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Published August 079 beautiful bookstores to visit in Pinellas County
Time to browse the best bookstores Pinellas County has to offer. These local shops feature the best new books around and used gems you never knew you needed. Each one […]
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Published August 07Arts Alive podcast: American Stage’s Anthony Gervais
Dropping by the Arts Alive! studio today is Anthony Gervais, interim executive director at American Stage. Ostensibly, we’re discussing the theater company’s big weekend event. The American Stage Theatre Flea Market (3-8 p.m. today, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday) represents a bit of…
I Love the Burg
Published August 06COPA’s Latin Jazz Sundays are some of the best shows in St. Pete
For jazz lovers looking for a hidden gem in St. Petersburg, COPA has quickly become a must-visit space on Sunday nights. Known for its Afro-Caribbean Latin fusion cuisine, COPA continues […]
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Published August 05Singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale plays Kerouac House Friday
Said George Strait: “Jim Lauderdale is a consummate entertainer, a sharp dressed man as well, a terrific songwriter and a great singer."
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Published August 04Twenty years on, La Lucha still makes jazz magic
The trio has just released "Tides," the 9th La Lucha album.
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Published August 04A huge, four-day arts festival is coming to St. Pete’s EDGE District
St. Pete has long been heralded as a home for the arts, and the city’s newest festival is creating one of the biggest arts-centric events the region has seen. The […]
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Published August 03The future of The Pier’s ‘net’ sculpture is blowin’ in the wind
'Bending Arc,' the St. Pete Pier's $1.5 million public artwork, has been MIA for 18 months.
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Published August 03Joke Wrld Fest brings 80+ comedians to St. Pete for two days of comedy chaos
St. Petersburg is about to become the unlikely host of what might be the most ambitiously, outrageously stacked comedy festival Florida has ever seen, and somehow that sentence isn’t hyperbole. […]
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Published August 01Vintage St. Pete: Guy Lombardo and Tierra Verde
Bandleader Guy Lombardo was famous for his sentimental rendition of “Auld Lang Syne,” which he and his Royal Canadians performed every New Year’s Eve, somewhere in America, for close to half a century. Their 1947 recording is still played every midnight, Jan. 1 in New York’s…
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Published July 31Will The Florida Orchestra take on Mahaffey management?
“This is an exciting opportunity for The Florida Orchestra, but also for the community.”
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Published July 31Arts Alive! podcast: Palladium Theater director Paul Wilborn
And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain …. With apologies to Paul Anka, who wrote “My Way,” it’s not really a final curtain. Nothing so dramatic. In the case of Paul Wilborn, who’s been the executive director of St. Petersburg’s Palladium Theater since 2007,…
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Published July 29Just say yes: A Taylor Swift orchestral symphony experience is coming to St. Pete this weekend
St. Pete is entering its Orchestra Era. Steve Hackman’s Taylor Swift: The Symphony Era is coming to the city this Saturday, September 12, with a show at the Duke Energy […]