Dishing with Mark & Carrie 1-29-09   SPECIAL  EDITION   3 Big Events The Week! The Super Bowl Is In Tampa, 3 Grand Openings & Community Call for Action

 

 

 

Super Bowl, Super Location, Super Time

What a great time is happening everywhere in Tampa for the Super Bowl. There are parities at every club on both sides of the bay. Ybor City will be ground zero for the Wildest & Hottest Parties! "The FOX Best Damn Sports Show" will be filming LIVE from Centro Ybor,  2-6:00 PM with a ton of sports celebrities. The "TODAY Show Weather Report" will be live on Thursday, 6:00 - 10:00 AM from Centro Ybor too. There are dozens of "HUGE Private Parties" all over Ybor City! So many in fact that the parking lot on the corner of 7th Ave & 15 (next to G.BAR) is reserved for Private Tour Buses and limousines...only! Celebrity watching will be over the top!!!! If you're a Steelers Fan then THE PLACE to be is"Rock-n-Sports" &  "The Crowbar" on 8th & 17th.  GLBT Fans can watch the game at L' Olivier's, G.BAR (the Super-Les-Bowl) , Streetcar Charles & Limelight.

 

Oh, YES and at MC Film , a Huge Jock SALE too!!!

  

 

 

 

3 Grand Openings!!!

 

Grand Opening, THE NEST Ybor City

Welcome to Historic Ybor City, in the GaYBOR District, a new Tapas Restaurant and Pasta Bar, THE NEST. The new owners Abi, Sid Sakho & Sami Sakho are from the Washington,D.C.  area and have been in Tampa for only 4 months.. "We came to the historic area strictly by fate and GaYBOR had a lot to do with our decision opening here." said Abi. " In DC we owned Evo Bistro and was similar to this one." The new eatery is in the old Tracks/ El Goya/ Pleasure Dome corner space. The redo is incredibly beautiful & modern. They tore out to the walls and re did the whole space into a magnificent open kitchen, stainless steel counters, a variety of beautiful chandeliers and the contemporary style table settings.  The Tapas Menu is Mediterranean and has French, Italian, Spanish and Moroccan cuisine flavors. Some are a combination and all are fantastic. Hundreds of tasty cusine items are on the menu in a variety of combinations. They also have Salads & Entres that include Steak Frites - pressed steak with herbe frites and salsa Verde,  Poulet Paillard - pounded chicken breast with baby arrugula and fresh tomatoes topped with Feta cheese or Saint Jacques - seared scallops, chorizo artichokes micro salad and Shery Cream. Wow... now that gets the taste buds a warmed up! They have come up with " Pasta on the GO!" a choice of 6 pastas , choice of 9 sauces, and topped off with your choice of 4 cheeses put in a container and made in front of you. The wine cellar is International. Wines from over 2 dozen countries are at hand. Popular vinos included are from Spain, France, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, United States and 19 other countries.

PLUS...

'Super Champaign Bowl ' is the kick-off to this weeks Super Bowl Weekend at The Nest.

Friday & Saturday nite 9:30 til will have movie, sports and TV celebrities enjoying champaign and Complimentary Tapas with a lounge band providing entertainment. Many popular faces will be among the partiers. Everyone is welcome !  Buy a bottle of Champaign and enjoy yourselves in the comfort of glamour. Stop by The Nest at the corner of 7th Ave. and 15th Street in Historic Ybor City. 

 FMI 813-247-7500

 

 

Grand Opening,  L' Olivier's Restaurant & Cabaret

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

"Yes Timmy, You Can Buy A Jock SALE !"

The weather is Florida. Valentine's Day is coming. A lot of cruises to be taken and only more warmer temps will be a part of upcoming spring. Guess What? MC FILM is having there annual "Yes Timmy, You can Buy a Jock Sale." A large collection of  Go Softwear, Unico and XXX Cotton Jocks are for sale! And the colors are almost endless.  Buy one for yourself and a couple of your friends. 2 for $26.00. Now thru Valentine's Day.

 

 

WOW

 2 Great Community Leaders with similar ideas. Both in the same week.

Please, Read, Listen & Act Now!!!

 

THANK YOU WATERMARK MAGAZINE!!!

Below is a letter from Jim Nixon at Watermark. We can not agree more to this Unsolicited letter asking for community support.

Thank You!

Mark & Carrie MC Film

I know for most of us it goes without saying, but I remind you how important it is to utilize LGBT & LGBT friendly businesses. Just as it was in the beginning of the LGBT movement 40 years ago in 1969 with the Stonewall Riots, Now more than ever we should be reminded of how important supporting our community and our community supporters are. LGBT Businesses are closing at an alarming rate in Tampa Bay, Sarasota and surrounding areas. With out those businesses generating revenue within our community, our voices are substantially diminished. From political power to charitable donations for LGBT organization like AIDS Services of Pinellas County, Metro Charities, Francis House, Winter Pride, St Pete Pride and too many more to mention. The LGBT Community must fight to keep its financial community strong and utilizing LGBT & LGBT friendly businesses is a major way to accomplish that, and if not you than who? Even yesterday when Hillsborough County Commissioners voted down to offer domestic partner benefits or much less to even look at the issue due to the “economy”, This should tell you our economy, the LGBT economy must remain strong and united.

 While you and I are all too aware of the effects this economy is having on our community. We may need a little reminder, better yet “A call to arms” to save our LGBT Businesses. When you’re driving down Central Ave in St Pete looking for a place to eat, do you look at Bella Brava or Café Dolce and think its gay owned and operated. In Tampa, do you think it’s not worth the parking issues in GaYBOR to visit Streetcar Charlie’s or MC Film Fest? In Orlando, do you do you get your printing done at DC Graphix or do you go to Kinko’s because its open later? The financial livelihood of our Gay and Lesbian brothers, sisters and supporters rely on you. Relying on your Pink Dollars to help them survive this economic downturn. I remember in the late 80’s when we used to stamp our money with a pink triangle to tell the straight business owners how important our money was to them. Now we need to show our LGBT businesses how important they are to US!

 The list of LGBT & LGBT Supportive businesses in St Pete, Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin and Sarasota are endless, I ask you to keep that in mind next time you head out for dinner, head out to the mall, refinance your mortgage or plan that weekend retreat. Ask yourself, if you’re going to spend your hard earned money anyway, why not make it work for you, in your own community. It does come back in ways you may not directly see. We can not have a “commUnity” with YOU!

 There are several organizations where you can find LGBT business listings. Here are just a few.

 Tampa Bay Business Guild (LGBT Chamber of Commerce) www.TBBG.org

 GaYBOR Coalition, www.GaYBOR.com or www.MySpace.com/gaybor

 The Grand Central District, www.grandcentraldistrict.org

 "Dishing with Mark & Carrie",  www.MCFILMFEST.com

 Watermark Newspaper, www.watermarkonline.com/content.php?action=listadvertisers

 Metropolitan Business Association of Orlando, Florida www.mbaorlando.org

 Ferrithingstodo.com (Sarasota) www.ferrithingstodo.com

 Thanks for listening!

Jim

 

  
 

 

 

 

The clip 4-10 Challenge!!!

 

January 26, 2009

 

An Open Letter to the GLBT Community of Tampa Bay, our friends and supporters.

 

Friends,

 

This is an unprecedented time in our nation’s history.   The current economic situation is moving our nation and community to a place of financial uncertainty and instability.   As unemployment rates continue to rise, both nationally and locally we all know more and more people who have been directly or indirectly affected by these difficult times.

 

Our local non-profit groups have enjoyed a decade of support from many regional and national corporate sponsors.   Two years ago when the Real Estate Industry started seeing difficulty in its business, the film festival started to see a decline in corporate and business support on a local level too.  Now we are seeing that same decline and/or discontinuation of financial support on a regional and national level.    During the “boom” times, as corporate support rose, many non-profit groups began to rely less and less on the support of individuals.  It became the default method of doing business that corporate money would continue to flow in support of our organizations.   We are in a new time now and those days of certain corporate support are over.

 

It is more important than ever before to reach out as an individual and support the non-profit organizations that support and nourish our Tampa Bay Community.  The Clip Film Festival (Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) will celebrate its 20^th anniversary in October.  St Pete Pride has grown into the largest Pride Celebration in Florida and plans to host the world’s Pride Organizations this year at Interpride.  ASAP, the Metro Center, the Womyn’s Energy Bank, and many other organizations that serve the GLBT community, will see a significant decrease in their funding in 2009.    I wish to challenge our community to step forward and make a clear statement that our GLBT organizations are an important and significant part of the fabric of our community. 

 

Here is the challenge.   Take out your checkbook and write a check for $10.00 (more if you are able) to your four favorite GLBT organizations.  (Friends of the Festival, St Pete Pride, the Metro Center, ASAP, etc…)  If even one–third of the self-identified Tampa Bay GLBTQ population and their allies participate in this challenge, every GLBT organization in Tampa Bay will more than exceed their fund raising expectations for the year.  Only four ten-dollar checks!   Imagine that!

 

Of course your donation to a 501 ( c) 3 organization is fully tax deductible, but that is not the reason to support this challenge.  Yes, many of our organizations offer “membership benefits” for your financial support, but that is not the reason to support this challenge.  Support because you believe in a diverse and rich community where organizations such as the film festival, Pride, Metro Center, ASAP, and all the others can make a difference in the quality of life for ALL of Tampa Bay’s residents.

 

We need you.  While I represent Friends of the Festival and the Clip Film Festival, this is a self-initiated campaign for ALL of our gay and lesbian charitable groups.  We are in this together.   WE can send a message that Tampa Bay is a community that supports its own.

 

As independent organizations, we can send dozens of donor appeals, and membership drive brochures in the mail… we can make donating easy through our organizational websites, but without your support…without getting the attention of OUR community and saying “HELP, WE NEED YOU”, none of that will matter.    It is important.  It is important that we not allow our GLBT culture to falter because we were not willing to sacrifice the equivalent of one cocktail a week for a month to help keep them standing strong.    Here at the film festival, we have over 6,000 names in our database, yet only approximately 150 people actively donate to the organization.   We have an annual attendance of 14,000 at festival events each year… if only those people gave an extra $5.00 a year, we could raise $70,000.  Imagine the power we have as a giving community.  Imagine the message it would send to all of Tampa Bay, our State and the nation if every GLBT organization in our community became fully funded because of direct support from our community.   

 

Search your heart.   I encourage you to accept my challenge and write those 4 checks to your favorite GLBT organizations.  Then I challenge to you tell your friends and family what you’ve done and to encourage them to do the same - This year… and every year.    We get back what we invest in our community.  Please help if you can.

 

On behalf of the Friends of the Festival Board and Staff, and for all of my colleagues and friends working at Tampa Bay GLBT non-profit organizations, I thank you in advance for your support.   I am proud to call Tampa Bay home.  I am proud to be a member of this community, and I look forward to reporting to you soon that this campaign has been a tremendous success. 

 

All the best,

 

Chuck Henson

Executive Director

Friends of the Festival, Inc.

Presenters of the Clip Film Festival

 

Friends of the Festival, Inc.

P.O. Box 18445

Tampa, FL  33679

813-879-4220

727-828-0735

Chuck@cliptampabay.com

www.cliptampabay.com

 

The clip 4-10 Challenge!!!

Here at MC Film we applaud clip & this fantastic idea! To help make things even easier there has been a donation box set up  at the MC Film store. Checks only please and made out to your 4 or more favorite non profits!

Below is a partial list of non profits in alphabetical order....

 

 

The clip 4-10 Challenge!

Our Community Support of Tampa Bay's

GLBT non profit community organizations.

A healthy GLBT community supports its own... and many organizations are struggling in the current economy.  It's time for all of us to pull together. A simple challenge, started by clip Film Festival, which involves writing four $10.00 (or more) checks to your 4 favorite non profit organizations.

 

A community drop of box will be located inside MC Film or mail them directly.

 

A.S.A.P.

Friends of the Festival - clip Film Festival www.cliptampabay.com 

Francis House  www.francishouse.org

GaYBOR District Coalition www.GaYBOR.com

King of Peace MCC St. Petersburg www.kingofpeacemcc.com

The Metropolitan Charities www.metrocharities.org

MCC - Tampa www.mcctampa.com

Sonia Plotnick Health Fund www.sphf.org 

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence www.flsisters.org

St. Pete PRIDE www.stpetepride.com

Tampa Bay Business Guild www.tbbg.org

 

 

This is just the start of the list.

Please send info on your GLBT non profit to dishingmcfilm@aol.com

 

TOGETHER we can make a difference!

 

 

HOTspots Magazine goes National

Florida's #1 GLBT Magazine HOTspots has just Gone National with EGDE!  With over 200,00 subscribers!

Humm...

Dose that mean that  "Dishing with Mark Carrie" is also National too?  YES!!!

go to  http://www.edgeftlauderdale.com/index.php?ch=partners&partner=hotspots 

 

Caught in GaYBOR

 

GLBT Dude Ranch in Tampa

WOW check this out!!! The D&R in Tampa. Farm boys & strippers. Count us in!!!! Become their MySpace friend today at www.myspace.com/tampabayduderanch 

 

 

 

 

Cool New MySpace Trick

For those of us who us Constant Contact to manage your email lists & bulk emailing. Constant Contact now has a way to put a sign up box on our myspace profile page!!! When a friends type their email address in it will automatically go to your contacts list. Just go to help key word MySpace and follow the directions.

 

 

And here is a really great video for pet lovers.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0jNC_w1tSw&eurl=http://www.familytiez.com/video/gin.htm&feature=player_embedded   Thank you all for your kind words and support on building our Memorial.

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Come out and be a part of the audience !!  Two National LIVE Broadcasts will film this week.         Fox Sports Network's Best Damn Sports Show. When: Monday, Jan. 26- Friday, Jan. 30th 2-6 pm filming (Tuesday-Friday)     Where: Centro Ybor Plaza 8th Avenue between 15th-17th Streets   8th Avenue will be closed from 15th to 17th Streets all week. Streetcar will be temporarily stop at 15th Street Tuesday-Friday during filming times only. HOP Tampa will provide free Ybor circulator shuttle service to 19th Street.     NBC Today Show  Al Roker, Weatherman   When: Thursday, January 29th 7-10 am filming   Where:  Centro Ybor on 7th Avenue 16th Street and 7th Avenue   Al Roker, NBC Today Show, will film the national weather report LIVE from Ybor City.  Activities include balcony views, cafe con leche, cigar rolling, beer tasting, flamenco dancing and Spanish cooking. No street closures expected. The film truck will be parked on 16th Street during the filming.     Both live broadcast events invite crowds to participate as the audience so come out and cheer on Ybor City!    If you have questions, please contact Brenda Thrower, Ybor City Development Corporation, at 813-274-7917.  For a list of other events happening in Ybor City and around the City, please visit www.tampagov.net and click on Super Bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

The MC Film Calendar of Events

 

Jan 21 clip Film at Baywalk http://www.tiglff.com/ 

Jan 23, Opening of L' Olivier www.loliviercabaret.com 

Jan 23, Opening of Club Nautical www.myspace.com/nauticobar 

Jan 24, Mr GCFL 2009 Fundraiser at Sporters

Feb 7, Grown Gurl Event at Gallery Live www.growngurlevents.com 

Feb 7, Wine, Art & Heart 2009 www.wineartandheart.org

Feb 11 - March 8 "A Body of Water" Stageworks and Gorilla Theatres  www.stageworkstheatre.org 
Feb 13 - March "Ryan Prado SHOT Me! " at Gallery Live - GaYBOR www.ryanprado.com

Feb 14, Lady in Red Sweetheart Dance  www.sphf.org 

Feb 17, Out Traveler book signing at MC Film & G.BAR

Feb 18, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's Another Evening http://www.tbpac.org/shows/show.asp?showId=2148

Feb 18, Western Hoe Down party pony1tampabay@gmail.com

Feb 28, 29 & March 1, Southern Exposure - Fiesta Days in Ybor City

March 1, PINK SUNDAY - Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

March 1, GeoVax "Reach for the Stars... Reach for Hope" 

March 1,  Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Pink Sunday 

March 10, El Goya Reunion at Czars   www.myspace.com/elgoyashowbar  

March 20, Ani DiFranco in Concert at Tampa Theatre

March 26, Formal Rum Tasting Reception & Dinner at Teatro

March 27, Rum event at Gaspar's Grotto TBA

March 28, 4th Annual Polished Palate International Rum Festival

March 30, Festa Italian www.italian-club.org

June 14, Bob Taylor Pageant at the Honey Pot www.myspace.com/mrbobtaylor

 

Monthly Events & Meetings
Every Saturday -   Ybor City Saturday Market at Centennial Park
Every 1st Saturday of the month Ybor Art Association Art Walk"
Every  "Tuesday Bike Night"  7th Ave & 20th Street in Ybor City  at 5pm
2nd Friday of Every Month -  GaYBOR District Coalition Meeting

2nd Tuesday of Every Month  Tampa Bay Business Guild Meeting  www.tbbg.org 

Monthly Meeting Historic Ybor Neighborhood Civic Association"  www.hynca.com 
1st Saturday of Every Month  -  "Pets on the Patio"  at Gaspar's Grotto

4th Saturday of every Month, BINGO at King of Peace, MCC St. Pete www.gaybingostpete.com

See Video of past events on YouTube.com Key Word GaYBOR"

 

For More Details & Fun Info Visit.....

"Dishing with Mark & Carrie"

www.MCFILMFEST.com

click on the Gossip Star

and

Pro Suzy

www.ProSuzy.com 

 

 Do you have an event Coming Soon?
Please let us know at dishingmcfilm@aol.com

 

 

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For Immediate Release:                             Contact:  Anna Brennen  (813)-251-8984
                                                                anna.brennen@stageworkstheatre.org 
         
Stageworks and Gorilla Theatres co produce:

A Body of Water by Lee Blessing
Running February 11th through March 8th
 
The Play:
A Body of Water is an intriguing look at the power of memory.  What defines who we are?
In this new fascinating, amusing and enigmatic play, Blessing asks who we would be without our memories.  An attractive, middle-aged couple, wake up one morning in an isolated summerhouse above a picturesque body of water. The weather's fine; the view's magnificent; there's only one problem — neither of them can remember who they are.   A third character enters and only adds to the mystery.  Thought-provoking ideas bubble beneath the surface and infuse the play with a unique, humorous, surreal and memorable evening in the theatre.  Part comedy, part mystery, part drama!
 
The Playwright:
Lee Blessing was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he grew up in a conventional Midwestern family, in a household where little attention was paid to the arts.  Despite his parents' lack of interest in drama, they were supportive of Blessing's chosen career and always attended his plays.  He wrote his first play while still in high school, and ultimately received his M.A. from the University of Iowa in 1979.   Blessing currently heads the graduate playwriting program at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University,
 
Lee Blessing was nominated for Broadway's 1988 Tony Award as author of Best Play A Walk in the Woods.  In 2006, he won the prestigious Steinberg New Play Award for A Body of Water.  This exciting work was first produced in June 2005 at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater.  Lee Blessing's other works include Patient A, Thief River, Eleemosynary, Cobb, Two Rooms, Down the Road, Going to St. Ives, and Chesapeake.
 
Actors:  Monica Merryman, (Actors Equity: lead in SW Frozen), Jim Wicker, Barbara Eaker                (SW Private Lives)
 
Director: Anna Brennen (Founder and Producing Director of Stageworks Theatre Inc.)
 
Preview on:  Wed., Feb.11, 2009 and runs
Run Dates: February 12 - March 8
Thursdays @ 7 pm, - $20
Fridays and Saturdays @ 8 pm,-$25
Sundays @ 3 pm - $25 and additional shows on Sun Feb 22nd and Mar 1st @ 7 pm- $25
Students and Seniors $5 off
Students $10 (30 minutes before curtain)
 
Call for tickets: (813) 879-2914
 
Group rates available: Call 813-251 8984
 
Location:
Gorilla Theatre
4419 N. Hubert Ave.
Tampa, FL 33614
(813) 879-2914

 

A letter to the Hillsborough County Commissioners

Commissioners-

I am a taxpaying citizen of this county.

 

I have met most all of you. And treated you all with kindness and respect.

 

I contribute greatly to this County, Community, and to this Country, in many ways.

 

I go to church here and I believe in God.

 

I pray for all of you to make the best decisions each day.

 

I donate to charity and volunteer.

 

I own a home in the County (not the City) and take great pride in it.

 

My friends, co-workers and neighbors like me and think I am a decent, hardworking person.

 

I have won numerous, and national awards for my work.

 

Why do you not represent me fully along with thousands of others in this county?

 

I was born a homosexual, a gay person. 

 

It just is what it is.

 

I have a domestic partner and he is wonderful guy in many of the same ways. 

 

He is also a taxpayer, a father, and a hard worker. 

 

I am very proud of him.

 

You could be proud of either of us to be your family member. 

 

My family thinks I am real decent guy, as well as my partner, Wayne.

 

I deserve to be treated fairly and decently and have the same rights as others. 

 

I don't wish you to become gay,

 

I don't expect you to understand it. 

 

I don't expect you to think it's ok for you or your family. 

 

That is your decision, and not really my business.

 

So, why do you have to have to make my private life your business?

 

I do expect to be treated fairly and decently by you, as I treat all of you and those I may not agree with.

 

The next person that may treat you in the hospital emergency room or at an accident scene may be gay and may save you life, even knowing that you voted to brush them off like they did not exist legally. 

 

They would probably save your life willingly and with excellence.

 

They may pray for your speedy recovery and for your loved ones and family that may be upset.

 

Would you, could you do the same?

 

Or would you vote for laws that restrict partners that have been together for 20,30, 40 years not to see each other in an emergency room as one partner's life is slipping away? 

 

This has happened here in Florida and all over our great multi cultural, multi race, multi lingual country where all are supposed to be treated as equals!

 

Partners that are not allowed to marry as other countries and states do...so we slog on doing the best we can, with lesser rights...ok... if you have religious problems with marriage... call it something different, so as not to offend folks...domestic partners? Civil unions?

 

Gay men and women finding someone to share their lives with ....that is what is going on , whether  or not you approve of it. 

 

Each person will have to answer at the end of their life, for their own life, to their God, so why must you interfere and deny their rights and privileges

 

It is 2009, when, when, are we going to throw off the past with hatred of what we do not know, or cannot fathom?

 

The longer you keep this community in this backward state of thought , feeling, fear, and action, the longer it will take for us to become known globally as a great City, a great County, a great Region.

 

Give everyone an equal seat at the table, treat them with respect, disagree if you must , but get on with a government that represents all of us. 

 

That includes this taxpayer and citizen and my partner Wayne.

 

A partner who I will marry in the eyes of God and my minister here, and in the legal eyes of another State or Country as I am treated in Florida, and Hillsborough County,  like a lesser citizen.

 

Please reconsider your stance on the domestic partner situation, and on Gay Pride issues and laws affecting all of the thousands of taxpaying Gay County citizens.

 

And those Commissioners who voted yes, good for you, and thank you!

 

Matt McGlashen

 

From Rex in Tampa 
 

 
  
 

  
 

 

 

  

The  New GaYBOR

Area Map Only Members of the GaYBOR District Coalition are on the new Map. Thank You for supporting your Friends & Family!

G. Bar www.Thisweekintampabay.com        G.Spot www.myspace.com/gspotfridays     Steam Friday's     http://www.myspace.com/steamfridays     Spurs www.SPURSCOUNTRYBAR.com Tease Saturdays www.myspace.com/teasesaturdays       Limelight Ybor www.limelightybor.com   Now open 7 days a week in the basement. Happy Hour 5-9 with $2.00 wells & domenistic.   Czar www.myspace.com/czarvodkabar         Rock-N-Sport's Bar & Grille Gay Wing -It-In Every Tuesday Night!   Second Floor in the Plaza at Centro Ybor! Join our new MySpace www.myspace.com/rocknsportscentroybor    The Ritz Ybor http://www.theritzybor.com www.myspace.com/theritzybor                  Chelsea Nightclub www.myspace.com/clubchelsea www.chelseanightclub.com        ******************************************** Laughing Out Loud Comedy Weekend Sawmill Camping Resort in Dade City (between Tampa & Orlando) present their "Laughing Out Loud Comedy Weekend" 1/30 – 2/1 with Improv Comedy on Friday night and the following fabulous comediennes on Saturday evening: Judy B. Goode, To quote John Chambrone of the Gazette, "she is a zany, whacky performer who I truly enjoy watching every chance I get.  Part cabaret, this little tsunami is all entertaining".  Judy's impersonations are absolutely hysterical.   Amy Dingler, a former rodeo clown, bull fighter and stunt person who decided to move on to something more risky and switched to stand-up comedy.  Amy is funny, likeable and edgy all at the same time. Other weekend highlights include Bingo & 50/50 on Friday, DJ Rob's dance hits and remixes in Woody's and DJ Jeff's Crockpot of Country Music in the Courtyard on Friday & Saturday nights, a heated Clothing Optional Pool (weather permitting) drink specials, scrumptious food, and a fabulous SUPERBOWL PARTY on Sunday night.  Buy a drink, receive a square in our "FOR PRIZES" Football Pool"! The Fun Never Stops at Sawmill Camping Resort with activities 365 days per year.  Reserve your cabin, RV or tent site now or visit on a day or evening pass. Need a long weekend? FREE Thursday or Sunday night with your paid weekend stay! Customer Appreciation Holiday Special! $20.00 All U Can Drink well drinks and draft beer @ Splash & Woody's Fridays & Saturdays, 8PM til midnight only....Offer extended now through January 31st!  www.FLSawmill.com   Reserve NOW (352) 583-0664      Sawmill Campground 21710 U.S. Highway 98 Dade City, Florida 33523 Phone: (352) 583-0664  http://www.FLSawmill.com Georgie's Alibi http://www.georgiesalibi.com/stpetersburgfl.html   The Crowbar www.myspace.com/crowbarlive    #1 Live Music Venue in Ybor Visit our MySpace for upcoming concerts! New!!!! Every Monday Night  9-1 Ybor S.I.N. (Service Industry Network) Karaoke and FREE Chicken Wings! CROWBAR ANNOUNCES SUPER BOWL XLIII FESTIVITIES Ybor City Venue (and top local Steelers hang-out) Hosts Uniquely Eclectic Schedule For The Run-Up To The Big Game   (TAMPA, FL) - CROWBAR, the Ybor City entertainment destination known for providing nightlife fans with everything from high-volume live rock shows to sweaty dance-floor marathons to chilled-out afternoon beer-garden folk, has put together a wholly original array of events for the weekend run-up to Super Bowl XLIII at Tampa's own Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, February 1. Yes, every club and restaurant in town - particularly those in Ybor City, a district as famous for its after-dark shenanigans as for its rich cultural history - will be throwing its own special nights, one-off attractions and VIP parties. And all kinds of folks will be running around and paying way too much money to wait in line, adhere to ridiculous dress codes, and endure horrible, horrible techno music in the hope of sighting a sports celebrity, or just to say that they were there. Meanwhile, CROWBAR will be offering the same hip, all-for-fun edge and welcoming, everyone's-invited vibe, as well as some very special nights, sounds and guests, to anyone interested in whooping it up during the week before the Super Bowl AND experiencing some true Tampa Bay hospitality. This is the place to be for Pittsburgh fans & enthusiasts! We can't really tag Crowbar as the "official" bar for Steelers fanatics, but you won't find a better home away from home for Iron City visitors or ex-pats. The starting lineup: MONDAY, JANUARY 26 WHAT: Ybor S.I.N. Service Industry Night WHEN: 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE! (18 & up only, please) It's Ybor's best hospitality night. If you're a 'tender, server, washer, etc., give your feet a break and take advantage of a wide variety of specials. If you're not, buy a hard worker a drink, and you'll learn more about Tampa Bay nightlife - and the people that fuel it - than a solid month of clubbing can teach you. Karaoke by Stormin' Normie. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27 WHAT: All Good Tuesdays WHEN: 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE! (18 & up only, please) The proud tradition of killer Ybor City $5 Liter Nights continues. Big, big drafts and the crazy assortment of hip-hop, funk, rock and dance sounds spun by resident DJs the Soft Rock Renegades make for a weeknight party that almost rivals the weekend. Almost. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 WHAT: Wax On Wednesdays WHEN: 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE! (18 & up only, please) DJ Craig provides dance music from the old-school to the cutting edge, specializing in house and drum 'n' bass. Plus, $10 pitchers of your choice of imports. Plus plus, delicious $5 U-Call-It cocktail mayhem. And did we mention yet another nod to the service industry, in the form of dollar-offs? Yeah, the middle of the week just started sucking a whole lot less. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 WHAT: Red Bull Pre-Super Bowl Party Feat. DJ Dummy, DJ Mega WHEN: 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE! (18 & up only, please) Grind and groove to sets by iconic Chicago MC Common's turntable-spinning cohort Dummy and Tampa's own Mega. Any of Crowbar's deep selection of domestic drafts is just $2 all night long. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 WHAT: Reggae Party Feat. Gwan Massive, DJ Blenda WHEN: 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE! (18 & up only, please) Don't blow your opportunity to hear real oceanside style on a whitebread cover band while sipping overpriced blender-spew at some thatched-hut tourist trap. Get out on the dance floor in the dark and sweat to exotic island rhythms both classic and obscure courtesy of the guys from two of Tampa's favorite worldly jam-vibe acts - TRIBAL STYLE and D'VISITORS - in between trips to the bar for $2 Coronas. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 WHAT: My So-Called '90s Night WHEN: 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE! (18 & up only, please) Look, the '80s are tired. Let's move on to the decade of grunge, of Lollapalooza, of the emergence of pop as a culture-defining force/farce, of hip-hop's golden age. Uncle Jessie and DJ Hustlehoff deliver all the Clinton Era tunes that you love, love to hate, and hate yourself for loving. Sarcasm! Angst! Good Green Day! Along with $2 domestic pints and $4 Sailor Jerry Rum cocktails. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 WHAT: Super Bowl XLIII Viewing Party WHEN: Doors 1 p.m.; Game 6:30 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE Entry (18 & up only, please); Call 813-241-8600 for table reservations Catered barbecue and live acoustic tunes out in the Crow's Nest beer garden lend a better-than-tailgating atmosphere up until the main event, which will be brought to patrons on 2 huge projection screens. CROWBAR offers all of the communal sports-bar vibe and camaraderie - not to mention special personality, tunes and grub - with none of the life-sized cutouts of NASCAR drivers on the walls. And in addition to $3 pints, the bar adds a little top-notch local flavor with $5 glasses of homemade sangria.   CROWBAR is located at 1812 17th Avenue North in Ybor City.   For more information: www.crowbarlive.com or call 813.241.8600   The Copa Tampa www.thecopatampa.com     Judy B. 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