The Clearwater Jazz Holiday has become Clearwater's biggest annual event. And it's FREE!
From what I can tell, Gasparilla is the nation’s biggest pirate festival. It’s gotta be – we stretch this thing out for about two months. It all starts with the Children’s Parade & Extravaganza, and includes the main Invasion, Parade, and PirateFest, the Krewe of the Knights of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, the Gasparilla Distance [...]
After a successful debut in 2007, the Gasparilla Film Festival has bigger and better plans for this year’s festival, which opens tonight, February 27. At a recent press conference, festival executive director John Rosser and president Eric Odum presented the film line up, announced guest appearances, and listed the panels, receptions and special events planned [...]
The tenth annual Environmental Film Festival began Saturday at Eckerd College in St. Pete. The festival ends March 1 and all programs are free and open to the general public. In addition to the films, the festival offers a one-day workshop for filmmakers on March 1 (info below schedule). Here’s the schedule according [...]
I know the pirates are coming to town this weekend for the kids but the little one won’t be home this weekend. So that means I am free to do adult things, and took a look at Eric’s Weekly Options for ideas. I have made a list of things I would like to [...]
Saturday, I discovered a small, rundown building off the beaten path in Ybor. The paint is peeling, and cats wind themselves under the front porch and throughout the back yard. Still, of all the theaters I’ve visited in the area, Silver Meteor seems to have the most pluck. I received the invite to Hats Off to [...]
Whether you live in St. Pete or on the Tampa side of the bay, you’ve got an opportunity to make it a great food festival weekend. Beginning tomorrow evening at Vinoy Park in downtown St. Pete is the Taste of Pinellas. I saw the ads last year listing the participating restaurants and decided [...]
Sticks of Fire is proud to be a sponsor at the upcoming International Cane Spirits Festival and Tasting Competition. The Judging Competition takes place at Ybor City’s Cuban Club on Thursday and Friday, March 22 & 23, and the festival will be held at the Cuban Club in Ybor City on Saturday night, March 24. Dozens [...]
