When was the last time you conducted a science experiment? Have you looked at Jupiter or Saturn through a telescope recently? Have you held a gyroscope as it defies gravity, or conducted electricity through a chain of people at the playground? When you visit a Sidewalk Science Center, you get to participate in all of […]
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
The human fascination with seashells is primal. Archeological evidence suggests that Neanderthals collected cockle shells on the coast of what is modern Spain, perhaps preferring those they found beautiful. Native Americans built “great cities of shell” on the coasts, later carted off for road fill. In the 1950s, the nation burned with a shell-collecting fever […]
Florida Conversations: The Life of Blanche Armwood
She was an educator, activist, and the first African-American woman in Florida to graduate from law school. Learn about the legacy of Blanche Armwood this month during Florida Conversations. Fred Hearns, curator of Black history, joins Andrea Thompson, Spelman College Tampa Alumnae Chapter, and Joanna Tokley, an educator and former director of the Tampa-Hillsborough Urban […]
“Tiger! Tiger!” Exhibition
Imagine walking down a generations-old road. A rustle off to the side makes you snap to attention, and you hold your breath as a tiger crosses your path. Her ancestors have used this same road for as many generations as yours. In some parts of the world, people share their environment with tigers just as […]
VETERAN COMMUNITY OPEN MIC
VETERAN COMMUNITY OPEN MIC Sunday, March 6, 2022 6:30-9pm EDT Outdoors @ The Straz Center Riverwalk Tent 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa, FL 33602 REGISTER HERE: https://www.art2action.org/events-1/veteran-community-open-mic-march-2022 Art2Action, Paint22, and the Straz Salutes program of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts present the Veteran Community Open Mic! Andrea Assaf, Artistic Director of Art2Action, and Andresia “Real” Moseley will co-host the […]