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.
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...
Actor, director, designer, administrator and a really good judge of talent, David M. Jenkins wears all the badges necessary to serve as producing artistic director of...
Daniel Black, who became the Florida Orchestra’s officially-titled Assistant Conductor a year ago August, has baton duties for this weekend’s TFO Holiday Pops concerts. This is...
For years, St. Petersburg Opera Company’s annual holiday show was a huge production, combining a 40-piece orchestra with a massive choral ensemble (several of them, in...
After 16 inspiring years working at Malaprop’s Bookstore, which the New York Times called “the heart and soul of Asheville, N.C., when Asheville was a sleepy...
In honor of Trisha Yearwood’s appearance tonight at Ruth Eckerd Hall, here’s an excerpt from a story written nearly 20 years ago for the music magazine...
North Straub Park is all about the little ones Saturday, as the City of St. Pete’s Parks and Recreation Department delivers 65 tons of “snow” (the...
