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2020 in the rearview: Looking back on some of the year’s most memorable moments

Any way you look at it, 2020 has had enough memorable occurrences to fill a lifetime’s worth of calendars. Today, we’re breaking down five of the top storylines from the past 12 months. Some of them will make you smile. Others will make you frustrated and sad. And a few of them are just plain strange. At any rate, here’s hoping for a healthier, happier and less eventful 2021.

Ten local companies to watch in 2021

Ten local companies to watch in 2021

Meet the couple behind a $2 million donation to preserve the Douglas-Hackworth land in Dunedin

Meet the couple behind a $2 million donation to preserve the Douglas-Hackworth land in Dunedin

Catalyze 2021: Carl Lavender of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg

Catalyze 2021: Carl Lavender of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg

Catalyze 2021: Developer Chuck Prather

Catalyze 2021: Developer Chuck Prather

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More than anything, 2021 is a year of hope

After a year of dissension, roiled by verbal and physical clashes, and shrouded in a pandemic, one can only hope never to see another like 2020.

For Black people in America, 2020 has been a year of outrage against tenacious racism, but the renewed fight for justice has drawn a battalion of diverse allies. It’s also been a year of grief, as African Americans and other people of color succumbed to the coronavirus in disproportionate numbers.

SPx throwback: Gilbert King

Reflections on American Life: Pulitzer Prize winner Gilbert King talks criminal justice, long-forgotten history and the craft of non-fiction

Pinellas County extends state of local emergency
Tampa tech company raises $3.6 million
After two days in the double digits, positive Covid test rate drops to 8.46 percent
IMAGINE: First Friday Art Walk to be held January 1
Tampa Bay seniors and high-risk groups begin to receive Covid vaccines

Dec 31 @ 09:00 PM

First Night St. Petersburg 2021

Jan 01 @ 12:00 PM

Grand Central Brewhouse’s Brew Good Beer Benefit

Jan 01 @ 05:00 PM

Gulfport’s First Friday Art Walk: IMAGINE

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January in the arts: Baby steps and a holding pattern

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Chris Steinocher

The SparkPlug

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