Creative Loafing's writers look back at the first decade of the 21st century to find the biggest stories, the best artworks and the signs of things to come in Tampa Bay and beyond. Follow the links below.
News & Politics: Al-Arian, Schiavo, Storms (of both the hurricane and Ronda variety) and 7 more of the biggest stories (Mitch Perry)
Movies: Almost Famous, The Fog of War, two, count em two, Linklaters and 6 more of the decade's best (Joe Bardi)
Music: The Top 100 Albums of the Decade. A team of CL music critics picked 'em. Now it's your turn to rank 'em. (Leilani Polk, Eric Snider, Scott Harrell, Joel Weiss, Evan Tokarz, Shawn Goldberg)
Tampa Bay Music: Joran Oppelt's picks for the best and worst of the local scene
Theater: The Wild Party (right), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Proof and 7 more unforgettable productions (Mark E. Leib)
Visual Art: Bubbles, Basel, new technologies and 7 more developments that rocked the international art world (Megan Voeller)
Food & Drink: The biggest international and local developments in the way we eat (Brian Ries)
Sex & Love: Viagra, virtual dating, a wide stance on family values and 7 more stimulating shifts in how we got down to business (Shawn Alff)
Green: Looking ahead, Grant Rimbey suggests 10 routes to a more sustainable Tampa Bay in the decade to come
This article appears in Dec 30, 2009 – Jan 5, 2010.