Review: Just go ahead and give Emma Stone the Oscar for ‘Poor Things’
This feminist reimagining of Frankenstein is one of 2023’s best films.
Review: Pro wrestling might be fake, but it’s more real than Sean Durkin’s ‘The Iron Claw’
This misfire is an empty, emotionless biography of the Von Erich brothers.
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening Dec. 14-21
Including the Hallucination Before Christmas, Leon Majcen and Anthony Alidissi.
Broadway star Sutton Foster plays Clearwater headlining show on Sunday
She joins a production of ‘Sweeney Todd’ next month.
Former Miss America Ericka Dunlap plays St. Pete concert on Wednesday
She’ll be joined by a 10-piece band.
St. Pete punk band Wolf-Face plays first Tampa show in four years this weekend
What are you scared of, Michael J. Wolf?
Timothy Eerie will turn St. Pete’s Bayboro Brewing into a ‘Work Free Drug Place’ this weekend
Fayroy and Liquid Pennies play support.
New Orleans hard-rock favorite Zebra celebrates 40 year anniversary in Clearwater this weekend
The band’s Atlantic debut was released in 1983.
Mae, a darling of the 2000s emo scene, plays rare Tampa show on Saturday
Maggie Miles and Veaux Mae open.
Expat Tampa Bay songwriter Leon Majcen comes home for Safety Harbor concert
Bryan Elijah Smith is coming along on Saturday.
Chris Knight’s Tarpon Springs show is a benefit for mental health and wounded veterans
The songwriter is in town this Saturday.
The Castle’s infamous ‘Hallucination Before Christmas’ concert and food drive arrives in Ybor City this weekend
You’re gonna feel really good about going to this one.
Orlando pop-punk band Dial Drive brings album release party to St. Pete
Earthgirl and New Aesthetics open on Saturday.
Allman Brothers offspring Berry Duane Oakley joins Damon Fowler at Skipper’s Smokehouse this weekend
It’s a holiday party under the Skipperdome.
Gospel legends The Blind Boys of Alabama are back in Tampa Bay on Saturday
The group is still at it despite the passing of its leader in 2018.
Row Jomah and Beach Terror host Pinellas toy drive concerts on Saturday
The shows are in Dunedin and Gulfport, respectively.
Fresh off the Opry, country songwriter Trace Adkins heads back to Hard Rock Tampa
He’s in town on Friday.
Sarasota synth-pop band Meteoreyes plays Oscura this weekend
Meteoreyes headlines.
The Civil Wars’ John Paul White plays intimate Safety Harbor concert this weekend
He’s got four Grammys and the approval of Taylor Swift, too.
Tampa Bay’s best young indie-pop bands stage ‘Jinglerock’ concert in Ybor on Friday
There’s one in Orlando, too.
Virtuosic jazz pianist Anthony Aldissi comes home for set of originals and Dilla-inspired covers
The Gibbs High School alum is now at Temple.
Philip Charos’ brother is home, and will join him onstage in St. Pete this Thursday
It’s at Bayboro Brewing.
It’s finally time for Ludacris to play St. Pete’s Rise Up concert series
He’s in town this weekend.
Tampa Theatre closes out 2023 with strong run of holiday movies
And it ushers 2024 in with ‘Rent.’
Tampa high school students drive the cast of Stageworks’ ‘Great Christmas Cookie Bake-Off’
The production closes this weekend.
Florida GOP widens registration gap over Democrats by nearly 700,000 voters
Democrats historically held a registration edge in the state, but Republicans overtook them in 2021 and have steadily expanded the lead.
Proceeds from St. Pete brewery’s upcoming happy hour will go to local beagle rescue
Pinellas Ale Works hosts a benefit ‘yappy hour’ every week.
The Artist Enclave of Historic Kenwood takes over St. Pete’s Seminole Park for Sunday holiday party
Yes, Santa will be there.
Gulfport’s ‘Artists of Elements’ gallery hosts three-day grand opening this weekend
The ‘Gathering Place,’ strives to ‘be a gathering place to foster the arts of all forms.’
Tampa-based food truck Trash Panda Provisions hosts an Ichicoro-style ramen pop-up this Friday
It happens at Seminole Heights brewery Common Dialect.
Florida House backs bill allowing homeowners to shoot bears without a permit
Opponents of the proposal say the focus should be on improved trash management and education to help reduce human-bear interactions.
Florida AG Ashley Moody launches antitrust investigation after FSU playoff snub
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently included $1 million for any legal action related to FSU being left out of the playoff
Ybor City’s DoughJoe hosts its ‘A Wonderful Loaf’ holiday market this month
Grab all of your Christmas goodies at this two-day, first come first serve bread market.
Japanese fast-casual teppanyaki chain Pepper Lunch is coming to Tampa
You know, so you can cook your own food.
St. Pete’s Tombolo Books is flying in the face of the narrative that indie bookstores are a dying breed
It celebrates its fourth anniversary this week.
St. Petersburg music venue Floridian Social is for sale
The old State Theatre reopened in 2021 after a complete renovation.
Effy, indie wrestling’s ‘weapon of sass destruction,’ brings Big Gay Brunch to Tampa next month
The 33-year-old was ranked no. 95 in Pro Wrestling Insider’s ranking of the top 500 wrestlers of 2021.
Gov. DeSantis’ administration wants to send more National Guards to state prisons
“As you know, we’ve got the National Guard in our system, and that in and of itself signifies that we’ve been in a crisis.”
Committee aiming to put abortion rights on Florida’s 2024 ballot collects nearly 700,000 signatures
Floridians Protecting Freedom will need to submit at least 891,523 valid signatures by Feb. 1.
Review: In Clearwater, Andy Summers closes solo tour with, at-times, jaw-dropping set
The Police guitarist also overcame early technical difficulties to open the show.
Brightline says it’s ‘making tremendous strides’ toward an Orlando-to-Tampa route
“It is complex to get to Tampa, but we’re up to the challenge.”
Review: Off-Central’s collision of Shakespeare and everything Christmas is a teetering high wire act
It’ll help if the world’s news has got you down.
Despite subpar play and coaching, the Bucs escape Atlanta with a victory
So now, the Bucs are in possession of first place in the NFC South.
At some Tampa Bay bookstores, social media is driving the return of the midnight release party
BookTok and Bookstagram have brought unprecedented popularity to books like ‘Fourth Wing’ and its sequel, ‘Iron Flame.’
Pinellas Park’s Book Rescuers give back to the community through rescued and recycled reads
Community collaboration and support keeps the Tampa Bay bookstore going.
King State St. Pete opens, Flocale’s Seminole Heights building is for sale, and more local food news
Plus, a guide to New Year’s Eve in Tampa Bay and more events happening this weekend.
All of the indie bookstores in the Tampa Bay area
UPDATED: April 2025.
Do you dream of Nic Cage? You will after seeing his latest, ‘Dream Scenario’
It seems crazy to imagine, but it was just seven short months ago that I found myself watching “Beau is Afraid” and wondering how I had gotten myself dosed at a movie theater. Based on what I was viewing, I clearly had ingested some awful hallucinogen that was fucking with my fragile psyche. I fought…
Over 25 New Year’s Eve dinners, parties and events happening in Tampa Bay
There’s still plenty of time to buy tickets or make reservations.
Tampa’s murals now have their own 2024 calendar
Visit Tampa Bay and the Tampa Arts Alliance will unveil it during a launch and mural jam on Monday.
This is it
Sunday’s matchup with the Falcons is the biggest game of the season for the Bucs.
‘He keeps floating failed ideas’: Tampa Rep. Fentrice Driskell dares DeSantis to repeal Obamacare
“They have failed every time that they have tried this in the courts.”
Florida bill targeting drivers who hog the left lane moves through House
Similar bills were filed for the 2023 session but did not pass.
Biden Aministration urges court to uphold ruling on Florida transgender law
In part, the brief pointed to what it described as “nondiscrimination requirements” in the Affordable Care Act.
Citizens, Florida’s property insurance of ‘last resort,’ doesn’t need any federal bailout, CEO says
Citizens was created as an insurer of last resort but has grown during the past three years to become, by far, the largest property insurer in the state.
Florida’s university system ‘stands in mortal danger,’ says new report from professors union
“We are talking about an erosion of higher education,” said Rep. Anna Eskamani.
