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If a big splat of pelican poop hits your car's windshield on the Howard Frankland, do not panic. Slow up, roll down a window and flip on your wipers. Messy, but effective.
As part of the Lectores Speaker Series, the managing editor and publisher of McSweeney's and the editor of the New Yorker talk publishing with the audience. Sunday in Tampa.
January 4, 2013 at 6 p.m.In the funky historic corridor of the 600 block of Central Ave. in St. Petersburg is the hip sister-owned boutique Eugenia Woods. These girls know a thing or two about vintage flare in a world of smart phones.
January 4, 2013 at 4:50 p.m.The group including actor Patrick Wilson and his locally based brothers play a free show benefiting Hope for the Warriors. Cowhead's band Pittbull Toddler also plays, Saturday in Tampa.
January 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.As part of the bay area Shakespeare Festival, The Dali Museum and Sunscreen Film Festival present a modernized retelling of Macbeth set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania. Saturday at the Dali Museum.
January 3, 2013 at 3:50 p.m.The Grammy-winning folk group has had hundred of members over decades, performed on The Andy Williams Show and was parodied in A Mighty Wind. See them in Tampa Sunday.
January 4, 2013 at 6 p.m.The Pier Aquarium in St. Pete hosts The Pier Aquarium's family event with varying authors, craft activities and marine education facts.Come Saturday for the featured book Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle.
January 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.Come out to Curtis Hixon Park to row, paddle board, kayak and dragon boat race in the bay. With a low country shrimp and stone crab boil, food trucks, cash bar, games and ice skating, this is a surefire family hit. Jan.5-6 in Tampa.
January 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.A procession of children in traditional costumes, choir members and Greek folk dance to witness the tossing of the Holy Cross in Tarpon Springs Bayou. Sunday in Tarpon Springs.
January 2, 2013 at 11:25 a.m.The group including actor Patrick Wilson and his locally based brothers play a free show benefiting Hope for the Warriors. Cowhead's band Pittbull Toddler also plays, Saturday in Tampa.
January 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.Fracking already sounds like a dirty word. Now the technique gets cinematic treatment in Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski (who co-wrote the screenplay).
January 3, 2013 at 10 a.m.Conductor Victor Vanacore leads the orchestra in a night of dance tunes featuring award-winning swing dancers. They'll play tunes covering the Charleston, big band, boogie-woogie, blues and more, with hits by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, and other American masters.
January 3, 2013 at 10 a.m.The comedian flirts with dark comedy in his show where he takes his bucket list items out for a test drive. Jan. 5-6, and 9 in Pinellas Park.
January 3, 2013 at 10 a.m.Come out to Curtis Hixon Park to row, paddle board, kayak and dragon boat race in the bay. With a low country shrimp and stone crab boil, food trucks, cash bar, games and ice skating, this is a surefire family hit. Jan.5-6 in Tampa.
January 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.Farms 2 Forks weekend is filled with entertaining lectures, informative food demonstrations designed to show the benefits of adding health-promoting foods to our diets. Jan. 4-6 in Clearwater.
January 3, 2013 at 10 a.m.A New Year's resolution is usually forward-looking, a bold stab at a future of change and innovation. But maybe this year consider looking back - way back - and try eating like a caveman.
January 2, 2013 at 1:21 p.m.Most entrees hover in the mid $30s, pasta entrees all right around $25 ($13 if you're a light eater and content with the smaller portion). And that view ...
January 2, 2013 at 10:44 a.m.The international masters of dance present the story of Cinderella, one of the most popular compositions of Sergei Prokofiev that's known for its jubilant music and lush scenery. Sunday at the Mahaffey Theater.
January 4, 2013 at 6 p.m.As part of the Lectores Speaker Series, the managing editor and publisher of McSweeney's and the editor of the New Yorker talk publishing with the audience. Sunday in Tampa.
January 4, 2013 at 6 p.m.The vinyasa based flow class is held at the Dali Museum with relaxing views of the waterfront for a peaceful Sunday morning. Make sure to bring a mat!
January 4, 2013 at 6 p.m.Denis Johnson's newest play is read on stage, followed by a talk with Creative Loafing editor-in-chief David Warner. Saturday in Tampa.
January 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.Put these Florida events on your calendar for 2013. (Megacon, anyone?) Many are annual events that come and go and we say “Wow, I should go to that next year.” This year you will.
January 1, 2013 at 10 a.m."The Guayabera: A Shirt's Story" at the HistoryMiami museum is the first exhibition to trace the story of the shirt's evolution. The exhibition runs through Jan. 13.
December 11, 2012 at 10 a.m.The $425 million Fantasyland expansion at Disney World's Magic Kingdom is promising, inspiring, even jaw-dropping; it's just not immersive. Not yet at least. Sean Daly offers things not to miss.
November 29, 2012 at 10 a.m.Perched above the shallow turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay are shacks on stilts that have hosted some of Florida's wildest parties, from the days when alcohol and gambling were outlawed to a bachelor party for a member of the Kennedy clan.
November 20, 2012 at 10 a.m.In the funky historic corridor of the 600 block of Central Ave. in St. Petersburg is the hip sister-owned boutique Eugenia Woods. These girls know a thing or two about vintage flare in a world of smart phones.
January 4, 2013 at 4:50 p.m.The Tampa Convention Center hosts more than 900 exhibits where guests can shop, compare and save on affordable ways to organize, remodel, refurbish and landscape their homes.Jan. 4-6 in Tampa.
January 3, 2013 at 10 a.m.
Bead Boutique offers fashionable buyers a chance to get high-quality jewelry for fraction of the usual price. "It's basically a woman's paradise."
Everything at Eugenia Woods can be personalized within and prices range from $16 for the Peter Pan detachable collars to $150 for the double-lined leather clutches.
January 2, 2013 at 10:52 a.m.