Top 10 Tampa Bay area events for the week of May 10-16
From standup by Iliza Shlesinger to a staged salute to art and laughter in âUncaged,â comedy takes top billing.
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Iliza Shlesinger headlines a big week of comedy with a performance Saturday at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Hollywood Wilshire YMCA)
Updated May 10
Iliza Shlesinger: The comedian whose fans show their loyalty by wearing homemade Iliza-inspired swag to her shows, and whose fifth Netflix standup special premiered in November 2019, returns to the stage with her Back in Action tour. $43.25-$68.75. 7 p.m. Saturday. Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. 727-791-7400.
Top 10 Tampa Bay events for the week of May 3-9
Performing arts dominate this weekâs top events, including the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Fest and comedian Craig Robinson.
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Shelia E. performs during the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Festival Sunday in Curtis Hixon Park. [ CAROLYN KASTER | AP Photo ]
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Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Music Fest 2021: The 21st annual festival features entertainment by Joyce Irby with Guitar G. Force (Saturday) and Sheila E. with Jonathan McReynolds (Sunday). Tickets are available for virtual and live viewing. Live tickets are sold in pairs to allow for social distancing. Masks are required and temperatures will be screened. Everyone entering is required to fill out a health survey, which will be e-mailed in advance. $20-$70. 1-9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Drive, Tampa.
Mark National Poetry Month with books by two local poets
Memory, family and pain power many of the poems in Steve Kistulentzâs âThe Mating Calls of the Deadâ and Enid Shomerâs âShoreless.â
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April is National Poetry Month, celebrating that literary genre far and wide. Around Tampa Bay weâre lucky enough to have a multitude of talented poets writing and publishing all the time.
Here are reviews of new books by two of them.
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Steve Kistulentz is director of the graduate creative writing program at Saint Leo University and lives in Safety Harbor, where he is the townâs poet laureate. He has published two previous poetry collections,