The Shine mural festival is in its second year featuring 16 international and local artists as well as several satellite events. Some of the artists included in the festival this year were Alex Pardee, Apexer, Caratoes, Dasic Fernandez, Michael Reeder, Nosego and Pixel Pancho. We hadn’t been to St. Pete in a few years about 5 or so. The last time we were there...

On Sunday we went to the Miami Marine Stadium to see Douglas Hoekzema (HoxxoH) complete a new mural. This is his second piece on the seats. He painted the first one in 2014 as part of the Art History Project to raise funds to restore the stadium. The first piece inspired donations and press coverage. The new one is bound to do the same. A beautiful day amongst art...

The 1st Panorama NYC music festival took place on the weekend of July 22nd-24th.  We happened to be in NY that weekend so we decided to go to the festival for one day on Saturday. Luckily, single day passes were available. I think all festivals should offer single day passes because let’s be honest, sometimes you don’t want to commit to a full weekend....

Gainesville sits in the northern part of central Florida and is known mostly because the University of Florida is located there. I’ve been to Gainesville several times largely because my husband spent some time there and still owns a home near downtown. Today street art makes up a big part of the landscape in Gainesville. It’s changing the city and...

Last night we went to The Cure concert at Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami! We bought our tickets at the end of last year (2015) right when they went on sale. We decided to go big with premium seats on the 5th row. We figured the band has been around for decades and well, they probably won’t be touring for much longer. In essence, it may be the last time we...

It was a hell of a week! I’m just not saying that, hell is good word for the what the rain created out of Art Basel Miami 2015.  When you take Miami traffic, thousands of out of towners and tons of special events going on at the same time you’ve got quite the mess on your hands. Many outdoor events were cancelled or rescheduled and viewing of artists...

Yesterday we went down to Miami to check out some pre Art Basel happenings. We first went to see the new extension to the Wynwood Walls, “The Wynwood Walls Garden”. There are 14 new murals coming up by Logan Hicks, the London Police, Case, Crash, Cryptik, Pichi & Avo and few others as part of the”Walls of Change” project. The place was...

Last week we went to the Becks Urban Canvas pop-up party at the Wynwood Walls.  The party was held to celebrate the project, sponsored by Becks and curated by Wynwood Maps, that will create 15 murals by local Miami artists in Wynwood, Little Haiti, Little Havana and Hialeah. The artists participating are Trek 6, Don Rimx, Hoxxoh, Typoe, Jose Mertz, Tatiana Suarez, 2...

Day 2 Friday at Bonnaroo  Continued from Day 1 at Bonnaroo Music Festival We were able to get a nice spot in the VIP Section of the “Which Stage” to see Royal Blood. Their set was solid, they were energetic, fun and improvisational, playing most songs off their “Royal Blood” album. They truly rocked our asses off but it was unbearably hot. Bonnaroo needs...

My daughter and I went to Wynwood Art walk last weekend after not having been there in a while.  Needless to say things have changed quite a bit. The food truck area, which once was just a small part of the walk, has now become a huge event. There are tons of vendors where the new concrete floor was layed, as well as a tent with a DJ and 3 bars. One can spend the...