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.
President Bill Clinton once tapped Jimmy Webb on the shoulder at a reception. “Ah want to ask you a question,” the leader of the free world...
At any given moment, there’s an average of 20 people in the Florida Bjorkestra, the St. Petersburg phenomenon that regularly defies expectations of what a pop...
Vinoy Park will rocking with good vibrations, mon, as the annual Reggae Rise-up Music Festival takes over the weekend (Friday through Sunday, March 15-17). Nothing like...
Mindi Abair was in the 8th grade when she signed up for the Northside Christian School band. Because her dad played saxophone in the Entertainers, a...
Celtic Woman, the lushly orchestrated stage production that celebrates traditional (and more contemporary) Irish music with four beautiful singing lasses, all of whom look like Maureen...
It might have been that first, massive heart attack in 2003, or maybe it was the second one seven years later, or the third, just six...
As a general rule, because we’re the St. Pete Catalyst we tend to focus on the Pinellas side of the bay. The arts, culture and performing...
All eyes are on Tallahassee this week and next as the Florida Legislature begins its first session under Governor Ron DeSantis, who’s requested a $91 billion...
As first violinist and concertmaster for The Florida Orchestra, Jeffrey Multer makes a home in the bay area every year between September and May. Like most...
Becoming a great musician wasn’t enough for double bassist Lloyd Goldstein. He’d reached that zenith early in his 21-year tenure with the Florida Orchestra, but he...