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By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. Visiting the Safety Harbor Library and requesting a Museum Pass for one of nine brilliant museums in Pinellas County is how I imagine Charlie felt when he won the golden ticket to see Willy Wonka’s factory. There is a rush of excitement to choose a museum, pick up a pass – and head out on a new adventure. On this occasion we went to see Maurus the Explorasaurus at the Great Explorations Children’s Museum in St. Pete…. Read More
By Sheila Cowley. “Billow” is a short script I wrote thinking of Creative Clay – a celebration of being spectacular and being seen. “It speaks to the whole fight of not being visible,” says CEO Kim Dohrman. The first rehearsal was this week and the performance is part of their Spring for the Arts fundraiser on May 20. The ensemble features actor Jan Neuberger, dancer Helen Hansen French, choreographer Paula Kramer and every Creative Clay artist who wants to join in…. Read More
By Carol Mickett. Robert Stackhouse and I enthusiastically agreed to work with choreographer Paula Kramer, premier dancer Helen Hansen French, musician and composer John O’Leary III and photographer Tom Kramer on a collaboration for BEACON 2022, the yearly contemporary dance celebration produced by Helen French and Lauren Slone at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg…. Read More
By GJ Thompson. St Petersburg Shakespeare Festival in association with Off-Central Players is hosting The Inaugural William Shakespeare’s Birthday Bash, a day-long street festival of the arts celebrating the birth, life and works of William Shakespeare – with performances, visual art, music, street performers, activities for kids, food and drink…. Read More
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 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
Courtney Elvira is a Mexican-American, mezzo-soprano with her hometown roots in Pinellas County, FL. Courtney began her career as an opera singer, singing for Dayton Opera; Brava! Opera Theater; Opera… Read More
Sarah is a freelance teaching artist and choreographer based in St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL. She has been teaching dance to all ages for over 20 years in schools including the Atlanta… Read More
Roxanne Fay is an actor, playwright, and director. As playwright, Roxanne was named a 2016 Hawthornden Writers’ Fellow (in residence, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland) and was twice awarded the Creative Pinellas… 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
