photos courtesy of Lauren Taylor and Chris Demmons The Seminole Community Library at St. Petersburg College hosted the third annual Pinellas Comic and Maker Con on September 10, 2016. Fans of comic books, gaming, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, costuming, and maker culture came together from 10am to 5pm on Seminole Campus for a day of fun! […]
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by Erik Durneika, 2015 All-USA Coca-Cola Bronze Scholar Acupuncture as a practice fulfills the definition of ancient—old but definitely not obsolete. In the Western world, it is a fairly new approach to healing the human body. Many people wake up daily to aches and pains that make their lives difficult. For this reason, alternative medicine […]
The Fourth annual Sand Festival occurred on April 15th- 24th. People were able to enjoy great art work that was music inspired. But throughout the week, not only was there great art work to look at, we were also able to see an artist at work. Ten extremely talented sculptors from all over the world […]
By Chester Dunbar On April 23, 2016, a very dear and close family member passed away due to someone slipping something into her beverage. The family member’s name is Carey and for her protection, no last name will be given. The substance that killed Carey is called gamma-hydroxybutric acid (GHB), also known as the “date […]
By Savvas Savvinidis Photos by Savvas Savvinidis “This is dying,” says Cesar Lopez with a matter-of-fact expression, the both of us standing outside Ruby’s Elixir in St. Petersburg. What’s dying, Lopez will later clarify, is live music, specifically jazz. Every Thursday, Ruby’s Elixir is the venue for what is indubitably Tampa Bay’s premier jazz jam, […]
The Oh Hellos — courtesy of NPR By Savvas Savvinidis I drive from Tarpon Springs to Tallahassee every so often. It’s a straight shot on US-19, approximately four hours of alternating country road and remote-feeling speed trap towns, the kinds of places that make a long drive seem longer. This time around, I noticed a […]
by Jeff Thomas, SPC student and veteran, for a speech to Boy Scouts at McDill Air Force Base May 27, 2016 Too many Americans have forgotten the true meaning of this special day. For some, it’s just another day off of work; for others, a day at the beach or a barbeque. This is not […]
By Savvas Savvinidis This is a good time to be living in Pinellas County if you’re a craft beer drinker. Recent studies place Florida as the #2 state in the union in terms of microbrewery growth, with Pinellas, the state’s most densely populated county, leading the trend. “People like the idea of a grassroots brewery […]