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St Pete Catalyst
Published July 03Arts 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…
St Pete Catalyst
Published July 02Weekend spotlight: May the Fourth be with you
The Catalyst’s every-Thursday guide to Tampa Bay entertainment and the arts.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Published July 01America made Dalí famous, but he might’ve had a hard time making it in 2026
When Salvador Dalí died in 1989, European newspapers seemed only capable of reflecting on his time as a surrealist in their neck of the woods. But half of the artist’s life was actually lived in the United States. “It was like America was never even part of Dalí’s world to them,”…
St Pete Catalyst
Published July 01Creative Pinellas celebrates citrus art with airport show
Creative Pinellas curates the Sightline Gallery, at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport.
St Pete Catalyst
Published June 29Looking ahead: The month of July in the arts
Who, and what, in arts and entertainment will soon be heading our way?
Weekly Challenger
Published June 10Black men examine family ties, sexuality, and food as joy in THE HOT WING KING at American Stage
By J.A. Jones | Contributor Katori Hall’s THE HOT WING KING plays at American Stage through June 28, and it’s bringing family trauma, street life, male-on-male love, and food-as-celebration to the table for conversation. Luckily, under Kenny Moten’s well-paced direction, the…
Weekly Challenger
Published June 01Tony Award-winning musical ‘Passing Strange’ opens at Studio@620 June 11-21
BY ISIS CLIMES Erica Sutherlin will direct Passing Strange, winner of 3 Drama Desk awards and the Tony for Best Musical, opening at Studio@620 June 11 and running through June 21. From the rhythmic mind of singer-songwriter and performance artist Stew Stewart comes a rock-musical…
Weekly Challenger
Published May 26Award-winning actor, filmmaker Cranstan Cumberbatch teaches free acting classes in Clearwater starting June 2
BY ZEMI JENKINS | Contributor ST. PETERSBURG — What does creativity and emotional intelligence have to do with future success and employability? According to Yale School of Medicine in its report “Emotions, Creativity and The Arts,” six out of 10 skills listed in The World…
Northeast Journal
Published May 19Open Studio Night: An Art Walk for the Artists
St. Petersburg has a thriving art scene, with crowds flocking to shows and galleries every second saturday for Art Walk. But when do the artists get to go? In March, artist Luci Westphal started her latest initiative – a special night before the art walks where various art groups…
Northeast Journal
Published May 14Mother’s Day and More at St. Pete’s Museum of Motherhood
Barbara Lynch believes St. Petersburg got a rare gift when Martha Joy Rose brought the Museum of Motherhood from New York to The Factory St. Pete. “I feel like St. Petersburg was blessed with this,” Lynch said, “because, you know, she could have gone anywhere.” For Mother’s Day,…
Northeast Journal
Published May 14Kindred Spirits: Photographers Edward Curtis and E. G. Barnhill
The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art recently held an exhibit celebrating the work of acclaimed photographer and ethnologist Edward S. Curtis. Best known for his monumental early 20th-century publication of the North American Indian , Curtis took photos of indigenous…
Northeast Journal
Published April 23John Lodwick: St. Pete’s City Publicity Genius
Babe Ruth is rightly credited with putting St. Pete on the national map, as early St. Pete Mayor and baseball booster Al Lang reflected, “The Yankees with Babe Ruth and their stars meant millions to this town.” But there was another promoter diligently working to do the same. His…