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.
As ships go, the United States Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn was diminutive: Just 180 feet from bow to stern, and 37 feet abeam, with a displacement...
If it hadn’t been for John Huls’ comedy classes, Charissa Anderson might never have found her pressure valve. Anderson is a claims specialist at the St....
The dearth of classical music options in the bay area is always felt most strongly in the summertime, when The Florida Orchestra and our two resident...
It may be a small drop in a very large bucket, but artist Kyle Holbrook believes his Stop Gun Violence mural project could help bring about...
Pretty World, the new album from St. Petersburg bossa singer/songwriter Daniela Soledade, is – like the most affecting Brazilian bossa nova music – gentle, supple and...
It was in 2015, not long after he’d left New York City for Pinellas County, that Patrick Brafford arrived at the front door of the Back...
After 20 years in the same 4th Street storefront, Lynn Merhige’s art gallery will lock up for the very last time Aug. 31. It’s a bittersweet...
St. Petersburg’s arts community lost one of its most vocal – and creative – supporters Thursday when photographer Tom Kramer died at 87. Kramer and his...
In the new drama at Studio Grand Central, Something Clean, Charlotte Walker’s world has turned upside down. “Her role in life has been a mom,” observes...
Tonight (Thursday, Aug. 11), there’s a one-of-a-kind musical experience at thestudio@620. It’s a concert performance by Jennifer Msumba, a Hardee County musician (guitar and piano player,...