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  1. Helen R. Murray has been selected as American Stage's new producing artistic director. She'll join the theater company in October.
  2. Franklin Delano Floyd aka Warren Marshall aka Trenton B. Davis aka Clarence Hughes.
  3. Bruce Holsinger's new novel is "The Displacements"
  4. "Concerto di Primavera," 2000, by Lino Tagliapietra, blown glass, on display at Imagine Museum in St. Petersburg.
  5. Natalia Sylvester's new YA novel is "Breathe and Count Back From Ten."
  6. Artist Tom Stovall works on a mural of Henry on the Dunedin Curlew water tower on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Dunedin. The water tower, which was built in the 1960s, is 150 feet tall and holds 1 million gallons of water. Stovall is a large-scale muralist who also painted the Crescent Lake water tower. He started working on Henry in April.
  7. Bruce Springsteen is bringing his new tour to Tampa on Feb. 1.
  8. From left, Heather McKinney and Christie Wallace, hosts of the podcast Sinisterhood, are bringing their live show to the Tampa Improv on July 13.
  9. Jason Byrd, left, helps University of South Florida assistant professor Erin Kimmerle and assistant professor Christian Wells remove remains from the cemetery at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna in 2013. Kimmerle's team found more than 50 graves, many of them unmarked. All but two of those buried there were children. [Times, 2013]
  10. Blanca Landeros, 52, of Tampa looks at names and listens to descriptions of paintings in Yamandú Canosa's exhibition, "The Visit," at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. It was Landeros' first time in a museum.
  11. Historian Gary Mormino's new book is “Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida’s Turning Point.”
  12. Paul Bettany, who plays Vision in the Marvel series of films, will make an appearance at Tampa Bay Comic Convention July 29-31.
  13. Former USF basketball star Tony Grier (standing) directed and produced a documentary about musician Bobby Brooks Wilson (sitting). The documentary is called "The Last Teardrop."
  14. Muralist Jimmy Breen is seen in this undated handout photo. Breen died unexpectedly on June 20. He was 37.
  15. One Person, One Vote cover
  16. Law enforcement personnel work outside at the Orlando Museum of Art Orlando on Friday, June 24, 2022. The FBI raided the museum on Friday and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat following questions about their authenticity.
  17. St. Petersburg-based actor, writer and director Erica Sutherlin is directing "Dutchman" at American Stage. She is the first Black woman to direct a show at the theater company.
  18. From left, Charlie Parker, Nancy Parker, Gabriella Schmid and Bo Countryman pose outside of Charlie Parker Pottery. Countryman and Schmid are taking over the studio effective July 1, 2022.
  19. Eliot Schrefer's latest book is "Queer Ducks (And Other Animals).
  20. Ladee Hubbard's new short story collection is "The Last Suspicious Holdout."
  21. The Backstreet Boys perform during the band’s DNA World Tour at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa on Tuesday.
  22. Col. Tom Parker, who managed the career of Elvis Presley for 22 years, in his Nashville office. Tom Hanks portrays Parker in the "Elvis" movie.
  23. Christine Ponthieux was a bookkeeper at Benz Model & Talent Agency. She sent a letter throughout the state alleging corruption at the Tampa agency. She then died by suicide on April 25.
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