A New Destination for Contemporary Art in Tampa Tampa’s contemporary art scene continues to evolve, and the newly opened Drew Marc Gallery is adding fresh energy to the city’s growing cultural landscape. Located in the former Flying Fish Bike Shop on South MacDill Avenue, the gallery sits in the same plaza as Enoteca Wine Storage,…
A pivotal moment in Tampa’s Civil Rights history remains largely unknown, even to many locals. This chapter, absent from history books, resurfaced through a 2023 play commissioned by Stageworks Theatre. Directed by Karla Hartley, the production highlights the historic sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on North Franklin and East Polk Streets and the…
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA) is excited to announce the opening of the call for entries for the 2025 International Photography Competition. Now in its 14th year, this prestigious competition invites photographers from around the world to submit their work for a chance to be featured in an exclusive exhibition hosted at the…
If Florida is a cultural desert, then the Tampa Bay & Sarasota areas must be its oasis. Denizens of seemingly all the other 49 states often can be heard to denigrate the Sunshine State’s cultural offerings, or opine on the supposed lack thereof. But as someone who’s been visiting the Tampa Bay area for decades,…
Energy, power and survival leap out of the 2025 Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts featured image “The Fight” by Ashli Harper Story by Sarah WorthPhotos by Ashli Harper and Will Staples Thick, raised paint to create movement and energy, along with choice of color, may take your mind to current headlines, but the…
Whimsical charm in an “augmented” Artsi reality, with a high-end stylistic charm and a pick of the litter, fun, Phartsi kind of way. With all the class in the world ArtsiPhartsi in Tampa etches out a piece of the 4,000 block of S. MacDill Avenue like a beacon of what’s good in the world. If…
AN INTERVIEW WITH CLAY CHRISTOPHER – THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW AT JOBSITE THEATER Despite groans from family members, Clay Christopher carries himself with an air of assurance in the iconic ensemble. He has been affectionately nicknamed “the brown Tim Curry” throughout his professional career and is fully prepared to embrace this legendary character. Christopher gets…
A grand musical and performance arts genre. What better medium to express the human story than the human voice? It’s THE original instrument to communicate thoughts and emotions. As an art form, Opera has used the human voice as its primary instrument and other musical instruments to support it since 1600. Now, with the aid of studies in voice…