Emergency intervention program receives $5 million

An innovative program reimagining how St. Petersburg police respond to noncriminal and nonviolent emergency calls will continue into the foreseeable future due to its resounding success.

City council members unanimously approved a three-year, $5 million extension of the Community Assistance and Life Liaison (CALL) initiative at Thursday’s meeting. That ensures trained mental health professionals, rather than police officers, will respond to personal crisis emergencies through Sept. 30, 2026.

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Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Hall made music history

Part 1 of 2

It wasn’t much to look at, inside or out, but Curtis Hixon Hall – the boxy, 62,000 square foot convention center on Ashley Street in downtown Tampa – was ground zero for rock, pop and country music concerts for decades.

Arts Alive! podcast: Karla Hartley, Stageworks Theatre

Stageworks is the longest-lived professional company in Tampa; October will bring Season 41, with six shows ranging from the familiar (tweaked, somewhat) to the provocative. And there’s a lot going on, between now and then, at Stageworks’ home theater on East Kennedy Boulevard.

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