Heading to Columbia, MO for a work trip for @tampabaytimes.bsky.social and will be there for a few days. Mizzou alums, #TrueFalse regulars... hit me up with your things to do and eat while I'm there!
Only real quibble with Chalamet is his use of the word “relevant.” I mean, “Don Giovanni” is still being performed 250 years later. “Marty Supreme” will be long forgotten by that mark.
But are opera and ballet niche art forms under existential threat? Yes. So is cinema.
“Miroirs No. 3” might actually even be better than “Undine” or “Afire.” Petzold’s on a hot streak unmatched in world cinema right now. Phenomenal to have this at the Gasparilla Film Festival in Tampa today.
One of the strongest International Feature races in recent #Oscars memory, but I'll just say that "It Was Just an Accident" goes a long way to explaining why the Iranian people cheered the Ayatollah's death.
And "The Secret Agent" is probably the year's best film full-stop.
Oh, you know we had to get in on this trend at
@tampabaytimes.bsky.social. Nine-year-old me is there too!
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Shot this video for the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social over the weekend. Hope this brings some joy to your timeline!
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I mean, best Winter Olympics since 2010 at least, right? Since even further back?
Most moving moment of #USAHockey’s spectacular gold medal win? That they included two of their late teammate Johnny Gaudreau’s children and held up his jersey in their official photo — he and his brother were killed by a drunk driver two years ago.
#Olympics
Jon Cooper should consider wearing this to coach Team Canada for the rest of the #GoldMedal match.
(This was his homage to our history and culture here in Tampa for the Lightning’s outdoor Stadium Series game earlier this month.)
If you attempt the ski jump in Cortina, look out! You might be menaced by young Charles Dance.
#Olympics
When you watch the #Olympics bobsled competition tonight, know that it was here in Cortina where James Bond debuted a novel new sliding sport on skis.
I only started at the Times a month and a half ago, so I never got to meet Joey. But I really wish I had.
The outpouring of emotion from across our newsroom shows what a special person he was — a cherished colleague and a devoted friend to many.
This flowchart guide to the films of Frederick Wiseman is one of my favorite things on the internet.
Use it to explore the work of a documentarian who existed at the highest intersection of journalism/reporting and cinematic art imaginable.
Literally one of the best things I’ve seen on social media in years. I salute you.
Another way of looking at Frederick Wiseman. Has any filmmaker of any era had more late masterpieces in a row?
"National Gallery," "In Jackson Heights" (my #1 film of 2015), "Ex Libris," "City Hall," "Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros."
He released every one after he turned 84.
Did you create this amazing flowchart yourself? I was just thinking about this earlier -- I saw it last year. But I forgot who created it or where I saw it originally. So glad to rediscover it!
NBC always broadcasts the radio advice skiers’ coaches give them — they’re usually very technical and about course conditions.
Loved how simple this one was. Sometimes there’s nothing more that needs to be said.
#Olympics
I saw someone say on here during the #Olympics opening ceremony Friday night that “the most Italian moment of all time just occurred.” Not certain exactly what moment was being referred to, but I’m guessing it was this one.
Giant-headed mascots depicting composers Puccini, Rossini, and Verdi at the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Compose some of the world’s most beloved operas and 150 years later you too can become a giant-headed mascot at an #Olympics opening ceremony.
That Ricky Martin appearance choked me up.
Someone who had to hide who he was for so long, who felt compelled to sing in English for “crossover” appeal, whose music, like Latin music writ large, was called “a fad”… and there wouldn’t be Bad Bunny without him. #SuperBowl
FanDuel analytics says to put everything on Sebulba. Who has a few thousand wupiupi to lend me?!
Rooting for the #Seahawks mostly because Sam Darnold’s story is great — and if he can have this kind of success, this #Bucs fan knows Baker Mayfield can someday too.
#SuperBowl
Boonta Eve Classic > Super Bowl
Our reporter Gabrielle Calise made two recipes from the official Gasparilla Cookbook, published in 1961 (Jackie Kennedy bought a copy). Fair warning: "I'm a journalist, not a chef. And today I'm a pirate," she says. Full version here.
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It's Gasparilla Day in Tampa Bay! If you're not from here, it's this insane parade (the 3rd largest in the country behind the Rose Parade and Macy's) where 300K people dress up as pirates, "invade" Tampa from a huge flotilla, then march with floats for several miles.
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Phenomenal piece by Christopher Spata about a couple families from St. Pete who moved to Minneapolis and what they're dealing with now.
A powerful local angle on the national story none of us can look away from.
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I'll never forget when I was three years old and it snowed in the Tampa Bay area on Christmas Eve 1989. My mom told me to look at the front door...and there it was: Actual flurries!
I mean, just flurries. There would never have been accumulation. But magical nonetheless.
"Gulf Effect Snow" ahead?
Quite a Monday to start my job at the Tampa Bay Times tomorrow, with both Venezuela and the possibility of the Bucs parting ways with their coach.
Good to know, after the events of this weekend, that the new CBS Evening News will launch Monday with segments on DJ Khaled and David Beckham.
