Category: COMMUNITY

Hurricane Devastation Still Leaking For Midtown Residents

By Collin Gustafson   Transcript: Collin Gustafson: This hurricane season Floridians dodged a bullet. Hurricane Irma screamed through the Caribbean islands in early September, strengthening to a category 5 for much of its life. The storm brought unprecedented hurricane force winds and a dangerous amount of water to the island nations. By the time Irma… Continue reading Hurricane Devastation Still Leaking For Midtown Residents

Urban Agriculture About More Than Just Resilience

By Michael Singer When Hurricane Irma was on a collision course with the mainland of the United States, Floridians were rushing to their local grocery stores to stock up on food in the chance that the storm would knock out power for an extended period of time. Instead of relying on non-perishable foods in times… Continue reading Urban Agriculture About More Than Just Resilience

Who’s Got the Power?: Duke Energy Struggles to Turn On St. Pete

By Eillin Delapaz Atlantic hurricanes have been the strongest and most destructive on record according to Weather Underground. Irma, the season’s second hurricane not only made landfall in Florida as a category 4, but caused severe flooding and left millions of people without power— the Tampa Bay Times reports a total 62 percent of the… Continue reading Who’s Got the Power?: Duke Energy Struggles to Turn On St. Pete

Cooking with Chef Collins: BBQ Cooking Class

  By: Alyssa Fedorovich At the St. Pete Culinary Center, Chef Patrick “PT” Collins was the guest chef at their BBQ cooking class. Chef Collins is an entrepreneur and owner of Deuces BBQ in Midtown, St. Petersburg. As guest chef, he taught the students the importance of cooking as a trade as well as the art… Continue reading Cooking with Chef Collins: BBQ Cooking Class

New film ‘Art in the City’ calls St. Pete its home

BY ERIN MURPHY, Neighborhood News Bureau ST. PETERSBURG – With museums, music, murals and more, the city of St. Petersburg’s thriving arts scene offers tourists and locals alike a place to escape, enjoy and find inspiration. For Cranstan Cumberbatch, who serves as co-producer, co-writer, co-director and actor in the new film “Art in the City,” St.… Continue reading New film ‘Art in the City’ calls St. Pete its home

Campaign revolutionaries: Two radical candidates hope to shake up St. Pete politics

By Indhira Suero Acosta Eritha “Akile” Cainion, running for City Council 6, and Jesse Nevel, for Mayor, addressed the Tropicana Field’s future and housing issues during a rally held on April 9, 2017, at the St. Petersburg Uhuru House. Eritha “Akile” Cainion, a 20-year-old activist who works as a cashier at a local shoe store,… Continue reading Campaign revolutionaries: Two radical candidates hope to shake up St. Pete politics