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Mitch Perry Report: Elizabeth Warren says she will NOT run against Hillary...
Despite the inevitable tag hoisted around Hillary Clinton, believe it or not, not every Democrat supports her candidacy in 2016. So just like the case around six years ago, there are those in the party...
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Meet The Real Clash
SPC’s Music Industry/Recording Arts (MIRA) program spawns a really good band. by Leilani PolkSometimes, seeing a local act perform without having any expectations beforehand pays off. On very rare...
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Rock the Park with Easter Island, then groove the Hub with Pompeya
This Thursday poses far too many options when it comes to music. In St. Pete, you've got the NOLA-bred eclectic rock brew of The Revivalists at Local 662, or the holiday-themed Cloak + Dagger show at...
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David Jolley has become the first candidate in the race to succeed Bill Young in Congress to air a television ad, and he's prominently featuring his two biggest endorsement "gets" - former St. Pete...
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Tampa City Council shelves proposal that would have forced bars to stop...
Two draft ordinances that might have rolled back the hours that bars, nightclubs and restaurants in Tampa could serve alcohol — from the current 3 a.m. back to midnight — died at today's Tampa City...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, Lyle...
Concerts, Dec. 5-11 by Leilani Polk and Eric SniderTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 05Rock the Park w/Easter Island/Displace/Droppin’ Pickup One of the benefits of occasionally helping out Ms. Polk on Music Week is...
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More Tampa and St. Pete breweries on tap
3 Daughters Brewing opens, St. Pete Brewing Co. gets its brew house and more. by Arielle Stevenson>For brewery owners, the road leading up to opening day is a long and winding one. Following Cycle...
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Bland ambition at St. Pete's Rococo Steak
Rococo Steak’s setting is chic, its wine list a thrill, but the food lacks focus. by Jon Palmer ClaridgeI so wanted Rococo Steak with its stunning setting and sophisticated terrace to have food to...
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Out of the Furnace burns out quickly
The gritty and ambitious would-be thriller is well-acted but will leave you cold. by Kevin TallRussell Baze (Christian Bale) is Mr. Bluecollar Workingclass, from his somewhat-clichéd tattoos and...
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A look back at Kanye West's "Yeezus Tour" avant-hop extravaganza at Tampa Bay...
by Leilani PolkSome things I learned about Kanye West from his two-hour avant-hop extravaganza on Saturday night in Tampa, the tail end of his current "Yeezus Tour."First, that he’s a meticulous and...
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New York Sideshow
Freaks and voyeurs, perfect together on the streets of the Big Apple. by Erica DawsonI want to have all his mandingo babies. I took the train from DC’s Union Station to New York. When I stepped out...
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Hit the road for reGeneration 2 & Studio Malick
These great exhibits are a short car ride from Tampa Bay — but you better hurry. by Megan VoellerTwo photography exhibitions worth a short road trip close this weekend at museums in Winter Park and...
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Mitch Perry Report 12.6.13 - RIP Nelson Mandela
I was attending San Francisco State University in 1985 when shantytowns were created on the campus, a form of continuing anti-apartheid protests that rocked college campuses across the country opposing...
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Do This: Santa, parades and snow
I remember growing up in Clearwater, lamenting that we had no snow on Christmas. Kids today — lucky little, um ... darlings — don't have to miss out. Festivities in Clearwater and St. Pete offer real...
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The best 'bad sex in fiction' of 2013
Each year the delightfully snobbish, Literary Review, bestows its "Bad Sex in Fiction Award," to deserving authors. While the review mainly uses the award to remind people that this obscure literary...
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Prude: lessons on love, sex, and writing from memoirist Emily Southwood
In some ways Emily Southwood was living a modern day fairytale. She had just finished her MFA degree and was packing her things to move in with her fiancé, Robbie, in LA. Then she received a call that...
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CL Holiday Auction: Cigar City, CL cover and lots more
This is it, the fourth and final week of Creative Loafing's Holiday Auction for the benefit of The Children's Home.We've saved some very, very big items for this week, including:• A beer-lover's...
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Get the blues this weekend in Bradenton
Head south for some deep-down-in-the-soul goodness to warm your belly this holiday season. The Bradenton Blues Festival spreads out along the town's scenic Riverwalk, and headliners offer a healthy mix...
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Soup for dummies
Thaw your innards with this easy-to-make curried cauliflower-apple soup. by Katie Machol SimonWhen the temperatures start to take a nose dive and it’s finally time to dig out the sweaters (it'll...
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At Tiger Bay, Alex Sink says the Obama administration has "failed us" on...
The five men and women who will be on the ballot next year in the race to succeed the late Bill Young in Florida's 13th Congressional District gathered en masse for the first time today at a...
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