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From Hocus Pocus to Mozart: 5 Reasons October Is Wicked for Tampa Bay Arts

By Avery Anderson Pumpkin spice is predictable. October’s arts calendar? Not even close. We’re talking drag queens turning Disney upside down, Mozart operas scheming their way into your date night, and an orchestra mixing Batman with Spider-Man like it’s a Marvel/DC crossover. Add a play that

Young Tampa artists come together to say 'Enough' to gun violence

ThinkTank Theatre’s reading will coincide with those in 49 other communities nationwide during the annual event. By Claire Farrow In recent weeks, gun violence has once again been brought front and center in conversation, debate, and reality across the country. It’s an ever-festering epidemic that has claimed close

Bridge in a Box

Coastal Film Lab’s new Dropbox might be a place to stop, drop, and process your next roll—but it could also be a reminder that creative impulse, with persistence and structure, can grow into something real. By Mo Houston I may have romanticized the new Dropbox just outside St.

Why Does St. Pete Have So Many Museums?

by Avery Anderson This Saturday, you can walk into eleven different museums in St. Petersburg for free. Eleven. In a city smaller than Cincinnati. We’re talking Dalí’s surreal dreamscapes, entire collections of glass, western art and wildlife, African American history, and even a museum dedicated to the Arts

Finding the Funny in Fear: Susana Cordón on Dracula

How do you make a vampire hilarious without breaking the spell? Actress Susana Cordón—currently playing Lucy in the Straz Center’s Dracula: A Comedy of Terror—argues the laughs land when the characters stay human. She and host Avery Anderson dig into the craft of treating chaos and camp