May 18-25, 2017

May 18-25, 2017 / Vol. 30 / No. 11
This week in Creative Loafing, your source for local news, events, issues, food and fun: Heidi Kurpiela takes a look at the new natural “baby boom” (see what we did there?) in midwifery and out-of-hospital childbirth here in the Tampa Bay area. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE: Ray Roa advances the exciting DIY Babefest coming to […]

Raiders of a Lost (Character) Arc in the Temple of Editing

Over a year ago I wrote a post on the “Quagmire of Editing.” In that post I said: “On the bright side, the rewriting is a lot quicker than writing the first draft. Ha ha! Just kidding.” At the time I didn’t realize the gravity of those words, as I took feedback from beta-readers on…

Sh*t Happened 5/23/17: Humans vs. Nature edition

Welcome to Tuesday, your post-Monday palate cleanser. Enjoy. Residents in the New Port Richey neighborhood of Gulf Harbors are upset about a deal made with the city to split the cost of turning an abandoned local golf course into a park over the discovery that the property is contaminated and would cost more than $4…

Sh*t Happened 5/22/17: Spice bust, pool death, circus done

Happy Monday! See how we just pretended such a thing was possible? FRIDAY, MAY 19: Tampa cops arrested dozens of people and seized hundreds of pounds of spice. Apparently morons are still smoking spice. Somebody donated 111 grams of pot packaged for sale to a Minnesota thrift store along with their pants. Dude, enough with…

Martin Paterson makes impact in Rowdies’ 2017 Open Cup debut

There was no player on the field Tuesday night more determined to score than Martin Paterson. “Back home in England, people have written me off,” the 30-year-old striker from Tunstall, in Stoke-on-Trent, said. “Time and time again, they’ve said I’m done. We’ll see about that this year. We’ll see.” Paterson scored his second goal of…


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