

Tampa police change controversial ‘crime free multi-housing’ program, but some remain skeptical
Several people and organizations spoke critically of TPD during Thursday’s city council meeting.
Netflix’s ‘Selling Tampa’ series premieres this month
The show features veteran-owned Allure Realty in Ybor City.
Inaugural St. Petersburg winter market happens next week
Head to Deuces Live and the Warehouse District.
St. Petersburg will host its 10th annual Conference on World Affairs next February
The conference takes place from Feb.15-18 in downtown St. Petersburg.
Seminole Heights record shop staple Microgroove celebrates 10-year anniversary this weekend
The dark lord of surf-rock, Mrenc plays the tunes.
Garage-rock band The Drain Outs will release new album at free St. Pete concert
Glaze and House of I open the show.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay has a new website, and we think you’ll love it
Tampa Bay deserves a better, faster, friendlier website from its local alt-weekly.
Banjo-strumming indie-folk band The 502s arrives in Tampa’s West River on Friday
The Occasionals open at Hooch and Hive.
St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman picks Midtown Group to redevelop Tropicana Field
The mayor narrowed candidates to four firms five months ago.
Florida moves one step closer to expunging juvenile arrest records
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a similar proposal passed by state lawmakers during the 2021 legislative session this spring.
As Seminole Tribe makes case, the fate of Florida gambling is unclear
After the ruling, the tribe has continued to allow people in Florida to place wagers on a sports-betting mobile app, which rolled out Nov. 1.
German pop duo Milky Chance sells out Tampa concert next week
But there are tickets for the Dec. 7 show in Orlando.
Tampa police will update city council on controversial ‘crime free multi-housing’ program Thursday
The program has been the subject of local and nationwide controversy.
UK EBM favorite Nitzer Ebb plays Ybor City this weekend
But Douglas McCarthy is out
Tampa rock band Nervous Girls will release new album and play final show this weekend
Go have an ‘Awful’ time with this free show at The Bends.
Florida Republicans file bill to shield churches from state emergency orders
Brodeur’s proposal would prohibit emergency orders restricting religious institutions from holding services or activities.
Florida GOP Chair Joe Gruters had dinner with Sydney Powell, hears out election integrity claims
Asked if Powell has convinced him the 2020 election was stolen, Gruters said he has concerns about election integrity.
This weekend in St. Pete, lawyers will provide free services for sealing and expunging arrests
The event takes place from noon.- 5 p.m.
Tampa’s Metro Rapid bus stop seats were removed and transportation advocates want them back
“This is truly a disservice to our residents.”
Lupe Fiasco producer Kaelin Ellis is in Tampa to headline the last Rock the Park of 2021
The free concert series is happening in a Winter Wonderland this month.
Tampa Bay chef Jada Vidal will lead holiday-themed Mediterranean dinner at Willa’s
Vidal, a chef at Hotel Haya, won ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’ earlier this year.
St. Pete’s famous Biff Burger is closed, and everything’s for sale at auction next week
The joint has been open since 1956 and it was the last Biff Burger in the U.S.
Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and Chicago bringing co-headlining tour to Tampa this summer
Nothing like a summer show with a Beach Boy at the old Gary.
Leonard Fournette said ‘Nope, we’re not losing’
Lenny had four trips to the endzone.
Without Antonio Brown, expect the Bucs to lose today in Indianapolis
The Colts are hot, and Tampa Bay is 2-3 without AB.
18 Tampa Bay concerts starting Thanksgiving Eve and through the weekend
Get out of the house.
Tampa Bay’s Gay Commie Skate Crew hosts warm clothing donation drive this Saturday
There will also be an ugly sweater contest at the event, and of course, skating.
You can use Metallica’s Lars Ulrich as a toilet at Tampa’s Brass Mug this weekend
The unsettling design comes courtesy of Prince Midnight, a musician and sculptor who famously claims to have made a guitar out of his uncle’s bones.
Florida Republicans want to allow businesses to sue cities if local ordinances impact revenue
The bill is modeled after a longstanding state law known as the Bert J. Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis uses Waukesha tragedy as re-election campaign crutch
Press conference comments were recycled in the evening email from the campaign.
Florida lawmakers’ push to transform school board races into partisan contests advances
“It’s a shell game from the standpoint we’re not being transparent with the voters,” Gruters said.
‘Terribly drawn,’ ‘just lazy’: New Florida House maps get mixed reviews
The anti-gerrymandering group RepresentUs, working with the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, gave “F” grades to the House’s proposal congressional maps, indicating “poor for the category, could be much better.”
Russian restaurant Babushka’s opens new location in South Tampa early next month
Early December is the launch for the spot taking over the old Boca.
40 states weigh in on Florida transgender school bathroom lawsuit
“The board’s policy needlessly denies Adams something most people take for granted: the ability to use a public restroom consistent with one’s lived experience of one’s own gender,” the brief said.
Florida lawmakers propose ‘Miya’s Law,’ which would require background checks for apartment building employees
The bills follow the death of 19-year-old Miya Marcano, a Valencia College student who went missing from her Orlando apartment in late September and was found dead a week later.
St. Pete’s new laundromat speakeasy, Tampa has a Hoots and more local foodie news
The Nashville hot chicken wars are on, too.
Sulphur Springs’ past reminds us that sustainability and justice are deeply entwined
What happened to Sulphur Springs? And what does it reflect about our ongoing reckoning with Florida’s water resources?
Amid ‘labor shortage,’ Tampa’s Chop Chop Shop tests four-day, 40-hour work week for staff
One cook said, ‘It’s made my home life better. I’ve actually been able to start to look for a hobby again.’
New texts reveal Publix heiress was a key figure in financing deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Some of the money raised from Fancelli flowed to dark money groups that supported the rally, according to wire transfers described to ProPublica, planning documents and interviews with insiders.
WMNF Tampa’s ‘Uke It Out’ festival stages two concerts on both sides of the Bay
The shows happen at New World Brewery and Cage Brewing on Dec. 3 & 4, respectively.
Gulfport’s ‘Rebound’ program has $410,000 for residents to spend at local businesses
The deadline for businesses to apply is next Wednesday; residents start getting their vouchers early next month.
Antonio Brown should have paid that chef
The WR is accused of using a fake vaxx card, but how the Bucs will investigate is still unknown
Tampa’s Gasparilla Music Festival announces 2022 dates for three-day festival
Tickets go on sale Nov. 19.
St. Pete Beach’s historic Beach Theatre details plans for fall 2022 opening
Today’s the anniversary of the relaunch announcement.
Over 26 percent of Tampa renters are looking to move away, says report
Nearly 40% of users searching an online rental platform were looking to move to a new city.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSants signs bills banning vaccine mandates
Democrats criticized the new laws and the special session, which they decried as a waste of time and as being about DeSantis’ widely speculated White House ambitions in 2024.
Tampa Bay Indigenous group will host a public day of mourning on Thanksgiving
The mourning and fasting will take place at Columbus Statue Park in Tampa.
Iron & Wine is playing an intimate Clearwater concert this spring
Just Sam Beam & his guitar.
Tampa airport workers protest low pay and lack of benefits with ‘turkey-less’ Thanksgiving dinner
‘The airlines make so much money, and we don’t get any of it.’
Tampa Bay Native groups call for local schools to stop using Indigenous mascots
The Chamberlain “Chiefs” and East Bay “Indians” still use Natives as mascots.
New report highlights how Tampa Bay interstates have harmed communities of color
‘The national spotlight is on us.’






