Indie movie with locals screens at AMC Veterans
AMC Veterans will be showing an exclusive screening of Russel Friedenberg's (Ibid, Out of the Blue) Among Ravens. The 2014 indie dramedy will makes its worldwide debut at the Nantucket Film Festival...
View ArticleBooze-less brews
The craft beer movement caused eateries to step up their draft selections nationwide, but these suds aren’t the only beverages hitting restaurant taps. Wine by the keg, draft spirits, cocktails on tap...
View ArticleDo This: God of Carnage, Rays Watch Party
Two great outing for theater lovers and Rays fans tonight: Last year American Stage gave us Yasmina Reza’s acerbic comedy Art, and this year, the company closes out its current season with the...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 7.18.14 - Same-sex marriage gets closer to becoming a...
Last night same-sex marriage supporters gathered at the Unity of Tampa Church in South Tampa, one of 14 gathering spots set up in advance by Equality Florida to convene following the ruling legalizing...
View ArticleTonight in live music: Suenalo, Cookie Monsta, American Idol Live & more
It's Friday!! Some music happening tonight that you might want to know about. A breakdown of the highlights below.Cookie Monsta Evoking childhood nostalgia with his stage name but delivering an...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Purge: Anarchy
As the last customers file out of a city diner at half past 4 p.m., the wait staff are eager to head home. A gaunt, broken man silently feeds ammunition into a revolver before checking the rest of his...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Grand Seduction
Welcome to Tickle Head, population 120. Kindly fall in love with this Newfoundland harbor town and its offbeat citizens. Such is the ambition of The Grand Seduction, which wants to be the kind of film...
View ArticleHillsborough County Commission candidates agree on eliminating write-in...
There are four Hillsborough County Commission seats up for election this year, two of them open seats. However, only three of those seats are being contested, as the Democrats have failed to procure...
View ArticleRaices en Tampa petition to get undocumented workers driver's licenses
Activists in Tampa are working to collect signatures to try to create momentum to overturn a Florida state law that allows undocumented workers without a driver's license to be detained by law...
View ArticleJim Davis says Bill Nelson would have been a good candidate, but is prepared...
A recent poll showed that 89 percent of Democrats want Charlie Crist to debate Nan Rich before the August 26 primary election, and you can include Jim Davis among them. The former Tampa Congressman and...
View ArticleDo This: Weekend Top 10
Cool, offbeat and splashy outdoor events help you have a little extra fun July 19-20.On Saturday ... The Taste of the Beaches: A Sizzlin’ Summer Bash offers nosh and outdoor fun with local bands the...
View ArticleTampa residents protest immigration crisis at the border
Around 30 people gathered at the overpass on Hwy. 301 overlooking I-4 in Tampa this afternoon, protesting the recent influx of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants — mostly children — that...
View ArticleSaturday & Sunday Live Music Rundown: WMNF Americana Fest feat. Nikki Lane,...
Here's your rundown of killer local and national shows for Saturday & Sunday, including WMNF's Americana Fest, Machine Gun Kelly, Bellos, Dubbest and more.SAT 19WMNF Americana Fest w/Nikki...
View ArticleListen: Tweedy "Diamond Light Pt. 1"
I'll admit it. When I heard Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy was partnering up with his 18-year-old son for a new project, it seemed like a cheap stab at novelty, a way to give his kid the rock band...
View ArticleAle and the Witch offers $5 beers on Sundays
Last week, The Ale and the Witch in downtown St. Petersburg started featuring a limited-time $5 special on its beers. The deal runs from 3 p.m. until midnight on Sundays throughout the summer. The...
View ArticleAnnounced for September: Nick Swardson at The Straz
Popular comedians often fall into one of two camps: The ones who hit big with a well-known role, and the ones who grind it out by writing, acting and performing on a number of successful projects....
View ArticleA fond farewell to James Garner
Cheeky, suave TV and movie star James Garner has died of natural causes at 86. Always the charmer with conventional good looks and understated, if at times slightly tweaked, humor, Garner rose to fame...
View ArticleTonight in live music: The Fray at Ruth Eckerd Hall
You couldn’t escape The Fray back in 2005 when their chart-toppers “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How To Save Your Life” pervaded seemingly every entertainment medium. Almost a decade later, the...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 7.21.14: Kriseman's big moment
Speculation about who will be the next police chief in St. Petersburg spiked over the weekend after it was reported that all four candidates that had been paraded before the public last month have...
View ArticleCuomo spokesman questions Jeff Atwater's math skills
Florida CFO Jeff Atwater has been watching those television ads asking entrepreneurs and others to come to New York and start a business in the Empire State, and he's not a fan."The reality is that...
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