Creative Loafing Tampa

'Free Coffee Day' at Bruegger's in Tampa: Wed., 11/9

Guests can stop by the Tampa location to receive a free medium drip coffee from open until 2 p.m.

• by Katie Machol
Guests can stop by the Tampa location to receive a free medium drip coffee from open until 2 p.m.
• Tags: Food & Drink Events, Bruegger's, All Children's Hospital, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, free, coffee, fundraiser, benefit, Tampa, event, drink

Suncoast Sierra Club's "Spookfest Fun-draiser": Sat., 10/29

Food, live music, environmental costume contest and fun for the whole family.

• by Katie Machol
Food, live music, environmental costume contest and fun for the whole family.
• Tags: Food & Drink Events, Green Community Events, suncoast sierra club, tampa bay, st. pete, sierra club, halloween, family, fun, green, eco-friendly, environment, sacred lands, fundraiser, weekend

Sweetwater Organic Farm's 9th Annual Planter's Ball: Sat., 10/22

Help them usher in another successful season during their Planter's Ball and potluck fundraiser.

• by Katie Machol
Help them usher in another successful season during their Planter's Ball and potluck fundraiser.
• Tags: Food & Drink Events, Green Community Events, food, drink, wine, organic, planter's ball, Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, potluck, fundraiser, community, St. Somewhere

Bay area GrillSmiths holding "Back to School Week" fundraiser honoring Calyx and Beau Schenecker

Visit GrillSmith next week to support their local memorial foundation.

• by Juliette Cassistre
Visit GrillSmith next week to support their local memorial foundation.
• Tags: Food & Drink Events, GrillSmith, Calyx Schenecker, Beau Schenecker, Parker Schenecker, Calyx and Beau Schenecker Memorial Fund, Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, fundraiser, Juliette Cassistre

Tampa's first 'Green After Dark' event: Sat., 8/20

Come out and show support for over 30 local green businesses in the Tampa Bay area.

• by Lisa Custer
Come out and show support for over 30 local green businesses in the Tampa Bay area.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community Events, Tampa, green, eco-friendly, event, fundraiser, family, music, aquaponics, organic, local

Beef O' Brady's hosting fundraiser to benefit fallen St. Pete officers and their families - Wednesday, February 9th

• by Katie Machol
• Tags: Events, Food & Drink Events, Events, St. Petersburg, fundraiser, st pete police, Food & Drink Events, benefit, beef o brady's, Thomas Baitinger, fallen officers, Jeffrey Yaslowitz

Cru Cellars wine tasting to benefit the Children's Home - Thursday, November 18

• by Katie Machol
Cru Cellars is partnering with the Children’s Home (a place very dear to our hearts here at CL) for this event and a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales, as well as 10% of purchases made that evening, will be donated to this local organization.
• Tags: Drink, Food & Drink Events, wine, Tampa, Drink, wine tasting, charity, fundraiser, Children's Home, Food & Drink Events, benefit, cru cellars

'Evening for the Bay' fundraiser event for the Tampa Bay Watch - Saturday, November 13

• by Katie Machol
This event will feature great food, live music and complimentary beer and wine, as well as a silent auction -- all benefiting the Tampa Bay Watch’s restoration projects and education programs.
• Tags: Green Community Events, fundraiser, tampa Bay Watch, Green Community Events, evening for the bay

Do It This Weekend: Art After Dark, Tom Petty tribute, Chelsea Handler, Imagine and more

• by Julie Garisto
Parties galore, a Tom Petty tribute and Miss Sass herself, Chelsea Handler.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Studio@620, Tampa Theatre, Have-Gun-Will-Travel, Tampa-Bay-Derby-Darlins, Dunedin, fundraiser, Fashion, IADT, Imagine, Chelsea Handler, Ritz, education channel, thrill st. pete, phantom of the opera, Zombie Nation, design expo, Scotoberfest, Quality Soul Revue, Indie Creep, Kent, Pioneer Park, Dogtoberfest, Firemen Calendar, Keegan's

Sweetwater Organic Community Farm's Annual Fall Potluck Fundraiser- Saturday, October 23

• by Katie Machol
Dine and dance under the stars to celebrate the beginning of another great season.
• Tags: Food & Drink Events, Green Community Events, wine, beer, fundraiser, organic, farm, Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, organic produce, Food & Drink Events, potluck, Green Community Events, raffle

Do It This Weekend: Art, from an Ode to Ybor to State of the Art V.3, plays like Hamlet and Bat Boy: The Musical, a dodgeball fundraiser for Officers Curtis and Kocab, Celebrate Sinatra, a spoken word slam, and soccer

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Ybor City, Bat Boy the Musical, The Ritz Ybor, Eckerd College, fundraiser, St. Pete Times Forum, soccer, Weekly World News, free drinks, performance art, the roosevelt, Hamlet, Riverview, chad cardoza, tarpon springs performing arts center, the bricks, st. pete shakes, vuvuzelas, bininger theater, benjamin boucvalt, tampa bay rowdies, ode to ybor, state of the art v.3, kicktstart my art, multimedia, charity dodgeball, clear channel radio, the tampa bay storm, benefit for officers curtis and kocab, sacred sounds team poetry slam, got jokes? comedy and spoken word troupe, the frenzie-life theater, celebrate sinatra, v6 vodka, the st. petersburg shakespeare company, tampa taiko, taiko drumming, japanese drums, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: Taste of Pinellas, Carmen at the opera and Chicago at the theater, pepper and beer fests, a Rays watch party, the Living Green Expo and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, tampa bay rays, baseball, the big lebowski, Tampa Theatre, dunedin-brewery, Push-ultra-lounge, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, fundraiser, Palladium Theater, broadcast, st. pete beach, sunset cinema, interior motives gallery, Green Jobs, Hamlet, bowling, india pale ale, st. petersburg opera, carrollwood playhouse, martina mcbride, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Curtis Hixon Park, carmen, huey lewis and the news, st. petersburg shakespeare company, rays watch party, pinellas pepper fest, all children's hospital, lonestar, tampa bay living green expo, let's monkey around for boobies, suncoast primate sanctuary, susan g. komen for the cure, chicago musical, roxy hart, velma kelly, jazz hands, corey area craft festival, talking with, pulitzer, jane martin, bizet, krewes kare bowl, bp oil spill fundraiser, the dude, white russians, wdae the sports animal, texas ranger, trashy art show, energy retrofittin, shaken it up, butch casssidy and the sundance kid, raindrops keep falling on my head, hoppy ending ipa festival, taste of pinellas, Uncategorized

Green Community Calendar weekend events: Pesto Festo, organic gardening workshop, green markets and more!

• by Katie Machol
Check out this weekend's green-related events!
• Tags: Events, Green Living, Green Community, Events, Sweetwater Organic Farm Sunday Morning Market, fundraiser, organic, gardening, Green Living, Green Community, St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market, guided hike, dunedin green market, Tampa Downtown Market, pier aquarium, Ybor Saturday Market, corey ave sunday market, pesto festo, fish-ful saturday, land o lakes saturday market, Uncategorized

Local climbers bring Mt. Everest to Tampa for "An Evening with Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa", this Thursday

• by Roger Breit
Meet Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa who has climbed Mt. Everest thirteen times, as well as others in the Tampa climbing community to benefit the Climb for Cancer Foundation and the Pediatric Cancer Foundation this Thursday at The Tampa Club.
• Tags: Events, Green Community, Events, fundraiser, Green Community, pediatric cancer foundation, Vertical Ventures, Mt. Everest, mountain climbing, Sherpa, Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, the tampa club, International Explorers Project, Namche Bazaar, Nepal, Climb for Cancer Foundation, An Evening with Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, Tampa Bay Outfitters, Adventure Outfitters, mount everest, George Mallory, Uncategorized

WMNF Emergency Fundraiser for Haiti Relief aims to raise $100,000; hours extended to 6 p.m. today

• by David Warner
The WMNF Haiti Relief Emergency Fund Drive is a one-day fundraiser for four organizations providing aid to survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake.
• Tags: Activism, Activism, fundraiser, Haiti earthquake, WMNF 88.5 FM, Haiti Relief Emergency Fund Drive, Uncategorized

GIFF fundraiser tonight in Ybor City feat. Matt Butcher, Poetry n' Lotion and a screening of Visioneers

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Arts & Entertainment, Matt-Butcher, poetry-n-lotion, Ybor City, fundraiser, Gasparilla International Film Festival, Movies, office space, the hangover, visioneers, demi'smarket, things to d in tampa bay, zach galifianakis, brokenmold entertainment, Uncategorized

On the Radar: Abilities Foundation Pig Roast

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, fundraiser, pig roast, abilities foundation, things to do in tampa bay, hog wide, porky on the spit, mahi on the grill, nonprofit organization, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Mystery Science Theater 3K, Doubt, 'MNF visits Beach Theatre

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, WMNF, Ed Wood, American Stage, Things to Do In St. Petersburg, Beach Theatre, fundraiser, Salvador Dalí Museum, doubt, mystery science theater, Mystery Science Theater 3000, citrus park town center mall, plan 9 from outer space, cult tv, things to do in tampa bat, surreal art, dali museum st petersburg, topless mermaids, citrus park town center, vintage footage, Uncategorized

Do It This Weekend: Wearable Art Show, skate deck art, Mamma Mia! and more

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Events, Events, dunedin-fine-arts-center, Ivanka-Ska, Red-Bull, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Skatepark-of-Tampa, WMNF, Things to Do In St. Petersburg, Beach Theatre, Museum of Fine Arts, fundraiser, Mamma Mia!, free drinks, fairy tale, things to do in tampa bay, gone with the wind, frank strunk III, wearable art fashion, dave helm, sana hassan, paper chains, fine arts center, runway show, abba songs, rhett butler, dunedin fashion show, ungala, skate art, deck art, woodstock anniversary, abba, c. emerson, measured emotions, collage, scarlett o'hara, classic movies, brass roots, big belly burgers, cinderella, children's theater, panto, anniversary tribute, ollies, concert film, blenda, Uncategorized

Affordable, High End Wine Tasting Tonight

• by Taylor Eason
Ever wanted to taste Silver Oak
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Food and Restaurants, wine tasting, charity, fundraiser, Uncategorized