Dishing with Mark & Carrie 2-12-14

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Happy Valentine’s Day
100 Year old Tampa Church Meets Remodeler Ty Pennington
    On the corner of Palm & Lamar Ave in the Tampa Heights District a major change is happening. The 100 year old former Gothic Revival First Prysbyterian Church and has been acquired by the  Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association in 2009. With the help from Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay, a major restoration is taking place. February 11 had a celebrity introduce the new changes forth coming.
    ABC TV’s, “Extreme Makeover” host Ty Pennington has come with his building crew and 100’s of volunteers, rewiring, remodeling, painting, new floors, landscaping the historic structure and a grant from Sears Home Services. The old church building was set for demolition in 2007 with the widening of Interstate 4 at the junction with I-275. Thank you for the reprieve!
    Now it is being renovated to have a new life for Tampa Heights residents. Its new use is for becoming a community center for youth. A park in the back of the community center has a newly built park and playground for children. The center will have a library and resource center in a safe environment for the area youth and also will be available for group meetings in the neighborhood.
    Tampa City Councilman Mike Suarez smiled at the progress. Darrren Impsom, President of Paul Davis Restoration said that his company was on board from the renovations beginning. Columbia Restaurant is putting in a new commercial kitchen. Casper’s Company (McDonald’s) is also a major funding source for the historic project. Tampa Heights, close to downtown seems to be getting new positive momentum in re-establishing the economically hard hit riverfront Tampa Heights District.
     A new craft brewery & unique restaurant, Ulele,  part of the Columbian Restaurant Group will be opening this spring in the old Tampa Heights Waterworks building on Tampa’s riverfront.
    Ty talked with the volunteering group on stage outdoors to get them motivated on this massive renovation and historic project.
    It is with great honor to see the leaders of the Tampa historic civic committees, Hillsborough County Historic Preservation Board and local construction companies working together to save the old historic building faces in Tampa.
Happy Valentine’s Day Specials at MC FILM
    A great array of goodies for your special partner. Great & Personal Valentine cards, Handmade Soaps, Hand crafted Jewelry, Colognes and 20% OFF all Underwear: UNICO, Andrew Christian, XABU, Pistol Pete and our newest artsy underwear line from Sweden, Frank Dandy at MC FILM.
    Specialty items for your romantic night includes discounts on personal lubricants and toys!

Knight Parade Lights Up GaYBOR/ Ybor

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    The cold day was dreary but the rain clouds left and the parade was rainless! The parade staging area had over 30 Krewes and businesses celebrating the annual outside spring social. With a record attendance of over 110,000 spectators and 10,000 pirate dressed parade entrant partiers filling the America’s Top Main Street in the USA! Yes, famed talk show hosts Jerry Springer did a return visit on the WMOR TV float and said, “it is one of the best treasured parades!”
    Beads were not in any shortage for the robust revelers.  There had to be tons of beads on the 130 participating parade floats. Sant’ Yago Knight Parade officials had to be more than pleased with the record number of people. The GaYBOR District Coalition also was very proud to be a float participant in the Ybor City event with 230 diverse business members sharing the Ybor experience.
    The pirate filled GaYBOR float celebrated its 7th year in the parade and the Krewe of Cavaliers float, another GLBT group is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year.  The many Ybor krewes also included the Krewe of Alegria, Ybor City Krewe, Knights of Sant’ Yago and The infamous Roughriders to name a few. They sponsor next month, St. Patty’s Day Parade, Sat,  March 15th in GaYBOR/Ybor City.
    The money raised by the Knights of Sant Yago goes to educational college scholarships and to many non profits.

You Can Not make this Up.

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Back in the late 1990’s there was this very colorful friend of ours named Ed. He was and still is, the owner of a very large adult distribution center in Tampa. Ed sells everything from adult toys to dvd’s. One day he pulled up at our store with this huge black 4 door Mercedes Benz. We were all out side checking out his new car. Ed opened the doors and the glass was 1 inch thick!!! Ed explained the car was bullet  proof!!! OMG Why do you need a bullet proof car? Ed laughed and said, “Guess what I paid for this car.”  We said 80 or $100,000?  Ed gave us his big laugh and said ” your not going to believe this…. This Asian guy came in and said he was going back to China. He could not take this car with him. So the guy traded the car for 1,000 Gay Porno  Dvd’s! Laughing even harder Ed said This guy then told me there are no Gays in China! They are not going to believe this. LOL LOL”

From the MC Film Mail Bag

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TEMPUS PROJECTS
THE ROOM IS EMPTY: New Moving Images
February 22, 2014 –  March 22,  2014
Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb. 22nd, 7-10pm

 

Tampa – TEMPUS PROJECTS is pleased to announce our second exhibtion of 2014, THE ROOM IS EMPTY: New Moving Images.  The opening reception will take place Saturday, February 22nd, from 7pm – 10pm. THE ROOM IS EMPTY is a group exhibition of current works by artists working with video, film and projection. This exhibtion will feature innovative and avant -guarde, experimental moving images from Gigi Lage, Robbie Land, Justin Myers, Daniela Mora & Diran Lyons.
The event is free and open to the public but donations are greatly appreciated. Refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be offered. Classes and groups are encouraged and welcomed. This exhibition will run from February 22, 2014 through March 22,  2014, with gallery hours by appointment and special screenings from participating artists (dates TBA). This event is sponsored in part by the Mermaid Tavern. Tempus invites you to join us at the Mermaid for an after-party at 10:00 PM, following the reception. The Mermaid is located at 6719 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa, FL, 33604.

 

TEMPUS PROJECTS is dedicated to nurturing established and emerging local, national and international artists through exhibitions and events. The project promotes artists working in all media and originates, organizes and hosts exhibitions that engage the Tampa Bay community through the visual arts. Established in 2009, TEMPUS PROJECTS has presented over 43 exhibitions featuring the work of more than 178 artists and collaborators.

 

Located at 4636 N. Florida Ave.Tampa, Florida 33603 in South Seminole Heights, TEMPUS PROJECTS is highly regarded as cultural catalyst and a neighborhood touchstone. It has contributed greatly to the district’s emergence as a unique and creative local destination. In acknowledgment of its contributions to the arts and the community, Tampa’s Creative Loafing has awarded TEMPUS PROJECTS the “Best Alternative Art Space” Loafie award for three consecutive years. TEMPUS PROJECTS has worked in collaboration with Experimental Skeleton, Silver Meteor Gallery, Tampa’s Downtown Partnership, and Creative Loafing.

 

What: THE ROOM IS EMPTY: New Moving Images; Public reception/art exhibition, hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
When: Saturday, Feb. 22nd, 7-10pm
Where: Tempus Projects; 4636 N. Florida Ave. Tampa, FL 33603
More: After party immediately following the reception at the Mermaid Tavern.

tempusprojects.art@gmail.com
www.tempus-projects.com
813.340.9056