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AAA on Florida gas prices: 'This is some unprecedented pain at the pump'
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has topped $5 in parts of South Florida, while statewide prices hit another record Monday at $4.89, according to the AAA auto club. The...
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A love letter to St. Pete dive bar Wilson's, which closed last weekend after...
Beloved dive bars often share some overlapping characteristics—sticky floors, cheap drinks, windowless rooms, unchanging decor, decades of history—but each one feels unique in its own right. They’re...
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'America's Got Talent' contestant Macey Mac will play Florida Aquarium's...
Music sounds good underwater and you can find out for yourself in downtown Tampa every Thursday this month. Macey Mac will showcase her bluesy, soulful sound at the Florida Aquarium's Tampa Teen Music...
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Ahead of Tampa concert, Styx’s James 'JY' Young talks Hendrix, aerospace...
Some say that Styx is nothing without lead singer Dennis DeYoung, who was booted from the band the same way Jon Anderson was axed from Yes (TLDR: unceremoniously). Be that as it may, two key members...
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Revolution Roller Derby hosts its ‘Non-Er Con’ in Palm Harbor next month
Although Pinellas and Pasco County’s Revolution Roller Derby team can’t travel to Las Vegas for the national RollerCon convention, it won’t stop the group from hosting its own community-focused event...
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St. Pete’s Tombolo Books hosts Pride Writers Panel on Thursday
If you’re looking to queer your book queue this month (or every month) check out the Pride Writers Panel at Tombolo Books on Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. The panel will feature local LGBTQ+ authors...
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Summer show from California punk band Ceremony among best new concerts coming...
Ceremony came up hardcore, but over the past 16 years has since made no effort to ignore impulses to indulge in the sounds of Joy Division and other '80s aesthetics. The evolution of the band has...
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Sports-forward restaurant Walk-On’s opens at Midtown Tampa next week
Run, don’t walk to Tampa Bay’s newest Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux. Under its motto of “Taste of Louisiana,” the national sports bar franchise Walk-On’s makes its latest Bay area debut next week when...
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Hillsborough School Board candidates speaking at Tampa Tiger Bay include an...
On Friday, June 17, Tampa Tiger Bay Club will host five Hillsborough County School Board candidates who are up for election in August. One is deeply involved in a local anti-vaccine group and has...
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'I don’t really know him': Chris Christie mum on strategy against DeSantis in...
Long before they called Ron DeSantis “America’s Governor,” New Jersey’s Chris Christie cut a singular figure of his own. Christie, currently out of elected office, has not ruled out a run in 2024, a...
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Florida's surgeon general is opposed to COVID-19 shots for young children
As the federal Food and Drug Administration weighs approval of COVID-19 vaccinations for children under age 5, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is opposed to the potential change. The FDA's...
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Doechii, Tampa's own 'Swamp Princess,' included in 2022’s XXL Freshman Class
Tampa native Doechii has truly been “been ballin' all day like Brady.” Just look at the cover of XXL this month. The 22 year-old rapper has been selected as one of 12 artists featured in 2022's XXL...
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Florida Jewish congregation sues DeSantis over new abortion law
A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights. The lawsuit,...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth dropped just over 8.5 percent
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth dropped just over 8.5 percent in his third year as the state’s chief executive. Listing the $134,181 he made as governor as his only income, DeSantis reported a net worth...
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Tropical funk-tronic duo Afrobeta plays Tampa on Friday
Miami duo Afrobeta—which is playing Tampa’s West River district on Friday—can go from sweet like a guava pastry to sweaty like 4 a.m. in the club in a heartbeat. Over the years, lyricist-vocalist Cuci...
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Starset’s Tampa show is now at The Ritz, which means more tickets are available
If you were bummed about missing the sold-out Starset show at the new Orpheum location in north Tampa, fret no more. The conceptual Ohio rock band is keeping its Friday, June 17 show in Ybor City due...
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Sauce Boss will sling blues licks and gumbo at free Dunedin concert this weekend
During the pandemic, Bill Wharton—aka Sauce Boss, who’s playing Dunedin on Friday, June 17—had one of the biggest breaks of his life. The gumbo chef/blues guitarist composed the score for “Jimmy...
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Tampa punk elder Too Many Daves returns to the stage on Friday
Living Tampa punk history takes to the American Legion in Seminole Heights on Friday, June 17. If you're mad, blame Too Many Daves, a band featuring three Daves: Titltwheel’s Davey Quinn (who’s...
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After five years away, old-school punk favorite Dead Kennedys returns to St....
It’s been five years since the Dead Kennedys played a Tampa Bay gig, but it’s finally headed back this weekend for a Saturday show at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg. Back then, we weren’t as aware of...
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Sarasota rock band Dream Thing plays free show in downtown Tampa this weekend
Psych-rock” kind of undersells Dream Thing. The Sarasota band—which is playing a free show in downtown Tampa on Saturday—certainly wears fuzz on its sleeve and feels like it just just crawled out of...
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