When Superman first flew onto comic book pages, the Kryptonian set the bar for the future of the medium. Female superheroes also filled those pages from the start, but their portrayal has been a subject of controversy. This presentation by Magdalena Lamarre examines how women are perceived in popular culture through the lens of comic […]
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The African Roots of American Cuisine
African American food ways can be traced back to Africa, along the stretches of Olduvai Gorge, from which humans had their common origin and where the first meals were eaten. In this lecture, Dr. Martha Bireda will discuss the journey of African foods from the village, the Middle Passage, into the cabins of the enslaved, […]
A Taste of Mardi Gras 2023
One adult’s perspective of Mardi Gras’s segregated traditions. We will get into the black and white of Mardi Gras in the city and the countryside. Come join us as we dip into Mardi Gras and discover secret tribal wars that go on to this day! We will also explore and sample some of the favorite […]
Music Under the Stars
Stress over holiday shopping and life in general? Join us for a night under the stars and relax with good music and good company. Take a moment out of your hectic schedule to wind down while listening to the live performance of professional blues musician Bodie Valdez under the starry sky of Mann-Wagnon Park. While […]
Family Board Game Day
Put your relationships to the test as you compete with one another in classic board games such as Trouble and Connect Four, take home prizes, and feel the adrenaline pump through you as you emerge victorious. Take a break from staring at your screen all day and walk through memory lane with games you may […]
What in the World? How Walt Created Disney World
When Walt Disney realized cheap tourist traps were enveloping Disneyland, he began a nationwide search for enough land to hold every dream he could imagine. What happened next would require a heightened degree of CIA-level secrecy for Disney’s undercover team, who launched a misinformation campaign that included dummy corporations and secret transaction. However, when a […]
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, with little recognition. 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 past and ongoing struggle to accord black Americans their place […]
8th Annual Taste of Pumpkin Festival
Celebrate autumn with this free, fun-filled event! Want to carve your own pumpkin to take home? Play games and win prizes? Enjoy some tasty pumpkin treats? Come out with your friends and family for a day filled with excitement in our 8th Annual Taste of Pumpkin Festival.
Sidewalk Science Center: Creating Educational Experiences in Public Spaces
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 […]
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 […]