What might have been a fun B movie is turned instead into an overly long, big-budget disaster that takes itself far too seriously.
It’s time to Get Out and go see the first great horror film of 2017.
Sounds beyond your average whistling tea kettle.
David Eisenhower, accepting a posthumous award from the Holocaust Museum on behalf of his grandfather, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, spoke with Creative Loafing on his feelings about Donald Trump, storytelling, and the secrets of a happy marriage.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Trump nominee Ryan Zinke, a Republican Congressman from Whitefish, Montana, for U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Unlike other votes confirming cabinet members, he was confirmed with a comfortable margin in his favor: 68-31. More than 15 Democratic senators, including 2016 vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a U.S. Senator from…
Advocates for expanded mass transit in Hillsborough County don’t need to waste their energy describing the ways the transit system is broken. The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners knows it’s broken—they just don’t seem to have a plan to fix it. This morning the BOCC voted 6-1 to approve amendments to the county’s $812 million transportation…
Banjo santa, twerking, Mario Kart and more.
Is it officially summer in Florida, yet?
Feeling skinny on a hump day.
Take a look before mapping out your Beer Week.
The release date of a new LP will be revealed on March 13.
Tell me honestly: Was there a point in your day yesterday at which you thought, "Well, half the internet is down, but at least later I'm gonna watch an angry pumpkin get up in front of a bunch of parchment-wrapped bags of stolen money and blame everything on the poor"? There was, wasn't there? A…
Protesters that have been packing the sidewalk outside the building that houses Sen. Marco Rubio's Tampa office are about to be without a venue, at least for now. The Tampa Bay Times' Tony Marrero reported Tuesday that the U.S. Senator's staff have been asked to vacate the office building at 5201 Kennedy Blvd., a small…
When it comes to getting from Point A to Point B in the Tampa Bay area, the region is terrible, as we all know, and there's little in terms of a plan that would ease traffic or make it easier to function without having to own a car. This time last year, the Hillsborough Board…
There’s a limited supply of the Italian syrup at the downtown St. Pete olive oil tasting room.
The local duo have secured a spot among the downtown Tampa center’s food offerings.
There’s a parent waiting area at Amalie, too.
It’s the second time South St. Pete celebrated their annual Black Arts & Film Festival, showcasing the work of national and local artists as a sendoff to Black History Month.
You know what, Monday? You just might've lost the power to surprise. So what do you do after knocking a bunch of Girl Scout Cookies to the ground outside a Walmart? Demand compensation for a debt owed, of course — first in cash, then in cookies — before throwing some punches. This story makes no…
Ways to be engaged and #resist, from making phone calls to donating to attending meetings.
Despite monumental gains for LGBT equality in recent years, advocates are bracing for a rough time as the Age of Trump ensues. Hate crimes against a variety of minority groups have seen an apparent uptick, and it's no different for the LGBT community. Over the weekend, one couple was the target of harassment and threats…
Local talent Sheila Cowley heads to New York with her play. See a staged reading of it this weekend at American Stage.
Suncoast Animal League took on five Lhasa Apsos; Suncoast Animal League co-founder Rick Chaboudy says he’s never seen anything this bad in 30 years of rescues.
The Lightning traded Ben Bishop! Even I know that's stupid. FRIDAY, FEB. 24: Did you know trains were still cruising through downtown Tampa in the middle of the night? I didn't. And apparently it's expensive to have them not cruising through downtown Tampa in the middle of the night. When you're trying to tout the…
Regionites can have their live music and art, and eat sustainable food, too.
Emo, indie, jazz and folk all on one side of the Bay.
Still rocking after all these years.
From the land of pornaoke.
It was a beautiful day to live on the edge.
Comedy, spoken word and hip-hop at Tropix.
No assholes allowed.
The Lightning went down in flames against Calgary Thursday night, but the Bolt’s first Pride Night was a winner. Last year, Parker Homans, who volunteers with Balance Tampa Bay, was in an unrelated meeting with the Lightning Foundation head Elizabeth Fraiser and director of group sales Ryan Niemeyer when the idea of hosting a Pride…
The country star’s team manually invalidated 25,000 tickets nationwide.
Everybody’s a critic.
A Q&A with Matt Fernandez, who opened for Dave Chappelle earlier this month.
Vote for your favorite poem and story at cltampa.com/writingcontest through March 3.
As Friday prayer ended at the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg, parishioners welcomed Mayor Rick Kriseman to the front of the room. The Thursday night before, a mosque that was less than an hour's drive from St. Petersburg was the site of what officials are calling arson, and what many people think of as most…
Big Storm, Zephyrhills Brewing and Craft Life’s team effort will debut during Beer Week.
Vote for your favorite poem and story at cltampa.com/writingcontest through March 3.
Vote for your favorite poem and story at cltampa.com/writingcontest through March 3.
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2002: Homeland Security introduces advisory color codes: “Low Risk” — green. “Guarded” — blue. “Elevated” — yellow. “High Risk” — the color of: Sunsets and school buses; pumpkins and goldfish; carrots and a certain eponymous fruit. 2011: Homeland Security scuttles advisory color codes – well before anyone’s even aware …
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Everything from beer and biscuits to cookies and wine in this food and drink roundup.
A memoir of love, loss, and (thank God) not redemption. Not exactly.`
A crowd-funding page set up to help the Islamic Society of New Tampa recover raised thousands of dollars within hours of the fire, which officials are calling arson.
Tampa City Council voted Thursday on a motion to amend a city law that constrains advocacy groups’ ability to serve homeless people in public parks. Six of the seven Council members voted in favor of asking the Tampa legal department to amend Section 16-43(c) of the Tampa City Code, which currently requires a permit and…
Happy Spring Training Day! If you are reading this at work, start complaining immediately about your bowels, go to the bathroom for 15 minutes (you can take your phone), and then bail. See you in the stands. A former server at Tampa nightclub Drynk was arrested for getting two guys to rob and beat the…
Bathrooms are the new nightclub.
Across the state, Jersey Mike’s Month of Giving returns for its seventh year in March.
…and the Bellamy Brothers want you to drink more milk.
Inspiration and a three song concert, too.
It was supposed to be an inspirational talk for children at a predominantly African-American elementary school in an area where poverty abounds and opportunity does not, delivered by a wildly successful NFL player. Instead, it was a nationally reported story about bone-headed sexism at a time when the stakes couldn't be higher. For the most…
You gotta show the love if you wanna have an MLS team, guys.
A second Slyce Pizza Bar and two 24-hour diners, plus other additions to the food scene.
It was political theatre with tinges of actual theatre; the existential anguish of Waiting for Godot fused with the simmering political outrage of Waiting for Lefty—only there was no script, no acting and everyone knew the title character was never going to show. But the 480 constituents (and the more than 50 who waited outside)…
Tampa’s largest library faces big changes — and an opportunity to mix young and old.
Look, I'm way behind schedule and bare-knuckling the last couple of days of the week and tonight is CL's Meet The Brewers, so let's just bullet this one out with some common-sense solutions for living, OK? OK: Don't take your machete to school. Don't buy your boner pills at the bodega. Don't get your plastic…
You will love each other.
How much namaste can you namastand?
The Tampa Bay band of brewers drink Mickey’s, too.
Lemuria’s Get Better tour stops in Tampa at Crowbar Feb. 27, with guests Cayetana and Mikey Erg.
First came the trail. Then came the beer. What’s next?
The summer forecast calls for cold — beer, that is.
Get out of the urban cores to try local beers you might not have tasted yet.
More breweries and some changes are set for the brewing battle and blind tasting’s second year.
Going down Tampa Bay’s craft beer rabbit hole for a look at the scene’s present and future.
For Doug Dozark, Cycle Brewing’s future looks a lot like its past.
Bombay Sapphire makes this version of the Prohibition-era drink a great intro to gin.
Tampa’s So Gourmet is a truly European eatery “where anything can happen.”
Luckily, the “don’t try this at home” warning doesn’t apply here.
Maybe I can have gluten one day a month.
