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Bill eliminating insanity defense scrapes through first committee stop
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (864+ words) A Florida bill that would eliminate the insanity defense barely squeaked by its first committee hearing Monday amid withering criticisms but only after the bill sponsor promised to make substantial changes. SB 1326would require Florida judges to sentence offenders found guilty…...
Plantapolooza takes over St. Pete's Sunken Gardens this weekend
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (163+ words) Whether you're a passionate plant parent or an enthusiastic brown thumb, you can do some good for Mother Nature while plant shopping this weekend. The fourth annual Plantapolooza celebrates Florida native plants and the people fighting to keep them thriving....
Mise en Place’s new Ybor City location is now open
2+ week, 5+ day ago (578+ words) It's officially time to check out Mise en Place's new, um, place. The Tampa restaurant, founded 40 years ago on Platt Street, said goodbye to its last address on Halloween and quietly reopened a much-anticipated Ybor City location late last year....
Visa issues force cancellation of ‘Tango After Dark’ in Sarasota
2+ week, 5+ day ago (249+ words) On Sunday, Sarasota was supposed to dance. Instead, the curtain won't go up. This wasn't a last-minute paperwork slip. The producing company has a long track record of securing visas for the ensemble. But this time, approvals simply didn't come…...
Florida Democrat files bill that could make speech therapy for stuttering a guaranteed benefit
2+ week, 6+ day ago (328+ words) A new bill in the Florida Legislature would guarantee coverage for stuttering treatment in Medicaid, private insurance, group health plans, and HMOs. The sponsor of the bill says that if passed, it would help remove the stigma associated with the…...
Mac McAnally brings the Coral Reefer Band to St. Pete this month
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (124+ words) Last August, roughly 700 days after the death of its leader, The Coral Reefer Band embarked on its first national tour without Jimmy Buffett. Led by Mac McAnally, a Reefer since 1994, the 13-member band including Will Kimbrough, Scotty Emerick and Nadirah…...
Mason Jennings brings 20th studio LP to St. Pete on Friday
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (185+ words) Mason Jennings has been no stranger to the Bay area, playing everywhere from long-shuttered Seminole clubs (Boomerz Boiler Room, anyone?) to pristine listening rooms like the also-shuttered Attic in Ybor City, and even the, um, also-shuttered State Theatre. Don't worry,…...
‘Mind-expanding’ cosmic-country songwriter Daniel Donato is coming to Largo this spring
3+ week, 1+ day ago (594+ words) Country music always feels best at country bars, and that's exactly what's happening this spring when one of the genre's hottest songwriters comes to the Bay area. In 2023, Rolling Stone called Daniel Donato "Nashville's new guitar hero," and over the…...
‘Beginning of the End’ concert kicks of Crowbar’s final year in Ybor City
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (180+ words) There might as well be a countdown clock above the front door to Crowbar. The storied Ybor City music venue celebrates 20 years in the historic district in 2026, and is quickly approaching its last day open since the lease is set…...
Without irony, Wolf-Face is playing St. Pete's Friends of Strays benefit concert
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (187+ words) Read his 2016 intro letter'and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.'Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay…...