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Tonight in live music: Yarn at Dunedin Brewery
Plying a poignant, rays-lit mix of roots rock, alt country and jamgrass music is Yarn from Brooklyn, helmed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Blake Christiana. John Oates co-wrote and appeared on...
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Consensus forming on Riverfront Park redesign?
With just one more public meeting scheduled regarding the redevelopment of Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in West Tampa, a clearer picture about what the new park will look like is emerging."What we...
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Restaurant review: Public display of affection at Local
It’s a local thing. Just as he has proven with his flagship, Pearl in the Grove, chef Curtis Beebe believes in farmers — finding individuals with their hands in the earth who share his obsession with...
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Integrate This: Give bees a chance
We need bees — all of them. Bumblebees, honeybees, solitary bees; they are the architects of our nutritional existence, and our lives depend on them. One third of what we eat wouldn’t exist without...
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Local wood-carving artist featured in national magazine
You know all those ironically hip "howl at the moon" designs on T-shirts nowadays. You can re-create one of your own with — more specifically, carve one in wood — with the help artist Glenn Fry of...
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Adrian Wyllie picks his running mate in Florida gubernatorial election
Demanding to make the Florida political establishment take his third-party candidacy seriously, Libertarian Party of Florida gubernatorial candidate Adrian Wyllie has named Pasco County insurance...
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Video: Benjamin Booker slays Conan, hits Paris for La Blogotheque, plays...
The Benjamin Booker world domination tour rolls on, and on, and on, and on.On Monday night, the Tampa boy done good continued notching late night television appearances onto his resume. While Conan web...
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Bird's eye view of revitalized Water Works Park
Before yesterday's ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly revamped Water Works Park, my photog friend Ryan Seybold and I decided to have a little fun and create a bird’s eye view of the park. The video...
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DACA Forum to take place Thursday night in Plant City
Two years ago, President Obama executed Deferred Action for Childhood Removals (DACA), which allowed hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children permission to...
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Ms. Lauren Bacall — a woman ahead of her time
She may have emerged during Hollywood's golden age, but Lauren Bacall didn't want to be pigeonholed as just another starlet. She was neither a femme fatale nor a darling ingenue. Bacall was an...
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Do This: Envision the Enclave
The local art scene expressed hope (and some fear) when news broke on July 17 that a contract for the purchase of the Ace Recycling Compound would transform the 50,000-square-foot facility into the...
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Meet the brewers: Wayne Wambles of Cigar City Brewing
Cigar City is unarguably one of Tampa’s most nationally visible craft brew brands. Beers like the Jai Alai IPA and annually heralded Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout have gained countrywide recognition, thanks...
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Meet the brewers: Ty Weaver and Steve Buyens of 3 Daughters Brewing
If craft beer was ever the province of some hip, haughty more-in-the-know-than-you clique — and it was — then it’s not anymore. Craft breweries want to be successful, and that means reaching an...
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Meet the brewers: Doug Dozark of Cycle Brewing
think it was inevitable,” says Doug Dozark of Tampa Bay’s burgeoning craft brewery scene. “There was really no way around it. Once craft beer passed 10 years of popularity elsewhere, it was officially...
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Meet the brewers: Khris Johnson of Green Bench Brewing
Ya gotta admit it: The Green Bench brewery in St. Pete’s EDGE District is impressive. Modern construction, roomy patio, plenty of green space for kids to play or food trucks to park. But would it...
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Meet the brewers: Brian Fenstermacher of Southern Brewing & Winemaking
In the midst of a scene full of brewers scrambling to expand and take full advantage of the local (and national) craft beer boom, Brian Fenstermacher and Seminole Heights’Southern Brewing &...
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Meet the brewers: Richard Crance of Dunedin Brewery
It’s virtually impossible to be a Bay area beer lover and not be intimately familiar with Dunedin Brewery, Florida’s oldest family-owned microbrewery. It’s an institution with a welcoming vibe and...
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Meet the brewers: Devon Kreps & Justin Stange of 7venth Sun
The two principals of Dunedin’s 7venth Sun came to brewing via very different paths, but their complementary styles and experiences have come together to create one of the most talked-about breweries...
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Meet the brewers: Casey Hughes of Coppertail Brewing Co.
"I like to drink beer.” That’s Casey Hughes’ mantra; the Coppertail brewer says it several times over the course of a tour of the Ybor City brewery’s still-under-construction facility. His more than 20...
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Meet the brewers: David Doble of Tampa Bay Brewing Company
If you follow craft beer, you’ve probably read about some of the hurdles that small breweries face in an economy dominated by corporations, and the influence their profits buy. Real estate. Licensing....
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