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Around the World in DVDs
As foreign film sightings and bold independent movies become an increasingly rare phenomenon in movie theaters all around this country, DVDs have swiftly moved in to take up the slack. In just a few short years, the DVD format has truly become the adventurous film buff's best friend, offering a steady stream of affordable, digitally…
The Wine List
Tastings, dinners, parties involving wine
Spins
Phantom Planet The Guest This album restores faith, however temporarily, that a major-label act can make a rock record built around strong melodies and solid musicianship without relying on gimmickry or excessive hyphenations (-core, alterna-). The Guest is simply a disc that showcases a dozen strong songs with sensitive production and deeply felt singing. The…
Letters
Anti-Gun Nuts Re: "The Bullet (Loop)hole" by Francis X. Gilpin (Feb. 28-March 5) Your article is a lesson in the type of credulity that the left would never display if the issue were legalizing pot or the (now discredited) teen alcohol study. For the record, the NRA (of which I am a member) does not…
Melodic Marauders
Profile of Boston band The Sheila Divine
Skateboard Art at Covivant
What do skateboarders and fine artists have in common? Take a look. Detour, a mixed-media group exhibit of street culture imagery, intends to show the similarities between graffiti, painting, photography and skateboarding, and to promote urban culture. The exhibit is the result of the combined efforts of Circus Posterus, Covivant Gallery, Skatepark of Tampa, Hyde…
Tampa, Yesterday and Today
Today's public officials and newspaper publishers fight the good fight against terrorism. A century ago, politicians and newspapermen in Tampa were the terrorists. Only back then, their activity was excused as economic development. Tampa has always been a city on the make. But University of Tampa Professor Robert J. Kerstein impressively details in his new…
Books
Them: Adventures With Extremists By Jon Ronson
Outtakes
Reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay
Black in the Bay
An African-American Woman seeks her own
Heart of Glass
Gorilla Theatre’s production of ‘The Glass Menagerie’
The Spies Who Came in From the Art Sale
Weekly Planet has obtained a report detailing alleged Israeli spy activity in the United States.
Mendo Vino
Not all great California wine comes from Napa Valley
TGIF at Mattison’s
Review of Mattison’s, An American Bistro
Taking What You Dish Out
"First, I want to tell you how haaaapy I am that you are going to be speaking to my book group next week," said the St. Petersburg Times reporter. "And, I had a question about another thing. We hear you quit your job as editor at the Weekly Planet." Silence. "You were the editor?" she…
Culinary Events
California Cuisine is the topic of Chef Debby DeGraaff's next vegetarian cooking classes. Admission is free. Wednesday, 7-8 p.m., March 13, and 10-11 a.m., Thursday, March 14. Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N. MacDill Ave., Tampa, 813-873-7428. Spring Food Fest Samples, wine tastings, prizes and giveaways are featured during the Spring Food Festival. Five percent of…
