By Kurt Loft. St Pete Opera opens their season this weekend with Handel’s intriguing opera, “Alcina.” “At its core, this is a story about love and wanting to be loved and wanting to be powerful,’’ says Mark Sforzini…. Read More
By Jennifer Ring. St. Pete visual artist and musician June Bunch has a talent for creative combinations. The same artist who’s coupled plants and dance has combined old cassette tapes with change purses to create custom wallets, and is a singer-songwriter…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. As the planet goes spiraling round and round, we watch the end of summer, another school year commencing, football season. . . and new exhibition openings in museums and galleries. … Read More
By Kurt Loft. SUPERFLEX is a Danish artist collective that blurs the lines of art, design, science and activism. The USF Contemporary Art Museum opens their new St Pete branch with a SUPERFLEX exhibit that sheds light on Florida and its precarious environment and “imagines a future in which all lifeforms coexist as equals.”… Read More
This is the first in a series of features sharing excerpts from the amazing oral history interviews Hillsborough Community College is collecting to preserve and honor the work of vital visual artists in our community. “In Their Own Words” is on view at the HCC Dale Mabry campus through February 29. … Read More
By Kurt Loft. Much has changed since my very first Florida Orchestra concert, when the musicians kicked off the 1981-’82 season. The 2023-24 season offers something more – “Mystery Pieces’’ – short works that aren’t announced in advance, but performed as a surprise, much like an encore at a piano recital…. Read More
Since 1995, EMIT has been hosting a diverse array of performances. This weekend, EMIT is partnering with the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival, WADA, Arts Axis and WUSF to present the EMIT Latin Jazz Fest…. Read More
By Jennifer Ring. Parenting experts rarely list art among the life skills families should teach their kids. But Creative Clay has spent the past two decades teaching life skills through the arts. In the process, they’ve created a model worthy of study and emulation…. Read More
By Kurt Loft. The Florida Orchestra has visited Holst’s brilliantly inventive score of “The Planets” several times over the years, delivering performances that reveal a fearless rhythmic plan full of nuance and power. In opening its new season, TFO will project NASA videos of the planets above the stage…. Read More
By L.L. Kirchner. I heard of Kali before I saw her image. “Kali is the goddess of divine transformation,” boomed my yoga philosophy teacher. “Beware of following Kali,” came the next words from my teacher’s mouth. “She will destroy your life.”… Read More
