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Ten-Week Watercolor Class begins Oct 28 at Bok Tower Gardens

Posted on October 22nd, 2010 by Bev Hendricks

Categories: Arts, Attractions

Thursdays, October 28 — January 20, 2010 (no class 11/25, 12/23 & 12/30)
Learn new painting techniques, strengthen drawing skills and get your creativity flowing with artist Owen Jolly. Still life, floral, landscape and portrait subjects will be included. Step-by-step basic watercolor techniques and the elements of design will be taught in the beginner class; no previous [...]

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Explorations V Children’s Museum Partners with MOSI During Oct & Nov 2010

Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Bev Hendricks

Categories: Arts, Attractions

As part of a temporary reciprocal membership agreement, Explorations V Children’s Museum will honor MOSI (Tampa, FL) members for free admission from October 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010. Valid & current MOSI membership cards must be presented in order to obtain free admission. In exchange, MOSI will honor valid and current Explorations V membership [...]

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Pumpkin Time

Posted on October 11th, 2010 by Kris Keprios

Categories: Arts, Attractions, General

It is officially that time of the year. So, get out your costumes, your candy and of course, your stencils and knives to start carving those pumpkins. Polk County’s official visitor information center, Polk Outpost 27, will help visitors welcome the Fall Season this year with its fourth annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 23 [...]

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There’s An App For That

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by Kris Keprios

Categories: Attractions, General, Shopping

With thousands of apps being added to the hugely popular Apple App Store each day, it can be difficult to find just the right one. If you are an aviation fan, or a fan of Fantasy of Flight–or just a fan of playing games on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch– then, there is an app [...]

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More Progress at LEGOLAND Florida

Posted on August 5th, 2010 by Kris Keprios

Categories: Attractions, General

The Ledger is reporting that LEGOLAND Florida has selected their contractor and design firm. Normally, this wouldn’t merit a post on our blog, but since we have had several inquiries from sub-contractors looking to do work at the new theme park, we thought it would be good to post this update as an answer to [...]

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Florida Southern College is Beautiful

Posted on August 4th, 2010 by Kris Keprios

Categories: Attractions, General

The Princeton Review has selected Lakeland’s Florida Southern College as the #9 “Most Beautiful College Campus” in the U.S. in their 2011 edition of the popular college guidebook. Florida Southern was listed right after Princeton University (#8) and ahead of the only other Florida college in the Top 20, Rollins College (#12). Surely being the largest one-site collection of Frank [...]

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LEGOLAND Florida Has A General Manager

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Kris Keprios

Categories: Attractions, General

The pieces keep falling into place for LEGOLAND Florida as they build their team in Winter Haven and the newest piece is certainly the biggest. Adrian Jones has been named General Manager and will begin immediately. He will join the team already assembled of Sales and Marketing Manager, Kim Isemann, Public Relations Representative, Jackie Wallace and [...]

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Grand Opening of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame

Posted on June 17th, 2010 by admin

Categories: Attractions, General, Sports

The Florida Sports Hall of Fame is coming to Polk County and it will open in grand fashion on June 22 as the building at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale that will house memorabilia from some of the biggest stars Florida sports has ever known officially opens.
The Grand Opening and ribbon cutting of [...]

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Your Dad Could Win a Flight in a WWII Fieseler Fi-156 Storch!

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by admin

Categories: Attractions

Do you have the “World’s Greatest Dad?”  That’s what Fantasy of Flight wants to know, because they are in search of one GREAT Dad to experince what it’s like to fly in a WWII Fieseler F1-156 Storch airplane.
Fantasy of Flight’s Storch is in top-notch flying condition and still has its original German Argus engine.  It [...]

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36th Annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In Begins Today!

Posted on April 13th, 2010 by admin

Categories: Attractions

It’s the roar of a single prop airplane, the sounds of awe during an aerial demonstration and the cheer of the crowd when the world famous US Air Force Thunderbirds appear in the skies.  It’s the sights and sounds of the 36th Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. From [...]

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