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Thank you for the letters. Thank you for the comments. Thanks for calling out bots and trolls—and for holding us accountable when you think we fall short of what this publication can be. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay has enjoyed opening up the mailbag, and we want to keep the party going. Scan the QR code on this page to give us feedback, or just find us wherever the algorithm has trapped you and chime in there.—Ray Roa DSA candidates are winning Democratic primaries — can they do it in Florida? (via Facebook) I still chuckle when I think back to the 2024 election and remember publications similar to Creative Loafing saying insane things like Kamala could take Florida and people actually believing it.—Barry Smith Jan Schneider who is running for the new 16th district seat is one.—Austin Farrell And Ashley Herrmann for FL State Representative, District 69....—Samuel Ronen Letter in response to ‘A slap in the face’: Tampa city council commends administrator accused in $650,000 discrimination lawsuit I am responding to and applaud Valerie Smith’s article in the June–July 2026 issue of Creative Loafing. Her assessment was accurate, necessary, and long overdue. She said what many in this community have been unwilling to say out loud.
is an insult to Lopez and to every resident who expects integrity from public officials. Smith told the truth. Carlson reminded everyone of the part of that truth the other Council Members apparently forgot when he asked, “Have you guys read the Scarlett Lopez case?” If our elected City officials care about accountability, they cannot keep rewarding people for records that collapse under scrutiny.—Tom Feaster, Tampa Florida budget includes $29.5 million for the Florida Pregnancy Care Network (via Facebook) Abortion saves the lives of women every single day.—Lisha Mc Who was it that was against big government? Remind me because I must be remembering wrong.—Beth Page I have actually looked up the financial reports for Pregnancy Care Network. The majority of the money goes to random LLCs categorized as “marketing” or “consulting.” When you look up the financial reports for those LLCs, they spend their money on other LLCs in the same categories. Other than the LLCs, I found expenditures for donor dinners and luncheons, all tens of thousands of dollars each.
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Councilman Bill Carlson’s comment during the vote on Duncan’s citation should have stopped the conversation cold. He asked whether anyone had actually read the Scarlett Lopez case. That question matters because the Lopez case is not a rumor or a misunderstanding. It is a documented failure of leadership. Lopez reported being sexually assaulted and later stated that her case was mishandled under Duncan’s command. She described investigators ignoring required procedures, overlooking critical evidence, and treating her with a level of dismissiveness no victim should ever face. The internal review raised serious concerns about oversight and accountability, concerns that were never fully addressed. This is the context Smith was pointing to. It is the context that makes the citation indefensible. When a department fails a vulnerable victim so profoundly, the response should be reform, not celebration. Pretending otherwise
The actual physical locations promote themselves as “pregnancy care” centers. They provide no such care. Not even a place to get prenatal vitamins.
I went to one once when I was experiencing a high amount of pain early in a pregnancy, thinking I could get a scan to see if it was ectopic. Instead, they had me fill out paperwork, gave me a tour of their facility, and prayed with me. An employee called to make an appointment with another facility for the scan, but emphasized on the phone that I was very early in the pregnancy. So an appointment was made for the scan weeks out to ensure I would have been beyond any abortion options in Florida. The basic set up of their facilities is rooms full of donated items and a couple rooms where moms can watch videos on Conservative/ Christian parenting and attend group meetings to earn “credits” to obtain any of the donated items. They ensure anyone pregnant that all their needs will be provided for, exaggerating any assistance they may be provided by the government.—Tabitha Pollard
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The nation’s biggest shark convention brings cold-blooded fans, scientists and celebrities together in Tampa for two days. SharkCon 12, at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, also brings over 100 shark-themed vendors of jewelry, art, clothing and collectibles— and professional scuba diving lessons. Plus, talks with representatives from National Geographic, Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” and conservancy experts. SharkCon also brings back memorable attractions like its 45-foot inflatable megalodon, the “Jaws” car and mechanical shark ride. Celebrity guests include actor Mario Van Peebles from the movies “New Jack City” and the cult classic “Jaws: The Revenge,” along with “Baywatch” actor David Chokachi and “Sharknado” director Anthony C. Ferrante.
Shark Con 12: Saturday-Sunday, July 18-19. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $9.38 for ages 13 and under, $29.90 for adults. Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, 4800 U.S. Hwy-301, Tampa. sharkcon.com—Leif Helland VINCENT LEGRAND/SHUTTERSTOCK
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Between gay hockey guys and sexy dragons, romance has the publishing world in a chokehold. Tampa’s romance hot spot, Steamy Lit, hosts this author panel and popup shop celebrating all things Romantasy this weekend at East Lake Library. Authors L.L. Campbell, Ligia N. Cushman, Luna Laurier and Allie Shante will speak on a panel about the power of horny writers. Plus, themed activities and a spicy raffle.
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Playwright (and erstwhile CL theater critic) Mark E. Leib made a big splash last year with “When the Righteous Triumph,” his award-winning play about the student sit-ins that integrated Tampa lunch counters in the 1960s. Now, with “The House in Hyde Park,” he’s delving into another significant chapter in the city’s history: the experience of Jewish businesses in Ybor in the 1920s. Their customers represented a cross-section of Ybor’s polyglot populace, but they were also operating amidst widespread gambling and prostitution. Would moving to the city’s most exclusive neighborhood sacrifice tradition for assimilation? (Full disclosure: This writer was in “Triumph” and he’ll also be in the reading of “Hyde Park”—pays to have been the playwright’s editor, I guess.) There will be an audience talkback after the reading.
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I scream, you scream and a lot of sugar-high kids will probably be screaming at this event. The Tampa Bay Ice Cream Festival brings more than 30 ice cream vendors from around the state to the St. Pete Pier’s Family Park on Sunday. There’s no cover to get in, but frozen treats are for purchase à la carte. Participants can vote for their favorite flavors to win the People’s Choice Award. A panel of undisclosed judges will award Golden Ice Cream Trophies to ice cream makers for Best Hard Ice Cream, Best Soft Serve Ice Cream, Best Non-Dairy Frozen Treat and Best Overall.
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Science Fiction Double Feature Horror Movie Night: Saturday, July 18. 7 p.m.-11:55 p.m. No cover. Deviant Libation, 3800 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa. deviantlibation.com—Leif Helland
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about a third of our voters have found Vote By Mail to be an easy, reliable method of voting.” Bay News 9 says that, “Since 2010, about half of all ballots cast in Pinellas County have been by mail.” For the 2026 primary, Bay area voters must request them by Thursday, Aug. 6. To count, mail ballots must be signed by the voter and physically arrive at your supervisors of elections no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day. Voters may also drop their mail-in ballots at a 2026 Primary Mark your calendars: secure return location, an (including St. Pete Mayoral) important dates and early voting site, or the Voter registration deadline: Monday, July 20 deadlines Supervisor of Elections Election Day: Tuesday, Aug. 18 votehillsborough.gov and votepinellas.gov Voter and party office. Both counties registration: Monday, publish secure drop-off July 20 Florida is a closed-primary state, mean- location lists closer to the election. Certain forms ing you independents might not have much to are required for anyone who’s been designated vote on outside of nonpartisan races like the St. to pick up a mail ballot for anyone else. Pete Mayoral, judges, school board, and local Early voting In Hillsborough, early votballot measures. Get in on the action by making ing starts on Monday, Aug. 3, and runs daily, the switch, and then reclaim your independence even on Sundays, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at 27 difahead of the general election. ferent locations. Pinellas starts early voting on Mail ballots In Hillsborough, the super- Saturday, Aug. 8. Voting there runs 8 a.m.-6 p.m. visor of elections says, “For many years now, on weekdays, and from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekends,
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including Sundays, but so far only three locations are listed. Early voting in both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties ends after Sunday, Aug. 16. Election day It’s on Tuesday, Aug. 18, with polls open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.—but for chrissake, be like the cool kids and make a plan to vote early because you never know what’s going to happen in your life. Here’s what’s on the ballot. St. Petersburg Municipal Election St. Petersburg starts the process of picking new leadership in city hall this summer in an election that could totally shake up city hall. For city council, voters in District 6 pick from Terri Balliet, Linsey Grove, Doug Homeyer, Trevor Mallory, and Jameka Williams. At the top of the ballot for St. Petians, however, is the mayoral race, with six choices including the incumbent, Ken Welch, former Florida Governor Charlie Crist, St. Pete City Councilwoman Brandi Gabbard, former St. Pete Fire Chief Jim Large, real estate broker Kevin Batdorf, and corrections administrator Maria Scruggs. In last month’s NAACP debate, she was the only candidate who unambiguously said that she would direct the department to disband a 287g agreement between immigration officials and St. Pete police. Scruggs was the first to file back in August 2025 and the first to qualify (by petition, too). The 68-year-old believes her goals and background—with more than 40 years of experience
in the public sector—set her apart from “any other professional politician” in the race. Welch is St. Pete’s first African American mayor and was the first Pinellas County commissioner to represent District 7. Faced with the task of helping St. Petersburg recover after backto-back hurricanes, city hall struggled to keep up with a record number of building permits, but he stands by the work it did in the 90-day period after the storms. He wants to improve the city’s infrastructure to ensure it won’t be a problem again. Welch said he’ll present his St. Pete Agile Resilience—or SPAR—referendum for November, which proposes a $600 million bond to speed up repairs for the city’s stormwater infrastructure. District 2 Councilwoman Gabbard told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay she feels St. Petersburg is “at a critical crossroads right now.” She wants to “hit the ground running on day one of being elected.” The 49-year-old real estate broker and councilmember of nearly nine years said her role grants her a “unique perspective.” And in Gabbard’s campaign, “livability” in St. Pete is her main focus. “We need to really be working, not only to help residents with affordability issues in housing, or working on various different economic opportunities to bring better-paying jobs to the city—but also to move government out of people’s way,” Gabbard said. continued on page 20
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Former Fire Chief Large, 70, worked under four different mayors during 50 years for St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. He was chief for 18 of those years. He told CL that many people encouraged him to run and even asked him about whether he’d consider it before he retired. Large believes his experience with the city and managing the fire department’s budgets has nurtured his leadership skills and a “good hand in budgeting.” He wants to guide that budget toward improving the city’s infrastructure, where he’s seen “the biggest neglect.” Batdorf, a real estate broker and former president of the Shore Acres Civic Association, has seen his neighborhood—which is the lowest-lying in St. Pete—struck with storm surge and flooding by the 2024 hurricanes. And while Mayor Welch claims the city took long to recover due to unprecedented damage, Batdorf said that statement is “baloney.” “I just don’t see a path forward with the current administration,” Batdorf said. “It’s just been one mistake after another. It’s put us in a position of desperation for infrastructure, and there’s no transparency. It’s become a situation where I was compelled to provide my expertise to the public.” Charlie Crist would really like to avoid a runoff in his bid to be St. Petersburg’s next mayor. The former governor of Florida and U.S. representative for the state’s 13th congressional district, which includes St. Petersburg and Clearwater, filed his paperwork in April. He told CL his friends called him to encourage him to join the mayoral race last spring. He returned to the Bay area in time to qualify after visiting Minneapolis for almost a year to be with his soon-to-be Floridian fiancée Chelsea Grimes. “Mayor Welch’s leadership essentially hasn’t gotten St. Pete anywhere,” Crist said, adding, “I don’t understand what’s going on, but it feels like somebody’s asleep at the switch.” His grievances include how Welch handled major plans throughout his tenure, such as the city’s development deal with the Tampa Bay Rays for Tropicana Field. He said the team’s likely departure to Tampa is a “crushing disappointment to St. Petersburg.” Come back next week for a look at more local races. For now, look below to get caught up on the race for Florida’s governor’s mansion and the three cabinet positions the next guv’ will have to work with. Governor (and Lieutenant Governor) There are 11 Republicans in the field including Gov. Ron DeSantis’ lil’ buddy, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins (who Ron hasn’t even endorsed), former Florida Speaker of the House Paul Renner, and frontrunner Congressman Byron Donalds. The latter boasts a Trump endorsement and more than $90 million in his campaign warchest. The Miami New Times points out that Jeff Yass, a billionaire trying to reinvent Florida schools, is Donalds’ biggest contributor, pitching in $7.5 million. As widely reported, Donalds and his
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Moms For Liberty wife Erika have not been shy about their own ambitions to upend the state’s education system by increasing the influence of the private sector, replacing grading systems with individual learning plans. Florida Democrats, naturally, have mostly put their hope into a centrist former Republican and lobbyist, David Jolly, and his running mate, Gwen Graham, who couldn’t even defeat Andrew Gillum in the 2018 gubernatorial primary. Five other candidates are on the ticket though, including Florida state Rep. Dotie Joseph, high school teacher Dayna Marie Foster, Robinson High School graduate Stephann Norman. Six NPA candidates have also qualified, including voting rights activist Desmond Meade, who is joined by Dean Abrams, Charles Burkett, Jeffrey Peter Datto, Moliere Dimanche and Frank J. Russo. Attorney General The Florida Trident recently outlined how the Trump-appeasing initiatives of DeSantis’ handpicked AG have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. But James Uthmeier’s primary opponent Steven S. Leskovich dropped out last month, telling Port Charlotte’s Daily sun that there are “unwritten rules where if you’re not part of the establishment they will give you no time of day.” He instead endorsed a Democrat, Jose Javier Rodriguez, who rails against power companies, stolen wages and more. Rodriguez’s opponent could have been Jim Lewis, a perennial candidate who thought he was taking his third shot at the office before not technically qualifying. There is effectively no primary contest here.
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Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is another one of DeSantis’ handpicked state officials. In the Republican primary he faces Frank Collige, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who owns an insurance consulting company. The Democrats, for their part, have a choice between U.S. Army veteran and former IRS investigator Earle Ford and a perennial candidate, Annette Taddeo, who served in the Florida Senate from 2017-2022, and ran as Charlie Crist’s running mate in the 2014 race for governor. Ford initially had plans to run for Pinellas’ 13th congressional seat, but withdrew in May to run for CFO. Commissioner of Agriculture Plant City’s Matt “The Welder” Taylor—who unsuccessfully ran for the Hillsborough County Commission in 2024—would love to unseat incumbent career politician Wilton Simpson and has been clear about a mission to stop prioritizing developer interests as Florida goes through growing pains. Democrats choose between Joey Mendoza Atkins, a sports agent lawyer who’s worked to protect migrant farm workers, and Pembroke Park police Capt. Donald Prichard.
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Local police say collaboration is limited; legal experts disagree St. Petersburg Chief of Police Anthony Holloway has insisted that the arrangement with ICE is limited, stating at a community forum in December that they only call ICE when they come across someone with an immigration warrant. Holloway also said at that forum that St. Petersburg had no DIOs. Immigration attorney Daniela Carrión told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that this
strategy won’t withstand state pressure, and that ending the agreement is the only effective alternative. “A department may try to limit how many officers it deputizes or how often it uses that authority, but it cannot publicly minimize away the legal effect of the agreement it signed,”
immigration functions, and tied itself more closely to Florida’s broader immigration enforcement funding and compliance structure.” Currently, all municipal police departments in Pinellas are under a type of 287(g) agreement called the “task force model,” and many of them follow the same blueprint.
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olice chiefs around Tampa Bay signed voluntary agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February of last year, and have since been reassuring concerned community members that their involvement with ICE is limited. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri wants to end that, demanding the state go after local departments he says aren’t putting enough resources towards doing ICE’s job. Without 287(g) agreements—formal, written arrangements between local agencies and ICE— local police generally have no authority to enforce immigration law. At a June 30 meeting between the sheriffs and police chiefs who make up Florida’s State Immigration Enforcement Council, agencies that chose not to sign voluntary 287(g) agreements with ICE weren’t brought up at all, but those who signed on were scrutinized by Gualtieri for inadequate participation. During the council’s discussion of ways to get agencies to comply with reporting requirements, council member Gualtieri chimed in with his own complaint. “Where they have agreements, but they’re not participating, I think the question there, of course, is why,” Gualtieri said. “… It’s been long enough now where everybody who has an agreement should have credentialed DIOs.” Designated immigration officers, or DIOs, are individual officers deputized to carry out some ICE duties, like arresting people for immigration warrants that are typically only enforceable by federal agents. DIOs are nominated by a police department to take a training course provided by ICE that teaches them to enforce immigration law. The course—previously a multi-week, in-person event—is now a 40-hour online class. Several Pinellas police chiefs who signed 287(g) agreements incorrectly said that they were required to join the voluntary program. All the county’s chiefs signed on last year just days after Gualtieri warned them via email that they were all required to “do certain things” regarding immigration enforcement or face removal from office by the governor.
BOB BRAIN: Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri outside the Carillon Hilton in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 13, 2026. Carrión told CL. “That distinction matters even more now that Florida officials are pressuring agencies to move beyond paper compliance.” Routinely, police chiefs in progressive cities try to publicly downplay the impact of ICE agreements without fully ending them, a move that could reduce state pressure while appeasing progressive voters. “Ultimately, the issue is not what local officials say at a press conference. It is what they agreed to in writing,” Carrión told CL. “Once a department signs a 287(g) agreement, it has created a formal partnership with ICE, accepted federal oversight over delegated
In the course of their regular duties, officers run IDs through a national criminal database to check for outstanding warrants. Police can now see immigration warrants in this database too, since ICE loaded it with 700,000 such warrants last year. Only DIOs can arrest people on immigration warrants alone. Non-DIO agents who encounter someone with an immigration warrant during a traffic stop can call ICE or a DIO in to enforce the warrant, provided the person with arresting powers can get there in the time it would otherwise take to complete the stop.
“Nothing in Florida or federal law requires police to call ICE on our neighbors.”
DIOs can also investigate the legal residency status of people they stop. If the DIO has reason to believe someone isn’t a legal resident, they can call ICE to determine next steps. “Florida cities are not required to join 287(g). City police departments who have already entered can and should exit them,” said attorney Alana Greer, co-founder and director of the Miami-based Community Justice Project. Greer told CL that the officers who call ICE over immigration warrants are already going above and beyond what’s required of them. “Nothing in Florida or federal law requires police to call ICE on our neighbors,” Greer said. “Prolonging a stop for this purpose violates the 4th Amendment and further degrades public safety.” Last March, Holloway told WTSP that officers in St. Pete would hold an individual for up to an hour while waiting for ICE to arrive. Greer said that, since non-DIOs don’t have the power to enforce immigration law, this hold is unconstitutional. “Prolonging a stop, even if only for a few minutes, without suspicion of a crime in order to buy time for immigration agents to arrive is a clear violation of the 4th Amendment,” Greer told CL. Immigration violations are generally civil matters, not criminal. Gualtieri keeps pushing for local cops to act as feds At the June 30 meeting, Gualtieri asked the immigration enforcement council what they thought was an appropriate response to the lack of DIOs in departments with 287(g) agreements. “Do we do anything with this? Does the council do anything, or recommend anything, or does Director Coker do anything?” Gualtieri said at the meeting. “And what I mean, by that, is does somebody send a letter or some sort of communication to these agencies and say: ‘You have these agreements, but you don’t have anybody, and there’s nothing in the system. So, you know, what are you going to do?’” Two departments in Gualtieri’s own county would be on the receiving end of any such communication. Clearwater and St. Pete have the two largest municipal police departments in Pinellas, and neither has any DIOs, according to data provided at the immigration enforcement council meeting. Gualtieri declined to comment on this matter or answer any of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s other questions. A representative for SPPD told CL that the department is “compliant with all state and federal requirements.” The Clearwater Police Department did not respond to a request for comment.
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Southern Brewing & Winemaking closing in Seminole Heights In a long, summer where local restaurants and bars are seemingly dropping left and right, Southern Brewing & Winemaking is now the latest to call it quits. Owners Brian and Kelly Fenstermacher posted a farewell note on social media yesterday, thanking patrons for their business and announcing that it’s simply “time to retire.” “Every great chapter eventually reaches its final page, and ours has been an incredible one,” reads the post. “After three decades in the brewing industry, we’ve decided it’s time to retire. In the coming weeks, Southern Brewing & Winemaking will close its doors.” Located at 4500 N Nebraska Ave., the homebrew supply store first opened in 2008, and in 2011, the Fenstermachers debuted the full-scale brewery, winery, and taproom. In a 2014 interview with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Brian detailed how he got his start in Atlanta and later at Tampa’s first homegrown microbrewery, Ybor City Brewing Company, and eventually landed on a business model providing home brewing supplies with a brewery attached. “I have no aspirations of getting bigger than we are,” said Brian. “Just getting better at what we do.” Over the years, the evolving space in Seminole Heights became a popular neighborhood gathering place as well as a great spot to sip on a beer while you wait for your tacos at Rene’s across the street. Southern did not give a specific date for the pending closure, other than a general time frame of “approximately four to six weeks from now.” The closure comes as dozens of Tampa Bay breweries, bars and restaurants have closed over the last several months, citing everything from a tanking economy, rising inflation, ongoing hurricane recovery costs, changes in drinking patterns, and even GLP-1 weight loss medications.—Colin Wolf
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he USA is out of the World Cup, but we’ve gotta do something now that “Love Island” is over. As of this writing, France, Spain, England and Argentina are fighting to bring home a historic $50 million with that phallic gold trophy. Check out the best Tampa Bay spots showing each match, find details for Hotel Haya’s final Matchday Mercado and more of this week’s food and drink events below. All events and locations are at community. cltampa.com unless noted otherwise. Head there for more and list your own. 3rd Place Game – Saturday, July 18. 5 p.m. • The Flyin’ Bulldog, Dunedin • German-American Society, Pinellas Park • Golden Isles Brewing Co., St. Pete • Guilty Sea Sports Pub, Indian Rocks Beach • Shuffle, Tampa • Mary Margaret’s Olde Irish Tavern, St. Pete • The West End Market, Dunedin
Thirsty Thursdays at the Polish American Society Thursdays. 5:30-9 p.m. No cover. Polish American Society of St. Petersburg Anime Matsuri On The Water (Anime food & music fest) Multiple times FridaySunday, July 17-19. $11.16; no cover for under 12. Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa ‘80s Slasher Camp Summerween Saturday, July 18. 4 p.m. No cover. Grindhaus Brew Lab, Clearwater Ash Noir launch party Saturday, July 18. 7 p.m. Chewy’s Lounge, Tampa. theashnoir.com Christmas in July: A Summer Celebration Saturday, July 18. 4 p.m. No cover with RSVP. Fenway Hotel, Dunedin. fenwayhotel.com Tea at the Manor: High Tea at Jekyll Hyde Park Saturday, July 18. 10 a.m. $35. Jekyll, Hyde Park Funky Brunch Sundays. 11 a.m. No cover to RSVP. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg. bayborobrewing.com Hail Bloody Mary Bar Every third Sunday. 2 p.m. No cover. Deviant Libation, Tampa. deviantlibation.com Danza Habibi One Year Anniversary Sunday, July 19. 3 p.m. $25 & up. AC Hotel, Tampa Matchday Mercado on 7th - The Final Match Sunday, July 19. 2:30 p.m. No cover. Hotel Haya, Ybor City Tampa Bay Ice Cream Festival Sunday, July 19. 11 a.m. No cover. St. Pete Pier, St. Petersburg. tampabayicecreamfest.com Gulfport Fresh Market Tuesdays. 9 a.m. No cover. Beach Blvd., Gulfport. visitstpeteclearwater.com Techno & Tequila Every third Tuesday. 7 p.m. No cover with RSVP. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg. bayborobrewing.com Angel’s Envy Spirit Dinner Tuesday, July 21. 7 p.m. $150. Jekyll, Hyde Park
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Dalí In America Daily through Sunday, Oct. 18. 10 a.m. $32 & up. Dali Museum, St. Petersburg
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Brittany Brave Friday-Saturday, July 17-18. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Sunshine City Comedy Club, St. Pete Beach Lando Gonzalez Friday-Saturday July 17-18. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Clearwater Comedy Club, Clearwater Jo Koy Wednesday, July 22. 8 p.m. $234.30 and up. Hard Rock Event Center, Tampa Leslie Norris Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, July 22, 24 and 25. Times vary. $20. Coconuts, St. Pete Beach Mark Normand Thursday-Friday, July 23-24. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday; 5:30 p.m. Side Splitters, Tampa Jake Iannarino Thursday-Saturday, July 23-25. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $22.50. Snappers, Palm Harbor Dirty John’s Dirty Disco ThursdaySaturdays. 8 p.m. The Studio@620, St. Petersburg Comedy Night Fridays. 8 p.m. $19.10. R2 Pub, New Port Richey Dirty Late Night Comedy Fridays. 10 p.m. $13.45 & up. Gimmick Comedy Club, Ybor City Friday Comedy Open Mic Fridays. 8 p.m. $6.57 & up. Gimmick Comedy Club, Ybor City New Material Night Wednesdays through Oct. 28. 8 p.m. $8. Gimmick Comedy Club, Ybor City
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Obsession Thursday, July 16. Multiple times. $5.35. Gigglewaters, Safety Harbor The Dark Knight Saturday, July 18. Multiple times. $5.35. Gigglewaters, Safety Harbor Michael Sunday, July 19. Multiple times. $5.35. Gigglewaters, Safety Harbor Movie on the Deck: Sweet Home Alabama Wednesday, July 22. 8 p.m. No cover. Lower Deck Harbour Island, Tampa
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Cafe con Tampa Fridays, 8 a.m. No cover. The Portico, Tampa Cigar City: Bringing Industry to Tampa Thursdays through Dec. 31. 2 p.m. $18.95. Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa. tampabayhistorycenter.org Easterseals School for Limitless Learning open house Friday, July 17. 5:30 p.m. No cover. Easterseals School for Limitless Learning, Valrico Back-2-School Health Clinic Saturday, July 18. 9 a.m. $10 registration fee. Pizzo K-8 School, Tampa Back To School Bash Sunday, July 19. 11 a.m. No cover. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater Literacy Conversation Class Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. Saturdays at 10 a.m. No cover. Palm Harbor Library, Palm Harbor
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continued from page 33 Friends & Neighbors: A Meetup To Make Friends and Build Community Every fourth Thursday. 6 p.m. No cover. Deviant Libation, Tampa
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Art on the West End (Benefits Bess The Book Bus) Thursday, July 16. 5 p.m. No cover. The Bricks, Ybor City. bessthebookbus.org Yuengling Night Market Every third Friday. 6 p.m. No cover. Yuengling Draft Haus & Kitchen, Tampa Dunedin Friday & Saturday Markets Fridays & Saturdays. 9 a.m. No cover. Pioneer Park, Dunedin Sunday Social: Market & Mimosas Sundays through Aug. 23. 10 a.m. No cover. The West End Market, Dunedin. thewestendmkt.com The Market at Water Street Every third Sunday. 10 a.m. No cover. Water Street, Tampa St. Pete Sunday Market Every third Sunday. 11 a.m. No cover. University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Sunday Makers Market Every third Sunday through September 20. 12 p.m. No cover. Gulf View Square Mall, Port Richey.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Finale w/ Mia Starr Friday, July 17. No cover, $31.60 meet and greet at 10:30 p.m. Drag shows at 11:15 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Disco Pony Nightclub, Ybor City RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Finale w/ Mandy Mango Friday, July 17. 10 p.m. No cover (VIP meet and greet available). The Wet Spot, St. Pete. cocktailstpete.com
PIE, MEMORY & MAKING CAFÉ CLEMENTINE WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, JULY 23 | 5-7 PM Explore pie as both a craft and a cultural artifact with Café Clementine Founder & Creative Director Paulina Graniela and Kitchen Manager, Pastry Chef Cay Scheuer. Through hands-on instruction, storytelling and discussion, you will learn the fundamentals of flaky pastry, assemble your own seasonal hand pies, and explore the rich history of one of America’s most beloved desserts.
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Tampa Roller Derby Battle In The Bay Friday, July 17. 6:30 p.m. $22.94. Skateworld, Tampa Tampa Tarpons vs Bradenton Marauders Multiple times Friday-Sunday, July 17-19. 6:30 p.m. $11.10 & up. George Steinbrenner Field, Tampa
THEATER
GCP Summer One Acts Select times Thursday-Sunday through July 19. $20. Catherine A. Hickman Theater, Gulfport Broadway Miscast - The Sequel Select times Friday-Saturday through July 25. $25. Carrollwood Players Theatre, Tampa Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise Select times Thursday-Sunday through July 26. $18 & up. Shimberg Playhouse at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa Jobsite Theater: American Idiot Select times and dates Wednesday-Sunday through Aug. 9. $41.40 & up. Jaeb Theater at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa Mean Girls Jr. Friday, July 17. 7 p.m. $15 & up. Dunedin Community Center, Dunedin Schoolhouse Rock Live! Select times and dates from Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 26. $35; $30 for members. Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa Memory Lane Saturday, July 18. 2 p.m. No cover. Francis Wilson Playhouse, Clearwater One Acts 2026 Saturday-Sunday, July 18-19. 2 p.m. $20. Starkey Ranch Theatre, Odessa
ART AFTER DARK
THURSDAY, JULY 23 | 5-8 PM Explore the galleries after hours, soak in the distinctive ambiance, and experience art in a fresh, captivating way—it’s the perfect night out for everyone to enjoy. Pair your visit with Café Clementine’s L’Apéro hours, featuring organic wines, local Green Bench beer, and a lineup of savory and sweet delights. Art After Dark occurs on select Thursday evenings throughout the year, with discounted admission, special programming, engaging docent-led tours, and more.
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INTERVIEW Lilith Returns: Girls Rock St. Pete concert
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Therapunks, workshop hosts and more so that camp happens. There’s even a “dude crew” providing support behind the scenes along with campus and concert prep. Last year, more than 1,000 people showed up to the showcase concert where the new bands performed. Organizers would love to see the 2,000-capacity venue soldout this time around, to not only give the finger to leaders who’ve sought to turn the clock back on trans rights, but push back on the World
“We can start the work now.”
build community and not be bogged down by the weight of oppressive people and oppressive systems,” Sibilia added. And it’s not just the campers that grow. Miller herself is subject to bouts of imposter syndrome, but camp has reminded her that you can’t be onstage teaching confidence, empowerment and self-love without walking the walk yourself. She has seen giant men in the crowd crying at the concert. Some of them, she thinks, are dads who see their kids radically-supported by strong mentors and other people who believe in them. Parents, especially the fathers and brothers, are taught to give up the stage and play a supportive role. Many folks send their kids to GRC because of transformative effects the program has demonstrated over the last decade. There are some parents who don’t fully grasp the idea of gender inclusivity, but they are safe, too. Humans are always evolving, Sibilia noted, and being inclusive means helping everyone break down walls and get comfortable. It’s OK to ask questions, to try to get better. “As long as you are working to be more inclusive and more open, then you are welcome here,” Sibilia added. “I think that parents that perhaps are more conservative, or perhaps have had one sort of narrow way of thinking, they see that we create safety. We are not turning people away because they don’t know everything about everything. It makes them feel safe too.” Support, and that kind of joyful uprising, organizers noted, is what it’s all about. And a strong showing on Saturday would go a long way to show campers that St. Pete is a haven in a state that can feel deeply bigoted at times. In fact, to not show up, or give in to those working to quash gender inclusivity, is not an option at all. “Some of these kids, they look forward to this camp every single year because it’s this space where they’re not bullied, where they can be themselves, and that’s sacred,” Miller said. “If you build that trust with these youth, and then outwardly you’re not sticking up for that, what is that teaching them? It’s completely opposed to the whole reason we started.” SANDRA DÖHNERT
n a better world, places like Girls Rock Camp St. Pete wouldn’t have to exist. “Put me out of business,” Jesse Miller, executive director of the nonprofit founded a decade ago, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “Make it so girls, women and gender-expansive folks don’t need these kinds of spaces.” But they do. From January 2020-December 2024, the FBI recorded 1,883 anti-transgender hate crime offenses (1,660 incidents) nationwide, according to the agency’s Crime Data Explorer. Data from the CDE also shows a 61% increase in offenses in the same time span. Looking at reports from GLAAD and more data for hate crimes against women or BIPOC folks is just as devastating. “While we’re trying to teach these kids that their voices matter, and their bodies are important, and their bodies are their own, look at what’s happening with the leaders of our nation telling them exactly the opposite thing,” Miller added. “So we have to fight harder for these spaces all the time.” Last Monday, Miller—together with GRC founder Rachael Sibilia, and program manager River Oakley—welcomed a few dozen campers to “Power Week.” Over the last five days, they’ve learned instruments and formed bands that will take the stage at Jannus Live this weekend. They also learned about trailblazers of rock and roll like Bikini Kill and its founder Kathleen Hanna, who had beer spit in her face and chains thrown at her as she broke down barriers in punkrock—a story sadly understood by thousands of women whether they dared to bring feminist values to the stage, workplace, home, or to the world in general. Hanna’s efforts have helped open the door for a legion of rock acts not fronted by men. The camp has a small army behind it, too. Organizers told CL that more than 100 people volunteer as roadies, music coaches,
concert galvanizes a community for the months between. Supporting the cause, she said, takes courage—the very thing campers aged 8-17 bring to the table. “The bravest thing they’re doing is walking through on Monday morning and being vulnerable, stepping out of their comfort zones,” Sibilia explained. Together, they start to chip away at the gender confidence collapse. At GRC, it’s safe to raise your hand. Campers don’t have to be people pleasers, and they are encouraged to mess up. “Once they learn that the mistakes is what makes you good at something. Then it’s like, ‘OK, game on, sky’s the limit,’” Miller said.
REBEL GIRLS WITH A CAUSE: Girls Rock St. Pete is about way more than music. Economic Forum’s 2023 finding that it could take 131 years to close the gender gap. “In St. Pete, we don’t have to abide by that. We can start the work now. Just by showing up to this concert, it’s showing these girls and these kids that that get up on that stage that the community is here to support them,” Miller said. Sibilia added that anyone walking through the gates is taking an active part in a revolution, noting that the three hours spent at the
Asking campers to examine barriers that need to be overcome internally and outside of camp equips a generation with tools that could leave the people who come behind them with fewer barriers to break through. Despite a political climate that seems impossible, giving up and complacency don’t have to be options for a dissenting community. “By these radical acts of love, and creativity, music—all of the things—we can really
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Bossman D’Low w/Yung Miami The patriarchs of Cash Money and No Limit Records do a joint tour this fall, but the party that those Southern rap legends started in the ‘90s continues in the songs of Florida rappers like Bossman D’Low. Tracks from the 27-year-old emcee born Devante Milan McCreary sound like those Magnolia Projects bangers (“Motion Party”) and stand ready to rattle trunks (“Chickfil-A”) and set the club ablaze, too (“Shake Dat Ass”). City Girls’ Caresha Romeka Brownlee breaks out on her own under the Yung Miami moniker to open the show. 8 p.m. $79.34 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
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C Beatsnchill July Showcase: Priceless Scott w/Reebaby/Snatcha/T. Couture/ DJ Donnie Luv/Dez Nicole Beatsnchill is a one-stop shop for anyone hoping to get caught up with Tampa’s rap scene, and the collective’s monthly showcase is back, this time with Priceless Scott at the top of the bill. Released last month, the emcee’s latest LP, The Diary of Priceless Scott, has all the bounce of the best Southern rap accented with the city’s signature jook attitude (“Gone Ride”). Gainesville’s Reebaby (“F U Bcuz”) supports along with Tampa’s own “Lil Haiti Baby” Snatcha. T. Couture drives the afterchill. 7 p.m. No cover. The Bricks, Ybor City C Cat Power Two decades after its release, with four records in between it and today, Cat Power’s 2006 LP The Greatest still reigns the hearts and minds of fans. Named Rolling Stone’s sixth best album of that year (and the 26th best of the 2000s), the 12-track outing is certainly the one that brought the songwriter born Chan Marshall the most new followers. It’ll be interesting to hear how the unfiltered, always-evolving 54-year-old interprets tunes she recorded with members of Memphis’ legendary Hi Rhythm Section especially since so much of the pain in the world at that time largely hasn’t changed. There’s no opener on this show that runs about 90 minutes. 7 p.m. $46.25 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City Florida AIM Benefit Show: Eliza Sydney w/Dames/Sam Obeid/Jade Rodriguez & Roger/No Context Band/ Golden Hour Trees There are people who think politics don’t belong in music. This show might not be the energy they’re looking for. Harpist Eliza Sydney is on the bill alongside another handful of artists including St. Pete pop-soul songwriter and activist Dylan Dames. Donations go to the local chapter of the Florida American Indian Movement, which is part of a nationwide effort continuously working for the rights
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of Indigenous peoples. 7 p.m. $5 & up suggested donation. Deviant Libation, Tampa
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C Jesse Perez w/Brian Busto/Rat Galactic/Chris P The Serious Soul camp always leans heavy into house, but this weekend invites some Miami bass and hiphop into the mix thanks to Jesse Perez. The founder of Mr. Nice Guy records famous for his pulsating, MPC-driven breakout song “What You Say About My Momma” has remixed many including Dom Dolla, Duke Dumont and even California funk band War; this weekend he joins staples on the Bay area dance scene for another sweaty show in the Nest. 9 p.m. $24.80 & up. The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Company, St. Petersburg C LMH w/Akasha System/Justin Depth/ Fessi. K Separately, Steven Head, Eric Lanham and Nick Mendez have always found themselves at the forefront of Florida’s most interesting, rule-bending, experimental pop projects, be it Heavy Mirrors, Moon Jelly or Acoqui (Head), Soda Gong (Lanham), or Nodal and Key Tides (Mendez). Together, they mine dubby, textured bass and rhythms under the LMH moniker. Joining the trio at Tampa Bay’s upandcomingest DIY space are Sector.FM selector and songwriter Fessi. K along with the fellas from eco-techno outfit Akasha System. Alien House’s Justin
Myers rounds things out, with visuals handled by Small Moments curator Squiz J.Kop. 7 p.m. $10 via Dice. Learning, Clearwater
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C Al Downing Honors: Allison Nash For the last two years, July 19 has officially been Al Downing Day in St. Petersburg—and this weekend, followers of the late jazz scene leader (who was also the first Black Commissioner of the St. Petersburg Housing Authority) once again come together to celebrate inside the 170-seat basement Side Door Cabaret. Studio@620’s Art Director and filmmaker, Erica Sutherlin, hosts and emcees the awards show. Vocalist Allison Nash will perform with multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick Bettison on keyboard; bassist Alejandro Arenas of La Lucha; and drummer Mark Griffith, known for his work with Hot Tonic and the Jaco Pastorius Big Band. 4 p.m. $10 & up. Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg—Leif Helland
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Lionel Richie w/Earth, Wind & Fire Lionel Richie was supposed to co-headline the U.K.’s Heritage Live festival next month, but the show’s been nixed after low ticket sales. Hell, American fans were probably worried about getting to see the 77-year-old
R&B icon after he postponed two shows due to health scares. The “Endless Love” singer hasn’t said what sidelined him, but thanked fans for giving a damn after he got dizzy performing “Dancing on the Ceiling” at a June 24 concert (understandable, that song is no joke). Surviving Earth, Wind & Fire members Verdine White, Philip Bailey, and Ralph Johnson bring what’s left of their band to open the show. 7:30 p.m. $57 & up. Benchmark International Arena, Tampa
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C Daniel Caesar w/Faye Webster Last year, R&B darling Daniel Caesar bared his most tender moments on his fourth studio album—arguably his most vulnerable and introspective record to date. The Son of Spergy Tour supports an album of the same name where the “Get You” singer paid homage to his father, to whom the nickname “Spergy” belongs. “I have a lot of respect for my dad, and I hold him in high regard. The album is about me realizing that I am exactly like him,” Caesar said. To complete the Gen Z fantasy, Caesar tapped indie artist Faye Webster as his supporting act. 7:30 p.m. $88.25 & up. Benchmark International Arena, Tampa—Alisha Durosier See more concerts coming to Tampa Bay this week by finding this listing on cltampa.com/ music.
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No Clubs Presents! JULY 14 As she heads into one of the busiest halfyears of her life, Rico Nasty has announced 12 headlining concerts across the U.S., one of which is happening in downtown St. Pete this September. To kick off July, the 29-year-old—who is spending much of the fall opening for Hayley Williams’ upcoming solo tour— announced her next album RX, which Fueled By Ramen will release on July 24. In between her tour dates with the Paramore frontwoman, she’ll be pushing that, and hopefully bits and pieces of last year’s Lethal (stylized in all-caps), which had its
own tour that stopped as close as Orlando’s Beacham last fall. Rico, who has been on Rolling Stone’s radar since at least 2017, has actually never set foot on a stage in Tampa Bay (talk about a nightmare vacation, amirite?), and no opening act has been confirmed for this show, so don’t be surprised if it stays that way. Tickets start at $40.75 for Rico Nasty at St. Pete’s Jannus Live on Wednesday, Sept. 2. See my weekly roundup of new concerts coming to Tampa Bay below.—Josh Bradley
Isaiah Rashad w/Alemeda Sunday, Sept. 13. 7 p.m. $58 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Cash Money & No Limit Tour Saturday, Nov. 7 8 p.m. $83.65. Benchmark International Arena, Tampa
Volumes w/Until I Wake/Catsclaw Friday, Sept. 25. 6 p.m. $32.51. Orpheum, Tampa
The Brook & The Bluff Sunday, Nov. 8. 7 p.m. $37.14 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
The Dillinger Escape Plan Monday, Oct. 26. 7 p.m. $42.55. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Gameface w/Drag The River/The Arrival Note Thursday, Oct. 22. 7 p.m. $24.06 & up. New World Music Hall, Tampa Scene Queen: Metalicious w/Wargasm/ Bailey Spinn Friday, Oct. 23. 7 p.m. $42.55. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Sawyer Hill Wednesday, Nov. 4. 7 p.m. $29.67 & up. New World Music Hall, Tampa Greensky Bluegrass Friday, Nov. 6. 6:30 p.m. $47.70. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
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Movin’ on By Caroline DeBruhl
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is one brimming with potential and inspiration. It lights the spark inside of you, gives you what the Gnostics call pneuma. It’s a place of creativity, passion, and, with the Ace of Cups, also a place of love. You love this place in all the ways you can—philla, eros, agape. It’s a place where you feel like you belong because you do. The Wands are the suit of fire, the Cups of water, and together they suggest that this is a place where you feel the most aligned. It’s also where you feel at peace. The Wanning Crescent (a card unique to my deck, Uusi’s Pagan Otherworlds) is a card Cards to Stay: Death, Three of Pentacles, of simplicity and silence. It is when we are at Eight of Pentacles (reversed) our most natural state, without all the noise of Cards to Leave: Ace of Wands, Waning bullshit buzzing about. It’s the serenity that Crescent, Ace of Cups comes when you are exactly where you are meant Cards on How to Leave: Three of Cups, to be. It does not mean that life cannot be hard, Six of Swords (reversed), The Emperor but it does mean there is an ineffable ease that makes difficulties easier to bear. You asked me if you could move and if you Dear Musing, The writer P.D. Adams once said, “I have should. If you’re looking to live in a place that’s always lived in charmless places,” a statement best for your soul, then yes, you should. But if it that I found terribly sad because I wouldn’t were that simple, you would have left long ago. wish that on anyone. Places are If you want to move, there unique; they have their own is a cost. As the Emperor, energy or personalities, whatyou have the power to make ever you want to call it, and this move. You possess the people respond differently to self-determination and sheer Send your questions to oracle@ them. Some places light you up. will (or stubbornness) to folcltampa.com or DM @theyboracle Some depress you. And most low through on anything you on Instagram make you feel “fine.” want. As a leader, you are dipCertainly, you can set up shop in a “fine” lomatic. You do not use force or manipulation place. You’ll still have places to eat, things to to get your way. You state your intentions and do, and you can make a life there without a lot honor them. But the Emperor, as powerful as of struggle. he is, can be quite lonely. He might be the only But when you find a place that has its own one on the path. type of magic, a place that speaks to something The Three of Cups is typically a card of deep inside of you, it feels like falling in love friendship, which, if you still have friends in and, like a loving partner, it allows you to be your old city, would help make the move easier. your true self. And if you have to lose that love But it’s also the card of fruition and can be one of by moving to a charmless place, it feels like a community and family. If you have a family, to catastrophic breakup. bring this move to fruition, you have to get everyIt doesn’t surprise me that you miss your one on board—which may or may not happen. geographical mistress. With the Death card, I The Six of Swords shows a boat crossing the think you feel that loss deeply. Your life as it once river Styx. It is about crossing from one life to was has ended, and a new one has come up. It’s another, the struggle of letting go of the past in no way a bad life. With the Three and Eight of to move forward. But it’s also a card of death Pentacles, I bet you’ve done well in your career and payment. If you want a new life, the old one there and have really developed a professional has to end, and you have to pay the ferryman network and maybe even some work friends. It’s something. I don’t know what you would need a different life, but a good life. If you stay, you’ll to sacrifice to move—that career you worked so keep on that path—though I would recommend hard at, a community, a family, a safety net— taking up an artistic practice to cope. (The Three but it would be something. And only you can of Pentacles can be an artistic partnership, so determine if that price is too high. perhaps something in a collective.) It is interesting to me that the two death But your heart isn’t there. It’s in the old cards of the deck—Death and the Six of city, and if you returned, it would be a spiritual Swords—appear for either option. You will sachomecoming. With the Ace of Wands, this city rifice something by staying. You will sacrifice
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something by leaving. There is no getting out of this scot-free. You’ll suffer somehow either way. So, the true question is: which suffering do you want to tolerate? I can’t answer that for you. Neither can the cards. It’s something you’ll have to figure out. But both options also offer you positives. You’ll still have a good (but different) life if
you stay. You’ll still have a good (but different) life if you go. I hope that no matter what you choose, you’re able to be at peace with your decision. Thank you for trusting me with your question. See more of Caroline and learn about her services via carolinedebruhl.com.
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Third railed By Dan Savage
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is het woman here. I got extremely angry today because a guy I’ve been seeing (let’s call him “Cam”) in a MFM triad (and also separately) for the past ten years started to film me giving head to my other male partner (we can call him “Stan”) without asking. I only have two “third rail” boundaries, Dan, and one of them is no photography. This happened one other time, a few years ago, when Cam started videotaping Stan fucking me. Stan noticed and told Cam to stop. Both times my face was showing. I got very angry that time too, and for months he had to leave his phone in a different room/place from where we were playing. Both times Cam’s defense was that he was not going to post the video anywhere, he just wanted to watch it later because it was so hot, and he would make sure no one who had his phone could get to it. I told him the first time that this was a boundary of mine, and it doesn’t matter if he agrees with it. He doesn’t get to interpret it his own way. I don’t like other people seeing my body when I’m not there. The other boundary violation is that twice he didn’t use a condom—without asking me and without my knowledge. This was a few years ago. It was only after he was told that I was sleeping with other guys that he realized he needed to always wear one. Photography and stealthing are two third rails, and Cam has done both. I told him that I can’t be relaxed when we’re playing if I constantly have to be on guard that he’s going to violate a boundary. This relationship depends on trust. Stan has tried to mediate. He’s urged me not to throw away the ten years of amazing experiences we’ve had in our triad over this. Right now, I can’t imagine doing anything with Cam again, but realistically, I know I’ll give in because the sex when it’s the three of us is so amazing. They’ve been the best sex of my life, so I guess we’ll keep his phone in another room. Stan also said he will keep a lookout. Am I giving in too easily? Or is accepting that I will never be able to fully trust Cam the price of admission I have to pay? For context, they’re in their late 30s and I’m older.—This Really Is About Dick If photography and stealthing are your third rails, TRIAD, why isn’t this Cam person dead? (To you, not literally.) As I understand third rails, touch one—just once—and you’re a dead man. But Cam plopped his whole ass down on your third rails over and over again, TRIAD, and not only isn’t that man dead to you, but you’re this close to allowing Cam back into your bedroom and your body. Let’s review: If Cam didn’t know about your “no photography” boundary before he made that first video, he found out immediately after… and did it again anyway. If Cam thought condoms were optional before he stealthed you that first
time, he found out they were required as soon as you learned what he had done… and he did it again anyway. And it doesn’t sound like Cam started using condoms because he got religious about your boundaries, TRIAD, it sounds like Cam discovered a boundary of his own: once he learned—or once it got through his thick skull—that you were sleeping with other guys, you could suddenly count on him to use condoms. So, you couldn’t count on Cam to use condoms to pro tect your health and peace of mind, but Cam could count on Cam to use condoms to protect his own health and peace of mind. What a guy. Now let’s review Stan’s actions, TRIAD, which seem just as disqualifying as Cam’s actions: Instead of being furious with Cam for potentially screwing up the very good thing the three of you have going, Stan is pressuring you not to “throw away” ten years of great sex. (Which is absurd, TRIAD, because ending things with Cam wouldn’t erase your memories of the last ten years.) Instead of blowing up at Cam for touching the third rail with his dick yet again, Stan is making excuses for Cam. And instead of enjoying sex with you one-on-one while you got on the hookup apps together to look for a sexually adventurous man who was 1. excited to take Cam’s place and 2. could be trusted to keep his dick away from your third rails, Stan is trying to figure out how to get Cam back in a position to violate you again. All that said, TRIAD, if Stan & Cam threesomes are really that amazing and you’re willing to let Cam get away with being Cam and you really think you can trust Stan to keep an eye on Cam… well, people have done dumber things for good dick/dicks. We each get to decide what price of admission we’re willing to pay to be with someone, TRIAD, and if having sex with someone you know you can’t trust is the price of admission you’re willing to pay, you can go ahead and pay it. But someone who’s violated your trust at least four times over the last ten years—and we’re only talking about the four times that you know about (are there videos you didn’t catch him making?)—is probably gonna violate your trust again over the next ten years. So, don’t go into this… or don’t go back into this… unless you’re prepared to pay an additional price.
breakup. Nobody cheated or did anything egregious, but my sister was over the relationship: a no-fault breakup. A year and a half have passed, but my sister still gets upset whenever we—me and my partner—hang out with Julia. I’m not as close to Julia as my partner is, but given that my partner and I share a life together, the three of us often end up hanging out. Recently, my partner posted a picture to social media of the two of them together, and my sister texted my partner to express her hurt that they posted evidence of their friendship where they knew she would see it. I think my sister is acting unreasonably, but I also wonder if there are reasonable boundaries for hanging out with one’s partner’s sister’s ex. My partner and Julia see each other almost every week, and while I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that in a moral sense, I could see how I would feel hurt in my sister’s shoes. Is there anything I can do to help my sister here? Are there reasonable “boundaries” when dealing with friends/family who are also each other’s exes?—Stuck In Between Unless there’s something you don’t know— unless Julia did something egregious and, for some reason, your sister chose not to share that information with you—your sister is going to have to grow up. If this was the “no-fault breakup” you were led to believe it was, then you and your partner are allowed to continue seeing Julia socially, SIB, and you shouldn’t have to sneak around—you shouldn’t have to keep Julia off your social media—to appease your sister. When a breakup is messy—when there’s enough material to write another one of those somebody done somebody wrong songs—the done wrong party has a right to expect family members to cut the wrongdoer out of their lives. But if your sister falling out of love with Julia is the only thing Julia did “wrong,” it’s unreasonable for your sister to expect you to sever a friendship she invited you to form when she brought Julia into your lives in the first place. Our partners often form relationships with our family members that exist independently of our relationship with our partner. It’s a lesson I learned early in life when one of my uncles divorced his wife after ten years of marriage and two kids. My mother and her sisters had all become close to their brother’s now-ex-wife, and my uncle was furious that his “disloyal” sisters continued to treat his ex-wife like a member of the family. But my mom and her sisters refused to stop treating my aunt as a member of the family and my uncle, thanks to his sisters, wound up having a cordial relationship with his ex thanks to the “disloyalty” of his sisters. Here’s hoping your sister comes around too.
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My sister was in a relationship with a woman I’ll call Julia. During the eight years they were together, my partner and I spent a lot of time with my sister and Julia. We all lived in the same city, we shared a lot of interests, and it was fun. As often happens, my sister eventually broke up with Julia, who was shocked and hurt by the
My wife and I are in our late 40s and have been married for 23 years, with teenage children.
Our sex life is virtually nonexistent. I would guess we have sex once every 4-5 months. This doesn’t seem to bother her at all. But it bothers me a lot. I’m not someone who needs sex all the time, but even once a month would be a huge improvement. For me, it’s not just about the pleasure of sex itself, but the feeling of closeness and oneness that comes from it. I feel it’s important to a marriage. The biggest problem is that if I bring the subject up at all, she gets mad about it. I know the key to a strong marriage is communication, but it’s to the point now where I rarely bring it up at all. If I do bring it up, I usually do so in very subtle ways, hoping that just maybe she’ll open up. But it’s always silence. One of the problems is that I have never been able to last long in bed. It’s often very quick. And more recently, in the few times we have been intimate, I’ve had trouble getting erect. Looking at it from my wife’s perspective, I think she’s probably to the point where it’s simply not worth it. This had made me nervous to make a move. But I’m sure I would be able to perform better if we could talk about my problems. And while I understand that sex hasn’t been enjoyable for her, I also know that there are many ways to enjoy intimacy in addition to penetration. With communication and open-mindedness, I feel sure we could find what brings pleasure. But, as I said, she isn’t open to communication. There’s also the issue of perimenopause and changes to her body. I know she doesn’t feel as sexy, and that’s probably a big contributor. But I still find her every bit as attractive as I did when we met, which I’ve expressed to her. I would be incredibly grateful for any suggestions for how to approach this with her. I know a sex therapist or counselor might help, but I’m confident she would push back big time on that idea.—Marital Intimacy Nearing Death Spiral What to do about a sexless marriage may be the most frequently asked question I get around here, at least since butt plugs got their own Wiki page. A year or so ago, I boiled my advice for people trapped in sexless marriages—at least the ones who are unhappy about it—down to three options: ask, cheat, leave. Commenters urged me to add a fourth option: suck it up. Of course, most people who send me letters about their sexless marriage have been sucking it up for a while, as is the case with MINDS. But in your case, MINDS, you have an option in addition to asking, leaving, cheating, or sucking it up: stop assuming your wife would “big time” reject seeing a therapist or a counselor together. Just like you can’t know until you ask whether your wife would agree to DADT or some allowance for you to get your needs met elsewhere and elsehow, you can’t know until you ask whether your wife would see a therapist with you. Send questions to mailbox@savage.love! Record one for the Savage Lovecast at savage. love/askdan! More at Savage.Love
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