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Pride Issue 2014: Straight to pride
“What you were saying earlier, about your boss and his husband — so your boss is a homosexual?” Ya gotta love Mom — she’s not even sure it’s OK for her to say “gay.” St. Pete Pride’s impending weekend...
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Pride Issue 2014: Event schedule & maps
This year's main St. Pete Pride celebration has expanded to two days — the parade on Saturday night, and the street festival Sunday. While the schedule has changed, longtime vets should have little...
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Pride Issue 2014: Concert Preview
When Seattle-based hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released their marriage equality anthem “Same Love” in 2012, it quickly climbed up the charts. The double-platinum hit featured socially...
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Pride Issue 2014: Beyond the bars
There’s more to being part of the LGBT community than partying. The following organizations are among the many that offer alternatives to the local bar scene, from helping kids to playing softball to...
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Pride Issue 2014: Let the sun shine
“I’ve been the ghostwriter at City Hall for 30 years,” says Robert Danielson, marketing director for the city of St. Petersburg. In that role, one of his duties is to write proclamations on subjects...
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Today in live music: Heatwave Redux, A Wilhelm Scream, Gravel Kings
Some intriguing live music happs on this Thurs., June 26 — some local, regional and national talent for your aural pleasure. More info below.Heatwave Redux with Good Graeff, Dropin Pickup, UNRB, Lions...
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Theater review: The Burnt Part Boys at freeFall Theatre
The love of fathers and sons doesn’t get much attention these days. Blame Ibsen, if you will, for showing us in Ghosts a son who inherited syphilis from his libertine old man, or Steven Spielberg for...
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Mitch Perry Report 6.26.14: Right-wing talk shows melt down in Mississippi...
You've all heard about how 76-year-old Thad Cochran was able to win his Republican Party Senate primary Tuesday night against Tea Partier Chris McDaniel by getting the help from Democrats who were...
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Grant for tree planting & sustainability training begins in Tampa Heights &...
According to TD Bank Senior Retail Officer Chris Yance, cities from Key West to Portland, Maine applied for a $20,000 "Green Streets" grant for tree planting and sustainability training for local...
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Eli Wallach — a look back at his memorable roles
Film lovers are bidding farewell to another beloved patriarch and talented character actor this week: Eli Wallach. The 98-year-old, multiple award-winner died in his Manhattan home on June 24. A...
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Chinese researchers create automatic sperm extractor for hospitals (video)
A hospital in Nanjing, China created an automatic sperm extractor to ease the process of sperm donation. The machine has a rubber massage tube that can adjust to the donor's height. The gadget also...
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Weekend Preview: Proudly Cruising Around Town
Tampa Bay, are you ready for an insanely fun weekend? The CL Street Team has a full schedule jam-packed at some of the coolest events in town: not only are we finishing up our month-long New Belgium...
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The Ta-Ta Top helps women #freethenipple in style
The Ta-Ta Top is a bikini top made in various skin tones with realistic looking nipples printed on each cup. The design was created by two feminists, Robyn Graves and Michelle Lytle, to help normalize...
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Buckhorn says TPD won't be citing Uber or Lyft drivers
Since April, car-sharing services UberX and Lyft have been operating in Tampa, much to the frustration of Hillsborough County Public Transportation Executive Director Kyle Cockream, who says that...
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It's official: Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival confirmed for Aug. 8
Fans of Marc Maron have been abuzz about the stand-up celeb's plans to headline Tampa for the first show of this year's Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival 2014 tour. The date was posted on his...
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The Florida Orchestra appoints Music Director Michael Francis
Michael Francis, the Florida Orchestra's new music director, will be starting with the 2015/2016 season, serving as Music Director Designate for the upcoming 2014/2015 season. According the...
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Millennials come to hear about transportation options in Tampa Bay
Recent plans to improve transportation in Tampa Bay through the expansion of the transit system, a proposed high-speed ferry and a new intermodal center next to Interstate 275 are causing young...
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Today in live music: DieAlps!, Basement Sessions 5, and more.
Thank god it's Friday! Here a breakdown of noteworthy live music happening tonight, if you can overcome the exhaustion that usually seeps in once you kick off your shoes and ease back on the couch for...
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Drink More Wine: Boozy grapes
For the past three months, I’ve encouraged you to use your mind as you sip wine. By now, active tasting should give you a basic understanding of the forwardness of fruit, tannins’ pucker-factor, and...
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Mitch Perry Report 6.27.14: Medical marijuana backlash builds nationally
Blame if you like the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, but the effectiveness of medical marijuana has never been more under scrutiny than right now, just months before Florida...
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