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The Olympic Games of ancient Greece were held every four years in the village of Olympia. For a five-day period, the city-states of Greece suspended hostilities, supported the event, and allowed safe passage for athletes to travel through their territory. The winners received the coveted olive branch to wear on their heads. Many of the (more…)

As a result of a landmark publication titled, “Harlem: Mecca for the New Negro” (March 1925), many African American artists followed the “Great Migration” from the South moving to New York City and other Northern cities where they hoped to be afforded more opportunities to create art, literature, and music. What resulted was the “Harlem Renaissance” (more…)

Actual Lives is a fun, two-hour writing for performance workshop. Working from prompts, the participants will write for 10 to 15 minutes–no censoring, no editing, no stopping. Following the writing, the group will share their stories. Then they will discuss and practice ways to present our stories for an audience. The workshop leader is Terry Galloway, the (more…)

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps, and manuscripts in its collections. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. The Library of Congress was started in 1800 and (more…)

Join Professors Ben Lawson and Mary Sterner Lawson in the beautiful bar at the Grove at Canopy as they discuss some famous American authors and their connections to some interesting and tasty cocktails. Enjoy libations such as the Jack Rose favored by Hemingway and Steinbeck, the Mint Julep featured in The Great Gatsby, and the (more…)

Come explore with amateur butterfly enthusiast Lisa Baggett as butterfly season gets underway and learn to identify common butterflies found in north Florida like the common buckeye, white peacock, several types of swallowtails, and the endangered monarch butterfly. We will also be looking for some of the many species of birds that call the refuge (more…)

Using the just-published The Gentlemen of Verona and the Gold Medal-winning When Women Danced With Trees as examples, Marina Brown will read from each book and we will look at why reading is just so darned good for us – from the reduction of anxiety, to the mental stimulation of diverse settings, and the words (more…)

“Antebellum” is derived from a Latin phrase that translates to “before the war” in English. In the United States of America, the phrase frequently refers to the Southern region before the Civil War. Tallahassee’s economy during this period relied solely on enslaved individuals of African descent, who were crucial to the success of the plantation-based (more…)

The North Florida Wildlife Center in Lamont, FL is a nonprofit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation through education, field work, propagation of species, and habitat restoration. Through guided tours and animal encounters, the public can meet fantastic, rare, and endangered species. Your experience will include a guided tour to see their animal residents and a (more…)