Daily Loaf

Fresh from the succcess of the Best of the Bay-winning Summer Sunset Cinema Series, The Studio@620 and Push Ultra Lounge once again team up to present a collection of classic films each Monday. Tonight’s selection in the Wilder to Williams Film Series — which includes the best of Billy Wilder and Tennessee Williams — is Williams’ The Rose Tattoo, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster (pictured). Visit studio620.org for more info. Mon., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Push Ultra Lounge, St. Petersburg, free. Read the rest of this entry »

The City of Tampa’s fiendish plot to have you get up at an insanely early hour of the morning and groggily lace up your sneakers continues this Saturday with Keeping Tampa Fit. The biannual event is devoted to increasing awareness of personal health and the city’s numerous parks, while also offering the chance to keep up stride-for-stride with Mayor Pam Iorio (pictured, center), who plans on strolling four miles. As if that weren’t incentive enough, the first 200 registrants will receive a free T-shirt commemorating the event, which participants can then proudly wear to showcase their dedication to receiving free T-shirts. Sure you’d rather sleep in on what is likely your day off, but just think how good that coffee and artery-hardening cheesy omelet are going to taste when you reward yourself for forsaking a few extra hours of peaceful slumber. No pain, no gain, right? Sat., Nov. 7, Rowlett Park, 2501 River Hills Drive. Registration starts at 6:30 am, the walk begins at 7:30 am. Call the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department at 813-274-8615 for more info. – Anthony Salveggi Read the rest of this entry »

In lieu of the Best of the Bay-winning Summer Sunset Cinema Series, The Studio@620 and Push Ultra Lounge once again team up to present a collection of thought-provoking films each Monday — this time with the new Wilder to Williams Series. Tonight’s selection in the series — which includes the best of Billy Wilder and Tennessee Williams — is Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift, it is the sordid story of a woman who seeks the services of a psycho surgeon to lobotomize her niece, whom she fears will reveal dark family secrets. Mon., Sept. 28, 8 p.m., Push Ultra Lounge, 128 Third St. S., St. Petersburg, free, studio620.org.

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