The curious case of Bishop Chuck Leigh
Are police targeting a clergyman who ministers to Tampa’s poor?
Last-minute Halloween costumes
These hot-button outfits are sure to be a holiday hit.
Morning Report: Banned from Bill Young’s funeral
U.S. Rep. Bill Young’s life will be celebrated at a public funeral Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks Beach. Everyone but high-profile Democrats is welcome to attend. Beverly Young, the Republican congressman's widow, has warned Democrats Jessica Ehrlich, Karen Seel, Charlie Justice and Charlie Crist not to attend the event, where House…
Do This: Witchstock and Dr. Cannabis
The incognito superhero will share info on the petition to legalize medical marijuana.
New Music Tuesday! (October 22): Katy Perry, Poliça, Brett Dennen, Gringo Star & more
New releases out this week; audio included.
The Gaily News: Gay marriage begins in New Jersey
Disney's Mulan was revealed as bisexual in Sunday's episode of "Once Upon a Time." New Jersey is the latest state to allow gay marriage. As of today, it became the 14th state where same-sex couples can legally wed, despite initial opposition from its governor, Chris Christie. Just hours after gay couples began marrying in New…
Morning Report: Jeb Bush’s Tea Party slapdown
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush delivered a verbal slapdown to the Tea Party’s biggest cheerleader on national TV Sunday. Bush said on ABC’s “This Week” that Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas needs to show some “self-restraint.” Bush also argued that the failed strategy by Cruz and other Tea Party backers to shut down the…
Remembering USF St. Petersburg journalism professor Bob Dardenne
Friends, family and students remember a much-lived fixture of the USF St. Pete community.
Do This: International Shuffleboard Championship and After Party
Throughout this week, more than 150 of the world’s best players will descend upon the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club.
Meet Commissioner Delete
The Hillsborough County Commission lauded former Commissioner Jan Platt this past Wednesday by naming the Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) after her. Each commissioner praised Jan Platt for her devotion and service. Now that they've renamed ELAPP, it's time for citizens to rename some of the commissioners, based on their comments and attitudes.…
Meet and greet to discuss LGBT financial planning
The Supreme Court’s historic gay marriage ruling in June has dramatically changed financial planning for the LGBT community. Since the court ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, same-sex couples living in states where gay marriage is legal now have access to more than 1,000 federal benefits. Sharon Herman AAMS, ADPA (who…
U.S. Rep. Bill Young, “giant in Florida politics,” dies at 82
U.S. Rep. Bill Young, whose career in Congress spanned four decades, has died. He was 82. The Florida lawmaker passed away Friday at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He was the longest-serving Republican lawmaker in Congress. Young had been in the hospital for back surgery, where he announced to a reporter last week…
Identity crisis
Who’s hanging out in your closet?
Writers’ cities
In praise of Dublin’s — and Tampa Bay’s — finest.
Said and done?
Hurt feelings lead to a boyfriend’s overreaction.
This weekend’s Tampa Bay Veg Fest highlights plant-based diets
No matter if you’re a veghead or omnivore, there’s something for everyone at this weekend’s Tampa Bay Veg Fest. Here are all the details on this family-friendly event. What: 4th Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest When: Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, 601 Old Water St., on the…
Squeeze Juice Works opens
Squeeze Juice Works The St. Pete-based juice shop opened Thursday. St. Pete's first cold-pressed juice shop is officially open for business. Squeeze Juice Works opened its storefront at 675 30th Ave. N. Ste. 101 Thursday morning. Customers can stop in for single or multiple juices Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., or on weekends 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.…
A.C.O.D. is far from grade-A
Pseudo-comedic drama about a child of divorce is neither funny nor serious enough to be good.
One bad Escape Plan
Sly and Arnold can’t escape this mediocrity.
Public art horrors (and some successes, too)
Well-designed streetscapes can be inspiring, but some public spaces are just dreadful.
Morning Report: “Guarded prognosis” for Bill Young
U.S. Rep. Bill Young of Florida — the nation’s longest-serving Republican congressman — is seriously ill and hospitalized in Maryland. Young’s family released a statement on Thursday through an aide, confirming that Young has become “gravely ill” since undergoing back surgery. The statement said that Young’s “prognosis is guarded," according to the Tampa Bay Times.…
Darkness awaits at Lore and Dark Arts
Bluelucy and “Creep” St. Pete Local unveil seasonal new shows in the ’Burg.
For The Birds
American Stage’s latest is horrifying — for all the wrong reasons.
Killer mac and cheese
Pumpkin and sage give this classic an injection of autumn flavors.
Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream is freaking creepy
What’s scarier? A haunted theme park or returning to a former place of work Halloweentime?
Bill’s Sports Binge: Losing is a disease … and so is MRSA
A page from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers playbook … "I want the entire area scrubbed, sterilized and disinfected!"-Judge Elihu Smails The judge was referring to Tampa Bay, of course, after the recent Boston and Philadelphia fan infestation over the last week … also? Staph. Shortly before the Buccaneers hosted the Filthy-delpia Eagles Sunday afternoon, it…
Morning Report: Defeated, Rubio and Tea Party stick to their lost cause
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is among a small flank of conservative Republicans who made a failed attempt to stop the agreement Wednesday night that re-opened the federal government today. But Rubio and other Tea Party-led Republicans are not about to end their opposition to the Affordable Health Care Act — or admit defeat. Rubio is…
Do This: Fine Art, Fashion & Photography, Three Magical Worlds Collide
Tonight at the Museum of Fine Arts!
Go purple to stop LGBT bullying
Are you wearing purple today? If not, you’d better go raid your closet. Today is Spirit Day, a day to support LGBT youth and take a stand against bullying. And it’s easy to do. Simply wear purple throughout the day and let people know why you’re doing it. You can even turn your Facebook profile…
Spooky Pols: the perfect costumes
What the scariest Florida politicians should be wearing this Halloween.
Live and Local Spotlight: Have Gun, Will Travel CD Release Show
The fiery Brandenton-based roots rockers present a new LP.
Clearwater Jazz Holiday returns for its 33rd annual edition this weekend
Every fall, Bay area folks are treated to four days worth of jazz-geared sounds at Clearwater’s mainstay waterside oasis, Coachman Park. Clearwater Jazz Holiday has taken turn away from the smoother sounds it has doled out for so long and in the vein of New Orleans Jazz Fest, branching out into other genre territory with…
Scary movies take over Tampa Theatre
Downtown’s classic movie house hosts the mother of all Halloween film series. Plus: Two Carrollwood theaters hold freakouts of their own.
This ain’t no Monster Mash: a Halloween playlist
The Horrifying Realities Playlist is all about real-life horrors.
Trader Joe’s: Welcome neighbor or scary monster?
If Trader Joe’s does land in St. Pete, what’s the cost to local businesses?
Here’s Danny! Stephen King’s Dr. Sleep picks up where The Shining leaves off
King checks in on Jack Torrance’s son to see what ever happened to that tormented kid.
The Lumineers shine and hearten at USF Sun Dome, Tampa
A look back at the Sat., Oct. 19, show — with photos.
Hat Trick reanimates history with William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead
Hat Trick Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead is an amusing, referential romp — recommended for literary geeks, word nerds and history buffs, who have only two more performances to catch the show at the Straz’s Shimberg Playhouse. The comedy takes us to the opening production of the Globe Theater, owned by…
Album review: Pelican, Forever Becoming
For all its peaks, valleys and landscapes, instrumental post-metal can be one boring fucking genre. Chalk it up to impatience or the modern urge to be stimulated, immediately, all the time, but to really truly digest this stuff, endurance of the earholes is an absolute necessity. That's not to say Pelican's latest, Forever Becoming (Southern…
Anthony Jeselnik pulls no punches at the Straz Center, Tampa
A review of the Sat., Oct. 12 show.
This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Baths, Dynasty, The Lumineers & more
Concerts, Oct. 17-23
Rococo Steak is coming to St. Pete
St. Pete is about to get a new kind of steakhouse, says the team behind Rococo Steak.
Auld lang syne (already?) — Tampa Bay NYE events make Florida Top 10
How many people sit and wrack their brains about the perfect way to celebrate the ending of one year and the birth of another? My dream for the last few years has been to take a road trip to New York and watch the ball drop in Times Square. However, when there are so many…
The Laugh Tract: who’s bringing the funny Oct. 17-20
PUBLICITY PHOTO SOLD OUT: You'll have to scout out for patrons with extra tickets to see Jimmy Fallon tonight. Every weekend there's stand-up comedy happening across the Bay area, from theater shows featuring household names to comedy clubs offering nationally-touring headliners to the local bar or restaurant showcasing local talent. If you want to see…
Richelle Ryan, the all-American exotic dancer
The porn star on taking selfies at the gym, feature dancing, seven-inch penises, her porn tattoo, and why so many adult entertainers went to Catholic school.
CL’s Halloween Guide 2013: Where to get your freak on
What’s going bump in the night and everything else that’s bumpin.’
Worthless poll of the day: 74% of voters say they want incumbents defeated in 2014
There's no question that Americans anger at Washington D.C. is off the hook this week, just days before the debt ceiling deadline approaches. To illustrate this anger, a new Pew Research Center for the People & the Press poll shows that nearly three quarter of registered voters in the U.S. – 74 percent – would…
