Creative Loafing Tampa

Photos from Trashion Fashion 2011 at ARTpool Gallery

Garbage + grocery bags + duct tape + jump ropes = High style

• by Chip Weiner
Garbage + grocery bags + duct tape + jump ropes = High style
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, photography, Artpool, trashion fashion, marina williams, downtown st pete

Unbreak your Art: Valentine weekend vis-art openings/events

• by Julie Garisto
There's a bevy of wonderful gallery crawls and fresh-air art walks tonight and tomorrow night -- in Dunedin, Ybor and Downtown St. Pete. Here's a handy list to help you make you plans.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Tampa, ARTpool, Ybor City, Gulfport, Dunedin, tarpon springs, gallery, art show, tarpon springs cultural center, artlofts, kym o'donnell, capricorn studios, Julie Garisto, Joe Griffith, Errata, Second Friday Dunedin Art Walk, Ybor Colony, Eve 'n' Odd, Hairy Beasts, Noel Aquino, Barry Rothstein, P.E. Cooney, Downtown St. Pete Art Walk, ArtOn Central, Seance for No One, My Dark HeART, art walk, art event, visual arts Tampa bay

Do It This Weekend: Gasparilla Children's Extravaganza, UT's Electronics Alive, Monica Bill Barnes and Portlandia on IFC (with video)

• by Julie Garisto
Cutting-edge multimedia art and family-friendly fun -- along with a couple of new TV shows -- highlight the third weekend of January.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, ARTpool, art, The Florida Orchestra, University of Tampa, Alfred Hitchcock, Queen, ifc, Electronics Alive VI, manatees, Portlandia, Onion News Network

Do It This Weekend: Refractory, Gifts for Glitter, Abnormal Formal, Soloist writer Steve Lopez, HISTeria and more

• by Julie Garisto
Refractory makes unique, indirect impact with its illuminated eye candy while Gifts for Glitter helps out a local derby girl with an eclectic concert, auction and huge bake sale. Plus acrobatic wonders of Cirque Shanghai and more.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, ARTpool, Clearwater Jazz Holiday, Tampa Bay History Center, Poynter Institute, Hillsborough River, Brian Taylor, pops in the park, Sleepy Vikings, Heights Waterfront, Refractory, Tampa Armature, Old Trolley Barn, new venue, Robert Chambers, Genesis P. Orridge, Negativland, Spanky, Maureen Hudas, Michael LeMieux, Kurt Piazza, Dream Machine, 1910 N Ola Ave, hamptonartstmanagement, Gifts for Glitter, Alaine Bernat, Glitter Head Splitter No. 1/5, Neglected Superheroes, Steve Lopez, Cirque Shanghai, HISTeria, Abnormal Formal, Bombay Bellywood, Die Momma Die!

Do It This Weekend: The Nomadic Tendencies Film Festival plus art, art and more art

• by Julie Garisto
Nomadic Tendencies Film Festival plus art walks, Station Number Three, ArtPool's zany new show and more.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, ARTpool, Dunedin, Tampa Artist Emporium, Beach Theatre, University of Tampa, film, downtown st. petersburg, frank strunk III, john revisky, nomadic tendencies, Oaxaca, G.B. Stephens, Flat Love, Ivory, Cutting Tradition, Camilla Hyde, Muvico Baywalk 20, Artefacto Cultural, Station Number III, Station Number Three, David Williams, Cindy Mason, Claudia Strano, Hamilton Wilder Duo, Museq: Let Music Be Your Muse, Lance Rodgers, Ur Toy Story

Do It This Weekend: Back to the Future pub crawl, a Rays watch party, ARTpool's Tra'shion Fashion show, the Tampa Elvis Festival, St. Pete's Cool Arts Show and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Free shit, Arts & Entertainment, Events, tampa bay rays, baseball, ARTpool, dunedin-brewery, dunedin-fine-arts-center, Marina-Williams, pub crawl, Beach Theatre, Free shit, MOSI, free movie, scavenger hunt, Museum of Science and Industry, back to the future, free ice cream, gallery, recycled art, tra'shion fashion show, wearable art, pelvis, the historic coliseum, rays watch party, tradewinds island grand resort, designing kiddos, christmas in july, graceland, tampa elvis festival, national ice cream month, blue bell ice cream, caroline cleere, all dolled up! dfac, summer sale, elvis impersonators, national elvis week, cool arts show, dj sorta, djenation.fm, upcycled clothing, the punctual hippies, meteoreyes, tampa bay rade, wdae the sports animals, kelly's cick a boom boom, the boxcar, '80s theme, jolli mon's, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: Star Wars and Dada-inspired art parties, St. Pete Pride events, Sudsfest, Daddy Yankee at the Caribbean Fest and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, ARTpool, david-mamet, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, American Stage, Beach Theatre, Museum of Fine Arts, Star Wars, university of south florida, Florida Aquarium, Dali, st. petersburg clay company, vinoy park, usf botanical gardens, craft beers, the boss, industrial arts center, bruce springsteen and the e street band, Shaggy, super7, political comedy, london calling, live in hyde park, florida dance festival, harlem renaissance, sudsfest, sttormtrooper shogun, dada art party, clay pride, st. pete pride events, carter g. woodson african american museum, pride beach clean-up, forge picnic, artpride, daddy yankee, queen of soca allison hinds, caribbean festival, native plants herb and butterfly fair, spring cleaning auction, project shattered silence, cakeface dance company, flower and garden sale, november play, john levique pirate days, madeira beach, john's pass boardwalk, music in the marly, claire huangci, chopin, Uncategorized

On the Radar: Super7 Star Wars Stormtrooper Super Shogun Release party and Dada's Dream Art Party

• by Anthony Salveggi
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, Star Wars, george lucas, super7, custom toys, japanese toys, star wars toys, stormtroopers, stormtrooper super shogun release, dada's dream art party, marcel duchamp, Uncategorized

Sex and love events around Tampa: Valentine's weekend 2010

• by Sex and Love editor
Meet the Happy Hooker, an outdoor screening of An Affair to Remember, a body painting art show, a sex tonic workshop, and much more.
• Tags: Sex and Love, Sex and Love events, St. Petersburg, ARTpool, Derby-Darlins, Tampa-Bay, Florida, Sex and Love, events, Sex and Love events, body paint, fetish, venue, AltPathway, happy hooker, The Village of the Arts, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: I Love St. Pete, Writers in Paradise, Cirque de la Symphonie, Monster Jam and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Dennis Lehane, Mahaffey Theater, Dairy Queen, leonardo dicaprio, Raymond James Stadium, Florida Orchestra, Martin Scorsese, tampa bay lightning, i love st. pete, mystic river, gone baby gone, shutter island, michael koryta, eckerd college writers' conference, writers in paradise, beef o brady's, .r. gurney, sylvia, west coast players, glitz ad sticks, winter su carnivale, st. petersburg igths restaurant, hip expressions belly dancing, tribe marrakech, pups pirates ad pastries, the hound's meow, suncoast arts fest, wmf, shops at wiregrass, cirque de la symphonie, monster jam, envy the night, Uncategorized

On the Radar: ARTpool's I Love St. Pete

• by Anthony Salveggi
• Tags: Events, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, local art, i love st. pete, Uncategorized

ARTpool gears up for fourth annual "I Love St. Pete" celebration

• by Scott Harrell
The gallery is accepting submissions from hometown artists until Saturday, January 16.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Visual Arts, Arts & Entertainment, Events, ARTpool, Saint Petersburg, Visual Arts, i love st. pete, artist submissions, Uncategorized

Holiday event guide: seasonal shows, handcrafted holiday shopping, Santa around the Bay and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment, ARTpool, dunedin-fine-arts-center, American Stage, The Florida Orchestra, Eckerd College, santa claus, Gorilla Theatre, Victorian Christmas Stroll, OPUS, Mahaffey Theater, Charles Dickens, Holiday Conservation Celebration, WMNF Holiday Bazaar, christmas lights, Humane Society, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, It's A Wonderful Life, glenn beck, children's theater, this wonderful life, pink cricket, bedazzled, holiday events guide, the christmas sweater, deck the halls, artlofts, christmas show, tree lighting, covetart, holiday events, christmas events, festivl, asap christmas caroling, asap homeless services, a christmas carol, tarpon springs performing arts center, winter wonderland, boat parade, light spectacular, chocolate nutcracker, handmade holiday bazaar, fiberologie, holiday forest, holiday happenings, palm harbor, toy drive, old sainr nick, pictures ith santa, jobsite rocks a zombie christmas, holiday art show, art and craft show, art aboard, bay baroque christmas concert, gulf beaches historical museum, pet photos with santa, international mall, ut winter concert, winter choral festival, jewish community center, salvation army angel tree, winter magic workshop, christmas trio, eight reindeer monologues, holiday pops, then one foggy winter's eve, john's pass christmas craft show, light the way home, safford house victorian christmas, nutcracker, cherish the ladies, a celtic christmas, chorus angelorum, brass quintet, carrollwood cultural center chorus, snacking with santa, what the dickens, ditchfield family singers, ornament sale, uhuru pies, rockapella holiday, great russian nutcracker, good angel bad angel, holiday movies, first night 2010, art for the holidays, trees and traditions, lights in the garden, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: 5132, art/craft/vintage sale, The Nutcracker, Ditchfield Family Singers, Christmas Trio and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Beach Theatre, The Florida Orchestra, seminole heights, Arts, Music, Susan Hussey, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tchaikovsky, Meg Heimstead, american victory ship, fathom events, metropolitan opera house, christmas trio, snacking with santa, ditchfield family singers, tempus projects, celebration of life, holiday inc. theater, les contes d'hoffman, offenbach, gorilla theater, jim wicker, karel wright, art craft wintage sale, the nutcracker, 5132, Uncategorized

On the Radar: Art/Craft/Vintage Holiday Show

• by Lily Reisman
• Tags: Events, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, shop local, holiday shopping, local art, Etsy, arts crafts wintage show and sale, i love st. pete, inexpensive holiday gifts, Uncategorized

Bid now! ARTpool, Tampa Theatre, Tampa Bay Brewing Company and lots more great Holiday Auction items closing TODAY

• by David Warner
Brew your own at Tampa Bay Brewing, taste the wonders of Datz, see everything at Tampa Theatre — and lots more to bid on if you do it today.
• Tags: Holiday Guide Auction, Tampa Theatre, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, Dunedin, beer, datz, Tampa Bay Brewing Company, hannah montana, Holiday Auction, jewelry, music editor schwag bag, Rock School, Holiday Guide Auction, Uncategorized

CL Holiday Auction Item #11: A photographic portrait by ARTpool’s Marina Williams

• by Franki Weddington
A professional photo shoot with photog and trend-setter Marina Williams
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Holiday Guide Auction, Arts & Entertainment, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, photo shoot, graphic design, vintage clothing, Holiday Auction, Creative Loafing Holiday Auction, st. pete gallery, portraits, Holiday Guide Auction, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: Magnum Opus, Dunedin Wines the Blues, Jack Hanna's safari, Dixie Fest, Grit and Silk, pet adoption expo and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, The Ritz Ybor, American Stage, Bluelucy, Raymond James Stadium, Humane Society, Bikini contest, American Heart Association, Urban Decay, Shuffleboard, aleshea harris, things to do in tampa bay, Al Lopez Park, carrollwood playhouse, centro asturiano, jack hanna, late night with david letterman, queen of bingo, klaaren, jeremy gloff, magnum opus, square one events, forever young dancers, back door theater, homeless outreach, cafe cuple, spanish lyric theatre, tampa bay start heart walk, jumbotron, pet adoption expo, aspca, revolutions dance company, disabled dancers, wheelchair dance, grit and silk, after hours cabaret, dixie fest and rib burn off, monster trucks, sons of confederate veterans, juried art show, swquins, haikyo, jason collin, raw vibes art and and performance space, safari withjack hanna, dunedin wines the blues, johnny lee hooker jr., steve arvey horn band, okesine tilo, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: Chillounge, Lesley Dill at MFA, green expo, Graphicstudio sale, Aquamarina Ball, Art-Oberfest and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, joe maddon, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Bicycle Bash by the Bay, Art-Oberfest, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, The Florida Orchestra, Museum of Fine Arts, Rick-Baker, composting, Stefan Sanderling, William Wegman, water conservation, Linda Saul-Sena, st. petersburg clay company, Shakespeare, london, ed begley jr., things to do in tampa bay, Mark Sharpe, robert mapplethorpe, james rosenquist, ed ruscha, astor piazolla, jennifer hines, all's well that ends well, chillounge night, cointreau, outdoor lounge, biofuel, green farming, the crafty hag, graphicstudio benefit sale, north straub park, bike st. pete, aquamarina octoball, lego star wars the visual dictionary, books-a-million, anything goes, cole porter, rhythms on fire, manuel barrecuo, daniel binelli, national theatre, national theatre live, oktoberfest brewhaha, iheard a voice the art of lesley dill, art and poetry, going green expo, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: FolkFest, free museum day, And Baby Makes Seven, chili cookoff, more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, ARTpool, Marina-Williams, rebekah-pulley, Local Music, Jobsite Theater, Gulfport, The Ritz Ybor, Shimberg Playhouse, University of Tampa, Salvador Dalí Museum, David Jenkins, Karla Hartley, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, sarasota slim, and baby makes seven, chili cookoff, industrial arts center, black box film fest, touching home, record remix art party, folkfest, donna the buffalo, dave hardin, creative clay, veronica jacson, blues fest, mlues music, art fest, folk art, free museum day, arts alive, great explorations, fine art museum, pier aquarium, glbt issues, paula vogel, tampa bay performing art center, fire man auction, art of fashion, red carpet runway, ed harries, indie movies, live after dark, support local arts and music magazine, Uncategorized