An all-star list of 150 academics, writers and activists, particular on the liberal side of the American political aisle, such as J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, signed an open letter denouncing the “restriction of debate,” essentially attacking cancel culture. Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial.Continue Reading

The Godfrey Hotel and Cabanas is opening up their lobby and WTR Pool & Grill to feature local artists and gallery exhibits. The hotel sits on Old Tampa Bay, attracting thousands of guests each month, providing high visibility for artists. The exhibits will include watercolors, paintings, sculptures, and photography andContinue Reading

“Sequences”, a retrospective collection of works by world-renowned artist Jean Kazandjian will be on exhibition and available for acquisition at Chasen Galleries, one of Sarasota’s most venerable art galleries. The exhibition opens on Thursday, November 14 and extends through to Saturday, December 28, 2019. Two very special, not-to-be-missed in-gallery receptions with theContinue Reading

Tampa’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts  presents ‘Late Nite Catechism’. Showtimes will be from April 5-7 at the Jaeb Theater, Straz Center for the Performing Arts . Part catechism class, part stand-up routine, this interactive comedy is one of the longest-running shows in U.S. theater history. The New York TimesContinue Reading

In this combined instrumental and vocal performance, Patel Conservatory music students join forces with Patel Conservatory faculty on a variety of small chamber works, culminating with Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria. Featured faculty soloists include Kristi Beinhauer, soprano; Jordan Campbell, mezzo soprano; Timothy Wilt, bass-baritone; Robert Murray, trumpet, and Lauren Murray, oboe.Continue Reading

The Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory presented Magic Tree House: Dinosaur’s Before Dark KIDS, based on the award-winning Magic Tree House book series by Mary Pope Osborne. The acting troupe was comprised of a very talented from of elementary students from second through fourth grade. The story centers around a brotherContinue Reading

Fathom Events and SpectiCast present the fourth title in the “Art & Architecture in Cinema” series, “Renoir – Revered and Reviled,” in select movie theaters nationwide on Thursday, April 21, 2016 following a special premiere event tonight, April 7, at the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia. Starting this journey at TheContinue Reading