Deep Carnivale

When: 10am to 5pm
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
Where: The Cuban Club and along 14th Street, between Palm Avenue and 9th Avenue
Ybor City
Tampa Florida
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What: Readings by authors and poets, songs sung by songwriters, child-friendly performances, games, activites, food and non-alcoholic beverages
Who: Children and families
Admission: Free admission, no tickets required

News

What local bloggers and news media are saying about Deep Carnivale:

Creative Loafing
Inside Deep Carnivale

"Next weekend's Deep Carnivale marks (David) Audet's latest attempt to carry on the Bud Lee creative legacy — and to provide a lure for visitors to the historic district other than the bars and nightclubs that have overtaken it in the past 15 years."

"The daylong fest is all about words — spoken, sung and incorporated into art projects by a diverse group of poets, writers, singer/songwriters and visual artists from all over the Bay area. Well-known authors Enid Shomer (Tourist Season) and Ferdie Pacheco will be on hand, as will acclaimed poets Sylvia Curbelo and Tampa poet laureate James Tokley."

Read more from article by Megan Voeller at Creative Loafing.

Tampa Book Buzz
New Festival for Writers

There's a new family-friendly festival in the Tampa Bay area. Deep Carnivale: A Celebration of Words is scheduled for Saturday, September 8, on 14th Street and Palm Avenue in Ybor City from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Presented by the Artists and Writers Group, Inc. and Hillsborough Community College-Ybor, Deep Carnivale is free and open to the public.

Read more from blog by Lisa Ciurro at Tampa Book Buzz

SeriouslyWhacked
A Monday Night Bedtime Story

Most of you, at one time or another, have thought to yourselves "Y'know, radio is okay and all, but what it really needs is Jeff Strand reading a story. Or maybe they just need to play 'Video Killed the Radio Star' more often. One of those."

Well, to promote my involvement in Deep Carnivale I'll be on the radio LIVE, reading the short story "Everything Has a Purpose" from my upcoming collection GLEEFULLY MACABRE TALES.

WHEN?

Monday, August 27, at from 10:30 to 11:00pm EDT
WHAT STATION?: WMNF. 88.5 FM in the Tampa Bay area
WHO ELSE WILL BE READING?: Authors Lynne Hansen and Sally Bosco

From the SeriouslyWhacked blog by Jeff Strand.

Highlights from 2007 Deep Carnivale

Books As Art As Books

Selected works from the "Art as Books" and "Exquisite Corpse" were on display following the 2007 Deep Carnivale

Books As Art As Books was sponsored by the Artists and Writers Group project in partnership with HCC Parlor 1601 Gallery. Tracy Midulla Reller curated the show.

Highlights

Readings, performances, music, exhibits, and creative participatory activities for children and adults.

Books As Art: Hand crafted and altered books
30 Vendors: Booksellers and similar merchants
History: Historic landmark buildings El Pasaje, Ybor Square and the Curculo Cubano, plus the Cuban Club and Don Vicente de Ybor Inn
Exquisite Corpse: Banners by local artists will fill the 20 arches of the El Pasaje, depicting a serial story, an art concept of the 1920s