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Show features photography of Craig Collins, Andy Glogower, and Daryl Ward from their December 2023 “photographic field trip” to Portugal. Exhibit runs from August 24 – September 28. The gallery is open on Saturdays from 10am to 4pm.…
The Polk Arts Alliance honors Polk County Commissioner, Melony Bell for her commitment, advocacy and tireless work as County Commissioner to support the cultural arts sector in Polk County. On July 24, 2012 after several years of advocacy, under the leadership…
Rick Olivo, who moved to Polk County from New York and passed away in 2022, has long been recognized as one of Lakeland’s art icons. He founded Pied Pipers Children’s Theater (Lakeland Community Theatre) and was also one…
Harriet Rust, a Polk County native, founded the Davenport Historical Society with then-Mayor Peter Rust (her late husband). The DHS founded the Quilts and Tea Festival that brought together the Davenport School of the Arts, many sewing organizations,…
Jazz icon, Nat Adderley made Lakeland his home in the eighties and is credited with being a founding member of Florida Southern College’s Child of the Sun Jazz Festival, eventually serving as Artist-In-Residence for the school. Adderley, who…
Clifton Lewis, who moved to Bartow in 1989, was instrumental in saving the historic L.B. Brown House in Bartow from demolition. He formed the Neighborhood Improvement Corporation to develop Bartow neighborhoods, and to champion the preservation of the…
Experience the legacy of former slave Lawrence Brown who became a self-taught, highly successful business leader. The Historic L.B. Brown House is owned and operated by the Neighborhood Improvement Corporation of Bartow, Inc (NIC), a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3)…
Join Polk County History Center staff on alternating tours of Oak Hill Cemetery, and the Evergreen and Palm Cemeteries. They serve as the earliest cemeteries in Bartow, and each site is home to pioneering families and legendary leaders.…
Meet at the historic Polk County Courthouse in Bartow, on the third Saturday of the month at 11am to take an architectural tour of the iconic building that houses the Polk County History Center. Learn about the neoclassical…