Do This: Peace Juxtaposed at Florida Avenue Ales' Hatchway Gallery
Plastic, green army men are staples in children’s arsenals of toys. Every day, innocent kids play with the mass-produced figurines, tiny symbols of war. Damian K. Wildfong’s new exhibit, Peace...
View ArticleSee A Question of Words for the performances
Richard Manley’s A Question of Words is a moderately interesting, moderately boring new drama about an eligible but prickly advertising woman and the eligible but mopey reclusive poet who moves in...
View ArticleOddities galore at the newly expanded Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.
The St. Pete gallery game is such an untameable beast that it’s worth celebrating when something interesting merely survives. But the gifted weirdos at Dysfunctional Grace Art Co. have raised the bar....
View ArticleSt Pete attorney Scott Orsini to challenge GOP in HD 69 race
St. Petersburg-based attorney Scott Orsini has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Pinellas County's House District 69 seat, currently held by Republican Kathleen Peters. In a...
View ArticleA Q&A with the fabulous Scott & Patti
Actor, singer, dancer, drag performer and emcee to fit your every need, Matthew McGee is fresh from a successful run in Stageworks'The Divine Sister and recovering from a broken nose and fractured...
View ArticleThe Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
The Tampa Bay area welcomes familiar faces from television this week, representing entertainment from the '70s, '80s, and just a couple of years ago. Theaters and clubs will offer a wide variety of...
View ArticleThe Gaily News:Federal judge slams Texas' gay marriage ban
Texas is the latest state to take on the fight for gay marriage. A federal judge in the Lone Star State has struck down Texas’ same-sex marriage ban, deeming the prohibitive measure unconstitutional....
View ArticleBuzzed
Is it time to get off BuzzFeed? Last week, I took BuzzFeed’s “Which Boss Ass Rap Chick Are You?” quiz. I got Trina: a rapper from Miami whose albums include, among others, Da Baddest Bitch, Diamonds...
View ArticleLast Call for Shots
The small glass with the big buzz has seen its day -- time to move on to something a little more fun and a little less medicinal. by Scott Harrell Ah, shots. Unfettered. Unpretentious. Mostly...
View ArticleBuckhorn premature in shutting down Tampa bid for 2016 Democratic convention?
It has been noted more than once that when Tampa hosted the Republican National Convention in 2012, the GOP was partying in a town with a Democratic Mayor and seven Democratic City Council members. So...
View ArticleWatch Bruce Springsteen show Aussies how to twerk, then pray it happens (or...
Well, you may love it or hate it, but twerking officially reached Springsteen-ian levels on the last stop of Bruce Springsteen's Australian tour at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre (via Billboard).It...
View ArticleNon-Stop lands hard
Liam Neeson searches for a killer at 30,000 feet. by Joe BardiI wanted to like Non-Stop, a well-produced thriller about an air marshal tormented by an unknown extortionist while on a transatlantic...
View ArticleTampa Bay Beer Week kicks off with a Meet The Brewers Party
Justin Clark with Cigar City Brewing pours a sample of Invasion Pale ale Tampa Bay Beer Week kicked off Thursday with a Meet The Brewers party at Creative Loafing's CL Space. The event, which...
View ArticleAlex Deunsing's Wonderburg thinks politics is a (pirate-themed live-action...
Alex Deunsing is a colorful and persistent guy who seems to wake up every morning trying to come up with new ways to inject St. Pete politics with his personal combination performance art and Yippie...
View ArticleYoutube's Gayle-force comedy
If you’re a fan of non-sequitur, ultra bizarre humor (of course you are), then you should probably be watching the YouTube series Gayle. I originally discovered Gayle via Twitter account through her...
View ArticleThe Well-Played List, 02-28-2014: Tobacco, Stephen Malkmus, Solids, Morgan...
After a week off, The Well-Played List returns to help you get your Friday groove on. The ongoing listening series features the most listened-to, jammed-out songs, albums and artists of the week as...
View ArticleThe statistical difference between happy and unhappy couples
There's no universal secret to a happy marriage. For the most part, every relationship is different, and we all have to find what works for us. However, there are some general life habits and choices...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 2.28.14: The legacy of the Tea Party at age 5
Unlike some political analysts, I learned a while ago that it was foolhardy to predict the imminent demise of the Tea Party, which turns 5 years old this week. Although most polls (like the New York...
View ArticleTalking about movies, not necessarily Oscars
As an inveterate moviegoer, this is an exciting time of year. Not because of what's playing in the multiplexes themselves, where the American film industry seems to think it's perfectly fine to offer...
View ArticleOscar party to benefit Metro's LGBT Welcome Center
Celebrate the Oscars in style while giving back to a good cause.Metro Wellness and Community Centers’March 2 Gold Party at Treasure Island’s Bilmar Beach Resort will benefit its planned LGBT Welcome...
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