

The final week of Creative Loafing’s Holiday Auction is now live!
It’s your last chance to help the Children’s Home Network and win some unique items and experiences.
Saves The Day gives The Social Orlando a searing 24-song, tour-closing set
It covered the breadth of the band’s 20-year career.
Tampa rooftop lounge EDGE does ’90s beverage prices
Go sip above the treetops.
Drink local liquor in Tampa instead of shopping on Black Friday
It’s Dark Door Friday with Dark Door Spirits at Brew Bus.
Tampa Bay photographer has home exhibit in December studio tour
Light through the lens of a Navy photographer who’s opening his Gulfport home for ArtJones.
Tampa teen and inventor Brittany VanHook wins national community service award
And that means Epilepsy Services Foundation gets $1,000 on Giving Tuesday.
Tampa Bay live music on Thanksgiving Eve
Drunken Turkey Fry, Mayday Parade and Damon Fowler lead the way.
St. Petersburg distillery Kozuba & Sons makes vodka-in-a-box
You’re welcome.
St. Petersburg still has a problem with youth car theft
A recent accident in which two teens died in a stolen vehicle has brought the issue back to the surface.
St. Petersburg hangout Intermezzo turns into a Miracle this week
Have a holly, jolly cocktail.
OJ Simpson tells St. Petersburg songwriter, “You have a beautiful voice”
Looks like the Juice was downtown.
Generator problems couldn’t depress the good people at Florida’s Zen Awakening 2018
It wasn’t about pretty lights and overstimulation.
In Clearwater, Roy Orbison’s hologram widened the eyes of 1,187 fans at Ruth Eckerd Hall
It didn’t quite leave them crying though.
Tampa’s Davis Centre for Women opens leadership award nominations
The deadline is Dec. 15.
Tampa brewery Coppertail to Florida: Primo pilsners are a slow pour away
The German technique takes a little more time, but it’s worth the wait.
Jäh Division, featuring members of Tampa art-pop band Home, reissues Dub Will Tear Us Apart… Again
Its 2004 debut album features psychedelic dub reggae versions of Joy Division classics.
Laugh with Tampa Bay’s funniest comedians at a Creative Loafing comedy show
Head to the CL Space in Ybor for a Best of the Bay laugh-in.
The Who drummer Keith Moon passed out onstage on this day in 1973
He was given cortisone and a cold shower backstage, but a kid from the crowd saved the show.
Tampa Bay live music Tuesday with Pinky Doodle Poodle, Il Divo and more
The Helios Jazz Orchestra is playing spy music in St. Petersburg.
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn clarifies Twitter message criticizing nonprofit Trinity Cafe
“…it is important to remember that these facilities and the clients they serve need to respect the surrounding neighborhood…”
Tampa Bay area among nation’s worst for holiday package thefts
It’s porch pirate season, y’all.
Where to spend Drinksgiving, aka Thanksgiving Eve, in Tampa Bay
This night is for the bars.
Boy Erased tries to pray the gay away
Heartbreaking true story of gay conversion therapy and its failures.
Bradenton’s Motorworks Brewing teams up with Sierra Nevada on benefit beer
Proceeds support Camp Fire relief efforts in California.
Nikki Fried becomes Florida Agricultural Commissioner as Caldwell concedes
The first Democrat to join the state’s cabinet in years won by fewer than 7,000 votes.
Heights Seafood Co. underway in Tampa neighborhood Seminole Heights
Fresh catches will mingle with offerings like poke and ceviche.
Travis Scott’s sold-out Astroworld festival brought joy back to the youth of Houston
Like his music, the fest was an escape from what is, at times, an exhausting reality.
Florida Botanical Gardens holiday lights return to Largo
Holiday Lights in the Gardens features more than four million LED lights.
Tampa Bay live music Monday with Roy Orbison’s hologram, Playboi Carti and more
Dom Flemons is tonight’s most authentic option though.
Beatles guitarist George Harrison released 33 1/3 on this day in 1976
Today in rock history includes Led Zeppelin, Carl Perkins and ELP, too.
Celebrate Cuba at Havana Nights in Tampa
For one night, immerse yourself in Cuban food, drinks and culture.
The Great Turkey Recall of 2018 won’t completely ruin Thanksgiving in Tampa Bay
Here are simple ways to keep salmonella at bay.
Tampa Bay keeps the donation of Thanksgiving meals, turkeys going
Talk about holiday do-goodery.
Clearwater man arrested for attacking roommate with machete
He wanted to cut to the chase.
Ty Flowers talks about making a documentary about a Florida man’s wrongful imprisonment
We talk to director Ty Flowers about ‘Time Simply Passes,’ a film about Arcadia’s Jame Richardson, wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his children.
Labored, lumbering live-action fantasy in Disney’s new Nutcracker
Fantasia it ain’t, but there is a Barbie merchandise tie-in.
Jason Lutes, the author of a graphic novel about Nazis, in St. Petersburg today
His book, ‘Berlin,’ looks at a city’s transformation from a liberal place to a fascist one.
Tampa Bay live music Sunday with Marc Rebillet, DJ Mad Linx, Petula Clark and more
Blind Tiger, Mike Zito and others also on the agenda.
Tampa Bay live music Saturday with Hiphopalooza 6, Big Gigantic, Magic City Hippies and more
About two dozen options in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival lineup includes Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Rae Sremmurd and more
The sold-out music festival kicks off tomorrow in Houston.
Tampa one of best 100 cities in the world
Not in Florida, or in the United States — in the world.
University of Tampa swashbuckled by Pirates of Penzance this weekend
At $15, it’s the cheapest pirate show around — especially in downtown Tampa.
Tampa Bay live music Friday with Lush Agave, Bit Brigade, Main Squeeze and more
Suncoast Jazz Festival, Underhill Family Orchestra and Elwood Bond recital as well.
Pasco woman arrested for forcing 13-year-old to walk Dade City road naked
The woman said the teen was being punished.
Rubio’s Coastal Grill expands in St. Petersburg with second restaurant
On opening day, free tacos go to the first 100 guests in line.
Clearwater selects well-known Tampa Bay artist couple to paint mural
Along with four other groups of artists, they’ll transform downtown Clearwater.
With eyes on Tampa, Brightline higher-speed rail rebrands to Virgin Trains USA
The line currently serves South Florida and Orlando.
John Legend delivers glossy Christmas tour kickoff at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall
Still, he did not hammer the theme into submission.
Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Electric Ladyland’ hit No. 1 on this date in 1968
Us3 took us on a cantaloop too, today in rock history.
Christmas Town comes to Busch Gardens in Tampa
Christmas lights, Santa Claus and more than 10 million lights adorn the Tampa theme park.
Pasco cops arrest 39 gang members for guns, drugs
The arrests were the culmination of a three-year investigation.
Last chance to see WWI baseball play in Tampa
This is the final weekend for ‘The Redemption of Rube Moats.’
After Thanksgiving, stuff yourself again at St. Petersburg’s Frogman Feast
The Navy SEAL Foundation benefits from the afternoon of chowing down.
Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum will not concede to Ron DeSantis after Thursday recount
Just 33,683 votes separate the candidates, and this contest is probably going to the courts.
Florida band Muchacho premieres debut single, “Mr. Runaway”
The song is about hopeful optimism and facing the habitual tendency of escapism.
Zen Awakening founder Niekko Chin discusses the latest evolution of his Florida festival
Just don’t call it a “music festival.”
Tampa expat Prince Golden talks Bay area rap scene ahead of Hiphopalooza 6
The local hip-hop showcase has never been pay-to-play.
Tampa getting New York-style Jewish deli on Cass Street
Bring on the egg creams.
Spirit Airlines’ new nonstop Tampa to Puerto Rico flight starts at just $84
But it’s still less expensive to fly Southwest sometimes.
Roy Clark, country superpicker and legend, has died at 85
The ‘Hee Haw’ star succumbed to complications from pneumonia.
Holiday movie preview 2018
Here are 10 flicks you might consider in a season stuffed like a stocking with films.
Florida Poet Laureate Peter Meinke reacts to Florida’s midterm elections
This week’s Poet’s Notebook posits that “purple state” is about is real as the “blue wave.”
You can get sconed at Dunedin’s Scone Age Bakery and Cafe
The place puts an emphasis on scratch-made menu items.
John Legend talks bringing his working-class Christmas to Clearwater
Oh, we had a Merry Kanye, too.
AL Cy Young Award goes to Tampa Bay Rays’ Blake Snell
He’s the second Rays pitcher to win this most prestigious honor.
The City of St. Petersburg’s LGBT liaison Jim NIxon on riding SMART to combat HIV/AIDS
On November 17, nearly 500 will ride their bikes 165 miles from Miami to Key West in the annual SMART Ride.
Been to St. Petersburg’s Avocado Valley yet? It’s part of Baum Avenue Market
The Lebanese restaurant could become a permanent addition if all goes well.
New St. Petersburg Asian restaurant Saké 23 isn’t drippin’ in finesse, but it certainly delivers
Prepare to be pleased with the former Souzou.
A guide to stress-free Thanksgiving meals all over Tampa Bay
Gobble them up.






