Culinary Events
FREE COOKING CLASSES Chef Joseph Custer hosts "Raw Living Foods Made Easy," a new class based on a raw diet of living foods. 11 a.m. Sat., Aug. 28. 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., Clearwater (727-443-6703). JOIN THE…
Upcoming Concerts
SEPTEMBER 2 OzzFest Ford Amphitheatre 2 Little River Band Largo Cultural Center 2 Fifth Year Crush University of South Florida 3 Atlanta Rhythm Section Jannus Landing 3 Jen Foster w/Halcyon Club Flirt 4 Hanson Ruth Eckerd Hall 4 Alter Bridge Jannus Landing 4 Anamcara/The Red Letter 688 Skatepark 4 Martyr AD/Haste The Day/Dead to Fall/Seventh…
Spins
One Day RemainsALTER BRIDGEWind-UpIn their former incarnation, as the multi-platinum Creed, it was the job of Alter Bridge's three instrumentalists to craft the macho, formulaic backdrop to vocalist Scott Stapp's oppressively postured baritone. They performed adequately. Predictability and overproduction aside, there was nothing particularly odious about the music behind Creed's generic slabs of anthem. It…
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Prey for Bargains
Best-sellers, bassoons and a black bear
Heatstroke Hot Rod Hoedown
To the uninitiated, the rockabilly scene can seem distinctly insular and a bit intimidating: Some of those dudes look pretty mean, don't they? Like just about everything else, however, the reputation and the reality are usually two different tins of pomade. Take beery, rip-roarin' Bradenton trio The Downshifters, for instance — they're some of the…
Anarchist Interruptus
Alley Cat’s Emma Goldman tells only part of the story
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
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,…
They Might Be Giants
Two movies bring a whole new meaning to “heroic proportions”
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 8.26 Voices, Amplified For a community its size, the Bay area is blessed with a relatively large number of independent media, from punk-culture 'zines to online cyberhoods to a healthy, venerable, homegrown FM radio station. But are our highest-profile local news- and issue-oriented alternative outlets doing everything they should to represent as many of…
Music Events
THURSDAY, AUG. 26 42nd Street Bistro Raphael and Co. 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar d'Visitors Alley Cat's Cafe Michael Hastings Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Murphy Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Blue Shark Darryl Jarmon Brandy's True Colors Band Cafe Bohemia…
Letters
Close CallRe: 'Weathering the Storm," by David Warner (Aug. 18-24) I thought you did an excellent job on your article about the hurricane! It was like reading in print everything I had felt, almost. We weren't in an evacuation area. It was very enjoyable to read and I was going through the article with anticipation…
Deadly Dependence
The South’s economic reliance on military bases has left a toxic legacy throughout the region
When Pigs Swim
Hogfish Grill goes deep sea dining in a barbecue pit
Ask the Advice Goddess
Nurse Case Scenario Last year, my fiancée broke up with me. We had already started planning a family, and I had just bought us a house when she told me it was over. She is now with someone else, but she's constantly calling me, telling me she's unhappy and that I took better care of…
All Things Must Pass
A Phish Phan’s Vermont odyssey
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Aug. 31: Abydos, Inhabitants of My Diary (Inside Out Music) Adagio, Band in Upperworld (Avalon Japan) Asia, Silent Nation (Inside Out Music) Björk, Medulla (Elektra) Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Halo Star (Projekt) The Blue Nile, High (Sanctuary) Bongwater, Power of Pussy (Instinct) Stan Bush, Shine…
The ABCs of AOC
Foreign wine labels laid bare
Down Under
The legacy of chemical-weapons testing at MacDill AFB and Hernando County Airport
Are You Better Off Today?
If you’re a billionaire, the answer is a resounding yes!
