Green Community Calendar weekend events
Learn about seas monsters or gardening, or check out a farmers market and food truck rally combo!
Morningbell brings sexy psyche pop to New World, Scott H. Biram & Lydia Loveless throwdown at Crowbar + more of this week’s concerts.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2Willie Nelson The 78-year-old outlaw country icon — who’s dabbled in the sounds of jazz, pop, blues, rock, folk and even reggae in his more than five-decade career — makes his annual stop in Clearwater following the November release of Remember Me, Vol. 1. This is the first in a series of albums…
Haridopolos tells Fasano he’s fired from subcommittee
Mike Fasano It's rare but not unprecedented for Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos to bring down the hammer, and he did so on Wednesday, stripping Pasco County state Senator Mike Fasano from his chairmanship of the Criminal and Civil Justice budget committee. The move happened after Fasano, a critic of the Senate leadership's plan to…
What do Florida Republican women know that South Carolinians don’t?
In piling through the ton of data produced after Florida Republicans took to the polls on Tuesday, a couple of numbers stand out. 1) The turnout: According to data released earlier today, around 1.7 million voters participated in the primary — down from the 1.94 million who voted in 2008. There's speculation that the higher…
Mittens’ latest unforced error
Mitt Romney did the full monty of television appearances with the broadcast and cable news networks from the Tampa Convention Center Wednesday morning. Perhaps the former Massachusetts governor, weary after a night of celebrating his biggest victory of the campaign to date, didn't get a full night's sleep, because we're not sure what would have…
Concert review: Anthony Green with The Dear Hunter at State Theatre, St. Petersburg
Friday night's show at the State Theatre attracted the passionate indie scenesters of downtown St. Pete and surrounding areas. Fans queued out front excitedly chattered about how stoked they were for the night ahead. Enthusiastic concertgoers started hyping up the crowd right before doors opened, prompting a random middle-aged woman passer-by to voluntarily holler along…
GOP Senate candidates dropping out by the day
Who knew Connie Mack was such a giant-killer? The Fort Myers area Congressman, thanks mainly to name recognition, has catapulted to an overwhelming lead in polls for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate this year, and this week has seen two of his challengers say "no mas" and opt to run for a Congressional seat…
This week in food and drink: Free Coffee, Super Bowl and more
Free coffee and special offers this weekend, just in time for Sunday’s game.
Mitch Perry Report 2.1.12: Polls, prisons and what happens in November?
Good morning everyone. Well, the Florida presidential primary is history, and with it, almost any idea that somebody other than Mitt Romney could become the Republican nominee for president against Barack Obama later this year. Romney took the Sunshine State decisively, winning by 14 percentage points in a race called immediately after the polls closed…
Romney wins big in Florida
He hammered Obama in his victory speech, ignoring Gingrich.
The story on Chronicle? Not much to say…
Absolute power corrupts absolutely in an absolutely played-out genre flick.
Shopping for romance in an adult superstore: Valentine’s Day at The Todd
Top items: Red lingerie, fetish toys and “anything that vibrates.”
Food Truck Rally parks at Ybor Saturday Market
This Saturday, head to Ybor and satisfy your food truck craving and pick up fresh, local produce simultaneously. Tasting Tampa and Ybor City Saturday Market have organized a Food Truck Rally event to happen in conjunction with the popular Saturday market. If you are looking for an excuse to visit Ybor, the ability to enjoy…
Battle for Florida in November begins now
As the Republican candidates for president (well, two of them anyhow) depart Florida for Nevada, Minnesota and other states where delegates are up for grabs, the question of who will win Florida in November was raised on Tuesday, as the political director for the Republican National Committee, Rick Wiley, issued a memo about why he…
New report shows private prison industry gave nearly $1 million in campaign contributions to Florida Legislators in 2010
As the Florida Legislature inexorably drives toward privatizing a host of prisons in South Florida, a new report issued on Monday shows that the private prison industry gave nearly $1 million in campaign contributions during the 2010 election cycle, the most the industry has given over the last decade. Researchers at the National Institute on…
Buckhorn slams GOP race in Florida as “Mud Fest”
Bob Buckhorn used to do political analysis for a living for years (on Bay News 9, as well as offering his opinions on the WMNF Evening News), so he's always good for the snappy sound bite, and Tampa's Mayor didn't disappoint this morning when he was interviewed about today's Florida GOP presidential primary on CNN.
New Music Tuesday! (Jan. 31): Leonard Cohen, Metallica and more
With lots of audio and video.
The Raw Story: I Missed You, Undertaker
Here are a few points to keep in mind before we begin: • While mainly focusing on Raw, I have also included my thoughts on Sunday’s Royal Rumble. In case you can’t tell after reading the column, I was disappointed in the pay-per-view. I wouldn’t call it horrible, but it wasn’t very good either.• I’ve…
Rubio introduces bill to combat Obama health care plan on contraception
Although some parts of the Republican party may be split regarding their standard bearer this fall, the party is united — along with much of the U.S. Catholic Church establishment — in denouncing a provision of the federal health care reform law that requires employer-sponsored health insurance to include contraceptive coverage at no additional charge.…
Mitch Perry Report 1.31.12
It all ends today. The GOP race for president? No, of course not, not with delegates being allocated on a proportional basis over the next couple of months. No, what ends tonight in Florida are the incessant television, radio and Internet ads, most of which are coming from Mitt Romney tearing apart Newt Gingrich. I…
Ten dragons to celebrate the Chinese new year
It’s the Year of the Dragon. In honor of this month’s Chinese new year celebrations, here’s a list of cool dragon stuff.
In Dunedin, Romney sounds confident of a win
But not everyone in the crowd was a fan.
Final day at Sundance: Safety Not Guaranteed, Shorts V, Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Jennifer Dietz Safety Not Guaranteed cast and crew We pull somewhat of a Sundance all-nighter: After not getting back to our hotel until nearly 3 a.m., we are back on the shuttle at 7:30 a.m. to see Safety Not Guaranteed. On the bus, we run into Ben Kalsulke, who filmed Chris at our house for…
Herman Cain returns to the fray
Herman Cain meets the press in Tampa Herman Cain left the GOP presidential race last month, if not in disgrace, then certainly diminished after being bombarded by allegations of affairs and sexual harassment. But in Tea Party circles he's still a beloved figure, which is why his endorsement of Newt Gingrich on Saturday night may…
Concert review: Roberta Flack at the Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
Don’t count me as one of those snooty critics who can barely conceal his contempt for Tampa Bay as some kind of cultural wasteland. I’ve been to New York City and I’ve been to Cookeville, Tenn., and Tampa Bay is much closer to the former. That said — man, Tampa Bay concert audiences can really…
Gingrich gives it one last go in Tampa
Newt Gingrich greets fans in Tampa on the eve of the Florida Primary With Michael Reagan and Herman Cain speaking for him, Newt Gingrich made his last appearance in Tampa before tomorrow's FL GOP primary, insisting that he can pull off a major upset in his fierce battle with Mitt Romney. Although two new polls…
Suite Six Bar and Lounge opens in Downtown St. Pete
How suite it is. Suite Six Bar and Lounge, an upscale bar and lounge combination, is the newest addition to Downtown St. Petersburg’s pulsating nightlife scene. The venue’s name, Suite Six Bar and Lounge, was selected as a tribute to Central, “the avenue formerly known as Sixth.” The goal is to combine the nostalgic elements…
#MusicMonday, Vol. 56: Roy Wood, Other Lives and more
What the CL Music Team is listening to (with video)
Concert review: The Mountain Goats with Nurses at Crowbar, Ybor City
John Darnielle loves Tampa. "Tampa. I’ve loved that word since I was a kid," he mused at The Mountain Goats' sold-out Crowbar show late last Wednesday night. "You could beat someone’s ass with that word"; a chuckle-worthy sentiment from a mind often wrought with searing outlooks on fleeting love, bitter revenge, and self-deprecation all recorded…
CD review: The Jealous Sound, A Gentle Reminder
It’s been nine freaking years since The Jealous Sound’s critically acclaimed debut full-length Kill Them with Kindness topped end-of-year lists in 2003 and generally revealed for all the pointlessness of the word “emo” with its catchy, compelling pop-rock. About 16,000 musical micro-trends have come and gone since then, yet the band’s long, long, long-awaited follow-up…
Bowing to reality, Craig Miller leaves GOP Senate race to run for Congress
Craig Miller Well, so much for that Herman Cain endorsement. Just weeks ago the former GOP presidential hopeful and pizza chain magnate endorsed his friend Craig Miller in his uphill battle for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. But Miller, who ran Pizzeria Uno and Ruth's Chris Steak House before getting the bug to run…
Mitch Perry Report 1.30.12
Good morning, everybody. We're in the last hours of the Florida GOP presidential primary, and every poll under the sun says Mitt Romney is headed for a big win — though Newt Gingrich insists he's gaining and will surprise folks Tuesday night (link coming). Over the weekend the Democratic National Committee decided they couldn't let…
National Pisco Sour Day: A Peruvian tradition
Sure, Super Bowl XLVI is the highly anticipated national event this weekend, but why not get the party started on Saturday by celebrating National Pisco Sour Day? A celebration of Pisco — Peru’s native spirit — this “holiday” on the first Saturday of February is celebrated in Peru and around the globe. Pisco has been…
The real deal: Nelson Shanks’ Studio Incamminati holds a workshop in realist art in West Tampa
The way classic portrait artist Kerry Vosler sees it, the basics of drawing, color and figure study have been neglected for far too long. That's one reason she helped to bring a recent workshop by a nationally known center for realist art, Studio Incamminati, to West Tampa's Santaella Studios for the Arts. Kevin Tighe Kerry…
Romney looking good in last 24 hours of Florida primary
Early voting has ended, and more than half a million Florida Republicans (534,476) have exercised their franchise to participate in the January 31 presidential primary, through absentee balloting and early voting. Every recent poll conducted over the past few days shows Mitt Romney with a dominant lead over Newt Gingrich, with Quinnipiac providing the latest…
Quibbling over semantics in BDSM
Shannon Adams Whenever a group of people gets together for a common purpose they will develop a common lingo. As soon as that happens someone is sure to be discontented with the status quo and start agitating for change. The BDSM scene is no different.
Democrats host Bain critics in Tampa
Cindy Hewitt and Randy Johnson said Bain Capital (led by Mitt Romney) destroyed their companies Cindy Hewitt says she didn't know much of anything about Mitt Romney until a few months ago, but now she's determined to let people know what happened to her when Romney's private equity firm took over the company where she…
Equal time: Minneapolis’ mayor comes to Tampa Bay to tout President Obama
Everyone needs a hobby. For many Americans, and not a few politicians, that hobby is golf. For Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, it's trying to re-elect the current president of the United States. Recently named vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, Rybak visited both sides of Tampa Bay on Saturday to pump up the candidate…
Gasparilla 2012: The tradition continues (photos)
The annual Gasparilla festival took to the streets of Tampa on Saturday. Neil Murphy, a visitor from The Villages, dresses the pirate part. The Gasparilla celebration has been around since 1904. At that time Tampa's civic leaders decided to adopt a mythical pirate named Jose Gaspar as the namesake for the annual event, and the…
Opera Tampa double-header scores with Italian melodrama
See Cav and Pag on Sun., Jan. 29, at 2 p.m.
Sundance serves a mixed bag: Bestiare, The Comedy, 2 Days in New York, and John Dies at The End
They can’t all be winners at Sundance. Here are some signs of a potentially bad film: there is hardly anyone in the wait list, people come to sell unwanted tickets to the wait-listers, and people walk out during the film. All three of these things happen at Bestiare, a New Frontier film which is basically…
Bill’s Sports Binge: JoePa, New Buc and Thunderbug
Remember the show, Dallas? Who shot JR and…um, all that stuff? Okay, I didn't really watch that show either. I was more of a Kate & Allie man, myself. I mean Miami Vice! Anyway, fans of the beloved Ewings were hornswoggled when the last episode revealed the entire 1985 season was nothing but a dream.…
Democratic Senators hear criticism of Florida’s elections law
The NAACP's Adora Obi Nweze Florida's controversial elections law is already the subject of two different lawsuits by groups who say it suppresses voting rights, particularly for young and minority voters. Republicans in the Florida Legislature who passed the law last year said it was needed to prevent voter fraud. On Friday it was the…
Fullmetal Alchemist animates Clearwater Cinema Cafe
The Adult Swim hit jumps to the big screen with The Sacred Star of Milos
Spring Arts 2012: The Hunger Games, festival season and more.
What to watch for at the movies.
Liam Neeson battles nature in The Grey
Guess who wins.
Sam Worthington is a boring Man on a Ledge
Nothing goes right in this cross-genre mistake.
Neighborhood Dining Guide: Northern Pinellas
Clearwater, Dunedin, Tarpon Springs and beyond …
Spring Arts 2012: Etcetera
Spies and terrorism, John and Jon lead the list.
Green garbanzo beans are a fresher, tastier chickpea
Shades of green
Spring Arts 2012: Visual Art
From Romare Bearden to strange flowers to works of an “Explicit” nature.
Through Bud Lee’s eyes
An extraordinary show reveals the range of a legendary local photographer.
Spring Arts 2012: New again
CL’s Spring Arts preview looks to the past and future.
Wimauma has Southern charm, but it’s still a work in progress
Hello, gorgeous.
Turning 12
Remembering the monumental, mind-blowing pre-teen moment.
Spring Arts 2012: Music
What to watch for this spring …
Mat Kearney pops into the Ritz Ybor, SPC Jazz Fest takes over the Music Center + more concerts this week
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26The Hackensaw Boys w/Pickford Sundries/Goodrich & the Die Tryins' The musicians who make up Hackensaw Boys have been together a dozen years or so and are currently spread across the US — from their home of Virginia to North Carolina, Tennessee and California. They reunite regularly to record and perform, their music informed…
All Gingrich, all the time!
Plus: The Super Bowl is set, Obama speechifies and more Shit Happened for Jan. 19-25, 2011.
Losing my V-card
How do I reveal my inexperience without scaring off a potential partner?
Uncommon Cold
Tampa Rep gets serious with an adaptation of Cold Storage.
Campaigning for credit at USF St Pete
Students are learning first-hand how a presidential race works.
Spring Arts 2012: Theater
Seven Guitars, Becky Shaw and more hit Bay area stages this spring.
Live and Local Spotlight/CD Review: No Loves, Fully Loaded
High-octane punk 'n' roll outfit the No Loves' roots in the St. Pete scene are about a decade deep — guitarist/vocalist Jim Putney and drummer Mike Hobbs were violating noise ordinances under the name back when no one was sure whether or not shows at the Emerald would pan out. The co-founders have been through…
Talking cure: Freud vs. Jung in A Dangerous Method
Great performances and a smart script elevate Cronenberg’s latest.
