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Florida CraftArt presents: The Sacred Arts Tour
January 13 – January 18, 2025Florida CraftArt is honored...
DRV Gallery Unveils a Packed Creative Calendar to Begin the New Year
Gulfport’s DRV Gallery’s bustling creative calendar for the first...
Brenda McMahon Gallery Rings In the New Year with Two Masters of Their Craft
Brenda McMahon Gallery will ring in 2025 with two...
Collector’s Chat with William Knight Zewadski: 19th Century Photography Related to Ancient Athens
Join private collector Bill Zewadski for a gallery talk...
American Watercolor Society 157th Traveling Exhibition – Searle Gallery
The American Watercolor Society began as a group of...
Naples Fine Art Shows by Hot Works are Back!
Hot Works is thrilled to announce the return of...
Palladium Chamber Series’ 12th season
Since 2013, the Palladium’s audiences have had the opportunity...
The Gulfport Fine Arts Festival Celebrates 10 Years of Fine Art and Community
The Gulfport Fine Arts Festival celebrates 10 years of...
Why Performing Arts Matter: Its Impact on Communities
It’s no surprise that New York City is hailed...
Visual Arts
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Member’s Show Winners 2024
1st Place, Nature:
Clarke Kwangwari, Wooden Waves
1st...
The Reluctant Painter Who Sees Art Differently
John Taormina
Born in 1978 in Massachusetts, John Taormina made...
Leslie Curran is the owner and proprietor of ARTicles Gallery in St. Petersburg, Fl
Robin O’Dell - How long have you been...
Performing Arts
Want to Watch a Movie? Want to Act in One?
At Green Light Cinema, Catch an Art Film While...
Tampa Native Alexis Carra
From Tampa to Broadway and Back: Alexis Carra’s Upcoming...
Why Performing Arts Matter: Its Impact on Communities
It’s no surprise that New York City is hailed...
Dynamic New Kid On The 600 Block – Erica Sutherlin!
THE 600 block on First Ave South, St Pete,...
Music
Shining a Bright Light on Our Musical Treasures
If Florida is a cultural desert, then the Tampa...
Palladium Chamber Series’ 12th season
Since 2013, the Palladium’s audiences have had the opportunity...
Nate Najar & Daniela Soledade
MAGNETIC DUO WITH MELLOW BOSSA NOVA VIBE
by Donna Sorbello
Katharine...
James Suggs Doing His Thing
Trumpeter James Suggs - a Community Treasure
By Edward Craig
You...
Literature
Three Book Stereo, My Rosy Periwinkle Remix
I’ve been crate digging again, not for records, not...
Two Storms by Katherine Robinson
The stench of grief, loss and shock are everywhere permeating...
Separating the Worry Above from the Worry Below
I live my signifying, unrhymed, in St. Petersburg, but...
Fashion
Enn Ye Collection/Gallery
St Petersburg, Florida
EnnYe Collection was founded in 2016 by...
Cuisine & Spirits
Where Culinary Art Meets French Flair
An Interview with Executive Chef Jermaine Bass of The Left Bank...
The library – a Unique Restaurant
When considering a destination for lunch, the first place...
The Left Bank Bistro offers a fresh take on French cuisine.
Venture into the Uptown Art District in St Petersburg...
Sonata Restaurant & Lounge
Explore Florida's Art, music and Culture
At The Mahaffey Theater
I...
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Florida CraftArt presents: The Sacred Arts Tour
January 13 – January 18, 2025Florida CraftArt is honored to host the return of the Sacred Arts Tour, featuring eight Tibetan Buddhist monks from the...Nurturing The Arts
This has been a difficult year for our area. I’m certain everyone has been impacted by our recent storms in some way. For many...DRV Gallery Unveils a Packed Creative Calendar to Begin the New Year
Gulfport’s DRV Gallery’s bustling creative calendar for the first two months of 2025 includes its 3rd Annual Art for a Cause Exhibition, two artist-led...Brenda McMahon Gallery Rings In the New Year with Two Masters of Their Craft
Brenda McMahon Gallery will ring in 2025 with two multi-award-winning artists as featured artists in January and February, welcoming painter and scholar Dr. Cora...Collector’s Chat with William Knight Zewadski: 19th Century Photography Related to Ancient Athens
Join private collector Bill Zewadski for a gallery talk about the 19th century photography on view in the exhibition “Ancient Athens: Birthplace of Democracy.”...
- Visual Arts
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Member’s Show Winners 2024 1st Place, Nature: Clarke Kwangwari, Wooden Waves 1st Place, Conceptual: Katy Walters, The Women 1st Place, Documentary: David Decker, High Seas on the Third Coast 1st Place,...Art as Personae
The Evolution of Conventions, Fandom, and Cosplay Do you know conventions (cons), fandom, and cosplay can be traced back to the 19th century? The earliest...Blaquejack Studios – OliverJackson
Technique and Style Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you got started in art? I’ve always been interested in art. I...The Reluctant Painter Who Sees Art Differently
John Taormina Born in 1978 in Massachusetts, John Taormina made St. Petersburg, Florida his home 15 years ago. What drew him initially to the city...Energy, Power and Survival
All leap out of the 2025 Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts featured image "The Fight" by Ashli Harper Story by Sarah WorthPhotos by...
- Literature
Three Book Stereo, My Rosy Periwinkle Remix
I’ve been crate digging again, not for records, not for books, not for green turtle steaks but for a graveyard plant, the ephemeral flow...Two Storms by Katherine Robinson
The stench of grief, loss and shock are everywhere permeating the area with smells of red tide and salt waterthat had crept into places that...Separating the Worry Above from the Worry Below
I live my signifying, unrhymed, in St. Petersburg, but I am writing this scrambled treatise in Tallahassee, the tall hassle of paradise, the state...Poetry from Carlo DiOrio
Ambition My ambition is to work the words “Christ on a bike!” into a poem. But no doubt I will end up accomplishing nothing much more than managing to...Gianna Russo – Poetry
I've set my heart on a glimpse of you: Florida Golden Aster (Chrysopsis floridana) --- listed as endangered in 1986 You are so rare I can't find...
- Music
Shining a Bright Light on Our Musical Treasures
If Florida is a cultural desert, then the Tampa Bay & Sarasota areas must be its oasis. Denizens of seemingly all the other 49 states...Palladium Chamber Series’ 12th season
Since 2013, the Palladium’s audiences have had the opportunity to become intimately acquainted with some of the world’s finest chamber musicians that look forward...The Jazz Legends Who Play On
"Jazz is freedom. You think about that." - Thelonious Monk You can hear them nearly every Monday evening at the Hanger in St. Pete with...Nate Najar & Daniela Soledade
MAGNETIC DUO WITH MELLOW BOSSA NOVA VIBE by Donna Sorbello Katharine Hepburn once said of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, "He gives her class, and she...James Suggs Doing His Thing
Trumpeter James Suggs - a Community Treasure By Edward Craig You could be almost anywhere in St. Petersburg these days and spot local musician and music...
- Performing Arts
Want to Watch a Movie? Want to Act in One?
At Green Light Cinema, Catch an Art Film While Training To Be a Thespian At Green Light Cinema, St. Pete’s art house movie theater, which...Tampa Native Alexis Carra
From Tampa to Broadway and Back: Alexis Carra’s Upcoming Concert at New Tampa Performing Arts Center Honors Her Tampa Roots To Alexis Carra, Tampa has...Ballet in the Burg
If you ever have the privilege of listening to Suzanne Pomerantzeff talk about her ballet school and students, you’ll feel her excitement and love...Why Performing Arts Matter: Its Impact on Communities
It’s no surprise that New York City is hailed as the theatrical capital of the world. Similarly, St. Petersburg has earned its place as...Dynamic New Kid On The 600 Block – Erica Sutherlin!
THE 600 block on First Ave South, St Pete, is the home of the always exciting, ever- changing, The Studio at 620. The new...
- Culinary Arts
Where Culinary Art Meets French Flair
An Interview with Executive Chef Jermaine Bass of The Left Bank Bistro I enjoyed sitting down with Chef Jermaine of The Left Bank to explore how he...The library – a Unique Restaurant
When considering a destination for lunch, the first place you’d look probably wouldn’t be a hospital. However The Library, a unique restaurant located inside...The Left Bank Bistro offers a fresh take on French cuisine.
Venture into the Uptown Art District in St Petersburg and you’ll find an array of businesses that include everything from glamourous art galleries to...Sonata Restaurant & Lounge
Explore Florida's Art, music and Culture At The Mahaffey Theater I love going out for dinner. Even better is dinner and a show! Sonata makes that...Crafty Spirits
“Liquid Art” St. Petersburg historians and tour guides love to regale visitors with tales of Prohibition-era bootlegging and smuggling, often weaving in intriguing rumors of...
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