WMFE Tiny Desk Contest
For local musicians and public radio fans, one of the most coveted stages in the country is the tiny desk of NPR host Bob Boilen and his NPR music crew. Every year, there s a nationwide open call for musicians to submit a desk-based performance to their local public radio outlet, where a panel of local experts determines the most worthy area entrant to be sent on to the national judging. The Sh-Booms almost took it all one year! Submissions are currently open until June 7. The rest of us can then thrill to the videos of the local finalists.
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Tyler Gillespie s new book The Thing About Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State tells stories of unconventional Floridians like nudists, pet smugglers, cattle ranchers and drag queens. (Tyler Gillespie )
ST. PETERSBURG, FL Florida has gained a reputation as a state with a lot of crazy folks thanks to Florida Man news headlines on everything from ginormous gators and drug dealers to dudes surfing during hurricanes and The Tiger King saga.
Pinellas County native and book author, Tyler Gillespie, 34, goes beyond the attention-grabbing headlines in his new book, The Thing About Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State.
Florida s wild side and complexities that derive from its Southern history embarrassed Gillespie, a gay man who grew up as a Southern Baptist. When he lived in New Orleans and Chicago, he would try to avoid telling people where he is from, and when he did, people would usually say, Oh, the other day I saw the weirdest Florida Man story,
Who better to explain the Florida Man phenomenon than a Florida man? Not that Tyler Gillespie fits that viral profile. He has never, so far as I know, thrown an
Join awarding-winning writer Tyler Gillespie for a reading from The Thing About Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State. He’ll also talk about his process of “exploring” Florida as well as some of the history, people, and places that make the state unique. Trending
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