St. Pete Catalyst By Graham Colton An Echelman sculpture is coming to St. Petersburg. Thursday evening at St. Petersburg City Hall, St. Petersburg City Council voted to approve a $1.5 million- artist agreement between the city of St. Petersburg and Janet Echelman, Inc. World-renowned artist Janet Echelman will have her sculpture installed at the new St. Pete […]
St. Pete Catalyst By Bill DeYoung Two years ago, Sarasota buddies Joe Seidensticker and Brett Decklever – a restauranteur and a real estate developer – came up with a unique business concept. They created Oak & Stone, an upscale restaurant-slash-tavern serving artisanal pizza, gourmet burgers and other such fare, and – here’s the envelope-pushing part […]
St. Pete Catalyst By Bill DeYoung Salvador Dali was a surrealist painter whose bright, colorful, sometimes alarming works defy perspective, time, space, common sense and even gravity. Clyde Butcher’s black and white art photography interprets landscapes: Trees and seas and clouds, rocks and swamps and forests, still and silent and moody and majestic. Rooted in […]
St. Pete Catalyst By Bill DeYoung Two new exhibitions, both opening May 5 at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts, couldn’t be more different. While one consists of abstract art in a colorful myriad of media, the other offers up a tight focus on stark black and white photography. Yet there’s a powerful thread running […]
St. Pete Catalyst By Bill DeYoung As the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts’ fourth annual Beer Project approaches, its motto – “Drink With Purpose” – has never seemed more appropriate. Proceeds from the July 19 and 20 fundraisers will be funneled directly into the conservation and preservation of the museum’s five mosaics from the […]
St. Pete Catalyst By Bill DeYoung The only consistent thing about public art is that everyone will have a different opinion of it. The word “public” kind of ensures that. Thursday’s rejection of artist Janet Echelman’s sculpture by the St. Petersburg City Council brought the city’s sometimes-raging public art conversation to a close. For now. […]
Join the Florida Holocaust Museum in honoring those who died during the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah is known to most as Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, in observance of the occasion, The Florida Holocaust Museum (The FHM) invites the community to visit the Museum free of charge all day on Thursday, April 12, 2018. The Yom […]
Florida spring is the most wonderful part of living in sunny St. Petersburg (okay, maybe not the most wonderful, but its up there). It’s perfect festival weather. Not too hot, and not too cold. The breeze makes the city feel alive, neighborhoods are turning green again. It’s heavenly. Say goodbye to February and welcome March […]
We’d like to welcome our recently launched sister site, StPetersburgPier.com! St. Petersburg’s Pier has been one of its most beloved landmarks and the focal point of its stunning waterfront. Arguably, the Pier played a large part in the development of the bustling Beach Drive district of today. StPetersburgPier.com is a community platform – rich with […]
Runners, it’s time for St. Pete Run Fest. Whether you’re a marathoner or a fetus, they’ve got a run for you. Am I signing up? Sadly no. I had surgery last year and race organizers said I couldn’t run with a personal ambulance trailing me. But you should. My last pair of running shoes lasted […]
