Florida Republicans want to penalize college students who ‘promote a foreign terrorist organization’
For example, the bills call for such students to be required to pay out-of-state tuition rates, which are higher than in-state rates.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s annual Highball cocktail event returns to downtown St. Pete
Calling all cocktail-lovers.
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening Nov. 16-23
Including Suncoast Jazz Festival, Kid N Play and Charley Crockett.
Hellshine Festival brings three days of metal, and a market, to Tampa and Ybor City
Crowbar and Deviant Libation play host from Friday-Sunday.
Be Grateful, Uncle John’s Band is playing a Thanksgiving night concert in St. Pete
Live music’s not completely Dead on Thanksgiving.
Members of the Max Weinberg 7 join Popa Chubby for Safety Harbor concert
The Popa is at SHAMC on Saturday.
Vegetarian grindcore band Cattle Decapitation finally gets to headline Tampa Orpheum
The band is in town next week.
Babyface brings his Grammy-winning baby-making music to Tampa this week
Who cares if you have to pop a Cialis when you put on the CD?
Safety Harbor Art and Music Center celebrates 7th anniversary with free concert
HoneyWhat takes the SHAMC stage this weekend.
St. Pete’s Daddy Kool Records kicks off new concert series with trio of the Bay area’s best young rock bands
The Venus, Spoiled Rat and Brother Cephus throwdown at The Factory.
Kyle Schroeder and his ‘saxophone hero’ Andy Snitzer play onstage together this Saturday
Snitzer has played in bands fronted by Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, and Billy Joel.
Bruce Hornsby is giving Clearwater concertgoers a copy of ‘Spirit Trail’ this weekend
That’s just the way it is.
Tennessee punk band Reckless Threat joins Tampa favorites for Saturday show
Mortars, Big Sad and Low Season are on the bill, too.
Snoop Dogg and Kenny G collaborator Ben Rector brings ‘Joy Of Music’ to Clearwater on Saturday
UPDATE: This show has been postponed.
OG Bay area punk band Slap Of Reality plays St. Pete’s The Nest this Friday
Remember when it signed to Skene! Records?
‘Boomer Economy’ reggae-rocker Joe Samba plays Tampa this weekend
Nothing but positive energy at New World.
Fast-talking reformed punk Henry Rollins is in St. Pete on Friday
It’s good to go see him.
New boat tour explores St. Pete’s history by water
‘Liquid to Land’ leaves from the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center.
St. Pete will attempt to break the ‘largest picnic blanket’ record on Saturday
‘Picnic Land’ covers six city blocks at Flora Wylie Park.
Country duo Locash will headline Tampa’s onBikes charity bike ride and concert next month
Cash the boys at the Curt’.
DeSantis wants $1 billion more for Florida emergency fund
Created in 2022, DeSantis can use money from the fund during declared states of emergency.
This isn’t the end of Marvel. It’s where it starts getting really interesting.
Don’t listen to the pundits, don’t read click-bait online, just go see it for yourself
Downtown St. Pete’s pan-Asian steakhouse Fortu is now accepting reservations
The restaurant’s official grand opening is slated for early December.
Interview: Grammy-winning ensemble Ranky Tanky headlines Clearwater Beach’s Suncoast Jazz Festival
Quiana Parler is bringing her band, and her entire family, to Sand Key this weekend.
The McRib will return to Tampa Bay McDonald’s locations this week
As always, the McRib is here for a limited time.
Willie Nelson is playing Clearwater’s The Sound next year
“Red-headed stranger,” my ass.
A Tampa Bay Chick-fil-A location is now offering free drone delivery
If the drone can’t handle your massive chicken order, they’ll just bring it to you in a van.
Florida Democrat refiles bill to re-establish a state labor department
Meanwhile, Republican state Rep. Tiffany Esposito filed a bill Monday that could undercut efforts to enhance worker protections.
Abortion-rights backers urge Florida Supreme Court to OK amendment wording
The political committee Floridians Protecting Freedom, which is sponsoring the proposal, filed a brief late Friday.
University of Florida ordered to pay $372K in legal fees in suit over professors’ free speech
The professors filed the lawsuit in 2021 after university officials denied their requests to serve as witnesses for groups fighting a state elections law in court.
New African-Caribbean restaurant Da’ Shrine is now open in Seminole Heights
It’s right across from Spaddy’s on Florida Avenue.
‘One of the busiest Thanksgivings on record’: AAA predicts heavy holiday traffic for Florida
AAA projected 2.77 million Floridians will travel more than 50 miles by car.
New empanada concept Gorditos opens at Tampa’s Sparkman Wharf this week
The shipping container-turned-kitchen will sling shaved ice desserts, too.
Q&A: ’70s heartthrob Shaun Cassidy talks about Todd Rundgren and more before Clearwater show
The 1970s was a decade during which teen idol worship was a lucrative, enormous phenomenon. In the pre-MTV days, when pop stars and poster boys only had fan magazines aimed at teenagers as their source of exposure, marketing those heartthrobs as actors or singers seemed like a natural progression for industry marketing teams to cash…
Pantera reunion tour comes to Tampa in February
Or, what’s left of Pantera anyway.
‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ guy Oliver Anthony tops Plant City’s Strawberry Festival 2024 lineup
Black Eyed Peas, Riley Green, and ZZ Top are on the bill, too,
Drake and J. Cole are coming to Tampa next year
The show is the only Florida stop of 2024.
There’s actually a chance the Bucs can limp to the playoffs in the weakest division in football
Their remaining schedule is no picnic.
Tampa’s first Fazoli’s is now closed
It’s unclear exactly when the Hot Bins-adjacent location closed.
Citing legal fears, Florida universities push back on DeSantis order to shut down pro-Palestinian campus groups
“We have reviewed those opinions, and in short, they raise concerns about potential personal liability…”
Florida Democrats who voted to censure Rashida Tlaib received nearly $300K from pro-Israel lobbying group
The vote to censure Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, came after she referred to Israel as an “apartheid” state.
King of the Coop opens in Ybor City, Wu Restaurant debuts in Seminole Heights, and more local food news
And there’s still a few days to enjoy Tampa Bay Burger Week deals.
‘All my life, they redlined us’: St. Pete seeks applicants for Gas Plant advisory council
The city is accepting applications for a new Community Benefits Advisory Council (CBAC) to review the Historic Gas Plant Redevelopment Project.
Florida Education officials are now going after college sociology courses
The Principles of Sociology class, which still would be available to students, would no longer count toward fulfilling required social-science coursework.
AJR is bringing first arena tour to Tampa this summer
Remember when the boys played Jannus Live?
Alanis Morissette is returning to Tampa this summer
You oughta know.
DeSantis wants to ‘establish a precedent’ of removing elected officials, says lawyers for suspended Orlando State Attorney
Under state law, the Florida Senate has final authority to decide whether to remove suspended officials.
Oracle of Ybor: You can’t land an academia job, but maybe you don’t play well with others
And what do I do about hurting the feelings of dear friends and family who missed our wedding?
Florida Democrat files bill to block schools from teaching students slaves ‘benefited from slavery’
State education officials, including Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr., have vehemently defended the standards.
