Meet Tampa drag king Apollo Infiniti, known for pulling rainbows out of DeSantis’ ass

He found drag as a way to come out as trans, but post-transition his passion for performing has only grown.

by Selene San Felice April 24, 2025August 5, 2025

Tampa drag queen Jelitza Fearce is a pageant competitor true to her name

‘Support your local drag queen because they were here before any mainstream drag went out, and we’re going to be here after.’

by Selene San Felice April 24, 2025August 5, 2025

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St. Pete’s bearded drag queen Adriana Sparkle is a hair away from ‘Drag Race’ fame

‘No matter what style you’re doing, you can elevate it to the highest degree…’

by Selene San Felice April 24, 2025July 29, 2025

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Pedro el Poeta Jarquin recovers Tampa’s Latino foundations

‘Cornerstones of a City’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Pedro el Poeta Jarquin April 18, 2025August 5, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

At St. Pete’s Maximo Park, Amanda Hagood reflects on hidden landscapes and aging

‘Maximo Park Picnic’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Amanda Hagood April 18, 2025July 26, 2025

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In this micro-history with music, Julie Buckner Armstrong crosses Tampa Bay with a civil rights legend

‘Father John Crossing the Gandy’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Julie Armstrong April 18, 2025June 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete professor and author Thomas Hallock mourns an untimely death on Treasure Island

‘Beach elegy’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Thomas Hallock April 18, 2025August 5, 2025

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St. Pete poet Tyler Gillespie opened Ellis Hughes’ diary and came out with this ‘note’

‘research note, Or, all the colors vary according to the point of vision’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Tyler Gillespie April 18, 2025June 16, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Petersburg poet Tyler Gillespie road trips with a swamp monster

‘Creek freak’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Tyler Gillespie April 18, 2025August 3, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete’s poet laureate Gloria Muñoz reminds us that water and flowers are what we hold onto

‘Water Hyacinth’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Gloria Muñoz April 18, 2025June 13, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Interview: ‘The Lion King’ was supposed to be a homecoming for Clearwater’s Marquis Floyd

The Gibbs High School graduate died unexpectedly on March 23.

by Ray Roa April 1, 2025August 3, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Tampa artist Nneka Jones among top award winners at Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

The festival gives out a total of $92,000 in prize money, making it one of the highest paying juried art festivals in the Southeast.

by Jennifer Ring March 4, 2025July 20, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Comedians have figured out how to sell-out giant venues, and Tampa’s Amalie Arena is on the forefront of the trend

Shane Gillis plays a sold-out show this weekend, with gigs from Nate Bargatze, and others coming down the pipeline.

by Michael Murillo February 28, 2025August 1, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

The Story Garden, St. Pete’s first children’s bookstore, opens next month

It pops up at this weekend’s Localtopia, too.

by Chelsea Zukowski February 19, 2025July 31, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

‘It looks like birthday cake frosting!’ Rollins Museum of Art exhibit honors children’s responses to art

Symbolic Languages: Children’s Understandings of the Collection

by David Matteson and Sponsored by Rollins Museum of Art January 28, 2025February 3, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Interview: St. Petersburg artist Raheem Fitzgerald is inevitable

Fitzgerald was born in St. Pete, but spent some of his adolescence in Atlanta before returning to the Bay area after high school.

by Anthony Ozdemir January 21, 2025July 29, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Rachel Coderre brought her art conservator business back to Tampa, and she needs help to win another crucial grant

She thinks having more conservators in the area gives the city credibility.

by Maggie Duffy December 11, 2024July 31, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Proceeds from St. Pete artist’s ‘Stronger Than the Storm’ t-shirt will go to hurricane relief

Proceeds go to the We Are St. Pete Fund and Feeding Tampa Bay.

by Jennifer Ring October 31, 2024July 7, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Tampa Bay’s Sen. Darryl Rouson prepares to fight for the arts in Tallahassee

Rouson called a Pinellas County Legislative Delegation Meeting to hear from the local arts community.

by Jennifer Ring September 30, 2024May 1, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Tapping into Tampa artist David Sibbitt’s long, redemptive journey back to painting

Don’t expect cuddly language about it from him.

by Ryan McIlvain September 27, 2024July 30, 2025

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Meet Tampa drag king Apollo Infiniti, known for pulling rainbows out of DeSantis’ ass

Tampa drag queen Jelitza Fearce is a pageant competitor true to her name

St. Pete’s bearded drag queen Adriana Sparkle is a hair away from ‘Drag Race’ fame

Pedro el Poeta Jarquin recovers Tampa’s Latino foundations

At St. Pete’s Maximo Park, Amanda Hagood reflects on hidden landscapes and aging

In this micro-history with music, Julie Buckner Armstrong crosses Tampa Bay with a civil rights legend

St. Pete professor and author Thomas Hallock mourns an untimely death on Treasure Island

St. Pete poet Tyler Gillespie opened Ellis Hughes’ diary and came out with this ‘note’

St. Petersburg poet Tyler Gillespie road trips with a swamp monster

St. Pete’s poet laureate Gloria Muñoz reminds us that water and flowers are what we hold onto

Interview: ‘The Lion King’ was supposed to be a homecoming for Clearwater’s Marquis Floyd

Tampa artist Nneka Jones among top award winners at Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

Comedians have figured out how to sell-out giant venues, and Tampa’s Amalie Arena is on the forefront of the trend

The Story Garden, St. Pete’s first children’s bookstore, opens next month

‘It looks like birthday cake frosting!’ Rollins Museum of Art exhibit honors children’s responses to art

Interview: St. Petersburg artist Raheem Fitzgerald is inevitable

Rachel Coderre brought her art conservator business back to Tampa, and she needs help to win another crucial grant

Proceeds from St. Pete artist’s ‘Stronger Than the Storm’ t-shirt will go to hurricane relief

Tampa Bay’s Sen. Darryl Rouson prepares to fight for the arts in Tallahassee

Tapping into Tampa artist David Sibbitt’s long, redemptive journey back to painting

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[Photos] Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay 2026 photo booth

[Photos] Everyone we saw at Creative Loafing’s 2026 Best of The Bay party

New photography exhibit frames University of Tampa in stunning new light

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