Feb 1-8, 2018

Feb 1-8, 2018 / Vol. 30 / No. 47
This week, Creative Loafing News and Politics Editor Kate Bradshaw profiles inspiring nonagenarian St. Pete activist Winnie Foster, a force for equality and justice in Pinellas County for nearly half a century. As if that right there wasn’t enough, Jon Palmer Claridge checks in at new Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino restaurant The Rez, […]

Protesters flock to downtown Tampa to bird-dog Jeff Sessions

At a small, hastily assembled protest in downtown Tampa, activists took to busy sidewalks to draw attention U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' visit to the city. He was in town to ask local officials to help the Trump administration confront the opioid crisis, and promised to support them in their efforts. As they waited for…

Seven questions: Connie May Fowler

Local girl Connie May Fowler returns to her hometown to read from — and sign — her latest book, A Million Fragile Bones. Fowler's memoir — about living along the Florida panhandle coast in the days following the Deepwater Horizon tragedy — addresses the personal, the environmental and the global ramifications of Big Oil and…

Eckerd College opens visual art gallery

Because St. Pete doesn't have enough art — no, seriously, we want all the art and we want it now — Eckerd College is diving in with both feet. Actually, a third foot — although the college has two galleries in the past, on Feb. 9 it will open a third, which is more than…


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