🌱 Home Contract Cancellations Rise + Tampa Bay Ice Cream Festival

Hey, everybody! Carlos Hernandez here with your fresh copy of the Tampa Daily, filled with everything you need to know about what's happening in town. Follow along for the latest.

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Here are the top five stories in Tampa today:

1. "Children's Visual Literacy Through Photography" is coming to Florida Museum of Photographic Arts from July 22 to September 11. Visitors will have an opportunity to view the world through the eyes of children age 9 and up from underserved communities. (Tampa Patch)

2. Twenty-three percent of pending home sales fell out of contract throughout Tampa Bay last month, according to Redfin. Redfin said the cooldown in the market is due to the Federal Reserve boosting interest rates in an effort to ease inflation. (Subscription: Tampa Bay Business Journal)

3. Tampa Police Department (TPD) reportedly has admitted that its DUI squad has made several arrests when drivers blew beneath the legal alcohol limit. One officer accused his supervisor of imposing DUI arrest quotas. (Creative Loafing Tampa)

4. The Straz has announced the return of the National Geographic Live series to Ferguson Hall in 2023. It will feature an all-female lineup for the first time in its history. Prices for the three-show season package start at $76 and tickets are to be on sale July 25. (Tampa Bay Newswire)

5. St. Peterburg is hosting the Tampa Bay Ice Cream Festival at Pier Plaza on Sunday, July 17 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 17 is National Ice Cream Day, first enacted by former President Reagan. Dozens of local vendors will be there sampling their frozen treats. (99.5 QYK)

Today in Tampa:

• Café Con Tampa at Oxford Exchange. (8 a.m.)
• Archives Awareness Week: Ybor City Historic Walking Tour at The Cuban Club. (10 a.m.)
• Free Ice Cream From The Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream Truck at Tampa Riverwalk. (12:30 p.m.)
• Tampa Bay Rodeo And Family Festival at Greater Hillsborough County Fair. (5 p.m.)
• Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical at Carrollwood Cultural Center. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Hillsborough Community College (HCC) Institute for Corporate and Continuing Education was awarded $993,813 in funding through the Open Door Grant Program by the Florida Department of Education last fall. Qualified applicants may be eligible for up to $3,000 to cover the costs of tuition, fees, examination, books and materials. (Tampa Bay Newswire)
• The Tamp Bay area is ranked the fourth most dangerous place in the United States for pedestrians with 3.5 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 people. (Axios Tampa Bay)
• Metalcore band Erra is playing at Orpheum's new Tampa location on Sunday, July 17. (Creative Loafing Tampa)
• Oh Yeah Creamery is Tampa's first create your own craft soft serve ice cream spot. It opened in May of 2021 and is a sister shop of Revolution Ice Cream. (ABC Action News)

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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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