Soundboard
<font Thursday, Nov. 8 Events Mahaffey Theater Florida Orchestra Coffee Series Ruth Eckerd Hall Alice Cooper Bars/Small Stages AJ's Ale House Sal & Zoom Alley Cats Jamie Perlow Beach Place (Whitey's) Beggars Opera Brass Mug Karaoke w/Laser Ray Cadillac Jack's Josephine's Machine Carlie's Diamond Gray Chase Club Derrick Williams Club America (Tampa) United We Dance…
Planet Picks
A new exhibition at the Dali, comedy troupe Caffeine Kids and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas highlight this week’s picks.
The List
Visual Arts Openings Artists Unlimited, in the Channel District, 223 N. 12th St., Tampa (813-229-5958). The Residents Exhibition 2001 opens with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, that includes live music, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Artists participating in this multimedia exhibit include Drew Danecki, Greg Latch, Melody Swindle and…
Knee-jerk Nation
When I was an undergraduate at Michigan State University, a woman I knew — a bodybuilder named Marlena — was attacked by a 16-year-old kid. She was able to subdue her attacker, a man-child standing taller than 6 feet but weighing barely 130 pounds, and hold him until the police arrived. It wasn't the crime,…
Public Life
Habitat for Humanity Can Drive Saturday, Nov. 10 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Save your cans for Habitat's first ever aluminum can drive in conjunction with Pinellas Recycles Day. A recycling booth is set up at Largo Central Park during the festival, with a drop off site located nearby. Empty, bagged aluminum cans only, please. The park's…
Books
The OathBy Elie Wiesel Schocken Books/$15 Nobel Peace Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel takes readers on a gut-wrenching, emotional ride in this reprint of one of his earlier fictional novels, The Oath. In this moving and at times overwhelming tale of Jewish struggle and pride, Wiesel eloquently depicts the inner turmoil of the lone survivor of…
Dining Guide
HILLSBOROUGH Brandon La Septima Cafe, 140 N. Parsons Ave., Brandon (813-684-1948). You'll find a taste of the original Latin flavors of old Ybor in this quaint little Brandon cafe. Look for large portions and excellent Cuban sandwiches, succulent roast pork and saffron-kissed chicken and rice. $ Tampa Carrollwood/ Northwest Tampa Jazzy's B-B-Q, 5703 W. Waters…
Doody Free
This investigative report gets the poop on Cottonelle Rollwipes.
Freebie
Book It to the ‘Times’ Festival of Reading
The Wine List
Work Week Wine Down The Grand Cru Wine Cellar presents wine tasting and snacks, Friday, Nov. 9. $12 with $5 coupon for purchases the night of event. 6-9 p.m. 11724 N. Dale Mabry, Tampa. 813-269-VINE (8463). This Year's Beaujolais Nouveau and Crus Join The Grapevine's Wine Professor to taste this year's Beaujolais Nouveau and Crus.…
Letters
No Sympathy Re: "Filled with HOPE" by Rochelle Renford (Nov. 1-7) How many times do I have to read regurgitated, liberal-minded articles that stake the plight of the poor on the feet of the government? As I read this article after working nine hours today to support myself, I find little empathy that new residents…
Waging Words
As this country's response to the events of Sept. 11 evolves from nationwide pep rally to reasoned discussion, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg weighed in with a panel on Central Asia and the ethics of war. The panel, which was held on Oct. 30, had originally been scheduled for Oct. 3 but was postponed as…
This Mortal Oil
Pick an '80s band, any '80s band. Chances are, they're on the road right now, willfully pawning whatever legacy each has earned in exchange for one last shot at reliving a past glory. Hair-metal, new wave, nightclub synth — the style doesn't matter. What does matter is that it's been just long enough for most…
Girl Power
Female athleticism gets its due during Tampa and Berkeley prep schools’ storied volleyball match.
Purchasing Power
The Pentagon has spent millions of dollars to prevent western media from seeing highly accurate civilian satellite pictures of the effects of bombing in Afghanistan, it was revealed recently. The images, which are taken from Ikonos, an advanced civilian satellite launched in 1999, are better than the spy satellite pictures available to the military during…
Pink Lady Sunday
Dahlings, meet us for brunch at the Don!
Spins
The Coup Party Music If there was ever a good time to be a Marxist, revolutionary, black militant rapper, now is not it. America is more concerned with the evildoers in the Middle East than self-examination. As such The Coup's Party Music — with songs like 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO and Ghetto…
Website
Cat Enemahttp://www.catenema.com Some people have way too much time on their hands. Foremost in this category are the insane. I mean, c'mon, when you're cuckoo it's not like you have a schedule, right? Anyway, my job description falls under the "too much time" category. C'mon, I get paid to surf the Web and write about…
Culinary Events
Epcot International Food & Wine Festival nears its end, featuring culinary demonstrations, seminars, food samplings, wine tastings, special dinners, appearances of celebrities of the food and wine world, and live entertainment. Epcot expects 200 sommeliers and more than 20 of the nation's most celebrated chefs. Through Sunday, Nov. 18. Epcot admission is free to those…
Mean Streets and Lean Streets
Much as some of us might want to deny it, the seamier side of life often makes for some great stories and, yep, even some great art. By the same token, there are more than a few artistes out there, particularly of the cinematic variety, who seem to think that the mere steeping of their…
Outtakes
13 Ghosts (PG-13) 21st Century remake of the old William Castle spookfest about a family trapped in the haunted house they've just inherited. Stars F. Murray Abraham, Tony Shalhoub and Shannon Elizabeth. (Not Reviewed) Adventures of Felix (R) Picturesque road movie about a young Frenchman named Felix (Sami Bouajila) who hitchhikes from his home in…
Getting Their Freak On
If there's one thing I've learned in these years of reviewing, it's that good theater music is hard to come by. Yes, I know we're supposed to have masterpieces in our presence: Phantom and Les Miz and Miss Saigon and Rent, to name a few. But I remember long stretches during each of these when…
Fresh and Fruity
It’s Beaujolais season again.
Music Menu
Alice Cooper, P.O.D. and Voodoo Glow Skulls highlight this week’s menu.
What’s so nouveau about Beaujolais?
The harvest is in, so let the Gamays begin
