Local News in Pinellas County

Florida Orchestra may be the Mahaffey Theater’s next operator

Squeeze play: The Glenn Tilbrook interview

The veteran British band plays the BayCare Sound in Clearwater Aug. 19.

Florida Orchestra single-concert tickets go on sale today

Single-show tickets for The Florida Orchestra’s 2026-27 season go on sale today, at this link. The season begins with a Sept. 12 symphonic salute to the music of Taylor Swift, at the Mahaffey Theater. The season’s first Masterworks concert, Oct. 2 and 4 at the Mahaffey, includes…

Indian Rocks Beach honors its ‘cottage artist’

Joke WRLD Comedy Festival coming to St. Pete this weekend

More than 80 standup comedians from around the country are scheduled to perform.

Art Everywhere will bring nearly 30 arts experiences to Pinellas County this fall

There’s always something creative happening in and around St. Pete, but this fall, Creative Pinellas is bringing even more color to the calendar. From the first week of November through […]

Live Oak Theatre offers ‘Anne Frank’ matinee for school groups

Poynter Institute selects Scott Pelley for achievement award

The St. Petersburg-based Poynter Institute, which owns the Tampa Bay Times, will present journalist and TV news personality Scott Pelley with the 2026 Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism at the Bowtie Ball, in Tampa, in November. Pelley is known for anchoring the…

Tampa author’s new book a tribute to silent sacrifice of her parents and immigrants

In Powerstories’ ‘Conscience,’ Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington

“You can’t look back on her and say what she did was futile; it wasn’t,” actress Roxanne Fay says.

Blinded by science: The Thomas Dolby interview

"To get out and play a show like this, in the summer, is really an antidote to academia."

The Museum of Motherhood prepares for a new chapter

The physical museum closes Aug. 31, but the work will continue online.