Paw Patrol may not have live dogs in the show, but if you have kiddos we're pretty sure they'll love it. Credit: VStar Entertainment

Paw Patrol may not have live dogs in the show, but if you have kiddos we’re pretty sure they’ll love it. Credit: VStar Entertainment

Got kids? You'll probably want to bring 'em to PAW Patrol Live! when they bring their musical "Race to the Rescue" show to Tampa's Straz Center for the Performing Arts this summer. 

The storyline is really adorable, too: The day of the Great Adventure Bay Race between Mayor Goodway and nearby Foggy Bottom Mayor Humdinger, Mayor Goodway goes missing and it's up to the PAW Patrol to save him. The team uses all the skills you want little kids to know are important — teamwork, problem-solving and citizenship — and now that we think about it, we know a couple of grownups who should probably learn that lesson again, too.




PAW Patrol Live! Race to the Rescue | Morsani Hall at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N. WC MacInnes Place, Tampa | Jul. 27: 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Jul. 28: 12 & 4 p.m. | $22.50-$72.50; VIP meet-and-greet, $118.50 | Tickets on sale noon Feb. 15 | 813-229-7827 | strazcenter.org
 

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...