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Tampa rapper Queen of Ex returns to the stage for stacked concert of homegrown talent

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Expat Tampa rapper Gat$ brings new LP back home for Tampa Beat Weekend

Local musicians prevail over buzzkills as St. Pete Beach shuts down proposed 7 p.m. noise ordinance ...
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Orlando's Pulse rainbow crosswalk was painted over. St. Pete mayor says his city's Pride crosswalk mural could be next

While St. Pete City Council mulls over FDOT's demand to erase its rainbow intersection, the state took matters into its own ...
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Rohna, curator of Tampa's wildly-popular Indie Night, releases new album this weekend

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Katy Perry plays first big concert at Tampa's newly-named Benchmark International Arena

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Tampa emo legend Pohgoh plays rare acoustic gig for 'Sunday Service' anniversary

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Legendary Tampa Bay newsman Rob Lorei, who opened doors for countless others, is dead at age 70

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Iconic Tampeño Vincent LoScalzo has died at the age of 88

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Atlanta songwriter Zl!ster brings hip-pop sound to Tampa this month

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Macaulay Culkin is coming to Tampa for 'Home Alone' anniversary screening

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa ...
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Federal judges reject argument that Tampa Bay's Senate District 16 was racially gerrymandered

Plaintiffs contended that the lines have reduced the influence of Black voters in Pinellas County’s neighboring Senate ...
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Local musicians prevail over buzzkills as St. Pete Beach shuts down proposed 7 p.m. noise ordinance

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis, ...