Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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Bok Tower Gardens is hosting another and 80s-themed Bok After Dark event Friday evening, March 8. Experience live music on the Terrace from 5-7pm followed by a 7:30 pm carillon concert with Geert D'hollander. D'hollander will present a "Tubular" concert featuring "gnarly" hits from 80's artists Modern English, U2, Toto, Wham, Journey, a-ha, Culture Club and more. The event is free with general admission or membership. The Blue Palmetto Cafe will offer a dinner of Boursin...
Traveling by car in Central Florida in 1929 wasn't easy. In the late 1920s, many Florida roads were clay. Yet, thousands of cars full of curious people headed to Lake Wales to see the President of the United States and to see Edward Bok's Bird Sanctuary. On Feb. 1, 1929, President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower, now known as Bok Tower Gardens. It was a very rare occasion to see the President in those days. To have the opportunity to...
