By Fatemah Tuwainah. I had the honor to meet with Mental Health Counselor Dr. Ladonna Butler, the Founder and Executive Director of The Well for Life – who organized this weekend’s Healing While Black 2023 creative summit … Read More
By Jennifer Ring. The connection between light and time is ancient and fascinating. It’s the subject of Christian Sampson’s latest work, Tempus Volat, Hora Fugit, at the MFA in St. Pete – an installation that scatters colored beams of light in accordance with the season and time of day…. Read More
By Suzanne Norman. The City of Clearwater has mounted mural-size images depicting artworks from two concurrent Cuba-related exhibitions. These enticing murals offer a glimpse of the fabulous display within the Public Library’s art galleries – works by Clyde Butcher and 19 Cuban American visual artists… Read More
By Alice Ferrulo. Inspired by all that is “blue” and a play on the wedding theme “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,” this collaborative visual and performing arts installation at the ArtsXchange took two years in the making…. Read More
By Laura Kepner. “The theme of The Island Sisters is shining a light on different ways a woman can be abused,” says author Micki Berthelot Morency. “They are not just random people, they are our daughters, our cousins, our neighbors, our acquaintances… The story is about the strength of women’s friendship.”… Read More
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
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 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
