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SUMMARY:Museum Minis with Tombolo Books
DESCRIPTION:Museum Minis with Tombolo Books: “Cat Nap” by Brian Lies\nMuseum Minis with Tombolo Books invites children ages 0 to 5 years old and their favorite grownups to join us in the galleries every third Wednesday for an art-filled storytime! From shapes to colors and artists to animals\, there is always something fun to discover at the MFA. \nMuseum Minis with Tombolo Books\nWednesday\, November 19\, 2025\n10:00 AM–11:00 AM\nFREE for MFA Members; Included with the cost of admission for Not-Yet Members.\nRegistration required. \nREGISTER FOR MUSEUM MINIS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nNot yet a member? Become a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers! MFA Members enjoy free admission for an entire year\, early access to special exhibitions\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, special member-only exclusive events\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBecome a Member \n\nABOUT TOMBOLO BOOKS \nTombolo Books is an independent bookstore dedicated to promoting the value and pleasure of reading throughout St. Petersburg by offering thoughtful inventory curation\, extensive literary knowledge\, and excellent customer service. \n \n  \nABOUT: “Cat Nap” by Brian Lies \nIn the warm\, late afternoon sunlight\, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it through a framed poster on the wall\, an epic chase through time\, art\, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That’s up to the reader to decide\, but for the kitten\, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece. \n\nCaldecott Honor–winning and New York Times bestsellingauthor-illustrator Brian Lies creates a truly unique picture book journey that invites young readers through the galleries of an art museum as well as through time\, space\, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next\, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history—an ancient Egyptian relief\, an illuminated manuscript\, a stained-glass window\, a ceramic dog—each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media by Brian Lies. When the sly mouse gets away\, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home? \nThis visual showstopper by an award-winning and bestselling picture book creator offers readers a page-turning cat and mouse chase\, an introduction to famous works of art throughout history\, an epic adventure story\, and a homecoming. Back matter includes information about how each of the illustrations in the book was created\, notes on the original artworks featured in the book\, and an afterword inviting young readers to make\, create\, and build things. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganized by Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi and Civita Mostre e Musei.
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/museum-minis-with-tombolo-books-11-19-25/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational Event,FREE for MFA Members,Museum Minis,Youth and Family Event
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SUMMARY:Baroque + Bottle Book Club | Representation + Marginalization [SOLD OUT]
DESCRIPTION:Baroque + Bottle Book Club | Representation + Marginalization\n\nIn conjunction with In Caravaggio’s Light | Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi\, the MFA introduces the Baroque + Bottle Book Club\, a dynamic literary series that pairs contemporary fiction with the timeless themes of the Baroque. \nPresented in partnership with Book + Bottle\, St. Pete’s beloved independent bookstore and wine bar\, each gathering invites readers to dive into contemporary novels that echo the emotional intensity\, moral tension\, and timeless questions embedded in the Baroque movement. With expertly paired wines\, lively guided conversations\, and exclusive in-gallery experiences\, this series creates unexpected connections between the masterpieces on view and the pressing issues of today.  \nCaravaggio shocked his contemporaries by casting society’s outsiders as saints and Madonnas\, blurring the line between sacred and profane and challenging who is deemed worthy of reverence. This session of Baroque + Bottle turns that lens towards contemporary literature\, asking how stories can reclaim agency for voices too often silenced. \nWe’ll read Raven Leilani’s breakout debut Luster\, a razor-sharp\, darkly comic novel that follows Edie\, a young Black woman stumbling through love\, art\, and survival in a world that rarely makes space for her. Through Leilani’s fearless prose\, Luster lays bare the complexities of race\, sexuality\, and selfhood in the modern age\, echoing the raw humanity at the heart of Caravaggio’s work.  \nWhat to Expect: \n\n6:00–6:30 pm — Arrivals: grab a glass of wine and ease in with thought-starter prompts and casual conversation.\n6:30–7:30 pm — Guided discussion led by Book + Bottle\, exploring the book’s themes and connections to the Baroque.\n7:30–8:00 pm — Gallery spotlight with MFA curators and educators: a focused look at a work from In Caravaggio’s Light to bring the conversation full circle.\n\n\n\nBaroque + Bottle Book Club | Representation + Marginalization \nThursday\, November 20\, 2025\n6:00 PM–8:00 PM\nMuseum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\n255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg FL 33701 \n$25 for Members; $35 for Not-Yet-Members.\nTickets include program and 1 glass of wine. Additional wine available for purchase. You can order the book and pick it up at Book + Bottle! A limited number of copies will be available at the MFA Shop. \nSOLD OUT \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!  \nMFA Members enjoy free admission for an entire year\, early access to special exhibitions\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, special member-only exclusive events\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBECOME A MEMBER \n\nAbout Book + Bottle\n\n\nBook + Bottle is a bottle shop\, an independent bookstore\, a coffee café\, and a wine bar all rolled into one exquisite little package. They have the most passionate\, friendly\, and helpful team in town to help you choose a book or a bottle or to take care of you and your friends on your night off. \nThey’re an independent\, woman-owned\, values-driven\, sustainably run\, local-first business that believes little kindnesses can make our community—and the world—a better place. \n\nAbout Raven Leilani’s Luster\n\nLuster (2020) is Raven Leilani’s acclaimed debut novel about a young Black woman in New York trying to make art and make rent as a messy new relationship—complicated by an open marriage—upends her routine. With razor-sharp\, darkly funny prose\, the book explores desire\, race\, class\, work\, and the uneasy ways intimacy and ambition collide. It’s a vivid portrait of coming-of-age in precarious times—audacious\, tender\, and unsettling without ever tipping into neat resolutions. \n\nSee ALL Baroque + Bottle Book Club Dates and Times: \n\nNovember 20\, 2025 @ 6 pm: Representation + Marginalization\nDecember 18\, 2025 @ 6 pm: Baroque + Bottle Book Club | Women + Exclusion\nJanuary 15 @ 6 pm: Baroque + Bottle Book Club | Fragility + Faith\nFebruary 19 @ 6 pm: Baroque + Bottle Book Club | Body + Perception\nMarch 19 @ 6 pm: Baroque + Bottle Book Club | Sacred + Secular\n\n\nImages: \nJusepe de Ribera\, St. Thomas (detail)\, c. 1612\, Oil on canvas\, Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi\, Florence\, Italy \nOrganized by Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi and Civita Mostre e Musei.
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/baroque-bottle-book-club-11-20-25/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Educational Event
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