Celebrate Gulfport with the Flying Mullet 5K and One Mile Doggie Dash and Gulfport Birthday Bash
Nothing says, “Happy Anniversary, Gulfport!” like a regal fisher king and trekkin’ doggies!
Pat Gerard’s new ad goes after Ed Hooper’s legislative record
Pinellas County legislative candidates' campaign against Duke Energy Florida has obviously struck a chord in recent weeks, as even Republicans are now bashing on the local power utility. Duke is mentioned in a new ad on the local airwaves from Pat Gerard, the Democratic candidate for County Commission District 2 seat. In addition to claiming that…
Poseidon adventures at Tampa Museum of Art
A look at the Tampa Museum of Art’s first exhibition devoted to the ancient Greek sea God.
Mitch Perry Report 10.9.14: Without incentives, Tampa won’t see very much of Bryan Cranston’s Infiltrator
It's being hailed as a big deal in the local dailies this morning, but the fact is that although the Hollywood production of The Infiltrator (starring Bryan Cranston) will be coming to Tampa next year, it's only to do some exterior and interior shots, with the bulk of the production to be filmed in England. No…
Theater review: Rhinoceros at USF
Rhinoceros TheatreUSF at University of South Florida, TheatreTwo, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m. Sun., 3 p.m. $12. 913-974-2323, theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros is far from being the great absurdist’s best play — that honor might be claimed by Exit the King, The Killer, The Chairs, or the seminal Bald Soprano — but it remains…
UT ObamaCare discussion touches on sex, religion and politics
Last week, the University of Tampa’s well renowned Sykes Chapel was filled with students and professionals full of anticipation as they prepared to discuss some of the issues pertaining the rejection of contraceptive mandates for corporations. Marcus Arvan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, began the conversation with the fundamental question, “Does the Affordable Care Act in its…
SideBern’s to reopen as Haven wine bar by winter
Changes at Tampa’s SideBern’s go beyond its major renovations that began in June.
John Morgan makes his case for medical pot in St. Pete
If you've never seen and heard John Morgan make a public speech, you ought to sometime. Profane, emotional, biting, sometimes inaccurate and often hilarious, the Orlando-based attorney came to the St.Petersburg Yacht Club on Wednesday for a Tiger Bay Club speech to sell what he is calling the case of his public career — advocating…
Plan B Block Party in review, from Kishi Bashi to Day Joy, Florida Night Heat and Those Darlins
A look back at the second annual Ybor City music fest held this past Sat., Oct. 4.
The Laugh Tract — who’s bringing the funny
Carlos Mencia is at Tampa Improv this weekend. This week we have television stars, puppets (not the televisions stars. There are actual puppets) and a comedy competition on tap this week. From famous comedians to experience locals, there are plenty of styles and formats to keep you entertained all weekend. Here's what's on the schedule.…
Culinary cultures collide during Localicious
St. Pete’s Localicious week to celebrate a wealth of artisanal edibles.
AHA’s Tampa Bay Red Sofa tour adds informative comfort to USF
I’m looking at some pictures from the American Heart Association’s Tampa Bay Red Sofa Tour’s stop at USF, a couple weeks ago, and I have to say, the whole effort looks pretty damn impressive. There’s a slew of production crew personnel, multiple cameras, a long, dangling microphone, elaborate lighting, theme appropriate backdrops, balloons, and some…
Tampa Bay’s weekly literary happenings
Author Thom Barrett will sign copies of his novel Everywhere an Angel at the Clearwater Main Library Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1 to 3 p.m. Share your poetry, stories and songs at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church’s bi-monthly poetry and open mic night, Wednesday, Oct. 8. The evening kicks off with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. So…
New Belgium’s Clips Beer & Film Tour announces Tampa stop
The free Clips Beer & Film Tour on Oct. 17 will benefit Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful.
St. Pete charter amendment: Mayoral meddling or free-speech issue?
This past summer St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman spent a considerable amount of time making perhaps the most important hire of his time in office — selecting a new police chief. Though four candidates were announced as finalists in June, Kriseman was unsatisfied with his choices and ultimately selected Clearwater Police Chief Tony Holloway to…
Restaurant review: Lotus is a meatless marvel
At Pinellas Park’s Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant, carnivores won’t miss the pleasures of the flesh.
Necronomicon casts a spell on Tampa Bay
This year was the first time I heard of the Necronomicon Convention. I'm not a big fan of horror, so I may not have even paid attention to it if I had heard of it. However, when I went to the website to check them out, I found that they bill themselves as a "Science…
RPOF releases ad that outrages the Charlie Crist camp
With voting by mail now occurring and the polls showing a dead-even race, you can bet that Rick Scott and Charlie Crist are going to pull out everything they have with less than four weeks to go before election day in Florida – and that means more negative advertising. The Scott camp today announced that…
Mitch Perry Report 10.8.14: Nelson wants temporary travel ban on Ebola-stricken West Africa
Officials with Tampa International Airport said yesterday that they're working with a host of other government agencies and airlines to ensure that anyone coming off an airplane at TIA displaying symptoms of the Ebola virus will be immediately isolated. They're doing it on their own, without being told to by the federal government. All out…
Nov. 1 brings Saturday lunch to Tampa’s Ocean Prime
Seasonally inspired savors featured on Ocean Prime’s Saturday lunch menu.
SCENE BREAKER: Flashback Hamlet, a Rocky Horror wedding reception and dark comedy meets awards night
Here’s what’s behind the curtain this week in Tampa Bay theatre… THE HARDEST-WORKING PHONE IN SHOWBIZ: Courtesy of the American Stage Company Properties department, a single antique candlestick phone is playing three gigs in less than two weeks: Jobsite Theater’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo (closed Sep. 28), Improbable Athenaeum’s Love All (last Saturday), and…
Taxi CEO’s letter regarding Uber & Lyft fails to move local lawmakers
Two weeks ago the Tampa Bay Partnership sponsored a conference on transportation in St. Petersburg that featured a panel regarding new technology. Sitting alongside state Representative Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) and Hillsborough County Commissioner Chair Mark Sharpe was a representative from Lyft, which, along with Uber, has been providing transportation in the Tampa Bay area…
Mark Frost confirms Twin Peaks revival in 2016
Diehards have surely consumed the new "Twin Peaks" Blu-ray collection at least a few times since its release earlier this year, but now fans have something even better to look forward too now that creators David Lynch and Mark Frost are set to revive the dark and often campy Golden Globe-winning '90s television drama. Frost,…
New Music Tuesday! (October 7): Caribou, New Found Glory, Zola Jesus, Weezer, Flying Lotus & more
Releases out this week; lots of audio & video included
Two new polls show Charlie Crist up in governor’s race as voting by mail begins
A poll by Public Polling Policy out today shows Charlie Crist with a narrow, two-point lead over Rick Scott, 45-43 percent, with Libertarian candidate Adrian Wyllie at 8 percent. Meanwhile a poll by the relatively new firm 0ptimus shows Crist up by a point, 41-40, with Wyllie getting his biggest share of any poll this season,…
The region lands more Great American Beer Fest wins
Great American Beer Festival awards went to three local dwellers this year.
Climate scientists who met with Rick Scott say they need to engage in more public conversations
Three of the five climate scientists who met with Rick Scott this summer to discuss the deleterious effects that global warming is already having on Florida discussed that conversation and their thoughts about how to stem climate change at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg on Monday, and one thing became clear early on — these…
Theatre Tampa Bay Awards highlighted by drinking games and freeFall windfall
The nominees, the winners, the jokes and big smiles as local actors and other stage professionals receive honors.
Mitch Perry Report 10.7.14: SCOTUS puts the same-sex marriage issue back in Pam Bondi’s lap
Meeting for the first day of the 2014-2015 session, the U.S. Supreme Court made huge news yesterday by deciding not to get involved with same-sex marriage. That let stay the decisions made in three U.S. Courts of Appeal ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, effectively legalizing it in five states, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.…
Tonight in live music: St. Vincent, John Nemeth, Jon Bellion
The breakdown of shows for this Tue., Oct. 7. St. Vincent with Matthew E. White Annie Clark’s eyes — burning through your soul underneath blue-shadowed eyelids and perfectly manicured brows — are kind of impossible to look away from. The 31-year-old Tulsa-born siren better known as St. Vincent has been an easy-to-crush-on avant-rock icon since…
Two Tarpon Springs cooking classes dish African food traditions
Learn how to cook Jamaican and Cuban staples at Tarpon Springs’ Safford House.
Dems revive Rick Scott’s problems with HCA/Columbia with whistleblower press conference
Four years ago Democrats pushed the premise that Rick Scott deserved intense scrutiny due to questionable business ethics, at the least, after his former health care company Columbia/HCA received the largest fine for Medicare abuse in U.S. history. Scott had left the company at the time it was fined, but critics say he was at…
Rick Scott says Charlie Crist “wants you to hate me” in new ad
Nobody has to remind the voters of Florida how negative this gubernatorial campaign has been so far this year, but Rick Scott's decided to take up the issue by stating flatly that his latest ad that "after all these attack ads, Charlie Crist wants you to hate me." Yes, the guv's gone postitive as a…
The Ringling gets TripAdvisor’s Endorsement as Top Museum
Don’t just visit Sarasota, visit TripAdvisor Sarasota… They’ve got The Ringling! TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, operating in 45 countries and relying on more than 170 million reviews from actual travelers, has recently recognized Florida’s official State Art Museum, The Ringling, as one of the 25 top museums in its 2014 Traveler’s Choice Awards.…
Pro-Greenlight group accuses No Tax for Tracks of being “Tea Party extremists”
The Greenlight Pinellas debate has grown extremely divisive in the past few weeks, and it's unlikely that divisiveness will end any time before next month's election — certainly not after members of the pro-Greenlight group Connect Tampa Bay today accused the main opposition, No Tax For Tracks, of extremist politics. “No Tax for tracks is…
The American Solar Energy Society’s annual solar tour returns to Tampa
On Saturday the International Solar Energy Society’s Tampa student chapter, the University of South Florida’s International Solar Energy Society’s (ISES): POWER-People Organizing World Energy Resources, hosted the 19th annual National Solar Energy Tour. The tour is a nationwide event organized by the American Solar Energy Society. It's the largest grassroots solar event, attracting about 150,000…
USF’s 2014 Homecoming week kicks off with parades, carnivals and concerts
The week-long celebration includes performances by T.I. and Jo Koy
Deuces Live Sunday Market up and running again
After a brief summer break, the Deuces Live Sunday Market located in St.Pete's historic Midtown area off of 9th Avenue and 22nd Street South, kicked off its fall season on Sunday, serving up live music, food and fun while showcasing area businesses. The market will be open to 1 to 6 p.m. every Sunday through…
Mitch Perry Report 10.6.14: First Monday in October
Welcome to the first full week in October, always the best time of year, especially for political junkies and sports fans. First things first: Today is the deadline to register for the November 4 general election. And tonight we get our first televised debate among statewide candidates for attorney general, Pam Bondi and George Sheldon…
John Waters visits Tampa and wins a TIGLFF Lifetime Achievement Award
Film director, writer, orator and fringe patron saint John Waters visited Tampa Theatre Saturday night to present one of his entertaining talks and received a Lifetime Achievement award afterward from the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The disturbingly adorable and unique statue, designed by St. Petersburg-based artist Calan Ree bore an inscription that…
Tonight in live music: CHVRCHES at The Ritz Ybor, Green Jelly at Octave
A couple of rather interesting concerts on tap this Mon., Oct. 6. CHVRCHES with The Range Since posting debut track “Lies” online last May, Scottish electronic trio CHVRCHES has blow the fuck up. Dreamy-meets-euphoric synth-pop debut The Bones of What You Believe made numerous year-ending Best of lists in 2013 and helping CHVRCHES earn a…
Government scientist schools Fox’s Chris Wallace on Ebola virus
Is our government doing everything it can to ensure that the Ebola virus goes no further than Thomas Eric Duncan? He's the Liberian man who made it to Dallas last week and was diagnosed with the disease, a revelation that is freaking out a lot of Americans. Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace brought in Dr. Anthony Fauci, director…
Do This: Bully at #NOSHAME Pop-Up Cinema, Inkwood Open Mic
Do your part to commemorate National Bullying Prevention Month by attending a film screening every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in October. Directions for Living will be hosting a #NOSHAME Pop-Up Cinema at The Amsterdam in Downtown St. Pete. The curated and casual "backyard" cinema is pay-what-you-can, will feature movies such as Bully (Oct. 5), Hairspray…
New on Fox at 9:30 p.m. tonight — Mulaney
Fans of 1960s comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show love the show's crack cast, highlighted by the hilarious Van Dyke, Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie comedy team, and their and their eccentrically charmingly egomaniac boss Alan Brady, played by comedic genius and forefather Carl Reiner. Fast forward 50 years later and we have some of…
Cool nerdy fun at Necronomicon 2014
Into science fiction, fantasy and horror? Dig gaming and cosplay? Read a lot? Then you're probably going to want to check out Necronomicon 2014 which is being held from Oct. 3-5th at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay (2900 Bayport Drive, Tampa). This year's guest of honor is author Eric Flint, and there are a slew of other…
As seen on TV— Viola vs. Kerry, Nick Offerman on manscaping and more
The Thursday Shonda Rhimes-a-thon: Putting aside any “angry black woman” controversies (c.f. Alessandra Stanley in the NY Times, who really put her foot in it), I’m a rapidly-becoming-former Scandal addict who’s liking How to Got Away with Murder a lot better. Maybe because Kerry Washington’s intensity is getting to be so one-note, while Viola Davis…
Do This: The Weekend Top 10
Plan B, John Waters, George Takei, TIGLFF, Rocky Horror, Oktoberfests and more. Whew!
Movie review: Left Behind is just God-awful
Post-rapture reboot just preaches to the choir.
Tony Caso makes the argument for small government
Although the PInellas County Democratic Party failed to find a live human being to challenge Clearwater Senate District 20 incumbent Jack Latvala in this November's election, the veteran legislator isn't running un-opposed. Also on the ballot is conservative activist Tony Caso, one of the leading voices of opposition at Pinellas County Commission meetings on issues…
Chug, run, repeat: Brew Mile comes to Tampa Bay
Area runners and drinkers will unite for Brew Mile’s celebration of craft beer (and getting weird).
We pledge Allegiance to George Takei — the Star Trek star and activist visits Clearwater Saturday night
An Evening with George Takei The St. Pete/Clearwater Film Commission presents the Star Trek star, activist and social networking celeb for a live guest appearance and promotional video. 7-10 p.m. at Sullivan Studios, 11286 47th St. N. Clearwater, $25, pinellascvb.com. It's not often that a celeb comes across as so simultaneously gracious, amusing, well-spoken and…
Mitch Perry Report 10.3.14 – Did the PSC just grow a spine?
Defying low expectations that it will actually protect the public, the Florida Public Service Commission sprung a shockaroo yesterday morning by ordering Duke Energy Florida to credit $54 million back to its customers for nuclear power equipment it never received. But at the same meeting, the commission allowed Duke to go ahead and build a…
A La Carte Pavilion stages nationally-televised boxing event
Over the past decade, mixed martial arts, in some shape or fashion, has dominated the fight scene because it has focused on pitting one known personality against another, to the delight of dedicated fans. While they may not be the crux of Ultimate Fighting Championship title bouts, pomp and circumstance are a necessary element of…
Movie Review: Fincher’s Gone Girl slayed me
Ben Affleck stars in a killer film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel.
Kathy Castor official endorses Greenlight Pinellas
U.S. Representative Kathy Castor announced on Thursday that she supports the Greenlight Pinellas initiative. She announced her endorsement at the St. Petersburg College Midtown campus in St. Pete. “This is an active community; this is a community on the go, but we need better transportation options," she said. The supervisor of elections has sent out…
Something to oompah about: A lineup of Oktoberfests
Oktoberfests around the region set to showcase brats, beers and “best” contests.
Star-power broker: Kathy Laughlin
. Beyond Therapy Runs through Oct. 11, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 8313 W. Hillsborough Ave., Suite 250, Tampa, $15, beyondtherapyplay.bpt.me. Derek Roberts certainly had no Hollywood dreams when he moved south from Delaware nearly a decade ago. But in the past three years, he’s racked up appearances on Burn Notice, Under the Dome,…
Tampa City Council approves $5 million package for new shooting range for TPD
Above the objections of Yolie Capin and Mary Mulhern, the rest of the Tampa City Council this morning approved spending nearly $4.8 million in funding for a new police shooting range and firearms training facility. The money is not coming directly from Tampa taxpayers, but from a trust fund earmarked for law enforcement agencies. Tampa Police…
Midterm elections 2014: Don’t care vs. can’t take it
Micki Castor was lonely. The head of the Hillsborough County chapter of the League of Women Voters, Castor and a colleague were staffing a table in a courtyard in front of the Marshall Center on the USF campus last week, looking to register students to vote in next month’s general election. “Apathy is our biggest…
Poet’s notebook: Feminism and language
Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is. —“Flower in the Crannied Wall” by Alfred,…
Tonight in live music: Rock the Park, Pompeya
Concerts this Thurs., Oct. 2.
Plan-B Block Party hits Ybor City this Saturday with Kishi Bashi, Those Darlins & many more
Music Editor Leilani Polk offers her gameplan for the second annual music fest
The Laugh Tract — who’s bringing the funny
Mo'Nique and other comedians will keep the Sun Dome crowd entertained this Saturday night. This week we have a number of off-night comedy shows to go along with the regular weekend performances. In some cases it's a showcase of local talent. In others it's a chance to see a touring comedians who's in town for…
