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'Bros' is the first major studio gay rom-com and also too straight for its...
There’s a reason why “Bros,” the self-proclaimed first gay-centric romantic comedy from a major Hollywood studio, flopped on its opening weekend, and it has nothing to do with rampant homophobia,...
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New Red Mesa food truck debuts, Geo's wine bar heads to Ybor City, and more...
Openings Quatro Red Mesa's fourth concept—the aptly-named Quatro—is now open outside of Green Bench Brewing, as the food truck celebrates its debut on Friday, Oct. 7 from 12 p.m.-10 p.m.
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The 33rd Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival runs now through...
Tampa Bay’s longest running LGBTQIA+ film festival is back for a week of film experiences. Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TGLIFF)—which starts today and runs through Oct....
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Calculating the loss of Hurricane Ian's powerful path through Florida
As the aftermath of Hurricane Ian continues to disrupt everyday life in parts of Florida where the storm wreaked havoc, data outlining financial and agricultural losses is trickling in. State law...
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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan stops by Seminole Heights Microgroove, leaves...
The Smashing Pumpkins are in Tampa tonight for a headlining show with Jane's Addiction, but frontman Billy Corgan made some time to go record shopping before the gig. "He shopped the whole store, man,...
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Review: Rufus Wainwright was breathtaking during brilliant Straz Center...
A true sign of living in a great town is having a multitude of entertainment options to choose from on any given night. Tampa locals had plenty of choices last Friday night ranging from an Oktoberfest...
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Thank you, refs
In a solid performance from TB12, that saw him cross the 200 yard threshold in the first half (351 yards for the game), the Bucs were able to sneak away with their first home win of the 2022-2023...
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Review: Zac Brown Band rocks Tampa crowd with hits songs and new medleys
Zac Brown Band has nothing left to prove after an illustrious 15-year career in country music’s mainstream. The Atlanta-based group, led by Brown and a star-studded crew of musicians, could have...
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Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote for Florida’s general election
Hey politically-conscious procrastinators, the time to register to vote is nigh. Tuesday, Oct. 11 is the last day to register to vote for next month’s general elections, where Floridians will cast...
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Review: In St. Pete, freeFall Theatre stages enthralling narrative of...
As the lights rise on the Supreme Court chambers of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we see the diminutive judge behind her spacious wooden desk bedecked with shiny antique brass pulls. The high backed,...
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Florida Gov. DeSantis sued for not turning over migrant flight records
An open-government group Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to release additional records about a controversial decision last month to fly migrants from Texas to...
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In Warnock vs. Walker, being a Democrat is the truly unforgivable sin
The important thing is not that Herschel Walker paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, or that he broke up with the woman when she refused to terminate a second pregnancy in 2011. It’s not that...
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Ahead of Clearwater date, Warren Haynes says he can see Gov’t Mule ‘possibly...
Ever since Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd did its big band thing on a flatbed trailer in the middle of Coachman Park in 1980, the annual Clearwater Jazz Holiday has evolved dramatically....
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Tampa poet Yuki Jackson wonders what a banned book would say if it could talk
I wrote this poem from the perspective of a banned book. If books could talk—and they do in our modern age with Audible and YouTube videos of live author readings—what would they say?
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Ybor City’s Vegan Deli will close at the end of the month
Following the closure of the local chain's third location in Brandon earlier this year, the same unfortunate fate is in store for Ybor City and Dunedin's Vegan Delis as well. The owners of both...
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Savage Love: Everyone should watch the 1989 documentary 'Tongues Untied'
There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to savage.love.
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Pop-punk giant Blink-182 is reunited and headed to Tampa next summer
It's been over two decades since Blink-182 brought dick jokes to MTV's "Total Request Live." Now the boys are back together, and headed out on a tour that stops in Tampa next summer. Tickets to see...
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'World's tallest and fastest' swing ride coming to Busch Gardens Tampa this...
This morning, Busch Gardens Tampa confirmed the long-rumored arrival of a new record-breaking swinging pendulum-style ride. Billed as the "world's tallest and fastest of its kind," Serengeti Flyer...
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St. Pete's 2022 Shine Mural Festival kicks off this weekend
St. Pete’s annual Shine Mural Festival is back in Tampa Bay for its eighth year of diverse specialty art viewings and creative events from Oct. 14-22. The outdoor exhibition will bring 18 new murals,...
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Protesters disrupt first visit to UF for school’s presumptive new president
Hundreds of boisterous student protesters drove Sen. Ben Sasse from a stage Monday afternoon at the University of Florida, where he has been selected as the sole finalist to become the school’s next...
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