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Pinellas County Theatre Week.
Nov 9–22, 2026 · Buy one ticket, get the second free — automatically, on every show, no promo code. Pick your show and a Theatre Week date, then choose two or more seats at checkout.
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The Werk Wants Your Nice. It Wants Your Naughty More.
The St. Pete gallery's annual holiday Call for Art asks artists to pick a side of Santa's list. Submissions close Nov. 14.
'St. Pete Reads!' literature festival returns in November and includes authors from across the US
The fifth annual St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest takes over the Woodson African American Museum's Legacy Gardens on Nov. 7, with children's authors, live jazz, and book swaps.
Three Hours Too Late, Right on Time: Sarasota Gets First Crack at Ahoy-Hoy
Jenny Stafford's "pretty unhinged" comedy about the man who almost invented the telephone was voted Audience Favorite at Urbanite. Now it launches a four-city national premiere, and Sarasota goes first.
Princeton Review ranks Eckerd College's WECX No. 4 college radio station in the US
Eckerd College's student radio station WECX, run by 84 student DJs, was named the fourth-best college station in the country by The Princeton Review.
They Hid Grenades Under Their Skirts. Now They Get a Rock Band.
RiSE, a rock musical about the Jewish women couriers who fought the Nazis, comes to The Florida Holocaust Museum Nov. 8 for one afternoon of songs, scenes and a conversation with the man who wrote it.
Tampa Bay Has Film Schools. It Didn't Have This.
A new St. Petersburg workshop wants to fill the gap between a four-year film degree and a YouTube tutorial. Classes start Oct. 26 in Lealman.
Stories bring you in. The scene keeps you.
You read a review on your lunch break. It sticks with you. Suddenly you know what you're doing this weekend.
Two nights a month, on us. You've seen more theatre this year than the last three combined — and you're bringing friends.
You know the artists by name. You post about opening night. You're the reason someone else showed up.
Read the book. See the show.
Each month, the Passport Book Club pairs a book with a live show or museum visit. One price covers your copy of the book — picked up at Tombolo Books — and your ticket in. Members join with 3 Passport credits.
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Hosted by Tampa Bay Arts Passport founder Avery Anderson. Long-form conversations that go deep on every corner of the region's arts scene — theatre, visual art, music, literature, and the people who make it all happen.
A monthly roundtable with former Tampa Bay Times critic Maggie Duffy and local writer Jana Henson. They dish on what's on their minds, the shows worth talking about, and the bigger conversations happening in Tampa Bay arts.
Every Friday, the arts in your inbox.
Reviews, shows worth seeing, and interviews you won’t read anywhere else.