History, Art & Culture Organizations
How "The View" Became the Must-Stop Show on the Road to 2020 Community Conversation
TIME:5:30 p.m. — VIP Reception7:30 p.m. — Conversation
COST: $25 – $100
Join Poynter their next Community Conversation with Candi Carter, Executive Producer of hit... Read more
The Florida Holocaust Museum hosted a special visitor this week, Carlos Santana!
April 23, 2019
Carlos Santana performed in St. Petersburg on Thursday night and stopped by the Museum to see the exhibition Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Santana's album "Supernatural." It also marks the 50th anniversary of his performance at Woodstock.
Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution explores the extraordinary life... Read more
Magnificent Morocco Adventure with the African American Golfer’s Digest
8 Days / 7 Nights@ 4 Cities
May 1 – May 8, 2020
Arrive in Casablanca and transfer to your hotel in Rabat where you have the rest of the day at leisure to explore the capital city of Morocco... Read more
FAMUans Play Key Role in Beyoncé’s “Homecoming”
April 23, 2019
More than a dozen Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumni, including former members of the Marching “100” band, are showcased in “Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé” just released on Netflix.
The film includes highlights of the 2017 FAMU homecoming, performances by former band members and creative input by FAMU alum Don P. Roberts, founder o... Read more
Youth Farm in St. Petersburg teaches kids gardening, cooking and business skills
July 2, 2019
Kareem Alexander is building a farm, a Youth Farm that is designed and operated by kids.
“Our creativity can stretch as far as we want,” Kareem says about the urban... Read more
Artz 4 Life Academy Presents 2-Day African Dance Drum & Workshop
Dates/Time: July 13, 2019 2-6pm - July 14, 2019 3-7 pm
Study with Maters! For more information contact Jai Hinson (727) 481-8091 Read more
Florida’s Hispanic vote nearly doubled in 2018. What will it do next year?
April 27, 2019
Florida’s Hispanic electorate grew by 81 percent between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections, and Hispanics who registered to vote as independents grew by 101 percent, meaning...To continue reading, subscribe to The Tampa Bay Times.
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Soul Food Festival
Bthel African Episcopal Church Soul Food Festival. American Soul, Caribbean Soul, Bar-B-Que Soul and Dessert for the Soul!
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Exclusive: Meet the new dean of Stetson University College of Law
May 1, 2019
Collaboration is key to Michèle Alexandre, the new dean of Stetson University’s College of Law.
Alexandre, a civil rights scholar, administrator and trailblazer, was chosen to lead the law school last month following a nationwide search. She starts work June 17 at the Gulfport school. She will be the first black dean at the College of Law, the first law school in Florida,... Read more
The big picture: Kwame Brathwaite captures the ‘black is beautiful’ movement
May 1, 2019
Photographer Kwame Brathwaite grew up in Harlem during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He had been a jazz musician and promoter when he first became interested in taking pictures. He saved for a Hasselblad camera with some of the proceeds from the jazz club he helped to run and began documenting some of the artists – Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey – he ... Read more