RPOF responds to Crist attack on Rick Scott's abortion record with vintage...
On Tuesday, the Charlie Crist campaign attacked Rick Scott regarding his record on abortion rights with a new ad. On Wednesday the Republican Party answered back with a web ad, cleverly using Crist's...
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Tampa drummer Paul Moroz passes away
Paul Moroz, longtime drummer and fixture on the Tampa Bay original-music scene, has reportedly passed away. Details are sketchy at this point. Moroz was apparently found in his apartment by his...
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SCENE BREAKER: Less Mame to love, a last-minute Lala and Pocahontas takes...
Here’s what’s behind the curtain this week in Tampa Bay theatre… THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAME: Already prepping to play the title role in the Jerry Herman musicalMame at freeFall Theatre next summer,...
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Jane Goodall discusses factory farms, GMOs at USF talk
Dr. Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist and conservationist, greeted USF Tampa's nearly full Sun Dome on Tuesday night before her lecture through a "chimpspeak" call. This is how Goodall, 80,...
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Pop Secret: 9:00-5:00 Showcases the Bay's Young Art Fringe
Who doesn't = love youth, and youthful energy, and the cascades of experimentation and poor interpersonal skills that come with it? On September 13th, from 7-10pm at 163 5th Ave NE in St. Pete, a...
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Visual Arts Preview: Spathalicious
Spathalicious: Sat., Sept. 13, 5-10 p.m. at Station NumberThree, 2701 Fifth Ave. S., St. Petersburg, spathose.com. When Scott Durfee and George Medeiros moved to St. Petersburg eight years ago, they...
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This American pioneer — an interview with Ira Glass
Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass Sat., Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. at the Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. Tickets start at $23 but are now sold out. themahaffey.com. Characteristically nasal and...
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Tonight in live music: Papadosio, Fortunate Youth & more
Thursday's live music breakdown below.Papadosio One year, while attending Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival (this year’s is Nov. 13-16 at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park), I overheard some heady...
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Live and Local Spotlight: The Bricks & SPoT Ybor Four-Year Anniversary Party
Surfer Blood has already been in town twice in the last year. The West Palm-bred purveyors of salty, noise and scuzz-addled beach pop headlined St. Pete’s Whigfest in February and got the same top...
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Mitch Perry Report 9.11.14: Charlie Crist's evolution on school vouchers
School voucher programs have been controversial since their introduction in the 1990s — not between Republicans and Democrats, but between Democrats and Democrats. Florida under former Governor Jeb...
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Dark & Sinful: My Secret existence
So I get an unwanted email from an ex-boyfriend. I launch into my standard, “Ugh. Men. What’s wrong with men? Jesus. Men.” I’m defeated. I’m crying. I’m the woman scorned. To cool down, I take the dog...
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After-hours grub: New Night Owl menu at Ella's
Seminole Heights' Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe revealed its new Night Owl menu Wednesday. Diners may order the late-night fare, much of it delectably fried, from 10 p.m. to midnight Wednesdays and...
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Greenlight, red light? The battle over Pinellas’ transit tax initiative...
Earlier this spring Dr. David McKalip, one of the leading critics of the Greenlight Pinellas transit tax that county voters will decide on this fall, said that he felt something was amiss after...
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High on Style: Tampa Bay Fashion Week preview
If the Emmys can switch from Sunday to Monday, Tampa Bay Fashion Week can host its runway show on a Wednesday — Wednesday, Sept. 17, to be exact. Perhaps it’s part of the event’s seven-year itch. In...
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Tampa's 9/11 Fallen Heroes Memorial is unveiled
Today in Ybor City, in remembrance of all the first responders and the nearly three-thousand who lost their lives in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington on September 11, 2001, the Hillsborough...
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Two-day Locale Market job fair kicks off Friday
Locale Market, the 20,000-square-foot gourmet food emporium slated to launch in November, will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at downtown St. Pete's Hotel Indigo. Opening...
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Sunshine State survey shows high marks for local govt., but not so much for...
Floridians are feeling a lot better about their local governments these days, and are more critical than ever about Washington D.C. Those are just some of the takeaways derived from the Sunshine State...
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9/11 and the Zeitgeist of Déjà Vu
The German as well as the French language have imbued the English language with some succinctly descriptive “catch all” nomenclature. Philologists will concede that some words in certain languages...
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Theater review: The Chosen at American Stage
The Chosen Runs through Sept. 28 at American Stage, 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 163 Third St. N. St. Petersburg, $39-$49, $20 student, $10 student rush,...
View ArticleDoes your nonprofit need a boost? Leadership St. Pete may be able to help
This just in: The Leadership St Pete Class of 2015, a program of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, is looking for a non-profit organization to assist for its class project. LSP class...
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