TREASURE ISL AND’S FUTURE Mother Nature Knows Best!
DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS
CONTENTS
PASS-A-GRILLE Merry Pier Paradise Grille Gennaro’s SeaCritters Suntan Art Center Bamboozle
April 2016
The SeaHorse Paradiso Boutique The Wharf Hurley Realty Loews - Don CeSar Shaners Land-Sea Mkt
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5th/3rd Bank Lou’s Florist Pappy’s Scoops Ice Cream Baird Realty Nori Thai -Sushi Riptides Lounge Resort Realty Library/City Hall Paradise Grille Dolphin Liquors Cafe Soleil New China
ReMax Preferred Agave Mexican Synovus Bank SPB Produce-Deli Coldwell Banker RE Vito & Michaels’ Nina’s Cafe Winn Dixie TBB Chamber Gulf to Bay Bait UPS Store Regions Bank Dolphin Beach Resort
COREY AREA DISTRICT
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
24 COVER FEATURE
PUBLISHER’S LETTER ..................8 LETTERS ......................................9 TIDBITS ...............................10-12 RESTAURANT UPDATE ........13, 15 PROPERTY LAW ..........................16 FISHING REPORT ......................17 REAL ESTATE WIZARD ............ 20 NEW INVESTING .....................28 CONSTRUCTION DEPT .............30 ART NEWS..........................35, 37 ARTS & LEISURE ................41-53 EVENTS CALENDAR ............42-52 CLASSIFIED ADS .................54-55 LIBRARIES .................................56 ASTROLOGY - SARAH LYONS ...58 TREASURED TALES ...................60
Treasure Island’s Future by Steve Traiman
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Mother Nature Knows Best
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Diny Jewelers Opens in Treasure Island
by Janet West
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33 Harp & Thistle Pub Book Review by Nanette Wiser 39 Sunset Lounge Debuts Think Chillounge on the beach at sunset by Rainer Scheer
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COVER DESIGN: Renee Roos ARTIST: Lori Bellinger PHOTO:: 123RF.com
Art Expo Paradise Gifts Frog Pond
Chill Restaurant Beach Theatre Jackie’s Bistro Keller Williams Realty
TREASURE ISLAND Publix Market The Sandpiper The Pearl TI & MB Chamber
Bilmar Hotel T.I. Hardware ReMax Metro Clock Tower Bus Stop
JOHN’S PASS VILLAGE Kilwin’s Ice Cream Spice & Tea Exchange Old Fash. Ice Cream Chamber Kiosk
MADEIRA BEACH Barefoot Bch Resort Post Office Recreation Center City Hall Library
GULFPORT Chamber Seabreeze Inn Gulfport Casino
Habana Café Library/City Hall Art Village
ISLA DEL SOL & BAYWAY ISLES Regions Bank Sterling Cleaners Patchingtons
Island Salon Subway Isla Yacht & CC
TIERRA VERDE Billy’s TD Bank Phila Deli Island Grille
ReMax Metro Marco’s Wong Lee’s T. V. Hardware
SOUTH PASADENA Palms of Pasadena Hospital Spiro’s Deli Publix Winn Dixie Fountains Towers
ST. PETERSBURG Sundial Shoppes Locale Market Chihuly Ricky P’s Florida CraftArt
Florida Jean Co Vinoy Hotel Holocaust Museum Morean Art Center Jim Duprey Salon
GRAND CENTRAL DISTRICT Grand Central Stained Glass
TYRONE AREA Cody’s Road House Harold Seltzer
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER It is a fun time for us as publishers of a community news magazine on the barrier islands of the west coast of Florida. The weather is perfect this time of year, with mornings in the high sixties and daytime highs in the low eighties. Business is brisk for the most part on the islands, and we have to allow a few extra minutes when we venture out to see clients, shop or do errands, knowing there will be frequent stops for pedestrians crossing Gulf Blvd. from their beachfront accommodations. The real estate industry, our biggest advertising category, has been so good lately with continuing record low interest rates that the most frequent complaint is a low inventory of homes to sell. The “height of season” has been active on the beaches, with almost weekly events, new restaurants and even a new resort opening, new projects being studied in our readership area and plenty of newcomers looking for their own little corner of Paradise. New advertisers in categories like personal wealth managers, yacht brokers and more have joined a growing list of restaurants in advertising their services to our loyal readership, and our business seems to get better each month. Renee and I continually enjoy meeting our readers and we never tire of hearing you say “I Love My Paradise NEWS”. We have been mailing out roughly 20,000 copies to our friends and neighbors up and down the beaches of south Pinellas for over 20 years now. We are also seeing the growth of thriving downtown St. Petersburg and have been expanding our coverage and distribution in that direction as well. Paradise NEWS has been covering the activities and events there, as well as the performing arts centers of the entire Bay area, as we are well aware that our readers prefer not to leave the beaches for minor needs, but are willing to travel a half hour for sporting and cultural events. We also see a growing connection between the islands and downtown as a residential target for our readers. We know of several who have happily sold their island homes and moved into downtown condominiums for their later retirement years. With over twenty years of publishing Paradise NEWS behind us (where does the time go) we have a reliable group of writers helping to keep you informed in a wide area of specialties. We constantly try to improve your community news magazine, both in print and online. Back issues are available on our electronic archive for the past 7 years, and stories are searchable for more than three years, since our online coordinator joined us. If you have not subscribed to our weekly e-blast “Discover Paradise this weekend” you should. Just sign up for free on the right side of our home page, at www.paradisenewsfl.com and we will email you each Thursday with a list of the top 5 + things to do each weekend and more. This issue includes an infrequent report about growth and progress in Treasure Island and residents vision of the future there. It is time to wave goodbye to some of our seasonal guests, even the Canadians who are cutting their stays shorter this year due to the sagging value of the ‘Loonie’, which has been devastated by low oil prices. Have a GREAT SUMMER folks and we will see you back in a few months. Renee & Pete and the PN TEAM! "The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." - Bob Marley 8
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Paradise NEWS Volume 22 Number 4 • April 2016
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PUBLISHERS & EDITORS Peter Roos & Renee Roos ART DIRECTOR Renee Roos • info@paradisenewsfl.com __________________________________________
FEATURE WRITERS Steve Traiman • Joyce LaFray • Nanette Wiser CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Jim Beggins • Tom Brodersen Esq. Sarah Lyons • Tom Smith Brian Puckett, JD, CPA, PFS, CFP™ • Janet West DIRECTORS Kaeley Dawson - Social Media Vickie Kolb - Events, Arts & Leisure Lorrie Bellinger - Graphic Designer Carrie Hill - Proofreader MARKETING Margaret Fuesy __________________________________________
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LETTERS Dear Peter and Renee, Again, our chapter is so grateful for the exposure and promotion of our annual exhibition at The Treasure Island Community Center on March 19th and 20th in your outstanding publication. As stated under your Publisher's Letter "Without Promotion something terrible happens...NOTHING!" P.T. Barnum Your contributions to our community in Paradise News is a testament to the way people should treat others, with
compassion and caring. This is also evident in your letter about being thankful to the visitors on our barrier islands and local cities. In Sincere Appreciation, Kathy LaDuke, President Ikebana International #65, St. Petersburg
Peter and Renee: Thank you for your help in creating the ad for our 75th Easter Sunrise Service and including the notice for the Service and Youth Pancake Breakfast. It is appreciated. - Gus Pries, Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church.
Build an Oyster Shell Bar at Abercrombie Park Volunteers needed for Friday, April 8 Tampa Bay Watch is recruiting volunteers to build an oyster shell bar to restore the shoreline of Abercrombie Park on Friday, April 8 from 9am - noon. Abercrombie Park is located at Park St. and 38th Ave. N in St. Petersburg. The City of St. Petersburg is concerned with erosion along the shoreline of this park. Located at Park St and 38 Ave N in St. Petersburg. The meeting location for the project will be shared with registered volunteers. Oyster shell projects involve shoveling fossilized shell into mesh bags, transporting the bags to the project site and placing oyster shell bags on the shoreline to create a series of oyster bars. It is pretty physical labor with oyster shell bags weighing around 30 pounds each, so the minimum age to participate is 15 years old. The goal is to restore lost habitat systems to the bay, prevent further erosion of the shoreline and improve water quality through natural biological filtration.
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(left) Elevation 608 - 612 Pass-A-Grille Way, one of three single family homes under construction, one is expected to be the builders (below left) St. Pete Beach Police Dept. building is being demolished. Coastal Glass Co., blue bldg in front will remain. (below) A group of Duke Energy In Action team members participated at the Fort Desoto Beach clean-up. part of a national community improvement program taking place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 2.8 million volunteers across country.
TID bits by Peter Roos PASS-A-GRILLE Many are wondering what is being built in the 600 block of Pass-A-Grille Way, former site of the Zephaniah Phillips homestead, oldest home in the area. They are three single family homes. The garage is at the back, there are no stairs at the front up to the second floor. Entrance is at grade level. (See B & W drawing above) TREASURE ISLAND The Treasure Islettes meet on the fourth Monday at 7 pm of each month from September to May at the Treasure Island Community Center. The Islettes welcome all women who have an interest in volunteerism for more information contact the Treasure Islettes by email at treasurei2@aol.com or Marian Alton at 727-360-0164. Bingo every Thursday at 6:45 pm and 7:45 pm at the Treasure Island Community Center, One Park Place, Treasure Island. PINELLAS BAYWAY ABC, Alliance for Bayway Communities, a group of community leaders, have been quietly addressing their local issues. An industry consultant was hired and negotiations with area telecommunications providers were begun. The effort eventually resulted 10
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in an agreement with Bright House Networks that significantly reduced charges to 33 Community Associations for basic cable TV services. The ABC has formed a team to engage Bright House Networks in an annual review of services provided. The intent is to track the quality of service and to anticipate the future needs of residents in the area. This continuing effort will provide important information for negotiating future telecommunication agreements. So, over the eighteen months of its existence, the Alliance concept has proven viable and effective. The ABC is now well known to most elected and non-elected officials from the City Council District to the State levels. As the ABC matures and formalizes itself in the future, they hope to continue as a voice for Bayway residents who want to enjoy the ambiance of life along the water of the Sunshine City, but who don't want to be taken for granted. The Alliance is led by a small working group, and takes on a few "projects" of multi-community interest, each led by one of the "Principals" of the Alliance leadership team. Currently, the Alliance is pursuing four projects: 1. The Water Treatment Plant upgrade, 2. Landscaping 3. Safety and Security, and 4. Telecommunications services.
The City and DOT have been responsive to the ABC campaign to improve the visual condition of landscaping along the Bayway. The Alliance has been monitoring the condition of the landscaping and directly requesting mowing services when the medians or rights-of-way start to become unsightly. The installation of St. Petersburg’s $600,000 upgrade to Bayway landscaping commenced in January at the eastern edge of Bayway. ST PETERSBURG Cobb Tyrone Luxury 10 Theatre will open in mid-April at Tyrone Square Mall. The 10-screen, 50,000 SF building was built in the mall's northwest parking area as a free-standing structure facing Tyrone Blvd. The theater holds 1,200 seats and invites customers to dine while watching movies in oversized, reclining seats. The city's bike share program is moving closer to becoming a reality. City Council voted in support of Mayor Kriseman's $1.5 million bike share proposal at their meeting in late February. The city is in negotiations with CycleHop, which runs Tampa's program, and City Council should take a final vote in April. The program will start with 300 bikes dispersed among 30 stations primarily in downtown and
along Central Avenue. 24th Annual Future of the Region Awards Presented by The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, April 22, 2016, 11:45 am USF St. Petersburg University Student Center 140 7th Avenue S., St. Petersburg, Fl 33701 Parking is available at 250 5th Avenue South Register visit http:// futureoftheregion24. eventbrite.com Contact Wren Krahl for additional information, wren@tbrpc.org John Craig Clothier Now Open at Sundial carries brands and fashions not found anywhere else in St. Petersburg such as Canali, Robert Talbott, Peter Millar, Zanella, Eton, Donald J. Pliner, Hickey Freeman, Samuelsohn and many more. The retailer also offers custom shirts by Skip Gambert, made-to-measure suits and a wide array of accessories including shoes, belts, ties, sunglasses, cologne & watches. Last week, Kobie Marketing announced the expansion of its corporate headquarters in downtown St. Petersburg with plans to hire 255 employees over the next few years. Kobie, a global leader in fullyintegrated customer loyalty marketing and customer retention agency, currently has nearly 200 full time employees. The company is headquartered in over 30,000 SF on two floors of the City Center building at 100 2nd Avenue South. They will be leasing additional office space at the Ceridian building in the Skyway Marina District to accommodate their expansion. The Skyway Marina District will be seeing many improvements in the
coming months, including a newly rebuilt Publix in the Bay Pointe Plaza shopping center at 54th Ave. and 34th St. South set to open in December. This summer, Maximo Marina will begin multimilliondollar renovations and Bay Pointe Plaza will be transformed with a new facade. Gateway signage is coming this year to three prominent locations identified along 34th St. S. in the Skyway Marina District Plan. Each gateway sign is expected to cost $120,000 to install and will be funded by the city. Along with gateway signage, new landscaping will be installed in all 11 existing medians along 34th St. S. from 54th Ave. S. to 30th Ave. S. through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) highway beautification program. The cost of the work is estimated to be $350,000-$400,000. The new landscaping will feature drought tolerant, sustainable plant selections in keeping with FloridaFriendly Landscaping principles. The historic Vinoy Renaissance Resort and Golf Club will be receiving multimillion dollar renovations to enhance the beautiful retreat on the city's waterfront. The projects will begin in May and are anticipated to take two & half years to complete. "I think the demographic of St. Petersburg is changing, as well as the demographic of the Vinoy Club. The timing is really perfect. I think that St. Petersburg as a destination is really blossoming," said Barbara Readey, General Manager of Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club.
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MORE TIDBITS TIERRA VERDE Join the Tampa Bay Watch Team for Cure the Bay's Challenge on Sunday, May 1! The Cure on Wheels bike ride event on Sunday, May 1 supports two great causes - the fight against cancer and the fight for a healthier bay. A small portion, $10, of registration fee will go to Tampa Bay Watch, and each rider will receive a free one-year membership. You can also make an additional donations and designate which nonprofit receives it. We hope you choose Tampa Bay Watch. Here’s how you can make a difference: 1. Register at www.cureonwheels.org 2. Click “Click here for Registration & Details” 3. Click “Join a Team” 4. Click “ Search for Team” and select "Tampa Bay Watch” 5. Click “Join Team” and fill out form 6. You can direct your donation to Tampa Bay Watch in Step #11 by entering the code: CTB2016 You can register for any distance or even stay at home and be a virtual rider! All rides start and end at Tampa Bay Watch including a 7-mile All Children's Family Fun ride, a 20-mile Tour De Moffitt ride and a 40-mile YMCA Pedal For A Purpose ride. The cycling routes will take in the beautiful surroundings of Fort De Soto Park, Tierra Verde and Sunshine Skyway trail. There is a family-friendly postride party at Tampa Bay Watch with a catered lunch, beverages and a water
fee. Children under 12 are exempt from fundraising, but encouraged to do so. The 20-Mile Tour De Moffitt and 40-Mile YMCA Pedal For A Purpose riders have a minimum fundraising goal of $250 /person and a $50 registration fee. Participants may register at the event as well as online in advance by visiting http://give.cureonwheels.org.
Clifford Wright (r) of Sarasota, FL was presented the time-honored Carnegie Medal for Lifesaving by Paradise NEWS columnist, retired mayor, and fellow Carnegie Medal awardee, Julian Fant. Mr. Wright, a retired electrician, was 72 when he went to the rescue of a male driver, 86, and a female passenger, 82, occupants of a car which had just plunged into a 12-foot deep pond. Wright was able to free both of them, as the car filled with water and slowly submerged. All 3 recovered from the ordeal. The event was in observance of the Carnegie Foundation's recently introduced "Awardee to Awardee" program. This marks the 3rd such presentation by Fant, who was one of five awardees who took part marathon beach rescue of 10 people who wereswept out to sea by rip tides off Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, in October, 1958.
front concert by The Black Honkeys. This is not an event you’ll want to miss! The 7-Mile All Children’s Family Fun riders have a minimum $75/person fundraising goal plus $25 registration
PINELLAS COUNTY Pinellas County commissioners approved $9.8 million construction project to expand a passenger terminal, upgrade concessions and restrooms, and add security checkpoints to expedite travel time at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Construction will begin in April and is expected to be completed by summer 2017. The airport has seen record number of passengers in recent months. In 2015, the airport served 1.65 million passengers - about 30% more than its previous one-year record of 1.3 million in 2004. Pinellas County drew over 6 million tourists in 2015 and for the first time passed $40 million in tax collections on hotel rooms. Bed tax collections have increased nearly 60% in the past 5 years, according to Visit St. Pete-Clearwater. PN
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RESTAURANT UPDATE & More
Seasonal residents tend to flock north as Easter looms. This year, by April 1, it has come and gone, making for a short ‘height of season’, from February 14th to March 27th. Canadians, whose dollar is depressed compared to ours, have been even more thrifty than usual this year, and many shortened their stays to save rent, food and out of country health insurance fees. While they have FREE healthcare at home, they pay big bucks to cover any use of our health care system. Spring break will last another couple weeks, but it is a different crowd, not as attuned to fine dining.
In just the past month, however, several changes occurred in local restaurants. Bruce Nye’s Elvis act at Gators Mondays 6-8 & Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30 through April. The Pearl features Jazz nights on April 13 & 27. The new BRGRrestaurant has opened at the all new Treasure Island Resort. Feola’s next door at the Thunderbird Resort offers home cooked Italian family dining three meals a day with a large outdoor patio for weather like this, and a full liquor bar.
Remember our Dec. issue, when we named part of Blind Pass Road Little Italy and had a newly opened Verducci Italian Market on the cover? The market sign is now shared with “SeaFire” the newest fine dining venue in St. Pete Beach. Just north of Verducci’s very popular restaurant, the same culinary team has opened their meat and seafood specialty venue of similar quality. We thoroughly enjoyed our first visit to SeaFire. Utilizing the stainless kitchen and deli counter, with ample table seating indoors and out, and forty parking spaces within two blocks to the north of the building, the proteinheavy venue is a very welcome addition to the pasta and pizza center of Little Italy. Knowing we would be sharing our experiences with you, we ordered more than we could eat. We started with Tuna Tartare ($14). Small chunks of tuna in a slightly spicy wasabi aoli served like a personal cake, enough to share, and too good not to finish. Soup of the Day or salad was includsed with entrees as is the homebaked mini-breads, served by the basket with colorful and delicious spreads, like roasted red pepper and Kalamata Hummus. The Gumbo was flavored perfectly but in need additional hot sauce for our tastes. Renee had a steak, served medium rare, as she prefers. I opted for the Grouper, chargrilled, juicy and delicious. Each came with choice of several sauces which made the dishes extra special. There is a short list of wines, but diners are also invited to peruse the extensive selection offered on ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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SeaFire: Special of the Day - Butter Fish in a Lobster Cream Sauce, Tuna Tartare & Spicy Maine Lobster Pasta shelves & wall brackets for bottles at market prices. A modest $5 ‘corkage’ fee is added and any remaining at the end of the meal can leave with you. A block south across the street, just north of Winn
Dixie, Mastry’s Brewing Company is converting the old Pinellas Tire Center into a bar. An old name from downtown St. Petersburg, this is, we believe their first venture on the islands. Construction at The Pit has stalled while owner Craig Monroe focuses on a more pressing challenge. Taking over Shark Tales, (formerly Sloppy Pelican) on very short notice, he moved his construction crew two blocks west to make some badly needed renovations. Beth Morean’s new place is apparently named after us. The Roost looks ready to open, with broasted chicken and homemade sides. If you’re in the mood for a refreshment, with or without your best friend, check out Nikko Mussolini’s DOG Barrrrrrr, just south of the Blind Pass Bridge in Mulligan’s Plaza. Owned by Tony, Cody and their dictator dog Nikko, this new concept in watering holes redefines Cheers. People may not know your name, but they will remember your dog. Drink prices are reasonable and variety is amazing, from draft domestic and bottled craft beers, 30 types each of wine and Sake, coffees, and an amuzing new list of wine based“Doggedy-Dog Cocktails”. Tony reports that his fresh-baked, flown-in, preservative-free dog biscuit business is brisk, including a line of politically incorrect biscuits. “The Trump Bones sold out in a matter of hours”, said Tony. Live music on Friday & Saturday Nights. Check out the newly arrived line of t-shirts with sayings like… “I got my butt sniffed at Nikko Mussolini’s.” PN Caution: you will be judged by your dog’s behavior.
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GET REAL ABOUT PROPERTY Travels Through Real Estate Law
LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
BY THOMAS A. BRODERSEN, ESQ.
We live in an age where people have the freedom to live their lives in many different ways. Some make the choice to forego getting married, even though they are in committed relationships which they intend to honor. Having felt the great pain of going through divorce, they don’t want to ever again, and for good reason. Almost everyone who’s been divorced felt like they were “screwed to the wall.” Also, the emotional trauma of all those broken dreams is more than people think they can endure again. But life is about learning and growing. Part of that growth needs to be learning to heal, but even more, learning not to make the mistakes that led to that pain and suffering in the first place. Sincere people of good conscience can put personal trauma aside and learn to trust again. We’re older, we’re wiser, and we’re less likely to choose the wrong person again. Hopefully, we’re a lot less likely to contribute to the destruction of our relationships, as when we were
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younger. Getting stuck in the past is a disability, which we all need to overcome. Meeting later in life, each partner perhaps having had a previous family, there are plenty of forces that would discourage us from conquering our fears. But happiness, as well as a simple sense of fairness, requires that we do. Your new partner is not to blame for your past mistakes, only their own. But to fail to plan for the needs of both parties is a mistake. The unmarried partner can be put at a huge disadvantage as changes in life come. That person you love (and actually do trust) might not have their name on your shared home. If you don’t have proper documents, medical professionals might not be able to talk to them when it counts the most. The person who may have the best insight into the choices you would make might be locked out of the process. And your children,
who might never accept someone new taking the place of their natural parent, cannot be expected to automatically respect your new partner as you do. What would happen to your partner if you should die tomorrow? Would he or she be homeless? Many are. Would they be without sufficient funds to meet everyday expenses? Most are! Would they even have use of the car you might have shared? Simply put, can you live with the thought that your lack of planning contributed to their ultimate demise? You must, at least plan for these possibilities. Sooner or later we all pass. Thomas A. Brodersen, Esq., A NDERSON & B RODERSEN , P.A. 350 Corey Avenue, St. Pete Beach • (727) 363-6100
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Hubbard’s Marina written by: Captain Mark & Dylan Hubbard WWW.HubbardsMarina.com Hashtag it: #HubbardsMarina “If you’re TOO BUSY to go FISHING, You’re just TOO BUSY!” - Salty Sol Fleishman near shore was tough mid-week Inshore - Inside John’s Pass the due to the large full moon we had, sheepshead & flounder have been the most commonly reported and the high pressure didn’t help very much either. The fishing is catches this past week. However, improving finally as the barometer before the rain started we were stabilizes and the moon gets hearing and seeing lots of anglers smaller each day casting less light pulling in nice slot or close to slot at night not allowing fish to feed snook on large shrimp inside the all twenty four hours which helps pass. Also, the pigfish or grunts the day time bite improve dramatworking best around structures. ically. Yesterday’s private charter Pompano and trout are being on the Mrs. HUB and the Flying caught on our beaches, especially HUB did well on mangrove around the morning or dusk. Art snapper and monster porgies Seiple and Susan Mongan both using large live shrimp and some from North Reddington beach hogfish! The HUB private charter were fishing with their friend also did great along with the half Brenda away from St. Petersburg day. As the water warms we on the north jetty of John’s Pass expect the kingfish & mackerel catching Trout, flounder and to return followed by the sharks whiting on live shrimp and cut and were hoping for a more bait all weighted to the bottom. aggressive red grouper bite too. Art also did very well fishing the Johns Pass bridge using shrimp Offshore - The only offshore bite for sheepshead and mangrove we had a chance at recently was snapper. James Miller, Largo, our 12 hour party boat trip this reported the outgoing tide helped past week. However, due to the him catching nice sheepshead, full moon & high pressure mangroves, and even a large combination we had troubles even mackerel using live shrimp. getting snapper to bite during this When he free lined his largest narrow window of fishing time. shrimp into the pass he caught a However, the very next day the beautiful snook too! Mark Flying HUB was able to find Herman fishing both jetties some amberjack, red grouper inside the pass using live shrimp and big mangroves but the bite reported the sheeps- head and was still slow. We Hope that the the big drum were biting well better weather outlook in the comfor him this past week. Edward ing week helps us to capitalize on Suendrys from Tampa area also some great fishing. reported catching snook on live Past reports? Check out this link: shrimp inside John’s Pass. http://hubbardsmarina.com/ Near shore - The day time bite hubbards-marina-fishing-reports/
2016 Spring King of the Beach Fishing Tournament • April 28, 29, & 30 Madeira Beach Florida will host fishing teams from Texas, around the Gulf and up the Atlantic coast to Virginia. Anglers will be competing for the Crown & the Guaranteed $50,000 first place payout. A three day waterfront festival offering traveling anglers, local families & residents three days of activities, music, food and events. More anglers means more money for our charities and programs. It’s a win all the way around. Proceeds from the 3-day tournament and Waterfront Festival help Old Salt Fishing Foundation fund family & youth fishing programs, provide financial support for select charities and deliver effective advocacy for licensed Florida anglers. http://oldsaltfishing.org /fishing-tournaments/spring-king-of-the-beach/ ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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Sell NOW! Buy LATER! Brad Inman, real estate guru, said that he was thinking about buying another house. I wanted to stand up and say, “Dooon’t dooo it — the next downturn is on the way!” There are multiple signs the next downturn is around the corner, but what if you could predict whether a specific property in a given market area would increase or decrease in price during the next year? Ever since we listed our house in September and lowered our listing price just two weeks into the listing, my gut has been telling me the next slump is coming. Our decision to lower our price paid off. Out of 47 listings in our price range and location during November and December, there were only two sales, and ours was one of them. My sense is that we are in 2006 again. Prices are flattening while inventories are increasing slightly, a precursor to the next downturn. - Bernice Ross, Inman News. When we are confused about buying or selling we tend to do nothing until we get enough information to make an informed decision. I believe that “Trust is the Currency of the Future”. Who can we trust to get the facts?
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I’d like to help you with some facts, theories and ideas about local real estate. If you want to learn interesting stuff about our Gulf beach real estate, I invite you to attend one of my Tuesday 1-hour discussion sessions about barrier island assets and liabilities. I call it “Informed Confusion” because of all the factors to consider before moving to or from one of our 16 unique beach towns. There is too much info to print on my short monthly article. Find out why I’m advocating selling now and waiting to buy, depending on your personal situation, of course. RSVP to my mobile, 727 254 8144 or jimbeggins@c21be.com . There is never an obligation, just barrier island information. Before you sell or buy, investigate. I have an agreement with an analytics company that gives the current value of property you own or are interested in and lets you correct any misinformation that you may find. Go to propertywizard team.smarthomeprice.com and we’ll email your value… no obligation. I also suggest that you check values on other sites.
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From the biggest of hearts to the smallest of bodies, May Day Racers of all ages, shapes and sizes will take to the track around Ceridian & the Skyway Trail on May 7, 2016. There is something for everyone at this event including beautiful scenery, competitive timing, great shirts, post-race fun, and great medals and prizes (both for race and random winners!) Kristen Morey, who chairs the committee that has organized this annual event commented, “I love to hear about the various groups training for this event from the Couch to 5k program at Anytime Fitness to the boys and girls running club at 74th Street Elementary in St. Petersburg. I can’t wait to see these teams crossing the finish line and experiencing the joy that comes from training and working hard to accomplish their goals.” This year’s event adds a Kids Dash for Cash sponsored by Jabil Circuit to the successful 5k & 10k started last year. Kids who participate in the Kids Dash will receive goody bags, a t-shirt and a chance to win great prizes. Kids can participate free with an adult race entry, but all must pre-register to be guaranteed an entry. Dash distances will vary based on age up to a 1-mile run around Ceridian. The beneficiaries of the race this year will be the Skyway Marina District and local school projects as part of the Pinellas County Schools Fund a Classroom program. To register as a race participant or to volunteer, please visit www.active.com or for more information visit the Skyway Marina District Facebook page. See ad on page 39
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New Municipal Complex, Causeway Bridge, ‘Visioning’ The City of Treasure Island is on the brink of an even more exciting future for its residents, businesses and a growing number of tourists. 24
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igh on the City Commission’s list are vital upgrades for its deteriorating municipal buildings, with the possibility of a new complex similar to the recent improvements in Madeira Beach … Necessary repairs to the Treasure Island Causeway bridges, continuing maintenance costs and possible reinstatement of tolls … And positive responses to the recent Vision Group survey and community workshop looking toward Treasure Island in 2020. One prime example is the recent opening of the new 77 all-suite Treasure Island Beach Resort, operated by the Ocean Properties’ Opal Collection at 10800 Gulf Blvd. Nasser Wehbe, General Manager and Ocean Properties’ Regional Operations Manager, has a very positive outlook for Treasure Island that led to building the first new hotel in many years here.
He told Paradise News, “By bringing this hotel to Treasure Island, the local establishments will also thrive as we welcome both residents and tourists. Our luxury suites offer an escape to a refreshing blend of casual beachfront luxury, soothing coastalinspired design and charming ambience. Our signature restaurant, BRGR Kitchen & Bar, offers delicious gourmet burgers and hearty salads, as well as handcrafted cocktails while guests watch our world famous Gulf sunsets. We know that everyone who visits our Treasure Island Beach Resort will not be disappointed!” Mayor Robert Minning and City Manager Reid Silverboard provided Paradise News exclusive insight on the community’s problems, possibilities and very positive outlook for the future.
New Municipal Complex
Causeway Bridge Situation
City officials are looking for solutions to transform the current City Hall, Police, Fire and Public Works buildings into a modern administration complex that could include its existing City Hall/Fire Dept./Police Dept. area and the Community Center and city park.
Treasure Island Causeway is a series of three bridges (the outer ones fixed, the middle one a bascule drawbridge) crossing Boca Ciega Bay between the City and mainland St. Petersburg. Under an agreement that dates to 1938 all three bridges were constructed, owned and maintained by the City of Treasure Island. All motorists paid a $1.00 toll, with discount stickers for residents, until June, 2006, when the first span of the drawbridge was reopened with no toll booth.
As Silverboard explained, “A recent bid was about $700,000 for critical repairs to the windows, doors and low-sloped roofs for the Police and Fire buildings, and roof and fascia board repairs to City Hall. This would just get us by for another day, so the City is preparing an RFQ (Request for Qualifications) to send by the end of the month to engineering/architectural firms. This will be for an assessment of the current buildings with recommendations and costs for replacing them with a modern complex on the current 108th Avenue site, or another City site.” “A much-needed parking garage is another option for consideration. It would offer public parking to meet the city’s needs and could be done as a public/private partnership with businesses purchasing spaces. All our hotels and many businesses would be able to participate.” The Mayor added, “Parking is the Number One issue from our Commission.” He reiterated that “We can no longer continue to throw money down a rat hole. The RFQ is for site selection, to develop a conceptual design, an engineering design, and for construction management, for the project. Local residents and businesses would have plenty of input on where and how the project would be done.” Silverboard noted, “The City’s financial condition is such that we have plenty of leeway to issue bonds to pay for a new complex.”
The Causeway was first opened to traffic in 1939 and quickly became a popular route to the Pinellas County barrier islands for beach getaways. By 2002, an engineering study revealed that all three bridges had become so structurally deficient that immediate action had to be taken to replace the bridges. Construction on the West and East fixed bridges started in late 2003 and was completed in October 2004. Three months later, construction of the new drawbridge began and the “new Causeway bascule bridge” was dedicated in ceremonies held on August 25, 2007. “Total cost of the project was about $65 million,”Silverboard explained.“Funding included a $5 million TOPS grant from the State for the two fixed bridges, and $10 million from the City for extensive permitting and engineering design. Thanks to late Congressman C. W. "Bill" Young the City got about $50 million for the new drawbridge through the Federal Highway Administration. Then Mayor Mary Maloof agreed to take off the tolls once the first span of the bridge was completed.” “We offered the East fixed bridge to St. Petersburg, and the drawbridge to the State or County, but no one wanted to take them. As a result, we’ve had to budget between $700,000 to $800,000 a year for operation, maintenance and repairs, and had to spend about $900,000 extra last year for concrete repairs and painting of the three bridges.
Attentive audience at January 30 Vision session Photos courtesy of Collaborative Labs @ St. Petersburg College
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“We can no longer afford to maintain and repair these bridges and 1.8 miles of causeway, and we’re now in the final stage of an RFQ to hire an engineering firm to undertake various studies to get the information needed for the Commission to make a decision on whether or not to reinstate tolls. These studies would focus on Traffic and Toll Revenue, including where the Causeway users are coming from and heading to, the amount of traffic at different times of the year, and times of day The Commission needs these details to determine future funding, toll collection methodology and design, cost of operation and maintenance, and setting up a toll rate structure including discounts for residents and other frequent users and city businesses.” “The Commission is adamant that all tolls would go toward bridge operation and maintenance. Any tolls would be all-electronic, to eliminate traffic bottlenecks. With the survey starting as soon as possible, the public and Commission will be kept fully informed, with a likely portal on our City website. We would hope to have a decision later this year.” Unique Vision Group Treasure Island is fortunate to have an innovative Future Vision Group that dates to 2009, and recently completed a community workshop whose results were recently mailed to all 5,000 resident homes. Both Mayor Minning and City Manager Silverboard are very pleased with the recent survey results and workshop. TheVision Steering Committee chairman is Mitchell Shenkman, a former publicly traded company president who moved to TI with his wife Whitney in 1998 from NewYork City. He told Paradise News, “I got involved with theVision Steering Committee in 2009 at its inception, with 20 other residents and business people. We were tasked with identifying community priorities for the next 20-year future vision for TI. In 2010 a community survey was launched with 1,332 respondents and we also held three community engagements facilitated by the Collaborative Labs of St Petersburg College. In March 2011 the Commission was given the results and a jointVision/Commission/City Staff group made the next steps to mobilize the vision. A new stewardship committee was formed to insure the vision of the community was being accomplished.” “That brings us to 2015 when the nextVision Steering Committee was appointed with the same task, with a survey started last March and completed in September. We got approximately 800 survey respondents, which led to our January 30 community workshop. We had an enthusiastic turnout of 83 TI residents and 10 TI business folks.” “Now the results of the community workshop and surveys are getting to our residents and business people. This will insure all will be informed, with many of this year’s results similar to those of 2011. Included are beautification and preservation of our beaches … redevelopment of the north end and west beach trail, from 104th to 119th street … consideration of a modest increase in height and density, 26
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TI Community Response with view corridors of our beautiful beach. I look forward to continue being part of our smart growth and prosperity in the coming years.” Survey & Workshop Highlights By 2020 the three most popular prospective headlines the participants wanted to read in the newspaper about Treasure Island were: 1. 2. 3.
Downtown Business Area Development Completed – Tower Bell Rings in New Development New Resort and Destination Marina opens on Gators’ Property Best Place to Live is also best place to visit. (2 and 3 tied for popularity)
Top strategies chosen for the community included: 1. 2.
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Utilize downtown area for “First Friday”type of event. Plan and promote sports tourism, beach friendly events – such as beach volleyball, softball, baseball Make Treasure Island more pedestrian friendly with better lighting, safer repaired sidewalks and green spaces. Improve bike trail for safer biking, extend the beach trail southward and put a designated bike lane on the beach trail The City has to market the city.
Top Strategies selected for growth included: 1. 2. 3.
Redevelop Gators’ property into a viable tourist destination including a destination Marina resort. Revitalize downtown, build attractive parking garage. Establish planned development for the beach area.
Top Strategies for beautification and environmental preservation were: 1. 2. 3.
Create and enforce a set of environmental & beautification standards for the beach & community Complete undergrounding of Utilities Community to educate beachgoers, residents and visitors on recycling and beach clean-up (2 and 3 tied for popularity)
A sampling of resident and business responses to the recent Vision Workshop and survey results are included in the sidebar to the right. PN [Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Mitchell Shenkman, Mayor Robert Minning and City Manager Reid Silverboard for their comments and insight.] [Steve Traiman is President of Creative Copy by Steve Traiman in St. Pete Beach, offering freelance business writing services. He can be reached via email at traimancreativecopy@gmail.com)
Here’s a sampling of attendee comments from the January 30 Treasure Island Visioning Session: By Steve Traiman Arthur Czyszczon, General Manager, Page Terrace Hotel: “I attended the Community Input Workshop that the Vision Steering Committee held for the Vision of Treasure Island's 2020 look. Treasure Island is my home. My family lives and works here. I am excited for our future. New development with an appreciation of green spaces and environmentally forward thinking will catapult Treasure Island into a Top 10 destination to visit and live. Redevelopment not only benefits our residents now, it secures a bright future for our children and grandchildren.” Saleene Partridge, Educator & Board Member: “We’ve lived here since July, 2010, and for 17 years I’ve been a teacher, education administrator, and have a Master’s in Writing Curriculum. I am active on the Planning & Zoning Board, the Local Planning Agency and the Vision Steering Committee. With a great turnout at the Visioning session, we were extremely pleased to see many new faces of residents who had not attended earlier meetings. It was inspiring to us to hear more items for discussion we had not heard earlier. A lot of residents had good ideas on the need for more downtown area redevelopment, and it was encouraging that many residents are concerned about helping small, local businesses by doing more to promote tourism.” Atul Shah, Owner, At Cost Liquors: “I’ve been here 28 years and started from scratch in 1989 with our site at 9861 Gulf Blvd. We’ve seen a lot of changes in the community and have been involved with the Visioning group since it began about five years ago. As a local businessman, I would like to promote more businesses outside of downtown, into the South Side and other areas. Celebrations should be spread out to more beach areas away from the recent site behind the Bilmar to get more tourist traffic. That’s why we have so many vacant storefronts as our officials are not doing enough to promote all of Treasure Island. We need more public parking as well all over the beach. The City needs to talk to some local developers to help with new parking.” Ric & Danute Krebs, Retired Schoolteachers: Ric notes, “We’ve been here about three years, coming from Naperville in west suburban Chicago. We both attended the recent Visioning session that was definitely positive with many good ideas. For me as a new resident it was very educational and an opportunity to learn what others concerns are.“ Danute adds, “It was intriguing that many did not realize this was a ‘community’ Visioning session as they had only their own private concerns. There were times when discussions were good but better monitoring would have kept one topic from monopolizing the floor. One disappointment was as relatively new residents, we felt the City Manager could have given a clearer background about the Visioning group and its mission.” Greg Tong, American Legion Post 158: “Although I’m not a resident, I have a keen interest in the community. I’ve been active for several years with the Treasure Island/Madeira Beach Chamber, and am on the Board. I’ve been involved with our Visioning group since we had the last Collaborative Lab Session five years ago. At the recent Visioning session, everybody seemed on board that we have to move forward together. I’d like to see a more concerted effort to bring more high-quality tourist visitors to the community. Having more places such as the new Opal Collection Hotel for these tourists to stay at will give our Chamber more impetus to promote our beautiful beach. It was great to see so many residents and business people interested in helping build our community. Whatever we do we need to keep in mind that the focus is to keep the tourists coming, and to keep the residents happy.” ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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Paradise News’ NEW Personal Financial Column In these challenging economic times, preserving and growing your wealth is a daunting task. Investment fads, hidden fees, and rising taxes are relentless. Many investors end up taking too much risk for too little return, receiving mediocre service and conflicted "advice," and paying too much in taxes, commissions, and fees. Paradise NEWS has been seeking an author to help guide our readers. We just found Brian Puckett, a resident of Vina Del Mar, and one of Business Week’s most experienced top 50 financial advisors in the US. Brian was a CPA for Price Waterhouse Coopers, a business lawyer for Fowler White in Tampa, and a Certified Financial Planner™ with Align Wealth Management for the last 23 years. Align is a team of highly credentialed professionals with decades of wealth management experience. “What I hope I’ve gained from my training and long experience is the wisdom to offer ideas and strategies that work for you,” said Brian. “This column will begin with a series of articles called Evidence-Based Investing. A set of a half-dozen or so wealth-building ideas based not on the whims of Wall Street but on peer-reviewed inquiry into how capital markets really work. The goal is to help you make the most of your one financial life.” So let’s begin our journey with the first in this Series: Evidence-Based Investing 28
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EVIDENCE-BASED INVESTING by Brian Puckett, JD, CPA, PFS, CFP®
Controlling Investment Costs Popular gurus are always telling you what to buy, sell, do or not do with your money. Chasing the next hot trade in an essentially unknowable future only distracts you from more effective ways to manage your wealth. Among your most effective actions is the art of cost control. It’s intuitive: The more you pay to invest, the less you have to keep for yourself. And yet, what you won’t find in the popular media is a great deal of advice on how to identify, let alone control your costs. Let us fill in the blanks. There are several reasonable cost controls you can apply in your pursuit of net investment returns. Fees, inglorious fees. The retail financial services industry is masterful at hiding the true costs of investing, which can include, but are by no means limited to, broker commissions; mutual fund expenses; trading costs incurred inside the mutual fund, front-end, back-end or other types of loads; and bid/ask spreads. If you’re investing in mutual funds, you can start by comparing expense ratios that are provided within the fund’s prospectus. Don’t stop there because the trading costs incurred inside a fund can be higher than the disclosed expense ratios. And taxes are another insidious cost. A good website for ascertaining the true costs of any mutual fund can be found at www.personalfund.com. (Please note that we have no affiliation with personalfund.com) In individual bonds, it’s even harder to assess the real costs involved. Hidden commissions (referred to as “markups”) are not required to be disclosed. And, they rarely are. But, of course, the higher your price on a bond, the lower your yield to maturity. The lesson: Do yourself a favor and strive to minimize your expenses bydesigning, implementing and maintaining portfolios that consist primarily of institutional asset class funds, index funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs)
and other investment vehicles where costs are minimized and transparently disclosed. Taxes matter too. Taxes are among the most insidious portfolio costs, so minimizing their debilitating impact is critical to building real wealth. While it is incumbent upon each of us to pay our fair share, there are actions you can take to create an even playing field for yourself, such as investing in tax-managed funds within your taxable accounts; placing tax-inefficient holdings within your tax-sheltered accounts; harvesting tax losses when available to offset taxable gains; and managing philanthropic activities with an eye toward tax efficiency. Why pay more for less? So, when some of your lowest-hanging, most productive fruit is found simply by controlling your investment costs and expenses, why don’t you hear more on the subject in the popular press and from brokerage houses? As Charles Ross explains in his book, The Unbeatable Market, “The people on Wall Street simply can't imagine how they would make a living if they weren’t trying to beat the market. But that’s their problem, not yours. It’s not your responsibility to provide livelihoods for stock analysts. What’s rational on Wall Street isn’t usually aligned with the best interests of you as an investor.” To be an evidence-based investor, we recommend you recognize the guise for what it is; focus on keeping your own costs to a minimum, and let others worry about tilting at windmills with an unpredictable market. That is it for this month. Join us again as each insight will explore one essential concept about investing, with an emphasis on ensuring that evidence, not emotion, guides the way. Before you know it, we’ll have introduced you to a dozen or so solid principles, based on more than a half-century of peerreviewed inquiry into how capital markets really work and how you can
harness their power to achieve your goals and dreams. Don’t worry, unless you specifically ask us about it, we’ll skip the detailed calculations and multi-factor modeling. Instead, we’ll translate each insight into its meaningful essence: the “What’s in it for me?” you need to know, so you can apply the science of investing to your own portfolio. You see, being a better investor doesn’t mean you must have an advanced degree in financial economics, or that you have to be smarter, faster or luckier than the rest of the market. It means: •Knowing and heeding the insights available from those who do have advanced degrees in financial econom-
ics and are not hampered by conflicts of interest •Structuring your portfolio so that you’re playing with rather than against the market and its expected returns •Avoiding your own most dangerous behaviors – ingrained through eons of evolution – that tempt you to make the worst financial decisions at all the wrong times. Are you ready to become a better investor on these terms? Join us for our next Evidence-Based Investment Insight: “You, the Market and the Prices You Pay.” Brian Puckett, JD, CPA/PFS, CFP® alignmywealth.com Align Wealth Management, 125 5th St. S., St. Pete, FL 33701 • 727.455.0033
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CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT by Tom Smith, Contractor GHD Construction Services, Inc.
Finding the Right Builder There are good and not so good companies in every profession. That, of course, is true with the building industry. Contractors and sub-contractors normally specialize in specific types of construction of which they are best experienced. When a builder reaches beyond their area of expertise, problems can arise. The biggest problem that arises generally relate to financial incompetence. When a family decides to build a new home, in almost all cases they are embarking on the biggest financial investment of their lives. They need to be assured that their builder has the experience and financial strength to coordinate the various subs and suppliers, and keep all bills paid as the project progresses. All too often an inexperienced contractor receives the large draws during construction, but doesn’t have the business background to allocate those funds to suppliers, subs and the
large amount of overhead that it takes to properly complete a project, before they take their profit. Many times builders underbid jobs due to the lack of a proper estimating and bookkeeping system. Many builders are not good businessmen. Worse yet, some contractors underbid projects simply for the cash flow, in hopes that they can makes ends meet. That almost always leads to problems for the homeowner. What can a consumer do to protect themselves financially when building a new home? Florida has a Lien Law that helps protect the consumer, as long as the homeowner understands that legal process. Most important, do not let the contractor get too far ahead in draws as the project progresses. Make sure that a payment for a certain portion of the job is at a fair percentage for the work completed. When a homeowner has a mortgage, the bank has a fair system
to monitor draws. Also very important, when a Notice to Owner is received during construction, make sure that invoice is promptly paid with the next draw. Finally, at completion of construction, demand a notarized Final Payment Affidavit from the contractor stating that all bills are paid. Choose your contractor carefully. Our business model at GHD is to work closely with every customer to give them the quality that they deserve. Feel free to visit our 2016 Solar home today and speak with our sales staff about any construction questions you may have. GHD Construction Services, Inc. has constructed 6,000 homes since 1971, and has a new Solar model home at 14305 N. Bayshore Dr., Madeira Beach. If you have any questions pertaining to new home construction, feel free to email me directly at: tsmith@ghdcsi.com or request a meeting at our new model.
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Mother Nature Knows Best! Mind/Body/Spirit Opps, Ohm-My By Nanette Wiser From Chopra to Oprah, everyone’s talking about the healing power of nature, nurture, mindful meditation, yoga and GMO-free healthy eating. And St. Petersburg is riding the resurgence of sixties’ style, hippie dippie alternative lifestyles, once thought to be alternative and now very much mainstream. In celebration of April’s Earth day, we hugged a tree, planted our herb garden and took a walkabout to see what’s percolating in St. Pete’s mind/body/spirit resources.
By The Sea With miles of Gulf beaches to stroll, we wondered what the health benefits of living on the water. We caught up with Dr. Vincent M. Pedre, author of “Happy Gut,” and one of the country’s leading authorities on holistic living, from the dangers of EMF to fracking’s effects on our mind and bodies. The Gulf’s benefits, says Dr. Pedre, is that it’s both calming and energizing. “When you live near salt water… negative ions generated by the crashing waves have a healing effects on the body. They calm. They help promote alpha rhythm in the brain. They help expand brainwave amplitude which helps create a higher awareness level. This explains why being by the seashore can feel so healing and energizing for all sorts of conditions.”
Laughter is the Best Medicine Stretch your funny bone. There’s no doubt that yoga ups the Bliss Quotient. But have you tried laughing yoga (and even yoga with your doga at SPCA Tampa Bay)? The healing benefits of laughter and smiling? According to the Mayo Clinic it enhances your intake of oxygen-rich air and stimulates the
heart, lungs and muscles; relieves stress, soothes tension and in the long run, can improve your immune system and relieve pain. Improve your mood, feel the happy with some of our local yoga classes /studios including Kripalu Yoga with Jeanne Salvo in Pass-a-Grille, Tree of Life Yoga at South Pasadena Shopping Center, Gulfport Yoga, Nava Yoga Studio in Isla, Perfect Circle Yoga & Fitness on Corey at Gulf Blvd. including hot yoga, The Body Electric Yoga Company, St. Petersburg Yoga, (even yoga for kids and aerial yoga) , YogaBlu, Yoga4All, Ganesha Hot Yoga and classes at the city’s Rec Centers, Don Vista Arts Center, Sundial, Dali Museum, Sunken Gardens and area gyms/YMCA.
Mind Over What’s The Matter? “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff” author Dr. Michael Mantell believes that there is no such thing as STRESS, Unless you create it by your thoughts about events and advises you to redefine and prevent STRESS with these simple steps: S (smile), T (think rationally and walk away from negativity), R (relive the good and healthy relationships) E (eat right), S (sweat more) and S (savor your moments).
As for spiritual sweating, check out the Drum Circles, on the 4th Friday on Gulfport’s Beach and each Sunday before sunset in Treasure Island. Drumming empowers and heals, while Hoop Dancing at Sunken Gardens celebrates your inner goddess.
Eat Local, Think Global Eat real foods, more veggies/fruits, less meat and avoid processed foods. Sounds simple, right? Unlike San Diego, where I’m from, local options are a bit limited. In Pass-a-grille there’s the tiny Vida de Café’ which offers a dining out opportunity even for strict vegetarians. Then there is the Sweetwater Organic Farms some vendors at downtown’s Saturday Market, and the Sunday Market on Corey Avenue. Cider Press Café, Leafy Greens Café, Evos Feel Great Food, Karma Juice Bar & Eatery. Our very own Jackie’s Bistro on Corey Avenue will feed you delectable vegetables and healthy meals with innovative flavors seasoned with ethnic twists and everything is amazingly gluten-free. For heaven in a glass, try Soho Juice Company.
Edibles, Lotions, Potions & More While Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Richard’s, Fresh Market, Rollin’ Oats Market & Cafe and even local grocery stores offer more healthy eating products (sugar-free, lactose-free, gluten free, organic), the grand-pooh bah for good eats are Earth Origins on Central Ave./Pasadena and ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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Looking for a healthcare practitioner who understands whole body health, integrative medicine, Eastern-Western medicine, ayurvedic, detoxification, Chinese herbal therapy, Qi Gong and holistic interventions for health, wellness and anti-aging? Look no further than Dr. April Wang, at Ancient Healing and Acupuncture, a few blocks north of Tyrone on 66th St. at 31st Ave N. Other options include Chantilly Wellness, St. Petersburg Health & Wellness, Peaks of Health Metabolic Medical Center (run by Tracie Leonhardt, DO) and Lifeworks Wellness Center. Libby Higdon, a highly sensitive mobile massage
therapist will bring her considerable talent and her massage table to your home, office or hotel room if there’s space to set up. Otherwise check out Tierra Verde’s Island Massage Therapy, Lemon Tree Spa at Corey and Gulf or Seaside Massage, at 4615 Gulf Blvd.. Below the Blue Fugu at Dolphin Village Shopping Center where there is an especially therapeudic, pain management oriented massage practice. Other healing hand havens have experienced, compassionate practitioners for taming the wild beasts roaring in your mind and muscles. For those who want to explore other holistic options, there are herbalists, chiropractors, holistic dentists, reiki and energy medicine practitioners. Some, such as massage therapist Maud Hoffman, work with new techniques such as cupping to energize and improve lymphatic functioning and improve oxygen flow to the cells. New on the scene is Mark Tong’s Crystal Bay Hotel Spiritual Retreat for Wellness and Healing, at Park St. and Central, catering largely to cancer patients. He worked as a healer at Utopia Wellness in Oldsmar and opened this healing center with meditation, yoga and cancer-fighting foods in January 2016. PN
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When Irish Eyes Were Smiling: The Harp & Thistle Pub By Nanette Wiser – Writer for Paradise News
In March, everyone is O’Happy to be Irish. St. Patrick’s Day may be one of St. Pete’s most beloved holidays, with tents popping up at O’Keefe’s and Mickey Quinn’s. Shamrock-sporting, green Harp drinking party animals celebrate like they just found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
raised five children, and managed to live through the unexpected loss of one of those children to a tragedy. Packer, as a successful business owner, built two authentic Irish pubs from scratch: McCarthy's Party Detroit, Michigan, and The Harp & Thistle in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Her secret motto? “Just for today, I will adjust myself to what is and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my luck as it comes and fit myself to it,” says Miss Pat.
But sadly, St. Pete Beach’s legendary Harp and Thistle Pub no longer graces Gulf Blvd. Happily, owner Patricia Ann Harris Packer’s new book, “Home is Where the Harp Is,” will illuminate our memories like a leprechaun dancing in your dreams. The vivacious Miss Pat is still the life of the party. For 18 years, the Pub was the Irish heart of the beach. When her hubby Bob passed, the best little Irish Pub in Tampa Bay closed in 2002. You can find her dancing the light fantastic with her beau, Frank, at the St. Petersburg Coliseum. Her sense of humor, priceless. Everyone has a Miss Pat anecdote or bon mot. “When Irish eyes are smiling,” says the caption under her book’s photos, you wonder what they are up to now. From humble beginnings, as a child of the Great Depression and World War II, Pat Packer lived through the good times and the bad, as have many others. She was married at a young age,
snacks and encouraging them to bring pictures and memorabilia. Grandkids were welcome, and coloring books, balloons, checkers, chess and darts kept them occupied under their parent’s watchful eyes. The Harp and Thistle’s warm apple cider and cinnamon stick was always a big hit with the little ones.
Through tears and laughter, ups and downs, and her unwavering faith in God, Miss Pat tells her story of fortitude, joy and family that is not just blood, but shared happy experiences and friendships made at The Pub. Celtic music and Irish performers played The Pub and international visitors donated currency for the decorative shadowboxes. (Remember Clan na Gael, Penny Whistle, Seven Nations and Mike Daly performing Danny Boy with Paul Duffy?)
For a copy of “Home Is Where the Harp Is” go to Amazon:: http://www.amazon.com/HomeIs-Where-Harp/dp/1504934075) . For another great St. Patrick’s Day read, check out retired engineer and Treasure island resident Tom Gallen’s “Donegal Generations” about life in Ireland.
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Compiled by Nanette Wiser I’m a culture / cocktail aficionado, so when I head downtown April 8 - 10 for the Tampa Bay Blues Festival to see Tommy Castero & Aaron Neville, I’m going to stop at Annata’s, the Ale and the Witch and Stillwater Tavern before the show, then mosey over to these amazing art exhibits. Perhaps I will head north to Safety Harbor’s Songfest, or Dunedin’s Highland Games April 2 or Clearwater’s Pier 60 10-day Sand Sculpting Festival, kicking off April 15.
Let’s GO RAYS! ONGOING EVENTS Exquisite Porch (thru May 1) Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave. This swampy, creepy-crawly spin on the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Corpse features NYC and Central Florida artists. At the Morean Arts Center’s Chihuly Collection, John Kiley’s “Luminosity” exhibit glows. (thru July 11) MoreanArtsCenter.com 727-822-7872 St. Petersburg Second Saturday Artwalk (5 - 9 pm) Five arts districts, one fun day: Ride the Trolley and enjoy 40 galleries, studios, warehouses and yummy brews and chews along the way downtown. www.StPeteArtsAlliance.org Shipwreck: Treasures of the Deep (thru May 31) St. Petersburg Museum of History 2nd Ave on Pier Approach in downtown St. Petersburg The Odyssey Marine Exploration exhibit unlocks some of the greatest mysteries of the sea. Shipwreck shares the stories of a 17th - century Spanish galleon, a Civil War steamship and a World War II merchant vessel. www.spmoh.org 727-894-1052
April 28 - May 1: 11th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival Downtown St. Pete, locations vary. Enjoy parties and screenings. www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com The Art of the Classical Guitar (thru May 19) Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Dr. NE From the collection of Robb & Susan Hough, these stellar classical guitars from the 1840s to 1990s pay tribute to the instrument’s enduring craftsmanship and intricate beauty in tone and design. Movies at MFA Under the Kapok Tree kicks off April 10 at 7 pm with music, followed by the movie after dark “The Sandlot.” www.fine-arts.org 727-896-2667 UPCOMING EVENTS April 9: Art Heals (5 - 9 pm) Studio 620 features a powerful exhibit of artwork created by survivors of sexual violence. www.facebook.com/events/ 430815403779665 April 7 - 11: Art in Bloom Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Dr. NE See more than 50 stunning floral interpretations that resonate with individual art at MFA. Flowers After Hours Party, April 7 Art in Bloom Luncheon, April 8 thestuartsociety.org
April 9 - 10: Come See How Glass Is Made Duncan McClellan Gallery, 2342 Emerson Ave. S. This treasured glass artist and his studio hosts Form Not Function with Martin Rosol and Benjamin Cobb demonstrating their techniques. dmglass.com 855-436-4527 ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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WINNERS of the St. Petersburg Opera Guild’s 44 th ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL COMPETITION Held at the St. Petersburg Opera Company’s “Opera Central” - 2145 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg (Right to Left in photo above) 1st place Lindsey Collins (16) from Palm Harbor University HS. Her teacher is Justin Havard. 2nd place Conn Thibideau (18) from Gibbs High School. His teacher is Lothar Bergeest. 3rd place Ashley Ambrose (17) from Mitchell High School. Her teacher is Nancy Garma. 4th place Zoe Gray (17) from Robinson High School. also taught by Nancy Garma.
Two honorable mentions were awarded to Sarah Johnson (14), student of Linda Switzer and Ginny Swanson (17) from Shorecrest Prep, student of Mary Kay Wilson. 21 students from schools in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties competed for cash prizes of $750 first prize, $500, $400, $100 and two Honorable Mentions at $50 each. Linda Switzer of Tampa chaired the event, accompanied by Brent Douglas and Constantine Grame. Adjudicators were Lewis Ehlers, an Associate of Robert Lombardo Artists Management in NYC, and Melodie
Dickerson, Director of Choral / Vocal Studies and Music Chair at Florida Manatee - Sarasota State College, and Stella Zambalis who has sung many operatic roles nationally and internationally and coaches local singers. She sang the title role in the St. Petersburg Opera’s production of Tosca. The St. Petersburg Opera Guild will sponsor a statewide College & Young Professional OPERA COMPETITION Saturday, April 9th at Opera Central, 2145 1st Ave. South. It is chaired by Ursula Carroll. Applications available from website www.stpeteoperaguild.org
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April 30 Ducky Goes to the Circus 6 pm The Club at Treasure Island, 400 Treasure Island Causeway All Children's Hospital Beach Branch invites you to clown around as Ducky Goes to the Circus. This 11th annual "Ducky" event (whose namesake is — what else? — a sassy yellow rubber duck) will feature cocktails, music, a sit-down dinner, a silent auction, Clown Alley games, prize opportunities and
June 3, 5, 7 St. Petersburg Opera: Giacomo Puccini LA BOHEME The Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg http://www.stpeteopera.org 727-823-2040 OPEN CALL April 9, 10am – 4 pm Competition: St. Petersburg’s Opera Guild Opera Central, 2145 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg College and young professional singers are invited to perform. www.stpeteoperaguild.org Young Writers in Paradise Workshop (Deadline May 1) The nationally renowned Eckerd College Writers’ Conference: Writers in Paradise is expanding to include a residential workshop for teenagers. eckerd.edu/summer-humanities 727-864-8058 PN ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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SECOND TIME AROUNDERS: St. Petersburg’s Marching Band Blasts Off - By Nanette Wiser Now in their 34th season, this St. Petersburg proud 400+ marching band travels Florida (and the U.S.) to perform. Cheerleaders, flag bearers, percussionists and musicians of all ages proudly strut their stuff. In the past, they’ve played the Calgary Stampede Parade (2011), marched in Savannah and this summer take the show to Seattle! Visit their website: http://www.secondtimearounders.com
Second Time Arounders Schedule • Bradenton Seafood Festival - Sat. Apr 2nd, 10 am to 3 pm • Pinellas Festival of Community Bands - Sat. Apr 9th, 3 pm, Dunedin • Concert with East Lake HS Wind Ensemble - Thu. Apr 28th, 7:30 pm • Seattle Seafair Rounders Trip - Seattle WA - July 28 - Aug 1
A rts & Leisure LIVE THEATRE Amalie Arena (Tampa Bay Times Forum) 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa 813.301.6500 www.amaliearena.com April 7, 9 – NCAA Men's Frozen Four 11 – Pearl Jam 16 – UFC 29 – 98 Rock Fest May 12 – 15 – Disney on Ice 100 Years American Stage 163 Third St. N, St. Petersburg 727.823.7529 www.americanstage.org boxoffice@americanstage.org April Through April 10 – 4000 Miles 3 – Hawk & Wayne Mockumentary 13 – May 8 – Spamalot in the Park May 1 – Hawk & Wayne Mockumentary A Simple Theater The Biniger Theater, Eckerd College 4200 54th Avenue S, St. Petersburg 727.864.7811 www.asimpletheatre.org April 19 – Rapture, Blister, Burn May 10 – The Mountaintop Capitol Theatre 405 Cleveland Street, Clearwater 727.791.7400 www.rutheckerdhall.com/venues April 2 – Ace Frehley 3 – The Bronx Wanderers 7 – Chris Botti 8 – David Rawlings Machine 9 – Lewis Black 10 – Classic Album – Fleetwood Mac 12 – Rita Wilson 15 – Steve Hackett 16 – Bob Saget 17 – Air Supply 22 – Jesse Cook 23 – Esperanza Spalding 24 – Corey Taylor 29 – Greg Billings 30 – Frank Caliendo May 1 – Chris Isaak 11 – George Benson Catherine Hickman Theater 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport, 727.893.1070 http://www.mygulfport.us April 14 – 24 – Murder Can Be Habit Forming Gulfport Community Players www.gulfportcommunityplayers.org April 14 – 24 – Murder Can Be Habit Forming
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Eight O’Clock Theatre 105 Central Park Drive, Largo 727.587.6793 www.eightoclocktheatre.com FreeFall Theatre Company 6099 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727.498.5205 www.freefalltheatre.com April Through April 10 – Sondeim on Sondeim 29 – May 22 – Mr. Burns Glenridge Performing Arts Center 7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota 941.552.5325 www.gpactix.com April 17 – Ring Sarasota 30 – Dana Louise & Glorious Birds Largo Cultural Center 105 Central Park Dr., Largo 727.587.6793 www.largoarts.com April 1 – Godfather Comedy Show 2 – Florence K 3 – Dueling Pianos 4 – Peace Frog 8 – Keiko Matsui 14 – Largo Teen Idol 15 – Chicago City Limits 29 – Sultans of Swing 30 – The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley M.A.D. Theatre of Tampa (Music Acting Dance Theatre of Tampa) 813.386.6173 www.madtheatre.com April 1 – 17 – [ title of show ] MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater Florida State Fairgrounds 4802 US Hwy. 301 N, Tampa, 813.740.2446 www.ticketmaster.com/venue/107257 April 2 – Duran Duran Patel Conservatory 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa 813.222.1002 www.patelconservatory.org Dance / Theater / Music / Adult Classes April 15 – 24 – Into the Woods, Jr. 24 – Spring into Dance 24 – Breakin' Out 29 – An Evening of Dance 30 – Youth Ballet Beginning Recital 30 – On Edge May 14 – End of Year Celebration
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17 – The Lightning Thief 22 – David Sadaris 22 – Habana Compas Dance 23 – Survival Guide to School 24 – Garrison Keillor 26 – May 1 – Beautiful – The Carol King Musical 27 – Bon Qui Qui 27 – May 22 – The Maids 29 – TFO – Beethoven Eroica Symphony 30 – Greg West Live & Local May 1 – Tampa Bay Symphony 5 – 15 – Soul Crooners 2 6, 7 – Next Generation Ballet – Giselle 13 – TFO – Tango Caliente 14 – Sandy Syler Puppet Show 15 – Hamlet Broadcast
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Friday, April 1 – First Friday Downtown 5:30 – 10 pm. FREE. Central Ave., between 2nd & 3rd Streets, St. Petersburg. Monthly street party with music, food and beverages for purchase. Proceeds benefit Breakfast Optimists Club. www.firstfridaystpete.com Friday, April 1 – Gulfport First Friday Artwalk 6 – 10 pm. FREE. Beach Blvd., Gulfport. The streets are lined with artisans, entertainment and gourmet goodies. Shops, galleries and restaurants open late. www.visitgulfportflorida.com Friday, April 1 – Luxury Lifestyle Cocktail Reception 8 – 11 pm. $125. Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg. Full brand bar, exotic food stations, entertainment, gift bag, event poster to kick off this year’s festival in style. www.festivalofspeed.com Saturday, April 2 through Saturday, May 14 – Sustainable Floridians 9 am. $75. Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Dr. NE, St. Petersburg. Seven week discussion-to-action certificate training program about resource conservation strategies and behaviors. Topics include energy, food systems, water, community leadership and climate change. Pre-registration required. Register online www.eventbrite.com search Sustainable Floridians. Saturday, April 2 – Guppy's Gulfside Gallop Sunset 5K and Fun Walk 6:30 pm. $25. IRB County Park, 17000 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach. There will be a post race party with vendors, entertainment with food, wine & beverages available. www.irbhome.com Saturday, April 2 – Pinot in the Park 7 pm. $75. Seminole Park,
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Historic Kenwood District. Wines, appetizers, delicious dinner and entertainment throughout the night. Monies raised will benefit Historic Kenwood Neighborhood Assoc. www.pinotinthepark.org Saturday, April 2 & Sunday, April 3 – 13th Annual Corey Ave. Craft Festival 10 am – 5 pm. FREE. Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach. Array of local and regional craftsmen of many mediums. Food, entertainment and Green Market throughout day. www.artfestival.com Saturday, April 2 & Sunday, April 3 – Crafty Fest 11 am – 5 pm. FREE. ArtPool Gallery, 2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. All locally made, vintage and creative items for sale including Etsy artists. www.artpoolrules.com Saturday, April 2 & Sunday, April 3 – Safety Harbor Songwriter's Festival 11 am – 8 pm. $40 weekend pass. Safety Harbor Waterfront Park, 110 Veterans Memorial Lane, Safety Harbor. Weekend long festival with performances on stage and local venues featuring the creative spirit of the Song writer. Food trucks. No pets, food, coolers or umbrellas. www.safetyharborsongfest.com Sunday, April 3 – Festivals of Speed – Display of Exotics 10 am – 4 pm. $20 general admission, kids 12 and under free, $100+ VIP. Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg. Exotic and luxury vehicles on display. VIP area includes brand name open bar, lunch and goody bag. www.festivalsofspeed.com Sunday, April 3 – Opening Day Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays 4:05 pm. Tropicana Field, 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. www.raysbaseball.com
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Van Wezel 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 941.953.3368 www.vanwezel.org April 4 – Broadway Big Band Years 5 – Chris Botti 12 – Celtic Nights 17 – Paula Poundstone 19, 20 – Mamma Mia 21 – Cirque Mechanics Pedal Punk 23 – Brian Regan 27 – ZZ Top 28 – Chris Isaak 29 – Billy Gardell 30 – Celtic Woman 30 – Tomorrow's Voices Today West Coast Players 21905 US 19 N, Clearwater 727.437.2363 mwcplayers@gmail.com www.wcplayers.org April 15 – May 1 – The Servant of Two Masters 24, 25 - Auditions
MUSEUMS Armed Forces History Museum 2050 34th Way N, Largo 727.539.8371 www.armedforcesmuseum.com NEW Child's ticket price reduced April 7 – Golf Tournament CANCELLED Dali Museum One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg 727.823.3767 www.thedali.org Through June 12 – Disney & Dali April 2 – Breakfast w/ Dali 2 – Walt – The Man Behind the Myth 6 – Coffee w/ Curator 7 – Artflix – A Date with Destino 9 – Poetry Workshop 10 – Los Vino de Dali 14 – Poetry at the Dali May 4 – Coffee w/ Curator 5 – Walt – The Man Behind the Myth 7 – Breakfast w/ Dali 12 – Poetry at the Dali 17 - SciCafe Florida Holocaust Museum 55 5th St. S, St. Petersburg 727.820.0100 www.flholocaustmuseum.org Through July 10 – Samuel Bak Exhibition Gulf Beaches Historical Museum 115 10th Ave., St. Pete Beach 727.552.1610 www.gulfbeachesmuseum.com Only museum dedicated to the preservation of history of the local barrier island. Preserving island history for tomorrow’s generation!
April 8, 9 – Beach Goes Pop 20 – Historic Preservation Summit Gulfport History Museum NEW 5301 28th Ave. S, Gulfport 727.327.0505 www.gulfporthistoricalsociety.org Free Admission Henry Plant Museum 401 West Kennedy Blvd., Tampa 813.254.1891 www.plantmuseum.com First Friday – Free admission April Through December 23 – Dogs in Art Exhibition John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota 941.359.5700 www.ringling.org Mondays FREE admissions all day Thurs – Art After 5 Third Thurs – Ringling by the Bay ($10) Fri & Sat – Bayfront Garden Tours Sat – Kid's Quest, Family Workshop Through October 6 – Walker Guest House Replica Through April 17 – Samurai – Way of the Warrior Through May 1 – Islamic Art April 1 – Wine Walk to Ca d'Zan 7 – Ringling Underground 9 – Slow Art Day 14, 28 – Gallery Walk & Talk 18 – Ringling by the Bay May 15 – Community Festival Center for Asian Art Opening Museum of Fine Arts 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg 727.894.4638 www.fine-arts.org Thursday PM adm. $10 after 5pm Through May 1 – Christian Marclay Exhibition Through May 29 – Contemplating Character Exhibition Through May 29 – The Art of Classic Guitar April 1 – Dial In: Celebrating Christian Marclay 4, 18 – Illuminate 7 – 11 – Art in Bloom 9, 23 – Drumming 9 – Slow Art Day 2016 10 – Hot Gathering Cool Conversation 13 – Coffee Talks w/ Nan Colton 14 – Book Club 17 – Guitar Festival Adam Holtzman 21 – Porch Party 22 – Art & Sign Language 24 – Painting in the Park May 1 – Guitar Festival – Jeremy Jouve 2 – Illuminate 11 – Coffee Talks w/ Nan Colton 12 – Book Club 15 – Guitar Festival – Andrew York
St. Petersburg Museum of History 335 2nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg 727.894.1052 www.spmoh.org Through May 31 – Shipwrecked Exhibition May 12 – Happy Hour w/ Historian Tampa Bay Automobile Museum 3301 Gateway Centre, Pinellas Park 727.579.8226, www.tbauto.org Unique collection of vintage cars and vehicles. Cousteau Society Artifacts on exhibit. Tampa Bay History Center 801 Old Water St., Tampa 813.228.0097 www.tampabayhistorycenter.org Through April 17 – Florida Souvenirs Through August 28 – Replacing Fort Brooke April 9 – Kids Klub 23 – My Doll and Me – Samantha 27 – Florida Conversations May 1 – George Washington Day 14 – Kids Klub Tampa Museum of Art 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa 813.259.1720 www.tampamuseum.org Fridays – Art on The House – 4 to 8pm. Saturday – Art Spot for Families Through May 15 – Human Landscape Exhibition Through May 30 – The Figure Examined Exhibition April 1 – GASP! Art Festival 3,10,17, 24 – Sculpted Body 12 – Jaume Plensa 13, 20, 27 – Connections 16 – Isthamian Games 23 – Pride and Passion 30 – First Responders' Day USF Contemporary Art Museum 3821 USF Holly Dr., Tampa, 33620 813. 974.4133 - Info 813.974.2849 USF Contemporary Art Museum Institute for Research in Art 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa www.ira.usf.edu USF Graphic Studio 3702 Spectrum Blvd., Suite 100 Tampa, 813.974.3503 Free admission
ART GALLERIES Art Lofts Florida Craftsmen Galleries (2nd floor) 10 5th St. N, St. Petersburg 727.504.8788 www.theartlofts.com Second Saturday Gallery Walk April 9 – Think Inside the Box
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Craftsman House 2955 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727.323.2787 www.craftsmanhousegallery.com Gallery-Cafe-Pottery Studio 2nd Saturday Gallery Walk April Through 3 – The Ice Cream Show 8 – Claudia Schmidt 9 – May 1 – Art for the eARTh Show 17 – National Cheeseball Day May 7 – June 26 – Invitational Teapot Show 8 – Mother's Day Brunch 14 – Fair Trade Celebration Creative Clay Cultural Arts Center 1114 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727.825.0515 / www.Creativeclay.org 2nd Saturday Gallery Walk April Through 6 – Big Love, Large Art from the Heart Through 6 – Underground Railroad 9 – May 31 – Good Earth Invitational May 4 – Spring for the Arts Fundraiser 9 – May 31 – Good Earth Invitational ParadiseNewsFL.com | APRIL 2016
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EVENTS Wednesday, April 6 Dolphin Landings is having Hospitality Cruise - Boarding 6:30 pm, depart 7 pm, return 9 pm. Stacey Knights playing Cost $10 - 727.360.7411 www.dolphinlandings.com April 9 – CERT Basic Training 6:30 – 9:30 pm Tues/Thurs, 9 am – 6 pm Sat. FREE with advance registration. Seminole Fire Station 29, 11195 70th Ave. N, Seminole. Attendance of all three workshops required for certification. Disaster preparedness to assist yourself & community in time of need. www.eventbrite.com/e/seminolecert-basic-training or 727.393.8711 ext. 210. Thursday, April 7 through Saturday, April 9 – Palladium Blues Fest Kick Off & After Parties 7:30 pm Thursday, 9:30 pm Friday & Saturday. $20 each event. The Palladium Theater, 253 5th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Kick off the 2016 Blues Fest with Victor Wainwright on Friday with performances after the festival Friday and Saturday with three performers each night. www.mypalladium.org Thursday, April 7 through Sunday, April 10 – Art in Bloom at the MFA 10 am – 5 pm, with special events. Exhibition free with admission, additional cost for special events. Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg. Luncheons, lectures and exquisite floral arrangements on display. Annual event. www.fine-arts.org Friday, April 8 & Saturday, April 9 – Beach Goes Pops 4 – 10 pm. FREE. Saturday Catered dinner $100. Pass-A-Grille Beach and streets between 9th Ave. and 10th Ave. and Gulf Way. Annual event with street fair, musical entertainment and food vendors. www.beachgoespops.com
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Saturday, April 9 – College & Young Professionals Opera Competition 10 am – 4 pm. FREE. Opera Central, 2145 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Annual competition presented by St. Petersburg Opera Guild. Open to the public. Application available. www.stpeteoperaguild.org Saturday, April 9 – Senior Singles Dance Social 7 – 10 pm. $7. Colreavy Hall, 820 Jasmine Way, Clearwater. Enjoy live music by the popular “At Large Band” in a fun & friendly atmosphere, and meet new single friends. Couples also welcome. www.scips.tripod.com or 727.544.3735. Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10 – Tampa Bay Blues Fest 12 noon – 10 pm. Friday $35+, Saturday $40+, Sunday $30+. VIP and weekend packages available. Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg. Weekend long concert featuring national and local blues performers. www.tampabaybluesfest.com Saturday, April 9 & Sunday, April 10 – 22nd Annual Springfest and Faery Festival 10 am – 8 pm Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm Sunday. FREE. Clymer Park, Gulfport Blvd., Gulfport. Annual event featuring mystical creatures, faeries and springtime crafts. Music, skits, food, fun and fancy. www.visitgulfportflorida.com
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Sunday, April 10 – Los Vinos de Dali 4 – 7 pm. $75. The Dali, One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg. Experience a wide variety of both Old World & New World wines – curated to pair with Salvador Dali’s iconic works, gourmet tapas tastings and live music in the The Dali’s Avantgarden. Guests may view the galleries including the Disney & Dali exhibition. www.thedali.org
Gulf Coast Artists Alliance 514 Skinner Blvd., Dunedin 727.738.8010 www.gcaa-fl.org Michele Tuegel Contemporary 320 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727.823.1100 www.mtcontempo.com Second Saturday Artwalk April Through 23 – Inspired by Confreres
Red Cloud Indian Arts 214 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg 727.821.5824 www.redcloudindianarts.com April 9, 10 – Oaxaca Carvings - Hampton Ringling College of Art & Design 2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 941.359.7563 www.ringling.edu Through April 1 – Ferenc Beleznay – Patricia Thompson Gallery Through April 2 – Photography and Film Constructs April 8 – 23 – Juried Student Exhibitions May 2 – 13 – Senior Thesis Exhibition 10 – Opening Reception 8 – 23 – Juried Student Exhibitions Stirling Studios & Art Gallery 730 Broadway (2nd Floor) Studio 12, Dunedin www.stirlingartstudios.com April 8 – Open Studio May 13 – Open Studio Studio 620 620 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg 727.895.6620 www.studio620.org April Through 2 – Brava Exhibition 2 – Women's Work Home Repair 6 – Surpassing All Kings 8 – Screening of “The Messenger” 9 – Art Heals 13 – Plume Poetry Series 17 – Creating Masks from Nature 19 – Wordier than Thou 28 – 30 – Lovefool World Premiere May 7 – Women's Work Home Repair
ART CENTERS & CLASSES Beach Art Center 1515 Bay Palm Blvd., Indian Rocks Bch. 727.596.4331 www.beachartcenter.org April Through 2 – Great Performances 2 – Spring into Arts Festival 2 – 15th Annual Chalk Walk Kapfer Glass Studio 409 Corey Avenue, St. Pete Beach 727.656.9190 www.kapferglassstudio.com Handmade glass art & crafts. Morean Arts Center 719 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg 727.822.7872 www.moreanartscenter.org Glass Studio & Hot Shop, Classes and Galleries Second Saturday Artwalk Saturdays at The Morean for Families 10 am – 4 pm Registration open for Summer Camp
Morean Arts Center for Clay at the Train Station 420 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg 727.821.7162 www.moreanartscenter.org Fridays – Friday Night Clay Sundays for Families 1 – 3 pm Second Saturday Artwalk April 7 – 9 – Workshop w/ Kenyon Hansen 9 – May 31 – Kenyon Hansen Exhibition Pinellas Park Art Society NEW Park Station Building 5851 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park 727.360.4406 www.pinellasart.com Pinot’s Palette 1572 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727.821.3700 www.pinotspallete.com/stpetersburg Society of Acrylic Painters Membership info / exhibit entry: www.isap-usa.com SunTan Art Center at Don Vista Arts Center 3300 Pass-A-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach 727.367.3818 www.suntanart.org Celebrating 50+ Years Classes: Painting, Music, Glass New Shows Monthly Treasure Island Art Guild www.treasureislandartguild.org Gallery Closed June, July, August Painting Workshops held weekly Wednesdays - ‘Anything Goes’ Thursday - ‘Acrylic Painting’ Wednesday - ‘Anything Goes’ Thursday - ‘Acrylic Painting' Friday – ‘Portrait Workshop’ - Live model April 9 – Meeting Zen Glass Studio 600 27th St. S, St. Petersburg 727.323.3141 www.zenglass.com Offers glassblowing classes & workshops. St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District. 2nd Saturday Art Walk
HANDS-ON MUSEUMS Great Explorations Children’s Museum 1925 4th St. N, St. Petersburg 727.821.8992 www.greatex.org Where education and fun come alive First Sunday of month open special hours for special needs families. April 1 – Spring Break Camp Heritage Village 11909 125th St. N, Largo 727.582.2123 www.pinellascounty.org/Heritage Free 21-acre living history museum New exhibit Boathouse display Sundays – Speaking of History
MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) 4801 E Fowler Ave., #100, Tampa 813.987.6315 www.mosi.org Largest children’s science center in the US Gaze skyward – Saunders Planetarium IMAX Dome Theatre Dinosaurs in Motion – Limited Engagement April 2 – 8 – Robotics Week 16, 17 – USA Science & Engineering Festival May 1 – Children's Gala 7, 8 – Mother's Day BOGO 14, 15 – Sky Safari
MUSIC Clearwater Jazz Holiday www.clearwaterjazz.com October 2016 Florida Orchestra 727.662.7286 www.floridaorchestra.org See venues for dates – Mahaffey Theater, Ruth Eckerd Hall & David Straz Performing Arts Center St. Petersburg College NEW Gibbs Campus Music Center 6605 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg 727.341.4360 www.spcollege.edu/events St. Petersburg Jazz Festival Various locations in St. Petersburg www.emitseries.org www.stpetejazzfest.com Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society Jazz Society 727.596.7142 April 10 – Kapok Event Pavillion Sunday Jazz Jams Manhattan Casino, 642 22nd St., St Petersburg 727.824.72221 www.themanhattancasino.com Sponsored by Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Assoc., FREE admission every Sunday Tampa Bay Symphony 727.827.8087 www.TampaBaySymphony.org Performances in various locations April 14 – Symphonic Chat – Opera Central 24 – SPC Arts Auditorium 26 – The Palladium May 1 – Straz Center, Ferguson Hall The Blue Parrot Cafe NEW 85 Corey Circle, St. Pete Beach 727.368.9619 Every Monday TomKats Jazz Orchestra www.tomkatsjazzorchestra.com
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EVENTS Sunday, April 10 – An Evening with Najee 7 pm. $29+. The Palladium, 253 5th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Enjoy the #1 Billboard topping artist Najee for an evening of smooth jazz. www.mahaffeyonthemove.com Wednesday, April 13 – Daystar “With these Hands” Breakfast 7:30 am. $15 donation. St John Vianney Catholic Church, 445 82nd Ave., St. Pete Beach. Commissioner Ken Welch will be keynote speaker. www.withthesehands.eventbrite.com Wednesday, April 13 – South Pasadena Band Concert 7:30 pm. FREE Treasure Island Community Center, 1 Park Place and 106th Ave., Treasure Island. “Water Music” will feature water inspired music. www.southpasadenaband.com Thursday, April 14 – The Longest Table 5:30 pm. Bayshore Blvd., St. Petersburg. Epicurean experience down the middle of Bayshore Drive, St. Pete. Specialty menus by the area’s finest restaurants. The party continues at the Museum of Fine Arts. www.wusf.usf.edu/the _longest_table_2016 Thursday, April 14 – Movies in the Park Announcement Party 6 – 8 pm. FREE. Ale and Witch Courtyard, 111 2nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. Unveiling of this year's poster, movies and bands through trivia games with prizes. www.stpetepreservation.org Friday, April 15 – Opening Gala Under the Stars 6 pm. $200. Demen's Landing, St. Petersburg. Annual Gala including premiere performance of Spamolot. Catered dinner, open bar, silent and live auctions. Benefitting American Stage. www.americanstage.org Saturday, April 16 – Escape from Fort DeSoto 46
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Triathlon 7:30 am. $85. North Beach, Fort DeSoto Park, Tierra Verde. Goodies include pre / post race parties, entertainment and Tech T-shirt to all who are pre-registered. www.escapetriathlon.racehawk.com Saturday, April 16 – Empower – Women's Summit & Expo 10 am – 4 pm. Admission to gardens, $10. VIP $35. Sunken Gardens, 1825 4th St. N, St. Petersburg. Be inspired through empowering talks by amazing women, uplifting musical performances and educational demonstrations on everything wellness to create that balance and inner peace needed to live your dreams. www.empowerwomenssummit.com Saturday, April 16 – Gulfport's Third Saturday Art Walk 6 – 10 pm. FREE. Beach Boulevard, Gulfport. Stroll the streets lined with artisans, creative vendors, entertainment throughout with shops and restaurants open late. www.visitgulfport.com Saturday, April 16 – Karamu at the Zoo 6 – 10 pm. Lowry Park Zoo, Sligh Ave., Tampa. Enjoy cocktails, up-close animal encounters, seated dinner, auctions, live entertainment and dancing in the Safari Lodge and adjoining outdoor plaza. www.lowryparkzoo.com/karamu Saturday, April 16 – Artpool Gallery 8th Anniversary Party 8 pm – midnight. Artpool Gallery, 2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Showcase of local artists, performers, fashion and body art. www.artpoolrules.com Friday, April 16 through Sunday, April 24 – Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival $10 adult, $5 children 6 – 17, 5 and under free, $7 seniors, military and first responders with ID. Pier 60, Clearwater Beach. Ten day festival with 10 master sand sculptors, music, fireworks and so much more. www.sugarsandfestival.com
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OPERA Eckerd College 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg 727.864.7600 www.eckerd.edu/metopera Miller Auditorium The Met in HD Series Live high-definition broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera April 2 – Madame Butterfly 16 – Roberto Devereux 30 – Elecktra Florida Opera Festival Artistic Director – Daniel Lipton Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place Tampa, 33602 www.operatampa.org April 8 -10 – Bel Canto Society Receptions 8 – 10 Don Giovanne Florida Suncoast Opera Guild www.FLsuncoastoperaguild.org April 8, 9 – College & Young Professional Opera Competition 21 – Evening w/ Maestro 22 – Morning w/ Maestro St. Petersburg Opera Company 727.823.2040 www.stpeteopera.org Various performance locations April 21 – Evening w/ Maestro 22 – Morning w/ Maestro May 7 – Bella Voce Sarasota Opera House 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota 941.359.0099 ext.101 www.sarasotaopera.org April 16 – The Snow Queen
DANCING Florida West Ballet a Not-for-profit Pre-Professional Performing Arts Company 616 4th Street N, St. Petersburg www.floridawestballet.org Gulfport Casino 5500 Shore Blvd. S, Gulfport 727.893.1070 www.mygulfport.us More information on Casino events or rental availability 727.893.1070 Tuesday – International Ballroom Tuesday – Argentine Tango Wednesday – Swing www.SwingTime.info Thursday – Latin Social Sunday – Band / Dancing Sarasota Ballet 5555 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota 941.359.0099 www.sarasotaballet.org Tickets 941.351.0099 x 101 April 4 – Showcase Luncheon 8,9 – Ashton & Balanchine 29,30 – Wheeldon & Ashton St Petersburg Polish American Society, 1343 Beach Dr. SE, St Petersburg, 972.741.3749 www.polishsociety.org Sunday Dinner & Dancing: Dinner - $8 2:15 – 3:30 pm 727.360.0584 - dinner reservations Dancing, 3 – 6 pm. $5 M’s/$8 Non M’s Live Sunday Bands Tea Dances/ Live Band 11:30 – 3:30 2nd & 4th Wed of the month The Coliseum 535 4th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, 727.892.5715 www.stpete.org/coliseum Tea Dance - 1st & 3rd Wed. of month. October through May
FILM Environmental Film Festival NEW Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg www.eff.eckerd.edu International Cinema Series Eckerd College, 4200 54th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, Miller Auditorium 727.864.7979 events@eckerd.edu www.eckerd.edu/internationalcinema April 8 – Some Like it Hot 15 – Stalag 17 22 – Ace in the Hole 29 – Cemetery of Splendor May 6 - Anomalisa Sunscreen Film Festival April 28 – May 1, 2016 www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com
“If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.” ~Jane Goodall
COMEDY Coconuts Comedy Club Oldest (longest running) comedy club in Florida. 5501 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach 727.360.5653 (JOKE) www.coconutscomedyclubs.com Open Mike on Tuesdays Shows: Wed – Sat, 9pm April 6 – 9 – Sonja White 13 – 16 – Chris Gorges 20 – 23 – Kenny Smith G. David Howard. Guinness Book of World Records for Comedy “Funniest Man Alive” Sporty’s Comedy Club 17093 Gulf Blvd. .N. Redington Beach 727.596.6725. (across from Double Tree Beach Resort) Fri. & Sat. nights, 9:05 pm Start. www.facebook.com/GDavidHoward
ECO//ZOOS AQUARIUMS Boyd Hill Nature Preserve 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg 727.893.7326 Guided Tour Saturdays, Classes www.stpeteparksrec.org/boyd-hill.html Brooker Creek Preserve 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs 727.453.6800 www.brookercreekpreserve.org April 2 – Story of Swallow 2, 16 – Night Hikes 9 – Big Birds for Beginners 9 – Dragonfly discovery 10 – Music Jamboree 16 – Wildlife Safari 23 – Wetland Flowers 30 – Intro to Beekeeping May 7 – Invasive Plants 14 – Micro Plastics Awareness Clearwater Marine Aquarium 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater 727.441.1790 www.SeeWinter.com Rescue, Rehab and Release Home of Winter and Hope stars of Dolphin Tale I & II NEW Monthly You-Tube Program Egmont Key Shuttle Hubbard’s Marina, Ft. DeSoto Co. Park $20 RSVP; 727.867.6569 www.hubbardsmarina.com/egmont 727.893.2627 www.egmontkey.info Florida Aquarium 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa 813.273.4000 www.flaquarium.org April 20 – Evening Tide Talks 22 – 24 – Fishackathon 30 – Seagrapes Wine & Food Fest May 14 – Day of Discovery
Fort De Soto Park Tierre Verde 727.552.1862 www.pinellascounty.org/park/05 _Ft_DeSoto.htm Guided Nature Walks – Sat & Sun Lowry Park Zoo 1101 West Sligh Ave., Tampa One mile west of I-275 (exit 48) 813.935.8552 www.lowryparkzoo.com events line 813.935.8552, ext. 276 April 16 – Karamu XXVIII May 7 – Wazoo Beer Fest Mote Aquarium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota 941.388.4441 www.mote.org Science, Education, Aquarium April 2 – Run for the Turtles St. Petersburg Audubon Society 727.753.9731 www.stpeteaudubon.org 101+ Years Conservation Meets 3rd Tuesday of each month First Saturday of month Boyd Hill Bird Walk April 1 – Welcoming the Shorebirds 2 – Boyd Hill 8 – Screening of “The Messenger” 9 – Fort DeSoto Park 16 – Nuturing Nature 19 – Backyard Aliens 23 – Fort DeSoto Park May 7 – Butterflies at Boyd Hill St. Petersburg Shell Club 9100 113th St. North, Seminole 727.867.6861 www.stpeteshellclub.org 2nd Fri, 6:30 pm (except June, July, Aug. & Dec.), Seminole Recreation Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary 18328 Gulf Blvd., Indian Shores 727.391.6211 www.seabirdsanctuary.com Largest non-profit wild bird hospital sanctuary, FREE. Donations accepted. Tours. Weedon Island Preserve 727.453.6500, St. Petersburg 1800 Weedon Drive NE www.weedonislandpreserve.org April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Guided Hike 7 – Walkabout 7 – Salty Topics 8 – Great Weedon Bird Quest 14 – Wee Time 16 – This or That 21 – Lecture Series – Spring Surprise 22 – Volunteer Archaeology Lab 23 – Pottery 26 – Bright Futures Ranger Naturalist 30 – Rainwater Harvesting May 7 – Tracking Wildlife 14 – Invasive Plants
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Sunday, April 17 – St. Pete Bike Club Spring Classic 6:30 am. $40+. Palmetto High School, 1200 17 St. W, Palmetto. 20 to 100 mile runs. Post ride party and lunch. www.spb cspringclassic. racehawk.com
Wednesday, April 20 – Hurricanes and Boats 7 – 9 pm. $40 materials per family. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Seminar covers how to select a location and prepare your boat to survive a hurricane. Pre-registration required. www.boating-stpete.org Thursday, April 21 – Public Display & Commissioned Art Seminar 9 – 10 am. FREE. The Greenhouse, 440 2nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Business Continuing Education session focusing on protecting your artwork. www.stpetegreenhouse.com/ SPAA-Apr2016 Thursday, April 21 – Savor the EDGE 6 – 8:30 pm. $20, $30. The EDGE District between Dr. MLK and 16th Streets & 1st Avenues North & South. This event celebrates the eclectic character of the EDGE District and its unique culinary and fashion identity. www.edgedistrict.org Friday, April 21 – 33rd Annual St. Anthony's Triathlon Various times. $10. Straub Park and North Shore Pool, St. Petersburg. All ages triathlon and sports expo. www.satriathlon.com Friday, April 22 – National Earth Day A day set aside to honor Mother Earth and all living things. What can you do today to help the planet?
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ON THE WATER Dolphin Landings Charter Boat Center Located behind Dolphin Village 4737 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach 727.360.7411 www.dolphinlandings.com Sailing, Fishing, Motor Cruising, Sunset Sails. Shell Key Shuttle & Sunset Cruises 801 Pass-A-Grille Way, Merry Pier 727.360.1348 www.shellkeyshuttle.com Dog friendly cruises on special dates.
Saturday, April 23 – St. Pete Earth Day 10 am – 5 pm. FREE. Williams Park, 350 2nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. special exhibits, earth-friendly vendors, food and fun. www.earthdaysp.com Saturday, April 23 – HONNA Gala 6:30 pm. $90. The Palladium, 253 5th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Preserve, Protect, Promote & Celebrate Speakeasy! 1920’s Period Attire Optional. www.honna.org Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 – The Green Thumb Festival 9 am – 4 pm. FREE. Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Features environmental and horticultural exhibits, garden inspired vendors, seminars and more. Family friendly. Kid's activities. www.stpeterec.org/greenthumb Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 – Garden Club of St. Petersburg Garden Show 10 am – 3 pm. Within Green Thumb Festival, Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. “The Wild, Wild West” show and children's plant fair. www.gardenclubstpetersburg.com Saturday, April 23 – SPIFF International Ball 6 pm. $40. Gulfport Casino, 5500 Shore Blvd., Gulfport. Dinner, dancing, cocktails and entertainment. Ethnic or semi-formal attire. Tickets call 727.552.1896. www.spiffs.org
Adult Basic Sailing School Boca Ciega Yacht Club, Not-for-profit Sailing Club 727.345.7544. www.sailbcyc.org Boating Skills / Seamanship USCG Safe Boating Program Flotilla 72, 9 Classes. Tues 7:30 - 9:30pm 1300 Beach Blvd. SE, St. Petersburg (US Coast Guard Base) 727.898.1324 Jim www.uscgaux.info USCG Safe Boating Program U.S. Coast Guard Aux Flotilla #78, 13-week continuous Program Tuesdays, 7 pm, Warren Webster Comm. Ctr, 1500 Pass-A-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach. Take up to 2 years to finish. $45, $60 couple Jim 727.360.4846, Warren 727.321.7801 April 5 – Rules of the Nautical Road 12 – Boating Safety 19 – Navigation 26 – Powering Your Boat May 3 – Lines and Knots 10 – Weather 17 – Your Boats Radio St. Petersburg Sail & Power Squadron St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave. SE, St. Petersburg Demens Landing, 727.550.1811 www.boating-stpete.org American Boating Course Free to attend, $40 materials per family. 7 week course. Mon. 7 – 9 pm. April 20 – Hurricanes and Boats
NATURE Florida Botanical Gardens 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo 727.582.2100 www.flbg.org Free. Friendly dogs welcome on leash. Closed weekends & County Holidays Florida West Coast Orchid Society 12175 125th St. N, Largo 727.460.4606 Free. www.fwcos.org 2nd Thurs, 7:30 pm, Visitors welcome. Educational class, Cooperative Extension (Botanical Gardens). March 10 -- Meeting 12 – Orchid Auction and Sale 26 – Orchid Repotting and Bromeliad Sale Garden Club St. Petersburg 500 Sunset Dr. S, St. Petersburg Diane Shafer, shaferd2@gmail.com or 727.347.6649. www.gardenclubstpetersburg.org April 4 – Creative Crafts 9 – Art in Bloom tour 23, 24 – Green Thumb Festival May 2 – Creative Crafts 10 – All Members Meeting Ikebana International Chapter 65, St. Petersburg meetings 3rd Monday –10 am – 2 pm, (Sept. to May) Chapel On The Hill Church in Evans Hall, 12601 Park Blvd., Seminole, Ikebana – centuries old art of Japanese floral arranging. Info – hotline 727.729.9445 www.ikebanastpetersburg.com April 18 – Using Origami 25 – GYOTAKU in the Park May 16 – Ikebana & Fabric Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota 941.366.5731 www.selby.org April Through 22 – Rainforest Masks 3, 10, 17, 24 – Music in the Garden May 6 – June 22 – Photography Exhibition 8 – Mother's Day Brunch
– SPIFF International Ball
Sunken Gardens 1825 Fourth St N, St. Petersburg 727.892.5715 www.sunkengardens.org Adult and Child Horticultural Workshops Effective January 1, 2016 – New Prices April 9 – Succulent Wreath 30 – Propagation Techniques
CARD GAMES Pasadena Bridge Club 10 Park St. N, St. Petersburg A.C.B.L. certified duplicate Mon. thru Fri. 12:30 pm Contract Bridge & Pinochle Tue. & Thurs. 12 pm David 727.381.5944 St. Petersburg Bridge Club 9103 US 19N, Pinellas Park Games, Lessons & Seminars. www.stpetebridge.org M-F 12:30 & 7 pm, Sat.10:30 am Charlie 727.363.1136 or 544.5040
CLUBS Action Club (Treasure Island) (Sept.-May) Membership open to ALL mature residents. $10/ singles & $15 /couples. Meets monthly 1:30 pm. Treasure Island Comm. Center Refreshments / desserts, programs. Arranged trips & fun programs. Carol Lee 727.360.9181 Corvair Biking Society Bike rides on Tuesdays & Thursdays, various routes, ride 15-25 miles, food/beverage breaks. Mid to So. Pinellas Co. Helmets required. Contact: Al Halprin 727.510.4474 or Tony Cahill 727.204.0149 Greater Pinellas Democratic Club 2nd Thurs., Banquet Masters, 13355 49th St. N & Ulmerton, Clearwater, 727.360.3971 Largest Democratic club on west coast of Florida. Gulfport Walking Club Gulfport Recreation Center 5730 Shore Boulevard, Gulfport Gulfport & Pinellas County parks. John Lapham 727.893.1079 Mad Dogs Swim Wed. Nights swims through summer 6 pm SHARP. Hurley Park Shelter at Pass-A-Grille Beach, 1600 Gulf Way, St. Pete Beach 33706 www.stpetemaddogs.org 727.582.1910. Military Officers Association of St. Petersburg 3rd Friday of month. Banquet Masters, 13355 49th St. N & Ulmerton, Clearwater Social hour – 11 am. / lunch & short program. Military Officers that are retired, active duty or former officers and their spouses or widows invited. Reservations 727.360.2936
Military Officers Wives Club 2nd Tuesday monthly Oct. to May. Banquet Masters, 13355 49th St. N & Ulmerton, Clearwater RSVP necessary, 727.812.4868. April 12 – Meeting May 10 – Meeting Military Order of World Wars (Clearwater Chapter) 1st Tuesday Belleair Country Club, One Country Club Lane, Belleair. Social:11:30 am. lunch & program. Military Officers retired, active duty, former officers, spouses,widows LTC George Smith 727.786.5578 April 5 – Meeting May 3 – Meeting National Active & Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 259 – Clearwater 727.510.9472 www.narfe.org/chapter259 National Active & Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Ch. #1140 – 4th Wed. monthly. Spouses & guests welcome. www.narfe.org/chapter1140 April 27 – Meeting Pass-A-Grille Shuffle Board (January - April ) Tues/Thurs/Sat, 10 am - 12, Pass-A-Grille Park 9 & 10th Ave. Member $10/yr, Open to Public Rotary Club of Gulf Beaches Tuesdays, 12pm, Guests welcome. The Club at Treasure Island 400 Treasure Island Causeway. Bill England, 727.347.0386
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Rutgers Club Tampa Bay 1st Thursday monthly - 11:45 AM, Hibachi Grill, 7610 49th Street N., Park Plaza, Pinellas Park 727.344.1944 Social Club of St. Petersburg NEW Bocce, cards and social events. Sons of Italy, 2500 34th St. S, St. Petersburg. Open to the public Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. Reservations required. 727.798.6355 www.sonsofitalysp.org April 9 – House Party & Picnic 17 – Spring Fling St. Pete Beach Music Club NEW Suntan Art Center 3300 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach Music ensemble Tuesdays 10 – 11 am. $5 per session. Boomwhacker Ensemble Thursday 6:30 – 8:30 pm. $5 per session. www.spbmusicclub.com St. Pete Road Runners 10th Anniversary -summer beach series 5k races - St. Pete Beach, June 24, July 22 & August 19. Fantastic race party. Info. & register: www.racersignup.com /st.-pete-road-runners-5k-beach-series/ www.sprr.org
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EVENTS Sunday, April 24 – Local Shops1 Top Chef and Marketplace 5 – 7 pm. $25. Gulfport Casino, 5500 Shore Blvd., Gulfport. Competition of area's chefs, this year's ingredient – Valencia oranges. Local vendors highlighted. www.localshops1.com Tuesday, April 26 – Isle of Palms Potluck Mixer 6 pm. Dish to pass. Treasure Island Community Center, 1 Park Place, Treasure Island. Gathering of community. Carol Lee 727.360.9181. Thursday, April 28 through Saturday, April 30 – Spring King of the Beach Tournament Captain's Meeting 6:30 pm Thursday. Fishing begins 6 am Saturday. $195 members, $245 non-member. Madeira Beach Marina, 556 150th Ave., Madeira Beach. King and Spanish Mackerel anglers compete for $50,000 top prize. www.oldsaltfishing.org Thursday, April 28 through Saturday, May 2 – Sunscreen Film Festival Various times and location. $50 Day Pass, $150 VIP. Independent films, workshops and special events. www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com Saturday, April 30 – “You FIRST!” – A Women's Morning Retreat 9 am – noon. $49. Organic Goddess Cafe, 737 Main St. #104, Safety Harbor. Includes organic breakfast, small group sessions, yoga stretches, goody bag. 727.254.9183 or 727.799.7530. Saturday, April 30 – Biggest Beach Party Ever 4 – 10 pm. FREE. IRB County Park, 17000 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach. An afternoon of music, sun sand and the sunset. Food & beverages for purchase. No coolers or dogs. www.irbhome.com 50
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THRIFT SHOPS Attic Shoppe 316 Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach 727.360.5647 www.stalbanstpetebeach.org Run by St. Albans Church on Corey Ave One of longest running thrift shoppes. Pass-A-Grille Beach Comm. Church Thrift Shop 107 16th Ave & Pass-A-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach 9 am – noon, Tue, Wed & Thur • Sat 9am – 1pm 727.360.5508 Closed Summers, Reopens in September Treasures by the Sea Church by the Sea 495 137th Ave., Madeira Beach 727.391.7706 Tues., Thurs., & Sat 10 am – 2 pm.
WOMEN'S NETWORKING Business & Professional Women’s Club 1st & 3rd Thurs, 11:30 am, 400 Beach Dr., St. Petersburg www.BPWStPetePinellas.org 727.471.8248 Women in Tourism Educate, encourage, network 3rd Friday, various locations throughout Tampa Bay www.tampabaywomenintourism.com
DOWNTOWNS GULFPORT www.mygulfport.us Gulfport Tuesday Fresh Market Beach Blvd., Tuesday 9am – 3pm FreshMarket@GulfportMA.com Free Clothing Swap (2nd Tuesday monthly) 9 am - 1 pm Gulfport’s First Friday Art Walk Fine Arts with live art demonstrations, vendors and entertainment. 6pm. Beach Blvd. www.visitgulfportflorida.com SoTangerine Saturday Market Tangerine Greenway, Gulfport 8 am – 2 pm www.so49.org Gulfport’s Third Saturday Art Walk vendors, entertainment & roving street performers. Begins 6 pm. Beach Blvd. April 1 – Super Bingo at the Casino 1 – First Friday Artwalk 9,10 – Spring & Faery Fest 12, 21 – Welcome to Gulfport 16 – Relay for Life 16 – Third Saturday Artwalk 23 – Rowdies Game Trolley 24 – Top Chef 27 – Rays Game Trolley May 6 – First Friday Artwalk 10, 19 – Welcome to Gulfport
ST. PETE BEACH www.spbrec.com April 8, 9 – Beach Goes Pops ST. PETERSBURG April 2 – Pinot in the Park 2 – Rowdies Spring Season Opener 3 – Festivals of Speed 3 – Opening Day Rays Baseball 7 – 10 – Art in Bloom MFA 8 – 10 – Tampa Bay Bluesfest 14 – The Longest Table 22 – Regata del Sol al Sol 22 – 24 – St. Anthony's Triathalon 23, 24 – Green Thumb Festival 25 – Sunshine Grand Prix & Criterium Races 28 – May 2 – Sunscreen Film Fest Fridays St. Pete Shuffle Mirror Lake Shuffleboard Courts 7 to 11 pm - www.stpeteshuffle.com Sundays Gospel Brunch at The Manhattan Casino www.manhattancasino.com 1st Fridays Get Downtown Music Series, Street block party featuring live music / dancing food & drink vendors! 5:30 – 10 pm 727.393.3597 Central Ave between 2nd/3rd St. www.firstfridaystpete.com 4th Fridays Grand Central PM Stroll Shops, night spots & businesses open late, specials, entertainment, Grand Central District, 1st Ave N to 1st Ave. S. & 19th St. to 31st St., 5 – 9pm, 727.328.7086 2nd Saturday Artwalk & Trolley Downtown & Warehouse Art District Take the trolley to explore the Art’s Hot Spots 727.323.ARTS www.stpetearts.org
TOURS ST. PETERSBURGPreservation Walking Tours Central Ave & 2nd St., St. Petersburg (Oct. – Apr.) 727.824.7802 www.stpetepreservation.org National Register listed downtown Free for members. $5 suggested donation Non–Members April 2 – Original Downtown Tour 8 – Downtown Lunchtime Tour 9 – Waterfront Walking Tour 17 – Bicycles, Buildings & Beer Walking Mural Tours NEW Departing from Florida CraftArt, 501 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Murals and history behind them. 727.821.7391 / www.floridacraftart.org
MARKETS TUESDAYS Gulfport’s Tuesday Fresh Market Year Round! 9 am – 3 pm Beach Blvd, below 29 Ave. S., Gulfport Live music. www.visitgulfportflorida.com FreshMarket@gulfportma.com Second Tuesday – Clothing Swap, Art Village Courtyard WEDNESDAYS Madeira Beach Morning Market 9 am – 2 pm, rain or shine. Madeira Way between Gulf Blvd. & Tom Stuart Cswy, www.TheBeachMarkets.com 1ST & 3RD THURSDAY Edge District Farmer’s Market 4 – 8 pm, Green Bench Brewing Co., 1133 Baum Ave N., St. Petersburg www.facebook.com/EDGEFarmersMarket FRIDAYS Founders Corner Fresh Market 431 Southwest Blvd. N, 4 – 8 pm www.facebook.com/Fridaymarket founderscorner Treasure Island Friday Market Community Center’s Park (behind Walgreens) 9 am – 2 pm, 1 Park Place & 106th Ave.,TI FREE parking, live music, 727.360.4121 www.islandneighborschamber.org News@islandneighborschamber.org SATURDAYS Saturday Morning Market 9 am - 2pm / (Oct 1 – May 26) Al Lang Stadium parking lot & 1st Ave S & 1st St, St. Petersburg (June thru Sept.) at Williams Park, 1st Ave. N & 2nd St., St. Pete. www.saturdaymorningmarket.com 727.455.4921
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Saturday, May 7 – May Day Races First start 7:15 am. Ceridian, 3201 34th St. S, St. Petersburg. 5K, 10K and Kids Dash for Cash. www.active.com or on facebook search May Day Race.
Saturday, May 7 – Wazoo 8 pm. $65+, limited VIP available. Lowry Park Zoo, 1101 Sligh Ave., Tampa. All-inclusive tasting event features 250+ beers and beverages from 70 breweries worldwide, pub fare and live entertainment throughout the Zoo. www.lowryparkzoo.com Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 – Crafty Fest 11 am – 5 pm. FREE. ArtPool Gallery, 2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. All locally made, vintage and creative items for sale including Etsy artists. www.artpoolrules.com Thursday, May 12 and Saturday, May 14 – Great American Grunt Hunt Mandatory Captains meeting, Thursday 7 pm. Fishing, Saturday 6 am – 4 pm. $30+ anglers, $8 fish fry. Madeira Beach Marina, 503 150th Ave., Madeira Beach.
Family-friendly fishing event with community fish fry 4 pm Saturday. www.madeirabeachmarina.com Saturday, May 14 – 2016 Florida Cup 8:45 am – 4 pm. Archibald Park, 15100 Gulf Blvd, Madeira Beach. Paddleboard races include 9 Mile Elite Race, 3 Mile Recreational Race, 1 Mile Fun Paddle (not a race), and 1/4 Kids Race. www.paddleguru.com Saturday, May 14 – Exquisite Corpse Yourself! 3 – 9 pm. $10 per portrait. Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. The Dalí Museum and the Morean Arts Center are partnering to celebrate Surrealism with a selfie-inspired twist on the Exquisite Corpse parlor-game. www.thedali.org Sunday, May 15 – Family Fun Days at the Pool 12 – 3 pm. $3 adult, $2 child. St. Pete Recreation Center, 7701 Boca Ciega Dr., St. Pete Beach. enjoy music, family fun, slides, pool basketball, pool bingo, prizes and much more. www.spbrec.com
Help FWC monitor horseshoe crabs A ritual dating back millions of years takes place again this spring on Florida beaches. Spring marks horseshoe crabs’ mating season, and biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) want the public’s help identifying spawning sites. The conditions around the new moon and the full moon will create ideal opportunities to view the spawning behavior of horseshoe crabs. Biologists ask observers to provide the date, time, location, habitat type and environmental conditions – such as tides and moon phase – when a sighting occurs. The FWC asks the public to report sightings through one of several options. Go to MyFWC.com/Contact and go to “Horseshoe Crab Nesting Activity” for the “Submit a Horseshoe Crab Survey” link, then select “Florida Horseshoe Crab Spawning Beach Survey.” You can also report findings via email at horseshoe@MyFWC.com or by phone at 866-252-9326. APRIL 2016 |
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Paradise Bazaar Year Round! Friday’s & Sunday’s 9am-4pm, next to Paradise Grille Pass-A-Grille, 9th Av./Gulf Way, ParadiseBazaar@Yahoo.com
Hoop Dancing Yoga Village – Sunken Gardens, 1825 4th St. N, St. Petersburg, Contact: Abby 813.777.7720 www.hoolamonsters.com . Story telling dance with 1 to 30 hoops
Pass-A-Grille Beach Art Mart Saturday, 9 am – 2 pm, Next to Paradise Grille, 9th Ave. & Gulf Way, Pass-A-Grille Beach 367.3818 suntanartcenter@verizon.net
Inspire Yoga at the Dali Sundays at The Dali, One Dali Blvd., practice vinyasa/ashtanga poses. www.thedali.org 727.823.3767
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VOLUNTEERING Daystar Life Center Offering monthly information sessions services & volunteering, Tuesday, 1:30 pm. Daystar Life Ctr. 226 6th St. S, St. Petersburg 727.498.8794 or kitty.rawson@daystarlife.com State of Florida Guardian ad Litem Program Sixth Judicial Circuit court of FL, 14250 49th St. N., Suite 4000, Clearwater, 727.464.6528 St. Petersburg Free Clinic New volunteer orientation is 2nd Tues. monthly - 10 am & 3rd Tues. monthly - 3:30 pm. angel.schumaker@stpetersburg freeclinic.org 863 3rd Ave. N., St. Petersburg 727.821.1200 X 114.
YOGA / Spiritual Don Vista Arts Center NEW 3300 Pass-A-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach 727.367.3818 www.suntanart.org Celebrating 50+ Years, Yoga, Chi Gong Drum Circle 4th Friday on Gulfport Beach West side near the Rec. Center. Winter 7 pm / Summer 7:30 pm. Empowering & healing. Dena Lebowitz. 727.289.3380 denaleb@gmail.com
Madeira Beach Recreation Center 200 Rex Pl., Madeira Beach 727.392.0665 www.madeirabeachfun.com Yoga Essentials, Vinyasa, Flow, Tai Chi, Hoola Dance Meditation in the Gardens Sunken Gardens, 1825 4th St. N., St. Petersburg, Every Wednesday, 12:30 pm. 727. 551.3102 www.stpete.org/sunken Nava Yoga Studio NEW 5901 Sun Blvd. W, Suite 120, St. Petersburg 727.592.1999 www.navayogastudio.com Perfect Circle Yoga & Fitness 595 Corey Avenue, St. Pete Beach 727.504.2327 www.perfectcircleyoga.com Bikram Yoga, Hot Yoga, Boot Camp, Pilates, Personal Training. Sacred Lands 1700 Park Street N., St. Petersburg. 727.347.0354 www.sacredlandspreser vationandeducation.org Sunday tours. Mediations, special events. Wednesdays Movement for Wellness St. Petersburg Yoga 2842 MLK St. N., St. Pete 727.894.9642 info@stpetersburgyoga.com Tue’s, Sunset 6:15 pm Beach 10400 Gulf Blvd. Treasure Island Wed., Sunrise 7 am at Park, 255 Beach Dr. NE, N Straub Park www.stpetersburgyoga.com St. Pete Beach Yoga NEW Daily 10 am and one hour before sunset. St. Pete Beach near Beach Plaza and 67th Ave. stpetebeachyoga@gmail.com Sunken Gardens 1825 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg 727.892.5715 www.sunkengardens.org Daily Yoga with Yoga Village classes The Longhouse 2309 49th Street S, Gulfport 727.322.5766 www.longhouse.info All levels of skill and techniques
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Installed Butterfly Garden In celebration of the Redington Beach Garden Club 60th Birthday, members installed a Butterfly Garden in Friendship Park on March 17th. The Garden Club president, Zoe Roseman, presented wings to Redington Beach City Commissioner Fred Steierman. Wilcox Nursery’s Arnold Arutkis and Garden Club members were busy as bees planting the buzzworthy botanicals including passion flower, scarlet sage, beach mist, rosenflower, green eyes & scrub mint. Friendship Park - located across from Redington Beach Town Hall on 164th. Contact: Zoe Roseman, President Redington Beach Garden Club or call 727.392.0606 roseyroseman@gmail.com Photo below by Rich Cariello
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FleischmanGarcia Selected To Design New SPB Library Story by STEVE TRAIMAN St. Pete Beach City Commission selected Sol Fleischman told Tampa-based FleischmanGarcia Architects Paradise News, to design the new Library planned to be “Returning to St. Pete Library site. They have completed a built on the former Police Station site Beach to design the new library is a number of library projects in Tampa Bay: on the north side of 75th Avenue. personal thrill for me. As a kid, my family the new Seminole Heights Library, Tampa; SPB Mayor Maria Lowe said, vacationed at the old Colonial Inn and Bloomingdale Regional Library, Valrico; "FleischmanGarcia demonstrated their Desert Ranch, docked our boat at Wilson and North Tampa Library plus the Jimmie ability to respect community input as they Hubbard's pier, and ate smoked mullet at Keel Library renovation/expansion and design and honor the heritage of our Ted Peters. In the last few years, we have West Tampa Library renovation. community. We will partner with them served as architect and interior designer A portion of a $200,000 PPLC (Pinellas to incorporate a variety of components into for several interior renovations to the Public Library Cooperative) construction the new Learning Center that will make Don CeSar and designed the three-story grant was used to issue a (RFQ) Request for the facility a dynamic location for the Spa Oceana addition, including the Qualifications for a design consultant/ arCultural Arts while offering multimedia breathtaking roof terrace. We look forward chitect to survey the site and come up with and museum components to attract to engaging the community in the design a proposal. Another portion will be used to many future generations." process for the new library with the result fund the selected firm’s accepted bid for the A SPB City Staff Committee formed to being an iconic, civic building that enriches design and construction plans. review the designer/architects’ submissions the urban fabric and serves as a community Demolition work on the former Police for the new Library agreed with the gathering place for St. Pete Beach.” station started in early March is expected City Library Advisory Committee. The firm prepared the excellent plans for to be completed by late April. FleishmanGarcia CEO and Chairman repurposing SPB City Hall as a possible [STEVE TRAIMAN IS PRESIDENT OF CREATIVE COPY BY STEVE TRAIMAN IN ST. PETE BEACH, OFFERING FREELANCE BUSINESS WRITING SERVICES. HE CAN BE REACHED VIA EMAIL AT TRAIMANCREATIVECOPY@GMAIL.COM.]
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LIBRARIES GULF BEACHES 200 Municipal Dr., Madeira Bch. http://www.gulfbeacheslib.org/ Contact Travis Ann Sherman Contact phone: 727.391.2828 ADULT PROGRAMS AARP Tax Help: continues Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 am to 1:30 pm through April 14. Be sure to bring all necessary documents. Investment Club: Thursdays, 2:30 pm. Join a group of experienced investors in an exchange of ideas about the current market and investment opportunities. Scrabble: Fridays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Learn some new two letter words. Writer’s Group: Mondays, 10:00 am - 12 o’clock. We welcome all writers. Bring a few pages of your current work in progress to be critiqued by the group. COMPUTER CLASSES All classes at 1:00 pm. If you are bringing a laptop, please set it up before the class begins. Open Forum: 56
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Mondays, April 11, May 9 & May 23. Ask questions about applications and devices. Facebook: Mondays, April 25. How to open an account, adjust security settings, load pictures, etc. Download Magazines w/Zinio: Wednesdays, April 13 & May 11. INTERNATIONAL FILM MOVEMENT IFM are award winning indie foreign films. First Tuesdays of the month at 4:00 pm. April 5, Breathe, May 3, Wondrous Boccaccio. Global Hits: International blockbusters, Tuesdays, April 26 & May 31, 4:00 pm. Winter Film Series: We’ll be showing the latest 2015 releases for our Winter Film Series every Wednesday through April 27. Call for exact title info, or come in - pick up a schedule. BOOK GROUPS Chatterbooks: Tuesdays at 10:30 am. April 19, The Good Lord Bird by James McBride. May 17, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.
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ST. PETE BEACH 365 73rd Ave., SPB, 363-9238 www.stpetebeach.org/library Monday & Wednesday 10 am - 8 pm Tue., Thur. & Fri. 10 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 2 pm Sunday CLOSED. Phyllis Ruscella, Administrator Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/SPBLibrary Follow us on Pinterest! http://pinterest.com/spblibrary Library closed: Mon., May 30 TECH PROGRAMS E-Reader Help Hour: Library e-materials for Kindle and other tablets, Tuesdays, 3 pm, April 5 & 19 May 3 & 17 Facebook for Beginners: Bring laptop or tablet Wednesday, 3pm, April 6
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ARIES: Your new year has begun with exciting and surprising possibilities! Things are going your way as you work on leaving your comfort zone for new adventures. Finances are the focus and resources come easily. Review your old beliefs; change to current values. TAURUS: It’s a great time for introspection and releasing old limiting thinking. Enjoy seeing the new plans unfold. Communication is key this month and you stay busy daily. Later your partner takes the spotlight; enjoy social activities and recreate the romance! GEMINI: Your social calendar is full and exciting! Enjoy your popularity all month! Resolve conflicts with partner; others. Work place gets your full attention with career options. Health matters may surface but can easily be resolved. Stress less; relax more. CANCER: New career opportunities come unexpectedly; job may change with more responsibilities. Superiors are supportive. Revamp your exercise routine; wellness plan. Enjoy romantic time and travel near or far. Children and creative outlets bring pleasure. LEO: Legal matters, travel and education all become energized and take new direction now in your favor! Create and present a new you. Career is active, varied and public. Home projects and family matters take the spotlight; values bring changes; resolutions. VIRGO: Finances undergo changes; good to start a new plan, you have support. Let go of any outdated patterns that no longer serve you. Resolve inner conflicts and frustration. Communication is enlightening and revealing. Others easily accept your feelings; ideas.
LIBRA: New beginnings in partnerships are sudden and favored! You are popular with the public. You have success with legal matters, constant activity with resources; support from others. Financial affairs take spotlight linked to work, health; divine intervention. SCORPIO: Pleasant and unexpected options with work bring excitement! It is a great time for a new wellness plan! Discuss ideas with partners or spouse. The spotlight is on you this month; as creative expression and social obligations keep you busy. Be frugal. SAGITTARIUS: Clear your calendar for fun and romantic surprises! Creative energy is fresh and new. Work also keeps you busy and physical activity will relieve the stress. Later on take some time for reflection, solitude, meditation and explore your inner world. CAPRICORN: Start those home projects and enjoy pleasant family relations with a few surprises coming your way. Creative ideas are born from inner frustrations. Friends and social invitations keep you on the go both near and far. Future plans are on your mind. AQUARIUS: New and sudden activity in every day life keeps you on your toes and on the road. Pleasant chats and exchange of ideas are stimulating. Spend time with siblings. Your status, career goals get support; financial help; your level of success is up to you. PISCES: Financial matters take a new path; you can be lucky, others may assist. Your mind is restless and you stay active. Travel if you can to expand your education; reveal beliefs, understanding. Legal issues may surface. Career feels stalled; evaluate, repair.
Sarah Lyons has been providing astrological information for a lifetime; and is a former president of the Astrology Assoc. of St. Petersburg, one of the oldest groups in the United States. Available for private sessions, personal and business forecasting, lectures, parties, classes and more.
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On another occasion, I ran into a "nest" of big "Cottonmouth" moccasins while hunting, and dispatched eleven near a well-used trail. Several other "near misses" involved another Diamondback in the dunes of St. Augustine Beach, a Copperhead, Coral Snakes, and others. All were potentially deadly, as are the giant serpents who have only recently become a menace to our beautiful Sunshine State! Always use caution while visiting some of our more remote locations. Incidentally, my many wild pets (while growing up) included several snakes, but none, unlike pet squirrels and owls, ever got in a playful bite!
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