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For nearly 40 years, Jeff Klinkenberg’s “Real Florida” columns were featured in the St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times. A gifted storyteller with a keen eye for detail...
Give Day Tampa Bay 2017 was a smashing success. In its fourth year, the single day fundraising effort raised more than $1.75 million for Tampa Bay...
The St. Petersburg Downtown Neighborhood Association has a saying: “What happens downtown affects the entire city.” Attorney Matthew Weidner, president of the SPDNA, visits the Catalyst...
There’s more than a year to go before the new St. Pete Pier opens, but excitement is already at a fever pitch for the city’s Downtown...
Maureen McDole stops by the Catalyst studio with the latest on the Sunlit Festival. This true St Pete gem is a big contributor to St. Pete’s...
With no shortage of independent craft beer breweries in the bay area, the owners of St. Pete watering hole Right Around the Corner are taking something...
OPINION By Jonathan Kile In a rare case of a developer coming up short, the St. Petersburg City Council recently rejected Michel Regignano’s plans for a...
I’m tired of modern-day feminism lead by empty promises, short fuses and a distaste for our male brothers. I’m tired of women demanding equality, yet not...
The Body Electric Yoga Company, co-founded and operated by Jenny Miller and Katelyn Grady, is celebrating five years of transformative growth in St. Petersburg this Saturday. The...
Since my book Skyway was published in 2013, I have spoken in front of hundreds, maybe thousands of Floridians through libraries, civic organizations, schools and book...
