Reccuring Events
MONDAYS
9:30 pm, Sacred Grounds Coffee House, OPEN MIC ;
4819 E. Busch Blvd,Tampa.
813-983-0837.
WEDNESDAYS
10 pm, Poetry Resurrection @ The Lobby, OPEN MIC ;
217 Central Ave, St Pete. 727-896-3800.
8-11 pm, the Tavern @ Bayboro, OPEN MIC ; 121 Seventh Ave. S, St. Pete. 727-821-1418.
Paris’ Café, “acoustication”/ OPEN MIC ;
14995 Gulf Blvd, Madeira Beach. 727-392-2789.
FRIDAYS
1:05-2 pm, WMNF 88.5, “Art in Your Ear “ by Jo Ellen from Globe Coffee Lounge
One-Time-Only Events
Feb. 12 (Tuesday) 7 pm, Former CIA Operative Valerie Plame Wilson speaks, (Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House); Sun Dome Corral, USF Tampa www.ctr.usf.edu/uls/
Feb. 12 @ 6 pm, “Assembling a Community of Writers”, a workshop hosted by Susan Cerulean, (Tracking Desire: A Journey after Swallow-tailed Kites), USF St. Pete, Davis 130. To register, contact Thomas Hallock at thallock@stpt.usf.edu
Feb. 12-14 @ 9-10:30 am, “Writing in Place”, a workshop hosted by Susan Cerulean, (Tracking Desire: A Journey after Swallow-tailed Kites), Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. To register, contact Thomas Hallock at thallock@stpt.usf.edu
Feb. 14 (Thursday) 11:30 am- A Main Event With Gaetan Brulotte (The Encycolpedia of Erotic Literature), USF’s Humanities Institute, Grace Allen Room, USF Tampa Library
Feb. 14 @ 8 pm, A POETIC VALENTINE'S DAY, from Writers at the University and Florida Literary Arts Council Award winning poet Mark Jarman will read. Reeves Theater, Vaughn Center, University of Tampa. Parking is available in front of the building, the lot between Plant Hall and the Vaughn Center . Mark Jarman is the author of several books of poetry, including: (Epistles, Questions for Ecclesiastes, To the Green Man, The Black Riviera, Unholy Sonnets, Far and Away), and several books on craft. Mr. Jarman will answer questions after the reading (and sign books, of course). Books will be on sale after the reading, and refreshments will be served. Please join us for this unique opportunity, love and poetry.
Feb. 23- Mar. 1. “Visions of Nature” Environmental Film Festival; Eckerd College, 7 pm. / www.environmentalfilmfest.com or www.eckerd.edu/eff
Mar. 18 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm- Mary Dresser (Twilight of Grandeur) speaks on "The Real King Arthur"; East Lake Community Library's free Author's Showcase. Call 727-773-2665.
Mar. 18 @ 7 pm- USF presents the free Science Fiction Symposium IV. Featured Author is Brian Aldiss (Harm and Non-Stop); panel includes Richard Mathews, Brian Space, John Clute and Harry Harrison, with moderator Rick Wilber. Call 813-974-3657 or go to: www.cas.usf.edu/humanities Institute/index.htm; Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). 4801 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa.
Mar. 19 (Wednesday) 10 am- "Bagels and Books"- a free event hosted by the Hadassah Book Discussion Group. Guest speaker Evan Etzioni-Halevy, (The Garden of Ruth); Congregation B'nai Israel 300 58th St. N, St. Pete. For reservations, call 727-392-2657 or e-mail:imayer1@gmail.com
Mar. 20 (Thursday) 11:45 am- Gari Carter (Troubled State: The Civil War Journals of Franklin Archibald Dick) will speak about the book at a luncheon presented by Brandeis University National Woman's Committee. Dunedin Country Club 1050 Palm Blvd, Dunedin. Tickets are $27. Call 727-560-3865.
Mar. 22 (Saturday) 9 am- 4 pm. Wordsmitten Media presents its next workshop series with authors Bob Tarte (Enslaved by Ducks) and Connie May Fowler (Before Women Had Wings). Reeves Theater, University of Tampa 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Registration is $165; www.wordsmitten.com
Mar. 22 @ 10 am- Elise Leonard (Monkey Business and Killer Lunch Lady) and Christine Tortorella (Hey, Coach) will be at "Bunny Tales" @ Great Explorations: The Children's Museum 1925 Fourth St. N, St. Pete. Call 727-821-8992.
Mar. 24 (Monday) 6:30 pm, Michael Dalton will make a multimedia presentation of his book (Another Kind of Mind: A Talking Bird Masters English); Largo Library, 120 Central Park Drive, Largo. For info, call: 727-587-6715.
Mar. 24 @ 7 pm- "A Conversation with Jon Entine, Author of (Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People)"; Temple B'nai Israel, 1685 Belcher Rd, Clwtr.
Mar. 25 (Tuesday) 6 pm- Steven Goldman (The Baseball Prspecus: The Essential Gudie to the 2008 Baseball Season) and James Click, Tampa Bay Rays coordinator of baseball operations, will hold a Q & A session about the 2008 season; Inkwood Books, 216 S. Armenia Ave, Tampa.
Mar. 25 @ 7 pm- Pieter Kohnstam (A Chance to Live)- a neighbor and childhood playmate of Anne Frank in Amsterdam. He will discuss and sign copies of his book. Sarasota News & Books, 1341 Main St, Sarasota.
Mar. 25 @ 7:30 pm- Jeffrey Goldberg (Prisoners: A Story of Freindship and Terror); as part of the Presidential Events Series, Eckerd College Presents this author. He will speak on " Israel, Iran, the Bush Doctrine and the Future of Terroroism". This free event is at Fox Hall, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Pete. For info, e-mail: events@eckerd.edu.
April 6 (Sunday) 2-4 pm, Moving Thought: A Mobile Exhibition of Aritists' Books. The project- created by the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum- includes artists books, graphic novels and other artwork. The event is free. Location: Safety Harbor Library, Baranoff Park. 101 Second St. N. For more info, call Robin Leigh at: 727-724-1525 ext. 233.
April 9 (Wednesday) 6 pm- Jeff Klinkenberg (Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: More Stories About Real Florida); will present a talk and reading. Location: Williams House courtyard, USF St. Pete. 501 Second Street South, St. Pete. Call 727-873-4872.
April 10 (Thursday) 8 pm- The Writers at the University Spring Reading Series; Kent Shaw, recipient of the 2007 Tampa Press Poetry Prize, will hold read from Calenture inside the Music room. Event open to public. For info, call: 813-253-6216. Location: University of Tampa. 401 W. Kennedy Blvd, Tampa.
April 10th and 11th- The Humanities Institute at the University of South Florida will present "Can the Book Survive the Information Revolution?" Speakers include Donna Stanton, former president of the Modern Language Association of America and Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York; Russ Ganim, professor and chair of Modern Languages at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln; and Meredith M. Babb, director of the University Press of Florida. Location: Grace Allen Room, USF Library. 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa. For more info, go to:www.cas.usf.edu/humanitiesinstitute.
Appearances, Readings, and Signings
Feb.12 (Tuesday) 6 pm, Jeff Yeager, The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Roadmap to True Riches; Inkwood Books 216 S. Armenia Ave, Tampa.
Feb. 14 (Thursday) 7 pm, Tim Dorsey, Atomic Lobster; Borders (TAMPA). 813-874-5722; 909 N. Dale Mabry.
Feb. 14 @ 7 pm, James W. Hall, Hell’s Bay; Inkwood Books, Tampa. 813-253-2638; 216 S. Armenia Ave.
Feb. 15 (Friday) 7 pm, Dann Wallis, Burnin’ Daylight; Barnes & Noble, Clrwtr.
Feb. 15 @ 7 pm, Tim Dorsey, Atomic Lobster; Borders (ST. PETE). 727-381-8890; 6999 Tyrone Square Blvd.
Feb. 16 (Saturday) 1 pm, Barbara Sorey, Florida Girl: Short Stories of Family, Community and History: 1804-1969; Barnes & Noble, Clrwtr.
Feb. 16 @ 4:30 pm, James. O. Born, Burn Zone; 2025 Central Ave, St. Pete.
Feb. 16 @ 1 pm, Tim Dorsey, Atomic Lobster; Borders (CAROLLWOOD). 813-265-8455; 12500 N. Dale Mabry.
Mar. 4 (Tuesday) 7 pm, Eugene Hairston, A Quiet Voice; Dunedin Public Library. 223 Douglas Ave.
Mar. 6 (Thursday) 5 pm, Cheri Kay Clifton, Trail to Destiny; CJ's Centre for Beauty Salon and Day Spa. 5011 Ulmerton; Clearwater.
Mar. 16 (Sunday) 1 pm, David P. Morrow, Fat Into the Fire; Borders (ST. PETE) 6901 22nd Ave. N.
Mar. 16 @ 2 pm, Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files, Inkwood Books, Tampa. 813-253-2638; 216 S. Armenia Ave.
Mar. 17 (Monday) 4 pm, Ann O'Farrell, Norah's Children; Tarpon Springs Library. 138 E. Lemon St.
Mar. 17 @ 7 pm, Lynne Elderidge, Avoiding Cancer One Day at a Time; Sarasota News and Books. 1341 Main St, Sarasota.
Mar. 18 (Tuesday) 6 pm, Tim McCarver, Diamond Gems; Books-a-Million. 6591 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
Mar. 20 (Thursday) 2 pm, Randy Wayne White, Black Widow; Haslam's Book Store. 2025 Central Ave, St. Pete./ 7 pm- Tampa Tribune Auditorium. 202 S. Parker St, Tampa.
Mar. 22 (Saturday) 2 pm, Linda Nieves-Powell, Free Style; Barnes & Noble (S. TAMPA) 213 N. Dale Mabry.
Mar. 22 @ 2 pm, Dave Scheiber, Covert; Barnes & Noble (ST. PETE) 2501 Tyrone Blvd. N.
Mar. 24 (Monday) 11:30 am, Jeff Klinkenberg, Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators; Tampa Bay Area Professional Writers Group. Panera Bread, 10801 Starkey Rd, Largo.
Mar. 26 (Wednesday) 4 pm, N.E. Roberts, Letters From the Edge of the Wilderness; Gulf Beaches Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach.
Mar. 28 (Friday) 4 pm, Barbara Birenbaum, Amber's Dachshund Antics; Borders (CLWTR) 2683 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd.
Mar. 29 (Saturday) 2 pm, Rosalie Peck and Jon Wilson, St. Petersburg's Historic African American Neighborhoods; Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave, St. Pete.
Mar. 29 @ 5 pm, Randy Wayne White, Black Widow; Circle Books, 478 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota.
April 1 (Tuesday) 7 pm, Gari Carter, Troubled State; Sarasota News & Books, 1341 Main St, Sarasota.
April 3 (Thursday) 7 pm, James Sheehan, The Law of Second Chances; Inkwood Books, 216 S. Armenia Ave, Tampa.
April 5 (Saturday) 11 am, Helen Rosberg, Call of the Trumpet; Books-A-Million, 33550 U.S. 19 N, Palm Harbor.
April 5 @ 1 pm, Don Bruns, St. Barts Breakdown; Borders, 3800 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
April 5 @ 2 pm, Jeff Klinkenberg, Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: More Stories About Real Florida; Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave, St. Pete.
April 11 (Friday) 4 pm, James Sheehan, The Law of Second Chances; Haslam's Book Store. 2025 Central Ave, St. Pete.
April 12 (Saturday) 1 pm, Andrea Van Scoyoc, Left to the Night Alone; Borders 2683 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd, Clrwtr.
April 20 (Sunday) 11 am, James Sheehan, The Law of Second Chances; Circle Books. 478 John Ringling Blvd, Sarasota.
April 21 (Monday) 10:30 am, Beverly Lewis, The Forbidden; Charis Christian Bookstore. 12685 Ulmerton Rd, Largo.
April 22 (Tuesday) 11 am, Cynthia Smith, Noblesse Oblige; Books-A-Million. 33550 U.S. 19 N., Palm Harbor.
April 22 @ 6 pm, Basdai Sookoor, Into the Light: Love Poems...A Healing Journey; 3330 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico.
April 23 (Wednesday) 1 pm, Leonard Nash, You Can't Get There From Here; Circle Books. 478 John Ringling Blvd, Sarasota.
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