Trans youth connect with ancient art in trans/clay/body installation in St. Pete
Visitors are invited to make clay offerings to a kiln altar in the gallery, as the student artists did before their pieces were fired.
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening April 18-24
Including Khruangbin, Tommy Prine, Todd Rundgren and more.
ArtisTree Gardens hosts ‘12 Hours For Earth’ concert and market in Ybor City on Monday
The Tampa company wants to make our community sustainable.
Tommy Prine brings ‘This Far South’ to Tampa for Friday concert
The 29-year-old’s debut full-length draws from a collection of private songs that catalog the triumphs and tragedies of his life.
Brooklyn indie-rock band plays St. Pete’s Warehouse District this weekend
Psych-rock band The Venus makes a rare appearance as part of a solid trio of homegrown openers
Tampa rapper Pusha Preme releases new broken-hearted EP on Friday
The record finds Preme in between the Afrobeat of recent work and bringing in alt-R&B influences
Industrial-metal favorite Genitorturers comes home for Easter weekend concert
Rorschach Test opens for the Tampa-born band.
Amid tax talk, some Florida lawmakers want to close ‘loopholes that let giant corporations shift profits’
‘Right now in Florida, multinational corporations are treating our state like an all-you-can-eat buffet.’
Florida House moves bill forward to allow Tampa Bay Downs to host gambling without horse races
The proposal has drawn fierce opposition from breeders, trainers and other people in the horse industry.
Convenience store weed could escape Florida legislative regulation
The proposal to regulate sales of consumable hemp products moves to final committee next week.
Florida is one step closer to officially preventing public water systems from using fluoride
The omnibus proposal would also bar plant-based products from using ‘milk’ and ‘meat’ and ‘egg’ labels.
Trump’s cancellation of environmental justice grants affects communities like St. Pete’s Childs Park
Recently-planted trees helped battle urban heat island effect.
Red Bull’s Dance Your Style returns to Tampa this weekend
Spectators at Armature Works decide who goes to the national finals
Florida Senate advances proposal that would reduce tax revenue by $1.83 billion
Lawmakers are working on a new state budget and a tax package amid broader economic uncertainty
Gov. DeSantis says Florida doesn’t need federal funds to handle disasters
He emphasized that he doesn’t anticipate Trump would eliminate FEMA without the federal government giving grants to the states.
Gov. DeSantis says he’ll veto legislation ending remote work for state agency heads
While the governor’s bashing was aimed at the House, the Senate is also moving forward with the proposal.
DeSantis signs ‘Gulf of America’ bills rewriting state laws, requiring new school materials
Instructional materials adopted or purchased as of July 1 include the Gulf of America name.
Florida Senate leader lays out bill that explores implications of permanently reducing property taxes
The bill directs the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a study to establish a framework to reduce, or eliminate taxes for homesteaded property.
Florida Republicans push law to eliminate tax-funded guaranteed income programs
Lawmakers dubbed the programs ‘socialism’ and ‘a threat to our society.’
Florida House advances bill requiring Florida DEP ‘balancing test’ before considering to drill for oil
The House bill sponsors said that their legislation is a response to a decision last year by the FDEP to permit an exploratory oil well along the Apalachicola River..
Floridians can now file federal taxes on May 1
Big news for procrastinators
Stevie Nicks returns to Tampa this summer
Stand back.
Tampa Bay’s Cross-Bay Ferry stops service this month
Pinellas plans to launch a new ferry this fall.
Cheeky’s raw bar and seafood shack opens this summer on St. Pete’s Central Avenue
Cheeky’s will serve up East Coast oysters, local seafood from the Gulf of Mexico, chowders and more.
St. Pete’s Paradeco Coffee opens new location at SkyBeach Resort
This new addition is part of SkyBeach Resort’s latest wave of renovations since its July 2024 opening.
Trulieve gives almost $20M to Florida’s latest recreational pot effort
Trulieve made about $145 million in contributions to back a recreational marijuana amendment on the 2024 ballot.
Florida’s proposed cell phone driving, and shotgun purchasing, bills among those struggling as end of session approaches
Education and health care bills are also in jeopardy.
$10M donation to DeSantis’ Hope Florida among issues in Florida House probe
The inquiry into DeSantis-administration spending was ordered by House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami.
Tampa Bay Design Week 2025 kicks off Sunday and runs through April 19
It covers St. Pete, Tampa, and even Polk County.
Treasure Island’s Thunderbird to be demolished, ‘Brunched’ returns,Nicko’s is back in St. Pete, and more local food news
Plus the return of Retro House, Taco Week and Keel Farms Blueberry Festival.
Hillsborough County wants to work with DeSantis’ ‘DOGE’ team—and residents can apply to help
Pinellas is getting in on the action, too.
University of South Florida joins list of state universities planning to work with ICE
Four UF students have had visas revoked.
Keel Farms blue it again with blueberry festival running through April
Come hungry for the blueberry shortcake eating contest.
That’s a wrap for EVOS, the health-conscious fast-food chain that started in Tampa
The St. Pete location serves its last organic milkshakes and air baked fries today.
Treasure Island’s Thunderbird resort to be demolished—and rebuilt
The iconic neon sign will be preserved.
Author and humorist David Sedaris comes to Tampa’s Straz Center this fall
You might find the best-selling author getting his daily 21,000 steps in on the Riverwalk.
St. Pete Earth Day celebrations include free fruit trees and a Sunken Gardens scavenger hunt
Might as well celebrate touching grass while we still can.
St. Pete’s Dalí Museum hosts an evening wine and food tasting this month
Just don’t get surreally drunk.
‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race’ fans can cheer on Tampa queen Jewels Sparkles at two local watch parties
She could take home $200,000 and the crown this Friday.
Thomas Nicholas, aka Kevin from ‘American Pie,’ brings his emo band to St. Pete this month
He’ll screen the movie and take a Q&A session, too.
Florida House advances bill allowing parents to claim damages in the wrongful death of a fetus
Democrats’ attempts to allow only the pregnant person to bring suits and to shield people helping someone secure an abortion from the wrongful death suits failed.
MOSI opens America’s second-largest planetarium in Tampa
The new 360-degree shows begin with a live tour of the night sky led by one of MOSI’s astronomers.
