By Margo Hammond. Lately I’ve been experiencing Yogi Berra’s déjà vu all over again, that dreaded sense of being caught up in an endless loop like in the movie “Groundhog Day.” Except in this loop, the events that are being repeated are getting scarier and scarier…. Read More
By Skyla Luckey. Drag is a theatrical art form that has existed for centuries, artist, actor and educator John Hulls says. Drag is not a crime and we are proof of that. We are simply artists creating…. Read More
By Jennifer Ring. As development encroaches upon the Tampa Bay area’s natural beauty, plein air painter and instructor Shawn Dell Joyce hopes her work encourages local municipalities to continue preserving pocket parks – small patches of Florida wilderness…. Read More
Dancer, choreographer, professor – and inventor – Merry Lynn Morris talks with Barbara St. Clair about her work exploring dance and disability, and how dance companies and educators are embracing a diversity of dancing bodies in performance. You can listen to her conversation, explore videos and read highlights from the transcript…. Read More
By Troy Bernardo. The 2023 Emerging Artist Grant gave me a feeling of professionality and legitimacy – like I was actually moving toward being a successful writer and not just doing the work. What I didn’t expect was that I would also be making art for the Gallery at Creative Pinellas. … Read More
By Kurt Loft. Keyboard virtuoso Dejan Lazić makes an indelible imprint as an interpreter of Mozart, and listeners can judge for themselves when he joins The Florida Orchestra in the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. This dark and turbulent work opens the orchestra’s final masterworks program of the season, anchored by Wagner’s Ring Without Words… Read More
By Amanda Sieradzki Gabaldon. What can dancers bring into the equine arena? That question framed the conversation at HCC when the Visual and Performing Arts Guest Artist Series and Dance department presented “physical listening” workshops with The Equus Projects… Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. I went south and visited The Baker Museum in Naples recently. I’ve driven past this place on my way to Miami so many times over the years and yet knew nothing of its existence. This will now be a regular stopping point…. Read More
ThinkTank Theatre for Young Audiences is teaming up with freeFall Theatre in St. Pete and Stageworks Theatre in Tampa for Both Sides of the Bay Cabaret…. Read More
By Gabrielle Reeder. As the Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg prepares for its spring production of Sleeping Beauty on May 14, Geizner searches for a new practice space, the uptick in rent – especially in central St. Pete – does not bode well with the company’s needs…. Read More
