Featured Events in Petersburg in April 2025 (August Updated)

CIS of Petersburg Dancing With the Greater Petersburg Stars 2025 CIS of Petersburg Dancing With the Greater Petersburg Stars 2025Come join us for the most anticipated dance event of the year! **Dancing With the Greater Petersburg Stars 2025** is back with a dazzling lineup of local celebrities paired with talented dancers. Witness breathtaking performances, glamorous costumes, and electrifying dance routines. Save the date and get ready to cheer for your favorite star on the dance floor! Get your dancing shoes on and prepare for a night full of entertainment, laughter, and surprises. Don't miss this opportunity to support **CIS of Petersburg** and enjoy a spectacular show that will leave you in awe. See you on the dance floor! Information Source: Communities In Schools of Petersburg | eventbrite

SECOND SATURDAY ARTWALK in St. Pete Explore the artwork and sign up for some amazing Resin Craft Workshops at Beach House 5317 located at 2135 3rd Ave S, Studio 6 (Green building at five deuces galleria). 5-9pm every Second Saturday of the month. Drive, Park, Walk or hop on the looper and get ARTsy! Second Saturday ArtWalk is where the Central Arts District, Grand Central District, Warehouse Arts District, Uptown Arts District and downtown Waterfront District come together as ONE ARTS DESTINATION! From the Waterfront District of St. Pete to the Warehouse Arts District, over 40 galleries/studios will be open from 5-9pm with many venues hosting the opening night of their latest exhibit. ArtWalk takes place every Second Saturday of the month. These venues are happily waiting for your exploration, conversation, purchases and inspiration! Information Source: Beach House 5317 | eventbrite

Join us in the courtyard for a National Poetry Month Celebration in partnership with the City of Writers Poetry Festival & St. Pete Poet Laureate Gloria Muñoz! Local poets and artists Camilo Loaiza Bonilla, Keifer Calkins, Eleanor Eichenbaum, Tyler Gillespie, and Tenea D. Johnson will be leading collaborative poetry activites that will encourage attendees to create and explore poetry through different mediums. Camilo Loaiza Bonilla (he/him) is a Latine writer working to unwind generational silence as a queer, trans, first-generation immigrant. He is pursuing his MFA at the University of South Florida, where he explores the intersection of poetry & visual art. His work is in Florida Humanities, Los Angeles Review, So to Speak, and more. In Fall 2025, he will have a solo museum exhibition ( Raíces/Roots ), curated by Dr. Lesley Wolff, at the University of Tampa's Scarfone/Hartley Gallery. Keifer Calkins is an artist, designer, and poet living in St Petersburg. His work deals with abstract realism and material based experimentation. Most of his work is not for sale. Eleanor Eichenbaum is an artist and educator based in St. Petersburg, FL. Tyler Gillespie is the author of the nonfiction collection The Thing about Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State (University Press of Florida, 2021) and two poetry collections — the nature machine! (Autofocus, 2023) and Florida Man: Poems, Revisited (Burrow Press, 2024). Tenea D. Johnson is a multimedia storyteller, mentor, musician, editor, poet, and award-winning author of speculative fiction, including Incandescence, a sci fi/dance film collaboration, Frequencies, a Fiction Album and Broken Fevers, of which Publisher’s Weekly wrote “the hard- hitting, memorable short stories in this powerhouse collection … are astounding in their originality.” Smoketown, her debut novel, won the Parallax Award while R/evolution earned an honorable mention that year. She's performed at venues including the Public Theater. Her latest piece, It Is Yours, will be released over the course of 2025. Follow what’s next at teneadjohnson.com. Information Source: Tombolo Books | eventbrite

Join the Zero Empty Spaces (ZES) resident artists as we host our monthly Last Saturdays Open Studios in our Tyrone Square Mall (St. Petersburg, FL) location from 12pm - 5pm. Our Open Studios events provide an opportunity to discover new local resident artists while touring their studios, ask questions, and form new collections + connections! Zero Empty Spaces (ZES) a rapidly growing affordable artist studio/vacancy management company that creates affordable artist studios in vacant spaces around the country where artists can create and collaborate at an affordable price. The concept expands the appreciation of all genres of art and helps to create a thriving cultural community in the cities surrounding each location. F or more information log on to www.zeroemptyspaces.com or e-mail info@zeroemptyspaces.com Information Source: Zero Empty Spaces | eventbrite

Welcome to Coffee & Poetry at Jack's House featuring Lola Haskins! Join us for an intimate afternoon of poetry at the Kerouac House. The renown Lola Haskins, will be sharing her captivating work with us. Sip on delicious coffee and pastrries from Chef Shelley, as you immerse yourself in the world of poetry. Those of you who have experienced Lola, know what a poetic treat she is. Those of you who don't ar about to find out! There will be a $10 Cover Charge featuring baked goods from Chef Shelley. A little about Lola: Lola Haskins has published 15 collections of poetry, including Like Zeros, Like Pearls (poms about insects) which will be officially live May 6.. Her most recent before that, Homelight), was named Poetry Book of the Year (2023) by Southern Literary Review. The one before that, Asylum: Improvisations on John Clare, was featured in the NY Times. Past honors include two NEAs, the Iowa Poetry Prize, two Florida Book Awards, a Florida's Eden prize for environmental writing, and the Emily Dickinson prize from Poetry Society of America. She has served as Honorary Chancellor for the Florida State Poets Association since 2016. Information Source: The Jack Kerouac House of St. Petersburg, Inc. | eventbrite