Upcoming Events

ASALH, The Association for the Study of African American Life & History, was established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, to promote, research, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to all.

Ages 18+. Archival Assistant Janessa shows you to convert your precious memories into digital files by digitizing audiocassettes into MP3 files with our Memory Lab's TEAC LP-R550USB.

Curious to research your roots and learn about African-American history? This is the class for you. Partnership with The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Central Florida. 

It is possible to understand broad patterns exhibited in colonization. The English colonization effort provides modern Americans hints and insights about the USA.

Ages 18+. Timelines and milestones have shaped our understanding of the Long Civil Rights movement. Explore the expansive landscape of the efforts of folks like Dr. Martin L.

Age 18+. Explore the intersection of Georgian theater and Jane Austen’s writing, including key playwrights, actors, popular plays, and the distinctive characteristics and playhouse structures of the era.

Ages 18+. Dr. Ian Biazzo leads this free, 2-hour walking tour of the Genius Preserve, a beautiful natural wonder that is home to many species of flora and fauna and not regularly open to the public.

An overview of some Austen contemporaries who contributed to the Regency world through astronomy, mathematics, paleontology, politics, travel and exploration, literature, and the arts. Partnership with Jane Austen Society of North America.

Grades 8-12. What better way to celebrate the end of the school year than with a party! The Teen Advisory Board invites you to celebrate 2024-2025's best pop culture moments while enjoying snacks, games, and music.

Ages 18+. Archival Assistant Janessa shows you to convert your precious memories into digital files. Digitize documents, photographs, negatives and slides using the Library’s Large Format Scanner. 

Curious to research your roots and learn about African-American history? This is the class for you. Partnership with The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Central Florida. 

The 14th Amendment has proven to be the most impactful change to the original Constitution, both in the times of its start and in the decades since.

ASALH, The Association for the Study of African American Life & History, was established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, to promote, research, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to all.

Explore Bath during the Regency era, giving focus to its architecture, social life, and cultural significance as a fashionable city.

ASALH, The Association for the Study of African American Life & History, was established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, to promote, research, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to all.

Age 16+. This course centers the experiences of African Americans as we spend time with stories, movies, and written personal accounts, asking the question: What does it mean to be free?

Ages 18+. Featuring a narrow escape from the Nazis on makeshift bicycles, this movie explores the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children’s books.

Age 16+. This course centers the experiences of African Americans as we spend time with stories, movies, and written personal accounts, asking the question: What does it mean to be free?

Ages 18+. What was learning like in the Regency period?

As part of the Library’s Year of Jane Austen, this month’s novel Persuasion is set shortly before Waterloo, with a key character, Captain Wentworth, a returning Royal Navy hero. Napoleon Bonaparte escaped his exile on

Age 13+. Hear and see how the emancipation of Black people in the USA has been commemorated through the music, literature, and visual art creations of Black people.