The Wilder Heart of Florida featuring five authors, conservationists, environmentalists and artists including Lars Andersen, Cynthia Barnett, Lucinda Merritt, Leslie Poole and Margaret Tolbert will read their essays. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center, 1108 NW Seventh Ave. The Blues Pioneers and Their Progeny: Art Exhibition and Concert with Billy Buchanan will be held at 6 p.m.
There will be a discussion about efforts to keep Porters Quarters from gentrification and what the community can do to keep it the vibrant community it has been for 100 years. Saturday at the Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza, 111 E. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at /events.įreedom Fest 2022 will be held from 5-9 p.m. It will feature music, speakers, breakfast and more. Friday at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, 837 SE Seventh Ave. The Juneteenth Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m. The deadline is noon Fridays for publication the following Thursday. Send via email to (The new email address - now in effect - to send announcements/information and to request coverage). Please include the following: type/name of event, date, time, location, speakers, theme and cost, if any, and who to contact for more information.
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