May 7 Movie preview

BY KATE FUEYO, Tampa Preparatory

For this self-proclaimed geek, summer movie season is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, there are the masterpieces, such as The ...

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May 7 Television preview

BY HANNAH ELLIOTT,  Robinson High

I’m studying for exams. Yes, really. But I’m also dreaming of summer, when I’ll have time to luxuriate in the glow of ...

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May 1 Book review: Madeline Miller's 'Song of Achilles'

I hate to admit it, but the book’s cover first drew me in. It was just so shiny. The real gold, of course, lies beneath the cover, tucked among ...

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April 23 The tortured artist

Some of the most artistic minds of our time struggled with mental illness that was thought to fuel their work. From right:

Sylvia Plath, an American poet, wrote just one ...

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April 16 For Specials, a big date in New York

BY GABRIELLE CASLISE, Palm Harbor University High

While their classmates dance the night away at prom this weekend, the 24 members of Palm Harbor University High’s After School Specials ...

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April 16 Four rows away from Taylor

BY CHLOE BEAVER and ALEXA BEAULIEU, St. Petersburg High

When Ed Sheeran opened at the Taylor Swift concert Friday in Orlando, he was just a spot on the stage. That ...

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April 16 What's Lemony Snicket up to?

By Piper Castillo, Times Staff Writer

Somewhere on your shelves is likely a section of well-worn books by Lemony Snicket. The author is at his scary tactics again, with his ...

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April 9 Cheat sheet: Drake Bell, Quidditch and art

Student art auction for a cause

The advanced art students of Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg are auctioning their acrylic impressionist animal paintings on Earth Day (April 22) from ...

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March 27 Movie review: 'Oz the Great and Powerful'

Oz the Great and Powerful oozes optimism, repeatedly spouting the cliche “anything is possible, if you just believe” mantra. In any other case, this would, no doubt, be nauseating. But ...

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March 19 So thrilling, it's comical

BY LILLIAN SKYE NOBLE, St. Petersburg Collegiate High

Christina Rivero, a high school freshman from Fort Lauderdale, had never been to a comic book convention until Megacon 2013, last weekend ...

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March 19 Ablum review: David Bowie's 'The Next Day'

Most of us can say we know David Bowie, even if the familiarity ends at the name. Bowie is a musical “chameleon” as some say; he thrived in the ’70s ...

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March 19 Album review: Justin Timberlake, 'The 20/20 Experience'

The absent-but-not-forgotten prince of pop is back with a vengeance, bringing along monopolies on falsetto and slickness. You likely noticed Justin Timberlake beneath a spotlight for the first time in ...

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March 5 Twilight author: 'Trust me'

By MONICA HESSE, Washington Post

Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series and The Host, was in Washington for approximately 19 hours two weeks ago promoting The Host film ...

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March 5 Album review: Youth Lagoon, 'Wondrous Bughouse'

By HANNAH ELLIOTT, Robinson High

I was in the car going through the Callahan Tunnel after leaving the Boston Airport when I first heard Youth Lagoon. I couldn’t see ...

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March 5 Gasparilla Music Fest returns for its second year

BY HANNAH ELLIOTT, Robinson High

The first Gasparilla Music Festival last year provided people of all ages a day full of music, food trucks and sunshine. It was a hit ...

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