Nollywood Dreams
By Jake-ann Jones
By J.A. Jones. This is a definite night in the theatre that will leave you feeling satisfied – if laughter is good for the soul, there’s without a doubt enough to go around in Jocelyn Bioh’s Nollywood Dreams…. Read More
Arts For All Ages and Abilities
By Sheila Cowley
We’re asking for arts experiences in our area you’d recommend to friends and family of all ages and abilities, for this special Arts Coast feature…. Read More
The Evolution of Drag
By Cindy Stovall
By Cindy Stovall. Central Park Performing Arts Center in Largo welcomes a truly immersive, multi-media, staged art experience reflective of 11 decades of pop-culture and Drag History… Read More
Mozart and the Art of Communication
By Kurt Loft
By Kurt Loft. “Both voices shine and sing,” says violist Sarah McElravy of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola. … Read More
BEACON 2024 – New Pathways in Dance
By David Warner
By David Warner. Among the many thrills of BEACON’s annual showcase of dance and multi-disciplinary works is its sheer variety. It’s thrilling to discover the multiple pathways chosen by dancers and choreographers…. Read More
Music and Mindfulness on St Pete Beach
By Gabrielle Reeder
By Gabrielle Reeder. 500 beach dwellers gathered on St. Pete Beach for an ethereal journey into a piano solo that explored an intrinsic human emotion – joy. … Read More
Being Brave Together at USF
By Sheila Cowley
This Is My Brave is a live presentation of essays, original music, poetry and comedy performed by a dozen USF students living with – or loving someone with – a mental illness or substance use condition…. Read More
Betting on Beethoven – which is greater, the Eroica or Ninth Symphony?
By Kurt Loft
By Kurt Loft. What’s the most influential piece of music of all time? What work changed everything after its first performance, and forced the world to take notice?… Read More
Upcoming Jazz Concerts and Workshops
By David Manson
The 15th annual St. Petersburg Jazz Festival 2024 takes place April 1-6 with concert events and free jazz workshops. … Read More
BEACON ’24
By Helen French
By Helen French. This year’s BEACON dance performance features four world premieres, 20 dance artists, two local dance companies, two live musicians, one spoken word artist and one dance film…. Read More
Chamber Players pay tribute to often-ignored instrument
By Kurt Loft
By Kurt Loft. If Rodney Dangerfield played the viola, he’d still use the same comic line – “I don’t get no respect.’’ Well, we say to hell with all that. And so did two famous composers, Mozart and Dvořák… Read More
The Florida Highwaymen – Down the Road Again
By Margo Hammond
By Margo Hammond. The Florida Highwaymen returned to The Studio@620 in downtown St. Pete this month — or at least their spirits did, thanks to an exhibition of their paintings a reading of a play written and directed by Bob Devin Jones…. Read More
From Horror to Harmony
By Kurt Loft
By Kurt Loft. The words of Ann Frank unfold through music when the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay presents Annelies, an adaptation of the diary as a large-scale choral work. “There are a million reasons to do this piece” … Read More
Can a performer get in the way of a composer?
By Kurt Loft
By Kurt Loft. “I honestly feel that the music always goes first and our main goal as musicians is to be just a kind of translator of what we think the composer may want,’’ says pianist Javier Perianes, who joins The Florida Orchestra for Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto…. Read More
St Petersburg’s Living Room
By Margo Hammond
By Margo Hammond. A sold-out crowd gathered at 620 1st Avenue S on February 10, the second night of a weekend-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Studio@620… Read More