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Take a Stroll through Central Park

Posted on April 25th, 2011 by

Categories: Arts, General, Shopping

The City of Winter Haven hosts the Central Park Stroll in Downtown Winter Haven each year to proudly highlight their new art sculptures for the year.  The sculptures displayed in Downtown Winter Haven represent the winning pieces from the  Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition and are displayed until the following year’s winners are selected. The Central [...]

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Arts & Cultural Events: January 2011

Posted on January 2nd, 2011 by

Categories: Arts

There is always something arts and cultural going on in Central Florida’s Polk County. January 4, 1:30pm and 7:00pm: Opera Overtures: A theatre broadcast preview of Puccini’s La Fancuilla del West (The Girl of the Golden West).  Live in theatres on January 8th at 1:00pm at Cobb Theatres Lakeside Village 18 Cinemas in Lakeland and [...]

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Nov 11-15: Arts in Polk – An Extended Weekend

Posted on November 10th, 2010 by

Categories: Arts

Veteran’s Day is Thursday, November 11th and there is so much artful activity going on in Polk.  Some folks look for things to do early on weeknights so they can cherish their sports and outdoor activities on weekends.  Others reserve that special night out for weekends.  Polk County’s arts and cultural organizations offer a variety [...]

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Theatre Winter Haven Hosts National Conference

Posted on October 23rd, 2010 by

Categories: General

Theatre Winter Haven, located in the Chain of Lakes Complex at 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., SW – Winter Haven, FL 33880, will be host for this year’s National Community Theatre Director’s Conference. The Conference will be held Sunday afternoon through Monday evening.  The dates are Nov. 7 & 8, 2010. This conference assists Artistic Directors [...]

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More Progress at LEGOLAND Florida

Posted on August 5th, 2010 by

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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Seal of Approval?

Posted on May 21st, 2010 by

Categories: Dining, General, Nature

It is never a bad thing to have the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval and apparently Polk County’s orange juice makers have secured those bragging rights. Yahoo is currently featuring an article by Good housekeeping where they selected the best tasting orange juice brands and Florida’s Natural and Noble Juice  took two of the top [...]

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Spend Labor Day Splashing Away

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by

Categories: Attractions

Cypress Gardens and Splash Island Waterparkare making it easier to get away and relax this Labor Day Weekend with another great offer. This holiday weekend, when you visit the parks, you can Buy One Admission and Get One FREE. That’s right, this Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, when you purchase a Splash Island Waterpark [...]

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Splash Away

Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by

Categories: Attractions, General

Just in time for summer vacation, Splash Island Waterpark at Cypress Gardens is now open 7 days a week for the summer.  Beat the heat and enjoy the thrills of water slides or simply float away on the lazy river.  In addition, half-price admission is offered for the water park after 3 p.m. everyday in [...]

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A Look Inside Cypress Gardens

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by

Categories: Attractions, General

As the new Cypress Gardens takes shape and prepares to open on March 28, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to get the park ready for opening in just a few weeks. There have been a lot of rumors out there that the botanical gardens and topiary gardens are overgrown and [...]

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Cypress Gardens Makes Big Announcement

Posted on February 24th, 2009 by

Categories: Attractions, General

A press conference was held at 10:00 a.m. this morning at Cypress Gardens and a new management team and changes were announced for the attraction. Cypress Gardens has announced that the world famous Florida attraction will resume operations on Saturday, March 28. The opening of the renowned Botanical and Topiary Gardens and the wildly popular [...]

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