{"id":383235,"date":"2026-08-28T04:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/383235\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T04:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:36:08","slug":"arts-alive-podcast-maggie-duffy-creative-pinellas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/383235\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Alive! podcast: Maggie Duffy, Creative Pinellas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our guest today on Arts Alive! is Maggie Duffy, managing editor at Creative Pinellas.<\/p>\n

The county\u2019s umbrella arts support organization has had to re-think and re-configure many things since Pinellas County commissioners chose to de-fund it, almost completely, in September 2025.<\/p>\n

But good seeds always find a way to poke through, and today\u2019s Creative Pinellas is working hand-in-hand with Visit St. Pete-Clearwater, which supplied a much-needed infusion of county tourism money, to put together a monthlong, multi-discipline celebration of the arts. It\u2019s a concentrated effort to show visitors what a wealth of talent and idea-making we\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

Starting Nov. 1, \u201cArt Everywhere\u201d combines art, music, dance, theater, movies and more, from one end of Pinellas to the other. There are 30 events; some will even carry over into December.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s screening of the romantic comedy 50 First Dates (2 p.m. at Green Light Cinema) is a collaboration between Creative Pinellas and the Common Thread Yarn Shop & Caf\u00e9; it\u2019s the first in a monthly film series just for crafters, knitters and others who like to watch movies while they\u2019re working with their hands. There will be special tables and lighting.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s AMPED, the Creative Pinellas fundraising party at FloridaRAMA.<\/p>\n

Duffy has been an arts journalist for more than a decade; she covered art, music, theater, restaurants and more for the Tampa Bay Times. Today her byline appears in The Gabber, Artisan and other local publications.<\/p>\n

Click on the arrow to listen to the conversation.<\/p>\n

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