Let’s make the campaign songs match the candidates.
It's the moment we've been waiting for this election year: the, er, candor of this year's electoral politics has reached Big Lebowski-an proportions (life imitating art, we suppose), courtesy of a Florida Congressman, who took to Twitter to defend U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All week, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has been…
Five Republicans and two Democrats battle it out in the pricey race for for Sarasota County’s newly numbered senate district.
The upcoming weekend-long bash at Tampa’s Fabrica includes deals on pies and wine.
Results of a Quinnipiac University swing state poll released Wednesday show Donald Trump leading presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Florida by three points (42 to 39 percent) in a one-on-one race. In a four-way race that includes Green Party nominee Jill Stein and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson (a former Republican governor of New Mexico),…
With the purchase of an adult entree, kids can eat free until Aug. 31 at TooJay’s.
It’s a woman thing. A spectacular, epic, groundbreaking feminist anthem that happens to be funny as hell.
Think of them as "news shots"(tm), for when you don't have time to savor an entire informational cocktail but you're looking for the same effect. Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton. "Guess he's a politician after all," said wounded idealists of the 26-year politician. Legoland had to issue new rules in the wake of Pokemon Go's…
A beachy cocktail worthy of a birthday, or weekend lounging by the pool.
A breakdown of concerts happening this Wed., July 13… BBQ Wednesdays with Jeff Caudill, Russ Van Cleave Jeff Caudill is the mastermind behind GameFace, a significant band that draws fans from both emo and pop punk scenes. His solo work still contains trace elements of the playful and voluminous energy that made Gameface so memorable.…
Depending on which corner of the internet you happened to be in late Tuesday morning when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed rival Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, you either saw: a) Democrats praising Sanders for (finally) calling for party unity in the effort to defeat Republican Donald Trump in November, or b) Democrats…
On Saturday, Coppertail will welcome a new pilsner by offering the Industrial Beer Amnesty Program.
The women’s art collective opens at Tempus in Seminole Heights.
In an emotional plea to end police violence against African-Americans, Black Lives Matter demonstrators blocked the intersection of North Ashley Drive and Tyler Street Monday evening as they memorialized those killed by police across the country. Earlier, over 150 people gathered at Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa to show solidarity for the national Black…
A (Spotify included) playlist of 15 fresh tracks to rock your week.
Happy Amazon Prime Day! (No, really, that's apparently a thing.) Now stop using your phone to look for imaginary Japanese ghost beasties for a freakin' minute and let's see what you missed. More than 100 #blacklivesmatter protestors came together in downtown Tampa just after rush hour, displaying the names of black men killed by police…
If you’re a fan, go. If you’re new here, wait.
Jobsite’s wartime drama scores a direct hit.
Gamers plan to bar hop around downtown St. Pete with drinks and pokéballs in tow.
Closing on Central, Ricky P’s will make its way to Fourth Street with a new concept.
A look back at the show that happened Sat., July 9, with photos.
Environmental advocates took to the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa Sunday to urge local citizens and elected leaders to take action on climate change, which is expected to have have detrimental impacts in Florida. Organizers of the protest, which consisted of activists on water bikes, want policymakers to view climate change as a crisis decades…
When you find yourself sweating harder than a kitten trying to bury shit on a marble floor and don’t want to fuck up that first edition of Ulysses.
The small space provide the perfect setting for this series.
Welcome back to the workweek. Did you blow off some steam over the weekend? Some of these folks sure did: FRIDAY, JULY 8: Unwilling to let human violence overshadow his species' recent and ongoing rebellion, an 11-foot alligator bit a woman in Seminole County while she waded in the Little Big Econ River. Wading in…
Starting a movement within the hip-hop community takes relentless sacrifice, drive and determination. Very few artists have what it takes to swim upstream and follow this dream, but a beacon of light resides in the 'Burg with Rival, who's abundant positivity has him rising to the top like cream. But this isn't about the dollar…
Aesop Rock is the stuff of legend. With an underground hip-hop career spanning 20 years, the man's vocal style, practically unmatched lexicon and verbose lyrical content have become a staple of the scene, while his performances add a high level of passion to his rhyme-slung communication of ideas, thoughts and observations. He definitely delivered on…
This locally-shot film is predictable, sloppy and misses the mark.
Some music is happening this Sun., July 10…
Tampa has never looked seedier.
A look at concerts happening this Sat., July 9.
Recent events make this exhibit at the Florida Holocaust Museum heartbreakingly timely.
Buya Ramen, a ramen-driven izakaya, will offer authentic Japanese cuisine and craft cocktails.
The Tampa Bay area may be miles and miles from the algae-choked waterways that have been making national headlines of late, but decisions of local lawmakers in leadership positions may have had a hand in the havoc. Leading up to the 2016 elections, the left-leaning political action committee Florida Strong has been hitting Republican lawmakers…
Formerly serving only beer and wine, Locale Market’s FarmTable has tapped into liquor.
Moments AwakeSun., July 10, 7 p.m., The Studio@620, 620 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg, 727-895-6620, thestudioat620.org. Matthew Schwartz was starting to make it in Hollywood. He and three friends, all recent grads of Skidmore College, had moved to L.A. together five years ago, hoping to translate their campus talents at music and sketch comedy into…
In the wake of Thursday's sniper shooting that killed five law enforcement officers at a peaceful protest in Dallas, leaders in cities like Tampa are expressing concerns about the safety of their own officers. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Police Chief Eric Ward spoke to reporters at a press conference Friday morning on the political…
Yep, you read that right. Coffee. Burger.
Food and fun with beer, a seafood secret revealed and more take place this weekend.
As the nation reels and mourns, and the people whose job it is to figure out what the hell happened do their job, can we please just take a few moments, and some deep breaths, and not let our heartbreak turn immediately to hate-rage? Look at me; look here. Here. Momentarily distracting snark is ensuing.…
A breakdown of what’s happening in concerts this Fri., July 8, plus a peek at the weekend ahead.
A look back at the concert that happened Wed., July 6, with photos and setlist included.
The Stanford rape story and the victim's response may have largely faded from national headlines, but the epidemic of sexual assaults is still a large part of the national dialogue. Locally, law enforcement agencies want to do something to help prevent the crime while helping its victims recover. The Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police…
Anemic offense, laughable errors, confusion and downright despair.
As the 2016 show (or dumpster fire, as some might put it) goes on and the Democratic National Convention quickly approaches, activists are hoping the things that inspire them to become politically engaged in the first place don't fall by the wayside as the general election draws near. In Orlando this weekend, 187 members of…
The Pandora’s Box of otter porn.
Wine Spectator magazine has selected this year’s top-notch wine lists around the region.
A sometimes happy marriage.
Enjoy a beer at Largo’s newly debuted Arkane Aleworks ahead of its grand opening.
Next week, the limited-edition brew, dubbed Easy Rollin’, will celebrate its release.
If you worked as an extra in a major motion picture that shot locally, we'd like to hear your story! Oh, wait, we've already heard your story, because you've been telling anyone who would listen since freakin' Cop and a Half came out. Stars Bryan Cranston and Benjamin Bratt walked the red carpet and posed for…
The focus is on Florida ingredients at Centro Ybor’s Fish Hawk Spirits.
Concert highlights for this Thurs., July 7.
One last oddball offering from director Taika Waititi before he makes the leap to Hollywood.
Last week, as a toxic algal sludge oozed throughout waterways on Florida's east coast, NASA's Earth Observatory managed to grab a photo or two of the also algae-covered source of the coastal sludge, Lake Okeechobee. The imagery shows much of the surface of Lake O, which is something of a dumping ground for nutrient-dense agricultural…
Massive meetings of the minds. Pageants for well-heeled history makers. Solidifications of — and protests against — party platforms. The Oscars, but for geeks. A total shitshow. However one thinks the two major political parties’ conventions will turn out later this month, the wild political ride of the past year on both sides of the…
Memories and traditions can be built on the most unlikely things.
It’s been an exciting year for the local hip hop music maker.
RedFeather has stretched beyond the boundaries of the heady mountain-hewn folkadelia that first introduced Mark Etherington’s haunting high-reaching calls to Tampa Bay denizens, into straight-ahead psych rock with modern synthesized experimentations and rootsy hues. The lineup has shifted slightly in the time since the band released their 2013 debut EP — T.C. Smith remains on…
Why did the panther cross the road?
The sensuous imagery of photographer Horst P. Horst.
Great potential but exasperatingly little insight in a play about adolescent girls.
Thai Prime’s large selection excites Far East dining buffs (or first-timers) in Tampa.
