Culinary Events
A TASTE OF PALM HARBOR FESTIVAL Sample delectable food and drink from over 25 Bay area restaurants, view the arts and crafts show or take in some live music, with all proceeds benefiting "Making a Difference Community Grants & Scholarships" program. Admission is free. Noon-6 p.m. Sun., Oct. 3. Florida Avenue and Alt. 19 and…
Ask the Advice Goddess
Some Like It Hothead I dated this girl for seven months. She was emotionally volatile, and would lash out at me inexplicably. Still, after a couple months she told me she loved me, and even said she'd marry me. Last month, halfway through a road trip, she broke up with me, saying she needed her…
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Upcoming Concerts
OCTOBER 8 The Pixies USF Sun Dome 8 Les Dudek Bourbon Street 8 Peter Mayer Octagon Arts Center 9 The Ahn Trio Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 9 WMNF Cacophony Benefit Feat. Raping Babies/Altar of Flesh/Unknown Cure/Left in Ashes Pegasus Lounge 9 Fourth Annual DeLand Original Music Festival Historic Downtown DeLand 10 The O.C. Supertones/Superchic(k)/This…
Bunny On The Outside
Vincent Gallo’s graphic, angst-ridden Brown Bunny
Music Venues
420 Park Place, 420 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater, 727-796-7867 42nd Street Bistro, 516 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, 813-253-0042 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar, 2900 Fourth St. N., Suite A101, St. Petersburg, 727-898-1884 688 Skatepark, 6140 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, 727-523-0785 Adam's Mark, 430 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, 727-443-5714 The Aging Still, 11561 Walsingham Road, Largo,…
The Worst Job You’ll Ever Love
A word to the un-wise would-be theater critic
The Good, The Bad, The Local
A Column-Full of Local Music, from the Sublime to the Sub-Par
Spins
My EverythingANITA BAKERBlue NoteAnita, it's great to have you back. Your voice is a force, a luxuriant, pliable alto that oozes emotion, caresses the listener, and hits sweet spots that are warm and sexy and just damn lovable. Your singing lost none of its luster during a 10-year hiatus. That said, did you have to…
Love Me Tender
The King was our prophet; our states are Graceland, magnified
Letters
TBT, Or Not TBTRe: Publisher’s Note, “Desperately Seeking Young’uns,” by Ben Eason (Sept. 15-22) I just finished reading your pointed review of the new St. Pete Times publication. I couldn't really understand the basis for all of your criticisms. Then I thought about it. You call the SPT publication a "faux" alternative. Do you mean…
Planet Picks
FRIDAY 10.1 45 Years of the Stepford Doll OK, I have a rather embarrassing confession to make: I used to play with Barbie dolls. Really. I created scenarios, and my favorite involved some sort of world disaster with good 'ol Barb as the only survivor (except for Ken, who amazingly survives the catastrophe as well).…
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Oct. 5: Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO, Does the Cosmic Shepard Dream of Electric Tapirs (United States Dist) Air Supply, Across the Concrete Sky (Nice Pair) The Alliance, Time Heals Nothing (Vendetta) Barenaked Ladies, Barenaked for the Holidays (Warner Brothers) Jay Bennett, Beloved Enemy…
Music Events
THURSDAY, SEP. 30 42nd Street Bistro Raphael and Co. Alley Cat's Cafe Acoustakats Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Chris Murphy Barley Hoppers Stephanie Anderson (AFTERNOON) Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Blue Martini Black Honkeys Brandy's True Colors Band Carlie's Full Circle Band…
Alternative closures for wine: Thinking inside the box
More wineries opt for alternative packaging
A New View at UT
Sure, "good things come in small packages" — unless you're at the University of Tampa, where the new 30,000-square-foot R.K. Bailey Art Studios is breathing new life into a 70-year-old Florida Fairgrounds building. Included in a 1971 property exchange between UT and the city of Tampa, the facility was recently transformed, courtesy of the Bailey…
Alice in Oysterland
A virgin on the half-shell at Central Avenue Oyster Bar
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
The Persistence of Hamburger
Cable guy Mark Jones is looking for artists — all kinds of artists
Bring Us the Head of Vincent Naimoli
It’s time to stop pretending this emperor has clothes on
