Creative Loafing Tampa — January 8, 2026

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t’s not really the new year in the Tampa Bay area until a drag queen rappels down the wall of St. Petersburg’s most popular gay hotel. Thank god for Adriana Sparkle, bearded beauty of the Bay. As the cock—I mean clock—struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, Sparkle rang in 2026 as part of The Mari Jean, Cocktail and The Wet Spot’s UFO-themed, “Space Sluts Save the World” end-of-year throwdown with special guest Amanda Lepore. Here’s everyone we saw partying.

Happy new year everyone. See all the photos via cltampa.com.—Ray Roa

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Tampa Bay's best things to do from January 08 - 15

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What’s more Florida than saying hi to the sun over 100 times in a row and then drinking some beers? To welcome 2026, The Body Electric hosts a 108 Sun Salutations session at OutCast Brewing. The number 108 is significant for varying reasons in many Eastern religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism, but it’s up for each yogi’s interpretation here.

Jessica Mihm-Bonner leads this special outdoor yoga class, where the movement can be as easy or challenging as each yogi wants, including room for modifications and breaks.

Forget calories and standards dictated by tracking devices. The goal of this session is to get into a flow state ideal for focus and intention to transition into the new year. The class ends with ambient guitar, a well-earned Savasana (a mini meditation/nap) and lots of time to grab a drink with new friends.

108 Sun Salutations: Sunday, Jan. 11.

2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. $25. Outcast Brewing Company, 1776 11th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. thebodyelectricyoga.com—Selene San Felice

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The Midnight Carousel: An Evening with Fiza Saeed McLynn—Tuesday, Jan. 13. 7-8 p.m. No cover. Tombolo Books, 2153 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. tombolobooks. com—Selene San Felice

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Tombolo Books’ first event of the year celebrates Fiza Saeed McLynn’s debut novel, “The Midnight Carousel.” Praised as “The Night Circus” meets “Water for Elephants,” this novel set in 1920s Chicago and Paris follows an orphan as she acquires a sinister antique carousel that makes people disappear. A French detective investigates the carousel’s connection to a decade-old Parisian mystery. There’s perhaps no Tampa Bay resident better to interview McLynn than Sarah Penner, author of bestselling historical mysteries “The Lost Apothecary,” “The London Séance Society” and “The Amalfi Curse.”

There’s no cover, but online RSVPs and advanced book purchases are requested.

Ballin’

“Marty Supreme” taught the nation not to underestimate the Harlem Globetrotters. Timothée Chalamet won’t be ping ponging in the halftime show, but the ‘trotters promise a jaw-dropping show for their 100th anniversary.

Fun fact: the team name started as a fib. Jewish basketball coach and booking agent Abe Saperstein started the team in 1926 in Chicago with a handful of talented Black players to showcase their talents to wider audiences during segregation. “Harlem” was supposed to indicate the team was Black, and “Globetrotters” was a vast exaggeration, as most games were played in tiny Midwest towns during the Great Depression. In the 1950s, the Globetrotters went on to beat the best team in the all-white NBA and be the first basketball team to sell out Madison Square Garden. After incorporating comedy and vaudeville showmanship into its act, the team has since lived up to the latter part of its name and become a global phenomenon.

The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour: Sunday, Jan. 11. 3 p.m. $60-$192. Yuengling Center, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. harlemglobetrotters.com—Selene San Felice

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Sorry to add to the post-holiday hangover, but those clothes you’re about to return will probably get thrown away. And if you want to make room for the stuff you actually want in your closet, it’s not too early to start spring cleaning. Sans Market, run by St. Pete’s patron saints of zero-waste, hosts a quarterly clothing swap. For a $5 entry fee and approximately five to 10 gently used clothing items or accessories, swappers can sip a free drink while browsing for something new. Any leftover items will be donated to CASA Pinellas.

Quarterly Clothing Swap: Next Thursday, Jan. 15. 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. $5.

Sans Market, 1037 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. sans.market—Selene San Felice

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Since its inception in December 2023, The Commodore’s “Salud and Happy Days” series has worked to celebrate Tampa by getting locals to tell stories onstage before improv comedians act out scenes based on what comes out in the interview. The series has welcomed the likes of “The Tampa Natives” host Mario Núñez, journalists Paul Guzzo and Maggie Duffy, lawyer Ron Weaver, Tampa City Councilman Guido Maniscalco, plus the Cuban sandwich triumvirate of Jeff Houck, Barbra Cruz and the late Andy Huse. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s Editor-In-Chief Ray Roa kicks Salud off in 2026 and will do his best not to bomb this Friday as he navigates an unscripted evening built around his 15 years covering the Bay area.

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Salud and Happy Days: Friday, Jan. 9. 7:30 p.m. $18.11 (includes fees). The Commodore, 811 E 7th Ave., Tampa. commodorecomedy.com—Ray Roa

More human than human

For nearly 12 years now, Second Screen Cult Cinema has brought lovers of out-of-the-box movies together, and it kicks off a new season with a screening of the dystopian 1982 sci-fi classic “Blade Runner” at the series’ new permanent home, Green Light Cinema.

This presentation is a rare chance to see the 2007 “real” director’s cut, where Ridley Scott goes even deeper on Rick Deckard memories, challenging viewers to think about whether or not the ex-cop is human or replicant.

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PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE: Gaby Camargo (L) and Gustavo Torres outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

Mixed emotions

Venezuelans and protesters hit streets after capture of Nicolás Maduro.

By Dave Decker and Ray Roa

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he Migration Policy Institute said that as of 2023, 770,000 Venezuelan immigrants lived in the United States. The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau puts 334,415 of them in Florida, with just under 13,000 in Hillsborough and more than 5,000 in Pinellas.

A small contingent waved flags outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa last Saturday morning, after news that Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had been seized by the U.S. and brought to New York where he will face drug trafficking charges.

Stephanie Rojas, who was born in the U.S. and is the daughter of Venezuelan immigrants, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that “Trump saved us,” referring to Nicolás Maduro’s 12-year rule over the country. “To see my family be happy, and for me to finally hope to go back to my country, it’s great,” she added.

Dr. Norma Camero-Reno is a member of Comandito Internacional Tampa, a group which supports Maduro critic María Corina Machado

Parisca who was blocked from running for president by Maduro’s government.

“We’re just celebrating that Venezuela is starting the new phase of democracy and liberty,” Camero-Reno said, adding that it’s unclear how Trump will handle the situation. “At this point of time, we don’t know what will happen. We hope that the transition is going to be in peace and fast.”

No question, Maduro led a government of repression, but his capture—plus the Trump administration’s attacks and plans to handle the country’s oil reserves—has also drawn condemnation from critics who say the strike was unconstitutional.

Others, like drug historian Dr. Herzberg have argued that Trump’s so-called war on fentanyl is wrong “in almost every way.”

Republicans, he told WMNF’s The Skinny last November, like to say that “open border Democrats” allowed jobs to leave and drugs to come in and that a reversal would get the country back to the way it was before the “drug problem.”

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“One of the basic problems with that, from a historian’s point of view, is it gets the history wrong. America has had a long series of drug problems, way back to the American Revolution,” Herzberg—a professor of history and director of the drugs, health and society program at the University at Buffalo—added.

Five miles away from Raymond James Stadium, protesters from The Answer Coalition were on the steps outside Tampa City Hall for their own protest against the war on Venezuela.

Ali Alramini, a member of Tampa Bay’s Party for Socialism and Liberation told a small rain-soaked crowd that the attacks were the actions of a country that can no longer count on its ability to govern with soft power. “Instead they have to rely on bombings, on genocide. That is not a sustainable strategy.

The people of this planet are not going to sit down and be bombed into submission. They’re going to stand up,” Alramini added.

Zeta, a Venezuelan rock band exiled to Florida and headed for Ybor City on Jan. 16, expressed ambivalence on Saturday morning, saying it does not sympathize with Trump,

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support the government in their home country, or feel represented by the voice that is unfolding.

“It is hard not the question the motivations behind the U.S. intervention, and to believe that there isn’t a darker, self-serving interest at play,” the band wrote on social media, adding that it left Venezuela because staying became unbearable. “We do not want to silence the voices of our people who are feeling relief or joy today. That feeling is real and it deserves respect.”

Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera was also out at the Raymond James action, and took to Facebook to share a post from a woman who fled Venezuela in the ‘70s and add that Saturday was not a day to politicize Maduro’s capture or post hot takes for the algorithm. “...you can’t tell if this woman is a Republican or a Democrat. All she is is a woman with Venezuelan blood who has a big heart and is sharing from that big heart. That is what today is about,” Viera added.

See more photos from the actions outside Raymond James and Tampa City Hall via cltampa.com/news.

“We do not want to silence the voices of our people who are feeling relief or joy today.”

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Tampa’s fabled Tiny Tap Tavern has finally sold, but don’t expect much to change.

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here are at least three people who’ve had their ashes spread at Tampa’s Tiny Tap Tavern, and Casey Powell plans on doing the same when his time comes. But for now, it’s time for him to retire from the seven-days-aweek job of keeping the place up.

The sortied South Tampa dive bar at 105 W Morrison Ave. has been in the 67-year-old’s family for 50 years, but Powell, who acquired Tiny Tap Tavern from his father in 2004, recently sold it to a new owner.

“I’ve had other offers where people haven’t been sure what they were going to do. And if they had plans to tear it down, then we were done talking,” Powell told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Powell came really close to selling the bar in 2019, but something felt off about the buyers as the close of the deal materialized. “As soon as I had that chance to cancel the deal I did, because I knew it was not right. I was even losing sleep at night,” he added.

This time, he feels much better about this sale to Pavan Pediredla, the owner of Duckweed grocery who orders peach High Noons when he sits down at the Tiny Tap bar.

“Pavan, he’s somebody who I am 100% confident is going to basically keep the party going,” Powell said.

Pediredla plans to get a liquor license, Powell noted, and will make little improvements to the bar which originated as a gas station office in 1934 before starting to sell beer and wine in 1951. New ownership will also keep the bartenders, Powell said.

On Jan. 2, a few days after this article published on cltampa.com, longtime Tiny Tap barkeep Kasey Mitchell said she was unexpectedly let go.

“I spent 18 years at The Tiny Tap. I showed up, worked hard, and cared deeply about that place and the people in it. After the bar sold, I was told just last week that I wasn’t going anywhere. Today I drove in for my shift and was fired as soon as I arrived. They took my keys with no explanation so I can’t give you one, either,” Mitchell wrote on social media. “I’m processing a lot right now. Mostly I’m holding onto gratitude for the memories and the incredible regulars who felt like family. Thank you to each and every one of you. I’ll forever be grateful for each person I met, all the stories you shared, and the parts you all played in mine.”

Mitchell’s regulars have planned a “proper send off” at The Retreat near the University of Tampa, set for Friday, Jan. 9 at 10 p.m. Anyone who was barred from entering Tiny Tap Tavern or The Retreat is still not allowed to attend.

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CL is waiting to hear directly from Pediredla and will update this post afterwards.

And don’t expect Powell, who has what he called a “stubborn case” of atrial fibrillation, to completely disappear.

He told CL he’ll be back at the bar for many of the holiday traditions like fried turkey on Tiny Tapsgiving or smoked hams for Christmas— but for now he plans on living life with his wife Michele who is a retired school teacher.

“We want to travel” he said. “And I don’t fish as much as I would like to.”

For now, Powell and patrons of one of Tampa’s last old-school dive bars can rest easy knowing his pub won’t go the way of the wrecking ball like so many other local favorites.

“My wife said my dad would be proud of me for keeping it for so long and for selling it to the right person,” he told CL when asked about the future of the pub.

“I hope it’s still here, because it’s one of four places that, when my time comes, where I want to have my ashes spread.”

Tampa Oyster Fest is back for its seventh year, with hundreds of raw, steamed and chargrilled oysters, along with a low country boil, Make Mmm Squeal BBQ, an open bar with specialty cocktail tastings and games.

The event is a fundraiser for Frameworks, a nonprofit that helps parents and children develop emotional intelligence.

This year’s music headliner is The Broken Hearts, a tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Also on the bill are country artist Carter Smith and Fil Pate Trio, one of the best instrumental artists in Tampa Bay. Tickets, per usual, are tiered with a high-dollar “Diamond” option that gets ticket holders in an hour early, along with access to a dedicated concierge, special booze, a VIP lounge with hors d’oeuvres, plus celebrity bartenders like former NFL players Justin Renfrow and William “Bar None” Floyd, along with Tampa Bay’s favorite weatherman Denis Phillips, members of the Tampa Bay Sun, and media personalities like the publishers of CEO & Publisher Tampa Bay Business & Wealth and Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Editor-In-Chief Ray Roa. Tickets start at $160.70 for Tampa Oyster Fest happening Saturday, Jan. 10 in Tampa.— Selene San Felice

“If they had plans to tear it down, then we were done talking.”

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hakespeare skeptics, relax. This one isn’t trying to teach you anything. It’s trying to make you laugh. That’s the guiding principle behind Jobsite Theater’s upcoming production of “The Comedy of Errors," running Jan. 14–Feb. 8 at the Jaeb Theater. Set in the groovy, slightly unhinged world of the 1960s, this is Shakespeare stripped of reverence and played at full speed.

Actor Kayla Witoshynsky, who plays Luciana, puts it bluntly: “Comedy of Errors is a silly little show for escapism…for the most part, we’re just trying to have a good time.”

That clarity of purpose matters—especially with a play that can spiral into chaos if you blink at the wrong moment.

The accessibility question If you’ve ever bailed five minutes into Shakespeare because the language felt like homework, actor Donovan Whitney understands the hesitation.

“These are just people that are expressing their thoughts and emotions with some funky

words,” he says. “Once you strip all that away, it all relates to today.”

Whitney, who plays one of the Antipholus twins, frames “Comedy of Errors” less as literary artifact and more as a human comedy engine: jealousy, confusion, bad timing, and worse assumptions. The 1960s setting isn’t a gimmick—it’s a translation device. “That’s kind of the challenge…how can you make it relatable?” he adds.

Why the 1960s work so well For Witoshynsky, the era opens the door to physical comedy and pop-cultural shorthand audiences instantly recognize. “You can look at different tropes in sixties television…play it like the Three Stooges,” she says. “It allows you to say the scansion of the verse in a way that still has a beat but feels less foreign.”

That matters when many audience members—especially weekday field trip students—are encountering Shakespeare (or live theater at all) for the first time. The goal isn’t

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where people don’t understand what I’m saying or what I’m doing. That’s not a good experience for anybody.”

The bottom line Laugh first. Think later. (Or don’t.)

This “Comedy of Errors” isn’t asking you to Jobsite isn’t pretending “Comedy of Errors” like Shakespeare. It’s asking you to show up, sit is a thesis statement. Yes, there’s depth. Yes, down, and let the confusion do its thing. Fast.

Shakespeare is saying something about soci- Physical. Intentionally silly. And smart enough ety. But no one’s stopping to know that laughter is the the show to underline it. As best way in.

Witoshynsky notes, “A fart Tickets for Jobsite joke is a fart joke, and that’s Theater’s “The Comedy of ‘The Comedy Of Errors’ for everyone.”

Errors” running Jan. 14– Select nights Jan. 14-Feb. 8. $21 & up Even if the language Feb. 8 at David A. Straz Jobsite Theater at David A. Straz Center for flies past you, the physical the Performing Arts. 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Center’s Jaeb Theater are Tampa. jobsitetheater.org comedy won’t. “Even if you… still available and start at still feel lost in the whirl$21 before fees. wind of the language, you’ll definitely get at least This post first appeared at TB Arts Passport, several laughs because of how much physical which is part of the Tampa Bay Journalism comedy we’ve embedded into the show.”

Project (TBJP), a nascent Creative Loafing Tampa Bay effort supported by grants and A company that knows its lane a coalition of donors who make specific conBoth actors point to director David Jenkins’ tributions via the Alternative Newsweekly collaborative style as the secret sauce. Rehearsals Foundation. If you are a non-paywalled Bay area are built around play, experimentation, and publication interested in TBJP, please email trust—essential ingredients for a farce that lives rroa@ctampa.com. Support TB Arts Passport or dies on timing. Whitney sums it up simply: by subscribing to its free newsletter or becoming “I don’t ever want to go up and do something a paying Arts Passport Member.

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Runs through Feb. 28. No cover Sunny Ade (probably the Jannus Landing, May 10, The Factory, 2622 Fairfield Ave. S, St. first African-music shows 1987 ($12) With a 20-piece Petersburg. noclubs.com in Tampa Bay), Pearl Jam, band playing Nigerian juju Richard Thompson, Marilyn Manson, Ween, music, King Sunny mesmerized a small crowd of Cocteau Twins, and even an artist as obscure about 400. “We lost all the money in the account as Mississippi bluesman R.L. Burnside. In more on that show, but a show the following week recent years, No Clubs has presented early- made every penny back”—Tony career concerts by Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan, Anthrax, Dec. 17, 1987, Florida State Shaboozey, Kendrick Lamar, and a fledgling Fairgrounds ($14/$16) A barricade broke, Dua Lipa. people got hurt, lawsuits were issued to the I asked Tony, Dave and Vicki Huddy—the Fairgrounds and No Clubs. Somehow, Tony and latter of which became third partner on Jan. 1, Dave escaped relatively unscathed.

2025—to each come up with a short list of imporFela Kuti and Egypt 80, Jannus Landing, tant shows in annals of Sept. 17, 1989 ($14/$17) No Clubs. I’ve cobbled it An epic world-beat show down to 15. The commenby the legendary Nigerian tary is mine. The quotes artist who founded are attributed. Ticket Afro-Beat. prices have been included David Byrne, the if available. “Live since Rei Momo Tour, Tampa ‘85,” a collection of flyers, Theatre, April 28, 1990 photos and memorabilia ($18) “After the show we from the No Clubs archives, is up at The Factory took David over to a Mexican restaurant down through February. See more posters via cltampa. the street. The place was packed and when we com/music. walked in, everyone gave him a standing ovation.

Suicidal Tendencies, Cuban Club, Dec. Because I was standing right next to him, I felt like 20, 1985 ($7) Where it all started.

I was getting a standing ovation as well.”—Tony Red Hot Chili Peppers, London Victory Pearl Jam, Jannus Landing, April 22, Club, Sept. 7, 1986 ($8 advance/$9 door) “It 1992 ($10/13) The first date in the U.S. leg of was their first tour through town and London the band’s "Ten" tour was a wild, truly transforVictory was packed. The show was as raucous mative show to a packed house. Those who were as you’d expect. The club was owned by a father there, including me, still talk about it. “That was and son. The father comes over to me after and the night when a good band crossed over into a

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o Clubs, which celebrates four decades says, ‘That was the best show ever. I know you on the scene this month, has staged a didn’t make money tonight. How much did you staggering number of concerts over four lose?’ We lost $485. He handed me $500.”—Dave decades—340 of them from 1985 to 1995.

Sonic Youth with fiREHOSE, Nov. 11, Founders Tony Rifugiato and Dave Hundley 1986, Act IV Lounge “It was Sonic Youth. were the prime drivers in the early develop- They were the underground darlings. We never ment of an alternative music scene in the expected to be able to put them on.” —Tony Bay area by booking punk and hardcore acts The Replacements w/Alex Chilton, in the ‘80s. Butthole Surfers, Circle Jerks, Cuban Club, April 25, 1987 ($8/$10) "Paul Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Black Flag, The Westerberg walked off stage, looked at me and Damned, Corrosion of Conformity, 7 Seconds went, 'Best show we’ve ever played, man' …

(10 times)—that barely Alex Chilton was washing scratches the surface. dishes at the time, and we They soon began to managed to get him to come stretch out and include and play this gig.”—Tony in their slate such acts King Sunny Ade ‘Live since ‘85’ as Fela Kuti and King and his African Beats,

HOT STUFF: Dave Hundley (L) and Tony Rifugiato with Anthony Kiedis. great band. Afterward, they were lying around absolutely knackered—they knew they had just played out of their skin.”—Tony Neville Brothers with Was (Not Was), Jannus Landing, March 19, 1989 ($14/16) A co-promotion between No Clubs and Rob Douglas at Jannus Landing. They managed to set up a date where the separate tours intersected, a rarity in the concert business. “Was (Not Was), with their soulful vocals and tight rhythm section (with Don Was on bass) pushed the Neville Brothers to up their energy on stage.”—Dave Green Day, Sept. 23, 1994, Florida State Fairgrounds ($12.50) The band had opened for Bad Religion at Jannus Landing in 1993, then headlined Jannus on March 11, 1994, five weeks after their mega-hit album Dookie came out. This Fairgrounds show put them in front of a massive crowd.

Todd Rundgren, No World Order (solo) tour, St. Petersburg Coliseum, Jan. 31,

1995 ($17.50) This is Dave’s pet choice. Tony, not so much. “It helped that the Coliseum let us do BYOB. It turned into a big party. It was an interactive show with Todd set up in the middle in his POD. I’m a really big fan of Todd Rundgren and we rarely did acts that we ‘liked.’

The few times that we did they were not well attended.”—Dave Paramore, State Theatre, April 21, 2007 “I was in high school. It was serendipitous that I would later work for the promoter who put on one of my favorite State Theater shows.”—Vicki Twenty One Pilots, State Theatre, March 23, 2013 “This was the first time I was ever a promoter rep for Tony and it ended up being a band I’d listened to for over 10 years.”—Vicki Turnstile, Jannus Live, Oct. 14, 2022 “This is a band everyone should see at least once.

They put on such a fun show and their energy is unmatched on stage.”—Vicki

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Barry Manilow Crooner Barry Manilow kicks off 2026 by heading out on the road on a farewell tour of nine cities, and one of those will be his last show “ever” in Tampa, promising a hits-heavy set including “Mandy,” “Looks Like We Made It” and “Copacabana (At the Copa).” 7 p.m. $41.85 & up. Benchmark International Arena, Tampa— Matthew Moyer The California Honeydrops The Honeydrops are a different kind of improvisational band, rarely sticking to setlists, often asking for requests, but never over-indulging on jams.

After getting their start busking in Bay Area subway stations, the ensemble was quickly pulled to the surface with the “new retro” resurgence of the 2010s. Channeling heartland soul by way of the West Coast, the Oakland R&B outfit struck a nostalgic chord with audiences, gaining popularity throughout the country with their live shows. The Honeydrops’ latest release, Redwood Highway (released Aug. 8), reaches beyond the expected Motown grooves with a roadtrip across southern styles.

The album explores both the loneliness and beauty of life on the road, broadening the band’s sound into a full spectrum of modern Americana. 7 p.m. $41.62. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg—J.C. Roddy C Geri X w/Roc Helton When it comes to OGs of the Bay area folk scene, they don’t get much realer than Geri X, a perennial Best of the Bay-winner who is switching gears a bit, and bringing a piano into the Ale & the Witch gallery as she kicks off a month-long Thursday residency. Known for her clarion call vocal, the 36-year-old born Gergana Micheva will rip your heart out after a support set from young country songwriter Roc Helton. Mark your calendar for the Jan. 29 show, too, as it marks 15 years since Geri X’s first show at the venue.

Thursdays through Jan. 29. No cover. The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg C Tom G and Sam E Hues ‘Cuban Links’ release party w/DJ Flaco/DJ Casper A godfather of the Tampa rap scene links up with one leader of the new school on a tough new track, “Cuban Links.” The cut features Tom G, who brought Tampa’s jook sound to the BET Awards in 2019, and Sam E Hues, another gruff-voiced emcee, four years removed from his last full-length, When Tigers Used To Smoke. The duo returns to Water Street’s music-centric cocktail lounge Alter Ego, one of the three spots where the video was shot (along with J.C. Newman Cigar Factory and the dry docks in Ybor City). DJ Casper, who did scratches on the track and is music director at the venue, supports. Read more via cltampa.com/ music. 9 p.m. No cover. Alter Ego, Tampa

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C Mason Jennings Jennings has been no stranger to the Bay area, playing everywhere from long-shuttered Seminole clubs (Boomerz Boiler Room, anyone?) to pristine listening rooms like the also-shuttered Attic in Ybor City, and even the, um, also-shuttered State Theatre. Don’t worry, however; many of the venues the 50-year-old songwriter has played locally are still open, and this is his first time at St. Pete’s best room for sound, Bayboro Brewing Co. On the road in support of his 20th studio album Magnifier—co-produced with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and self-described as his “most intimate and bare-bones record to date, featuring piano, acoustic guitar, and voice”—Jennings will be every bit as introspective as he’s been throughout the course of a storied career that launched with a selftitled debut in 1997. 7:30 p.m. $32.46 & up.

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C Road to Wippersnap pre-party: Superjam feat. Jason Hann w/Joe Marcinek/Delvon Lamarr There’s still a month before Brooksville’s Florida Sand Music Ranch hosts one of Central Florida’s biggest music festivals, but Whippersnap vibes come to this warm up of sorts. It’s no surprise to see Marcinek at the heart of the action either. The guitarist’s band is on the lineup in February, but for this gig he’s joined by String Cheese Incident drummerpercussionist Hann along with Lamarr, the virtuosic organist and multi-instrumentalist who’s channeled the spirit of The Meters and Booker T. into his very own blend of jazz and soul. Mini M and Heavy Pets drummer Jamie Newitt’s tiny.blips project opens. 6:30 p.m. $25-$30. Bayboro Brewing Co., St. Petersburg

SUN 11

Celebrate Duke Ellington: James Suggs w/Bryan Hughes and The Crew Fans never have to go far to see trumpeter James Suggs or bandleader Bryan Hughes in action. They very rarely get to see them in venues as sanctimonious as this downtown Clearwater spot where the jazz scene staples will play tunes by the Duke. 3 p.m. $5-$10 donation accepted.

Peace Memorial Church, Clearwater C Chuck Ragan w/Tim Barry/Cory Branan Branan is back in town next month for a headlining gig, but he could not resist being the prettiest crooner on this classic Tampa bill.

Hot Water Music leader Chuck Ragan has done some of his most epic shows alongside Avail frontman Tim Barry, and the duo anchors what is sadly the last time fans will get to sing many of these songs at the top of their lungs inside Crowbar (the venue is set to close this summer after 20 years in the historic district). 7 p.m. $25-$30. Crowbar, Ybor City

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C Matt Pond PA w/Bathtub Cig St. Petersburg’s beloved Craftsman House bungalow may be closed, but its spirit is already proliferating. Jeff Schorr, who ran the shop and venue for more than 20 years, is working on this gig headlined by Matt Pond, a stalwart of the early-2000s indierock scene. Entering his 50s like the rest of us, Pond brings his nearly 20 albums (including the companion Natural Lines records released in 2023 and last year) to this house show alongside Bathtub Cig (stylized all-lowercase), the “depression pop” project of Hilary James. 7 p.m. $25.

The Jack Kerouac House, St. Petersburg

Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass If Homer Simpson’s version of “Spanish Flea” doesn’t ring any bells, you’ve probably come across the 90-year-old’s album Whipped Cream and Other Delights in the dollar bin at thrift or record stores at least once. The easylistening record (which spent close to three years on the Top 40 chart collectively) turned 60 last year, and Alpert recently assembled a brand-new touring group of musicians to summon the vibes of the album’s original repertoire. He also co-founded A&M Records in 1962, which gave us the likes of Billy Preston, The Police and Carole King, so maybe bring an extra shred of appreciation with you to his first show in town since 2022. 7:30 p.m. $48.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater—Josh Bradley

C Opera Tampa: Renée Fleming Fleming is among the artists who resigned after Trump’s takeover of Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center where she was an Artistic Advisor at Large. “I hope the Kennedy Center continues to flourish and serve the passionate and diverse audience in our nation’s capital and across the country,” she wrote in a statement. The soprano arrives at the Hillsborough River with her Grammy-winning Covid-19 project, “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene,” which was borne of time spent outdoors. While the concert carries a cover charge, the 66-yearold will also have a no-cover “Music and Mind Panel Discussion” the day before. 7:30 p.m. $49 before fees. Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

The Coral Reefer Band Last August, roughly 700 days after the death of its leader, The Coral Reefer Band embarked on its first national tour without Jimmy Buffett. Led by Mac McAnally, a Reefer since 1994, the 13-member band including Will Kimbrough, Scotty Emerick and Nadirah Shakoor brings the party and family reunion for a night of songs by the “Son Of A Sailor,” plus covers of bands like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Van Morrison. 8 p.m. $100 & up.

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This listing is compiled weekly by CL contributors and staffers, then supplemented with select gigs from the publication's user-submitted Tampa Bay events calendar. Don't see your gig here? Submit it yourself via cltampa. com.

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What ain’t broke

By Dan Savage

D

ear Readers: I’m away this week—I’m on a mountaintop with my out-laws—so there’s no new Savage Love today. This column originally ran on Nov. 6, 2018. I want to thank everyone who read, listened, commented, and— most importantly—sent in a question over the last year. This is the best gig in the world, and I quite literally couldn’t do it without you. I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and I’ll be back next week with a brand new, action-packed Quickies column.—Dan I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about myself and my sexuality and my romantic self.

I can log on and easily find someone to fuck. I’m a bear-built top guy. There are ladies in my life who choose to share their beds with me. I can find subs to tie up and torture. (I’m kinky and bi.) What I can’t find is a long-term partner. The problem is that after I fuck/sleep with/torture someone, my brain stops seeing them as sexual and moves them into the friend category. I have friends that I used to fuck regularly, that now it’s a chore to get it up for. Sure, the sex still feels good, but it’s not passionate. And when it’s all said and done, they’re still in the “friend” category in my brain. Some of them have suggested being more, but I’ve recoiled.

There’s nothing wrong with them, but they’re friends, not potential partners. I’m 32, and my siblings are married and having kids, and the people I grew up with are married and having kids. And here I am not able to find a long-term significant other. Am I broken? Should I just accept that, at least for me, sexual partners and domestic/romantic partners will always be separate categories?—Always Alone What if you’re not like most everyone else?

What if this is just how your sexuality works?

What if you’re wired—emotionally, romantically, sexually—for intense but brief sexual connections that blossom into wonderful friendships? And what if you’ve been tricked into thinking you’re broken because the kind of successful long-term relationships your siblings and friends have are celebrated and the kind of successful short-term relationships you have are stigmatized?

If your siblings and friends want to have the kinds of relationships they’re having—and it’s possible some do not—they will feel no inner conflict about their choices while simultaneously being showered with praise for their choices. But what are they really doing? They’re doing what they want, they’re doing what makes them happy, they’re doing what works for them romantically, emotionally, and sexually. And what are you doing?

Maybe you’re doing what you want, AA, maybe you’re doing what could make you happy. So why

doesn’t it make you happy? Maybe because you’ve been made to feel broken by a culture that holds up one relationship model—the partnered and preferably monogamous pair—and insists that this model is the only healthy and whole option, and that anyone who goes a different way, fucks a different way, or relates a different way is broken.

Now, it’s possible you are broken, of course, but anyone could be broken. You could be broken, I could be broken, your married siblings and friends could be broken. (Regarding your siblings and friends: Not everyone who marries and has kids wanted marriage and kids. Some no doubt wanted it, AA, but others succumbed to what was expected of them.) But here’s a suggestion for something I want you to try, something that might make you feel better because it could very well be true: Try to accept that, for you, sexual partners and domestic/ romantic par tners m i g h t always be separate, a n d that

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doesn’t mean you’re broken. If that self-acceptance makes you feel whole, AA, then you have your answer.

I might make a different suggestion if your brief-but-intense sexual encounters left a lot of hurt feelings in their wake. But that’s not the case. You hook up with someone a few times, you share an intense sexual experience, and you feel a brief romantic connection to them.

And when those sexual and romantic feelings subside, you’re not left with a string of bitter exes and enemies, but with a large and growing circle of good friends. Which leads me to believe that

even if you aren’t doing what everyone else is doing, AA, you’re clearly doing something right.

P.S. Another option if you do want to get married someday: a companionate marriage to one of your most intimate friends—someone like you, AA, who also sees potential life partners and potential sex partners as two distinct categories with no overlap—and all the Grindr hookups and BDSM sessions you like with oneoffs who become good friends.

I knew my little brother had an odd fascination with rubber that would likely become sexual.

He would steal rubber gloves and hide them in his room, and there was a huge meltdown when our mother found a gas mask in his room when he was 12. My brother is in his 30s now and has a closet full of rubber “gear” that he dresses in pretty much exclusively. ( W h en he’s not a t

work, he’s in r u b b e r.)

All of his friends are rubber fetishists.

When he travels, it’s only to fetish events where he can wear his rubber clothing publicly.

He will date only other rubber fetishists, which seems to have severely limited his romantic prospects, and he posts photos of himself in rubber to his social media accounts. I read your column and I understand that kinks aren’t chosen and they can be incorporated into a person’s sex life in a healthy way. But my brother’s interest in rubber seems obsessive. Your thoughts?—Rubbered Up Baby Brother’s Erotic Rut If your little brother was obsessed with surfing or snowboarding and built his life

around chasing waves or powder—and would date only people who shared his passion for the oceans or the mountains—you wouldn’t have written me. Same goes if he were obsessed with pro sports, as so many straight men are, or Broadway shows, as so many gay men are.

The only “problem” here is that your brother’s obsession makes his dick hard—and to be clear, RUBBER, the problem is yours, not his. An erotic obsession or passion is just as legitimate as a non-erotic one. And even if I thought your brother had a problem—and I do not—nothing I wrote here would result in him loving rubber suits, rubber buddies, or rubber events any less than he does.

I’m a 28-year-old straight man married to a 26-year-old straight woman. My wife and I were watching a video about sex and the female orgasm, and they were talking about how, unlike men, women don’t have a refractory period after orgasm.

We were confused because we are almost the complete opposite. I have never experienced drowsiness, lessened sensitivity, or quickened loss of erection after orgasm. My wife, on the other hand, doesn’t even like me kissing her bits after orgasm. She says they feel tender and sore afterward, and this feeling can last for hours. Is this normal?— Newlywed’s Orgasms Rarely Multiply What you describe isn’t the norm, NORM, but it’s your norm. Most men temporarily lose interest in sex immediately after climaxing.

It’s called the refractory period, and it can last anywhere from 15 minutes (for teenagers) to 24 hours (for old-timers). It’s a hormone thing: After a guy comes, his pituitary gland pumps prolactin into his bloodstream—and prolactin blocks dopamine, the hormone that makes a dude horny and keeps him horny. But some men release very little prolactin and consequently have short refractory periods; a handful of men have no refractory period at all and are capable of multiple orgasms.

You don’t mention the ability to come again and again, but you do sound exceptional in that you don’t lose your erection after you come.

Your wife also sounds exceptional, NORM, since most orgasmic women are capable of having multiple orgasms—but most women ≠ all women. (I’ve always loved what groundbreaking sex researcher Mary Jane Sherfey wrote in 1966: “The more orgasms she has, the more she can have—for all intents and purposes, the human female is sexually insatiable.” Emphasis hers.)

But again, NORM, there’s nothing wrong with either of you. It’s just that your norm isn’t the norm—and that’s only a problem if you choose to regard it as one. So, choose not to.

Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to mailbox@savage.love! Or record your question for the Savage Lovecast at savage.love/askdan! Podcasts, columns and more at Savage.Love.

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