Clik here to view.
The Well-Played List: Best of 2013 Edition, Part 1
For the next several editions of The Well-Played List, music tastemakers participating in the ongoing listening series (the CL Music Team and select staffers along with local music promoters, record...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Best of the Day: Celebrate the holidays at MOSI
The holiday season is officially upon us, and Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is ready with seasonal exhibits and great deals on tickets that will have your brood ho-ho-hoing all the way...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mitch Perry Report — It's official: Pinellas residents to vote on light-rail...
37 months after Hillsborough County voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to raise the sales tax by a penny to fund the construction of a light-rail system, the Pinellas County Commission late last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pope Francis edges out Edward Snowden to become TIME's Person of the Year
TIME magazine has named Pope Francis theirPerson of the Year for 2013.Editor Nancy Gibbs writes in this week's issue that the publication chose the new pope (the first pope selected as Person of The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AAA survey says adults text and drive more often than teens
Flipping conventional wisdom upside down, a new report says that high school-aged teens report using their phones or texting while driving substantially less often that adults do. The AAA Foundation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creative Loafing Fiction Contest: Have you voted yet?
There's a only a short time left to vote in CL's Fiction Contest, and if you haven't voted yet, better hurry — the tallies have been very close so far, and you might be able to send your favorite over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This week in Tampa Bay live music: 93.3 Jingle Ball with Miley Cyrus, Robin...
Concerts, Dec. 12-18. by Leilani PolkTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 12Travis Scott A young Houston-bred, LA-based rapper who’s got friends in all the right places; he was signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Hobbit heads into the dragon’s lair
Peter Jackson’s new trilogy is looking up with The Desolation of Smaug. by Joe BardiI will admit to a certain amount of trepidation when settling in for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, director...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Final Countdown: CL's Holiday Auction closing soon
This is it: The fourth and final week of Creative Loafing's 2013 Holiday Auction for the benefit of The Children's Home. The auction closes at 5 p.m, Thurs., Dec. 12. That means you've only got a few...
View ArticleDavid Jolly gets Bob Barker's endorsement in CD13 GOP race
We'll leave aside the question of who may be getting spayed or neutered in the Congressional District 13 race in Pinellas County, but David Jolly has received the first celebrity endorsement in his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dennis Ross says he's "inclined to support" Ryan-Murray budget deal
Polk/Hillsborough County Republican Congressman Dennis Ross said tonight he's "inclined" to support the $85 billion compromise deal forged between Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Political Hunger Games in Pinellas
Republicans fight Republicans in the race to hold on to Bill Young’s Congressional seat. by Mitch PerryIt’s Alex Sink vs. a Republican to be named later in the race to succeed Bill Young.For years,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 2013 Indie Retail Guide
Where to shop for locally made, repurposed and fashionable vintage wear. by Julie Garisto, Leslie Joy Ickowitz and Arielle StevensonThe following are shops that don’t specialize in mass-produced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Style Issue: Designing lives
Getting to know this year’s featured fashion designers. Julie Garisto by Julie GaristoWhen we set out to plan this year’s Style Issue, one question lingered: How do local designers make a living at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Style Issue: Local Love
A celebration of local fashion designers, from runway to rooftop. by Leslie Joy Ickowitz“The reality is, for Tampa Bay’s fashion scene to exist, we have to claim it. Make it so.”That’s what I wrote in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mitch Perry Report: Rick Scott bemoans those losing health insurance, forgets...
Republicans in the Florida Legislature have their reasons for rejecting the federal government's money to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act. Though the argument that the feds don't...
View ArticleClik here to view.
St. Pete's Mayor-elect Rick Kriseman adds two more hires to his staff
Rick Kriseman officially takes over as Mayor of St. Petersburg three weeks from today, and he continues to add new staffers as his inauguration approaches. Sally Everett has been selected to serve as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coalition of liberal groups have holiday wish list for Senator Bill Nelson
With less than two weeks until Christmas, a coalition of progressive groups brought their wish list for the New Year to Senator Bill Nelson's district office in Tampa Thursday morning. The list...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do This: Style Issue Release Party & IADT Fashion Show
Join CL and the International Academy of Design & Technology tonight as we celebrate local designers at the CL Style Issue Release Party and IADT Fashion Show.IADT students made quite a splash at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FDA reconsiders rejected female 'Viagra', Flibanserin
The FDA recently approved an appeal for the drug, Flibanserin, which is designed to treat low libido in women. Originally the FDA rejected the drug on the grounds that it only had a "modest" effect in...
View Article