Join Studio Duvoe, Inc., the Pinellas Autism Project and the City of Imagination, 2726 54th St. S. (Between dog parks) Gulfport, Florida 33707 April 21st, 2018, 6 – 10pm to celebrate the artistic genius of neuro-diverse (ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, etc.) and physically and developmentally challenged kids and young adults from all over Pinellas County. The students ages 5 – 32, paint in an Abstract Expressionism style, which is based on color, movement, texture and feelings. When a student sells a painting, they receive half of the funds, with the other half going back into the non-profit for future events and art supplies.
Student’s work is nicely framed and very reasonably priced ($10 – $100). Don’t miss this opportunity to view and appreciate these fine works of art. Even if you are not in the market for artwork, come and tell them how beautiful it is!!!!
We will have live music by Keith and Frank, J. Kold and A. D. Burke. Food and drinks will also be provided. Call or text Caroline Duvoe at 727-271-5016 or email her at studioduvoe@yahoo.com if you have questions. Volunteers are needed for this event and cash donations for the cause can be made at studioduvoe.org.
Join The Florida Aquarium for its 17th annual SeaGrapes Wine & Food Festival fundraising event, presented by Amalie Oil, on Saturday, April 28 from 8-11 p.m. VIP ticketholder entry will begin at 7 p.m. for early access to the food and drinks, as well as a special VIP area with exclusive food and drink options. New this year, a sunset cruise will be offered as an add-on to any ticket. 100% of the proceeds from tickets purchased support The Florida Aquarium’s mission to entertain, educate and inspire stewardship of our natural environment.
– Immerse yourself in a wine and food festival unlike any other. Enjoy fantastic wine and sample delicious food while strolling among more than 7,000 animals and plants, all while supporting a good cause. There will be 50+ types of wine available to sample and more than 20 different local restaurant partners in attendance. The festive atmosphere will be complemented by a variety of live entertainment throughout the Aquarium. Dress is cocktail attire.
– General admission tickets – $125, VIP tickets – $250, and an add-on sunset cruise for any ticket is $75. For more information about the event visit www.flaquarium.org/seagrapes or 813-273-4000. 8-11 p.m., Saturday, April 28 (7 pm for VIP ticketholders. Sunset cruise 6:45 pm)
The Florida Aquarium, 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602
2018 Chihuly Workshop Studio Editions
Every year, the Chihuly Workshop collaborates with Dale Chihuly to create four Studio Editions. Each edition is drawn from one of the distinctive series of works he has created throughout his career.
The 2018 Studio Edition collection – Laguna Persian, Capri Blue Seaform, Ivory Luster Basket and Tuscan Red Seaform are now on view and available for acquisition at the Chihuly Collection store. Each Studio Edition is hand blown, signed by the artist, and accompanied by a Plexiglas vitrine and black base for display. The Chihuly Collection Store is open daily and located at 720 Central Avenue. Monday-Saturday: 10am-5pm Sundays: 12pm-5pm, 720 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, FL 727.896.4527, www.MoreanArtsCenter.org.
KEEP St. Pete Lit – SunLit Festival Events
- (4th annual) started Thursday, April 5th 7-9 PM with the SunLit Festival Kick-off party at the Chihuly Gallery – 720 Central Ave. $35/person (include 2 free drink tickets). Enjoy beer/wine (donation bar) and hors d’oeuvres, as you explore the Chihuly Collection. The SunLit Festival brings together over 35 cultural groups, organizations and businesses for 16 days of “Litertainment.”
- April 7 – 22nd, 2018, guest speakers and featured storytellers will share their love of books, reading and writing. The 2018 SunLit Award will be presented to Jeff Morris of Wilson’s Book World for over 40 years of service to our literary community! Music by JJ Pattishall. Proceeds will support Keep St. Pete Lit. Visit www.facebook.com/events/151947105488117/
- Saturday, April 7. Open Tree Climb celebrating books, trees, and books about trees! Produced by Keep St. Pete Lit. Visit http://keepstpetelit.org/sunlit-festival/ for more details and sponsorship or contact Maureen McDole for SunLit Festival and Keep St. Pete Lit Sponsorships (727) 798-4530.
- Kids ages 9 to 12 are invited to the Morean Center for Clay to learn about creativity in a fun, week-long writing camp with Keep St. Pete Lit teachers. The camp is free for low-income students. All students will explore storytelling through play, art, writing and zine-making in a welcoming environment. Students will also be invited to participate in a final camp reading.
There will be two camp sessions: July 16-20 & July 23-27, both from 9 am – 12:30 pm. To apply for either week, please fill out the form on their website at www.keepstpetelit.org/free-creative-writing-summer-camp.
Those who do not qualify for tuition-free camp will be asked to remit a tuition payment of $150/per week before start of classes. Space is limited! If you have questions, please contact Maureen McDole at mmcdole@keepstpetelit.org or call 727-798-4530.
The Florida Holocaust Museum offers free museum admission on April 12, in commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year’s commemoration includes free museum admission from 10 am – 5 pm and the reading of Holocaust victims’ names aloud continuously throughout the day. Additionally, there will be a Holocaust Survivor talk at 12 pm, 2 pm & 5:30 pm The day will culminate with a memorial service at 5:30 pm followed by a special program featuring Holocaust Survivors. Yom HaShoah honors the memory of the more than six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust. If you would like to participate in the reading of Holocaust victims’ names, please call the Museum at 727-820-0100 ext. 249 to schedule your time slot. The Florida Holocaust Museum is located at 55 5th Street S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
St Petersburg City Theatre presents – Dream Child: The Trial of Alice in Wonderland – Friday, April 13, 2018 – local favorite, actress Roxanne Fay, returns to her roots with a benefit for St. Petersburg City Theatre. Performed by the author, Dream Child: The Trial of Alice in Wonderland journeys through the surreal worlds of memory, sin and absolution within the mind of Alice Liddell, Lewis Carroll’s original muse and inspiration for his timeless stories.
It is 1932 and the very grown up Alice is having a new adventure; she is coming to America. Though on the surface her trip is to attend the centennial celebrations surrounding Carroll’s 100th birthday, her true purpose is much more personal, more frightening and more visceral. Is she merely entertaining old memories? Is she seeking absolution for the past? And from whom? Doors open 7 pm, 8pm show. Drinks and light fare are included. St Petersburg City Theatre, 4025 31st St. S., St Pete, FL 33712. Tickets $25 adults, $15 students, $20 SPCT members.
“SPIFFS Persons of The Year”
On Saturday, April 14, 7 pm, St. Petersburg International Folk Fair Society (SPIFFS) International Ball will honor individual group members as “SPIFFS Persons of The Year”. This festive event will be held at Banquet Masters, 13355 49th St. N, Clearwater, FL 33762. Tickets: $40. Call SPIFFS – (727) 552-1896 – for tickets. International entertainment and dancing to the tunes of Urban Gypsies More information at folkfair@ij.net, www.spiffs.org.
SPRING FOR THE ARTS!!
The Waterfront Arts District, Central Arts District, EDGE District, Grand Central District, and the Warehouse Arts District become one arts destination for the St. Petersburg 2nd Saturday ArtWalk, as 40 artists’ studios and galleries open their doors on Saturday, April 14, 2018 – 5-9 pm.
It’s a wonderful time to see old friends and make new ones as you enjoy our vibrant arts community. Open the door to one of the 40 galleries or studios you’ve never visited before, or try our freetrolleys and a whole new neighborhood. It’s impossible to take in the entire ArtWalk in one night!
If you don’t wish to ride of the trolley, free parking can be found on 1st Ave N & 1st Ave S from 15th St. to 30th St., The Clay Center of St. Petersburg, MGA Studios and the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum. Download the map and list of participants to plan your festive art evening at www.stpeteartsalliance.org.
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
The Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School is proud to be staging a production of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Based on the classic novel with songs from the Disney film by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, this musical will entertain and delight audiences of all ages.
It tells the story of a young man, deformed at childbirth, and a beautiful gypsy woman who befriends him and shows him that there is good in the world.
The production will run April 18-20, 2018 at 7pm every night.
Definitely a performance to see! Requests for tickets may be made through the main office (727) 893-5452, extension 2031.
Morean Exhibitions
Tommy Frank and Chandra Debuse Exhibitions at the Morean Center for Clay Opening reception Saturday, April 14, 5pm-9pm. On view through May 31, The exhibition will be accompanied by a hands-on workshop where Frank and Debuse will demonstrate how they create their ceramic forms, their unique surface decoration as well as their collaborative work called Effindeebee.
Shayna Leib: Into the Deep (On view through May 12 at the Chihuly Collection) An artist, diver and underwater photographer, Leib developed a passion for deep water diving. Her attention to detail is exhibited in this show featuring glass works inspired by the underwater world, complimented by her photographic works.
Fresh Squeezed 2: Emerging Artists in Florida (On view through April 27 at the Morean Arts Center) The purpose of Fresh Squeezed is to encourage, support and celebrate artists who fly under the radar, who haven’t had their big break, whose work may not be typical gallery or museum fare.
For Fresh Squeezed, we encourage artists to break boundaries, think of ways their work can create a dialog in our community, our region, in our wild, wacky, wonderful state. Summer Art & Clay Camp Registration is Open! Summer Camp at the Morean has something for every budding artist ages 4-16! Camp begins May 29.
Florida CraftArt presents: “Dia de los Muertos – A Celebration of Life”
42 artists from around the country have been selected from a call to artists to submit works that represent, in their own vision, the theme of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). AARP is the presenting sponsor of the exhibition. The works represent a variety of fine-craft media including ceramic, wood, glass, fiber, metal and mixed media. The curator of the show is Mark Noll, a St. Petersburg artist whose works are collected worldwide. Programming for the exhibition includes artistic workshops, lectures and performances, about ‘sugar skulls’, some in conjunction with Keep St. Pete Lit, weekends, early April – Saturday, May 26 Florida CraftArt is located at 501 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. More information, visit www.FloridaCraftArt.org or call (727) 821-7391.
St. Pete Preservation is now Preserve The ‘Burg!
- On April 19, the Craftsman House in partnership with Preserve the ‘Burg and the Palladium present Ronny Elliott at the Historic Palladium. The show will be in the intimate Side Door Cabaret. Ronny will be accompanied by friends Rebekah Pulley and Rob Pastore as they sing songs that tell the rich history of St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay area. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Preserve the ‘Burg. Tickets can be purchased through the Palladium Box Office,
- Monday, April 23 – 6- 8 pm (reception 6 – 6:30 pm, program 7 – 8 pm) Unseen St. Pete – The Gulf of Mexico: More than an Oil Sump and Hurricane Alley, Cost: Free. freeFall Theatre Company, 6099 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33710
The Suncost Jazz Society will sponsor Bobby Tess and the Dixie Chaps for their final concert of the season on Sunday, April 22, 2:30 – 5 PM at the Kapok Events Pavillion 930 McMullen-Booth Rd. Tickets $15/20. Information: 727-522-6877. Thanks for helping us keep traditional Jazz alive.
Top winners of the Florida Orchestra Musicians Association Young Artist Competition this year are Luke Fox, 17, of Seminole on trumpet, and Miranda Isbitts, 12, of Clearwater on violin. The competition is named in remembrance of Justine LeBaron the former principal horn of the Florida Orchestra. This year 38 classical music students from Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties competed March 17 at the SPC Music Center in the senior and junior divisions in piano and instrumental categories. Ages ranged from 10 to 22 years old. Cash prizes totaling about $4,500 will be distributed among 12 winners. An application form for next year can be found under Young Musicians at www.FloridaOrchestra.org.
The Florida Orchestra (TFO) will perform Verdi’s Requiem April 20-22, featuring the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, under the baton of Music Director Michael Francis. The Florida Holocaust Museum (The FHM) is partnering with the orchestra to tell the story of how the work became known as the “Defiant Requiem” during the Holocaust in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp.
At the beginning of all three performances, The FHM’s Executive Director Elizabeth Gelman and TFO President & CEO Michael Pastreich will speak briefly about the connection between the Requiem and Terezín. A pre-concert talk starting one hour before each performance will take an in-depth look at the Requiem, including the Terezin connection.
The talk is free to all concertgoers. “There is an enduring fallacy that Jews did not resist the Nazis during the Holocaust. There were many methods of resistance including armed struggles and uprisings, as well as more spiritual forms. The story behind the Defiant Requiem tells how prisoners of Theresienstadt used music to resist Nazi efforts to degrade, deprive and dehumanize them,” said Gelman. “Verdi’s Requiem is sublime all on its own. When you know this amazing connection with Terezin, it makes both the music and the story even more powerful. There is no doubt everyone in the concert hall will feel it,” Pastreich said.
The Pirate Athletic Hall Of Fame Golf Tournament Paradise NEWS promoted in our March issue had a date change from May 5 to May19th. All other information in the March issue is correct. Contact Rex Gaugh (727) 434-2165 Rexgaugh@Reagan.com.
The Garden Club of St. Petersburg is presenting their annual Flower Show “Go For the Gold” at the Green Thumb Festival on April 28 & 29, 9 am.- 3 pm. Community Center Bldg. Green Thumb Festival is located at Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th. Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33710. If you have never been, you should plan to attend. Take a gardening cart for ease of transporting plants. Go early for the best selection.
For more contact bparker49@tampabay.rr.com.
freeFall Travel Club: Oregon Shakespeare Festival August 6-13, 2018
Nourish Your Imagination. Feed Your Soul. Tempt Your Tastebuds. Join Artistic Director Eric Davis, freeFall leaders, and other theatre enthusiasts for a week of theatre, food, and fun in Ashland, Oregon. Since 1935, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has grown to become the largest repertory theatre in America. Ten plays in three theatres are featured at this Tony-award-winning company during their week long stay, along with numerous educational and behind-the-scenes experiences. They’ll go on a wine tasting tour and enjoy other activities in beautiful Rogue Valley.
Trip includes admission to ten plays and all educational events, hotel accommodation, all ground transportation, daily light breakfast, two dinners, one lunch, and a private wine tour. (Airfare not included) The plays are: Othello, Sense & Sensibility, Oklahoma!, Snow in Midsummer, Henry V, Manahatta, The Way the Mountain Moved, Romeo and Juliet, The Book of Will, and Love’s Labor’s Lost. Per traveler, Double occupancy: $3150 Deposit $500. Call the box office at 727-498-5205.
Suntan Art Center has made art accessible to the Saint Pete Beach community for over fifty years by way of classes, workshops, shows and camps. If you are looking for a “Summer Camp” that you child will love…you found it! This is the eighth year Linda Griffin, Pinellas County Certified Art Teacher, will be teaching her camps at Suntan Art Center, located just next to the Don Cesar on lovely Saint Pete Beach. Combining history and art the children spend the week having picnic lunches, walks on the beach, building relationship with various aged children while creating BEAUTIFUL art! Camps run 9-4pm M-F four weeks this summer. Please see attached application for the details. Class sizes cap at 15 children and fill up fast so come and join in the fun! Look forward to meeting you and your children!
Summer Art Camp with Ms. Griffin – 727-422-7229. Suntan Art Center, 3300 Gulf Blvd, St Pete Beach, FL 33706, www.Suntanartcenter.org (727)-367-3818
Funding Futures – Students Arts Opportunity Grant Program
Talented students who aspire to be exceptional musicians, actors, or visual artists are often faced with financial need that prevents them from pursuing a career in an artistic field after school or during the summer. A small grant award can make a world of difference to a student who otherwise would not have the chance to succeed in his or her arts field. The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance is committed to supporting young talent out of school, just as we support ACE, Arts for a Complete Education, for Pinellas County arts education in public schools.
Who is eligible: – Any artist 10-18 in the categories of dance, cinematic arts, jazz, music, digital arts, photography, theater, visual arts, and voice. For a Funding Futures Application with more information, email ace@stpeteartsalliance.org
Donate to Funding Futures Funding Futures is supported 100% by donations. SPAA has awarded over $10,000 to 16 students in our first year. Help make a difference in a child’s life. Donate today!
Arts Alliance -100 2nd Ave. N., Suite 150, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, 727.518.5142, info@stpeteartsalliance.org