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St. Petersburg is like that kid you think will never shake an awful nickname. Then she comes to school one year and she’s suddenly cool. Nobody calls St. Pete “God’s waiting room” anymore. Sure, the once-sleepy city on the Gulf of Mexico is still a magnet for retirees. But these days, it thrums with youthful energy. On weekends, and even

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, 50 lucky earthlings in St. Petersburg were transported to the moon. “Space travelers” put on virtual reality headsets at exhibit LINK: Imagined Realities The out-of-this-world experience was possible thanks to “Imagined Realities,” Imagine Museum’s virtual reality studio. “It was just really cool looking around and seeing the

You, too, can descend from the Lunar Lander and stand on the surface of the moon, just as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did 50 years ago this weekend. It’s part of the Imagine Museum’s permanent virtual reality exhibit, Imagined Realities, in which visitors don a high-quality Oculus VR headset and choose one of five virtual environments

A to Z: The Ultimate Luxury Lifestyles List is duPont Registry Tampa Bay‘s annual compendium of the best our region has to offer. Each year we choose a different set of categories and then select businesses that are top-of-the-line in each category. This year: Art to Zinfandel (and everything luxurious in between). Looking for art that’s thoughtful, moving or just plain gorgeous? Here’s where to

Be prepared to be blown away by the works of these studio artists specializing in blown, fused and cast glass artwork. ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Be prepared to be blown away by the works of these studio artists specializing in blown, fused and cast glass artwork. While the sculptures of Daum, the vases of Steuben and the lamp shades of

In 2004, the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg housed a traveling exhibit called “Chihuly Across Florida: Masterworks in Glass.” The success of the five-month show, and the excitement it generated among locals, convinced officials at the Morean Arts Center that a permanent museum featuring Dale Chihuly’s work could thrive in St. Petersburg. Morean pursued the idea for years,

  An area on the Imagine Museum’s third floor displays some of Trish Duggan’s glass creations, and with original wood block prints that themselves began as glassworks. “Every print that you see in these rooms, there’s a piece of glass that matches,” she explains.  Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world,