Tampa Bay Brewing Company’s yearly festival returns for a fourth year in May.
While the repeal-and-replace plan Republicans released earlier this week maintains the pre-existing conditions policies of the Affordable Care Act, those who are insured through plans purchased on the ACA-implemented marketplace exchange run the risk of losing coverage. The marketplace, a source of ongoing political contention, offers subsidies based on a sliding scale of income. If…
Newly hatched mayoral candidate Jesse Nevel officially launched his challenge to incumbent St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman Wednesday morning with a pledge to end poverty and misery on the city's historically black south side. Nevel, a 27-year-old member of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement — a group of white activists that stands with the African People's…
On Tuesday night, the Gasparilla International Film Festival played host, with some help from the National Hockey League, to the premiere of filmmaker Kwame Mason's sports documentary Soul on Ice: Past, Present & Future as part of its lineup at Muvico Centro Ybor. The movie explores the history of black athletes in hockey, highlighting the now-21-year-old Jaden…
She plays Ruth Eckerd Hall on April 7.
Cabot reached its goal of mixing up a 1,000-gallon strawberry smoothie last week.
Good news for Tampa diners looking for their next favorite taqueria.
After years of scathing criticism from animal welfare advocates, Dade City's Wild Things now has to stop its practice of forcing tiger cubs to swim with visitors. Animal rights nonprofit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced earlier this week that in the wake of a lengthy investigation for which it called, the U.S.…
Just the Tuesday hits: A man who was the victim of a road rage incident in Kenneth City yesterday claims he was targeted because of his Trump/Pence bumper sticker and flag. This would normally be the place where we'd make a light joke about trusting a Trump supporter not to exaggerate the incident or perhaps…
The Tampa-based burger franchise was named among the 10 best to buy in 2017.
She did 18 songs in 84 minutes.
George Winston, too.
Well, the Florida legislative started Tuesday, and so far, no roseate spoonbills have suffocated due to untold amounts of Big Sugar money clogging the waterways where they feast. Yet. As with every year, the inaugural session day kicked off in Tallahassee with a "state of the state" address, in which Governor Rick Scott praised bootstraps…
Solidarity. Solidarity happens.
The best stuff CL downed at a media preview for the Tampa theme park’s gourmet soirée.
Bahamian tradition mixes with contemporary sensibility in brilliantly colorful works.
A Q&A with Elayne Boosler before her Mar. 9 show at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
An insightful play shines a light on a great African-American actor from the 19th century.
UNFUN and John Sebastian, too.
Bounce queen backs that azz up, trans warriors stand up for their friends.
There are more than 20 of them.
On Friday, several local brands celebrated their grand openings at TIA’s new Eatery.
Welcome to Tuesday, your favorite day of the week except for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Cheers! In a series of exclusive interviews, unlikeable former true-crime TV obsession Casey Anthony displayed the same creepy narcissistic nonchalance and pathological inability to tell the truth that led a lot of people to assume she got away…
The Osaka pop-punk band that’s released songs about their favorite foods is back at it again.
Part Women's March, part Day Without Immigrants, "A Day Without A Woman" events are taking place throughout the country Wednesday, including locally, in tandem with International Women's Day. The idea, of course, is to show just how much of an impact women have on society — you know, beyond being seen as sex object, baby…
A charming Irish story that recalls ’80s teen flicks, sometimes a little too closely.
“We kind of got hooked on waterfront locations,” said JWC FL partner Barry O’Connor.
The Rev’s celebrating its birthday with complimentary ice cream at both locations.
The Metropolitan Ministries concept, and its on-site garden, are the project’s latest additions.
A new week is upon us. Please remember to gird your own loins before checking to make sure the loins of those around you are properly girded. FRIDAY, MARCH 3: The story broke wide about St. Pete Pride finally solidifying a compromise with the city that keeps the day festival part of the celebration in…
Nice little Monday we have going on here.
Nuge, Figgy, and Frecks in the house.
Nashvegas comes to The Hub.
He kept it loose. He kept it tight.
There’s even something for the Trump lovers out there.
One hour of the best new hip-hop and indie rock.
The Brooklyn trio got weird.
Lola Kirke and Breeda Woll shine as lesbians in love in Trump country in director Deb Shoval’s confident debut.
With the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on the chopping block, those who see the difference the law has made are scrambling to get their message across before it's too late. On Friday morning outside an office building on Waters Avenue in Tampa, a coalition of groups held an event dubbed "Nation of Sickos," which included…
Creative Loafing, St. Pete Earth Day, and local vendors kept the Earth Day celebration going with a second day of goodness in the park! Attendees shopped the best Tampa Bay area vendors, enjoyed tasty beer and local bites, learned more about healthy living and how it contributes to the planet, took advantage of free…
A quintet of weekend food and drink events worthy of your belly.
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
How do 40 beers from 7venth Sun Brewery and more of Florida’s finest sound?
Good morning! Here's your daily reminder that politicians on both sides of the aisle do the same dumb, ill-advised, shady shit. But her emails, etc. The Tampa City Council went with scientifically proven fact over fear-based hatemongering yesterday when it unanimously endorsed enacting a ban on conversion therapy, a wholly debunked attempt to de-gay kids…
The Celtic punk musician is more storyteller than politician. The band’s show at Jannus Live is sold out.
Gwan Fanatic listening party, too.
The Italian chain has signed a franchise agreement for its second Sunshine State location.
Second private show at The Ritz in as many nights.
During his confirmation hearing, then-U.S. Senator from Alabama Jeff Sessions told his colleagues something along the lines of I did not have political relations with that country when Minnesota Democrat Al Franken asked him if he had any knowledge of contact between Russian officials and the presidential campaign of one Donald J. Trump. It turns…
In Tampa City Council chambers Thursday morning, you'd have been hard-pressed to find anyone who thought that so-called "conversion therapy." a debunked method of "curing" "gayness," should be a thing. Instead, most of the people that packed City Hall were there, armed with tragic stories, to implore the council to ban administering of the method…
Whether it's the fate of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Pier or the city's decrepit wastewater infrastructure, in St. Pete, it's hard to find a major local issue issue on which nearly everyone agrees. Thursday was a little different. '“This referendum is going to pass, and I think you should award St. Petersburg a franchise.…
New to Riverview, the doughnut shop specializes in classic and adventurous flavors.
Futurebass and some Mummies in Pinellas, too.
Here’s our preview of all this month’s fests, from film to art to music to GASP!
On March 31, head to the Tampa Museum of Art for CL’s fourth annual smorgasbord of performing and visual arts.
And there’s even a $10 mimosa carafe. Seriously.
Good morning! The world is ending, but so slowly it's becoming more irritating than anything else, like that Simpsons episode where Krusty ducks the biplane Sideshow Bob is trying to kill him with, then realizes he has time for a smoke before it gets there. The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners approved costly, disjointed amendments…
There’s so much to see and hear at GMF, but here are some surefire picks to help you prep for the fest.
Back in the days when the term “grunge” was used more in association with dirt and grime than a musical genre, Seattle hard-rock quartet Soundgarden already had its sights set on creating their style and sound. Developing and perfecting their own brand of dense, sludgy metal/psychedelia/punk rock is what put the eventually mega-successful outfit on…
She plays Crowbar in Ybor City on March 3.
One way to embrace the spirit of Tampa and cultures around the world? Food, of course.
What they’re up to in Tallahassee this session.
Spicie the dog can't use her back legs, and that's not the only reason her first few years were tough. "She spent most of her life at [a] Georgia shelter," says Rick Chaboudy, co-founder of Suncoast Animal League, a nonprofit shelter in Palm Harbor. "She was not exercised much because the shelter was ran by…
Carl Hiaasen on Skink’s non-inspiration, Big Sugar and why he stays.
Arielle Stevenson tells what it’s like to live with her boyfriend. And her ex-boyfriend.
Raise your visual I.Q. at the big annual art show in Curtis Hixon Park.
This year’s film fest includes so much more than movies.
Phazer isn’t bitter. Really.
What better occasion than Beer Week for a hoppy liqueur in a cocktail?
Two years and more than 18 accounts later, the wholesale bakery is ready to grow.
If you go into the Tampa Fuzzy’s with fast-casual dining expectations, you can coast along.
Two local entrepreneurs are behind Flûte, a haven for Champagne, sparkling wine and food.
