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.
Standup comedian Jimmy Shubert has a mantra, and it’s held him in good stead: “I say this all the time: I want to make an excellent...
In the 25 years he’s been at the helm of Jobsite Theater, David M. Jenkins says, he’s never seen a production sell as quickly as The...
The Tully-Levine Gallery, on the Warehouse Arts District Association’s ArtsXchange campus, has a history of working with groups that cater to the underprivileged, people with mental...
In February, St. Petersburg’s Hockman family purchased the Beach Theatre, St. Pete Beach’s long-shuttered movie house, for $1 million. Along with the announcement came bold promises...
Let’s recap of the Fourth of July fireworks celebrations in Pinellas County, today (July 3) and Thursday (the actual holiday), plus one on Friday: Tonight Live...
The mountainous regions of Puerto Rico produce some of the Caribbean’s finest coffee. There’s just something about the elevation, it is said, and the rich soil,...
From its inception in 1995 until the pandemic closed its Clearwater campus 25 years later, the Players School of Music was the hurricane-eye of jazz instruction...
July brings a lot of concerts this year, most of them outdoors, and the majority taking place in Tampa or Clearwater. The big one, however, happens...
After establishing himself as a musician’s musician in his native Omaha, Nebraska, jazz saxophonist Jeremy Carter – weary of the freezing midwestern winters – relocated to...
Let’s start with the weekend’s sold-out shows: Tonight’s collegiate piano concert at the Dali Museum; Saturday’s Theo Valentin/Fred Johnson swing music performance at freeFall Theatre; the...