Grab a blanket and head down to the Lake Mirror Promenade Amphitheatre  for Pics on the Promenade.
This month’s movie is “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.
Show time is dusk: around 6:30pm
For more details visit: www.picsonthepromenade.com

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. [...]

Sunday, March 21, 2010
1pm-5pm
The Lakeland Center
701 W. Lime Street
Visit their web site for more information : http://pcbridalexhibit.com/

2010 Wine Festival of Central Florida
Friday, March 26, 2010
Lake Mirror Promenade
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Cost:  $50 in advance, $55 at the gate
Join Alliance for Independence as we present The 2010 Wine Festival of Central Florida, Polk County’s most comprehensive wine tasting event. We are proud to have assembled over 100 wines, gourmet samplings from local chefs and [...]

Come hear Bill Mack play Celtic music on his guitar at the Market, Wednesday, March 17 between 11:45 & 1:15! One of our vendors, Sugar Shack, will provide corned beef & cabbage lunches ($6), with optional “blarney stones” (green Rice Krispie treats) and green beverage ($1 each). There’s no need for reservations; but there’ll be [...]

Check out the cover of Today’s Timeout section and go online to experience the cool map! Thanks Ledger!

Head over to Polk Museum of Art on Thursday, February 11, and you’ll have the chance to meet one of the artists whose work is currently on display. At 7pm, Kenneth Treister, a Winter Haven resident and world renowned architect, will present a lecture about his life in art. Afterwards, he will sign copies of [...]

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 [...]

Polk Museum of Art will be celebrating the Caribbean with an evening of culture, music and food on Friday, February 5. Rex Harris, Granada native and owner of R & R Chutney, will create his specialty Caribbean dishes – including jerk wings and curry shrimp. Other dishes will consist of Creole chicken, Caribbean beef and coconut ice cream with chocolate bread pudding.

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.