A beautiful invitation into the surreal
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It’s rare – but when poetry and photography come together, the result is beautiful. Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA) provided the community this unique opportunity with Thomas Sayers Ellis, St. Petersburg’s first photo laureate, poet and bandleader in-residence. The community was treated to lectures, photo analysis and poetry writing/discussions by Ellis, who is the
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Curated. If there’s one word you had to pick to describe the Black English Bookstore – curated would be it. Nestled in Tampa Heights the beautiful, independent bookstore is owned by Gwendolyn Henderson, Tampa City Councilwoman, along with her daughter, Ariel Amirah. Opened last December, Black English Bookstore caters to readers of Black-authored books of
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Regions has launched Women + Wealth, a program that “combines unique events and fresh insights with one-on-one guidance from a team of professionals to further support and empower women as they move forward on their financial journeys.” An initiative of Regions Private Wealth Management, the Women + Wealth program “debuts at a time when more
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If you have not visited The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts yet, head to Ybor City soon – its new location since September 2023. The Museum is on Seventh Avenue, in the historic Kress Building, an artistic hub. Founded in 2001, FMoPA is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting photographic art by national and international artists and
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When Jessica Barnes joined Vote Run Lead in 2021, she thought it was for only a few months. Two years later, she says she can’t imagine being anywhere else. And she won’t be anytime soon. She was recently appointed as project manager for the St. Petersburg group. “Vote Run Lead is an organization that trains
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It was the lamp with the frog that caught her attention, first, as Vanessa Bernard sat in the waiting room for her first oncology appointment. A frog picture awaited her, down the hallway, as she walked to the doctor’s office, and then, the entire week was filled with random frog sightings on television, on clothing,
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Jill Slaymaker’s Alchemy and Other Magical Thinking, a retrospective of paintings and drawings, opened on September 8, at the Michael Murphy Gallery, in South Tampa. The event was attended by over 160 people. A New York City-based artist who exhibits and lectures, internationally, Slaymaker’s first career retrospective will run through October 6 and opened with
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