http://www.go386.com/calendar/rss/feed18.xml go386.com Schools/Educational current events en Copyright 2010 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 go386.com http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Nov. 17: ``Time Travel,'' Dr. Roger Grange; Dec. 15: Bert Fish Medical Center ``Harmony Sound Waves''; Feb. 16: ``Windover Pond,'' Rachel K. Wentz, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=18661 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=18661 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 Historic Walking Tours in the Canal Street Historic District – The New Smyrna Museum of History is hosting weekly historic walking tours in the Canal Street Historic District through April 14. The one-hour tours are offered at 10:30 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 1 pm Saturdays and begin at the Museum, 120 Sams Avenue. The cost is $5 for museum members and $6 for non-members. For more information, please call the Museum at 386.478.0052. http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19312 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19312 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 6 p.m. Feb. 3: ``Against the Odds,'' documentary; 2 p.m. Feb. 11: ``Genealogy -- The Seeds of Our Future are Rooted in the Past,''; 6 p.m. Feb. 17: ``Pray the Devil Back to Hell,'' documentary; 6 p.m. Feb. 24: ``Black History -- A Historical Overview,''; 4 p.m. Feb. 25: ``Amistad,'' video drama, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19411 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19411 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 and colonial marker dedication by the Daughters of the American Colonists, presented by the Ormond Beach Historical Society, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19184 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19184 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 speakers including Dr. Leonard Lempel of Daytona State College, presented by the City of Port Orange, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=16309 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=16309 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 ``How to Begin Genealogical Research On Your Family,'' seminar with Mary Fears, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19503 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19503 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 presented by Ormond MainStreet, created by Seabreeze High School AP Chemistry teacher and local author Robert Hernandez, participants follow clues spread throughout corners of the Granada Bridge, involves walking a little more than two miles, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19278 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19278 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 with Scott Marlowe, author of ``The Cryptid Creatures of Florida,'' http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19408 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19408 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 tour includes the Ormond Scenic Loop, Fairchild Oak, Three Chimneys Sugar Mill Ruins, Ormond Indian Burial Mound and historic homes along the way; presented by the Ormond Beach Historical Society, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=8651 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=8651 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 nature hikes, entertainment, children's programs, living history demonstrations and more, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=4008 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=4008 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 ``Earthing: The most important health discovery ever?'' + Lipton, Disfrancia information, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=6192 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=6192 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 presented by Daughters of the American Revolution Sugar Mill Chapter featuring professional storyteller/Civil War re-enactor-genealogist and author Mary Fears, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19347 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19347 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 Deltona poet Teal, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=18409 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=18409 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 presented by the Ormond Beach Historical Society, Feb. 25: ``The Invention of the New World''; March 31: ``Taking Wisdom from the Gulf of Mexico,''; April 28: ``The Spanish and French in Florida: A Personal Perspective,''; May 26: ``The Florida Dream,'' http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=8197 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=8197 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 "The Spanish and French in Florida: A Personal Perspective" Listen as Carlos Rodriguez, a Spaniard by birth, and Ellin Iselin, a descendent of French Huguenots, both from Florida State College at Jacksonville, debate and discuss the role of the French and Spanish in Florida and specifically at Ft. Caroline and in St. Augustine in the early days of La Florida. Sponsored by the Ormond Beach Historical Society at the Anderson-Price Memorial Building, 42 North Beach St., Ormond Beach. Free admission and free parking. Refreshments at 9:30 am, program begins at 10:00 am. Call 386-677-7005 for more information, or click on www.OrmondHistory.org. http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19112 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19112 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 re-enactors talking about the 2nd Seminole War, the Spanish/American War, the Civil War, WWII and Florida's role in each, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=5807 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=5807 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 "Taking Wisdom from the Gulf of Mexico" Jack E. Davis, UF professor of history & author, looks at the role the Gulf of Mexico has played in the course of Florida history. Listen as he explores the way people, from pre-Columbian Indians to Florida’s current residents, have organized their societies around nature, and how Gulf nature has been a positive force in human life. Unfortunately, human history has sometimes taken a course that has undermined that positive force. Sponsored by the Ormond Beach Historical Society at the Anderson-Price Memorial Building, 42 North Beach St., Ormond Beach. Free admission and free parking. Refreshments at 9:30 am, program begins at 10:00 am. Call 386-677-7005 for more information, or click on www.OrmondHistory.org. http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19113 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19113 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 PROTECT OCEANS, PROTECT LIFE – Sunday, April 1, 1 pm. What is happening to the world’s oceans and its creatures? How are humans changing the most critical ecosystem to the planet’s survival? What lies ahead unless major steps are taken now? Join ocean protector Frank Gromling to learn what each of us can do to make a difference today. Appreciation Offering. Center for Spiritual Living, 1301 Beville Rd. #19, Daytona. 386-672-6382. http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19432 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19432 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 presented by the Tomoka Poets and Mary-Ann Westbrook, featuring NASCAR poems, with Walter Mims, http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19209 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19209 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 "The Invention of the New World" UCF professor Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández uses numerous period maps to demonstrate how cartographers struggled to visualize and record the drama of the invention of America. Listen as he reveals the gradual physical unveiling of the New World as witnessed by Columbus and other explorers, and the intellectual debate between a medieval world view represented by Columbus and a Renaissance perspective represented by Amerigo Vespucci. Sponsored by the Ormond Beach Historical Society at the Anderson-Price Memorial Building, 42 North Beach St., Ormond Beach. Free admission and free parking. Call 386-677-7005 for more information or click on www.OrmondHistory.org. http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19114 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19114 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500 "The Florida Dream" On the eve of Pearl Harbor, Florida was the smallest state in the South. Today, Florida is a Sunbelt Mega state of 19 million residents. What happened? Gary Mormino, USF professor & author, explores the dramatic emergence of the Sunshine State as an irresistible force in American culture. Learn about the role of WWII, tourism, technology (air conditioning), Fidel Castro, and beaches in shaping modern Florida. Sponsored by the Ormond Beach Historical Society at the Anderson-Price Memorial Building, 42 North Beach St., Ormond Beach. Call 386-677-7005 for more information or click on www.OrmondHistory.org. http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19115 http://www.go386.com/calendar/default.aspx?i=19115 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:11 -0500