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Pulitzer-winning composer brings Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’ to Opera Tampa for one weekend only www.cltampa.com/arts/pulitze...
Pulitzer-winning composer brings Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’ to Opera Tampa for one weekend only
Robert Wesley Mason as Jack Torrance (R) in 'The Shining.' Some years back, Paul Moravec got a call from the people at the Minnesota Opera. They wanted to
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January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Pulitzer-winning composer brings Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’ to Opera Tampa for one weekend only www.cltampa.com/arts/pulitze...
Six Tampa Bay bands to follow in 2026 www.cltampa.com/music-2/6-ta...
Six Tampa Bay bands to follow in 2026
As 2026 kicks off, a new crop of homegrown artists is pushing past “up-and-coming” and into something more solid: sold-out shows, official releases, and a growing sense that Tampa Bay isn’t just incub...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Six Tampa Bay bands to follow in 2026 www.cltampa.com/music-2/6-ta...
Ortrotasce is Tampa Bay's lord of analog darkwave www.cltampa.com/music-2/ortr...
Ortrotasce is Tampa Bay's lord of analog darkwave
Ortrotasce plays Gasparilla Music Festival's Kiley Amphitheatre stage at Kiley Gardens in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2022. Rooted in darkwave and gothic
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January 30, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Ortrotasce is Tampa Bay's lord of analog darkwave www.cltampa.com/music-2/ortr...
Tampa band Sleeping Pills fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa band Sleeping Pills fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks
Sleeping Pills Sleeping Pills sounds like crawling out of a foggy beach town at midnight. Darker and more jagged than your average post-punk outfit, the
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January 30, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Tampa band Sleeping Pills fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Social Wreckage blends indie-rock and punk to great effect www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Social Wreckage blends indie-rock and punk to great effect
Social Wreckage Social Wreckage blends melodic vocals with heavier, hard-driving instrumentation, landing somewhere between indie-rock and punk without
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January 30, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Tampa's Social Wreckage blends indie-rock and punk to great effect www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Pusha Preme blends rap with electro-soul www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Pusha Preme blends rap with electro-soul
Pusha Preme plays Gasparilla Music Festival at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 16, 2024. A Tampa-centric, self-proclaimed
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January 30, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Tampa's Pusha Preme blends rap with electro-soul www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Miller Lowlifes are the beer-sloshing uncle at the backyard barbecue of pop-punk www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Miller Lowlifes are the beer-sloshing uncle at the backyard barbecue of pop-punk
The Miller Low Lifes play Deviant Libation in Tampa, Florida on March 7, 2025. Miller Lowlifes is the beer-sloshing uncle at the backyard barbecue of
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January 30, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Tampa's Miller Lowlifes are the beer-sloshing uncle at the backyard barbecue of pop-punk www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Seven emerging Tampa Bay artists to watch in 2026 and beyond www.cltampa.com/arts/seven-e...
Seven emerging Tampa Bay artists to watch in 2026 and beyond
The Jan. 29, 2026 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay When former Creative Loafing Editor-in-Chief David Warner decided to feature up-and-coming Tampa bay
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January 30, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Seven emerging Tampa Bay artists to watch in 2026 and beyond www.cltampa.com/arts/seven-e...
Tampa artist Fary Charles channeled rage, disappointment, and a desire to prove himself into his latest solo show www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Tampa artist Fary Charles channeled rage, disappointment, and a desire to prove himself into his latest solo show
Fary Charles (aka Junkyrd) at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Fary Charles emerged from financial hardship with his first
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January 30, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Tampa artist Fary Charles channeled rage, disappointment, and a desire to prove himself into his latest solo show www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Tatiana Mesa Paján was doing well as an artist in Cuba—and had to start over when she fled to Tampa www.cltampa.com/arts/tatiana...
Tatiana Mesa Paján was doing well as an artist in Cuba—and had to start over when she fled to Tampa
Tatiana Mesa Paján at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Tatiana Mesa Paján was an established artist in Cuba before
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January 30, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Tatiana Mesa Paján was doing well as an artist in Cuba—and had to start over when she fled to Tampa www.cltampa.com/arts/tatiana...
Second-act Tampa artist Mary-Helen Horne discovers printmaking while planning her retirement www.cltampa.com/arts/second-...
Second-act Tampa artist Mary-Helen Horne discovers printmaking while planning her retirement
Mary-Helen Horne at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. In 2021, Mary-Helen Horne retired from her corporate job and moved
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January 30, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Second-act Tampa artist Mary-Helen Horne discovers printmaking while planning her retirement www.cltampa.com/arts/second-...
New work from Tampa artist Patrick Carew explores what it means to experience HIV in the post-prep era www.cltampa.com/arts/new-wor...
New work from Tampa artist Patrick Carew explores what it means to experience HIV in the post-prep era
Patrick Carew at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Tampa art insiders know Patrick Carew as the curator of Reverb, a small
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January 30, 2026 at 4:35 AM
New work from Tampa artist Patrick Carew explores what it means to experience HIV in the post-prep era www.cltampa.com/arts/new-wor...
Meet Jesi Cason, St. Petersburg Month of Photography’s Photo Laureate www.cltampa.com/arts/meet-je...
Meet Jesi Cason, St. Petersburg Month of Photography’s Photo Laureate
Jesi Cason at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Jesi Cason emerged from personal branding photography to act as St.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Meet Jesi Cason, St. Petersburg Month of Photography’s Photo Laureate www.cltampa.com/arts/meet-je...
Zack Wittman's latest project documents Tampa's last cigar factories www.cltampa.com/arts/zack-wi...
Zack Wittman's latest project documents Tampa's last cigar factories
Zack Wittman at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. By the time Zack Wittman had the opportunity to photograph Tampa’s cigar
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January 30, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Zack Wittman's latest project documents Tampa's last cigar factories www.cltampa.com/arts/zack-wi...
Tampa artist Clancy Riehm has a busy year ahead of her www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Tampa artist Clancy Riehm has a busy year ahead of her
Clancy Riehm at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. If you shop the popular St. Pete art markets, then you may have already
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January 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Tampa artist Clancy Riehm has a busy year ahead of her www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Here are seven Tampa Bay actors and dancers to know in 2026 www.cltampa.com/arts/here-ar...
Here are seven Tampa Bay actors and dancers to know in 2026
Jai Shanae A simple but profound Sondheim lyric comes to mind when thinking about the seven actors and dancers interviewed for this issue: “No one is
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January 30, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Here are seven Tampa Bay actors and dancers to know in 2026 www.cltampa.com/arts/here-ar...
Polk County's Justin Brock is a powerful mover who’s developing a choreographic style all his own www.cltampa.com/arts/polk-co...
Polk County's Justin Brock is a powerful mover who’s developing a choreographic style all his own
Justin Brock Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s spring arts issue features more than a dozen artists to watch this year and beyond. Meet Justin Brock. His
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January 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Polk County's Justin Brock is a powerful mover who’s developing a choreographic style all his own www.cltampa.com/arts/polk-co...
Tampa actor Max Carley turned his life around and rediscovered theater www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Tampa actor Max Carley turned his life around and rediscovered theater
Max Carley at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s spring arts issue features more than a dozen
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January 30, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Tampa actor Max Carley turned his life around and rediscovered theater www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Tampa actor Lance Markeith Felton is incapable of making a false move—on stage, at the mic, or in the classroom www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
Tampa actor Lance Markeith Felton incapable of making a false move—on stage, at the mic, or in the classroom
Lance Markeith Felton at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s spring arts issue features more than
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January 30, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Tampa actor Lance Markeith Felton is incapable of making a false move—on stage, at the mic, or in the classroom www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-a...
University of South Florida had 107 H-1B visa recipients in FY2025.
Florida weighs state university visa hiring freeze at DeSantis’ request
During a meeting at Florida State University, the overseers of the State University System started discussion on the matter, prompted by President Donald Trump and DeSantis.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
University of South Florida had 107 H-1B visa recipients in FY2025.
So far, the crepes don't fall flat.
Point Chaud opens second cafe in St. Pete Beach
Known for sweet and savory crepes in dozens of variations, Lavazza coffee and lunch bites, the St. Pete cafe opened last September at 1101 4th St S
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January 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
So far, the crepes don't fall flat.
Mackenzie Mclean is a dancer, a teacher—and executive director of the Pinellas Dance Collective www.cltampa.com/news/mackenz...
Mackenzie Mclean is a dancer, a teacher—and executive director of the Pinellas Dance Collective
Mackenzie Mclean Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s spring arts issue features more than a dozen artists to watch this year and beyond. Meet Mackenzie Mclean.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Mackenzie Mclean is a dancer, a teacher—and executive director of the Pinellas Dance Collective www.cltampa.com/news/mackenz...
From local stages to TV ads to Tammi Terrell, Tampa Bay actor Jai Shanae can do it all www.cltampa.com/arts/from-lo...
From local stages to TV ads to Tammi Terrell, Tampa Bay actor Jai Shanae can do it all
Jai Shanae Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's spring arts issue features more than a dozen artists to watch this year and beyond. Meet Jai Shanae. She grew up
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January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
From local stages to TV ads to Tammi Terrell, Tampa Bay actor Jai Shanae can do it all www.cltampa.com/arts/from-lo...
Business alliance posts legal challenge over meeting discussing South Tampa’s Howard Avenue flood relief project www.cltampa.com/news/busines...
Business alliance posts legal challenge over meeting discussing South Tampa’s Howard Avenue flood relief project
Tampa City Council on Jan. 29, 2026. The City of Tampa is presenting an update to the South Howard Flood Relief Project right now at Thursday morning’s
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January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Business alliance posts legal challenge over meeting discussing South Tampa’s Howard Avenue flood relief project www.cltampa.com/news/busines...
Gasparilla Music Festival 2026 lineup: Mt. Joy, Two Friends, Gov’t Mule coming to Tampa in April www.cltampa.com/music-2/gasp...
Gasparilla Music Festival 2026 lineup: Mt. Joy, Two Friends, Gov’t Mule coming to Tampa in April
Mt. Joy Gasparilla Music Festival’s return has a soundtrack. Indie-rock band Mt. Joy, college party guys Two Friends, and jam-rock icon Gov’t Mule are
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January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Gasparilla Music Festival 2026 lineup: Mt. Joy, Two Friends, Gov’t Mule coming to Tampa in April www.cltampa.com/music-2/gasp...