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Ditch the nachos: Give this authentic Mexican street food a try
When you dine at a typical Mexican restaurant, you're probably already familiar with the usual offerings of enchiladas, tacos, refried beans and rice. It's kind of ironic that many dishes served in...
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Tampa Bay's weekly literary happenings
Share your poetry, stories and songs at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church’s bi-monthly Poetry & Open Mic Night, Wednesday, July 2. The evening kicks off with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. So get there...
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UPDATE: Village Voice management responds to staff walk-out
On Monday, we covered and linked to a Gawker report about a staff walk-out at venerable NYC alt-weekly the Village Voice. The staffers were/are protesting low wages, disappearing benefits and shitty...
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Restaurant review: Back in black
A slinky black velvet gown. A Steinway grand. And a ... 70ish vamp who thinks she's Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys. Unforgettable, and for all the wrong reasons. Very few, it seems, can...
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Newness at FMoPA
Call it a case of “be careful what you wish for.” Last August, Zora Carrier began volunteering at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in downtown Tampa. She thought it would be a good way to get...
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Up her Alley — The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's newest attraction...
He tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella. “Welcome,” said Hagrid, “to Diagon Alley.” If anybody could re-create that moment from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s...
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Alan Cohn hoping key issues will bring out Democrats in CD15 race
There has been a plethora of stories in recent months about the Democratic Party's historic inability to generate voter turnout in midterm elections like the one coming up this November. One liberal...
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A final curtain call for Todd Olson
As you’ve probably already heard, Todd Olson has left the artistic directorship of American Stage in order to become executive director of the 27-year-old Columbia Festival of the Arts in Maryland,...
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Lucky number 50: Local folk icon Ronny Elliott celebrates a career milestone
Fifty years. Five decades. Half a century. That’s a lengthy stretch to do anything, let alone work a local music scene. But Tampa Bay’s own Ronny Elliott has been active in these parts for all that...
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Pre-Fourth live music: Hot Dog Party 8 with The Coathangers & others, Paul...
Lots of enticing live music options on this Thurs., July 3, giving you plenty of reasons to party down. Because, you know, you have tomorrow off and all. Might as well start the patriotic celebrations...
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Transforming Tampa Bay: Everything old is new again
Le Méridien, the four-star hotel fashioned from the 1905 Federal Courthouse, is consciously cool. Gary Prosterman, the developer, had already successfully transformed a YMCA in Philadelphia into a Le...
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High on Style: Two easy pieces
Vintage swimwear still makes a splash at the beach, but a hot new twist on the modest style from Allusions by A. Lekay screams fabulous. I caught up with Allusions proprietress Altrichia Cook (aka A....
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Live and Local Spotlight: Dunedin Brewery 18th Anniversary Weekend
As if it weren’t enough that we’re enjoying a holiday weekend, Dunedin Brewery is throwing a weekend-long anniversary bash that marks its 18th year of brewing and serving craft beers to the Bay area...
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Poet's Notebook: Unsmiling
Greta Garbo Poem #25When I’m with Greta Garboshe gets very talkativeShe likes me to put on my Russian accentand she plays Ninotchka againPeople think we’re crazyespecially the waiters at Howard...
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Mitch Perry Report 7.3-4.14: What will make the difference in Florida's...
Charlie Crist made an appearance on MSNBC's"The Ed Show" with Ed Schultz last night, where he defended the choice of his wife Carole Rome not to release her tax returns, and mostly used the time to...
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Collaborative grounds
Mojo Books & Music is holding a public coffee cupping alongside Lutz's Zeal Coffee Roasters on Saturday, July 19. What is cupping? Melanie Cafe, who co-owns Mojo, said it's the professional method...
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The empire strikes back: Lou Minardi speaks out on Uber & Lyft in Tampa
The ascendancy of ride-sharing services Lyft and Uber has taken a bit of hit recently. In Pittsburgh earlier this week both companies received an order to cease and desist by the state's Public...
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Boom! — The CL Fourth of July event guide
The U.S. may have lost their chance at the FIFA World Cup, but we're not going to let our recent defeat dampen our spirits. There's plenty going on this Friday (and before and after that) to ensure a...
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Futbol fever and fireworks — a Rowdies soccer weekend
With the FIFA World Cup winding down and with the U.S. Men’s National Team ousted, it doesn’t mean futbol fever needs to end. The Tampa Bay Rowdies — or as billboards around the region proclaim,...
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The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act is celebrated in Tampa
Fifty years ago, the country was transformed when the Civil Rights Act was signed into law on July 2, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill, outlawing discrimination based on race, color,...
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