Tampa Bay’s best things to do, October 29-November 5, including a cypress swamp talk with NatGeo photographer Mac Stone

Mac Stone Credit: Peter Houlihan In the September issue of National Geographic, Mac Stone painted Florida in a majestic light with photography that captured the annual striped mullet migration. In his photos, millions of mullet look like walls in the ocean as they move south to spawn. The photos alone can radicalize someone into a conservationist, but the videos that came out of the project will finish the job. The 42-year-old Virginia Tech grad spends a lot of time in the swamp, too. His latest book, “Cypress: The Last Old-Growth Swamps” (out now via University Press of Florida) is a decade-long project that’s taken the form of a 216-page behemoth featuring 144 photos of the South’s ancient cypress wetlands—including Naples’ Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Stone will discuss that work in downtown Tampa as part of Tampa Bay History Center’s ongoing “Florida Conversations” series. It’s $5 for non-members, and there is a no-cover option on Zoom. Tickets to Florida Conversations: A