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It's hard to imagine a time when #KeyWest was not a global destination. However, in the early 1970s, the island was facing an economic downturn. Around that same time, a new wave of settlers—LGBTQ entrepreneurs, artists and professionals—arrived.
In honor of #Pridemonth, we're sharing an article from our Fall 2022 issue of FORUM magazine. Writer John Sotomayor explores how the #LGBTQ community played a large role in rescuing Key West's economy—and inventing a new kind of tourism.
Read "At the End of the Rainbow": bit.ly/3WI7mKA
📷 1: Tom McGuane, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams and James Kirkwood at the wrap party for the film adaptation of McGuane’s novel, "92 in the Shade" at Louie’s Backyard in Key West, Nov. 1974.
📷 2: Ernest Hemingway at the helm of his fishing boat, Pilar. He was one of the earliest writers to move to Key West, giving the island its bohemian mystique in the 1930s.
📷 3: Revelers at Fantasy Fest, the Halloween extravaganza founded in the 1970s
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#FORUMFriday #Florida #history #pridemonth2023
⛱We're shore you'll enjoy some of the great humanities programming being hosted by our funded partners across the state this June.
Visit our events calendar and see what's happening in your community: bit.ly/3OTlbUv
#FLHumanities #florida #events #HumanitiesforAll
Tombolo Books Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center Leesburg Public Library
Join us JUNE 21 for a conversation with two award-winning authors representing Florida literature at this year's National Book Festival.
Florida Humanities Executive Director Nashid Madyun will sit down with renowned historian Gary R. Mormino — author of "Dreams in the New Century" — and best-selling children's author Christina Diaz Gonzalez — author of "The Bluest Sky" — to discuss their most recent work at Tombolo Books
Register here: bit.ly/3qjvJBW
#FLHumanities #FLhistory #NationalBookFest #NatBookFest #literature #books #centerforthebook
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Former broadcast journalist and current author Bob Kealing has shared the soundtrack of the Sunshine State for years through his writings, proving to outsiders that there's more to Florida than "plastic and theme parks." Now, as a scholar on the Florida Humanities speakers program, Florida Talks, Kealing is on tour extolling the virtues of The Beatles — specifically, the memorable times they spent in Florida.
In our latest installment of "Florida Talks Speaker Spotlight," Kealing shares how he found the inspiration for his latest book and current presentation: "Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida," which was recently co-published by Florida Humanities and Florida Press
You can hear Kealing discuss The Beatles' Florida connection during a program with singer-songwriter J.J. Pattishall JUNE 8 at the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando. bit.ly/3WG8Vc0
Watch the full video: bit.ly/3BYeKYw
For nonprofits interested in hosting a Florida Talks program: bit.ly/3BVAPah
#FLHumanities #Florida #history #FLhistory #theBeatles #rockandroll #music #culture #heritage
I’m honored to be a member of the 2023/24 Florida Humanities Speakers Bureau. The Beatles travels in 1964 Florida is one of many stories in our state’s rich music history. I’m glad to share it!
Thank you for this excellent video!
For more than 150 years, #Florida has celebrated its Emancipation Day on May 20. Educator and Florida Humanities speaker Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs explains how this tradition came to be.
If you'd like to learn more about Florida's Emancipation Day, get lost in a treasure trove of state history by exploring a new digital project launched by South Florida PoC: Emancipation Florida. This content-rich website, which was funded in part by a Florida Humanities Broadcasting Hope Media Grant, documents hundreds of years of history and culture stemming from the celebration of the 20th of May. Hobbs is the Project Director of the online initiative.
In celebration of this year's observance, the organization
will live stream a reenactment of the Emancipation Proclamation announcement Saturday morning at the Knott House Museum in #Tallahassee.
Learn more about "The 20th of May" digital project:
bit.ly/436mX8w
#FLHumanities #emancipationday #emancipationday2023
🎥 🎤💻Apply for our Broadcasting Hope Media Grants and bring your next multimedia production to life! Just hear from our funded partner WUCF TV whose upcoming ninth season of "Florida Road Trip" was funded in part by a Broadcasting Hope grant. New episodes start in June, but get a sneak peek of the first episodes during a screening and talk-back event on May 25 at Mead Botanical Garden
Broadcasting Hope provides up to $50,000 to Florida public media stations, nonprofits, cultural organizations and public institutions to create documentaries, podcasts, video series, digital resources, etc.
Projects should showcase local communities coming together to inspire hope, broaden perspectives, and foster unity and be grounded in humanities scholarship through thoughtful and balanced perspectives.
To apply, you must request a required access code before June 28. Application deadline is July 26.
Learn more about applying for Broadcasting Hope Media Grants: bit.ly/3pMYsyZ
Register for WUCF's event here: bit.ly/454ztr0
#FLHumanities #Florida #media #shortfilm #documentaries #podcasts #radio #storytelling #grants #funding
We're excited to head down to sunny #Sarasota for the return of our Director's Book Club!
Join Florida Humanities Executive Director Nashid Madyun THIS THURSDAY at Shelf Indulgence Used Book Cafe for a discussion on Lauren Groff's exhilarating award-winning book, "Matrix."
Register here: bit.ly/3Mqj74P
#FLHumanities #bookclubs #bookworms #laurengroff #books
📺If you're in the southwest Florida area, tune in this Thursday for the broadcast premiere of this important special presented by WGCU Public Media! The new half-hour broadcast originated as a mini documentary funded in part through a Florida Humanities Broadcasting Hope Media Grant in 2021. Click the link below to watch the shorter version. 👇With a Made-Up Mind: The History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida explores 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 provides an overview of the fight for ballot access in Lee County, Florida and examines the history of voter suppression among African Americans since Reconstruction: bit.ly/3UlIPJ4
Funding for this program was provided through a Broadcasting Hope Media Grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
🐝"Florida is the best place to find real tupelo honey, not some weak mixture with an inferior honey that claims to be tupelo."
Next Saturday is #WorldBeeDay, and in anticipation, we wanted to share a story from our most recent issue of FORUM Magazine, celebrating the winged insects' greatest gift to the Sunshine State — #tupelohoney.
In "Liquid Gold," writer Craig Pittman digs into the history of Florida's iconic honey and meets the growers in #NorthFlorida fighting to preserve it from a changing climate.
Get a taste of this and other stories in our current issue: bit.ly/3BlDIRj
#FLHumanities #FORUMFriday #honey #bees #tupelo #tupelohoney #gulfcounty #wewahitchka #apalachicolariver #chipolariver #panhandle #floridapanhandle
Built by patriotic volunteers, Braver Angels is a national movement to bridge the partisan divide. equally balanced between conservatives and progressives at every level of leadership. They work in communities, on college campuses, in the media, and in the halls of political power. We’ll offer up a behind the scenes view of this extraordinary group of Americans—how they formed, what they’ve learned and what’s next.
We’re delighted to welcome streaming partners Braver Angels, McCourtney Institute for Democracy, National Institute for Civil Discourse, BridgeUSA, Listen First Project, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, www.facebook.com/TPandRPod Common Ground Committee, Civic Health Project, YOUnify, Citizen Connect, Center for the Humanities at University of Miami, Tallahassee Democrat, WFSU Public Media, and Network for Responsible Public Policy.
*Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Funding
Opportunities
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 partners to bring you high-quality public programming through Community Project Grants, Museum on Main Street, Florida Talks, and more.
Psst, Current Grantees
We’ve created a one-stop-shop of the resources you’ll need to successfully complete your grant’s required tasks: from acknowledgment statements and logos to templated legislative letters, and sample event surveys and evaluations to where to find your Final Report.
Click here to access Resources for Grantees!
Funding
Opportunities
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 partners to bring you high-quality public programming through Community Project Grants, Museum on Main Street, Florida Talks, and more.
Psst, Current Grantees!
We’ve created a one-stop-shop of the resources you’ll need to successfully complete your grant’s required tasks: from acknowledgment statements and logos to templated legislative letters, and sample event surveys and evaluations to where to find your Final Report.
Click here to access Resources for Grantees!
Upcoming Deadlines and Webinars
Join Florida Humanities staff for a 1-hour webinar that walks attendees through our newest funding opportunity. We will cover book festival basics, eligibility, and strategies to ensure your application is the best it can be!
Deadline:
Four months prior to the event.
Florida Talks offers nonprofit organizations an accessible way to host engaging speakers through our speakers’ directory. Speakers present on Florida’s history, heritage, and culture through historical and contemporary lenses.
Deadline:
At least six weeks before program date.
Florida Humanities invites public libraries to apply for funding to participate in English for Families, a multi-week series of classes for parents and children (ages 6-12) that focuses on developing English vocabulary.
Deadline:
August 31 at 12:00 pm EST
Greater Good: Humanities in Academia
Florida colleges and universities can receive up to $10,000. to support community programming (either in-person or virtual) that aim to broaden the public’s awareness of the humanities and what it means to be human.
Deadline:
September 28 at 12:00 pm EST
This funding opportunity aims to increase public participation in — and access to — the humanities by providing relevant, engaging, and meaningful humanities-based programming to all. Applicants may request up to $10,000.
Deadline:
October 12 at 12:00 pm EST
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