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 information superhighway is a busy thoroughfare, and in this age of intense social media engagement, there are more on-ramps than anyone can begin to count....
President Ronald Reagan apparently didn’t have a whole lot to do on July 9, 1984 – that pesky Iran-Contra scandal wouldn’t come to light for another...
It was a Sunday, just after noon, and a film crew from MTV had set up light reflectors and a semi-circular dolly track on the expansive...
Squinting into the late-afternoon sun, New York artist Ilan Averbuch stood before his 30-foot sculpture “The Sun on the EDGE” and paid tribute to the selection...
To borrow a phrase from Neil Young, tonight’s the night. Skipper’s Smokehouse, the iconic North Tampa restaurant and live music venue, re-opens for business today (at...
There’s a plethora of tribute bands out there (and, more than likely, a band called “Plethora”) and they’re all certainly staffed with solid musicians. But is...
Landscapers were busy Wednesday morning laying sod in the traffic roundabout at Central Avenue and 11th Street where “The Sun on the EDGE,” a massive sculpture...
After 43 years on the job, WMNF co-founder Rob Lorei was unceremoniously cut loose from the Tampa community radio station in April. The longtime director of...
During last month’s Raise the Curtain fundraising event, American Stage Producing Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte made her final formal appearance in that capacity. She got up...
Guitar players around the world know the T5, the Taylor company’s pioneering hollowbody acoustic/electric instrument. Beautifully crafted from a spectrum of soft and hard woods, the...