Issue: September 2014

Enter the hidden world
of our precious Springs

Coming soon: Our next FORUM takes you to a place of jeweled light, massive caverns, and labyrinthine tunnels that hold Florida's liquid gold: water. Explore the other-worldly beauty, lore, joy, and cultural history of our springs-and learn how this source of wonder has also become a cause for worry. If you're not on the mailing list, sign up for FORUM here. Enter here.

Blue Revolution
A water ethic for Florida

Join us in sugar country-Clewiston, on Lake Okeechobee-next February 6-8. We will Gather for a cultural tour of Florida's agricultural heartland on the edge of the Everglades. Learn more. For priority booking, reference promo code GX15.

Step right up,
book a humanities scholar

Our Speakers Bureau program provides nonprofit organizations up to $750 per program to bring high-quality humanities presenters to their community. Topics include history, environment, literature, art, and more!
Book a program.

Don't miss these

upcoming events

Enjoy Cedar Key's annual seafood festival, featuring arts and crafts exhibits, live music, a parade, and lots of seafood, October 18, Cedar Key.
Join a discussion about our relationship with and responsibilities to the natural environment, with humanities professor Ron Cooper, October 22, Ocala.
Experience Florida through the views of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, as presented by actor/scholar Betty Jean Steinshouer, November 4, Naples.
Watch "The Matrix" film and then listen to panelists discuss themes of identity and "otherness," November 8, Hialeah.
Listen to storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar weave together tales about Florida people and cultures, con un poquito de sabor Latino-with a little bit of Latino flavor, November 10, Plantation.

For more information and a complete listing of events, click here.

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