They Hate Change, which plays St. Pete Women's Collective in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 28, 2019. Credit: Photo via Death Bomb Arc

They Hate Change, which plays St. Pete Women’s Collective in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 28, 2019. Credit: Photo via Death Bomb Arc


A few Best of the Bay winners (Clearwater rap duo They Hate Change, and the Venus venue at St. Pete Women’s Collective) collide over the weekend when words and tunes meet at a poet-centric event being thrown by DIY event duo Swamp Sister.

Swamp Sister Presents: Stripped Down & Spoken Word. Sat. Sept. 28, 5:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. Donations accepted. St. Pete Women’s Collective, St. Petersburg. INFO.

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This article appears in Best of the Bay 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...