Children throw snowballs while playing in a pile of ice dubbed, "snow," during Snow Day at Douglas L. Jamerson Elementary School. The school has put on the event for at least nine years, sponsored by the PTA and available to all students. This year, the ice and set-up cost approximately $2100 and included tobogganing, snowball throwing and snow painting, in which the children dye the snow with spray bottles. "We kind of dread it and can't wait for it every year," said Ellen Williams, president of the PTA. "It's a mess." By mid-morning, the "snow" was more slush, but Williams laughed and said the kids don't know the difference because most of them have never seen snow. "They don't care," she said. January, 2020 in St. Petersburg.
Corey Jurgensen runs along East Henry Avenue wearing an inflatable unicorn costume. Jurgensen has been wearing the costume during runs several times a week to cheer up others during this time of isolation but finds it therapeutic for herself as well to run through her Seminole Heights neighborhood wearing a silly costume. April, 2020 in Tampa.
The Sphinx Virtuosi orchestra from Detroit, performed at the Carter G. Woodson African-American Museum Thursday morning as one of a dozen community performances organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (MFA). The critically-acclaimed orchestra, which is dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in classical music, are in St. Petersburg for a three-day residency with the MFA where they will perform a full concert at 7 p.m. Friday, complementing the exhibition, "Art of the Stage: Piccaso to Hockney," which celebrates theater designs, performing arts and artists collaboration. At the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum on Wednesday, February, 2020 in St. Petersburg.