Souvlaki: The New Churro
Greek Consulate Opens in Tampa Gotta cash in on that all-important Bayshore sponge trade. UF Greeks Reportedly Serve Alcohol to Underage Students What a shame that a few bad apples have to spoil a good time for everyone. Hurricanes on Verge of Being Named After Greek Letters Why not Greek pastries? "Hurricane Baklava": deadly and…
The Blotter
OPEN CONTAINER ROUND-UP: Natural Light's popularity among Tampa's loitering population may be on the wane, usurped by a fellow member of the Natural family. Showing up in report after report, if someone is drinking on the street, chances are good they now have a Natty Ice hidden behind that tattered brown paper bag. For example,…
All Dogs Go To Heaven
A St. Pete church takes time to bless the beasts.
Dinner for few
This time of year, dining at the beach can be a personal experience
Wallace and Gromit Go Long
Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his faithful, mystery-solving pooch Gromit, stars of several Oscar-winning shorts by animator Nick Park (Chicken Run), arrive in fine form for their feature film debut. The plot here, by turns delightfully droll and ludicrous, is sort of a Sherlock Holmes mystery meets The Fly by way of The Wolf Man, in…
This One’s For Neil
Lee Courtney reflects on tribute concerts past and present.
Oh Canada!
The changing faces of the world’s premier film event.
PHOTOS FROM THE FARM
On July 1, 1998, after decades of working the mineral-rich soil on the north shore of Lake Apopka, more than 2,500 farmworkers and their families were displaced when the "muck farms" were shut down forever. Though the closure was imminent due to water pollution and the harmful effects of pesticide chemicals on the workers, the…
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tues., Oct. 11: Allister, Before the Blockout (Drive Thru) Axxis, Time Machine (Locomotive Music) Hudson Bell, When the Sun Is the Moon (Monitor) Jackson Browne, Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (Inside Recordings) Cinderpop, Their Skies Are Beautiful (Bongo Beat) The Constantines, Tournament of Hearts (Sub Pop) Simon Dawes, What…
Phair Treatment
From indie queen to glamour gal, Liz Phair searches for a happy medium.
A Rural Southern Afternoon
Life is a freak show, and living proof of that flourished in a savage garden in rural Georgia's Paulding County over the weekend. There was the bar owner riding a horse and brandishing a giant Confederate flag. There were about three-dozen protesting NAACP marchers, spiffily attired in yellow t-shirts, and about the same number of…
Dinner For Few
This time of year, dining at the beach can be a personal experience.
Don’t Panic
Is the United States planning to invade Venezuela? "I'm telling you that I have evidence that there are plans to invade Venezuela." That's what Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, through a translator, told Ted Koppel on "Nightline" last month. According to Chavez, the U.S. invasion plan is code-named Operation Balboa and will consist of an airborne…
Beyond the Bay
Sarasota offers theater experiences missing in the Bay area.
Sustainability Summit
Written over a 10-year period by thousands of people in 77 countries, and initiated at the Hague Peace Palace in 2000, the Earth Charter is an international agreement to encourage a sustainable global society that's founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice and a culture of peace. "My Backyard is Your Backyard:…
Music Menu
THURSDAY, OCT. 06 DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ Straight outa the ATL — westside, y'all — comes this surging rap act discovered by Jermaine Dupri. Dem Franchize Boyz specialize in car-shakin' beats and celebrations of urban life. Their infectious single "I Think They Like Me (Remix)" has burned up the Southeast, and is on the verge of…
Winelist
GOING ORGANIC Up and coming organic producer Heller Estates Winery showcases its line of wines. Free. 4-7 p.m. Fri., Oct. 7. Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N. MacDill Ave., Tampa (813-873-7428). CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY, THE FUN WAY The Florida Orchestra and Vivo introduce wines from Spain and Portugal. Price includes wines, appetizers by Pelagia, live music…
The West of the Story
Kanye West is the latest urban-music superman, joining the likes of Dr. Dre, D'angelo and R. Kelly as a writer, producer and performer who can do no wrong. (Well, in R. Kelly's case…) His breakthrough album The College Dropout pretty much ruled both urban radio and the most recent Grammys. The follow-up, the brand-new Late…
Redistricting: Two Out Of Three
The group trying to reform Florida's political reapportionment system has a chance at only two-thirds of the apple in 2006 because it has abandoned, at least for now, a third redistricting ballot proposal. After losing a round in court in Tallahassee two weeks ago over the wording of the third ballot proposal (its summary is…
Shelter from the Storm
It’s here, it’s queer and not just another year for Tampa’s gay film fest.
Planet Picks
Diner drama, Air Fest
Bridging The Gap
No, it's not a sign of the coming apocalypse. But the organizers of the 5th Annual Earth Charter Communities Summit, to be held Saturday (Oct. 8) in Tampa, have invited the lead researcher of an honest-to-goodness conservative family-values study as one of their speakers. Earth Charter, whose Earth Charter Communities USA initiative is run out…
