Letters
Big Green, Deep Purple I thoroughly enjoyed Andrea Brunais' story of her high seas adventure in the keys, in pursuit of the tasty "bugs" from the deep. All aspects of this story are indeed true and highly accurate, from the price-gouging resorts to the commercial bugging bastards. I was elsewhere down there within 12 miles…
Setting the Stage
Longtime theater guru Jim Rayfield trains actors for the future
Storm (Drill) of the Century
Staying put in St. Pete, despite Mom and better judgment
Weathering the Storm
Charley begs a few questions
Take Down Artist
In the world of Wendy Babcox, Tinkerbell and the Tooth Fairy get tough
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
Motion Defector
A Russian dancer who heeded the call to Go West Young Man
Music Events
THURSDAY, AUG. 19 42nd Street Bistro Raphael and Co. 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar d'Visitors Alley Cat's Cafe Chuck McClure Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Murphy Barley Hoppers Stephanie Anderson Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Blue Shark Darryl Jarmon Brandy's True…
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 Adam's Mark, 430 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, 727-443-5714 The Aging Still, 11561 Walsingham Road, Largo, 727-581-5466 Alley Cat's Cafe, 2475 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater,…
Paint Thinner
The subject is art, but this well-acted play stays on the surface
Culinary Events
FREE COOKING CLASSES Kerrie and Robert Broe host a cooking class on raw fruit pies, made using various seasonal fruits combined in sprouted nut or seed crusts. 6:30 p.m. Wed., Aug. 18. Regularly scheduled cooking demonstrations feature various products from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Mon. and Wed. Nature's Food Patch, 1225 Cleveland St.,…
Zin Love Again
Tempted by the fruit of a zin-ful vine
Urban Gaucho
El Puerto gives Argentine cowpokes a place to meat in Ybor
Rider on the Storm
The TV newsguy who snagged the first live shots of Punta Gorda
Upcoming Concerts
AUGUST 26 The Working Title w/TBA Orpheum 27 Dog Fashion Disco/The Tub Ring/Bad Acid Trip State Theatre 27 Katie Melua Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center CANCELLED 27 Deering & Down New World Brewery 28 Burning Brides w/The Explosion/The Rolling Blackouts Orpheum 28 Further Seems Forever w/The Kick/Brandtson/ Salem State Theatre 29 Heart Ruth Eckerd Hall…
What To Watch For
ART Burt Barr: Solid Water; Janaina Tschape: Blood, Sea: Video projections by New York's Burt Barr include a new work, Vee-Formation, developed in response to the design of CAM's galleries. A video installation by Brazil-based Janaina Tschape features "sculptural costumes" posed underwater at Weeki Wachee Springs. Michael Rush, critic for Art in America and The…
Ask the Advice Goddess
All Is Not Sauced I had Sunday brunch plans with a guy I've been dating for a couple weeks. It turned out he'd had too much to drink at a wedding the night before, and he called me hours after he was supposed to be at my place to pick me up. He did apologize…
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area
Fall Arts Preview
Exposure
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 8.19 Wisecracking Survivors There's nothing I like better than a good belly laugh and this past season of Last Comic Standing provided me with many. I'll be the first to admit that I'm a sucker for reality television but this show was something special. As luck would have it, the I'm Still Standing Tour…
The New Black
Don’t Be Fooled by the Name and the Wardrobe — Scatter the Ashes are Bucking New Hardcore Trends
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Aug. 24: After Forever, Invisible Circles (The End) Ambrosia, Greatest Hits (Rhino) Arkham, Freak Power Candidate (Volcom) Brian Auger & The Trinity, Definitely What! (Quicksilver) Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs, Still Smokin' After 20 Years (Triple X) Brother 2 Brother, Forever (E-Nate Music Group) Burning Skies,…
Water World
Diving headfirst into a wave of soggy summer movies
Spins
Leave No AshesBURNING BRIDESV2God only knows what BMG subsidiary V2 was thinking when they picked up this Philly sludge-rock outfit and re-released its excellent debut Fall of the Plastic Empire nearly two years back. They certainly couldn't have been thinking about profits. The disc was great, and the band was buzzy, but their Mudhoney-covering-Sabbath sound…
Fiddling Around
How many times have you found yourself humming along with the tunes in a musical? I know, I know, it's embarrassing to admit to a weakness for such theatrics, but realistically, Chicago wouldn't have made so much money if people didn't know the words to every single song.This brings us to the event at hand,…
