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11am-3am Mon-Sat,
noon-3am Sun)
This thatch-roof, plaster-sided bit o' blarney in Hyde Park looks like a traditional Irish cot-
tage, and the gregarious Irish staff, football shirts, draft Guinness and Irish menu (items
from $11 to $13) will have you affecting your own Irish brogue.
Club Prana
CLUB
Many nightclubs come and go, but Club Prana, rising five floors from its lounge to the
rooftop Sky Bar, has stood the test of time.
Entertainment
Arts Tampa Bay (
www.artstampabay.com
)
maintains a regionwide cultural calendar.
Live Music & Performing Arts
Skipper's Smokehouse
LIVE MUSIC
(
813-971-0666;
www.skipperssmokehouse.com
;
910 Skipper Rd; cover $5-25;
11am-midnight
Tue-Fri, from noon Sat, from 1pm Sun)
Like it blew in from the Keys, Skipper's is a beloved, unpretentious open-air venue for
blues, folk, reggae and gator-swamp rockabilly. It's 9 miles directly north of downtown on
N Nebraska Ave.
Straz Center for the Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS
This enormous, multivenue complex draws the gamut of fine-arts performances: touring
Broadway shows, pop concerts, opera, ballet, drama and more.
Improv Comedy Theater
COMEDY
813-864-4000;
www.improvtampa.com
;
1600 E 8th Ave, Centro Ybor; tickets
$10-30)
