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  • 3000 Years on Phillippi Creek

    Join New College Professor Uzi Baram for an illustrated, historical lecture of our own Phillippi Creek!  At Gulf Gate Library on Monday, July 13 at 2:00. Here’s the info. Illustration is of a computer game designed by Professor Baram to help teach local children about Sarasota history. Read more about that. Read more

  • Hero of History Award Presented; Distinguished Award Goes to Two

    The Historical Society of Sarasota County was delighted to present awards to three recipients at its Annual Meeting. At its 2015 annual meeting on May 2 in the historic Crocker Memorial Church (1901), the Historical Society of Sarasota County presented three awards to community people who have made significant contributions to history education, preservation, research… Read more

  • Growing up in the Circus: Sarasota native tells all

    Join Sarasota native, Sarah Wheeler Chapman, on April 15 at the Brown Bag Book Luncheon at the Historical Society of Sarasota County. Chapman is the author of two books. Simply Sarah, her cookbook, is a light-hearted story done in a circus format with anecdotes of her circus family and their travels. It blends photos and… Read more