Ask the Locals: The Locals Recommend…
We figured you might be hungry after reading the locals’ multiple recommendations so here’s a handy guide. The names in parentheses tell you which locals recommended what. RESTAURANTS1933 Pub & Grill 2245 Nursery Road Clearwater, 727-532-1972 (Pulley)ABC Chinese Seafood Restaurant 2705 54th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, 727-522-1888, abcchinesestpetersburg.com (Stevenson)Acapulco Mexican Grocery 1001 N. Macdill Ave., Tampa, 813-873-3665 (Pierola) Acropolis Greek Taverna…
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Tampa International Airport and Jobsite Theater
Tempus Projects accepting submissions for one-week show
Tampa art gallery Tempus Projects has put out a call for submissions for a one-week exhibition opening on Friday, April 4th. All media will be accepted, including 2-D, 3-D, video/film, audio, digital/graphic art, installation and performance-based works. All entries should be submitted digitally in high-res jpeg format to tempusprojects.submissions@gmail.com. Include both first and last name…
Bottom’s up to Falcon’s Fury Busch Gardens makeover
If you’re a Tampa native or long-time resident of the Bay Area, chances are that anything related to Busch Gardens sparks a “been there, done that” attitude. Not to say that the theme park, which has been a major Tampa trademark since the late 1950s, isn’t deserving of its stellar reputation and popularity; however, having visited so many…
Green Party member vies for Hillsborough County School Board seat
Being the father of a six-year-old autistic child, Randy Toler says he wants to the voice for the 26,000 special-needs students in the Hillsborough County school system. That's why he's running for the District 6 Hillsborough County School Board seat that had been considered an open seat for nearly a year. But that was before…
The Laugh Tract — who’s bringing the funny
If you can't find a stand-up comedy show to see this week, you're probably not looking very hard. There are comedy legends, rising stars, local favorites and plenty of free shows. For those looking to laugh, these are your options: Theaters Joan Rivers at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Your favorite female stand-up comedian owes Rivers a…
Mitch Perry Report 3.13.14: Spinning madly in Washington & PInellas County
Alex Sink lost on Tuesday because of A) Obamacare, B) too much outside money, C) too many negative ads which ultimately depressed turnout, D) Democrats don't vote in special elections. Which is it? All of the above? Some of the above? The spin started minutes after David Jolly was declared the winner in the CD13…
Give leeks a chance this St. Patty’s Day: Braised Leeks and Irish Bacon
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, try braised leek and Irish bacon.
Distant shore
High hopes, big challenges for the proposed MacDill/South County ferry.
If you believe in ferries …
The fantasy of a leisurely cross-bay cruise to dining and nightlife may one day be a reality.
Florida Democrats push back on Legislature’s actions that they say restrict voting
In recent years, efforts by Rick Scott and the GOP-led Legislature to combat what they say is voting fraud have not been a political winner for them. After major voting restrictions were passed by the Legislature in 2011, Democrats and the League of Women Voters made concentrated efforts to combat those efforts, resulting in the…
True Detective Finale: Why the backlash?
It was never about the case. Dora Lange, the Yellow King, Carcosa. Interesting, all of them. But the real story of the season was the relationship between Rust and Marty, which was more ways a traditional buddy cop movie than many realized. The investigation was just a vehicle. Each man, broken as he may be,…
Rubio concerns about a single-payer healthcare system seem farfetched
While the results in Tuesday's CD13 election in Pinellas County are used as evidence that the Affordable Care Act is a burden that will bring down vulnerable Democrats in November, Florida Senator Marco Rubio is playing up the fear that Democrats are actually getting closer to what for many has been the ultimate goal — a…
Democratic pollster take on CD 13 – Republicans had the arithmetic advantage in turnout
Democratic Congressional Committee Chairman Steve Israel said today that if the CD13 race had been held in November instead of mid-March, Alex Sink would be heading to Washington D.C. today as Pinellas County's Representative in Congress, not David Jolly. The reason for his theory is that there were 49,000 fewer people who voted in Tuesday's…
Gasparilla Music Fest serves eats as good as the beats
Top local restaurants provide original tastes to enhance the GMF experience.
Mitch Perry Report 3.12.14: The Democrats’ huge disappointment in Pinellas County
Well, it's all over. For at least half a year. No more television commercials, as David Jolly told an enthusiastic audience in Clearwater Beach last night during his victory speech after defeating Alex Sink by over 3,400 votes. But while Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Shultz were spinning furiously that Sink's defeat really was no…
David Jolly narrowly defeats Alex Sink in CD13 finale
David Jolly, a former lobbyist and aide to Congressman Bill Young, won the right to represent the people of Congressional District 13 tonight by narrowly defeating Democrat Alex Sink, 48.43 percent to 46.56, in a race considered to have national implications for the 2014 midterms. Libertarian Lucas Overby finished with 4.8 percent of the total.…
Tampa Dems blast Gov. Scott on botched unemployment website
The problems with the state of Florida's troubled CONNECT website have been well chronicled in recent months. The $63 million site established for unemployed Floridians to sign up for benefits has had numerous technical glitches, leaving thousands of those without work having to go weeks or months worrying about how to pay for their basic…
Insane Stop-Motion Music Video
Check out this gorgeous, unsettlingly evocative stop-motion animation video for Australian group Elliot The Bull's single "Colourblind": The piece was animated by Samuel Lewis of Oh Yeah Wow. Simply amazing.(via BoingBoing)
Life after Breaking Bad: RJ Mitte visits GIFF with other young stars
We just finished watching him grow up on Breaking Bad as Walter "Flynn" White Jr. Now we get to see him R.J. Mitte person at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa. The festival will give Rising Star Awards to Mitte, Anna Anissimova (Father of Invention, The Trials of Cate McCall, There's Always Woodstock) and Martha…
HBO releases Normal Heart trailer
Larry Kramer’s 1985 play has finally been adapted for the screen.
The Florida Listening Room Festival expands to an office near you.
The living room concerts-spawned fest brings musical cheer to local workplaces this April.
Do This: Learn About the Herb
The 8-month series will repeat on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month and run through October.
New Rick Scott ad emphasizes his humble roots in major media buy
If you didn't get the message during his State of the State Address last week, Rick Scott's re-election campaign is going to emphasize his humble roots. The campaign announced today that a new ad called "Families" will begin airing throughout the state beginning this Thursday. ) Not surprisingly, Democrats weren't moved. "Rick Scott wants Floridians…
Skrillex released a new album while you were sleeping, download it and hear it for free now
EDM wonder boy defies daylight savings, drops new LP at 3 a.m. EDT
Mitch Perry Report 3.11.14 – This $12 million dollar race is going to end tonight
Good morning from the political capital of the world today. Let's note this: As of this morning, there are 232 Republicans in the House of Representatives, 199 Democrats. A victory by David Jolly or Alex Sink won't change the divide that much between the two parties going into November. So why so much attention? Well,…
Neil Young to premiere high-quality, awkward-looking music player and download service
The $399, 128GB PonoPlayer delivers audio quality so good, you can’t even hear it.
New Music Tuesday! (March 11): Elbow, Aloe Blacc, 311, Metronomy & more
Releases out this week; audio & video included.
Sarasota-Bradenton Intl. Airport rejects ad on Florida’s gender pay gap
The issue of pay equity has surfaced in the CD13 race, with Alex Sink trying to make hay out of David Jolly's stance on the issue. Jolly has previously lobbied against the Paycheck Fairness Act, federal legislation designed to help close the pay gap between male and female workers. Now a women's activist group is…
TIGLFF to screen gay whodunnit
See the murder mystery filmed in Tampa Bay at freeFall Theatre this Wednesday.
ACLU asks Clemency Board to review voting ban policy receiving intl. scrutiny
Although it's doubtful it will cause any reflection whatsoever on the part of Governor Scott or the rest of the state's executive clemency board, Florida's current policy barring ex-felons from getting their voting rights automatically restored will soon be on display before the world — or at least the U.N. Committee on Human Rights. The…
Former USF student body president now employed at Tampa City Hall
How dedicated was Cesar Hernandez in trying to make a difference when he was student body president at USF three years ago? Dedicated enough to speak for 24 straight hours to call attention to a couple of policy issues that he disagreed with that were brewing in the state legislature. He's now moving up the…
Joey Redner on Hunahpu’s Day: “I just don’t want to deal with it”
The Cigar City Brewing founder puts an end to a tradition.
Live review: Wild Splash 2014 with Wiz Khalifa, B.o.B., Sage the Gemini & more
A look back at WiLD 94.1’s spring break party last Sat., March 8, 2014; video recap & photos included.
Moist Toilette
Poopgasms and scat porn.
Local Whole Foods protests held in solidarity with Rhiannon Broschat
photo credit: Fight for 15 (Update: Whole Food responds. See below). As the world acknowledged International Women's Day on Saturday, activists spent the day outside of a Tampa Whole Foods spreading awareness to the plight of Rhiannon Broschat. a former Whole Foods employee in Chicago who was fired after she was forced to care for…
Cigar City announces end of Hunahpu’s Day
Joey Redner says they will release the beer via distribution from now on.
Mitch Perry Report 3.10.14 – Reading CPAC’s tea leaves
Happy Monday to you all. I hope everyone got the opportunity to enjoy some parts of a very nice and vibrant weekend in the Tampa Bay area. Between attending a Tampa Bay Lightning game on Thursday night (where I ended up taking a puck home courtesy of an NHL ref) and walking about a mile…
Huzzah, homies! Photos from the 2014 Bay Area Renaissance Festival
The 36th Bay Area Renaissance Festival is going strong on the grounds of MOSI in north Tampa. The annual salute to everything medieval features 7 themed weekends, over 100 merchants selling period wears, food and drink, and dozens of rides and shows for the whole family (with some exceptions). If you go, dare to wear…
Too many people and not enough beer cause chaos at Cigar City Hunahpu’s release
The oversold event turned chaotic after long lines and not enough beer.
Charlie Crist dismisses all concerns about Obamacare in CNN appearance
Appearing on CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning, Charlie Crist dismissed reports about the negative effects that the Affordable Care Act is having on Floridians, essentially dismissing concerns that Florida seniors might be losing their health care because of the law, and that claims that Medicare Advantage cuts are coming are simply scare tactics…
Do This: Gasparilla fests, ArtSlam and more
Gasparilla Music Festival, arts fun in St. Pete and Bradenton.
In Tiger Bay speech, Kathy Castor says she understands the rise of the Tea Party
In St. Petersburg this afternoon, Congresswoman Kathy Castor said she understood how the Wall Street bailout in 2008, followed by the federal stimulus plan in 2009, was such a shock to the economic system for so many Americans that it fed the fuel for the creation of the Tea Party. Castor made her remarks before…
Dade City gets bull rushed this weekend
So you want to run with the bulls, but you can't afford to take a week off from work and don't want to spend thousands of dollars to take an 11-hour airplane ride to Madrid, then a three-hour train ride to Pamplona, Spain for the San Fermin Festival, made famous by the Ernest Hemingway novel,…
Nude Nite 2014 — pictures from the show
Malcolm Williams in body paint and head dress is one of the performance artists at this year's Nude Nite. Nude Nite creator Kelly Stevens brings her fun, interactive, and enticing art show back to Tampa this year featuring a mirror mirror theme. While the central idea behind this annual exhibit celebrates the human body in…
The Hip Hop ABCs: Letter G
Who’s your favorite hip hop artist beginning with the letter ‘G’?
Do This: Crimes of the Heart, sketch comedy legends, First Fridays Seminole Heighs and more
Visual arts, stand-up comedy and theater highlight tonight’s picks.
The Well-Played List, 3-7-2014: Neneh Cherry, RJD2, Tiny Empires, Cloud Nothings & more
This week’s most played jams; audio, video & Spotify playlist included.
Makin’ a scene with Whose Line stars Mochrie and Sherwood
A chat with the improv gurus from Whose Line Is It Anyway? before they headline the Mahaffey on March 9.
Lousiana Rapper Lil’ Boosie released from prison
What does the future hold for the underground legend after five years behind bars?
Mitch Perry Report 3.7.14: Beware the onset of bad moods this coming Monday
Well, here comes the weekend, which will be a special one, what with the Gasparilla Music Festival returning to downtown Tampa for the third consecutive year. With such excitement approaching, why in the hell would any sane, sentient human be thinking of Monday morning? Because I can't help it. You remember the Boomtown Rats classic,…
Florida Supreme Court says Florida Bar can’t admit undocumented immigrants
Jose Godinez-Samperio is undocumented, having come to the U.S. from Mexico with his parents when he was 9 years old. A graduate of Armwood High School in Tampa and later Florida State University's law school, he is the living embodiment for comprehensive immigration reform, advocates like Kathy Castor and Bill Nelson say. That's because even…
Victor Crist asks what medical marijuana might mean for Tampa International Airport
“You can’t just dumpster dive for dope,” Crist says, half seriously.
Buildings Alive! provides an intimate look at historic Ybor City
Tonight’s architectural hop opens up several historically significant structures in Ybor City to the public.
Oscar Mayer makes your iPhone wake you with the sound & smell of bacon
Who doesn't want to be awakened by the sound and smell of fatty, greasy, heavenly bacon sizzling up in the pan? Now, a select few will be the recipients of a new iPhone add-on created by legendary lips-and-anuses purveyor Oscar Mayer that does just that. Dubbed Wake Up and Smell the Bacon, this sort of mini-cradle…
Well, isn’t that special? Catching up with Dana Carvey before he hits Tampa Theatre March 7
The SNL vet and human chameleon has a few new bits up his sleeve, including his own Obama impersonation.
New art convergences in Tampa
First Friday Seminole Heights catches up with St. Pete’s collaborative art fervor as two Tampa shows try to stay ahead of the game.
Getting primed on Malio’s
An upscale steakhouse experience that both delights and disappoints.
300: Rise of a Franchise
The Greek navy fight their Athens off in this satisfying second chapter.
Mitch Perry Report 3.6.14: The politics of red-light cameras in St. Pete
There's a very real possibility that St. Petersburg City Council will vote this morning to terminate the city's contract with its red-light camera vendor. Mayor Rick Kriseman said yesterday that if the Council doesn't kill the contract today, he's prepared to end it in September. Red-light cameras have been a major issue in Florida in…
Some Disenchanted! evening
Don’t mistake the princess parody Disenchanted! as a comedic trifle. This musical packs a feminist punch.
Editor’s Note
It’s always kind of a crapshoot for CL when, once a year, we offer up our cover to the highest bidder as part of our holiday auction to benefit The Children’s Home. But so far we’ve lucked out, with delis, doctors and Dough (the restaurant) among the winners. And this year we were pleased to…
The Countdown to CD13 Election Day
Tampa Bay’s most publicized Congressional race in years comes to a head Tuesday.
Third Party Lines: An Interview with Lucas Overby
While David Jolly and Alex Sink continue to bash each other in incessant television ads, Libertarian candidate Lucas Overby has been trying to win over voters by showing up anywhere that will have him throughout District 13. Although some Republicans accused him of being a “plant” to siphon off GOP votes and aid Sink, the…
‘Til Tuesday: Sink, Jolly & Overby
When you ask some political analysts to break down next Tuesday’s special election, they give multiple reasons why it’s a hard one to figure out. It’s the first time there’s been an open seat in the CD13 seat in nearly 44 years, following the death of 22-term incumbent Bill Young. It’s also the most expensive…
The third annual Gasparilla Music Festival hits downtown Tampa with The Flaming Lips and many others
GMF expands to two days (March 8-9) and doubles its musical offerings.
Shy Love, the sexual strategist
The porn star turned CPA on how to use your sexuality to create success in business and love.
