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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Photos: Everyone we saw at the 2024 St. Pete MLK Day parade

Bands from St. Petersburg, plus more from Tuskegee University, Savannah State and Albany State filled the air with music on Monday afternoon,…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Everyone we saw at the 2024 St. Pete MLK Day parade
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Photos: Everyone we saw checking out The New Rulers at St. Pete’s Bacon & BBQ Festival

One heck of a meat up went down at St. Petersburg’s Vinoy Park last weekend where, on Saturday, The New Rulers roacksteadied…

By Ray Roa

The New Rulers play Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 13, 2024.
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Photos: Every Tampeño we saw throwing ass when Pangea Sound made its Ybor City debut at Crowbar

After building a community in Los Angeles, and only popping up in select cities like Miami, New York and Austin for South…

By Ray Roa

Supernova (L) and Falcons of Pangea Sound play Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2024
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Review: In Clearwater, Elvis Costello's aim to play obscurities remains true

Sometimes, Florida’s reputation of having notoriously pathetic winters isn’t the worst thing, because Thursday night, 69-year-old Elvis Costello came out to his…

By Josh Bradley

Elvis Costello plays Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida on Jan. 11, 2024.
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Remembering Tampa Bay's best amusement parks and attractions that no longer exist

Did you know that Tampa was once home to a pirate theme park, or that the city also had a gas station…

By Colin Wolf

Safety Village
For decades, just about every Tampa kid visited Safety Village, a 1.6-acre miniature city in Lowry Park. At the time, Mayor Nick Nuccio's idea was to allow kids to drive electric go-carts around this tiny town and learn all about pedestrian and traffic safety. The park existed from 1965 all the way until 2010, and today a few of the miniature buildings are located inside the Glazer's Children's Museum in downtown Tampa.
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Photos: St. Pete Stand Up series brings comedy to Ferg’s

St. Pete Stand Up, Bob Holden’s weekly stand up comedy series, already has a home at St. Pete Brewing Co., but it’s…

By Ray Roa

Bob Holden at Ferg's Sports Bar and Grill in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 9, 2024.
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Interview: St. Pete native Bryce McGuire explains how home plays into his new movie, ‘Night Swim'

Water has long been an element of Bryce McGuire’s art. Lovedream, the landmark 2010 folk-pop album from his band Grecian Urns is…

By Ray Roa

Director Bryce McGuire on the set of Night Swim.
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Barbie Funnel Cakes, Pop Rocks Pickles: All the over-the-top food coming to the 2024 Florida State Fair

Besides farm animals, carnival rides, and mildly famous musicians, the other vital pillar of any respectable state fair is big, dumb, (preferably…

By CL Staff

POP ROCK PICKLE
Kosher pickle wrapped in a Fruit Roll-up dipped in chocolate rolled in your choice of Pop Rocks, Fruity Pebbles, or Flaming Hot Cheetos.
Location: Shockley's Food Service
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Bluegrass superstar Billy Strings kicks off spring tour with two-night Tampa stand [PHOTOS]

For the last couple of years, Billy Strings has had the bluegrass world in the palm of his hand, and Tampa Bay…

By Ray Roa

Billy Strings plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on April 18, 2023.
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New bar at Hyde Park boutique hotel Palihouse now open to public

A new watering hole inside Hyde Park Village's shiniest new boutique hotel is now open in South Tampa. The 36-room Palihouse Hyde…

By Colin Wolf

New bar at Hyde Park boutique hotel Palihouse now open to public
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Tom Brady's former Florida condo hits the market for $15.9 million

A Florida condo once lived in by NFL star Tom Brady has just hit the market. The condo, located at 9349 Collins…

By Chloe Greenberg

Tom Brady's former Florida condo hits the market for $15.9 million
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Photos: All the people who got down on it for Tampa Edition's Kool & the Gang NYE party

You don't get many opportunities to see Kool & the Gang founding member Robert Bell count you into a new year, then…

By Ray Roa

Photos: All the people got down on it for Tampa Edition's Kool & the Gang NYE party
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Photos: Pro-Palestine activists bring voices to St. Pete for New Year's Eve

While the world gathered around for fireworks at the strike of midnight, Tampa's pro-Palestinian activists brought their movement to St. Petersburg to…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Pro-Palestine activists bring voices to St. Pete for New Year's Eve
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Photos: As Gaza death toll surpasses 21,000, Tampa's pro-Palestinian activists continue downtown demonstrations

You might be thinking about resolutions and turning over new leaves in 2024, but tens of thousands of people in Gaza are…

By Ray Roa

Pro-Palestinian activists in downtown Tampa, Florida on Dec. 23, 2023.
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Photos: All the smiles we saw at Titus O'Neil's 2023 'Joy Of Giving' celebration

After rain postponed the original date, organizers gathered under blue skies last Saturday, Dec. 23, for the 15th annual Joy Of Giving…

By Ray Roa

Photos: All the smiles we saw at Titus O'Neil's 2023 'Joy Of Giving' celebration
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The best Tampa Bay concert photos of 2023

Tampa Bay's busy year of concerts kicked off as the clock struck midnight in 2022, with a private show by Nelly on…

By Ray Roa

Jake Wesley Rogers plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Feb. 24, 2023.
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Photos: St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch, and everyone else we saw at Ericka Dunlap's Christmas concert at Mahaffey Theater

St. Petersburg came out decked in its Sunday best, and decked the halls of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts…

By Ray Roa

Ericka Dunplay plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 20, 2023.
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Tampa Bay's 25 most WTF news stories of 2023

If Tampa Bay had a bingo card for 2023, would you have gotten any of these correct? For example, in just the…

By CL Staff

Tampa Bay's 25 most WTF news stories of 2023
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Former Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Zach Bogosian is selling his Davis Islands home

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Zach Bogosian was traded to the Minnesota Wild last November, and now his Davis Islands home is on…

By Colin Wolf

Former Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Zach Bogosian is selling his Davis Islands home
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Photos: Il Divo brings multilingual holiday classics and more to St. Pete

Despite the passing of original member Carlos Marin exactly two years ago Tuesday night, the classical vocal quartet—now featuring  American baritone Steven…

By Josh Bradley

Photos: Il Divo brings multilingual holiday classics and more to St. Pete
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How two vets of the Tampa bar scene revamped Ybor City’s Big Easy Bar

A tattoo shop owner-turned-contractor, a food and beverage vet, and an independent cocktail program consultant with 16 years of experience at one…

By Annalise Mabe

Dean Hurst (L) and Daniel Bareswilt inside Big Easy Bar in Ybor City, Florida.
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Photos: All the pretty kitties we saw at the 2023 St. Petersburg Catstravaganza

Local cat-people congregated at the St. Petersburg Coliseum last weekend when Loving Cats Worldwide—an organization that is driven to support not just…

By Ray Roa

Photos: All the pretty kitties we saw at the 2023 St. Petersburg Catstravaganza
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Photos: Stephen Christian plays last shows with Anberlin at The Ritz in Ybor City

It's the end of an era for now. After two decades in the lineup of storied Florida emo-punk export Anberlin, Stephen Christian…

By Ray Roa

Anberlin plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 15, 2023.
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Photos: All the Winterdelic revelers we saw at Tampa Bay’s holiday holistic health and consciousness convention

It got a little wet last weekend, but that didn’t stop vendors and attendees at Winterdelic, Tampa Bay’s holistic health and consciousness…

By Ray Roa

Photos: All the Winterdelic revelers we saw at Tampa Bay’s holiday holistic health and consciousness convention
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Photos: Ludacris came to throw 'bows last night for St. Petersburg's Rise Up concert series

Organizers told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay photographer Phil DeSimone that Friday night's crowd was the largest they'd seen for St. Petersburg's new…

By Ray Roa

Ludacris plays Spa Beach Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 15, 2023.
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