News

St. Pete plan to address climate change, environmental challenges advances

The St. Petersburg City Council next week will take up a sweeping plan designed to make the city more resilient in the face of climate change and more environmentally and economically sustainable.

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The Getaway will expand next door, but there’s no hurry

The Getaway, the popular waterfront tiki bar and restaurant on Gandy Boulevard, is going to expand in 2019. Sometime.

Six weeks ago co-owners Dave Burton, Scott Tashkin and Karina Tashkin bought the long-shuttered seafood market next door, a 3,543-square-foot building, for $1.2 million.

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St. Pete blockchain startup aims to shake up the promotions industry

Four veterans of the advertising and technology industries have joined forces to solve the pain points in the nearly $1 billion promotional offers industry.

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Media

Throughline: American Shadows [NPR]

Conspiracy theories are a feature of today's news and politics. But they've really been a part of American life since its founding. In this episode, we'll explore how conspiracy theories helped to create the U.S. and how they became the currency of political opportunists.

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Culture

SunLit, dark art and ’80s Ybor: Your weekend arts forecast

The 5th annual SunLit Festival, with 24 – count ‘em – 24 literary and book-related events across St. Petersburg opens tonight (7 p.m.) with a kickoff soiree at the Chihuly Collection, 720 Central.

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The Shuffle

Marty Lanahan
Iberia Bank

Zaps

The Hustle

Maureen McDole (Keep St. Pete Lit)

Poet Maureen McDole is a St. Pete native and descendant of the early settlers of John's Pass. In five years she has taken Keep St. Pete Lit from a rag-tag band of book junkies to one of the state's premier literary organizations...

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Profile

Morean Arts Center

The Morean Arts Center brings the St. Pete community together through creative expression.

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Influencer

Bob Devin Jones
Studio@620

Focus: Fairness

The Scams Are Winning [The Atlantic]

Any scam that manages to succeed as a scam, if you squint a little when looking at it, will also look pretty similar to … competence.

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Events

Apr. 11-28

Apr. 16

Apr. 18

PitchLyst: Startup Report Episode #011: Kyle Taylor

A quick visit from media junkie and Founder of the Penny Hoarder, Kyle Taylor.

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