Photos: Ahead of Biden’s visit to Tampa, USF students continue calls to end US military aid to Israel

Last Thursday, about a dozen students at Tampa’s University of South Florida continued to voice support for a movement that, in part,…

By Ray Roa

Students at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida on April 18, 2024.
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Tampa professors will teach a class that explores the literary side of Taylor Swift

The University of South Florida (USF) is going to produce more tortured poets than usual this semester. The English department at the…

By Ray Roa

Taylor Swift plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 13, 2023.
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USF Tampa’s ridiculously popular Spring Plant Festival returns this weekend

Spanning more than 16 acres, the University of South Florida’s Botanical Gardens is a gem of the city that prominently features native…

By Ray Roa

USF Tampa’s ridiculously popular Spring Plant Festival returns this weekend
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Photos: Amid hunger strike, students demand University of South Florida divest from companies supporting the Israeli military

University of South Florida students are on day three of a hunger strike to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians still…

By Dave Decker

Will Mleczko at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida on March 19, 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: Palestine supporters march through USF's Tampa campus

This afternoon, as the latest chapter in the Israel-Hamas conflict entered its sixth day students at the University of South Florida stepped…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Palestine supporters march through USF's Tampa campus
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After development scare, the future of USF’s forest preserve looks scary good

[image-156] It only takes about five minutes of walking away from the traffic on Fletcher Avenue, but there’s a spot along the…

By Ray Roa

Nicole Brand inside the USF Forest Preserve in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 3, 2023.
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Photos: Florida professor emerges from Key Largo bunker where he spent the last 100 days living underwater

It’s been a month since Dr. Joseph Dituri broke the world record for living underwater, and today, the University of South Florida…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Record-breaking Florida professor emerges from Key Largo bunker where he spent the last 100 days living underwater
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Photos: Activists rally for USF students facing charges after DEI protest

This morning, five Tampa protesters entered not guilty pleas after the state attorney charged them with both misdemeanors and felonies related to…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Activists rally for USF students facing charges after DEI protest
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Photos: Ghost brings new album, and Mastodon, to Tampa's Yuengling Center

Swedish metal giant Ghost brought a new album, Imperatour, to Tampa on Tuesday night for the band's only Florida show supporting the…

By Ray Roa

Ghost plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 6, 2022.
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USF basketball coach Brian Gregory is selling his waterfront Tampa mansion

University of South Florida head men's basketball coach Brian Gregory is looking to offload is waterfront estate in Bay Point Colony. Located…

By CL Staff

USF basketball coach Brian Gregory is selling his waterfront Tampa mansion
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Then and Now: Historic photo project shows how much Tampa has changed in the last century

A new book, “Burgert Brothers: Another Look,” finds photographer Chip Weiner diving into more than 12,000 archival photos by iconic Tampa commercial…

By CL Staff

Then and Now: Historic photo project shows how much Tampa has changed in the last century
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The best places to hear live jazz in Tampa Bay every day of the week

In CL’s 2019 music issue, Tampa Bay jazz giants Mike Cornette and Bob Seymour offered a seven-day guide to seeing live jazz…

By CL Staff

Palladium Theater 
    253 5th Ave. N., St. Petersburg
    This venues books jazz 1-3 times a week, mostly in its intimate Side Door Cabaret.
    Photo by Kevin Tighe
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USF coach Charlie Strong just bought this South Tampa home for $3.2 million

University of South Florida's head football coach just scored a new 7,000-square-foot home in South Tampa for $3.2 million. Located on Treasure…

By CL Staff

USF coach Charlie Strong just bought this South Tampa home for $3.2 million
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Photos of Underoath, Anberlin and more at Tampa's Yuengling Center

Underoath played to 4,600 fans on the final date of its tour supporting a 2018 comeback album, Erase Me. Bay area band…

By CL Staff

Underoath @ Yuengling Center
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