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.
After 17 years, Gulfport’s First Friday ArtWalk was getting a little stale, Brenda McMahon believed. McMahon is a ceramics artist, and proprietor of the Brenda McMahon...
It’s not spring – not by a long shot – but things are beginning to bloom again on the St. Petersburg art scene. After half a...
Air Force pilot Tom White purchased Skipper’s Smokehouse in 1980, and under his watch it became a premier live music spot for the entire Tampa Bay...
When Bob Woodward proposed a series of on-the-record interviews, President Donald Trump, much to the journalist/author’s astonishment, agreed. This was after Woodward had already published 2018’s...
The thought of getting onstage for the first time in a good long while, David M. Jenkins says, has improved his mood considerably. A longtime...
Editor’s Note: This historical look back at Haslam’s was first published in 2020, as the pandemic raged. The store had temporarily closed … and as of...
Blues powerhouse Betty Fox hasn’t exactly been idle during the pandemic. Although all her gigs were canceled, the vocalist and frontwoman for the Tampa-based Betty...
Miles Fetherson-Resch, the 8-year-old environmentalist and founder of the nonprofit Kids Saving Oceans, will read from his book Olivia Makes a Difference Saturday, during a back-to-school...
Elizabeth Gelman, executive director of the Florida Holocaust Museum, joined us Thursday for The Catalyst Sessions. It was a free-ranging and far-reaching interview, touching on numerous...
Dr. Brandy Stark, a respected St. Pete artist known for her wrapped wire metal pieces, was Wednesday’s guest on The Catalyst Sessions – checking in from...
