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Shine’s 2025 focus on regional artists is a move towards community building

‘Local art does not mean less-than art,’ Executive Director Helen French told CL.

By Marleigh Brown

Aug 14, 2025

It’s nearly impossible to walk around downtown St. Petersburg without seeing a mural. Artists have painted sharks, spaceships, fetuses, Ella Fitzgerald, and just about anything you can think of across nearly 200 colorful city walls, giving a voice to cultures and communities without saying a word...

A Zulu Painter mural in St. Petersburg, Florida's Campbell Park.

Tampa Arts Alliance secures prime new downtown space, seeks $1.2 million for buildout

The nonprofit plans to open on the ground floor of the Fifth Third Center by March.

By Ray Roa
Jul 16, 2025
Tampa Arts Alliance gives update on affordable housing project coming to Ybor City

The nonprofit secured the land in 2023 and has cleared the way for Artspace to develop the site.

By Ray Roa
Jul 16, 2025
Jobsite’s Harry Potter parody spin-off champions 3-headed underdogs in Tampa next month

No cheese puffs, just Hufflepuff.

By Jani Burden
Jun 23, 2025
St. Pete-Clearwater Airport’s ‘Sightline’ art gallery is now open

Pinellas County artists gain a global audience with new exhibition space.

By Jennifer Ring
Jun 2, 2025
Tampa farmer-florist Kali Rabaut on what flowers teach us about life, diversity and compatibility

Rabaut, founder of Blue House Florals, also discussed the concept of enoughness.

By Ray Roa
May 7, 2025
Sixx Black is breaking the mold in the Tampa Bay drag scene

I will still look pretty, but I will, like, bite the head off a bat. Or staple dollar bills to me.'

By Selene San Felice
Apr 24, 2025
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
Apr 24, 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
Apr 24, 2025
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
Apr 24, 2025
Pedro el Poeta Jarquin recovers Tampa’s Latino foundations

'Cornerstones of a City' from Creekshed 2025.

By Pedro el Poeta Jarquin
Apr 18, 2025
At St. Pete's Maximo Park, Amanda Hagood reflects on hidden landscapes and aging

'Maximo Park Picnic' from Creekshed 2025.

By Amanda Hagood
Apr 18, 2025
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 Buckner Armstrong
Apr 18, 2025
St. Pete professor and author Thomas Hallock mourns an untimely death on Treasure Island

'Beach elegy' from Creekshed 2025.

By Thomas Hallock
Apr 18, 2025
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
Apr 18, 2025
St. Petersburg poet Tyler Gillespie road trips with a swamp monster

'Creek freak' from Creekshed 2025.

By Tyler Gillespie
Apr 18, 2025
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
Apr 18, 2025
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
Apr 1, 2025
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
Mar 4, 2025
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
Feb 28, 2025
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
Feb 19, 2025

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Tampa's Coastal Film Lab has built a community around the camera

Stephen Zane spends a lot of his waking hours working. Every day except Sunday, the bespectacled founder of Coastal Film Lab is…

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Photos: ‘Wearable Art’ 19 fashion show blurs lines at Dunedin Fine Art Center

Dunedin Fine Art Center's infamous “Wearable Art” event was back last Saturday and took on the theme, “Blurred,” which is apropos since…

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Aug 25, 2025

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Despite its enormous size, ever-increasing population, and the obvious fact that it has become a sprawling city, there are still many hidden,…

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Aug 24, 2025

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15 of Tampa Bay's best markets for beginning artists-turned-entrepreneurs

Picture this: you’re an aspiring artist or craftsperson who has finished several pieces. You figure you could make a little money from…

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Aug 15, 2025

St. Pete Zine FestFrequency: Third Saturday of February annuallyVending fee: Free Supply Requirements: BYO table and chair.Print St. Pete started this fest last year with 40 vendors and 500 attendees at the SPC-Gibbs Campus West Community Library. Activities like panels and workshops are featured throughout the morning and early afternoon.Photo via Print St. Pete

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