By Margo Hammond. I went to a tea party at the Dalí. A woman in a floral hooped skirt offered us a choice of teas, and a man in a top hat poured steaming water into my cup… Read More
Tea, Dalí & Me
Genre: ACM
Honoring Bette Wimbish’s 100th Birthday
By Ralph Wimbish. A lawyer, a politician, a trailblazer. Bette Wimbish was all that and more. She was my mother…. Read More
Music and Mindfulness on St Pete Beach
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
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. 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
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. 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
Meat Your Maker at Eckerd College
By Tom Winchester. Jahcinda Law’s exhibition titled “Meat Your Maker,” recently on view at Eckerd College, brought together family heirlooms, ceramic trompe-l’oeils and cyanotypes that represent what it’s like to be a woman…. Read More
The Naked Truth About Art
By Margo Hammond. This past year two remarkable shows in St. Pete added to the long, illustrious history of arts and nudity. Both creatively confronted the naked truth about art – it’s supposed to be provocative…. Read More
Chamber Players pay tribute to often-ignored instrument
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
