As musical director of the Count Basie Orchestra, trumpet player Scotty Barnhart is tasked with upholding the high musical standards...
St. Pete’s arts scene is a cornerstone of its unique profile, with great visual art, world-class museums and performing arts of every kind, at every level. The section is not only a source for current arts news and updates, it profiles those artists and influencers who CREATE and make the St Petersburg arts community so vibrant. Keep abreast of local arts & culture events and news in the Create section.
The one thing downtown business owner David Fischer hears every June, over and over again, during the St. Pete Pride Festival and parade: It’s so hot...
One of St. Petersburg’s most prolific artists is finally getting a retrospective exhibit. Opening Saturday at the Morean Arts Center, Illustrating the News will showcase the...
Author L.L. Kirchner is celebrating the release of her second novel, Vegas Girls. On today’s edition of Arts Alive! she talks about the origins of the...
Good times never seemed so good! Neil Diamond is 84 years old, and his pop music legacy is secure. The singing/songwriting legend stopped performing live in...
During her 2022 residency at the Ogden Museum of Contemporary Art in Utah, Tampa artist Ya La’Ford got out and explored the unique geological terrain of...
Novelist Ellen Kushner is the keynote speaker at the 2025 edition of ReadOUT, a literary festival celebrating LGBTQ+ literature, Friday through Sunday in Gulfport. Sponsored by...
Stephen Sondheim was the Shakespeare of musical theater – brilliant, prolific, complex and something of an acquired taste for some. The composer and lyricist, who died...
In a career that began more than 60 years ago, Judy Collins has recorded just about everything, including tribute albums to Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, the...
Instead of gently undulating in the breeze, as it was designed to do, the massive “floating sculpture” on the St. Pete Pier has been hanging like...
