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  Gospel Music From "Passages of Martin Luther King"

  Studio at 620

  “...Passages of Martin Luther King has an important message for China and for people everywhere, because it shows that a great leader is also a human being like the rest of us. The play tells us that even ordinary people can do extraordinary things.”

  The life affirming pulse of the gospel music performed in the show amplifies that same message of hope and humanity.

  Ray Aresenault will moderate the Social Justice Round Table discussion, immediately following the concert. Ray Aresenault is author of the New York Times reviewed bestseller "Freedom Riders 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice"; which will be documented on the PBS Series: American Experience.

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  Say What?/?Di Qué?

  Studio at 620

  SAY WHAT? will be a unique spoken word experience, the first of it's kind in the Tampa Bay area. This event is a celebration of the richness and diversity of the spoken word in the Tampa Bay area showcasing local poets and venues.

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  The Water is Wide: The Art of Boat Building

  Studio at 620

  This exhibition is a presentation of a small part of the history and the art of boat building on the West Coast of Florida. Using full scale boats, models, hands-on building experiences and lectures as well as the written word we can begin to understand something of the influence that boats have had on the lives of people who have called this area home. This is an unusual gathering of boats as well as men and women of the sea. We hope you will enjoy it.

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  Film Noir: The Shadow in the Fog, The Lady in the Bay

  Studio at 620

  Thrill to classic films, live radio dramas and a presentation of graphic novels - all of which incorporate this dark artistic side of society...

  Studio@620, one of the area’s newest cultural and artistic endeavours, expands its cutting edge programming to include a slate of over 20 films culled from the golden age of film noir.

  Included in the lineup are classics such as Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep, and lesser known examples of the genre, like Detour, the classic B-film directed by cult director Edgar G. Ulmer, which has been cited by filmmakers such as Godard and Luc Bresson as an example of sublime filmmaking. A selection of international films are included, including the opening night film, Rififi, the classic French caper by Jules Dassin that was banned for 30 years due to its explicit drug use, violence and a groundbreaking 17 minute silent sequence that depicts in real time how to pull off a jewelry heist. An evening of Japanese film noir encompasses 40 years in two films: Akira Kurosawa’s 1949 masterpiece Stray Dog, and Takeshi “Beat” Kitano’s hyper-stylized “Violent Cop” from 1989.