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Zayd Ayers Dohrn discusses his childhood on the run, and how he explains the Weather Underground to his own kids www.wmnf.org/zayd-ayers-d...
Zayd Ayers Dohrn discusses his childhood on the run, and how he explains the Weather Underground to his own kids
Zayd Ayers Dohrn is a playwright and screenwriter who teaches at Northwestern University, but his childhood was also spent largely on the lam since his parents were Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, ac...
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Thank you all for the kind words, know I will be even slower to respond to you than my already epistolary pace, grateful for every bit of support you've shown us but yes it has been an extremely busy, stressful, exhausting month but also in the immortal words of the Geto Boys: We Can't Be Stopped.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay@cltampabay.bsky.social · last mo.Tampa City Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak says she has breast cancer www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-c...
Save The Garden discusses push to challenge Scientology’s Garden Avenue takeover in downtown Clearwater www.wmnf.org/save-the-gar...
Save The Garden discusses push to challenge Scientology’s Garden Avenue takeover in downtown Clearwater
Downtown Clearwater is synonymous with the Church of Scientology, which is headquartered there. The church itself, and its owners, control an overwhelming proportion of downtown. Over the summer, the ...
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‘She is the reason this country is broken’: Rep. Angie Nixon tells WMNF Tampa why she’s a better candidate than Sen. Ashley Moody www.wmnf.org/she-is-the-r...
'She is the reason this country is broken': Rep. Angie Nixon tells WMNF Tampa why she's a better candidate than Sen. Ashley Moody
Florida Rep. Angie Nixon might be the most-Googled politician on Earth this week, after she earned a double-digit win in her Democratic U.S. Senate Primary last Tuesday. Outfundraised 16-to-1 by retir...
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Rep. Michele Rayner makes her case to voters deciding Florida’s District 16 Senate Seat www.wmnf.org/rep-michele-...
Rep. Michele Rayner makes her case to voters deciding Florida’s District 16 Senate Seat
The primary election for Florida’s District 16 Senate seat is effectively the general, and two powerful women from the Florida House of Representatives are on the ballot: Democratic House Leader Rep. ...
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Mayor Ken Welch joins WMNF to make his pitch to keep leading St. Petersburg www.wmnf.org/mayor-ken-we...
Rep. Fentrice Driskell makes her case to voters deciding Florida’s District 16 Senate Seat www.wmnf.org/rep-fentrice...
Rep. Fentrice Driskell makes her case to voters deciding Florida’s District 16 Senate Seat
Voters in Hillsborough and Pinellas County have quite a few important decisions in front of them on this summer’s primary ballot, and one of them is who’ll succeed outgoing Florida State Senator Darry...
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ProPublica’s Pamela Colloff discusses death row ahead of ‘Catch The Devil’ book talk in St. Pete www.wmnf.org/propublicas-...
ProPublica’s Pamela Colloff discusses death row ahead of ‘Catch The Devil’ book talk in St. Pete
In 2026, Florida has already executed 10 people, more prisoners than every other state in the country combined. Last year, the state executed 19 people. Next week, two executions could happen on the s...
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Always honored when something I write makes a band bio. Thanks, Hovercar.
You ever get so frustrated about paying for public records requests that you ask friends to make a beer to help you fund them? Yeah, neither do we. See you Corner Club on June 10 for the first "Tips For Tips." www.cltampa.com/food-drink/f...
Creative Loafing releases new ‘Breaking Brews’ beer to fund public records requests, launches local bar tour
While some publications are using AI bots to adapt to today’s challenging media landscape, Tampa Bay’s free, independent and locally-owned alternative
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Tampa will once again dye the Hillsborough River green, despite concerns from environmentalists www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-w...
Tampa will once again dye the Hillsborough River green, despite concerns from environmentalists
The Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida on March 15, 2025. Each spring, the Hillsborough River glows an unnatural shade of green as part of Tampa’s River
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Tampa photographer turns backyard spring into underwater portrait studio www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-p...
Tampa photographer turns backyard spring into underwater portrait studio
Naugle works primarily with women, crafting dreamlike portraits that resemble watercolor paintings more than traditional photos. Much of this work happens in a natural spring on her property in Semino...
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Call me old-fashioned, but when a newspaper knows the answer to something, editors should acknowledge that in the headline.
Eight people have already filed to be Tampa’s next mayor—hear from six of them www.wmnf.org/seven-people...
Eight people have already filed to be Tampa's next mayor—hear from six of them
Last Monday, Tampa City Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak became the first elected official to file paperwork in the 2027 race for mayor. She’s one of eight names in the race, according to records from Hillsbo...
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Critics of the software say that police contractor company Axon designed the tool to prevent anyone from telling exactly which parts of a report were composed by AI and which were written directly by the officer. www.cltampa.com/news/hillsbo...
Hillsborough sheriff deputies can now use controversial Axon AI for some reports
Axon body cams Deputies are now allowed to use Axon Draft One AI to generate some preliminary police reports, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
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There are so many stories baked into the lineup of Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival, and one belongs to Milovan Dudic. www.cltampa.com/news/clearwa...
Clearwater's no-cover Sea-Blues festival returns this weekend
Milovan Đuđić, better known as Power Jimi. There are so many stories baked into the lineup of Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival, and one belongs to Milovan
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For this no-cover show at The Bends, Enserio and a crew of Sector selectors traverse the world of breaks, techno, electro and experimental club music as a market and Pangolin Pizza pop-up unfolds outside. www.cltampa.com/music-2/st-p...
St. Pete exploration of experimental electro is also a fundraiser for immigrant rights
Taína Enserio (R) Bay area streaming station Sector.FM is good for expanding your horizons, but it was extra spicy on Sundays last year for Taína
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The crowd was plenty hot, too, after opening sets by the U.K’s prince of punk, Frank Turner, and Canadian superstar-in-the-making, Nobro. www.cltampa.com/news/photos-...
Photos: Descendents, Frank Turner and Nobro rock St. Pete
Descendents plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 24, 2026. Milo Aukerman went into the crowd last Tuesday at Jannus Live where he was
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For seven years in Ybor City, there wasn’t a weekly hip-hop party better attended than the one with DJ Fader at the helm. www.cltampa.com/music-2/reun...
Reunion for Masquerade's legendary late-'90s hip-hop night happens Friday in Tampa
DJ Fader For seven years in Ybor City, there wasn’t a weekly hip-hop party better attended than the one with DJ Fader at the helm. Inside Masquerade from
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The Florida lineup skews towards country (Jamey Johnson and Riley Green are among headliners), but veers towards pop (Lauren Daigle) golden oldies (Bill Haley Jr.), R&B (Brian McKnight, Ginuwine), Christian music (Forrest Frank), and rock (The Offspring, Joan Jett). www.cltampa.com/music-2/flor...
Florida Strawberry Festival's 11 days of concerts kicks off Thursday in Plant City
Alabama plays Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia on April 13, 2018. Plant City’s 11-days of live music and strawberries kicks off Thursday with a trio of
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Bay area house scene staple Brian Busto supports on this rare opportunity to dance with someone connected to the birthplace of the American dance music movement. www.cltampa.com/music-2/detr...
Detroit's DJ Holographic to play techno and disco in St. Pete on Friday
DJ Holographic Over Memorial Day weekend, Detroit’s DJ Holographic plays a hometown set at the Motor City’s iconic Movement Festival. For now, the
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By now, any self-respecting rock & roll fan in Tampa should have experienced a Daikaiju show. www.cltampa.com/music-2/daik...
Daikaiju stages Magnanimous Brewing debut this weekend
Daikaiju plays Hooch and Hive in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 3, 2023. By now, any self-respecting rock & roll fan in Tampa should have experienced a
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"I think a lot of bands would have probably broken up after that last record, just because you feel like you’ve gone as far as you can creatively, without just doing straight up noise-rock, or something that no one’s going to have any interest in." www.cltampa.com/music-2/befo...
Before St. Pete concert, Paul Janeway talks St. Paul & the Broken Bones: ‘A lot of bands would have probably broken up’
St. Paul & the Broken Bones After the success of its debut record in 2014, St. Paul and The Broken Bones looked at its music the way many young artists
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New from out Tampa Bay Journalism Project partners @wmnf.org www.cltampa.com/news/hillsbo...
Hillsborough Republican sponsors bill critics call a 'death knell' for rural lands
Rep. Michael Owen, R-Apollo Beach, offers comments during the first meeting of the State Administration Budget Subcommittee in Tallahassee, Florida on
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Rodmon—who joins six other candidates in the race so far—said he also wants to take steps as mayor to empower marginalized communities across the rest of the city. www.cltampa.com/news/paraleg...
Paralegal Tres Rodmon wants to be Tampa's first openly-trans mayor
Tres L. Rodmon Tampa’s 2027 mayoral election is getting crowded, and a paralegal who works at the same firm as presumptive mayoral front-runner Bob
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Well, the race to be Tampa's next mayor just got pretty serious. I'll be updating the post more, but needed to get something out to our printer. www.cltampa.com/news/council...
Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak files paperwork to join Tampa mayoral race
Tampa City Councilwoman outside the Fred B. Karl County Center in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 23, 2026. Voters can stop asking Lynn Hurtak if she's running for
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‘Premier League Mornings Live’ will broadcast from Tampa this spring www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-b...
‘Premier League Mornings Live’ will broadcast from Tampa this spring
(L-R) 'Premier League Mornings Live' hosts Robbie Mustoe, Robbie Earle, Rebecca Lowe and Tim Howard in Orlando, Florida on Jan. 22, 2023. On nearly
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Some of Tampa Bay’s best emergent local bands are also on the bill. www.cltampa.com/music-2/gasp...
Gasparilla Music Festival 2026: GZA, Drive-By Truckers, Jai Wolf and East Nash Grass among nearly 40 new bands on lineup
GZA performs with Wu-Tang Clan at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on June 10, 2025. Late last month, Gasparilla Music Festival unveiled the lineup of
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The two-time mayor defended his big money connections, saying ‘I would do it again 10 times over every day of the week.’ www.cltampa.com/news/bob-buc...
Bob Buckhorn’s mayoral PAC has more than $1.4 million—and most of it comes from development and investment interests
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn speaks at a Hillary Clinton rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in 2015. Bob Buckhorn swears he’s entering the race to succeed
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