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Join Phyllis Biffle Elmore, award-winning writer, textile artist and author of "Quilt of Souls," for a program exploring the powerful stories woven into quilts and textiles. Phyllis will share her …
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Join Phyllis Biffle Elmore, award-winning writer, textile artist and author of "Quilt of Souls," for a program exploring the powerful stories woven into quilts and textiles. Phyllis will share her …

Juan Ponce de Leon reached the Florida shores in 1513 and claimed this territory as part of the Spanish empire. In 1521, he returned to establish a permanent Spanish settlement …

Join distinguished archaeologist and historian Judith A. Bense for an engaging talk about her book Early Spanish Florida: Unearthing the History of America’s Oldest Colony. Told through the perspectives of the …

Take a journey around the world without leaving Tampa as we explore how immigrant food traditions continue to nourish our community's culture and identity. This program is presented by Dalia …

Folktales, passed down from generation to generation, convey and preserve the cultural knowledge, beliefs, values, and customs of the cultures that they come from, like windows into each community. This …

In 1949, during the Jim Crow era, Silver Springs' owners Carl Ray and Shorty Davidson did something unique: they created a place for African-Americans tourists. Located downriver, they dubbed their …

Some people regard Florida as nothing but the "Punchline State" because so many weird things happen here. Craig Pittman argues that it is also the greatest state with the greatest …

The Florida landscape has provided aesthetic inspiration to artists for centuries. Titian Ramsay Peale and John James Audubon came in search of native flora and fauna, followed by Harriet Beecher …

Florida hosts the nation's third-largest Jewish community with a surprising history! This comprehensive history of the "Jews of Florida" from colonial times to the present is a sweeping tapestry of …