As a veteran chronicler of blues music, I can say without equivocation that Sunday’s Sunshine Blues Festival has all the makings of a winner. Nonstop music on two stages. Temperatures in the 60s and low 70s with only a 10 percent chance of rain. Ultimately, it’s the lineup that
It’s Spring Training – The Grapefruit League From Tampa To Sarasota
Get Your Motors Revving: The Track Is Being Built For The Honda Grand Prix
No Rain Woes: The Chill Lounge With Jon Secada Is Now Covered Up
Rhonda Shear’s Comedy PJ Party at the Mahaffey This Weekend
Experiencing Jaguar ALIVE
5 Good Bets For This Weekend (That Aren’t the Super Bowl)
Notes From the Local Concert Scene
Q&A: Tony Rifugiato, Concert Promoter
“Broken City” is Beyond Repair
It’s difficult to pin down what’s wrong with Broken City (I’ll spare you the pun on the title), but something is. A contemporary take on classic film noir, it has a potentially strong cast (Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones) and authentic dialogue that thankfully avoids the glibness
Jazz Artist Parrott Charms the Side Door at the Palladium
Well, look here—a jazz club in St. Petersburg. Not a five-nights-a-week hotspot like they have in New York, but a cool room that has jazz and blues as a significant part of its programming. It’s the Side Door Cabaret at the Palladium Theater, where last night I saw
Note From The Chairman: The Future Is Digital
In March of 1991, I bought my first Macintoch Classic. I didn’t know what to make of it. I walked around it for days trying to figure out how it would fit into my life. Almost the same way I reacted when we bought our first dog, a
Blissing Out to Spotify
On Monday, we offered some stuff to do to get off the couch and away from the flat-screen during the work week. And yet we realize that Mon.-Fri. is not always conducive to being out and about. Sometimes you want to, or just have to, stay in the house.
“Emeril’s Florida” Features Ybor City on Sunday
Earlier, we reported the debut of Emeril’s Florida on The Cooking Channel, and promised updates when Tampa Bay is featured. That happens Sunday at 10:30 a.m., when Emeril makes a stop at Ybor City The episode, titled, Viva Florida, recognizes the 500th anniversary of the Spanish explorers’ arrival on Florida’s
Check Out First “Spring Breakers” Trailer
The racy film Spring Breakers, featuring Disney dolls Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine as bored girls gone bad, has announced an official release date, March 29, and put out its first trailers (links below). As if you didn’t already know, the R-rated film, directed
Bay Bistro Riverwalk Opens Today
Just past 6 p.m. last night, as a gorgeous sunset began to form over the Hillsborough River, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn stood on the expansive outdoor deck of the new Bay Bistro Riverwalk at the Tampa Convention Center, nattily attired in a dark suit and tie. He was
Social Media Maven Scott Blackburn on the State of the Industry
Not all online innovation is happening in Silicon Valley or hip cities. Tampa-based Thuzi, founded in 2008, is a vanguard company in social media marketing. It develops and executes social media campaigns for large corporations (Under Armor, Toyota) as well as smaller local and regional outfits (i.e. Hogan’s
Now Available: Official Gasparilla Merchandise
Now you can walk away from Gasparilla with more than a thicket of beads and a wicked buzz, have something to remember it by other than … uh, I can’t remember. Gasparilla has official 2013 merch. T-shirts, hats, mugs, coffee cups, koozies (of course), even throw rugs and
