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.
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...
I would so much rather be a Tampa Bay Rays fan today than a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rays fans can relish a remarkable...
This VINTAGE ST. PETE story was originally published on Jan. 14, 2020. For more in the series, click here. More than two decades after Dr....
Opera Tampa’s ambitious production of The Pirates of Penzance, left high, dry and un-performed because of Covid, is the first show on the company’s new schedule,...
The Florida Orchestra is back, and no one is happier than Michael Francis. The organization’s musical director, conductor and public face took a moment out of...
After a last gig on March 16 – a wedding reception in Belleair Beach – James Suggs was one more musician whose momentum was stopped dead...
Drydocked back in March, actor Giles Davies took his forced vacation in stride – after all, nobody was getting on any stage, anywhere, and masking up...
The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg has been enlarged, expanded and enhanced plenty of times in its 55-year history. The Hazel Hough Wing, on the...