Walt Belcher to perform at the Kerouac House 6/28
Come to our monthly gathering of Storytellers at the Jack Kerouac House of St. Petersburg! This month’s featured storyteller is local favorite Walt Belcher; Storyteller, poet, comic, and general literary scenester Victoria Dym hosts the event.
Walt Belcher was a reporter and columnist for The Tampa Tribune for nearly 35 years. He started storytelling as performance art in 2018 and currently serves on the board of the Florida Storytelling Association. He has told at the annual Florida Storytelling Festival for the past 6 years. He hosts a monthly storytelling open mic at the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center and is on the board of the Suncoast Storytellers Inc, of St. Petersburg. He also has told stories at festivals in South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas and Pennsylvania. His book of cowboy poetry, published in March,”Scallywag of the Scrubs” is based on stories about Bonaparte “Bone” Mizell, a legendary Florida wrangler of the late 1800s.
There will also be an open mic (each story 5-7 minutes, sign up at the event)and cofee and desserts at the intermission.