Please join City Manager Charles Rudd for a second “Main Street” informational meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6 p.m., at the Heritage Museum. This meeting is a follow up to the initial meeting held last November that introduced the “Main Street” concept. Staff from other “Main Street” cities will be at the meeting to discuss how…
From Pre-Columbian burial mounds built by Indigenous people to the Castillo de San Marco constructed in St. Augustine by the Spanish, man left an early mark on the landscape of Florida. Through history five flags have flown over Florida and statehood came in 1845. Eventually the territorial forts and Seminole chickee huts gave way in…
Join Executive Director Christine Renc-Carter and Curator Sara Felice to learn about the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA) history and new exhibitions. They will also share their exciting technology initiatives including the development of an augmented reality project for the permanent collection and an upgrade of the museum’s Guernica interactive mural–the world’s only authorized full-scale reproduction of…
Three miles offshore of Tarpon Springs stands a historic sentinel, the Anclote Lighthouse. Built in 1887, the same year Tarpon Springs was founded, it is 110 feet tall and designed with a skeleton architecture to allow storm winds and surges to blow through. The structure itself is made of cast iron to withstand the salty…
Tarpon Arts Invites Residents and Business Owners To visit the Heritage Museum, 100 Beekman Lane (Craig Park) In Celebration of our Museum Renovations and New Art Exhibition. The Great State of Florida, Paintings by Christopher Still Tuesday, February 27 • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM View the new video Beautiful and Historic Tarpon Springs, Tour…
Meet the Artist and Guided Exhibition Tour Meet internationally acclaimed Tarpon Springs artist Christopher Still, whose detailed compositions contain multiple levels of symbolism and historic references. He is known for realistic works featuring the history and natural beauty of Florida, captured in landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Join Christopher Still for an informative afternoon as…
In 2019 George Inness, Jr. was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. For 24 seasons, from 1902 to 1926, Inness, Jr. wintered in Tarpon Springs where he built a large home, studio, and artists’ colony, and contributed to the cultural promotion and development of the city. For his beloved Church, presently the Unitarian…
Join New Century Opera Artistic Director Constantine Grame and the NCO singers for a fun, casual, and informative hour featuring the music of some of Italy’s greatest composers such as Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and more! Enjoy arias from some of their most famous operas, along with fun facts and biographical…
Dr. Mary Safford (actor Dee O’Brien) and Dr. Fidelia Whitcomb (actor Elizabeth Coachman, MD) recount their over ten-year association that eventually led to their practicing medicine in Tarpon Springs in…
Brooker Creek Preserve, with over 9,000 acres of wilderness, is the largest natural area of Pinellas County. Slated to become the North County Solid Waste Facility back in the 1990s,…