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.
Jazz vocalists Whitney James and Synia Carroll perform together Saturday (Jan. 4) at American Stage. This marks the third consecutive year the two have collaborated on...
There’s no question about it, St. Petersburg is a City of the Arts. Whether you’re here for the beaches or the business community, for the grassroots...
Fifty years after Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady played their first show as a duo, during a hiatus from their regular-paycheck band, the old friends are...
The majority of our local performing arts venues traditionally extend their Christmas etc. breaks through the first days of the new year. Still, for those of...
The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance has announced the recipients of its MUSE Awards – for the sixth consecutive year, the organization is bestowing honors on those...
There was always something different about the Outlaws. In the 1970s battle for Southern Rock supremacy, the Outlaws were always a bit more melodic, their songs...
Understandably, The Florida Orchestra is in full holiday mode. Michael Francis – the band’s British-born, newly-minted American citizen artistic director – conducts the timeless Handel’s Messiah...
“Some people will say ‘Why is she doing this? I don’t understand. This is the Ann Hampton Callaway that sings pretty jazz songs!’” Cabaret artist Ann...
Tom Flynn spent 28 years toiling away as a screenwriter in Los Angeles; in all that time, exactly one of his scripts got produced. The film,...
There’s a strong argument to be made that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band invented Americana music. “I’ll let you say that,” co-founder John McEuen laughs during...
