Attractions Archive

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Last Saturday, Florida Southern College celebrated the future home of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Tourism and Education Center, which will be located at the northeast corner of Johnson Avenue and McDonald Street. The Tourism and Education Center will be built using plans for a Usonian house that Mr. Wright designed as part [...]

As many of us know, March is women’s history month. Each year, our kids study the faces and names of women who shaped our nation and we recall the inspiring stories that still resonate with us today. 
For years, Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, FL, has brought these inspirational stories to life in their Women Airforce Service [...]

Get your gavels out, because this weekend, Polk County Historical Museum hosts “(Dis)Order in the Court!”  an art event featuring Platform Art and part of the Bartow Performing Arts series.  Platform Art is a local arts organization that showcases emerging talent in the visual arts, short film, fashion, music and performance arts.  “(Dis)Order in the Court!”  will feature [...]

For all the believers and skeptics out there, there is a new tour at Central Florida’s Fantasy of Flight.  nightFlight allows guests to experience the thrill and excitement of ghost hunting while exploring the collection of 40 fully-restored vintage aircraft.  For years, stories of unexplained occurrences, such as unidentifiable noises, temperature changes and the detection [...]

 
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Mark your calendar now for October 2011 because that is when LEGOLAND Florida is set to debut in Winter Haven. The announcement was formally made just minutes ago at Cypress Gardens, the new home of LEGOLAND. All in all, Merlin Entertainments Group plans to [...]

You have seen Pinewood dressed up for the holiday season with Christmas at Pnewood, now you can hear it jazzed up with the Music at Pinewood Concert Series. Bok Tower Gardens’ Music at Pinewood concert series begins January 24 at 4:30 p.m. with a performance by pianist Judith Alstadter. Alstadter is a graduate of Juilliard with a [...]

Bok Tower Gardens will celebrate its 81st anniversary with special events beginning Friday, January 29 through Monday, February 1 including “Crossing the Moat,” one of the Gardens’ most popular events. New or upgraded memberships purchased Saturday and Sunday will receive $5 off the regular membership price. On January 29, the season’s first Moonlight Carillon Concert [...]

Mark your calendar! The new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® show, ILLUSCINATIONSM, hits The Lakeland Center January 15-17, 2010.  It is a fantasy-filled world where thrills, wonderment and magic intersect with unparalleled powers of imagination. Young thrillusionist David DaVinci will wow audiencesin this awe-mazing, mysti-flying adventure as he bridges the believable world in which we [...]

‘Tis the season to make preparations for house guests. For many of us, that means dusting off the sofa-sleeper and rearranging the kids’ rooms to make space for family.  Or, you can do the easy thing…ship them off to a hotel! Not that you don’t want to spend time with them, but it would be [...]

If you are too busy finishing your Christmas shopping to visit Bok Tower’s Christmas at Pinewood, there is good news! Bok Tower has extended the hours for the Christmas at Pinewood holiday home tour with this year’s theme, “Joy to the World.” Open through January 3, tours of the 20-room, 1930s Pinewood Estate will be [...]