ST. PETERSBURG

St. Petersburg Entertainment News

Across St. Petersburg, coverage here takes in live events, arts venues, film and television productions, and the local business of entertainment. It reaches the city's cultural calendar and the performers and venues that fill it.


Arts and Theater

Dance

Tribal Burn Honors Selman With Fire Tribute

A Saturday fire performance in St. Petersburg will include a tribute to dancer Leanne Selman, who was killed in a shooting in Brandon.


Other

Civic

St. Petersburg Honors Two Vietnam Veterans Nov. 11

Mayor Ken Welch will present the Honored Veteran Award to Hardy W. Bryan and Eddie Pringle at the city's 13th annual Veterans Day ceremony.

St. Petersburg Honors Two Vietnam Veterans Nov. 11

Music

Live Poll

Is it better to keep long-held family secrets or to openly confront them?

Jazz

St. Petersburg Press Reissues Little Satchmo Memoir

The updated book by Louis Armstrong's daughter marks the 125th anniversary of the legendary jazz icon's birth.

St. Petersburg Press Reissues Little Satchmo Memoir

Celebrities

Celebrities

TV Presenter Struggled to Suppress Laughter on Air

A news anchor appeared to stifle a smile after a colleague spoke the name of a missing person during a broadcast.

TV Presenter Struggled to Suppress Laughter on Air

This section follows concert and festival bookings, theater and museum programming, film and television shoots filmed on location, and the openings and closings of nightlife and performance spaces. Coverage reaches the downtown arts district and the neighborhoods and communities around the city wherever a performance or production crosses the line. Waterfront and seasonal events drive a large share of the calendar, shaping when and where audiences gather. Venue capacity and production budgets are the two constraints that most often determine which events reach the city.