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On this pre-Halloween weekend, there is a lot going on in St. Petersburg for those with a taste for getting spooked. Here is the Crow’s Nest paper-tour-guide of things to do and places to sight-see. Haunted spots The Vinoy Hotel – The Vinoy has been around since 1926 and is supposedly haunted by a whole
The answer is always yes. It’s that simple. That is the phrase that has come to represent what playwright, actor and theater director Bob Devin Jones has done for St. Petersburg in the last 17 years. Jones has lived and traveled across the United States, accomplished many artistic feats and received an assortment of accolades.
[wzslider]The volunteer gardeners at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in South St. Petersburg plant onions in the September heat, sweating into the dirt and liking it. Among them is Hayden Hammerling, a USF St. Petersburg student completing an internship under the guidance of head gardener Ray Wunderlich. Wunderlich directs his intern on proper form as they dig deep ridges
Imagine a Willy Wonka who craved concerts over confection, and built his factory to suit. Thomas Nestor and Eric Ihlenfeldt, two St. Petersburg music enthusiasts, have just such a dream, and they have started a collective called Historic St. Pete Inc. to see it through.
Grizzly Bear returned to Florida for the first time in seven years on June 19, playing the first of a two-show jaunt at The Ritz Ybor in Tampa to a nearly sold out crowd. The group Majical Cloudz opened for the Bear. Self-described “musical project and performance event,” the two-piece seemed to have caught the
The hot and dusty streets of the warehouse district in St. Petersburg fill with an unnatural sound around 3:30 p.m. on a Friday in April. The noise echoes from one of the miscellaneous industrial buildings along 6th Avenue South. It’s a music recording space on the edge of society, called The Fuzz Factory. Patrick McBratney
There is a lot more to the longboarding club than taking joyrides. Established in the fall 2012 semester, members tout it as the fastest growing group on campus, and they are always busy trying to keep up the energy that comes along with that. “[The] English composition two [course] basically describes different subcultures as types
In the early morning on March 27, a group of USF St. Petersburg students standing near the sea wall spotted three manatees in Bayboro Harbor. The smallest one seemed to be struggling. The sighting was reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the manatee rescue team was immediately dispatched. The small manatee turned
Eric Douthirt doesn’t look much like he did 11 years ago when he first set foot on campus as an undergraduate. His long musician’s hair has been cropped short, he wears a shirt and tie and there is a noticeable lack of earrings where there used to be some. For him, the changes have occurred
Few bands from the ‘90s have kept their steam going like progressive rock outfit Coheed and Cambria. Instead of rotting, they are ripening in their older age, and maintain a high level of energy that was apparent at their show on March 6 at Jannus Live. Compared to a less enthusiastic show in St. Petersburg
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