His first introduction to promoting positive change within the community started when he was 16 and attended his first St Pete Pride. They have two rescue dogs, Whiskey and Cola.Ĭhristopher was born and raised in the Pinellas County area. Brian led a group of investors to open Punky's Bar and Grill on Central Avenue in 2015, selling his interest in the business in 2021, but not before meeting his future husband Yuttaphum (Sam) Thotsawat, whom he married in October 2021.
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Brian was also a founding member of Come Out St Pete in 2016 as a means to celebrate National Coming OUT Day locally, and served on the board for several years. In 2014 Brian and brother James took the lead on getting a historic Bungalow donated to Metro Inclusive Health to become the LGBTQ Welcome center in the Grand Central District, only the 3rd in the nation at the time. One of Brian’s favorite projects was getting the Tampa Bay Rays to become the 2nd MLB team to record an “It Gets Better” video in 2011. Brian was a founding co-chair of St Pete Pride in 2003 and served on the board for many years bringing the International InterPride Conference to St Petersburg in 2009. He moved to Tampa in 1983 and found home in St. Petersburg with his partner of 24 years, Jamie Howell and their cat Simone.īrian Longstreth is a rare native Floridian, born in Bradenton 1961. He lives in the Old Southeast neighborhood in St. Woodson African American Museum, St.Petersburg Arts Alliance MUSE Award, the Tampa Bay Buisinesses for Arts and Culture Impact Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, the Green Book Tampa Bay Black Arts Gala Award for Creativity, and was presented a key to the City of St.
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Bob has been awarded the Tampa Bay Lightning Hero Award, Bank of America Hero Award, as well as citations from Equality Florida, Dr. The Studio has been awarded many grants, citations, and awards including a national grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Gobioff Foundation, The Florida Humanities Council, State of Florida and the City of St. In 2004 Bob co-founded The with David Ellis.
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Bob Devin Jones is in his 18th year as Artistic Director of The Bob has been involved locally as a board member in many cultural and educational organizations including Creative Clay, American Stage, Palms of Pasadena Hospital, Free Fall Theatre, Florida Craft Art, Arts Advisory, Morean Art Center, and Friends of Jack Kerouac.