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 most appreciable difference between Broadway and London’s West End theatre district, according to the very British performer Scarlett Strallen, is the audience reaction. “The Americans...
Lots to talk about – let’s start with a trio of unique one-night performances. Tonight at freeFall, New York singer/songwriter Eleri Ward is in concert performing...
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, who became American Stage’s Producing Artistic Director in October, has resigned, citing “personal reasons,” effective immediately. Maharaj replaced Stephanie Gularte, who stepped down...
There’s never been a band quite like Larkin Poe, Sunday-night headliners at this weekend’s Tampa Bay Blues Festival in Vinoy Park. Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell,...
Screening Sunday at Green Light Cinema in downtown St. Petersburg, the documentary film Little Satchmo tells the story of Sarasota’s Sharon Preston-Folta, the illegitimate daughter of...
Most of the voices of the so-called “beat” era – Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti and Kerouac – are long gone. Their words live on, of course, as does...
Somebody in the Grammy Awards’ research department has got some ‘splaining to do. The 64th annual awards ceremony, broadcast live Sunday night on CBS, included the...
As Opening Night draws near, cast and crew of American Stage’s Footloose are putting in between eight and 11 hours of rehearsal every day at Demens...
Elton John swears he’s on his last tour, ever, which means that his Amalie Arena concert April 24 will be his final onstage appearance in...
As a performer, Alan Cumming is the very definition of “chameleonic.” He won the Tony Award in 1998 for his portrayal of the sinewy, androgynous emcee...