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Pass the butta at Palm Harbor's lobster fest
On Friday, Sept. 26, to Sunday, Sept. 28, regionites will get crackin' at the first Palm Harbor Lobster Festival hosted at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary. In addition to Maine lobster offerings and...
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Do This Tonight: BILL MURRAYTHON II — A month of Bill Murray Films at the...
Tonight is the first installment of Independent-Tampa's second annual tribute to Bill Murray. The bar-cafe will toast everyone's favorite deadpan icon with a double feature each Monday in September....
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Healthful hints: Azalea Center offers Saturday cooking classes
Home culinarians seeking tips on healthy cooking basics are in luck. Starting Saturday, St. Petersburg's Azalea Recreation Center will host a "practical healthy cooking classes" from 10:30 a.m. to...
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Mitch Perry Report 9.2.14 - The election campaign season is only NOW just...
Welcome to the day after Labor Day, which in Florida means at least six more weeks of unrelenting heat and humidity. It's also when political commentators like to write and/or say that the fall...
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Former AG Bob Butterworth part of George Sheldon's political committee
Although George Sheldon is definitely an underdog going into his matchup with Pam Bondi for Attorney General this fall, there's no doubt that, on substance, Sheldon will be a formidable challenger to...
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Latest fast-food worker strikes to take place in Tampa on Thursday
Union organizers in Tampa and in over 100 cities across the country are preparing for another strike by fast-food workers this Thursday, demanding that their minimum wage be raised to $15 an hour....
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New Granada re-releases The Maccabees' 1998 EP on limited 12" vinyl
Jonathan "McDougan" Wilson was not in Tampa-based band The Maccabees (who actually predated the UK band by about a decade). Wilson — who was killed on SwissAir Flight no. 111— did leave a large impact...
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Sweet success: Dunedin Blue Jays commend preteen entrepreneur's work ethic
The region's headline-grabbing lemonade stand, run by 12-year-old Dunedin resident T.J. Guerrero, was invited by the Dunedin Blue Jays to set up shop at the baseball team's Florida State League...
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Zulu Wave release title track from new LP, Jagorilla
"A Jagorilla to us could mean a bunch of different things," Michael Barrow wrote in a message to CL. The Zulu Wave frontman likened the mythical creature to a hybrid of a jaguar and gorilla, adding...
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Florida Dems bash Duke Energy & Rick Scott at the same time
Last week, Duke Energy Florida extricated themselves from an extremely unpopular policy position by announcing that it would issue a credit to customers adversely affected by a change to its meter...
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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, Sept. 2, 6:30 p.m. Bring up to three pages for other members to read and critique.Get...
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Democratic Congressman wants Obama to make immigration policy change now -...
President Obama is in Europe this week, dealing with the the vexing issues of ISIS and Russia's increasingly aggressive moves in eastern Ukraine. Those issues will continue to dominate his agenda in...
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Memo to Bob Gualtieri & Grady Judd: Not all Florida law enforcement officials...
Saying that they're trying to set the record straight and provide journalists with a balanced counterposition to the Florida Sheriffs Association’s "extremism," officials with Law Enforcement Against...
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SCENE BREAKER: Director to the rescue, an act of God and girls just wanna...
Here’s what’s behind the curtain this week in Tampa Bay theatre...NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE: Jobsite Theater’s Producing Artistic Director and last year’s Best AD of the Bay David M. Jenkins heard a...
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Guest column: A tribute to Richard Beckman
EDITOR'S NOTE: Colleen Beckman was married to artist Richard Beckman (1957-2004). I wanted to give Colleen, who helped USF Contemporary Art with a retrospective of her husband's singular work, a chance...
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THIS Bridge — a two-year connection to Arab and Islamic arts at USF
The University of South Florida will be undergoing a socio-cultural immersion that goes beyond language, food choices and taboos. Public events, many with free admission, will be taking place...
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Coppertail Brewing opens temporary tasting room
Exciting craft beer enthusiasts across the region, Coppertail Brewing Co. opened the doors of its temporary tasting room Wednesday. For now, the Ybor City brewery at 2601 E. Second Ave. will pour its...
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Tampa Tribune bids food writer Jeff Houck farewell
Wednesday was food journalist Jeff Houck's last day at the Tampa Tribune, according to managing editor Ken Koehn. He said Houck is exploring a new opportunity. Koehn called Houck a foodie and a beer...
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A "Little" problem in Clearwater
Tracey Short wanted a Little Free Library in her neighborhood. Little Free Library is an international “take a book, leave a book” program where people place small book-filled boxes in yards and...
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Mixed signals: WMNF's search for new listeners and continued relevance
Tampa’s great radio experiment, WMNF 88.5 FM, is 35 years old, and its age is beginning to show. Once the only game in town for news, talk and music outside the mainstream, WMNF now finds itself just...
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