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Deadline today for the Sandhill Writers Retreat

Kent Roberts — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:46:42 -0400

Have you a pen? Have you a notebook?…

Sudden "Impact" at Hogan's Beach

Chris Girandola — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:28:00 -0400

Midway through Hulk Hogan’s press conference to announce Impact Wrestling’s nationally-televised event on May 23 at the USF Sun Dome, the relaxed evening at Hogan’s Beach restaurant on Clearwater Causeway took a sudden turn, courtesy of Aces & Eights.

Loud voices, flipped-over tables, proclamations and predictions of destruction and ruin, and a stunned Hogan, along with an even more confused crowd ensued.…

A world to love on Earth Day Mon., April 22

Mina Abgoon — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400

We all live on Earth, don’t we?

Mon., April 22, is a day for everyone — environmentalists and non-environmentalists alike — to surround ourselves with fresh air, feel the rich soil underneath their feet and discover their inner naturalists. Luckily, Tampa Bay organizations provide a variety of ways to help you show your love and appreciation for the planet we call home.…

Lightning players go bald for a great cause

Nicole Abbett — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:39:00 -0400

Last night the Fourth Annual Bright House Networks Cut for a Cure Charity Challenge, presented by Carrabba’s Italian Grill, was held at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Several players from the Tampa Bay Lighting traded in their skate blades for razor blades.…

Weekend o'fun — shots from 2013 St. Patrick's Day events

Chip Weiner — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:47:00 -0400

St. Patrick's Day weekend brought a lot of events to the Tampa Bay area. There was a celebration going on in Curtis Hixon Park, a national criterium bike race in downtown Tampa, and a parade in Ybor city.

This guy was the clear winner of the "I gotta get me one of those" award.…

Nude Nite 2013 — photo gallery from edgy Ybor

Chip Weiner — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:41:00 -0500

The old broom factory at 3606 E. Fourth Ave. is not too hard to find but even show director Kelly Stevens understands why some people might hesitate to venture to this dark part of Ybor City.

Go!…

Strawberry Festival off to a sweet start

Chip Weiner — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:50:00 -0500

The 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival began Thursday and runs for 11 days. The event takes place in Plant City, the winter strawberry capital of the world according to the city's website.…

Huzzah! Photos from the Bay Area Renaissance Festival

Chip Weiner — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:13:00 -0500

In an act that might be better named Wheel of Defying Death, Ichabod Wainwright jumps up and down three stories off the ground as he performs his wheel walking act. Yes, he really is that high without a harness, safety net or possibly his sanity!

Saturday began the seven-weekend run of the Bay Area Renaissance Festival 2013 , near MOSI in north Tampa.…

Pink It Up! against breast cancer

Tiffany Razzano — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Breast cancer touches everyone’s lives.

One in eight American women will be diagnosed with it in their lifetime, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.…

Oscar Experience: Tampa is Sun., Feb. 24 at the Tampa Theatre

Joe Bardi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:24:00 -0500

This year’s highly competitive Oscar race is the most interesting one in years. Though Argo has long been rumored to be a lock for Best Picture, a recent groundswell of support for Silver Linings Playbook may ground Ben Affleck's spy thriller before it takes flight.…

Mayors tell tales of Gasparillas gone by. Photos from Tall Tales & Scandalous Stories event

Chip Weiner — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:09:19 -0500

Former Tampa Mayors Pam Iorio, Dick Greco, Sandy Freedman, and moderator Boyd Wynne

The Henry Plant Museum Society hosted a kickoff event for the Gasparilla season called "Tall Tales & Scandalous Stories" on Friday night at the University of Tampa. Three former Tampa mayors regaled the audience with stories about parades, pirates, and plifering from their experiences with the annual celebration.…

Hope floats: the Tampa River Lights Festival

Mina Abgoon — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:54:34 -0500

Imagine 10,000 river lights illuminating the Hillsborough River, floating freely and signifying a greater cause.

North of Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, distinctive in its unique urban design and vast open space, will be the release point of the lights during the Tampa River Lights Festival.…

Mike Tyson brings his one-man show to Clearwater next spring

Mitch Perry — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:46:00 -0500

Early next year, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to take his one-man theater show on the road, and that includes a visit to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall in April.

"Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" is described as an autobiographical monologue performed by the former champ in which he reflects upon his tough childhood in Brooklyn, the absence of his father, and his self-described "reckless and destructive" behavior.…

Ybor is Illuminated: Centro Ybor Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

Nicole Abbett — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:55:38 -0500

Those who couldn't make it out to the famed tree lighting at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City joined Mayor Bob Buckhorn along with several other community leaders for the Ybor City version on Wednesday evening.

A ceremony to light the 34-foot holiday tree in Centro Ybor began with carolers Jackson Crawford, Erin Lowe, Shay Cambre and Paul Iankov; courtesy of Busch Gardens.…

Photo review of Santaella Studios' open house

Kevin Tighe — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:14:33 -0500

Santaella Studios for the Arts hosted an open house Friday in the beautifully restored building that once housed the Santaella Cigar Factory, 1906 N. Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Guests mingled with over 40 artists in their studios including Kerry Vosler, Jason Shiver, Lisa Presnail, Karen Embry, Rick Reeves, Debra Radke, Greer Jennison and Lorrie Mason.…

Helping those in Sandy's aftermath from afar

Arielle Stevenson — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:41:37 -0500

With upwards of $60 billion in damage, and over a hundred dead and counting, Hurricane Sandy's impression is deep and widespread across the Northeast.

As Floridians, hurricanes are routine.…

The Ale and Witch brews up a fundraiser to help Sandy victims

Julie Garisto — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:35:47 -0400

Brett Andress, owner of The Ale and the Witch — a pub popular for its variety of craft beers, nestled in courtyard of downtown St. Pete's Tower Plaza — grew up in New Jersey, "off Exit 4 of the turnpike, he says. Andress' family and friends still live there, and the shore was his summer escape every year.…

Get some strange: Hawk and Wayne's News of the Weird: Live

Mina Abgoon — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:55:00 -0400

Just two months in, Gavin Hawk and Ricky Wayne’s News of the Weird: Live is already a comedy hit, providing a new entertainment go-to — and quite possibly, a reason to believe in live local improv again.

Hawk and Wayne — known individually for their starring roles in local professional theater productions, and as teachers, professional actors and all-around leaders in their craft — have been producing original and long-form improv for the past few years.…

Current helps turn the tide for Pasco family

Julie Garisto — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:39:10 -0400

Best of the Bay-winner Jason Sowell and his organization Current of Tampa Bay are making positive waves again.

This weekend the Tampa charity that's also helped the needy through its Laundry Love Project will make much needed home repairs for Pasco County cancer patient and his family while offering daytime activities and a vacation stay at a Tampa hotel.…

Lehane and Koryta sign books at Four Green Fields tonight

Julie Garisto — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:44:00 -0400

Did you miss Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island) at the Times Festival Reading yesterday?

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Ask Dream Momma: Hit by a big-time challenge

Dream Momma — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:55:10 -0400

“Dear Dream Momma, I was swimming through a tsunami with someone holding my hand before me, I was so worried how we were going to make it. This person said: "Trust me, hold my hand, and when I tell you, hold your breath and we're going into the base at the bottom and come through the other side".…

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Paul Ryan back in Florida — pictures from Oldsmar

Chip Weiner — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:49:41 -0400

In his first public Florida appearance since the Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential hopeful Paul Ryan appeared in Oldsmar this morning before a hot but enthusiastic crowd. Make sure to see the report from CL's Michael Newberger

Romney-Ryan fans Miss Liberty, aka Lisa Ganno, and husband, Joe.

Several Republican party advocates took the stage before Ryan including Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Representative James W. "J.W." Grant, former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker, and Congressmen Bill Young and Gus Bilirakis.…
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The Daily Show at Straz: Sen. Rubio, a lap dance and giant roach

Julie Garisto — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:56:00 -0400

Growing ever more jaded and RNC-fatigued, my spirits brightened under the lights of the ~~Jaeb~~ Ferguson Theater of the Straz at the first taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: The Road to Jeb Bush 2016.
I would finally hear Jon Stewart say fuck and shit without being bleeped!…
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Occupying Cafe Hey — Tampa hangout for the political fringe

Julie Garisto — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:19:00 -0400

We paid a visit to Cafe Hey, dubbed "home of the 99 Percent Dinner," Sunday night and rubbed elbows with Occupy protesters, Green Party VP candidate Cheri Honkala and others just visiting Tampa to check out the RNC action. The cafe offers a slew of events related to the RNC protests throughout the week.…
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Outside the Box: Metrocon 2012

David Russell — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:03:00 -0400

Join Matthew Michael Awesome and I as we embark upon a quest to find the solution to all my costume related issues from the cosplaying experts at Metrocon 2012.

Things I have learned:
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