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.
That nasty Eta put the kibosh on any Wednesday work for the SHINE Mural Festival artists – they were told by the sponsoring St. Petersburg Arts...
For its 28th go-round, the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading will look, sound and feel nothing like festivals of the past. It’s virtually an entirely...
In December, Ruth Eckerd Hall will become the next Pinellas performing arts facility to resume live shows. President and CEO Susan Crockett announced Tuesday afternoon that...
Down at the western edge of the beer garden behind the Grand Central Brewhouse, six legendary musical figures are huddled together, enjoying a cold one. You...
As she did in the recent dramatic powerhouses Marjorie Prime and Long Day’s Journey Into Night, actress Janis Stevens is taking a deep dive into a...
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...