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he show isn’t until next Thursday, and you’ll have to find our live music preview online at cltampa.com/magazine, but Shock G’s closest friends and collaborators—including Doc P—are throwing a big tribute concert for the Tampeño who founded Digital Underground, invented G-funk and changed hip-hop forever. A Tribute to Shock G: Jinx w/Hybreed Em16/C Rena/Hyfa/J Roc Jones/Genolexis/ more. Thursday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m. $10 donation for houseless. Crowbar, 1812 N 17th St., Ybor City. @darealbless on Facebook Shout! The Mod Musical After seeing its 2020 run cut short by you know what, “Shout! The Mod Musical” returns to downtown Tampa this weekend to kickoff a month-long stay at Straz Center’s Jaeb Theater. The 85-minute production (no intermission) is basically a ‘60s jukebox come to life where the cast takes the audience on a journey through the rise of London’s women’s liberation movement. The first performance was on Tuesday, and “Shout” runs on ThursdaySunday through Sept. 19. Jaeb Theater at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts. 1010 N WC Macinnes Pl., Tampa. $38. strazcenter.org Tiger Bay Inside this issue is a long list of endorsements that candidates on St. Petersburg’s primary ballot have earned (p. 13). Not on that ballot is Charlie Crist, the Republican-turnedIndependent-turned-Democrat who hopes to unseat Ron DeSantis in 2022. Crist actually lived in the Governor’s mansion from 20072011, and this Friday he’ll tell a room of Tampa Bay’s most active and connected politicos why he’s got the best shot to be the first Democratic
governor of Florida since Lawton Chiles. The nonpartisan Tiger Bay Club hosts the discussion at Ybor City’s historic Cuban Club, and ticket information is available online (mark your calendar to hear Crist’s primary opponent Nikki Fried speak at Tiger Bay on Oct. 15). Friday, Aug. 20, noon. 22010 N Avenida Republica de Cuba, Ybor City. tigerbayclub.com Voting Is Power Speaking of voting, St. Pete’s Greater Mt Zion A.M.E. Church hosts a get out the vote event on Sunday where speakers, local leaders, clergy, activists and more will join a live music and food truck lineup in a effort to get folks to cast their ballots in the city’s primary elections. Sunday, Aug. 22, 1 p.m. Greater Mt Zion A.M.E. Church, 1045 16th St. S, St. Petersburg. @greatermtzionamestpete on Facebook Clear kayak tour As we went to print with this issue, the 7-day forecast had the weekend looking quite different from the sopping-wet, blustery one we just had, so it seemed like a good reason to tip the ol’ bucket hat to Shell Key where St. Pete/Clearwater’s “Get Up and Go’s Clear Kayak Tour of Shell Key Preserve” was just named the TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice for “No. 1 Experience in the U.S.” Day and night tours last anywhere from 90 minutes to twoand-a-half hours, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Aug. 13 red tide status map showed low levels of Karenia brevis—aka the Florida red tide organism—in the water’s surrounding Tierra Verde (a new report is due Aug. 20). Billy’s Stone Crab. 1 Collany Rd., Tierra Verde. $54-$64. getupandgokayaking.com
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told photographers gathered, “Y’all are either patriots or you’re communists, and we hate communists, and we kill communists… Wait until this civil war breaks out because it is coming, mark my fucking words.” More than 500 defendants face charges in the U.S. Capitol breach in January, the agency said over the summer. Members of the Proud Boys—an SPLC-designated extremist group whose members have worn anti-Semetic signs— are under extreme scrutiny for the role they played in the Jan. 6 insurrection. A spokesperson for Hillsborough County Sheriff‘s Office told CL that HCSO was aware of the small planned protest outside of the Falkenburg Road Jail over the weekend, and that no incidents occurred that led to arrests. “HCSO has no affiliation with the protest that occurred. The location, directly off of Falkenburg Road, was chosen by protesters due to the high volume of traffic and the designated Freedom of Speech area outside of the jail,” the spokesperson said. Video from the protest shows Proud Boys forcing photographers away from the protest area, but the HCSO spokesperson confirmed that the, “The freedom of speech area is designated for the public,” including media. See more photos, and find links to video, from the small rally via cltampa.com/magazine.— Ray Roa
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“The Back the Blue mural is not art; it is a sign.” POLITICS
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n the evening of Aug. 1, 2020, around 40 “Back the Blue” supporters headed to downtown Tampa to paint a sloppy, illegible, illegal mural that would eventually go viral and be widely mocked around the country. Days later, some people tried to paint over it, defacing the “mural”, and eventually, BLM protesters decided to paint an unpermitted mural of their own a few blocks away at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, which resulted in seven people getting arrested on charges of criminal mischief. One of the protesters has photo evidence of facial bruising sustained while being processed by Hillsborough Sheriffs at Orient Road Jail. A year later, the “Back the Blue” mural still sits on N Madison Street, directly outside of Tampa Police Department’s (TPD) headquarters. In August of 2020, CL asked TPD if the painters behind the “Back the Blue” mural would be taken into custody under the same Florida statutes that the BLM muralists were arrested under. At the time, TPD’s public information officer Jamel Lanee said, “This is all being investigated.”
prior to the painting of the mural. Attorney Jeffrey Stull, who represents the PBA, sent a letter to Castor indicating that mural organizer Kristin Krutz was, “frustrated because it is taking so long to obtain approval for her project even though City officials, including you, have expressed support. Ms. Krutz advises me that she believes she has complied with all requirements,” Stull wrote. He also pointed to BLM murals being painted in the city as a reason the “Back the Blue” mural should be approved quickly.
TPD’s investigation. The mural is illegal, and a hazard. Last week, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay obtained a copy of TPD’s now closed investigation. According to the document, in the days that followed the painting, officers approached and spoke to some of the “Back the Blue” muralists identified through police cameras, news interviews, photos, and posts on social media where muralists identified themselves and others as participating in the illegal painting of the mural. Multiple suspects the officers made contact with in person and over the phone declined to speak with officers until they had an attorney present. No one was taken into custody or given a citation and the officers closed their involvement in the investigation. A question that goes unanswered in the report is how around 40 vandals were able to block off a city street for four hours and paint it without police engaging and citing them, which is standard operating procedure for anyone defacing city property. The investigation also reveals that Tampa’s Police Benevolent Association (PBA) pressured Mayor Castor to hurry up the approval process
What happened that night On Aug. 1, 2020 the pro-police supporters blocked off N Madison Street with their cars and road cones and splashed paint all over it, illegally defacing city property. They spent about four
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we would normally see in a situation like this,” Grayson Kamm, Communications Director for the State Attorney’s office, told CL. “Our decision not to prosecute was based on two factors: first, there was insufficient evidence of malicious intent, which the law requires. And second, there was no public safety interest served.” Citing the same reasoning, the state attorney’s office also dropped charges against the four people who allegedly defaced the “Back the Blue” mural, along with the charges against the seven people who allegedly painted the sidewalk in Curtis Hixon Park.
BLUBLIFE: Tampa’s ugliest mural sits covered in red and black paint from the people who tried to deface it. But the problem was, Krutz and crew hadn’t complied with all requirements, according to Robin Nigh, Manager of Arts and Cultural Affairs for the City of Tampa. Last week, Nigh told CL that, “The Back the Blue mural is not art; it is a sign.” She added that in the permitting process, the mural design wouldn’t have passed the city’s transportation department, because placing text on a roadway is a hazard. After TPD’s investigation, per procedure, Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren’s office reviewed the case, and last September the charges against the muralists were dropped. “TPD’s investigation followed all the steps
hours on the project (from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. according to the police report) and painted directly over lane dividers. Although they blocked the road for four hours right next to TPD headquarters, no cops interfered, as they did immediately with the BLM supporters who attempted to paint without a permit in Curtis Hixon Park. In response to backlash over the mural, painters initially claimed they had a permit, but they in fact did not. This was during the height of the George Floyd uprising, and while BLM protesters had been constantly arrested and violently engaged by Tampa police during mostly peaceful marches, members of the
mostly-white muralist group were allowed to do as they so shoddily pleased. To top off the sad absurdity of the event—a man with a criminal past involving sexual assault helped with the painting of the mural. Mural organizer Krutz told the Tampa Bay Times that she and about 40 volunteers decided to move forward without a permit, “because Black Lives Matter has murals all over the city that say Black Lives Matter, and they were not permitted.” Except, the BLM murals were permitted, and even approved by Mayor Castor who supported the idea of the “Back the Blue” mural, but wished there was a proper process followed. “Any tribute to honor their [police] service is welcome,” Castor told CL last summer. “It’s unfortunate they didn’t see the permitting process through so that our community could participate in showing their appreciation for the brave men and women that service our residents every day.” A national laughingstock Today, the mural still sits covered in red and black paint from the people who tried to deface it. Taggers who wrote “BLM,” “pigs’’ and drew cartoonish pig faces on the mural were arrested, unlike the original muralists. Comedians and social commentators gave the mural other names, such as “Bock the Blub,” “Blrbk the Blub” among others. On Aug. 3 of last year, nearly a year ago last week, Rachel Leishman of the entertainment website The Mary Sue wrote, “So, hopefully someone paints over this eyesore soon and it’s never spoken of again.” But a year later, as Tampa receives an influx of new residents and investors, people new to Tampa still walk by the abominable mural every week. And yet, the City of Tampa leaves it sitting there in its current dire state. In a recent email, Tampa artist Cam Parker told CL that literally anything would be better than the current mess. “A painting of a Powerade bottle, gummy bears, anything really would be better,” Parker—who painted a city-approved mural outside CL office—joked. “But seriously, 2020 was such a dumpster fire. Something sending a positive affirmation toward the people who stood up for BLM, and that better days are ahead, would be really nice to see.” For now, ‘Bock the Blub’ stubbornly lives on, perhaps a metaphor highlighting the unwillingness of some Tampa city officials to repair obvious, blaring problems. Tampeños and visitors still get to gaze upon the mural in awe, wonder, or—more likely—confusion and disgust.
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Here are all of the major endorsements—as ome people like being told who to vote for, and in not every endorsement, just the bigs ones—in there's a ballot out in St. Pete (mayor, and the St. Pete primary election so far. council in districts 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8). Many have already submitted mail-in ballots.. Mayor of St. Petersburg Pressing issues are on the table, and they’ve Eight candidates, and one write-in candidate, been hotly debated by candidates in recent have filed to run to become St. Pete’s next mayor months: Plans for the Tropicana Field Site (also (Kriseman is term-limited). St. Pete operates known as the Gas Plant District), advancing eco- as a “strong mayor” government. The mayor nomic recovery for individuals and businesses essentially serves as the CEO of the city. While affected by COVID-19, affordable housing, the City Council has legislative power, the supporting St. Pete’s mayor has veto power. City races, including workforce, enhancing the mayoral and all public transit, and promoting climate resiliency. City Council races, are St. Petersburg 2021 Primary Let’s be real: If you did not receive a mail ballot, or plan to vote in non-partisan. Several Endorsements often have candidates have raked person, here are some important dates: Primary Election Day: Aug. 24 sway over who voters ultiin a number of major General Election Day: Nov. 2 mately decide to vote for endorsements. Current votepinellas.com in elections. Receiving an mayor Kriseman has endorsement, particularly from an organization endorsed Ken Welch, a former Pinellas County or union, requires a vetting process—which can, Commissioner, to be his successor. more or less, inform voters on the thought that Candidates Michael Ingram, Marcile Powers, Torry Nelson, and Michael Levinson went into deciding who to endorse in a race. Want to know who fellow city leaders are have not received any major endorsements, as supporting? Community advocates? Organized far as CL is aware. Here are the major endorselabor? ments in the St. Pete mayoral race:
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• Equality Florida • LGBTQ Victory Fund • SEIU Florida (with Ken Welch) • National Organization of Women (NOW) PAC of Florida (with Ken Welch) • Emily’s List • Ruth’s List Robert Blackmon • Kathleen Peters, Former Pinellas County Commissioner • Dick Greco, Former Mayor of Tampa • Bob Ulrich, Former Mayor of St. Pete • Jeffrey Brandes, Florida State Senator (R) • Larry Williams, Former St. Pete City Council member • Kathleen Ford, Former St. Pete City Council member • Doreen Cauldwell, Vice Mayor of Clearwater • Iron Workers Local 397 • Florida Gulf Coast Associated Builders and Contractors Wengay Newton • Rick Baker, former Mayor of St. Petersburg Pete Boland • Republican restauranteur and political newcomer, says he’s been endorsed by 50-plus small businesses in the Tampa Bay area. continued on page 15
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continued from page 13 St. Pete City Council Four City Council races are on the ballot for the Primary Election. If you are a registered voter in St. Pete, you will cast a vote based on the district you live in. If no single candidate for a race receives more than 50% support, the top two candidates of that race will advance to the General Election—which will allow voters city-wide to cast their vote, regardless of their home district. City Council District 1 endorsements District 1 is holding an early, special election. This comes after sitting Councilmember Blackmon submitted his resignation—effective Jan. 5, 2022—earlier this year, in preparation for a mayoral run. Four candidates have filed to run in the District 1 race. Copley Gerdes • Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Pete • Equality Florida PAC • Suncoast Police Benevolent Association • Councilmembers Amy Foster, Gina Driscoll and Lisa Wheeler Bowman • School Board Member Bill Dudley • The Pinellas Realtors Organization • The International Association of Firefighters, Local 747 Ed Carlson • Linda Chaney, Florida State Rep (R) • Dennis Jones, Former Florida Sen. (D) Bobbie Shay Lee • Chris Latvala, Florida State Rep. (R) • Leslie Waters, Mayor of Seminole • Bob Dillinger, former Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender Candidate Ed Carlson has also reportedly received more than 110 “citizen endorsements.” City Council District 4 endorsements The District 4 seat is currently occupied by Darden Rice, who is term-limited. Rice is currently running for mayor after serving on the council for two four-year terms. She has not yet endorsed a successor. Three candidates are still running after Wendy Wesley and Lauren Hobbes withdrew. Tom Mullins • Jeffrey Brandes, Florida State Sen. (R) Lisset Hanewicz • Emily’s List • Florida National Organization for Women (NOW) • Pinellas County Realtors • Suncoast Police Benevolent Association • Ruth’s List • International Association of Fire Fighters Local 747
Clifford Hobbs III • Pinellas County Dem. Progressive Caucus • Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida • Equality Florida PAC • Pinellas Stonewall Democrats • Florida For Change City Council District 8 endorsements District 8 is currently repped by City Council member Amy Foster, who is term-limited. Richie Floyd • Amy Foster, St. Pete City Council • Lisa Wheeler-Bowman, St. Pete City Council • Andy Oliver, Pastor of Allendale United Methodist Church • West Central Florida Labor Council • Sierra Club • Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida • Democratic Socialists of America • Dream Defenders • SEIU Florida • 1199 SEIU Local 1199 • SEIU Florida Public Service Union (FPSU) Jeffrey Danner • Ed Montanari, St. Pete City Council • Leslie Curran, Former St. Pete City Council • Charlie Gerdes, Former St. Pete City Council • Suncoast Police Benevolent Association Dane Kuplicki • Pinellas County Realtors Association What do these endorsements mean? Well, that’s up to the reader. Endorsements from individuals can be motivated by shared values, working relationships, personal relationships, political favors, or monied interests. Groups and organizations, including labor unions, frequently endorse based on stated values of candidates and proven track records of advocacy or action to match the rhetoric they espouse while on the campaign trail. A common critique of endorsements, particularly those awarded to so-called career politicians, is that they can overshadow earnest political newcomers. But what all an endorsement really means will depend on the endorsing individual or organization, as well as what their endorsement process looks like. Do members of an organization democratically decide who to endorse? What criteria do they have? What do they look for in candidates? Organizations and individuals will often release statements to explain why they are endorsing candidates for elected office. These can be vague, or specific. If you’re curious about a specific endorsement, your best bet is to look up the endorsing entity for a statement, or contact them directly to know why they chose to endorse a specific candidate.
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ddie Geller launched his democratic congressional campaign for District 15 in Florida today with a video that’s basically a ‘90s sitcom jingle. In the video, the former comedian and activist performs a series of sitcom intro scenes, with aspects of his campaign platform in the subtitles. The series of scenes are kitschy, and bring to mind the classic sitcoms of the ‘80s and early ‘90s. The jingle that goes along with the video is especially reminiscent of the “Family Matters” theme song, “As Days Go By.” After an hour, the Tweet had more than 26 thousand views. The video outlines Geller’s progressive platform, calling for taking on corporate corruption in D.C., universal healthcare, and a cleaner environment. There’s also a message about protecting families, showing Geller wearing a mask and acting out receiving a vaccine. “We need more representatives who will fight the good fight, on issues people actually care about and make a difference in their lives,” Geller says to the camera at the end of the video, after the sitcom scenes end. “Good jobs, universal healthcare, fighting the climate crisis, defending our democracy and stopping corruption.”
District 15 covers the northern parts of Hillsborough and Polk counties as well as the southernmost parts of Lake County. The district includes Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland and Bartow. These are historically not the most progressive parts of Florida, but Geller lays out a campaign that he hopes will bring people together, no matter their views. “I don’t think we get things done by endlessly fighting about the things we disagree on, rather than working on the issues where there’s common ground,” Geller writes on his campaign website. According to his site, one of Geller’s first jobs was at Chuck E. Cheese off of U.S. Hwy-19, where a friendship with his boss led to a lifelong passion for punk rock and all things that run counter to the traditional way of doing things. After graduating from the University of Florida, Geller spent time as a standup comedian, activist, and video producer. He also played a frat guy in 2012’s “For a Good Time, Call…” Now that he’s launched his campaign, he’s asking for people’s support to wage a successful campaign. “Come join me at eddiegeller dot com and we can win this fight together,” Geller says at the end of his campaign video. “And if that means I need to write 100 more jingles, so help me, I will.”
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Florida’s Fossils and Territory. ON EXHIBIT NOW Florida became a United States territory in 1821, then the nation’s 27th state in 1845. Much happened in the intervening years. Follow an overview of those years through maps from the J. Thomas and Lavinia Lee Witt Touchton Collection.
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ampa Bay rents and mortgages are rising Nationally, rent paid as a share of income faster than incomes, and this problem is is forecast to rise beyond 30% by December. expected to put residents that are already The pandemic’s impact was felt more intensely “housing burdened” in an even tougher spot later by renters, who were more likely to report a loss this year, according to real estate of income and or job loss than homewebsite Zillow’s analysis. owners, according to another Zillow The cost of rental housing is survey, and homeowners typically expected to become more of a burearn more than renters do. den for the typical Tampa Bay Historically low mortgage rates renter by December of this year, surpassing a have kept monthly mortgage payments reasonthreshold of 34% of people’s income spent on rent able for home buyers in the face of rising home each month. Spending 30% of income on rent is prices, if they can come up with a down payment. considered, “housing burdened.” This increase in But even if mortgage rates stay at current low rental costs will put renters at risk of not having levels, continued demand for homes will soon enough money outweigh this left over for groadvantage, pushceries, bills and ing mortgage other expenses. payments as a According to share of income Zillow, money for to the highest rent represented rate seen since at 32.8% of Tampa least 2014, when Bay renters’ Zillow’s data colincome in June lection began. 2021. That figThe more morture is forecast gage rates rise, to rise to 34.3% the less affordby December. able home loans If this occurs, will become in the Tampa Bay coming months, renters will be Zillow says. spending more of “Increasing BURDEN SOME: Spending 30% of income on rent is their income on the available considered, ‘housing burdened.’ rent than their supply of homes counterparts in Los Angeles, Anaheim and -- especially more dense, affordable housing Long Beach. Miami-Dade’s lack of affordabil- types like townhomes and condos -- will help ity comes in at the highest in the country, with balance the market and give renters and proa current rate of 39.4% and an expected 40.3% spective home buyers opportunities to seek relief of a resident’s income going to rent predicted from being burdened by housing costs,” said by December. Nicole Bachaud, Zillow economic data analyst.
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s a whole, newly released U.S. Census data shows that the United States is more diverse than ever, and this includes Tampa Bay. However, not every neighborhood can say the same, and a new map shows some incredibly drastic shifts in local racial compositions. Using data from the 2020 Census, the Washington Post recently released an interactive map that allows users to see how their neighborhood’s diversity has changed since 1990. According to the Post’s analysis, both Pinellas and Hillsborough County followed the national trend of becoming more diverse over the last 30 years, with the exception of the area’s wealthier districts. As visible on the map, one of the Tampa Bay areas that experienced the most drastic racial changes is without a doubt Tampa’s Channelside District, a gentrified condo heap that witnessed a 70% increase in more white people, but is still ironically adjacent to the city’s last standing Black rooming house. Unsurprisingly, parts of Tampa Heights are also dramatically less diverse. The Ridgewood Park area, where the colossal food hall Armature Works is located, is now 25% whiter than it was 30 years ago, and 42% less Black. You’ll also notice a similar trend all up and down Tampa’s Kennedy Boulevard. The areas that saw the largest increase in Black residents were Tampa’s Temple Crest
neighborhood (an increase of 39%), and around King High School (an increase of 32%). According to the data, some Tampa Bay neighborhoods experienced a large decrease in white residents, like areas near the Skyway Bridge (a decrease of 39%), and parts of Clearwater (a decrease of 51%). Tampa’s historically Hispanic Ybor City, saw an increase of Latino residents of about 14%, and a 25% increase in white residents. Other Tampa Bay areas that saw large increases in Hispanic populations include the Palm River area (an increase of 42%), and West Tampa neighborhoods like Rocky Creek (an increase of 51%), and the Egypt Lake neighborhood (an increase of 52%). Here’s what the Post tool had to say about the neighborhood where Creative Loafing Tampa’s office is. “This area has become less Black since 1990. Black people made up 29 percent of this census tract in 2020, down 42 percentage points over the past 30 years,” the post wrote about CL’s Tampa Heights office. “This neighborhood has become far more White since 1990, with White people in 2020 making up almost half of residents. Over the same period, the share of Black residents fell dramatically, while the share of Hispanic residents rose.” There’s almost too much to unpack here, but you can check out the whole map, and your own neighborhood, by finding the web version of this post at cltampa.com/magazine.
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New census data leads to questions on how Florida will redraw districts. By Jim Saunders/News Service of Florida Redistricting Chairman Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, said in a statement. “We are ready to get to work.” Sprowls advised members to “stand by” as the website, which will provide interactive maps and a place for constituents to submit input, will be rolled out before the Sept. 20 start of committee weeks. The numbers released Thursday by the census bureau were the first local-level results
The national GOP also has targeted Pinellas County’s Congressional District 13, which is held by Democrat Charlie Crist. The seat will be open because Crist is running for governor in 2022. The state’s population, up 14.6 percent over the past decade, outpaced the nation’s 7.4 percent growth. Among urban areas, MiamiDade remains the largest county, at 2.7 million residents, according to the census data. Next are Broward at 1.9 million residents; Palm Beach at 1.5 million; Hillsborough at nearly 1.46 million; Orange at almost 1.43 million; and Duval at 995,567. Among those counties, Orange County
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onths overdue, key U.S. Census numbers were released Thursday that will allow Florida lawmakers to begin the process of redrawing congressional and legislative districts for the state’s 21.5 million residents. Now it’s up to Republican lawmakers overseeing the work to determine how far they believe state courts will let them go in crafting new lines that will include an extra congressional district. Past redistricting has spurred fierce legal fights as Republicans and Democrats jostled for political advantages. In advance of the census data release, a coalition of groups held a webinar Wednesday to discuss efforts to ensure that the once-adecade reapportionment remains a “transparent process” that follows anti-gerrymandering guidelines in the “Fair Districts” constitutional amendments approved by voters in 2010. “I would like to be optimistic about this current redistricting cycle,” said Ellen Freidin, leader of the FairDistricts Florida Movement and CEO of FairDistricts Now, Inc. “So far, the Legislature has not given us any reason to be optimistic that the Fair Districts amendments will be adhered to. But we always remain hopeful and are looking forward, as I’m sure you are, to watching this process unfold.” As a lesson learned from the process a decade ago, Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, and House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, separately advised lawmakers Thursday to refrain from discussing map proposals, particularly with people who hope to gain from the changes. “The House continues to strongly recommend that planned or unplanned conversations about redistricting not take place outside of the committee process with individuals who have a vested interest in the outcomes of the redistricting process,” Sprowls wrote in a memo. The House and Senate plan to have a joint website to provide detailed information to the public. Also, input will be gathered during committee meetings held in advance of the 2022 legislative session. Lawmakers are expected to approve final maps during the session, which will start in January. A decade ago, 26 public hearings were held throughout the state during the summer leading up to the districts being redrawn. But lawmakers had more time in 2011, because COVID-19 delayed the 2020 census count. “Although the census bureau’s delay in releasing the redistricting data is unique to this cycle, we are still well within our constitutionally mandated time frame of redrawing district maps --- during the 2022 regular session,” House
The redistricting process a decade ago was the first one under the Fair Districts guidelines and resulted in court battles that forced changes in congressional and Senate maps. But a factor in the upcoming map-making is that the state Supreme Court has become more conservative, as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed replacements for three left-leaning justices who had to retire in 2019. Freidin has asked legislative leaders to livestream the map-drafting process and noted that lawmakers were asked for a pledge to follow the Fair Districts requirements. So far, 17 of the 160 state legislators --- all Democrats
CAPITOL-IZE: GOP lawmakers will test state courts in creation of extra congressional district. from the 2020 census. Statistics on issues such as voting-age population and race are used in redrawing district boundaries. Because of its growth over the past decade, the number of Florida congressional districts will increase from 27 to 28. Republicans currently hold a 16-11 advantage among U.S. House members, a 24-16 edge in the state Senate and a near supermajority of 78-42 in the state House.
--- have signed the pledge. With population changes and the addition of a new congressional seat, a focus of national Republicans has already been Congressional District 7, a seat in Seminole and Orange counties held by Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, a Blue Dog Democrat. The district could be made redder by redrawing it to include conservative neighboring areas.
had the largest percentage of growth at 24.8 percent, followed by Hillsborough at 18.8 percent and Duval at 15.2 percent. Palm Beach’s growth rate since 2010 was 13 percent, Broward was 11.2 percent and Miami-Dade was at 8.2 percent. At the other end of the spectrum, rural Liberty County west of Tallahassee saw its population drop 4.7 percent to 7,974.
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To unfuck the planet’s future, fix our failing democracy By Jeffrey Billman millions of lives lost to starvation, cyclones, heat, floods, and disease. If ever there was an issue that should unite America—unite the world—this is it. Acknowledging this crisis is real—we’re all there, right?—means acknowledging that we have a collective action problem. Market incentives are misaligned with a decades-long human project that requires huge investment up front with the largest shareholder benefit being a livable planet 50 years from now. In other words, none of this happens without government intervention on a scale we’ve not seen since the New Deal. Coal mines and oil refineries will close. Gasoline will be outrageously expensive. Massive single-family homes will give way to urban living spaces in dense, energy-efficient cities with electrified transit. Companies and factory farms that release carbon dioxide and methane will face new taxes. The government will subsidize solar-panel, wind-turbine, and electric vehicle production, and perhaps plant-based protein (or lab-grown meat) companies, too.
“If ever there was an issue that should unite America—unite the world—this is it.”
outsize power to white, rural, conservative states and regions—including those that benefit from fossil fuel production: Texas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado. Were representation not warped by the Electoral College, the Senate, gerrymandering, and natural geographic preferences—Democrats tend to cram into cities—Republicans probably wouldn’t use “Green New Deal” as an epithet. If the reconciliation package is pared down, climate provisions will make a convenient target. Universal pre-K, free community college, and expanded Medicare benefits are easy to understand and make for good politics. “Rebates for weatherization” sounds like government woo-woo, on the other hand, and “provides environmental justice” will morph into “woke solar panels” by next year’s campaign ads. Climate change is the challenge of this century, and the clock is ticking. Addressing it will require investments that won’t pay off for decades—perhaps in our lifetimes. Inaction is tantamount to a crime against humanity. Nibbling around the edges won’t cut it. But without taking steps to fix our failing democracy—eliminating the Electoral College, ending the filibuster, banning gerrymandering—nibbling around the edges is probably the best we can hope for. Subscribe to Informed Dissent at billman. substack.com.
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he 3,949-page report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Aug. 9 leaves little room for optimism: Things are bad. They’re going to get worse. They might get catastrophic. (And in case there’s still a question, the report says, the problem is “unequivocally caused by human activities.”) “Each of the last four decades has been successively warmer than any decade that preceded it since 1850,” the IPCC’s working group reports. “… It is virtually certain that hot extremes (including heat waves) have become more frequent and more intense across most land regions since the 1950s.” The global surface temperature during the first two decades of the 21st century is about 1 degree Celsius warmer than it was from 1850-1900. To cap warming at 1.5 degrees, the world can only release 10 years’ worth of global carbon dioxide emissions. In other words, the planet—the U.S., Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, India, North Korea, everyone—has to sharply reduce carbon emissions starting, like, now and go carbon-neutral within 15, maybe 20 years. Given that few countries are hitting their Paris emissions targets, it’s much more likely that the Earth crosses the 1.5-degree threshold in the 2030s or ’40s. If—big if—the world gets its act together quickly, we might be able to contain it there. Otherwise, things go sideways fast. At about 2 degrees—a near-certainty absent dramatic action—the permafrost thaws, Arctic sea ice melts, sea rise engulfs the coasts, and deadly heat waves, severe droughts, and intense hurricanes become common. The hotter it gets, the worse it gets. The bottomline: Humanity has a very short window in which to unfuck the future. That means moving to a renewable energy grid, shifting agriculture away from animal farming to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions, scrubbing carbon from the atmosphere by planting huge forests and investing in carbon-capturing machines, and revolutionizing urban design through green infrastructure— more bike lanes, fewer highways, fewer cars, no parking lots, lots of green roofs, no more sprawl. This is clear as a bell. We know what we have to do. We have the technology to do it. We know what’s at stake: cities wiped from the map, agriculture destroyed by drought, worldwide depressions, disruptive mass migrations, a planet in geopolitical turmoil, and
This won’t seem fair to those whose livelihoods are uprooted. It will be incredibly disruptive. Of course, the alternative will be much more disruptive. All we have to do to get that is nothing. Looking at Congress right now, which outcome do you think is more likely? Nineteen Republicans signed on to the bipartisan infrastructure deal, albeit after hacking most of its climate-related spending. Attention now turns to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, which is likely to contain hundreds of billions of dollars for various climate projects and needs only 51 votes to clear the Senate. If it passes, it will be the largest investment in fighting climate change in the country’s history and “put America on a path to meet President Biden’s climate change goals of 80% clean electricity and 50% economy-wide carbon emissions reductions by 2030,” Senate Democrats said. At the same time, it’s not nearly enough, not compared with the scope of the problem. Yet the Democrats’ moderate camp is already squirming. To be fair, $3.5 trillion is a big number; for Dems in swing districts, it will be a tough vote. Herein lies the rub. The more serious we are about addressing climate change like a crisis, the more politically difficult it becomes to achieve. It’s not that the policies themselves lack popular support. It’s that our form of government is an antidemocratic anachronism that affords
THERE IS NO PLANET B: A climate change demonstrator in Tampa, Florida in April 2019.
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Shit Happened WEDNESDAY 11 Bodycam footage shows Tampa police clearing a bus shelter where houseless people took cover from rain, which totally made me forget the warm and fuzzies I felt when I saw videos of TPD pulling kids over to give them free pizza coupons.
“Yeah, I don’t foresee that happening,” Rubio told Florida Politics. How long ‘til Q marks Little Marco as a Soros plant?
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WFLA says a tow truck driver crushed a St. Pete homeowner’s old septic tank then tried to fill the hole with dirt. It’s not a litter box, dude.
Palm Harbor Fire Rescue responded to a 10x10foot opening in a driveway that swallowed two cars (not pictured). No word if it’s still open, but I’d definitely jump in it at this point.
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In Jacksonville, Sen. Marco Rubio would not sign on to Sen. Rick Scott‘s urging of the invocation of the 25th Amendment, which would remove Biden and replace him with Vice President Kamala Harris.
WTSP says a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy successfully delivered a baby in a 7-Eleven parking lot at Highway 60 and Dover Road. Talk about jiffy feet. Miss Ron DeSantis is Shit Happened? Go to cltampa.com/news, he makes headlines there almost every day.
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ast weekend, the owner of Tampa’s Bo’s Ice Cream sounded distraught and concerned when detailing a temporary closure made unavoidable in the wake of a family tragedy. “I honestly don’t know when we’ll reopen, I’m just juggling a bunch of different things right now,” Josh Vitte told CL about the 7-day closure. “The main thing I worry about is our employees. They can’t go that long without a paycheck.” Well, on Monday, Vitte told CL that Bo’s is back open, but he also said that 14 hourly employees at the iconic ice cream stand could use just a little bit of help. “A lot of people reached out over the weekend, and the outpouring from the community was tremendous. Some of them asked if we started a GoFundMe, and I had honestly never thought of that,” Vitte said. Unexpectedly fixing machinery at Bo’s over the last year, combined with a tree that fell on the Bo’s sign, put a strain on the business, making it even more difficult to compensate employees forced to sit out while Vitte got his family’s affairs in order this weekend, so he’s reaching out and looking for just over $7,000 to help offset the money Bo’s employees lost over the last week. Those employees are some of the hardest-working, kind kids in the Bay area service industry. Just go to Bo’s on any weekend night and watch them bust through the out-of-this-world lines that extend from the drive through and dine-in service window. “I don’t want it to look like we’re asking for a handout, but the truth of the matter is it’s been a rough year, and our employees could use the support,” Vitte told CL. The figure ($7,145) represents a normal week of payroll, and Vitte said he’ll close the GoFundMe when that amount is met. “These funds will be distributed directly to the employees, and any additional money that is raised before the fundraiser is closed will be used to cover the costs accumulated from lost/spoiled product and other overhead expenses from the recent closure,” the GoFundMe page says. “Thank you all for your support, we love our community and look forward to seeing you soon.” Hours at Bo’s Ice Cream—located at 7101 N Florida Ave. in Old Seminole Heights—are 11 a.m.-10 a.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m.11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Find a link to the GoFundMe on cltampa.com/magazine.—Ray Roa
Open Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. The roaster is actually headquartered in Tampa and has had a few locations in the Bay, but they all closed years ago. Look for Tampa-inspired pours like the Ybor City Blend and the Cigar City Blend. You can also look forward to wine and beer—including Dunedin Brewery’s Biere de Café brown ale on tap—plus food and pastry items (avocado toast included). If you’re looking for custom latte foam art, you can use the concept’s Ripples machine by downloading the company’s app and uploading a photo, which you can have floating on top of your cappuccino. 3655 Midtown Dr., Tampa. joffreys.com Sa Ri One deli The Korean food scene staple has opened a fast-casual style deli in the University area where it serves kimbap (rice rolls) with bulgogi beef or tuna mayo, both rolled to order. There’s refrigerated bulk sides, like cucumber kimchi and pickled radish, plus sweet red bean buns and other Korean desserts all pre-packaged for sale. Another Facebook customer showed the Korean drink Sac Sac and shrimp crackers as part of their haul. 11842 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. Poppo’s Taqueria Gone are the days of Tampeños crossing bridges into Sarasota or St. Petersburg to make the trek over to Poppo’s because the local chain’s first Tampa location (and its eighth in the area) opened in the old Holy Hog BBQ spot. The spot’s hours are temporarily 11 a.m.-3 p.m. due to short staffing, according to the Tampa Bay Times, but will expand to 11 a.m.-9 p.m. once all the necessary spots are filled. You won’t have to sacrifice any burritos in the meantime, though. All the Mexican street food offerings are still going to be available. 302 E Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. poppostaqueria.com
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FEELING BLUE: It’s been a rough year for this iconic Tampa sweet spot. worried about losing out on vegan cubans or buffalo chick’n mac and cheese, don’t. The menu isn’t set to change much, according to the development blog, but a few additions are going to be made. The rebranded Cider Press Vegan Gastropub and Patio Bar, with liquor license, is set to take over the old Georgie’s Alibi location at 3118 3rd Ave. N. ciderpresscafe.com Fermented Reality The biergarten has always been a reprieve from the gourmet food stalls and heat at Sparkman Wharf, but owners told Tampa Bay Business Journal that Fermented Reality’s last day in downtown Tampa is Aug. 29 and added that Strategic Property Partners, which operates the wharf, chose not to new the lease. A relocation is in the works, but in the meantime their second concept is planned for Seventh Avenue in Ybor City. Co-owner Joel Bigham did not share any details about the Ybor concept outside of a potential January 2022 opening. A SunBiz listing for “Fermented Reality Ybor LLC” shows 1910 E 7th Ave. as a principal address, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s where a new concept will land. The 1900 block on Seventh Avenue is also home to Zydeco Brewerks, Chill Bros. Scoop Shop and 7th+Grove, so the only place a new beer garden could make sense is the old Frankie’s Patio directly across the street from Orpheum. TBBJ said that Guy Revelle—who already opened Splitsville and Jotoro at the Wharf—has plans to open a pizza, beer and wine concept in the beer garden’s place. frbiergarten.com
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Moving Cider Press Cafe The St. Pete vegetarian fave is set to close its doors on Central Avenue later this year—but reopen as a vegan gastropub in the Kenwood neighborhood. The current location is closing unexpectedly due to a lease dispute, according to St. Pete Rising,, but closing at the end of this year or after the new space’s buildout is complete just 2.5 miles away. If you’re
Coming soon Black Radish Grocer A V.M. Ybor vegan grocery favorite is expanding to St. Petersburg before the end of the year. 246 Dr. MLK Jr St. N, St. Petersburg. @blackradishgrocerstpete on Instagram
Oronzo A year after opening, Oronzo is hiking its pasta, pizza and burritos over to Midtown Tampa for its second location. The deal was signed last September, according to TBBJ, and the concept’s website is now teasing a fall opening. Oronzo, a spinoff concept brought to you by the owner of local pizza staple Bavaro’s, specializes in madefrom-scratch italian fare (including soup and all the ‘za you can handle), and even offers italian burritos and plenty of bowl options if you’re looking for something lighter. 3740 Midtown Dr., Tampa. oronzo.com Rollin’ Mullet Bar & Grill An open-air bar and food-truck restaurant is coming to Seminole Heights and bringing Northeastern-style seafood with it. Two Airstreams will sit on the property near a large octopus mural, one for booze and one for food. Beer and wine will be the options for alcohol with “12 taps and tons of bottles and cans,” owner Angi Brittain told CL. The taps will come out of the trailer-turned-walk-in-cooler sitting behind the large bar area. Menu items, like lobster rolls, will be served out of the other. The three-quarter acre lot has room for games and is “absolutely” family-friendly. Brittain hopes it will be dog friendly, too. 6401 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa ICYMI DalMoros Fresh Pasta To Go launches delivery, beer and wine, plus online ordering UberEats and DoorDash have been available since Aug. 10, but DalMoros is launching its own mobile app. 53 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg. dalmoros.us King of the Coop launches nonprofit The Coop Cares Foundation was started by owner Joe Dodd and his wife Stephanie in an effort to address social issues and to “cultivate future leaders in the culinary arts." A recent event was meant to show how the foundation plans to “address food insecurity” in under-resourced communities around the Bay. kingofthecoop.com
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the very least, there’s the Lego wall at Make/Play and magnetic poetry at Read/Grow. But when the weather is good, there are fun extras like live music, unique crafting opportunities, and gardenBy Jennifer Ring ing workshops. Some of these s COVID-19 numbers creep up, we’re looking the outside that tells people it’s for them…It extras, like Open Studio and for more stuff to do outside. Bonus points if it’s calls to them.” seed planting, come courtesy Spacecraft team member Liv Scully greets of Spacecraft team members and others come relaxing because life is stressful these days. Enter Spacecraft (stylized “SPACEcraft”)—Mitzi newcomers with a brief description of what it’s courtesy of visiting artists. Gordon figures she’s Jo Gordon, Carrie Boucher and Bridget Elmer’s about: “Welcome to SPACEcraft. We are a trav- worked with about 25-30 different visiting artists traveling art project. Don’t get too excited by the eling art project. Essentially, we took these over the past year, and they’re always looking name though, Spacecraft won’t be flying you to shipping containers and turned them into out- for more. the moon, where there’s no COVID, this fall. The door classrooms, or places to do cool things.” Haley Smith taught visitors how to make acronym stands for Social Practice Activating She then introduces today’s programming and paper using recycled pulp from newspapers encourages guests to explore the space. Creative Environments. and blue jeans in Oldsmar, then how to stitch So get that rocket image out of your head. “I find that people get more excited once they that paper into handmade journals in Lake Instead, imagine two metal shipping contain- see that all of this is for them,” Scully told CL. Seminole Park. Noelle Stillman led nature phoers in a park; one is blue and green with the “That’s what I tell them. I say, ‘Here’s what we’re tography and plant printing activities in Palm words “Read” and Harbor and Oldsmar. “Grow” on it, and Outspoken Rhino the other is red and created a chalkboard yellow for “Make” mural, and Brandy and “Play.” As their Stark introduced labels suggest, these kids to wire sculptare places where ing in Lealman Park. folks can gather, And Two Happy make arts and Ukers and Giving crafts, grow plants, Tree Music brought play games, share ukulele concerts and stories, and make guided drum circles music together. The to several Pinellas shipping containers County locations. are the creative enviS PAC E c r a f t ronments. And ever added four more vissince Spacecraft’s iting artists at their launch in Oldsmar most recent deployin July 2020, ment in Gulfport’s they’ve been popClymer Park—Tampa ping up in city and Bay singer/songwriter county parks all over Emily Turnage, Pinellas County. ceramic artist Calan The bright, colRee, and musical artorful containers act ists Jim Morey and as beacons, drawSommer Joy. ing people in before Ree, Morey and they even know Joy often work at the same time, with Ree what they’re walking up to. CRAFT SPACE: Pretty much any time you go to visit Spacecraft, leading a pinch pot “They know it’s there’s something to play with. or mandala-making for them,” Boucher activity while Morey said in a March 2021 interview for Creative doing today, but we also have this entire space and Joy create a freeform musical experience Pinellas. “If it were just a single color and there that’s all for you, so anything you see inside, with vibrating bowls and a trumpet. “It’s meant was nothing on it, people would think it was feel free to explore.’” to be a meditative experience in the environment,” park storage or something like that. But there’s Pretty much any time you go to visit says Gordon. “It was really wonderful to see how something about two colors and big words on Spacecraft, there’s something to play with. At people responded to their work in Gulfport in
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different ways. Some people would sit and work on mandala art while the music was playing in the background. Some people were laying down on the blankets and just staring up at the trees and letting the experience wash over them. We had some of our younger visitors coming and wanting to collaborate. They would grab a rain stick or a percussion instrument and kind of play along. I definitely recommend coming out to visit them.” When they don’t have a visiting artist for a particular session, Spacecraft team members host an open studio. “The open studio put on by SPACEcraft’s lead facilitators is always a big hit,” Scully told CL. “We usually pull out any materials that we have—papers, collage, glitter, googly eyes, Model Magic—all the fun stuff that either adults don’t have or kids aren’t always allowed to play with. They always love that free range to create with anything they see.” This creative exploration—for both visiting artists and guests—is what Spacecraft is all about. It’s also one of the things visiting artist Calan Ree likes most about the traveling art project. “The last time I was there I found a handful of paper bags and drew collage materials out,” Ree told CL. “We ended up with about five or six kids really getting into it and making super elaborate paper bag puppets—they were amazing. I think I want to do that again.” As with all groundbreaking art projects, Spacecraft isn’t always easy to describe. I’ve never experienced anything quite like it, and it’s always evolving. Words don’t really cut it here. The best way to understand is to visit yourself. “If you’re looking for a place to be creative, just come and check it out,” says Scully. “That’s the best advice I have for anyone. Come be a part of it. You’ll understand it when you’re there, just how special it is.” This week, the Make/Play container heads to Bear Creek Park after a successful run in Gulfport’s Clymer Park thanks to partnerships with the Gulfport Arts Center and the City of Gulfport. On the same day, Read/Grove moves from Lealman Neighborhood Park to Walter Fuller Park. We don’t have the full schedule yet, but visit cltampa.com/magazine to see highlights to look forward to in the first two weeks Spacecraft is in St. Petersburg’s Bear Creek Park (60th St. N & 1st Ave. N) and Walter Fuller Park (7901 30th Ave. N).
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Back to school
HCC’s Ybor City and Dale Mabry galleries ready fall exhibitions. By Jennifer Ring
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hen HCC Ybor Gallery Director Carolyn Kossar retired and the pandemic hit, Hillsborough Community College kept its Ybor City gallery dark. “The school was closed anyway, and as it rolled into fall [2020], they weren’t sure what they wanted to do,” HCC Galleries Director Amanda Poss told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “As it got closer to spring [2020], they approached me with the idea of having a cohesive gallery team for both campuses.” Now, Poss, Emiliano Settecasi and Michael Murphy oversee both spaces. The team resumed exhibitions at the Ybor Gallery—aka Gallery 114—in spring 2021 with “Ry McCollough: Themes for the American Kestrel.” “The campus was still pretty closed down, there wasn’t a lot of access, and people were still staying home pretty much,” Poss told CL. “We were only open by appointment.” Now that a COVID vaccine is available and the campuses are more open, HCC Gallery 114 and 221 are bringing back standard hours. And with that comes an exciting schedule of art shows at both galleries throughout the fall season. At the Dale Mabry campus, Poss resumes the interdisciplinary shows Gallery 221 is known for. “What we’ve done for a long time at Dale Mabry, is understanding that this is not the arts campus hub,” Poss told CL. “We have some art classes, art appreciation, and of course humanities, but we really never could rely on a bevy of readily available art students to come to our events. So those exhibitions have always been tailored towards the different departments and classes that we do have. That’s why we have a lot of exhibitions that take on social justice or things that are strongly aligned with the humanities. Or often they’ll take a scientific lean or environmental focus, because they go along with the kind of classes that we have there.” “Vision, Power, Axé” The launch of Gallery 221’s season is an exciting exploration of Brazilian art and culture inspired by a research trip Poss
took to Bahia in Brazil. She spent about three weeks in the City of Salvador—the epicenter of Afro-Brazilian culture in Bahia—soaking in the scene and visiting the studios of contemporary Afro-Brazilian artists. You’ll be able to see work from six of these artists at Gallery 221 this fall. “Through the perspective of these artists, we learn a little bit about the history of Brazil and Bahia and its current socio-political issues,” Poss told CL. “Some of the artists, like J. Cunha, take a really strong activist perspective. Others are really speaking to the sacred and some of the faith-based perspectives, which are really strong in Salvador.”
by young asylum seekers at the Tornillo detention center in Texas before it was closed,” Poss told CL. “At the end of 2018, a couple of social studies teachers at the detention center—the largest detention camp for asylum-seeking children in the U.S. at the time—encouraged their students to make art about their homelands, the architecture, the culture, the things that they were proud of or that they missed. As a result of that simple assignment, they made hundreds of artworks. But when the center was closed in 2019, they all almost got thrown away. One of the priests for the center saved a handful. From that handful, they started taking pictures…” Uncaged Art presents the photographs of that student artwork. “The artworks speak to their resilience despite some of the pretty awful conditions a lot of them were in,” Poss told CL. Nov. 8-Dec. 2 HCC’s permanent art collection is now on display at Dale Mabry’s Gallery 3 I first
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“With all of those artworks, we’re putting more on display around the two campuses, but we have a pretty great collection, especially highlighting artists from our region,” Poss told CL. “One of the things we wanted to do was have them up on a more regular basis, similar to a museum, where you might go and see things from the collection and also have rotating exhibitions. I think this will give students more opportunities to have a sustained dialog with the artwork, and for the faculty to develop research projects and assignments around it.”
At the college’s arts hub in Ybor, Poss plans to show more work highlighting artistic process, technique, and the unique culture of Ybor itself “Illsol: A Paradoxical Synthesis” The opening of the Ybor City gallery’s season. “They were a great choice,” says Poss, “because in Ybor, you can see a lot of the street art. And of course, Tony Krol and Michelle Sawyer have done murals all over Tampa, some not too far from where the campus is.” Aug. 16-Sept. 23. Opening reception Thursday, Sept. 16, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. with an artist lecture at 6 p.m. “Por Todas Partes: Alejandra Gotera and bujikimo” Curated by Emiliano Settecasi who now curates about one show a year at HCC Galleries. “Por Todas Partes,” which roughly translates to ‘all the parts,’ highlights the ‘all over’ approach to painting that arose out of the Abstract Expressionist movement. “All over” basically means painting all over the canvas, without giving emphasis to one particular section. In this contemporary take, Settecasi LET IT FLOW: J. Cunha, ‘Rios da Vida/Rios de Lama’ (‘Rivers of Life/Rivers of Mud’), 2019. presents the work of Don’t miss the opening reception Thursday, wrote about HCC’s burgeoning collection of locally- emerging artists Alejandra Gotera and bujiSept. 2, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Poss tells me there’ll be made art back in 2018 as the college celebrated kimo, who essentially paint all over everything. a capoeira demonstration and a samba perfor- its 50th Anniversary—it’s up to about 200 pieces “Abstraction plays a heavy part,” says Poss, of art between Dale Mabry and Ybor City. Last “but also, they paint on unconventional surmance. Aug. 16-Oct. 28 “Uncaged Art” Another show we’re looking year the college finally dedicated a space to per- faces. There are rumors of a couch being here forward to at Gallery 221 this fall. The traveling manently showing these pieces off. They plan to that will be covered in paint…” Oct. 4-Nov. 10. exhibition comes to HCC Dale Maby thanks to a rotate items from the college’s permanent art col- Opening reception Oct. 7, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. with a collaboration with anthropology. It’s artwork made lection in and out of the gallery about once a year. panel discussion at 6 p.m.
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Walking on air
A dozen (or so) more arts items to watch this fall. By Jennifer Ring
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hile Tallhassee’s insistence on never reinstating statewide strict-ish coronavirus safety measures seems to be the only certainty in the age of delta, an air of concern does permeate this 2-page listing of arts happenings to keep on your radar over the next few months. Please be safe, amenable to change, and kind to one another as you check out these events listed in chronological order by opening day. See even more of what we couldn’t fit on the page by visting cltampa.com/magazine. “Reverberations” The Desmond Clarkcurated exhibition opened on Juneteenth and you have until just Aug. 29 to see the work of 30 Black artists from Tampa Bay and across the Southeast who seek to challenge viewers with stories that not only bring to light structural racism and oppression, but celebrate hope and resilience, too. The Carter G. Woodson African American Museum is building a new home, so it’s teamed up with the James Museum of Wildlife &
Western Art for this one. Through Aug. 29. 150 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. thejamesmuseum. org—Ray Roa Green Book of Tampa Bay group art exhibit In case you missed it at last weekend’s Second Saturday Art Walk, you can still see work by Green Book of Tampa Bay artists at the Studio@620 through Sept. 11. The group art exhibit features work by nine local Black or mixed-race artists, including poet/photographer Denzel Johnson-Green, travel writer and photographer Lauren Gay and sculptor Ashley Rivers. Through Sept. 11. The Studio@620, 620 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. thestudioat620.org “Skyway” lingers Don’t worry if you haven’t seen every single iteration of “Skyway” throughout Tampa Bay yet. Although the MFA’s “Skyway” chapter closes Aug. 22, artwork from several Tampa Bay-based artists remains at USF’s Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), The Ringling, and Tampa Museum of Art through
September and October. You have through Sept. 1 to see Casey McDonough’s cosmological installation, Danny Dobrow’s fictionalized pottery studio, and work from six additional Tampa Bay artists at USF CAM. Although I’m not looking forward to the drive, quite a few of our favorite current and former Tampa Bay-based artists have work on display at the Ringling’s Skyway exhibition in Sarasota, including Ya La’ford, Kalup Linzy, and Jake Troyli. You can see their latest work, along with Carrie Boucher’s Nomad (stylized “NOMAD”) art bus and work from OK! Transmit, Noelle Mason, Eric Ondina, and Heather Rosenbach, at the Ringling through Sept 26. Last but not least, the Tampa Museum of Art showcases work from 17 Tampa Bay-based artists in their version of “Skyway.” Through Oct. 10. Catch a glimpse of Florida’s fossils before they’re gone Ever wonder what Florida looked like millions of years ago? Thanks to “Tusks to Tails,” you can now sneak a glimpse into Florida’s distant past through its fossil record. Giant beavers, sharks and whales! Oh
my! Through Jan. 16. Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Water St., Tampa. tampabayhistorycenter.org Periphery Media brings the art of recovery to QUAID Gallery Living through a pandemic is rough, which is why Clay Hollenkamp and Shelby Baerwalde’s “AIRShow,” sponsored by USF’s Humanities Institute, is particularly relevant now. It features work from 24 central Florida-based artists on the theme of recovery. That’s what the AIR in AIRShow stands for— Artists In Recovery. It can be recovery from anything—illness, a painful ordeal, or the trauma that comes with living through a pandemic. “This is an exhibition that we have been planning since the founding of Periphery Media in 2018,” says Co-Creative Director Baerwalde in a press release. “AIRShow was planned for 2020 but was postponed due to COVID. We believe the stories of recovery told through these pieces of art are even more impactful now.” Plant City artists Hollenkamp and Baerwalde created Periphery in 2018 out of a desire to bring conceptual art to a creative continued on page 39
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continued from page 37 scene dominated by country landscapes and strawberry-themed artwork. They realized this goal in 2019 at Plant City’s Bing House Museum, where they hosted an exhibition featuring narrative artwork focused on marginalized communities. We look forward to seeing what the duo brings to Seminole Heights. Opening reception with hors d’oeuvres, mocktails by Hunni Events, and live music by singer/songwriter duo Complacent Friday, Aug. 20, 6 p.m. Also open Aug. 21-22, and Aug. 28, noon-5 p.m., and by appointment Aug. 23-27. QUAID, 5128 N Florida Ave., Tampa. @QUAIDgallery on Facebook More Air At WTR Cooler Studio, “AIR” does stand for “artist in residence,” and the new downtown Tampa creative space has a new one every month. August’s artist is Tampa photographer Mykell Green who’ll display the body of work they created at WTR Cooler—which donates 10 hours of studio time to its AIRs—before September when a new artist moves in. 725 N Franklin St., Tampa. wtrcooler.studio —Ray Roa Heightened Senses Labyrinth Studios’ monthly meetup has become a must do for Seminole Heights, and its creative powers seem to know no boundaries. The gathering never feels too specifically one thing, but there’s always music, live art and this really overwhelming sense that something special is being cultivated at the shop. Your next chance to feel it is next Thursday, Aug. 26. Heightened Senses: Women’s Equality Day w/all-star band feat. Shevonne Philidor/Juna Serita/Stephanie Perez/ Natalie Depergola. 7 p.m. $10. 4306 N Florida Ave., Tampa. @labyrinth.tampa on Instagram—Ray Roa Fairgrounds officially opens Hey, remember when we talked about how Fairgrounds was probably going to become the hottest summer art attraction in Tampa Bay back in June? Well, it’s finally opening for reals now. On Sept. 2. We promise. Get your tickets and memberships at fairgrounds.art. 2606 Fairfield Ave S, St. Petersburg
Welcome to the jungle As much as we love thoughtful conceptual art at CL, sometimes we just want to see some pretty pictures of animals. Lucky for us, there are at least two opportunities to do so this fall. And, coincidentally, the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s “Beasts and Burdens” and Mize Gallery’s “Critters” both open on the same day in September. Works selected for “Beasts and Burdens” at DFAC, curated by Nathan Beard, go beyond superficial pictures of animals to look at human interactions with nature and the role animals play as symbols for our needs, desires, fears and joys in art. Adonna Khare’s mural-sized pencil sketches of animals are sure to impress. Mize recruited 70 artists, and each was
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“Critters.” Sept. 2021. MIZE Gallery, 689 Dr M.L.K. Jr St N unit c, St. Petersburg. Derek Donnelly celebrates graffiti and skate deck art at Cove Summer may be over, but Derek Donnelly’s planning some hot street art shows at Cove (stylized “COVE”) in Pinellas Arts Village, beginning with “Always Grindin’: A Celebration of Skate Deck Art” set for Saturday, Aug. 28 (4 p.m.-10 p.m.) The following month, he hosts “Letterheadz,” an exhibition of graffiti letters, during Pinellas Arts Village’s 4th Saturday block pARTy Sept. 25. But don’t limit your Pinellas Arts Village visit to just Cove, especially on a 4th Saturday in Pinellas Park. Plan to spend some time at the Studios at 5663 as well. 5705 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park. @saintpaint on Facebook Things get a little scary at Pinellas Arts Village John Gascot’s spooking up the Studios
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Florida outsider art comes to the Tampa Museum of Art Florida author/photographer Gary Monroe has written a lot of great books about art made in the Sunshine State over the years, so it’s not terribly surprising that he’s amassed a sizable collection of Florida art along the way. Not surprising, but definitely exciting. Especially considering that a good chunk of his collection is on display at the Tampa Museum of Art starting this November. “An Irresistible Urge to Create: Florida Outsider Art from the Monroe Family Collection.” Nov. 4, 2021-May 22, 2022. Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa. tampamuseum.org Mize-erhood Mize Gallery also put out a call for artful depictions of Tampa Bay neighborhoods. If you love this place as much as we do, you’ll want to see “Neighborhood.” November 2021, MIZE Gallery, 689 Dr M.L.K. Jr St N unit c, St. Petersburg. @mizegallery on Facebook “Home is Anywhere you Hang Your Head” We briefly mentioned this show in July, as Tempus Projects Founder Tracy Midulla moved Tempus into a new temporary space on N. Florida Ave., but it bears repeating. Due to pandemic displacement, “Home is Anywhere you Hang your Head” will be the largest exhibition Tempus has hosted in over a year. The exhibition, which ill arrive this fall, combines artwork, housewares and furniture. “I am so excited about this exhibition,” Midulla told CL back in July. “Just the opportunity to show some large pieces alongside some things that are functional in the home. I think it’s really great.” “It’s also become this exhibition that I kind of chuckle at...The fact that it was slated for March of 2020, and it was home-themed, and it got locked away because we were all locked away in our homes… And then it’s titled, ‘Home is Anywhere you Hang Your Head,’ and Tempus [was temporarily] without a home,” Midulla added. “It’s become this weird self-fulfilling prophecy of an exhibition that’s now being housed in a temporary space. So really, home really is anywhere we hang our heads. I think it’s just really beautifully appropriate…” Exact dates TBD. Tempus Projects, 4220 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. tempus-projects.com
MAKES SENSES: Masks are still requested at Labyrinth’s ‘Heightened Senses’ monthly. assigned a different animal, from dolphins to love bugs to squirrels. Participating artists include Joey Vitale (inchworm), Diane Radel (hippo), The Peach Moon (heron), and Alicia Campos Massó (ant) among others. “Beasts and Burdens.” Sept. 17-Dec. 23. Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd, Dunedin. dfac.org
at 5663 this October. He’s currently enlisting volunteers to help with makeup, prop building, and scaring the shit out of people. OK, maybe not scaring the shit out of people. Pinellas Arts Village events tend to lean more family-friendly so let’s not go overboard. Oct. 15-16, 22-23, 29-31. Studios at 5663, 5663 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park. @Studios5663 on Facebook
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Beast mode
Make time for local theater this fall, too. By Jennifer Ring
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ver the last few weeks online, and in print, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay has highlighted the ramping up of Tampa Bay’s theater scene. This issue’s cover is from American Stage’s clopening performance of “Romeo & Juliet,” and Tampa Repertory Theatre announced its five-production 2021-2022 season, too. Here’s another handful of theater happenings that might’ve flown under you radar. “Evil Dead the Musical” comes to Stageworks in Tampa There’s nothing funnier than a harmless musical turned bloodbath, which is why we look forward to seeing “Evil Dead the Musical” at Stageworks this fall. Laugh and sing along as a bunch of reckless college students accidentally release a legion of demons into the woods of Morristown, Tennessee. Recommended for fans of horror comedies like “The Ghostbusters’’ and “Anna and the Apocalypse.” Oct. 14-31. Stageworks, 1120 E Kennedy Blvd Suite no. 151, Tampa. stageworkstheatre.org Broadway (and Jobsite) returns to Straz Center There are several reasons to catch a show at the Straz this fall. First of all, Broadway returns with productions of “Tootsie,” “Cats” and “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.” You have to buy season tickets to see them, so it’s kind of a package deal, but certainly a
good way to cheer yourself up this year if you have the means. If you can’t afford Broadway, perhaps a Jobsite Theater show fits into your budget. The company stages three productions this fall and winter: “Dr. Ride’s American Beach House” (Oct. 1-10)—which combines friendship with sexual frustration as three women talk about love, sex and spaceflight on a St. Louis rooftop—“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (Oct. 22-Nov. 14) and “Romeo and Juliet” (Jan. 14-Feb. 6). 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa. strazcenter.org Step into a fairy tale at St. Pete’s freeFall theatre. Actually, you’ll be stepping into contemporary retellings of nine different fairy tales if you buy a ticket to freeFall’s adaptation of Francesca Lia Block’s bestselling book, “The Rose and the Beast,” which is more of an experience than a play. Yes, there’s a narrative, but there are also nine different spaces for guests to walk through and interact with, one for each fairy tale. freeFall’s “The Rose and the Beast” marries set design and technology for a unique theatre experience like none I’ve experienced in Tampa Bay thus far. Download the Zappar app on your phone, pack your headphones and wear comfortable shoes. Extended through Aug. 29. freeFall Theatre, 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg. freefalltheatre.com
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have experienced bouts of homelessness over this past year which I’m both ashamed to say and feel is important to talk about. I remember growing up my mom would exclaim, “you look like a homeless!” whenever my hair looked unkempt or if I carried a lot in my shoulder bag. Now looking back, that statement was simultaneously working as a reprimand, deterrent and ill-fated prediction. No parent wishes for their child to become homeless, in fact it seems that most of our efforts as human beings is to avoid it at all costs. The mark of a responsible and moral citizen seems to be the ability to pay for your own shelter. And those who have trouble doing so, well, there’s something wrong with them. What’s wrong with those people? Can’t they just go out and get a job? Make some use of themselves and do something positive? Before I experienced my recent and on-going transient status, I was working 7 days a week, juggling multiple part-time jobs and gigs in addition to writing and voluntarily operating a youth program. Twelve hour days were my norm. And I enjoyed being that productive. Then when the pandemic shutdown happened, I had to slow down. I worked less and reflected more, which is what I needed. I also
soon became physically ill, a condition that had flared up under the stress, leaving me largely bed-bound. Thankfully I was able to medically address the issue over time and recover, coming out the other side with a newfound focus on my well-being. This focus on my well-being included my mental health, for which I took the action to move out on my own after having rented the same room in someone’s home for almost 10 years. It soon became clear that I could not afford to get my own place, the housing prices forcing me to live with others or be homeless. So I did a bit of both, mostly staying with friends and family or renting a temporary room, with occasional days of staying outdoors. It is a humbling experience to not have a stable place to live. The uncertainty of this nomadic existence is one that I give respect to the ancestors, but one that doesn’t work in our modern society, unless you’re traveling for work. And maybe in some way, I was. While I recognize the value I can extract from the experience, I don’t wish homelessness on anyone. The most basic rights that we are entitled to as human beings are food, clothing and shelter. And unfortunately, this shelter part is eluding millions of us.
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n iconic South Tampa home with ties to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Buccaneers, and the city’s smallest public park is now on the market. Located at 1001 Bayshore Blvd., the Dutch Colonial home is currently owned by former Tampa Bay Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon and his wife Jaye. Maddon, known for his thick-rimmed glasses, was with the Rays from 2006-2014, and purchased the home in 2012 for $1,760,000. According to Tampa Bay History Center Director Rodney Kite-Powell, property records show the home was first built in 1919 by Henry E. Snow, Sr., and his wife, Bessie. Though the home’s listing agent, Susan Vaughn of Coastal Properties Group, says the home was built two years earlier. “Snow owned a wholesale grocery company, Snow-Bryan Co., with T. Ed Bryan, but he was also a city councilman,” said Kite-Powell in an email to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “One of his committees was the parks committee, which
I mention only because the smallest park in the city, and possibly in the whole country, is Snow Park, at the apex of Kennedy Boulevard and Grand Central Avenue. He also had the unfortunate luck of dying on the same day as David P. Davis, so Davis got the big headline.” The historic house has had quite a few owners since, but one if the more famous occupants was certainly the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first head coach John McKay. McKay led the creamsicle Bucs from 1976-1984, and purchased the home with his wife “Corky” from the team in 1985 for just $350,000. The 5,403-square-foot estate is now asking $3,900,000. The completely updated main house features four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, two wood-burning fireplace, a library and a sun room. The property also comes with a detached guesthouse and media room, a three-car garage, a salt pool and an outdoor kitchen. See more via cltampa.com/magazine.
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Better Than This w/Rohna/Taverns/ Coastals/Mak Promoter Andres Hernandez put together a playlist of the bands playing at the all-ages “Indie Night” show, and more organizers should take his lead. “Dance Party” by Better Than This is an awesome ‘80s-new-wave-but-sort-of-surf-rock delicious treat with monotone-ish vocals in a good Dead Milkmen-way. And then there’s Rohna, which rocked the Ybor venue earlier this year with its debut album The Beautiful Ordinary. Taverns’ song “Julia” has an amazing Housemartins-Brit pop thing happening, and the surfy-spacey Coastals and Mak (formerly The Mak Brothers) round out the stellar talent. So thanks for the playlist Andres—I went from a bunch of bands that I barely knew to having five new bands I can’t wait to hear live. (Orpheum, Ybor City) C Freestyle Explosion:Throwback Jam w/Lisa Lisa/Stevie B./Exposé/George Lamond/more It’s a damn shame, but you can’t bring your roller skates to this monstrous throwback show where TKA K7, Debbie Deb, Trinere, Pretty Poison, Montell Jordan, Tag Team and 69 Boyz are also on the bill. (Amalie Arena, Tampa)—Ray Roa Lucki w/Pasto Flocco/22Gz Chicago rapper Lucki—formerly Lucki Eck$—brings his “Almost There” tour to a North Tampa stripmall venue Friday night for a 16-and-over show. The 25-year-old got noticed when his 2013 Alternative Trap mixtape dropped and has since worked with Chance the Rapper, FKA Twigs, Danny Brown, and Earl Sweatshirt. Considered a conscious rapper, Lucki is not just about making beats and money, he’s a lo-fi storyteller rapping about his depression, drug abuse and other real-life flaws. He’s also not some caricature of himself, and even goes by the name he was born with (Lucki Camel Jr.). Far Rockaway’s Pasto Flocco—who just dropped the single “R2”—joins Lucki on the tour with 22Gz. (Pegasus Lounge, Tampa) Rehasher w/Rutterkin/Bargain Bin Heroes/Animal Person Less Than Jake bassist and co-lead singer Roger Lima started his side-project Rehasher in 2002, keeping that same Gainesville pop-punk sound but making it a little harder and
removing the horns. St. Pete punk band Rutterkin, South Florida ska-punk Bargain Bin Heroes plus a solo set from Animal Person fill out the stacked let’s-get-ready-for-Fest bill. There’s no doubt the dance floor will be crowded during this high-octane show, so wear a mask. You don’t want the delta variant making a meme out of your fall plans. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa) C Skinny McGee and his Mayhem Makers It’s the best of both worlds when Winter Haven’s Skinny McGee and his Mayhem Makers play at the Seminole Heights restaurant—the retro tunes make you feel like you’re at a show in the ‘50s, but luckily it’s 2021 because, you know, social justice reform and smashing the patriarchy. The rockabilly trio sings Johnny Cash-esque, greased-up jailhouse numbers with vocal vibratos to boot. Plus, an upright bass is sure to get your toes tapping at the free show—just ask a server before you start moving furniture around to make room to dance. And wear a mask. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
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C 22Gz It’s been a minute since thid Ybor club had a big show on our radar but it picked up a good one with Flatbush rapper Jeffrey Mark Alexander, aka 22Gz, who just played Miami’s Rolling Loud. The Brooklyn drill pioneer just released The Blixky Tape 2, and its single “Twirlanta” shows his massive talent; there’s a reason the video has almost 7 million views. Alexander plays at Orlando’s Soundbar on Sunday if you want another chance to see him, and Wild 94.1-FM personality Buckwheat hosts the Tampa show. If you want VIP, skip Eventbrite and call the club. (Club Skye, Ybor City C BAT: The Music Of Meat Loaf w/ Caleb Johnson “American Idol” winner Caleb Johnson sings the music of Meat Loaf, backed by the singer’s band Neverland Express. Johnson has big vocal shoes and stage presence to fill, but from the looks of it the 30-year-old holds his own and even looks the part. The real Meat Loaf, Michael Lee Aday, is 73 and hasn’t toured since 2016—it’s not confirmed if he’s done performing—but the production and band is fully endorsed by him. The show is half-capacity and tickets are sold in pairs. Masks optional only for the vaccinated. Personally I would do anything for love—except go maskless. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
indie-rockers—imagine a spaced-out Band of Horses—have a new self-titled album out, the band’s first release in five years, and it was worth the wait. Orlando’s Timothy Eerie opens with psychedelic-pop. (Union Hall, Lakeland) Seven Kingdoms w/Withering Earth/ The Prosecution Catch Deland power metal outfit Seven Kingdoms before it heads out on a national tour in September. Sabrina Valentine’s vocals cut through the heaviness like an angelic knife, giving off a more-rocking Evanescence vibe—check out the cover of Heart’s “Barracuda” to hear the talent. And yes, the band’s moniker comes from “Game of Thrones” but the books not the TV (the band formed four years before the HBO series). Viking-themed outfit Withering Earth and Tampa’s “melodious, yet crushing” The Prosecution open. Masks are required for this show, vaxxed or not. “While you are allowed to remove your mask while drinking, masks must otherwise remain on while inside the venue. Refusal to comply with the venue’s policy risks you being asked to leave the venue without refund.” (Orpheum, Ybor City)
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award-winning musician wanted to record, he told the New York Times. On it, the band covers 10 of his son Justin Townes Earle’s songs as a tribute after the Justin overdosed in August last year. Earle wrote the 11th song on the release, “Last Words,” and, holy fuck, its heartbreaking. The Americana-countryfolk-rock band’s 2020 album Ghost of West Virginia is another doozy about the “Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 men in that state in 2010.” It’s going to be an emotional night all-around, I’d bring tissues. Masks are recommended for everyone, required if you’re not vaccinated. Tickets are sold in pairs, so bring someone you can cry on. (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
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C Mischief Monday: Mannie Fresh w/ DJ Ku/Buckwheat Resident DJ Ku and Mischief Monday recently booked Riff Raff for their weekly hip-hop party, but landing Mannie Figgie Fresh is Big Tyme. The 52-year-old is Southern hip-hop royalty and recently teamed up with a dating app to rework Cash Money Records classic “Back That Azz Up” into “Vax That Thang Up,” which we 100% hope gets played at this venue following all local and state guidelines. (The Ritz, Ybor City)—Ray Roa
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With just his loop pedal and acoustic guitar, Ed Sheeran will serenade Tampa Bay at the NFL season kickoff game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 9. The 30-year-old songwriter will perform at 7 p.m. in the 2021 Kickoff Experience at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. The Kickoff Experience, presented by EA Sports Madden NFL 22, begins at noon and features football-themed interactive games and photo opportunities. The kickoff experience is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. The NFL OnePass app is required for admission. His performance will air on NBC, on the NFL Network’s pregame coverage and on a live stream at the NFL’s Facebook page, website and app. See Josh Bradley latest listing of new concert announcements below.—Katie Delk House of I w/Viewers Like You/His/ Hem Friday, Aug. 27. 8 p.m. Free. Hooch and Hive, Tampa Glass House Point w/The Forum/Speak Easy Friday, Sept. 3. 8 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa Ajeva w/Tropico Blvd. Saturday, Sept. 4. 8 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa BadCameo Wednesday, Sept. 15. 8 p.m. Free. Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg The Disco Biscuits Sunday, Sept. 19. 6 p.m. $37.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Displace w/Guavatron Friday, Sept. 24. 8 p.m. $15-$20. Crowbar, Ybor City The Lonely Ones (Formerly BOBABLEX) w/Seven Year Witch/more Friday, Oct. 8. 7 p.m. $12. Brass Mug, Tampa
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Mwiza Friday, Oct. 8. 7:30 p.m. Free. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
Dave Koz And Friends Christmas Tour Saturday, Nov. 27. 8 p.m. $37-$200. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Jay Electronica Saturday, Oct. 9. 9 p.m. $30. Crowbar, Ybor City
Trace Adkins Wednesday, Dec. 1. 8 p.m. $60-$155. Hard Rock Event Center, Tampa
The Hails w/The Polar Boys Thursday, Oct. 14. 8 p.m. $13. Crowbar, Ybor City
D.R.U.G.S. Sunday, Dec. 5. 7:30 p.m. $22. Crowbar, Ybor City
Poppy Friday, Oct. 15. $22.50-$499.99. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Adam Trent Thursday, Dec. 30. 7 p.m. $28.75-$53.75. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Wavves Friday, Oct. 15. 7 p.m. $23-$40. Orpheum, Ybor City
Chubby Checker Friday, Jan. 28. 8 p.m. $35-$75. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
Beach Fossils w/Wild Nothing Monday, Oct. 18. 8 p.m. $25-$50. The Ritz, Ybor City
ABBA Mania Tuesday, Feb. 22. 7:30 p.m. $20.50-$49.50. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
Carnifex w/Enterprise Earth/Ov Sulfur Monday, Oct. 18. 6 p.m. $16. Crowbar, Ybor City Joe Buck Yourself Friday, Oct. 22. 7 p.m. $13. Brass Mug, Tampa
Ben Platt w/Jake Wesley Rogers Saturday, Feb. 26. 8 p.m. $45.75 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa
Jon Snodgrass & His Buddies w/Rad Owl/Reconciler Thursday, Oct. 28. 7:30 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Sepultura w/Sacred Reich/Crowbar/Art Of Shock Saturday, Mar. 26. 7 p.m. $25$50. Orpheum, Ybor City
The Mersey Beatles Thursday, Oct. 28. 7:30 p.m. $25-$37. Hough Hall at the Palladium, St. Petersburg
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Game over By Dan Savage
Is it ever OK to stop being GGG? I’ve been with my husband for 26 years. Shortly after we got together, my husband disclosed a major kink: MFM threesomes. I was young and a virgin and up for anything then, but we didn’t start hooking up with other men until around year six of our relationship. Over the last 20 years we’ve been onand-off with this. We had children, we took a break, and we found the time to go wild now and then. My husband’s interests expanded into dominance play—owning me and sharing me—but I’m in my late-40s now and my husband is in his 50s. I’m approaching menopause and my sex drive has decreased. There were also instances where I was basically sexually assaulted—or at the very least, my boundaries were not respected on more than one occasion. Long story short, I want to be done being kinky. I want my body to be mine. My husband and I have been having other marital problems, and he thinks my rejection of his kinkiness is a rejection of him. I’ve told him I’m still interested in sex, I’m just tired of being GGG. He says he isn’t interested in vanilla sex with me because he is “disappointed.” When I told him to outsource his kink, he said, “Good luck finding that as a married man.” Am I ever allowed to retire from his kink? Am I the asshole here?—My Years Being Obedient Done
is a subjective standard, of course, and we all get to decide for ourselves what may or may not be reasonable. Back to you, MYBOD. A kink for MMF threesomes is not a thing for feet or light spanking. It’s a big ask. And if your husband knew he needed MMF threesomes to feel sexually fulfilled, sharing that when he did—early in the relationship—was the right thing for him to do. He laid his kink cards on the table before you got married, before you had kids, and when you could easily walk away. You didn’t walk away. You told him you were open to the idea—you told him you were one of those rare “up for anything” virgins—and he didn’t rush you into anything. Six years went by before you had your first threesome. And while MMF threesomes probably aren’t something you would’ve sought out on your own, MYBOD, I’m hoping you enjoyed some of them—you know, the ones that didn’t involve boundary violations so egregious that you experienced them not as sexual adventures you were having with your husband, but as sexual assaults your husband participated in and Jesus Fucking Christ on the Cross. In all honesty, MYBOD, I’m having a hard time getting past those boundary violations. But seeing as you got past them— seeing as you’re still interested in being with your husband—I’m going to continue to assume he somehow made things right and advise you accordingly. If he didn’t make things right, disregard my advice and divorce the motherfucker already. Alright, you asked me if you can stop being GGG, MYBOD, and my answer is no. I think you should continue being GGG. That doesn’t mean you have to continue having MMF threesomes with your husband. You can decide you’re done with that—you can take them from the menu permanently—while still being GGG in other ways. You’re also allowed to be done with Dom/sub play. (Your husband never owned you and your body was never his to share. That was naughty dirty talk you indulged in, not a deed of sale you have to honor.) And doing what you’re doing—giving your partner permission to get a specific sexual need met elsewhere—is one way a person can be GGG. There’s this need, this kink
First and most importantly, if your husband stood by and did nothing while your boundaries were violated in front of him—or if he violated your boundaries himself—then there’s an asshole in this marriage, MYBOD, and it ain’t you. But seeing as you’re still with your husband and still interested in having vanilla sex with him, I’m gonna assume your husband recognized how he failed you on those occasions when you were violated and that he’s shown remorse, apologized specifically and profusely, and made whatever changes he needed to make for you to feel safe with him. If he’s done none of those things—if he hasn’t done all of those things—you should leave him. Zooming out for new readers: GGG stands for “good, giving, game.” As in, “good in bed, giving of pleasure, and game for anything—within reason.” I believe we should be GGG for our partners and that our partners should be GGG for us. Being GGG, however, does not mean doing whatever your partner wants. That’s why the final G has always come with that italicized-foremphasis qualifier: “game for anything—within reason.” Being game means recognizing your partner will have sexual interests that you don’t share and being up for giving those things a try—so long as they’re reasonable. “Reasonable”
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of his, that’s important to him—so important he brought up early on—and you met that need for a long time but can’t meet it anymore. But you’re good enough, giving enough, and game enough to give him your blessing to get his kink on with other people. So you haven’t stopped being GGG. You’re being GGG in a different way now. And just as you’re not obligated to have kinky sex with your husband, MYBOD, your husband is not obligated to have vanilla sex with you. If you think he’s withholding sex right now because he’d disappointed, well, maybe you can see how it might be disappointing and give him a little time to get over it. But if, on the other hand, you think he’s withholding sex to manipulate you into having threesomes again, MYBOD, that’s a deeply shitty thing to do and you should leave him. P.S. Please show this to your husband, MYBOD: Dude. GET OVER YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT ALREADY. You had a good run. I hope you’re grateful and I hope you found some way to make up for boundary violations. Assuming you did: The sooner you stop fucking sulking and start fucking look-
ing, the sooner you’ll find couples seeking male thirds. And you know those couples are out there because you and your wife used to be one of those couples. And far from being a stumbling block, the fact that you’re married is a selling point for many couples seeking thirds. (A married or partnered man is seen as less threatening for obvious reasons.) And I don’t know if you’ve been online recently, but hot daddies are very much in demand these days, and dominant daddies get a lot of play. Your wife isn’t taking your kink from you. She’s telling you to get this need met
elsewhere. You are not being wronged. Stop being a baby and an ingrate. Jesus! I’m freshly out of a relationship and new to Grindr and I’m realizing that for me to get hard, I need slow kissing, I need to vibe to music, and especially need a soft touch on my dick. Too many guys pull on it with no lube and that makes me go soft. Slowly kissing to a chill song is my jam. Also, my dick is sensitive near the bottom of the shaft and I need wet fingers to go all the way down to the base of my dick in order to come. Is there a quicker way to describe this? Is low-on-the-shaft stimulation called something? Is there a term for this or a name for me? Or do I need to send a paragraph to all the tricks I message?—Very Into Being Erect That’s called the way you like it, VIBE. Alternately, it’s called what works for you, what makes your dick hard, and what gets you off. The precise way you like it—the kissing that works for you, the music that puts you in the mood, the spot on your dick that puts you over the edge—doesn’t have a name, VIBE, and it doesn’t need one. But who knows? By this time next week, the way you like it could have a name and a pride flag and a bunch of online cis het allies ready to shout down anyone who isn’t convinced the slow-kiss-me-vibe-to-chillmusic-touch-the-baseof-my-lubed-up-cock community needed a name and its own float in the pride parade. But just as you don’t really need a pride flag, VIBE, you don’t need to send a FAQ and an NDA to each potential trick you message on Grindr. All you gotta do is tell the guy who shows up at your apartment that you’re into soft kissing—the music you like can already be playing—and then show him how you like your dick stroked. The guys yanking your dick without lube aren’t trying to make you go soft. They’re making their best guess about what might work for you, a guess most likely informed by what works for them and other guys. I promise you, VIBE, the guys from Grindr aren’t pulling on your dick maliciously. Quite to the contrary, VIBE, your gentleman callers are pulling on your dick with the best of intentions. Offer those gentlemen some cheerful, constructive feedback in the moment, VIBE, and most will start stroking your dick just the way you like it. Contact mail@savagelove.net, follow @FakeDanSavage on Twitter and bookmark savagelovecast.com.
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P.D.Q. BACH COMPOSES HIMSELF by Merl Reagle NOTE: P.D.Q. Bach, “the last son of Johann Sebastian Bach,” was (on a good day) the most drunk and debauched member of the Bach family, but that didn’t stop him from being a truly mediocre composer. Actually, he’s the subject of a long-standing put-on by classical composer Peter Schickele, and all of the theme answers in this puzzle are taken either from P.D.Q.’s “definitive biography” or from the many “authentic” recordings performed by Schickele himself. 1 4 8 12 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 30 32 33 39 41
ACROSS Zodiac zoo member Island E of Java On vacation 15 Down’s guys “Lively, on the piano,” to P.D.Q. Bach Sheer linen fabric German town near where P.D.Q. Bach is buried Docking perils Tired “This ___ inform you ...” Hollywood Jose Comes clean? Oklahoma city Will was one Forsyth’s The ___ File Foot part “Moderate in tempo,” to P.D.Q. Bach To blame Pernell Roberts role 1
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