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lavery didn’t end in all of the U.S. with the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. It took a minute—or in Texas’ case, two years—for news to travel. It wasn’t until federal troops arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865, that enslaved Black Texans finally celebrated their newfound freedom. Years later, there’s still an annual celebration on June 19— AKA Juneteenth. The unofficial holiday spread throughout the country as former slaves migrated from the Southeast up north during the Great Migration of 1916-1970, but it didn’t become an official Texas state holiday until 1979. And it’s still not a federally recognized holiday, though that could soon change (but probably not if Ron DeSantis has anything to do about it). This month, the New York Times said nationwide protests over police brutality in recent years led to a renewed interest in Juneteenth, a holiday this white writer didn’t even know about until a couple of years ago. Black or white, you can’t ignore Juneteenth in 2021, and I wouldn’t want to. Celebrations happen all over the Bay area, including art shows, spoken word performances, dance, live music, food trucks and outdoor markets. Here are a few Saturday, June 19 events we’ve heard about in Tampa and St. Pete. Find a clickable version of this article via cltampa.com/magazine, and turn to Music Week on p. 53 to see a musical Juneteenth option. • In Tampa, head to Raymond James Stadium in the afternoon for “R.O.C. The Block’s 1st Annual Tampa Bay Juneteenth Festival” with shopping, food trucks and live music. Noon-6 p.m. 4201 N Dale Mabry Hwy. $35. Parking, Lot 3, $10 per vehicle. eventbrite.com • Later that evening, catch “Freedom Tree”—a free, choreographed spoken word performance—at the Straz’s Center’s Tampa Riverwalk Stage. Register in advance if you’re

interested in attending. 7 p.m. 1010 N Macinnes Pl., Tampa. strazcenter.org • Meanwhile in South Tampa, Tampa Garden Club hosts the first annual AfroCAN Fest, a celebration of Black excellence featuring live music and art, food from Black chefs, a fashion show and more. 6:19 p.m.-10:19 p.m. 2629 Bayshore Blvd. $25-65. cityfestivals.org/afrocanfest • In St. Pete, start your day exploring historical African American sites and culture courtesy of Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s Black Excellence Quest. Register in advance for a map, and look for free Juneteenth swag at six secret locations. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. bit.ly/juneteenthquest2021 • End your quest at the second annual Juneteenth Business Expo in The Deuces, where you can catch some live music, grab a bite, and buy Black from over 150 vendors. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 642 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg. eventbrite.com • If you read our Pride issue, then you already know that St. Pete Pride is celebrating Black, Queer Culture at The Factory with an immersive music, art and dance experience. 4 p.m.-10 p.m. 2622 Fairfield Ave S, St. Petersburg $5. stpetepride.org • Last but not least, “Reverberations” opens at the James Museum in collaboration with the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum. The Juneteenth pop-up art exhibition, curated by Desmond Clark, features artwork from Black artists living and working in Tampa Bay and beyond. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., through Aug. 29. 150 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $10-20. thejamesmuseum.org • And if you need bonus Juneteenth parties in your life, celebrate in Tampa Heights the following Saturday with “an explosion of arts, live entertainment, wellness activities and food” at Tampa Heights Cultural Festival: A Juneteenth Celebration. Saturday, June 26. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association, 2005 N Lamar Ave., Tampa. thjca.org

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Beware of the Blob Principle v. profits at Tropicana Field. By Thomas Hallock

ight before Memorial Day weekend, St. Pete’s Mayor Rick Kriseman phoned finalists after winnowing the Trop site “Master Planner” field down to two. Alex Vadia, principal for the Midtown Group missed the call; his staff says he was inspecting a playground on a Miami property. David Carlock, principal of the Machete Group and driver for the Sugar Hill team, says he was mentoring a FAMU undergrad. Vadia and Carlock expect to be talking with the city a lot this month. Kriseman, meanwhile, expects friction from all sides. As the Rays continue to play footsies with other municipalities, also fronting the ridiculous plan for a “split season” with Montreal, City Council vows to slow down the process.

The time is right for reconsideration. What does St. Petersburg want from this massive development? And how did we reach this point? The story of the 86-acre Tropicana Field site is a boomerang tossed by Jim Crow. Under segregation, African Americans forged a community around the Gas Plant, the neighborhood south of the railroad tracks along First Avenue S and what is now I-175. In the 1980s the city razed homes, churches and businesses, under the pretense of “urban renewal,” to build a stadium soon deemed obsolete. In July 2020 Kriseman issued a Request for Proposals (or RFP), ostensibly to fix the past. The site falls within a zone slated for Tax Incremental Financing (or TIF), earmarked to remedy “blight and poverty in south St. Petersburg.” The same RFP included “21

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Guiding Principles,” detailing the history and need for “economic equity and inclusion.” But the rub. The instructions called for plans with or without a stadium. (The Rays will be gifted a hefty share of the property by staying to the end of their lease in 2027.) Second, and more off radar, came a call for conference space, between 50,000 and 100,000-square-feet, with an attached “major flagship hotel.” Will either, a stadium or conference center, bring “equity and inclusion?” Among urban planning scholars, the answer to both is a hard “no.” My own understanding turns to the French philosopher Henri Lefebvre, who said that economic relationships “secrete” space. Lefebvre explained how street grids, zoning, code, everything from a sports arena to a homeless shelter, shape our brick-and-mortar social order. Levebvre’s terminology grosses me out, I must confess. Secretions call to mind smelly teenage glands and snail tracks. And his concepts can be hard to grasp.

So think of “The Blob,” the 1958 horror classic, where an alien parasitic jelly eats a town. The Blob creeps into every corner of civic life. It oozes under doors and through ductwork. Only a beefy young Steve McQueen (the actor, a white guy) can save the day. The Trop site illustrates how profit-making will ooze, or “secrete” into our town. The monster quickly grows out of control. To keep the Blob from taking over the process, our best chance to fix a deeply divided city, we must batten down the points of entry. With the 2020 RFP, Kriseman left open the front and back doors, calling for a convention center, and of course, the stadium. Nationally, the value of sports arenas has come under serious challenge. Ask a hundred economists whether municipalities should subsidize professional sports and 86% will say no. “The average stadium generates $145 million per year,” a UC Berkeley paper explains, “but continued on page 14

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none of this revenue goes back into the community.” Funds to help franchises build stadiums should instead go towards bridges, parks, housing, sewers—stuff a city really needs. The consensus is clear. So why do officials kowtow to outrageous demands? An antitrust exemption allows owners like Stu Sternberg—reportedly hatching a scheme to split the season with Montreal—to play municipalities off one another. No politician wants to lose a local franchise. The media then greases the wheels for exploitation, or clears a path for the Blob. Sports put newspapers at an “awkward intersection” of broader “business and political narratives,” the Columbia Journalism Review observes. The Times’ John Romano argues roundly that losing the Rays “would stink economically, it would stink reputationally, it would stink from a quality-of-life perspective.” Simply put, this is not true. Bidding the Rays au revoir to Montreal would do no harm to the St. Pete economy. Waxing Caesar, a Brookings Institute report concludes “the economic benefits of sports facilities are de minimus.” Winter tourists will flock to our beaches, baseball or not. And taxes for a stadium? Far better to remedy systemic racism, the slime that compromises our civic “quality of life” on a daily basis. Now imagine the sequel. If the Blob of baseball split in two, like an amoeba, the cloned follow-up would be called “Convention Center.” Urban planners like Heywood Sanders debunk convention center “follies” with a hard thud. Cities, counties and states across the country have overbuilt to compete in a market that is already saturated. Politicians commission feasibility studies that are “at best scant, murky, and of limited reliability.” Decisions proceed off-record, “insulated from the vagaries of city politics,” with budgeting shell games that fall outside public scrutiny. Only a handful of these ill-advised centers run in the black. Even those deemed successful, like Baltimore’s Inner Harbor or New Orleans, have not budged the needle of poverty. The national trend prompts a clear warning on the local front: if St. Petersburg wants to bring “economic equity and inclusion” to its south side, avoid the siren song of men in suits and (hotel) suites. Yet Kriseman’s office presses forward, following the script for a boondoggle. In 2016, the city commissioned a “Downtown Hotel/Conference Center Opportunity” report. This white paper (not on the city’s public website, but shared with developers) opens with a half-truth. Downtown St. Pete, the first sentence reads, lacks “available hotel rooms and upscale associated meeting/ conference space.” Say what? The existing waterfront Hilton (whose website claims 47,710 square feet of conference space) and Renaissance Vinoy (60,505 feet) already fit the RFP’s projection of 50,000 feet. If the market

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BLOP BAM BOOM: Cover for Ralph Carmichael’s score for ‘The Blob.’ called for more space, make no mistake, free enterprise would fill the gap. But the goal here is to rationalize corporate handouts. The same report closes with a set of “Critical Assumptions,” or disclaimer that explains how the figures presented are not guaranteed. Like the speed-talker in a pharmaceutical ad, the report backfills over bullshit. The analysis presumes “stable and moderate growth” from 2016-2020, making no allowance for “future economic shocks.” The city follows a plan that pretends that COVID-19, hurricanes, and economic slumps never happen.

Industry players might brush this off as naysaying. Machete Group’s Carlock makes a case for St. Pete as a corporate destination, and drawing from in-house studies, Sugar Hill calls for an ambitious $540 million, publicly-subsidized facility. The project would be a “powerful economic engine,” building upon the city’s existing amenities. Having cut his teeth on Downtown Disney, Carlock sees St. Pete as a tourist draw, and he underscores Sugar Hill plan’s elaborate machinery for job creation, economic inclusion, and even food security. The convention center project, he also concedes, can “scale down.” Or better still, drop this line altogether. St.

Petersburg has started down a course that has succeeded mostly in profiting investors, with equity as a second thought at best. Beware of the Blob. As the theme goes, it “leaps and creeps and glides and slides / across the floor / right through the door.” Profits motivate the ooze through every vent and doorway, shaping space and replicating the existing economic order. So shut the front and back doors. Consult the academic literature on convention centers. And as for a stadium? We don’t have Steve McQueen to save us. But how about this defense? Tell the Rays, “no.”

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The lies we tell ourselves What conservatives really fear about critical race theory. By Jeffrey C. Billman Few educators teach critical race theory. But for conservatives, CRT has come to represent any conversation about diversity, equity or social justice. As a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute admitted, “We will eventually turn [critical race theory] toxic, as we put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category. The goal is to have the

misleading students about the history of their country justifies a zero-sum politics that views democracy as the enemy of (their) liberty. These purposes intersect. By minimizing the legacy of the Black experience, by imagining the past is dead, conservatives can sever modern voter suppression efforts from their Jim Crow forerunners. The old version was racist; version 2.0 is about “ballot security”—or, if they’re honest, raw power. They design laws to disadvantage Democrats; it’s not their fault those Democrats are Black.

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f covering the Trump administration was like drinking water from a fire hydrant, analyzing the Biden era has been like watching a river cresting to a flood. The former was an incessant torrent of incompetence following outrage following absurdity following criminality, all of which numbed us to the collective obscenity. The latter is a handful of plodding, intermingling storylines drawing to an inevitable conclusion. As recalcitrant Democrats wring their hands over the filibuster and block their party from protecting voting rights or enacting its agenda, Republicans are restricting ballot access, planning an aggressive gerrymandering campaign, and planting the seeds “for a more successful version of Trump’s post-hoc effort to steal the 2020 election,” political scientist David Ferris writes. We shouldn’t ignore the fact that the GOP is cracking down on voting in communities of color and delegitimizing elections won with Black and brown votes as self-evidently fraudulent. And it’s hardly coincidental that those things are happening while Republicans rally in protest of “critical race theory”—which, conservative critics contend, is “hostile to white people.” On Thursday, at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ behest, the Florida Board of Education banned “the teaching of Critical Race Theory, meaning the theory that racism is not merely the product of prejudice, but that racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons. Instruction may not utilize material from the [New York Times Magazine’s] 1619 Project and may not define American history as something other than the creation of a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.” “Teaching U.S. history just through the Declaration’s principles is like assessing a 50-year marriage through the wedding vows, or maybe just the marriage proposal,” tweeted Princeton historian and 1619 Project contributor Kevin Kruse. Any American history course that relegates slavery and Jim Crow to “the past” fails its primary mission: using yesterday’s events to understand today’s world. Ignoring the structures that perpetuated white supremacy means failing to grapple with poverty gaps, homeownership disparities and over-incarceration—or, for that matter, why highways often bisect cities’ Black and white neighborhoods.

racist, sexist, or oppressive.” After Oklahoma passed a law with that exact same language, a community college canceled a class on race theory. Last month, Idaho’s governor signed a bill banning CRT from being taught in schools. Last week, Iowa’s governor signed a bill prohibiting both the teaching of CRT and systemic racism. Texas’ governor will soon sign a bill outlawing anything that makes a student “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual’s race or sex.”

SHOW AND TELL: Tweedledee and Tweedledumbass back in 2020. public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think ‘critical race theory.’” So CRT opposition became the flavor of the month. Arkansas banned state agencies—though not schools or universities—from teaching employees or contractors “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism. Tennessee banned students from learning that “an individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged,

“For conservatives, CRT has come to represent any conversation about diversity, equity or social justice.”

On its face, the opprobrium misunderstands the point: CRT is less about blaming white people than interrogating systems of power and privilege. But that’s the very thing that frightens conservatives: If children recognize the culpability of systems, as opposed to individuals, they’ll also recognize societal problems require collective solutions. The myth of rugged individualism will vanish. Fear is the common denominator: of losing their place atop the social hierarchy, of their culture being replaced by something that feels foreign, of their children seeing through the self-serving narratives they’ve told themselves for generations. The same fear that justifies

But there’s an irony here. Laws that limit ballot access and gerrymander white conservatives into an outsize share of congressional and legislative seats rest on a fundamental, if unacknowledged, belief that some votes matter more than others. The same, of course, was also true for poll taxes and literacy tests. But connecting those dots requires seeing American history as more than a series of dates and facts—history that asks how and why as much as who and when. The kind of history Ron DeSantis is eager to eliminate. Get more Informed Dissent at billman.substack.com.

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fter 30 years in the community and 20 years in print, duPont Registry Tampa Bay (stylized “duPont REGISTRY Tampa Bay") is shifting to a digital-only model. Publisher/CEO Thomas L. duPont made the announcement in a June 11 letter to readers, adding that the shift from a bi-monthly print magazine to an online-only format will be effective on July 1. That means that the magazine’s June health and happiness issue is the last print edition of the publication for now. “Make no mistake, I love magazines, and they have a long tenure here and elsewhere, but what we do is very niche,” duPont told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay on the morning of the announcement. “There’s a natural delay in publishing magazines, and our readers want to see our iconic brand on their phones and on their computers every day.” Citing market research, duPont told readers that publishing bi-monthly “is simply not the best way to reach the affluent residents of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.” He also pointed at Motorsports Network’s recent acquisition of duPont Registry auto and home magazines—separate entities from duPont Registry Tampa Bay and published by a different company—played a role in the pivot.

duPont would not go into details, but told CL that duPont Registry Tampa Bay’s masthead— which features Editor-In-Chief David Warner (formerly of CL), Creative Director Bruce Bicknell and 11 other names—will need to be rearranged as the magazine moves towards its digital future. Warner told CL that he’ll continue to act as editor-in-chief through June. In a letter to duPont Registry Tampa Bay contributors, Warner detailed the news and how it affects them. “First, a big thank you: Your skilled contributions have helped make dRTB a better magazine, and I couldn’t be more grateful to you for accompanying me on this fascinating and enjoyable editorial journey,” Warner wrote to his editorial contributors, telling them he would keep working on the website and Facebook page for now. “Since we will not be producing a July/August print edition, however, I won’t be able to accept any pitches for print content.” “For myself, while still working out these final details, I’m actively seeking other opportunities, with Tom’s blessing,” Warner added. “I sincerely hope I get to work with you again, and please accept my apologies for the mass email. Whatever the future holds for dRTB, I am proud of what we accomplished and will always value the work we did together.”

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Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi’s tremendous “Targeted” series earns the Tampa Bay Times its first Pulitzer since 2016. Let’s hope the win also washes away the bad juju from 2016 when Times CEO Paul Tash orchestrated the abrupt sale and closure of Tampa Bay’s 123-year-old daily newspaper the Tampa Tribune (apparently Tash told Trib-ers to put their phones down because he didn’t want a video record of his words).

St. Pete State Rep. Michele Rayner announces a bid for U.S. congress. She’s already the first Black queer woman elected to state house, and we’re hoping she whoops that ass in the race to fill Charlie Crist’s D13 seat.

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From June 15-17, the Tampa Bay Rays will give fans free tickets if they get vaccinated, optimistically thinking that if increased health, peace of mind and immunity to a deadly virus aren’t good enough reasons to get vaccinated, maybe free baseball tickets will do it. Colin’s OOO, so see what kind of shit Ray came up with via cltampa.com/news.

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Florida Rep. Val Demings officially enters the race to take on Marco Rubio, who is already calling her a far left extremist. But to us, she’ll always be the woke cop who, in 2007, took over as chief of the Orlando Police Department two months after the City Beautiful’s MBI raided the Orlando Weekly office.

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Exploring the history behind Tampa’s Oceanic market. By Ray Roa

here’s one answer you’ll always hear when you ask any Tampa Bay chef to tell you which Asian markets they shop at. “Oceanic.” Together with the Sanwa Farmer’s Market 4.5 miles away on E Hillsborough Avenue, Oceanic Oriental Market is hands down the most respected and recognizable Asian grocery store in the Bay area (see even more of them on p. 26). But it wasn’t always like that. Opened in 1980, Oceanic—at 1609 N Tampa St. in the shadow of I-275—got its name from from its original purpose as a shop where sailors and ship handlers docked at the nearby Port of Tampa could interface with Oceanic employees who would assist in getting them everything they and their vessels required before heading back out to sea. “They would need things, but they didn’t know the city. There’s a whole industry that supplies ship kitchens and crews,” S. Cheong Choi told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “They would come up, and we would say, ‘Hey, you need printer paper? You need baking soda? What do you need? We know the city and will help you out.’” That lasted about a year or two, then Choi’s dad, T.C., together with his brother Chan and other family members, decided to get into retail.

They sold that part of the business, and the most aggressive expansion of what Oceanic carried on shelves—and the amount of shelf space—happened in the late-’80s and early-’90s. Choi would’ve been about seven years old by then. He remembers the space’s entrance being on the Tampa Street side of the now 110-yearold building, and the room being about the size of a small convenience store with a significantly larger warehouse area in the back. The hot food, produce, whole cuts of meat, fresh fish—all hallmarks of the Oceanic experience now—were still a ways away. Choi, now 45 years old, definitely recalls working there, but can’t recollect how he felt about it. “Like any immigrant business, you don’t question it, you just go to work with your family and hang out. That’s just life,” he added. His family did just well enough to live in the district for H.B. Plant High School in South Tampa, and while he studied transportation and urban restructuring in China and Belgium, Choi eventually moved back home to make his living at the 20,000-square-foot concrete building. He still runs Cafe Hey—co-founded with his classmate Anne Scott during the lowest point of the 2007 recession—which has its entrance on the other side of the building near the intersection of Kay and Franklin Streets. The cafe’s

business is picking up steadily with rising vaccination numbers—and a monthly block party has even returned, bringing with it live music, art and food vendors—but coronavirus shutdowns affected Oceanic in a different way. “Not that it wasn’t weird for everybody else or anything, but for a business that continually stayed open for everything including all major holidays and even family emergencies, it was a little weird,” Choi said. But Oceanic and its staff—which includes two of Choi’s sisters and his uncle Chan who is the herbalist—kept serving a community that was both looking for fresh food and any of the other scores of creature comforts and specialized Oceanic products that come off one of three weekly trucks which travel from as far as New York and California. “[The pandemic] did hurt us. I don’t know that it hurt us more than anybody else, but it definitely forced us to rethink how we did things,” Choi said. The store, now being run by a third generation of family members, started taking and fulfilling orders over the phone, through email and the Facebook page; the practice continues to this day despite the grocery being open for in-person shopping. “We’re a family-run business. We’re here to serve the community, and that community goes beyond the Asian community,” Choi explained. But Oceanic’s persistant presence shouldn’t be taken for granted. Choi is blunt about the 2015 scare over the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT)

then-fast-tracked plans to expand I-275 and demolish the building in the process. That particular expansion stalled after pushback from transit advocates who want less roads and more real solutions for moving folks around Tampa Bay. But you wouldn’t be paranoid for thinking that FDOT could one day try again to expand the highway, ending Oceanic’s now 41-year-run in the process. “That’s always in the shadows. FDOT can play the long game. They have deep pockets and more time than I know what to do with,” Choi said. In response to that 2015 push for interstate expansion, Cafe Hey regulars Michelle Sawyer and Tony Krol—Mergeculture artists who also run a gallery on the block—painted a dramatic 1,200-square-foot mural on the southern wall facing I-275. The center of the work is a depiction of the neighborhood at the turn of the century; you can see old streetcars—the original, arguably more efficient, people movers that used to get residents around one of Tampa’s first neighborhoods. As Oceanic comes out of the pandemic it will continue its humble mission to serve its neighborhood—even the folks who sleep under safety of the bright lights which illuminate the sidewalk overnight. And as sure as the highway hums nearby, and those ships keep pulling into the nearby port, chefs and residents will continue to walk through Oceanic’s doors looking for the things they need to make both their work and lives at home just a little bit more whole.

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SHIPS IN THE NIGHT: Oceanic’s first role was as a supplier for sailors.

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Tampa Bay chefs share their favorite Asian markets and restaurants. By Ray Roa

Eric and Adriana Fralick who source fish from the auction system at Toyosu Market in Japan and stock high-end sake, premium wines plus Japanese craft beers. Look for the more casual sister concept Noble Rice to open in Sparkman Wharf and its accompanying Noble Market (next door to Koya, currently online only) to re-open soon. 807 W Platt St., Tampa. koyatampa.com Matoi If you’re looking for some of the best sushi in Tampa Bay, locals swear by this spot and also fall in love with the Korean food. 602 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa. matoisushi.com Mercel’s Sure, beloved Filipino bakery chain Red Ribbon is coming to town, but this Pinellas Park bakery and kitchen is the local O.G. grocery, catering, lunch, dinner and breakfast spot where you can try Filipino a.m. staples like tocino (cured pork), longanisa (pork sausage) and even jeprox (AKA bulad

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TOO MANY COOKS: The only time you want to see this many chefs at once is when you’re not in the kitchen. or salted dried fish). 8500 49th St.N, Pinellas Park. mercelsbakeshop.com MD Oriental Market Along with Oceanic and Sanwa, MD is a giant of Tampa Bay’s Asian market scene. From mochi to custard cakes, the hot bar and bakery, MD has three locations across the area (1106 E Fowler Ave. and 10127 E Adamo Dr. in Tampa; 7580 49th St. N in Pinellas Park) all ready to please. @MDOrientalMarket on Facebook Patel Brothers Indian Grocery Despite having locations up and down the Eastern Seaboard and even in Texas, Arizona and California, this Indian grocery store giant is

in between. 2621 E Hillsborough Ave., Tampa. sanwagrowers.com Sa Ri One Locations in Town ‘N’ Country (7525 W Hillsborough Ave.) and Brandon (1025 W Brandon Blvd.) have expanded this Tampa Korean restaurant’s reach, but the low ceilings at the flagship cottage (3940 W Cypress St.) are just part of the charm that’ll help you fall in love with the local chain. Si-am Sandwiched between two 813 icons (The Hub dive bar and Tampa Theatre), this equally important downtown Tampa Thaiamerican staple finds Chinda Chomburi and Stephen Dohack serving up flawless classics for locals and even delivering microwavable takeaway lunches to nearby Duckweed Urban Market. 713 N Franklin St., Tampa. si-am-thairestaurant.com Sushi Ninja Definitely come and stay for the specialty sushi rolls, but come back over and over again for the lunch and dinner boxes, udon noodles and party bowls. 3018 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa and 903 E Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon. sushininjafl.com Thinh An Kitchen & Tofu Tampa Bay’s longest running food critic, CL’s Jon Palmer Claridge, said it best when he wrote that, “Thinh An is to homemade tofu what Mazzaro’s Italian Market is to fresh pasta.” Translation: Thinh An is an institution. Since becoming the first restaurant in Tampa Bay to make its own tofu back in 2016, the creamy, custardtextured patties are the heart and soul of the joint’s heavenly banh mi. 8104 W Waters Ave., Tampa. thinhankitchentofu.com Trang Viet This vegan and vegetarian scene favorite near Tampa’s University of South Florida has plenty of meatless dishes (spring rolls, gyoza, sour soup, tofu, stir fry, clay pots plus imitation fish, pork and chicken), but also real meat options for your heathen buddies. 230 E Bearss Ave., Tampa. photrangvietcuisine.com Wat Mongkolratanaram You can’t call yourself a Tampeño if you’ve never waited 10 minutes to get beef pho with skinny noodles at the Wat. And while the Buddhist temple’s Sunday market currently exists in drive-thru mode, sitting in a parking lot with your lips to the soup, rangoon, pad thai, fresh rolls and thai tea is still as satisfying as doing it at a bench on the riverside. 5306 Palm River Rd, Tampa. wattampainenglish.com Yummy House Owners of the concept have a new pho restaurant (read more on p. 29), but their flagship restaurants hands down have the best salt and pepper calamari in Florida. Two-inch tentacles cut lengthwise, crispy on the outside, soft and tender underneath, and all kicked up with a complexly-balanced mix of minced green onions, cilantro, roasted garlic and chiles. Could 100% eat the dish (and a lot of the menu, honestly) every day of my life. 2620 E Hillsborough Ave. Tampa. yummyhouseflorida.com

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n April 30 during a private “Meet the Chefs” event at Mise en Place, more than a dozen of Tampa Bay’s brightest culinary minds got to actually see each other for the first time during the pandemic. Their joy was interrupted momentarily by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay asking what their favorite Asian markets and restaurants—from Russia to the Philippines, India and all the way over to Pakistan—were. Some couldn’t answer the question definitively, and others waxed poetic. In all, we settled on 55 spots. There was no way they could all fit on the page, so here are 22 highlights. See the full list by finding this story via cltampa.com/magazine. Babushka’s This cozy strip mall Russian restaurant is a favorite of local chefs and foodies who flock to Temple Terrace and wait patiently for the chicken kiev, syrniki (pancakes), dumplings, baked cabbage, kotlety (croquettes) and more. 12639 N 56th St., Temple Terrace. babushkas.us Discovery Indian Cuisine At their Palm Harbor restaurant, Swarn and Evelyn Singh serve Indian food—some wood fired, all spiced to perfection—from the Punjab area nestled between India and Pakistan. Chettinad chicken (from Southern India) is also heavenly, but the goat, channa masala and naan deserve a home in your belly, too. 38593 U.S. Hwy-19 N, Palm Harbor. discoveryindian.com Đông Á Grocery/Dong A-2 Market Another gem with locations in St. Pete (2600 30th Ave. N, down the street from Mazzaro’s) and Pinellas Park (7020 49th St. N), this is the kind of place where you can find gluten-free soy sauce and fresh honey mangoes for your cheesecake. @donga2market on Facebook Dosunco In a small plaza in Tampa, this is the kind of cozy small restaurant that you’ll want to arrive at around opening time to beat crowds. From brothless options to the miso, spicy and udon, you won’t go wrong with a bowl from here. Definitely spring for the takoyaki, too. 3310 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa. dosunco.business.site Kiev Euro Deli Along with South Pasadena’s Azalea International market, Kiev gives Clearwater a place to get Russian specialties, plus fresh baked bread. 29821 U.S. Hwy-19 N., Clearwater. 727-786-0886 Kim Brothers Oriental Market Like Han Gook, Kim Brothers has a good selection of Korean staples (banchan, bibimbap and warm kimchi buns on the weekend). Be a hero—and leave smelling like the kimchi fridge—by bringing home some homemade mochi, too. 4021 W Hillsborough Ave., Tampa. 813-886-8989 Koya Splurge at Tampa’s eight-seat, pioneering (and still the only?) omakase, led by chefs

a fantastic place to get ingredients for your Indian home cooking needs. 1251 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. patelbros.com Rasoi An Indian food buffet with onion and baingan (eggplant) bhaji, samosas, aloo tikki, plus vegetarian specials available alongside entree size seafood, chicken, lamb and goat with the usual treatments—tandoori, tikka masala and vindaloo, to name a few. 1701 E 8th Ave., Ybor City. rasoitampa.com Royal Palace Thai Restaurant South Tampeños will tell you that you never have to leave the neighborhood for a good meal, and Royal Palace definitely fits the bill for those craving Thai. Lunch is fast at this 2020 Readers Pick Best of the Bay winner for its pad thai (and runner up in Best Thai Restaurant), but sticking around for a long dinner is the ticket. 811 S Howard Ave., Tampa. royalpalacethai.com Saigon Deli/Saigon Marketplace For many, this busy deli is religion. I’m not going to argue. No-nonsense service and consistently satisfying Vietnamese staples (watch me eat a banh mi,

vermicelli, pad thai, pho and pork skin rice) all deserve your attention, and the nearby Saigon Marketplace is the perfect place to walk it all off. 3842 W Waters Ave., Tampa. @saigondeli and @saigonmarketplace on Facebook Sanwa Farmer’s Market Ask a local chef where they go shopping, and they’ll tell you Sanwa. The spacious, clean and well-stocked brick building has it all, all thanks to founder and Hong Kong native Tony Leung who’s literally put roots down in Central Florida where he leads shoppers to items exotic (Buddha’s hand) and every day (jackfruit) with stops everywhere

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crab, crawfish, clams, mussels and sausage. The combos include corn and potatoes and range in price depending on which seafood you choose. 2115 E Hillsborough Ave., Tampa. happycrabfl.com The Job Site Grand Central stuffed burger joint with options like The Crane, which comes stuffed with cheese, sweet plantain, and sautéed onions and topped with guacamole, a sunny side-up egg, bacon strips, homemade crispy onion, and homemade BBQ sauce on toasted ciabatta bread. 2063 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. thejobsiteburgers.com continued on page 30

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ow that you’re fully-vaxxed, eating at restaurants is back and a lot less scary. But Tampa Bay’s dining scene has changed considerably since you’ve hunkered down. From new Korean-fried chicken spots, beach eats, brisket, BBQ, and vegan options, plenty of new and exciting restaurants are now on the menu. To get you all caught up, here are the best new local eats to open their doors so far this year. Find a more clickable version of this list via cltampa.com/magazine. 22 South Food Hall The latest food hall concept to open in Tampa Bay is inside the Manhattan Casino in St. Pete’s historic Deuces neighborhood. Betterway BBQ, Irie Mon Jamaican Grill, Shokkan Sushi, and VJs are among the first restaurant tenants. 642 22nd St S, St. Petersburg.@22southfoodhall on Facebook Bamb Bao Delivery-only concept from downtown Tampa’s Bamboozle fam bringing Bao Bun sliders, dumplings, chicken wings, and fried rice to your door via UberEats. @bambbao on Instagram Bayou Bodega Natural wine bar and tapas restaurant on Davis Island serving small plates like garlic shrimp with manzanilla, crawfish mac, roasted sirloin with house-made chimichurri, and bread pudding with Caribbean fruit. Plus international wines from France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Czech Republic. 241 E Davis Blvd., Tampa. bayoubodega.com Brisket Shoppe Dining options for this barbeque shop are drive-thru, pick-up, or sitting outside at a few tables. Located in the second location of retail shop Grill & Provisions, the Shoppe is only open three days a week, Thursday-Saturday, and it closes when they sell out so go early. 4004 Henderson Blvd., Tampa. thebrisketshoppe.com Burnt Ends Tiki bar connected to the Datz Company’s Dr. BBQ restaurant, with a Polynesian-influenced food menu featuring Spam sliders, a pupu platter with fresh grilled fruit, fried shrimp, burnt-end bao buns, Hawaiian pork ribs, chili garlic edamame and pork belly satay. Cocktail program ran by tikiexpert Dean Hurst formerly of Bern’s Steak House. 1101 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. burntendstikibar.com Caddy’s on Madeira Beach Popular beach bar’s newest location. Expect Florida fare like smoked fish spread, grouper nuggets, and, of course, frozen fruity drinks. 14050 Gulf Blvd., Madeira Beach. @caddysmadeirabeach on Facebook Corner Club Former dive bar now coffee, cafe, and beer and wine bar. The menu includes buffalo chicken yakitori, papas bravas and a lemon

Gangchu Korean fried chicken and beer complete each other in this former Seminole Heights garage space. There’s also beef bulgogi cheesesteak, enough said. 6618 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa. eatgangchu.com Haiku An Instagrammable Asian-fusion hotspot in downtown Tampa. Besides unique bar offerings like lychee smoked old fashioneds, think Japanese tapas–duck bao buns, hamachi crudo, and tebasaki wings. 808 N Franklin St., Tampa. haikutampa.com Happy Crab Cajun-style seafood boil spot that has “make your own seafood combos” with choices including shrimp, snow crab, king

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continued from page 29 K-Chicken & Bowl The Carrollwood restaurant’s fried chicken—available as tenders, wings, or in half and whole portions—can be dressed up in a slew of sauce options like peanut, white onion and honey garlic. The menu also has other Korean staples like bulgogi, bibimbap, and kimchi fried rice. 14380 N Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa (813) 373-5842 Kuba Cocina St. Pete Beach restaurant serving modern Cuban cuisine with a soul food spin from Chef and owner Felicia “Phe” Lacalle. Menu items include lobster empanadas, salchipapa, Cuban fried rice, plantain-crusted snapper sandwich and, of course, Cuban sandwiches. A second location in Seminole Heights is under construction. 7525 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete Beach. kubacocina.com Lucky Lizard Taphouse This “beach chic” bar is open until 2 a.m. on Friday-Saturday and offering 30 beers on taps plus an assortment of bottles and cans to choose from. The menu includes ceviche, street corn dip, sandwiches and a rum cake of the day. 14953 Gulf Blvd., Madeira Beach. luckylizardtaphouse.com Main Course U.S. Armed Forces veteran-owned spot in South Tampa. Brunch is available six days a week, and the menu includes seafood grits, crazy drinks like the City Girl mimosa featuring champagne, sherbet and rock candy. It turns into a hookah

lounge on the weekend nights. 4205 S MacDill Ave. Tampa. maincourserestaurants.net The Nest at Caracara A hidden French cuisine restaurant that you get to by going through Caracara. There’s only 30-ish seats in this tiny spot that serves elevated fare like a French dip made with beef tongue, onion jam, thyme, goat cheese. 720 Broadway, Dunedin. caracaratapas.com The Nosh Pit Jewish deli classics like knishes, lox, all-beef hot dogs, egg creams, black and white cookies, latkes and matzo ball soup—all from the owners of The Wheelhouse. 4040 Park St. N, St. Petersburg. thenoshpitstpete.com Palazzo Pizza The Hyde Park restaurant takes “inspiration from Boston and Italy” and that means menu items like Boston North Endstyle meatballs, a Tampa Italian salad, and a Cinnamon Toast Crunch dessert. 1818 W Platt St.,Tampa. eatpalazzopizza.com Pho 813 A new concept from owners of Yummy House. Its menu includes beef pho, bún bò Hue, summer rolls and crispy egg rolls, and other Vietnamese-inspired dishes. 3701 W Henderson Blvd.,Tampa. pho813.com Pin on Cafe Asian fusion fast-casual restaurant with bites like chicken red curry cake, spicy tuna onigiri, and crispy coconut waffle served with a scoop of ice cream. 1100 Central Ave. N, St. Petersburg. pinoncafestpete.com Red Star Live Bar and Grill Part of the Brandon Harley Davidson shop, this roadhouse

style restaurant, bar and music venue serves classic American fare like burgers and wings. It has three stages, two bars, a giant outdoor patio and a full service restaurant open seven days a week. 9847 E Adamo Dr., Tampa. redstarlive.com Riveters As an ode to Rosie the Riveter, servers sport red bandanas and denim tops and are referred to as the bar’s “Rosies.” The restaurant shoots for an elevated sports bar menu alongside a lineup of healthier options, with menu item names continuing with the theme (Munition Mussels, Hellcat Wings and Propaganda Poutine). 2301 N Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa. riveterstampa.com Sal y Mar Rooftop restaurant and bar located in Midtown Tampa. Inspired by the Riviera Maya town of Tulum, the menu includes tapas, such as citrus crab cakes and carne asada street tacos plus entrees like pan-seared grouper and chipotle-charred chicken. 3650 Midtown Dr., Tampa. salymarrooftop.com Salty’s Sandwich Bar Salty’s serves a lineup of deli and specialty sandwiches. Diners can snag indoor seating to escape the heat, or opt for outdoor dining on the front patio or side courtyard which are both pet friendly. 3121 Beach Blvd. S, Gulfport. saltyssandwichbar.com Sammy + Paco’s Owners of Lolita’s Wine Market opened this Kenwood breakfast and lunch stop named after a couple of cats. Unique

offerings include carrot cake oatmeal, tres leche french toast and not your average avocado toast. 2735 5th Ave. N, St. Petersburg no. 100. @sammyandpacos on Facebook Santoro’s Pizzeria West Riverfront Jersey Shore-style pizzeria that serves slices and whole pies–round and square. There are also sandwiches, salads, and desserts like Italian ice and Nutella pizza. 1329 W Cass St., Tampa, santorospizzeria.com Willa’s/Willa’s Provisions North Hyde Park American restaurant and its baby sibling coffee shop opened within months of each other. In-house made everything, except for the coffee which comes from King State. Rotisserie chicken is Willa’s signature dish though over half of the menu is vegetarian. 1700 W Fig St., 310 N Rome Ave., Tampa. willastampa.com Xtreme Tacos Much-anticipated Seminole Heights brick and mortar location for the popular Mexican fast-casual restaurant. There are eats for both omnivores and vegans like tostadas, sopes, loaded fries and nachos. There’s even vegan queso. 5609 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa. xtremetacos.com Ybor City Vegan Deli Ybor City is the fourth location of a local vegan franchise that serves sandwiches, pizzas, and a whole lot of plantbased goodness. The deli makes its own lunch meat to boot. 1903 N 19th St., Ybor City. @yborvegandeli on Facebook

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Wild Child Chef Rob Reinsmith’s seasonal menu is intoxicatingly good and will make you want to travel, and with an impending patio expansion there’ll be even more room to indulge and imbibe with seven inventive “Wild House” concoctions, tiki drinks, and a few classics. Jerk octopus has accents of charred scallion crema, wafer-thin circles of fennel, small peeled grapefruit segments, red watercress leaves, sliced rings of pickled sweet peppers, and a spritz of fresh lime juice meld beautifully on the plate. The grilled sourdough ricotta is light and sweetened perfectly with honey, then topped with a generous sprinkling of herbs and pink peppercorns. $4-$32. 2710 Central Ave., St. Petersburg; 727-954-7425, @wildchild_stpete on Instagram ★★★★ Anju Chef Wolney has two “signature dishes,” K.F.C. (Korean fried chicken) and the Bap Bowl (bibimbap). Combined with the tots—K-town style with beef bulgogi, grilled kimchi, melted mozzarella and provolone cheeses, thinly sliced fresh scallions, crushed peanut or with Osaka, Japanese inspired crispy taters seasoned with Japanese mayo and sweet BBQ sauce, aonori (seaweed), bonito (tuna flakes), bacon, scallions and pickled red ginger—the menu is a menagerie of out-of-this-world comfort food. $3-$14. 2827 16th St., N., St. Petersburg; 727-289-8568, anju-st-pete.square.site

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“Q” Southern Barbecue Chef Cameron Capri cooks up a perfect storm of the best American barbecue inn Dunedin. Thinly sliced beef brisket is moist and not overly smoky, pulled pork butt is cooked low and slow to melt in your mouth, Lexington, North Carolina (western) style and meaty St. Louis style ribs are slow smoked until

Doormét With two locations—one on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, another off S Dale Mabry in Tampa—both sides of the Bay can get in on the well-oiled takeout operation featuring burgers, salads and fitness bowls and a strong Italian influence with hand-tossed pizzas, pastas, and classics chicken dishes. Saltimbocca is just marvelous, but I’m a sucker for the prosciutto and melted provolone that turns plain hand-breaded chicken medallions into a culinary supermodel. doormet.com Jack’s London Grill This St. Petersburg takeout oasis delivers food that Brits crave. Jack’s fish and chips have crispy ale batter that coats the flaky white fish to perfection. Sausage rolls wrap a hot dog-sized link in puff pastry and bake it until perfectly crispy and seductive. The shepherd’s pie evokes fond memories and pushes all the comfort food buttons while the Bombay chicken curry and lentil pie balances the spices that swathe the tender chicken and legumes in a scrumptious mild coconut curry sauce. $5-$13. 1050 62nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-289-7170; jackslondongrill.com Taqueria Margarita Elia Maldonado proudly shares Abuela’s recipes homemade with the freshest ingredients, which instantly recall the pure flavors and aromas of food stalls in the Mercado de Coyoacán (abuela comes from México, Mexico). The array is mostly a familiar list: asada, pollo, el pastor, carnitas, campechano, and chorizo. On some days, there’s decadent and juicy quesabirria served traditionally, as a twice-cooked taco, or Instagram-ready as a tortilla “pizza” with the carne spread between two browned tortillas—and, yes, with a drool worthy consommé for dipping. $2.25-$11. 4001 W Dr. Martin Luter King Jr. Blvd., Tampa. 813-466-2484; @taqueriamargaritatpa on Instagram and Facebook Bodega on Central Designed to thrive in the face of today’s challenge, Cubans and pork sandwiches are favorites, and the chicken version is a flavor explosion with contrasting textures. The flattened breast meat is balanced with smooth avocado and mango against crunchy jicama and fiery pickled chilies with some mango mayo. It’s a memorable mouthful for fans of spice. $0.50-$9. 1120 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-623-0942; eatatbodega.com

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Because of coronavirus, it’s best to call or visit brewery websites to check on offerings and policy. 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING One of the Warehouse Arts District’s most popular hangouts, and a beautiful facility in which to drink some great brews. 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com

CLEARWATER BREWING CO. Community-oriented and socially and environmentally conscious. 1700 N. Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewingcompany.com COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. Some of Tampa’s best beer, in one of its best tasting rooms. 2601 E. 2nd Ave., Tampa. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com

3 KEYS BREWING South-of-the-Skyway restaurant and brewery specializing in small batches. 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com

COTEE RIVER BREWING Craft beer in the heart of historic downtown New Port Richey. 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriverbrewing.com

7VENTH SUN BREWING Some of the best sours, IPAs and collabs going. Two locations. 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-2315900, 7venthsun.com

CRAFT LIFE BREWING Small-batch local brews and a sort of playground or LoL’s craft brewing guild. 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. facebook. com/CraftLifeBrewing

81BAY BREWING CO. South Tampa’s first craft brewery boasts a wide variety of styles. 4465 W. Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com

CROOKED THUMB BREWERY Safety Harbor’s first brewery boasts homegrown flavor and local guest taps. 555 10th Ave. S., Safety Harbor. 727-724-5953, crookedthumbbrew.com

ANGRY CHAIR Crazy-good Tampa beer, open Tuesday-Sunday. 6401 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com ANTIBREWERY Dunedin’s secret Sundays-only nano. 1367 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Dunedin ARKANE ALEWORKS A wide variety of styles and flavors from the second brewery to open in Largo. 2480 E. Bay Dr., #23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com AVID BREWING This Grand Central brewing supply shop added a taproom for its beers crafted in-house. 1745 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. Lager-specific brewery, carrying on an over 150 year brewing legacy. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com BAY CANNON BEER CO. West Tampa's first craft brewery, offering a variety of ever evolving beers, beer slushies and wine that pair perfectly with appetizers and entrées from the kitchen. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com BIG STORM BREWING CO. Stop by this Pasco brewery’s Storm Room for a flight, or visit their taproom on 49th Street in Clearwater, too. 2330 Success Dr., Odessa. 727-807-7998, bigstormbrewery.com BIG TOP BREWING Perhaps Sarasota’s premier purveyor of locally crafted beer, Big Top’s reputation has spread far beyond the region. 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. This Brandon taproom from Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies offers house-made suds and guest beers. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggersbrewco.com BRASSERIE ST. SOMEWHERE Award-winning Belgian farmhouse ales from veteran Bay area brewer Bob Sylvester. 115 S Ring Ave., Tarpon Springs. 813-503-6181, saintsomewherebrewing.com BREW BUS BREWING BB brews its own suds, boasts 20 taps and offers food at its Eatery, too. 4101 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-990-7310, brewbususa.com BREW HUB Some of the area’s best beers are produced here along with suds for their own label. 3900 Frontage Rd. S., Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com

CUENI BREWING CO. Located off the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727-266-4102, cuenibrewing.com CYCLE BREWING One of St. Pete’s favorites. 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com DARWIN BREWING CO. Unique beers crafted with South American influence. 803 17th Ave. W., Bradenton. 941-747-1970, darwinbrewingco.com DE BINE BREWING CO. This addition bolsters the Northern Pinellas craft beer scene. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-233-7964. DISSENT BREWING CO. Unique flavors and adventurous style outside downtown St. Pete. 5518 Haines Rd. N., St. Petersburg. 727-342-0255. DUNEDIN BREWERY Florida’s oldest. Beer, eats and live music. 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727736-0606, dunedinbrewery.com DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER This beer stop brews its own, and also has 40 guest taps. 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 216-6318, dunedinhob.com ESCAPE BREWING CO. Another very worthy Odessa/Trinity destination. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity. 727-807-6092, escapebrewingcompany.com FIVE BRANCHES Veteran-owned brewery, small batches from IPAs to stouts. Serving up brews and a clear view of the Tarpon Bayou. 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com FLYING BOAT BREWING COMPANY St. Pete aviation history and tasty homegrown suds. 1776 11th Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-2999, flyingboatbrewing.com

BREW LIFE BREWING Ultra-small batches, and a lot of ‘em. 5765 S. Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com

FOUR STACKS BREWING An always-changing lineup of local and regional guest suds, along with trivia, live music and more. 5469 N. US HWY 41, Apollo Beach. 813641-2036, fourstacksbrewing.com

BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. A multitude of styles from former garage brewers is on tap in Valrico. 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bullfrogcreekbrewing.com

GRAND CENTRAL BREWHOUSE 10,270 square-foot brewery, taproom, beer garden, and event venue with a lager-focused tap list. 2340 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-202-6071, grandcentralbrew.com

CAGE BREWING Custom brews in the Grand Central District from one of the ‘Burg’s newest. 2001 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4278

GREEN BENCH BREWING COMPANY A space worthy of the adventurous beers it produces. 1133 Baum Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com

CALEDONIA BREWING Great in-house beers in the historic Dunedin Times building. 587 Main St., Dunedin. 727-351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com

GOOD LIQUID BREWING CO. Thirty taps and food (and a coffee roaster!) from a husband-and-wife duo. 4824 14th St. W., Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquidbrewing.com

CALUSA BREWING Family owned and operated, opened Tuesday to Sunday. 5701 Derek Ave., Sarasota. 941-922-8150, calusabrewing.com

GRINDHAUS BREW LAB Small batches and no extracts. 1650 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-2400804, grindhausbrewlab.com

CARROLLWOOD BREWING CO. “Secret” brewing action inside the Carrollwood location of craft-bar chain The Brass Tap. 10047 N. Dale Mabry HWY, STE 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337

GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY Small batches with an artisanal food menu. 3007 Beach Blvd., Tampa. facebook.com/GulfportBrewery

CIGAR CITY BREWING Tampa’s most famous craft brewery. There’s also a taproom at Amalie Arena. 3924 W. Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com

HIDDEN SPRINGS ALE WORKS This Tampa Heights brewery features a rotating tap selection. 1631 N. Franklin St., Tampa, 813-226-2739, hiddenspringsaleworks.com

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HOB BREWING CO. Rotating taps, with some brewed on-site and alongside a combination of local breweries plus local and international craft beer makers. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer

PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB This beachy restaurant also offers up its own beers thanks to an in-house nano system. 923 72nd. St. N., St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com

KEEL FARMS AGRARIAN ALE + CIDER Tasty brews from the folks behind Keel & Curley winery. 5210 W. Thonotosassa Rd., Plant City. 813-752-9100, keelandcurleywinery.com

PINELLAS ALE WORKS Dog-friendly environment in addition to tasty brews. 1962 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-235-0970, pawbeer.com

IF I BREWED THE WORLD A self-described “mixtape of breweries” with a bit of everything from the classic to the fun and outrageous. 2200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.com IN THE LOOP BREWING Family-friendly with a lot of community support and plenty of events. 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-997-9189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com INFUSION BREWING CO. Another great location in the good-beer-packed Trinity/New Port Richey area. 7813 Mitchell Blvd. Ste 103, Trinity. 727-312-4512. INOCULUM ALE WORKS These folks are crazy for sours, and know how to craft ‘em. 554 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. inoculumaleworks.com JDUB’S BREWING COMPANY You know ‘em, you love ‘em. A statewide phenomenon. 1215 Mango Ave., Sarasota. 941-955-2739, jdubsbrewing.com KING STATE Food & Wine's No. 8 coffee shop in the U.S. is also home to brewer and Flying Boat Brewing Co. alum Aric Parker, who’s making some of the cleanest core beers plus a dynamic offering of rotating taps and bomber options available onsite in limited capacities. 520 E Floribraska Ave., Tampa. 813-2212100, king-state.com LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL A Palm Harbor bar and eatery that offers seasonal brews to complement their regulars. 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com LATE START BREWING Beloved Tampa label does its thing inside the Pour House. 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd. #112, Tampa. 813-402-2923, latestartbrewing.com LEAVEN BREWING Riverview’s first brewery is run by folks who’ve got experience brewing big and small. 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-6777023, leavenbrewing.com MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING Brews, ciders, and meads by the beach. 12945 Village Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 727-362-0008, madbeachbrewing.com MARKER 48 Hernando production craft brewery with tasting room and beer garden 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-606-2509, marker48.com MASTRY’S BREWING CO. From CD Roma’s restaurant to sweet new digs on St. Pete Beach. 7701 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete Beach. 727-202-8045 mastrysbrewingco.com MOTORWORKS BREWING A taproom and beer garden featuring full liquor and wine as well as 30 taps. 1014 9th Street West, Bradenton. 941-567-6218, motorworksbrewing.com MR. DUNDERBAK’S The longtime restaurant, biergarten and homebrewers’ hangout is serving up its own beers. 14929 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. 813-9774104, dunderbaks.com NAUGHTY MONK BREWERY Naughty Monk brings a love of Belgian styles to Manatee County. 2507 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton. 941-708-2966, naughtymonkbrewery.com OVERFLOW BREWING St. Pete’s newest, courtesy of local Rapp head brewer Troy Bledsoe and company. 770 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-914-0665, facebook.com/overflowbrewingco PEPPER BREWING The Angry Pepper Taphouse’s in-house label, available “on a limited basis.” 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertaphouse.com

RAPP BREWING COMPANY The late Greg Rapp’s award-winning styles carefully crafted. 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.com RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER Video game-centric Grand Central District craft beer spot. 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-360-0766, stpetearcadebar.com ROCK BROTHERS BREWING Brews named for national and local bands have a home in Ybor City. 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241-0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY House-crafted brews, pizza, and sports out toward beautiful Siesta Key. 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925-2337, sarasotabrewing.com SILVERKING BREWING CO. This spacevcomplements a label that’s been around since 2012. 325 E Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727-422-7598, silverkingbrewing.com SIX TEN BREWING Wide variety and a real passion for the craft-brew community. 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886-0610, sixtenbrewing.com SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING Truly original flavors and inventive brews. 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727-601-1698, soggybottombrewing.com SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING Multiple brews only available in its tasting room, plus products and guidance for homebrewers. 4500 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-238-7800, southernbrewingwinemaking.com ST. PETE BREWING COMPANY Beers crafted specifically for the climate. 544 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com STILT HOUSE BREWERY Friendly joint specializes in high-ABV ales and other styles you won’t find elsewhere. 625 U.S. Hwy Alt. 19, Palm Harbor. 727-270-7373, stilthousebrewery.com SWAN BREWING Nearly four decades of combined brewing experience go into the offerings at this petfriendly joint. 115 W. Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703-0472, swanbrewing.com TBBC Formerly Tampa Bay Brewing Co., local favorite for nearly two decades. 1600 E. 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813247-1422, tbbc.beer TAMPA BEER WORKS At the former site of ESB Brewing, TBW focuses on American craft styles. 333 N. Falkenburg Rd., Suite D407 Tampa. 813-685-1909, tampabeerworks.com TIDAL BREWING COMPANY Small batches in Spring Hill. 14311 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-7011602, tidalbrewingfl.com TWO FROGS BREWING COMPANY Tarpon Springs’ latest focuses on American ale styles. 151 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-6077, facebook.com/ twofrogsbrewing TWO LIONS WINERY & PALM HARBOR BREWERY Wine and beer brewed in-house. 1022 Georgia Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-786-8039, twolionswinery.com ULELE SPRING BREWERY Beer crafted in accordance with traditional Bavarian purity laws. 1810 N. Highland Ave., Tampa. 813-999-4952, ulele.com THE WILD ROVER BREWERY What started as an English pub is now a higher-production facility. 13921 Lynmar Blvd., Tampa. 813-475-5995, thewildroverbrewery.com WOODWRIGHT BREWING COMPANY Traditional German styles. 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-2388717, facebook.com/woodwrightbrewing ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING COMPANY East Paco’s first microbrewery. 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills. 813-715-2683, zbcbeer.com ZYDECO BREW WERKS Craft brews in Ybor thanks to an award-winning brewmaster, as well as full bars and NOLA-influenced cuisine. 1902 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. 813-252-4541, facebook.com/Zydecobrewwerks

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Jobsite’s latest brings boisterous insanity to downtown Tampa. By Stephanie Powers

andemic or not, it’s been a while since I stepped into the David A. Straz Center for Performing Arts for anything. And last week, for the first time in more than a year, I went inside for a gathering. Having “Shockheaded Peter” help me back into live theater was perfect. Based on a 19th-century German children’s book, “Shockheaded Peter” was first performed in West Yorkshire, England. Jobsite’s first pandemic-induced step out of the Shimberg Playhouse and into the slightly larger Jaeb Theater for more distancing wasn’t soft or demure by any means; in fact, it was amazing, boisterous insanity. The production is not a play or a musical, but more of a marvelous mixtape cabaret of morbid hilarity. We first met the emcee played brilliantly gruff-yet-charming by Paul J. Potenza. Potenza’s

character broke the fourth wall constantly, interacting with the audience and encouraging singalongs or moments of call and response. Potenza’s improvisational style helped because I couldn’t tell if there were any “mistakes” at the preview show because he made jokes about little incidents and moved right along. There’s nothing normal about this show— not even the plotline. The play has one main story, and it’s about parents—played by Jobsite’s wonderful Amy E. Gray and Jonathan Harrison—who wish for a child and get instead a little creature puppet delivered by an amazingly garish stork. Intertwined throughout the parents’ journey are musical tales of bad children and the consequences they bring to the family. The in-between songs—written by the British band The Tiger Lillies—are the party of the performance. Led by the Siren, played by the amazingly

talented Spencer Meyers, Jobsite’s audience gets My heart skipped a few times during the stories of ill-behaved kids and what happens to movements of the aerial acrobats. Kasondra them (usually death). The songs include puppets, Rose and Katrina Stevenson get uncomfortably singalongs, tap dancing, heart-dropping aerial high while hanging every which way; I dream of performances and mirth in spades. A couple of that kind of flexibility and upper-arm strength. my favorite tunes were “Snip, Snip”—about a girl Ensemble member Colleen Cherry rounded who won’t quit sucking her thumbs—and “Fidgety out the stellar performances with amazing vocal Phil” about a boy, you guessed skills, tap dancing and pupit, named Phil who won’t stop pet mastery. fidgeting. Everytime an actor, On the back of the stage musician or aerial artist Jobsite Theater: during the entirety of the play performed I thought, “That’s ‘Shockheaded Peter’ stayed the three-piece band Every Wednesday-Saturday (8 p.m.) and the star of the show!” Then I consisting of Mark Warren Sunday (4 p.m.) through Saturday, July 3. realized, the show is the star $19.50 & up. Jaeb Theater at David A. Straz (Vodkanauts), Elwood Bond of the show—the whole colCenter for the Performing Arts. 1010 N (Paranoia Dance Party) orful, crazy thing. Jobsite’s Macinnes Pl, Tampa. 813-229-7827. strazcenter.org and led by the incomparaco-founder and Producing ble musical director Jeremy Artistic Director David Douglass (Florida Bjorkestra). They were the Jenkins has brought Tampa a marvelous crevaudevillian glue holding Peter together. The ation, once again. instruments used included a couple of toy pianos, Editor’s note: With Creative Loafing Tampa a flute melodica, a regular melodica, glocken- Bay’s Theater Critic Jon Palmer Claridge recovspiel, organ, bass, bowed saw, otamatone, bass ering from back surgery, CL Wonder Woman ukulele, theremin, mandolin, and banjo with Stephanie Powers has stepped in to soak in the some regular ol’ guitars and drums thrown in. local theater scene.

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Eyes on Pride

There’s no shortage of LGBTQ art shows in Pinellas. By Jennifer Ring

’ve always loved all the Pride art shows that happen around town each year. We lost a few in 2020, but thankfully, all our friends are back in 2021. Here are four events and galleries to check out as St. Pete Pride’s arts and music week comes to a close. Find links and more info by visiting this post on cltampa. com/magazine. Camp John Gascot’s Pride show—at Emerald Bar this year—features over a dozen artists and has a camp theme. "Camp" has a few definitions, which Gascot shares on the Facebook event page. It can be either, “(a) something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing, (b) a style or mode of personal or creative expression that is absurdly exaggerated and often fuses elements of high and popular culture, or (c) exaggerated effeminate mannerisms (as of speech or gesture).” In short, it’s a theme with many interpretations, and I look forward to seeing what Tampa Bay’s LGBTQIA+ artists do with it. Open now. Emerald Bay, 550 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. @gascot on Facebook Rainbow Mize Gallery’s annual pride show returns with a rainbow theme. Mize assigned all 39 participating LGBTQIA+ artists a circular canvas and a different color of the rainbow for the show. The result is a rainbow of circular canvases surrounding Mize gallery, each presenting a different artist’s vision of LGBTQ life and culture. They remind me of the Pride buttons we affix to our T-shirts each year to announce ourselves as proud LGBT individuals and allies. Through

June 27; Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mize Gallery, 689 Dr M.L.K. Jr. St. N Unit C, St. Petersburg. chadmize.com ArtOut: LGBTQ Artists in Gulfport ArtOut returns to the Gulfport Public Library. The 4th Annual Festival of Gulfport LGBTQ artists includes work from Patsi Aguero, Diane Bains, Jill Barber, Dr. Beverly Boyarsky, Michael Chapman, Eagle Finegan, Eunice Fisher, Janet Folsom, Amy Howell, Kathy Jaeck, Cedar Kindy, Denise Marie, Shaun Silverleaf, Ed Stevens, Debbie Stevenson, Barry Young and Doreen Bryant in memoriam. Through June 30. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Gulfport Public Library, 5501 28th Ave S, Gulfport. See it in person or virtually, at artoutfestival.wixsite.com Once Upon a Shine New this year, Matthew McGee hosts a virtual gay mural scavenger hunt through downtown St. Petersburg. Download the Tampa Bay-created PixelStix app onto your cell phone and head to Hollander Hotel to begin. Starting in the lobby, follow clues from one mural to the next in search of Cinderella’s missing shoe for a chance to win a two-night stay at the new Tru by Hilton Hotel Downtown St. Pete. Here’s where I should warn you that PixelStix doesn’t work on all cell phones. If you have an older phone without Near Field Communication (like an iPhone 6), you’re out of luck. So check your tech before you embark on this fun journey through the ‘Burg. June 12-19. Starting at the Hollander Hotel, 421 4th Ave N, St. Petersburg. Register at stpeteartsalliance.org/pride

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Asylum seeker

Tampa songwriter switches gears, pries open the human experience in new book. By Gabe Echazabal

t is not often that a musician or songwriter his family members to meet him at a park while has the gumption or the chops to step outside encountering and striking up conversation with of their comfort zone and tackle a weightier a seemingly unknown denizen day after day. project like writing a novel or a screenplay. As the story unfolds, the reader is clued into Occasionally, it happens and, what they might suspect; the main sometimes, it leads to astoundcharacter’s family is not coming to ing results. But, often, making meet him, but the reasons behind that leap from writing a song to a more intri- that revelation are what make this selection cate, involved piece of work is territory that from the book arguably the most evocative and glum entry. Ganancias’ ability to capture the is very rarely explored. Unafraid of climbing that literary wall is raw emotion that pours out of each of the story’s singer and songwriter Marc Ganancias, a long- participants is what truly elevates it from what time Floridian and local music mainstay. The could have wound up a maudlin tale to a truly native Argentinian musician who cut his teeth poignant and moving narrative. on gritty, no-nonUnafraid of sense punk rock approaching a slew of other topics just published his second coland human phelection of short nomena ranging stories and proves from alcoholism, u nadu lt erat e d, that his poetic raw sex, and the vision and his pitfalls of comgift for creating munication in vivid, enrapturing vignettes of modern day socihuman emotion ety, Ganancias’ goes way beyond abilities as an the confines of unfiltered and writing a punk brutally honest rock song. wordsmith are on “ S u b s e t brilliant display Asylum: a colthroughout this collection. It is lection of short stories” (Brannen ONE MORE TIME: The followup to Marc easy for the reader Publishing) is to start imaginGanancias 2016 book is this collection of shorts. eleven tales all ing what each of steeped in the human experience; the stories the tales so potently written throughout this capture raw emotion in clever, eloquent fash- assemblage would look like as a short film or ion. As the follow up to Ganancias’ previous play while entering each world they are invited publication, 2016’s “One More Time,” a novel into with the turning of each page. On their own merit, each of the novellas that followed a romantically involved couple through the highs and lows of a tumultuous contained within the covers of this daring love affair, the author instead opted to delve new publication are strong enough to stand into the dynamalone; but as a collecics that make up a tion of assorted and wildly diverse entries, variety of human interactions and rela“Subset Asylum” tionships from vastly is truly an impresdifferent points of sive compilation of view and perspecglimpses into what tives throughout this makes human intercollection of stories. play and interaction “Penrose Park Memories,” one of the book’s as fascinating as it is inexplicable thanks to the many standout contributions, describes, in author’s uncanny ability to pry into the layers of warm and gut-wrenching fashion, the tale of the souls, minds and spirits that make us such an elderly gentleman who waits every day for complex beings

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A demented puppet leads a new round of the best new movies you can stream at home.

rom killer toys to killer sex, this week’s newest releases offer a mixed bag with some hidden gems to discover. Read up on a handful of the flicks below, and visit cltampa.com/magazine to see more plus watch the trailers. Benny Loves You

★★★½ 94 minutes, streaming, Blu-Ray and DVD What could be more fun than a tiny, Elmoesque doll possessed by supernatural abilities running around and slaughtering folks with reckless, random abandon? In writer-director-star Karl Holt’s feature debut, “Benny Loves You,” Jack (Holt), a concept designer for a children’s toy manufacturer, discovers that his beloved childhood toy does not respond well to being pitched into a tub filled with nostalgia and placed in a dark basement. Jack’s backstory is deliciously dark. Both of his parents suffer awful, accidental deaths while prepping for his birthday party, which leaves him unable to move past his grief. When he decides to sell his parent’s home, and he begins clearing the house of belongings, Benny magically animates and immediately starts a campaign to ensure that no one, not a realtor nor the inept local police nor a work colleague who suddenly expresses a romantic interest in Jack, can get between him and his rightful owner. As far as killer doll flicks go, “Benny Loves You” skirts the line between all-out horror and subversive comedy, but it occasionally strays too far over the line into camp. Jack, for instance, as played by Holt, is a little too wide-eyed and unnecessarily goofy when trying to cover up Benny’s growing list of crime scenes. But it’s worth navigating those bumpy patches if you’re a fan of murderous Muppets as Holt piles on the gore after Jack responds to pressure from his boss to create the next big fad and pitches a line of horrorthemed dolls that resemble Benny.

Mc Carthy’s first feature film is a hallucinatory nightmare that follows an amnesiac, Isaac (Jonathan French), who accepts a curious offer from a man he doesn’t recall being friends with, Barret (Ben Caplan), to spend a week house sitting and babysitting his niece Olga (Leila Sykes), who exists in a perpetual state of paranoia following the death of her father. Olga has set up residence inside the same house where her father committed suicide, on a remote island accessible only by rowboat, and she spends her days wandering through the home with a creepy stuffed rabbit that seems to have a life of its own. “Caveat” is a strong debut, even with the myriad of questions that it leaves unanswered, and Mc Carthy is definitely a director to keep fixed on your radar.

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★★★ 118 minutes, streaming, Blu-Ray and DVD I’ll be the first to admit that when I initially requested a review copy of “The Vault,” I fully believed, based on the DVD cover art, that director Jaume Balagueró (“[Rec]” and “Sleep Tight”) was returning to his roots with a zombie heist thriller. Imagine my surprise to discover that the throng of bodies depicted at the bottom of the box art surrounding a fortified Bank of Spain was not a zombie horde, as I had hoped, but thousands of fans flooding the street to celebrate the Football World Cup. Despite my mistake, I am happy to report that “The Vault” is a nifty cracker-jack thriller built around an impenetrable Fort Knox-like safe that immediately submerges if breached by would-be thieves and focused on a reluctant engineering genius named Thom (Freddie Highmore), who is recruited by a famed treasure hunter to help him reclaim a cache of untold riches that he discovered in an ancient shipwreck off Madrid.

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Road Head

★★½ 84 minutes, streaming Yes, “Road Head” is exactly what you think it is—a movie about the perils of interstate fellatio combined with a spotlight on the gory efficiency of decapitations. If only it was as good as its double-entendre title promoted. Actor-director David Del Rio’s sophomore feature, written by actor-scribe Justin Xavier,

NOT ELMO: ‘Benny Loves You’ skirts the line between all-out horror and subversive comedy. focuses on three friends—married couple Alex (Damian Joseph Quinn) and Bryan (Clayton Farris) and their gal-pal Stephanie (Elizabeth Grullon)—who road-trip to the Mojave desert only to encounter a mysterious, murderous cult led by a chain-mail-wearing executioner (Adam Nemet). My main problem with “Road Head,” which actually does a wonderful job presenting Alex and Bryan’s relationship, as well as Stephanie’s inability to move past an abusive ex-boyfriend, is that neither Del Rio nor Xavier know what they want their audience to feel after watching the movie.

This is a movie that asks you to invest in fully-formed characters, to care about their plight and their fight to survive, with no discernible reward for doing so. If anything, Del Rio and Xavier callously and cruelly subject viewers to an unwinnable contest that ultimately leaves you feeling empty inside. Gorehounds likely will champion “Road Head” for its unwavering attention to bloody, visceral carnage, but I found myself almost angry and embittered once the credits rolled. continued on page 48

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“Baphomet” is the kind of movie that ends with one of the most awful, truly ridiculous jump scares that I have ever seen. Not to be overlooked Face of the Devil (streaming and DVD) This bizarre import from Peru about a group of friends who go on a jungle hike only to run into an evil spirit was completed in 2014, and apparently shelved until now. Watching it, it’s not difficult to understand why. Open Your Eyes (streaming, Blu-Ray and DVD) A writer finds himself spiraling after meeting an alluring neighbor who lives in his building. The Carnivores (streaming) The latest from Dark Sky Films is a psychological thriller focused on a family pooch and a crushing need for fresh meat. Terror Eyes (streaming) It’s a play on terrorize, get it? This latest attempt to mine social media influencers tries gamely to find its focus, but conflicting narratives and a lackluster finale leave you wanting much more. Blurred Vision (streaming) This Danish thriller takes a stab, excuse the pun, at using an unexpected pregnancy to fuel a descent into madness. Blackstock Boneyard (streaming) It’s official, the “Get Out” / “Antebellum” bandwagon is chugging along with a racially-charged urban legend about avenging Black ghosts exacting revenge on a group of elite white folks. The Amusement Park (Shudder) The late, great George A. Romero will forever be known for his undead visions, but Shudder has nabbed exclusive rights to this long lost early film by Romero about an elderly man facing a hellish nightmare at a theme park. Also available: “The Stylist,” “Undercover Punch & Gun,” “Super 8” 4K Ultra-HD. “Last Action Hero” 4K Ultra-HD and “The Father.”

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Homosassa's ‘Dreamcatcher Island’ just sold, but will be available for rent. By Colin Wolf and Ray Roa

privately owned 6-acre island only accessible by boat was for sale in Homosassa but quickly bought up by a family who first read about the listing in Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Located a little over an hour north of Tampa at 12451 The Homosassa Riv, “Dreamcatcher Island” sits at the mouth of the Homosassa River, just downstream from Monkey Island, and has been used as a vacation rental property over the years. The island comes with a 2,800-squarefoot main house with three bedrooms, and three bathrooms. It also features two kitchens, a solarheated saltwater pool and spa, a floating tiki hut, a 5,000-gallon rainwater cistern, a tractor, a golf cart, a dock, and a 20-foot pontoon boat. For how close it is to civilization, the island is actually pretty secluded, and most of it is still underdeveloped. It’s also ideally positioned at mile marker 71, which is just a short boat ride to the springs for snorkeling or out to the Gulf for scalloping.

New owner Josh Weis told CL he’s been looking for a Homosassa River property for at least a year, missed out on some and even written letters to owners hoping to buy. “I never thought it would hit the market. We are beyond excited,” he said, adding that he actually wants as many folks as possible to be able to use the land. While you’ll need a boat to get there, rentdreamcatcherisland.com will soon be live so you can inquire about staying over. “In our family, we don’t believe in holding things too tightly and we also believe that memories are much more important than stuff,” Weis, who’s on track to close on the property this month, added. After some improvements, the place will be ready for visitors by mid-July. “We are genuinely excited to see so many families use it and create memories. It is perfectly situated near the scallop grounds and also the amazing restaurants like Crump’s, the Freezer and Florida Cracker…and of course, Monkey Island.”

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Little Sheba & the Shamans A free show from a “rhythm and blues band with a garage rock habit” is on tap in Seminole Heights, and Little Sheba’s retro sound definitely makes you want to grab a partner and do the Lindy Hop, or just tap your saddle shoes at the table while you’re enjoying a barrel-aged old fashioned. If you go to just watch the music and you don’t order anything, you better still tip—you’re taking up space. Be sure to check out band member Christian Little’s insect band mural covering the east side of the restaurant, too. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa) C Pusha Preme Album Release Party w/Jafarlee/Bruce Wayne/Davion the God/Jay Browne It’s gonna be “Party Time” when Pusha Preme celebrates a new album Before I Say, I Do. Preme already got national attention this year when Money In the Grave—a compilation featuring the track “Heaven At Night”—peaked at no. 18 on Billboard’s compilation albums chart. The seven-track collection also hit no. 1 on the iTunes Top 40 US Hip-Hop Albums chart. By the looks of the video for the April single “Sick of these Games,” Preme ain’t playing. The incognito emcee—who sometimes wears a Pussy Riot-style ski mask—is ready for the big time, and you were either there when he played shows at small venues, or you’re going to wish you were. Preme is joined at this West Riverfront venue by his backing band The Wandering Assassins plus musicians and emcees Bruce Wayne, Jafarlee, Davion the God, and Jay Browne. Davy Rolando from 94.1FM hosts the party, where you can spring for the $50 ticket that includes a happy hour, photo opp and limited edition T-shirt. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa) C Roosevelt Collier Trio: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix This isn’t the first time lap steel guitar god Roosevelt Collier has played homage to the late great Jimi Hendrix, and we hope this gig at Crowbar—where the funk band the HeadTones opens—is not the last. Speaking of Crowbar, Rolling Stone says only 31 venues out of 13,619 that have applied for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant have received any funding. That’s one-fifth of 1%, y’all. Though the grant passed at the end of 2020 “...as part of the larger COVID-19 relief bill following months of advocacy from the National Independent Venue Association [NIVA]. The rollout of the funding however has been painfully slow.” Crowbar co-owner Tom DeGeorge is NIVA’s Florida captain and is still waiting for help and sharing his process every step of the way. Good news, money is coming. Bad news, it’s taking forever—as of midday on June 14, 19 Florida

applications had been awarded a total $9.3 million in grants. If you’re a Bay area recipient who’s been officially approved for an SVOG grant, shoot us an email at rroa@cltampa.com. (Crowbar, Ybor City) C Stacey Pullen w/Dru Ruiz/Doctor Boom Detroit DJ Stacey Pullen has been around since the ‘90s back when EDM was known as “progressive” or “techno” and Jncos were worn unironically. During the Motor City’s second wave, she mentored under “Detroit’s legendary three: Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson.” Best to not make plans for the next morning either because Resident Advisor says Pullen “became renowned for long, experimental, adventurous and soulful journeys through music that lasted at least five hours.” Pullen hasn’t been in town in a bit, so the 21 & up night show should be an intimately-awesome, and possibly very long, welcome back. According to the event page, masks are still required so don’t forget yours. (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing Co., Ybor City) TTRL: Riverwalk and Chill Pride Edition w/Jeremy Gloff w/Guianna/more Tampa’s Queen of Pop Jeremy Gloff helps Tampa Total Request Live (TTRL) celebrate Pride month on the downtown Riverwalk, and Gloff ain’t just a singer-songwriter anymore. The multiple Best of the Bay winner switches it up, often bringing out dance hits especially on his 2017 album Lightrail—check out the song “Nasty AF” for proof. Otherworldly soul-singer Guianna brings her insane range to the stage (check out the vocal runs on “You Are Made of Magic”), and the bill includes spoken word artist Samira Obeid and dancer Dominique McDougal. Tickets are sold in pairs or by tables, so get a vaccinated friend or two and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Full disclosure: This writer makes her rap debut on Gloff’s upcoming album Burn It Up! Turn It Up!, and he’s promising a performance of a brand new song from the effort at this outdoor show. (Riverwalk Stage at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)

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Ethereal R&B goddess Shelby Sol—who released the killer Solstice EP last fall—joins saxophonist-singer Zeta the Babe on this stacked Juneteenth bill where Mike Mass and J.T. Brown are billed together (which hopefully means the emcee and the space cowboy will be singing the powerful single “Blood in the Water”). Neo-soul, jazz, and funk band Venus Bleu, Tone I.E. and rapper Jay Browne round out the talent. The menu includes a $25 all-you-can-eat fish fry with collards, black-eyed peas, salt and pepper tofu, and other sides. If you want a double dose of Sol (trsut us, you do), go a mile-and-a-half towards historic Ybor City for a Juneteenth celebration outside the essential Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature and Culture Museum. A two-hour block of music from Sol—along with Tampa rapper Jinx, Ghanaian-American rapper and writer Chael Blinya, spoken word artist Dennis Amadeus, plus WMNF 88.5-FM’s DJ Spaceship— kicks off at noon. (Shuffle, Tampa and Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature and Culture Museum, Ybor City)

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for the first “social hour,” then search no more. Local favorites play this one where you might want to bring ear plugs. Definitely be kind to the room, though, because it’s apparently “fully draped in white shiffon.” Just think of what might happen when Piss Test takes the stage. (Ballroom 66, Pinellas Park)

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King Crimson w/California Guitar Trio Thursday, Jul. 22. $53.25-$133.25. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater.

Clapton’s last stop in Tampa was 13 years ago, at what was then known as the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa proper. Knowing how little he tours these days, this might be your last chance to see him live. If you don’t care about what comes out of his mouth, that is. Get information on more newly announced concerts (and comedy gigs) below, and see the announcements in real time via cltampa. com/magazine.—Josh Bradley Hasan Minhaj Saturday, Sept. 18. $42.50$92.50. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa. Serenation w/Joe Sambo/Sierra Lane Saturday, Sept. 18. Prices TBA. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg. The Front Bottoms Tuesday, Sept. 21. $27.50. The Ritz, Ybor City Taylor Tomlinson Saturday, Sept. 25. $29.75-$49.75. Tampa Theatre, Tampa. Nurse Blake Sunday, Sept. 26. $35.50 & up. Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa. Lindsey Buckingham Monday, Sept. 27. $49-$225. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. Sub Urban w/Bella Poarch Tuesday, Oct. 5. $29. Orpheum, Tampa. The Lonely Ones w/Seven Year Witch Friday, Oct. 8. $12. Brass Mug, Tampa.

Five Eight w/Pohgoh Friday, Aug. 6. $18. Crowbar, Ybor City.

Toad the Wet Sprocket Sunday, Oct. 17. $43$161.50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater.

Randy Rainbow Friday, Aug. 27. $38.75$68.75. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater.

Surfaces w/Khai Dreams/Public Library Commute Wednesday, Oct. 20. $23-$123. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg.

The Struts Tuesday, Aug. 31. $25-$65. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg. Rod Wave Saturday, Sept. 11, Price TBA. MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa.

Thundercat w/Channel Tres Wednesday, Oct. 27. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg. Murder By Death w/The Appleseed Cast Thursday, Oct. 28. $22. Orpheum, Tampa.

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Where the vinyl is: a list of Bay area record stores

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) mid-2019 revenue report said streaming music accounted for 80% of total industry revenues, which rose 18% to $5.4 billion. Vinyl album revenue grew 13% to $224 million, but the RIAA also pointed out that sales of wax still only accounted for 4% of total revenues. Rough translation: Yeah, people are buying more records, but your local shop still needs you more than ever. If you’re reading this page, then you probably already know this, but you need your local shop, too. So many of the spaces listed to the right are so much more than stores. They’re community centers for ArtPool Records (2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-433-5195, artpoolrules.com Asylum Sights and Sounds (6566 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-384-1221 Bananas Records (2887 22nd Ave N., St. Petersburg) 727-327-4616 ext. 1, bananasrecords.com Bananas Records Warehouse (2226 16th Ave. N., St. Petersburg) 727 327-4616 ext. 2, bananasrecords.com Blue Moon Antiques, Books & Music (1413 Cleveland St., Clearwater) 727-443-7444 The Clearwater Record Shop (1610 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater) 727-755-1201, clearwaterrecordshow.com

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music lovers. Some of them are venues for local bands. The staff at most of these shops have more musical knowledge in their left ear than you’ll ever have in your entire life; they’re willing to share it with a smile on their face, too. Patronize these brick and mortars… frequently. Make friends with your neighbor behind the counter. Your wallet might be a little lighter, but your mind will be happy in return. You don’t have to stop streaming — let’s face it, no one will — but opening an app will never live up to the feeling of opening the door at your local record store. —Ray Roa

Daddy Kool Records (2430 Terminal Dr. S., Side B, St. Petersburg) 727-822-5665, daddykool.com

Kingfish Records (Main Store) (26024-B US Highway 19 N., Clearwater) 727-351-5177, kingfishrecords.com

Sound Exchange Tampa (14246 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa) 813-978-9316, soundexchangetampabay.com

Disc Exchange (6712 Central Ave., aSt. Petersburg) 727-343-5845, thediscexchange.com

Kingfish Records (Flea Market) (180 Race Track Rd., Tampa) 727-455-9923, kingfishrecords.com

Dunedin Records & Audio (757 Main St., Dunedin) 727-423-4108, dunedinrecords.com

Microgroove (906 N. Florida Ave., Tampa) 813-667-7089, microgroovetampa.co

Sound Exchange Pinellas Park (66th Street N and 86th Avenue N., Pinellas Park) 727-545-0042, soundexchangetampabay.com

Dustin’s Vinyl Shop (180 Race Track Rd., Booth F25 W, Oldsmar) 727-678-6829, facebook.com/pg/dustinsvinylshop

Mojo Books & Records (2540 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa) 813-971-9717, mojotampa.com

Green Shift Music & Comics (5713 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa) 813-238-4177, greenshiftmusicandcomics.com Hello Darlin’ Records (Roving VW Camper) 727-479-6783, hellodarlinrecords.com

Patrick’s Book and Record Store (15215 US Hwy.19 C, Hudson) 727-868-3168, patricksbooksandre.wixsite.com/patricks Planet Retro Records (226 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg) 727-218-7434, planetretrorecords.com

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O, death

By Caroline DeBruhl Dear Oracle, I’ve been wanting to start my own business since 2014, but I’m unsure as to what I want to expand and work on. I became a yoga teacher in 2017 with the intention to make that my business, and I’ve made it a side business but always worked with a studio or a company. I want to make my own money, set my own hours, and I know I can run things better than previous bosses. I fear starting something and then lacking the motivation to keep going (I think it’s a Gemini trait), but I’ve always seen myself starting a yoga studio or coffee shop. Do you have any insight into this?—Yoga Hustler Cards: The Emperor, Death, Ten of Cups, all reversed (CW: mention of suicide) Dear Yoga, I don’t think you actually want to start a business. I think you want to have a happy, fulfilling life, one that you dictate, and I think you want out of your current one. The Death card gets downplayed a lot nowadays, usually to mollify new clients who might freak when they see it. It’s often said that Death isn’t REALLY death; it’s just a metaphor for transition, a card of rebirth. And that’s true, but it isn’t the whole truth. I love Death in my deck: it’s a pregnant creature with a cow skull for a head who’s about to crush her happy lil’ cow-skull baby. It’s gnarly but accurate. Sometimes, we have to kill a precious thing in order to make room for the unknown. Sometimes, Death is just death. It’s about a life coming to an end, and it’s crucial to figure out what that looks like. Death isn’t the only way to end a life. One of the most radical things I have ever learned in therapy was how to parse my own suicidal thoughts: Did I actually want to die, or did I want to completely end my life as I knew it? This is an important distinction because those two paths don’t have to have the same outcome. You can end your life as you know it and start again, with that same heart a’ticking. You can remake it, and I think you have that drive. The other major arcana card here is The Emperor, someone who is in control of their destiny. The Emperor doesn’t rule by the sword but by scepter; they’re diplomatic and in charge, because they know what they want. It makes sense that you want to be your own boss because you want control of your life and time. But, you don’t know what job you want because (and I suspect you know this, too) this isn’t really about a job. It’s about feeling in control, of feeling proud and fulfilled with your life, possibly of being needed—Ten of Cups is a fulfilling life, but it’s also a family card, someone that can be depended on—but that is one tall order for a job. Even if you started a successful studio or coffee shop, that success might not be enough. I think it’s worth digging deeper.

You might need to identify a hunger. What do you need, if anything, mentally? (Therapy? Conversational German? A challenging degree?) What do you need spiritually, physically, emotionally? What do you need in your relationships? I do think you’ll find fulfillment. It will require an examined life, which is as hard as it is rewarding, but I think you can handle it. You’re the powerful Emperor, you’re death crushing its own baby to bring forth another. You can handle some tough shit. Dear Oracle, I recently got into a new relationship. I am curious to see how things will go, but they seem very promising. I guess my question would be, will this relationship be good for me in the long run? Is it as promising as it seems?—Hopeful But Cautious

Cards: The Hierophant, The Moon, Nine of Cups Dear Hopeful, I can’t tell you if this relationship will be good for you because I’m not you. I can’t see red flags or good signs; I can’t feel the pain of a heart softening or the damp disappointment of hope spoiled. Only you can know if this feels right. And, unfortunately, not even the cards want to play prediction. It’s a “trust your gut” spread if I’ve ever seen one. The Hierophant and The Moon, two major arcana have you tap into what is felt and unseen. The Hierophant is a symbol of faith, and there needs to be a lot of faith in relationships. You have to trust your partner, your intuition, and trust fate. The moon is the subconscious, a deeper well of emotions. How does your gut feel about this person? Is there anything that seems off, or is it all promising? The Nine of Cups can be a card of rose-tinted glasses. With it, there is a risk of gushing when you should be running, but the cure for that

isn’t cynicism. It’s knowledge. It’s important to know yourself, to understand how you are in relationships, and to know how you want to be treated. We might know our big deal breakers (doesn’t want kids, only consumes Soylent,) but there are smaller ones, too, that we might sweep under the rug once we get to them. Your partner might be great, but he treats waitstaff terribly. Or she might be cruel to your mother the first time they meet. Keeping an eye on these minor upsets will help keep you from projecting all the great things you want to be true. I’m not someone who believes each and every relationship can teach us something worthwhile. Relationships can be toxic or deadly just as much as they can be enriching and joyous. But if you’re feeling excited about this and things seem promising, go ahead and hunt that rabbit. It might turn out as you hope, it might not. But we gotta have faith. Email your questions to oracle@cltampa.com or DM @theyboracle on Instagram.

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The Euro zone By Dan Savage

We’re a happily married couple from Europe, longtime readers, both in our 30s, and both interested in having sex sometimes with other people. Before the pandemic we were invited to a private sex party in a major European capital. It was an age-and-face-controlled swingers night with background checks on every participant. It was our first experience and it was eye-opening, wonderful, and very sexy, even though we were too shy to fool around with anyone else. But we promised ourselves we would return and explore further. Then COVID-19 happened and we couldn’t travel. We decided to hook up with other people locally. We had amazing threesomes and foursomes, and it all went ridiculously well, up until the part when we got herpes from another couple. This other couple didn’t know they had it or didn’t bother to disclose. Herpes isn’t as common here as in the U.S., as far as my research went, and it was a huge bummer, but after educating and medicating ourselves, we decided to continue having hookups with others. We tell everyone in advance because we believe it’s the right thing to do. Some cut us off, some don’t care, some admit they also have it, which always leaves us wondering if they would have admitted it without us “coming clean” first. We are still part of the online community that organized that wonderful party and, with things opening up here, they are beginning to plan the next event. We would love to go back. My question is: Can we? Should we? Should we tell everybody about the herpes? Or is that a risk you take at an orgy involving 50 or more people? We’ve read a lot about transmission and know that sometimes skin-to-skin contact is enough. We also know that it’s possible to have herpes and not be aware of it, which means other participants may already have it and not know. So what’s the right thing to do? Should we just pass up this orgy for the rest of our lives? Take the viral suppressants that weekend and fuck as many people as we can without worrying about it?—Sincerely Wondering About Post-Pandemic Explicit Disclosures P.S. I found a piece of advice online about this issue from Betty Dodson, written in 2009, but I’d love to hear your thoughts.

sex with 50 strangers in a single evening either already has herpes or at least willing to chance it—then I don’t think you have to disclose. Don’t confuse “don’t think you have to” with “don’t think you shouldn’t.” I think you should disclose—I think you should keep disclosing—and if disclosing gets you scratched off the guest list, SWAPPED, you will have other opportunities to fuck other people in other major European capitals. I mean, you’ve been disclosing to couples locally and haven’t exactly wanted for opportunities… even during a pandemic. (People who weren’t worried about catching COVID-19 during the pandemic—which isn’t over yet—probably weren’t too worried about catching herpes.) Yes, some couples ghosted after you disclosed but it sounds like just as many or more weren’t scared off. And the couples who ghosted? Some already have herpes and don’t know it—and HPV as well, SWAPPED, as both of these very common STIs are easily transmitted through skin-to-skin contact. Anyone who wants to avoid contracting them shouldn’t have multiple sex partners—or arguably any sex partners at all, considering how common these infections are and, again, how easily transmitted they are. And anyone who attends orgies—anyone who’s sexually active at all—should get regular STI screenings, get treated for treatable STIs, and refrain from having sex (or attending sex parties) when they’re symptomatic or still infectious. (And everyone can and should get the HPV vaccine and people with herpes can take meds that make outbreaks less frequent and less intense and make them less likely to pass herpes on to others.) And while it’s my official position that you should disclose—because, like you, I think disclosing is the right thing to do—my unofficial position is that anyone who has sex with 50 strangers in a European capital, be it major or minor, has volunteered for herpes. P.S. The late, great Betty Dodson was never one for mincing words. Not only did Dodson tell a couple with herpes that they didn’t need to disclose unless asked in the column SWAPPED found, Dodson also shared that she didn’t tell her own partner she had herpes until she had an outbreak ten years into the relationship. (“Orgy Guilt Because We Didn’t Share We Have Herpes,” Dodsonandross.com, July 7, 2009). “I abhor how our society has turned Herpes into an STD,” Dodson wrote. “My first genital herpes outbreak was in the seventies. If you didn’t have Herpes back then, it meant you weren’t having sex. It was more like a badge of sexual abundance.”

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Hm. I would think an invite-only swingers party with “age-and-face-controlled” background checks (meaning: no olds*, no uglies**) would also put a few questions to prospective attendees about sexual health. If the organizers of this party don’t require you to disclose that you have herpes or other sexually-transmitted infections—because they enforce safer-sex protocols that minimize the risk of transmission and/or they quite rightly assume that anyone down to

I’m a 24-year-old heterosexual French man. (Sorry for my English.) I really love my girlfriend. Our relationship is deep, we listen and understand to other, and we take care of the other. The xex is great, truly great. We try many different things and we try to fulfil our common desires and the desires of the other. Long story short: everything with her and our relationship is perfect. The only thing is that she wants our relationship to be monogamous and I would like to have sex with 75% of the girl I bump into. Normally this is not a big deal because, since I’m not particularly attractive, so there are not many girls that want to have sex with me. But during the four years we have been together I had some opportunities to which I had to say no. Once I kissed another girl and the day after I confessed this to my girlfriend. Now every time I find myself attracted to someone else I immediately tell my girlfriend. She doesn’t blame me for finding other women attractive or even when I confess to flirting with another woman but I know she doesn’t feel good about it. If I have to choose I will always choose her but I love to flirt. I would also love to see how is sex with someone else, as I have never had sex with anyone else. But at the same time I don’t want to hurt her and I feel childish for not being able to control my instincts. How do people get out of these sorts of situations?—Diligently Escaping Sexual Intercourses, Relentlessly Excited First… your English is way better than my (non-existent) French. No need to be feel bad about that. Second… if you wanna be feel bad about something, DESIRE, feel bad about being a jerk to your girlfriend. In other words: OH MY GOD,

DUDE, SHUT THE FUCK UP. Stop running to your girlfriend to “confess” every time you have an impure thought about another woman. Constantly and needlessly reminding your girlfriend you would like to fuck other women is just cruel. She knows that, DESIRE, so you don’t need to tell her. You’re not being honest, you’re not being transparent, you’re being an asshole. This is a relationship, DESIRE, not a meeting of Reluctant Monogamists Anonymous. (“Hi, my name is ASSHOLE BOYFRIEND and I’ve been monogamous for four years and each day is a struggle.”) If you don’t wanna be in a monogamous relationship with this woman, DESIRE, if monogamy isn’t the price of admission you’re willing to pay, end this relationship. But if it is a price you’re willing to pay, DESIRE, then pay it and SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT. If you can’t shut the fuck up about it—if you can’t keep these thoughts to yourself and/or find someone else to confide in about them (a friend? a bartender? a pompier?)— your girlfriend is going to realize she’s paying way too steep a price and dump your ass. * Age is just a number, of course, but people, alone or in groups, are allowed to seek sex partners in their own and/or their preferred age range—and I say that as someone who would most likely be excluded from this particular sex party based on my age. **A person doesn’t have to be conventionally attractive to attract sex partners—and a person can be conventionally attractive in every sense and repel more people than they attract. Contact mail@savagelove.net, follow @ FakeDanSavage on Twitter, and bookmark savagelovecast.com.

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