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🌱 Cuban Flamenco Show + American Rescue Plan Helps Non-Profits + Mandate Suit

Here's the latest edition of the Tampa Daily! This is your source for everything going on in Tampa.

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Morning, Tampa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.


First, today's weather:

Some sun with a stray shower. High: 76 Low: 54.

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Here are the top stories today in Tampa:

1. Carrollwood Cultural Center is hosting a flamenco performance this evening at 8 p.m. Flamenco Tropical is a mixture of Flamenco and Cuban culture with salsa, Cuban songs, and different rhythms incorporated in. (WFLA)

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2. A Tampa resident died after a fire swept through a mobile home in the Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park late Thursday night. The state fire marshal's office has been called to investigate the incident. (Tampa Patch)

3. The Left Bank Bistro in St. Petersburg is celebrating 3 years in business this evening. To mark the special occasion, the French restaurant will have a special four-course prix fixe menu, live entertainment, and more. (CarlosEats.com)

4. Vaccine Mandate Fight: A federal judge will hear arguments December 7th in Florida’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration from requiring employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (Orlando Weekly)

5. $2 million in grants is being distributed as part of the federal American Rescue Plan by statewide partners to museums, historic sites, and other humanities-focused nonprofits. Many of these institutions were badly impacted by the pandemic are in need of help. On the list is Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center, Ybor City Museum Society, and more. (WUSF)

6. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a shooting Friday on the Howard Frankland Bridge over Tampa Bay. One man was found dead at the scene with a "self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head." An investigation is underway. (WTSP)


Today in Tampa:

  • Tampa Walk to End Alzheimer's at Raymond James Stadium. (9:00 AM)
  • The Oddities & Curiosities Expo. (10:00 AM)
  • Yoga At Westshore Marina District. (10:00 AM)
  • Second Sunday Art Walk And Vendor Fair. (11:00 AM)
  • Little Women: The Broadway Musical. (2:00 PM)

Tampa Patch Notebook

  • Atlanta rapper K Camp plays Ybor City at the Orpheum on November 17th.
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers: "We've upgraded CB Dee Delaney to full participation. #GoBucs" (Facebook)
  • Tampa's Downtown: "NEW SPOT ALERT - The Melting Pot's younger, cooler sister restaurant is coming to #TampasDowntown - Melting Pot Social — which serves quick bites, melt-style sandwiches, flatbreads, salads and cocktails as well as the brand's signa..." (Facebook)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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