This Veteran’s Day Weekend gives us some extra time to enjoy the best events. Registry Tampa Bay has them right here for you and we thank all our veterans and their families for their service.
Thursday and Beyond
Opening Week – 37th Annual Five Golden Rings Holiday Show and Sale
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin
If you haven’t already started your shopping, the beautiful Dunedin Fine Art Center offers you a fabulous opportunity to give the gift of art for the holidays. If you’ve never visited DFAC, you’re in for a treat and the Holiday Show and Sale has been a much-anticipated holiday event for almost four decades. Enhance your visit by checking out the current exhibits, and with a stroll in the charming downtown area and grab a coffee or lunch at the many cafes.
Runs through December 23rd.
Find Art Center hours and more information HERE.
**Registry Spotlight**
Full disclosure, I write and manage projects for Creative Pinellas, but Arts Annual is a truly magnificent event by the Pinellas County arts advocacy organization. The work they do to support the arts and artists throughout Pinellas deserves to shine in the #RegistrySpotlight
Arts Annual 2023: The Party & ARTSventure Festival
The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, Largo
It’s fast become one of the most anticipated annual arts events in Tampa Bay. Arts Annual 2023 is an exhibition featuring the works of dozens of visual, literary, and performing artists – all prior Professional and Emerging Artist grantees of Creative Pinellas. The expansive gallery space will be filled with amazing artwork, video installations, and on Thursday night, all of your friends! There are a number of events planned, starting with The Party, opening night. It will be a true feast for the eyes, ears, and palate all evening with music from the amazing Siobhan Monique and the Negro Ninjaz. On Saturday, the ARTSventure festival will bring many arts vendors to Pinewood Culture Park and a schedule of performances. Visit the beautiful Botanical Gardens and Heritage Village while you’re there.
The Party: Thursday November 9th @6pm – 9pm
ARTSventure Festival: Saturday, November 11th @10am – 4pm
Exhibition runs through December 31st
Find tickets, event schedules, gallery hours, and more information HERE.
Opening – No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Off Central, St. Pete
“L’enfer, c’est les autres.” No, it’s not my last Duolingo lesson (I’m on a 90 day streak, BTW, but I digress). It is one of Sartre’s most famous quotes – “Hell is other people.” and you thought it was fire and brimstone. No. Sartre’s existential mind examines what it’s like when three deceased strangers, who led vastly disparate existences in life, are condemned, in the afterlife, to spend eternity together, and to see themselves in the eyes of the others. It’s some fascinating theater at The Off Central.
Thursday, November 9th – November 19th.
Find tickets, performance schedules, and more information HERE.
Friday
St. Pete Run Fest
Routes Throughout St. Pete
It’s BibRave’s #5 “Race of the Decade.” The St. Pete Run Fest’s courses highlight the beauty of downtown St. Pete and its surrounding historic neighborhoods and colorful murals. Enjoy the scenic waterfront and spot the birds, pelicans, and dolphins that call it home. There are multiple runs – marathons, 10k, 5k, and kids fun run. There are spectator locales, run events, and parties. It’s three days of the best kind of family fun and fitness.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 10th, 11th, and 12th
Find registration, event schedules, and spectator information HERE.
Science After Dark: Adventures in Space
Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Tampa
Get ready for fun as you gear up for space. Participate in astronaut training exercises, and games. Enjoy “astronaut” ice cream that will take your senses out of this world. Learn more about the wonders of the universe in the Saunders Planetarium. Prepare for lift-off as you cruise into space. Ticket includes Light appetizers, beer and wine samplings, MOSI exhibits, hands-on activities, Occulus Rift Beat Saber station, liquid nitrogen ice cream, interactive labs and more.
Friday, November 10th @6pm – 9pm
Find tickets, event schedules, and more information HERE.
Pinocchio by Carlos Collodi – Adapted by John Davies
Opera Central, St. Pete
The Family Series at St. Pete Opera is the perfect way to introduce your children to this beautiful and classic artform. It’s fast paced, colorful, funny, and only one hour long. “Captivating scenes and songs highlight the opera’s heartwarming message of the importance of family, friendship, and always telling the truth.” Highly recommend.
Friday, November 10th – November 19th
Find tickets, performance schedules, and more information HERE.
Saturday
31st Annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
The Palladium, St. Pete
Tampa Bay Times book editor, Colette Bancroft, interviews an impressive lineup of acclaimed authors. They include Washington Post executive editor, Martin Baron, Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry, and local favorites like Poynter Institute scholar, Roy Peter Clark, NYT best-selling author of 38 books including the Bosch series, Michael Connelly, and many more. Tombolo Books will hold a book market, including signings, downstairs in the Side Door space. If you’re a book nerd, this is most definitely the event for you.
Saturday, November 11th @9am – 7pm
Find tickets, event schedules, and more information HERE.
Veteran’s Day Cookout
American Legion Post 14 (4th St.), St. Pete
If you’re looking for a way to honor Veteran’s Day, what better way to do it than a cookout at a popular American Legion Hall? Meet neighbors and friends, bring the family, and enjoy food and fellowship while honoring our servicemen and women. There will be a short ceremony before the cookout. Admission is only $5.
Saturday, November 11th @1pm
Find more information HERE.
Madeira Beach Veteran’s Day Fireworks
Madeira Beach Recreation, Madeira Beach
Not that we need a holiday to love fireworks, but honoring our veterans is certainly a wonderful reason. So, head on over to the beach with family and friends and enjoy the show!
Saturday, November 11th @9pm
Find more information HERE.
**Concert Corner**
Chris Young with Nate Smith
The Sound, Clearwater
Friday, November 10th @7:30pm
Find tickets and more information HERE.
Johnny G. Lyon Band and Friends
Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
Friday, November 10th @ 8pm
Find tickets and more information HERE.
Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Saturday, November 11th @2pm
Find tickets and more information HERE.
Have fun and stay safe out there!
Cindy
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