Creative Loafing Tampa Bay used to run a two-page spread detailing nearly a dozen events to get in trouble at each week, but over a year ago the coronavirus put a kibosh on all that. And while we’re all still being cautious AF while Florida gets its vaccination numbers up, CL staff and contributors are going to ease back into re-introducing our “Do This” section. I’m not sure if this will be a recurring page each week going forward, but keep checking back, washing your damn hands and normalizing mask-wearing. All our lives literally depend on it. Click through the links to get more information.
Sunday, April 11
Afternoon summit to discuss BIPOC issues at Green Bench in St. Pete If you’ve ever felt like your Instagram activism wasn’t enough, then this no-cover multifaceted event is calling you in when Green Bench Brewing Co. plays host to a full afternoon of classes, lectures, music and vendors all ready to share knowledge about BIPOC issues in Tampa Bay. “Progress through Partnership” kicks off with a limited-attendence movement class at 11 a.m. (live streamed to anyone who can’t attend) before making space for Tri-Partisan Canvas founder Jaleesa Blackshear who speaks on a panel that also includes event co-organizer Rissa Wray, Marcus Brooks and Meiko Seymour all speaking in between 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Muralist and artist Jabari Reed-Diop (aka iBoms) does live art during the afternoon in between sets by live music from DEA & Saint and Queen of Ex, food from Tampa Jamaican caterer JamDish all while local vendors like Tri-Partisan, Promote Anti-Racism St. Pete and WovePrint.co meet attendees in the beer garden. Face masks and social distancing required when not seated at Green Bench, located at 1133 Baum Ave. N.
Another ride to honor late Tampa bike man Joe Haskins happens this weekend On March 28, hundreds of Bay area cyclists joined the All Love crew and took to the streets of Tampa Heights, East Tampa, SoHo, downtown and Ybor City to honor the late Joe Haskins, who championed the working class bicyclists of Tampa for six decades until his death on March 20. Another ride, organized by Ramon Lopez, does it all over again once riders assemble at Haskins’ bike shop—located at 2310 N Florida Ave. in Tampa—at 11 a.m.
Shelter Farm Sanctuary anniversary brings Tampa Bay’s best vegan vendors to Arcadia Arcadia’s Shelter Farm Sanctuary celebrates its second anniversary with a vegan party and “day of food and friendship” which includes animal snuggles and food from Tampa Bay area vegan restaurants including Nah Dogs, The Vegan Halal Cart, Golden dinosaurs, and Three Dot Dash. If you are unfamiliar with the nonprofit—located at 1837 SW CR-769—Shelter Farm rescues animals providing them with a safe space to live out their years. Cows, pigs, tortoises, chickens, goats and other animals call the Sanctuary home. To accommodate for social-distancing, the day is split into two time slots: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tickets for either time slot are $40.
Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival opens 25th year with Sunday drive-in While most of the venues for the 25th anniversary of the Tampa Bay Jewish Festival are virtual, the kickoff will be in-person and on wheels at Bryan Glazer Family JCC on 505 N Howard Ave. for a screening of “Golden Voices,” about Soviet voice actors aiming to rebuild their lives in Israel. Tickets to the drive-in kickoff are $25 per car, and a ticket to the closing night “Movie On the Lawn”—happening on April 25 with a screening on “Crescendo”—includes a champagne split. More than two dozen films are part of this year’s lineup, where movies seek to shine a light on the Jewish “life, love, tradition, family, history and current affairs.”
Wednesday, April 14
Tampa collective Wave Theory visits online ‘Coda Project’ show for Wednesday night stream Over the last few weeks, Tuesday nights at Tampa Shuffle have been home to one of the most dynamic multi-genre (albeit hip-hop centric) open mics hosted by Tampa collective Wave Theory. But not everyone is going out in public quite yet or even willing to drive across the bridge to get to Tampa Heights, so on Wednesday, Wave Theory is coming to you by heading to Ken Apperson’s Pinellas Home where they’ll record an installment of “Coda Project.” The program airs at 9 p.m. at no charge (donations for the artists are accepted), which gives music lovers—regardless of health and vaccination status—a chance to experience local music makers.
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This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2021.