Citywide Read & Write In

Keep Saint Petersburg Local, Keep St. Pete Lit, and Saint Petersburg Public Library System announce the kickoff of the Read Local St. Pete Initiative with a City-Wide Read and Write-In under the banyan tree by the Museum of Fine Arts in Straub Park.

Bring your picnic blankets, favorite books, or notepads. Relax in the grass and allow your imagination to bask in the sunshine and fresh air. We will have a special area for writers with writing prompts to get your imaginations brewing. Invite your friends! Spread the word! Let’s pack the park with lovers of literature. All ages are welcome.

Sunday, March 6

 2 - 4 p.m.

South Straub Park - South Downtown Waterfront Park

250 Bayshore Drive Northeast, St. Petersburg
Free

Contact:  Maureen McDole - 727-798-4530, keepstpetelit@gmail.com

Book Club @ MFA: “Running with Scissors”

Book Club @ MFA, presented by Keep St. Pete Lit:  “Running with Scissors” by Augusten Burroughs.  The book was chosen to complement the exhibit Contemplating Character:  Portrait Drawings and Oil Sketches from Jacques Louis David to Lucian Freud.   Each month’s featured book will connect with the work in the Museum’s collection or special exhibition.

Thursday, March 10
6:30-7:30 p.m. 
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
225 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg

Ticketed Event: $5 after 5 p.m. on Thursdays, free for MFA members

Contact:  Maureen McDole – 727-798-4530, keepstpetelit@gmail.com

Get Lit with Keep St. Pete Lit: Word games with libations

It’s part game night, part night at the bar – we’ll have word-minded games, so you can feel like getting lit makes you, well, more lit!

Sunday, March 15
7 p.m.
The Amsterdam, 1049 Central Ave.
Free Admission