Check Out ‘Toast of Tampa’ Show Chorus Tuesday

Here’s to Tampa/Temple Terrace!

Toast of Tampa, an a cappella show chorus made up of singers from all over the Tampa area, practices on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Tonight (July 30), vocal coach Betty Clipman will help the group prepare for a show at USF Oct. 5 and an international competition in Hawaii Nov. 7. You’re invited to check out Toast of Tampa at any Tuesday practice. Click the video above for a special quartet performance.

Exit 41B is No More

Travel to Tampa on Interstate 275? Northbound I-275 Exit 41B to northbound Dale Mabry Highway is now closed, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. From now on, motorists will use Exit 41A to go either direction on Dale Mabry Highway. FDOT is urging drivers to pay close attention in that area.

“Sharknado” is Coming to the Big Screen

Heard the buzz about “Sharknado” but haven’t experienced it in all its ridiculous glory yet? If you just can’t wait for “Sharknado 2” to hit the SyFy channel next year, you’re in luck: The made-for-TV, so-bad-it’s-good, sci-fi extravaganza is coming to theaters for a one-night-only screening at midnight Friday, Aug. 2. Catch a nearby screening at Citrus Park Stadium 20 (7999 Citrus Park Town Center Mall, Tampa), Park Place Stadium 16 (7200 U.S. 19 N, Pinellas Park) and Hollywood Stadium 20 (1993 Main St., Sarasota).

Happy National Cheesecake Day!

Yep, probably one of the best days ever invented is finally here. To celebrate, the Cheesecake Factory—with area locations at International Plaza in Tampa and the Westfield Brandon mall—is offering any cheesecake slice for half price today. Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake, here I come!

Bring the Umbrella

Hear that sad trombone playing in the background? The National Weather Service forecast is calling for a 50 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms during the day throughout much of the Tampa Bay area and a 20 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Highs are, of course, in the low 90s.