Local News in Pinellas County

The return of the ‘lost’ Maverick

Robert Reynolds disappeared in 2014. Now he's back, as the Mavericks pay tribute to their fallen leader.

Prison kitchen documentary comes to St. Pete

The James Beard Media Award-winning 'Coldwater Kitchen' is about culinary training, trust and life after incarceration.

Morean Arts Center hosts huge Art Yard Sale this weekend with hundreds of pieces under $100

More than two dozen artists are joining for an art market with hundreds of pieces available. This Saturday, September 12, from 9 am – 1 pm, the Morean Arts Center […]

Singing high and loud: The Ann Wilson interview

Heart's lead singer performs Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater.

St. Pete hosts screening and chef Q&A for Coldwater Kitchen, the award-winning culinary prison doc

For thirty years, soft-spoken Chef Jimmy Lee Hill has run a highly regarded gourmet culinary training program inside a Michigan prison. He is teaching them the value of knife skills, […]

Vintage St. Pete: When downtown got ‘legitimate theatre’

In 1953, Broadway came to an old movie house.

Inaugural Gulfport Battle of the Bands brings a huge night of music to the city

Here’s something that doesn’t happen nearly enough in live music: the audience actually gets a vote. A real one. At the end of the night, every person in the building […]

Children’s authors create a magical, musical ‘Bridge’

Birds sing, bees buzz happily and white fluffy clouds float over the little bridge Mr. Fox must cross.

Don CeSar-filmed ‘A Statement’ to premiere in October

A Statement, partially filmed in and around the Don CeSar Resort in April (with dozens of local extras), will debut Oct. 3 as part of the New York Film Festival. The drama, with Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslaney, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and John Turturro, is about…

Summer Talent Showcase shines light on emerging artists

Arts Alive! podcast: Maggie Duffy, Creative Pinellas

Our guest today on Arts Alive! is Maggie Duffy, managing editor at Creative Pinellas. The county’s umbrella arts support organization has had to re-think and re-configure many things since Pinellas County commissioners chose to de-fund it, almost completely, in September 2025.…

Unathorized local music event planned for Haslam’s parking lot

Artist Filipe Bergson plans to host a concert featuring local musicians Saturday, 8-10 p.m., in the parking lot of Haslam’s Books, which has been closed for six years. Bergson, who does not have permission from the owners to hold his event on private property (2025 Central Ave.),…