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Next-gen Filipino-Australian pop star Grentperez plays St. Pete on Wednesday
No one should be surprised that a Filipino turned his love of the microphone into stardom
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Hindustani vocalist and playback icon Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar comes to Tampa on Sunday
Support comes from Shankh Lahiri on tabla and Anirban Chakrabarty on harmonium
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‘Sound Waves’ set brings mushroom jazz to Clearwater Beach on Saturday
Bring a yoga mat to the pier when Mark Farina headlines.
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If The Castle’s not gay enough for you, there’s a ‘Goth Dyke Night’ happening in Ybor City this weekend
The St. Pete collective returns to the historic district on Saturday.
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St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater celebrates 60th anniversary with Cheap Trick
Safety Harbor resident Robin Zander leads his band on Saturday.
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Iconic boomer crooner Tom Jones play two Clearwater concerts this week
One of ’em will cost you a pretty penny to get into.
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Leslie Mendelson, who counts Jackson Browne as a fan, plays Safety Harbor on Friday
These guys won’t be present, but the stories Mendelson could tell will surely make up for it.
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Tampa Bay activists honor 1937 Antifascist Women’s March in Ybor City this week
More than 5,000 women—mostly working class Latinas—united on May 6, 1937 to protest facism spreading in Spain and around the world.
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TikTok-famous UK rock band Bôa plays Tampa on Thursday
This is a band with plenty of energy already bottled up, having just ended a lengthy hiatus.
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The Florida Orchestra will wrap up its 2024-25 season with ‘Pops in the Park’ performance
No more pre-orchestra highway traffic, Tampeños.
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Watch this barefoot Florida man capture a seven-foot alligator with a trash can
Alligator mating season starts in May.
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Aldi converted from Winn-Dixie opens this week in South Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood
A St. Pete conversion is under construction.
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Tampa Monitor: New Council Chair, Hope Shelter, on tap for Thursday council meeting
The draft agenda has 75 items, 62 which require a vote.
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BIlls to help Florida charter schools move closer to DeSantis’ desk
Charter schools are not bound by the same regulations as traditional public schools.
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Tampa Christian school’s pregame prayer fight heads to the US Supreme Court
Cambridge Christian School will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a decision last year by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that sided with the FHSAA.
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Hillsborough School Board among those who’ve spent money on D.C. lobbying
But it’s spent less than $300,000 since 2019.
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Amendment allowing Florida’s wrongfully incarcerated to get compensation heads to DeSantis
Since 1989, 91 people in Florida have been exonerated or released from incarceration as a result of post-conviction DNA testing.
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Bill to repeal Florida’s Labor Pool Act advances to full House
Whether the bill will pass into law this year is in question after the Senate bill (SB 1672) was temporarily postponed in committee.
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Riverfest brings tacos, lanterns, yoga, weiner dogs and more to Tampa’s waterfront
Tacos, wiener dogs, waterskiiers, oh my!