Category
Art
Pinellas residents can enjoy museums at no cost on Saturday
Local museum enthusiasts and families alike can enjoy St. Petersburg Museums cost-free this weekend. The annual Free Museum Day is on Saturday, Sept. 21. It’s provided by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance and the City...
St. Pete non-profit rallies organizations for International Day of Peace
Justin Lucci has experienced a lot of change in the past three years. He’s a chalk artist now, but that wasn’t always the case. Lucci spent more than two decades in the retail corporate world....
The Arts and the Tampa Museum of Art
MidPoint guest host Matt Newton interviewed Michael Tomor, Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art on the local art scene, arts funding, and the Tampa Museum of Art.
Despite DeSantis’ veto of state funding, the hard work to produce art for all continues
While arts groups in Florida are still reeling from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent and unexpected veto of tens of millions of dollars from the state budget, the hard work to produce art for all continues....
Area advocates for the arts say funding is critical for communities
The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, alongside Creative Pinellas and the Florida Cultural Alliance, held a panel discussion called “Funding the Arts: A Call to Action” at The Palladium on Wednesday. The forum comes after Gov....
The Scoop: Weds. July 31th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Rays Stadium has been approved for funding by Pinellas County commissioners. The commissioners will spend more than $312 million.
Curator speaks out after throwing tomato soup on unknowing artists’ works
Listen: Watch: Local artists were left shaken and humiliated after an art curator threw tomato soup on their artwork. The curator is speaking out, saying that he doesn’t quite know if it was...
Local artists “humiliated” after curator douses art with tomato soup
Listen: Local artists were shaken after their artwork was covered with tomato soup during a gallery opening in Ybor City, with one calling the experience humiliating. Kira Gondack-Silvia is a visual artist from Central Florida. ...
Countdown Improv Festival on Art in Your Ear
Improv invades Ybor City in August. The Countdown Improv Fest has grown into the country’s biggest improv festival. Spanning five days – Wednesday August 7 – Sunday August 11 – it showcases more than 100 solo,...
DeSantis Declares War On Arts & Culture
Gov. Ron DeSantis stripped $32M in statewide arts & culture funding from the budget over his hatred of popular Fringe Festivals in Tampa & Orlando that he accused of being "sexual."
Jarvis Karim El-Amin stops in to announce an epic candidate forum, voter education and registration rally coming to the Tampa Bay Community. Expect sights of D.L. Hughley and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump. The Q...
A Conversation with Diana Planche aka Set Feux
Exactly at the time scheduled for our Zoom conversation Diana Planche’s radiant smile fills my computer screen. She’s composed and striking, yet she whispers, “I’m nervous.” The Toronto-based singer-songwriter is not new to being in...
