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Lackey has a Bachelor’s in Communication Studies with a specialization in interpersonal communications. Prior to this job, Lackey worked at Little Caesars and has thrived in her new profession. Both joined toward the beginning of the program’s launch in February. They’ve now entered “phase three” of their pilot program. Phase one and two involved a training period and riding along with police to calls. Phase three means that they ride without the police to an array of situations in which crime or violence has not yet occurred.
their skillset, they have the best shot at giving that to the people they serve. As Atchison, Program Director for CALL, puts it, “We have our set of tools, and the police have theirs.” Motivational interview The man hearing voices has his head down at a desk inside the community center. It’s crowded, so they invite him into a separate room to chat. He’s been living outside; his only family is up north. He’s on the edge of sanity and wishes the voices would
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ravis Atchison lights a Marlboro Red as he drives through South St. Petersburg. He’s hurrying toward a man who says he’s hearing violent voices in his head. They’re telling the man to hurt people, and he thinks that if he listens to the voices, maybe they’ll leave him alone. He called the city’s emergency line from a community center full of children and families to ask for help. Atchison’s partner, Addison Lackey, sits shotgun and updates him on the man’s mental health status and background based on what the emergency dispatcher pulled up after the call. “It looks like he ran from police in the past,” Lackey says. “Well, we’re not cops,” says Atchison before taking another drag of his cigarette. They’re part of St. Petersburg’s Community Assistance and Life Liaison (CALL) program, which responds to crisis situations without police. Light rain falls across Atchison’s windshield on this gray Saturday afternoon as soul music quietly sings from the speakers of his 2012 Toyota Camry with a busted front bumper. They’re closing in on the man in crisis, just a couple of miles away now. Atchison and Lackey are both armed with nothing but their expertise in communication, de-escalation, and mental health. When cops show up to crisis situations, those in vulnerable positions often have adverse reactions, and because cops are carrying guns, situations can turn violent. Since 2015, nearly a quarter of people killed by police have had a known mental illness. Critics of over-policing have called for mental health counselors to respond to certain situations instead of cops, which led to successful non-armed crisis responder programs like Cahoots in Oregon (stylized “CAHOOTS”). The success of such operations led Gulf Coast Community Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS) to team up with the City of St. Petersburg to create the CALL program, a move in part made possible when the city decided not to hire 25 new police officers and instead invest in the CALL program. Atchison is working toward his Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in addictions, and
WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Ender the dog with nine of the 10-person team that makes up St. Pete’s CALL team. Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, along with the City of Tampa, all have mental health professionals that ride along with police, but the CALL program is the only one that rides without. CALL workers know that most people who are in crisis just want someone to listen to their problems and to offer help. They know that those in crisis are often isolated, desperate and in need of a chance at redemption. They know that with
stop. He’s overwhelmed and it’s not just violence that speaks to him. Suicide is also on his mind. They use a technique called a “motivational interview,” and validate his feelings to talk him through it. They tell him they understand and ask him what kind of help he thinks he needs. Eventually, he says that he wants to self-admit to a mental health institution so he can get back on meds.
His face lights up when Atchison and Lackey say they’ll drive him to the hospital if that’s what he wants. In the car, his mood lifts. They tell him about the CALL program, and how it’s a project of the JFCS. “I love Jewish people!” he shouts in glee. “They always make the best food.” Now that he’s opened up, Lackey uses her soothing communication skills to ask him more about his family, and if he’d want to try to get in contact. He says yes, maybe once he’s out of the hospital. She takes his number so she can follow up with him. If his sister confirms he has a place to stay, Lackey can buy him a bus ticket to go to her, and will also try to link him with long-term therapy. All of this is part of Lackey’s role as a “navigator” for CALL. On a daily basis, she’ll head out to calls, communicate with multiple people in distress, and follow up with long-term clients who are working with CALL to overcome their issues. Before they part ways, they give the man a pamphlet with their 24-hour hotline that he can reach out to. He checks into a hospital that will transfer him to a mental health facility—and yet again, CALL has helped someone in crisis get the help they want and need A heavy job Back at the office, which sits in the Disston Plaza strip mall, nestled between a liquor store and jewelry shop, the CALL workers debrief about their recent encounters. Inside the office building that’s just large enough to hold a handful of desks, a microwave, and a large grey cubicle, there’s time to vent, to lean on each other for support. A couple of them just got back from a call with a person who was on the verge of suicide. Mental health, addiction, and poverty situations are their most common calls. The effect of seeing this day after day can weigh heavy on the responders. Atchison says that sometimes they feel like “emotional punching bags,” which incites a round of laughter from the crew. It’s important that they take care of themselves, because they can’t properly care for others unless they do. Counseling and therapy are offered by the continued on page 13
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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEW: Most people in crisis just want someone to listen to their problems and to offer help. continued from page 11 program, along with yoga and exercise. Family and friends truly help some of them. They also try their best to leave the job at the door. But that doesn’t always work. Paula Arce is a mental health professional and a clinical supervisor for CALL. She says that after some shifts, she goes home, looks up at the sky, and says, “Why, God?” Some of their family and friends call them crazy for doing the job unarmed, but these scenarios are not always new for them. Many members of the 10-person team have dealt with similar issues in their families or within themselves. As Tianna Audet, another clinical supervisor for CALL says, “It’s part of the reason we come to the job, we’re not totally different from anyone out there, we’re not immune to these issues,” she says. “People appreciate being treated like an equal.” CALL staffers were hired based on social work, mental health and communications backgrounds. Some even experienced the situations they now help others deal with. Wade Sabatine, a CALL navigator, spent years addicted and homeless before deciding to get sober, he says. He then got his master’s degree and became involved in social work prior
to CALL. He and his faithful labrador Ender often interact with the homeless population in St. Pete. They offer gift cards to Publix, pregnancy tests, money for gas, motels, connections to rehab facilities, and places to stay for people. Sabatine and the rest of the crew have forged strong bonds with the marginalized community of the poor in St. Pete. Helping thousands across the city The responders do get into situations that are frightening in the field, but fortunately, of the 2,665 clients they’ve responded to as of July 19, there have been no violent incidents, and they’re not called out to situations where violence or weapons have been confirmed. They’ve helped more than 1,000 people with mental health issues, about 300 who specifically had ideations of suicide, and have deescalated hundreds of “disorderly juvenile” situations, sometimes at schools, and neighborhood disputes. The St. Pete Police department has been extremely helpful and cooperative, CALL workers say, and officers have sent around 900 cases
to the program that they thought would be better suited for their expertise. “The benefit to residents is that when they call 911 for a non-violent, noncriminal issue, they receive a trained expert to handle mental health crisis, homelessness and quality of life issues,” Yolanda Fernandez, Manager of the Community Awareness Division for St. Petersburg Police wrote in an email to CL. “Not only do they receive immediate help, but they also receive follow-up resources.” Fernandez says that it’s still too early to tell exactly how much time and money the CALL program has saved the city, but they aim to have a better idea of those numbers after a full year of the program. The hope is that CALL will also freeup police officers to focus on serious crimes and violence. Most of the CALL employees pull second jobs because the median pay for the job is $40,000 a year. In September, the pilot program ends and they’re hoping that their efforts will show that the program should be renewed, along with a revisiting of compensation and funding. Ultimately, JFCS and the City of St. Pete will decide if the program should continue.
“We have our set of tools, and the police have theirs.”
Terri Balliet, Chief Operating Officer of JFCS, says she’s been impressed with CALL’s effectiveness and is confident that there will be a new round of funding when the pilot ends. An everyday effort So many people and their families have expressed gratitude for what CALL provides. The de-escalation, along with the connection to community-based resources and long-term care to maintain stability have made a huge impact on those they encounter, but Atchison says they need more people reaching out to them. Many people of color and those with mental health issues in St. Petersburg still hesitate to call emergency lines during crisis situations, out of fear of armed officers and incarceration. Even a police presence at someone’s house can make them feel embarrassed in front of their neighborhood. But the CALL responders want people to know that they are there for those in emergencies of any background or mental state. Their goal is to help bring people on a path to healing. “The need is everywhere,” Atchison says. “And if we can’t help someone today, we’ll try again tomorrow.”
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TPD officers spent department money on drinks, strippers and gold teeth. By Justin Garcia
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n January of 2020, officers from the Tampa Police Department (TPD) went on what they said was going to be an undercover investigation at a Tampa strip club. After several drinks, lap dances for every officer, and spending over $400, no new evidence came up. TPD’s Internal Affairs Unit later discovered that $300 in department funds were used to buy gold teeth for an officer. Ultimately, the internal affairs investigation found multiple violations of police policy, which led to one officer being fired. A report obtained by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay cited “an alleged fake operation” at Gold Club, a strip club in East Tampa, and said that Tampa Police Sergeant Daniel Rhodes was aware of the illegitimacy of the operation. The report alleges that he told officers they could “blow the money and have fun.” According to internal affairs, TPD’s operational plan for the Gold Club investigation said that “due to the recent prostitution and narcotics complaints inside the Gold Club, undercover officers will attempt to make a deal with the entertainers for narcotics or prostitution.” The officers spent money on the cover charge, drinks for themselves, drinks for the dancers, drinks for the dancer’s friends, shots for the bartender, a pack of cigarettes, cover charge for the “lap dance area” and one lap dance each. The undercover cops spent approximately three hours at Gold Club, and spent $421.34— but the operation yielded no new evidence. In an attempt to discover where supposed prostitution complaints about Gold Club came from, Kelly McLaren, Executive Director at Crime Stoppers Tampa Bay, was contacted by internal affairs. Crime Stoppers found four tips in reference to prostitution at the club from June to December of 2019. But at the time, the tips were listed as “already known” and not passed on to TPD. Meaning, the TPD officers were not at the club based on those tips. According to the internal affairs report, a formal investigation into Sergeant Daniel Rhodes was opened on April 28, 2020, after another investigation into policy violations by officer Joshua Jackson, who was under Rhodes’ command and was involved in the Gold Club operation. The investigation of Jackson determined that he had stored property in his vehicle that should have been placed into police evidence. This led them to investigate what happened at the Gold Club on that night back in 2020. Sergeant Rhodes later claimed that his squad went to the Gold Club with the intent of gaining intelligence about a recent shooting, “and/or
making felony narcotics cases.” There was a shooting in Ybor City, and Rhodes said that a person who needed to be identified may have had ties to a dancer at the Gold Club. The officers under Rhodes’ supervision all later stated the intention of the operation was to locate the dancer and get information regarding the shooting subject. However, this conflicts with the title of the operational plan for the investigation, which did not reference the shooting. The wild night at the club resulted in zero evidence that might help officers catch the Ybor shooting suspect. The IAU investigation also revealed that Rhodes issued Jackson $300 of police department “draw money” on August 21, 2019. On January 8, 2020, Officer Jackson used $270 of that draw money, combined with $170 of his own, to purchase custom 10-karat gold teeth. The draw was finally closed on January 8, 2020 and $30.00 returned. The IAU found that Rhodes allowed Jackson to have the draw open longer than 90 days, a violation of policy. “Allowing an officer to use draw money to buy gold teeth was a poor supervisor decision as it was not an immediate need nor was it an item
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that could be used by other officers if Ofc. Jackson chose to leave the squad,” the report reads. Officer Jackson was fired from the squad after the investigation. Internal affairs said that not all of the allegations made toward the officers were accurate, but after a review of all documentation provided by the Professional Standards Bureau, there was enough evidence to support violations of: Supervisor Responsibility, Failure to Comply, Departmental Policies: Intra-Division Procedure and Street Anti-Crime Expense and Informant’s Fund. The report says that Rhodes allowed his officers to write operational plans without proper oversight and should have been more directly involved in offering guidance and direction. “While he has the authority to delegate tasks to subordinates, he cannot delegate responsibility,” the report reads. “Undercover operations are very involved and dangerous. A supervisor must make sure all of the officers involved are on the same page regarding the operational plan…” The punishment for Rhodes? A one day suspension, and no “shift bids,” a process whereby an officer can express interest in working an open shift, for one year. Rhodes is still on the force as a sergeant.
TPD issued a statement about the situation, saying, “Discovering misconduct of any of our officers is always disheartening and unacceptable and the department will not tolerate this behavior.” Last Tuesday, the internal affairs report came up at a Tampa Police Department Citizen’s Review board meeting. “There is always a plan on the books. I do not believe our officers are going to walk into any situation blind, or put themselves at risk, or risk the public,” said board member Rasheed Aquil. Back when Rhodes was a corporal in 2013, he was accused of striking a man in the head with the gun three times, punching him in the face, making racially insensitive remarks to him, and said he was going to “plant dope” on him during a traffic stop. Rhodes and the other corporal who made the stop with him denied the claims. Rhodes said that he had simply “nudged” the man with his gun in the side of his head to get him to listen to his commands. The IAU found Rhodes’ action to be in violation of police policy and punished him with a suspension. Since 2004, Rhodes has had 10 formal allegations of departmental violations sustained by internal affairs, resulting in letters of counseling and multiple suspensions.
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ast Friday, Tampa City Councilmember Joseph Citro presented a “Ready for 100” renewable energy resolution to city council. The resolution calls on municipal operations in Tampa to use completely renewable energy by 2035, along with zero-carbon emission public transportation, and future monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions- along with other green energy goals. It also calls on City of Tampa leadership to urge the State of Florida and the Federal Government to enact and enforce bold state and federal level policies to end the extraction and use of fossil fuels, eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and build out the transportation and energy infrastructure necessary for a one hundred percent clean, renewable energy transition. City council is supposed to vote on it in the morning session of its Aug. 5 meeting (see cltampa.com/news) for an update. If approved, the resolution would take effect immediately and see Tampa join neighboring St. Petersburg (which committed to Ready for
100 in 2019) and 180 cities across the country in making the move toward green energy. Brooke Errett is the senior organizer for Florida Food and Water Watch. She also leads the working group within the Tampa Bay Climate Alliance that helped draft the original resolution. She points out that the original resolution’s language was changed from 2030 to 2035. “Although the municipal date was pushed back to match the community-wide goals, this is a resolution we can celebrate,” Errett told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “A strong federal call to action and a focus on 100% clean renewables brings it home!” CL reached out to Councilman Citro for comment on the resolution, but did not receive a response. Environmental magazine Grist points out that the resolution is non-binding, and “more of a North Star for the city than a mandatory policy.” But Errett says the crucial aspect is in the language and intent of the resolution.
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“Most importantly is that it sets an agenda and a firm goal and has an official call to action,” Errett told CL. A major obstacle for Ready for 100 in Tampa are state preemption laws that were put in place by Republicans. In June, Governor Ron Desantis signed a law that prohibits local governments from taking action that restricts or prohibits energy sources used by utilities, including fossil fuels. The law also canceled any binding resolutions for Ready for 100 that already existed. It also prevents city officials from banning gas stations or requiring gas stations to install electric vehicle chargers. Errett says that in the face of the state’s control of municipalities, she hopes that politicians like Representative Kathy Castor and the Florida congress will get involved to support bold national policies that will help Florida transition to renewable energy. In Tampa’s new version of the resolution— which was originally set to be presented by Citro to city council in March, before the state’s preemption law came into play—the language now concentrates on local and federal goals.
In the language of the resolution, there is a pledge for support toward “the current federal goal of a just and equitable community-wide transition to one hundred percent clean energy electrification by 2035.” The resolution points out that shifting to renewable energy will help the city cope with extreme weather events and sea-level rise, will be a benefit for the Tampa economy, and will help reduce air pollution. For Time Magazine, climate change experts predicted what the world will look like in 2050 if immediate action isn’t taken to end the use of fossil fuels. By that time, many parts of the world have become uninhabitable, they say, and climate disaster is common. Breathing has become more difficult in cities, and “your cough never seems to disappear,” the experts wrote. In the Tampa Bay area, active Ready for 100 campaigns exist in Pinellas County, Eckerd College, and on multiple University of South Florida campuses. All of the campaigns call on renewable energy within the next two decades, with different goals for each campaign.
“Most importantly is that it sets an agenda and a firm goal and has an official call to action.”
READY? 100. If approved, the resolution would take effect immediately and see Tampa join neighboring St. Petersburg and 180 cities across the country in making the move toward green energy.
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LOOKS COULD KILL: If Biden fails, Democrats will have squandered a golden opportunity in pursuit of aesthetics.
We have a deal
Biden paid a lot for those Republican infrastructure votes. By Jeffrey C. Billman
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e have a deal! Unless something goes pear-shaped. Unless House Democrats remember that they, too, were elected to play a role in the lawmaking process instead of rubber stamping the dictates of a handful of senators. Unless Senate progressives think Joe Manchin or Krysten Sinema is going to stab them in the back on the forthcoming $3.5 billion reconciliation vote—the real prize—and opt not to be played for fools. Unless enough senators realize that the bipartisan coalition is sufficiently fragile to need every vote it can get, and start tacking on wish lists of expensive demands for their home states. Unless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finds an excuse to convince his caucus to blow up the deal at the last minute and blame Joe Biden or Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer. Any of those things could happen. But odds are they won’t. Any Democrat who screws this up will soon find themselves wandering the wilderness. And McConnell doesn’t want to give Democrats an excuse to nix the filibuster when the White House caved on nearly every Republican demand. So we have a deal—a 2,702-page bill. The White House has the bipartisan achievement Biden’s lusted after like a teenager on prom night—and the infrastructure package Donald Trump could never pull off. It’s a political win. It will be applauded by pundits and used by institutionalists as evidence that Washington Is Not Broken.
“It has been decades—decades—since Congress passed such a significant, stand-alone investment,” an ebullient Schumer proclaimed. The deal “makes the most significant longterm investment in our infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century,” enthused White House senior adviser Mike Donilon. In a memo, Donilon, Biden’s 2020 campaign strategist, laid out why bipartisanship was good, citing polls showing that people, in general, thought bipartisanship was good. “[The] bipartisan agreement is an important signal to voters that they’re being heard and that their government can work as they think it should,” Donilon wrote, “with elected officials from both sides of the aisle coming together to address the concerns that matter most in their lives.” We should acknowledge what those Republican votes cost. Biden’s proposal, released in March, called for $2.6 trillion in new spending. The bipartisan infrastructure plan has $550 billion in new spending, just 21% of the original. Biden proposed a $566 billion investment in research and development and manufacturing, which included research grants to historically Black colleges and universities and investments in climate change and energy research; $387 billion for housing, schools and buildings, including desperately needed upgrades for public housing and modernizing public schools; and $400 billion for home-and-community-based care, which would
have raised wages for home health care workers for the elderly and those with disabilities. The compromise provided no funding in any of these categories. Biden also sought $363 billion for clean energy tax credits, $157 billion for electric vehicles and $77 billion for public transit—potentially huge advancements in the fight against climate change—as well as $111 billion in water infrastructure (including funds to replace all lead pipes) and $24 billion to reconnect disinvested, largely minority communities that have been separated from downtowns or other important areas by major highways or bridges. The compromise spends zilch on clean energy, $39 billion on public transit, $15 billion on electric vehicles, $55 billion on water infrastructure and just $1 billion on community reconnection. For good measure, the deal also requires cities and states applying for federal credits for large transportation projects to commission a study on whether a private partnership—usually meaning a private entity gives the money for the road, then collects tolls—makes sense. In short, Republicans forced Democrats to ignore racial inequity and climate change because they weren’t “real” infrastructure—and, more importantly, funding them would require taxing rich people or even funding the IRS to stop rich people from cheating on their taxes. Both of those were deal-killers. Instead, the bipartisan groups found $550 billion in pay-fors by rummaging through congressional couch cushions for loose change: unused COVID funds, refunded unemployment supplements, money from cryptocurrency reporting, “$2.9 billion from extending available interest rate smoothing options for defined benefit pension plans.”
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To be sure, $550 billion isn’t chump change. But the infrastructure bill sacrificed results for aesthetics. That poses an interesting political question: Midterms are all about turnout, and they always favor the opposition’s straightforward message: Throw the bums out. It’s harder to rally the troops in defense of messy compromises that resulted from legislative slogs. Progressives argue that the way to reverse the trend is to deliver big legislation. As Sen. Bernie Sanders told CNN shortly after Biden’s inauguration, “What history tells us is that when [Bill] Clinton won in ‘92, two years later, the Democrats didn’t do as much as they should have. They got swept out by the Republicans.” Biden came out swinging with the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. His $3.5 trillion budget planned for later this year is similarly ambitious. But there’s no guarantee it will pass unscathed, and Republicans carved up his infrastructure plan while he cheered from the Oval. There are reasons to think the White House played this right. A bipartisan bill will be harder for Republicans to attack next year. And while voters care more about results than process, the moderate white suburbanites who found their way to Biden’s coalition during Trump’s presidency—likely voters, no less—might well think a bill is better if both parties sign off on it. Most important, the key provisions excised from the infrastructure bill—climate change and health care, among others—can be folded into the budget and passed with a majority. If Biden pulls that off, his first year in office will be ranked among the most momentous since FDR. If he fails, Democrats will have squandered a golden opportunity in pursuit of aesthetics. Subscribe to Informed Dissent at billman. substack.com.
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Florida now has an invasive ‘penis snake’ problem. By Colin Wolf
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hey aren’t technically snakes or penises, but scientists have now confirmed that Florida is currently home to the invasive “penis snakes.” According to a report for the Florida Museum of Natural History, recent DNA testing confirms that legless amphibians captured in Miami’s Tamiami Canal two years ago are, in fact, caecilians, otherwise known as “penis snakes.” The specimens are the first known example of the species found in the U.S. Native to Colombia and Venezuela, the eel-like animals are technically called “typhlonectes natans,” and are a type of caecilians, which can range in size from a few inches to 5 feet long, depending on the species. Caecilians, which roughly translates to “blind ones” in Latin, have poor eyesight, but use a pair of sensory tentacles to help them find food. Little is known about typhlonectes natans, but experts say they are a completely separate order of amphibians, distinct from frogs, toads, salamanders and newts, and prefer warm, slow-moving bodies of shallow fresh water with aquatic vegetation. While they’re not much of a threat to humans, the Florida Museum of Natural History isn’t really sure how much of an impact typhlonectes natans will have on native
wildlife, other than they hunt and scavenge for various kinds of small animals. “Very little is known about these animals in the wild, but there’s nothing particularly dangerous about them, and they don’t appear to be serious predators,” said Coleman Sheehy, Florida Museum’s Herpetology Collection manager. “They’ll probably eat small animals and get eaten by larger ones. This could be just another non-native species in the South Florida mix.” The first typhlonectes natan specimen, which was two-feet-long, was first captured back in 2019 in Miami’s C-4 Canal, near Miami International Airport. After it died in captivity, it was later sent to the Florida Museum for DNA analysis. Since then, Sheehy says he’s received several more specimens from the same canal. “At this point, we really don’t know enough to say whether caecilians are established in the C-4 Canal,” he said. “That’s what we want to find out.” Experts aren’t exactly sure how they were introduced in Florida, but the Florida Museum of Natural History says typhlonectes natans are often bred in captivity, and are the most common caecilian in the pet trade, so there’s a strong chance they were released as discarded pets. “This was not on my radar,” Sheehy added. “I didn’t think we’d one day find a caecilian in Florida. So, this was a huge surprise.”
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“This was a huge surprise.”
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Getting high as hell off the many dispensary offerings. By Steve Miller
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ot to age myself too much but in my earliest recollections of buying weed I was, at best, presented with two choices. Do you want regs or kind bud? Ditch weed or Gainesville green? The choices were limited. You occasionally might’ve come across some edibles, but typically the choices came down to a bag of stems and seeds or the promise of this better looking bud which they swore was actually Northern Lights. Fast forward a couple of decades and it is clear that the cannabis industry and weed culture in general has exploded into an array of product offerings and language that can be dizzying to someone new to it all. Hard seltzers may be the only industry with more expansive offerings than cannabis. On my first trip to a dispensary I was overwhelmed by all the choices. I felt like Augustus Gloop walking into Wonka’s factory and I was fully prepared to gorge myself on all those THC delights. Edibles, orals, flower, prerolls, my god when would it all end? As I moved through the menu I realized, “Oh no, I don’t even know what most of this stuff is.” Something had happened between my stopping recreational cannabis use and getting my medical card, and it wasn’t just that I had gotten old. An entire, legal industry was born and that industry was prepared to serve its customers a seemingly endless stream of cannabis products. So I found myself staring at terms that were totally foreign to me. Shatter, wax, tinctures, vaporizers, gummies and on and on and on. I am not old enough to have ever bought a “lid of grass”, but I honestly I had no idea what the fuck some of these things were, but damn it. I was keen to find out. I had heard some of these terms before, but I was never that sure, or that interested in what they were. But after bathing my anxiety in a steady wash of indica I was ready to start pursuing some of the less traditional offerings from my local dispensary. I don’t think that Ralph Waldo Emerson was referring to THC levels when wrote “Concentration is the secret of strength.” but he certainly could have been. Concentrates pack a wallop that simply can not be overstated, they come on fast and will get you high enough to forget that time that as a young man you drunkenly told a woman you loved her after only two dates. Oh sure, I suppose I am the only person that has done that. The world of concentrates and extracts is complex and incredibly scientific. Two things that this column is not. So if you are one of those “heady cats” that understand the difference
“What the fuck is shatter?”
between BHO (butane hash oil) and live water extraction and are hoping for a scientific breakdown of the exact process by which different concentrates are created you should head back to chemistry class you nerd. My job is to explain what concentrates are for those of us who only attended community college. Alright gang, now that the smarty pants are gone, let me try to break this down for the rest of us. Remember those little containers of orange juice concentrate where citrus scientists (I am assuming that is who handled this) removed all the water, and then froze it into a can leaving you with a cylinder of potent, pure orange flavor? Well science recreated that idea but this time with weed. Cannabis concentrates extract the most effective cannabinoids and terpenes leaving you with only the compounds needed to get high. Real high. Between rapid vaccine development and cannabis concentrates I can not believe people still shit on science. Concentrates are powerful and probably not the ideal starting point for someone just getting into cannabis. Marijuana bud THC concentration is typically around 15-25%. Concentrates are in the 50-80% range. So if you are trying to convince grandma to try marijuana for her arthritis, firing up a big fat dab might not be the best choice. If I had to personify concentrates I would say they are Usain Bolt, fast, powerful and awe inspiring. On the other hand I would probably be a 5 mg gummy, sweet, squishy and leaving you wanting more.
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Common forms of cannabis concentrates Concentrates are not one thing, there are a variety of offerings within this family but are all equally effective to help relieve you of the crushing reality of existence. Shatter A translucent, glass-like substance that if you smoke enough of your loved ones will need to scrape you off the ceiling. The average THC levels in shatter is between 80-90%. So, you should definitely take these sloooow. Wax A much more malleable substance. Just like shatter, wax is very much a learn-to-walkbefore you run situation. I once got so high on wax that Alex Jones started making sense to me. THC levels in wax can vary, but it tends to start at least 70% and can go all the way up to 90%. Live rosin Created from fresh flower (that is what us cool, card holders call bud) that has never been cured. Because of this freshness, live rosin tends to have a superior taste to the other concentrates. If you are reading this and
GOLDEN TICKET: Your first time in a dispensary can feel like being Augustus Gloop walking into Wonka’s factory. thinking, “Actually I think that wax tastes better”, calm down. It’s just an opinion. This is supposed to be fun right? What matters is that at 80-90% THC levels, live rosin will get you higher than someone who thinks qualified immunity for cops makes sense. To be clear the above three tend to be among the more popular but this is by no means an exhaustive list. (I mean even among rosin there is flower rosin and hash rosin, but I have to cap it off somewhere, right?) Other members of the
concentrate family include oil, crumble, distillate and more. Wondering if concentrates might be right for you? Ask yourself, “Do I have something important to do in the next couple of hours?” If you do, I would stay away from the concentrates, unless all you will be doing is listening and nodding along. However, if you are looking for the highest levels of THC with the fastest onset of that sweet cannabis euphoria concentrates are your best option.
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CANNABIS CLUB: The best dispensaries, doctors and canna businesses in Tampa Bay Here’s an evolving list of reader-sourced recommendations for the best dispensaries and doctors. Something missing? Pass the details to our editorial team by emailing rroa@cltampa.com. See more CBD cafes, shops and bars via cltampa.com/magazine. —Ray Roa
DISPENSARIES COLUMBIA CARE Serving the Tampa suburb of Brandon, with “proprietary, patent-pending medical brands” served in formats like hard-pressed tablets, suppositories, vapes, and lotions available online, in-store and even curbside. 2116 W Brandon Blvd., Brandon. 813-502-1122. col-care.com CURALEAF Perhaps the most mentioned medical marijuana dispensary, Curaleaf operates in 23 states including Florida where it has nine Bay area locations that sell vapes, flower, topicals, capsules, tinctures, edibles and more. Multiple locations. curaleaf.com FLUENT Five Bay area locations including South Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg, selling gels, kief, flower, cartridges, topicals, drops and more. Express pick-up, including drive-thru, where available. Multiple locations. getfluent.com GROW HEALTHY Frequently mentioned by readers as a favored dispensary with exceptional flower. Available across Florida with Bay area locations in Brandon, Lakeland, Largo and Sarasota (plus delivery all over). Multiple locations. growhealthy.com LIBERTY HEALTH SCIENCES Among readers, Liberty gets marked as an overall dependable spot that has four locations across Tampa Bay. Multiple locations. 833254-4877 libertyhealthsciences.com MEDMEN You can’t miss the big red storefront, and readers mention loving MedMen for its flower, which some customers choose to see and smell before buying. 326 5th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-914-9393. medmen.com MÜV AltMed’s dispensary launched in Tampa in 2018 as the “Apple Store” of medical marijuana complete with a sprawling array of products including metered dose inhalers, topicals, shatter, flower and more. With four Bay area locations, a MÜV is never too far away. Multiple locations. muvfl.com ONE PLANT Medical marijuana available in-store, for curbside pickup, and even delivery (free for orders of at least $100; $25 delivery fee otherwise). Hypur pay available. 150 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg. 877-308-3344. oneplant.us SURTERRA WELLNESS Along with Trulieve, Surterra is a surefire place to get vegan edibles like chocolate, mints and gummies. Vapes, flower, gels, patches and more are just some of the other products available
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at four locations in the immediate Bay area (with others as far reaching as New Port Richey and Lakeland). Multiple locations. surterra.com TRULIEVE Trulievers live for Mini Mondays when customers can buy limited quantities of “minis”—popcorn-sized bud (aka 3.5 g of smokable cannabis) all individually labeled to show ingredients and potency. Two dozen Bay area location already open or on the way, including several in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Multiple locations. 844-8785438. trulieve.com VIDACANN Beloved by some readers for its topical selection, VidaCann has four Bay area locations with multiple strains and brands of flower, concentrate, capsules, syringes, tincture and vapes, too. Multiple locations. vidacann.com
DOCTORS CANNA+DOCTORS Three locations in Tampa Bay, with fees as low as $190 for military vets. Saturday appointments available. Multiple locations. canna-doctors.com
CERTIFIED MARIJUANA DOCTORS About two dozen locations across the Sunshine State with Bay area representation in Largo and Tampa. Multiple locations. 844-420-7277 (PASS) certifiedmarijuanadoctors.com COMPASSIONATE CARE Osteopathic Dr. Joseph Dryer is out there west of West Tampa practicing direct primary care out of Oldsmar Town Center. His office even considers pediatric cases. 3980 Tampa Rd., Suite 206, Oldsmar. 813-491-4006. compassionatecarefla.com DOCMJ A Clearwater-based company with 29 locations across Florida, including five in Tampa Bay. Jackie Rothman, Chief Operationg Officer of Doc MJ, says that the company has processed more than 86,000 medical cannabis patients statewide in the last four years. Multiple locations. 888-429-0835. docmj.com DR. CANNABUS The Cannabus makes house calls and regularly pops up at bars and events across the Bay area as part of its extremely active event calendar. Appointments are also available online. 800827-9927. drcannabus.com
MARIJUANA DOCTOR There are five local locations for this chain of evaluation clinics with more than two dozen locations statewide. Multiple locations. marijuanadoctor.com MEDICAL MARIJAUNA DOCTOR As an added bonus, this office also offers immigration physical exams and emotional support animal services. 5700 Memorial Hwy. Suite 102D, Tampa. 800-620-2027. marijuana420doctor.com MIRACLE LEAF HEALTH CENTERS Locations in Brandon and St. Pete sell Delta-8 but also provide medical marijuana approval six days a week. Multiple locations. miracleleaffl.com MY FLORIDA GREEN Open five days a week in downtown St. Pete’s Edge District just a few blocks from Tropicana Field. 1114 Central Ave. Suite. K, St. Petersburg. 833665-3279. myfloridagreen.com TRICHOM HEALTH CENTER Walk-ins accepted (call aheadpreffered). Staff will also visit patients at home, Hospice and nursing homes for reasonable prices. 6530 Park Blvd. N, Pinellas Park. 727-330-2773. trichomhealthcenter.com
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THURSDAY 29 Citing the rise in coronavirus cases, promoter cancels Tampa concert from Athens rock favorite Five Eight. This is why we can’t have nice things, people!
FRIDAY 30 Hillsborough County will require all new employees to be fully vaccinated by Aug. 30 and is offering existing employees multiple incentives to get the shots, including floating holidays and eligibility for a $50 wellness reward. Cue social media experts regurgitating lies about HIPAA violations.
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During a rally in Melbourne Beach, Matt Gaetz mocked the delta variant of COVID-19 as it rages through the his home state, saying he has the “Florida variant” which causes symptoms including “hunting, fishing and hugging your family.” No word if the variant makes you want to pay for sex with minors, but we wouldn’t be surprised.
MONDAY 02 The Florida Hospital Association said 10,389 people were hospitalized for COVID-19, the second day in a row the state broke the record for coronavirus hospitalizations. But, uh, don’t Fauci my Florida though, right, Ron? Nikki Fried wants stronger water protection rules, which haven’t been fully updated since 2008. But why do we keep giving state leaders a pass after inadequately regulating how wastewater generated by processing phosphate into fertilizer, which naturally creates low levels of radioactivity, is stored, treated and disposed of? Crossing our fingers for a less ‘rona-ed version of Shit Happened next week. Follow along via cltampa.com/news.
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can still get a taste of the old one with “lots of favorites still available,” including pollo al ajillo, several paella options and, of course, ceviche. Daily happy hour and Tapas Tuesdays also made their return, along with live music and dancing. 332 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg. ceviche.com The Studio Public House Within the former Pom Pom’s, former Moon Under Water executive chef Michael Crippin redesigned the cafe with his wife Alison after purchasing the space last October. Crippin’s fan-favorite curry is on the menu, and you can choose from the restaurant’s selection of sandos—a nod to Pom Pom’s old menu—and soon find coffee, grab-andgo food and eventually liquor. 2950 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. thestudiopublichouse.com Coming soon Babushka’s The popular Temple Terrace restaurant is opening a South Tampa location in the fall according to a sign hanging at the former home of Boca, which closed in December 2020. CL hasn’t heard back from owners, but there is no evidence that the original location, at 12639 N 56th St., is closing. Open since 2018, the strip-mall located spot is one of the few local places to get Russian cuisine like borscht, beef stroganoff, and pelmeni dumplings. Babushka’s also serves brunch on the weekend with goodies like salmon drakini (vodka and dill salt cured salmon served with hashbrowns, capers). 901 W Platt St., Tampa. babushkas.us—Stephanie Powers Crumb Factory What started as a cottage kitchen concept has now grown to a full-scale baking operation, and it could finally open its doors in the old Rae Rae’s Cafe space as early as Aug. 15. Owners Pablo Mardones and Felipe Zavala—who make pastries, whole wheat loaves, baguettes, ciabatta and even two-pound sourdough country loaves—started their venture on Instagram last year, taking orders through direct messages. The duo shortly announced the brick-and-mortar location, and it's been renovating the 2,400-squarefoot-space since. 5701 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. @crumbfactorybakery on Instagram Doc Ford’s Rum Bar and Grille Following its location at the St. Pete Pier, Doc Ford’s shared plans for a second waterfront location in west St.
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BACK DOWN SOUTH: 22 South announced a closure and reopening within one week. Pete at an old Green Iguana that closed in 2012, next to Boca Ciega Resort near Madeira Beach. An opening date has yet to be announced, but HM Restaurant Group hopes to have the location open by the end of 2021, according to St. Pete Rising. 8790 Bay Pines Blvd., St. Petersburg. docfords.com ICYMI Miami’s Benh Mi restaurant has a Tampa pop-up at Willa’s Provisions next weekend “Benh Mi” sandwiches—stuffed with Willa’s roasted chicken or Benh Mi’s char siu mushrooms—are on the menu, plus a crunchy tender chicken bucket, vegetable spring rolls, street fries and green papaya salad. Drink specials include an ube (purple yam) latte and a boozy Saigon sunrise pouch. Located in Miami Beach, Benh Mi started as an underground pop-up and through popularity ended up a brick and mortar location in June. Willa’s Provisions, a coffee shop and cafe, opened in April about a month after its older sibling the French-American, familyfriendly Willa’s. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 14-15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 310 N Rome Ave., Tampa. @willasprovisions on Instagram—Stephanie Powers Reach St. Pete is transforming a city bus into a mobile grocery store The nonprofit spent the last five years working to prevent and alleviate homelessness, low-income and at-risk situations in Pinellas. The goal of the mobile grocery store is split into three parts—direct access, food affordability and community awareness. By partnering with local organizations, Reach can bring awareness to the needs that exist in the area. From there, donations are made and underserved communities gain access to the food they need. If you’re interested in donating, you
can do so online. Reach’s goal is to have the bus up and running in 2022. reachstpete.org ‘Orange County Choppers’ star Paul Teutul Sr. will meet fans at his new Pinellas Park restaurant He’ll take pictures, sign autographs and maybe give mustache advice, if you’re lucky. The 11,000-square-foot space also has a billiards hall, shuffleboard tables, floor games, steel darts, ringer games, foosball, and an expansive menu featuring burgers, pizzas, and barbeque. Monday, Aug. 9, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Free. 10575 49th St N, Clearwater. occroadhouse.com South Tampa’s three-week ‘Epic Chef Masters’ competition kicked off Monday Chef Ferrell Alvarez (Rooster & the Till) and Chef Michael Buttacavoli (Cena) dueled on Monday, and future competitions go down on Aug. 9 (Chef Ted Dorsey of The Mill v. Chef Eric McHugh of Hew Parlor & Chophouse) and Aug.16 (Chef Marty Blitz of Mise en Place v. Chef Tyson Grant of Parkshore Grill). Proceeds from tickets and a house special at Epicurean benefit Feeding Tampa Bay. Epicurean Theater, 1207 S Howard Ave., Tampa. epicureanhotel.com/events West Tampa’s Boozy Pig has a raw meat vending machine Located near the Oakford Park neighborhood, the machine allows the butchery to sustain its “whole animal butchery ethos.” Inside are steaks, ground, burgers, fresh and smoked sausages, bacon and even beef jerky. It’s a contact-free, after-hours alternative to the offerings you can always find inside. Boozy Pig started as Tambuzzo Sausage Company and has been the meat plug for local eateries like La Segunda and Empamamas with house-made links for years. 3255 W Cypress St., Tampa. @ theboozypig on Instagram
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Recently Reviewed: Takeout in Tampa Bay
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s Jon Palmer Claridge—the Bay area’s longest-running food critic—is back in dining rooms after more than a year simply reviewing local takeout (and that means starred ratings returned, too). If you think there’s an out-of-this-world takeout experience he needs to try, please shoot me an email (rroa@cltampa.com). Oh, keep wearing a mask and washing your hands, too. —Ray Roa
Urban Stillhouse This 16,000-square-foot space with three private dining rooms, an outdoor patio, three bars, a large upstairs “library,” as well as the main dining floor is a triumph on every level. Inside, Chef Kenny Tufo offers selective, imaginative fare and lets the kitchen strut its stuff with dishes like the heady, sophisticated chilled summer pea soup with a trio of tender, smoked diver sea scallops swim in the creamy emulsion (Tufo adds accents of bits of coconut, an aromatic spiral of turmeric oil, a dusting of smoky char and a scattering of wispy marigold petals which charm the eye in bright shades of intense yellow and electric orange). $6-$60. 2232 5th Ave. S, St Petersburg; 727-440-8040; theurbanstillhouse.com ★★★★ Golden Dinosaurs The allure of deli flavors has sparked tremendous creativity in this kitchen. The Reuben wins with house-made pastrami seitan thinly-sliced and stacked. It’s topped with fabulous local, hand-crafted, live culture, small batch kraut from St. Pete Ferments. Add Violife cheese and Thousand Island dressing on pressed pumpernickel, which ends up nice and crisp, and I’m quite happy. It might not drip with butter, but it’s one of many winners on the menu (which also has weiners on it). $0.50-$13. 2930 Beach Blvd. S, Gulfport; 727-873-6901; goldendinosaurs.com. ★★★½ 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. $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 tender. What's more is that sauces are all made in house and represent a quintessential overview of popular barbecue styles, and the mac-n-cheese is a full on knockout. $3-$12. 664 Main St., Dunedin 727-734-7227; qbycapri.com 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 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. $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
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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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A: It’s not clear, is it? People of every income level, race, gender, sexuality, and religion think about suicide. The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay is the community’s gateway to help, hope and healing. Last year alone, we assisted over 5,000 callers struggling with thoughts of suicide.
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ANCIENT MOSAICS AT THE MFA
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SKYWAY 20/21 A CONTEMPORARY COLLABORATION
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Image credits, top to bottom: Roman, Antioch, Mosaic pavement from The House of the Drinking Contest, c. AD 200–300, Stone Tesserae Dolores Coe, Perimeter, 2019, Oil on canvas, Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Pat Blocher. Richard Avedon, Marian Anderson (Contralto, New York, June 30, 1955), 1955, Gelatin silver print, NEA photography purchase grant Designed by Hannah B. Barlow, Vase, 1882, Glazed stoneware, Extended loan from Eleanor Davidov in memory of Leonard Davidov
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MOVIES
THEATER
ART
CULTURE
JENNIFER RING
LONELY NO MORE: After a childhood spent feeling isolated, Msumba’s film set now features about a dozen people helping out.
Understanding otherness
Local filmmaker Jennifer Msumba cultivates empathy in new movie. By Jennifer Ring
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mpathy is in short supply on the playground, but local artist Jennifer Msumba hopes to change that. Msumba came into this world with a double-dose of otherness. As an autistic person of color, she’s suffered her share of playground bullies. “This was back in the times when [bullying] was a lot more tolerated,” Msumba told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “There weren’t all these things in place to protect kids... It was just one of those things you had to deal with back then. Even now, there’s a lot more awareness of bullying, [but] it still goes on.” How do we stop schoolyard bullying once and for all? There’s no easy solution, but Msumba has a plan. “I think if we can make people aware of why
people are different, and what might be going on behind the scenes, it might help them be more empathetic towards people who are different from them,” says Msumba. “If they could see the loneliness, if they could see the reasons why someone might be different, maybe that would help them put themselves in [someone else’s] shoes for a change.” That isolation and loneliness is the main reason Msumba started posting music videos on YouTube in 2013. “When I started YouTube, I was very inside of programs. I hadn’t been out in the world, so it was my way of engaging with the world,” says Msumba. “I had been locked up for so long, YouTube was my only way to engage.”
FILM & TV
After she’d been posting music for a while, her viewers requested she talk more, so in 2017 she started a vlog where she speaks about life with autism. The vlog now has over 32,000 subscribers. The more Msumba shared her life experiences on YouTube, the more people reached out to tell her how much they were learning from her YouTube channel. “That’s when I realized I was having an impact,” Msumba told CL. Through these interactions, Msumba zeroed in on where she could make the most impact— writing and directing short films that promote tolerance and understanding of people who are different from us. She studied YouTube videos and read books on filmmaking until she learned what she needed to know to write and direct her first short film, “The Dayroom,” in 2019. In it, a young man uses his creativity and imagination to escape the monotony of life in an adolescent psychiatric unit.
That same year, she filmed “The Next Shift” in Tampa. In this 12-minute-long documentary, Msumba interviews participants in Autism Shifts, a Bay area program that helps people with autism find work. It premiered at the 14th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival in 2019. Her big break came in 2020 when she entered Nic Novicki’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. The topic was documentary. “You basically don’t know the topic until it’s time for the challenge,” said Msumba, “and then you have five days to complete the entire film, edit, everything.” Msumba said the constraints forced her to get even more creative. In “The Fish Don’t Care When It Rains,” Msumba turned the camera on herself, speaking about her own struggles with autism and self-harm, and how she used creativity to get better. It won Best Film at Easterseals before going on to win the Best Short Documentary award at the 16th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival in 2021. continued on page 36
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continued from page 35 I discovered Jennifer Msumba’s work in an email from St. Pete Clearwater Film Commissioner Tony Armer promoting Msumba’s latest film project, “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink.” “When I was a little girl, all the girls would wear pink shirts and pants and little shoes and things,” Msumba told CL. “I didn’t want to wear pink. It was just something that I was against. I felt like all the girls were wearing it, [and] I was a tomboy…I didn’t feel right wearing pink. But I noticed that the girls who did wear pink, that followed the rules all the time, that had a certain way about them, the teachers favored them, the teachers would always call on them. They got awards all the time for best behaved, best this, and best that. And I was a very smart kid—I got very good grades, but they never gave me awards. I just wanted one darn certificate.” While creating “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink,” Msumba wondered what life would’ve been like if she had just worn pink and acted like everyone else. “I was always a little bit against the grain with everything,” says Msumba, who hopes this film will open people’s eyes to others’ struggles. “The goal of the film,” she said, “is to convey that there are so many neurodiverse individuals who are having internal struggles that others can’t imagine. The film will impact people into having a change of heart about that kid they may have teased growing up, and to open their eyes as to what that kid may have been going through. Not to shame them, but to help them be better allies today. I want to encourage others to help support, give hope and chances to autistic people and people with disabilities in general”. Msumba first pitched “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink” to Armer at last year’s Sunscreen Film Festival in St. Pete. “When it came time for that pitch fest on the last day of the festival, Armer was one of the producers that were up there who we were pitching to,” Msumba told CL. “The funny part is that it’s only supposed to be an educational exercise. Like, they preface it, ‘It’s not a real pitch fest. It’s just to get feedback on your pitch and on your film idea.’ But I don’t know, Tony just liked it and he actually took my pitch.” Armer liked it so much, he recruited sponsors and a crew to support the venture. Msumba, who’s used to filming everything herself with the help of a tripod and a few friends, says “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink” is now bigger than she could have ever imagined. On the first day of filming, over a dozen people worked side by side, tucked in a far corner of the Morean Center for Clay in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District. One crew member held a fog machine, while others set up lights, hoisted a boom mic overhead, and manned the cameras. Msumba
stepped out of the fog to deliver her first lines. And I’d tell you what they are, but I don’t want to ruin the surprise. I will say this: the opening has me looking forward to seeing the rest of the film when it comes out. Msumba and crew finished filming and editing “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink” during the month I worked on this feature. It’s currently in audio and color correction. Once completed, Msumba plans to submit her short film to South by Southwest, Sundance, and the New Orleans Film Festival. “I want to try some of the big festivals and see what happens,” Msumba told CL. “You don’t know if you don’t try.” In one form or the other, Msumba’s been telling her story since 2017, and each time the telling gets better. That’s the beauty in an artist’s evolution. Once exclusively a musician, Msumba’s expanded her creative expression to include writing and filmmaking in 2019, and it’s finally all coming together for her. “A lot of my films are based on songs I’ve written and vice versa,” Msumba told CL. She wrote “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink” based on her song “Finally Home.” Then, filming “Like the Girls Who Wear Pink” inspired a new song, “Girl You’re Gonna Fly,” now on Spotify and YouTube. This year, Msumba started writing for The Musical Autist and is currently writing and editing her memoir/guide to autism, “Shouting at Leaves,” which she plans to self-publish later this year. Msumba’s journey to creativity wasn’t easy. She remembers being creative as a kid before undergoing a series of autism and mental health treatments and programs. These programs were supposed to make her feel better. Instead, they made her feel worse. Some of the so-called treatments Msumba received, like the shock “therapy” she endured at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts, were abusive and should never have happened. “My creativity just got squashed,” Msumba told CL. “With all the medication and depression, I lost my creativity; I lost my musical interest; it was all just gone.” Thankfully, once she found proper treatment and a better living situation, all that creativity came back. “I found my love for music first again,” says Msumba. “I got a little piano and I was playing that. And then I started doing YouTube, and that got me interested in filmmaking, which in turn got me interested in writing, and it all just snowballed, and I found all these things I love to do and create again.” Msumba’s story serves as an important reminder that creativity is a fragile thing. It’s easy to fall or be shoved off the path, but with strength, support and perseverance, you can come back. And what a beautiful comeback this is.
“I didn’t want to wear pink.”
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o fully understand and appreciate the featuring a main character who never utters the demented, fuck-all phantasmagoria that is word “gay,” and a murderous, psychotic Nazi as Disney’s latest beloved ride-to-feature film the main villain. effort, “Jungle Cruise,” one has to go back 42 years If nothing else, “Jungle Cruise” is the best, to “The Black Hole.” Featuring an all-star cast most batshit attempt to mash together “Indiana (Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, Maximilian Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “Romancing Schell), and a wonderfully loopy premise, “The the Stone” and “Avatar” that you’ve ever seen. That doesn’t mean the end result is particularly Black Hole” arrived just before Christmas 1979 with ready-made merchandisgood, but good lord almighty, it’s a hoot and a holler to try ing that seemed immediately and absorb in one sitting. at odds with the film’s intense and pitch-black execution. When it works, which Jungle Cruise Similarly, “Jungle Cruise” is pretty much early on, for ★★½ In theaters and streaming on Disney+ would seem custom-crafted the first hour or so, “Jungle Cruise” feels like a modern by the Mouse House’s bean counters to deliver thrills and the occasional spin on the serialized adventure shorts that mild chill to prepubescent kids and their Disney- used to be a staple at movie houses through fanatical parents, much like the beloved theme the 1950s. Director Jaume Collet-Serra, arguably an park ride itself. And while there are such moments of too-cute odd choice for a big-budget, family-friendly CGI animals doing stupid-cute things sand- adventure flick, having helmed a slasher (“House wiched between some rousing action sequences, of Wax”), an evil kid thriller (“Orphan”), a bloody the truth is that “Jungle Cruise” is considerably shark survival thriller (“The Shallows”) and four less kid-friendly than you might expect. (!?!) Liam Neeson action movies, does a great job In fact, there’s a healthy smattering of sur- with all the backstory, as well as establishing prisingly risqué dialogue, an extended flashback Emily Blunt’s Dr. Lily Houghton as a formidafilled with dark, overtly mature menace (accom- ble and crafty female protagonist and Dwayne panied by a fantastic orchestral version of a Johnson’s Frank Wolff as a crusty, crafty con Metallica classic), a tender coming-out story artist-cum-boat captain.
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And, at least early on, “Jungle Cruise” seems to be having a wicked time playing up its femalecentric thrust by having Houghton repeatedly reminded that she’s a woman acting like a man in 1916 all because she dares to wear trousers instead of a skirt. Wolff even nicknames her ‘Pants,’ which is both endearing and hilarious. Houghton, her brother MacGregor (Jack Whitehall) and Wolff are all searching for the same thing – an amulet that will help them locate the mythical Tears of the Moon, an ancient tree whose blossoms are believed to hold amazing powers to restore life, break curses and cure all disease. Also seeking the Tears of the Moon is Prince Joachim (Jesse Plemons), a dastardly Nazi with a penchant for killing indiscriminately while cruising the Amazon in a German submarine. It’s fair to say that Plemons is basically Schell’s Dr. Hans Reinhardt from “The Black Hole,” if Reinhardt was high on poppers and had his volume knob cranked to 11. Seriously, it’s like Plemons parachutes in occasionally from a completely different movie, if that movie was some long-lost Mel Brooks homage to the Coen Brothers. He’s riveting to watch, even if you have no idea why the hell there’s a murderous, psychotic Nazi in an allegedly kidfriendly Disney movie.
There’s also a love story between Houghton and Wolff that becomes more and more ridiculous as “Jungle Cruise” progresses. Did I mention that there’s also an entire cadre of CGI conquistadors straight out of “Pirates of the Caribbean”? As soon as they get introduced, shortly before the extended homage to “Temple of Doom,” you realize that Collet-Serra either willfully chose or was forced to adopt a kitchen-sink-and-thensome approach to checking off every possible big-budget box. Sadly, the over-the-top CGI also is spotty as hell, and the whiplash feeling you get during the more grueling and interminable action sequences in the third act only reinforces the fact that you are watching a Disney movie that was so distracted by its potential to make millions that it forgot to just tell a good story. I hope and pray that someday we might get to see a streamlined version of “Jungle Cruise” that eschews the conquistadors, ditches the CGI animals and focuses squarely on Houghton’s quest to find the Tears of the Moon and deny Prince Joachim the opportunity to use its restorative powers for nefarious purposes. That cut would likely resemble a wild cross between “The African Queen” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and I would be all-in to watch it on repeat.
“Plemons is basically Schell’s Dr. Hans Reinhardt if Reinhardt was high on poppers and had his volume knob cranked to 11.”
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PHANTASMAGORIA: (L-R) Lily (Emily Blunt), Frank (Dwayne Johnson) and MacGregor (Jack Whitehall) in ‘Jungle Cruise.’
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C Deicide w/Kataklysm/Internal Bleeding/Begat the Nephilim Death metal giant Deicide plays a hometown show in Ybor City which knows founding members drummer Steve Asheim and bassist-vocalist Glen Benton—the last two original members from the band’s late-’80s inception—well. Denton was in hot water in 2018 over a homophobic slur he used in a spat with Slipnot’s Corey Taylor, but has since called the incident a learning experience. It’s been two years since the controversial band has played the Ybor venue—and three years since the release of a new album—so expect a greatest hits show with a lot of blasphemy and buddying up to Satan (our kind of Thursday). Canada’s Kataklysm, New York’s Internal Bleeding and New Hampshire’s Begat the Nephilim open the show. (The Orpheum, Ybor City) C Rock the Park Tampa 11th anniversary: Kristopher James w/Perception & Katara It’s the 11th anniversary of downtown Tampa’s free, family-friendly concert series Rock the Park, and songwriter Kristopher James, who usually plays solo, is celebrating by not only bringing a full band—violinists Gina Castellano and Alicia Ward, trumpeter Camila Furrufino, saxophonist Christian Ryan and local string sensation Melissa Grady on the cello—but by also trading vinyl copies of his new album, Kindness Never Quits, in exchange for a backpack or school supplies. “I don’t mind giving albums away, if it means kids can have adequate supplies,” James told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Hip-hop, producer, engineer, and all-around super talented artist Perception is also on the bill and will be backed by workhorse jazz trio Katara. A part of the Wave Theory collective, Perception’s single “Audio Suitcase” shows those talents to the Nth degree—proving again that the hip hop scene in Tampa is everything. Now we all need to do the-opposite-of-a-rain-dance so this show will go on. (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
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No Comps: New concerts coming to Tampa Bay Don’t get lost on the way there, but Tyler, the Creator is headed back to Tampa for a March 2022 concert at Yuengling Center alongside Vince Staples. Tickets to see Tyler, the Creator and Staples—along with Kali Uchis and Teezo Touchdown—play Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on March 19, 2022 go on sale Friday, Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. EDT and start at $45.75.
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Mum and dad I’m a 24-year-old gay man with a 31-year-old bi boyfriend. I’ve known since we got together that he’s a lot more sexually experienced than I am, but it’s never been a big deal before now. This weekend, he met my parents for what we thought would be the first time. But it turns out that 10 years ago, during his “big bi slut phase” (his words), they had a threesome. I recognize that no one did anything wrong—they were three consenting adults—and it’s not like anyone could’ve known that he and I would get together in the future. But also, my boyfriend fucked my parents! I’m mortified, he’s mortified, they’re mortified, and I may never be able to look at my parents again. Please help us find a way to move past this!—I Knew He Was Into Blondes
have to be weighed against whatever tension now exists between IKHWIB, his boyfriend, and his parents. Can they navigate that tension? If any of them feel bad (as opposed to mortified) about what happened and they aren’t motivated to work through this and don’t have the tools for doing so, this will go sideways.” The Honorable Betsy Hodges suggests that the four of you have a conversation about what happened and how you want to handle things going forward. “Having that conversation—which I know sounds dreadful—could actually help them think about this less,” said Hodges, “especially if they get to a point where they can laugh about the insanity and awkwardness of the situation they’ve all found themselves in.” You can laugh about this until you pass out, IKHWIB, but if you can’t suck your boyfriend’s cock without thinking about your dad sucking your boyfriend’s cock, you may not be able to get past this. If you can’t look at your mom without thinking about her sitting on your boyfriend’s face, you might not be able to get past this. If you can’t take your boyfriend’s load without thinking about the load he dropped in dad, or your mom, or both (21-year-olds have great stamina and such short refractory periods), you might not be able to get past this. You might be able to, like Hodges said, think about this less. While I’m doubtful there’s a memory hole out there big enough to stuff this in and tight enough to prevent it from falling right back out, IKHWIB, perhaps your parents have already shown you how it’s done. I know when I came out to my mom, IKHWIB, she had a really hard time being around any guy I was dating due to the unwelcome mental images that plagued her when she saw me with a boyfriend. She could look at my sister and her boyfriend without picturing her little girl sucking that boy’s cock, but she somehow couldn’t look at my boyfriend without picturing that brute sodomizing her little boy. It took some very awkward conversations, some raised voices, and, yes, some laughter before my mom successfully willed herself to stop conjuring up mental images of me getting my ass fucked. Maybe with some time, some awkward conversations, and a little laughter you’ll be able to purge all those unwelcome mental images of your boyfriend railing your parents from your mind too. I guess my point is, if gay and straight kids can pretend not to know what they damn well do know, i.e., that their grown children are sexually active adults now, and if they can learn not to torture themselves with unwelcome mental images of our partners fucking the shit out of us, IKHWIB, seems to me that we should be able to
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This September marks 33 years I’ve been writing Savage Love, and I rarely get letters that surprise me anymore. But after reading your letter today… and then laying in a dark room with a cool washcloth over my eyes for six hours… I came to a few realizations. First, I can still be surprised. Thank you for that. Second, if couples in their 40s with teenage children at home are gonna have threesomes with guys in their 20s—and some are—there will always be a hard-to-quantify-but-nevertheless-ineliminable risk that their children, once grown, could wind up meeting and fucking and even falling in love one of the guys their parents had a threesome with back in the day. Third, since I helped create a world where 40-something couples with kids sometimes have MMF threesomes with 20-something bisexual dudes, IKHWIB, this is all my fault oh my God what have I done can you ever forgive me. With that said, IKHWIB, do you know who I think should weigh in on this? The former mayor of Minneapolis. “If they’ve been able to laugh about this, that’s a good sign,” said Betsy Hodges, who was the mayor of Minneapolis from 2014-2018. “It might be a while before he can look at his boyfriend and not think about his parents having sex. That’s a tough thing to navigate, but laughter helps.” It may seem kind of random that the former mayor of Minneapolis is giving you sex advice, IKHWIB, but Hodges reached to me after I posted your letter to Twitter, where I told my followers—the former mayor of Minneapolis among them—that I was going to run your letter in my column even though I didn’t have the faintest idea what to tell you. Betsy Hodges, on the other hand, knew exactly what to say. “He has to ask himself if the boyfriend is worth it,” said Hodges. “Everything really depends on the strength of their connection—which will
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do the same for them: recognize that our parents are sexual beings and at the same time expunge all unwelcome mental images from our minds. Yours is a much heavier lift than most, I realize, but if your boyfriend is worth it, IKHWIB, you at least gotta try. P.S. Perhaps this verse by poet Philip Larkin will help put things in perspective… They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. You’re not the first person whose parents… well, let’s not say your parents fucked you up. Instead let’s say you’re not the first person whose parents were a little extra. Good luck. Follow @ BetsyHodges on Twitter. I’m a woman in her 20s in a relationship. I have a great connection with my partner, we communicate well, and the sex is the best in my life. There’s only one thing getting in the way: My partner and I started going out six months ago, immediately after the end of a relatively short but very intense relationship. I was with my previous partner for about a year. We were deeply in love but eventually broke up because he moved to another country. While I love my current partner and want him in my life, I am finding it hard to commit. I think what’s holding me back is not having the time to process the end of my previous relationship. I feel amy ex still takes up space in my heart and this prevents me from fully letting my new partner in. I want to let go
of the thought of my ex (we haven’t even spoken in half a year) and open up fully to my new partner, but it’s been difficult because the story with my ex feels unfinished. What do I do?—Worried Hasty And Confused Klutz You may always feel regret about your previous partner since it ended for reasons outside either of your control and his—and just for the record, there’s no guarantee you won’t feel some regret about your current partner, if your new relationship ends, which it might. (I mean, it’s only been 6 months. A little soon to be tossing “partner” around, if you ask me, which you did.) But did your last relationship really end for reasons neither you nor your ex could control? If he had no choice but to move to another country and/or if there was no way for you to go with him, OK, then the end was outside your control and his. But if he could’ve stayed and chose not to, WHACK, or if you could’ve gone with him and chose not to, well, then it didn’t end due to circumstances outside your control. Focusing on that—reminding yourself that an active choice was made to finish that relationship off—might help you get past the somewhat paralyzing degree of regret you currently feel. And if that doesn’t work, WHACK, perhaps a little more the best sex you’ve ever had will do the trick. My new book, “Savage Love From A to Z,” is available now for pre-order! Send letters to mail@savagelove.net, follow @FakeDanSavage on Twitter and bookmark savagelovecast.com.
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