A 30-foot-tall Chinese gate at the Lowry Park Zoo entrance here in Tampa acts as a red-and-gold threshold to wondrous sights: illuminated displays of giant temples, dragons, lotus flowers, even pandas in a bamboo forest. Zoominations is the official name…
Gasparilla Children’s Parade Is Swashbuckling Family Fun
Bid ahoy to young mateys along Bayshore Boulevard as they pick up all the plastic bead booty they can carry at Saturday’s Children’s Gasparilla Extravaganza, the official kickoff of the city’s annual pirate-themed festivities. Thousands of young revelers flock each…
Go Wild at the zoo’s food benefit, Zoofari
Executive chef Rene Marquis is ready to take roughly 2,000 guests at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo on a culinary safari. Zoofari is the zoo’s 28th annual food-based fundraiser benefiting expert animal care and educational programs operated by the Lowry Park…