A Piece of Pearl’s Heart
Janis Joplin’s spirit lives on in Wendy Rich
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area
Culinary Events
VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS Join Debby DeGraaff for a "Taste of India"; 7-8 p.m. Wed., Oct. 20, and 10-11 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 21. Free. Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N. MacDill Ave., Tampa (813-873-7428). JEFFERSON ADULT & COMMUNITY SCHOOL Chef Dave Hillard from Sideberns hosts classes revealing secrets of the gourmet. Space is limited. Tuition is $36.…
Gettin’ Funktional
The Neville Brothers freshen up their act
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 10.14 Detroit Superstar In the latest installment of Last Comic Standing, the show's producers have pitted season one against season two in an all-out "Battle of the Best" competition. Last season's winner, John Heffron, made it to the final four again, and you can see what all the fuss is about firsthand at the…
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Oct. 19: Aqui, First Trip Out (Ace Fu) Bachs, Out of the Bachs (Gear Fab) Jello Biafra/The Melvins, Never Breathe What You Can't See (Alternative Tentacles) Big D & the Kids Table, How It Goes (Springman) Bury Your Dead, Cover Your Tracks (Victory) Cult of Luna, Salvation…
Krazy Cat
A theater company that’s strange but true … to itself
This Little Piggy Went to Market
Prospecting for produce in Hyde Park, Ybor and St. Pete
Thoroughly Jazzed
Clearwater’s jazz jewel celebrates its silver anniversary
Mangia, Mangia, Mangia
Battle of the Chain Italian Restaurants
Grape Divide
Are there differences in how men and women buy?
Music Events
THURSDAY, OCT. 14 42nd Street Bistro Live Jazz by Eddie 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Backwater Blues Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Chris Murphy Barley Hoppers Stephanie Anderson (EVENING) Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Boomerz Boiler Room Dry Kill Logic w/TBA…
Spins
Master of the MoonDIOSanctuarySo you get the envelope from the record company, and you tear it open. The disc inside slides out wrapped in a bio-sheet, but the top of it is visible, revealing it to be the new release by Dio. Oh, fucking great, you think to yourself. Another metal icon from a bygone…
Split Screen
A filmfest stays hot, but J-Lo and Gere get cold feet
Collage Kid
San Francisco has spawned some truly legendary creative minds. Master of landscape photography Ansel Adams, literary icons Robert Frost and Jack London, "Mama of Dada" artist and ceramicist Beatrice Wood, and, more recently, Hugh Shurley, a nationally acclaimed photo artist with a style that could undoubtedly be considered revolutionary. To see what he has to…
Music Menu
All entries by Scott Harrell except where otherwise noted. DEFTONES W/DEATH ANGEL Brutal yet atmospheric Sacramento-area pseudo-nu-metal act Deftones hit the national scene around the same time as Korn, and quickly rose to the top of the ranks on the strength of their strikingly original sound. Last year's eponymous full-length (their fourth) found the band…
Upcoming Concerts
OCTOBER 21 Brian Wilson Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 21 The Romantics St. Pete Times Forum 21 Steel Pulse w/Leni Stern Jannus Landing 22 Leon Russell Bourbon Street 22 Five Eight w/Live's Page/Eversfield Masquerade 22 Bile w/Final Chapter Masquerade 22 Sting & Annie Lennox Ford AmphitheatreMAKE-UP DATE 22 Teedra Moses Club Skye 22 Iris Dement…
The Power of Beauty
Miriam Schapiro forged a path for women artists and helped lead two major movements in 20th-century art. At 80, she’s still going strong — and still making art of astonishing beauty
If Knot Now …
A film documents the struggle of Mickie Mashburn — cop, lesbian, widow — for legal recognition
Music Venues
420 Park Place, 420 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater, 727-796-7867 42nd Street Bistro, 516 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, 813-253-0042 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar, 2900 Fourth St. N., Suite A101, St. Petersburg, 727-898-1884 688 Skatepark, 6140 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, 727-523-0785 Adam's Mark, 430 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, 727-443-5714 The Aging Still, 11561 Walsingham Road, Largo,…
Ask the Advice Goddess
How The Mother Half Lives After nine years of being a single mother, I married a man I really liked. Although I knew he wasn't my soul mate, he was good with kids. At the time, my rich ex-husband with his perfect homemaker wife was suing for custody, so I felt pressured to be in…
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
