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Tropicana Field Wisdom For Visitors And Non-Fanatics

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Everything you could possibly want to know about using downtown St Petersburg’s major league baseball stadium, Tropicana Field, the home of the Rays, is in these links.
Special links about Tropicana Field snacking are here.

Friendly Natives-Hot Nites-Uh… Shuffleboard?

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IT was late on a Friday night and in deference to the full moon R.E.M.’s ”Man on the Moon” played through speakers attached to an iPod. A group of tattooed and goateed men and women was beginning to form, punching messages into their cellphones, lugging coolers and stubbing out cigarettes.
It [...]

97X Memorial Day Backyard BBQ

Vinoy Park, Downtown, St. Petersburg, FL
Saturday, May 23, 2009 | Gates open at Noon
Tickets are $10 and are on sale now!
Snag them through all Ticketmaster outlets and
service charge free at all 97X remotes and appearances.
Featuring Live Music from:

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus               
The Airborne Toxic Event
Mute Math
Iglu & Hartly

Local Motion music from: [...]

Downtown “Caddyshack” Pub Crawl

The Pub crawl is back this week and has a fun twist to it. It is themed after Caddyshack and the goal is to dress like the goofiest golfer you can.

Craziest golf outfit wins $100 and the Pub Crawl Winner gets $500!

So… make your way down the The Tamiami to register at 8pm and hit all the stops along the way until we wrap up at Bishop and announce the winners! Also, Brighthouse will be shooting a very cool segment on the pub crawl so make sure you show up and get on camera.

Art Of Giving at Interior Motives Gallery

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INTERIOR MOTIVES GALLERY PRESENTS:
“THE ART OF GIVING”
Saturday, May 23rd
6:00 – 9:00 pm
1110 Central Avenue
St. Petersburg
After a full month of painting on locations throughout St. Petersburg, local artist
will exhibit their “Plein Air” paintings of the scenes of St. Petersburg
that we all have grown to know and love!
These paintings will be available for [...]

Worth Crossing Tampa Bay For

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No kidding. The design of your choice– by prominent hipster graphic artists, that is– will be blasted onto a t-shirt while you wait and presumably sip adult beverages at Czar’s Imperial Theatre 1420 E. 7th Ave Ybor City – Tampa, FL 6:00PM – Midnight, Saturday, May 16th.
The “Back in Black 2” [...]

Let’s Get Hyperlocal In Downtown St Pete

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Okay, it’s hot. And getting hotter. The snowbird season is over; only the strong and the motivated travel to the Gulf Coast from here to Autumnity.
But you’re here, aren’t you? Thinking about going native? Well, here’s a littler secret: we of the Tampa Bay Tribes make our own fun during the [...]

ALTAR BOYZ At American Stage in the Park

Altar Boyz is running April 15 thru May 10. American Stage in the Park is performed outdoors at Demens Landing Park, located on the corner of 1st Avenue North and Bayshore Boulevard SE in downtown St. Petersburg, FL.

“Must-see musical theater, howlingly funny. Director-choreographer Steven Flaa has whipped the five guys into high-energy shape, and they [...]

Go Where The Natives Go In St Petersburg

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Kevin Lilly’s “The Bloc: The Reinvention of Community” is a snappy community website serving Downtown St Petersburg.
Unlike many such efforts, The Bloc takes full advantage of its host Ning’s capability to do social networking in a colorful, friendly format. On top of all this, The Bloc is a reliable source for St Pete-centric [...]

Downtown St Petersburg Music Comin’ Up

George Gershwin (via last.fm)

FALL FROM GRACE W/ Protest The Hero, Misery Signals, The Number 12
State Theatre
Saint Petersburg, FL
May 6 6:30 pm
KREATOR & EXODUS
Jannus Landing Courtyard
Saint Petersburg, FL
May 11 8:00 pm
PHAT TUESDAYS
State Theatre
Saint Petersburg, FL
May 12 9:00 pm
GAVIN ROSSDALE|Buy tickets
Jannus Landing Courtyard
Saint Petersburg, FL
May 18 [...]