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Roll back the clock a century and join us for an old-fashioned picnic on Sunday, March 7th, starting at 11 am, in Plant Park. Bring your blanket, pack a picnic basket and come experience the pleasures of a simpler time in a safe environment. Relax in the shade as you enjoy entertainment on Center Stage. Find inspiration in nature’s beauty with Tampa Regional Artists’ plein air painting activity. Meet a new furry friend with the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.

Visitor safety is a top priority at this outdoor event, and all guests will be asked to social distance as they picnic. Seating will be spaced 6 ft. apart and hand sanitizer will be available in the park.

Live Entertainment
The Wandering Hours, Neo-traditional mountain folk music
Tampa Community Band – Conductor, Jahn Van De Putte
Student Ambassadors, Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra
The Matt Weihmuller Jazz Trio
John Barr, Classical Guitarist
UT University Chorus
Troy Cusson, Singer/Songwriter
Upstairs/Downstairs Live Theater, Tampa Bay Hotel Hunting and Fishing Guide Arthur Schleman
Professor Gusto will be exploring the park, full of advice on the best ways to have proper Victorian fun.

Picnic in the Park is a perfect opportunity to lull in a haven of rest and contentment on the banks of the Hillsborough River. Bring your own picnic basket, chairs, blankets and coolers and enjoy the day. A limited number of family picnic tables are available for $20. To reserve your table, contact Todd Edwards 813.258.7301 or tedwards@ut.edu.

Step back in time and encounter what life was like at the former Tampa Bay Hotel by exploring the Henry B. Plant Museum from noon-5 pm. Admission is limited to 25 people per hour; masks and temperature checks required prior to entry.

Underwritten by Publix Super Markets Charities and Bush Ross, P.A. Upstairs/Downstairs is underwritten by Mosaic and the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.

On March 19, 2021, a fascinating and significant new exhibit will open at the Henry Plant Museum. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino examines and explores the significance and impact of Washington’s 1912 address in Tampa – a mostly forgotten chapter of local history. This exhibit is curated by Dr. Charles McGraw Groh of The University of Tampa and will run through December 23, 2021.

Stopping in Tampa during his 1912 Florida speaking tour, educator and activist Booker T. Washington saw a city divided. In the preceding years, local and state legislation had barred African Americans from political participation and enforced segregation on trains, streetcars, and other public accommodations. For one evening, Washington’s address at the Tampa Bay Casino brought together the Cigar City’s white, black, and Latin populations in a single location. Ironically, this unprecedented event only highlighted the community fissures that would define the era of Jim Crow. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino explores those fractured relations while highlighting the influence of Washington on the strategies adopted by black women and men to live with dignity in this period of Tampa’s history.

This exhibit engages and encourages a vital public discussion about the roots of racial inequality that continue to plague our community, especially in the areas of political representation and education. At the same time, it etches more deeply the lives of people of color into our collective memory. Tampa cannot move forward as a vibrant, diverse city without a clearer understanding of our shared past. This exhibit reminds us that inclusion does not create uniformity. Although the proliferation of separate black social clubs and self-help organizations were, at least in part, a product of exclusion from city services and public accommodations, these community institutions came to define a distinct African American and Afro-Cuban experience in Tampa. This rich heritage is celebrated in the Henry B. Plant Museum’s new exhibit.

The inclusion of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century objects, sound recordings, photographs, maps and more will bring this vital story to life. Accompanying the exhibit will be a variety of programs and events throughout the year. Visit plantmuseum.com to learn more about programming and special events.

“When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino runs from March 19 through December 23. This exhibit is graciously underwritten by The Bank of Tampa, Orie Byars & Steve Richards, the Gobioff Foundation, the Henry B. Plant Museum Society, Ogletree Deakins, Oxford Exchange, TECO/Peoples Gas, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Rotary Club of Tampa.

On March 19, 2021, a fascinating and significant new exhibit will open at the Henry Plant Museum. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino examines and explores the significance and impact of Washington’s 1912 address in Tampa – a mostly forgotten chapter of local history. This exhibit is curated by Dr. Charles McGraw Groh of The University of Tampa and will run through December 23, 2021.

Stopping in Tampa during his 1912 Florida speaking tour, educator and activist Booker T. Washington saw a city divided. In the preceding years, local and state legislation had barred African Americans from political participation and enforced segregation on trains, streetcars, and other public accommodations. For one evening, Washington’s address at the Tampa Bay Casino brought together the Cigar City’s white, black, and Latin populations in a single location. Ironically, this unprecedented event only highlighted the community fissures that would define the era of Jim Crow. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino explores those fractured relations while highlighting the influence of Washington on the strategies adopted by black women and men to live with dignity in this period of Tampa’s history.

This exhibit engages and encourages a vital public discussion about the roots of racial inequality that continue to plague our community, especially in the areas of political representation and education. At the same time, it etches more deeply the lives of people of color into our collective memory. Tampa cannot move forward as a vibrant, diverse city without a clearer understanding of our shared past. This exhibit reminds us that inclusion does not create uniformity. Although the proliferation of separate black social clubs and self-help organizations were, at least in part, a product of exclusion from city services and public accommodations, these community institutions came to define a distinct African American and Afro-Cuban experience in Tampa. This rich heritage is celebrated in the Henry B. Plant Museum’s new exhibit.

The inclusion of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century objects, sound recordings, photographs, maps and more will bring this vital story to life. Accompanying the exhibit will be a variety of programs and events throughout the year. Visit plantmuseum.com to learn more about programming and special events.

“When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino runs from March 19 through December 23. This exhibit is graciously underwritten by The Bank of Tampa, Orie Byars & Steve Richards, the Gobioff Foundation, the Henry B. Plant Museum Society, Ogletree Deakins, Oxford Exchange, TECO/Peoples Gas, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Rotary Club of Tampa.

On March 19, 2021, a fascinating and significant new exhibit will open at the Henry Plant Museum. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino examines and explores the significance and impact of Washington’s 1912 address in Tampa – a mostly forgotten chapter of local history. This exhibit is curated by Dr. Charles McGraw Groh of The University of Tampa and will run through December 23, 2021.

Stopping in Tampa during his 1912 Florida speaking tour, educator and activist Booker T. Washington saw a city divided. In the preceding years, local and state legislation had barred African Americans from political participation and enforced segregation on trains, streetcars, and other public accommodations. For one evening, Washington’s address at the Tampa Bay Casino brought together the Cigar City’s white, black, and Latin populations in a single location. Ironically, this unprecedented event only highlighted the community fissures that would define the era of Jim Crow. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino explores those fractured relations while highlighting the influence of Washington on the strategies adopted by black women and men to live with dignity in this period of Tampa’s history.

This exhibit engages and encourages a vital public discussion about the roots of racial inequality that continue to plague our community, especially in the areas of political representation and education. At the same time, it etches more deeply the lives of people of color into our collective memory. Tampa cannot move forward as a vibrant, diverse city without a clearer understanding of our shared past. This exhibit reminds us that inclusion does not create uniformity. Although the proliferation of separate black social clubs and self-help organizations were, at least in part, a product of exclusion from city services and public accommodations, these community institutions came to define a distinct African American and Afro-Cuban experience in Tampa. This rich heritage is celebrated in the Henry B. Plant Museum’s new exhibit.

The inclusion of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century objects, sound recordings, photographs, maps and more will bring this vital story to life. Accompanying the exhibit will be a variety of programs and events throughout the year. Visit plantmuseum.com to learn more about programming and special events.

“When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino runs from March 19 through December 23. This exhibit is graciously underwritten by The Bank of Tampa, Orie Byars & Steve Richards, the Gobioff Foundation, the Henry B. Plant Museum Society, Ogletree Deakins, Oxford Exchange, TECO/Peoples Gas, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Rotary Club of Tampa.

On March 19, 2021, a fascinating and significant new exhibit will open at the Henry Plant Museum. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino examines and explores the significance and impact of Washington’s 1912 address in Tampa – a mostly forgotten chapter of local history. This exhibit is curated by Dr. Charles McGraw Groh of The University of Tampa and will run through December 23, 2021.

Stopping in Tampa during his 1912 Florida speaking tour, educator and activist Booker T. Washington saw a city divided. In the preceding years, local and state legislation had barred African Americans from political participation and enforced segregation on trains, streetcars, and other public accommodations. For one evening, Washington’s address at the Tampa Bay Casino brought together the Cigar City’s white, black, and Latin populations in a single location. Ironically, this unprecedented event only highlighted the community fissures that would define the era of Jim Crow. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino explores those fractured relations while highlighting the influence of Washington on the strategies adopted by black women and men to live with dignity in this period of Tampa’s history.

This exhibit engages and encourages a vital public discussion about the roots of racial inequality that continue to plague our community, especially in the areas of political representation and education. At the same time, it etches more deeply the lives of people of color into our collective memory. Tampa cannot move forward as a vibrant, diverse city without a clearer understanding of our shared past. This exhibit reminds us that inclusion does not create uniformity. Although the proliferation of separate black social clubs and self-help organizations were, at least in part, a product of exclusion from city services and public accommodations, these community institutions came to define a distinct African American and Afro-Cuban experience in Tampa. This rich heritage is celebrated in the Henry B. Plant Museum’s new exhibit.

The inclusion of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century objects, sound recordings, photographs, maps and more will bring this vital story to life. Accompanying the exhibit will be a variety of programs and events throughout the year. Visit plantmuseum.com to learn more about programming and special events.

“When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino runs from March 19 through December 23. This exhibit is graciously underwritten by The Bank of Tampa, Orie Byars & Steve Richards, the Gobioff Foundation, the Henry B. Plant Museum Society, Ogletree Deakins, Oxford Exchange, TECO/Peoples Gas, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Rotary Club of Tampa.

On March 19, 2021, a fascinating and significant new exhibit will open at the Henry Plant Museum. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino examines and explores the significance and impact of Washington’s 1912 address in Tampa – a mostly forgotten chapter of local history. This exhibit is curated by Dr. Charles McGraw Groh of The University of Tampa and will run through December 23, 2021.

Stopping in Tampa during his 1912 Florida speaking tour, educator and activist Booker T. Washington saw a city divided. In the preceding years, local and state legislation had barred African Americans from political participation and enforced segregation on trains, streetcars, and other public accommodations. For one evening, Washington’s address at the Tampa Bay Casino brought together the Cigar City’s white, black, and Latin populations in a single location. Ironically, this unprecedented event only highlighted the community fissures that would define the era of Jim Crow. “When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino explores those fractured relations while highlighting the influence of Washington on the strategies adopted by black women and men to live with dignity in this period of Tampa’s history.

This exhibit engages and encourages a vital public discussion about the roots of racial inequality that continue to plague our community, especially in the areas of political representation and education. At the same time, it etches more deeply the lives of people of color into our collective memory. Tampa cannot move forward as a vibrant, diverse city without a clearer understanding of our shared past. This exhibit reminds us that inclusion does not create uniformity. Although the proliferation of separate black social clubs and self-help organizations were, at least in part, a product of exclusion from city services and public accommodations, these community institutions came to define a distinct African American and Afro-Cuban experience in Tampa. This rich heritage is celebrated in the Henry B. Plant Museum’s new exhibit.

The inclusion of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century objects, sound recordings, photographs, maps and more will bring this vital story to life. Accompanying the exhibit will be a variety of programs and events throughout the year. Visit plantmuseum.com to learn more about programming and special events.

“When the Train Comes Along”: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino runs from March 19 through December 23. This exhibit is graciously underwritten by The Bank of Tampa, Orie Byars & Steve Richards, the Gobioff Foundation, the Henry B. Plant Museum Society, Ogletree Deakins, Oxford Exchange, TECO/Peoples Gas, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Rotary Club of Tampa.