Keep St. Pete Lit Poetry Open Mic Nourishes Your Biome Keep St. Pete Lit’s Poetry Open Mic offers an opportunity for local writers to share their polished or unpolished pieces… Read More
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Florida LitLife | May
With St. Pete’s SunLit Festival a fond memory, what’s next on the agenda for writers and readers in Florida? Here’s our roundup of upcoming events, and headline book news from… Read More
May Arts News Roundup
The past few weeks have included some serious local milestones for institutions new and old, hints of a return for utter extravagance in the art world, and, inevitably and sadly,… Read More
A Saturday of Firsts — The Shins and Salvador Sobral Make History
Saturday, May 13, was a day of firsts for this music lover and many others. Around 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 27-year-old Portuguese crooner æSalvador Sobral swept the… Read More
Where to catch live jazz in Pinellas
Forget the naysayers who only look back and not around them. Jazz is very much alive in Tampa Bay. Its history and tradition continue thrive on both sides of the… Read More
PHOTOS: DFAC Garden Party Full of 1920s Fun
Waiting for the crowds to arrive for the 37th annual Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC) Garden Party, a wide variety of silent auction items are displayed äóñ from paintings and… Read More
5 Things To Do
May 12 – 18 Itäó»s Motheräó»s Day on Sunday. Here’s how to handle that: First, check out Creative Loafingäó»s exhaustive guide to Motheräó»s Day events across the Bay. Then peruse… Read More
Selwyn Birchwood Works Hard for His Blues
Lessons in art and life from an ax-shredding MBA . . . whoäó»s never held a day job. Award-winning young blues musician Selwyn Birchwood is living proof of a maxim… Read More
Catherine Woods on Art Going Public
Catherine Woods decided to sell her house to support herself making art full time during a three-week trip to South Africa. The St. Pete-based sculptor is an enthusiastic advocate of… Read More
Maestro Mark Sforzini Orchestrates a Modern-Day Appreciation of Opera
The Executive and Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Opera speaks in a Q&A about growing audiences with a spirit of fun and community fellowship. Maestro Mark Sforzini dispels notions… Read More