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.
The concert calendars for the bay area’s two outdoor amphitheaters have exploded, with shows getting added – across all genres – at a record pace. We’re...
Monday, June 19 is Juneteenth, a federal holiday. It commemorates the day in 1865 when African Americans in Texas were informed of their absolute freedom. Although...
Ten years ago, Ryan James Monroe left St. Petersburg, his hometown, for North Carolina’s Elon University, where he majored in musical theater and arts administration. Post-graduation,...
Only a handful of major pop acts of the 1980s have survived – and flourished – like the British band Duran Duran. With more than 100...
At American Stage through June 25, Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced utilizes a five-member cast to tell the powerful, deeply uncomfortable story of a Muslim...
Stories of the men who’ve made the gears turn in St. Petersburg, in the 132 years since the city was founded, are well documented. At the...
Today’s Arts Alive! podcast is a conversation with Eric Davis and Michael Raabe, who wrote the book and the music, respectively, for the freeFall Theatre production...
Back in March, when Chad Mize turned a couple of old city bus garages into an art space he called SPACE, he talked about putting on...
In an upstairs gallery at the James Museum of Art, curator Emily Kapes is standing next to a life-sized horse. Pegasus, artist Paul Villinski’s 2016 sculpture...
Jenny Bleackley likes to go on long walks. She frequently stops to ogle flowers, leaves, bugs and bees, much to the consternation of her husband. “I...