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HART Board will hire interim replacement for outgoing CEO position
A month after learning that HART CEO Phillip Hale intends to step down later this spring, board members today discussed the idea of hiring an interim replacement rather than a full-fledged successor...
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Review: Iron & Wine delivers an intoxicating solo set at the Straz Center, Tampa
Sam Beam, the singer-songwriter behind Iron & Wine, has come full circle in many ways. His return to Tampa after a 10-year absence last Wednesday night was part of an extended Florida tour,...
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Poet's Notebook: Japanese Bourbon
Peter Meinke waxes philosophical on Jim Beam, Suntory and how good whiskey brings people together. by Peter Meinke"Something there is that doesn’t love a wall . . ." Our parents (fathers particularly)...
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The Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
This week there's a full range of shows on tap, from theaters to comedy clubs to local businesses putting on a comedy night. Some cost a fair amount and some are absolutely free, so whatever you're...
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Clearwater landscaper sticks up for Alex Sink
A week after Republicans pounced on Alex Sink's comments at a CD13 candidates forum regarding immigration, Felix Mendoza, president of Migrants United of Hidalgo and owner of Mendoza Landscaping for...
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Celebrity sex news in review
-Kate Upton and her 34D breasts posed in zero gravity for Sports Illustrated: space.com-The 15th Annual Anatomy Awards by MrSkin.com celebrates the most notable moments of mainstream nudity of 2013:...
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Watch You Blew It! shake up public TV in their new video for "You & Me & Me"
Things have been going pretty well for Orlando punk outfit You Blew It!. The band just released their sophomore LP, Keep Doing What You're Doing, via Massachusetts-based label Topshelf Records (Braid,...
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Shy Love, the sexual strategist
Sheelagh Blumberg's reflective nature was often mistaken for timidity when she entered the adult industry in 2003. This misreading became the basis of her porn persona: Shy Love. While many of her...
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Mitch Perry Report 3.4.14: The state legislative session begins with...
The 2014 regular session of the Florida Legislature begins this morning. Tax cuts, gambling, school vouchers and reining in retirement benefits for public employees are among the biggest topics to be...
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HCC conference encourages a look "Beyond Sustainability"
At the 2014 edition of the Beyond Sustainability conference, experts from around the country discussed not only what is causing climate change or how to rectify it, but also how to solve the issues in...
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Watch Hundred Waters' new video, "Cavity," grab Skrillex-approved sophomore...
Remember when CL implored you to go see breaking electro soundscape artists Hundred Waters at downtown Tampa's Rock The Park music series two years ago? Yeah, well a large portion of the rest of the...
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New Music Tuesday! (March 4): Pharrell Williams, Drive-By Truckers, Rick...
The first batch of new releases for March is a fatty one! Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio...
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Arts Council of Hillsborough County awards $20,000 to local artists
The Arts Council of Hillsborough County awarded a total of $20,000 to 11 accomplished, local Tampa artists. The money is part of the council’s 2014 Individual Artist Grants program, which supports the...
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Do This: Storytellers exhibits at Morean Arts Center
Three exhibitions opening Saturday at the Morean Arts Center invite visitors to explore narrative flights of fancy. Of Sticks and Stones, Leaves and Grass showcases recent paintings by Diane Elmeer, a...
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Eastern Hillsborough County activist Elizabeth Belcher to run for BOCC in...
Well, it looks like there are some Democrats in Hillsborough County willing to run for County Commissioner after all. With the recent departures of Mary Mulhern and April Griffin from the countywide...
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Spring Binge: New Rays, new Bucs uniforms and new quarterback?
It's Spring Break, bitches. (Bitches ... that's punk/bimbo-speak for "Ladies and gentlemen", right?) The time of year when the young men and women who represent the future of our country take a...
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Commentary: 2 Live Crew and promoters that don't suck
I am genuinely excited about my upcoming show on Fri., March 7 at the Local 662 in St. Petersburg. You would believe me if I told you it was because T-Quest and the Boyz Wit Da Bass along with Da Beav...
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Rick Scott savages Charlie Crist in his State of the State address
And you thought Matthew McConaughey was a bit immodest in his speech after taking home Best Actor at the Oscars? Florida Governor Rick Scott kicked off the 2014 Legislative session this morning with...
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French Quarter: High on Style in New Orleans
It’s wintertime in New Orleans, and even without a Mardi Gras parade in sight you can still pick the locals out from the crowd. They're the ones in the Quarter smoking cigarettes (seems they haven’t...
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Awake the State Rally brings out a crowd in Ybor City
In what has become a tradition for progressives during the Rick Scott era, the Awake the State movement once again held rallies across Florida on the opening day of the regular legislative session."We...
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