Events Calendar

In local communities across Florida, humanities-rich programming is making a lasting impact in the hearts and minds of Sunshine State residents and visitors alike. Florida Humanities is proud to partner with local community champions to bring you high-quality public programming through Community Project Grants, Florida Talks, Museum on Main Street, and more.

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EXHIBITION: Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando’s Underground

Orange County Regional History Center 65 E Central Ave, Orlando

The Orange County Regional History Center has organized a new special exhibition titled Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando's Underground. Between 1985 and 2001, the Orlando concert promoter "Figurehead" invigorated the musical landscape in Central Florida. "Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando's Underground" tells the story of how the company helped grow the local scene with a focus on underground rock music and the club circuit. Utilizing the extensive Figurehead

EXHIBITION: Following Fernando’s Footsteps: A Tale of Tampa’s “Invisible Immigrants”

Ybor City Museum State Park 1818 E 9th Ave, Tampa

The Ybor City Museum Society is presenting a special exhibit on Spanish immigration that will be on display through November 2023. The exhibit is based on a semi-fictitious book by Tampa native, Tony Carreño, entitled Following Fernando's Footsteps: The Tale of Tampa's "Invisible Immigrants, which chronicles the life of a young immigrant from Asturias, Spain to Tampa via Havana, Cuba. Exhibit topics include the six phases of immigration beginning with

The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America

Museum of Science and History 1025 Museum Cir., Jacksonville

The Museum of Science and History Jacksonville presents the exhibition "The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America" which tells the stories of eight men who were lynched in Duval County, Florida between 1909 and 1925. This exhibition also includes stories provided by the Equal Justice Initiative, an interactive map of confirmed lynchings, highlights and discussion prompts regarding the 2022 Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, and a powerful collection of

EXHIBITION: An Elegy to Rosewood

Hannibal Square Heritage Center 642 W New England Ave, Winter Park

Organized and curated by Curator Amy Galpin and Yady Rivero, Assistant Curator, Frost Art Museum in Miami, with Florida International University (FIU) Professor M. Alexandra Cornelius, the Creale School of Art and the Hannibal Square Heritage Center Presents "An Elegy to Rosewood," an exhibition in commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of the Rosewood Massacre. Comprised of photographs and heirlooms from the Jenkins family, this groundbreaking exhibition explores the Jenkins family story

Summer Reading 2023: Our Stories: Creative Writing Workshop

Winter Park Library 1052 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park

Winter Park Public Library hosts a weekly workshop with instructor and author Jaime Lee Lewis. Lewis discusses a different element of good story writing in each class and gives students time to practice these elements in their writing along with opportunities to read and discuss their work. This course culminates in an opportunity for students to share their work aloud at the Celebration of Stories at the Edyth Bush Theatre

Artists and Thinkers: Stewing with Zora Howard

Virtual/Online

The Hermitage Artist Retreat presents the second in their Artists and Thinkers series, "Stewing with Zora Howard." In Pulitzer Prize finalist and Hermitage Fellow Zora Howard's STEW, it's too hot and too early for all the drama. As the generations of Tucker women convene in the kitchen to prepare a meal for a large gathering later that day, it begins to emerge that "the secrets we keep from our mothers

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