Matthew McGee didn’t set out to be the Tampa Bay area’s most popular drag performer. When he entered Georgia’s Valdosta State University in 1994, he wanted to be “a character actor like Christopher Lloyd,” McGee said. McGee’s appreciation of an entertainer known as “The Brazilian Bombshell” started him down the path to sequins and stiletto... Continue Reading →
The National Hurricane Center began naming tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean in 1953. Meteorologists say naming these storms helps people remember them, helps make communication about the storms more effective and, ideally, helps people stay safer when a storm makes landfall. The lists of hurricane names now is generated and maintained by the World... Continue Reading →
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkF2umwn_jt/ It’s been 16 years since Paul McCartney turned 64. McCartney gave that milestone added significance when his song “When I’m 64” was released on The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. Released the month McCartney turned 25, the song is a whimsical imagining of what the Beatles bassist must have then... Continue Reading →
June 13 is National Sewing Machine Day and if you’re wondering what that has to do with the arts, meet Anne Rosato. Anne makes and designs costumes for a living. Straz audiences first saw her work in the recent production of Little Shop of Horrors. Like any professional, the tools of her trade are important... Continue Reading →