The 10 biggest issues from Florida's 2022 legislative session
Florida lawmakers finished the regular legislative session Monday by passing a $112.1 billion budget for the fiscal year that will start July 1. Florida lawmakers finished the regular legislative...
View ArticleFlorida Board of Education nominee wanted Rush Limbaugh books in elementary...
The books would have been a prop for a 2016 Cord Byrd speech at a Nassau County school. A woman nominated Friday to Florida’s Board of Education once petitioned deceased talk show host Rush Limbaugh...
View ArticleComedian Jim Gaffigan will film parts of his new special during two Tampa...
He takes over the Straz Center in October. Emmy-winning comedian Jim Gaffigan is bringing the laughs to Tampa this fall. The 55-year-old comic who your parents love to watch on CBS' Sunday morning...
View ArticleCarlton's back, and when it comes to the Bucs, I’m optimistic for a reunion
Carlton Davis III and Ryan Jensen are back. You win some, you lose some, and in the case of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won a lot more than they gained to start free agency. Obviously, getting TB12 back...
View ArticleSavage Love: To navigate tightness, sometimes you have to leave PIV...
Also, don't wait around for assholes to call you back. I have a problem. (How’s that for an opener?)…
View ArticleTwo Gulfport favorites combine forces for the Salty Nun, a new restaurant...
Salty Nun does still have the leftover outdoor swings from its horny predecessors. The Saint is no longer downtown St. Pete’s only religion-themed hangout spot. Grand Central just got a brand new...
View ArticleThursday's Gulfport 'Clean Comedy' night benefits families in Ukraine and...
Donnie Stopa and Rodney Norman are on the bill. It's always good to enjoy a few laughs.…
View ArticleVideo shows massive Central Florida alligator named 'Grandpappy' eating...
'I have never seen one that big before,' says one onlooker, while another yells 'put that gator down!' A recent video shows an impressively large Central Florida alligator named "Grandpappy" letting...
View ArticleTiger Dust, a new pinball arcade and gift shop, celebrates grand opening in...
Get your kangaroo tacos at this weekend’s party. There are only two non-funeral businesses in Tampa Bay that greet customers with an open casket—and one is celebrating its grand opening this weekend....
View ArticleDeSantis signs law eliminating Florida’s year-end school testing
The law will formally take effect in July. This spring will mark the final time that public-school students will have to take tests known as the Florida Standards Assessments, as Gov. Ron DeSantis...
View ArticleC3's Innings music festival debuts this weekend in Tampa and already has...
Founder Tim Sweetwood said, 'we can already say that we’ll be giving it a go again in ‘23.' Until team owners and major leaguers agreed to a deal this month, it looked like spring training was gonna...
View ArticleBobby Colomby brings jazz-rock pioneer Blood, Sweat & Tears to St. Pete on...
He's the only original member left. If you get annoyed by the bagpipes and Irish razzmatazz involved with St. Paddy's, St. Pete's Mahaffey Theater gives you a chance to you to catch some jazz-rock...
View ArticleFor St. Patrick's Day, St. Pete offers Greensky Bluegrass at Jannus Live
John Craigie opens the show. Did you miss the green river last weekend?…
View ArticleJersey boy Frankie Valli kicks off two-night Clearwater stand on Friday
It's been a rough pandemic for the Four Seasons. It hasn't been an easy pandemic for Frankie Valli, who’s playing Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall on Friday and Saturday.…
View ArticleFreak-pop favorite of Montreal returns to Ybor City on Friday
Locate S,1 and Charles Irwin—back home after a short Northeast tour—open the show. Georgia-based indie pop group of Montreal has been vocal about where it stands on issues.…
View ArticleTampa's 'Reggae on the WTR' series continues Friday with One Love Rising
You know, if you're not at Reggae Rise Up in St. Pete. Can't make it to the Reggae Rise Up Music Festival?…
View ArticleReggae Rise Up returns to Vinoy Park in St. Pete starting Friday
Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid and Iration are among the headliners at the three-day festival. Reggae Rise Up 2022—Tampa Bay's favorite reggae get-together—is back this weekend at St. Pete’s Vinoy Park.…
View ArticleArticles is in St. Pete to play 'songs that sound like you just worked a...
Walled City and Spanish Needles play support on Friday. In 2022, it seems that the least problematic pop punk bands are the ones that haven't reached superstar status.…
View ArticleChris Young headlines Innisbrook's 'Valspar Live' pop-country throwdown this...
Big & Rich are on the bill, too. Remember when Tiger Woods made a comeback at Valspar in 2018?…
View ArticleNorwegian black metal band Mayhem is in Ybor City this weekend
But Watain had to drop off the show due to visa issues. There was a time where you may have feared for your life while attending a Mayhem concert.…
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