

Gucci Mane headlines The Ritz’s Super Bowl Sunday postgame concert in Ybor City
Get the bag, whether you’re smoking a celebratory cigar or crying into your Jai Alai.
Flo Rida is seriously playing at a local Catholic church for his Tampa Super Bowl concert
He headlines the ‘All the Smoke’ tailgate on Sunday at St. Lawrence.
Lil Boosie kicks off a weekend of Super Bowl concerts at Tampa’s Prime Lounge in Temple Crest
BRS Kash and Erica banks play on Sunday.
Crowbar’s three-day ‘Coin Toss’ Super Bowl concert series kicks off Thursday in Ybor City
A limited number of $25 three-day passes are available for purchase.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz says he would resign to defend Donald Trump during impeachment trial
Listen to your heart, Mr. Gaetz. You know what you have to do.
Raptors’ Fred VanVleet continues his remarkable career, despite the deck being stacked against him
If you’re six-foot-nothing you are going to be looked at as a fun story, as someone who overcame all the odds to get where he’s at. You’ll never be considered a star player.
The Big One
The last time the Bucs lost was in Week 12, against this same Chiefs squad.
The Weeknd announces rescheduled Orlando concert for 2022
Meanwhile, it would appear that Starboy spent $100,000 to rent this Tampa mansion while he’s in town for the Super Bowl.
New concept from Seminole Heights’ C House, ‘Seltzerland’ returns to Tampa, and more local foodie news
Plus, Naan sandwiches in St. Petersburg.
Florida Democrats don’t want students’ standardized test scores to be used against them
There’s been “nothing typical” about the current school year for Florida families, Bartleman said.
Florida officials request audit after over 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines spoiled
The request came after about 1,160 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine spoiled after a refrigeration storage unit was unintentionally turned off.
Fresh off a Trump pardon, Kodak Black heads to Ybor City for Super Bowl concert at Qvesoir
Lil Durk plays Saturday.
2Chainz, Jeezy and Fabolous all headed to Tampa for pre-Super Bowl concerts and events
Miami “Mamacita” singer Winny Pooh is also on the agenda at venues like 7th+Grove and more.
Trump rapper Lil Pump plays Ybor City’s Cuban Club for Friday Super Bowl concert
Carnage is on the bill, too
Migos, Diplo, 50 Cent and more are playing Super Bowl pre-parties at WTR in Tampa
Steve Aoki, Torey Lanez and the Barstool sports crew will be there, too.
Publix will starting offering COVID vaccinations at Pinellas and Pasco locations this week
Registration starts tomorrow morning.
Florida Gov. DeSantis wants to fine ‘Big Tech’ $100,000-a-day for censoring a political candidate
“They did not censor people when they are using those platforms or the rioting that occurred over the summer.”
After 14 years, Blue Man Group is leaving Universal Orlando
Since opening in 2006, the Blue Man Group’s Universal outpost has put on more more than 6,000 shows.
Chad Johnson lost $2,000 in a pick-up soccer game in Tampa last night
It probably didn’t help that Johnson’s pregame meal consisted of two bread rolls and a Coke.
Super Bowl headliner The Weeknd buys Tampa nurses 150 meals from Mama’s Southern Soul Food
He did it through Postmates, too.
No guarantees that Florida’s front-line employees can file for COVID-related workers’ comp, says GOP
As of December, nearly 46 percent of claims from Florida health care workers and educators were denied.
Florida GOP rips Miami Mayor for complaining that he wants a mask mandate
In a tweet Monday, the Republican Party of Florida said Miami Mayor Francis Suarez was “another ‘good for me, not for thee’” politician.
Tampa Electric wants to raise base rates, again
Tampa Electric residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month — a common industry benchmark — currently pay $105.25.
St. Pete’s Twisted Indian food truck bringing the ‘naanwich’ to a new brick and mortar this spring
A sandwich is a sandwich, but a naanwich is a-mazing.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is now open in Tampa Heights, and it has an ‘Everything Bagel’ flavor
Their second location in less than a year.
St. Petersburg’s new Nosh Pit New York-style Jewish deli hopes to open by March
It’s going where the old Corned Beef Corner used to be.
Palazzo Pizza opens in long-abandoned South Tampa building
Weekend Hyde Park Cafe specials until 4 a.m. for the club kids.
This fucking Panera bread glove
The glove, touted as the Iced & Toasty Bread Bowl Glove, is more glove than bread as it contains zero bread.
Despite a 7-11 record, the Raptors are actually in a good spot
Well, at least they didn’t lose all 5.
Augustine’s Cheesecakes opens new storefront in South Tampa
Cheesecakes are sold Thursday-Saturday.
Florida Gov. DeSantis wants to spend $1 billion to address coastal flooding and climate-change impacts
DeSantis released the environmental spending priorities Thursday as part of a $96.6 billion overall budget proposal.
Florida Gov. DeSantis’ budget includes increases for public schools, sea level issues, and more
The proposal would be about $4.3 billion higher than the current year’s budget.
The Florida State Fair is postponed, but there’s a Tampa drive-thru that serves fair food seven days a week
You bet your ass doughnut bacon burgers are on the menu at ‘Taste of the Fair Drive-Thru.’
New Orleans bluesman Tab Benoit plays extremely limited-capacity Sunday show at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg
The venue is hosting just 296 people for the seated affair.
St. Pete songwriter Wyatt Norton heads to Seminole Heights for free Sunday concert at the Indie
Just because it’s Sunday School for Sinners doesn’t mean you can flaut mask rules.
Seminole Heights welcomes New Orleans’ Jonathan Roniger for free Sunday Soul Food concert
Socially-distant blues, jazz and bloody marys on deck at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe.
Roy Book Binder rambles into St. Pete’s Hideaway Cafe on Saturday
If you can’t come in person, stream the show, and tip the staff from home.
Two Tampa Bay Americana favorites collide this weekend for free St. Petersburg concert
Rebekah Pulley and the Burke Brothers are hitting Cage Brewing for an outdoor Saturday show.
Promoters say they’ve got a good safety plan in place for Green Velvet EDM concert at Tampa’s Pepin Center
Staff is ready to kick rule breakers out on Saturday.
This spring offers a chance to amplify the voices of Tampa Bay’s Black artists
Spring Arts Preview 2021.
10 Tampa Bay venues where you can see diversity on display this spring
From Tampa to St. Pete and Tarpon Springs, it’s easy to support Black art.
St. Pete’s Woodson Museum still hosting annual auction to benefit Black college-bound scholars
Because of COVID-10, most events at the Woodson are still on hold.
Zulu Painter among Black artists featured when St. Pete’s Fairgrounds opens this spring
His ‘Mermaid Motel’ mural will be a highlight of the arts compound.
Make plans to see Nneka Jones’ new work at University of Tampa’s Ferman Center for the Arts
Time magazine commissioned her to design the cover for its August issue, ‘The New American Revolution.’
Ya La’ford painted HCC’s Gallery 221 completely black for her ‘Distance’ exhibition
It’s on view through Feb. 25 on the Dale Mabry campus.
Tarpon Springs’ Leepa-Rattner Museum opens ‘About Face: Celebrating Diversity’ next month
It’s on display from Feb. 20-May 16.
Zoraye Cyrus to explore all aspects of Blackness at St. Pete’s Morean Arts Center
‘Fresh Squeezed 5’ opens on April 10.
Afro-futuristic storytelling part of Black History Month programming at St. Pete’s Studio@620
Dancing and a community art show are on tap, too.
Tampa Bay Fresh Fest will bring muralists to Channelside Tampa in March
Curator Eric ‘Esh’ Hornsby has already dropped murals in Ybor and Tampa Heights.
Tampa Museum of Art’s tribute to Florida’s Black ‘Highwaymen’ artists is on display through March
The group was most active in the 1950s through the 1980s.
Tampa’s USF CAM will showcase Black artists in two separate exhibitions
Unless you’re a student or faculty, you’ll have to view the work online.
Tampa Bay’s Nick Davis and Melvin T. Halsey used iPads to help them open art gallery doors
It’s hard to believe how much the emerging artists have in common.
In an unplanned COVID-19 pivot, Tampa Bay wedding photographer Ashley Canay turned her lens towards protest
The Tampeño ended up having her work show at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts.
The challenge of diversifying art curation in Tampa Bay has a simple solution
‘… if curators aren’t willing to give up their seat at the table, and say, ‘step into my seat,’ then that’s really where the problem is.’
Down By Law’s Sam Williams plays a free set of surf-noir at Tampa’s New World Brewery on Friday
Williams fronts Black Valley Moon, too.
Seven live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay this weekend
And two of the acts are traveling here from New Orleans.
Florida Gov. DeSantis calls for more than $420 million for affordable housing
The Governor recognizes the integral role the Sadowski trust fund plays in Florida, and we appreciate his continued leadership and support for affordable housing,” Ross said.
Gov. DeSantis asks for $285 million increase for public schools
DeSantis’ requests would bring K-12 funding to a record high of $22.8 billion and raise per-student funding by $233 to $8,019.
Here’s how to see and howl at tonight’s ‘Wolf Moon’ in Tampa Bay
Native American tribes also referred to this moon variously as the Cold Moon (very black metal), Hard Moon and Severe Moon.
New cajun-style seafood boil spot Happy Crab opens for takeout near Tampa’s Belmont Heights
In the old Smoke Chef vape shop.
‘It will only fill up our jails and prisons’: Florida Dems rip proposed protest bill
At least 69 people signed up to speak about the bill on Wednesday, nearly all of them in opposition.
While businesses have been a priority, Florida lawmaker now looks to add COVID-19 employee protections
A state report shows that 29,400 coronavirus-related workers’ compensation claims were filed as of Dec. 31.
Oracle of Ybor: It’s time to leave that self-serving neighborhood board you’re on
And your abusive boss is probably about to fire you anyway.
Savage Love: You are not responsible for the hurt feelings your boyfriend more than earned
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TECO Energy just donated $100,000 to Ron DeSantis’ reelection campaign
So far, the governor’s PAC raised $323,000 during the first three weeks of January.
Fire those damn cannons
The Bucs are headed to the Super Bowl, thanks to Shaq Barrett and Matt LaFleur.
Earth Fare reopens in Tampa Bay, The Corners Pizza expands to Water Street and more local foodie news
And you bet there’s bubbles and BBQ in this roundup, too.
‘The Village in the Woods’ and ‘Agent Revelation’ are the best new films you should be streaming right now
Fans of genre mashups also won’t want to miss the equally terrific “Polterheist.”
Tampa couple debuts eco-friendly booze truck ‘Booze & Bubbles’ next month
For now, CJ and Terry Thompson have ‘champagne walls’ for your party.
Tampa’s Powerstories kicks off ‘Virtual Voices of Truth Theatre Festival’ in March
The virtual festival features 16 thought-provoking, conversation-starting productions.
The James in St. Pete joins six other Tampa Bay museums offering free admission for SNAP food assistance recipients
Morean Arts Center, Great Explorations, Tampa Bay History Center, and more are also on the list.
The Cuban at Tampa’s Columbia Restaurant is Florida’s best sandwich, says Food & Wine
The magazine cited the Ybor City staple in its ‘Best Sandwich in Every State’ list.
Conditions for workers and prisoners are ‘terrifying,’ says nurse at Tampa Bay prison
The registered nurse says he cares for 27-35 prisoners per shift at Zephyrhills Correctional Institution.
Earth Fare is coming back to Tampa Bay
In February 2020, Earth Fare announced the closure of all locations.
Polk County deputy arrested for ‘written threats’ related to Capitol insurrection
Today’s arrest is the first involving a law enforcement officer from Central Florida.
A Tampa megachurch pastor held a giant, maskless indoor service last weekend, and local officials can’t do anything about it
Rodney Howard-Browne is back to packing his megachurch with indoor services.
Here’s how eight Tampa Bay theater companies are approaching staging plays in 2021
From American Stage to Tampa Rep, here’s how to try and escape reality safely.






