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.
Every painting has to start with an idea. Mason Schwacke’s contribution to this year’s SHINE Mural Festival began with an idea from the National Oceanic and...
The bay area’s close-knit opera community was shocked to learn that tenor Samuel Hall died Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in his...
In the lengthy filmography of the late Canadian actor John Candy, 1985’s Summer Rental isn’t generally mentioned in the same breath as such classics as Splash,...
When Heather Hamar and her husband Dave opened their performance space The Mar in September, they were optimistic that the 2,300 square foot converted storefront would...
At 55 years of age, the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg is the grande dame of our city’s art museums. It was the first, and...
The sixth annual SHINE Mural Festival launches Saturday, with 11 murals going up – live, in real time – at locations all around the city. As...
Five years ago, the Bradenton-based band Have Gun, Will Travel ambitiously re-created the Band’s concert film The Last Waltz, with a collection of bay area musician...
It’s a long way from Winchester, Virginia to Valrico, Florida, but Heather Krueger is closing the gap by the sheer power and emotionality of her singing...
Van Gogh’s actual canvases aren’t coming to St. Petersburg – not this year, anyway – but starting Nov. 21 we’ll have what may be the next...
Steven Kenny can remember the precise moment he realized was wasting his time and talent working as an illustrator. He was in Florence, Italy, studying as...
