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How philanthropy brings light in uncertain times
Welcome to the Catalyst’s Community Voices platform. We’ve curated community leaders and thinkers from all parts of our great city to speak on issues that affect us all. Visit our Community Voices page for more details. In moments when the world feels overwhelming and…
Markus Gottschlich leaving the Warehouse Arts District Association
The WADA board did not specify a reason for Gottschlich’s departure.
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.'
Published July 09Get free zoo and museum tickets through this local credit union
Summer is a time to get out and explore, and the region’s premier credit union is here to help make it easy (and affordable) to do so. Suncoast Credit Union […]
Community-centered Café Ora to open this fall at Looking Glass Initiative in south St. Pete
A community-centered café will open this fall in South St. Pete as one of the first businesses inside the Looking Glass Initiative, a two-block adaptive reuse project along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South. Located at 908 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South, Café Ora…
Published July 09Ideal Nutrition is St. Pete’s new star for healthy, affordable meal prep and meals to-go
After years of searching, I finally found my match. Ideal Nutrition, which quietly opened at the end of 2025 in Downtown St. Pete, has become my new go-to for fresh, […]
Rumba Island Bar & Grill abruptly closes St. Pete location
Rumba Island Bar & Grill has abruptly closed its St. Pete location at 6445 4th Street North, leaving employees and customers with little explanation. Employees tell St. Pete Rising they arrived for work earlier this week expecting a normal shift, only to find the restaurant…
Rumba Island Bar & Grill closes St. Pete location
"We're just looking at doing a rebrand, maybe," said owner Frank Chivas.
Published July 08Three new shops on Central Avenue are celebrating a joint grand opening in Grand Central District
There’s something delightfully chaotic about three brand-new shops deciding to share a single grand opening celebration, and it’s absolutely working. On Saturday, July 25, from 6 to 9 p.m., a […]
Iron Meadow joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator
The organization acquires niche online businesses and utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance operations.
Latvala remembers his father: ‘He never worried about the consequences’
"He would be proud of what his friends said about him in death, and also his political rivals."