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.
Looking backwards has never been a priority for Michael Francis, musical director of The Florida Orchestra. The maestro is always focused on the now, the new,...
It’s the summer of 1929 in Ybor City. Inside a Cuban-American cigar factory, temperatures are high as a half-dozen workers roll brown tobacco by hand. Into...
The Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy-winning documentary Summer of Soul kicks off the 2022 Movies in the Park series in North Straub Park Thursday. Admission is free....
After almost 20 years of radio silence, Stan Lynch and Mike Campbell, founding members of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, are talking – and playing –...
For decades, South Florida playwright Philip Middleton Williams had the germ of an idea in the back of his mind – a period drama about twin...
The majority of May’s big concerts take place on the far side of Hillsborough County, at the outdoor behemoth known as the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre....
A plan to make improvements to Hough Hall, the Palladium Theater’s 800-seat main auditorium, is in the very early stages. Built in 1925 as the First...
Premiering Saturday at the Sunscreen Film Festival, 12 Months is unlike any pre-existing romantic movie, dramatic or comedic. It’s a hyper-realistic portrait of two young people...
The Straz Center for the Performing Arts’ Broadway Series continues with that old musical warhorse My Fair Lady tonight through Sunday (five performances) in Morsani Hall....
The collaborative spirit is alive and well in St. Petersburg, and will be on full display Friday at Beacon, the annual mixed-repertoire dance concert at the...
