Darlene Drew is responsible for creating the musical's atmosphere, which helps bring the story to life. The show is playing at the Straz Center through Sunday.

University of Central Florida Senior History Lecturer Jim Clark will share stories about some of the early and now forgotten tourist draws at the Spring Hill Branch Library.

The David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts will introduce a new restaurant, cafe, bar and a terrace with a large arch facing the downtown Tampa Riverwalk.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author and former New York Times Paris bureau chief Elaine Sciolino about the new book, How to Fall in Love with the Louvre.

With a recurrence of cancer, famed conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is ending his musical career. One of his final concerts is in Miami Beach, where he'll lead the orchestral academy he helped found.

The Tampa Oratorio Singers' "Keeping It Keyboard" concert features a performance by Wade FitzGerald of Waltz in A Minor. The pianist has some ideas about what the piece was meant for.

Conductor Nicholas Hersh calls William Dawson's work "a fundamental part of our history and a beautiful piece of our culture."

"Music and Mind" a collection of essays by scientists, artists, educators and health care providers that delves into the effect of music and the arts on health and being human.

Audiences will get to see Giancarlo Guerrero in action when he leads the orchestra in its first Masterworks concerts this November.

Tampa Period Pantry has set up 10 locations to help fight 'period poverty.' It's attracting more attention after Gov. DeSantis vetoed funds for free menstrual products in Florida schools.