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Think small: St. Pete Tiny Home Festival is April 7-8

For some people, size matters a whole lot – the smaller the better. That’s especially true with regard to America’s tiny home movement, which began on the population-strangled west coast around the turn of the (21st) century.

An opening day double-header for St. Pete’s Kahwa Coffee

“We had a pretty good day,” understates Raphael Perrier, who co-founded the St. Pete-based company in 2006 with his wife, Sarah. “Everybody was excited about having good coffee. Even the owner of the Rays, Mr. Sternberg, said ‘Finally, there’s good coffee in the stadium.’ For us, that’s a big thing, because we’re bringing in good stuff from St. Pete.”

Music revenue is back to CD era levels thanks to streaming services

The RIAA reports that Spotify/Apple and other streaming services are now delivering as much revenue to the music industry as CDs once did.