Community Calendar

A comedic murder mystery, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair. An unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit six million dollars. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn...or else his uncle's gun-toting ex!

Join Wesley Chapel Theater Group for "War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast" by Joe Landry — a thrilling, live reimagining of the infamous 1938 broadcast that shook America!

Step back in time to 1938, when a radio drama shook the nation! War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast reimagines the legendary Orson Welles broadcast that famously convinced listeners an alien invasion was underway. With live sound effects, vintage microphones, and plenty of drama, this production captures the excitement and the chaos of that fateful night.

Be part of history at the regional premiere of Tori Sampson’s groundbreaking play, Cadillac Crew, running from September 6–16 at The Studio@620. This co-production unites Powerstories Theatre and The Studio@620—two trailblazing, community-driven theatres—for the very first time. Cadillac Crew serves as the grand finale of Powerstories’ 25th anniversary season and launches The Studio@620’s 2025–26 season, marking a powerful handoff between legacies.

Set in 1963 Virginia, the play follows four women activists working behind the scenes of the Civil Rights Movement—asking what happens when women’s voices, courage, and leadership are erased from history.

Though rooted in the past, the play speaks directly to now: whose voices are amplified, whose stories are missing, and what it takes to claim space in the fight for equality.

The production is accompanied by community conversations, film screenings, and the visual art exhibition, all designed to deepen the dialogue and honor women whose work has shaped change.

• Hidden Figures Screening 10/12 @6pm – Green Light Cinema
• Behind the Story 10/19 @ 3pm – The Studio@620
• Members First Look 10/25 – The Studio@620
• The Unseen Thread, Women Art as Movement Exhibition Opening 10/30 – The Studio@620

PERFORMANCES
November 6-8, 13-15 at 7:30 PM
November 9 & 16 at 3:00 PM

General Admission $40
Studio Member/Senior: $35
Groups 10+: $33
Student/Preview: $25

Get tickets at bit.ly/CadillacCrew

Tampa Bay’s number one family-friendly Halloween event, Creatures of the Night, returns eerier than ever this fall. Perfect for all ages, the frightful, fun-filled event features howling outdoor experiences, amusing shows, spooky characters, creepy culinary treats and much more on thirteen select nights through October 26!
This year’s event features a new colossal adventure, Mesozoic Mayhem, a bone-chilling scare zone where ancient beasts roam once more and chaos ensues after scientists tamper with nature. Guests encounter life-size dinosaurs, creating an atmosphere filled with excitement and just the right amount of fright that proves that eerie fun never goes extinct.

Creatures of the Night takes place on 13 select nights in September and October from 4pm to 10pm.

Event nights are September 26 (members-only night), September 27, Oct. 3-4, Oct. 10-12, Oct. 17-19, and Oct. 24-26.

General admission tickets after 4PM are $29.95 (Friday & Sunday), $34.95 (Saturday), and can be purchased online at zootampa.org.

The 5th World Congress on Primary Healthcare and Medicare Summit, on November 17-18, 2025, in Paris, France, gathers global experts to discuss innovative strategies, multi-specialty approaches, and advancements in healthcare. Featuring keynote sessions, panel discussions, and workshops, this event fosters collaboration to revolutionize primary healthcare and improve patient outcomes worldwide

Go nose to nose with Big John, the World’s Largest Triceratops, in an immersive and playful dinosaur exhibit at the Glazer Children’s Museum in Downtown Tampa. Whether you have a child at home or not, all are welcome to visit this colossal exhibit, 66 million years in the making.

Join the Master Chorale! In this 7-week intensive, you'll explore chorale exercises and songs in a community choir, all culminating in a grand performance at the Tampa Museum of Art. Ages 55+ Beginner-Intermediate level

Mondays, October 6 – November 17 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (7 classes)
Grand Performance | November 23, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

La Grande Illusion is a major exhibition of works by internationally acclaimed artist, Brian Maguire. The exhibition spans two decades of work that spotlights the artist’s lifelong quest to draw attention to global injustices, war, and human rights. One of Ireland's leading cultural figures, Maguire has turned the practice and tradition of painting into acts of visual testimony. Maguire’s paintings are global in scope and are derived from projects undertaken between 2007 and 2024 in Mexico, the Mediterranean, Syria, Sudan, the United States, and the Amazon. Maguire's artworks are painted from direct experience and involve the artist spending extensive time on the ground with the communities that welcome him. The results are, plainly put, paintings that visualize the commonality of human suffering and dramatize the plight of people in need.

New works by Selina Román blend photography, abstraction, and self-portraiture to explore themes of beauty and the politics of size in Selina Román: Abstract Corpulence. Roman’s photographs feature tightly cropped images of the artist’s own body, boldly occupying the full composition and extending past the boundaries of each frame. Pastel bodysuits and tights transform the artist’s flesh into new, gently rolling landscapes as amorphous shapes converge to create modernist-inspired compositions. At this scale, Roman’s tightly cropped portrayals of stomachs, thighs, and hips become formal studies of line, shape and color, asking viewers to consider the human form from a point of true abstraction. The softly hued palette created by the artist’s bodysuits lends itself to narratives around the aesthetics of femininity. Displayed as a colorful never-before-seen installation, Roman’s photographs transform the gallery into a space of quiet resistance, subverting traditional ideas of feminine beauty.

Selina Román: Abstract Corpulence is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Rangsook Yoon, senior curator at Sarasota Art Museum.

Image credit: Selina Román (American, 1978). Blockhead 1, 2025. Dye sublimation on aluminum, 40 x 50 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Award-winning and internationally recognized artist Janet Echelman (American) is renowned for her soaring installations that merge ancient craft with cutting-edge technology. Using centuries-old fishing net knotting techniques, Echelman transforms humble materials into ethereal sculptures that visualize natural phenomena and the interconnectedness of humanity and the environment.
Radical Softness offers a rare, intimate look at Echelman’s artistic evolution, tracing her journey from early explorations in drawing, painting, and textiles to the monumental, netted sculptures that have redefined public spaces around the world. This exhibition contextualizes the artist’s practice, revealing the narratives, influences, and processes that drive her work. At its core, the exhibition highlights Echelman’s use of softness as a powerful tool—not only in material but as a philosophy. Showcasing a selection of works from across all four decades of the artist’s path-breaking career, along with a series of never-before-seen cyanotypes, Radical Softness reveals how an artist’s work can bring people together and carve out space for reflection in an ever-changing world.
Founded in New York City and based in Boston, Studio Echelman’s impact is global. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Harvard Loeb Fellowship, Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship, and Fulbright Lectureship, her monumental sculptures span five continents. Recent commissions include Remembering the Future at the MIT Museum (2025), Butterfly Rest Stop in Frisco, Texas (2024), Current in Columbus, Ohio (2023), Bending Arc at the St. Pete Pier in Florida (2020), Earthtime Korea (2020), Impatient Optimist at The Gates Foundation in Seattle (2015), and 1.8 Renwick at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (2015), among others.
Janet Echelman: Radical Softness is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Lacie Barbour, associate curator of exhibitions at Sarasota Art Museum.

Image: Janet Echelman (American). Study (Butterfly Rest Stop 1/9 scale), Rome, Italy, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Giovanni DeAngelis.