The Studio@620 opens a new season of its "Pen is Mightier" literary series with Rosalie Peck and Jon Wilson. The duo recently co-authored St. Petersburg's Historic 22nd Street South, a volume that traces the history of a treasured African-American thoroughfare and its surrounding neighborhood from the segregation era to today. An afternoon workshop with Peck and Wilson is followed by a reading and discussion; the public is welcome. 3-5 p.m. workshop, 7 p.m. reading and discussion, 620 First Ave. S., downtown St. Petersburg, free, 727-895-6620, studio620.org.
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2008.