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.
St. Petersburg has a tightly-knit jazz community, where musicians often come together in small or larger groups, or play in duos or trios, or simply show...
Michael Francis, music director and conductor for The Florida Orchestra since 2015, has signed a contract extension that will keep him behind the podium through 2030....
Sometimes a big storm blows in almost without warning. Such is the case this weekend – Saturday night, as a matter of fact – when one...
A new exhibition at the James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art takes aim at the manner in which wild animals were “shot,” without guns but...
The area’s punk and alt-rock community lost one of its biggest champions Feb. 6, when cancer claimed Mimi Reilly, 57, the longtime owner of Star Booty...
More than 50 bands and musical artists are scheduled to perform as part of the 2024 Gasparilla Music Festival this weekend at Julian B. Lane Riverfront...
Norman Mushari, the singing, suit-wearing, briefcase-swinging attorney in the musical God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, turns out not to be the kind of guy you’d want...
St. Petersburg’s mixed-use nonprofit cultural center The Studio@620 (it’s an art gallery, a theater, a concert hall, a meeting venue and a performance space) will turn...
There are, and historically have been, numerous programs on Tampa Bay television devoted to local people talking about the local things they’re doing locally. They’re always...
Margaret Murray, the newly-appointed CEO of Creative Pinellas, has a very clear picture of the importance of both visual and performing arts in our community. Art,...