Join Us for
Story Night at the Distillery

The Story Slam of Tampa Bay

When?

Every Third Thursday
6 pm-8 pm
February through June
Feb 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18

Where?

Tippler’s Spirits Garden
St Petersburg Distillery
800 31st St,
St Petersburg, FL

Contact

For questions or details contact us at
info@suncoaststorytellers.org
or
info@stpetersburgdistillery.com

What’s Going On?

Story Slam: A competitive open mic story telling event.
Hosted by The St. Petersburg Distillery and presented by The Suncoast Storytellers Guild,
This slam takes place in the beautiful outdoor courtyard of a distillery, the “Tippler’s Spirits Garden”.
Just rehearse a bit (please) then come share your
Tall Tales, Ghost Stories, Personal Anecdotes, Weird History, Folk Tales.

A Featured Teller will open the show,
then the competitive story slam begins.
It is free to watch, there is a $5 entry to participate.
The winner will be determined by audience applause on a decibel meter as interpreted by the emcee.
The winner will receive half the entry fee total, and a gift pack from the St. Petersburg Distillery.
The remainder of the entry fees support our 501(3)c,
The Suncoast Storytellers Guild, to continue putting on events like this.

Why?

Throughout history people have gathered to share their stories. We gather around campfires, around stages and pulpits, around radios and televisions, and we build our community of shared stories. Also, it’s a good time.

Featured Teller 2/19

We are excited to announce our Featured Storyteller for April 21st will be the acclaimed and incredibly entertaining Dr. Heather O’Leary!

An award-winning transdisciplinary scholar of the human dimensions of water, Dr. Heather O’Leary leads multiple science communication and diplomacy initiatives demonstrating the vital contributions communities make to transnational water policy and science. As an Associate Professor of Anthropology, her research interests trace the ways water impacts the most pressing concerns of our century – from extractive development; to informal labor and human migration; to challenges to human and environmental health; to building crucial data literacy goals in the face of disinformation and science skepticism; to creating just environmental policy models for all.

O’Leary’s current science literacy projects include: analyzing misinformation around chemicals of emerging concern along American coasts; comparative projects on cultural values of contamination in coastal and riparian India; epistemic erasure and selective citation in environmental sciences; expanding public hydroliteracy through data-driven sonification (CRESCENDO); and projects for the interdisciplinary USF Oceans of Data Think Tank which she jointly leads.

Together, these projects trace water knowledge across each of its steps—from physical source to scientific interpretation, public consumption, and policy—in non-linear and overlapping complexities. Her portfolio outlines the challenges sciences face to making our waters secure and sustainable for today’s needs and tomorrow’s generations.

Dr. O’Leary has served as a specialist with the OECD, Global Water Partnership, International Science Council, and in leadership positions on the multiple international anthropological boards (World Anthropological Union (WAU); International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES); Scientific Commission for Anthropology and Environment (CAE)) creating intergenerational, North-South learning communities among members to foster bi-directional mutual understanding.

Come listen and participate on May 21st at 6pm at the St. Petersburg Distillery 300 31st Street South, St. Petersburg, Fl.

Join Us for Story Night at the Distillery