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The XXL 'Shrek Rave' comes to Tampa on Saturday
Last year’s Shrek Rave at The Ritz Ybor may have been the best 4/20 party in town, and now that we know a little bit about what next year’s “Shrek 5” will look like (for better or worse), there’s no...
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Widespread Panic drummer Duane Trucks joins Umphrey’s McGee in St. Pete on...
Kris Myers, who has played drums for Indiana rock outfit Umphrey’s McGee since 2003, just announced his departure to focus on other projects. Days later, Dopapod drummer Scotty Zwang was confirmed to...
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Sarasota Pride Project celebrates the LGBTQ+ community in spite of conservatives
With no main Pride parade in largely conservative Sarasota, two organizations fill in the gaps each year. And despite the ramp-up of anti-LGBTQ hate from Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump's...
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How Polk Pride went from a picnic to a week of LGBTQ+ celebrations
Ten years ago, a group of friends in Polk County wanted to celebrate Pride with a picnic. They didn’t expect the conservative area to put on a parade, but they also didn’t expect how many people also...
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Small town, big Pride: Dunedin ignores the haters to celebrate its LGBTQ+...
Dunedin is a bit of a paradox. Conservative townies and Toronto snowbirds alike saddle up to its breweries. And Gov. Ron DeSantis’ hometown elected its first openly gay mayor last year.
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Get your Tupperware ready for St. Pete's HAAPI Asian Festival
No one’s gonna judge you if you pack a cooler for this special edition night market celebrating Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Expect food from every corner of the continent, plus...
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Madeira Beach and St. Pete's hurricane preparedness expos on Saturday will...
Hurricane season officially starts this week, but you still have time to get ready for the next big storm. With last year's devastating hurricanes Helene and Milton in mind, the cities of Madeira...
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Saturday's World Oddities Expo brings owl pellet dissections, taxidermy and...
Ybor City has its Tabernacle of Oddities, and now St. Pete gets to have an afternoon of weird, gotta-have shit, too. A traveling oddities expo lands at one of the Sunshine City’s most special...
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Plant City's furry rescue farm animals are ready for hugs this weekend
The world’s on fire, but some critters will always be fuzzy and ready for a hug. That’s what’s going down when nonprofit, volunteer-run Plant City organization Rescue Pets of Florida Farm brings...
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Seminole Heights Jug & Bottle offers free welcome cocktails and wine tastings...
About 15 weeks after entering the chat, the new owners of Jug & Bottle are ready to make it official. The Seminole Heights staple, which opened 10 years ago and changed hands last February, is...
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Gulfport Pride is back next week
Gulfport’s gay, y’all, and the seaside town still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes knows how to party. This Pride event raises funds for local nonprofits by tapping nearly 150 vendors and small...
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Q&A: Before Tampa concert, former Eagle Don Felder talks new album and guitar...
The last decade has seen the release of the last Beatles song and Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks 2 (a box set with eight unreleased albums). So it makes sense to see more of our boomer favorites feeling...
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In St. Pete, y'all means all at The James Museum's 'Transtastic' Pride party
As Orville Peck and Willie Nelson once said, “Inside every lady, there's a cowboy who'd love to come out. And inside every cowboy, there's a lady who'd love to slip out.” The James, Tampa Bay’s...
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Tampa Legals LegalsNotice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com. ending...
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Rep. Kathy Castor has requested a federal investigation into the DeSantis'...
A Florida member of Congress says she is hopeful that her request for a federal investigation into allegations of impropriety regarding the Hope Florida Foundation will begin soon. “I expect them to.
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In St. Petersburg, SNAP recipients explain fears surrounding Trump tax bill’s...
Here are some of the consequences that will follow if Congress cuts a key federal nutrition program, as proposed in the U.S. House’s version of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”“I won’t be able to...
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St. Pete Pride 2025 is less than a month away
Florida’s biggest LGBTQ+ Pride celebration is finally here. There's a whole month of Pride celebrations ahead in St. Pete and across the Tampa Bay area, but don't wear yourself out if you want to make...
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Chaunte Wayans and Paris Sashay bring the laughs for St. Pete Pride month
Chaunté Wayans might be the famous brothers’ niece, but her comedy stands up on its own. After growing up on the “poor side” of the famous family, she was estranged from her uncle Marlan after they...
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Tampa Bay's best live music happening May 29-June 5
Tampa Bay's live music weekend is wearing extra deodorant these days thanks to rising temperatures, and it's also getting warmed up for a headbanging record release from Heaven's Gate on Friday night....
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DASH—lowkey the best way to get around downtown Tampa—has a new app
Even Elon haters don't mind hopping in a bright yellow Tesla for a cheap ride around downtown Tampa. And the Tampa Downtown Partnership promises its DASH program is about to be an even smoother ride.
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Tampa Homeland Security says its team led Tallahassee ICE raids where workers...
Workers building an apartment complex near the Florida State University campus were detained Thursday morning by agents from U.S. Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and Florida Highway Patrol....
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Review: Slim Charmer, St. Pete’s carefully-curated, curious, new cocktail bar...
In a small, retro building located next to its sister concept, lies the nonchalantly-cool Slim Charmer—offering no signage other than a snake decal on its door and an elusive motto that beckons the...
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When it comes to getting FEMA funds for hurricane season, Rick Scott says...
With less than a week before the Atlantic hurricane season begins, there are concerns about whether enough federal money is reserved for disaster relief. That prompted U.S. Sen. Rick Scott to say...
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Cafe Risque operators drop lawsuit against Florida law restricting age of...
TALLAHASSEE — After a federal appeals court last month upheld similar restrictions in Jacksonville, plaintiffs have dropped a challenge to a Florida law that prevents strippers under age 21 from...
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'The legacy will be a dark legacy': Rep. Maxwell Frost reacts to Elon Musk's...
Elon Musk’s tenure as a special government employee in the White House came to an end Friday, prompting Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost to say that his efforts reveal that a “corporate...
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