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S2 Ep1980: ARTS ALIVE! St. Pete Catalyst's Bill DeYoung: Alsace Waltentine, Tombolo Books
Saturday 4/25 is Independent Bookstore Day across the country, and 2,000 or so non-corporate retailers will celebrate their blissful indie-hood with celebrations and specials. There are nearly a dozen such shops in Pinellas County alone. Since 2020, when venerable Haslam’s closed (perhaps never to return), the most prosperous spot on the St. Pete map has been Tombolo Books. It began around 2017 as a series of test-the-waters pop-ups, before settling into its current location on 1 st Avenue S.👉Today’s guest on Arts Alive! is Alsace Walentine, the founder and co-owner of Tombolo. She discusses…
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