Tampa Bay’s best live music happening June 13-19
Including Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Glass Animals, Babefest and more.
Learn how Juneteenth and Pride intersect in Tampa next week
USF associate professor David Ponton gives a talk on Black love and freedom.
Tampa Legals 6/12/25
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Tampa Bay area icons featured in ‘Vanishing Americana’ documentary screening for free on Monday
St. Pete Shuffleboard Club, McGuire’s Barbershop in Dunedin, and Silver Moon Drive-In in Lakeland are among the landmarks.
Country singer Max McNown’s first Tampa Bay concert sells out
He’s touring off of his new album ‘Night Diving.’
Jack Kerouac’s St. Pete house hosts an underground book fair this weekend
Whither goest thou, Scholastic book fair?
Row Jomah celebrates 10 years of ‘Cat People’ with free Dunedin concert
They’re still feline fine.
Whiny bitch boys stay clear of Babefest in Ybor City this weekend
It’s a punk Pride.
St. Petersburg punk concert will benefit Florida’s manatees
Chulismo headlines on Saturday at The Nest
Tampa officials will raise the Pride flag over city hall on Thursday
Mayor Jane Castor and City Council Chairman Alan Clendenin will lead the ceremony.
Tampa Christian school officially urges US Supreme Court to take up pre-game prayer case
The FHSAA faces a July 10 deadline for filing a response to the petition.
Bay area Sen. Danny Burgess avoided testifying in gerrymandering lawsuit by asserting legislative privilege, says ACLU
The trial is expected to conclude on Thursday.
Matjoa Korean BBQ moves from Clearwater to North Tampa
Matjoa will add Korean to Citrus Park’s Asian food scene of mostly Japanese sushi and ramen.
Boom by the Bay returns to Downtown Tampa for July 4
Boat paraders will compete for ‘Most Patriotic’ vessel.
Witness in gerrymandering trial says race was a major factor in creation of Tampa Bay’s Senate District 16
SD 16 includes a portion of South St. Petersburg before stretching across Tampa Bay to join a substantial part of Hillsborough County.
‘Workers in Florida are reaching a tipping point’: Teachers unions score victory in state push against their existence
The Florida Education Association says 100 of its local unions had successfully recertified.
Report: Abortions performed in Florida dropped by almost 46 percent from this time last year
The drop came after a law took effect in May 2024 that prevented most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Tampa Monitor: Councilwoman Gwen Henderson taught this city how to truly be ‘present’
A reflection on Council member Henderson’s time on council and her legacy.
Lolita’s Wine Market returns to its first location in downtown St. Petersburg
It closes in the warehouse district later this month.
DeSantis signs Brooke’s Law targeting deepfake porn
The state could pursue damages and civil penalties from companies that don’t make good faith efforts to remove deepfakes.
Hillsborough judge backs USF in lawsuit over student fees collected during COVID shutdown
The case centers on fees students paid for services such as transportation and athletics.
A trial to determine if Republican legislators gerrymandered Pinellas and Hillsborough is under way
A federal lawsuit alleging that a Tampa Bay area state Senate district was racially gerrymandered kicked off in a Tampa federal courtroom on Monday. The suit, filed by the ACLU of Florida and the Civil Rights & Racial Justice Clinic at New York University on behalf of five residents of Tampa and St. Petersburg, alleges…
Gwen Henderson, Tampa City Councilwoman and owner of Black English bookstore, dies at 60
She was elected to represent District 5 in May 2023.
Michelle Rayner’s legislative aid Upton Fisher puts in bid for his former boss House seat
Fisher, a Navy vet, wants to keep fighting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative agenda in Tampa Bay.
Pete’s Bagels opens long-awaited St. Pete drive-thru location
Bagels that rise to the occasion for the seaside town.
Monterrey, Mexico native Rene Valenzuela has been teaching cooking classes in Tampa for the past 25 years
Valenzuela grew up in a family of teachers, so classes are integral to his approach to cooking as a whole.
Tampa food critic shares their mom’s recipe for Jersey-style Filipino beef caldereta
My mother’s take—as a Filipino woman in suburban South Jersey—usually featured liverwurst from a deli counter.
Tampa Bay Sun FC will host the USL Super League final at home this weekend
The development comes after Ft. Lauderdale United FC upset league leaders Carolina.
Tampa Monitor: East Tampa, VM Ybor’s J.C. Newman Cigar Co., among topics for Thursday CRA meeting
Next week council is off with the celebration of Juneteenth.
Tampa Monitor: Timeline of construction of city fire station No. 24 again irks councilmembers
The conversation isn’t over, the item will be returning on June 26th for another scheduled update.
New Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants remains blocked by federal court
Attorney General James Uthmeier argued that enforcement should at least temporarily be allowed.
Tampa Bay Sun FC earns calm, collected comeback win in advance to USL Super League Final
It could host the championship in Tampa later this month.
Federal court clears way for City of Naples to restrict ‘Pridefest’ drag show
City officials want the show held indoors and open to adults-only.
Review: Metallica remains rock’s most admirable brotherhood during explosive, historic return to Tampa
Ride the lightning, but not the hockey team.
Controversies over Florida university presidents continue at FAMU
The latest dispute over Marva Johnson’s five- year contract at the HBCU is over how she will earn her pay.
As Tampa concerts get underway, Metallica opens pop-up merch shop in Ybor City
The band plays Friday and Sunday, but the party goes all weekend
University of Florida trustees stand by controversial choice of Santa Ono for college president
His nomination being denied by the State University System Board of Governors.
Four Green Fields is renovating its Curtis Hixon location, Foxtail enters Largo, and more Tampa Bay food news
Plus a new Vietnamese spot in Gulfport, another Raising Cane’s and a review of Slim Charmer in St. Pete.
‘Make Big Sugar’s Profits Healthy’: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ contains ugly favor for Florida polluter
The feds already prop up our sugar industry with expensive government subsidies.
Tampa Fringe 2025: USF grad grad Jordan Bertke reheats his fast food story hour
‘The Sack’ creator wants to give you seconds.
Tampa Fringe 2025: Social Good Award winner puts ‘Inspirational Porn’ star hat on in Tampa
St. Pete comedian Gabrielle Leonore heads to Edinburgh Fringe next.
Florida’s Republican lawmakers want voters to let them pump up the rainy day fund in case of recessions
The proposal couldn’t go before voters until November 2026
Tampa Fringe 2025: Mary Strawberry brings groans and consensual audience interaction to Ybor City
She’s no cutesy shortcake.
Tampa Fringe 2025: ‘Whispers of the Wind’ explores cults, truth and fans of all kinds
The show just might blow you away.
Superstar comedian Nikki Glaser is doing five shows in Tampa Bay this month—including one in front of 9,000 people
She’s at Mahaffey Theater and the BayCare Sound.
Tampa drivers for Breakthru Beverages among those on strike this week
According to the Teamsters, the open-ended strike involves roughly 170 Breakthru employees across Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Pensacola and Tallahassee.
Florida’s attorney general wants a federal court to take another look at the state’s drag show law
Previous rulings argued the law violated Hamburger Mary’s First Amendment rights.
Federal judge won’t temporarily halt most of Florida’s new ballot initiative restrictions
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s ruling allows Florida to proceed with enforcing most of HB 1205, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top priorities for this year’s legislative session.
