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“Ulele is a model for what we can do with a lot of other springs.” POLITICS
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Ulele Spring has a lot to teach Florida about restoring sacred water sources. By Dr. Amanda Hagood suggested he seek out the spring by the old water works, which did not even appear in water management district records. The spring had literally vanished from the map. As Ries and Price would learn, this forsaken spot was once a well known landmark in Tampa’s “first suburb” of Tampa Heights. As the city began to grow, so did its thirst for a municipal water supply, and the water works station that now houses Ulele restaurant was constructed next to a small but productive source, then known as Magbee Spring, in 1889. In those early years, the spring supplied about 250,000 gallons of water per day. Old newspaper accounts describe this stretch of riverside as a “romantic
the 20th century, Purity Springs, just off of River Shore Drive, supported the largest private water system in the county, supplying thousands of homes north of Hillsborough Avenue. It is now a secluded neighborhood park. Perhaps the most tragic case is Sulphur Springs, once a tourist attraction that drew visitors from around the country. The spring was closed to swimming in 1986 due to high bacteria levels, largely caused by garbage and pollution dumped into nearby sinkholes (how Florida is that?) that help recharge the spring’s flow. While visitors to Sulphur Springs can now splash in a chlorinated pool, the spring itself languishes behind a chain link fence, under a thick, brown layer of algae. The city still relies on groundwater (along with river water and desalinated water) for its supply, but it now taps more distant wellfields in Pasco, Pinellas, and Hillsborough counties. continued on page 18
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aturday morning at Tampa’s Water Works Park is a soothing symphony of city sounds. Perched along a winding sidewalk that leads down to the Hillsborough River, I hear walkers conversing, traffic rumbling along Highland Avenue, and forks clattering on plates that bear Florida delicacies on the patio of Ulele Restaurant and Brewery. Every two minutes, a wet crash and squeals of delight ring from the park’s splash pad as a giant yellow bucket dumps cascades of water onto a knot of eager kids below. And somewhere, quiet underneath this pleasant din, there is the patient sound of water once again bubbling up from deep in the earth, tumbling over a weir, and wending its way back to the Bay. When the park opened in 2014, it was a culmination of decades of planning and remediation work designed to transform a disused storage yard for city vehicles into a green space that celebrated the city’s relationship to the river, which runs along its western edge. “A lot of times, people didn’t even know the river was there,” recalls Karla Price, a landscape architect for Tampa’s Department of Parks and Recreation. “We wanted to create something that felt like you were in a natural environment,” Price told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, pointing out the living shoreline along the park’s seawall, where mangroves are beginning to grow, and legacy oaks that shade the Riverwalk, making this spot a full 10 F degrees cooler than anywhere else on the trail. But perhaps the most miraculous transformation of all has been that of Ulele Spring, the beating heart of this urban oasis. Ulele now pulses out 672,000 gallons of cool, clear water per day through three ponds where native plants flourish and birds, fish, and manatees thrive. This is a dramatic change from just eight years ago, when writer Rick Kilby (“Florida’s Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts, and Health Spas,” 2020) paid a visit to the site. Back then, he found only an overgrown pool where water gurgled out of a pipe and disappeared back into the ground before reaching the river. Tom Ries, president of Ecosphere Restoration Institute, the nonprofit that oversaw the park’s remediation, tells a similar story: while he worked on a different restoration project upriver, a neighbor
resort” beloved by local residents, “a rich setting for the stream of pellucid water which gushes from a rocky cavern in the hillside.” Pictures from the 1920s show visitors picnicking and rowing on a lily pond constructed around the spring. But when a modern water filtration system was installed upstream in 1924, the site gradually went to other uses, including a fish processing plant, a shipyard, a police station, and a garage for city vehicles. Over time, the spring was piped and buried, and its place in local memory largely forgotten. Magbee (officially renamed Ulele in 2006) is just one of Tampa’s historic springs to have fallen into neglect over the years. Ybor’s Government Spring, which supplied water to Tampa’s early settlers as well as to the Florida Brewery (Tampa’s first), now lies somewhere underground, likely beneath the old Florida Brewing Company building. In the first half of
SPRING TO LIFE: Ulele Spring didn’t always pulse out 672,000 gallons of cool, clear water per day.
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ISLAND TIME: Ulele Spring's secondary pool island before restoration. continued from page 15 The water under our feet has largely been walled over, piped, and forgotten. “There’s no telling how many springs we have lost because of progress,” Kilby laments. “And the reality is, the water table has fallen so much, some might have stopped flowing altogether.” In this light, the recovery of Ulele offers a remarkable counterpoint to a persistent story of degradation and abandonment of urban springs. Beneath Ulele’s crystalline surface, Ries says, biologists have found 33 different species of crustaceans and fish, and 35 individual manatees have been observed feeding and sheltering. The restored spring provides an estuarine habitat, critical for young fish, that has all but disappeared as dozens of other small spring runs in the city have been piped over or channeled away. Ries sees Ulele as a crucial connection point, providing public education that generates the support that Florida’s imperiled springs need. Kilby takes it one step further. “It’s a symbol of hope. Ulele is a model for what we can do with a lot of other springs. It shows you can bring a spring back if you do the right things.” But the problems facing Florida’s springs are enormous: runoff and leakage from continuing agricultural, residential, commercial development, plus increased withdrawals from the Floridan Aquifer, on top of less predictable weather accelerated by climate change—it all adds up to a losing equation for springs. The Florida Springs Institute estimates that waters in roughly 80% of the state’s 1,000-plus springs currently exceed the “healthy” level of .35 milligrams of nitrates per liter. While Florida has allocated $150 million toward restoration in the last three years, environmental advocacy groups set the price tag for repairing Florida’s springs in the tens of billions of dollars. The restoration of Ulele alone cost $650K (plus an additional $200K since 2014) and required support from eight government and nonprofit agencies. Against these odds, what hope can one tiny restored connection really offer us?
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I remember the first time I swam in a Florida spring, at Volusia County’s Blue Springs State Park: how I floated facedown through turquoise-tinted water, gliding cautiously over the mouth of a cavern that plunged down to a great underground river, with countless unmapped tributaries, weaving through the karst below. “When you swim over a cave and you can’t see the bottom,” says Kilby, “you feel like you’re connected to something bigger than yourself. It’s like a little window.” And while nobody is diving into the water at Ulele this morning, there is a kind of magic happening here. I see it in the way people slow down, as if tuned to the leisurely murmur of the river, the way their eyes trail slowly over the spring’s inviting surface, and even in the noisy, unbridled joy of the kids on the splash pad. Though restoring urban springs is a small step in a long process, the bond that these beautiful places can foster is fundamental for establishing what environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett (“Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis,” 2011) calls a “water ethic”: a set of guidelines for decision making that recognizes water’s true worth in our continued survival in this place and on this planet. What would a Florida water ethic look like? As Ries suggests, it might mean that when corporations like Nestle profit from bottling water out of an aquifer we all share, a portion of that revenue goes to support spring restoration projects. Or it could require retrofitting older urban developments to comply with new design standards that slow down runoff and keep pollutants out of springs. Or giving more space to places like Water Works Park, where buried waters can not only live out their ecological destinies, but also live in our hearts and minds, once again. Our springs may never be what they once were, as even their most devoted advocates know. “Restoration,” Ries admits, “isn’t going to bring everything back.” But if we as Floridians really want to, we can bring our springs forward with us into the future.
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Juneteenth is a holiday now, but civil rights still sit backseat to ‘bipartisanship.’ By Jeffrey C. Billman
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n Saturday, the U.S. government celebrated Juneteenth National Independence Day for the first time, President Biden having signed a bill enshrining June 19 as a federal holiday two days earlier. Fourteen Republicans, all white men, voted against it in the House. “I cannot support efforts that furthers [sic] racial divisions in this country,” Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar said in a statement. Matt Rosendale of Montana called the holiday an “effort by the Left to create a day out of whole cloth to celebrate identity politics as part of its larger efforts to make Critical Race Theory the reigning ideology of our country.” More important than the rantings of fringe clowns is that 415 members of the House backed a bill that couldn’t get a vote last year. The Senate passed it by unanimous consent. The country now officially marks the day Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, informing enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that they were free. Every year, we’ll be reminded of this country’s darkest chapter. That’s good, I suppose. But a year into our supposed post–George Floyd reckoning—protests against police violence, economic inequity, and systemic racism—this feels like a hollow, performative gesture. After all, this same Congress hasn’t raised the minimum wage or passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. It hasn’t abolished student loan debt or permanently expanded health care coverage or established paid leave and child care subsidies. It won’t investigate the right-wing extremists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. And this same Congress has refused to protect the voting rights of Black Americans when they’ve come under threat. It made Juneteenth a holiday, but it won’t lift a finger to actually help Black people. If the White House can keep Senate Democrats in line—no sure thing—paid leave, child care, and health care reforms might happen through a reconciliation bill later this year. The rest will fall victim to Senate Republicans’ obstruction, assisted by Democrats’ timidity. Sometimes the assistance is overt, like when eight Dems voted against hiking the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But it mostly takes the form of hand wringing over the filibuster, a Senate anachronism historically deployed to oppose civil rights before Mitch McConnell weaponized it to oppose everything. Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
take the most heat for their fealty to the 60-vote threshold, but other Dems are also reluctant to change the rule. So on Tuesday, 50 senators will likely vote to advance the For the People Act, a voting-rights overhaul that ends partisan gerrymandering, bans voter purges, guarantees same-day registration, restores voting rights to former felons, and generally tries to “unrig the game,” as one Democratic staffer put it. Though those 50 senators represent 41.5 million more Americans than the 50 who will vote against it—and though the vice president would break the tie in their
they had no hope of winning 10 Republican votes to investigate an insurrection incited by a Republican president: Republicans benefit from doing nothing, so nothing gets done. As long as they give McConnell a veto, he’ll use it. Pressure will mount on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to call a vote to nuke the filibuster. But he won’t, not unless he knows he’ll win. And unless Manchin and Sinema flip, that won’t happen. Neither shows any sign of budging.
Steven Levitsky, co-author of the ominous “How Democracies Die,” recently said. When Schumer inevitably backs down, Democrats will have snatched an ignominious defeat from the jaws of victory, an own goal for the ages. Not only will they signal that they’re too feckless to stop Mitch McConnell from quashing their top agenda item, but they’ll give red states a green light to make a mockery of democracy—it’s not like they’ll do anything to stop them.
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Sinema’s office told NBC News the senator supports the filibuster “not based on the importance of any particular policy” but “based on what is best for our democracy.” Such thinking requires an almost willful ignorance of what the Republican Party has become: a far-right movement unwilling to concede Donald Trump’s loss, unable to view any election it loses as legitimate, but “willing and potentially able to steal an election,” as the Harvard political scientist
They’ll also broadcast that civil rights take a backseat to an unrequited lust for bipartisanship. Indeed, according to Sinema, it’s “best for democracy” that Democrats sit on their hands while Republicans gut the right to vote and block legislation to address the racial wealth gap. But Juneteenth is a federal holiday now. So there’s that. Get Informed Dissent delivered straight to your inbox. Subscribe today at billman.substack.com.
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The Florida Supreme Court again rejects recreational marijuana amendment framed as regulating marijuana similar to alcohol. Advocacy groups are frustrated, but at least you get to keep working on that relationship with your weed dealer. Tom Brady becomes the first Tampa Bay Buccaneer to be on the cover of ‘Madden’ further proving that there’s nothing the G.O.A.T can’t do.
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Open Datz Riverwalk Cafe The newest member of the Datz Restaurant Group family is open and ready to serve morning drinks and breakfast to hungry Tampeños. Located outside of the Tampa Convention Center, the menu includes Cafe Bustelo and breakfast goods including a vegan croissant-wich. There’s also booze–the “Datz-AMary,” mimosas and the “Morning Margarita” with tequila, orange juice, orange liqueur and lime–which is available to drink while walking in designated Riverwalk cups. It’s also only open from 7:30 a.m.-11:30, so you’ll be sober again by supper. 333 S Franklin St., Tampa. datzrestaurantgroup.com
Lingr “Top Chef” star Jeffrey Jew has officially opened his upscale-casual eatery venture and has been taking reservations since last week. The Nordic and Asian-inspired restaurant has teased dishes like dumplings, raw snapper, and sea urchins on the ‘gram for the past few months. 400 6th St. S, St. Petersburg. lingrrestaurant.com Santa Social Club Tiki Pop Up To mark getting halfway to Christmas, Dunedin bar scene favorite Sonder has transformed into a
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Midtown Tampa district on July 7. 3740 Midtown Dr., Tampa. wholefoodsmarket.com—Colin Wolf ICYMI Central Florida staples PDQ and 4 Rivers are joining forces for a new chicken sandwich Available at most PDQs around Florida until Aug. 2, sales from the sandwich—made of “PDQ’s fresh crispy chicken breast dipped in a blend of 4 Rivers signature and mustard BBQ sauces, served on a buttered and toasted potato bun with guacamole, red cabbage and pepper jack cheese”—go to the 4Roots nonprofit, which helps feed families in Florida. eatpdq.com Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Rob Gronkowski has a signature Datz dish
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Soulful Flavors Seffner Chef Andre Warren has rebranded his “Dub’s Kitchen,” and—depending on the day—now slings smothered pork chops, chicken & waffles, roasted chicken, a caesar salad and wings, plus BBQ falloff-the-bone ribs, sausage, pulled pork, brisket, now crab, shrimp, oysters and lobster tail. 12008 E MLK Jr. Blvd., Seffner. soulfulflavors.com
TONY TALK: Tampa Theatre’s July 16 screening of ‘Roadrunner’ features a post-film panel. holiday tiki pop up that runs through July 4 and features a menu that includes the Jungle Bird, Painkiller, Rye Thai, a large format punch and the Caladesi connection featuring Santa Teresa Rum, Pineapple, Grapefruit, lime, house made spiced chai syrup and angostura bitters. 966 Douglas Ave. No. 101, Dunedin. @sonder_social_club on Instagram
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The “Gronkalo Chicken & Waffle”—dripping in hot sauce and created as part of Food Network’s “Guy’s Restaurant Reboot” where celebrity guests brought attention to the struggling industry while giving away $300,000 in grants—is available on Grubhub and at Datz through June 27. Multiple locations. datztampa.com
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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 “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
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e’re used to Latin pop artist John Gascot At the time of interview, Gascot had conhosting an annual Pride-themed art show firmed just shy of 100 vendors, including local at a St. Petersburg bar or restaurant, but artists and makers, animal rescue organizahe’s trying something new in 2021. In addition tions, and The Gayest Store on Earth. to his yearly Pride art show, Gascot is organiz“Whatever it is that they sell—whether it’s ing Pinellas Park’s first Pride festival—but why dog bandanas, art or jewelry—a lot of them are Pinellas Park? doing Pride-specific stuff,” said Gascot. “I’m going on seven years here, and in that On the Facebook event page, you’ll see photime the city has already started evolving,” tos of Pride bracelets from Enduring Creations, Gascot told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “But handcrafted pride crowns by Jeneca’s Fantasea, Pinellas Park has a certain reputation, and while rainbow wind chimes by Joan Shurson Patterson, I’ve never had any negative or homophobic expe- and Pride wreaths from Gabrielle’s Boutique. riences here, I can see how a Gaven Simon is selling a new more conservative community Pride coffee blend he made in hasn’t had a Pride parade yet.” collaboration with GypsySouls Gascot’s studio resides Coffee House, and Taylor’s Pride at the Village in the Pinellas Arts Village, Wicked Apples is making Saturday, June 26, 2 p.m.-10 p.m. an emerging creative district rainbow candy apples for the Pinellas Arts Village 5601 Park Blvd. N, Pinellas Park that hosts a block party on occasion. @gascot on Facebook the fourth Saturday of each From the way Pinellas month. Gascot also reminded Park is embracing the event, me, “Pinellas Park is right in the center of Tampa you’d never guess that this is Gascot’s first fesBay, so it’s not far from Tampa or St. Pete.” tival. In addition to the outdoor market, there Initially, the 49-year-old artist planned to do are crafting opportunities, animal encounters, a Pride-themed block party. Then he reasoned a Pride butterfly selfie wall created by Pinellas that a Pride festival could attract a different Arts Village artist Eric Z Goodnight at Studios crowd to Pinellas Park. at 5663, a puppet parade courtesy of Pompei “This could be a great opportunity to get a Monster Factory, an LGBTQ art show at Derek whole new group of people who don’t even nec- Donnelly’s Cove, and a stacked evening enteressarily know we’re here and just come because tainment lineup featuring stand-up comedy, it’s a Pride festival,” said Gascot. drag performances, live music, burlesque, and Although Gascot’s organized several “Block a pet costume contest. pARTies,” this will be his first festival. “We have jewelry; we have clothing; we have “I never thought I’d be organizing a whole food; we have everything,” said Gascot. “I don’t festival,” Gascot added. “I mean, I organize know what we don’t have.” the art walks, and each Thanks to sponsorvenue does their thing, but ships, there’s even official this has been a learning merchandise, including an experience. And instead of official Pride at the Village feeling overwhelmed, I’ve T-shirt designed by Gascot felt exhilarated about it.” and Mark Williams. All that experience “All the biggest sponhosting art walks is paysors,” Gascot told CL, ing off for Gascot, who had a pre-baked list of “have been born and raised Pinellas Park people vendors he’s worked with in the past. who are thrilled that something like this is hap“I put out a call to my vendor list, because I pening, and most of them aren’t even LGBTQ.” book vendors for our block parties, but that list No matter who he’s working with in the City has more than doubled since,” Gascot added. of Pinellas Park, Gascot says everyone’s been “Before you knew it, I had inquiries. I made the very excited about this new festival and wants event page and I’m getting inquiries every day.” it to be a success.
“I can see how a more conservative community hasn’t had a Pride parade yet.”
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Tampa gets its own nonprofit Tampa Arts Alliance. By Jennifer Ring
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n June 16, Neil Gobioff announced the formation of the Tampa Arts Alliance, which is big news for Tampa’s creative community. In the four years I’ve been covering visual art for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, I’ve lost count of projects stamped with the Gobioff name. A press release says the Gobioff Foundation funded nearly 50 Tampa Bay art, music and film projects between 2011-2014. That’s over 10 art projects a year. In 2018, when the state drastically cut funding to the arts, the Gobioffs established the Tampa Bay Arts Bridge Fund with an initial $100,000 donation matched by the Vinik Family Foundation. The Gobioffs throw around the term “creative placemaking” around a lot, and it’s important. They’re trying to develop and define Tampa as a creative place—a cultural destination. But that sort of thing doesn’t happen overnight. It takes a lot of time, money, and collaboration, and few people know that more than the Gobioffs, who’ve been enriching Tampa’s art scene for over a decade. “Without the arts we cannot tell our story,” Neil Gobioff wrote. “Tampa is not just a city
trying to be like somewhere else. We want to raise up the profile of our arts and culture to show off what makes Tampa unique. There is a lot to love here.” The Gobioffs established the Tampa Arts Alliance along with Tucker/Hall PR to increase arts awareness in Tampa, attract more funding for the arts, connect artists with local arts organizations, and create a clearer vision for the arts in Tampa. If you look at what the St. Pete Arts Alliance has done for St. Pete, creating a Tampa Arts Alliance was the next logical step in putting Tampa’s arts community on the map (in the spring, St. Pete’s arts alliance gave $5,000 away to a local artist). “This is an organization Tampa is ready for,” Gobioff added. “Several arts leaders were gathering separately to discuss how to increase support for the arts as Tampa grows.” Now, thanks to the nascent Tampa Arts Alliance, they’re discussing these things together, and I can’t wait to see the results. See the alliance’s board members—and a bulleted list of some of its priorities—below.
Tampa Arts Alliance board of directors • Bill Carlson President of Tucker Hall and Tampa City Council Member • Gary Sasso President and CEO of Carlton Fields • Sara Richter Arts Leader • Frank J. “Sandy” Rief, III Shareholder at Allen Dell and The Duckwall Foundation • Jennifer R. Malin Community Foundation of Tampa Bay • Lauren Brigman Board Chair, Stageworks Theatre • Henry Gonzalez, III Tampa Bay Market President of Beach Community Bank • Jeff Gibson Shareholder at Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen • Michele Smith The Resiliency School, is acting as Executive Director
• Helping connect local artists and arts organizations with each other • Developing, enhancing, and fostering greater availability of resources to support local artists and arts venues
The work of the Tampa Arts Alliance will include, but will not be limited to: • Helping create a clearer vision for the arts in Tampa • Attracting funding for the arts • Fostering greater awareness inside and outside the City of Tampa about the artists who work here and the arts venues, outlets, and programming available • Working with arts organizations to inventory Tampa’s cultural assets
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What Cristina encounters upon her return is a mixture of resentment and remembrance from those she once knew, which quickly turns into a tortuous ordeal and rebirth after she is possessed by an ancient entity. The script pulls influences from Mayan and Aztec cultures and mythology, along with more recognizable Roman-Catholic and Spanish theology, but “The Old Ways” isn’t interested in presenting a priest with holy water shouting ‘The power of Christ compels you!’ Boarini said she and others behind the camera worked to ensure the dialects were true to the region surrounding Veracruz, including certain scenes where characters speak in Nahuatl. They fought to include certain indigenous elements, like decorated teeth, and made sure that the ceremonies performed by the film’s Bruja, or witch, were steeped in realism. Having the opportunity to see “The Old Ways” just a week after reviewing the eighth movie in “The Conjuring” franchise really helped restore my faith that horror has yet to run out of original ideas. You’re going to want to be in line when “The Old Ways” finally opens wide, and hopefully that date isn’t too far away. Boarini teased that a major distribution announcement should be forthcoming in July. Until then, just keep practicing what I think may be the best movie line of this summer season: “I’m a motherfucking Bruja!”
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or the first time in more than a year, the Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF) welcomed fans and patrons back to local theaters for what proved to be a rousing four-day celebration of movies and the way they make us feel. And, for those who missed it, GIFF delivered one of its best debuts in recent memory, “The Old Ways,” a fantastic Latin American-centric horror film that completely subverts every expectation and exasperation you likely have about tired and overused demonic possession tropes. “The Old Ways” is actually a new way to tell such stories, and it’s one of the best, most authentic horror films I’ve seen in years. It turns out that was the intention. “It takes a lot of different, traditional horror elements and places them in a new way,” Christa Boarini, who served as one of the film’s producers, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay “These things, I don’t think anyone has ever seen them in this setting.” Boarini was born and raised in Guatemala and lives in Bradenton, which allowed her to attend a screening of “The Old Ways” and speak about the movie after. Boarini said she—along with producers David Grove Churchill Viste and T. Justin Ross, director Christopher Alender and screenwriter Marcos Gabriel, who was born in Puerto Rico but went to high school in Winter Park and studied at Florida State in Tallahassee—tried to imbue “The Old Ways” with as much cultural authenticity and integrity as possible. “This was very much about showing the Latin American version of Latin America,” Boarini said. The pedigree of the creative talent behind “The Old Ways” is just one reason why it excels. Boarini recently produced the wildly fantastic “Spree,” which is currently available on Hulu. Ross and Alender both served as producers on Shudder anthology, “The Mortuary Collection,” and Alender also has produced genre standouts “Southbound,” “Synchronicity” and “The Wind.” Boarini and Gabriel also are examples of how this year’s GIFF leaned heavily into its Florida roots and its local connections. GIFF opened with a special screening of “Lady of the Manor,” which was filmed in Tampa and St. Petersburg, and is the directorial debut of brothers Justin and Christian Long, who were both in attendance and making jokes on the red carpet. When asked for their secret to successfully working together as siblings, they answered as only brothers can, and couldn’t resist taking some playful jabs at CL’s expense.
supported was even more magical. Especially after COVID, having a premiere is special.” Emmett, who has produced nearly 120 movies since the mid-1990s, including more than a dozen with Willis and two with Hirsch, said it helped working with actors he already had an established relationship with. “For me, it’s great having people I’m close with because they supported me,” Emmett said. “If I was unsure of something, Emile or Lukas would be there for me. It’s nice to work with people you’ve produced because there’s a family type atmosphere.” GIFF is unlike other film festivals, in part, because of the relationships it fosters and showcases (Emmett is an advisory board member who has brought several films to show in past years) and the opportunities it creates for locals to interact with actors, producers and other creative talent. At its heart, however, GIFF is about introducing new films to a wider audience, which is why the inclusion of “The Old Ways” stood out so much this year, both as an exceptional slice of gory horror but more as a template for celebrating diverse storytelling and spotlighting cultural traditions not as well known in the states. In the film, journalist Cristina (Brigitte Kali Canales) travels home to Veracruz, Mexico, where she was born, years after immigrating to the U.S. “That is an experience that is so real,” Boarini said, “people who come to the U.S., but leave this whole world behind.”
MOVES ME: ‘The Old Ways’ completely subverts every demonic movie possession trope.
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Infinite Eights w/Trevor Griffin & the Occasionals Though only a trio, indie-alternative band Infinite Eights—a past Best of the Bay Readers’ Pick for Best Experimental Act last year that’s already played 97X’s Next Big Thing—packs in layers and layers of sound thanks to Parker Wilkson, Davin Norman, and Tyler Hanks. The band’s recently released single “Is It Wrong?” almost sounds like the score to an intense 1980s museum movie scene. Inverness indie band Trevor Griffin & the Occassionals opens the show where kiddos are allowed with a guardian. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Tampa Bay area for years with energy that should be bottled and sold. This weekend he brings the funky spectacle of his band, the Superstars, for a free concert at St. Pete’s newish Floridian Social Club (formerly State Theatre). The band’s latest video, “Strangely Peculiar,” takes the outfit into the historic Tampa Theatre, playing up the haunted aspect of the venue, and playing up the ska side of the Superstars. Dress for the 21 and up show is “party attire” which for Dee means lamé. Aren’t you sick of your leggings anyways? They could probably use a night off. (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg) Shae Krinspinsky w/John Nowicki Two of the best singer-songwriters Tampa Bay has to offer play a free show inside a Seminole Heights restaurant scene staple, and if you’re going to talk loudly through the show, go
little vacay after what’s going to be a mindaltering night of music in Ybor City. Take how The Holy Terror accurately describes its aesthetic: “Multi-instrumentalists from Tampa, blending outlaw country, jazz, metal, and chamber music. Cello, synths, banjo, lap steel, and trumpet complete the sound.”This is just the second time polymath musician John Nowicki’s eight-piece project has played since pre-pandemic. In an email Nowicki told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that keyboardist and sampler Troy Cedeno has left (“with an open invitation to come back whenever he wants”) and been replaced by Joe Grady who’s using a six-string bass “run through some ungodly multi-effects pedal that makes the bass sound like any instrument conceivable… and he busts out the melodica when he’s not doing that.” Rounding out the lineup are
Jazz With Jim Presents: Themes from Movies and Television The boob tube and silver screen are the focus at this suburban arts center over the weekend when retired music professor Jim Burge—on saxophone and flute—leads his Jazz Directions band in an installment of Carrollwood Cultural Center’s “Jazz With Jim” concert. Keyboardist Ron Delp, drummer Jeff Hanson and bassist Mike Ruven assist Burge in CCC’s return to in-person shows (there’s a virtual component if you ain’t ready to socialize yet). The show usually comes with personal commentary from the musicians, and if I was in onstage, I’d explain why I sob everytime I hear the “E.T.” theme. (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
C Ronnie Dee and the Superstars Funky and soulful saxophone-playing vocalist-frontman Ronnie Dee has been entertaining the
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C Pride on the Plaza: The Black Honkeys w/The Torpedos/Shevonne & the Force Though St. Pete Pride looks different this year there’s still plenty of celebrating to do. For instance, Mahaffey Theater is hosting “Pride on the Plaza” Friday and Saturday night. The free event brings funk outfit The Black Honkeys performing both nights with The Torpedoes’ straight up rock and roll joining in on Friday and the soulful sounds of Shevonne and the Force coming through Saturday. Blanket and lawn chairs are recommended with outdoor cash bars available starting at 7p.m. If you want to get a little more extra, VIP tickets include access to a backstage lounge during the performance with complimentary hors d’oeuvres, indoor cash bar and private bathrooms (read: not port-a-lets). And if you’re the walking type, another Saturday Pride event happens just a few blocks away at Jannus Live where Brazilian DJ Ranny is the soundtrack to an “All Day Dance Party” (which technically starts at 2 p.m.) The event goes until midnight and includes a Drag Queen dunk tank, which seems like a waste of good make up. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Bay to the Skatepark of Tampa (SPoT). CL first reported that Wyoming pop-punk band Teenage Bottlerocket was set to play the VFW Post 39 on June 26 where promoter Paul Williams set ticket prices at $18 for those with proof of vaccination and $999.99 for those who aren’t. At the time, Williams said he was bringing the show to the venue because he wanted to help the Southeast’s oldest VFW Post, which has been struggling to make it through the pandemic. He also wanted to see his friends again in the safest of settings. But in recent weeks, press from across the country latched onto Williams’ concert, and that meant pressure from anti-vaxxers and those who make online threats against those whose views don’t align with theirs. Under that pressure, Williams told CL that the VFW has decided not to host the show. So onto SPoT the show goes, with new set times and safety measure for fans. More info on the gig is at cltampa.com/magazine. (Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa)—Ray Roa
C Rock and Soul: Mes McDonald w/ Silence/TaeTro If dancing to “Give it to Me Baby” at The Hub on a Monday night ain’t getting back to normal, I don’t know what is. “We’re back babyyyyyyyyyyy! Silence, Mes and TaeTro will be physically in the building to physically rock your bodies! We can’t wait to see you all, let’s gooooo!” the event’s Facebook page said. So get Tuesday off from work, get a supply of Gatorade for the morning after, and get those dancing shoes on. Don’t forget to leave your car at home— one Hub drink could put you over the limit. (The Hub, Tampa)
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outside as to not ruin some of Tampa’s best storytelling songs (and maybe a Tom Waits cover or two from Nowicki). Ella’s recently changed its COVID-19 protocols, too. “We have relaxed our mask rules and are now allowing fully vaccinated staff and customers to take them off. We are continuing to put our trust in science, but more importantly, YOU,” Ella’s wrote. “So please don’t let us down. If you are not yet vaxxed please continue to wear a mask while moving around inside our building.” Please, do as they say. Elvis is watching. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
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Sean Pomeroy (bass), Owen Meats (electric guitar), Peter Nuffer (guitar), Melissa Grady (violin, cello), Kenny Pullin (trumpet, percussion) and Scott Miller (drums, lap steel). Nowicki added that he’s “switched from acoustic guitar to electric guitar to keep up with the wall of sound these folks are making,” and admitted that the band’s sound has morphed from “our original, vaguely acoustic ‘twangy dread’ into ‘electric dread.’ We’ve become a bit heavier.” Tampa Bays working class rock band the Tattered Saints (FFO: Springsteen, Mellencamp) is on the bill along with songwriter Kristopher James. (Crowbar, Ybor City) C Teenage Bottlerocket w/MakeWar/ Rutterkin That St. Petersburg, Florida concert where the price of admission depends on your vaxx status is moving across the
Rock The Park Tampa: Hope Darling w/Psych Montano & Albert J./Leon Majcen Pray to the rain gods that next Thursday’s Rock the Park (RTP) stays dry because, per usual, the lineup is as diverse as it is stellar. Singer Gabriel Sanchez’s entrancing vocal powerfully leads the melancholic rock of Modern rockers Hope Darling (which was named a “national breakout band” by Touchtunes, the company that runs those newfangled modern touchscreen jukeboxes at your local pool hall). Emcees Psych Montano and Albert J are straight off their collaboration album Mansion Music, which plays like perfect hype music for going to RTP, and, well, just life in general; that whole album is impressive, from the rhymes to the Wave Theory production. Songwriter Leon Majcen rounds out the night, and we’re hoping to hear his John Prine tribute “World Gone By” at the family and pet-friendly gig. (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
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No Comps: New concerts coming to Tampa Bay
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“Think Too Much” singer Hannah Jadagu (pronounced juh-dah-goo) is coming out of the pandemic by going on her firstever tour supporting her acclaimed Sub Pop EP, What Is Going On? She supports Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing in Ybor City. Get more information on that show and other newly announce concerts below. Follow along in real time via cltampa.com/ music.—Josh Bradley
Hannah Jadagu E.R.N.E.S.T.O. w/High5ive/KC Gilmore/ Nate Verde/Tommy Rize/BestBudz Saturday, July 3. $10-$20. Riveters, Tampa
Bad Religion w/Alkaline Trio/War On Women Saturday, Oct. 23. 7 p.m. $34.50-$38 (on sale June 25). Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Rick Ross Saturday, July 3. $40 & up. Whiskey North, Tampa
Blue October w/Kitten Sunday, Oct. 24. $29-$32. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Traitors w/Prison/Weeping Wound/ Heavy Hitter/Nailwound/Aera Cura/ Corpus Saturday, July 17. $16-$20. Orpheum, Ybor City
Angels & Airwaves w/Bad Suns Tuesday, Oct. 26. $47-$42. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Feelin’ Good: Celebrating Nina feat. Synia Carroll Friday, July 23. $25. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg DJ Pauly D Saturday, July 24. $25. The Ritz, Ybor City Deicide w/Kataklysm/Internal Bleeding/Begat the Nephilim Thursday, Aug. 5. $25-$50. Orpheum, Ybor City Weedeater w/Joe Buck Yourself/Adam Faucett Sunday, Aug. 8. $22-$40. The Orpheum, Ybor City Il Divo Friday, Aug. 27. Prices TBA. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg Bryce Vine w/Blanco Brown Saturday, Aug. 28. $25-$30. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Jack Harlow Thursday, Sept. 9. 7:30 p.m. $29.50 (on sale June 25). Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Tommy DeCarlo w/Rudy Cardenas Saturday, Sept. 18. $39-$100. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Thrice w/Touche Amore/Self Defense Family Saturday, Oct. 2. $27-$32. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg NF w/Mitchl Tuesday, Oct. 5. Prices TBA (on sale June 25). MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa KISS Saturday, Oct. 9. $29 & up. MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa Manchester Orchestra w/Foxing Sunday, Oct. 10. 6:30 p.m. $28.50-$34. Jannus Live St. Petersburg Lil Baby w/Lil Durk Thursday, Oct. 14. Prices TBA (on sale June 25). MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa Beach Fossils w/Wild Nothing/Hannah Jadagu Monday, Oct. 18. Prices TBA. The Ritz, Ybor City
Kevin Gates w/Ddg/Gang51e June Wednesday, Nov. 3. $29.50 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Mat Kearney Wednesday, Nov. 3. $29.50$110. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater The Millennium Tour: Omarion w/Bow Wow/Ying Yang Twins/Lloyd/Sammie/ Pretty Ricky/Soulja Boy Saturday, Nov. 6. Prices TBA. Amalie Arena, Tampa ZZ Top Tuesday, Nov. 9. $60 and up. Hard Rock Event Center, Tampa Rick Wakeman Friday, Nov. 19. $49-$65. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Hot Mulligan w/Prince Daddy & The Hyena/more Wednesday, Dec. 1. $18-$35. The Orpheum, Ybor City Citizen w/Drug Church/Glitterer/ Floating Room Friday, Dec. 10. $19 & up. Crowbar, Ybor City The Outlaws Friday, Dec. 10 and Saturday, Dec. 11. $39.50-$149.50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Erasure Sunday, Jan. 16. Tickets on sale June 25. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg Van Morrison Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 14-15. $98.75-$272.75. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater Pat Metheny w/James Francies/ Joe Dyson Sunday, Feb. 20. $55-$100. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Igorr w/Melt-Banana/VOWWS Friday, Feb. 25. $22-$45. Orpheum, Ybor City Alan Doyle Thursday, March 10. $25-$50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Paul Thorn Saturday, March 26. $26-$36. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Saturday, April 23. 8 p.m. $29.50-$35. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
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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
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
St. Pete Records (6648 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-490-8861, stpeterecords.com Steelworker Records (708 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa) 813-666-4933, steelworkerrecords.com Unique Music & Collectables (123 Main St., Dunedin) 727-240-0757 Vintage Vinyl (38874 U.S. 19 N., Tarpon Springs) 727-940-8301, vintagevinyl.biz
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Knowing you By Dan Savage
I’m a 40-year-old gay male. I live in a big city, in a dense neighborhood. While I’ve been working from home during COVID, I’ve been sitting at my kitchen table facing a big window. Across the alley is an apartment with a deck. At one point, I noticed a cute, young, muscular guy outside. I ran into this guy a few weeks later at a neighborhood liquor store. While I was looking at porn one night I was stunned to find his nudes and a link to his OnlyFans. I instantly subscribed, went through everything, including his gay sex vids, and, yeah, I came. I tipped him and put in a few comments about what kind of content he should put up next. He took my suggestions and I tipped him again. About a week ago he knocked on my door and asked if I had jumper cables. That night, I found a six pack of beer by my door and a note from him thanking me for my help. I got back on his page and came so hard as I drank his beer. I don’t want to have sex with this guy—he’s not really my type and he’s too young. I do get off on knowing that I can pull up his dick pics whenever I want and that he will do anything for a few bucks. But I question if I’m crossing a line. He obviously doesn’t know his neighbor is jerking off to him and probably wants to keep his porn life separate from his private life. Should I feel gross about this?—Rear Window
But even if your hot neighbor feels no shame about the work he does—and here’s hoping he doesn’t because there’s nothing shameful about it—your hot neighbor may not care to be reminded that his neighbors could be jerking off to him. (Or have it confirmed that at least one is.) If you were to get to know him better— surely you’ll say hello the next time you see him at the liquor store—and you became acquaintances and he brought up what he does for a living, RW, then you should tell him you’re a subscriber. But until that point err on the side of keeping your mouth shut and your wallet open. You’re not endorsing or reinforcing shame about making porn by being discreet; instead you’re making a reasonable assumption about a boundary someone in his position is very likely to have and respecting that assumed boundary. And finally, RW, I’m not sure I believe you when you say this guy isn’t your type considering the number of loads you’ve blown while watching his porn. And while he may be too young for you—and you can absolutely set a floor—whether men in their 40s are too old for him is his call to make.
You know something about your neighbor that your neighbor doesn’t know you know about him, RW, and knowledge is power and having power over someone can be sexy. Power imbalances are such a turn-on that people will manufacture them in their absence. For some people having less power (or giving up the power they have) is a turn-on; for others having more power (or being granted more power) is a turnon. So long as everything is consensual and no one is being exploited or exploitative, RW, no one has to feel gross about it. (Pease note: making sure no one is being exploited during consensual power play or during consensual sex in the presence of a significant power imbalance requires thoughtful self-scrutiny, solid communication skills, and a willingness to negotiate and renegotiate.) What you’re doing is consensual and no one is being exploited. Your hot neighbor is putting his content out there for gay and bi men to enjoy—and straight and bi women too—and being recognized by someone at the liquor store or on the street was always a risk. Jacking off to your neighbor’s videos and enjoying the very slight power imbalance and helping him pay his bills in the process isn’t gross. It’s the modern porn business working as intended.
My girlfriend gave me an impromptu blowjob on our way to a party. When we arrived she kissed our host—a mutual (and vaccinated) friend—on the lips. This friend gave my girlfriend a strange look. I practice good personal hygiene but we’re pretty sure our host could smell my dick on my girlfriend. Should she have refrained from kissing the host? Excused herself to wash her face first? What’s the protocol here?—Where That Mouth Has Been
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I am a newly polyamorous woman in my late-30s. I am part of a triad, which is so fun and amazing, and I also have a boyfriend. The boyfriend is why I am writing. We have some serious NRE and have been spending a lot of time together. I recently met his girlfriend of 1.5 years and it derailed things for me. He has been sharing every detail of our relationship with her. She knew everything about me, every private joke we shared, and so much about our intimacy that it made me incredibly uncomfortable. And I knew next to nothing about her and it was quite awkward for me. It turns out this was a boundary that I didn’t know I had. I feel betrayed and like there was a secret voyeur in our relationship. I am really into this guy but I don’t know how to move forward. How can I feel like we are sharing something special when
Kissing someone after they’ve given a blowjob to someone else—it’s a risk we all take when we kiss people we aren’t dating. Hell, it’s a risk some of us take when we kiss the people we are dating. But as a courtesy to others someone who’s just given a blowjob should go for the cheek instead. Unless they’re kissing the person they just blew, of course, in which case wide open mouth with tongue.
he goes back to his other partner and tells her everything? He said he could adjust his behavior but I don’t want to make someone change or have to trust that he’s not reporting everything back to her. Is this something I just have to deal with in polyamorous relationships?—Newly Poly Problems
You don’t want your boyfriend to do anything differently—you don’t want him to change—but you also don’t want him to keep doing what he’s doing. Sorry, NPP, but you’re gonna have to pick one: he’s gonna change for you, i.e. he’s going to “adjust his behavior” and stop telling his other girlfriend everything, or he’s not gonna change and you’re gonna to get over his other girlfriend knowing everything. Or if the issue was his other girlfriend knowing everything about you while you knew next to nothing about her, NPP, your boyfriend could “adjust his behavior,” aka “change,” by telling you everything about her from here on out. Or third option (or is the fourth option? I’ve lost track): you could dump him. If you don’t want him to change and you also don’t want him to keep doing what he’s been doing to you, NPP, then let him do it to someone else. Is there a way forward if you want to stay together? There could be. It would help to know why he was treating you differently. Have you asked? It could be that his other girlfriend wants to hear the details about the other people he dates—maybe hearing the details turns her on, maybe hearing the details makes her feel more secure, maybe it’s a little bit of both—and he’s too thoughtless or too scared or too inexperienced to ask what you wanted. If he apologized to you and explained the differing treatment—and if the apology seemed sincere and the explanation was satisfactory—you could let him adjust behavior to make you feel more comfortable and then give him enough time to prove that he has changed… if you’ll allow him to change. And finally, NPP, this is something you’re gonna have to get used to as you continue to explore polyamory. Most polyamorous couples err on the side of sharing too much rather than too little. Some poly people only want a rough outline about their partners’ other partners, NPP, but some want to hear every last detail. If you don’t want someone you’re dating to share intimate details with their other partner(s), you’ll have to ask them not to share. Contact mail@savagelove.net, follow @ FakeDanSavage on Twitter, and bookmark savagelove.net.
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Develops and implements standard, documented protocols & procedures relating to the post-live support issues adversely affecting client satisfaction. Responsible for planning, directing & coordinating the activities of the Support Production/Programming teams to ensure alignment with the Post-Live Support teams. Participate in the strategic decisions about technology, definition & implementation of SCC’s products to assess impact on the post-live support teams. Lead a team of Programmers to perform code changes for hot fixes for software anomalies that are determined. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field + 60 months of experience as a Senior Manager with a laboratory or clinical information systems vendor leading a global software development, implementation and/or support management team in the usage, programming, file building & troubleshooting of a laboratory or clinical information system.
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