Florida property insurance companies seek rate hikes as high as nearly 50...
Roof-damage claims. Lawsuits.
View ArticlePhoebe Bridgers just released 200 more tickets to her Tampa show next week
If you're feeling like a dead man after not getting tickets to Phoebe Bridgers' Cuban Club show next week, then allow us to give you a glimmer of hope. Bridgers' May 24 Tampa date sold-out of roughly...
View ArticleBusch Gardens launches new Summer Celebration, with the return of free beer...
After the launch of multiple new attractions and rides, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is pulling out all the stops for the summer, and that includes the return of free beer. The park's all-new Summer...
View ArticleAsian fusion pop-up Good Fortune Baby to sling dumplings at two upcoming...
Tampa's most prized Asian fusion small plates are back, but there are only two opportunities to snag them. Good Fortune Baby's Instagram recently announced its pop-up schedule for the next few...
View Article'They’re doing to him what they did to Trump': Nikki Fried says media...
Gov. Ron DeSantis routinely bashes the media for favoring Democrats over him, but one of his challengers this year says he’s got it backwards. In an appearance on the left-of-center Stuttering John...
View ArticleFlorida is looking for people to help dispose of bear carcasses, and other...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking people to help with efforts to reduce interactions between humans and bears. Applicants are expected to have flexible work schedules...
View ArticlePreserve The 'Burg Expo and Café con Tampa talk about things to do as...
It's Historic Preservation Month across the country, which means it's a good time for Tampa Bay to think about its connection and commitment to cultivating a sense of space. Some events happening...
View ArticleNever forget that people wanted to demolish the historic Tampa Theatre, too
There are plenty of historic preservation shit-the-bed moments in Tampa Bay. In St. Petersburg, there are the La Plaza and Florida theaters, Huntington and Pheil hotels and even the old Webb’s City....
View ArticleAs Tampa Bay closes out Historic Preservation Month, it's important to talk...
In city council chambers on Tuesday, Dennis Fernandez stood before the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to explain why the City of Tampa is seeking emergency action to halt the demolition permit...
View ArticleFlorida ACLU calls on Tampa City Council to give police review board...
The Florida ACLU is calling for Tampa City Council to let voters decide if the police Citizen’s Review Board (CRB) should have an independent attorney and subpoena power. The changes could potentially...
View ArticleTampa's free 'Streetcar Live' series welcomes Whale Feral to Ybor City this...
Tampa’s Streetcar Live series usually happens when temperatures drop, but when you take two years off due to the pandemic, you come back no matter how sweaty your crotch is going to get. This free May...
View ArticleL.A. indie-folk favorite The Head and the Heart kicks off US tour in St. Pete...
For the last month, it’s been very Blue in the Head and the Heart camp. That’s when the L.A. indie-folk band released its latest album, Every Shade of Blue, and a month before this St. Petersburg...
View ArticleChristian pop songwriter Sarah Reeves plays Tampa listening room concert on...
Sick of the contemporary sounds of mainstream Jesus music? Sarah Reeves—who’s coming to Ybor City on Friday—has your back.
View ArticleSunda New Asian restaurant will open in Midtown Tampa this year
With the recent debut of modern Japanese eatery Noble Rice and Chef Richard Hales’ Blackbrick on the way, Tampa is quickly becoming a hot spot for high-end Asian cuisine. Earlier today, The Tampa Bay...
View ArticleFlorida wants social-studies text books to not include 'Critical race theory,...
As the Florida Department of Education seeks proposals from textbook companies to provide social-studies materials to schools, it is making clear concepts such as critical race theory and social...
View ArticleFlorida House Democrats poised to select Tampa's Fentrice Driskell as new leader
Florida House Democrats are poised to select a new incoming leader on Tuesday, after a would-be leader dropped his re-election bid amid a controversy involving sexual harassment allegations. House...
View ArticleFormer Florida congresswoman Corrine Brown pleads guilty to tax charge
Former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal tax charge in a years-long case that centered on allegations she used contributions to a charity for personal expenses...
View ArticleRick Scott, 'a business guy,' says Biden has a problem with ‘incompetent...
Sen. Rick Scott said Thursday that the problem with President Joe Biden’s White House stems in part from the “incompetent people” he’s appointed to the Cabinet. “If you look at their nominees, what...
View ArticleOrpheum’s last concert in Ybor City is next week, and the new location should...
The end of an era in Ybor City arrives next week when Orpheum hosts its last concert and dance party ahead of a move 10 miles north. The sold-out, May 25 show from Suicide Silence is the final concert...
View ArticleCanadian EBM staple Front Line Assembly plays Ybor City on Saturday
It will be 36 years of industrial-strength electro-bliss going from the stage and into your ears on Saturday night at Orpheum when Front Line Assembly stabs its staccatos into the band’s first Tampa...
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