Creative Loafing Tampa

George McGovern will NOT be in Tampa next week

• by Mitch Perry
The former Senator was recently treated for exhaustion.
• Tags: News, George McGovern, Inkwood Books

UPDATE: George McGovern cancels Tampa appearance

• by Mitch Perry
Robert F. Kennedy once called McGovern, "The most decent man in the Senate—as a matter of fact, he's the only one."
• Tags: News, Robert F. Kennedy, George McGovern, Tampa Tribune, Inkwood Books, Richard Nixon

Cherish your local bookstore

Inkwood and Haslam's survive in the face of a declining book culture.

• by William McKeen
Inkwood and Haslam's survive in the face of a declining book culture.
• Tags: Bill McKeen’s Book Blog, books, bookstores, Inkwood Books, Haslam's Book Store, independent retailers, readers

Do It Today: 'El Lector' opening reception and more

• by Julie Garisto
• Tags: Events, Visual Arts, Ybor, Events, lowry park zoo, Ybor, Inkwood Books, MOSI, Florida Aquarium, Visual Arts, swaptember, lectors, John F. Germany Library, Elio Lopez, cigarmakers, The Gendarme, Mark Mustian

Do It Today: All Out Rep and Secret Theatre produce Half Dozen the Other in Ybor, New Seeds Salon at Sacred Grounds, and St. Pete Times journo Thomas French signs Zoo Story

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, lowry park zoo, St. Petersburg Times, Inkwood Books, All Out Rep, journalist, Pulitzer Prize, Silver Meteor Gallery, local theater, new seeds salon, sacred grounds coffeehouse, thomas french, zoo story, life and death in the garden of captives, dr. joanne waugh, feminist philosophy, q-fraz, djembe drums, najah, half dozen the other, secret theatre, short plays, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Becloud (Vaho) at the Global Lens Film Series, the Slow Food Sampler at The Studio, and Without a Paddle at Inkwood Books

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, the Studio@620, mexico city, slow food tampa bay, slow food sampler, chef dave west, the rolling pin kitchen emporium, jack johnson concert, mexican director, alejandro gerber bicecci, without a paddle, racing twelve hundred miles around florida in a sea kayak, warren richey, global lens films series, becloud vaho, Uncategorized

Do It Today: World Refugee Day events, shake it up with Shakespeare at the Bard-tini party, and meet Thomas Daly, author of Rage Company: A Marine's Baptism by Fire

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, Carrollwood Cultural Center, centro asturiano, paddy burkes, thomas daly, rage company a marine's baptism by fire, world refugee, new year's baby, bard-tini party, st. peterburg shakespeare company, art lecture, socheata poeuv, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Sex and the City 2-themed girls' night out, USF Honors Theater offers Animals and Plants, movies in the park and an evening with Broadway star Ben Vereen

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Nova-535, Inkwood Books, Sex and the City 2, university of south florida, carrie, Miranda, cary grant, fashion party, roots, girls night out, north straub park, tony winner, charlotte, mr. big, adam rapp, animals and plants, usf honors theater, ben vereen, broadway star, pippin, all that jazz, thom vernon, the drifts, st. petersburg waterfront parks centennial celebration, valerie wisecracker, arsenic and old lace, satc, sex and the city release party, samantha, aiden, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Gil Mantera brings Spandexed stripper moves to the stage at Crowbar, a wrap party for Hair and a book signing for The Cigar Maker

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, crowbar, Ybor City, Inkwood Books, Sunbears, hair, American Stage in the Park, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Auto Automatic, mark mcginty, the cigar maker, romeo and juliette, little shop of horrors, st. petersburg museum of history, cast party, wrap party, Uncategorized

Do It Today: GIFF screens Adrift at the Tampa Museum of Art, Music and Movies in North Straub Park, and meet Dog the Bounty Hunter of the seas

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Tampa Museum of Art, dunedin-fine-arts-center, Inkwood Books, vietnamese, coffee and conversation, global lens film series, north straub park, adrift, bui thac chuyen, may movies and music, st. pete waterfront parks centennial celebration, captain max hardbeger, seized, papersolo, gasparilla independent film festival, hanoi, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Earth Day 2010 brings the Trashy Fashion show and Green Expo, Conservation Conversations, sustainable gardening tips and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, Eckerd College, University of Tampa, Largo Cultural Center, war on terror, Trashy Fashion Show, tampa bay hotel, green events, mindy solomon gallery, henry b. plant museum, earth day events, earth day 2010, earth day tampa, earth day st. petersburg, sustainable gardeninig in florida, conservation conversations, recycled designs, nike sweatshops, social justic, jim keady, world affairs, reckoning with torture, bright and white, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Nude Nite art and performance show, Evenings with the Maestro, and meet Wives of Henry Oades author Johanna Moran

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, Nude Nite, burlesque, nude art, Mark Sforzini, st. petersburg opera, evenings with the maestro, baroque alive, miss polly wood, saigon pearl, the wizard of oz, paul joachim, johanna moran, the wives of henry oades, richard wagner, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Corey Smith's country pop, Heart of A Landscape Painter film premiere, meet author Lisa McMann

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, The Ritz Ybor, Inkwood Books, Project Runway, interior motives gallery, pasco hernando community college, Corey Smith, project runway recap podcast, amanda allwood, country rock, heart of a landscape painter, film premiere, the greek community of tarpon springs, tarpon springs heritage centro, lisa mcmann, gone, wake, fade, tween books, in stitches, embroiderer's guild of america, Uncategorized

Do It Today: The Shaughraun at USF, VYB contemporary dance, meet St. Pete Times columnist Ernest Hooper and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, Florida Orchestra, Coffee Concert, Mayor Pam Iorio, tampa's riverwalk for wishes, make a wish foundation, new seeds mic, mass media and sexual exploitation of women, vanessa brown, grant cooper, music around the world, ernest hooper, ann nixon cooper, vyb dance company, danita's children's center, the shaughraun, usf college of visual and performing arts, michael bogdanov, olivier award, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Francophiles rejoice at Bleu Acier Gallery's L'Arabesque opening and Lisa Ling speaks out on human rights

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, Megan Voeller, Florida Holocaust Museum, henry matisse, bleu acier gallery, printmaking atelier, l'arabesque, pierre mabille, philippe richard, frederique lucien, dominique labuvie, elisabeth condon, neil bender, michelle weinberg, peter soriano, lisa ling, the view to life shining light on a better world, mommazine, charla muller, 365 night a memoir of intimacy, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Studio-F opens, contemporary dance, meet author Tim Dorsey, Gangs of Central America forum, and Rabbit Hole

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Inkwood Books, University of Tampa, Theater, Tim Dorsey, university of south florida, Sam Gilliam, cdc, palm harbor library, hcc ybor performing arts building, Rabbit Hole, studio f, audrey flack, joyce j. scott, homebuyers symposium, guilf coast chapter of the florida association of mortgage professionals, department of hud, st. petersburg main library, david lindsay-abair, gangs of central america forum, study of latin america and the caribbean, kylla hanson, my life crazy: a gringa's life with the salvadoran gangs, jose miguel cruz, vanderbilt, islac, gator a-go-go, serge a. storms, faye driscoll, 837 venice boulevard, contemporary dance, art retrospective, scarfone/hartley gallery, r.k. bailey art studios, Uncategorized

Do It Today: 11:11 – Let There Be Light, Art, Sound, Aida at the Met, Home of the Brave and Dudley Clendinen book signings

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, Inkwood Books, Eckerd College, things to do in tampa bay, 11:11 let there be light sound art, alex grey, allyson grey, postmodern art, anatomical art, multi-sensory, led light display, dudley clendinen, new york times writer, veterans day, home of the brave book signing, the met live, aida, metropolitan opera house, a place called canterbury, tales of the new old age in america, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Culture galore with the USF Fall Dance Concert, The Florida Orchestra, books signings, art openings and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, The Florida Orchestra, Inkwood Books, So You Think You Can Dance, Mahaffey Theater, Coffee Concert, Tchaikovsky, usf department of theater and dance, fall dance concert, symphonic dancces, swan lake, copland, sheramy bundrick, vincent van gogh, sunflowers, john kneapler, gestural landscapes, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Black Box Film Fest, curtain call, meet Peter Meinke, Global Lens Film Series

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, Studio@620, Inkwood Books, bella brava, University of Tampa, Mahaffey Theater, Pacific Wave, Poet's Notebook, Poet Laureate, Parkshore Grill, indie film, Ed Harris, black box film fest, muvico baywalk, guerrilla filmmaking, penter meinke, curtain call, songs from the southern seas, global lens film series, lines of neuchatel, sean daly, charlie belcher, tangerine, central avenue seafood, 400 beach, cafe alma, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Motown Heroes the Funk Brothers, meet author Ian Vasquez, GirlStories Theatre

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, things to do in Tampa, Things to Do In St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Times, Inkwood Books, middle school girls, bootsy collins, lonesome point, detroit musicians, standing in the shadows, creative discovery, standing in the shadows of motown, funk brothers, joan osbourne, museum members, motown records, t bone, Uncategorized