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The Board of Trustees of the Morean Arts Center is pleased to announce that "The Chihuly Collection presented by the Morean Arts Center" will open to the public the weekend of July 4th, 2010 at 400 Beach Drive in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. "We are very excited and proud to bring the work of the world-renowned artist, Dale Chihuly, to the Tampa Bay region,” said Katee Tully, Executive Director of the Morean Arts Center. “This underscores not only the commitment of the Morean Arts Center, but it further cements St. Petersburg’s reputation as a leading destination for the creative arts.” The Chihuly Collection will be exhibited in the Morean’s new 10,000 square foot space on Beach Drive. This new acquisition by the Morean Arts Center is a prime example of its leadership in the arts and in arts education in the region.
A pioneer of the studio glass movement, Chihuly is credited with transforming the methods of creating glass art and thereby leading the development of complex, multi-part glass sculptures and environmental art. However, his contributions extend well beyond the boundaries of the studio glass movement and even the field of glass: his achievements have influenced contemporary art in general. “I look forward to bringing my artwork to the Morean Arts Center and to the City of St. Petersburg,” said Chihuly.
Five years ago the Morean Arts Center articulated a vision to bring a permanent collection of Dale Chihuly’s work to St. Petersburg to enrich the arts community, and with this announcement, the dream is only a few months away from becoming reality.
Morean Arts Center: With roots dating back to 1917, the Morean Arts Center has focused on an innovative community-oriented approach to art and arts education. The Morean is known as one of the most successful visual arts organizations in the region, offering studio classes in virtually every visual medium; mounting 15-20 contemporary art exhibitions a year in its galleries; creating a robust clay program offered at the Historic Train Station; and providing a wide variety of family and children’s programming, school tours, the highly-praised Word & Image program, summer camp, and other special events. For more information about the Morean Arts Center, visit MoreanArtsCenter.org. For additional information about Dale Chihuly, visit Chihuly.com. Images can be downloaded at: http://moreanartscenter.org/chihuly_press_kit/
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 HELLO YELLOW!
A new service, The Central Avenue Shuttle, now runs from Central Avenue and 31st Street north (near the Grand Central Plaza/PSTA Terminal) with several stops along Central Avenue, stopping at BayWalk and ending at The Pier. This service runs every 15 minutes and also make stops at the Dolphin and Pelican Parking Lots at The Pier on its way to and from The Pier. Headways for vehicles from the parking lots to the building and back are between 7-1/2-10 minutes
The Looper continues to run every 15 minutes and also make stops at both Pier Parking Lots.
The Looper Trolley runs from 10AM-4:30PM Sunday-Thursday and 10AM-12AM on Friday and Saturday. The Grand Central Avenue Shuttle runs from 10AM-5PM Sunday-Thursday and 10AM-12AM Friday and Saturday. The Pier's red trolleys and golf carts run from 7AM-10AM and from 5PM until 1/2 hour after the last restaurant closes Sunday-Thursday. This program is administered by 717 in cooperation with the City of St. Petersburg and PSTA.
ALL vehicles mentioned above will be painted BRIGHT YELLOW with RED trim eventually, but for now you may see a few red (Pier trolley) vehicles on the road.
See The Pier in a New Light
ST. PETERSBURG, FL Nighttime visitors to The Pier now see this icon of the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront in a new light - make that lots of new lights, which was unveiled on New Year's Eve 2006. It is a dramatic LED lighting display that illuminates The Pier on the weekends and during special events. The display is designed to attract attention of the local residents as well as visitors. The lighting project, funded by the City of St. Petersburg, and designed by Metaforma Productions and Wannemacher Russell Architects, Inc., debuted on New Year's Eve 2006. The energy-efficient lighting design is an integral part of many of today's retail projects. Just as artwork draws a crowd, so can attractive lighting. It's an opportunity for the City, at a nominal cost, to bring The Pier into the twenty-first Century. "The goal of the project was to create a really interesting, fun environment and experience for the residents and visitors who come to The Pier and to give a reason for people who haven't been here in a while to come back and see us in a whole new light!" stated Susan Robertson. Pier management hopes the display will act as a beacon to attract visitors and tourists to its mix of Shopping. Dining. Adventure. venues. For further information, contact Susan Robertson, Advertising & Promotions Manager, The Pier at 727.821.6443 or email to robertssm@urbanretail.com. Visit www.stpetepier.com for all event information and a complete listing of other activities. The Pier is owned by the City of St. Petersburg and managed by Urban Retail Properties LLC.
Concierge Center at The Pier
If you are looking for information on The Pier, Pier tenants, the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County or the Tampa Bay Area, ask our friendly staff at The Pier's Concierge Center. Led by Chef Concierge, Nancy Gilson, our staff consists of Patricia, Patti, Ellen, Najwa and Rick, who are happy to help you with your questions. If you are interested in displaying a rack card at the Center, please contact Susan Robertson, Advertising & Promotions Manager, The Pier, 800 Second Avenue N.E., Suite 3002, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 or email her at robertssm@urbanretail.com to obtain rates and a contract.
Fishing on the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier
Skyway Fishing Pier Information Excuse me for again talking about the great fishing going on at the Skyway Fishing Pier right now. The root function of outdoor journalism is to help readers catch fish and take game. Because hunting and fishing are really far more complicated than we let on, it is constantly a challenge to connect readers with these activities. And by many multiples, more challenging when the reader doesn't have access to a boat. But all of this is lifted where the north county pier is concerned. Kingfish and mackerel are stacked around the pier, and with a minimum of tackle and skill available for any and everyone interested. As you read this, chances are I will be crowding the pier railing and casting a big shiny spoon for anything willing to play tug-of-war. For the first couple weeks in May, practically everything with gills in this part of the planet will be sucking in or crashing into any and every offering proffered. The actual taking of snook is closed for the summer, but it is still perfectly legal to catch and release them. The various flats, passes and the western most portion of the Manatee River is harboring good numbers of these stripe-flanked brawlers. A few snook should be showing just outside the surfline of the island beaches and hitting live shrimp, live shiners or any light hued artificials. Far and away, the best time of the day is at the approach of first light in the morning and in the half an hour or so between sundown and full dark in the evenings. The beaches and near gulf are hot with mackerel and kingfish as is Tampa Bay between the Skyway and the passes. Jump a few (or 100) miles inland and freshwater fishing is absolutely exploding. This is easily my favorite time of the year to cast to emergent vegetation or docks and seawalls with tiny popping bugs for bluegills, shellcracker, warmouth and stumpknockers. Yellow or white will both work, but generally I give a tiny round bug in lime or fluorescent green the first shot of the day. Most days that is all that is needed to gather a bucket full of tasty panfish. Any flyrodder capable of tossing a bug 30 or 35 feet can ice down a mess of bream fishing the rim and residential canals at Okeechobee this time of the year. Jerry Hill, outdoors writer, can be reached at 745-7013, or jhill@HeraldToday.com.
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