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emember when “Puerto Ricans are Americans, too,” became the rallying cry of U.S. citizens seeking aid for Puerto Rico? USFCAM takes us back with “Constant Storm: Art from Puerto Rico and the Diaspora.” The art exhibition, funded by a $25,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, displays artistic responses to Hurricane Maria by artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora, including Tarpon Springs’ artist Gabriel Ramos. So cast away the ugly cloud of politics and view this group of islands through the eyes of people who know and love them at USFCAM this fall. Sept. 15-Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, and several Tampa Bay galleries are exhibiting work by Latinx artists. Get details on the upcoming month below. Constant Storm: Art from Puerto Rico and the Diaspora. Sept. 24-Dec. 4, 2021. USFCAM, 3821 USF Holly Drive, Tampa. usfcam.usf.edu

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Tampa Museum of Art TMA is proud to feature artwork from at least one contemporary Latinx artist in their installment of Skyway. The museum launched Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 by highlighting work by Tampa-based Ecuadorian-American artist Libbi Ponce on social media. Ponce contributed two sculptures, inspired by a rug in her Aunt’s house, to TMA’s Skyway. The two sculptures of dogs, Byron and Gallery 221’s “Vision, Theresa, call to mind Power, Axé” The Afrothe many dogs who’ve Brazilian art show, up wandered Ecuador’s streets through the through Oct. 28, kicked off a series of art exhibiyears. Check them out tions throughout Tampa at TMA’s Skyway exhiBay featuring work by bition through Oct. 10. BIG PIMPIN’: Latinx artists that coinAnd keep an eye on @ Miguel Luciano’s ‘Pimp My Piragua.’ cides with National tampamuseumofart on Hispanic Heritage Month. Some of the exhibitions, Facebook, where it will posti Hispanic artist highlike “Vision, Power, Axé” display work collected from lights all month. 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa. contemporary artists working in Latin America. tampamuseum.org Others draw from Florida’s Latinx population, gathering art from Tampa and Miami-based art- Crab Devil Tampa art collective Crab Devil plans ists. Together, they paint a picture of life in Latin to highlight work from one of its founding memAmerica, Florida, and beyond. Through Oct. 28. bers and two of its artists to honor of Hispanic Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community College Heritage Month this September and October. Dale Mabry Campus. 4001 W Tampa Bay Blvd., Follow @crabdeviltampa on Facebook and or on Tampa (find 221 on the second floor of Learning @crab_devil on Instagram to learn more Resources Center (DLRC). hccfl.edu Tempus Projects Latinx culture isn’t the theme Pinellas Arts Village Celebrates Hispanic of Tempus’ “Home is Anywhere you Hang Your Heritage Month at its 4th Saturday Block pARTy Head,” but the show includes pieces by Tampa Latinx Voices, an art show featuring creations Latinx artist Edgar Sanchez Cumbas. And they’re by several local Latinx artists including Pedro available for purchase for those who want to take Hernandez, M’ria’s Mezzanine, Van Der Luc, it home with them. Through Oct. 17. 4220 N Arturo Romero, Robyn Crosa, Ketsy Ruiz, and Florida Ave., Tampa. tempus-projects.com

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unday was World Car-Free Day, and some Fancy Women rode through downtown Tampa to do their part. The group joined others from around the world who’ve been organizing the ride for 9 years, starting with the first Fancy Women Bike Ride in Turkey where Sema Gür wanted to challenge the male-dominated cycling world in her home country. “The event is organized by women who are enthusiastic about convincing their peers to cycle every day. Organizers want to create awareness to increase safety on roads, create urban cycling infrastructure and plan bike-friendly services,” a release says. This year’s Tampa ride looped around Perry Harvey Sr. Park, Ybor City and downtown.—Ray Roa

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“It sickens my stomach and it’s a shame before God.” POLITICS

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Investigation exposes huge racial disparity in TPD crime-free housing program. By Justin Garcia evicted were arrested for petty crimes—some were never even convicted. Under the changes to the program, the city will only inform landlords about certain serious drug and violent felonies. A Tampa Police Department captain will also have to sign off on notices sent, and landlords will be notified only about arrests that happen on their properties. Lewis says the NAACP office gets complaints every day about problems Black Tampeños face. From police harassment, to housing and other economic issues, Lewis says Black people, and poor people in general, are treated as “secondclass citizens.”

“Many individuals receiving bike citations are involved in criminal activity,” then-Police Chief Castor told the Times in 2015. “We have an obligation to address the individual issues that plague each neighborhood.” Much like the dehumanizing use of the word “plague” in this statement, the “Renting While Black” program refers to renters involved with crime as ‘weeds’, and encourages landlords to evict them. Last week, Dr. Jason Stanley, Yale philosophy professor and author of “How Fascism Works,” condemned Tampa’s program and said the language used in the presentation to landlords is “extraordinarily dehumanizing.” Former Tampa city councilman Frank Reddick called for an investigation into the city of Tampa at the time of “Biking While Black,” which determined that Black bicyclists were unjustly continued on page 16

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ast Saturday, Mayor Jane Castor announced reforms to the city’s controversial crime-free multi-housing program, which flagged Black renters for eviction and sparked concern across the country. The announcement came after the mayor had previously doubled down on the program following the Tampa Bay Times investigation into its effect on the Black community. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) say that the reforms are not enough. “This city continues to treat African American people as though they’re second class citizens with no rights,” Yvette Lewis, President of the Hillsborough chapter of the NAACP, tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. During an NAACP meeting last week, Lewis called the crime-free multi-housing program “Renting while Black.” She told CL the name is a nod to “Biking While Black,” a controversial program that targeted Black bikers during Castor’s tenure as police chief. “It sickens my stomach and it’s a shame before God,” Lewis adds. “The program needs to end, and what about apologies and compensation for all of those families whose lives were ruined?” Last week, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, as part of a national coalition, sent a letter to Mayor Castor and Tampa City Council calling for an end to the crime-free multi-housing program. Lewis feels like their demands have been ignored, in lieu of reforms that do not fix the way Black people are treated in Tampa. “Everyone deserves to live in a safe neighborhood, regardless of their economic status,” an email from Castor’s office to CL reads. “We always evaluate and improve programs like this, and we are happy to review it further. But as violent crime spikes in cities across America, this is no time to stop effective collaborations between the community, law enforcement, and property managers that are making our city safer.” However, according to the Times investigation, there’s no evidence that the program helps reduce violent crimes. Many of the families

The Times investigation found that 90% of the 1,100 families flagged for eviction under the crime-free housing program were Black. “None of us support violence in our communities,” Lewis says, “But you shouldn’t have to violate someone’s civil rights to address those problems. And this program by Mayor Castor operates like Black people are the only ones who commit crime.” She points out that while crime also occurs in white communities, the program concentrated on Black neighborhoods. The program was evicting Black renters at the same time that Tampa was under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for the “Biking While Black” program targeting bicyclists in the same communities. In 2015, Castor defended “Biking While Black,” with an argument similar to her defense of “Renting while Black.”

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Yale professor and author of ‘How Fascism Works’ condemns Tampa’s crime-free multihousing program Since 2013, Tampa Police Department (TPD) has met with landlords to guide them through eight-hour trainings about crime and evictions. During the trainings, police showed each landlord slides suggesting that those who commit crime are something other than human. “Criminals are like weeds…” reads one of the slides from a presentation that was introduced by former TPD police chief Brian Dugan. “They root. They grow. They sprout out. They spread out. They choke out the good plants!” The next slide reads, “The BEST way to kill a weed… Is to uproot it! (Eviction serves that purpose.)” A white person’s arm is shown in the background, pulling up a weed. Yale Philosophy Professor Jason Stanley calls this language “extraordinarily dehumanizing.” “No police department should be using this language about people in their city,” Stanley

tells CL. Stanley wrote the books “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them” and “How Propaganda Works.” “Calling human beings weeds is pregenocidal,” Stanley says. What he means by pre-genocidal is that before any act of violence or ostracizing of a certain group of people, there is, “a need to legitimize treating them in a way that you shouldn’t treat citizens who you’re sworn to protect,” Stanley says. As previously mentioned a new investigation by the Tampa Bay Times revealed that TPD teamed up with landlords to flag renters who committed crimes, including some who were arrested but never convicted of a crime. The language used in the aforementioned slides

was part of the program’s training. Of the 1,100 renters flagged by the program, about 90% were Black. Many of the crimes were petty (including panhandling). Mayor Jane Castor, who started the program when she was police chief, defended it to the Times, saying it reduced crime. But the Times pointed out that while crime went down at the places where the program was enacted, it was also going down across Tampa at the same time. The drop in crime at participating properties was in tandem with a 25% drop in violent and property crime reports across the city, according to the investigation. Castor doubled down on her stance after public outcry, and sent a letter to the NAACP

of a monarchic, harsh, class system in 19th century France. Charles Dickens wrote about similar struggles of the poor in England. “This is straight out of the annals of the worst treatment of poor people in modern history,” Stanley adds. “And it just doesn’t add up—for one, punishments are supposed to fit the crime. And punishing people into desperation only increases crime. When people are desperate, they’re going to commit more crime.” Stanley explains that it should be obvious to police and Tampa officials that criminals are not another species. “They’re human beings who do things, but they never lose their status as a human being,” he says. CL reached out to the city’s communications team to see if they have a response to Stanley’s condemnation of the program and its language, but did not receive a response. We also emailed TPD with the same question, and asked if the presentation’s “weeds” language came from the national crime-free housing program, or if it was added to the presentation by TPD, but did not receive a response. We’ll update this post if we hear back. Stanley highlighted the racial aspect of the program, saying it reminds him of “ethnic cleansing.” “You’re driving people from their own cities, their homes, and you do so by essentially criminalizing poverty, and treating them in ways you would never treat other types of people,” Stanley says. “No one’s going to see a whole middle class white family evicted whose kids were caught shoplifting. That will never happen.” When asked why anyone would defend such a program, Stanley referred to a disturbing past. “This is the history of politics in the United States, you know, racial politics sells, and that’s how you win elections,” Stanley says. “You vilify a group like ‘criminals’ and say you’re going to crack down on them to fight crime.” Stanley referred to U.S. politicians’ disparate reactions to the opioid crisis—a mainly white issue that was met with empathy and care—versus the crack cocaine crisis, which was met with a “war on crime.” Tampa is not alone in its participation in crime-free multi housing programs. Since 1992, when the program started by a police officer in Arizona, similar programs have spread across the country and been the matter of controversy in other states for targeting renters of color. The American Civil Liberties union has sued in several cities based on the racial aspect of the program. “You know, we’ve lost sight of our humanity when we do this, when we call our fellow citizens weeds,” Stanley says, “And fascism is an ideology that justifies this anti-humanity. It’s that it’s all about force and violence, and, ‘law and order.’”

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THE DICKENS: The author of ‘How Fascism Works’ said language in slides from the program are reminiscent of ‘Les Miserables.”

“Punishing people into desperation only increases crime.”

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defending the program and explaining why Tampa would keep it going. Now, a nationwide coalition of legal and civil rights groups has called on Castor and the city to end the program, under threat of legal action. City Council chairman Orlando Gudes—who was a Tampa cop for nearly 26 years— also questioned the program, asking Castor to suspend it for 90 days for review. Castor told the NAACP she’s heard the calls to suspend the program, but cited a nationwide increase in violent crime in her decision to ignore them. There is an increase in gun crime across the U.S., but experts still don’t agree on the exact reason why, and there’s no evidence the crime-

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burdened. Lewis says that because of Tampa’s history of racist practices, “Renting While Black” is a sign that a more widespread civil rights investigation into the city needs to happen. The ACLU has taken a special interest in this case and has threatened legal action if the program does not end. The Florida ACLU’s Tampa chapter told CL that it’s glad the mayor has indicated that there are issues that need to be looked at, and addressed the proposed changes. “We don’t think this program requires the Band-Aid she is proposing; it needs to be terminated and replaced with a program that reduces crime but doesn’t contribute to discrimination,” the group said in an email to CL. Representatives of both the local ACLU and NAACP chapters had a Tuesday meeting with Mayor Castor and members of the civil rights groups to discuss the situation. Lewis says Mayor Castor requested that only people from the groups who were involved in sending the demand letter be on the call. CL reached out to the mayor’s communications director about the stance of the civil rights groups and to confirm the details of the meeting the groups claim is occurring, but did not receive a response. (Editor’s note: As this story went to the printer, CL learned of a move by the Castor administration and TPD to meet with City Councilmen individually to discuss a potential walk-on item to the council meeting agenda set for Sept. 23—visit cltampa.com/news to get the latest information.)

free housing program stops that type of crime specifically. “This is not the time to cut back on law enforcement’s collaboration with the community to keep Tampa safe,” Castor told the Hillsborough NAACP. Last Saturday, the mayor outlined proposed reforms to the program detailed at the top of this story. Stanley says that regardless of any “law and order” argument, being evicted for committing petty crimes is an archaic and brutal form of punishment. “These are incredibly horrific sentences from the [Times investigation] you sent me, which involve treatment of humans who committed petty crimes; it’s reminiscent of ‘Les Miserables,’ or something you’d read by Dickens,” Stanley says. “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo described the degradation of poor people at the hands

Crippled creeks

Tracing waters helps us see how we have engineered growing crises. By Dr. Thomas Hallock

Goliath grouper washed up along Lassing Park, just south of downtown St. Pete. My wife Julie was walking the dog and thought the enormous fish was a dead manatee. We went back to check it out. City sanitation workers were already on the scene, snapping photos and wondering how they would haul this enormous carcass (adults can reach to 800 pounds) over the beachhead. None of this felt natural. Karenia brevis, or red tide, had churned up the west coast of Florida, starting from Charlotte Harbor, as it typically does, where the Caloosahatchee feeds its filth from Lake Okeechobee into the Gulf of Mexico. K. brevis occurs naturally; these tiny dinoflagellates (one-cell organisms with a whip-like tail) bloom 10-40 miles offshore. The trouble then comes closer to land. Because humans have juiced up our estuaries with sewage dumps, grass clippings, agricultural and road run-off, the blooms intensify. Add to these indignities the spill at Piney Point, which coupled with a dry early summer ratcheting (up salinity in estuarine waters), drew Karenia brevis into Tampa Bay for a fish kill beyond any in recent memory. Again, this is not natural. Try to imagine the end of the Goliath grouper that washed up along Lassing Park. The very name, Epinephelus itajara, reminds me of Big Bird’s imaginary friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus. This protected and hermaphroditic, refrigerator-sized cousin of the Chilean sea bass likes deep water. The bay is too shallow. As red tide moved in, releasing a nasty neurotoxin, the grouper followed shipping lanes carved into Tampa Bay. A quick glance at nautical charts suggests a route up the St. Pete harbor channel. Somewhere south of downtown, the fish lost control of its fins, started swimming in circles and vomiting, then the gills shut down—causing death by suffocation. A tide then washed the bloated carcass over the sand bar off Lassing Park, where my wife mistook it for a manatee. Over the month of July sanitation and parks workers collected dead marine life that was reported in the thousands of tons. Exact numbers vary. City Council was told 1,200 tons; a source from the inside reported 1,600 to me. The magnitude of loss should get us thinking. As the kill peaked along the bay, I did my small part. I walked the thin strand of eroding

beach at Lassing, gathering enough varieties of marine life to rival an aquarium. Along with my bucket and grabber, I carried my phone, my notebook, and a pen to catalogue the cost of this self-inflicted catastrophe. Puffers, cowfish and bottom-feeding cats took the worst hit. I found reds, horseshoe crabs, alewives, toadfish, pinfish, sheepshead, snapper, catfish, a cownose ray swarmed in blowflies, and snook. I picked up the fish, noted the species in my

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Davis, a Pinellas native who won a Pulitzer for his history, “The Gulf.” “Please don’t call these events red tide,” Davis wrote me; “that’s like calling a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich a bread sandwich.” By blaming fish kills on Karenia brevis, we let policy makers off the hook, when the Gulf is dying from human activity—not only spills, but sewage, lawn and roadway runoff. “Call these events what they are,” Davis writes, “human tide.” How can we put this unnecessary loss in perspective? To honor the grouper, and this summer’s continuing bloom, I’ve decided to launch my own creekshed project. (My “City Wilds” colleague, Amanda Hagood, will offer occasional dispatches of her own.) My plan is to trace the waters that feed into Bayboro Harbor

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CITY WILDS: The magnitude of loss during red tide should get us thinking. journal, and snapped a photo. I joked that after 20 years living by the bay, I had finally snagged a snook! American eels were a big question mark. Friends remarked they had never seen so many. Eels live most of their lives in freshwater, in rivers and even springs, but a little bit of research suggests they were in migration from their spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea. The mind reels. Eels do not belong off Lassing Park. Looking for perspective, I turned to my environmentalist friends. I asked historian Jack

and Tampa Bay, off south St. Pete. Imagine a reverse letter “C” over the lower part of the Pinellas Peninsula, with the Booker and Salt Creeks conjoined like Siamese twins by USF St. Pete. Start at the headwaters of Booker Creek—somewhere in the North 30s (Avenue and Street). Under city parks, linked by sewers, lie the remnants of a creek’s headwaters. I’ll follow the stream into the city’s history, beneath the Interstate,

past Tropicana Field and African-American neighborhoods that were razed in the name of urban renewal, through leafy Roser Park, and into Bayboro Harbor. I will travel by kayak and through research archives. From Bayboro Harbor, I will switch course and paddle up Salt Creek—through the Bartlett Park and Harbordale neighborhoods, into Lake Maggiore (a tidal estuary that the city insists on managing as fresh), to the sandy spine underneath Interstate 275, where the creek has its source and where a gas station is now being built. From the west side of 34th Street, I will trace the outer reaches of Clam Bayou to the dredged channel off the Gulfport marina. Over the next two years or so, I plan to dispatch a column every other month, following this path. Again, I’ll get some help. So why do this? Maybe the grouper was a wake-up call. Every indication shows Tampa Bay to be on the front edge of climate change. None of this is speculation. Or hysteria. Tampa Bay residents sit on a front line of the Anthropocene, the new geologic age, named for our own species. Boundaries between land or water (the “littoral”) will shift. Urbanized creeks mark this line between human and nature—or what my geographer friend Tony Abbott calls the “literal littoral.” A goliath grouper should not be washing up along a city park. Our current crises are a product of how we choose to live. Following a creekshed helps us see how we have engineered growing crises. As for the last fish kill in Tampa Bay, yeah, blame Piney Point. And yes, we all know, Karenia brevis bloomed long before people started trashing the Gulf. But it’s time to take stock of our role in shaping the natural world. My local vigil at Lassing Park ended after a week. K. brevis moved up the coast and the city collected the bulk of the dead fish. Human life returned. A person practiced yoga; someone else read under the shade of the palm. The city, overwhelmed by the clean up, had fallen behind on mowing cycles. Residents near Lassing Park like their clear, unobstructed view of Tampa Bay. Instead of mangroves and oyster beds, neighbors clamor for a mowed lawn. Sigh. On the morning I stumbled onto the foulsmelling ray, grass clipping bunched along the water’s edge. The next big rain or tide would send the nitrogen-rich waste straight into Tampa Bay, feeding algae and compromising the water’s health. This has got to stop. It will not stop. But as our streams run into the sea, in short time becoming the sea, at least we can chronicle the course. Next stop for Thomas Hallock’s “City Wilds”: finding the headwaters of Booker Creek.

“A goliath grouper should not be washing up along a city park.”

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Cut it out

Activists call on Rep. Kathy Castor to stop funding fossil fuel industry. By Justin Garcia

ast Monday, climate activists gathered at “Until we close every tax loop, stop investRep. Kathy Castor’s Tampa office, calling on ing any money in fossil fuel expenditures and her to “cut up the check” to the fossil fuel until we stop subsidizing giving fossil fuel comindustry before a Florida House infrastructure panies money for false solutions, the problem vote on Sept. 27. still remains,” she says. Every year, American taxpayers spend $15 During the demonstration, representatives billion subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, and of Food & Water Watch, Sunrise Movement, the Florida activists say it’s time to stop the fund- Tampa Bay Climate Alliance, Physicians for ing completely, for Social Responsibility the sake of a healthy Florida, Florida future. In August, Student Power the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Network and Central Florida Jobs with Justice released a report on climate change, pointing out took turns holding a check that said “Big Oil that it is “widespread, rapid and intensifying.” & Gas More Than Forty Billion.” “The time for climate symbolism is over, Deborah Trehy with Physicians for Social now is our time to act,” said Brooke Errett, Responsibility Florida said that the protecFood & Water Watch Florida Senior Organizer, tion of the environment is a public health as she held a gigantic pair of scissors in her issue, pointing out that a polluted environment hands. “Our actions today to keep fossil fuels leads to heart attacks and other health malain the ground and cut off taxpayer-funded dies. She brought a “prescription” to Castor’s subsidies, ending the office, which advised fossil fuel industry’s her to, “Discontinue lifeline, will pay divifossil fuel subsidies, dends for generations change to renewable to come.” STAT.” Errett went on to Ma r y-Elizabeth say that Castor, who Estrada from the is Chair of the Select Florida Student Committee on Climate Power Network said Crisis, has repeatedly that ending fossil called for an end to fosfuel subsidies means sil fuel subsidies, and a livable planet for her it’s time she used her generation. position of influence to “This industry has show up to end them. spent billions of dollars “We need to end foslobbying for subsidies sil fuel subsidies now, to actively destroy and expect Rep. Castor our planet, when they to lead on making it TIME TO LEAD: Rep. Kathy Castor is Chair could have been investhappen,” Errett said. of the Select Committee on Climate Crisis. ing in clean renewable Activists delivered a energy for our future,” sign on letter to Castor’s office from 26 Tampa Bay Estrada said. “The time is now to cut the check organizations urging her to do just that. to fossil fuel companies.” “I’m grateful for the young activists urgThe latest bipartisan infrastructure ing us to transition to clean energy—and I bill includes approximately $25 billion of share their concerns about the worsening new subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. climate crisis. We all know what’s at stake Representative Castor has called for an end to in the Sunshine State if we don’t take urgent fossil fuel subsidies since taking office in 2007, action,” Castor told Creative Loafing Tampa most recently in a conversation with Errett. Bay in an email. “That’s why I’m working this At the end of the rally, the activists did not week to pass historic investments in the Build cut up the giant fake check. They are instead Back Better Act to help us move to a clean calling on Castor to cut the check with them energy economy, as we create good-paying before the vote on Sept. 27, preferably during jobs, expand renewables, and ensure a livable a press conference with the activists, which world for future generations.” they’re calling on Castor to schedule. Errett says Castor’s statement doesn’t “We believe she can be a champion for the directly address the activists’ concerns brought environment,” Errett said. “We need her to be to her office on Monday. a loud voice fighting these subsidies in D.C.”

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Keystone Kops

The Democrats’ circular firing squad is taking aim. By Jeffrey C. Billman

his long, miserable summer ends Tuesday, not a moment too soon for President Joe Biden. Not all of his problems have been his own doing—not entirely, at least. Afghanistan’s collapse last month had been all but inevitable since the Trump administration signed the Doha Agreement in February 2020, effectively surrendering the country to the Taliban. Even so, scenes of the chaotic withdrawal—capped off by the military dronemurdering children—will haunt the administration for years to come. The COVID delta variant spread unfettered largely because of Republican vaccine resistance, with GOP governors in Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Alabama, South Dakota, and elsewhere granting the virus a license to kill—and in Florida, prohibiting local governments or private businesses from even trying to stop it. As the delta variant flourished, the economic recovery slowed. With his approval ratings battered, Biden’s domestic agenda is now imperiled by his own party’s timidity and deference to institutional anachronisms—its insistence on playing inside the procedural lines it has drawn—which gives cover to knee-jerk obstructionism and cameraseeking egoism. Ultimately, everything comes back to the filibuster. Because Senate Democrats—most vocally, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, though they’re not alone—have refused to eliminate or reform the 60-vote threshold for all non-budgetary legislation. That hands Sen. Mitch McConnell a veto. Manchin and Sinema spent the spring negotiating down Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure deal to $1.2 trillion, caving to Republican demands to excise key climate, mass transit, and revenue provisions to get Republican votes. The infrastructure bill passed—a victory for comity—though the legislation doesn’t come close to addressing the country’s needs. Progressives were nonplussed. In the House, they say they’ll only support the infrastructure bill if it’s paired with Biden’s 10-year budget plan, which spends $3.5 trillion on climate and social programs. As a reconciliation bill, it can circumvent the filibuster and pass the Senate with only Democrats. But it needs all 50 of them. And it needs House Democrats, with their slim majority, to stick together, too. Here come the power plays. Last week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus declared that it has the votes to kill the infrastructure deal if it’s separated from

the reconciliation package. Once infrastructure passes, after all, progressives will have no leverage to ensure that moderates toe the line on reconciliation. But moderates say they’ll block reconciliation if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi misses a Sept. 27 deadline to pass the infrastructure deal. The circular firing squad is taking aim. Sinema, a leading beneficiary of Big Pharma’s largesse, has told the White House she won’t support a proposal that allows the government to negotiate Medicare prescription-drug prices, which the reconciliation bill counts on for $700 billion in savings. Manchin says the $3.5 trillion price tag is $2 trillion too high; he wants to gut the child tax credit. And after earning $500,000 in stock dividends from a coal brokerage firm last year—and reaping more fossil fuel contributions than anyone else in the Senate—he’ll also water down the budget’s initiatives to combat climate change. Amid all of this, the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled that Democrats can’t include immigration reform in their reconciliation bill. While they have options—as the Senate’s presiding officer, Vice President Kamala Harris could overrule the parliamentarian—fealty to

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institutional norms will almost certainly trump campaign promises, as it did earlier this year when the parliamentarian rejected a minimum wage hike in the American Rescue Plan. If it continues unabated, this Keystone Kops routine all but guarantees a 2010-style wipeout. In the shorter term, it could also lead to a government shutdown and crash the global economy. Just as in 2011, McConnell has threatened not to extend the federal government’s borrowing limit. Unlike in 2011, when Republicans used the debt ceiling to force President Obama to make drastic spending cuts, McConnell doesn’t have an agenda beyond political calculation. Debtceiling votes are unpopular; he wants the other guys to take them. “The country must never default,” he told the newsletter Punchbowl last week. “The debt ceiling will need to be raised. But who does that depends on who the American people elect.” Democrats have attached the debt ceiling to a spending bill to keep the government open beyond Sept. 30. That will require 60 votes. If McConnell holds his line, the bill will fail, the government will close, and global markets will enter a tailspin. Democrats either have to call McConnell’s bluff—and hope he’s bluffing— or attach the debt ceiling to the already-wobbly reconciliation bill. Again, their options wouldn’t be so constrained if they simply did away with the filibuster. The debt ceiling wouldn’t be a problem.

Neither would the opinion of the Senate parliamentarian. Senate Dems would still have to placate Sinema and Manchin, but they wouldn’t have to cram all of their priorities into one messy reconciliation bill. Earlier this month, Rolling Stone reported that Biden told Democratic leaders he’ll pressure moderates to carve out an exception to the filibuster for voting-rights legislation. Whether he’ll sway Manchin and Sinema remains to be seen. (I’m skeptical.) Broader filibuster reform seems about as likely as the diet pills advertised in your Facebook feed actually working. Democratic moderates have convinced themselves that they’re doing themselves and the party a favor by gumming up the works, hoping that immunizes them to next year’s attack ads about runaway spending. It won’t. And it wouldn’t matter if it did. That’s not how midterms work. They’re referenda on the country’s direction, and they almost always favor the party out of power. If there’s a wave election, moderates get wiped out first. Their chances are almost wholly tied to Biden’s popularity, and Biden’s popularity is in no small part tied to getting both the infrastructure and reconciliation bills through Congress. The Democrats’ circular firing squad isn’t going to take out Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But it has many of the moderates who are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory dead in its sights.

“If there’s a wave election, moderates get wiped out first.”

SHAKEDOWN: Whether Biden can sway Sen. Joe Manchin (R) on the filibuster remains to be seen.

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Ron DeSantis said he doesn’t remember vaccine lies from a press conference speaker standing next to him; the speaker suggested COVID-19 vaccines scramble the genetic codes of the vaxxed. Makes sense since Ronny never had the spine to stand up to lies from his orange overload either.

Tampa native Dave Bautista offers $5,000 reward for info leading to arrest of puppy abuser. I’ll add another $5K just watch Bautista meet the abuser in person. St. Pete police say two baseball fans got into a fight outside Tropicana Field on Monday that left one of them injured and the other arrested. One of the dudes stabbed the other person in the side. No word if they were arguing over the merits of using taxpayer money to build a new stadium in Tampa. CITYOFSTPETE/FLICKR

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Florida Sen. Lauren Book files proposal to end Confederate holidays, and all the patriots are mad about the prospect of not seeing “Robert E. Lee’s birthday” on their calendar apps anymore.

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Something brewing

Angry Chair’s new location leads a new round of foodie news. By Katlynn Mullins and Ray Roa

Coming soon Shiso Crispy The food truck announced plans for a dumpling concept in a new food hall set to open up on the ground floor of Fusion 1560, an apartment building in the Edge District, by December 2021. On the vegan-friendly menu so far: spring pea and roasted leek dumplings with dauban sauce, and you can grab a Shiso

Sour beer to wash it all down with. The food truck is known for its handmade gyoza and soup dumplings—aka XLB “xiao long bao,” which are small buns with delicate skins that contain fillings and broth. We’re pretty sure you’ll be able to grab all of it at the new location, but no specifics have been announced yet. If you’re in St. Pete and can’t wait to get your hands on all the vegan-friendly fare, you can head over to Flying Boat Brewing at 1776 11th Ave. N. 1560 Central Ave. N., St. Petersburg. @ shisocrispy on Instagram Pop Goes the Waffle A physical location in Gulfport will open early next year according to I Love the Burg. Owner Sara Fludd is the face behind popular creations like a Hot Cheeto Waffle Dog, pumpkin cheesecake and waffle pops that come in all kinds of flavors. Specifics

in New York City and Boston. It hopes to open in early 2022, according to a press release. 1050 Water St., Tampa. wagamama.us Open Lighthaus After losing Fermented Reality last month, Sparkman Wharf has a new beer garden. Lighthaus—run by Guy Revelle who also brought Splitsville and Jotoro to the Wharf—also serves seltzers and wine along with NYC-style slices. Beer flights ($14$16) are also available. No announcements have come on what’s going to happen for Fermented Reality, though. The beer garden closed last month after Strategic Property Brothers, operators of the 56-acre development on Tampa’s waterfront, decided not to renew its lease. All CL knows is that an Ybor location is possible by 2022, and we think the best place for it is across from Orpheum on the city’s 1900-block. 615 Channelside Dr, Tampa. @lighthaustpa on Instagram

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fter 7 years of telling its loyal followers to stop parking on Fern, Tampa’s Angry Chair Brewing is giving its fans a parking lot… that’s two miles away at the old Brew Bus location. The mega-popular Seminole Heights brewery made the announcement last Wednesday with a video that shows Angry Chair co-founder Ryan Dowdle waking up, ripping off a morning fart and then driving to work, right past the current Angry Chair taproom at the corner of E Fern Street and N Florida Avenue towards the old Brew Bus, which closed over the summer. Brew Bus has plans of its own to move down the street, but Angry Chair wrote that the move—which will be complete sometime next year—feels long overdue. “We have had a ton of fond memories with y’all the last 7 years, and we look forward to making more in our new space. We will keep y’all updated as best as we can with information in the short future,” Angry Chair wrote. The move to a 15,400-square foot space means significant change for Angry Chair which currently operates within just under 3,000-square-feet. That does not mean that adult games, yoga or trivia— definitely not hallmarks of its current location—will be added. Dowdle told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that there won’t be any fucking Jenga in the new location, but that there will be a kitchen. He added that the move allows Angry Chair to triple its production—going from 1,400 barrels to about “4,000-ish,” and said the move will let the Angry Chair crew concentrate on more lager and IPA production. “As for core production the move will allow us to make more Spacegrass IPA, an introduce Vodnik Czech-Style Pilsner a core beer. We plan on barrel aging a little bit more of our stouts and specialty beer, but not much more,” Dowdle told CL.

for the new menu are yet to be announced. Renovations are under way, but you can still grab waffles around town by finding the Pop Goes the Waffle Food Truck (make sure you check the schedule before heading out). The new location is set to feature a bigger production space and seating for you to enjoy your waffle creations. And that’s not the only good news for Fludd. Last week she was unveiled as one of 10 female founders selected to receive a $10,000 grant from the Stacy’s Pita Chips Rise Project. 5004 Tangerine Ave. S, Gulfport. @popgoesthewaffle Oon Instagram Wagamama Right now, Wagamama’s owners are warning customers about supplychain-and-labour-related price increases on its menus, but that’s not stopping the U.K.based Asian restaurant chain from expanding to Florida with a location at Water Street in downtown Tampa. Its 4,200-square-foot restaurant joins other U.S. Wagamama locations

DON’T PARK ON FERN: No literally, because Angry Chair is moving next year.

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‘Rona. It’s still a thing, and you should call or contact these local breweries to learn their COVID-19 protocol. Email rroa@cltampa.com and stephanie@cltampa.com for any edits and suggestions. 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING One of downtown St. Pete’s District’s most popular hangouts, and a beautiful facility in which to drink some great brews. 222 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com 3 KEYS BREWING South-of-the-Skyway restaurant and brewery specializing in small batches. 2505 Manatee Ave. E, Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com 5 BRANCHES BREWING Veteran-owned brewery, small batches from IPAs to stouts. Serving brews and a clear view of the Tarpon Bayou. 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com 7VENTH SUN BREWING Some of the best sours, IPAs and collabs going. Two locations. 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-231-5900, 7venthsun.com 81BAY BREWING CO. South Tampa’s first craft brewery boasts a wide variety of styles. 4465 W Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com ANGRY CHAIR Crazy-good Seminole Heights beer, open Tuesday-Sunday. Just don’t park on Fern Street (there’s a lot behind the auto body shop). 6401 N Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com ARKANE ALEWORKS A wide variety of styles and flavors from the second brewery to open in Largo. 2480 E Bay Dr., No. 23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com AVID BREWING This Grand Central brewing supply shop added a taproom for its beers crafted in-house. 1745 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. Lager-specific brewery, carrying on an over 150 year brewing legacy. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com BASTET Named after the Egyptian cat-goddess, the brewery offers seasonal ales, ciders and even the occasional hard ginger beer. 1951 E Adamo Dr. Suite B, Tampa. bastetbrewing.com BAY CANNON BEER CO. West Tampa’s first craft brewery, offering a variety of ever evolving beers, beer slushies and wine that pair perfectly with appetizers and entrées from the kitchen. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com BAYBORO BREWING CO. Veteran-owned kid-friendly brewery that has tons of events to go with its creative tap list. 2390 5th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. (727) 767-9666, bayborobrewing.com BIG STORM BREWING CO. Stop by this Pasco brewery’s Storm Room for a flight, or visit its taproom on 49th Street in Clearwater, too. 2330 Success Dr., Odessa. 727-807-7998, bigstormbrewery.com BIG TOP BREWING Perhaps Sarasota’s premier purveyor of locally crafted beer, Big Top’s reputation has spread far beyond the region. 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. This Brandon taproom from Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies offers house-made suds and guest beers. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggersbrewco.com BRASSERIE ST. SOMEWHERE Award-winning Belgian farmhouse ales from veteran Bay area brewer Bob Sylvester who’s moved tastings inside his brewery. 115 S Ring Ave., Tarpon Springs. 813-503-6181, saintsomewherebrewing.com BREW BUS BREWING BB’s Seminole Heights taproom is moving a few blocks up Florida Ave., but until then sip on the Bus’ offerings at the Wesley Chapel facility. 2029 Arrowgrass Dr., Wesley Chapel. 813-452-6333, brewbususa.com BREW HUB Some of the area’s best beers are produced here along with suds for its own label. 3900 Frontage Rd. S, Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com BREW LIFE BREWING Ultra-small batches, and a lot of ‘em. 5765 S Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com BRIGHTER DAYS BREW CO. Tarpon Springs spot specializing in music-inspired brews like the “So Fresh n’ So Clean sour” and “All the Single Belgians.” 311 N Safford Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-2350 BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. A multitude of styles from former garage brewers is on tap in Valrico. 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bullfrogcreekbrewing.com CAGE BREWING Custom brews in the Grand Central District from one of the ‘Burg’s best. 2001 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-201-4278 CALEDONIA BREWING Great in-house beers in the

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historic Dunedin Times building. 587 Main St., Dunedin. 727-351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com CALUSA BREWING Family owned and operated, open Tuesday-Sunday. 5701 Derek Ave., Sarasota. 941-9228150, calusabrewing.com CARROLLWOOD BREWING CO. “Secret” brewing action inside the Carrollwood location of craft-bar chain The Brass Tap. 10047 N Dale Mabry Hwy Suite 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337. brasstapbeerbar.com CIGAR CITY BREWING Tampa’s most famous craft brewery. There’s also a taproom at Amalie Arena. 3924 W Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com CLEARWATER BREWING CO. Community-oriented and socially and environmentally conscious. 1700 N Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewingcompany.com COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. Some of Tampa’s best beer, in one of its best tasting rooms. 2601 E 2nd Ave., Ybor City. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com COTEE RIVER BREWING Craft beer in the heart of historic downtown New Port Richey. 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriverbrewing.com CRAFT LIFE BREWING Small-batch local brews and a sort of playground for LoL’s craft brewing guild. 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. @ craftlifebrewing on Facebook CROOKED THUMB BREWERY Safety Harbor’s first brewery boasts homegrown flavor, local guest taps and a killer Tuesday songwriters session. 555 10th Ave. S, Safety Harbor. 727-724-5953, crookedthumbbrew.com CUENI BREWING CO. Located off the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727266-4102, cuenibrewing.com CYCLE BREWING One of St. Pete’s favorites. 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com DARWIN BREWING CO. Unique beers crafted with South American influence. 803 17th Ave. W, Bradenton. 941-747-1970, darwinbrewingco.com DE BINE BREWING CO. This addition bolsters the Northern Pinellas craft beer scene. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor, 727-233-7964. DEVIANT LIBATION Latest project from local beer god Tim Ogden housed in the upcoming immersive art collective Crab Devil. 3800 N Nebraska Ave., 727379-4677, devitantlibation.com DISSENT BREWING CO. Unique flavors and adventurous style outside downtown St. Pete. 5518 Haines Rd. N, St. Petersburg. 727-342-0255. DUNEDIN BREWERY Florida’s oldest. Beer, eats and live music. 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-736-0606, dunedinbrewery.com DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER This beer stop brews its own, and also has 40 guest taps. 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 216-6318, dunedinhob.com ESCAPE BREWING CO. Another very worthy OdessaTrinity destination. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity. 727-807-6092, escapebrewingcompany.com FLYING BOAT BREWING COMPANY St. Pete aviation history and tasty homegrown suds. It’s where Tampa fave King State brews its wares. 1776 11th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-800-2999, flyingboatbrewing.com FOUR STACKS BREWING An always-changing lineup of local and regional guest suds, along with trivia, live music and more. 5469 N. U.S. Hwy-41, Apollo Beach. 813-641-2036, fourstacksbrewing.com GRAND CENTRAL BREWHOUSE 10,270 square-foot brewery, taproom, beer garden, and event venue with a lager-focused tap list. 2340 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-202-6071, grandcentralbrew.com GREEN BENCH BREWING CO. A space worthy of the adventurous beers it produces. 1133 Baum Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com GOOD LIQUID BREWING CO. 30 taps and food (and a coffee roaster!) from a husband-and-wife duo. 4824 14th St. W, Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquidbrewing.com GRINDHAUS BREW LAB Small batches and no extracts. 1650 N Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-240-0804, grindhausbrewlab.com GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY Small batches with an artisanal food menu. 3007 Beach Blvd., Gulfport. 727954-4109, gulfport-brewing.com

HOB BREWING CO. Rotating taps; some of the beers are brewed on-site and alongside a combination of local breweries plus local and international craft beer makers. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer IF I BREWED THE WORLD This self-described “mixtape of breweries” offers a bit of everything from the classic to the fun and outrageous. 2200 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.com IN THE LOOP BREWING Family-friendly Land O’ Lakes brewery with a lot of community support and plenty of events. 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-997-9189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com INFUSION BREWING CO. Another great location in the good-beer-packed Trinity-New Port Richey area. 7813 Mitchell Blvd. Suite 103, Trinity. 727-312-4512. JDUB’S BREWING CO. You know ‘em, you love ‘em. A favorite statewide phenomenon. 1215 Mango Ave., Sarasota. 941-955-2739, jdubsbrewing.com KING STATE Named the No. 8 coffee shop in America by Food & Wine, King State is also home to brewer and Flying Boat Brewing Co. alum Aric Parker, who’s making some of the cleanest core beers plus a dynamic offering of rotating taps and bomber options available on-site in limited capacities. 520 E Floribraska Ave., Tampa. 813221-2100, king-state.com LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL A Palm Harbor bar and eatery that offers seasonal brews to complement its regulars. 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com LATE START BREWING This beloved Tampa label does its thing inside the Pour House. 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd. #112, Tampa. 813-402-2923, latestartbrewing.com LEAVEN BREWING Riverview’s first brewery is run by folks who’ve got experience brewing big and small. 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-677-7023, leavenbrewing.com MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING Brews, ciders, and meads by the beach. 12945 Village Blvd., Madeira Beach. 727-362-0008, madbeachbrewing.com MAGNANIMOUS BREWING In a warehouse a half-block north of I-275, this addition to Tampa’s beer scene provides a large variety to drink in or to go–curbside pickup available. The brewery also serves Ginger Beard coffee when the tasting room is open including a peanut butter oat draft latte. 1410 Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-415-3671, magnanimousbrewing.com MARKER 48 Hernando’s first production craft brewery, with its own tasting room and beer garden 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-606-2509, marker48.com MASTRY’S BREWING CO. From CD Roma’s restaurant to sweet new digs on St. Pete Beach. 7701 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete Beach. 727-202-8045, mastrysbrewingco.com MOTORWORKS BREWING A taproom and beer garden featuring full liquor and wine as well as 30 taps. 1014 9th St. W, Bradenton. 941-567-6218, motorworksbrewing.com MR. DUNDERBAK’S The longtime restaurant, biergarten and homebrewers’ hangout is serving its own beers. 14929 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. 813-977-4104, dunderbaks.com NAUGHTY MONK BREWERY Naughty Monk brings a love of Belgian styles to Manatee County. 2507 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton. 941-708-2966, naughtymonkbrewery.com OVERFLOW BREWING St. Pete’s newest, courtesy of local Rapp head brewer Troy Bledsoe and company. 770 1st Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-914-0665. @overflowbrewingco on Facebook PEPPER BREWING The Angry Pepper Taphouse’s in-house label, available “on a limited basis.” 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertaphouse.com PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB This beachy restaurant also offers its own beers thanks to an in-house nano

system. 923 72nd. St. N, St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com PINELLAS ALE WORKS PAW offers a dog-friendly environment in addition to tasty brews. 1962 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-235-0970, pawbeer.com PYE ROAD MEADWORKS Located in Odessa, Pye Road focuses on mead but also keeps beer and wine in house for naysayers of the fermented honey drink. 8533 Gunn Hwy., Odessa. 813-510-3500, pyeroad.com RAPP BREWING CO. The late Greg Rapp’s awardwinning styles are carefully crafted and delicious. 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.com RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER This video game-centric Grand Central District craft beer bar started brewing its own in early 2018. 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-360-0766, stpetearcadebar.com ROCK BROTHERS BREWING Brews named for national and local bands have a home in Ybor City. 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241-0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com SARASOTA BREWING CO. House-crafted brews, pizza, and sports out toward beautiful Siesta Key. 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925-2337, sarasotabrewing.com SILVERKING BREWING CO. This space in Tarpon Springs complements a label that’s been around since 2012. 325 E Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727-422-7598, silverkingbrewing.com SIX TEN BREWING A wide variety and a real passion for the craft-brew community. 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886-0610, sixtenbrewing.com SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING More Dunedin goodness, including some truly original flavors and inventive brews. 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727-601-1698, soggybottombrewing.com SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING Multiple brews only available in its tasting room, as well as products and guidance for local homebrewers. 4500 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-238-7800, southernbrewingwinemaking.com ST. PETE BREWING CO. Beers crafted specifically for the climate. 544 1st Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com STILT HOUSE BREWERY This friendly Palm Harbor joint specializes in high-ABV ales and other styles you won’t find at other breweries in the area. 625 U.S. Hwy Alt-19, Palm Harbor. 727-270-7373, stilthousebrewery.com SWAN BREWING Nearly 4 decades of combined brewing experience go into the offerings at this pet-friendly joint. Two locations. 2972 Lakeland Highlands Rd./115 W. Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703-0472, swanbrewing.com TBBC Formerly Tampa Bay Brewing Co., local favorite for nearly two decades, with two locations. 1600 E 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813-247-1422, tbbc.beer TIDAL BREWING COMPANY Small batches in Spring Hill. 14311 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-7011602, tidalbrewingfl.com TWO FROGS BREWING CO. Tarpon Springs’ latest brewery and taproom focuses on American ale styles. 151 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-6077, @twofrogsbrewing on Facebook KEEL FARMS AGRARIAN ALE + CIDER Tasty brews from the folks behind Keel & Curley winery. 5210 W Thonotosassa Rd., Plant City. 813-752-9100, keelandcurleywinery.com TWO LIONS WINERY & PALM HARBOR BREWERY Wine and beer brewed in-house. 1022 Georgia Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-786-8039, twolionswinery.com ULELE SPRING BREWERY Beer crafted in accordance with traditional Bavarian purity laws. 1810 N Highland Ave., Tampa. 813-999-4952, ulele.com THE WILD ROVER BREWERY What started as an English pub in Odessa is now a higher-production facility in Westchase. 13921 Lynmar Blvd., Tampa. 813-475-5995, thewildroverbrewery.com WOODWRIGHT BREWING CO. Traditional German styles in downtown Dunedin. 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-238-8717, @woodwrightbrewing on Facebook WOVEN WATER BREWING CO. Tampa Heights brewer with a focused menu often using fresh fruit as part of its beers. 456 W Columbus Dr., Tampa. 813-443-9463, wovenwaterbrew.com ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING CO. East Paco’s first microbrewery. 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills. 813-715-2683, zbcbeer.com ZYDECO BREW WERKS Craft brews in Ybor thanks to an award-winning brewmaster, as well as full bars and NOLA-influenced cuisine. 1902 E 7th Ave., Ybor City. 813252-4541, @zydecobrewwerks on Facebook

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mother, whose peripatetic cremains prove a Shelley Williams (Seattle’s commanding springboard for several comedic misadven- Teri Lazzara) as Miles’ court-appointed guardtures, a gasp worthy incident and a surprise ian, is not a nurturing presence; she wants denouement. And an overthe Lisowskis to abandon arching character whose the family house and take personality dominates up residence at Elderwood fix up his middle-aged daughter, “mad Mabel” much of the action is the The People Downstairs: A world nursing home, where Miles (the marvelously demented Sara Oliva) with long dead Big-Pop, whose has honed his burgeoning premiere by Natalie Symons someone, anyone. His chosen paramour is Todd ashes reside under the TV. American Stage, 163 3rd St. N, St. Petersburg comedy act but admits that Through Oct. 3. Tickets: $44 Schneider, a new inept mortician with a sunny Even though her issue is all they really get excited 727-823-PLAY (7529); americanstage.org disposition. Unfortunately, Todd (an utterly poor vision, Mabel spends about there is “really good winning Matthew McGee) is a mama’s boy who her few waking hours in soup.” It seems that follownever misses a chance to share a mother-son old “Big-Pop’s” wheelchair as if it were some ing Rose’s death, with Miles’ erratic behavior, early bird special at the Golden Corral all-you- hallowed family throne. The many descrip- “the court doesn’t think you are capable.” Shelley is not exactly what she seems, but Mabel later forgives Shelley’s questionable choices. “It’s just sorrow.” Symons has still not been discovered by Broadway, but American Stage has given her a world premiere production worthy of the “Great White Way.” Set designer Scott Cooper, in particular, has created such a complete environment on a grand scale that it’s hard to imagine that an infusion of NYC cash could improve upon his design. Not that it’s particularly inviting. The peeling wallpaper, indeed the whole interior, is “the color of old pennies.” And the ever clever, Jerid Fox, has filled the design with revelatory stuff, from a multi-hued striped afghan, to the milk crate coffee table, to a diminutive garden gnome that’s obviously a treasured artifact. Catherine Cann’s costumes nail each characters’ emotional state as does Chris Baldwin’s evocative lighting which reflects a hoarder’s despair, as well as the anticipatory joy from an unexpected emotional connection which leaves the audience with a tender sigh. And even though I’m sadly disconnected from her playlists, sound designer Rachel Harrison’s evocative music combines with Baldwin’s sweeping moving lights scene changes to hint at what’s to come. There’s a second act complication right out of a Judd Apatow film that seems insurmountable, but Mabel realizes that she and Todd share “the same kind of loneliness.” The play comes full circle with a heartwarming THREE’S COMPANY: (L-R) Sara Oliva, Don Walker and Matt McGee in ‘The People Downstairs.’ denouement. It reminds us that even through what Symons calls “the distorted lens” of social can-eat buffet. He’s an aspiring writer until tions worthy of Kaufman and Hart convince media, all we really want is to be seen and he discovers that “playwriting is even more you that you’re in his house where he man- not forgotten. But as much as this haunting unpleasant than embalming.” aged to live upstairs. play channels the power of love and kindness, The ghosts of the isolated family—whose Just when it seems that there may be a it’s keeping a sense of humor that helps get faded photos line the walls haunting the path forward, Symons ends Act I with a shock- us and the characters through. Mabel wisely action—are brought vividly to life by Symons’ ing event that upends the whole balance of concludes “If you take away laughter, you take incisive descriptions of Rose, the late wife and the story. away life.”

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ife has been particularly challenging for the Lisowskis of Buffalo. After the death of his wife, aging father and husband Miles (a splendid, understated Don Walker), is a lost soul. He’s barely hanging on to his job as a funeral home custodian. He fills his free time at the kitchen table listening to his transistor radio with coffee cup after cup of whiskey on an alcoholic marathon. The highlight of his half blind, agoraphobic daughter’s day is dictating random thoughts into a cassette tape for Louis, her drug lord penpal who in this case is actually serving time in the pen. The family home is in complete disrepair; piles of junk block the stairway to the upstairs bedrooms rendering the entire floor uninhabitable. The power is off and the contents of the refrigerator have spoiled. This is the stuff of soul-crushing drama à la Eugene O’Neill—except Natalie Symons’ “The People Downstairs” is an uproarious, endearing laugh-a-minute dark comedy. Symons has the same kind of gift as Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley (“Crimes of the Heart”) who mines her quirky characters for both pathos and humor. The fact that both the playwright and director Chris Crawford are accomplished actors shows through in the performances of the uniformly splendid cast. You lose yourself in these eccentric misfits and forget they’re Symons’s creations. Symons put some zingers in the mouths of her characters (“I blame menopause for the horror show that came later,”) but director Crawford and his crackerjack cast also mine the script for physical humor and moments where the audience chortles, snorts, guffaws, or just plain laughs out loud. Maybe it’s the post-COVID release of sharing a play live and in person, but even with masks and socially distant seating, I can’t remember an opening night audience having so much fun. Indeed, the play’s themes of familial love and the search for human connection resonate ever more strongly post lockdown. Through his alcoholic stupor, Miles nurses two obsessions. He harbors the pipe dream of his 9-and-a-half-episode biographical teleplay (where he’s portrayed by Robert De Niro) being picked up by Amazon Prime despite a Netflix rejection. In addition, Miles is desperate to

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New Netflix show highlights minority Tampa women. By Alexandria Jones

ampa Bay is known for being Super Bowl champions, Cuban sandwiches, and the best beaches in the country. Soon, locals and tourists alike get a peek at another side not too many get to see… unless you’re in the market for a new home. Sharelle Rosado, broker and owner of Tampa’s Allure Realty, puts the city on the map with her Netflix show “Selling Tampa.” Similar to other Netflix hit “Selling Sunset,” the show focuses on Rosado and her team of real estate agents as they sell luxury real estate across Tampa Bay. What’s unique about her business is her team is composed of Black and minority women. “Viewers are going to see powerful minority women stepping into luxury real estate. This shows anyone as long as you work hard and no matter what, you can do it,” said Rosado. Rosado embarked on her journey in real estate in 2017 after her “12 years, 9 months, and 13 days” stint in the military. She opened Allure Realty in July 2019 and had a full team of agents by early 2020. Rosado said producers started approaching her that same year. She turned down several because she didn’t like their angles. She did her research on real estate producers and put herself in front of “Selling Sunset” producer Adam DiVello by doing what so many of us do on social media every now and then—dropping a series of “likes” on DiVello’s Instagram pictures.

“I put myself in front of Adam, and they reached out to me a couple days later,” Rosado said. When the pandemic started last year, Rosado and her team didn’t slow down one bit and instead adapted by adding virtual house showings for clients. Like most other real estate groups, Allure never saw a pandemic-related sales hit. “Everyone was taking advantage of the interest rates,” said Rosado. “Financially, we didn’t get behind the power curve because we were good on that part.” Rosado celebrated the grand opening of Allure Realty, which sits in Ybor City at 1315 7th Ave., last month with several of her agents and friends. Mayor Jane Castor, Florida State Representative Dianne Hart, and her financé former NFL wide receiver and current Cinco Soccer fan Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson were all on hand with plenty of well wishes. So what’s next for Rosado? She just opened her second Allure Realty location in Miami and is ready to take over the world. “When I opened this business, I wanted to take it to the next level. Now, I want to go bigger,” said Rosado. “Selling Tampa” is scheduled to debut around the end of this year or early 2022. Rosado hopes young women see the representation and understand whatever they desire to be in life is possible. “I know they’re going to see no matter your age or color, you can go out and do it,” said Rosado. “Don’t give up because it’s a learning process.”

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R.I.P. Norm Macdonald, who once roasted Florida’s swinger culture. By Justin Garcia

egendary writer, comedian and actor Norm Macdonald died Sept. 14 at the age of 61, after quietly battling cancer for 9 years. He leaves behind a legacy of hilarious stand up sets, TV show episodes, movies and interviews. In 2014, he talked about doing stand-up in Florida on “The Howard Stern Show,” and being offered sex and drugs from people- against his will. During the interview, Stern asked Norm what happened in Florida. Norm replied, “In Florida where I just was, they have people that, I don’t know what the fuck they do, but everybody got money,” he said. “I guess they had coke for years, like, thousands of pounds of coke and I don’t know if those guys still do it, I don’t know what the fuck.” He went on to claim that a limo driver picked him up and told him, “I can take you any place man, anything you want.” Norm said, “What?” To which the limo driver responded, “Anything you want, I got my wife.” “Here I am thinking he’s talking about drugs or something,” Norm says, “But he starts with his wife!” Stern asks him, “Was he offering you his wife?” To which Norm replied, “I don’t fuckin know. But it was all weekend long, I’d meet four or five guys and they’d go, ‘Hey so huh, this is the wife and this is the other wife and uh, how about the eight of us?” Norm finished the sentence with a wide eyed stare, mimicking the husband he claimed was offering an orgy. Norm said the pitches for the orgies were vague, “...but you kinda go, what are you talking

about? They don’t come right out and say they want to fuck ya.” Norm wouldn’t engage in such a thing, because there might be too many surprises. “You go, ‘What the fuck, who the fuck is this guy?,’” Norm said. “Nobody told me about a guy coming out of a closet wackin’ off with his halfcock, half-hard cock. Where the fuck did he come from?” They dissected the culture in Florida and why the orgies happen, to which Stern co-host and comedian Artie Lange said, “There’s always a hot tub and ecstacy and pills, and they go ‘come back and we’ll all fuck’.” Since Norm’s death last week, Hollywood has taken to social media to express condolences to a man who was an inspiration to so many. “Let me pause my meaningless online arguments to say Norm was one of the greatest comedians to have ever lived,” comedian Tim Dillon Tweeted. “One of the best moments of my career was when he found something I did funny. Very few comics will ever possess that level of mastery. RIP.” Norm started his stand-up career in small comedy clubs around Canada. He began his career as a writer for “The Dennis Miller Show” and then “Roseanne,” before moving on to work at “Saturday Night Live.” He became widely popular in his role as the Weekend Update anchor. After SNL, Norm went on to act in several successful movies, ran a TV show and podcast, and never stopped pursuing his lifelong love of stand up comedy. Because of him, I’ll never be able to look at a moth the same again. Go to the light, Norm.

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Displace w/Guavatron If you assume that the psychedelic cartoon bong advertising this show is an indication of a funktified jam sesh, you guessed right. Displace has been serving a potent Jamiroquai-Phish combination cocktail more regularly since its May reincarnation—and now it’s back for the band’s first Crowbar gig since the debut of a new lineup. The sounds of West Palm’s Guavatron keep up with the band’s moniker, and the fourpiece brings “smooth jams and hard hitting peaks of musical ingenuity” which will take you on a jammy space ride. Sort of like the Gravitron but with less vomiting. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

C Camille Trust Album Release w/ Shevonne/DJ Donya The ongoing pandemic sent Camile Trust home from New York City where she’d been working as a musician for the last 8 years, so she wrote an album about it. A majority of NY to FL was written over Zoom, but the 11-track release makes it feel like Trust is in your living room delivering lush harmonies (“Clouds”), big pop anthems (“Love Myself,” “Temperamental Weather”),

C The Florida Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth The Florida Orchestra (TFO) has a fall full of shows on either side of the Bay including this weekend’s Beethoven’s Fifth with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons series happening at Straz Center, Mahaffey Theater and Ruth Eckerd Hall. See more of TFO’s upcoming run of shows by finding the concert rundown on cltampa.com/magazine. Maroon 5 w/Blackbear Are you ready for the nasal-y croon of Adam Levine, the former judge of “The Voice” and lead singer of Maroon 5? Hope so because after COVID-releated postponements, this one is finally back on. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

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Randy Houser If you like modern, radio country music you’ll probably likethis straight up Mississippi-raised, Nashvillebased singer-songwriter with megahits (“How Country Feels”) that stick solely to the WQYK side of the dial. If you’re really lucky, maybe Houser will sing the song he wrote for Trace Atkins (“Honky Tonk Bondokadonk). The Bull does not require any kind of proof of vaccination or negative test result, so may the odds be ever in your favor. Doors open at 7 p.m. but the show starts around 10 p.m., so plan your pre-gaming accordingly. (Dallas Bull, Tampa) C Team Callahan w/Parriss and the Night/MAK Tampa Bay’s indie-pop scene is healthy, but there was a golden era last decade when bands like Grecian Urns, Happiness Machine, and most recently Jackson Davis, burned bright with exuberant new releases seemingly sprinkled throughout the calendar. Kathleen and Nick Arnal now makeup Team Callahan (and recently picked up Daniel Williams on drums), and after writing a 2018 love letter to home (Dog Days) the married couple and former members of Happiness Machine are finally back in town for what’s easily the best show happening in Tampa on Friday night. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)—Ray Roa

The Untz Report: Weekend EDM rundown There’s no free guest list for The Ritz’s 18 and up shows this weekend, and you gotta be 21 to see the Tampa debut of NYC DJ Charles D. at the limited-capacity show—just one of a handful of the EDM shows around Tampa Bay this weekend. Get more information on Charles’ show—plus others from Sunshine Jones, Bear Grillz, Bonnie x Clyde and more—by finding the concert rundown on cltampa.com/magazine.

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C 311 w/Iya Terra If COVID-19 concert cancellations left you feeling down down, you weren’t alone. Nebraska rock band 311—which has a rich history of playing small shows in Tampa thanks to its partnership with Rock Brother Brewing Co.—was supposed to celebrate its 30th anniversary of bandom with a big tour in 2020 before coronavirus but the kibosh on it all. Well, don’t stay home any longer because 311 has booked a 36-date tour, which includes this stop. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)—Ray Roa The Dead Daisies This self-described “supergroup” plays Sunset Strip rock and roll, and while the band members are unfamiliar, they’ve all played the fame game at some point thanks to stints with mega groups like Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, and Journey. Though not at all a tribute act, thanks to a handful of original albums, the high-octane (read: “Kickstart my Heart”) version of “Fortunate Son” gets the most streaming love. The unnecessarily all ages show starts with comedy from Don Jamieson, the former host of VH1’s “That Metal Show.” (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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C Cannibal Kids w/Animal Sun/ Discord Theory When you grow up in the Death Metal Capital of the World, you think you know what you’re getting from any band with the word “cannibal” in its name. But Cannibal Kids surprised me in a good way. I wasn’t expecting the nice indie-soul thing it has going on. The South Florida act just started its “Neon City” national tour with Los Angeles indie-pop act Animal Sun, and this West River show has local favorite Discord Theory opening. The Aestheticized Presents show requires a negative COVID19 test or proof of vaccination. Let’s show our guests from California that some of Florida knows how to behave. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

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C Lindsey Buckingham Over the last year, Lindsey Buckingham got booted from

Fleetwood Mac, had emergency open heart surgery, and, as a result of the surgery, temporarily lost his singing voice. Just this month, Stevie Nicks eviscerated him in the press. Still, slowly but surely, he’s been making his way back into the music biz as a solo artist. This is part of the 71-yearold’s first tour since he had the surgery that nearly ended his touring career, and his first time in Florida since a 2018 stop at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre—then known as just the Capitol Theatre. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)—Josh Bradley C The Nude Party w/Twen/Johnny Mile and the Kilometers North Carolina’s premier purveyor of Farfisa-driven, rowdy rock and roll is finally pulling the van into Tampa Bay. The Nude Party is no stranger to Tampa Bay, having played Gasparilla Music Festival in 2020 (and an afterparty at The Bricks), just before the world shut down. Before that, the band opened for Dr. Dog at Orpheum in October 2018, headlined Crowbar seven months prior and even rocked St. Petersburg’s tiny dive bar The Bends in 2016. The newly announced gig is The Nude Party’s only Florida show—and it requires a negative COVID test or proof of vaccination—so thanks, Satan. (Crowbar, Ybor City)—Ray Roa

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Scary Kids Scaring Kidsw/The Classic Crime/Picturesque/The Villa American post-hardcore band Scary Kids Scaring Kids (SKSK) is on tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of its debut album The City Sleeps in Flames (technically the anny was last year, but we’re on COVIDtime now). The Arizona band has made it through some tough times including the 2014 death of its original lead singer in 2014, and got back together in 2019, with a few new members. Seattle’s The Classic Crime, Lexington’s Picturesque and “disruptive rock” band The Villa join in for the East Coast tour. (Orpheum, Ybor City)

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C Bleachers w/Claud This tour flies under the “Take the Sadness Out Of Saturday Night” title, but there’s going to be a lot of Bleachers fans sad and at home on Wednesday since the gig is totally soldout. It’s a bummer, too, because while Bleachers’ Jack Atonoff is having one hell of a year (thanks, Taylor), the show’s opener, Claud, has also been enjoying quite the ride since February when they released Super Monster, an album of hyphy, melancholic pop on Phoebe Bridgers’ new Saddest Factory imprint. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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No Comps: New concerts coming to Tampa Bay

Tickets to see Twenty One Pilots and Weezer play 97X Next Big Thing at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Dec. 3-4 are on sale now and start at $40 plus fees.

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Tampa Bay’s Next Big Thing concert is almost enough to drink, and to celebrate, organizer 97X is bringing in Twenty One Pilots and Weezer to headline the 2-day party happening in Tampa this winter.

Twenty One Pilots will headline night one, Dec. 3, and play alongside Glass Animals and Meet Me @ The Altar. Weezer is the headliner on a more robust night two, Dec. 4, where the bill also includes AJR, All Time Low, Bastille, Girl in Red, Mod Sun (also playing Gasparilla Music Festival next month), Nessa Barrett, Girlfriends, Daisy the Great and Upshal. Andrew McMahon is the guest co-host of the 97X Next Big Thing, and I’m still old enough to remember singing along to his band Something Corporate. What’s more is that 20th anniversary of Next Big Thing will require all attendees to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72-hours of the event; in lieu of a negative text, attendees may also prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (14 days past final vaccination shot) and present a vaccination card at the door. Parents should note that children under 12 years of age will also be required to take a COVID-19 test within 72-hours before the event and will provide proof of negative result prior to entering the venue where mask wearing will be encouraged. Low Season w/The Inhalers/Tiger 54 Saturday, Oct. 9. 8 p.m. $10. Side Lot, St. Petersburg Goner w/Lil Kapow/Matthew Carter/ Palm Pact/Andy Christ Saturday, Oct. 16. 8 p.m. $10-$15. Pegasus Lounge, Tampa Tay Money w/Betty Dawl Sunday, Oct. 17. 7 p.m. $15-$100. Orpheum, Ybor City EYEHATEGOD w/TBA Monday, Oct. 25. 6 p.m. $20. Brass Mug, Tampa Arcade High w/Moondragon/DJ Kiger Saturday, Nov. 6. 8 p.m. $17-$20. Hooch and Hive, Tampa Johnny Mile & The Kilometers/Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters/Hangtown Saturday, Nov. 6. 8 p.m. $7. New World Brewery, Tampa Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives Friday, Nov. 12. 8 p.m. $35$55. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater ¡MAYDAY! w/ 1Ton/TBA Friday, Nov. 19. 8 p.m. $17. Crowbar, Ybor City Wooli w/Trivecta/Ace Aura Friday, Nov. 26. 10 p.m. $15. The Ritz, Ybor City Snail Mail w/Spencer./Hotline TNT

“To finally be able to launch 97X Next Big Thing’s 20th anniversary lineup is unbelievably emotional for the entire 97X team” Jenna Kesneck, 97X Director of Branding & Programming, wrote in a release. “It’s an honor to bring back 97X NBT alumni, twenty øne piløts, to headline night one and we couldn’t be more excited to see Weezer’s first appearance on the NBT stage. Over the last two decades, we’ve watched bands’ careers evolve, our listeners grow up and after everything we have all been through together over the last 18 months, we have no doubt that this 20th year will be the most special 97X Next Big Thing yet.” 2021 97X Next Big Thing Night 1 Twenty One Pilots, Glass Animals, Meet Me @ The Altar 2021 97X Next Big Thing Night 2 Weezer, AJR, All Time Low, Bastille, Girl in Red, Mod Sun, Nessa Barrett, Girlfriends, Daisy the Great, Upshal Wednesday, Dec. 1. 8 p.m. $25-$60. The Ritz, Ybor City Broadway Rocks The Who Friday, Dec. 10. 8 p.m. $35-$55. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Saturday, Dec. 11. 7:30 p.m. $24.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg The Original Wailers w/The HeadTones/ Brothers Within/DJ Badda Skat Thursday, Dec. 16. 6 p.m. $20. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Jonathan Antoine Thursday, Dec. 23. 7:30 p.m. $35-$55. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg Allen Stone Sunday, Jan. 16. 8:30 p.m. $29.50-$44.50. Tampa Theatre, Tampa Alaska Thunderfuck Thursday, Jan. 20. 7 p.m. $20-$249. Crowbar, Ybor City Robert Cray Sunday, Jan. 30. 8 p.m. $36.50-$56.50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Billy Prine & The Prine Time Band: Songs of John Prine Thursday, Feb. 3. 8 p.m. $35-$45. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

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Dear Oracle, I have a problem with constantly feeling overwhelmed. It’s something that I’ve dealt with my entire life, though I feel like I was better at managing it in college and when I was a younger adult. Now, as an adult with more responsibilities, I feel like I can barely handle what’s considered a “normal load” of things. I like my job, like my hobbies, so it’s not that. It just feels like everything is always happening at warp speed, and I have difficulty keeping up. I have ADHD, and I know that plays a factor in it, but do you have any advice on feeling less like a hamster on a wheel?—All Work And No Play Makes Jane Cry in The Bathroom A Lot Cards: Waxing Gibbous, Knight of Swords reversed, Knight of Pentacles. Dear Sweet Jane, I’m so sorry that you’re feeling overwhelmed, and if it’s any comfort to you, I think a lot of us are feeling that way, myself included. However, before I get into the cards, I want to mention that as a fellow member of the ADHD tribe, feeling overwhelmed is a common symptom of our condition. For adults with ADHD, sensory processing disorder—when our senses are literally overwhelmed—is very typical. Mix that in with rejection sensitivity and emotional dysregulation, and you got yourself a case of chronic overwhelmedness. I bring these medical issues up because if you see a psychiatrist for your ADHD, you should talk to them about these symptoms. I am not a doctor of any kind, so they be able to offer medication to help it. Now, metaphysically, we have three cards that all deal with chaos in some way. First, the Waxing Gibbous is a time to reevaluate plans. Do you put too many things on your to-do list? Do you neglect some of your basic needs (eating, sleeping, showering) to get everything done? If so, take some non-basic needs off your to-do list. Maybe don’t finish the whole book for book club. Maybe do a 10-minute workout instead of a 30-minute one. Give yourself time to decompress and, ideally, get bored. Because that Knight of Swords is all intellect, and it’s galloping at a million miles per hour. Your brain is breaking the sound barrier when it comes to speed, and you’re probably burning yourself out. So you have to ground yourself, you live wire. The Knight of Pentacles is also riding a demon horse from hell, but he’s calm amongst the chaos. He waits for his bucking bronco to calm down before forging ahead. What helps you feel grounded? Is it a routine? A run? An alarm that reminds you to eat dinner? Adapt to your days. Sometimes, you’re going to be overwhelmed, and there’s no pushing forward, and sometimes, with a grounding break,

you might be able to get back at it. Listen to your body and brain and talk to your doctors about this. Remember, one step at a time. Best of luck, my dear. Dear Oracle, I have a friend, “Hannah,” who I love dearly. She’s smart, funny, the KINDEST person in the entire world, and incredibly beautiful. Unfortunately, like a lot of smart, beautiful women, she dates absolute jerks. Some dudes have been BAD, but most just suck and are kind of fuck-ups. Hannah falls in love quickly, but when things go south, she spends forever deciding whether or not to break up with them...which means hours-long conversations on the phone, or when we hang out. I feel bad saying this, but I’m exhausted. She has the same pattern and, while I don’t want to turn my friend away, part of me just wants to slap her and say, “STOP DOING THAT!” Am I a terrible friend? If yes, what can I do to be a more compassionate friend and listen?

Should I just tell her, “stop dating losers?”—Ella Exhausted Cards: Three of Cups, Seven of Cups reversed, Eight of Swords Dear Ella, I literally moved across four states to date a man because he had a job, a dog, and a car note he paid on time, so I sympathize with Hannah. It’s hard out here for a single girl, and if you’re in a lousy pond, there can be some gnarly fish hanging around. But I also sympathize with you. It’s hard to watch people we love make decisions that hurt themselves, and it doesn’t not make you a bad friend for wanting to pull a Cher in "Moonstruck” on Hannah—it just isn’t good if you actually do that. With the Three of Cups, it’s clear that you love Hannah. You’re a grounding force for her, and there is joy in your relationship, not just unpaid therapy sessions. But you do watch her make a lot of destructive choices (Seven of Cups reversed) and deal with the depression of that fallout (Eight of Swords). I don’t think it’s terrible

to tell a friend that you’re worried about her or to speak up about red flags if you see them. But if you’re going to be honest, you need to be tactful. It serves no one to be cruel or judgmental, and if you are, you could alienate Hannah—which you don’t want to do if she’s in an abusive relationship. I don’t know if that’s what you meant by “BAD,” but if so, that takes this from “annoying” to “dangerous.” Encourage Hannah to seek a therapist, and set boundaries if you need—say a 15-minute phone call—but if she’s experiencing abuse, open communication can be a lifeline. Ask open-ended questions, offer solutions but try not to sound preachy about it. The National Domestic Abuse Hotline [800.799.SAFE (7233)] has information on their website about helping loved ones who are in those situations. This is a very tricky conversation to have and I hope that if Hannah is struggling, she would feel comfortable to reach out to you. Send your questions to the Oracle directly (oracle@cltampa.com) or DM @theyboracle on Instagram.

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Power tripping By Dan Savage

I’m a 26-year-old masculine straight guy who loves exploiting the fantasies so many gay men have about straight men. When a gay guy is into me because I look like his straight-masculine-jock dream, it’s a power trip like no other. It’s always a specific type of bottom gay dude I seek out when I get on Grindr: a very feminine “thicc” guy with a pretty face and physical features begging for a dick. The kind of guy where from the right angles you can’t tell the difference between his big ass and a thicc chick’s big ass. And I always follow the same script: I send my dick pics, I make one of these thicc bottom boys want me, and I tell him to send me a video of him twerking like a stripper for me. But I don’t go through with the meetup. I’ve experimented a few times and have gotten head from a few guys, but I have no interest in dick or fucking one of these dudes. I don’t want to harm anyone or live a lie, but I don’t feel queer or bisexual at all. I actually feel like I’m “earning my heterosexuality” when I do this. It’s like I’m proving to myself just how straight I am by teasing these gay guys. And in all honestly, I feel like I’m doing them a service because a lot of gay guys are looking for that rare, mythical thing—the straight and strict Dom top—and I can play that role. But on some level, this all seems pretty fucked up, and I don’t know why I do this and sometimes I’m confused by it. I also worry this comes from a homophobic place. (“Look at this dumb twink, he’s so stupid and obsessed with dick he’ll do whatever I tell him to, I’m the alpha.”) And I guess it is homophobic because when you remove the intensity and power trip of being the straight male in this scenario, I just have no interest in guys at all. I know this was heavy. Sorry. But please answer my question.—Ally Loves Personifying Homophobic Assholes

“We all enter Grindr chats willingly, and we should do so knowing that anyone we talk to may have no plans of following through with their promises to meet,” said Cheves. “Many queer men do the same—talk and tease with no intention of meeting—and for similar reasons. The guys he is messaging are chatting with him consensually, so I don’t see any consent violations.” Now if you were uploading or sharing the video clips these guys make for you without their knowledge, ALPHA, that would be a very serious consent violation. It would also be a crime in many places. But if feeling powerful and/or powerfully-desired is all you want, ALPHA, and these femme thicc boys are willing to meet that need for you, and you’re meeting a need for them, there’s nothing wrong with what you’re doing. “Even the homophobia bit is not alarming to me,” said Cheves. “Shame, stigma, and prejudice have their place in many fetishes. I think these things often lead to fetishes in the first place. So long as ALPHA isn’t committing violence against these men or causing them harm, I don’t mind that he likes degrading them. I like guys who degrade me and call me a faggot, and I don’t much care if this fun part of my sex life comes from latent homophobia in me or the men I play with.” There’s a big difference between screaming homophobic slurs at someone on the street and seeking out gay men who enjoy what linguist John McWhorter described on my podcast as “theatrical subjugation.” While homophobia unquestionably shaped the desires of the men who find your schtick appealing, O N ALPHA, you’re not promoting homophobia or justifying homophobic violence. Indeed, implicit in stepping into these roles—straight alpha top, gay submissive bottom—is your ability and, even more importantly, their ability to step right back out of these roles. While playing erotic games with homophobic themes won’t eradicate homophobia from the earth (wouldn’t it be nice if it could?), a gay guy who consents to this kind of “abuse” gets to decide when it starts and when it stops. “If ALPHA’s problem is ‘confusion’—a concern that maybe he’s not fully straight—that’s

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feel the need to do that or thinks doing so would be disingenuous—indeed, if he must be straight for this kink to work—then he’s straight. As long as he’s doing no harm—just having hot, consensual Grindr chats with guys before ghosting them—he can be whatever feels true for him.” Alexander Cheves is a columnist for OUT Magazine and runs the popular Love, Beastly advice blog. His new book “My Love Is a Beast: Confessions” comes out next month. Follow @ BadAlexCheves on Twitter. I call bullshit on RUBBED’s letter and query about reporting her former massage therapist. Business relationships can turn into friendships and friendships can turn into something more. In this case he fucked up, he should have been monitoring his emotions better, but she was a willing and equal participant in their evolving connection. But she says she “went into instant shock” when her “very close friend” of three years told her he had feelings for her? SHOCK? Did she call 911? She seems to want it both ways: she wanted him to be her “very close friend” while at the same time maintaining a professional distance. Her reaction could have simply been, “I don’t feel that way about you, and I can’t see you anymore.” I think your advice was correct, Dan, but something about the tone of the letter rubbed me the wrong way. Perhaps it was the total lack of empathy for her “very close friend” (sorry I can’t help myself) who has also suffered in this, even if it was a consequence of his mistake.—Getting Outraged Over Dumbass Letter On Rainy Day People are allowed to have a WTF moment when something blindsides them—and RUBBED sounded blindsided—but I agree that she’s overreacting. Also, her former massage therapist is already out of work, GOODLORD, as some other readers pointed out. The business RUBBED helped him get off the ground shut down during the COVID19 pandemic—a pandemic that’s still raging, thanks to all the idiots out there who refuse to get vaccinated. Unless there’s a pattern, I don’t think RUBBED should report her former massage therapist to the licensing board.

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“I don’t see any major problems with this, and I’m not fully clear on what he perceives his problem to be,” said Alexander Cheves, the famed gay sex writer, author, and columnist. “For gay men, straight men can be a kink, and the reverse can also be true. Regardless of how he identifies, ALPHA enjoys dominating feminine gay men, who he ultimately denies. Sexual withholding—denying and being denied sex—is part of many fetishes and is really hot. So this guy’s kink involves withholding and, like many kinks, it involves role-play. He’s role-playing as ‘the straight strict Dom top.’” And that’s fine, ALPHA. There are lots of gay men are into “straight strict Dom tops,” as you already know, and you’re giving these men something they want. You’re not giving them everything they want—you’re not meeting up with them—but you’re not obligated to give them everything they want.

something neither of us can help him with, as that problem boils down to a foundational debate on what it means to be queer,” said Cheves. “Is there a discernible difference to an outsider between a straight man who titillates gay men for fun and a gay man who does the same? Not really. This could be his inlet, his way into queerness, his version of same-sex attraction.” And if you were to decide you are some kind of gay or some kind of bi or a whole lot of heteroflexible, ALPHA, you wouldn’t be the first Dom top who liked feminine gay men but had zero interest in dick. Some gay bottoms are fine playing with tops who ignore their dicks; some gay men get off on having their dicks ignored. And since some trans men are gay and since some trans gay men are femme and since some trans men are subs and since not all trans men—gay or otherwise—get bottom surgery, ALPHA, that means there are lots of gay men out there without dicks for you to choose from.

“But unless he calls himself gay, he’s not gay,” said Cheves. “Being gay or queer isn’t really about the chemical processes of arousal in the brain and body. It’s a willingness to be one of us, to claim oneself as part of our tribe. If he doesn’t

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