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Recent Florida literary news includes honors dispersed, lives well-lived, and a notable possibility for a bright future. Here’s your chance to get caught up. Best of the (Literary) Bay: Sarah… Read More

Someone seems to have gotten my memo about events crowding into Saturday, because this weekäó»s plethora of arts events, including great music and uniquely Pinellas visual art, are handily spread… Read More

  Wonderland [/fusion_title][fusion_text] [/fusion_text][fusion_text] by JEFF GEORGE Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Good words to live by when you’re writing. There’s a million reasons… Read More

The Royale begins a new cycle forŒæKim Sullivan at American Stage. Versatile and regal with a side of charisma, Kim Sullivan made history last February when he starred as landlord… Read More

If you were to personify the word swagger, your closest approximation might be ŒæJay äóìThe Sportäó Jackson. The Royaleäó»s protagonist — loosely based on the worldäó»s first black heavyweight champion,… Read More

  It’s heartbreaking to think about all the devastation natural disasters have caused in the past month. Hurricane Irmaäó»s winds ripped off a large section of freeFall Theatre‘s roof, allowing… Read More

Saturdays are such a conundrum around here. It sometimes seems like a challenge to get people out of the house on non-weekend days (maybe itäó»s all that driving), which means… Read More

Autumn is finally here and although thereäó»s no colorful leaf change in our neck of the woods, there are plenty of colorful performing arts events to add some spice to… Read More

  As the figurative dust from Hurricane Irma settles, some arts venues are still dealing with damage in Tampa Bay, depending on where on the storm’s wobbly, zigzag path touched… Read More