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.
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...
A group of Pinellas County artists took up residence on the sidewalk behind the Gulfport Casino and painted scenic Boca Ciega Bay, and the distant St....
There’s good news for book lovers. The Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, consigned to virtual-land since 2020 because of Covid-19, will return – live and...
Let the wild rumpus start! This weekend’s SunLit Literary Festival, a loosely-tethered collection of events happening around the city, will be the sixth such lit-palooza organized...
Tyrone Square Mall will officially turn 50 in October. And while it’s not a ghost town, exactly, the amount of retail shops, as well as the...
There are moments, many of them, in the freeFall Theatre production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, when it appears that actress and singer...
Tampa’s Tatiana Melendez is in her third season as a principal dancer with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, an acclaimed, boundary-stretching New York company. “Selfish choreographer that I...
The only constant in life, it is often said, is change. And the St. Petersburg Shakespeare Festival has changed considerably since its creation in 2014. There’s...
It’s been three years since American Stage’s last big “park show.” In April 2019, Mamma Mia! thrilled bay area audiences on the company’s temporary stage in...