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.
For bay area playwright Natalie Symons, here’s hoping the third time’s the charm. A production of her comic drama The People Downstairs opens Friday and runs...
Jason Hackenwerth can (and does) create marvelous sculptures out of biodegradable latex balloons, and with Saturday’s Sparrow’s Dream event – 8 p.m. in the Palladium Theater’s...
The trickle-down effects continue from the Florida governor’s June 2024 line-item veto of all arts funding. The latest casualty is actor Giles Davies, who over the...
Singer Kelsea Ballerini, who’s been successfully navigating the waters between country and pop for a decade, will perform at Amalie Arena Feb. 22. Ballerini, is also...
When President Barack Obama presented Arturo Sandoval with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, he made note of the Cuban-born jazz trumpeter’s struggles against the...
On this episode of Arts Alive! we’re joined by bay area actress Debbie Yones, who’s currently onstage at the Off-Central in St. Petersburg performing in the...
The bay area’s always-humming pro theater scene is operating on high voltage this weekend, with no less than seven shows on stages in St. Petersburg and...
They’re still out there today, played every day on Sirius XM and Classic Rock stations the world over: “These Eyes,” “No Time,” “Laughing,” “Undun,” “No Sugar...
American Stage’s pledge to make theater outside the four walls of an auditorium continues with this week’s Don’t Feed the Animals, on the hiking trails of...
After nearly 13 years shuttered and silent, the Beach Theatre is inching closer, frame by sprocket, to welcoming the public again. “We’re six months away from...