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Live and Local Spotlight: Paul Moroz Memorial Show
While visiting our favorite haunts, there’s that friend who would stop us in our tracks — someone we haven’t seen in more than a year, miss dearly and would be overjoyed to see again. Paul Moroz, for...
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Tonight in live music: Joyce Manor lands at Epic Problem
What distinguishes Joyce Manor from all the other pop-punk bands exploding out of Southern California with something to prove? The foursome has been earning all sorts of buzz since signing to Epitaph...
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Mitch Perry Report 9.25.14: New Q poll: Scott 44%, Crist 42%, Wyllie 8%
A new Qunnipiac University poll out this morning shows the Florida governor's race almost too close to call, with Rick Scott barely leading Charlie Crist 44-42 percent, and Libertarian Party candidate...
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Kathleen Peters says she wants to focus on mental health issues if re-elected
After her unsuccessful bid to succeed the late Bill Young for Congress earlier this year, state Representative Kathleen Peters (R-South Pasadena) is working hard to get re-elected to her House...
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Photo review: Tom Petty doesn't back down at the Amalie Arena
The recently re-named Amalie Arena was full of boomers when Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers landed in town this past Sunday evening. Special guest opener Steve Winwood warmed and wooed with strong...
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Help Florida Craftsmen Gallery with its makeover
Many exciting changes are afoot at Florida Craftsmen Gallery. The mainstay for high-end handmade craft art will be holding a painting party this Saturday, Sept. 27, to paint their brand new space. If...
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Restaurant review: Annata has the mark of Mazzaro's
It’s no surprise that St. Pete’s Beach Drive was voted “Best Restaurant Row” by readers in last week’s Best of the Bay 2014 issue. The thoroughfare, which stretches south from the Vinoy, is near the...
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Wordsmiths are asked to assist Tampa in getting "UpLit"
The city of Tampa has issued a call to local wordsmiths, songwriters, poets, and writers, to have their words featured in UpLit, a 2015 Lights on Tampa project. Provide a simple phrase that captures...
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Foodies rally: More mobile eats in store for St. Pete
The Gulf to Bay Food Truck Association plans to host a series of rallies in downtown St. Pete that may spark a larger mobile kitchen following throughout the city. Showcasing tacos, tater tots,...
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Transit panel talks about how Uber & Lyft can work with existing...
During a panel discussion regarding modern transit technology this morning in St. Petersburg, HART interim CEO Katharine Eagan was anxious to correct state Senator Jeff Brandes when he said that...
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Album review/Show preview: Zulu Wave, Jagorilla
From the first raging notes that launch “Jagorilla,” Zulu Wave confirms they aren’t fucking around with the rocking out. The set opener and title track off the local quartet’s brand new full-length is...
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SCENE BREAKER: USF playwright makes the grade, Nurse Ratched solos and Blake...
Here’s what’s behind the curtain this week in Tampa Bay theatre...USF PLAYWRITING MAKES TOP 5, NATIONWIDE: Class of 2000 USF Theatre grad Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man is the fifth-most-produced...
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Tampa cabbies lash out at Uber and the govt. officials who they say enable them
David Bean is pissed. It's never been easy being a cabdriver, but for seven years he's toiled for Yellow Cab in Tampa, and he doesn't dig the fact that drivers for ride-sharing companies like Uber and...
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Primp My Ride — Carmada rolls up to St. Pete's Bayfront
Carmada takes place Sat. Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Duke Energy Center for the Arts Plaza (betw. the Dali and the Mahaffey), St. Petersburg, facebook.com/carmadaFL“There are a lot of moving parts,”...
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Tampa’s surf soul tiki artist gone rogue
Today, at what he considers one of Tampa’s Cuban cultural and historical epicenters, Tampa native and local Surf Soul Tiki artist Jeff Choinard told the story of how he fell in love with carving tikis...
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Conspiracy theories: Why we love ’em
In the upcoming film Kill The Messenger, journalist Gary Webb (played by Jeremy Renner) is asked if he believes in conspiracy theories.“I don’t believe in conspiracy theories,” Webb replies....
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Life As We Blow It: All binge, no purge
Several months ago, we “cut the cord” and got rid of cable TV at home. It seemed like a win-win at the time. We’d save money; we’d spend fewer hours in front of the tube, flipping through programs we...
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Hyperbolic Chamber Music launches at The Venture Compound this Saturday
When the right creative forces collide, projects like the Hyperbolic Chamber Music concert series arise. The inaugural presentation, Works for Cello, launches at Venture Compound this Saturday...
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Mitch Perry Report 9.25.14: Are Jeb Bush's view discordant with the GOP base?
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Mitt Romney is a lot closer to considering another run for the White House than you might think. But it depends about what another Republican — Jeb...
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Adrian Wyllie hires Luke Lirot to help get him into gubernatorial debates
First Amendment attorney Luke Lirot is perhaps best known for being Joe Redner's defense counsel when he fought local government's attempts to crack down on his nude dancing establishments. Now Lirot...
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