Tampa Museum of Art 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa 813-259-1720 tampamuseum.org Thursdays 4-8pm – pay-as-you-will admission Through June 30, 2024 – Purvis Young: Redux Tarpon Springs Railroad Depot Historical Museum 160 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs Free admission 727-943-4624 tarponspringsarea historicalsociety.org The Dalí Museum One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg 727-823-3767 thedali.org Thursdays and Fridays reduced admission after 5pm Advanced-purchase timed tickets required Through Aug. 21 – Student Surrealist Art Exhibit Through Oct. 30 – The Visit: the works of Yamandu Canosa The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art 150 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727-892-4200 thejamesmuseum.org Tuesdays $10 all day USF Contemporary Art Museum Institute for Research in Art 3821 USF Holly Drive, Tampa ira.usf.edu 813-974-3503 August 26-Dec. 3 – Jessy Murry: Rising 26-Dec. 3 – Necessary Angels: Jesse Murry and Lisa Yuskavage USF Graphicstudio 3702 Spectrum Blvd., Ste 100, Tampa Free admission 813-974-3503 graphicstudio.usf.edu/ GS/gs_about.html
MUSIC Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association Monday Night Jazz Jam, 7-9pm, Hangar Restaurant, 540 First St. SE, St. Petersburg, aldowningjazz.com August 28 – The Octet Presents: Majors and Minors (at The Palladium)
Clearwater Jazz Holiday Coachman Park 301 Drew St., Clearwater clearwaterjazz.com Scheduled for Oct. 14-16 August 12 – CJH Presents: Eric Darius “Unleashed” album release party (at The Palladium) New Horizons Band of Gulfport Gulfport Senior Center 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport Novice, intermediate musicians 727-345-0285 newhorizonsbandgulfport.org School of Rock St. Petersburg 2401 Central Ave., St. Petersburg Guitar, drum, singing, keyboard/ piano lessons 727-871-7625 schoolofrock.com South Pasadena Community Band All-volunteer band 727-515-5407 southpasadenaband.com Concerts suspended St. Petersburg College Gibbs Campus Music Center 6605 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg 727-341-4360 spcollege.edu/events Suncoast Jazz Society Cove Cay Golf Club 2612 Cove Cay Drive, Clearwater sdjs.org Tampa Bay Symphony Performances in various locations 727-827-8087 tampabaysymphony.org August 20 – Auditions for the 2022-23 season 30 – Deadline for submission of scores to the sixth annual International Composition Competition The Florida Orchestra See venues for times and ticket prices. 727-662-7286 floridaorchestra.org Face masks recommended October 7-9 – Carmina Burana
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
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By Nanette Wiser THE BUTTERFLY WHISPERER Donna Sinicrope, 70, has lived at The Fountains at Boca Ciega Bay since 2019, and immediately founded a Garden Club that year. When someone pointed out a milkweed plant – the sole food source of a monarch caterpillar – growing on a first-floor rooftop near the courtyard, the club’s mission became clear: to start a butterfly garden. During the last few years, Sinicrope and the Garden Club planned, planted and nurtured a butterfly garden that meets the criteria of a MonarchWatch.org “monarch waystation,” locations where the butterflies stop during their annual migration from Canada to Mexico. Monarchs also live in The Fountains’ garden year-round. The Garden Club raised and released nearly two dozen butterflies from caterpillars during a special community celebration in May. You can too. Planting milkweed and nectar plants in a 100-square-foot or larger garden that gets at least six hours’ sun exposure each day is a great place to start. Learn more at www.monarchwatch.org/waystations. START EARTHING Do you remember the last time you walked barefoot at the beach or in the grass? Little did you know that when your bare feet come in contact with the earth, free electrons are taken up by the body. Years of extensive research has shown that connecting to the Earth’s natural energy, by walking barefoot on grass, sand, dirt, or rock can diminish chronic pain, fatigue and other ailments that plague so many people today. When your bare feet or skin comes in contact with the earth, free electrons are taken up into the body. These are nature’s best antioxidants and help neutralize damaging excess free radicals that can lead to inflammation and disease in the body. The Earth’s energy helps the body cope and repair, promoting wellbeing, vitality, and better sleep. It also harmonizes and stabilizes the body’s basic biological rhythms, knocks down chronic inflammation and reduces and eliminates associated pain. Some other ways to get earthing? Swim in ocean or lakes, garden with bare hands, lay on the Earth, hug or lean up against a living tree and wear natural leather-soled shoes instead of plastic or synthetic rubber. ParadiseNewsFL.com | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2022
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