By Jake-ann Jones. freeFall Theatre has brought Ebony Repertory Theatre’s L.A. production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, a play with music by Lanie Robertson, to town. Starring the luminous Karole Foreman, the play takes place in 1959, so we’re meeting the iconic songstress at the door of death (Holiday died in July of that year). The evening feels intimate – it’s just us and Foreman/Holiday, and her lone accompanist, Jimmy Powers. Played by pianist Damon Carter, who fills the theater with his deft and dexterous piano skills … Read More
By Emily Stehle. If you have an interest in fiber (in this case fabric, yarn, thread) color and manipulation techniques, you might plan a short trek to St. Peterburg Opera Company’s Mirella Cimato Gallery. Featured until the end of this month is an inspiring exhibition of work by 25 artists of the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild…. Read More
Friends of Brooker Creek Preserve, a nonprofit support organization of Brooker Creek Preserve, is hosting Plein Air 2022, an outdoor on-location painting event. This annual program is designed to encourage the use of the 8,700-acre Brooker Creek wilderness preserve as natural inspiration for works of art. Visual artists of all levels are invited to participate…. Read More
By Margo Hammond. Have you ever written yourself a postcard? I did — at a workshop last month at the Dalí Museum offered by The Paper Seahorse. You can, too. Just join the second Art of the Postcard – Picasso Style workshop at the museum on May 10 from 6-8 pm. The Paper Seahorse is a stationery store that addresses what its founder, Tona Bell, calls “the digital dilemma” – the fact that these days so many of us are constantly in front of our computers…. Read More
By Susan Giles-Wantuck. For more than 10 years, oboist Amy Collins and painter Christopher Still have wanted a piece of music to go along with the murals he painted for the state house chamber, as Artist-in-Residence of the Florida Legislature. And this Sunday, composer Alyssa Morris’s Florida Miniatures will have its world premiere at USF. The work is based on some of the ten murals Still painted in the Florida House Chamber…. Read More
By Daniel Mrgan. A few springs ago, I started going to a neighborhood coffeeshop across the street from a lively community garden. I would take the window seat with a full view of the garden, usually with a book or a sketchbook in front of me. I became enchanted by this tiny plot of land and especially the community of gardeners around it. As the pages of my sketchbook filled up with doodles of fantastical fruits and flowers,… Read More
The City of Safety Harbor and Safety Harbor Art and Music Center collaborated on “Paint the Park” on Saturday, March 26 – with professional artists and community volunteers working together to create murals at the Ian Tilmann Skatepark. The creative team included muralist Beth Warmath and mosaic artist Heather Richardson. Photos by Holly Apperson…. Read More
By Danny Olda. There are no maybes in etching.
There are literally no gray areas. Each stroke is either made or not made – there is only ink or bare paper. The exhibition “Defining Lines” features prints and drawings from Maxime Lalanne’s career, which stretched from 1850 until his death in 1886. The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg now holds one of the world’s largest collections of the artist’s work…. Read More
By Jake-ann Jones. In a time when most folks are content with the digital sounds their phones blare forth from miniscule earbuds, Scotty Wright’s rich stylization, smooth delivery and upbeat rhythms are a buttery goodness that need to be experienced live. And in the true nature of jazz, every time it feels different. “Let me tell you what I can’t do – I can’t sing a song the same way twice.”… Read More
By Jake-ann Jones. Through photos, spoken word and sound, four artists will weave together an evening that examines the Salt Creek area of south St. Petersburg, during TAKE ME TO THE WATER(S), an exhibit at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg that considers the environment and ecology, urban development, community, gentrification, and race and class issues that surround the Salt Creek area…. Read More
