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
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
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Multi-Cultural Roots of Hispanic Heritage in the Americas
Multi-Cultural Roots of Hispanic Heritage in the Americas
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida International University is hosting lecture exploring history of Hispanic culture in Florida and America. Hispanic American is a general term used to identify persons who are linked to the Spanish-speaking nations in the Americas, originating from their cultural and historical ties to Spain. Although accurate, it does not provide us with a complete description of these culturally rich and diverse societies. Upon deeper
Key West Hand Print Fabrics: An Island Industry
Key West Hand Print Fabrics: An Island Industry
In 1961, two friends from Broadway visited Key West. Peter Pell and Jim Russell fell in love with their surroundings: brightly-colored flowers, exotic fruits, and resplendent birds. Residents urged them to open a silk-screening factory, which became Key West Hand Print Fabrics. The company began printing and selling textiles to visitors, and hired an artists name Suzie dePoo who produced a marvelous array of tropical imagery on fabrics. One of
Florida Holocaust Education Week: Genocide in the 20th & 21st Centuries: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Florida Holocaust Education Week: Genocide in the 20th & 21st Centuries: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education/Florida Press Educational Services is hosting a webinar to present new curriculum material available for educators teaching lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides. Holocaust Education Week in Florida is held annually the second week in November, which coincides with the anniversary of Kristallnacht on Nov. 9-10, 1938. Learn how to use the Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program's new curriculum supplement, "Genocide in
Motion Pictures at a Great Savings!: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry
Motion Pictures at a Great Savings!: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry
Often 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
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Building on the Past: How the Community Preserved the Kellogg Mansion
Building on the Past: How the Community Preserved the Kellogg Mansion
The Dunedin Public Library has created a 3D immersive exhibition to allow current and future generations to explore the now demolished Kellogg Mansion. When the greater Dunedin community learned that the Kellogg Mansion could not be saved from demolition, they sprang into action. In this talk, attendees will learn how the community and leaders came together to ensure this iconic and historic structure would be able to be enjoyed for
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Seminole Freedmen: History of Black Indians
Seminole Freedmen: History of Black Indians
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida International University is hosting lecture exploring the history of Black freedmen and women in relation to the Seminole Nation. People of African ancestry have been an integral part of Florida's history since the period of Spanish colonization. Free and enslaved persons came to the Florida shores during the 16th century as explorers and settlers. Seeking freedom, asylum, and independence, they established maroon communities,
COVID-19, HBCUs, the Humanities and Lessons Learned
COVID-19, HBCUs, the Humanities and Lessons Learned
Florida Memorial University will host two panel discussions exploring the impact of COVID-19 in South Florida. This first panel will focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with FMU used as a case study of how HBCUs experienced COVID-19. Panelists will discuss the process and results of a campus-wide survey that sought to find answers related to: 1) Vaccine Hesitancy and 2) The HBCU experience during the pandemic. Panelists
SpeakOut: Intersections of LGBTQ Identity and Agin
SpeakOut: Intersections of LGBTQ Identity and Agin
The LGBTQ Resource Center at the Gulfport Public Library hosts Dr. Milton Wendland and Ariana Drew on November 3 for their six-part SpeakOut series. This program will focus on the impact of the lack of culturally competent services on LGBTQ seniors' lives and how these services can better meet the needs of LGBTQ elders. Dr. Milton Wendland is a professor of Women's and Gender Studies at University of South Florida.
The Historical Archaeology of the Sunshine State
The Historical Archaeology of the Sunshine State
The history of Florida is fascinating, and archaeological research provides a tactile, visual, and place-based approach to appreciating what people have achieved and understand heritage beneath the ground. Spanning the last five centuries, the presentation highlights colonial sites, utopian settlements, minority communities, and modern cities to encourage preservation efforts and engagement with heritage organizations and locations. Admission and parking are free, no registration required. Entrance through Gate 3 at Hammock
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Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journey
Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations (ACCORD) is hosting a second weekend of its Fall speakers series. Based on the book Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist by John N. Herbers, this second talk of the series and will feature Dr. Claudia Slate and Anne Rosen (a contributor to the book) in discussion. Rosen and Slate are the daughters of the late Herbers, a former New
Community Cultural Education: Larry Yazzie and the Native Pride Dancers
Community Cultural Education: Larry Yazzie and the Native Pride Dancers
The Museum of Science and History Jacksonville hosts Larry Yazzie and the Native Pride Dancers for an evening of beautiful and powerful expression in movement and sound as they tell the stories of generations of Native American tradition and culture. A question and answer session about Native American history and current culture is included. Registration is required. Admission is $20 per person. Parking is free. Light refreshments are provided. Community
Florida Maroons and Black Seminole Society
Florida Maroons and Black Seminole Society
The Pinellas County African American History Museum presents "Florida Maroons and Black Seminole Society" by professor Anthony Dixon. This presentation examines the history and culture of the Florida Maroons and Black Seminoles. Dr. Dixon discusses the origins and lives of both the Maroons and their development into the Black Seminoles from the 16th through 19th centuries. This presentation also includes an examination of the direct relationship between Black Seminoles and
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State, Local, and National Campaigns: The Civil Rights Movement
State, Local, and National Campaigns: The Civil Rights Movement
The Ormond Beach Historical Society is hosting their 2022-2023 live Speaker Series program. The third presentation in this series is based on extensive research on Florida's Civil Rights Movement done by Dr. Michael Butler. Attendees will learn that the idea that Florida did not experience the tumult of other Deep South states during the Civil Rights Movement is a popular misconception. Florida exceptionalism in relationship to the black freedom struggle
History of Folk Music: Carrying on the Tradition
History of Folk Music: Carrying on the Tradition
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida International University is hosting a second lecture series on Folk Music from the 60s in collaboration with Brockway Memorial Library. The 1960s was a tumultuous time in America. The Civil Rights movement and The Vietnam War affected a new generation commonly called "the Baby Boomers", who were now entering college and expressing their freedom and power. Beatniks, then hippies, represented an alternative lifestyle
Art of the Underground: A Figurehead Panel Discussion
Art of the Underground: A Figurehead Panel Discussion
The Orange County Regional History Center is hosting a panel discussion to coincide with their new exhibition, Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando's Underground. Discover the role of ephemeral art in community building as panelists explore the art of Orlando's underground music scene of the 1980s and '90s. Moderated by Dr. Dori Griffin, associate professor of design & visual communication at the University of Florida School of Art + Art
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“With A Made Up Mind” Dunbar Community School Screening
“With A Made Up Mind” Dunbar Community School Screening
WGCU Public Media, along with the SWFL Alpha Educational and Leadership Foundation, are hosting a screening and discussion of "With a Made Up Mind: the History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida." From Jim Crow legislation at the turn of the century to today's push to return civil rights to citizens who have served their felony sentences, this short film examines the history of the fight for ballot access
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“With a Made Up Mind” Barron Library Screening
“With a Made Up Mind” Barron Library Screening
WGCU Public Media will screen a short documentary about the history of the Black vote in Southwest Florida titled, "With A Made Up Mind." After the 18-minute video, the facilitator will discuss related issues and themes from the documentary with the group. For example, what current issues around voting and local elections are challenging to your community? The group will also discuss possible solutions. The facilitator will invite attendees to
Walking the Florida Lands and Sands: Meeting Florida Folk through Their Tales and Lore
Walking the Florida Lands and Sands: Meeting Florida Folk through Their Tales and Lore
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 presentation of Florida folk and their communities showcases how folk tales and folklore can tell a great deal about the values and views of a culture and serve as a means to understand one another. Admission and parking are free
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With A Made Up Mind: The History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida
With A Made Up Mind: The History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida
WGCU Public Media is hosting a screening and discussion of "With a Made Up Mind: the History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida." From Jim Crow legislation at the turn of the century to today's push to return civil rights to citizens who have served their felony sentences, this short film examines the history of the fight for ballot access in Florida. WGCU will ask if there are other
“With A Made Up Mind” Collier County Library Screening
“With A Made Up Mind” Collier County Library Screening
WGCU Public Media is hosting a screening and discussion of "With a Made Up Mind: the History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida." From Jim Crow legislation at the turn of the century to today's push to return civil rights to citizens who have served their felony sentences, this short film examines the history of the fight for ballot access in Florida. WGCU will ask if there are other
Health, Humanities, COVID-19: Lessons Learned
Health, Humanities, COVID-19: Lessons Learned
Florida Memorial University will host two panel discussions exploring the impact of COVID-19 in South Florida. This first panel will focus the pandemic and Miami Dade County. Health professionals, community leaders, humanities scholars, and students make up a panel that will explore local youth, middle-aged, and senior populations experienced the pandemic. The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab at Florida International University will share results of a project called "Miami Stories." During
Coffee and Conversation with Eliot Kleinberg
Coffee and Conversation with Eliot Kleinberg
In the first weeks after Pearl Harbor pulled America into a two-front war, Germany's U-Boats worked with impunity. Off Florida alone, they sank 24 ships. Some of Florida's very features that attracted tourists made it a logical place for soldiers as well. The state, a strategic asset for its geography and climate, became an armed camp. Hotels turned into barracks, and hospitals, bases and airfields increased from 8 to 172
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EXHIBITION: Following Fernando’s Footsteps: A Tale of Tampa’s “Invisible Immigrants”
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
Subverting Materials: Textile and Fiber Art by Women Artists
Subverting Materials: Textile and Fiber Art by Women Artists
Aluna Art Foundation, in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, is opening a new exhibition called "Subverting Materials: Textile and Fiber Art by Women Artists." This exhibition explores how the featured women artists use techniques considered domestic or crafts-such as sewing, weaving, embroidery, or quilting-transforming or subverting them into works of contemporary art that express different messages and emotions. A guided tour with exhibition curator Francine
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Ormond Beach Historical Society Florida History & Cultural Festival
Ormond Beach Historical Society Florida History & Cultural Festival
The Ormond Beach Historical Society is hosting their 2022-2023 live Speaker Series program. The fourth event includes several authors (including Zach Zacharias, Florida history books), artists (including West Evans, Florida Highwaymen-style paintings), and historical artifact collectors and exhibitors (including Ryan Lowry, authentic World War II artifacts). Presenters will be discussing their specialties with the attendees and most will be offering various items for sale. Folklorist Diane Jacoby will tell the
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Miami Book Fair 2022
Miami Book Fair presents the 39th annual Miami Book Fair November 13 through November 20. An eight-day celebration of, for, and by authors, books, and people who love them. The Fair features more than 400 authors and presenters from across the country and globe; nearly 150 in-person and on-demand programs delivered in English, Spanish (through the IberoAmerican Authors program), and Haitian Creole and French (through the ReadCaribbean program); the signature
Coffee & Conversations: Will’s Pub and the Orlando Music Scene
Coffee & Conversations: Will’s Pub and the Orlando Music Scene
The Orange County Regional History Center is hosting a curator talk with Jeremy Hileman, History Center assistant curator, and Orlando music scene veteran Will Walker for a very special tour of the latest exhibition, Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando's Underground. Figurehead tells the story of how the musical promotion company helped grow the local scene with a focus on underground rock music and the club circuit. Jeremy and Walker
Coffee & Conversations: Will’s Pub and the Orlando’s Underground
Coffee & Conversations: Will’s Pub and the Orlando’s Underground
The Orange County Regional History Center is hosting a curator talk with Jeremy Hileman, History Center assistant curator, and Orlando music scene veteran Will Walker for a very special tour of the latest exhibition, Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando's Underground. Figurehead tells the story of how the musical promotion company helped grow the local scene with a focus on underground rock music and the club circuit. Jeremy and Walker
Miami Book Fair: Ada Limón in Conversation with Robert Casper
Miami Book Fair: Ada Limón in Conversation with Robert Casper
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents Ada Limon, recently appointed U.S. poet laureate, in conversation with Robert Casper, head of poetry and literature at the Library of Congress, as Limon discusses her most recent title, The Hurting Kind: Poems. Ada Limon became the 24th poet laureate of the United States in July 2022. She is the author of several poetry collections, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle
The Fighting Baileys: Florida’s Black Military Experience
The Fighting Baileys: Florida’s Black Military Experience
During World War II and Korean War, seven brothers from a black Punta Gorda family served overseas. Yet, the family received no acclaim for over fifty years for their exploits. From a high-flying Tuskegee airman to a grunt in the Red Ball Express, the Bailey brothers' struggles in a Jim Crow south speak to the hidden and ongoing struggle to accord black Americans in their place in the military. Parking
Exhibit Opening: Following Fernando’s Footsteps: A Tale of Tampa’s Invisible Immigrants
Exhibit Opening: Following Fernando’s Footsteps: A Tale of Tampa’s Invisible Immigrants
The Ybor City Museum Society is hosting the unveiling of a new exhibit entitled "Following Fernando's Footsteps: A tale of Tampa's Invisible Immigrants." Thousands of Spanish immigrants settled in Tampa at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Many worked in the cigar industry or provided goods and services to those who did. The Spaniards prospered in Tampa and shared their unique culture and traditions, which
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Miami Book Fair: Mason Engel In Conversation with Donna Paz Kaufman
Miami Book Fair: Mason Engel In Conversation with Donna Paz Kaufman
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents Mason Engel on his documentary The Bookstour in conversation with indie bookstore owners Donna Paz Kaufman, Story and Song Bookstore, Fernandina Beach, and Mitchell Kaplan, Books & Books. The Bookstour, which premiered on public television earlier in 2022, is the result of Engel's 2019 road trip around the country to 50 independent bookstores in 50 days. This program will be available on demand at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.
Genocide in the 20th & 21st Centuries Public Webinar
Genocide in the 20th & 21st Centuries Public Webinar
Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education / Florida Press Educational Services is hosting a webinar panel discussion to present new curriculum that examines the Holocaust and other genocides. Holocaust Education Week in Florida is held annually the second week in November, which coincides with the anniversary of Kristallnacht on Nov. 9-10, 1938. The new curriculum supplement, "Genocide in the 20th & 21st Centuries: Historical and Cultural Perspectives" and complementary programming
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Miami Book Fair: Sandra Cisneros In Conversation With Joy Harjo and Ruth Behar
Miami Book Fair: Sandra Cisneros In Conversation With Joy Harjo and Ruth Behar
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents Sandra Cisneros on Woman Without Shame: Poems and Joy Harjo on Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years, moderated by author Ruth Behar. Cisneros' first book of poetry in 28 years, Woman Without Shame comprises dozens of never-before-seen poems and includes songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle a pilgrimage towards rebirth. In Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light, three term U.S.
Miami Book Fair: Melissa Fu and Tsering Yangzom Lama In Conversation
Miami Book Fair: Melissa Fu and Tsering Yangzom Lama In Conversation
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents Melissa Fu on Peach Blossom Spring and Tsering Yangzom Lama on We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, in conversation with author Shruti Swamy of The Archer: A Novel. Spanning continents and generations, Fu's book offers a bold look at the history of modern China told through the story of one family--an American daughter who wants to understand her heritage, and her Chinese father who
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Miami Book Fair: Alexandra Lytton Regalado In Conversation With Reginal Dwayne Betts
Miami Book Fair: Alexandra Lytton Regalado In Conversation With Reginal Dwayne Betts
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents National Poetry Series winner Alexandra Lytton Regalado on Relinquenda: Poems in conversation with the judge who selected her manuscript, Reginal Dwayne Betts, author of Felon: Poems. The poems collected in Relinquenda are a meditation on cancer, the passing of Lytton Regaldo's father, and the renewed significance of community. Written entirely during the COVID-19 lockdown and situated in the tropical landscapes of Miami and El Salvador,
Florida Trivia with Tampa Bay Dream Team
Florida Trivia with Tampa Bay Dream Team
Florida Humanities and the popular Tampa Bay Dream Team are joining forces for a very special Florida-themed #TriviaNight at Grand Central Brewhouse on Wednesday, Nov. 16 starting at 7 pm! Whether you are a Florida native, newbie or somewhere in between, this will be a fun-filled evening of pop culture, current happenings, and all things Florida! Top three Teams WIN either $30, $20, or $10 in GCB DOLLARS, and the
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Miami Book Fair: Robert Jones Jr. In Conversation with William Johnson
Miami Book Fair: Robert Jones Jr. In Conversation with William Johnson
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents Robert Jones Jr. on The Prophets: A Novel, in conversation with PEN Across America's William Johnson. The novel tells the story of Isaiah, who was Samuel's, and Samuel, who was Isaiah's. That is how it was from the beginning and how it was to be until the end. In the barn, they tended to the animals and each other, transforming the shed into a human
Threading the City’s Virtual Panel Discussion
Threading the City’s Virtual Panel Discussion
Aluna Art Foundation is hosting a virtual discussion to examine some of themes of the new exhibition "Subverting Materials: Textile and Fiber Art by Women Artists." The virtual panel discussion features art historian and Pre-Columbian Art experts Carol Damien, Ph.D., and Shelley Burian, Ph.D., moderated by Adriana Herrera, Ph.D. The discussion will explore the relationship between pre-Hispanic textiles and modern fiber art and examine the living presence of indigenous textile
“With A Made Up Mind” Virtual Screening Event
“With A Made Up Mind” Virtual Screening Event
WGCU Public Media is hosting a virtual screening and discussion of "With a Made Up Mind: the History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida." From Jim Crow legislation at the turn of the century to today's push to return civil rights to citizens who have served their felony sentences, this short film examines the history of the fight for ballot access in Florida. WGCU will ask if there are
With A Made Up Mind Virtual Screening Event
With A Made Up Mind Virtual Screening Event
WGCU Public Media is hosting a virtual screening and discussion of "With a Made Up Mind: the History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida." From Jim Crow legislation at the turn of the century to today's push to return civil rights to citizens who have served their felony sentences, this short film examines the history of the fight for ballot access in Florida. WGCU will ask if there are
Other Music: A Documentary Screening with Sandy Bitman
Other Music: A Documentary Screening with Sandy Bitman
The Orange County Regional History Center is hosting a film screening of "Other Music" in collaboration with their latest exhibition, Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando's Underground. Figurehead tells the story of how the musical promotion company helped grow the local scene with a focus on underground rock music and the club circuit. "Other Music" is a film that documents the closing of New York City's beloved record store of
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Miami Book Fair: Michael W. Twitty In Conversation With Hilary Cadigan
Miami Book Fair: Michael W. Twitty In Conversation With Hilary Cadigan
Miami Book Fair 2022 presents Michael W. Twitty on Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew, in conversation with Hilary Cadigan, culture editor at Bon Appetit. Here, Twitty explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisines and issues of memory, identity, and food. Jews of color are not outliers, Twitty contends, but significant cultural creators in both Black and Jewish civilizations. Koshersoul, which includes
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of Oceans
The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of Oceans
Explore the human fascination with seashells and their ancient history as global currency, their use as religious and luxury objects, and the remarkable marine mollusks that make them in Ms. Barnett's engaging account of an aspect of nature and culture long hidden in plain sight. Barnett illuminates the beauty and wonder of seashells as well as human ingenuity and scientific solutions they represent for the warming world. No registration or
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Weird Florida
Weird Florida
In 1998, the original Weird Florida posited that Florida was the wackiest of all. That much weirdness called for a second volume in 2006: Weird Florida II: In a State of Shock. Now, more than two decades later, who can argue otherwise? This presentation includes a whirlwind tour of 500 years of Florida history, capped with a strong argument for Florida's transplants to become Floridians. Registration is suggested but not