Florida’s first Doc B’s little over a week away from opening
The Chicago-born Doc B’s Fresh Kitchen is set to launch at Tampa’s International Plaza Nov. 23.
The Laugh Tract — Who’s Bringing the Funny
Lewis Black, Cathy Ladman, locals and more.
Oh, you fancy: Franchisees to debut fancy comfort food concept Nov. 20
Next week, Tampa Bay’s first Tom+Chee, nearly two years in the making, will open in St. Pete.
Dark & Sinful: Overshare overload
You’ve likely seen R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet, the 33-part rap opera opus with classic lines like, “Not only is there a man in his cabinet, but the man is a midget,” and “I’m sorry, girl, but that ho was me.” You likely remember that Kelly married Aaliyah when she 15. You’d like to…
Poet’s Notebook: Catholic interests
O goodum! Habemus Papam who’ll soon intone the usual crapum and the poor poor will weepum and the rich will yawn and eatem like pablum This may astound you, but poets and their poems are sometimes just plain wrong, as when John Keats, in his sonnet, “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer,” has “stout Cortez,”…
Whoa, Mamma: Clearwater deli personality publishes a cookbook
Cookin with Mamma features about 100 Italian recipes from Clearwater deli owner Nunziata Pisani.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wonders of the world
At the Tampa Museum of Art, a celebration of the duo’s astonishing, landscape-altering public art.
Game of Drones 11/12/15: Ambition, humility, insanity. Guess who?
The past week has delivered a number of unexpected moves and surprising utterances from candidates at all levels of power. Some displayed greed, some showed courage, and others were just straight cray. Florida Legislature Last week, state lawmakers put a rotten cherry on top of the $11 million oops they call redistricting by ending their…
The Grrr… next door: Local actor Eugenie Bondurant is Tigris in The Hunger Games
The St. Pete thespian talks Tigris, The Hunger Games and the wild world of Hollywood blockbusterdom.
The last straws? A mother and son’s grassroots campaign for a cleaner beach
It’s hard to imagine something more mundane — forgettable, even — than the small plastic tubes hospitality employees mechanically shove into our beverages nearly every time we dine out. It’s also hard to conceive of anything more devastating to wildlife than discarded plastic. Having seen the notorious video of volunteers removing a plastic beverage straw…
Lisa Montelione explains her run for State House
Tampa City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione announced Tuesday she'll be running for the Florida House District 63 seat, which Rep. Shawn Harrison currently occupies, to tackle transit issues and increase diversity in the male-dominated legislature. Montelione, elected to Council's Dist. 7 seat in 2011, would face Harrison, the incumbent, in the general, but she first has…
Theater review: Bill Leavengood’s new work is right on the Money
A first-rate cast distinguishes a new play about sex, race and fundraising.
An interview with Chaka Khan: Life, career, and her ongoing love affair with music
The “Queen of Funk” chats with CL leading into her Friday concert at Mahaffey Theater.
Plug-in makes researching campaign finance insanely easy
Unless it's your job to do it regularly, finding out who the biggest contributors to, say, Sen. Marco Rubio are can be a little tough. Campaign finance data can be such a daunting maze that it discourages the public from independently researching candidates to find out which industries they're beholden to. But a downloadable plug-in…
Veg out during the Epcot food and wine fest’s last days
Here’s how to enjoy Disney World’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival sans meat.
Restaurant review: Raise a pint to Yeoman’s
The pub “fayre” at Yeoman’s Cask & Lion in downtown Tampa would make Queen Liz smile.
Pass off your booze run to a new Tampa partnership
Drizly and ABC Fine Wine & Spirits in Tampa will be the latest to fulfill on-demand alcohol delivery.
On the Sauce: Apple Pie Bourbon cocktail
What’s a better beverage combination than apple pie and whiskey?
Fight for 15 marks election day countdown with strikes and rallies in Tampa and St. Pete
Joining an estimated 270 cities across America, the Fight for 15 movements in Tampa and St Petersburg flexed their muscles Tuesday. They packed Lykes Gaslight Park in Downtown Tampa for a rally that brought out politicians, economists and plenty of low wage workers in the afternoon, hours after after staging an early morning strike at…
Sh*t happened 11/11/15: Pinellas wage theft ordinance, Pasco Facebook scam, MPO still thinking of blowing it
Happy Veteran's Day! You can read all the non-news from last night's GOP debate, and about how even the crazy becomes mundane with depressing speed these days, elsewhere. Let's take a look at some of our area's updates, instead. Pinellas County followed in the footsteps of the city of St. Pete and Hillsborough County by…
Tonight in live music: Andrew Jackson Jihad, Author & Punisher, Aiden
A look at three quality shows happening this Wed., Nov. 11
Pinellas passes wage theft ordinance
On the heels of similar concepts passing in St. Pete and Hillsborough County, the Pinellas County Commission unanimously passed a wage theft ordinance, reports the Tampa Bay Times' Tracey McManus. The new law aims to crack down on instances of employers unlawfully withholding pay from workers, which, as we reported on over the summer, is…
And the most Googled presidential candidate in Florida is…
…not Bernie Sanders. The real estate Web site Estately has just released an analysis of Google Trends data on searches for 12 presidential candidates over the past year across the country — only those polling over 2 percent. Nationwide, billionaire developer Donald Trump, who is running as a Republican, was the most Googled, followed by…
Stuff your piehole: Local businesses offer preorders for holiday sweets
It’s not too early to start preordering holiday desserts from places like Vegg’d Out or Uhuru Pies.
Theater Preview: 9 Parts of Desire at USF
The Iraq War and its aftermath through the eyes of nine Iraqi women.
Watch: Deap Vally drops a new track and video, “Royal Jelly”
The LA duo’s Nick Zinner-produced sophomore LP is due out in 2016.
How many derp moments will tonight’s GOP debate offer up? Let us speculate.
Watching the presidential debates — for both major parties, really — is an exercise in testing how much awkwardness and blatant dishonesty one can stand. But we watch anyway, hoping for nuggets of ridiculousness we can carry with us throughout election season. Tonight marks the fourth GOP presidential candidate showdown, live from Milwaukee at 9…
Reel ’em in: Pit your favorite fish spread recipe against the rest
Four winners will be awarded at Tuesday night’s 6th Annual Fish Spread Contest in Treasure Island.
Sh*t happened 11/10/15: SeaWorld caves, White retires
Sometimes I feel for Monday. We all know Tuesday is at least as bad as Monday, or perhaps even worse, because you bust out of Monday into Tuesday and, shit, it's just more of the same. Tuesday just happened to have that guy who looked around quickly, saw the crowd was starting to get pissed,…
Locale calls recent market, restaurant changes ‘an evolution’
FarmTable Kitchen at Locale morphed into a full-service eatery with new lunch and dinner menus.
The Hip Abduction launches Kickstarter campaign, shares new music
St. Pete’s favorite worldbeat ensemble gears up to release a new LP and seeks some help from fans to do it without label support.
Veganism in vogue at Saturday’s Tampa Bay Veg Fest
On Saturday, Tampa Bay Veg Fest captured vegan and omnivore attention in downtown Tampa.
Weekly Tune-Up: Tunes for your week by Chromatics, Coldplay, Talib Kweli & more
A playlist of 15 tunes to launch you into the week. Spotify playlist included.
Sh*t happened 11/9/15: Carson lies, Obama kills Keystone, naked yelling man blames father
The weekend betrayed us all by ending, but we can still look back in wonder and say, "Huh — that was weird." FRIDAY, NOV. 6: Ben Carson still thinks it's like 1850, and you can say whatever you want about your past because who can chase that shit down? Obama killed the Keystone XL Pipeline…
This Sunday in live music: Beech Creeps, Mary J. Blige & more
A look at some concerts happening this Sun., Nov. 8
The Weekend Shift: Show us your tips
Earlier this year there was some crazy talk in the news about restaurants adopting no tipping policies, and this past October a Time Magazine article reported, a “small but prominent group of restaurants across the U.S.” is now testing out this blasphemous cultural change. According to the article, participating restauranteurs, who are opting to pay…
This Saturday in live music: Brazilian Girls, Nas and Lil Wayne at HIT Music Festival, and more
A look at the concert breakdown for this Sat., Nov. 7.
Saturday event aimed at comforting Tampa Bay’s bereaved
Starting about an hour before sunset, a group of people will start to gather at Largo Central Park ahead of a stroll at dusk. They'll likely be from a wide range of backgrounds, but they'll all have something in common. They'll all have suffered unfathomable loss, recently or otherwise, of a close human or beloved…
Ad with little kids cursing at Trump over immigration: cute, or, as Marco Rubio put it, “disgusting”?
In general, children using cuss words is not cool. Many parents we know curse like crazy in front of their kids, but would sternly admonish their young'uns for uttering those same words. But in certain contexts, swearing children can be adorable — and it can really get a point across. Take the group Deport Racism,…
Do This: The Weekend Top 10
Concerts, fests, the Fancy Flea Mall, Dunedin Art Harvest and more.
Weekend Platter: Talk design over drinks, sample Afro-Caribbean fare & more
The dealio on Safety Harbor’s wine fest, jerk chicken for brunch, plus other fun weekend events.
Crisis Center CEO to swim across the bay Sunday
Thousands drive across Tampa Bay every day, but probably very few have actually traversed the large body of water sans vehicle or bridge. On Sunday, two officials from the nonprofit Crisis Center of Tampa Bay will swim from Clearwater to Tampa to raise awareness and funds for their cause. They're doing so in conjunction with…
Coldplay drops “Adventure of a Lifetime” from forthcoming (final) LP
A Head Full of Dreams comes out December 4.
Album review: Lionel Loueke, Gaïa
After more than a decade of making breezy, Afro-tinged jazz in a variety of settings, guitarist Lionel Loueke gets down to cases on Gaïa, strutting his jazz chops, idiosyncratic phrasing and panoply of tones in a trio setting. Born in the West African county of Benin, and jazz-educated at the Berklee School of Music, Loueke…
Clementine Café owners revisit chef-led delivery service
With Tampa’s Clementine Café on hold, Misty and Brian Sommers relaunched their original idea.
The DanceUSF Fall Dance Concert introduces EChO
The Emerging Choreographer’s Opportunity connects students and emerging dancers.
Theater Review: mad Theatre’s Next to Normal
The rock opera threatens to OD on melodrama but is saved by a crack cast.
Sh*t happened 11/6/15: Gyrocopter guy cops a plea, family crimes
Welcome to Friday! It's November, so don't forget to wear your scarf when you leave the house today — that way, someone will have something to sop you up with after you melt in the record-breaking temperatures. Hey, remember that postal worker from Ruskin who landed a gyrocopter on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol…
Tonight in live music: Leftover Salmon, Surfer Blood, Public Image Ltd. and more
A breakdown of concerts happening this Fri., Nov. 6, plus a peek at the weekend ahead.
Movie Review: SPECTRE is Bond, same Bond
This old dog needs to learn a few new tricks.
Recent Tampa police killing punctuates long-running accountability discussion
Tearful family members and friends of Kobvey Igbuhay, an 18-year-old male who was shot and killed by police on the morning of Oct. 26, pleaded with Tampa City Council Thursday to investigate the incident in which the death occurred. Their pleas occurred within the greater context of cries for a civilian review board of police…
Transforming Tampa Bay: Gathering points
Once upon a time, every neighborhood had a corner store — a small mom-and-pop place folks could walk or ride their bikes to, where they could pick up a bottle of milk or a loaf of bread to take home. But as subdivisions emerged after WWII and the car became king, the convenience store took…
Theater Review: Freak brings innocence and experience together in a thought-provoking way
Sexually candid, well-acted and hard to forget, Freak warrants a trip to Sarasota.
Tonight in live music: Myfever, Chance the Rapper, Rob Garza and more
A jam-packed night of concerts happening this Thurs., Nov. 5.
Comedy Issue: Laugh tracks by Frank Zappa, Ween, They Might Be Giants and more
A look at some musicians and bands who infuse their material with a healthy dose of humor (playlist included).
Comedy Issue: Tim Minchin, Stephen Lynch and other comics with musical inclinations
These seven wit-pushers use music to deliver their jokes.
The Comedy Issue
There’s plenty to laugh about all over Tampa Bay.
