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.
Bernice Chu, Founding Director of St. Petersburg’s James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, is leaving after two years in the position. Chu, who joined the...
As a panelist at Tampa mayor Jane Castor’s Forum on the Arts last month, Stageworks Theatre producing artistic director Karla Hartley discussed the unassailable importance of...
If you’re looking for the really big shows, as Ed Sullivan used to say, they’re in Tampa this weekend. As in across the bay. As in...
At freeFall Theatre, they’ve got magic to do. Artistic director Eric Davis is conjuring another crowd-pleasing show out of thin air. In this case, it’s Pippin,...
Erik Hempel was 11 years old when he started his music career – mostly, he says, because he just couldn’t allow his little brother to be...
In Great Britain, they have Guy Fawkes Day, the 5th of November, when the night sky is filled with color bombs bursting in air, celebrating, as...
July brings major musical productions to both of St. Petersburg’s professional theaters. American Stage and freeFall have come to the end of line for the 2019/2019...
For 113 years, teenage boys in the north Pinellas community of Tarpon Springs have participated in a Greek religious ritual called Epiphany, diving after a lead-lined...
Not only is the last weekend of the month, it’s the weekend before a major holiday. The majority of St. Pete’s arts organizations are in re-set...
Every decade or so, it seems, something amazing happens to Derek Trucks. He was just about 10 years old when he first played guitar onstage with...
