Show Boat floats on at Asolo
After filling yourself with Thanksgiving leftovers, join the fun with Asolo Repertory Theatre’s as they present their lavish revival ofShow Boat. [jump] Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, with music by...
View ArticleMake merry, holiday shop at Art on the West End
Take part in a festive throwback that offers more than 20 artists and artisans conjuring the Ybor Square Arts and Crafts Festival of yore. [jump] Taking place for the first time in 17 years, in the...
View ArticleThe unchaste sins of Chastity Lynn (NSFW)
College is about finding your professional calling and exploring your sexual frontiers. It just so happened that these were one in the same for Chastity Lynn. While taking undergraduate coursework,...
View ArticleOn World AIDS Day, Bono praises U.S. Congress for no longer "playing politics...
Though today marks the 25th anniversary of World AIDS day, ABC's This Week was the only Sunday morning national public affairs program that devoted a few minutes to the virus that currently infects 34...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 12.2.13 - BCS brilliance
Some sportswriters are describing the stunning ending of Saturday night's Alabama-Auburn football game as not only the greatest finale of any college contest ever, but the greatest ending of any...
View ArticleBest of the day: Globe Coffee Lounge pop-up in St. Petersburg
Nearly two years after closing, friends of the Globe Coffee Lounge reunited for a day of food, coffee drinks and dessert. The Local 662 on Central Avenue's 600 Block hosted the one-day-only...
View ArticleSantas in Speedos show their support for World AIDS Day
Race winner Malcolm Williams crosses the finish line for the 2013 Santa Speedo Run Tampa BayWhat do you get when you take more than 100 people, dress them in Speedo bathing suits and other holiday...
View ArticleBetween the sheets: top 10 most provocative books out this month
The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex (12/15/2013)by Julie PeakmanPublisher's Description: Handcuffs, paddles, whips—the words alone are enough to make a person blush. Even by our...
View Article2014 AVN Award Nominees (NSFW)
All-Girl Performer of the Year:-Elle Alexandra-Lily Cade-Shyla Jennings-Justine Joli-Malena Morgan-Prinzzess-Sammie Rhodes-Raven Rockette-Layla Rose-Sinn Sage-Spencer Scott-Angela Sommers-Celeste...
View ArticleThis week's top LGBT events
Monday, Dec. 2Tampa’s Francis House will hold a World AIDS Day vigil at 5:30 p.m. to remember those who have died from HIV/AIDS in the past year. Join Hamburger Mary’s in Tampa, 1600 8th Ave., for a...
View ArticleProposal to kill Hillsborough County's controversial Transportation...
No local government agency has received more scorn and ridicule than Hillsborough County's Public Transportation Commission (PTC). The PTC's most recent embarrassment occurred over the summer, when...
View ArticleMovings and shakings in TV land
A lot has happened in the world of television recently. Here's a quick rundown. [jump] FXX cancels Totally Biased with W. Kamau BellThe late-night talk show on politics, pop culture, race, religion and...
View ArticleDo This: Angelic voices and art from USF and UT
Whether you're devout or don't follow the Christ child storyline at all, you can't deny the sheer beauty and spiritual exultation of the USF Choral Christmas presentation, which has become a Tampa Bay...
View ArticleHillsborough County shakes up the leadership in its troubled Animal Services...
Although everybody seems to like Ian Hallett, the man who took over Hillsborough County's Animal Services division in May of 2012, an excess of bad news coming out of his department had been cascading...
View ArticlePlan to cripple Hillsborough County Civil Services Board remains on track
The local delegation of Hillsborough County lawmakers voted this morning to take a bill up to Tallahassee next spring that could see the power of the County’s Civil Service Board be severely limited —...
View ArticleA chat with the well-versed Billy Collins
The former National Poet Laureate checks in before headlining the Straz's Jaeb Theater on Wednesday evening. by Julie GaristoHe has made it his life's work to disarm the anti-poetry "deflector...
View ArticleBow Ties & Clutches: A reason to get all dolled up
Calling all the suave gents and lovely ladies; it’s time to bust out that trendy get-up you’ve been dying to wear and strut your stuff at the Bay Area’s premier fashion party. Brought to you by The...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday! (December 3): Britney Spears, Muse, Xiu Xiu & more
A real light batch of releases kick off December, before bigger drops on 12/10 and 12/17, then two Tuesdays of nada. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report: Downtown Tampa parking woes continue
Let's talk about something that ain't very sexy, but is relevant.Ever since the city of Tampa went with their cool, new solar-powered parking meters in the downtown business district a few years ago,...
View ArticleRick Kriseman names Nikki Gaskin-Capehart to serve as his Director of Urban...
Mayor-elect Rick Kriseman talked a lot during the campaign about how important it was to St. Petersburg's future for the area south of Central Avenue to prosper as much as other parts of the city have...
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