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.
Alert: Some events may be canceled or postponed. We work to ensure that our events calendar remains accurate. We strongly urge you to call the event contact for any program you are interested in to confirm that the event is still planned.
The Remarkable Story of Drs. John Milton and Esther Hawks: a 19th Century Love Affair
Historic Anderson-Price Memorial Building 42 N. Beach St., Ormond Beach, FL, United StatesJoe Vetter, historian and re-enactor, back by popular demand, shares the lives of Dr. John Milton Hawks and Dr. Esther Hawks who were Civil War physicians, pioneers in medicine, abolition, suffrage, and education, and also founders of Port Orange and Edgewater.
Race and Change Across Cultures and Generations: Florida Stories
Historic Anderson-Price Memorial Building 42 N. Beach St., Ormond Beach, FL, United StatesDr. Kitty Oliver discusses how far we’ve come and how progress can be made that inspires our youth, drawing on an archive of over 125 oral histories of blacks, whites, Hispanics, Asians and Caribbeans from a variety of heritages. Dr. Kitty Oliver is a veteran journalist and academic, an author and oral historian, a media producer, and a professional singer with an MFA in Creative Writing, specializing in literary nonfiction
