Review: freeFall’s ‘God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater’ is ripe for these times when the death of our democracy is very real

You can always count on freeFall Theatre. Even though its post-pandemic branding urges audiences to “simply escape awhile,” Artistic Director Eric Davis…

By Jon Palmer Claridge

Cameron Kubly as Norman Mushari in 'God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater' showing at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida through March 10, 2024.
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Photos: Sensei Kreese and everyone else we saw at the 2024 Dunedin Film Festival

Early this month, Dunedin International Film Festival took over downtown for four days of film, and parties to celebrate the work. Martin…

By Ray Roa

Sensei Kreese (R) greets fans at the 2024 Dunedin International Film Festival.
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At Tampa DMV, trans advocates stage die-in as Florida moves to ban changes of gender on drivers' licenses [PHOTOS]

A policy change at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles takes away a transgender person’s ability to obtain a…

By Ray Roa

Protesters outside a DMV office in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 9, 2024.
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Kevin Durant's former Florida condo is available to rent for $22,000 a month

A penthouse once belonging to Phoenix Suns forward and two-time NBA champ Kevin Durant is currently available to rent in Florida. Located…

By Colin Wolf

Kevin Durant's former Florida condo is available to rent for $22,000 a month
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The best Tampa Bay bars and restaurants for watching sports

It’s here, the Taylor Swift bowl, but sports aren’t important on just one Sunday a year, so here are some of the…

By Jourdan Ducat, CL Staff

Yuengling Draft Haus & Kitchen
We all know it as “America’s oldest brewery” and the favorite beer of middle aged and boomer dads across the nation: Yuengling. The 
popular brewery opened a massive, state-of-the-art restaurant and beer garden in 2023 and it’s probably your dad’s favorite place to watch his team. It boasts five total bars and 88 different taps of lagers, ales and more. 
11109 N. 30th St., Tampa
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Photos: Everyone we saw singing along with Militarie Gun at Crowbar in Ybor City

Ian Shelton and his Los Angeles hardcore band are on a hot streak. Born out of the pandemic, Militarie Gun released three…

By Ray Roa

Militarie Gun plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Feb. 8, 2024.
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Photos: The Drikung Kyabgӧn Chetsang was in Wesley Chapel last month

The Chap lived up to its namesake a bit last month when  Lama Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche, who teaches at Drong Ngur Jangchubling…

By Ray Roa

Photos: The Drikung Kyabgӧn Chetsang was in Wesley Chapel last month
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Photos: Pantera’s reunion tour comes to Tampa’s Amalie Arena

At  last weekend's show in Sunrise, Pantera played Great Southern Trendkill “Floods” for the first time in 23 years.  At the Monday…

By Ray Roa

Pantera plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 5, 2024.
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Photos: Matisyahu injures himself onstage, still finishes St. Pete concert

There were Israel flags in the crowd, but Matisyahu kept his political commentary tamped down last Friday. The reggae and pop songwriter…

By Ray Roa

Matisyahu at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 2. 2024.
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Review: Tampa Rep’s ‘Straight White Men’ offers a nuanced look inside complicated family dynamics

As you enter the black box at University of South Florida's Theatre Centre, you are bombarded by the sounds of female driven…

By Jon Palmer Claridge

(L-R)  Don Walker, Jim Sorensen, James Putnam, and Christopher Marshall as the Straight White Men at Tampa Rep.
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Photos: Brazilian death metal band Crypta brings ‘Shades of Sorrow’ to Tampa

Orpheum turned a shade of sorrow last Sunday when Brazilian death metal outfit Crypta landed at the North Tampa venue alongside Virulence and…

By Ray Roa

Crypta plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 4, 2024.
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Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is selling his Florida waterfront mansion for $8.5 million

Just a few months after purchasing a new pad in Palm Beach County, the "Mayor of Flavortown" is now looking to offload his…

By Colin Wolf

Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is selling his Florida waterfront mansion for $8.5 million
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Photos: Tracy Shedd plays intimate record store show in Seminole Heights

​​Formerly Florida-based songwriter Tracy Shedd has long connections with Bay area label New Granada Records, and last Sunday she dropped into the…

By Ray Roa

Tracy Shedd plays Microgroove in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 4, 2024.
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27 Black-owned restaurants in Tampa Bay everyone should visit

There's plenty of praise to pass around when it comes to Tampa Bay's restaurants. But any examination of our local dining scene…

By Tyana Rodgers, Colin Wolf, Kyla Fields

Gabby Bakes 
Various locations
Thirty-one year-old Tampa resident Gabby Duncan is the one-woman-show and creative mastermind behind Gabby Bakes. The self-taught baker launched her small business right before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, and it’s swiftly evolved into one of the most popular food pop-ups in all of Tampa Bay and recently opened a brick-and-mortar in Seminole Heights.
Photo by Ivana Cajina
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A midcentury gem designed by architect Ralph Twitchell is now for sale on Siesta Key

A midcentury-modern home designed by renowned architect Ralph Twitchell, a founding member of the Sarasota School of Architecture movement, is now on the…

By Colin Wolf

A midcentury gem designed by architect Ralph Twitchell is now for sale on Siesta Key
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'Protect West Tampa': The spirit of a quintessential Tampa neighborhood is on the line

New and slick and shiny objects are attractive in their gloss, but need time to develop depth and spirit. This is true…

By Linda Saul-Sena

'Protect West Tampa': The spirit of a quintessential Tampa neighborhood is on the line [COLUMN]
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Once featured on the DIY Network, a Florida treehouse is now on the market for $270K

A literal treehouse is now for sale in Florida. Located just west of Gainesville at 370 NE 386th Ave., in Old Town, this…

By Colin Wolf

Once featured on the DIY Network, a Florida treehouse is now on the market for $270K
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Everything we saw at Tampa's 2024 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates

It was perfect weather for a pirate parade. Last Saturday,  over 300,000 mateys plundered Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard for the third largest parade…

By Colin Wolf

Everything we saw at Tampa's 2024 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates
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A rare 'airplane' bungalow is now for sale in St. Petersburg

The Sargent House, a 100-year-old craftsman-style bungalow designed for balmy summers, is now on the market in St. Petersburg's Historic Old Northeast…

By Colin Wolf

A rare 'airplane' bungalow is now for sale in St. Petersburg
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Conservative publisher Matt Drudge slashes $500K off the asking price of Florida home

It's the house that aggregation built. Matt Drudge, the fedora-wearing conservative publisher who runs the popular link farm website Drudge Report, put…

By Colin Wolf

Conservative publisher Matt Drudge slashes $500K off the asking price of Florida home
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Tampa Bay home designed by renown architect Carl Abbott hits the market for $6 million

A waterfront home designed by Carl Abbott, who is considered to be the youngest and last member of the Sarasota School of…

By Colin Wolf

Tampa Bay home designed by renown architect Carl Abbott hits the market for $6 million
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Rats on Coke cans, bougie baby bottles, among easter eggs in MFA St. Pete’s ‘Nature of Art’ show

Headlines be damned, “The Nature of Art” is a serious exhibition. The show—at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts through April 14—is…

By Jennifer Ring

A rat sails away on a Coke can in Duke Riley’s “Tidal Fool.”
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Photos: Lisa McCarthy and Duke Riley open new shows at Tempus Projects in Ybor City

A year after moving in, Ybor City’s Kress Collective has become the beating heart of the district’s visual arts scene. Last weekend,…

By Ray Roa

Tempus Projects founder Tracy Midulla (L) and Lisa McCarthy at Kress Collective in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 18, 2024.
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A rare Florida pedestal home is now on the market for $185K

A unique Florida home designed to withstand hurricane winds is now for sale in Polk County. Located at 2907 Marion Way, in…

By Colin Wolf

A rare Florida pedestal home is now on the market for $185K
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Photos: Elder, Florist and Oceans Rise bring night of rock to Tampa Orpheum

American-German rock quartet Elder led a full bill of rock baddies at Wednesday night's show at Tampa's Orpheum. The band, which is…

By CL Staff

Elder
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Former Tampa home of New York Yankees legend Jorge Posada sells for $5.6 million

A massive Tampa mansion built for one of the best Yankees catchers of all time recently sold for $5,590,000. Located at 16814 Avila…

By Colin Wolf

Former Tampa home of New York Yankees legend Jorge Posada sells for $5.6 million
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Photos: Styx and 38 Special bring the best of times to Clearwater's The Sound

Styx fans seeing Coachman Park's seven-month-old venue, The Sound, created their early 2024 concert memories early this month, but they weren't alone.…

By Josh Bradley

Photos: Styx and 38 Special bring the best of times to Clearwater's The Sound
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Photos: Tesla kicks off two-night stint in Tampa

The Sacramento-based hard rock outfit brought its annual, hit-filled show to Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center inside Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &…

By Josh Bradley

Photos: Tesla kicks off two-night stint in Tampa
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Photos: Inaugural Sunshine Comedy Festival brings more than 100 comedians to Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay’s comedy scene can finally say that it hosted a successful, weekend-long, multi-venue festival on both sides of the Bay. For…

By Ray Roa

Sunshine Comedy Festival at Coastal Creative in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 12, 2024.
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Photos: Everyone we saw at the final show inside underground St. Pete venue Lost HQ

When Local 662 and Fubar closed in St. Petersburg, the 600 Block was left without spaces for the city’s underground music scene.…

By Ray Roa

Black Clash plays Lost HQ in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 13, 2024.
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