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This weekend in live music: BJ Barham, Yes, Anti-Folk Revival Tour & more
An interesting weekend of music ahead. Highlights below.SATURDAY, AUGUST 2An Evening with Yes With all these full-album tours happening now, why not Yes, too? The ‘70s-spawned British prog-rock band...
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Do This: The Weekend Top 10
Lowry Park's big beer bash, comedy headliners, cutting-edge visual art, film and theater and Tampa Bay Comic Con make up a list of this weekend's best events, enumerated here in quasi-chronological...
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Welch unrepentant after PSTA refunds DHS money for Greenlight ads
In June, PSTA executive director Brad Miller and board chair Ken Welch blasted a report by WTSP's Mike Deeson that said that the Pinellas County transit agency had misused funding from the Department...
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St. Pete eateries sizzle during Battle of the Burg(er)
On Friday, restaurants in St. Petersburg's Grand Central District began their monthlong participation in the Battle of the Burg(er), an annual contest that determines which eatery offers the best...
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FNS's Chris Wallace challenges Marco Rubio on his immigration pullback
With Congress having finished their (meager amount of) work for the summer, Marco Rubio is wasting no time in perpetuating the idea that he may be running for president in 2016. The Florida Senator is...
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Concert review: Maxwell is smooth and stylish as ever
While the age of the truly talented, charismatic and genuine soul music vocalist is sadly long gone, a few performers out there are more than worthy of claiming the title of bona fide heir to the...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.4.14: Legislators to revise district map they didn't get...
Okay, let me make sure I've got this right: The GOP-led Florida Legislature, which was recently found by Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis to have failed its constitutional duties to draw up...
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Swoop swoops into Gulfport
Although Pinellas County voters won't decide until this November about whether they're willing to pay for a major expansion in their transportation options, folks in the Pinellas County town of...
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Concert review: Curren$y pays off at Orpheum, Ybor City
For all his inherent talent, Curren$y’s career has been nothing short of a stoned and slow roller coaster ride since his breakout in the early '00s. First signing to Master P’s monolithic No Limit...
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Attend a workshop on exhibition proposals
For most artists, the process of selling one’s own art is a vile one. There’s no problem with the money-making end of it. The problem lies in the logistics. No artist wants to go out and peddle their...
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HART board votes to delay decision on their destiny
It was a packed third-floor boardroom this morning at HART's Ybor City headquarters as members of the public and concerned business and political leaders gathered to watch board members of the...
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Margs & Dogs
Well, Margarita Wars was a success! More than 10 local restaurant and bars battled it out all night long, competing for the title of “Tampa Bay’s Best Margarita” and, let me tell you, the concoctions...
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Third GOP-appointed judge in Florida overturns ban on same-sex marriage
For the third consecutive week, a Republican-appointed Circuit Judge in Florida has struck down the Sunshine State's ban on same-sex marriage, this time in Broward County. Circuit Judge Dale Cohen...
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Tampa, St. Pete among top 10 cities for recreation
WalletHub, an online personal finance tool, dubbed Tampa the fifth overall best U.S. city for recreation and St. Petersburg the sixth in another installment of its best and worst rankings. A couple...
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Tonight in Live Music: People's Blues of Richmond, Matt Woods & more
This Tuesday night showcases an interesting variety of sounds...People’s Blues of Richmond with Y Los Dos Pistoles In case you don’t party hard enough on Crowbar’s signature All Good Tuesdays (who are...
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Tampa Bay's weekly literary happenings
The Palm Harbor School of the Novel hosts its monthly meet-up at Organic Life Café, 35362 U.S. 19 N., Tuesday, Aug. 5, 6:30 p.m. Bring up to three pages for other members to read and critique. Bruce...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.5.14: ACA rates to rise, but Dems say state blew chance...
Health insurance rates seem to rise every year, so the fact that eight insurance companies in the Affordable Care Act exchange are raising their rates in Florida really shouldn't be shocking. However,...
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April Griffin offers no apologies, runs for 3rd term on the Hillsborough...
Compared to some of her opponents, April Griffin hasn't raised a whole lot of money in her race for re-election to the District 6 Hillsborough County School Board seat that she's held for the past 7.5...
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New Music Tuesday! (August 5): Spoon, Bear in Heaven, The Interrupters & more
It’s the first batch of new releases for August. Where did the time go? Info and links for this week’s releases – the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have...
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Annata to open on Beach Drive near end of August
Annata, the Beach Drive wine bar that Mazzaro’s Italian Market co-owner Kurt Cuccaro is opening, will launch around the end of August, as reported Tuesday by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. According...
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