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evening will complement the new MFA exhibit, The Art of the
Stage, Picasso to Hockney, with musings and live performance
art from turn-of-the-century to the future. Guests will be allowed
to view the exhibit, and will enjoy gourmet bites, crafts cocktails
and decadent dessert bars. Theatrical garb and masks are
encouraged.
The following awardees have been announced:
Visual Arts Award – D. Yael Kelley
Performance Arts Award
Patron of the Arts Award – Hal Freedman and Willi Rudowsky
Literary Arts Award – Your Real Stories by Lillian Dunlap and
Jaye Sheldon
Ambassador Award – Duncan McClellan
Tickets $125 before Jan. 30; $150 after. For tickets, go to
stpeteartsalliance.org/arts-alliance-events/
Tombolo Books Sets Up Shop
The ‘Burg’s favorite pop-up bookstore, Tombolo Books, has found
a permanent home in a 1,550-square-foot shop at 2153 1st Avenue
S. in the Grand Central District. Co-owners Alsace Walentine
and Candice Anderson has spent the last several years traveling
to events and festivals as a specialty pop-up book vendor.
“The time is right for a specialty bookstore like ours in St.
Petersburg,” Walentine said. “In talking to the customers at our
brings all types of people together, with the common bond being
a love for reading.”
Tombolo will carry new books for all ages, including emerging
and marginalized voices, books in translation, books from independent
presses, as well as beloved classics and currently popular
journals, author readings, book clubs, and other special events,
tombolobooks.com
Localtopia
Returns
Keep St. Petersburg
Local brings back
an expanded
Localtopia,
Community
Celebration of
All Things Local
on February
22 at Williams
Park downtown.
Showcasing over 200 independent businesses, vendors and
community organizations, the popular event will feature live
music and performers on two stages, along with a variety
of food trucks and local breweries on hand. Look for handcrafted
arts and crafts , natural and organic health and
wellness products, a plant fair, clothing and accessories,
home decor, jewelry, personal care products and much more.
Hours are 10 am to 5 pm, with a rain date of Feb. 29. For more
information, go to localtopia.keepsaintpetersburglocal.org/
Admission is free, with donations appreciated.
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