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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Journaling Workshop with Artist Ruth Crowe
Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library 1300 E Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FloridaLed by mixed media artist Ruth E. Crowe, participants will be guided in an exploration of their own histories using expressive art journaling as a cathartic creative tool. Instead of relying solely on words, we will tap into our imaginative side using colors, sketches, and mixed media. Participants will have the opportunity to create expressive art journals by combining collage, writing, painting, and drawing. No prior artistic skills will be
Female Superheroes: What Are Their Real Powers?
Lake Wales Public Library 290 Cypress Garden Ln., Lake Wales, FLWhen Superman first flew onto comic book pages, the Kryptonian set the bar for the future of the medium. Female superheroes also filled those pages from the start, but their portrayal has been a subject of controversy. This presentation examines how women are perceived in popular culture through the lens of comic books and asks what are their real powers? Magdalena Lamarre was a Full Professor of History and Sociology
PRESERVING VOICES: Immigrant Perspectives of American Life
VirtualThe Center for José Martí Studies Affiliate at the University of Tampa will be hosting the fourth public program in its "Preserving Voices" series, which brings alive the tradition and showmanship of the lector de tabaquería, or cigar factory reader. This panel, titled Immigrant Perspectives on American Life, will look at significant articles from the Cuban émigré press of Key West and New York City during the 1880s as these
Tallahassee Historical Society Bicentennial Historians Conference
Tallahassee Historical Society 3362 Foley Drive, Tallahassee, FloridaThe Tallahassee Historical Society presents a free and open to the public historical conference. This will be a two day event with panel discussions from several historians commemorating the Bicentennial of Tallahassee and Leon County. Discussions will primarily focus on Florida's Territorial period, 1821-1845. Speakers: Dr. Larry Rivers, Professor of History Florida A&M University, Keynote speaker; Patsy West, independent scholar; Joe Knetsch, Independent scholar; James M. Denham, Professor of History
Movies that Make a Difference Film Festival
The Challenger Learning Center 200 S. Duval St., Tallahassee, FloridaThe Holocaust Education Resource Council is hosting the final installment of our film festival Movies that Make a Difference: Big Sonia! Big Sonia is a documentary film that follows the extraordinary life of Sonia Warshawski, a Holocaust survivor who, after losing her family in the concentration camps, rebuilds her life in the United States. The film explores Sonia's resilience and determination as she becomes a tailor, a beloved community figure,
Female Superheroes: What Are Their Real Powers?
Southwest Regional Library 16835 Sheridan St., Davie, FloridaBroward County Library presents Female Superheroes: What Are Their Real Powers? with Magdalena Lamarre as part of the Scholar Speaker Series. When Superman first flew onto comic book pages, the Kryptonian set the bar for the future of the medium. Female superheroes also filled those pages, but their portrayal has been a subject of controversy. This presentation examines how women are perceived in popular culture through the lens of comic
Film Screening: Lightning In A Bottle
St. Petersburg Museum of History 335 2nd Avenue NE, St. Petersburg, FLJoin Florida Humanities, Tampa Bay Water, and the St. Petersburg Museum of History for a film screening and discussion on the 2023 documentary Lightning in A Bottle. The film explores the "water wars" that plagued the Tampa Bay region in the 1990s, and how local leaders came together to find a solution. A panel discussion will immediately follow the film. Moderated by Dr. Christopher Meindl, Director of the Florida Studies
Books By the Bay Festival 2024
Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center 117 E Government St, Pensacola, FloridaBooks By the Bay, Pensacola's first outdoor book festival hosted by Emerald Coast Writers, welcomes more than 50 authors and featured speakers, booksellers, and library nonprofit groups. Along with readings, panels, and author talks, the day includes a haiku slam, interactive poetry writing inspirited by photos, a children's scavenger hunt, bookmark making and poetry writing for kids. Exhibitors will offer used, new, rare, and vintage books and book-inspired art for
Florida History and Cultural Festival | The DuVals: The First Family of Florida
Anderson-Price Memorial Building 42 N Beach Street, Ormond Beach, FL, United StatesThe Ormond Beach Historical Society hosts the Florida History and Cultural Festival on March 23. The festival includes several museums, authors, artists, and historical artifact collectors and exhibitors. The folklorist presentation, occurring from 2:15-3:15 pm, features William Pope DuVal who was appointed the first governor of Florida in 1821. DuVal was responsible for establishing a government for Florida, creating a capital, and spreading American culture. Together with his wife Nancy
Voices and Votes Opening Reception at Sulphur Springs Museum
Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center 1101 E River Cove St., Tampa, FloridaThe Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center welcomes the Smithsonian's "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America," an immersive and thought-provoking exploration of the evolution of democracy in the United States. Through photographs, objects, film, audio, and interactives, Voices and Votes explores the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government of, by and for the people. This opening event includes comments from local dignitaries, performances by community youth groups, hands-on activities
The Feisty, Fabulous Females of Florida
Northwest Regional Library 3151 North University Drive, Coral Springs, FloridaBroward County Library presents an illuminating presentation from the internationally celebrated storyteller and teaching artist, Carrie Sue Ayvar as part of the Scholar Speaker Series. Though not always in the history books, the women who helped build, form, shape, and develop the state have inspired hope and possibility. Stories of strong, courageous women like Julia Tuttle, known as the Mother of Miami, or Mary McLeod Bethune, daughter of enslaved parents
A Motion Picture Paradise! A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry
Halifax Historical Museum 252 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach, FL, United StatesOften overlooked in its contribution to film history, Florida has played a key role in creating the modern entertainment industry. This presentation discusses how Florida became a "third coast" to the American film and television industries over the past one hundred years. Starting with the first film pioneers in Jacksonville during the 1900s and 1910s to South Florida's television boom during the 2000s and 2010s, Florida has inspired countless exciting
Books By the Bay 2024: John Patrick Green: The Life of A Graphic Novelist, Reading, and Q&A
Voices Multicultural Center of PensacolaEmerald Coast Writers, Inc. and Books By the Bay 2024 welcomes popular middle-grade author John Patrick Green, creator and author of The InvestiGator Series for a featured speaker presentation. Green discusses the life of a graphic novelist, reads from his books, and answers questions from the audience. Green, also the creator of the early reader graphic novel Hippopotamister and the Kitten Construction Company duology, says he is a human whose
Scribbling Women in Florida
Avon Park Community Center 310 W Main Street, Avon Park, FL, United StatesScribbling Women in Florida: This program includes a dozen women authors who "ran south in agitation" to Florida, starting in the Reconstruction era through the late 20th century. We follow Harriet Beecher Stowe, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Zora Neale Hurston, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rose Wilder Lane, Elizabeth Bishop, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Rachel Carson, as they explore the
Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Rachel Carson: Their Books Changed the World
Virtual / OnlineThis program begins in 1941, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a journalist, writing her River of Grass book for money, not to save the Everglades. When Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, some of the United States' most beloved birds were well on their way to extinction due to pesticides. This program tells how Douglas restored the Everglades and Carson saved wildlife through their writings. Betty Jean Steinhouser has
Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Rachel Carson: Their Books Changed the World
Virtual/OnlineThis program begins in 1941, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a journalist, writing her River of Grass book for money, not to save the Everglades. When Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, some of the United States' most beloved birds were well on their way to extinction due to pesticides. This program tells how Douglas restored the Everglades and Carson saved wildlife through their writings. Betty Jean Steinhouser has
Contemporary Book Club: Cat Tale—The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida
Dunedin Public Library 223 Douglas Avenue, Dunedin, FL, United StatesFlorida's schoolchildren chose the panther as the state animal, and a decade later it nearly went extinct. But a ragtag band--some scientists, a veterinarian, and a veteran hunter--banded together to pull off a risky experiment to save them. Craig Pittman is a native Floridian. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him
The Soul of Civility with Alexandra Hudson
Virtual/OnlineThe Village Square hosts "The Soul of Civility" with Alexandra O. Hudson and moderator Manu Meel on Zoom and Facebook Live. Hudson funds the challenges to today's civility dire, she thinks they are not new — and they are most definitely not about being more polite. Join Village Square for this inspiringly heartfelt and beautifully pitched argument that civility is not a luxury: it is necessary for the survival and
Charles Deering: Artist, Collector, Patron, Preservationist
Coral Gables Museum 285 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL, United StatesIn this program, Dr. Fromm introduces Charles Deering's commitment to environmental preservation in Biscayne Bay and his world-class art collection he brought to his estate nearly one hundred years ago. Audiences are introduced to Deering's world-class art collection in this presentation including works by Sergeant, Saint-Gaudens, Corot, Meclhers, Whistler, Homer, and others. Annette B. Fromm is a folklorist who specializes in ethnicity and immigrant cultures and has worked in museums
Separate Is Not Equal: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Sanctuary of the Arts 410 Andalusia Ave., Coral Gables, FloridaFlorida Press Educational Services, Mosaic Miami, the Keys Citizen, and Sanctuary of the Arts present a community discussion on the history and continuing impact of Brown v. Board of Education in the Sunshine State. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the most pivotal court cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous decision of the Court, stating We