Creative Loafing Tampa

The EV soap box derby: Green STEM Electrathon festival and races

Sat., May 21, at the Florida State Fairgrounds

• by Katie Machol
Green STEM Electrathon Festival will feature the single passenger electric vehicles designed, built and driven by local youths.
• Tags: Green Community Events, Green STEM Electrathon Festival, EV, electronic vehicle, florida state fairgrounds, green, alternative energy, eco-friendly, race cars, race, racing, free, weekend, free event, tampa, students

New book raises awareness about recycling in Florida Public Schools

• by Lisa Custer
Local author Stephanie Armenia wants to raise awareness about recycling in Florida Public Schools. She has designed an exciting new outreach to encourage the habit of recycling early in life by focusing on second graders and plastic water bottles. Sponsors are needed to help underwrite the cost of printing these educational books.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, recycling, Hillsborough County, donate, recycle, students, books, Read, Green Living, Green Community, water bottle, reading, sponsor, Stephanie Armenia, Hillsborough County Public schools, childrens book

'Tis the season to hit Sundance: Must-see flicks in Park City, 2011

• by Nathan Andersen
Nathan Andersen, Eckerd prof and CL's man on the scene at Sundance, previews the lineup for this year's festival.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Sundance Film Festival, Arts & Entertainment, Eckerd College, movie, film, Movies, students, independent film, sundance, documentary films, slamdance, film festival, Sundance Film Festival, american independent film

Access Arts Scholarship at the Patel Conservatory: A stellar opportunity for young performers

• by amisalleecorley
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Backstage Tampa Bay, Free shit, Summer Guide, Parenting, Neighborhoods, Arts & Entertainment, Tampa, Backstage Tampa Bay, Free shit, Theater, students, Patel Conservatory, Arts, Music, scholarship, Dance, classes, Summer Guide, Parenting, Neighborhoods, david a. straz jr. center for the performing arts, Summer Camp, Performing Arts, Financial Aid, Uncategorized

Florida students honor 9/11 victims

• by Tom Bortnyk
Students at Florida State University take part in the 9/11 Never Forget Project, placing nearly 3000 American flags on display in honor of the victims.
• Tags: Politics, Activism, Florida Politics, Politics, Activism, 9/11, America, students, Florida Politics, young america's foundation, Florida State University, 9/11 Never Forget Project, Uncategorized

Backstage at IADT's Imagine Fashion Show (pictures)

• by Samantha Goresh
Images from the backstage photographer at IADT's annual fashion show, Iamagine.
• Tags: Backstage Tampa Bay, Fashion, Art Squeeze, photography, Backstage Tampa Bay, Fashion, Art Squeeze, students, hair, IADT, photography, makeup, International Academy of Design and Technology, fashion show, Imagine, stylists, Uncategorized

Do it this weekend: Tampa culinary school BBQ cook-off competition

• by Katie Machol
Come out to support these future chefs and culinarians and enjoy some barbecue, too!
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Food and Restaurants, Tampa, food, Art Institute of Tampa, students, competition, barbecue, BBQ, cook-off, culinary, Uncategorized

The Tutored Chef: Student run restaurant at the Art Institute of Tampa

• by Katie Machol
Looking for a new place to try on your lunch break? Try The Tutored Chef: a restaurant run by students at The Art Institute of Tampa, with gourmet delights that won't break the bank.
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Restaurant News, Food and Restaurants, Tampa, restaurant, food, lunch, Art Institute of Tampa, students, culinary school, Restaurant News, dining, tutored chef, The Ritz, Anew Revolution, Sevendust, Since October, Aranda, 10 Years, 10 Year, Uncategorized

Sundance goes green?

• by Nathan Andersen
Sundance has had a green streak for a long time. It goes deeper than the new line of organic cotton festival wear, and the reliable influx of hybrid vehicles into town for the week.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment, Environment, Eckerd College, Sundance Film Festival, film, Al Gore, students, independent film, slamdance film festival, environmental film festival, inconvenient truth, polish brothers, native american, chris eyre, vandana shiva, ecuador, dolphins, Uncategorized

Back in black? Retro-style blaxploitation flick premieres at Sundance 2009

• by Nathan Andersen
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Arts & Entertainment, Quentin Tarantino, Eckerd College, jazz, DVD, movie trailer, film, Movies, students, independent film, snow, sundance, blaxploitation, international film, john singleton, samuel jackson, funk, horror film, shaft, jackie brown, Scott Sanders, Jean-Stéphane, Brown, Sweet, Greg Mottola, Tommy Wirkola, Hood, Hollywood, genre, Baadasssss, blacksploitation, Sauvaire, Midnight, Cove, Sweetback, Foxy, role, year, African, Dog, Dynamite, Dead, Boyz, TNT, style, flick, hotter, Stay, Retro-style, homage, Adventureland, website, Uncategorized

Eckerd College does Sundance

• by Nathan Andersen
• Tags: Eckerd College, Arts & Entertainment, Sundance Film Festival, film, students, independent film, Uncategorized