St. Petersburg Preservation’s walking tours continue for the 2015 spring season. Saturday morning walking tours are offered each Saturday through April. Upcoming tours include a Waterfront Walking Tour, African American Heritage Trail Tour, Westward Ho to Historic Kenwood Tour, Downtown Lunch Time Tour and many more! Please visit www.stpetepreservation.org
Ikebana International Chapter 65 of St. Petersburg is excited to bring the art of Japanese floral design exhibition to The Treasure Island Community Center. This year’s exhibition takes place on Sat, March 28th, 10am to 5pm, and Sun, March 29th 10am until 4pm. Over 80 arrangements made by their members will be on display to create an incredible visual experience. This exhibit is free to the public but a $2 donation is appreciated. All meetings: 3rd Monday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at Chapel On The Hill Church – Evan’s Hall, 12601 Park Blvd., Seminole, FL 33776. Meetings begin at 10am and end at 2pm. For further information on membership, classes and exhibitions please visit our website, www.ikebanastpetersburg.com or call our hotline at 727-729-9445. Leave: name, phone number & message.
The Morean Arts Center invitesvisual artists to submit entries for the 2015 All-Florida Juried Exhibition, coming up May 9 through June 28. The competition is open to artists age 18 or older who are full-time residents of Florida. All work must be original, completed within the last year and not previously exhibited at the Morean. All work must be for sale. Deadline for submissions: March 16. More info at www.moreanartscenter.org.
The Chihuly Collection located at 400 Beach Drive in St. Petersburg, is proud to present Italian Traditions, curated by Duncan McClellan and Mary Childs. This show features a wide variety of works by contemporary glass masters influenced by traditional glassblowing techniques. Italian Traditions will be on view through April 19th and includes the following artists: Nancy Callan, Jason Christian, Kerrick Johnson, Duncan McClellan, David Patchen, Stephen Rolfe Powell, and many more! Entry is included with general admission to Chihuly Collection. For more info, call 727-896-4527.
Airing February 8th at 2:30 p.m., the St. Petersburg, local celebrity chef, Jason Cline, of the Birch & Vine, will be featured on the Cooking Channel: Emeril’s Florida in an episode entitled “Out on the Town”. St. Petersburg is becoming quite the culinary hotspot with the help of talents from chefs such as Jason Cline. With the feature on Emeril’s Florida, Chef Cline continues to be an important part of putting the St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Area on the culinary map. For more info, visit www.chefcline.com.
Mark your calendars for some incredible shows, exhibits, camps and events coming up this spring and summer at The Dali Museum, located at 1 Dali Blvd in St. Petersburg. Some of the important upcoming events and shows include Dali & da Vinci: Minds, Machines & Masterpieces, Los Vinos de Dali, 2015 Student Surrealist Art Exhibits, Junior Docent Summer Camp, and Dali Loves Pi. For exact dates, descriptions, pricing and general info, please call 727-823-3767 or visit www.thedali.org.
The Florida Suncoast Opera Guild, Inc., is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and will be changing its name to St. Petersburg Opera Guild, Inc. in the near future. For the past nine years the Florida Suncoast Opera Guild has served as an integral part of the success of the St. Petersburg Opera Company, and it was deemed appropriate to change the name to reflect that. Please call 727-367-2036 or email marilynjward@gmail.com
Happy Hour with the Historian, the St. Petersburg Museum of History’s successful lecture series, will be held on Thurs, March 12, featuring Dennis Schrader: From Marilyn to Madden – Baseball and the Sunshine City. Happy Hour with the Historian begins at 6:30pm and admission is a $5 suggested donation and includes viewing of the Museum of History’s exhibits after the speaker. The St. Petersburg Museum of History is located at 335 2ndAvenue NE. For more info, call727-894-1052or visitwww.spmoh.org.
South Pasadena Community Band will be performing several compositions by Rob Romeyn, a local resident, at a free concert held on Wed, March 11 at 7:30pm at the Treasure Island Community Center, located at 106th Ave. in Treasure Island. Don’t miss this most exciting and interesting concert by this 50 piece community band. For more info, visit www.southpasadenaband.com.
Literary circles intersect with other arts and cultural endeavors during the SunLit Festival, a springtime celebration of literature from Saturday, March 7th through Sunday, March 15th. Thirteen literary events over nine days showcase St. Petersburg’s literary heritage and today’s vibrant literary community, raising the profile of our City of the Arts. The SunLit Festival brings together various literary organizations and arts disciplines to celebrate literature, reading and writing. For more info, including participants and festival schedule, please visit www.sunlitfestival.org or www.stpeteartsalliance.org.
Call for Artists: Files & Film Juried Show. Files & Film: A Juried Photographic Art Show will open May 9 at Creative Soul Studio,2425 Central Avenue. Photographers of all genres are welcome. Artists of all mediums are encouraged to experiment with image files or film. Files & Film does not require an artist statement, and submissions don’t have to be 100% complete at time of entry. The event has earned Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay Reader’s Choice award for Best Gallery (non-Museum) Show.Submission deadline: March 30. Info: http://therenegadefw.blogspot.com/2015/01/call-to-photographic-artists-files-film.html.
Don’t miss out on the 6th Annual Boogie Woogie/Blues Piano Stomp on Sat, March 21st at 8pm at The Palladium at St. Petersburg Theatre, 253 5th Ave. N. This event will feature two grand pianos, five great boogie & blues artists in an award-winning lineup! Come celebrate the sixth anniversary of this now legendary Palladium show. Detroit’s 86-year-old boogie master Bob Seeley, Victor Wainwright from Memphis, Ann Arbor, Michigan’s renowned Mr. B, and St. Pete’s own Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues. The last two Stomps were sold out, so get your tickets early, reserved seating. For more info, please call 727-822-3590.
Art in Bloom 2015 – sponsored by The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society and the MFA, is a grand spring tradition and presents some of the most imaginative floral designs in the area. Nearly 60 floral designers will respond to artworks throughout the Museum. The exhibition opens to the public Friday, March 13, 10am and continues through Monday, March 16. For more info, please call 727-896-2667 or visit www.fine-arts.org.
Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival- 10-day Festival Celebrates Clearwater’s Sugar Sand Beaches – April 17-26, Held on Clearwater Beach, south of Pier 60, it is a featured event of Fun ‘n Sun Clearwater. Team Sandtastic artists are returning for the 3rd year to transform 1,000 tons of sand into works of art. There were 30,000 visitors last year. A variety of free activities include sand sculpting clinics, speed sand demonstrations, a children’s play area and extended hours at Sunsets at Pier 60. On the second day of the festival, the Master Sand Sculpting Competition will begin inside the exhibit tent. Sculptors spend three days creating a themed masterpiece, with visitors watching the sculptors at work. The completed works will be on display during the remainder of the event. Admission: $10 / adults, $5 / students 6 to 17 years old, & $7 / seniors (55 and up), military, police, firefighters and teachers (proper identification required). Children 5 and under are free with adult purchase. An adult or senior ticket includes a complimentary souvenir photo. Sponsorship contact Brenna Farley at (727) 688-0180 or email Brenna@sugarsandfestival.com. For more information on the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival, visit the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival Facebook page, call (727) 449-1036, or visit www.sugarsandfestival.com
Volunteers Needed: Opportunity for College Students – The Museum of Fine Arts needs Curatorial Volunteers to help maintain object files, slide files and participate in regulated research projects. Volunteers with former museum experience or college students preferred. Info: http://www.fine-arts.org/volunteer.
Arts Tampa Bay – You can post events and performances on the Arts Tampa Bay site – a calendar of arts events throughout our community – http://www.artstampabay.com
WUSF 89.7 FM – Arts organizations can post events to their easy-to-use online calendar. Info: http://www.wusf.usf.edu/event