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Review: Immersive and untethered to reality, Jobsite’s ‘Alice’ is an eclectic, episodic journey full of fun
It runs at Tampa’s Straz Center through June 4.
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Creative Pinellas CEO Barbara St. Clair will retire at the end of the year
A Champion of the Arts Retires in Pinellas County.
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Review: Talented Ragtime at St. Pete’s Demen Landing makes for a raucous picnic
The acclaimed American Stage musical runs through Sunday, May 14.
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Under threat of a labor strike, the show goes on for ‘Mean Girls’ in Sarasota
Union performers will meet audience members outside tonight, to highlight their demands for a fair contract.
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Review: In St. Pete, ‘Baskerville’ is a complete triumph from concept to execution on par with freeFall’s best
It’s just part of an incredible slate of offerings in theaters across Tampa Bay.
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Review: ‘Misery’ is a sparse and electrifying new production at Jobsite Theater
Tampa couple Summer Bohnenkamp and David Jenkins breathe fresh life into two of Stephen King’s most iconic characters
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Onstage and off, Powerstories Theatre’s 2023 season is about women’s strength
The 23-year-old company is being forced out of its building on July 1.
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Review: In Tampa, Stageworks Theatre’s ‘Smell Of the Kill’ is a hilarious portrait of suburban hell
The three performers create distinct, interesting (if troubled) characters who mine the script for all its subversive verbal and physical comedy.
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In ‘Brutes,’ Florida-raised author Dizz Tate lets beauty and insanity walk hand in hand
Tate discussed the work with Tombolo Books on Feb. 16.
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An expanded version of Gulfport’s ReadOut LGBTQ+ literature festival happens this February
Brian Broome delivers the keynote on closing day.
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The first-ever ‘St. Petersburg Month of Photography’ is happening this May
A forthcoming Lumen Photo Fest is also planned for May 2024
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WMNF’s ‘Art in Your Ear’ radio show is the Tampa Bay art scene’s number one fan
It runs from noon-1 p.m. each Friday on WNMF 88.5.
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A guide to Kress Collective, the new Ybor City arts hub on 7th Avenue
It features 14 different groups spanning literary, cinematic, visual, dance, and performance arts.
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Review: Georgia Mallory Guy’s fiercely intelligent and rigorous direction drives ‘The Wolves’ at Tampa’s ThinkTank Theatre
The show about eternal love runs through Jan. 22.
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St. Pete artist seeks community help in revitalizing family’s historic Atwaters building
”I can’t let this legacy die.”
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Downtown Tampa’s Florida Museum of Photographic Arts is moving to Ybor City
The move to the Kress building on Seventh Avenue starts on Jan. 19.
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The name of Tampa International Airport’s big flamingo is Phoebe
The 21-foot tall flamingo is a sculpture by artist Matthew Mazzotta, who titled the piece ‘Home.’
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Meatyard, Ybor City’s affordable art studios, among Creative Loafing’s most read local arts stories of 2022
‘Rhonda Santis’ made headlines, too.
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‘He literally lived every day as it if were his last’: St. Pete artist Nick Davis dies at age 31
Davis was famous for his ‘Black is beautiful’ message.
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USF starts St. Pete arts renaissance archival project inside Studio@620
Archiving an art space is about collecting and digitizing materials that tell its story.