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The Beast Comes At Midnight is a new horror movie filmed in Tampa Bay. The movie will have a free first look screening this Saturday, June 11, at Tampa Theatre at 1pm.

Riverviews must-see Showmens Museum celebrates the history of carnivals and fairs A giant Ferris Wheel spins inside the building Riverviews Showmens Museum celebrates carnival life and last updated 2021-05-07 09:45:01-04 RIVERVIEW, Fla. — Doc Rivera ran away to join a carnival at age 14. "I didnt have two parents," Rivera says with a smile. "I had 40!" Docs love for the life of a traveling showman never waned. Hes been in the business almost 60 years now. Hes owned his own carnival. A tal...

Updated Feb. 22 For nearly a year, the lights stayed off, the Ferris wheel sat still, and a warehouse of wonders waited to delight and terrify guests in Riverview. The International Independent Showmen’s Museum closed, like the traveling shows it celebrates, because of the pandemic. But it exists because a few people spent years, raised millions and refused to let the fascinations of the carnival fade away. Ivan Arnold was one of them — a carnival lifer. (Not a carney. “We in the...