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Somewhere, under the radar: Pop-up shows proliferate
Pierre Bensusan, Janis Ian and Feng E are coming to St. Pete alternative concert venues.

Bob Dylan’s 1976 bay area swing coming in massive CD set
Included are complete shows from St. Petersburg, Tampa, Lakeland ... and the Belleview Biltmore Hotel.

A Night With Janis Joplin celebrates the legendary musician and her powerhouse contemporaries
Janis Joplin had one of the most distinctive voices in rock history. Her vocals took the emotional intensity of a blues singer and put it through a rock-and-roll amplifier. This […]

St. Pete museums will go admission-free Saturday
Entry fees are waved for a number of art museums and history museums.

At the Off-Central, ensemble work puts the fun in dysfunctional
The Tony-winning 'Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike' continues through Sept. 20.

Talking with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse
The band opens its 'An Eraser and a Maze' tour next week in Clearwater.

Arts Alive! podcast: Tom Gribbin
The former VP of Big3 Entertainment remembers Bill Edwards.

Downtown’s SHINE Mural Festival will return Nov. 6-15
The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance’s annual SHINE Mural Festival has been announced for Nov. 6-15. Nearly 200 murals have been added to the city’s landscape since the event began in 2015.

The Florida Orchestra to perform Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack live alongside film screening
One does not simply talk about blockbuster movies in the Y2K era and gloss over the cinema that was Pirates of the Caribbean. Disney really took pirates, a cursed ship, […]

Underground Book Fair is Saturday at Kerouac House
Writers, artists, musicians and vendors will be set up in every room in the house.

St. Pete pride murals painted over – again
Two Central Avenue murals have been covered again, though who did the work remains unclear.

The return of the ‘lost’ Maverick
Robert Reynolds disappeared in 2014. Now he's back, as the Mavericks pay tribute to their fallen leader.