Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay alternative weekly. News, reviews, food, events, opinion, snark.

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Review: In St. Pete, dad band Dinosaur Jr. lets the instruments speak to a sold out State Theatre (w/photos)

They shredded our collective eardrums in the process.

If everybody on Facebook looking for tix the night before the show had gotten one, they coulda moved this show to Raymond James.

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Fakin’ it: The fabricated news phenomenon probably isn’t going anywhere — here’s how to fight it

PIZZA PERVS: Comet Ping-Pong, subject of a baseless story about Hillary Clinton’s campaign and a pedophilia ring.Wikimedia CommonsThe 2016 election cycle...

CL’s Kate Bradshaw takes a look at the increasing prevalence of fake news online — and how to combat it.

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OFFICIAL TRAILER - GASP! - 03.31.17 (CL TAMPA)

Gasp! happens March 31st at the Tampa Museum of Art. More info at GASPTAMPA.COM Subscribe to Creative Loafing here: bit.ly/clsubscribe Over 70 artists and pr...

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Like unique cocktails with kick? In honor of CL’s Cocktail Issue, here’s Brandon from Iberian Rooster in St. Pete mixing up an innovative take on the Daiquiri. (Ghost pepper bitters?!)

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In honor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s HighBall event, here’s a unique take on the classic gin and tonic, courtesy of Tampa’s Mise en Place.

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This locally-designed 'Nasty Woman' shirt could be at your doorstep before Election Day

There's a unisex option, too, boys.

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Horrifying new PETA sting video shows abuses of animals, including baby tigers, at Dade City's Wild Things

A screen grab from the video.Not that any of us needed another reason to be outraged and/or depressed these days, but a new undercover video taken at a loc...

Another area animal facility has garnered PETA’s ire.

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The real reason men won't give up their utility shorts.

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CL at ACL: LCD Soundsystem, Margo Price, HAIM and more at Austin, Texas' Zilker Park

Gallant, Amanda Shires, Domo Genesis plus more

We sent photog Tracy May to ACL, here are just some of the moments he captured.

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Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in Safety Harbor

Despite possible Alex Jones-related scumbaggery, the crowd welcomed the former president, who was on the stump for his wife.

The potential First Dude had a lot to say about building up the American economy, and some protestors had a little to say about allegations of sexual assault.

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On the Sauce: Halloween drinks to die for (part one)

Bloody good vampire-themed shots and a cocktail that would make Dracula drool.

Spooky ooky boozy

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A conversation with Ferran Adria

Ferran Adrià, whose Dalí exhibition is open, talks creative process, his favorite pairing and more.

The game-changing Spanish chef and restauranteur has a new exhibit at St. Pete’s Dali museum celebrating his unique culinary vision.

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Local kennel under fire after PETA video shows systemic abuse of dogs

It's a dramatic video, one that makes your blood boil — if you can stomach the whole thing.Dogs being held in tiny cages in the sun, ravenously lapping u...

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Sh*t Happened 10/6/16: Bald eagle injured while eating roadkill obviously some sort of metaphor

Happy Hurricane Matthew Landfall Day! You know there are, like, a dozen really stoned dudes with surfboards on the other side of the state who actually thi...

Yep.

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2016

An election-year cavalcade of the Bay area's finest and favorites — selected by us and you.

This year’s Best of the Bay is here! Readers’ Picks! Critics’ Picks! Shit to argue about! Do it!

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Legendary Florida photographer Clyde Butcher: A profile by Gary Mormino

He turned personal tragedy into a quiet crusade to save Florida’s natural landscape.

Read Gary Mormino’s profile of inspiring legendary Florida environmental photographer and activist Clyde Butcher