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One of the world's largest Beatles collections opens next month in downtown St. Pete
The Penny Lane Beatles Museum, containing one of the world's largest permanent Beatles collections, will debut in downtown St. Pete on August 5th. The new 2,100-square-foot museum will be located at 146 2nd Street North on the ground floor of the Palais Royale office building.…

Brush to canvas: News from the art community
A fundraiser for Venezuela, Second Saturday ArtWalk and 'Photographers Amid Chaos.'

St. Pete artists and galleries team up for a Venezuela benefit night this Saturday
This Saturday, St. Pete is proving once again that a good art scene can do more than fill gallery walls. It can bring people together when they’re needed most. Following […]

‘People give you energy’: A conversation with Willy Chirino
The Latin music superstar performs Saturday at Ruth Eckerd Hall.

FloridaRAMA event to blend art and fashion
The Sonder Atelier x FloridaRAMA fashion show will be held Saturday, July 11.

Arts Alive! podcast: LAB Theater’s Owen Robertson
Playwright Wendy Graf’s The Cross and the Saber is a sobering drama set in the not-too-distant future. The play, now through July 19 at LAB Theater Project in Ybor City, gives us an America ruled by a totalitarian government that does not tolerate dissent of any kind. That’s a…

Weekend spotlight: May the Fourth be with you
The Catalyst’s every-Thursday guide to Tampa Bay entertainment and the arts.