Bring Me Your Quirks
It takes all (five) kinds of wine consumers
One Man’s Terrorist
The Al-Arian defense makes a new charge: selective enforcement
Our Crowds
Reunions and return engagements
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Soundboard
MUSIC EVENTS THURSDAY, AUG. 5 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar d'Visitors * 688 Skatepark The Retards of Rock Tour Feat. Toys that Kill/The Fleshies/Grabass Charlestons/ The Rogue Set Alley Cat's Cafe Chuck McClure Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Pat Best Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro…
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
Art Around Town
The local art scene may not be as prominent as, say, the scene in Paris or Amsterdam, but we're quite blessed compared to other communities of the same size. The Bay area features a generous variety of museums and while most have an entry fee (albeit a small one), almost all area galleries are free…
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Aug. 10: The Absinthe Glow, Absinthe Glow (Wynona) All Else Failed, This Never Happened (Abacus) Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Free for All (Blue Note) Michelle Anthony, Stand Fall Repeat (Burn & Shiver) Belle & Sebastian, Books (Rough Trade) Borknagar, Epic (Century Media) Bobby Brown, Enlightening…
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, 727-581-5466…
Adventures in Kerryland
Looking for love in all the wrong places
Trial by Numbers
The trial for former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has been going on intermittently for two years in proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Yet judges and prosecutors haven't focused solely on that one case. Here's what has been accomplished since the establishment of the ICTY in 1993, by the numbers:…
The Good, The Bad, The Local
Our Quarterly Local-Music Review Spread Goes Bi-Monthly
Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Dropping frayed and naked through The Door in the Floor
Kid Creole
Clancy’s leprechaun sires a N’Awlins standout
Upcoming Concerts
AUGUST 12 Hilary Duff USF Sun Dome 12 Emery Reel/Hydra The Sea Serpent/The Lake Audition/Plusses & Ups/Harbinger Orpheum 13 Face to Face Farewell Show House of Blues (Orlando) 13 Still Naíve w/Lo/Trace of Day/Dolt Boomerz Boiler Room 13 Jake Shimabukuro Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 13 Clutch Masquerade 13 & 14 Brent Howell & The…
The Accused
Officials and military officers against whom Kerim Mesanovich testified face a multitude of charges relating to violations of various articles of the Geneva Conventions. The crimes with which they are charged, and the status of their cases, are: RADISLAV BRDJANIN Bosnian Serb former deputy prime minister. Appointed President of the Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK)…
Witness to Evil
A Pinellas Park electrician braves a world stage to shed light on genocide’s nightmares
Spins
ContrabandVELVET REVOLVERRCABack when it was announced that Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland had joined forces with Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum of Guns 'N' Roses (and let's not forget guitarist Dave Kushner, of '80s L.A. punks Wasted Youth), I must admit the whole thing got me a little tingly, almost in spite of…
Ask the Advice Goddess
Hunting and Blathering I've been with my boyfriend for six months, and I thought we were getting serious. He's very affectionate, and we have a great time together. But last night, he took me to an office party, and I realized that he rarely, if ever, talks about me to people at work. I find…
Darkness and Light
Actress Ami Sallee Corley does it all … and then some
Culinary Events
FREE COOKING CLASSES Debby DeGraaff hosts "Alluring Artichokes," Featuring lessons in the preparation of artichoke pate and pasta salad. 11 a.m. Sat., Aug. 14. Weekly ongoing 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). CHEF BLITZ'S TASTING TOUR Sample cuisine…
