Puccini’s classic, performed with traditional staging and a 37-piece orchestra
How to turn your favorite cocktail into boozy ice pops for summertime.
The Tampa Bay region hasn't seen a major hurricane—Category 3 or above—make landfall in 95 years. It's been 11 years since a hurricane has made landfall. The last was Hurricane Wilma, a Category 5 that hit South Florida as a Category 2, one of several to blow ashore in the U.S. over two exceptionally brutal…
Your short week is halfway over. Of course, the coming weekend will feel short as well — but hey, your carcass wasn't found being dined upon by a pair of alligators, so you've got that going for you, right? Reps for the Tampa Bay Rays met with officials from Tampa and HIllsborough County to go…
There's a lot of "cores" in music right now. But deathcore is sort of the apex in the wild and storied history of death metal. Cali’s Rings of Saturn has an uncompromisingly heavy take on the genre – intensely technical with staggered and immense breakdowns crowning almost every track with a barrage of blast beats,…
A new day, a new grilled cheese gathering, with gourmet sandwiches and desserts planned for St. Pete.
Whovians can take a selfie with a TARDIS.
Six months from now, it's possible that the tedium of the Tampa Bay Rays stadium saga will be just a memory. Team officials met with leaders in Tampa Tuesday to talk about potential sites within the city, reports the Tampa Bay Times. While they didn't offer many specifics afterward, they did acknowledge that some of…
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Locals should end their short workweek at these Doughnut Day destinations Friday.
Renaissance hotels in St. Pete and Tampa to host Day of Discovery events driven by arts and culture.
A Spotify playlist featuring 15 fresh tracks by a range of artists.
As you return to your cubicles and counters on this the first day following a three-day weekend, please, try to remember this: Labor Day is only 96 days away. That's, like, one trimester. Two days after Tampa's annual Margarita Festival at Curtis Hixon Park, complaints continued to pour in about long lines and the fest's…
A look back at an epic edition of ODS, featuring a venerable hip hop talent.
For Margarita Wars 2017, click here! On Friday, July 29th, we celebrated everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure—the margarita—at Creative Loafing’s Margarita Wars 2016! Attendees took advantage of a unique opportunity to sample Hornitos Tequila margaritas created by more than 15 of the Tampa Bay area’s best mixologists and tried their hand at tipsy judging as THEY…
The “I Need a Beer” art show will open Friday at Brew Bus Brewing in Seminole Heights.
Happy Memorial Day! If you're reading this on Monday, and the thing in your other hand isn't a fishing rod, cold beer, water-ski rope or pretty much anything other than your TV remote, you're a sad indoor web-monkey. Go outside. (After you finish reading, of course.) FRIDAY, MAY 27: Six classrooms in USF's Muma College…
It’s a fatty-stacked night of concerts on this Sun., May 29.
From alt rock to EDM, there’s lots happening this Sat., May 28.
Gabe had a rather long and lively conversation with Waybill; check out the full transcript here.
A look inside Hyde Park Village’s new On Swann restaurant before its doors open.
Summer, like drinking, is a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself, drink lots of water, and don’t be afraid to stop and look around.
Penguins take Eastern Conference semifinals in Game 7.
Make tropical flowers, Salsa on the Docks and other food and drink-related events part of your weekend.
It's Friday, and there is no joy in Mudville. Well, that's that. Despite the return of Stamkos and a valiant effort on the part of goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Bolts lost Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semis 2-1 and are out of the running for the Stanley Cup. That's all of the poking at…
A look at concerts happening tonight, plus a peek at the Memorial Weekend ahead.
ST. PETE BIKE CO-OP INAUGURAL SWAP MEETFree, Sat. May 28, 2-8 p.m.Green Bench Brewing, 1133 Baum Ave. N., St. Petestpetebikecoop.wordpress.com You didn’t think the helpful folks at St. Pete Bike Co-op were gonna let the League of American Bicyclists’ National Bike Month close out without one last shindig, did you? The nonprofit exists, after all,…
Check out Rags: A Survey of LGBT Periodicals at the Gulfport library.
Is our defense budget mostly necessary, or mostly wasted?
Camp in front of the tube and binge through these 11 fine shows.
Remembering a husband, father, friend and consummate outdoorsman.
A trio of creative s’mores recipes for any summer camping trip.
Welcome to Thursday, standing between you and Friday like that opening act that had that one song you liked five summers ago, but won't play it because they've got a crappy new album to flog. Special forces troops from various branches of the military descended upon downtown Tampa and Harbour Island for some urban terrorism…
Testing limits in a Dade City aerial ropes park.
In America, we’re free to laugh. Remember why this weekend.
The holiday weekend is almost upon us — why not start it early with some live music? Here's a few concert highlights happening this Thurs., May 26, to usher in Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives Five-time Grammy-winning country music songsmith Stuart has a warm and deep drawl with a golden Sun Records-vintage quality, twangy…
Diving in at the area’s newest water park.
What you need to know about port, and its uses in the kitchen.
These destination fests — from Pickathon to Lockn’ — feature pristine (and cool) camping conditions in addition to the stellar tunes.
Gators and kayaks go hand in hand in Florida.
There’s plenty of summer to go around. Here’s a few things on our radar you won’t want to miss.
Considering the possibility of running away from it all in a recreational vehicle.
Kayaking from St. Pete to Gulfport via ditches, creeks and ponds.
Traffic on the Matanzas Pass Bridge, which leads out to Fort Myers Beach, was at a standstill, as it always seems to be in February, the height of tourist season. To those who stood on the bridge’s pedestrian walkway chanting and waving signs, occupants of the cars that crawled along were a captive audience. The…
Camp out in front of Netflix & company — or go old-school with a DVD.
The food and drink openings you need to know about this season.
They sat on the concrete, in the sun, near the iron gates and the ticket booth, many of them toting large cloth beach bags stuffed with towels. Some made small talk: about school (few were over 22), about career prospects, about the big swim that was to come. Eventually, the group grew to more than…
Your ultimate guide to making the most of your summer.
Calypso the dachshund and friends find a canine paradise in Islamorada.
Benjamin Dimmitt’s photos show the destruction wrought by the Chassahowitzka River’s high-sodium diet.
The beachside eats at Clearwater Beach’s Salt Cracker Fish Camp surpass most others out there.
