Foreword: It all begins at a sophisticated uptown wine bar with literary vintages.
Epilogue: It all ends in a Key West bar with Beat poetry and jazz. What a tale to tell.
Produced by Keep St. Pete Lit and Venue Theatre Collective and Actors Studio. Sponsored by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair.
Wednesday, March 11
6 p.m.
WINE MADONNA
111 2nd Avenue NE
Foreword Before Party — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sip poetic wines and get in the mood for literary revelry
GENERO COFFEE COMPANY
1047 Central Avenue
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Matthew Jackson: Ode to the art of the proper pub crawl.
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Jack Kerouac: The road ended in St. Petersburg but the Beat king’s legacy lives on. Portrayed by Robert Gilligan
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Patrick J.F.X. Smith: Aventura Loco, a mad Mexican adventure in the manner of Kerouac but very, very different.
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Zora Neale Hurston: The toast of the Harlem Renaissance still tells the tales of her Florida home. Portrayed by Nyela Hope
BODEGA
1120 Central Avenue
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Maureen McDole: Poetic musing about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Ernest Hemingway: The old bard of Key West and Havana at his poignant and macho best. Portrayed by John M. Lowe
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Cathy Salustri, Jon Kile, and Shelly Wilson: "Three Bars" — Three Authors. Three Chapters. Many bad decisions.
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Jack Kerouac: The road ended in St. Petersburg but the Beat king’s legacy lives on. Portrayed by Robert Gilligan
GREEN BENCH BREWERY
1133 Baum Avenue North
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Cathy Salustri, Jon Kile, and Shelly Wilson: "Three Bars" — Three Authors. Three Chapters. Many bad decisions.
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: The hard-drinking, Pulitzer-winning scribe of the Big Scrub has a soft side, too. Portrayed by Deanna Scott.
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Gloria Muñoz: Internal and external spaces. Endangerment of culture and expression
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Ernest Hemingway: The old bard of Key West and Havana at his poignant and macho best. Portrayed by John M. Lowe
OLD KEY WEST BAR & GRILL
2451 Central Avenue
Epilogue After Party — 9 p.m.
Beat era poetry and jazz into the night.
Free Admission
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