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Free Robin Williams tributes for fans
When an artist passes away, there's a natural tendency to revisit their work. Robin Williams' death is no different, and there's a wealth of material for fans to sit back and watch again at home. But...
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Summer Jam 10 schedule released
After 10 years of great tunes, great times and doing that funny-looking drunken jog/shamble/stumble between New World and Crowbar, Summer Jam — arguably Ybor's finest homegrown DIY music fest — is...
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Those Darlins, Matt Butcher, A.J. Vincent lead Plan B Festival initial lineup
A year removed from the schism that derailed one of St. Petersburg's most promising music festivals, organizers of Antiwarpt offshoot Plan B seem to have the negativity well in the rear-view.The...
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Michael Weston says he's the candidate for blue-collar voters in School Board...
Although the political establishment in Tampa has essentially conceded the Hillsborough County School Board District 2 race to Michelle Popp Shimberg, Michael Weston isn't buying it. The 58-year-old...
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Movie Review: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For suffers from stagnation
Your phone rings and it’s that out-of-touch friend you only talk to twice a year, those aimless, empty conversations you dread because they all go exactly the same way: five minutes of the latest...
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Poet's notebook: On foreign shores
Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles,Über alles in der Welt… (Germany, Germany, over all, Above all in the world…)—from Das Deutschlandlied, German national anthem, music by Franz Joseph Haydn, lyrics...
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Lights on Tampa 2015: A bright future
The electronic arts and light festival Lights On Tampa returns to downtown on Feb. 20 and 21, 2015. The program, begun in 2006 and reprised in 2009, 2011 and 2012, commissions new artworks to...
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Of primary concern
Pat Kemp vs. Mark Nash: Hilllsborough County Commission, District 4 (countywide)“I’m Pat Kemp running for County Commission. Do you live in the county?” It’s early yet at the Ybor City Saturday Morning...
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Bill Nelson wants more U.S. military engagement in Iraq & Ukraine
Senator Bill Nelson, fresh off a fact-finding trip to Ukraine, said today that it's time for the U.S. to supply lethal weapons and "up to the minute" intelligence to that Eastern European nation in...
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El-P and Killer Mike announce new Run The Jewels album, share first track,...
El-P and Killer Mike, the two-headed hip-hop monster known as Run the Jewels, have announced the follow-up album to their excellent 2013 debut Run the Jewels. Thoughtfully titled RTJ2, the new album...
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Fall Arts Preview 2014 — Envisioning the Enclave
If the adage “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” were only literal truth, St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts District Association would be well on its way to raising $350,000 before Nov. 1 to create a...
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Volunteer for Gulfport's Gecko Fest
Dozens of volunteer opportunities are still available for GeckoFest on Saturday, Aug. 30th. Gulfport’s largest street festival — a family-friendly spin on Mardi Gras — attracts 30,000-plus people...
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Sipping soirée: Ybor City gets its first wine festival
Ybor might be many folks’ destination of choice for nightlife merriment, but Jayme Kosar, owner of the Ybor City Wine Bar, says she wants to show off another side of the historic neighborhood through...
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Tonight in live music: Tori Amos, Crocodiles, Donavon Frankenreiter & more
A jam-packed Friday. Check out what's happening below. Tori Amos The fiery-haired piano-banging songstress was the first female artist who grabbed my heart — were Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink...
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A different type of thunder strikes the Times Forum tonight
With the Tampa Bay Rays fading fast and the Buccaneers still trying to find some punch to their offense, the Tampa Bay Times Forum will offer a boxing event that will have plenty of action on Friday...
View ArticleThe Gaily News: Federal judge declares Florida's gay marriage ban is...
A federal judge in Tallahassee ruled Thursday that Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle’s ruling overturns Amendment 2, which prohibits same-sex...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.22.14: Fun with fundraising
Thank God it's Friday, we say this morning. Why, you ask? Was it a particularly trying week? No, it's because candidates running in Tuesday's primary election can no longer ask you for money for that...
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Tampa Mayor Buckhorn's ALS ice bucket challenge — do over?
The city of Tampa has given us a nice double PR punch this morning by promoting Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn taking part in a mad-viral charity stunt and promoting Tampa's new splash pad at the Water...
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Ferguson solidarity rally draws out Bay Area activists
As the situation in Ferguson continues with little progress on the legal side of the Mike Brown murder, activist group Anonymous called for a nationwide “Day of Rage” on Thursday to show solidarity...
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Saturday's lineup of booze and beyond
On Saturday, a bundle of beverage-related festivities are happening, which is strange (in the sense that these are jam-packed into one day), but awesome. From beer fests to a pub crawl for comic...
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