At 9 a.m. Friday, the St. Pete Pier Marketplace was already bustling with activity. The 17 vendors who are the inaugural tenants in the Marketplace were busy setting out merchandise on the shelves and tables of the stalls and tents they occupy at the entrance to the Pier, and crowds already were stopping to look […]
By Jaymi Butler The Central Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project has a brand new name and a fresh new logo. Behold the SunRunner. Local officials unveiled the new name and brightly colored logo at a press conference in the Grand Central District Wednesday morning, just steps from one of the 16 future stops along the […]
By: Margie Manning Seventeen local small businesses will be spotlighted in The Marketplace, one of the first areas visitors will see at the new St. Pete Pier. The small businesses will occupy seven kiosks and 10 tents under a solar roof structure that provides shade just a few feet away from the Pier entrance. Each […]
Local gallery general manager, Matthew Shapiro of Shapiro’s Gallery as well as owner 1771 Designs has jumped into the mask design game, bringing a little bit of local love to a tough time. “It’s Florida, it’s humid, it’s 95 degrees outside,” he said. “But if we have to wear them, let’s try to have some […]
The new, 26-acre Pier District was designed, to the tune of $92 million, as a gathering place for St. Petersburg residents and visitors. It’s got restaurants, bars, a beach, green space, commissioned public art, and of course the reimagined St. Pete Pier at its zenith, 3,000 feet into Tampa Bay. The City will open the […]
Pet lovers rejoice – a brand new pet store has arrived on Beach Drive! Located at 1 Beach Drive SE, PetWorks brings hand-selected, thoroughly researched pet products to St. Petersburg. Many products made overseas include chemicals that are toxic to pets, so almost all available products are US-made. Local owners Kelli and Robert created the […]
It’s SHINE time again in St. Pete! Here’s a comprehensive list of the artists, locations, and events so you don’t miss out on any of the fun. Muralists hail from all around the world, from England and Mexico to here in our beloved Sunshine City, bringing beautiful variety and art to the walls of St. […]
On the cover of George L. Fleming’s debut novel, Bad Habits, a woman stands at water’s edge holding a fishing rod, silhouetted by blood-red Florida surf. This is, presumably, one Reed O’Hara, the thriller’s fictional heroine and the center of the complex universe Fleming has created in a (semi-fictional) Tampa Bay. The figure in the […]
Happy weekend, St. Pete! It’s Labor Day Weekend, so close the summer in the best place to be – DTSP. This weekend’s highlights include: Thursday – the Royal Palm Market, a stop on the George Clinton tour, and dedication of the new sculpture “Community DNA.” Friday – clay, shuffleboard, art at the Vinoy, and Buddha […]
Just before last weekend’s 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind, comedian Brian Regan posted a video to social media. Looking directly into the camera, he said ‘It’s July 20. National Moon Day … I think I have a joke where I refer to the moon …” And then he played this clip: […]
