Creative Loafing Tampa — October 13, 2022

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Shine on

St. Pete’s annual mural festival, plus more things to do this weekend.

By Chloe Greenberg

St. Pete’s annual Shine Mural Festival is back in Tampa Bay for its eighth year of diverse specialty art viewings and creative events from Oct. 14-22. The outdoor exhibition will bring 18 new murals, including three community Bright Spot murals and two painted vehicles, to art districts and surrounding neighborhoods of downtown St. Pete.

This year’s event features 13 local artists (like Jeff Williams, Chad Mize, Vitale Brothers, Egypt Hagan, Nneka Jones and Ashley Cantero), four national artists and four international art ists from Miami (Baghead) to Germany (Mad C) to Spain (Marina Capdevila). Nneka Jones, the Trinidadian Tampa-based mixed media artist, will paint a vehicle live outside during a Carmada Art Car event Oct. 15. Jones is known for both large-scale mural work and small-scale textile work and embroidery that comments on social and environmental injustice.

Six of the local artists will be participating in a Bright Spot Community Project, opportuni ties for artists to directly work with community members to create lasting art. Artists will work on these pieces throughout the week before unveiling them at the Shine grand finale.

One of this year’s projects, “Wild Ride,” which happens Oct. 14-18, is a paint-by-numbers mural by St. Pete artist Alyssa Marie that’s open to community help. The project is in partnership with the Florida Wildlife Corridor, which is commissioning 50 murals across the state to raise awareness for its work in the environment. Chad Mize, the playful and sometimes political

St. Pete artist, and others will be repainting the concrete barricades that line Pinellas Trail for

“We are St. Pete” Trail Community Project. This event takes place Oct. 21-22 along the trail near 20th Street South. The festival closes out with a finale Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. There will be custom installations, live paintings, screen printing, performances and more. The event is free to attend – and there’ll be food trucks, beer and wine to celebrate right. Visit stpeteartsalliance. org for more information.

Tampa Theatre’s ‘Nightmare on Franklin Street’ is here

It’s almost time once again. The (probably) haunted Tampa Theatre kicks off the 10-year anniversary of its spookiest special event this weekend. The theater’s annual Halloween series

“A Nightmare on Franklin Street” is set to kick off Friday, Oct. 14 and runs through October with tons of frights and fun for the whole fam ily. With new and returning special events, the 18-night series will be filled with horror classics, creepy cult favorites, guest stars, ghost tours and more Halloween happenings.

Guests can look forward to classic film show ings of “The Shining” “Friday the 13th,” “Hocus Pocus,” “Dead & Buried” and “Ghostbusters” –to name a few. They’re will be plenty of Ghosts of Tampa Theatre Tours, an evening of creepy campfire stories, family-friendly “Mummy & Me” screenings with free entry for kids 12 and under and two screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” More at tampatheatre.org.

COLOR MY WORLD: Kenny Coil and Marc Berenguer’s Shine 2020 contribution.

You da best

Photos by Nick Cardello and Caesar Carbajal

You came, you saw, and you got down in front of the cameras during Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2022 Best of the Bay party at the Hard Rock Event Center inside Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Here are some of the party people we got to rub elbows with last Thursday night. Thanks to all for attending and voting, and congratulations to all the winners for making this such a special night—together we also helped make a $2,200 donation to ongoing Mutual Aid Disaster Relief efforts in the most underserved parts of Southwest Florida. See more photos via cltampa.com/slideshows.—Ray Roa

Storm scorecard

Tampa City Council thanks staff for Hurricane Ian response, but calls for improvements.

By Justin Garcia

Last week, Tampa City Council received details about the city’s response to Hurricane Ian, and called for some improvements while also thanking city staff.

At the Tampa City Council meeting, Fire Chief Barbara Tripp broke down the types of calls for assistance that came in during the pow erful category 4 storm, which turned south last minute, focusing most of its devastating effects on areas south of Tampa.

Still, there was plenty of need for assis tance within city limits, Tripp said, in addition to presenting a document that highlighted the needs of residents who called the storm hotline. According to the document, 1,018 calls were about general information requests. Downed trees accounted for 724 calls, and 359 were about power lines down. The remaining calls were in regards to traffic light issues, power outages, road safety concerns and flooding issues.

The city’s call center also took calls and assisted with questions posed by people who were outside of city limits and in Hillsborough County, she said. Tripp added that code enforce ment visited over 100 facilities to inspect that generators were working properly.

During the rush to protect housed residents and facilities, she said that the city didn’t forget about residents of Tampa HOPE, a homeless shelter located in East Tampa.

“We actually reached out to the vulnerable population of Tampa HOPE residents,” Tripp told council. “Staff transported over 100 resi dents to one of the shelters of Middleton High School throughout the evening, up until the area got to the point where it was unsafe for public safety to respond.”

While city council was appreciative of staff’s efforts during the storm, some said that there could be improvements in the city’s response.

City Councilman Orlando Gudes thanked Tripp for the city’s efforts during the storm, but he said that lines for sandbags could be improved, adding that many low-income people don’t have access to enough gas to wait that long in line. “Two or three hours, that’s a long time to be in line,” Gudes said.

He also said that Tampa Electric Company’s monitoring of power lines could be improved.

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Gudes said that lines that are at-risk of being entangled in trees should be evaluated before storm season. He added that the city’s response toward making sure disabled people are taken care of could be better.

“A lot of those folks were calling out because they had insulin not being refrigerated,” Gudes said. “A lot of issues like that.”

Councilman Guido Maniscalco also said that there should’ve been more sandbag locations and thanked the city administration for looking into opening more in the future.

Councilman Viera pointed out that Tampa’s

Communication between council and the city administration needs to be improved for future storms, said Councilman Bill Carlson.

“It’s my district that would have been the hardest hit,” Carlson said. “I didn’t get a single phone call from anyone. If we can do videos of the mayor and her dog on Bayshore, we can communicate with city council.”

“Communication could be better, but what I’m interested in most is, I know that your teams are getting together and all of you are talking about what didn’t work, and what needs to be improved,” she said to Tripp.

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Carlson also accused the administration of turning the hurricane into an opportunity for political posturing, which got pushback from Councilchair Joe Citro.

She asked that the city deeply examine what happened in areas that were not right on the coast, but that got hit hard. She said the effects felt in some areas that are just off the coast might be similar to what Tampa might experience in the event of a direct hit from a major hurricane.

many volunteer groups could be a match to help out at sandbag locations and other low-risk, prestorm and after storm operations. “I’m going to propose that we look at something like a Tampa Volunteer Corps, or whatever you want to call it,” Viera said.

“No, no, no, no, no, Councilman Carlson, please. Your five minutes are up,” Citro said, ending Carlson’s allotted time for comment.

Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak said that she agreed with a lot of her colleagues’ sen timents and looked forward to what’s next.

Councilchair Citro thanked Chief Tripp and the entire Tampa community for its response fol lowing the storm. “I want to thank everybody in this city who helped everybody else out and thank you to our family, the city employees that were there for the citizens of Tampa,” Citro said.

“It’s my district that would have been the hardest hit.”

TALL ORDER: City Council pointed out the good and bad in Tampa’s response

Ian.

Put me in, guv

Voters ousted a Hillsborough judge. Now he seeks a DeSantis appointment.

By Justin Garcia

Voters didn’t want him on the bench, so now a former judge will ask Governor Ron DeSantis for a place in a different courtroom.

In August, former Hillsborough Judge Jared Smith lost his reelec tion to Judge Nancy Jacobs, after he denied a 17-year-old an abortion over grades. That decision was overturned by an appellate court, which found Smith to have abused his judi cial discretion. Now, the judge has his sights set on a seat on the newly created 6th District Court of Appeals in Lakeland.

Before losing his campaign, Smith also made false claims about local reporting, and was tied to possible campaign law violations.

The appeals court Smith is applying to, which will review judgements made by lower courts, was approved to be cre ated earlier this year, and is set to begin operations on Jan. 1, 2023. Smith is set to interview with the 6th DCA on Oct. 21, 2022, according to a scheduling document from GrayRobinson Law Firm, which is hosting the interviews in Orlando (see the document by visiting this post at cltampa.com/news).

“The Sixth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) will con vene to interview candidates in person for three vacancies on the Sixth District Court of Appeal,” the schedule from GrayRobinson reads.

In an email, Smith declined to comment on his upcoming interview, due to the fact that the interview process is still ongoing.

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The law firm also pointed out that Florida’s past four governors have all been Republican, and have appointed more than 70 district court judges, most of which are still active.

“Currently, Governor DeSantis is running

After the interviews, which includes 33 candidates from Oct. 20-21, the JNC will begin deliberation on which three judges to recommend to DeSantis for appoint ment. “As is with other judicial vacancies, the sitting governor will appoint candidates nomi nated by the Judicial Nomination Commission to fill the vacancy,” the law firm Rumberger Kirk wrote on its website.

for re-election this upcoming November,” Rumberger Kirk wrote. “Governor DeSantis will likely be entitled to make another seven DCA appointments in late 2022.”

Election Lawyer Juan-Carlos Planas con firmed to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that

DeSantis will make the judge selections for the 6th DCA, regardless of the outcome of the gover nor’s election race. Planas said that incumbent judges who lose elections often take the same path as Smith and aim for non-elected posi tions. But he added that Smith’s behavior as a judge makes his situation unique.

“It happens,” Planas said. “In some cases, it’s because appointed judges are just not very good at campaigning. But in this case, it seems that this judge [Smith] deserved to lose.”

Smith’s loss came after the Tampa Bay Times editorial board recommended him despite admittedly being troubled by his deci sion to deny a 17-year-old an abortion, in part, because she had a C average. In its backing of Smith, the Times did not give any good reasons why his oppo nent Jacobs was unfit for the seat. The Times continued to support Smith—who formerly presided as Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge, Group 37—even as more trou bling behavior surfaced.

During his campaign Smith publicly apologized over a false claim he made about CL’s reporting surrounding the controversies in his race.

In July, a video surfaced showing Smith’s wife, with the judge standing next to her in a church full of people, say ing that Jacobs, who is Jewish, “needs Jesus.”

A “woke” attack ad aimed at Jacobs also came under scru tiny—which some experts say may have violated judicial canon—leading several of Smith’s high profile endorse ments to rescind their support.

"I have withdrawn my endorse ment," Salcines, who won the Florida Bar Foundation's Medal of Honor Award in 2021, told CL in the days before the August election. "I've been very disappointed with what I have read about him. My endorse ment came before I learned certain things about him, and it does not stand."

Earlier in August, CL reported that the PR firm that Smith has been a client of for months released an attack ad on social media against Jacobs. The ad, which was later removed, claimed she has sided with “woke” and far left groups and would have an “activist agenda” as judge. Under election law, a disclaimer is required when any entity linked to the candidate takes out an ad against an opponent. But the ad contained no such thing.

The PR firm claimed that Smith didn't know about the ad

Original sin

The GOP’s Herschel Walker dilemma.

By Jeffrey C. Billman

The important thing is not that Herschel Walker paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, or that he broke up with the woman when she refused to terminate a second preg nancy in 2011. It’s not that he’s obviously lying about all of this, either. It’s not even the hypoc risy of a man who thinks he has the right to dictate women’s reproductive choices—he favors a total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life or health of the mother—but can’t figure out how to use a condom.

The truth is, Walker deserves almost as much pity as scorn. He is, after all, a human warning label for CTE who can barely string together a coherent sentence. Even so, his his tory of domestic violence allegations and bizarre and brazen lies made clear that he belongs nowhere near the Senate.

Now the Republican Party has a dilemma on its hands. Or it should, anyway.

This is the party that worked for decades to stack the U.S. Supreme Court with anti-abortion ideologues, then rammed through draconian state abortion bans the second Roe fell—including in Georgia, where women can no longer legally ter minate pregnancies about six weeks after their previous menstrual period, before many women know they’re pregnant. These are the same folks who’ve lectured us that abortion is murder, who now want to grant clumps of cells personhood; the same self-righteous prigs who’ve stood outside clinics, calling women who enter “baby killers.”

By their standards, Walker paid for the mur der of his own unborn child. He then pressured a woman to murder another of his children. If they believe what they say they believe—if Walker believes what he says he believes—this should be disqualifying.

But Georgia law doesn’t allow parties to replace candidates so close to the election, and Walker’s victory would likely make Mitch McConnell the Senate majority leader. So Republicans have a choice: pursue political power, or keep faith with their own stated con victions. Guess which one they’ve chosen.

“If y’all find a perfect candidate that has never had challenges in their life, I want you to bring them to me and let me meet him or her,” a Georgia state representative told The New York Times. A Republican state leader added that they are “not voting for fathers and hus bands of the year.”

“Do you wait for a candidate who perfectly aligns with everything you not only want them to do when they’re elected, but all of your cul tural and moral beliefs?” an evangelical pastor asked Politico. “Or do you take what’s given to you and make the choice between the options?”

Since we’re talking about choices, Walker’s opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, is an actual Baptist minister and by all accounts a decent human being. But he’s also a Democrat, and that, it seems, is the truly unforgivable sin.

“After the fake Russian smear and the lies about Justice Kavanaugh, why would I worry about this?” Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker and paragon of sex ual virtue, told the Times. “I am totally for Walker.”

A Republican consul tant put it best, telling The Washington Post: “I’m going to vote Herschel Walker. I don’t care if he performed an abortion himself—I am going to vote for him.”

place. Thirteen years of parochial school have informed me that repentance is a prerequi site to divine absolution. Instead, Walker has accused his ex of lying—never mind the receipt from the abortion clinic, the get-well card the woman received from Walker, and the check he wrote her, all of which she has produced for multiple media outlets. Walker responded that he sends money to “a lot of people.” (I also recall the Good Book saying something about bearing false witness.)

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The woman filed a paternity suit against Walker over the pregnancy she carried to term. A court eventually ordered him to pay $3,500 a month. He’s seen his son three times over the last 10 years, the woman says. Meanwhile, on the cam paign trial, Walker has lambasted Black “absentee fathers.”

Walker’s defenders have clung to his asser tion that he knew nothing about the woman’s abortion. But if he did pay for it, they ratio nalize, it happened years ago—and even if he’s lying about it today, he’ll still vote to ban abortion in the Senate.

These are the same moral gymnastics evan gelicals used to justify their support for Donald Trump: Sure, he confessed to sexual assault, was accused of multiple rapes, tried to buy a porn star’s silence about their affair, threw migrant children in cages, was in bed with the mob, evaded taxes, and God knows what else. But he appointed judges who banned abortion, so all’s well that ends well.

That’s the real takeaway from the Herschel Walker saga.

After the scandal broke, Walker released an ad that said he had “overcome” mental illness “by the grace of God.” He also told Fox News: “I was forgiven, the Lord has forgiven me.”

But Walker hasn’t been forgiven of this “sin,” because he hasn’t acknowledged it took

Three months after dumping his pregnant girlfriend, he told Playboy he was engaged to the woman who is now his wife. One month after that, yet another woman filed a police report against Walker, claiming that after a 20-year relationship, he threatened her after she told him she wanted to see other people. (Walker denied that allegation.)

Doug Jones, the former Alabama sena tor—the guy who beat fundie teen creeper Roy Moore, then lost to racist ex-football coach Tommy Tuberville—probably said it best: “Folks, it’s time to acknowledge that ‘evan gelical’ is no longer a Christian religious label but a political one focused on political power more than faith.”

For people who claim a moral right to reg ulate freedom, power is more important than faith, and faith is a tool to obtain power.

POSTER CHILD: Walker deserves almost as much pity as scorn.

Shit Happened

After accepting help from Joe Biden for Ian relief, Charlie Brown, err, Gov. Ron DeSantis, becomes a real life Virgin vs. Chad meme while he and Joe tour storm-ravaged south west Florida.

MONDAY 10

Chamberlain High School Legacy Alliance, a nonprofit that heavily advocates for the wellbe ing of students at the Title I school, posts that students have landed on a new mas cot: Storm. We’ll see if the school board approves.

A ProPublica story details how Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts and may have broken Florida law. His former press secre tary will naturally call it fake news and move on.

Florida’s voter registration deadlines comes and goes. Now it’s time to get all those dead people on the rolls.

SATURDAY 15

After 30 years of ongoing protests, Indigenous activists launch a new campaign to remove Tampa’s Columbus statue. We’re still not sure whether or not the statue will get covered in blood before Monday.

More shit, buying a Chamberlain Storm shirt, via cltampa.com/news.

Comfort coming

Red Mesa’s classic American food truck, and more in Tampa Bay foodie news.

By Kyla Fields

Red Mesa’s fourth concept—the aptly-named Quatro—is now open outside of Green Bench Brewing after celebrating its grand opening last Friday. A press release says, “Unlike Red Mesa Groups’ previous concepts, Quatro will not serve Mexican or Latin American inspired fare, but rather classic Americana cuisine with a St. Pete spin.”

Dishes on its eclectic Americana menu include queso fries, pretzel sticks, chili dogs, pulled pork mac and cheese, cheeseburgers, chicken tenders and shrimp rolls—perfect for that three-beers-deep-craving. Desserts include Chipwiches, Italian ice and Drumsticks. And if none of Quatro’s offerings tickle your fancy, then you can always walk over to its sibling concept Red Mesa Mercado and enjoy its typi cal Mexican-American menu chock full of street tacos, burritos and tamales. St. Pete’s newest food truck will be open from 12 p.m.-10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 12 p.m.-9 p.m. on Sundays.

Seafood franchise Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar heads to Wesley Chapel

The Chap is really coming out of its shell. Wesley Chapel’s dining scene is experiencing a boom with recently-opened hotspots like Krate and The Living Room, and its newest edition is sure to bring fresh seafood to ‘burbs. Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar will make its Tampa Bay debut with its upcoming Wesley Chapel location, but there’s no projected opening date just yet. Neighborhoodnewsonline.net says the new 4,162 square-foot oyster bar will be next to the newly-opened Chicken Salad Chick on Wesley Chapel Boulevard. Nearby restaurants include Zaxby’s and Miller’s Ale House. The seafood chain boasts a casual atmosphere with a focus on local history and fishing culture. “Many people have passed in and out of our doors enjoy ing succulent local oysters and shrimp, shared local fishing or surfing stories and spent time just talking about the friendly beach comber atmosphere inside,” Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar’s website reads.

Oysters, of course, are the star of its menu and can be ordered raw, charbroiled or steamed. Other offerings include family-style seafood boils, crab cakes, shrimp burgers, fish tacos,

lobster rolls, shrimp n’ grits and chicken wings, for folks who don’t have the palette to stomach any bottom feeders. Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar’ offers an extensive range of drinks as well, and is known for its seafood-complimentary cocktails like its take on the bloody mary—com plete with an Old Bay rim and chilled shrimp—and its “shucktini” with chilled vodka, spicy olives and a steamed oyster skewer. There are also several weekly specials offered at its other locations—like 50-cent steamed mussels and clams on Wednesday, or $6.99 shrimp cocktail on Tuesday—but only time

will tell if Wesley Chapel’s restaurant will boast the same deals.

New LGBTQ+-friendly St. Pete restaurant Zoie’s hopes to open by Halloween weekend

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The North Carolina-based franchise empha sizes the use of sustainably-sourced domestic seafood and are partners of the Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition. There’s an entire sustain ability tab on its website which explains the company’s dedication to being as ocean-friendly as possible.The only other Florida location of Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar resides in Ocala, with a second one heading to its downtown area soon. Alongside Wesley Chapel’s upcoming restaurant, another oyster shack is slated to open in Space Coast, near the Kennedy Space Center.

There are dozens of other franchises scattered throughout North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, South Carolina, Georgia and Maryland. For more information on Tampa Bay’s debut Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar, head to its website theshuckinshack.com.

There are a decent amount of spots in The Burg’ where you can watch drag shows, but not many where you can chow down on catfish hush pup pies while slipping queens some cash. With its motto of “a place for everyone,” St. Pete’s newest Southern restaurant and entertainment hub Zoie’s will finally debut this month after a full year of renovations.

Located at 2245 Central Ave. in the Grand Central District, this multifaceted space was initially slated to open in the spring of this year. Owner Jeff Baker and his team have been working tirelessly to transform the roughly 3,000 square-foot old AC & Heating shop into a family-friendly restaurant and entertainment destination for all. Although there’s no exact grand opening date set in place, Baker tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that he’s striving

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to be open by Halloween weekend. “Fingers crossed!” Baker said hopefully, while holding the leash of his Chihuahua and restaurant’s name sake, Zoie. The debut Halloween celebration includes performances by nationally-recognized drag queens and a costume contest with a $2,500 grand prize.

With a recently-updated menu chock full of Southern delicacies with a Cajun flare, Zoie’s will offer dishes like fried green toma toes, Nashville hot chicken, crawfish egg rolls, chicken and dumplings and chocolate and Florida honey-infused pork belly—alongside a variety of beer, wine and cocktails. Dessert offerings include seasonal cobbler, pound cake, key lime cheesecake and coconut cake. After this month’s grand opening, Zoie’s will fill the late-night dining deficit in St. Pete and offer a limited menu until 2:30 a.m.

Baker decided to go with a Southern theme for Zoie’s menu not only because his family is from Tennessee and North Carolina, but because he saw a shortage of real comfort food in St. Pete. He says the dishes that excite him the most are the BBQ peach-infused pork chop and the decadent banana bread pud ding with rum toffee sauce. The Zoie’s brunch menu, which will only be available on Sunday mornings, include dishes like Tennessee hoe cakes, Southern quiche with collard greens and andouille sausage, biscuits and gravy and Cajun eggs Benedict.The restaurant’s ambiance and decor matches the comforting dishes on the menu. Gas lamps line the out side of the restaurant, while a fireplace heats up in the dining room—the same place where a baby grand piano will reside. A large stage occupies the center of the dining room, and Baker says a temporary catwalk will be added later, along with a back patio that’ll serve as a VIP and private event space.

Although his restaurant is a LGBTQ+owned business, Baker stresses that Zoie’s is ultimately a place where all walks of life can feel welcome—families and children included. Baker strives for his restaurant to be a community-focused hub, and has already sponsored local events and programs like Come Out St. Pete and the queer summer program CampOUT. For Zoie’s first official celebration this Halloween, profits will be donated to its next door neighbor, Metro Inclusive Health. Baker has a background in marketing and data science and currently works a 9-5 job at the Moffitt Cancer Center, but emphasizes that his upcoming restaurant will be a vehicle for his philanthropic and community-focused projects.

When Grand Central’s newest hotspot debuts at the end of this month, it will be open from 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Monday-Sunday. For the lat est news on Zoie’s—like its highly-anticipated grand opening date—keep up with its Facebook and Instagram at @zoies.dtsp.

Tampa’s first DalMoros Fresh Pasta to Go will open in Armature Works

Although Tampa vegans are probably still mourning the loss of Armature Works’ sole plant-based restaurant Dixie Dharma, its carbheavy replacement might soothe the pain. Last week, Heights Public Market—located at 1910 N Ola Ave. in Tampa Heights—announced that DalMoros Fresh Pasta to Go will be the food hall’s newest concept. There’s no official opening timeline for the upcoming fast casual restaurant, simply “coming soon.”

According to its website, DalMoros was founded in 2012 by 7th generation Venetian Chef Gabriele Dal Moro, as Tampa’s forth coming location will be the company’s second restaurant in the entirety of the U.S.

mojo-marinated jackfruit, vegan garlic chicken or picadillo as their protein.

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The Tampa Heights hotspot also recently launched a new multi-ven dor online ordering system called Bbot, which makes it easier than ever to place orders at nine of its 14 concepts. The Armature Works website states that the new system can be accessed via

Oopsy Daisy’s picadillo, a dish that typically contains ground beef, will be made with textur ized vegan protein (TVP), olives and potatoes in a tomato-based sauce. Sweet treats on the upcoming pop-up’s menu include tres leches cakes, panetela aka guava cakes, and besito de coco, which are Puerto Rican coconut macaroons. Entrees will range from $13-$15, while desserts will cost $3-$5 each.

Patrons of the upcoming Italian spot can expect different sauces like the meat-based “Amatriciana” with tomatoes, smoked bacon, onions and black pepper, and its classic Bolognese with fresh tomatoes and ground beef. Pasta types range from fettuccini and fusilli to rigatoni and bigoli (think of a thick spaghetti.) In addition to its popular Italian fare, DalMoros is also known for letting customers watch fresh pasta being made in-house.

Dixie Dharma, Armature Works’ sole vegan spot, closed a few months ago. But plant-based folks should not worry, because DalMoros offers a few vegan dishes (although gluten-free folks might be out of luck.) Vegan options at DalMoros include its sauce with extra virgin olive oil, red chili flakes and garlic powder, as well as its tomato and basil-based “Napoletana” sauce. There are even more vegetarian options, which range from its house-made pesto to its creamy mushroom sauce.

The only other Tampa Bay DalMoros location debuted in downtown St. Pete in the spring of 2021.

QR codes scattered throughout the dining area, or by clicking the “order now” tab on the top right corner of its homepage. So when DalMoros debuts soon, you might be able to order its cacio de pepe pasta alongside Zukku’s sushi rolls and Bake’n Babes’ sea salt chocolate chip cookies. For the latest information on Armature Works’ newest concept, follow its Facebook and Instagram, both at @dalmoros.us.

Vegan bakery Oopsy Daisy Sweets hosts its first Puerto Rican pop-up this month Maybe you’ve seen Oopsy Daisy’s neatly-packaged vegan Twinkies at your local kava bar or grocery store, but the Tampa-based wholesale baker takes its first plunge into the world of savory food later this month. Oopsy Daisy’s first Puerto Rican popup takes place on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., and will offer a limited menu of plant-based favorites. This one-night-only event happens at 7801 N Armenia Ave. in Tampa, at the bakery’s commercial production space.

The base of each dish will consist of rice, beans and sweet plantains, as guests can choose

“As a person with food allergies, it became difficult to enjoy baked goods and the ones I did find were not too appealing, so Oopsy Daisy Sweets was born,” owner Daisy Sutherland writes on her website. “We first began offering sweets from my Latin background and later expanded into more infamous child hood sweets but with a twist.”

A few of Sutherland’s most popular treats— besides the vegan twinkie aka “vinkie” that helped put her on the map—include cookie cream pies, mini jar cakes, muffins, brown ies and biscottis.

The Oopsy Daisy name might sound familiar, as its wholesale vegan treats can be found in a variety of different businesses throughout Tampa Bay, like at both loca tions of Black Radish Grocer, Grassroots Kava House, Vegan International Co. and Duckweed Urban Grocery. For more information on Oopsy Daisy Sweets’ upcom ing pop-up and its seasonal rotation of vegan desserts, follow its Instagram at @oopsydaisysweets.

MAMA MIA: Armature Works’ newest concept specializes in from-scratch pastas.

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3 CAR GARAGE 8405 Heritage Green Way, Bradenton. 941-741-8877, 3cargaragebrew ing.com

3 DAUGHTERS BREWING 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com

3 KEYS BREWING 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com

5 BRANCHES BREWING 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com

7VENTH SUN BREWING 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-231-5900, 7venthsun.com

81BAY BREWING CO. 4465 W. Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com

ANECDOTE BREWING CO. 321 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach. anecdotebrewing.com

ANGRY CHAIR 6401 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com

ARKANE ALEWORKS 2480 E. Bay Dr., #23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com

AVID BREWING 1745 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com

BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com

BASTET 1951 E Adamo Dr. Suite B, Tampa. bastetbrewing.com

BAY CANNON BEER CO. 2106 W Main St., Tampa. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com

BAYBORO BREWING CO. 2390 5th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-767-9666, bayborobrewing.com

BEACH ISLAND BREWERY 2058 Bayshore Blvd. Suite 5, Dunedin. 352-541-0616

BIG STORM BREWING CO. Multiple loca tions, bigstormbrewery.com

BIG TOP BREWING 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com

BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggers brewco.com

BREW HUB 3900 Frontage Rd. S., Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com

BREW LIFE BREWING 5765 S. Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com

BRIGHTER DAYS BREW CO. 311 N Safford Ave., Tarpon Springs. 7272-940-2350

BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. 3632

Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bull frogcreekbrewing.com

CAGE BREWING 2001 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4278

CALEDONIA BREWING 587 Main St., Dunedin. 727-351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com

CALUSA BREWING 5701 Derek Ave., Sarasota. 941-922-8150, calusabrewing.com

CARROLLWOOD BREWING CO. 10047 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337

CIGAR CITY BREWING 3924 W. Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com

CLEARWATER BREWING CO. 1700 N. Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewing company.com

COMMERCE BREWING 521 Commerce Drive S, Largo. commercebrewing@gmail.com

COPP WINERY & BREWERY 7855 W Gulf Lake Highway, Crystal River. 352-228-8103, cop pbrewery.com

COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. 2601 E. 2nd Ave., Tampa. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com

CORPORATE LADDER BREWING COMPANY 4935 96th St. E, Palmetto. 941-4794799, corporateladderbrewing.square.site

COTEE RIVER BREWING 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriver brewing.com

CRAFT LIFE BREWING 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. facebook. com/CraftLifeBrewing

CROOKED THUMB BREWERY 555 10th Ave. S., Safety Harbor. 727-724-5953, crookedthumbbrew.com

CUENI BREWING CO. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727-266-4102, cuenibrewing.com

CYCLE BREWING 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com

DADE CITY BREW HOUSE 14323 7th St., Dade City. 352-218-3122, dadecitybrewhouse.com

DARWIN BREWING CO. 803 17th Ave. W., Bradenton. 941-747-1970, darwinbrewingco.com

DE BINE BREWING CO. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-233-7964.

DENTED KEG ALE WORKS 5500 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-232-2582, dentedkegaleworks.com

DEVIANT LIBATION 3800 N Nebraska Ave., 727-379-4677, deviantlibation.com

DISSENT CRAFT BREWING CO. 5518 Haines Rd. N., St. Petersburg. 727-3420255. facebook.com/ dissentcraftbrewing

DUNEDIN BREWERY 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-736-0606, dunedinbrewery.com

DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 216-6318, dunedinhob.com

EIGHT-FOOT BREWING 4417 SE 16th Place, Cape Coral. 239-984-2655, eightfootbrewing.com

ESCAPE BREWING CO. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity. 727-807-6092, escape brewingcompany.com

FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING CO. 2029 Arrowgrass Dr., Wesley Chapel. 813-452-6333, flori daavebrewing.com

FLORIDA BREWERY 202 Gandy Rd., Auburndale. 863-965-1825

FOUR STACKS BREWING 5469 N. US HWY 41, Apollo Beach. 813-641-2036, fourstacks brewing.com

FRONT PAGE BREWING CO. 190 S Florida Ave., Bartow. 863-537-7249, frontpagebrew ing.com

GRAND CENTRAL BREWHOUSE 2340 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-202-6071, grandcentral brew.com

GREEN BENCH BREWING COMPANY 1133 Baum Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com

GOOD LIQUID BREWING CO. 4824 14th St. W., Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquid brewing.com

GRINDHAUS BREW LAB 1650 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-240-0804, grindhausbrewlab.com

GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY 3007 Beach Blvd., Tampa. facebook.com/GulfportBrewery

HIDDEN SPRINGS ALE WORKS 1631 N. Franklin St., Tampa, 813-226-2739, hiddenspringsaleworks.com

HOB BREWING CO. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer

IF I BREWED THE WORLD 2200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.com

IN THE LOOP BREWING 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-997-9189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com

INFUSION BREWING CO. 6345 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. 7272-484-4757

KEEL FARMS AGRARIAN ALE + CIDER

5210 W. Thonotosassa Rd., Plant City. 813-7529100, keelandcurleywinery.com

KING STATE 520 E Floribraska Ave., Tampa. 813-221-2100, king-state.com

LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com

LATE START BREWING 1018 E Cass St., Tampa, latestartbrewing.com

LEAVEN BREWING 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-677-7023, leavenbrewing.com

LIQUID GARAGE CO. 1306 Seven Springs Blvd., New Port Richey. 727-645-5885. theliquidgarage.com

MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING 12945 Village Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 727-362-0008, mad beachbrewing.com

MAGNANIMOUS BREWING 1410

Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-415-3671, magnan imousbrewing.com

MARKER 48 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-606-2509, marker48.com

MASTRY’S BREWING CO. 7701 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete Beach. 727-202-8045, mastrys brewingco.com

MOTORWORKS

BREWING 1014 9th Street West, Bradenton. 941-567-6218, motor worksbrewing.com

MR. DUNDERBAK’S 14929 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. 813-9774104, dunderbaks.com

OFF THE WAGON BREWERY 2107 S Tamiami Trail, Venice. 941-497-2048, otwbar.com

OLDE FLORIDA BREWING 1158 7th St. NW, Largo. 727-2298010, facebook.com/oldefloridabrew

OVERFLOW BREWING 70 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-914-0665, facebook.com/ overflowbrewingco

OZONA BREWING COMPANY 315 Orange St., Palm Harbor. 920-392-9390, ozonabrewing.com

PEPPER BREWING 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertap house.com

PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB 923 72nd. St. N., St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com

PINELLAS ALE WORKS 1962 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-235-0970, pawbeer.com

POUR HOUSE 1208 E Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. 813-402-2923, pourhousetampa.com

PYE ROAD MEADWORKS 8533 Gunn Hwy., Odessa. 813-510-3500, pyeroad.com

RAPP BREWING COMPANY 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.com

RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-360-0766, stpetearcadebar.com

ROCK BROTHERS BREWING 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241-0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com

SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925-2337, sarasotabrewing.com

SCOTTY’S BIERWORKS 901 East Industrial Circle, Cape Coral. 239-888-5482, scottysbierworks.net

SEA DOG BREWING 9610 Gulf Blvd., Treasure Island/ 26200 US Highway 19 N, Clearwater. 727-954-7805, seadogbrewing.com

SILVERKING BREWING CO. 325 E Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727-422-7598, silverking brewing.com

SIX TEN BREWING 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886-0610, sixtenbrewing.com

SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727-601-1698, soggybottombrew ing.com

SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING 4500 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-238-7800, southernbrewingwinemaking.com

SOUTHERN LIGHTS BREWING CO. 2075 Sunnydale Blvd., Clearwater. 727-648-4314, southernlightsbrewing.com

ST. PETE BREWING COMPANY 544 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com

STILT HOUSE BREWERY 625 U.S. Hwy Alt. 19, Palm Harbor. 727-270-7373, stilthousebrewery.com

SWAN BREWING 15 W Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703-0472, swanbrewing.com

TAP THIS! BAR AND BREWING CO. 10730 US-19, Port Richey. 727-378-4358, tapthisbar.com

TBBC 1600 E 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933

Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813-2471422, tbbc.beer

TEMPLE OF BEER 1776 11th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-350-3055, templeofbeer.com

THREE BULLS TAVERN & BREWERY 4330 Bell Shoals Road, Valrico. 813-381-3853, threebullstavern.com

TIDAL BREWING COMPANY 14311 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-701-1602, tidalbrewingfl.com

TROUBLED WATERS BREWING 670 Main St., Safety Harbor. 727-221-9973, troubledwatersbeer.com

TWO FROGS BREWING COMPANY 151 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-6077, facebook.com/twofrogsbrewing

TWO LIONS WINERY & PALM HARBOR BREWERY 1022 Georgia Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-786-8039, twolionswinery.com

ULELE SPRING BREWERY 1810 N. Highland Ave., Tampa. 813-999-4952, ulele.com

UNREFINED BREWING 312 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-4822, unrefinedbrew ing.com

WELTON BREWING CO. 2624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’Lakes. 813-820-0050, thebrew craftery.com

THE WILD ROVER BREWERY 13921 Lynmar Blvd., Tampa. 813-475-5995, thewildroverbrew ery.com

WOODWRIGHT BREWING COMPANY 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-238-8717, facebook.com/woodwrightbrewing

WOVEN WATER BREWING CO. 456 W Columbus Drive, Tampa. 813-443-9463, woven waterbrew.com

YUENGLING BREWING CO. 11111 N 30th St., Tampa. 813-972-8529, yuengling.com

ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING COMPANY 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills. 813-715-2683, zbcbeer.com

ZYDECO BREW WERKS 902 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. 813-252-4541, facebook.com/ zydecobrewwerks

Come See Me: Tampa Bay Museums

Tampa Bay is home to more museums than we can list. But whether you’re new to the area or just looking to reconnect with the gallery scene, here are some of the big’uns. Make sure to contact each museum to get the most updated health and safety protocols.

Hillsborough

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

400 North Ashley Dr., Tampa. fmopa.org

Glazer Children’s Museum 110 W Gasparilla Plaza., Tampa. glazermuseum.org

Henry B. Plant Museum 401 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. plantmuseum.com

J.C. Newman Cigar Company 2701 N 16th St., Ybor City. jcnewman.com

Museum of Science & Industry 4801 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. mosi.org

Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water St., Tampa. tampabayhistorycenter.org

Tampa Museum of Art 120 W Gasparilla Plaza., Tampa. tampamuseum.org

Ybor City Museum State Park 1818 E 9th Ave., Ybor City. floridastateparks.org

Pinellas

The Dalí 1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg. thedali.org

Dunedin Fine Art Center 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin. dfac.org

Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum 2240 9th Ave S, St. Petersburg. woodsonmuseum.org

Fairgrounds 800 28th St. S, St. Petersburg. fairgrounds.art

Florida Holocaust Museum 55 5th St S, St. Petersburg. thefhm.org

Great Explorations Children’s Museum 1925 4th St N, St. Petersburg. greatex.org

Imagine Museum 1901 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. imaginemuseum.com

The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art 150 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. thejamesmuseum.org

Morean Arts Center 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. moreanartscenter.org

Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement 355 4th Street N, St. Petersburg. museumaacm.org

Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg. mfastpete.org St. Petersburg Museum of History 335 2nd Ave NE, St. Petersburg. spmoh.com

Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum 100 Beekman Ln., Tarpon Springs. tarponarts.org

Beyond

Polk Museum of Art 800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland. polkmuseumofart.org

Ringling Museum 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota. ringling.org

Rollins Museum of Art 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. rollins.edu/rma

Life and trials

freeFall Theatre stages enthralling narrative of trailblazing jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

By Jon Palmer Claridge

As the lights rise on the Supreme Court cham bers of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we see the diminutive judge behind her spa cious wooden desk bedecked with shiny antique brass pulls. The high backed, tufted leather chair practically swallows Michelle Azar, who is instantly recognizable in RBG’s black robes and lace collar, which brought long overdue feminine energy to the court. But as she speaks, out flow the soft spoken pursed, closed-mouth vowels of Ginsburg’s native Brooklyn. RBG lives, and for 90 compelling minutes we’re taken on a feminist judicial roller coaster ride. The superb Azar and director, Laley Lippard, are in firm control of the enthralling narrative of a trailblazing jurist. freeFall Theatre, and artistic director Eric Davis, have a real feather in their cap launching this world premiere tour headed for New York with dreams of Broadway. Playwright Rupert Holmes frames his uplifting play as an “inter view” with one of her granddaughters’ friends. Ginsburg reflects on the Sisyphean struggles faced by women of her generation from the age of this unseen teen. Holmes is best known for his multiple Tony-winning musical based on Dickens’ unfinished novel, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” He first gained fame as a story telling songwriter with the familiar “Escape (the Piña Colada Song),” and a less familiar tune, “The People That You Never Get to Love.” Check out Nancy LaMott’s version online.

The physical production is first rate. Tom Hanson’s set is dominated by fluted uplit col umns with dramatic lighting by Dalton Hamilton working in tandem with Mike Billings video and TJ O’Leary’s sound to keep the action fluid and arresting. Devon Renee Spencer captures RBG’s style from flowing robes, to a royal blue power suit, to workout gear for her famous exercise program which left Stephen Colbert defeated.

We follow RBG from being enthralled by Nancy Drew, to being one of only nine female law students at Harvard, raising a daughter and helping her beloved husband, Martin, battle can cer. There’s an extended section looking at the pioneers of woman’s rights beginning with Susan B. Anthony, where her chambers’ cubist paint ings and books morph into 1970’s feminist icons Germaine Greer and Gloria Steinem, dismissed

by chauvinism as strident and shrill-sounding feminists caricatured as whining voices of earaching complainers. But then we embrace Tina Turner and Beyoncé as symbols. There’s also a corollary to the parallel civil rights struggles where Jackie Robinson and Sidney Poitier broke barriers due to their immense talents, but still remained tokens—often to be patronized.

Likewise, after graduating first in her class, RBG finds there are no jobs. She has three strikes against her: she’s Jewish, a woman, and the real killer—the mother of a four-year-old. She’s rejected as a clerk for Felix Frankfurter, who holds the SCOTUS scholars’ seat (read Jewish) on the court. Even Marty finds prejudice, but he’s chosen tax/finance law, where it’s OK to be Jewish thanks to Shylock stereotypes. A par ticularly interesting sequence is when Ruth and Marty get to work together and triumph. “Sex, like race, is a visible, immutable characteristic bearing no relationship to ability,” Ginsburg says.

RBG is to women’s rights, what Thurgood Marshall is to civil rights. “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren in is that they take their feet off our necks,” Ginsburg adds, quot ing the words of Sarah Moore Grimké, a 19th century abolitionist and women’s rights activist.

Finally cases come to her like candy to Lucille Ball at the chocolate factory and after a distinguished career she is appointed by President Clinton, who says, “Quite simply, what’s in her record speaks volumes about what is in her heart.”

But, as the court turned right, RBG became famous for her dissents, which planted her keen insights firmly in the record for future legal arguments. RBG was also famously an opera devotee, and there’s a wonderfully conceived theatrical sequence about Madame Butterfly and raising a child.

THEATER

All Things Equal: The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Through Oct. 23. $25 & up. freeFall Theatre. 6099 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-498-5205. freefalltheatre.com

As a cis, white, male boomer, I came of age riding a wave of power which I did nothing to earn. That was just the post war status quo. So marching for and expecting full and equal rights for others regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation just seems like the only intellectually

honest way to live. But I can’t help but think RBG would be in a state of perpetual dissent over the collapse of conservatism and, with the exception of Liz Cheney, the lack of courage in the face of blatant hypocrisy. How with overwhelming, unre futed evidence and 60-plus failed court cases, can anyone still believe in the “big lie” surrounding the 2020 election? Ten-percent of Americans now believe that political violence is inevitable. What are we to do following the unprece dented move to steal a lifetime SCOTUS seat by denying Merrick Garland? And then, the Federalist Society puts three justices on the court who lie about the “stare decisis” precedent of Roe vs. Wade. Despite now having four female jus tices and, finally, a Black woman in the presence of Justice Jackson, the court seems determined to roll back rights which upheld the equality of all citizens quoting 19th Century precedents. Perhaps, we can take a nod from Mr. Holmes’ musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” and choose an ending at the ballot box in favor of democracy over authoritarianism. Be uplifted by this play and vote like our democracy hangs in the balance.

“Be uplifted by this play and vote like our democracy hangs in the balance.”

THE NOTORIOUS: Michelle Azar (pictured) and Costume Designer Devon Renee Spencer capture RBG’s style.

JOSEPH MICHAEL KENNETH C/O FREEFALL THEATRE

Burning bridges

If books could talk, what would they say?

By Yuki Jackson

Iwrote this poem from the perspective of a banned book. If books could talk—and they do in our modern age with Audible and YouTube videos of live author readings—what would they say? Not the writer but the book themselves as if they were alive. I remember what a friend once said about books being a metaphor for slaves. How the slave trade that shipped peo ple in chains from Africa packed their bodies tightly on wooden planks like books on shelves. Spines out, backs curled around the knowledge con tained within their skin that goes unappreciated or unnoticed. What is it about DNA and the transmission of knowledge that causes such a conflict for humans? This hierar chy that attempts to subdue and subjugate those who we deem inferior before we have engaged in a true conversation?

out books from my school library and my mother would take me to the local bookstore as a treat for good behavior. I would love browsing to see the interesting covers and pick out the books that spoke to me the most. When I brought the books home, I felt an intimate connection with them as I touched their pages and took in their knowledge. The books became a part of me in the same way that each human interaction remains with me as a bridge of understanding.

POET’S NOTEBOOK

I developed my love for books first through my mother. She would read to me everyday, from what I remember as a child, during the time when I didn’t yet have the skills to do it myself. Once I gained the ability, I would eagerly check

Bans and Bondage

This is personal–when you say I don’t have a right to be here, among the hallowed halls holding up minds with backbone–ready to be touched, and brought home to be consumed for all I’m worth–

Don’t I deserve to live out my purpose, too, among the halls of blood that carry oxygen where it’s needed? Don’t I deserve this kind of love, too, where my body rises as the intersection of what’s known and what has yet to be–

I am not the body you recognize but that doesn’t mean I don’t belong here–cast out like garbage although I bring with me a part of you–

Understanding isn’t always knowing. Most times, at best, it is an attempt to connect with something out side of ourselves to better know ourselves. The necessary foundation for this understanding or attempt to take place is respect. Respect for what we don’t know and for those who carry experiences we haven’t lived. It is this opportunity to bond with people or books that may be different from what we know that allows us to grow as human beings. It is my hope that we will grow a network so large that enlightenment and progress will not only be accepted, it will be celebrated.

You just don’t understand what to do with admitting you don’t know everything

TRUE LOVE: Books became a part of me in the same way human interactions do.

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday

w/Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave./Charlie Wilson/St. Paul & the Broken Bones/Old Crow Medicine Show/Gov’t Mule/Average White Band/ Dumpstaphunk/more. Friday-Sunday, Oct. 14-16. $25 & up. BayCare Ballpark, 601 N, 601 Old Coachman Rd., Clearwater. clearwaterjazz.com

Time to confess

Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule could do a jazz-influenced album sooner than you think.

By Josh Bradley

Ever since Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd did its big band thing on a flatbed trailer in the middle of Coachman Park in 1980, the annual Clearwater Jazz Holiday has evolved dramatically. In its first decade alone, the festival earned its own per manent stage in the park to eventually host the likes of Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, and Dave Brubeck, just to name a few.

Four decades later, the festival will open this weekend, for its last year at its temporary home Baycare Ballpark (Coachman Park is sup posed to reopen in 2023 as part of downtown’s Imagine Clearwater renovations).

Like in recent years, the 2022 Jazz Holiday lineup includes a big name jazz head liner—Trombone Shorty, who plays Friday, Oct. 14—mixed in with bands that play everything from R&B, to funk, blues, indiesoul and Americana. Average White Band, Dumpstaphunk, Charlie Wilson, St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Old Crow Medicine show are just a sampling of what’s ahead this weekend as part of one of the most solid lineups in the festival’s history. And on Sunday, a jam band legend gets a chance to close it all out.

Gov’t Mule has ties to Florida, thanks to cofounder and drummer Matt Abts, who lived in the Bay area for a long time. Sentimentality and its early days in the Sunshine State are a big reason why there hasn’t been a year in the last decade (2020, aside) where the band hasn’t rocked Florida, often less than an hour from Sarasota county. “We did our first demo sessions as Gov’t Mule at Telstar Studios in Sarasota,” frontman Warren Haynes told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.

Like The Dead featuring Bob Weir and Phil Lesh—with whom Haynes has worked—the Mule faithful know no two sets from the Atlantabased band are ever the same. Haynes, 62, says he got the idea to always mix it up from the Allman Brothers Band, which he played with from the late-’80s to early-’90s, who started switching it up when the group realized every gig started to sound more or less the same in terms of song selection.

“A few years in, we decided to change that, start experimenting, and changing the setlist up as much as possible, which was a really good

idea for the fans and for the band. It keeps the band from getting stale, it keeps everybody on their toes playing different material every night,” Haynes explained.

He took this practice with him when form ing Gov’t Mule in 1994, and in the pre-Internet days, the band kept a book of its past setlists.

“We would go physically look in the book and see what we played the last time we were in a certain market, and we’d make sure it was dif ferent, and also different from the night before and the night before that,” he added. These days, Haynes said the internet and the band’s more than a dozen releases makes it easier to mix up setlists.

“The more songs we accrued, the more we changed it up,” Haynes, who last played Tampa Bay for the one-off fall edition of Gasparilla

Music Festival, added. “It’s a good thing that the fans are taking a cue from that, because it makes for more interesting music, and for more incentive for the audience to keep coming back.”

But when he’s not on the road with the Mule or The Last Waltz tour (rolling into St. Pete on Nov. 20, by the way), Haynes maintains his place working alongside the musicians that inspired him. Edgar Winter’s recent Brother Johnny album features a cover of “Memory Pain,” which saw Haynes provide vocal and guitar contribu tions in honor of Edgar’s late brother, a friend of Haynes’. “That was my first time meeting Edgar and playing with him, and it was a great experi ence. I was able to tell him at the risk of making him feel old that the first concert I ever saw, when I was 12 years old, was The Edgar Winter Group with Ronnie Montrose playing guitar.”

These days Haynes also keeps up with projects from other Allman Brothers offspring (Tedeschi-Trucks, Duane Betts Project), and only “somewhat” keeps in touch with surviving guitarist and Osprey resident Dickey Betts, who many fans have wondered about since he went reclusive after a 2018 stroke.

But even people he only knew slightly, like Loretta Lynn—who died last week at the age of 90—have a special place in his heart. He last saw her at a Merle Haggard tribute concert in 2017, which would turn out to be one of her final gigs. “As far as I’m concerned, she was a national treasure, and her passing is monu mental,” he said.

Considering how Haynes manages to keep himself as relevant as ever in the music indus try, it’s really anyone’s guess as to what’s next for him and Gov’t Mule. But while nothing is set in stone yet, Haynes is not afraid of taking his band in different directions. “I can see us possibly doing an instrumental, jazz-influenced record. Through the years, we’ve done a lot of instrumentals in the studio, but we’ve never done an all-instrumental album,” he spitballed when being asked if there are any other genres he’d like to toy with.

It’s not likely that a music festival has ever intentionally contributed to predicting the future, but if this year’s Clearwater Jazz Holiday is a sign for what’s to come as Gov’t Mule approaches 30 years, bring on the music.

SIMPLE MAN: Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule has ties to Sarasota.

By Josh Bradley & Ray Roa C CL Recommends

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Billy Cobham

There aren’t many people left who can say that they’ve performed with Miles Davis himself.

Cobham of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame is one of the few that can. The 78-year-old fusion drummer has influenced countless across all genres and still heads to the studio for occasional sessions, but for the last few years, he’s been revisiting his 1974 Crosswinds album—on which he’s one of the last surviving members to have performed. His three-piece is in Largo for this one. (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)

C Free Abortion On Demand Without Apology: Hovercar/The Jackettes/Big Sad/Pilot Jonezz Tell Rhonda Santis to clutch her pearls because a bunch of Bay area bands are going to shill for abortions.

The gig promoted by the Tampa chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America raises money for the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund, with some help from one of the Bay area’s foremost purveyors of indie-pop (The Jackettes), a dynamic rock and roll duo (Hovercar), and righteous punk-rock outfit Big Sad (which full disclosure includes CL photojournalist Dave Decker). (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Melvins w/We Are The Asteroid Little did ‘90s grunge godfather Melvins know that “Stop Moving To Florida” would ring truer now than it did upon its spring 2018 release (frontman King Buzzo, however, might actu ally like this so-called free state). The group’s latest album Bad Mood Rising came from out of nowhere, and includes a 14-minute rock epic, heavy vocals, and special guest guitar ist Dylan Carlson of Earth. After years rocking the now-shuttered Ybor Orpheum, Melvins plays its first show at the new North Tampa location. (Orpheum, Tampa)

FRI 14

C Chris Stapleton w/Elle King/Morgan Wade

This year, 44-year-old Chris Stapleton cleaned up with three Grammys, and won Male Artist of the Year at the American Country Music Awards—and deservedly so. His brand of country music is one of the few mainstream strains that’s actually good, and fans flocked to his summer 2021 Tampa show that helped everyone start getting out from underneath the pandemic haze. Elle King and Morgan Wade open Stapleton’s All-American Road Show tour, which has brought the likes of The Highwomen, Mavis Staples, and Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs onboard. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

C Cimafunk w/Eugene & Friends Last March, WMNF live streamed Cimafunk mak ing his Tampa debut at Gasparilla Music

Festival (GMF) during what was one of the best sets in festival history. It was some truly life-changing James Brown-level shit and a grand introduction from the former medical student from Pinar del Rio, two hours west of Havana. This outdoor, rain-or-shine show is the last date on a global tour supporting El Alimento , Cimafunk’s 2021 album lauded by critics who say Rodriguez is on a path to world domination. The show is also an instrument drive for GMF’s Recycled Tunes initiative, which collects gently used musical instruments, refurbishes them and places them in local schools. If you bring an instrument to donate, GMF will give you a ticket to the 2023 festival in return. (Cuban Club, Ybor City)

C Clearwater Jazz Holiday w/Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave./Charlie Wilson/ St. Paul & the Broken Bones/Old Crow Medicine Show/Gov’t Mule/Average White Band/Dumpstaphunk/more Like in recent years, the 2022 Jazz Holiday lineup includes just one big name jazz headliner— Trombone Shorty, who plays Friday, Oct. 14—mixed in with bands that play everything from R&B, to funk, blues, indie-soul and Americana. Average White Band, Dumpstaphunk, Charlie Wilson, St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Old Crow Medicine show are just a sampling of what’s ahead this weekend—one of the most solid lineups in the festival’s history. Read more about the three-day festival on p. 37. (Baycare Ballpark, Clearwater)

Fall Formal Dance: House of I w/Noan

Partly/Proud Miranda/Kid Loki/Gustan

It’s gonna be a busy weekend for Laura Proenza in terms of getting out and playing live. Before playing alongside Proud Miranda at the Holiday Inn on E. Fowler Ave. for Saturday’s installment of Poisonville Songs, the singer-songwriter known as Kid Loki opens the locally star-studded “fall formal dance” featuring House of I, Noan Partly,

Proud Miranda, and Gustan. If you don’t feel like dressing up, Canadian Twitch performer Alanna Matty, along with Dan Young will be in the Biergarten. (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

Priest w/Cold Medicine If you missed Ghost’s recent Tampa show, this could be something of a consolation. Priest features two members of the band and plays dark, hook and melody laden synthwave. Priest is made up of three musicians, according to Loudwire: “Mercury is the vocalist; he was known as Water while the bassist in Ghost. Salt plays keyboards and was the keyboardist in Ghost known as Air. Sulfur is an additional keyboard player and programmer.” (Crowbar, Ybor City)

C Ray LaMontagne w/Lily Meola In true lockdown form, singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne wrote, recorded, and produced his latest Monovision album all by himself, and he’s been touring behind it all year. Pitch-perfect, Hawaiian-born songwriter and “America’s Got Talent” contestant Lily Meola opens. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

C Turnstile w/Jpegmafia/Snail Mail

Turnstile is currently on the second leg of its outing supporting its latest album, Glow On , and arrives after the band’s appearances on the “Tonight Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and NPR earlier this year. Turnstile has long outrun its hardcore roots and carved out a place for itself among modern rock bands unafraid to break from the tenets of the genre that made it famous en route to find ing a new place and feel for the grooves and riffs that drew fans in to begin with. In short: it’s pop music for the people who used to party at Czar in Ybor City. Jpegmafia and Snail Mail open. The show is sold-out, but Turnstile will be back next summer to open for Blink-182. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

HALLOWEEN

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SAT 15

C Coppertail Brewing Co. 8th Anniversary Party: Magic City Hippies

w/The Nude Party/Artikal Sound System/Miroux/Turkey Boy Coppertail’s anniversary concerts have always been one of the more unique live music happenings in Tampa Bay. They happen in the shade of the big brewery building in East Ybor and against the backdrop of the old-school loading dock next door. This weekend’s celebration is no different, but may feature the best lineup Coppertail’s had to date. Thanks thanks in big part to Miami’s party-starting indie-rock band Magic City Hippies, but largely because of a visit from hard-charging, Farfisa-driven North Carolina rock and roll sextet The Nude Party. The band’s latest album Midnight Manor is about two years old, but still so, so, perfect for an afternoon of beer drink ing. Jamtronic scene favorite Artikal Sound System and fresh-faced rock band Miroux (which just opened for Bon Jovi) are among the openers for the no-cover gig. We 100% suggest catching a rideshare or designating someone to drive you to and from the party, OK? (Coppertail Brewing Co., Ybor City)

Hollowhouse w/Sun Signs/Idle Moves

Let the costume party concerts begin. This weekend, Ian Harrell’s indie-rock band Hollowhouse (FFO: Manchester Orchestra, Oxford Noland) headlines a special show with discounted entry if you come in costume. Supporting are two other local acts, Idle Moves, plus a just-reunited Sun Signs, which plays a dizzying, hard-edged brand of alterna tive-rock for fans of Modest Mouse and The Blonde Tongues. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Jack Harlow w/City Girls In 2021, the 24-year-old, Grammy-nominated rapper played downtown Tampa’s Floridan Hotel for Super Bowl Week and then headlined a sold-out Jannus Live in St. Petersburg a few months later. Miami’s City Girls will open Harlow’s Tampa show, which is the second to last date on his “Come Home The Kids Miss You” tour. This could be the last stop before Harlow is a bonafide superstar. (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong w/Electric

Kif The funk jam band’s new album

Perspective once again crosses Motown with commercial alternative rock, and features horn contributions from Here Come The Mummies, as well as guest spots from the likes of ALO’s Zach Gill, and String Cheese’s Jason Hann. Less than a year after headlin ing a Jannus Live gig with Tand, quadruple-P returns this weekend to promote the record, with support from Electric Kif. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

C ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic w/Emo Phillips

Al is no stranger to Tampa Bay. Whether he’s opening for The Monkees’ reunion tour, or kicking off a U.S. tour with a full orchestra behind him, the 62-year old “Tacky” sensa tion always has new tricks up his sleeve. This run, however, will be a continuation of a cos tume-free, screenless, intimate-style concert that only features his original songs—and the setlist is Springsteened every night, so no two shows will be the same. Legendary comedian Emo Phillips opens the show. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Vista Kicks w/Cannibal Kids

It’s just under 3,000 miles from Roseville, California to Ybor City, but there’s a good chance

Vista Kicks is going to feel at home when it arrives to support its new EP, Charlie

The trio—joined on this tour by Victoria & Makayla Wymer, aka the Hail Maries—plays a special brand of sweaty rock and roll that fuses the energy of bands like Americana darling Shovels & Rope with the popular indie-rock vibe of acts like Hippo Campus, Coin and Hunny. J-pop and soul-inspired band Cannibal Kids opens the show. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

MON 17

In Flames w/Born of Osiris/Darkest Hour/Hammerhedd Bigtime metal shows like this one from Swedish genre giant In Flames can feel like an old man’s game, but Hammerhedd brings the median age down big time this weekend when it opens the show. The Kansas City trio features no member older than 19 years old and is already racking up fans left with jaws ajar thanks to a highly-technical style for fans of Gojira, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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Steve Vai Earlier this year, one of Nita Strauss’ inspirations dropped his first album in six years. Steve Vai’s Inviolate is, like almost any album from the 62-yearold shredder, loaded with all the heft, licks, and riffs you could ask for. The last time he rolled into Clearwater looks to have been in 2018 with his supergroup Generation Axe, also featuring Zakk Wylde, and Yngwie Malmsteen, so it’ll definitely be a treat to see an ex-Zappa band member, especially after the Zappa Band pulled out of opening for King Crimson at Ruth Eckerd last year. (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

The Wailers The children of Bob Marley’s legendary backing band appear to have taken the Allman Brothers route by keep ing their dads’ music alive with their own separate projects. In this case, there are three or four incarnations of The Wailers, mostly consisting either mid-to-late Bob-era Wailers, or their offspring. The version of the band that swings into The Ritz features Aston Barrett Jr., and legendary producer Emilio Estefan, husband to Gloria. (The Ritz, Ybor City)

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Charlie w/Sub*T Next month, Brooklyn rock band Sub*T is playing a couple California dates with Alicia Bognanno’s band Bully. Before that, however, are two Bay area shows with Tampa’s very own Charlie. The trio—made up of the remains of the now defunct Charles Irwin—has made a slight turn away from the indie-pop sound of its last project, and for the better. These days, Charlie sounds a little like the golden era of Jade Tree records, a good comple ment for Sub*T, a decidedly-not-punk band whose latest single “Asterisk” channels ‘90s power-pop with its noisy guitars, angsty and playful lyrics, plus big hooks and irresist ible melodies. The two local dates—part of a four-stop Florida tour—happen next Thursday and Friday in Tampa and Lakeland, respectively. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

SUN 16

C Norman Westberg After playing a twonight stand there in May, Swans’ Westberg returns to this Sulphur Springs biker bar to show off a new side of a composer who created one of the most fearsome aesthet ics in avant-garde rock. On the day after his Pittsburgh show, Westberg, who’s playing every night until a Philly show next Sunday, told CL that fans can expect to hear the ambi ent, semi-improvisational guitar music he’s been working on lately. Sometimes it’s pretty, but it’s always dynamic, with lots of different rhythms going on at the same time. And while it can get loud, it’s never Swans-loud. “I look at it as a conversation really, between me and the audience, and a lot of times it’s just me talking to myself or following the weird turns the show takes,” he added. Tickets are avail able on site or at Steelworker Records. (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)

Yes With the May death of longtime drummer Alan White, Steve Howe’s lineup for prog rock legend Yes is becoming less and less concerned about personnel. With Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman long absent from the band, the 75-year-old guitar legend is the only classic lineup member still playing under the Yes moniker, alongside ‘80s keyboardist and former Buggle Geoff Downes. This time around, the band behind “Roundabout” performs its three-track album, Close To The Edge , released 50 years ago this year. We’re sure that the five-piece’s rendition of the 20-minute title track will hold a candle to that of the Paul Green Rock Academy—fronted by Jon Anderson—from earlier this year, but his high-voiced juju will definitely be missed Monday night. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Goodie Mob w/Sam E Hues A legend of Southern hip-hop rolls into Cigar City supporting a newish album (Survival Kit , 2020). Of note is that the group will feature its founding members: Big Gipp, Khujo and T-Mo, plus the controversial Cee Lo Green. Expect new shit, plus a lot of Soul Food , too. Best of the Bay-winning rapper Sam E Hues opens the show. (The Ritz, Ybor City)

New Year’s Day w/Kamenar/Red Calling

New Year’s Day—fresh off of a new single— looks completely different now, but will still be fronted by original singer Ash Costello. Kamenar is sandwiched between the band and Tampa hard rock quartet Red Calling, releasing a new video the day after the show. (Brass Mug, Tampa)

Sabrina Claudio w/Black Party Fresh

of Austin City Limits, Puerto Rican and Cuban songwriter Claudio brings her soulful brand of pop to St. Pete in support of a new album, Based On A Feeling . (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

COURTESY

Sub*T

It’s been over two decades since Blink-182 brought dick jokes to MTV’s “Total Request Live.” Now the boys are back together, and headed out on a tour that stops in Tampa next summer.

Tickets to see Blink-182 play Amalie Arena on Monday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. go on sale Monday, Oct. 17, and start at $25.75. Turnstile— which headlines a very sold-out St. Pete this Friday—opens the show. The only other Florida date is on July 11 in Ft. Lauderdale. The stop is the first Tampa Bay show from Blink-182 since a 2019 gig with Lil Wayne.

It’s been 10 years since members of Blink182—Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker—have been in the studio together, but this tour also comes with a new single, “Edging,” set to arrive on Oct. 14. These days Hoppus is just grateful to be alive after a cancer diagnosis, with Barker also loving life after unwilling dodging death a couple of times. DeLonge, for his part, is now the

Goodie Mob Thursday, Oct. 20. 7 p.m. $32.50-$69.99. The Ritz, Ybor City

Tom Petty Birthday Bash feat. The Petty Experience/more TBA Thursday, Oct. 20. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg

Monufest feat. Strikeforce Diablo/ In Like Flynn/Thunderclap/HiGH/ State Drugs/Telepathic Lines/ Pricked/Minimum Rage/Curtains/The Hamiltons/more Saturday, Oct. 22. 2 p.m. $20. Ordinance One, New Port Richey Ybor Horror feat. Discord Theory/ Hollyglen/Neverless/Mortal Sons/Keep It A Secret/Viewers Like You Friday, Oct. 28. 7 p.m. $10 with costume, $20 without costume. Crowbar, Ybor City Zeta w/Deaf Company/Eyelid Cinema Thursday, Nov. 3. 7 p.m. $12-15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown w/ Speak Easy/Sick Hot Thursday, Nov. 3. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg

Badfish w/The Ries Brothers Saturday, Nov. 5. 7 p.m. $20. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Emo Night Tampa feat. Eyelid Cinema/ Witch Hiatus/Pretzel Day/My Cat Umi Saturday, Nov. 12. 9:45 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

The Heavy Pets w/The Joint Chiefs/ TBA Friday, Nov. 18. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg Destroy Lonely w/Homixide Gang/ DJ Blakboy Wednesday, Nov. 23. 7 p.m. $25.50-$77. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

97x Next Big Thing feat. Machine Gun Kelly/Jack White/All Time Low/ Dirty Heads with Rome/Phoenix/

only pop-punker to believe when it comes to alien existence.

See more of Josh Bradley’s weekly new concert roundup below.—Ray Roa

Yungblud/Gayle/Lovelytheband/The Maine/Giovannie and the Hired Guns/ Boywithuke/more Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 3-4. 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. Prices TBA. Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa

Rod Wave w/Toosii/Mariah The Scientist Sunday, Dec. 4. 8 p.m. $49.50 & up. Yuengling Center, Tampa

She Wants Revenge Sunday, Dec. 4. 7 p.m. $22. Orpheum, Tampa

Secrets w/Palisades/Archetypes

Collide Monday, Dec. 5. 6 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa

93.3 Jingle Ball feat. Backstreet Boys/ Black Eyed Peas/Big Time Rush/Cheat Codes/Tate McRae/Ava Max/Jax/Nicky Youre Friday, Dec. 16. 7 p.m. $41 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa

Guavatron w/TBA/Tropico Blvd./MiniM Friday, Dec. 16. 7 p.m. $15. Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg

Thievery Corporation w/Emancipator Saturday, Dec. 17. 7 p.m. $39.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Cancellations/reschedules

Remi Wolf at Jannus Live, Sept. 30 Rescheduled to Nov. 16

Glaive w/Aldn at Orpheum, Oct. 1 Rescheduled to Nov. 13

Tauren Wells at Yuengling Center, Oct. 6 Rescheduled to Nov. 20

Whitney at Orpheum, Oct. 15 Canceled

Skip Marley at Crowbar, Oct. 19 Postponed

C/O VALESKA THOMAS

Done wrong

By Dan Savage

There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to savage.love. I’m a gay Black man in my early-30s. When I was a teen, I was called fat and ugly by family and friends. I should also point out that I was in an all-white community with white parents. When I was coming to terms with my sexual ity as a teenager, I began working out. I built a lot of muscle and have kept it on for the past 17 years, and working out really helps with my anxiety issues. I get a lot of attention from guys, and I’m frequently told how good looking I am. I used to revel in this because I thought I was ugly. But what I thought would bring me happiness really hasn’t. I’ve wanted to have a monogamous romantic rela tionship with someone where we both love and respect each other. It hasn’t happened. I’ve gone out on dates with guys who shoved their hands down my pants in public. One time when a guy asked for my number in Target, he began to fon dle my nipple when I was putting it in his phone. I’ve been sexually harassed at work and pressured to have sex after saying no.

I’ve looked to some older, wiser friends and mentors for support about some of these experiences, but I am often told that I should “enjoy the attention while I’m young” or that I should expect this behavior because of how my body looks and how I dress. Some of my friends have told me not to take things so personally and that some guys just see me as their gay Black fantasy come to life. Is this really what I have to look forward to in my romantic journey? Parts of me wonder if some of my chal lenges are about my blackness. I know this is not always the case, and honestly there’s a feeling of shame to even bring this up as if I’m using my race as an excuse for my problems. But my experiences have been so different from my white friends and mentors that I’m unsure. I’m seeing a therapist who is a per son of color who has been helping me with my blackness and sexuality. But my big question for you is this: Am I doing something wrong? Or am I navigating the same challenges other queer people of color face?—All Around Confused

Your therapist is both better qualified and in a better position to help you parse the chal lenges imposed on you as a queer person of

color, the challenges imposed on you by your experiences growing up, and the challenges you may be imposing on yourself. But I will say this: there’s nothing shameful about wondering whether your blackness— along with other people’s racism, your own inter nalized anti-blackness, and other forces beyond your control—may be interfering with your happiness.

be consigned to that role by strangers, AAC, and it troubles me that your friends think you should have to tolerate it, much less embrace it.

As for whether you’re doing something wrong…

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But I will say this, AAC: You deserved bet ter from your family and friends growing up; you deserve better from your friends, mentors,

There are guys out there who’ve done everything right and still haven’t managed to find—into their mid-30s—a relationship they want. Remember, AAC, it’s not as simple as find ing a guy who wants the same relationship model you do, i.e., the loving and monogamous model over the loving and nonmonogamous model. You have to find someone who wants what you want and that you’re sexu ally compatible with. It should go without saying that sexual compatibility is hugely important in

tit rings?) that you do not. Or you may find a guy you click with sexually, emotionally, and socially but who doesn’t want monogamy or won’t want it forever. You may not want it forever. To make a relationship work over the short term, you will have to negotiate and make compromises; to make one work over the long term, you will have to renegotiate and revisit those compromises.

Two final things…

First, I’d like to invite gay or queer Black readers to jump into the comments thread and share your experiences and insights with AAC. And if you’ve never seen the film “Tongues Untied,” AAC, you might want to sit down to watch it. Marlon T. Riggs’ 1989 documentary about what it means to be Black and gay in our culture is just as relevant now as it was 30 years ago. Everyone should watch it.

Would you mind reminding your gay male readers that it’s rude to take pictures of strang ers in public? (I guess men do this to masturbate to them later?) I’m a straight man who has lived in Seattle for four years and what gay men do to random male pedestri ans here ranges from nuisance to battery. It’s usually innocuous: I’m walking down the sidewalk, a gay man and his friends see me, whis per together, start giggling, then one of them pretends to take a photo of their group when they’re really taking a photo of me. This hap pens every half mile. Other times, gay men straight up just take my picture. Sometimes one will step directly in front of me, hoping to bump into me for a “meet cute.” Yesterday, I was walking, and I see three 50-year-old men hud dling together, and when I looked up all three were taking my picture. I ignored it, but I hate it. I kept walking but three other gay men were up ahead, and they stepped directly in front of me to block my way. One of them intentionally took a big step to the side, and when I was still passing, elbowed me “accidentally,” then turned to me laughing and said, “Oh, sorry!”

romantic partners, sex partners, and strangers at Target. You should be able to wear what you want without guys touching you without your consent. No one should be pressuring you to have sex you didn’t explicitly say yes to and/or have already explicitly said no to. And if being someone else’s “gay Black fantasy come to life” was something you enjoyed doing—if stepping in and out of that role was something you wanted to do for your self—that would be one thing. But you shouldn’t

sexually exclusive relationships, but I’m saying it because people enter into sexually exclusive relationships with people they don’t click with sexually all the fucking time. (Seriously, some weeks it’s half the mail.) But sexual compatibility by itself isn’t enough. You also have to find some one whose career, life, and family goals align with your own. And at some point, AAC, you will have to compromise. You may find a guy who wants monogamy but also other things (kids? poodles?

I’m sure most gay men would claim to never engage in such behavior. But when they get in groups, they allow their friends to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do. It’s cowardly and it needs to stop.—Sneakily Taking Other Peoples Pics Is Completely Shitty

Gay men in Seattle…

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TONGUES UNTIED: This week’s column comes with a film recommendation.

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