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Neighbrewhood welcoming: Angry Chair debuts its digs
Angry Chair Brewing's been in the making for a while (two years, to be exact), showcasing its suds at events like those hosted by Cajun Cafe on the Bayou and Tampa Bay Beer Week. But at 3 p.m....
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Tonight in live music: Ben Folds, Paint Fumes, Matisyahu, Mary Chapin...
Lots happening in live music this Fri., Nov. 7, including two noteworthy shows at the Straz Center. More info below...The Ben Folds Experience The suburbs-rocking, piano-banging leader of Ben Folds...
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Mitch Perry Report 11.7.14
This will be my last Mitch Perry Report. I’m going to continue reporting about news and politics in the Tampa Bay area and beyond — just for a different media outlet. More on that below. It's not...
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Anthrax’s Scott Ian drops new memoir, Chats with St. Pete’s Bob Andelman
I love both hip hop and heavy metal, but as far as I’m concerned they’ve only been successfully brought together once, on the manic Public Enemy/Anthrax collaboration “Bring the Noise.” Of course, as...
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Damon Wayans Sr. and Damon Wayans Jr. to headline Hard Rock
You don't get a better apple of a daddy's eye than Damon Wayans' Jr. He and his famous pop, Damon Wayans Sr., will interrupt local holiday festivities to bring their stand-up show to the Hard Rock...
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Thanksgiving feasts around Tampa Bay
It's that time again. The Bay area restaurant scene is gearing up to create offerings like house-made cranberry relish and cornbread-sausage stuffing for regionites seeking Turkey Day haven, and...
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It's About (Creative) Time!
All kinds of minds will come together for the love of artistic innovation at the 2014 Creative Time Summit Screening in Tampa Bay on Nov. 14 and 15. The USF Contemporary Art Museum and the Museum of...
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On the menu: Two sustainable parties in your mouth
Locavores, grab those forks and knives. Thursday will bring two gatherings focused on environmental stewardship that involve learning, interacting and, of course, eating.In Anna Maria Island, the...
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Wrestling fans can cause an Uproar Saturday night
Has professional wrestling gotten a little too, "real" for you? Has the profanity, objectification of women and overall MMA presentation turned you off from the good ole' Hulk Hogan/Randy Macho Man...
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This weekend in live music: Jukebox the Ghost, The English Beat & more
This weekend's live music breakdown...Jukebox the Ghost“I want to get you over, by my side / When you’re next to me baby, you can only ever do right,” singer/pianist Ben Thorne pipes in “Sound of a...
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Do This: The Weekend Top 10
The Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit Events continue throughout the weekend at the premiere event in St. Petersburg, culminating with a visit from Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy...
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Concert review: The Ben Folds Orchestral Experience at the Straz Center
Y I’m a latecomer to the Ben Folds fan club. Like anyone who listened to the radio in the last couple of decades, I knew the refrain of his big indie hit with Ben Folds Five, 1997’s “Brick” (“She's a...
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Concert review: Interpol brings a solid if not transcendent show to Jannus Live
Longtime friend and local musician Brian Repetto, aka DJ BCR and former frontman for Dumbwaiters, first played Interpol for me at an after party at my dinky Friendship Garden apartment in Seminole...
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Flat out fantastic: Oregano & Cracked Pepper Flatbread
I'll be honest with you. While I love to cook and play around with recipes, I'm not really gung ho about baking. I prefer to keep my measuring spoons and cups in a drawer and stick to mainly savory...
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Members of Upright Citizens Brigade chat about tonight's show at the Orpheum
Upright Citizens Brigade w/ Post Dinner Conversation Inc. Sun., Nov 9, at 9 p.m. at The Orpheum in Ybor City. $18, $30 for VIP and $60 w/pre-show workshop at 6 p.m.tampaimprovfestival.comClick here for...
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Staring into the abyss for National Novel Writing Month
Yes, that’s right, it’s November! And with it comes National Novel Writing Month, a fantastic event founded about fifteen years ago to promote literacy and creativity. The idea is that participants...
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Local Gallery attracts homegrown artist and Florida carver
Gulfport may not have the number of galleries it did 15 years ago – something decried by the artists who once called Beach Boulevard their stomping ground — but the few galleries popping up in the...
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Go-to holiday gift for spicy food fiends: Sriracha2Go
As if it were made for regionites like the ones who stormed Oceanic Supermarket in Tampa around this time last year during the “Srirachapocalypse” scare, a more convenient way (though it might seem a...
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New music Monday & Tuesday! (Nov. 10-11): Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Big KRIT,...
Here comes the second week of November and we’ve got a big ol’ doozie of brand new music that drops over the next two days. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some...
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Nov. 20 brings Third Thursdays to St. Pete's EDGE
Downtown St. Petersburg's EDGE District, which extends along Central Avenue, as well as First Avenue North and South, is set to launch its new Third Thursdays event starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov....
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