Spring Obsession presented by:

SpringObsession.org
Saturday, March 13, 2010
9 am – 4 pm
Munn Park in Historic Downtown Lakeland, FL
Located halfway between Tampa & Orlando
A celebration of garden, art and music featuring local and regional nurseries, garden vendors and Spring Obsession -art for and about the garden.
Come to Munn Park on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. [...]

EXPLORATIONS V CHILDREN’S MUSEUM TO HOST 29th ANNUAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL

LAKELAND, FL (March 3, 2010) -In conjunction with the national Week of
the Young Child and the statewide annual Children’s Week, Explorations V
Children’s Museum will host the 29th Annual Children’s Festival on
Saturday, April 17, 2010. The event will run from 10am until 3pm. It
will take place at [...]

Come to Munn Park on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for the 8th Annual Spring Obsession, Garden and Art Festival. Enjoy a Free family day of activities while exploring the many flowers and plants for sale, attend garden presentations, purchase art for the patio and listen to live music from the jazz band Free Time.

First Friday for tonight is canceled. Restaurants & Brooke Pottery will be open tonight, though.

Your sweetie is one of a kind – the Valentine’s Day gift should be, as well. FastFrame offers personalized posters – your sweetie can be the star. Isn’t that where you get the twinkle in your eye?

WEATHER UPDATE: The weather looks like it has settled in over us for the evening. The dancing related activities and music have been canceled. We are looking at the possibility of RESCHEDULING THE FIRST FRIDAY TO THE SECOND FRIDAY. We have to contact the dance groups and check availability. Please check back with us.  If [...]

New at Brooke Pottery are astoundingly beautiful miniatures known as Happy Houses: small buildings handsculpted from terracotta clay and handpainted with rich, vibrant glazes. Handmade in America. Read more….

Starting January 23, 2010, Polk Museum of Art will open two new exhibitions featuring artwork inspired by flowers and gardens: Joseph Raffael and Kenneth Treister: The Colors of Nature. Joseph Raffael, an American artist who lives in France, paints large scale contemporary watercolors of the flowers his garden. Treister, a Winter Haven resident and internationally acclaimed architect and sculptor, paints abstract fields of color inspired by the outdoors.

Polk Museum of Art is pleased to announce Jerry Uelsmann as the fourth recipient of its Artist Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented by the Art Resource Trust of Polk Museum of Art. Previous recipients of this award are artists Miriam Schapiro, James Rosenquist, and Robert Stackhouse. Uelsmann will receive this award at a banquet held at the Lakeland Yacht and Country Club on January 14 at 7:00pm. Tickets are $100 per person for Art Resource Trust Members or $125 per person for Non-Members and must be purchased in advance by contacting Pal Powell at 863-688-7743 x.240.

Because First Friday in January falls on New Year’s Day, we will cancel the event.  We hope that our merchants have a nice day off, and that you too spend quality time with family and frineds.
But how about this for a new year’s resolution:  SPEND MORE TIME AND MONEY IN DOWNTOWN LAKELAND.
Buying local is all [...]