serve as a reminder that with passion, perseverance, and a love for the game, anything is possible on the fairways of Florida – and beyond. So whether you’re a seasoned pro or a novice just picking up a club for the first time, grab your clubs, hit the links, and join in the celebration of women’s golf in the Sunshine State.

Tee off on a green nearby.

Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club, St. Pete www.thevinoy.com/experiences/golf-club

Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Palm Harbor www.innisbrookgolfresort.com

Bardmoor Golf & Tennis Club, Largo www.bardmoorgolf.com

Dunedin Golf Club, Dunedin www.dunedingolfclub.com

City of St. Petersburg Golf Courses www.golfstpete.com

Pasadena Yacht & Country Club, Gulfport www.pyccgolf.com

Treasure Bay Golf & Tennis, Treasure Island www.mytreasureisland.org/residents/departments/ recreation/treasure_bay_golf___tennis/index.php

ARTS & LEISURE

The Contemporaries

Support group of Members of Museum of Fine Arts. Monthly lectures, gatherings and field trips supporting contemporary artists of Tampa Bay. mfastpete.org

Treasure Island

Historical Society

Treasure Island Community Center Garden Room, 154 106th Ave. Sept.-April, Second Mon., 5pm facebook.com/ treasureislandFLhistoricalsociety

Treasure Islettes

Treasure Island Community Center, 154 106th Ave.

Bingo Thursdays 6:30pm treasureislettes.weebly.com Supports charity and college scholarships.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1500 Pass-A-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach Safe Boating Program, Tues. 7pm Warren Webster Building, wow.uscgaux.info/content. php?unit=070-07-08

Tampa Bay Women In Tourism Third Fri. various venues. tampabaywomenintourism.com

CLUBS – ATHLETIC

Clearwater/St. Petersburg Ski Club

Mike’s Pizza & Deli Station, 13560 49th St., Clearwater. Second Tues. 6:30pm, Sept.-May 727-743-3108 snowshark.org Pinellas County’s only ski club.

Mad Dogs Triathlon Club

Wed. night swims through summer, 6pm, Hurley Park Shelter, Pass-AGrille Beach. stpetemaddogs.org

Tampa Bay Beach Bums Gulfport 727-437-2867 https://tinyurl.com/5n8s8f2k

St. Pete Road Runners

Walkers, joggers, non-competitive & competitive runners. facebook. com/StPeteRoadRunners

HEALTH

Jazzercise Exercise Classes

Treasure Island City Hall, Mon. & Wed. 5:30pm 727-687-6695 https://tinyurl.com/43caxjwr

Wednesday Walkers

Second and fourth Wed. 9am, varying locations. 727-893-1244. Sponsored by Gulfport Senior Center, 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport

THRIFT SHOPS

Anona Thrift Shoppe

12025 Indian Rocks Road, Largo Mon., Wed.-Sat. 10am-3pm handsofhealinginc.org/thrift-shoppe

Attic Shoppe

316 Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach facebook.com/albansministry

CASA Thrift Shop 1011 First Ave. N, St. Pete casa-stpete.org

Creative Thrift Art Store (at Creative Clay) 1846 First Ave. S, St. Pete creativeclay.org/creative-thrift

HEP Thrift Store

1212 N Betty Lane, Clearwater Facebook.com/hepthriftstore

Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church Thrift Shop

107 16th Ave. & Pass-A-Grille Way, Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9am-noon pagchurch.org

St. Vincent’s Thrift Store

180 34th St. N, St. Pete https://tinyurl.com/yc4kjb2u

Church by the Sea Thrift Store 495 137th Ave. Circle, Madeira Beach Tues., Thurs., Sat. 10am-2pm churchbythesea.com/thrift-store

VOLUNTEERING

AARP

Various volunteer opportunities aarp.org/giving-back

Daystar Life Center

1055 28th St. S., St. Pete Needs volunteers 727-825-0442 facebook.com/DaystarLifeCenter

Empath Health Suncoast Hospice Training provided empathhealth.org

Friends of St. Pete Beach Library

727-363-9238 stpetebeachfriends@gmail.com

Friends of Strays

2911 47th Ave. N, St. Pete 727-522-6566 Nonprofit, no-kill shelter friendsofstrays.com/home

Hope Villages of America, Inc. 727-587-7747 rcspinellas.org/Volunteer

Keep Pinellas Beautiful

Conducts regular and frequent cleanup events. kpbcares.org/upcoming-events

Marine Exploration Center Needs volunteers 727-209-7115 mecstpete.org

Meals on Wheels

13945 Evergreen Ave., Clearwater Needs volunteer drivers. 727-573-9444 neighborly.org

State of Florida Guardian ad Litem Program

Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of FL, 14250 49th St. N, Suite 4000, Clearwater. guardianadlitem.org

St. Petersburg Arts Alliance

100 Second Ave. N, Suite 150 727-754-6404 stpeteartsalliance.org

St. Petersburg Free Clinic 863 Third Ave. N stpetersburgfreeclinic.org

Tampa Bay Estuary Program 263 13th Ave. S., Suite 350 St. Pete 727-893-2765 tbep.org/get-involved/volunteer/

Tampa Bay Watch

3000 Pinellas Bayway S, Tierra Verde tampabaywatch.org

YOGA

Beach Yoga Pinellas Beachyogapinellas.com

Salty Souls Yoga saltysoulsyoga.com

Silver Sneakers Yoga Community Center, St. Pete Beach Fri. 11:15am spbrec.com

South Pasadena Yoga

• Gentle Yoga: Thursdays, 9:30-10:30am

• Yoga Flow: Thursdays, 10:40-11:40am

South Pasadena City Hall 7047 Sunset Drive S barbmoeller1@gmail.com

Sunken Gardens

1825 Fourth St. N, St. Pete 727-560-7317 Mon. & Wed. 10:30am

Sunset Yoga at The St. Pete Pier First Wed. 7-8pm. Free https://tinyurl.com/3m2wbmc6

The Centre of St. Pete Beach 7525 Blind Pass Road, 727-258-2001 thecentreSPB.com/calendar1

Yoga at The Dali

Dali Museum, third Sun., 9-10am https://tinyurl.com/bd6e88mz

“Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne.” -Barry Cornwall, “The Nights”

ECO

By Peter Roos

The Black Skimmer is a seabird with a black back, black wings with white edging, and a white belly and head. Its large red and black bill begins wide at the top and gradually becomes smaller as it forms a sharp tip at the end of the bill. The lower part of the bill is longer than the top, which they skim along the top of the water to catch fish. Skimmers can reach a height of 20 inches with a wingspan up to 3.5 feet.

The skimmer has a unique style of feeding that involves literally “skimming” the surface of the water with their lower bill. When they contact a prey item, they quickly bend their head forward and snap the upper bill closed, seizing their prey.

Breeding occurs during the summer, generally between May and early September. Nesting occurs in colonies consisting of one to several hundred pairs of skimmers. Skimmers will utilize group mobbing to protect the nests. Skimmers usually lay three to five eggs per nest and eggs are incubated by both parents for approximately 23-25 days. Each parent incubates the eggs for up to four hours at a time. Once the chicks are hatched, parents guard the offspring until they are able to fly at about 28-30 days old.

The black skimmer inhabits coastal areas in Florida such as estuaries, beaches, and sandbars. Skimmers can be found from the coasts of the northeastern U.S., down to Mexico, and over to the Gulf coast of Florida.

Habitat loss due to coastal development is the main threat to the species. People are relocating to the coasts at unprecedented levels causing increased development and traffic on the beaches, as well as increased predation, all of which are detrimental to skimmer habitat. Because skimmers nest on the beach and are colonial, they are extremely vulnerable to disturbance by people, pets, and predators. Predators will feed on skimmer eggs and chicks and include species such as raccoons, crows, opossums, feral hogs, and coyotes. Other threats include recreational activity, beach driving, shoreline hardening, mechanical raking, oil spills, and increased presence of domestic animals, all of which may prevent or disrupt nesting or result in the death or abandonment of eggs and young. Global climate change is an impending threat to the black skimmer. Sea level rise may cause destruction to primary nesting areas, resulting in a decreased population size.

The black skimmer is protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is also protected as State-designated Threatened by Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule.

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ARTS & LEISURE

MARKETS

TUESDAYS

Gulfport Tuesday Fresh Market 9am-3pm, Oct. through April 9am-2pm, May through Sept. Beach Blvd. below 28th Ave. S, First Tues. Clothing Swap: Russian Club, 2920 Beach Blvd. S visitgulfportflorida.com

WEDNESDAYS

Madeira Beach Market Nov.-May 10am-3pm 15000 Madeira Way

FRIDAYS

Sunset Market

First and third Fri. nights, 5-10pm, parking lot of Imagine Museum, 1901 Central Ave., St. Pete.

Creative Clay Outdoor Art Market First Fridays, 10am-2pm 1846 First Ave. S, St. Pete

Treasure Island Friday Market Dec.-April, 9am-2pm Community Center Park islandneighborschamber.org

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

Dunedin Downtown Market 9am-1pm, Pioneer Park, 420 Main St., Fri. market Nov.-May until 2pm; Sat. market year-round.

SATURDAYS

Crossroads Market Third Saturdays, 10am-2pm, Crossroads Christian Church 1645 Seminole Blvd., Largo

St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market Oct.-May, 9am-2pm Al Lang Stadium parking lot, 230 First St. SE

June-Sept. 9am-1pm, Williams Park, 350 Second Ave. N saturdaymorningmarket.com

The Market Marie Second Saturdays, 10am-3pm Coachman Park, 300 Cleveland St., Clearwater

Mezzo Market

One Saturday a month Oct.-May, Baum Avenue between Intermezzo Coffee & Green Bench Brewing, St. Pete intermezzo.co/mezzo-market

SUNDAYS

49th Street Makers/Growers Market

First Sunday, 10am-2pm Red Feather Studios, 1301 49th St. S, Gulfport

Corey Avenue Sunday Market 10am-2pm/June-Oct. 9am-1pm Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach coreyave.com

Indian Shores Sunday Market Nov.-April, 9am-1pm Indian Shores Town Hall, 19305 Gulf Blvd., Indian Shores facebook.com/ IndianShoresSundayMarket

St. Pete Sunday Market Third Sun. of the month, Noon-6pm Arts Xchange 515 22nd St. S, St. Pete

Sunday Market St. Pete Weekly, 10am-5pm, St. Petersburg High School, 2501 Fifth Ave. N

SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS

Art Mart at Pass-a-Grille Sat. & Sun., 9am-2pm (+ Fridays through April) 900 Gulf Way, St. Pete Beach

Hurricane Prep-Continued

Story by STEVE TRAIMAN

With the official hurricane season running from June 1 to Nov. 30, residents and businesses should be aware that Colorado State Hurricane Center has forecast the most active season in more than 20 years. They predict 23 named storms with 11 over hurricane speed and five major storms over Category 3 – 111 mph – over the Gulf of Mexico.

As a result, all residents and businesses on the barrier islands should take all the necessary precautions NOW! All can get the best info from this site www.pinellascounty. org/emergencymanagement Local cities hosted Hurricane Prep forums recently, including Madeira Beach, St Pete Beach, Treasure Island and Gulfport. Among the valuable tips by topic for residents:

Know Your Zone & Shelter: see complete list with links for shelters, and Zone map in the May 2024 issue, pages 34-35. There are racks around with recent back issues or visit www.paradisenewsfl.com

Look at Readiness Checklists: Blue Sky Checklist provides guidance about pre-storm preparedness … 5-Day Cone Checklist has immediate tips when a storm is within five days of our area … 3-Day Cone Checklist reflects new things that need to get done …Get a Plan! Enter info about homes and businesses, family members and their contact info.

The free Ready Pinellas mobile app, introduced in 2022, is designed to help residents prepare themselves and their families before and as a storm approaches. Use all the tools to stay safe and download this free app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Among the valuable tips by topic for businesses:

and files, alternative sites for doing business, methods of communicating with employees and clients, and appropriate Business Interruption Insurance.

Set up a To Go Box for critical papers. Use a plastic, waterproof container for documents including a contact list of employees, customers and clients, insurance policies and agent contacts.

Employees need TLC! Communicate your plan with your employees and be sure they have time to make their own preparations.

Business Prep Tips: Secure your building or office, cover and move equipment to a safe area, make plans to work with limited cash and probably no power, water or sewer for up to two weeks, protect windows and glass doors, fill fleet cars & equipment gas tanks, turn off electricity, water and gas before leaving property.

Home-based Businesses should take the same appropriate measures. They should have a similar To Go Box as businesses, including photos of their home business area. They should be aware that after a hurricane they may qualify for SBA Small Business

Loans or Unemployment Insurance, with details available at Pinellas County Economic Development.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri circulated his June letter from the Desk of the Sheriff about preparing for hurricanes with pets. Lots of essential info for cat and dog owners, including pet friendly shelters. Gibbs High is our closest. There is stuff to get done now! Click here for the whole article www.pcsoweb.com/from-the-desk-ofsheriff-bob-gualtieri

The sheriff’s final advice on storm preparation is Stay Connected! “Leading up to a hurricane or other emergency it is our top priority to keep citizens informed so we can all get through it together and as efficiently as possible. Keeping our citizens safe is everyone’s responsibility. We might not know when and where the next disaster will strike, but with proper preparation and open communication, we can be ready for it.”

Feature writer Steve Traiman is president of Creative Copy by Steve Traiman, offering business writing tips & plans. He can be reached via email at www.traimancreativecopy@gmail.com

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ACCOUNTING / BOOKKEEPING & TAX SERVICES

David J. Strickler, CPA, PA, djscpa1@aol.com 727.906.9600

ACUPUNCTURE

Ancient Healing Acupuncture & Herbs Authentic oriental healing arts are still the foremost healing methods in China. 6600 31st. Terrace N., St. Pete. 727.384.4826

ANNUAL HOME RENTAL

Keyrenter property management takes the worry out of being a land lord. KeyrenterStPete.com or call Sam 727-202.2700

BOAT CLUB

Limited Membership Boat Club with Premium Boats. All day usage for a fraction of the cost of ownership. SovereignBoatClub.com Tierra Verde – 727.200.3474

BLINDS & SHUTTERS

Do Your Shutters need some TLC?

Hurricane Shutters Sold, Installed, Cleaned, Maintained & Repaired. The Shutterman 727.810.4606

Shopping for Window Treatment?

Call for a free in-home consult. See ad for 30% off next purchase. Call Budget Blinds 727.821.0976 and/or Service First Installers

CAREGIVER/COMPANION

In-home aid, dementia/companion care, meals, laundry, groceries, pets, appointments. St. Petersburg / S. Pinellas. References available. Maritza Palmucci 813.230.9392 Companionship, errands, transportation to appointments, light cooking, cleaning, and laundry, medication reminders. Call Gail 260.242.0246, email gail@compassionatecompanioncare forseniors.com, compassionate companioncareforseniors.com

CARPETS & RUGS

Professional Rug Cleaning & Invisible Repairs – Free pick-up and delivery. Also, the largest selection of imported Handmade works of art you can walk on.

Oriental Rug Bazaar 727.726.8787

COLLEGE ADMISSION

FL-based College Counselor Helping students with college admissions www.ic-prep.com

CLOSET DESIGN & INSTALLATION

Get organized. Maximize the space you have in closets, pantries, laundry rooms & more. newclosettoday.com

Call for a free consult 727.641.6448

DENTAL SERVICES

Century Dental, Advanced Dental Technology, Implants,Reconstructive, Cosmetic & Laser Dentistry, 617 75th Ave., St. Pete Beach, 40 Years

Experience – Free 2nd opinions

CenturyDental.org 727.367.3313

Pier Dental, 8351 Blind Pass Rd., SPB Family-owned General and Cosmetic Dentistry with Personalized Care. Florida native Dr. Brittany Pierpont. Pierdental.net 727.363.6169

DRY CLEANERS & LAUNDRY

Home Pick-up & Delivery-Dry Clean, Wash-Dry-Fold, Alterations, Patio Cushion Cleaning, Shoe & Handbag

Repair, Pick-up 2x weekly Sacino’s Cleaners free pickup/delivery wash-dry-fold, drycleaning sacinoscleaners.com 727.471.0573

Laundry Wash-Dry-Fold Service

Laundromat 7815 Blind Pass Rd., SPB, call Laura 727.458.1412

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Your contact for all things electrical. Solar hookup, generators, wiring and rewiring homes and businesses. Red Royal Electric 727-228-1065

HEALTH & FITNESS

Ancient Healing Acupuncture & Herbs Seasonal Allergies, Hip & Back Pain April Wang 727.384.4826

Certified Chinese MD, (Tyrone Area) 6600 31st Terrace, St. Pete Worried About Your Memory?

Alzheimer’s Association –Offers FREE & Confidential Memory Screenings, CALL to schedule 727.893.5657

HAULING - DELIVERY

HB Hauling Demo, junk removal, dump trailer rental & more. 727.793.5816

Hot Momma’s Hauling does pick-ups and delivery, including shell, sand, and pavers. Trailer rentals, junk removed, clean outs. Call Ashlie 727.678.3156

LetMommahelpyou.com

HEALTH & NUTRITION

Gulfport Nutrition - 5012 Gulfport Blvd. S, Cardio Drumming Classes. Call Marlene for info 305.619.9734

HEARING CARE

Pasadena Hearing Care Anne S. Carter, Ph.D. 727.329.8852

Don’t let Hearing Loss impact your life. HOME ASSISTANT

Home Care and Maintenance

Personal & Virtual Assistance Arriving / Departing Services

Home Decor, Declutter, Design, & Organization. Lisa loves Projects. Call 502.419.1498

NestWatchHome.com

HOUSEKEEPING & CLEANING Dependable European Lady15+yrs

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INSURANCE

Bentley DeNight Insurance Services

can save $$$ on Flood Insurance and can quote Homeowners, Auto & Business Insurances 727.344.4500

IV THERAPY

IV Lounge@ The Centre SPB

See AD Page 7. Ask about getting your infusion where you are, or at 7525 Blind Pass Rd., 727.258.2001

thecenterspb.com

LOCKSMITH SERVICES

COVID SAFE Lock Repair Service during daytime hours, weekdays. Vet owned. Tommy Locksmith 727.755.3975

LUMBER

Need wood to match your old house?

If it isn’t in stock, ask if we can make it for you. Anderson Lumber 666 49th St. S 727.321.3111

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Island Marine Construction

Docks, Boat Lifts, Service, since 1997. Licensed Marine Contractor, C-8463 727.363.7282

MARKETING SERVICES

Janet Nummi, Graphic Design info@janetnummi.com

Buddy Baker, Copyediting melvin.baker@gmail.com

MASSAGE SERVICES

Helios Health – Zoe (MA31664) offers massage and Infrared sauna therapy on West Central Ave. at 57th St., St. Petersburg 727.322.8883

PAINTING SERVICES

Residential or Commercial Painting Flo-Pro Painting 727.337.6888

PET SITTING & WALKING

Pete’s Perfect Pet Care is a true professional. Get happy text messages from your best friend daily while you are apart.

Bonded and Insured. 727.742.2599

Pete@PetesPerfectPetCare.com

PICKLEBALL/TENNIS LESSONS

Private/group lessons for all ages/skill levels. 727.481.6375

brian@sunshinecitytennis.com

PLASTIC SURGERY

Coundouriotis Facial Plastic Surgery and Laser Center 727.525.9900

“Reverse the Signs Of Aging Anywhere on your body, Rebuild collagen & reduce wrinkles.”

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Marina Bay – New Construction Near Eckerd. More than beautiful. Resilient, Private, Peaceful, Protected

FORTIFIED 727.906.3300

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Amazing Marina Bay homes for sale

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RESIDENTIAL PROTECTION

Insurance Companies are now rejecting claims if no one has been there in 14 days.

Property Watch Ninja’s are your boots on the ground

When you’re not around.

PropertyWatchNinja’s.com or Call 727.620.2620

RUGS – See Carpets

SCREEN REPAIR

Screen Repair for Pool Cages, Patios and Lanais, call or text for a FREE Estimate.

Rescreen Rescue 727.348.4307

SEO & WEBSITES

Advanced Digital Media Services develops websites with SEO built-in to get your company to the top on Google. Text or call 727.509.6930

Create and Improve Your Online Presence, customerloyaltyagency.com Call Dean at 941.323.1402

SLIDING DOOR REPAIR

Stop struggling with old sliding doors. We fix it to open for a fraction of the cost of a new door. We replace windows too. Lic. C1050, YouTube.com/user/SliderRepairs

Slider Repairs 727.493.2644

TERMITES

Cameron Termite & Pest Control Inspections, Treatments and Tenting Camerontermite.com 727.577.0789

TOURS & TRANSPORTATION

Paradise Tours & Transportation

Call us 1st for your transportation needs. We will take you where you want to go! Sightseeing tours and transportation around Tampa Bay. 727.417.8036

BATS - Bay Area Taxi Service

BatsTaxi.com 727.367.3702

Free Beach Rides 727.776.7553

TUTORING

Portuguese & French Tutoring Conversational-Grammar-Literature parigitropicale@gmail.com 727.301.5917

Piano lessons your home or my studio. All ages & styles, affordable, 25 years of experience. 727.688.2782

French lessons by French nativeAll levels. Text or call 571.435.5606

Reading tutor. Certified. Grades 2-8. 1:1 Zoom or in-person. 941.962.5782 actuallylearnit.com

WINDOW CLEANING

See Life More Clearly, 30 yrs. exp., Residential, Commercial. Estimates are free. Call Tim 727.488.8516.

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ENCOURAGING WORDS

By Dennis Merritt Jones, DD

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide… Nor Should You Try

Are you ready for a rhetorical question? It’s one that you likely already know the answer to but may not have ever thought of in a positive light.

THE QUESTION: What is as old as time itself? Its presence can motivate you, most often out of desperation rather than inspiration. It can cause you to shift your gaze and shirk back into a darkened corner to hide rather than look into Its steely eyes. It moves many people to think, say, and do regretful things. It’s also difficult to identify because It wears deceiving disguises.

THE ANSWER: As you may have already concluded, “It” is Fear and most of us try to avoid it like the plague. When was the last time Fear knocked at your door? Sometimes it’s difficult to recognize because it wears so many different disguises. Between a polarized political climate, an uncertain economy, violence in our own homes and streets, and wars raging worldwide, there has never been a time when Fear has been more prevalent on our planet. Not coincidentally, I made Fear the topic of my seventh book while watching the 6pm news one evening. After some deep contemplation, I decided the title would be “When Fear Speaks, Listen... The 7 Messengers of Fear.”

The reason for that provocative title is that most of us are so busy running from or denying fear we seldom take time to stop, turn and face it – and ask why it’s appearing in that moment. The purpose of the book is to introduce an awareness that we don’t have to perceive Fear as our enemy, allowing it to manipulate our emotions and shape our lives. As odd as it sounds, with mindfulness and a new perspective, we can actually perceive Fear in a new light.

I know whence I speak because for the first 40 years of my life, Fear was my greatest nemesis and, as such, I gave it far more power than it deserved. It controlled me and how I reacted (rather than responded) to nearly any crisis. Can you relate?

As I matured spiritually and emotionally, I learned to perceive my various fears as Messengers bearing vital information for my future well-being. When I learned to face, lean in, and dance with my various Fears they became my greatest teachers. With the correct perspective, we can learn to see Fear as an ally appearing in our lives at the exact right time with the gift of information we need – not to just survive but thrive. The only caveat is, rather than running from it or trying to anesthetize it,

we must turn toward Fear, embrace it and ask what message it has for us. If we will listen, we’ll gain the wisdom necessary to transcend it and then we can send it on its way.

All Fear is attached to a concern of death –or loss – of some sort; and it affects every area of our lives. It might be the death or loss of our own lives, a relationship, a career, a reputation, a bank account, a lifestyle, or our ability to control someone or something. Understanding our Messengers of Fear will help us manage the concern of loss in a proactive rather that a reactive manner. While the faces of Fear are legion, in my book, the seven most prevalent disguises that Fear hides behind are: Anger, Worry, Judgement, Selfishness, Shame, Loneliness, and Uncertainty

Each of these Messengers of Fear brings along a host of other descendants as well. Once we elevate our perspective and refocus our perception of Fear, we’ll be able to see it for what it really is... and isn’t. We can run but we can’t hide! All of God’s children are subject to a visit from Fear. When equipped with the right information from the 7 Messengers of Fear, we can transcend what frightens us and can get on with that which is ours to do to. A life rich with purpose, joy, freedom, and peace lies just on the other side of our greatest Fears. Are you ready for the adventure? Just listen to your Fear and you’ll know where to begin!

If you are interested, When Fear Speaks… Listen is available on Amazon and other major retailers.

Peace, Dennis Merritt Jones, DD • Copyright © 2024 - DMJ Presentations LLC • www.DennisMerrittJones.com Dennis Merritt Jones’ vision is “Guiding People to Purpose.” He is an award-winning author of seven books, a keynote speaker, and personal mentor/coach who loves living in St. Petersburg. If you would like more information regarding his availability as a speaker, his mentoring programs, and his books, please visit his website at DennisMerrittJones.com

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