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SUMMARY:Blah Blah Blah Open Mic With Guest Author Gale Massey
DESCRIPTION:This open mic is anything but blah!\nBring your finest prose or a true story to share. Everyone gets 7 minutes on the stage to present their work after a reading by this month’s featured author.\nThis month’s featured guest is author Gale Massey. (Read more about her work below!)\nThe Open Mic Rules:1. Every reader gets 7 minutes to share their work.2. We’ll limit each event to just 10 readers.3. Toss your name in the bucket when you arrive. Names will be chosen at random.\nAdmission $5. Advance ticket link: https://thestudioat620.org/events/blah-blah-blah-1825/…\nGale Massey’s debut novel\, The Girl from Blind River\, received a 2018 Florida Book Award and was a finalist for the Clara Johnson award.\nHer work has appeared in Lambda Literary\, CutBank\, CrimeReads\, Sabal\, the Tampa Bay Times\, SawPalm\, and Tampa Bay Noir. Gale was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers Conference\, a fellow at Writers in Paradise\, and has served as a panel judge for the Lamdba Literary Awards.\nShe has been nominated for a Pushcart prize in both fiction and nonfiction. She is currently working on her second novel.\nLearn more at https://galemassey.com/
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/blah-blah-blah-open-mic-with-guest-author-gale-massey/
LOCATION:The Studio@620\, 620 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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SUMMARY:The Life of Herod the Great – Launch Event with Deborah G. Plant
DESCRIPTION:Tombolo Books and The Woodson African American Musuem of Florida invite you to celebrate a never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston\, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. Please RSVP and let us know you’ll be there! \nScholar-Editor Dr. Deborah G. Plant and local author Sheree L. Greer celebrate the life and work of one of the most essential voices in the canon of Florida literature\, Zora Neale Hurson! \nThe event will take place at The Woodson African American Museum of Florida located at 2240 9th Ave South\, St. Petersburg FL 33712. Doors open at 6pm for a pre-event reception with light refreshments\, and the event begins at 6:30pm. Tombolo Books will be on site with copies of The Life of Herod the Great for purchase. \nIn the 1950s\, as a continuation of Moses\, Man of the Mountain\, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible\, Herod the Great. In Hurston’s retelling\, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the “slaughter of the innocents\,” but a forerunner of Christ—a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea. \nPortraying Herod within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity\, little known to modern readers\, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex\, compelling\, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston shared her findings about Herod’s rise\, his reign\, and his waning days in letters to friends and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way. \nDecades later\, Dr. Deborah G. Plant has dedicated much of her career to studying the life and work of Hurston. In her role as scholar-editor\, Plant’s “Commentary: A Story Finally Told” assesses Hurston’s pioneering work and underscores Hurston’s perspective that the first century BCE has much to teach us and that the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of Herod the Great.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/the-life-of-herod-the-great-launch-event-with-deborah-g-plant/
LOCATION:Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum\, 2240 9th Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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SUMMARY:This is the Year: Book Launch with Gloria Muñoz
DESCRIPTION:This dazzling YA cli-fi written in prose and verse will speak to any reader struggling with the state of our world and how to understand their place in it. \nWe are kicking off 2025 in the best way with the book launch celebration of Gloria Muñoz’s debut YA novel\, This is the Year! Muñoz and Carmen Alvarez open our event season in the courtyard talking about this gorgeous\, poetic novel! \nThis is the Year is now available for preorder\, and readers who order their copy from Tombolo Books will also get the special book-themed swag included with their purchase! \nMore about This is the Year: \n“In outer space\, no one will know me as the girl with the dead sister.” \nSeventeen-year-old self-proclaimed Goth and aspiring writer Julieta Villarreal is drowning. She’s grieving her twin sister who died in a hit-and-run\, her Florida home is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster\, and she isn’t sure how much longer she can stand to stay in a place that doesn’t seem to have room for her. \nThen\, Juli is recruited by Cometa\, a private space program enlisting high-aptitude New American teens for a high-stakes mission to establish humanity’s first extraterrestrial settlement. Cometa pitches this as an opportunity for Juli to give back to her adopted country; Juli sees it as her only chance to do something big with her life. \nJuli begins her training\, convinced Cometa is her path to freedom. But her senior year is full of surprises\, including new friendships\, roller skating\, and first love. And through her small but poignant acts of environmentalism\, Juli begins to find hope in unexpected places. As her world collapses from the ramifications of the climate crisis\, Juli must decide if she’ll carry her loss together with her community or leave it all behind. \nTold in gripping prose interspersed with poems from Juli’s writing journal\, this genre-bending novel explores themes of immigration\, climate justice\, grief\, and the power of communities. \nGloria Muñoz is the author of Your Biome Has Found You and Danzirly\, which won the Ambroggio Prize and the Florida Gold Medal Book Award for Poetry. She is an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellow\, a Hedgebrook Fellow\, a Macondista\, a Highlights Foundation Diverse Verse Fellow\, and a part of Las Musas. This Is the Year is her debut novel. Visit her online at gloriamunoz.com and on Instagram at @bygloriamunoz. \nCarmen Alvarez of TomesAndTextiles is a Cuban-American residing in Florida. Outside of her passion for books and undying love of my local library\, she adores vintage fashion\, music\, film\, supporting the local arts and her 2 dogs. She’s weirdly obsessed with skincare and will have a sheet mask recommendation for you at the drop of a hat.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/this-is-the-year-book-launch-with-gloria-munoz/
LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:11th Annual First Night of Kwanzaa
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebration of the first night of Kwanzaa 2024\, Umoja (unity) at St. Pete Youth Farm. Umoja stresses the importance of maintaining togetherness for the family and the community. This is reflected in the African Proverb: I AM because WE are.\nJoin us as we celebrate family\, community\, and culture!African attire and drums are encouraged \nFREE\, family-friendly eventFree parking
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/11th-annual-first-night-of-kwanzaa/
LOCATION:St. Pete Youth Farm\, 1664 12th St S\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33705
CATEGORIES:Community,Holidays
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SUMMARY:Holiday Lights Dance
DESCRIPTION:Dance among the magical lights at the Florida Botanical Gardens (Largo\, FL). Wear something festive. Be mindful of the weather conditions. Dance surface is not smooth. Arrive early to enjoy the lights. Tonight we are in the Wedding Garden from 6:30-8:00PM. OK to bring friends. They will need to make a donation at the entrance. RSVP 727-564-6847 to get on the list of dancers.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/holiday-lights-dance/
LOCATION:Savoy South Dance Hall\, 2221 N. Hercules Avenue\, Clearwater\, FL\, 33763
CATEGORIES:Community,Holidays
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SUMMARY:Community Cultivators at Grassroots Kava House St. Pete
DESCRIPTION:Timely with Helene and Milton’s aftermath\, we are called to discover new mindsets and habits that bolster hospitality humans in this ever-growing city. Grassroots Kava House (GR) is excited to host “Community Cultivators: A Panel Discussion with St. Pete’s Community Catalysts\,” an event aimed at building connections and raising awareness of the vital role the hospitality industry plays in our community. The panel will focus how the community can support this industry while spotlighting Free Leadership’s efforts to promote civic engagement and social development. The event\, benefiting the non-profit Free Leadership\, will take place on November 18th from 6:30-9pm at GR’s upstairs location in St. Pete. Attendees will have the chance to engage with local industry leaders\, ask questions\, and learn how to support causes that directly benefit the hospitality sector. We will be raffling donated gift baskets sourced from local partners\, offering free henna tattoos and light appetizers from Twisted Indian. \nPanelists: \n\nGravy Suits\, Co-Owner of Grassroots Kava House\nLokesh Vale\, Owner of Twisted Indian\nCaitlyn Smith\, Co-Owner of Herban Flow\n4th Panelist\, To be selected by community nominations\n\nModerator: Natalia Levey\, HI Hospitality Group \nThe fourth panelist will be chosen by the community through a nomination process on social media. Nominations for the panelist will be open from October 28th to Nov 4th on Instagram and Facebook. \nNomination Process: \n\nNominate candidates via DM’ing @grassrootskava on Instagram & Facebook or email info@grassrootskavahouse.com between Oct 28th-Nov 4th\nProvide the name of your nominee and why they are a great fit\nPanelists should be advocates for the hospitality industry\, feel-good leaders\, and active community cultivators\nGrassroots Kava House and Free Leadership will review nominations and select a finalist which will be announced on November 6th\n\nPlease visit Eventbrite to reverse your spot! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-cultivators-tickets-1039069935147?aff=oddtdtcreator \nAbout Free Leadership:\nFree Leadership is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering civic engagement and generating social capital by equipping individuals and industries that serve others with leadership skills\, certifications and individualized mentoring. They focus on direct service providers who are naturally positioned in roles of listening (e.g. tattoo artists\, Uber/Lyft drivers\, wellness practitioners and the hospitality industry). For the last two years\, they have also focused on cultivating conscious social leadership disciplines in men interested in creating positive social impact. \nSee Freeleadership.org to learn more about their current initiatives and vision. Or donate today at https://gofund.me/4a873008.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/community-cultivators-at-grassroots-kava-house-st-pete/
LOCATION:Grassroots Kava House\, 957 Central Avenue\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, United States
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